7/24/18 – 12:05 P.M.

Unemployment jumped in June in Hancock County. The latest numbers from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show Hancock County had a 4.1 percent jobless rate last month. That’s up from 3.1 percent in May. It’s also higher than the unemployment rate in June of 2017, which was 3.8 percent.

Putnam and Wyandot counties tied for the lowest unemployment rates in the area, both at 3.7 percent. Both counties saw unemployment increase compared to May and compared to June of last year.

Unemployment was higher all across the region last month. Wood County was the only other county in our region under 5 percent unemployment, coming in at 4.9 percent. Seneca County was at 5 percent, Allen and Henry counties checked in at 5.1 percent, and Hardin County’s jobless rate jumped to 5.5 percent.