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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 09:20 a.m. EST, Mar 03, 2009
Summit County's unemployment rate jumped to 9.3 percent in January, according to state figures released this morning.
Summit County's unemployment rate in December was 7.4 percent.
Ohio had an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in January, the highest jobless rate in 23 years. More than half a million Ohioans were without jobs in January, according to a report issued Friday. It was the highest monthly rate since 8.9 percent in November 1985.
The U.S. unemployment average was 7.6 percent in January, up from 7.4 percent in December and 4.9 percent a year earlier.
Summit County finished 2008 with an average unemployment rate of 6.2 percent. The county's average unemployment rate for 2007 was 5.4 percent.
Here's a list of unemployment rates around the state, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services:
COUNTY — RATE
Adams — 15.7
Allen — 11.2
Ashland — 12.6
Ashtabula — 13.4
Athens — 8.0
Auglaize — 9.3
Belmont — 9.3
Brown — 13.1
Butler — 8.5
Carroll — 12.8
Champaign — 9.9
Clark — 9.6
Clermont — 9.2
Clinton — 10.3
Columbiana — 12.8
Coshocton — 12.9
Crawford — 15.0
Cuyahoga — 7.6
Darke — 10.8
Defiance — 14.0
Delaware — 6.1
Erie — 14.1
Fairfield — 7.9
Fayette — 9.3
Franklin — 7.2
Fulton — 15.3
Gallia — 8.7
Geauga — 6.5
Greene — 8.8
Guernsey — 13.0
Hamilton — 7.7
Hancock — 9.9
Hardin — 10.4
Harrison — 11.2
Henry — 15.0
Highland — 12.7
Hocking — 11.7
Holmes — 7.6
Huron — 18.3
Jackson — 12.2
Jefferson — 10.5
Knox — 8.9
Lake — 7.1
Lawrence — 7.6
Licking — 9.1
Logan — 9.0
Lorain — 8.9
Lucas — 13.3
Madison — 8.8
Mahoning — 13.4
Marion — 11.6
Medina — 7.3
Meigs — 14.9
Mercer — 8.0
Miami — 11.3
Monroe — 13.2
Montgomery — 11.2
Morgan — 16.3
Morrow — 12.1
Muskingum — 12.6
Noble — 13.6
Ottawa — 17.0
Paulding — 13.4
Perry — 13.9
Pickaway — 10.5
Pike — 16.4
Portage — 10.2
Preble — 12.7
Putnam — 11.9
Richland — 12.9
Ross — 13.8
Sandusky — 13.2
Scioto — 11.8
Seneca — 12.4
Shelby — 11.7
Stark — 10.4
Summit — 9.3
Trumbull — 14.7
Tuscarawas — 10.3
Union — 7.6
Van Wert — 13.7
Vinton — 15.2
Warren — 8.1
Washington — 9.3
Wayne — 8.8
Williams — 15.4
Wood — 11.6
Wyandot — 13.9
CITY — RATE
Canton — 11.2
Akron — 10.0
Cuyahoga Falls — 8.7
Hamilton — 10.1
Springfield — 9.7
Cleveland — 9.4
Cleveland Heights — 4.9
Euclid — 8.0
Lakewood — 6.5
Parma — 8.2
Columbus — 7.3
Cincinnati — 8.0
Mentor — 5.8
Elyria — 9.0
Lorain — 10.1
Toledo — 14.3
Youngstown — 14.4
Dayton — 12.6
Kettering — 9.3
Mansfield — 12.3
Summit County's unemployment rate jumped to 9.3 percent in January, according to state figures released this morning.
Summit County's unemployment rate in December was 7.4 percent.
Ohio had an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in January, the highest jobless rate in 23 years. More than half a million Ohioans were without jobs in January, according to a report issued Friday. It was the highest monthly rate since 8.9 percent in November 1985.
The U.S. unemployment average was 7.6 percent in January, up from 7.4 percent in December and 4.9 percent a year earlier.
Summit County finished 2008 with an average unemployment rate of 6.2 percent. The county's average unemployment rate for 2007 was 5.4 percent.
