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WAYNE COUNTY LABOR FORCE SHRINKS BY 700 IN ONE YEAR, NOW UNDER 29,000

(Wayne County, IN)--Numbers released by the state Monday show that Wayne County is holding steady at its highest employment rate in the last three and a half years.  Wayne County’s rate remained at 4.6% Tuesday morning.  Most other area counties in Indiana saw a slight decline.  The number of people listed as unemployed and the number of people in Wayne County’s workforce remain nearly identical to last month.  But, Wayne County’s labor force has shrunk by nearly 700 people since this time last year and now stands at just under 29,000 people.