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December 5, 2022

Explore Unemployment Data with Our New and Interactive Dashboard

If you are looking to explore unemployment data or see historic data on unemployment rates, Ottawa County has a new, interactive Unemployment Dashboard available. This dashboard allows you to view and filter annual unemployment data for Ottawa County, Michigan, and the United States. National data goes as far back as 1947, while Michigan and Ottawa County has available data from as far back as 1976 and 1990 respectively. Monthly unemployment data is also available for Ottawa County from January 1990 onwards.?

This dashboard will be updated with each new unemployment data release and is useful in comparing today's unemployment rates to rates of the past. It also allows you to easily view the impact of major events on unemployment rates both nationally and locally such as the 2008 financial crisis or the COVID-19 pandemic.?

You can explore the new dashboard on the Department of Strategic Impact?s County Statistic page [ [link removed] ]. You can also view the Unemployment Dashboard directly [ [link removed] ].






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Ottawa County Unemployment Rate for October 2022

The preliminary unemployment rates for October 2022 were recently released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. Ottawa County?s unemployment rate for October measured 3.0%. This rate is the third lowest in Michigan for October, with unemployment rates ranging from 2.3% in Livingston County to 8.1% in Roscommon County.

From September to October, twenty-three counties saw their unemployment rates decrease, while rates stayed unchanged for twenty-nine counties and increased for thirty-one.

Ottawa County monthly unemployment chart

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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Ottawa County is located on Lake Michigan's spectacular freshwater coastline where nature is cherished and protected. More than the lakeshore, you'll find the people of Ottawa County friendly yet driven, working hard to succeed in charming downtown small businesses, at manufacturing hubs with global impact and on acres passed down from generations. We embrace creativity and believe that diversity makes us stronger. We resolve that our public services must be high-quality and cost-effective. We are innovative and never wait for someone to solve our problems for us. We are friendly neighbors chipping in, lending a hand and making sure you know Ottawa County is where you belong.

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners: Chairman Matt Fenske | Vice-Chairman Al Dannenberg | Joe Baumann | Roger Bergman | Greg DeJong | Frank Garcia | Jim Holtvluwer | Phil Kuyers | Randy Meppelink | Kyle Terpstra | Doug Zylstra

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meets the second and fourth Tuesdays each month at 1:30PM. The public is welcome and encouraged to participate. Meetings are held in the Board Room located at 12220 Fillmore Street, West Olive, Michigan. Contact information and district information for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners is available at miOttawa.org. [ [link removed] ]

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