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percent last month, the state reporte Monday. The jobless rate in the seven-countyh area was up from a seasonally adjusted 8 percent in Marchand 4.6 percent a year The last time Centrap Ohio’s unemployment rate topped 8 percenf was in 1984, according to state data. Unemploymen in the region ranged from a highof 10.4 percenr in rural Pickaway County to 6.6 percentt in developing Delaware County, the lowest in the Jobless rates for Franklin County and Columbus climbed to 8.1 percent. The state’s othef major cities saw their jobless rates increaseas well, Cincinnati’se unemployment hitting 8.4 percent while Cleveland’sx jobless rate reached 11 percent.
The state’sd jobless rate last month rose to a seasonalladjusted 10.2 percent, from 9.7 percentf in March and 6.2 percenf a year earlier. Unemployment data for May are set to be releasedfJune 19.