SOUTHEASTERN IN — All four area counties saw a big drop in unemployment rates in April.
According to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Franklin and Decatur counties checked in at 1.8 % while Ripley and Dearborn counties were at 1.9 % last month.
Franklin County dropped from 2.6 % in March while Decatur County dipped from 2.4.
Ripley and Dearborn counties’ April jobless rates both decreased from 2.5 % the month before.
All four counties were under the state’s April unemployment rate of 2.2 %.
