Summit County’s unemployment rate dipped in July and fell below levels from a year ago, state figures released Tuesday show.
The county jobless rate fell to 4.7 percent in July, down from 4.9 percent in June and down from 4.9 percent from a year ago.
The unemployment rate in Akron was 5.5 percent, down from 5.7 percent in June and down from 5.7 percent in July 2015.
The jobless rate in Cuyahoga Falls dropped to 4.3 percent from 4.6 percent in June and 4.4 percent a year ago.
There were 266,400 people counted as working in Summit County last month, up from 260,000 a year ago. For the month of July since 2000, the number of people counted as employed peaked at 284,200 in 2007; the jobless rate then was 5.4 percent. The low for the month of July since 2000 was 252,300 in 2013, when the rate was 7.9 percent.
There were more people counted as working in Summit County in July 2000, at 268,900, than there were last month.
Rates fell in 67 of Ohio’s 88 counties, according to the Department of Job and Family Services. The unemployment rate increased in eight counties and was unchanged in 13.
The lowest jobless rate was 3.1 percent in Mercer County, while Monroe County had the highest rate at 9.9 percent.
The rates were not adjusted to take into account seasonal factors.
The comparable statewide unemployment rate was 4.8 percent; the seasonally adjusted rate was also 4.8 percent. The comparable national unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, with the seasonally adjusted rate at 4.9 percent.
Rates elsewhere in Northeast Ohio for July, June and July 2015:
• Cuyahoga County: 5.5, 5.6, 5.4
• Cleveland: 7, 7.2, 6.7
• Medina County: 4.3, 4.5, 4.2
• Portage County: 4.7, 4.8, 4.8
• Stark County: 5, 5.2, 5.3
• Canton: 6, 6.3, 6.2
• Wayne County: 3.8, 4, 4.1
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