# Counties in Ohio by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 88 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/ohio-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/ohio-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Trumbull County | 5.1 |
| 2 | Mahoning County | 5 |
| 2 | Scioto County | 5 |
| 4 | Meigs County | 4.8 |
| 5 | Lucas County | 4.7 |
| 6 | Monroe County | 4.6 |
| 6 | Pike County | 4.6 |
| 8 | Athens County | 4.5 |
| 8 | Noble County | 4.5 |
| 10 | Adams County | 4.4 |
| 11 | Lawrence County | 4.3 |
| 11 | Ross County | 4.3 |
| 13 | Jefferson County | 4.2 |
| 14 | Jackson County | 4.1 |
| 15 | Belmont County | 4 |
| 15 | Vinton County | 4 |
| 17 | Gallia County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Highland County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Hocking County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Morgan County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Perry County | 3.9 |
| 17 | Richland County | 3.9 |
| 24 | Brown County | 3.8 |
| 24 | Clark County | 3.8 |
| 24 | Crawford County | 3.8 |
| 24 | Guernsey County | 3.8 |
| 24 | Harrison County | 3.8 |
| 24 | Summit County | 3.8 |
| 24 | Washington County | 3.8 |
| 31 | Allen County | 3.7 |
| 31 | Columbiana County | 3.7 |
| 31 | Coshocton County | 3.7 |
| 31 | Hamilton County | 3.7 |
| 31 | Marion County | 3.7 |
| 31 | Sandusky County | 3.7 |
| 31 | Stark County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Butler County | 3.6 |
| 38 | Hardin County | 3.6 |
| 38 | Ottawa County | 3.6 |
| 41 | Carroll County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Clermont County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Erie County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Fayette County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Huron County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Muskingum County | 3.5 |
| 41 | Williams County | 3.5 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Fulton County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Licking County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Portage County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Seneca County | 3.4 |
| 48 | Wood County | 3.4 |
| 54 | Champaign County | 3.3 |
| 54 | Fairfield County | 3.3 |
| 54 | Greene County | 3.3 |
| 54 | Knox County | 3.3 |
| 54 | Morrow County | 3.3 |
| 54 | Pickaway County | 3.3 |
| 60 | Ashland County | 3.2 |
| 60 | Darke County | 3.2 |
| 60 | Hancock County | 3.2 |
| 60 | Preble County | 3.2 |
| 60 | Warren County | 3.2 |
| 65 | Delaware County | 3.1 |
| 65 | Henry County | 3.1 |
| 65 | Miami County | 3.1 |
| 65 | Tuscarawas County | 3.1 |
| 69 | Clinton County | 3 |
| 69 | Logan County | 3 |
| 69 | Madison County | 3 |
| 69 | Paulding County | 3 |
| 69 | Shelby County | 3 |
| 69 | Wayne County | 3 |
| 75 | Defiance County | 2.9 |
| 75 | Union County | 2.9 |
| 75 | Van Wert County | 2.9 |
| 75 | Wyandot County | 2.9 |
| 79 | Auglaize County | 2.7 |
| 80 | Putnam County | 2.5 |
| 81 | Mercer County | 2.3 |
| 82 | Holmes County | 2.2 |
| 83 | Cuyahoga County | 1.9 |
| 84 | Lorain County | 1.8 |
| 85 | Ashtabula County | 1.7 |
| 86 | Lake County | 1.6 |
| 87 | Geauga County | 1.5 |
| 87 | Medina County | 1.5 |