(Indianapolis, IN) - Some of the state’s highest unemployment rates are here in Northwest Indiana.

The latest figures from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development show Lake County has the second highest unemployment rate at 5.1 percent.

Starke County at 4.7 percent was third and La Porte County at 4.1 percent was seventh for highest jobless rates statewide.

The highest at 5.7 percent was in the Kokomo area, where automobile factories are a major employer.  The unemployment rates in Porter and St. Joseph counties were 3.8 percent and 3.9 percent.