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Some Ohio Counties Have Jobless Rates Two Times Higher Than Others

Ohio has a statewide unemployment rate of 8.6 percent. That’s down more than two full percentage points since early last year. But the statewide number masks some big differences in the jobless picture among individual counties. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.