November’s local unemployment rate down from last year

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was down slightly to 5.4 percent from 5.8 percent reported in November 2016.

The number of unemployed was 13,100, down from 14,100 reported in November 2016 and the number of employed went up to 229,200 from 228,200.

The civilian labor force, which is the sum of the employed and unemployed, was unchanged at 242,000.