Jobless rate in tumble

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Unemployment in Adams County hit a four-year low during September.    According to figures released Friday by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Adams County's jobless rate plummeted to 6.6 percent during September. That represents the lowest unemployment figure experienced in the county since June of 2008, when unemployment stood at 5.5 percent.

September's unemployment rate was down .7 percent from the county's 7.3 percent reading in August.

Adams County's jobless rate has now remained at or below 8 percent for seven consecutive months after starting the year at 8.5 percent. The previous low for the year came in April, when the county's jobless rate stood at 7.0 percent. Three years ago, in September of 2009, Adams County experienced an unemployment rate of 13.4 percent. One year ago that rate was at 7.8 percent.