COLUMBUS, OHIO (WLIO) - More people filed for unemployment in the month of December.
According to the Ohio Job and Family Services, all of the unemployment rates for December in our area went up. Allen County has the highest rate for West Central Ohio at 3.7% Mercer County has the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 2.1%. Auglaize is at 2.4%, Putnam at 2.8%, and Hancock at 2.7%.
Logan County had the biggest increase in our area and now sits at 3.2%. Paulding and Van Wert Counties had slight jumps to 2.7%. Statewide, Ohio moved from 3.3% in November to 3.6% in December.
