Cleveland's Unemployment Climbs
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:42 PM
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says among the state's largest cities, Cleveland had the highest jobless rate for June, at 10.1 percent. Meigs led the counties, with an unemployment rate of 10 percent.
Columbus and Cuyahoga Falls shared last month's lowest unemployment rate among cities: 5.7 percent.
Delaware, Holmes and Mercer counties tied for the lowest county rate, all with joblessness at 4.9 percent.
On Friday, officials said Ohio's statewide unemployment rate for June was 6.6 percent, up from 6.3 the month before.
COUNTY RATE
Adams 8.6
Allen 7.3
Ashland 6.8
Ashtabula 7.4
Athens 6.7
Auglaize 5.3
Belmont 6.2
Brown 7.3
Butler 6.2
Carroll 6.8
Champaign 7.0
Clark 6.6
Clermont 5.9
Clinton 5.8
Columbiana 7.2
Coshocton 8.7
Crawford 8.0
Cuyahoga 8.1
Darke 6.3
Defiance 8.9
Delaware 4.9
Erie 5.9
Fairfield 5.7
Fayette 5.9
Franklin 5.7
Fulton 7.6
Gallia 6.6
Geauga 6.3
Greene 6.5
Guernsey 7.3
Hamilton 5.9
Hancock 5.7
Hardin 7.3
Harrison 7.5
Henry 7.9
Highland 7.0
Hocking 7.2
Holmes 4.9
Huron 8.1
Jackson 8.2
Jefferson 7.4
Knox 6.5
Lake 6.9
Lawrence 6.1
Licking 6.1
Logan 6.1
Lorain 7.8
Lucas 7.8
Madison 6.1
Mahoning 7.1
Marion 6.9
Medina 6.8
Meigs 10.0
Mercer 4.9
Miami 6.0
Monroe 8.7
Montgomery 7.2
Morgan 9.9
Morrow 6.3
Muskingum 8.1
Noble 7.7
Ottawa 7.2
Paulding 7.2
Perry 8.1
Pickaway 6.7
Pike 9.3
Portage 6.2
Preble 6.5
Putnam 6.2
Richland 7.1
Ross 7.6
Sandusky 6.2
Scioto 8.2
Seneca 6.8
Shelby 5.4
Stark 6.7
Summit 6.2
Trumbull 7.8
Tuscarawas 6.2
Union 5.4
Van Wert 7.8
Vinton 8.8
Warren 5.6
Washington 5.6
Wayne 5.7
Williams 6.9
Wood 6.6
Wyandot 6.8
CITY RATE
Hamilton 6.6
Springfield 7.2
Cleveland 10.1
Cleveland Hts. 6.4
Euclid 8.1
Lakewood 7.0
Parma 7.8
Columbus 5.7
Cincinnati 6.4
Mentor 6.2
Elyria 7.8
Lorain 9.3
Toledo 8.5
Youngstown 8.6
Dayton 8.4
Kettering 6.0
Mansfield 7.3
Canton 8.1
Akron 6.8
Cuyahoga Falls 5.7
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