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ELKHART — The unemployment rate in the Elkhart-Goshen area jumped to 4.9 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.

That’s higher than any of the other 12 metropolitan statistical areas in Indiana, and above state and national rates for the month, the government said.

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