Dayton Business Journal...
City of Dayton jobless rate slips to 11.6%
by Ginger Christ
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 

The city of Dayton unemployment rate climbed to 11.6 percent in July. Darke County drops from 9.4 percent to 9.3 percent. 

The July jobless rate for the city was up from 11.5 percent in June and down from 12.5 percent in July 2010, according to Tuesday data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. 

Data for the Dayton metropolitan statistical area, which includes Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble counties, was not yet available Tuesday. 

The Montgomery County jobless situation in July was unchanged from June, remaining at 10.2 percent. In July 2010, the county rate was 11.2 percent. 

In the rest of Dayton region, rates rose in three of the area’s nine counties. In Preble County, the unemployment rate rose above year-ago levels to 10.3 percent — the highest unemployment rate in the Dayton area. 

July unemployment rates by county: 

• Butler, 9.7 percent, up from 9.5 percent in June and unchanged from 9.7 percent in July 2010, 

• Clark, 9.6 percent, unchanged from 9.6 percent in June and down from 10.6 percent in July 2010, 

• Darke, 9.3 percent, down from 9.4 percent in June and 9.9 percent in July 2010, 

• Greene, 9.5 percent, up from 9.4 percent in June and down from 10.3 percent in July 2010, 

• Miami, 9.3 percent, down from 9.5 percent in June and 10.6 percent in July 2010, 

• Preble, 10.3 percent, down from 10.9 percent in June and up from 10.1 percent in July 2010, 

• Shelby, 10 percent, up from 9.7 percent in June and down from 11.3 percent in July 2010, and 

• Warren, 8.1 percent, unchanged from 8.1 percent in June and down from 9 percent in July 2010. 

Local August unemployment data will be released Sept. 20. 

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