More than 700 Johnson County residents have been able to return to work since June 2014, according to a report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Johnson County continues to have a lower unemployment rate than the state average of 4.8 percent, with June’s unemployment rate hitting 4.1 percent.
Of the 156,603 people unemployed throughout the Hoosier state, more than 3,100 hail from Johnson County.
That is fewer than the 3,870 people who were unemployed last June, the report said.
More than 3.1 million people are employed throughout Indiana, including more than 74,000 from Johnson County.
The county’s workforce has grown by about 2,000 residents since June 2014, according to the unemployment report.
Boone, Hamilton and Hendricks counties all had lower unemployment rates than Johnson County, and Hancock County also had a 4.1 per-cent unemployment rate for last month.
The other counties surrounding Marion County — Madison, Morgan and Shelby — have higher rates of unemployment.
Indiana’s statewide unemployment rate of 4.8 percent is lower than the national average of 5.5 percent.
The state unemployment rate dropped more than one percentage point since June 2014.
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Here’s a look at the current employment rates for counties surrounding Marion County:
Johnson County
June 2014: 5.1 percent
June 2015: 4.1 percent
Boone County
June 2014: 4.6 percent
June 2015: 3.8 percent
Hamilton County
June 2014: 4.3 percent
June 2015: 3.5 percent
Hancock County
June 2014: 5.2 percent
June 2015: 4.1 percent
Hendricks County
June 2014: 4.7 percent
June 2015: 3.9 percent
Madison County
June 2014: 7.0 percent
June 2015: 5.3 percent
Morgan County
June 2014: 5.7 percent
June 2015: 4.5 percent
Shelby County
June 2014: 5.5 percent
June 2015: 4.2 percent
Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development
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