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Ohio August Unemployment Holds Steady at 7.2 percent

While Ohio’s official unemployment rate for August remains unchanged at 7.2 percent, 5,000 fewer Ohioans were classified as jobless in August. That leaves 413,000 still officially unemployed. The national unemployment rate in August was 8.1 percent.

Nick Castele was a senior reporter covering politics and government for Ideastream Public Media. He worked as a reporter for Ideastream from 2012-2022.