RBC I After a good drop in the Rio Blanco unemployment rate between December and January, February’s numbers represent a large hike in the county’s jobless numbers from 4.7 percent in January to 5.4 percent in February. The national rate last month was unchanged at 5 percent. One year earlier the unemployment rate was at 10.3 percent, and at 10.1 percent in March.
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The jobless rate for all of the state’s metro areas and counties tumbled in April as spring weather marked the return of hiring for outdoor employment.
The Mahoning Valley’s nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April was 6.4 percent, up from April 2015’s rate of 5.8 percent.
The rate for Columbus and Franklin County was 3.9 percent, the same as for the region.
Hancock County’s unemployment rate was fifth lowest in the state.
In Kosciusko County the April jobless rate was 4.1 percent, down from 4.7 percent in March and up from 3.6 percent in April 2015.
On the up side, there was a tie between Baca (Springfield) and Summit (Breckenridge) counties for the lowest unemployment rates in the state at 1.7 percent.
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The comparable OH unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, down from 5.4 percent in March and up from 4.6 percent a year ago.
