Very High Unemployment Area
Howard County, IN Current Unemployment - 6.9%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Howard County, IN Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2022
4.1%
2.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.2%
2.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.5%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.8%
2.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.1%
2.5%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.5%
3.2%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.7%
3.5%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.9%
3.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2021
6.1%
4.7%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.5%
4.7%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.0%
4.7%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.8%
4.2%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.8%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.6%
4.7%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.2%
3.7%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.0%
3.3%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.9%
2.9%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.5%
2.5%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.1%
2.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
2.9%
1.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2020
4.2%
3.6%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.8%
3.4%
3.5%
3 / 2020
3.9%
3.2%
4.4%
4 / 2020
33.5%
17.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
22.4%
11.9%
13.3%
6 / 2020
16.6%
11.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
8.7%
9.1%
10.2%
8 / 2020
7.2%
6.5%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.8%
5.8%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.0%
4.8%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.7%
4.8%
6.7%
12 / 2020
5.0%
4.4%
6.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2019
4.8%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.4%
3.9%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.3%
3.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.6%
2.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.4%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.8%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
3.9%
3.5%
3.7%
8 / 2019
3.7%
3.4%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.2%
2.8%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.3%
3.0%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
3.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.5%
3.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2018
3.9%
3.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
3.9%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2018
3.7%
3.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.3%
3.1%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.3%
3.2%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.4%
3.8%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.8%
3.6%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.8%
3.6%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.3%
3.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.8%
3.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
8.4%
3.4%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2017
4.8%
4.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
4.6%
4.3%
4.7%
3 / 2017
3.9%
3.7%
4.4%
4 / 2017
3.0%
2.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
3.3%
3.2%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.5%
3.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
3.8%
3.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.1%
4.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
3.4%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.3%
3.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
3.3%
3.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.1%
3.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2016
5.1%
5.1%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.3%
5.1%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.1%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.6%
4.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.4%
4.1%
4.8%
6 / 2016
4.7%
4.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
4.5%
4.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
4.5%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.0%
4.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.5%
4.0%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.1%
3.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.2%
3.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2015
6.3%
6.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
5.8%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.5%
5.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
4.6%
4.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.1%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.1%
4.9%
5.3%
7 / 2015
4.9%
4.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
4.7%
4.5%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.2%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.5%
4.3%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.7%
4.5%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.7%
4.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2014
6.9%
6.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
7.2%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
6.8%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
5.8%
5.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.3%
5.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.2%
5.9%
6.1%
7 / 2014
6.6%
6.1%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.1%
5.9%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.6%
5.3%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.9%
5.4%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.1%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.7%
5.5%
5.6%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2013
10.2%
9.5%
8.0%
2 / 2013
9.6%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.0%
8.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
8.0%
7.5%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.5%
7.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.6%
8.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
8.3%
7.7%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.8%
7.3%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.1%
6.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.3%
6.9%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.0%
6.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.6%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2012
10.0%
9.2%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.7%
9.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.3%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.4%
7.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.8%
8.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.1%
8.5%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.5%
8.6%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.2%
8.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.5%
7.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.7%
7.9%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.7%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
9.1%
8.5%
7.9%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2011
11.9%
10.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.1%
9.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.7%
9.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.9%
8.4%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.0%
8.7%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.6%
9.3%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.9%
9.4%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.5%
9.4%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.1%
9.0%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.1%
8.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.0%
8.7%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.5%
8.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2010
14.5%
11.8%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.8%
11.8%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.6%
11.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.2%
10.6%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.7%
10.3%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.6%
10.4%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.5%
10.3%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.1%
10.1%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.1%
9.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.9%
9.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.4%
9.6%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.9%
9.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2009
17.4%
9.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.4%
10.4%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.8%
10.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.8%
9.9%
9.0%
5 / 2009
19.0%
10.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
20.2%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.8%
10.5%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.2%
10.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.0%
10.0%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.3%
10.2%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.0%
10.1%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.4%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2008
7.8%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.8%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.1%
5.4%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.0%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.3%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.4%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.1%
6.1%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.0%
6.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.3%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.5%
6.2%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.4%
6.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.8%
8.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2007
6.6%
5.4%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.1%
5.3%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.7%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.0%
4.4%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.1%
4.2%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.3%
