Whitley County's unemployment rate at 11%
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
On Friday, Whitley County EDC director Alan Tio said the latest economic figures had been released, showing that the county's unemployment rate is currently 11%.
This is slightly higher than the national average of 9.7% and up from the state's average of 9.8% unemployment. Whitley County's unemployment rate, however, is still lower than some neighboring counties.
These figures do not account for the underemployed and those who have stopped looking for jobs.
Pockets of significantly lower unemployment areas exist around the state and the key to success in those areas, according to Tio, has been their development of diversified economies, higher tech jobs and a decreased reliance on automotive manufacturing-related jobs.