11/20/18 – 10:37 A.M.

Unemployment edged a little higher in our area last month. The latest numbers from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show Hancock County had 3.4 percent unemployment in October. That’s up from 3.1 percent in September, and above the October 2017 jobless rate of 3.2 percent.

Putnam County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the region, standing at 3 percent. That’s up from 2.8 percent in September, and is also higher than the 2.9 percent unemployment rate posted in October of 2017.

Elsewhere around the region, Wyandot (3.1), Wood (3.9), and Henry (3.9) counties all stayed below 4 percent unemployment. Seneca (4.0), Hardin (4.2), and Allen (4.2) counties were all below 4.5 percent.