Michigan’s February unemployment rates by region
April 3, 2014 (AP): Michigan’s major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for February, followed by January:
• Michigan, 8.5 percent, compared with 8.1 percent.
• Ann Arbor, 5.3 percent, compared with 5 percent.
• Battle Creek, 7.3 percent, compared with 6.8 percent.
• Bay City, 9.4 percent, compared with 9 percent.
• Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 9 percent, compared with 8.5 percent.
• Flint, 9.4 percent, compared with 9.7 percent.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.2 percent, compared with 5.8 percent.
• Holland-Grand Haven, 6.2 percent, compared with 5.7 percent.
• Jackson, 8.5 percent, compared with 8 percent.
• Kalamazoo-Portage, 7.3 percent, compared with 6.8 percent.
• Lansing-East Lansing, 6.6 percent, compared with 6.1 percent.
• Monroe, 7.6 percent, compared with 7.9 percent.
• Muskegon-Norton Shores, 8.3 percent, compared with 7.9 percent.
• Niles-Benton Harbor, 8.8 percent, compared with 8.2 percent.
• Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 8.9 percent, compared with 8.5 percent.
• Upper Peninsula, 10.6 percent, compared with 9.7 percent.
• Northeast Lower Michigan, 14.1 percent, compared with 13.2 percent.
• Northwest Lower Michigan, 10.8 percent, compared with 10.1 percent.
Source: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
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