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Unemployment rates for United States, Indiana, Pulaski County, and regional counties
 (Not seasonally adjusted)

  March 2011 February 2012 March 2012
Pulaski

Labor Force:
Employed:
Unemployed:		 7.9%

6,891
6,346
545
 7.3%

6,758
6,263
495
 6.9%

6,819
6,350
469
Indiana 9.1% 8.8% 8.6%
United States 9.2% 8.7% 8.4%
Benton (K, M) 9.3% 9.1% 9.2%
Carroll (K, M) 8.8% 7.8% 7.6%
Cass (M, R) 9.6% 9.1% 9.0%
Fountain (M) 9.6% 9.0% 8.6%
Fulton (R) 9.7% 9.2% 9.1%
Jasper (K) 10.2% 9.5% 9.2%
Marshall 10.2% 9.6% 9.2%
Miami (R) 11.2% 11.1% 10.7%
Montgomery (M) 8.6% 8.5% 8.4%
Newton (K) 11.3% 10.5% 10.9%
Starke (K, R) 11.4% 11.3% 10.8%
Tippecanoe (M) 7.3% 7.3% 7.2%
Warren (K, M) 6.9% 6.5% 6.2%
White (K, M) 9.8% 9.1% 8.7%

*Pulaski County belongs to the KIRPC regional-planning/economic-development district (member-counties marked with 'K'), the MidWest Indiana Regional Economic Development Organization (member-counties marked with 'M'), and the Rural and Rustic regional tourism group (member-counties marked 'R')
**Pulaski County's estimated real unemployment rate for March 2012 is approximately 6.9 percent., based on annual average labor-force sizes from 2000 through March 2012.
***For monthly updates to national, state, and local workforce and unemployment rates, please see StatsIndiana's information here.
Commuting Patterns

Pulaski County In-migration map, 2009
Pulaski County Out-migration map, 2009
Commuting Trends (Select County and year desired; overview and detailed-information table provided)

Overview
Implied Resident Labor Force
(Live in Pulaski County and work)		 8,586  
Out-migration commuters 1,756 20.45%
Resident Workforce
(Live and work in Pulaski County)		 6,830 79.55%

86.30%
Implied Workforce
(Work in Pulaski County)		 7,914  
In-migration commuters 1,084 13.70%






 
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