December 2012 Ranking of Ohio County Unemployment Rates

(Not Seasonally Adjusted) Among the state's 88 counties, the December 2012 unemployment rates ranged from a low of 3.9 percent in Mercer County to a high of 12.3 percent in Pike County. Rates increased in 67 of the 88 counties. In December, the comparable rate for Ohio was 6.6 percent. (See table below). Nine counties had unemployment rates at or below 5.5 percent in December. The counties with the lowest rates, other than Mercer were: Holmes, 4.2; Delaware, 4.3; Auglaize, 4.8; Union, 5.1; Hancock, 5.2; Franklin and Putnam, 5.4; and Wayne, 5.5 percent. Ten counties had unemployment rates above 10.0 percent during December. The counties with the highest rates, other than Pike were: Adams and Morgan, 11.1; Meigs and Ottawa, 10.9; Jefferson, 10.6; Huron and Scioto, 10.3; and Monroe and Vinton, 10.1percent.
EDITORS NOTE: These estimates, prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, are based on 2011 benchmark and geared to county of residence. Unemployment rates for all Ohio counties as well as cities with populations of 50,000 or more are presented in the monthly ODJFS Civilian Labor Force Estimates publication. For updated statewide historical data visit http://ohiolmi.com/asp/laus/vbLaus.htm or contact the Bureau of Labor Market Information at (614) 752-9494. January 2013 unemployment rates and nonagricultural wage and salary data for Ohio will be released by ODJFS on Friday, March 8, 2013. County, city and metropolitan area unemployment rates will be available on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. This information and the monthly statistical summaries it is based on are also available at http://ohiolmi.com/laus/releases.htm.

Ranking Report Ohio Unemployment Rates by County December 2012

Rank (b) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 County Pike County Morgan County Adams County Ottawa County Meigs County Jefferson County Scioto County Huron County Monroe County Vinton County Noble County Clinton County Highland County Muskingum County Ashtabula County Coshocton County Perry County Gallia County Jackson County Guernsey County Brown County Trumbull County Belmont County Crawford County Ross County Fulton County Harrison County Lucas County Columbiana County Richland County Henry County Carroll County Mahoning County Ashland County Marion County Lorain County Lawrence County Hocking County Washington County Van Wert County Erie County Allen County Montgomery County Preble County Unemployment Rate 12.3 11.1 11.1 10.9 10.9 10.6 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.1 9.7 9.7 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 Rank (b) 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 County Williams County Sandusky County Morrow County Seneca County Stark County Athens County Pickaway County Cuyahoga County Defiance County Wyandot County Clark County Fayette County Tuscarawas County Hardin County Lake County Clermont County Greene County Champaign County Portage County Hamilton County Miami County Summit County Paulding County Logan County Knox County Wood County Darke County Madison County Butler County Shelby County Licking County Fairfield County Geauga County Warren County Medina County Wayne County Franklin County Putnam County Hancock County Union County Auglaize County Delaware County Holmes County Mercer County Unemployment Rate 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.3 4.2 3.9

[a] These estimates, prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, are based on 2011 benchmark, are geared to county of residence, and NOT seasonally adjusted. (b) Rankings based upon unrounded unemployment rates. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Office of Workforce Development Bureau of Labor Market Information Columbus 43215