Parke County, IN monthly unemployment update
Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Parke County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.
Parke County had a 2.7% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 1.2 percentage point decrease from a month ago. Indiana reported a 3.1% unemployment rate in May, which is the 24th lowest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.
The unemployment rate in the Terre Haute, IN metropolitan area was 2.9%, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than Parke County. Terre Haute has the 418th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.
Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Indiana
#1. Howard County: 4.4%
#2. Lake County: 3.9%
#3. Fayette County: 3.5%
#4. Miami County: 3.3%
#4. Starke County: 3.3%
Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Indiana
#1. Boone County: 1.9%
#1. Daviess County: 1.9%
#1. Gibson County: 1.9%
#4. Adams County: 2.0%
#4. Dubois County: 2.0%