Wyoming’s unemployment rate continues to climb

Other adjacent counties were: Franklin, 4.3 percent; Knox, 5.2 percent; Coshocton, 7.1 percent; and Perry, 7.2 percent.

Unemployment rates in and around Shelby County decreased in March, along with 82 of Ohio’s 88 counties. It was 88,000 in February and 85,400 in March 2015. This marked the county’s first month for private sector job growth since September 2014.

The rates in Wood County edged down to 4.5 percent from 4.7 percent, in Fulton County to 5.6 percent from 5.8 percent, and in Ottawa County to 8.8 percent from 9.3 percent.

The March Wyoming unemployment report confirms what everybody already knows about the impact of low energy prices on Wyoming’s economy, according to a Senior State Economist.

According to statistics released by the New York Labor Department Tuesday, the number of jobless in the region dropped in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in March compared to a year before.

“I think we have a really strong economic team”, said Windy Murphy, supervisor of business services for OhioMeansJobs/Licking County.

The rate, a measure of the employment status of county residents active in the labor market, was a reflection of an increase in employed persons by 1,000 to 35,600 along with a 200-person decrease in unemployed residents.

Joining them at the high end are Hamilton with 8.6 percent and Bronx with 7.9 percent. That’s according to Tennessee Labor Commissioner Burns Phillips.

The corresponding state and US rates, not seasonally adjusted, were 5.4 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively.