2023 Press Release
March 20, 2023?
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Ottawa County Unemployment Rate for 2022 and January 2023
Ottawa County?s annual unemployment for 2022 was 3.3%. The rate, recently released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, shows a decrease in unemployment in Ottawa County from 2021?s 4.1%.
Also released were the preliminary unemployment rates for January 2023. Ottawa County?s unemployment rate for January measured 3.5%, up from December?s 2.9%. This rate is the fourth lowest in Michigan for January, with unemployment rates ranging from 3.4% in Oakland County to 21.2% in Mackinac County.
All of Michigan?s eighty-three counties saw an increase in unemployment rates from December to January.
January unemployment graph
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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 Statistic 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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The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners: Chairperson Joe Moss | Vice-Chairperson Sylvia Rhodea | Gretchen Cosby | Roger Bergman | Lucy Ebel | Jacob Bonnema | Rebekah Curran | Roger Belknap | Kyle Terpstra | Doug Zylstra | Allison Miedema
Contact and district information for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners is available at miOttawa.org. [ [link removed] ]
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