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Local Jobless Rate For March Down From February

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published April 21, 2016 at 5:55 AM EDT

Central Ohio's unemployment rate is now 4.4 percent, down by a tenth of a point from February. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services credits the decline to more local hiring, with 55 hundred positions filled in March. The region has the lowest unemployment rate among the state's metropolitan areas. Delaware and Union are among seven counties with rates at or below 4 percent.The rate for Columbus and Franklin County is 4.3 percent.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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