<p>The Johnson County unemployment rate decreased for the first time since April, with the percentage of jobless Hoosiers dropping as well.</p>
<p>The county’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent in August, down from 2.9 percent in July. The statewide rate saw a more marked difference, decreasing from 3.6 percent in July to 3.2 percent in August.</p>
<p>The county’s unemployment rate is down a half percent since August of last year, with the state rate down the same amount during that 12-month span.</p>
<p>More than 83,000 people in the Johnson County workforce were employed at the end of August, compared to 2,213 who were unemployed.</p>
<p>The statistics come from the August report released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Johnson County is tied with Hendricks County for the third-lowest unemployment rate in central Indiana. It trails Boone and Hamilton counties, which both have 2.5 percent of their workforce unemployed.</p>
<p>Bartholomew County, just south of Johnson County, has the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 2.3 percent. Vermillion County, which borders Illinois in the west-central part of Indiana, has the highest jobless rate at 4.7 percent.</p>
<p>Out of 92 counties in Indiana, 13 counties have a lower unemployment rate than Johnson County.</p>
