Local jobless rates fall in March

4/21/2009

Unemployment rates in March, disclosed Tuesday by the state Department of Job and Family Services, went up in some counties and down in others in Ohio.

Lucas County s rate fell to 11.8 percent from 12 percent in February, and the rates for Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa counties in metro Toledo also each fell in March.

Toledo s rate, at 12.6, was the third highest among the bigger cities in the state. Youngstown, at 14 percent, was highest.

Here are the jobless rates by county and by city:

Ohio counties

Adams, 15.5%

Allen, 12.2%

Ashland, 12.9%

Ashtabula, 14.0%

Athens, 8.0%

Auglaize, 11.6%

Belmont, 9.0%

Brown, 13.0%

Butler, 9.1%

Carroll, 14.0%

Champaign, 11.4%

Clark, 10.4%

Clermont, 9.4%

Clinton, 12.5%

Columbiana, 12.9%

Coshocton, 13.6%

Crawford, 15.0%

Cuyahoga, 8.6%

Darke, 12.0%

Defiance, 13.6%

Delaware, 6.4%

Erie, 12.3%

Fairfield, 8.1%

Fayette, 10.6%

Franklin, 7.8%

Fulton, 14.4%

Gallia, 9.5%

Geauga, 7.3%

Greene, 9.2%

Guernsey, 12.7%

Hamilton, 8.2%

Hancock, 10.3%

Hardin, 12.1%

Harrison, 11.6%

Henry, 14.5%

Highland, 14.5%

Hocking, 11.6%

Holmes, 7.8%

Huron, 17.5%

Jackson, 1.6%

Jefferson, 10.2%

Knox, 9.2%

Lake, 8.3%

Lawrence, 7.9%

Licking, 9.6%

Logan, 11.3%

Lorain, 10.3%

Lucas, 11.8%

Madison, 9.8%

Mahoning, 12.7%

Marion, 11.5%

Medina, 8.4%

Meigs, 15.4%

Mercer, 9.0%

Miami, 12.2%

Monroe, 13.1%

Montgomery, 11.3%

Morgan, 15.5%

Morrow, 11.7%

Muskingum, 12.8%

Noble, 13.7%

Ottawa, 16.3%

Paulding, 13.2%

Perry, 13.9%

Pickaway, 10.5%

Pike, 15.0%

Portage, 10.4%

Preble, 13.2%

Putnam, 12.1%

Richland, 13.3%

Ross, 12.1%

Sandusky, 12.6%

Scioto, 11.5%

Seneca, 12.6%

Shelby, 13.2%

Stark, 10.7%

Summit, 9.6%

Trumbull, 14.2%

Tuscarawas, 10.8%

Union, 8.4%

Van Wert, 14.6%

Vinton, 14.2%

Warren, 8.5%

Washington, 9.4%

Wayne, 9.9%

Williams, 15.9%

Wood, 11.0%

Wyandot, 14.8%

Ohio cities

Hamilton, 10.7%

Springfield, 10.7%

Cleveland, 10.6%

Cleveland Hts., 5.8%

Euclid, 9.1%

Lakewood, 7.3%

Parma, 9.2%

Columbus, 7.9%

Cincinnati, 8.3%

Mentor, 7.2%

Elyria, 10.6%

Lorain, 11.7%

Toledo, 12.6%

Youngstown, 14.0%

Dayton, 12.3%

Kettering, 9.4%

Mansfield, 12.8%

Canton, 11.4%

Akron, 10.3%

Cuyahoga Falls, 9.0%