Mahoning Valley unemployment continues falling, but job growth is slow
YOUNGSTOWN — The unemployment rate for the Mahoning Valley continues to plummet, but the number of new jobs in the area is climbing slowly.
There were 19,400 people counted as unemployed in May 2012 compared to 25,000 the previous year dropping the unemployment rate for Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties combined to 7.4 percent, a drop from 9.3 percent in May 2011.
The increase in the number of employed was not nearly as dramatic growing by 900 jobs from 242,400 to 243,300. The biggest reason for the decreased unemployment rate is the decrease in the civilian labor force, which went from 267,000 last May to 263,000 this year.
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