Indiana's October unemployment rises slightly from September

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's unemployment rate of 9.8 percent in October is slightly above September's adjusted jobless rate of 9.7 percent.

State officials said the change is statistically insignificant.

Numbers released Friday by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development show that Indiana's October jobless rate stayed below the national unemployment rate of 10.2 percent for that month.

Indiana had been above the national rate from October 2008 until September 2009.