Local June Unemployment Numbers Released

Unemployment rates rose significantly for both Manitowoc and Manitowoc County in June. Numbers released by the State Department of Workforce Development show the city’s jobless number is three-point-seven percent. That’s up from two-and-a-half percent in May and a seven-tenths percent jump from last June’s rate of three percent. Meanwhile, three-and-a-half percent of Manitowoc County’s workforce was unemployed, an increase from May’s rate of two-point- seven percent and just slightly less than last June’s figure of three-point-four percent. This mirrors a statewide trend where all 33 major cities-including Manitowoc and all 72 counties saw preliminary June jobless rates Increase. The state’s employment rate of two-point-nine percent increased for the first time in three months, up from two-point-eight percent in April and May.