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July Unemployment Lower in Area from Year AGo

By Tom Zimmerman Aug 25, 2026 | 5:00 AM

Knox County’s 3.5% unemployment rate for July was six tenths of a percent lower than July of 2025.  In Daviess County, the July rate was 3%, six-tenths of a percent lower than the same time last year.  The average unemployment rate of Indiana’s 92 counties in July was 3.6%.  The figures were released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.

 

For other area counties:

Martin County’s jobless rate in July stood at 2.9%, three-tenths of a percent lower than July of 2025.

Sullivan County unemployment rate of 3.2% in July was eight tenths of a percent lower than the same time a year ago.

Gibson County’s jobless rate was also 3.2%, three tenths of a percent lower than the year before.

Pike County’s July unemployment rate was 3.5%, six tenths of a percent lower than the same time last year.

The area’s highest unemployment was in Greene County, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% last month—still a half percent lower than the year before.

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