New FC Jobs Numbers

Fulton County’s unemployment rate falls in March. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says it fell to 4.3%…from 5.5 in February. Last March, the jobless rate was 6.3% in the county. Among the state’s 88 counties, preliminary March 2021 unemployment rates ranged from a low of 2.4% in Holmes County to a high of 6.6% in Mahoning and Monroe counties. From February, unemployment rates decreased in 86 counties and increased in two. The unemployment rate for Ohio was 4.7% in March.