10/28/2019- The latest unemployment figures for Menominee County have been released. September’s local jobless rate came in at 3.5%, down notably from the 4.4% recorded in August. Unemployment in the County one year ago stood at 3.4%. Menominee County’s September rate is below the statewide average of 3.7% unemployment. The state figures are down from August’s 4.2% joblessness, but up slightly from the 3.5% unemployment rate in Michigan in September of 2018.