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Hancock County, Indiana

Unemployment Rate

Labor Shed

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Labor Force in June 2006

• Total Labor force: 34,600
• Persons employed: 31,612
• Persons unemployed: 1,258
• Unemployment rate as of June 2007: 3.8%

Unemployment Rate

                                     Labor Force       Unemployment

January 2007                    34,086                    3.8%

2005 Annual Average        33,611                    4.2%

2004 Annual Average        32,870                    3.8%

2003 Annual Average        31,960                    3.9%

2002 Annual Average        31,220                    3.8%

Labor Shed Availability 2003

47,000 Underemployed Workers

Commuting Patterns

• Average Commuting Time (2000): 25.9 min.
• Commute out of area: 43.8%
• Commute into area: 16.2%

Hancock Economic Development Council

One Courthouse Plaza

Greenfield, IN 46140

Dennis Maloy, Executive Director

Connie Schmidt, Administrative Assistant

Phone: (317) 477-7241

Fax: (317) 477-2353

Email: dmaloy@cedhc.org

Website: www.cedhc.org