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Unemployment falls across Northwest Indiana
Summary by Ground News
Lake County ranked second in joblessness statewide, Starke fifth, LaPorte seventh and Porter County 18th in December. The jobless rate fell to 4.2% across the Gary metropolitan area, which encompasses Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties. The similarly blue-collar, manufacturing-heavy Howard County, the home of Kokomo and auto manufacturing, took the top spot.