Here's a list of unemployment rates around the state, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services:
COUNTY — RATE
Adams — 15.7
Allen — 11.2
Ashland — 12.6
Ashtabula — 13.4
Athens — 8.0
Auglaize — 9.3
Belmont — 9.3
Brown — 13.1
Butler — 8.5
Carroll — 12.8
Champaign — 9.9
Clark — 9.6
Clermont — 9.2
Clinton — 10.3
Columbiana — 12.8
Coshocton — 12.9
Crawford — 15.0
Cuyahoga — 7.6
Darke — 10.8
Defiance — 14.0
Delaware — 6.1
Erie — 14.1
Fairfield — 7.9
Fayette — 9.3
Franklin — 7.2
Fulton — 15.3
Gallia — 8.7
Geauga — 6.5
Greene — 8.8
Guernsey — 13.0
Hamilton — 7.7
Hancock — 9.9
Hardin — 10.4
Harrison — 11.2
Henry — 15.0
Highland — 12.7
Hocking — 11.7
Holmes — 7.6
Huron — 18.3
Jackson — 12.2
Jefferson — 10.5
Knox — 8.9
Lake — 7.1
Lawrence — 7.6
Licking — 9.1
Logan — 9.0
Lorain — 8.9
Lucas — 13.3
Madison — 8.8
Mahoning — 13.4
Marion — 11.6
Medina — 7.3
Meigs — 14.9
Mercer — 8.0
Miami — 11.3
Monroe — 13.2
Montgomery — 11.2
Morgan — 16.3
Morrow — 12.1
Muskingum — 12.6
Noble — 13.6
Ottawa — 17.0
Paulding — 13.4
Perry — 13.9
Pickaway — 10.5
Pike — 16.4
Portage — 10.2
Preble — 12.7
Putnam — 11.9
Richland — 12.9
Ross — 13.8
Sandusky — 13.2
Scioto — 11.8
Seneca — 12.4
Shelby — 11.7
Stark — 10.4
Summit — 9.3
Trumbull — 14.7
Tuscarawas — 10.3
Union — 7.6
Van Wert — 13.7
Vinton — 15.2
Warren — 8.1
Washington — 9.3
Wayne — 8.8
Williams — 15.4
Wood — 11.6
Wyandot — 13.9
CITY — RATE
Canton — 11.2
Akron — 10.0
Cuyahoga Falls — 8.7
Hamilton — 10.1
Springfield — 9.7
Cleveland — 9.4
Cleveland Heights — 4.9
Euclid — 8.0
Lakewood — 6.5
Parma — 8.2
Columbus — 7.3
Cincinnati — 8.0
Mentor — 5.8
Elyria — 9.0
Lorain — 10.1
Toledo — 14.3
Youngstown — 14.4
Dayton — 12.6
Kettering — 9.3
Mansfield — 12.3
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Rootstown, Oh
Posted 09:44 AM, 03/03/2009
First Energy just laid off hundreds of employees this morning, so that will increase Summit's percentages further.
Richfield, OH
Posted 10:12 AM, 03/03/2009
... and why should they go back to work. The Messiah plans to give them free housing, healthcare, education, etc, etc, etc at the expense of the achievers.
Richfield, OH
Posted 10:12 AM, 03/03/2009
Hopefully our energy rates will go down.
Akron, OH
Posted 10:43 AM, 03/03/2009
Right, rates will go down just like the prices at the grocery store did!
rootstown, oh
Posted 11:16 AM, 03/03/2009
more of the brilliant reaganomics plan.rich businesses do not care-until their heads are on a pike.
Posted 11:43 AM, 03/03/2009
@Spirit of Reagan--Have you checked the classified ads in the paper lately? There are NO JOBS!! These people have no where to "go back to work." If you've got openings for the 400 soon to be laid off from Timken those laid off from First Energy the 114 laid off from Sterling Jewelers in January, please speak up and let these people know.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Posted 12:05 PM, 03/03/2009
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Second Great Depression.
Tallmadge, OH
Posted 12:10 PM, 03/03/2009
Bridget - the ABJ is the last place anyone should look for a job these days. The ABJ charges so much for their ads now that employers no longer use them for job ads. It's the Internet baby if you want to find a job like Career Builder or Akron Jobs Now websites for example. Meanwhile, the employment picture is approaching depression levels. Nothing seems to be bringing the USA out of it's economic funk.
