Like most of the nation, the Evansville area has seen steep job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says the jobless rate for the Evansville metro area rose from 3.1 percent in March to 14.7 percent in April.
The agency reported the number of unemployed workers jumped from less than 2,900 to more than 23,000.
The statewide jobless rate was worse than Evansville’s – topping 17 percent.
The number of unemployed Hoosiers ballooned from less than 105,000 to more than 550,000.
The U.S. Labor Department put the nation’s April jobless rate at 14.4 percent, with more than 22 million people unemployed due to COVID-19 shutdowns.
