ST. IGANCE, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and budget report the latest number reveal the Upper Peninsula jobless rate rose to 7.4% in February, 0.2 percent higher than January.

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Mackinac County comes in the highest at 22.7% unemployment with Menominee County having the lowest at 4.8%.

The U.P.’s 7.4% unemployment rate is much higher than the states overall percentage which is at 4.6 %

The U.S. unemployment rate is at 3.6%