4.5%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.0%
4.6%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.0%
4.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.4%
4.2%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.6%
4.0%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.8%
4.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.2%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2006
7.2%
5.4%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.6%
5.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.0%
5.4%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.9%
5.0%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.8%
5.1%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.5%
5.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.0%
5.4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.2%
5.1%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.7%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.2%
4.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.5%
4.6%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.5%
4.6%
4.4%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2005
7.3%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.7%
6.5%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.8%
6.0%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.0%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.0%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.1%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.0%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.5%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.4%
5.2%
4.9%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2004
7.0%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.3%
5.8%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.5%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.7%
5.0%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.8%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.2%
5.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
13.5%
5.5%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.8%
5.1%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.8%
4.8%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.1%
5.1%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.3%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.4%
5.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2003
6.5%
5.5%
5.8%
2 / 2003
6.5%
5.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.3%
5.5%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.7%
5.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.8%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.3%
5.7%
6.3%
7 / 2003
15.2%
5.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
5.7%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.0%
5.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.0%
4.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.0%
5.0%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.0%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2002
7.0%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.8%
5.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
6.7%
5.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.7%
5.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
5.5%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2002
5.6%
5.4%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.3%
5.2%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.3%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.2%
4.4%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.3%
4.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.6%
4.9%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.9%
4.8%
6.0%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2001
8.1%
4.1%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.6%
4.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.4%
4.2%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.3%
3.7%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.9%
3.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.6%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.4%
4.1%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.9%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.5%
4.1%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.6%
4.5%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.5%
5.0%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.2%
5.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 2000
3.3%
3.6%
4.0%
2 / 2000
3.6%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
3.6%
3.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
2.8%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
2.9%
3.2%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.5%
3.3%
4.0%
7 / 2000
3.5%
3.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.3%
3.1%
4.1%
9 / 2000
2.7%
2.3%
3.9%
10 / 2000
2.7%
2.2%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.2%
2.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.0%
2.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1999
3.1%
3.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
3.3%
3.5%
4.4%
3 / 1999
2.9%
3.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
2.8%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
2.6%
2.8%
4.2%
6 / 1999
2.8%
3.1%
4.3%
7 / 1999
2.3%
2.9%
4.3%
8 / 1999
2.4%
3.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
2.4%
2.9%
4.2%
10 / 1999
2.4%
2.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
2.5%
3.1%
4.1%
12 / 1999
2.5%
3.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1998
3.6%
3.8%
4.6%
2 / 1998
3.5%
3.6%
4.6%
3 / 1998
3.6%
3.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
2.4%
2.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
2.4%
2.7%
4.4%
6 / 1998
2.9%
3.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
7.4%
2.9%
4.5%
8 / 1998
2.7%
3.0%
4.5%
9 / 1998
2.7%
3.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
2.6%
2.9%
4.5%
11 / 1998
3.3%
3.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
2.5%
3.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1997
3.3%
3.9%
5.3%
2 / 1997
3.5%
3.9%
5.2%
3 / 1997
3.6%
4.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
3.0%
3.3%
5.1%
5 / 1997
3.1%
3.4%
4.9%
6 / 1997
3.5%
3.6%
5.0%
7 / 1997
3.2%
3.4%
4.9%
8 / 1997
3.8%
3.6%
4.8%
9 / 1997
3.7%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.4%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
3.1%
3.2%
4.6%
12 / 1997
3.4%
3.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1996
4.6%
5.3%
5.6%
2 / 1996
4.2%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
4.2%
4.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
3.7%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
3.9%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
3.7%
4.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
3.6%
4.2%
5.5%
8 / 1996
3.3%
3.6%
5.1%
9 / 1996
3.1%
3.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
3.0%
3.2%
5.2%
11 / 1996
3.1%
3.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
3.0%
3.3%
5.4%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1995
4.8%
4.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
4.6%
4.8%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.0%
5.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
4.7%
5.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.0%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.2%
4.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
4.2%
4.6%
5.7%
8 / 1995
4.1%
4.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
3.9%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
3.7%
4.1%
5.5%
11 / 1995
3.8%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
3.6%
4.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1994
5.3%
5.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
5.2%
5.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
5.4%
5.7%
6.5%
4 / 1994
4.8%
5.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
4.5%
4.7%
6.1%
6 / 1994
4.5%
4.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
14.7%
5.0%
6.1%
8 / 1994
5.0%
4.8%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.5%
4.3%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.3%
4.4%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.6%
4.1%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.0%
4.0%
5.5%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1993
7.4%
6.9%
7.3%
2 / 1993
7.1%
6.9%
7.1%
3 / 1993
6.8%
6.4%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.0%
6.0%
7.1%
5 / 1993
6.3%
6.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
6.4%
6.3%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.4%
4.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
4.2%
4.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.1%
3.9%
6.7%
10 / 1993
4.4%
4.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.3%
4.3%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.2%
4.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1992
8.6%
6.9%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.2%
7.2%
7.4%
3 / 1992
7.8%
7.0%
7.4%
4 / 1992
6.8%
6.3%
7.4%
5 / 1992
6.8%
6.8%
7.6%
6 / 1992
7.6%
7.2%
7.8%
7 / 1992
6.3%
6.9%
7.7%
8 / 1992
7.3%
6.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
6.9%
6.1%
7.6%
10 / 1992
6.6%
5.5%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.0%
5.9%
7.4%
12 / 1992
6.2%
6.1%
7.4%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1991
8.5%
6.7%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.0%
7.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
16.5%
7.5%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.3%
5.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.0%
6.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
7.2%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.3%
5.6%
6.8%
8 / 1991
6.5%
5.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
5.6%
5.0%
6.9%
10 / 1991
5.2%
5.1%
7.0%
11 / 1991
5.4%
5.4%
7.0%
12 / 1991
6.1%
5.8%
7.3%
Month/Year
Howard County, IN%
Indiana%
National %
1 / 1990
7.9%
5.8%
5.4%
2 / 1990
8.9%
6.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.1%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.0%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.5%
5.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.5%
4.8%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.7%
4.8%
5.5%
8 / 1990
5.7%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.2%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.8%
4.7%
5.9%
11 / 1990
12.9%
5.4%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.1%
5.6%
6.3%