Ohio unemployment still high in July

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's unemployment numbers have been released for July by the Ohio Department of Jobs & Family Services and it's more of the same: double digit unemployment for most counties and less than 25% of Ohio counties falling below the U.S. average.

Clinton county in Southwestern Ohio had the highest number of unemployed at 16.7%, with 6 other counties also reporting unemployment at 14% or greater.  These other couties are Adams, Highland, Meigs, Monroe, Noble and Pike.

Holmes county in central Ohio had the least amount of unemployment at 7.5%.  There were 19 other counties that came in under the U.S. national average of 9.7%, inlcuding Hancock and Putnam counties in NW Ohio.

Here's how NW Ohio fared:

• Crawford - 12.2%
• Defiance - 12.5%
• Fulton - 11.5%
• Hancock - 9.5%
• Henry - 11.7%
• Lucas - 12.1%
• Ottawa - 10.8
• Putnam - 9.3%
• Sandusky - 10.3%
• Seneca - 11.4%
• Williams - 13.5%
• Wood - 10.1%
• Wyandot - 12.0%