All local counties saw a drop in unemployment numbers for the month of March.
According to the Ohio Job and Family Services, Allen County saw the biggest drop in our area falling from 6.0% in February to 4.2% in March. Mercer and Auglaize Counties are in the bottom five for the lowest unemployment rate in the state in March. Hardin County fell nearly 1%. Logan, Van Wert, and Paulding counties dropped 0.5%. The state went from 4.8% in February to 3.8% in March.
