Michigan and U.P. Unemployment Improving

75 OF MICHIGAN’S 83 COUNTIES SHOWED DECLINES IN FEBRUARY UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE NUMBERS PLAY OUT THIS WAY FOR THE STATE: FEBRUARY OF 2010: 14 POINT TWO PERCENT JOBLESS RATE. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR: 11 PERCENT.

IN THE UP, IT’S A SIMILAR DROP. LAST FEBRUARY THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 14 POINT 1 PERCENT. IN FEBRUARY OF 2011, IT WAS DOWN TO 11 POINT 8 PERCENT.

THE HIGHEST JOBLESS RATES IN THE U–P ARE IN MACKINAC AND BARAGA COUNTIES. THE LOWEST IN MENOMINEE COUNTY