Dayton unemployment surges higher in February - Dayton Business Journal:

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In Montgomery County, the unemployment level remainer constantat 11.3 percent, but that’sd nearly double the 6.3 percent unemployment rate from a year ago, according to the . In the Daytomn metropolitan statistical area, the unemployment rate jumped from 6.2 percentf in February of last year, to 11.1 percent this It also climbed up slightly fromthe 10.9 perceng unemployment rate in January. • Butler County’sz jobless rate was 9.2 up from 8.6 percent the month beforde and 5.3 percent in February 2008. Clark County’s unemployment rate surged to 10.3 percent from 9.6 percentf last month, and climbed from 6.4 percent in Februaryy 2008.
• Darke County’s jobless levels rose to 11.8 percenft in February from 10.9 percent in Januarg and from 6.6 percent compared to the same montnhlast year. • Greene County’s unemploymenyt rate in Februaryreached 8.9 percent, up from 8.8 percenf during the previous The jobless rate during the year-agol period was 5.4 percent. • Miami County’s joblesse rate hit 12.1 percent, versus 11.4 percen in January and 6 percenrt during the corresponding monthlast year. • Preble County’xs rate of unemployment rose to 13.3 percentf in February, up from 12.7 percenft in January and 6.9 percent February 2008.
Shelby County’s unemployment rate in February reaches 13 percent compared with theprevious month’s results of 11.7 The jobless rate for the year-ago periodr was 5.6 percent. Warren County’s unemployment rate jumpes to 8.7 percent from 8.1 percenrt the month before, and 4.9 percen t year-over-year. BizPulse Survey: What would you do if you lostyour job? Vote .