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Michigan's 17 labor markets ranked, unemployment rate falls in most

Michigan Public | By Mark Brush
Published January 3, 2012 at 5:14 PM EST
The unemployment rate in Michigan is at 9.8 percent (November 2011).
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The unemployment rate in Michigan is at 9.8 percent (November 2011).

According to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget, for the month of November most of the "seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates" fell in 14 of the state's 17 major labor market areas.

From their press release:

“November was a favorable month in many of Michigan’s local labor markets,” said Rick Waclawek, director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information & Strategic Initiatives. “The only increases in unemployment were seasonal and expected in the state’s northern regions with the conclusion of the summer and fall tourism seasons.”

Officials from the Department of Technology, Management and Budget say when comparing November 2011 to November 2010 - all of the state's 17 regions experienced declines:

From November 2010 to November 2011, unemployment rates fell in all of the state’s 17 regions. Over-the-year rate declines ranged from 1.7 to 3.3 percentage points with a significant median drop of over two and a half percentage points. The largest rate decreases since November 2010 occurred in the Flint and Muskegon-Norton Shores MSAs along with the Northeast Lower Michigan region.

Here's the list of the 17 major labor markets in Michigan by rank of lowest unemployment rate (Ann Arbor area) to highest (Northeast Lower Michigan).

The list compares unemployment rates from November 2010 to rates in November 2011:

  1. ANN ARBOR MSA- 6.9 percent to 5.2 percent
  2. LANSING - EAST LANSING MSA 8.3 percent to 6.4 percent
  3. GRAND RAPIDS - WYOMING MSA 9.0 percent to 6.5 percent
  4. HOLLAND - GRAND HAVEN MSA 9.3 percent to 6.5 percent
  5. BATTLE CREEK MSA  9.5percent to 6.9 percent
  6. KALAMAZOO - PORTAGE MSA 9.3 percent to 6.9 percent
  7. BAY CITY MSA10.0 percent to 7.4 percent
  8. MONROE MSA 10.3 percent to 7.5 percent
  9. SAGINAW-Saginaw Township North  MSA 10.3 percent to 7.7 percent
  10. JACKSON MSA 10.8 percent to 7.8 percent
  11. NILES - BENTON HARBOR MSA 10.6 percent to 8.2 percent
  12. UPPER PENINSULA LMA 10.6 percent to 8.2 percent
  13. MUSKEGON - NORTON SHORES MSA 11.5 percent to 8.4 percent
  14. FLINT MSA 12.0 percent to 8.7 percent
  15. NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN 12.4 percent to 9.4 percent
  16. DETROIT-WARREN-LIVONIA MSA11.6 percent to 9.5 percent
  17. NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN 13.7 percent to 10.6 percent
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Mark Brush
Mark Brush was the station's Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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