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Regional Jobless Rate For June Is Up From May

The unemployment rate for the Columbus metropolitan area increased in June. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says the rate rose four-tenths of a point to 4.2 percent. The department blames the increase on high school students looking for summer jobs and new college graduates looking for work. The Department says the city's rate is 4.2 percent, Franklin County's rate is 4.1 percent, and Delaware County's rate is 3.7 percent. The statewide rate is 5 percent.

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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