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 12:10 PM, 03/03/2009
Bridget is right on with this. If anyone is out of work and searching, you are screwed, especially those who have marketable skills like me. My trade is way down and not looking too good right now. Unfortunately, I do not have the income coming in to advance my education or else I would do just that. IOW, I'm pretty muck f#ck3d.
Posted 12:15 PM, 03/03/2009
Gees, never realised it. There are exactly 7 jobs listed in the classified ads today.....
Richfield, OH
Posted 01:14 PM, 03/03/2009
Meanwhile Obama commits $900 millions to Palestinians. Hmmm ...
Posted 03:09 PM, 03/03/2009
things are getting worse everyday and everyday we keep bailing out people who dont know how to run their businesses properly. They just keep profiting. I just realized on SUNDAY there is no classified ads; I thought I just didn't get that section of the paper. Try to hang in there everyone, hopefully time will turn all of this around.
Wadsworth, OH
Posted 03:24 PM, 03/03/2009
It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Our economy is in crisis because it was built on a shaky foundation of cooked books and financial irresponsibility. Perhaps this crisis will give us a chance to get back to ethical business practices and start holding those in charge accountable for their actions.
Richfield, OH
Posted 03:32 PM, 03/03/2009
Lebowski - most companies are led by ethical executives. The problem is the gov't policies around housing led to all of this cheap lending to people that shouldn't even have homes. This led to a major bubble.
The problem we face now and the markets (which are forward looking) reflect is that Obama's prescription is worse than the problems we face. His plans to punish the achievers is shocking and will ultimately result in less investment and growth.
Yo Mama, PA
Posted 04:22 PM, 03/03/2009
Obama SUCKS!
Bush RULES!!!
New Philadelphia, OH
Posted 04:30 PM, 03/03/2009
Indeed.com folks,,,,,,dont mess with Monster or Careerbuilder....to much BS from those sites. Just checked the site......8,305 jobs within a 25 mile radius of Akron. Granted,,,it will show everyjob from Taco Bell to Bank president......but its alot better than the classifieds
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 05:25 PM, 03/03/2009
Yes, I have found that Indeed.com is pretty good. Also try resumebucket.com and ohiomeansjobs.com.
I've had a little action stirred up on monster.com and also on Craigs List too but so far nothing concrete.
I have also sent resumes to people who do not have ads up right now but are people that I know of who are in the same profession I am and also some folks who I have had dealings with in the past. I never burnt any bridges in the event I may need to walk across them again someday.
Tallmadge, OHIO
Posted 06:46 PM, 03/03/2009
@SpitWad of Reagan drooled:"... and why should they go back to work. The Messiah plans to give them free housing, healthcare, education, etc, etc, etc at the expense of the achievers."
Where do you find this stuff? Please share your sources. Once again, us progressives are only getting half the story.
Or just fess up and tell everyone this is just your opinion of the situation and your position, as normal, is devoid of anything factual.
akron, oh
Posted 06:51 PM, 03/03/2009
My God you WHINERS!
Suck it up, your parents, grandparents had it worse and somehow they got through tough times.
Some of them even went and won a World War.
Sell your flat screens, get rid of cable, cell phones.
How many of the 'poor' still have their bling?
You are bait for Obama! Barry is loving it!
Mogadore, OH
Posted 07:14 PM, 03/03/2009
NBC with Brian Williams reported tonight so much money was borrowed over seas during the Bush years, Washington is unsure of how much more debt we can incur before collapsing under the weight, we may have already reached this point...this is very scary stuff!
Funtown, OH
Posted 07:17 PM, 03/03/2009
Thanks to those that shared additional sites to review jobs. Taco Bell or Bank President sounds pretty good to my husband right now. LOL
akron, oh
Posted 07:47 PM, 03/03/2009
It's just going to get worse!! The stimulus package might help in the beginning but in the end poverty will be everywhere!! THERE WILL BE THE RICH AND THERE WILL BE THE POOR!!---NO MIDDLE CLASS---
THE END HAS TO BE NEAR...JUST OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!!
Richfield, OH
Posted 10:44 PM, 03/03/2009
Mad - in less than a month Obama put forth plans that spend more than Bush did in Iraq, Afghanistan and Katrina combined. His plans will saddle us with long term costs for all the social handouts.
