Michigan's major labor market areas, their seasonally unadjusted jobless rates for November, followed by October:
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— Michigan, 7.9 percent, compared with 8.3 percent.
— Ann Arbor, 4.3 percent, compared with 4.6 percent.
— Battle Creek, 5.9 percent, compared with 6.1 percent.
— Bay City, 6.8 percent, compared with 6.9 percent.
— Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 9.7 percent, compared with 10.5 percent.
— Flint, 7.8 percent, compared with 8.1 percent.
— Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 5.4 percent, compared with 5.6 percent.
— Holland-Grand Haven, 5.3 percent, compared with 5.5 percent.
— Jackson, 6.8 percent, compared with 7 percent.
— Kalamazoo-Portage, 6 percent, compared with 6.2 percent.
— Lansing-East Lansing, 5.6 percent, compared with 5.9 percent.
— Monroe, 6.4 percent, compared with 6.6 percent.
— Muskegon-Norton Shores, 7.5 percent, compared with 7.6 percent.
— Niles-Benton Harbor, 7.2 percent, compared with 7.3 percent.
— Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, 7 percent, compared with 7.3 percent.
— Upper Peninsula, 7.5 percent, compared with 6.8 percent.
— Northeast Lower Michigan, 9.6 percent, compared with 8.6 percent.
— Northwest Lower Michigan, 8.2 percent, compared with 7.5 percent.
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Source: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
