Listen to this story
Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThis audio file is brought to you by 
0:00
0:00
Loading audio file, please wait.
No other metro area in the nation staged as large of an increase in its unemployment rate in September as Elkhart-Goshen in northern Indiana, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
The rate leaped 5.1 percentage points from a year earlier to 9.3 percent.
The region has suffered from a number of closings and layoffs in its core industry of recreational vehicle manufacturing.
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.