By: Chelsie Firestone
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
Fulton County saw a slight increase in its unemployment percentage from October (4.2%) to November (4.4%). Williams County, however, continued to see improvement in its unemployment numbers moving from 4.2% to 4.0% in the same time span. With unemployment numbers improving in 43 of Ohio’s 88 counties, both counties’ numbers are typical of that seen throughout much of the state. Fulton County saw little movement in its position on the state ranking system moving from 49th in October to 48th in November. Williams County’s position did improve from 54th to 60th.
Statewide, the unemployment percentage fell from 5.3% in October to 5.0% in November and is down from the 7.2% mark of one year ago. The number of unemployed throughout the state has fallen 18,000, from 305,000 to 287,000, in the last month and 130,000 in the last 12 months.
Statewide, unemployment ranged from a low of 2.7% in Mercer County to a high of 9.3% in Monroe County. Counties in Ohio with the lowest rates included Mercer (2.7%), Holmes (3.0%), Auglaize (3.1%), Delaware (3.3%), Hancock (3.3%), and Putnam (3.5%). Counties with the highest rates included Monroe (9.5%), Ottawa (7.3%), and Meigs (7.2%).
Throughout the state, job growth was seen in leisure and hospitality (+6100); manufacturing (+4400); professional and business services (+4100); other services (+3500); trade, transportation, and utilities (+2100); federal government (+1300); financial activities (+400); and mining and logging (+300). Loss was seen in state government (-2300), education and health services (-1000), local government (-500), and construction (-500). No change was seen in information services.
Ohioans wishing to learn more about unemployment benefits or who are in search of a job can visit www.ohiomeansjobs.com. The information in this article and the monthly statistical analysis it is based upon are also available at http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm.
Chelsie can be reached at
chelsie@thevillagereporter.com
