Trumbull had fourth highest jobless rate in September
Only three of Ohio's 88 counties had unemployment rates higher than Trumbull last month.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Only three of Ohio's 88 counties had unemployment rates higher than Trumbull last month.
Newly released information from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services pegged Trumbull's jobless rate for September at 5.7 percent.
The only areas with higher rates are Monroe, Scioto and Adams County along the Ohio River in the southern part of the state.
Trumbull County's rate jumped up four-tenths of a percent from August but was improved over the 8% jobless rate from September of one year ago.
Trumbull's rate was worse than that of the Valley as-a-whole. The September rate for the Youngstown-Warren metropolitan area was 5.2%.
Unemployment in the cities of Warren and Youngstown was 6.9% last month.
Mahoning County's 5.3% September rate ranks ninth among Ohio counties with the highest unemployment. The rate in Columbiana County was 4.6%
The county with the lowest September unemployment rate was Mercer, along Ohio's western border with Indiana.
The statewide jobless rate last month was 4.1%. The national rate was 3.6%.
