Most counties in West Central Ohio saw slight decreases in their unemployment numbers for the month of December.
Allen County has the highest unemployment percentage in our area with 3.4%, but that fell from 3.5% in November. Putnam County was the only one to see an increase last month, jumping from 2.1% to 2.4%. Mercer County had the second-lowest unemployment rate in the state with 2.1%.
Hardin and Paulding Counties had the biggest drop at 0.3%. Logan County remained unchanged from November to December at 2.9%. The unemployment rate for the state was 3.4% in December which is below the national rate of 3.9%.
