The preliminary unemployment rates for July 2022 were recently released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. Ottawa County?s unemployment rate for July measured 3.4%. This unemployment rate is currently the seventh lowest in Michigan, with rates ranging from 2.2% in Livingston County to 9.1% in Oscoda County.
Over the course of the year, jobless rates have fallen for all eighty-three Michigan counties. And from June to July, sixty of those eighty-three counties saw their unemployment rates decrease.
Unemployment data for the entire state is available from the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives. The press release from the State of Michigan is also online.
More unemployment graphs, along with other data and reports, are available from the Ottawa County Department of Strategic Impact?s County Statistics page.
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