IMPROVING UNEMPLOYMENT PICTURE

It appears that more people are working in east central Ohio. According to County by County statistics released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Licking and all surrounding counties saw their unemployment rate drop from July to August. Licking County had a 6.1 percent rate last month, down from 6.6 percent in July. Though its rate dropped 8-tenths of a percent Coshocton County had the highest rate in the immediate area, at 9.2-percent. Ohio’s unemployment rate was 7.2 percent last month.