Editor's Note: The following article ran in the Oct. 29 of the Business Journal Daily. Click here to read the article.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Mahoning Valley’s jobless rate remained the highest among Ohio’s 13 metropolitan areas in September, despite falling by nearly a whole percentage point from August.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics put the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metropolitan Statistical Area’s unemployment rate at 12.4%, just above the 12.2% rate recorded for the Weirton-Steubenville MSA, which had the second-highest jobless rate in the state. Ohio’s unemployment rate during September was 9.7%. Among the state’s metros, the Columbus MSA posted the lowest jobless rate, 8.2%.
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