{"id":187819,"date":"2024-12-25T22:19:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T03:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=187819"},"modified":"2024-12-26T22:33:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:33:43","slug":"unemployment-up-big-in-van-wert-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/12\/25\/unemployment-up-big-in-van-wert-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment up big in Van Wert County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert County unemployment rates increased by nearly two percent between October and November \u2013 going from 2.8 percent in October to 4.6 percent last month \u2013 according to figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday. November\u2019s rate was double that of November, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ODJFS, the jump took the county from seventh lowest in Ohio in October to 23rd highest in November. Out of a labor pool of 14,900 workers, 14,200 were employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContinued claims increased almost 300 percent from October to November due to a temporary layoff in manufacturing,\u201d ODJFS spokesman Tom Betti said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ohio-unemployment-map-11-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187820\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This map shows November unemployment rates for all 88 Ohio counties. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three counties in northeast Ohio had the state\u2019s lowest unemployment rate last month. Medina and Geauga counties tied for the lowest rate, 2.6 percent, while Lake County\u2019s jobless rate was 2.7 percent. Mercer County, which traditionally has the lowest rate, had Ohio\u2019s fourth lowest unemployment rate in November, 2.8 percent. Two counties adjacent to Van Wert County had low rates as well. Putnam County was at 3.1 percent (seventh lowest), while Auglaize County came in at 3.2 and tied with Cuyahoga County for ninth lowest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paulding County\u2019s November jobless rate was 4.0 percent and Allen County\u2019s rate was 4.2 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two northwest Ohio counties had the state\u2019s highest unemployment rates last month. Lucas County rate of 6.8 percent topped all other counties, while Ottawa County\u2019s 5.9 percent jobless rate was second. Meigs and Monroe counties had the third and fourth highest unemployment rates last month, 5.8 and 5.7 percent respectively, and Athens County had Ohio\u2019s fifth highest jobless rate, 5.6 percent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From October, unemployment rates increased in 85 counties and decreased in just three counties. The comparable November unemployment rate for Ohio was 3.9 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Van Wert County unemployment rates increased by nearly two percent between October and November \u2013 going from 2.8 percent in October to 4.6 percent last month \u2013 according to figures supplied by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday. November\u2019s rate was double that of November, 2023. 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