Michigan’s major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for August, followed by July:
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— Michigan, 6.7 percent, compared with 8.6 percent.
— Ann Arbor, 4.6 percent, compared with 6.3 percent.
— Battle Creek, 5.5 percent, compared with 7.4 percent.
— Bay City, 6.3 percent, compared with 8.3 percent.
— Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 7.9 percent, compared with 9.8 percent.
— Flint, 7 percent, compared with 9.3 percent.
— Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 4.8 percent, compared with 6.4 percent.
— Holland-Grand Haven, 4.6 percent, compared with 6.4 percent.
— Jackson, 6.3 percent, compared with 8.3 percent.
— Kalamazoo-Portage, 5.5 percent, compared with 7.1 percent.
— Lansing-East Lansing, 5.5 percent, compared with 7.6 percent.
— Monroe, 6.3 percent, compared with 8.1 percent.
— Muskegon-Norton Shores, 6.1 percent, compared with 8.2 percent.
— Niles-Benton Harbor, 6.1 percent, compared with 7.9 percent.
— Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 6.5 percent, compared with 8.7 percent.
— Upper Peninsula, 6.6 percent, compared with 8.6 percent.
— Northeast Lower Michigan, 7.2 percent, compared with 9.5 percent.
— Northwest Lower Michigan, 5.9 percent, compared with 7.8 percent.
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Source: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
