<p>The county’s unemployment rate went up last month.</p>
<p>In May, the unemployment rate in Johnson County was 2.7 percent, with about 2,200 people out of work, according to data from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.</p>
<p>The rate is up from April, when the county’s unemployment rate was 2.5 percent. The percent is the same as last year, when 2.7 percent of workers — or nearly 2,200 people — were unemployed, according to the state data.</p>
<p>Statewide, the May unemployment rate of 3.2 percent is up from a rate of 2.9 percent in April. Last year the unemployment rate was 3.2 percent in May, according to state data.</p>
