Local unemployment increases for second month

Statewide — The Indiana Department of Workforce Development released February 2021 county-wide unemployment numbers this week. All four regional counties are well below the state rate of 4.7% but were slightly higher compared with that of February 2020 and January 2021.

February 2021
• Dearborn County – 4.3%
• Decatur County – 3.9 %
• Franklin County – 4.0%
• Ripley County – 4.0 %

January 2021
• Dearborn County – 4.2%
• Decatur County – 3.7 %
• Franklin County – 3.6%
• Ripley County – 3.6 %

February 2020
• Dearborn County – 3.9%
• Decatur County – 3.1 %
• Franklin County – 3.9%
• Ripley County – 3.7 %