Middletown unemployment rate spikes to 12.9%

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Topic: Middletown unemployment rate spikes to 12.9%

Posted By: Smokey Burgess
Subject: Middletown unemployment rate spikes to 12.9%
Date Posted: Jul 21 2009 at 12:35pm

Butler County unemployment rate spikes to 10.5%; Middletown tops list at 12.9%; Economic Development at work??

By Jessica Heffner, Staff Writer 10:12 AM Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Unemployment increased in Butler County again last month, jumping from 9.7 to 10.5 percent for the month of June.

According to a report by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, about 1,600 more people found themselves jobless last month compared to May.

Hamilton, Middletown and Fairfield, the only Butler County cities tracked by the state report, also experienced spikes in unemployment.

In Middletown, the unemployment rate jumped from 12 percent to 12.9 percent.

Hamilton’s rate for June was 12.1 percent, compared to 11.4 percent in May.

In Fairfield, about 200 more people were jobless, with the city reporting an unemployment rate of 9.8 percent, compared to 8.9 percent.

If you are unemployed or recently found work and would like to share your story for an article, please contact reporter Jessica Heffner at (513) 705-2843 or e-mail jheffner@coxohio.com. Please include your full name and the city where you reside.

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2843 or jheffner@coxohio.com.

Replies:

Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Jul 21 2009 at 3:51pm

Are those figures accurate ?!! 12.9% in Middeltown ? Seems awfully high to me.

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No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !!

Posted By: Smokey Burgess
Date Posted: Jul 21 2009 at 4:57pm

Source: Middletown Journal 7/21

Posted By: lrisner
Date Posted: Jul 21 2009 at 11:25pm

Hermes wrote:

Are those figures accurate ?!! 12.9% in Middeltown ? Seems awfully high to me.

It will be that nation wide by the new Year in my opinion!

Posted By: Ima B. Lever
Date Posted: Jul 24 2009 at 4:40am

If working, middle class families don't wish to move back to Middletown, how are you going to stop them??

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