Jobs Numbers

The unemployment rate in Fulton County was down in August, to 6.7%…from 7.2% in July. Last August, the jobless rate in the county was 3.9%. The comparable unemployment rate for the state was 8.8%. One highlight, locally…Van Wert County checks in at a low 5.9. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in August was 510,000, unchanged from July. The U.S. unemployment rate for August was 8.4%, down from 10.2%.