2023 Press Release
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March 24, 2025
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Ottawa County Unemployment Rate for 2024 and January 2025
Ottawa County’s annual unemployment rate for 2024 was 3.8%. This rate, recently released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, shows an increase in unemployment in Ottawa County from 2023’s rate of 3.0%.
Also released were the preliminary unemployment rates for January 2025. Ottawa County’s unemployment rate for January measured 4.5%. This rate was the third lowest in the state of Michigan in January, with Washtenaw County also having an unemployment rate of 4.5%. The lowest rate in the state was 3.8% in Livingston County. The highest rate was 21.6% in Mackinac County.
January unemployment graph, contact plan@miottawa.org for more info
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More unemployment data, including monthly and annual data, is available on Ottawa County’s interactive Unemployment Dashboard. Explore the dashboard on the Department of Strategic Impact’s County Statistics page [ [link removed] ]. You can also view the Unemployment Dashboard directly [ [link removed] ].
Unemployment data for the entire state is available from the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives [ [link removed] ]. The press release from the State of Michigan is also online [ [link removed] ].
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