Michigan's December unemployment rates by region - Fox 28: South Bend, Elkhart IN News, Weather, Sports

By The Associated Press

Michigan's major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for December, followed by November:

Michigan, 8.9%, compared with 7.9%.

Ann Arbor, 5.1%, compared with 4.3%.

Battle Creek, 7.1%, compared with 5.9%.

Bay City, 8.3%, compared with 6.8%.

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 10.2%, compared with 9.7%.

Flint, 9.1%, compared with 7.8%.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.5%, compared with 5.4%.

Holland-Grand Haven, 6.3%, compared with 5.3%.

Jackson, 8.1%, compared with 6.8%.

Kalamazoo-Portage, 7.3%, compared with 6%.

Lansing-East Lansing, 6.7%, compared with 5.6%.

Monroe, 7.6%, compared with 6.4%.

Muskegon-Norton Shores, 8.6%, compared with 7.5%.

Niles-Benton Harbor, 8.8%, compared with 7.2%.

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 8.4%, compared with 7.1%.

Upper Peninsula, 9.4%, compared with 7.5%.

Northeast Lower Michigan, 12.1%, compared with 9.6%.

Northwest Lower Michigan, 10.1%, compared with 8.2%.

Source: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.

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