Mogadore, OH
Posted 11:11 PM, 03/03/2009
Reagan- As reported tonight on NBC, 84% of Americans feel Obama inherited a huge problem, and he holds a 60% approval...Having said this, I do know 600 billion has been spent in Iraq...Yes, there are some lofty social spending plans which would have to go through congress. Yet, given the dimensions of todays congressional hearings, and the magnitude of debt, I think lofty social spending plans will take a back seat.
rootstown, oh
Posted 03:46 AM, 03/04/2009
@reagan idiot-this administration has miles to go before it can overcome the damage from the bush regime.that moron has left this country bankrupt while he has squandered millions of dollars from the american public.
Posted 06:49 AM, 03/04/2009
I see the "change", more people unemployed, dow loosing value at a faster rate, more government pork and I cant find a job.
I will keep my money, freedom and my guns you all can keep the "change"
akron, oh
Posted 08:23 AM, 03/04/2009
spirit of reagan- what rush isnt telling you is that obama's numbers are a total budget. those iraq, afghanistan and katrina numbers were just THOSE instances. did rush tell you the other side of that?
how many of those houses in the urban areas that foreclosed are part of the problem as opposed to all those houses in copley, solon, hudson etc? who lost more money?
and boosh contributed MORE money to the middle east over each of the past 8 years than obama has proposed this year.
to all the unemployed- who want to work-
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!!!! things will get better, they always do.
Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 11:12 AM, 03/04/2009
@ angry_black: I certainly hope you are right on with your prediction of things getting better. I've been in the hunt since mid-January and so far I have sent out hundreds of resumes. I'm on about 50 job boards too. I have sent out an average of at least 5 per day for jobs I can do.
I have found out that a lot of companies are taking resumes in the anticipation that jobs are going to become available in the next month or two, so it is good to at least get your foot in the door that way. I've had a couple interviews. Nothing concrete as of yet though!
Unfortunately, it has come time to make major decisions and only pay the important things per month, like car, mortgage, insurance, gas, utilities, internet (for job searching), and food. The credit cards?? Oh well....they are not getting anything this month and I will more than likely have to consider bankruptcy on those debts. If it is a problem for them, let them call Bush and see if he has some more bank bailout money for them. Sad, but it has come down to that. At least I'll still have my home though.
It is bad when you go from making 50K a year down to 25K on unemployment. Tough decisions have to be made.
One thing to do if you are in the job search is to track any and all expenses that you have while job searching that are related to your job search. Keep track of your internet bills, phone bills, cellular bills, computer and printer supplies, and mileage. You can write this stuff off on your taxes if you are filing the long form.
Worst case scenario at this point is that I'd have the whole summer off. I hope it does not get that far though.
Tallmadge, OHIO
Posted 11:32 AM, 03/04/2009
@Spitwad Of Reagan said:"Mad - in less than a month Obama put forth plans that spend more than Bush did in Iraq, Afghanistan and Katrina combined. His plans will saddle us with long term costs for all the social handouts."
So what. I'd rather see us spending money here making things better FOR OUR CITIZENS than be paying KBR, Halliburton, et al, investors for toilets in the desert.
Where's all your angst about corporate welfare and sub-3% corporate effective tax rates??
akron, oh
Posted 01:50 PM, 03/04/2009
Happened in 1982 when I graduated. I survived w/o a college degree. The economy turned around.
akron, oh
Posted 01:52 PM, 03/04/2009
Steel mills closed shop, laying off thousands. Shoe factories and clothes factories shut their doors and moved oversees. Government was of no help, and we didn't have alot of those government freebies like EIC and day care subsidies, along with mortgage bailouts. Oh, do you know there is a private program that will buy bad mortgages and help a troubled homeowner? gee, a program not relying on government funds. (NACA)
Columbus, OH
Posted 07:06 PM, 03/04/2009
Get ready to add a more to this number come June when the fiscal year is about to end for the State of Ohio. The state plans to lay off a large number of employees, including public safety, corrections officers and parole officers. This mean more criminals on the streets, less parole officers watchign them, more criminals with no jobs to go to, so they will resort back to crime, and WE will all be the victims of that crime. Strickland wants to bust up the unions of state workers and let the criminals run free.
More criminals no jobs for them less parole officers no where to put the criminals= Bad news for everyone
