Michigan’s August unemployment rates by region

Published September 27, 2012 6:40pm ET



Michigan’s major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for August, followed by July:

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— Michigan, 9.2 percent, compared with 10.3 percent.

— Ann Arbor, 5.9 percent, compared with 6.8 percent.

— Battle Creek, 7.5 percent, compared with 8.6 percent.

— Bay City, 8.3 percent, compared with 9.3 percent.

— Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 10.9 percent, compared with 11.9 percent.

— Flint, 9.5 percent, compared with 10.8 percent.

— Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.9 percent, compared with 7.9 percent.

— Holland-Grand Haven, 6.7 percent, compared with 7.9 percent.

— Jackson, 8.3 percent, compared with 9.5 percent.

— Kalamazoo-Portage, 7.4 percent, compared with 8.4 percent.

— Lansing-East Lansing, 7.2 percent, compared with 8.4 percent.

— Monroe, 8.1 percent, compared with 9.5 percent.

— Muskegon-Norton Shores, 9.1 percent, compared with 10.1 percent.

— Niles-Benton Harbor, 8.8 percent, compared with 10.2 percent.

— Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 8.6 percent, compared with 9.7 percent.

— Upper Peninsula, 8.4 percent, compared with 9.5 percent.

— Northeast Lower Michigan, 9.7 percent, compared with 10.9 percent.

— Northwest Lower Michigan, 8.5 percent, compared with 9.3 percent.

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Source: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget