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Sean Hannity and Glen Beck.

Warren tops city jobless rates in state
By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle
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Fact Box
Jobless rates

City jobless rates (June 2009)

Warren 16.6 percent

Toledo 15.6 percent

Trotwood 15.3 percent

Youngstown 15.2 percent

Dayton 13.7 percent

County jobless rates (June 2009)

Williams 7.6 percent

Crawford 16.8 percent

Defiance 16.8 percent

Morgan 16.2 percent

Highland 15.9 percent

Meigs 15.9 percent

Fulton 15.7 percent

Trumbull 15.5 percent

Mahoning 13.9 percent

Other area counties

Columbiana 14.7 percent

Ashtabula 14.2 percent

Portage 10.8 percent

Geauga 7.9 percent
Warren in June held onto the dubious distinction of being the toughest city in the state in which to find work, leading the state in jobless percentage for the fifth straight month, according to a report Tuesday.

The city's rate spiked to 16.6 percent from 15.3 percent in May and 9 percent in June 2008, according to preliminary numbers from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The number of city residents seeking jobs rose to 3,300 during the month from 3,000 in May.

The only month Warren didn't lead the state was January, when Sandusky held the top spot with a 15.9 percent rate to Warren's 15.6 percent.

Warren's rate was its worst since it hit 16.6 percent in July 1998, but that was due to a strike at two GM plants in Flint, Mich., plus General Motors Corp. Lordstown Complex's traditional July Fourth shutdown, not for a recession. The city's jobless rate reached 17.8 percent in January 1990.

The city has been hard hit by layoffs at the GM carmaking plant, the Severstal Warren steel mill, auto parts supplier Delphi Packard Electric and other employers.

Hope, however, is on the horizon with the Lordstown Complex's scheduled reopening the first week of August, bringing back about 1,840 workers for one production shift at the assembly and metal stamping plants.

Toledo had the state's second-worst city jobless rate at 15.6 percent. Youngstown was fourth at 15.2 percent.

The news wasn't any better for Trumbull County, which saw its jobless rate surge to 15.5 percent, its highest of the year and eighth-worst in the state.

The county's rate was nearly double the 7.8 percent posted in June 2008 and was a significant bump up from May's 14.3 percent.

The rate was the county's highest since it hit 16.4 percent in June 1983 as the country was starting to emerge from a deep recession. The county's rate during that recession peaked at 24.5 percent in November 1982.

The county rate fell to 13.5 percent in July 1983, rebounded to 15.1 percent in September 1983, then began a long decline through the 1980s to single digits.

About 16,900 of the county's labor pool of 108,700 were out of work, the jobs bureau said. Some 15,400 workers of 107,600 were idled in May. Only 8,400 out of 107,600 were out of work a year ago.

Mahoning County's jobless rate also hit its highest of the year at 13.9 percent, matching a level last seen in March 1984.

Together, Trumbull and Mahoning counties posted a jobless rate of 7.4 percent, second only to Dayton's 7.6 percent.

Preliminary rates are subject to slight adjustments in following months. In addition, the county rates are not adjusted to reflect season trends such as summer or holiday hiring trends.

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