Jobless Rates Rise In Major Ohio Areas

By: Associated Press | NBC4i.com
Published: June 04, 2009

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WASHINGTON -- The government says unemployment rates rose last month in just four of the country's 49 largest metropolitan areas -- and three out of the four were in Ohio.

The rate in Columbus edged up 0.1 percentage point to 8.2 percent, Cincinnati's grew by the same amount to 9.1 percent and Cleveland's rose three-tenths of a percentage point to 9 percent.

Economist Ken Mayland in Cleveland says the increases in Ohio probably resulted from the region's heavy reliance on the auto industry.

The national jobless rate is expected to reach 9.2 percent when the government releases the May employment report Friday. Many economists expect the rate to top 10 percent by year's end.

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