COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The final numbers on jobs in Michigan in 2014 have been released and they show that in Branch County, over a thousand more people were working at the end of last year compared to 2013. The county’s jobless rate ticked up just a bit in December to 5% while the November figure was 4.9%.
In December of 2013, the unemployment rate in Branch County was 8%. There were actually more people on the job in the county in December at 18,707 versus 18,661 in November but unemployment went up because the labor force grew slightly. Branch County’s 5% jobless rate to end 2014 compares to the nation’s December rate of 5.4% and Michigan’s unemployment rate last month of 5.6%.
