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Unemployment Rates Down Over Last Year In Kalamazoo, Battle Creek

Unemployment rates in both the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek labor markets were down nearly a percentage point in March, compared to a year ago. 

The seasonally unadjusted jobless ratein the Kalamazoo market was 4.2% last month. It was 5.1% in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties in March of last year.

Unemployment in the Battle Creek labor market was 4.6%, compared to 5.4% in Calhoun County in March of 2015.

Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.
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