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Unemployment Rates
Area	Jul'12	Jun'12	Jul'11
Ohio	7.2%	7.2%	8.9%
Ohio not seasonally adjusted	7.4%	7.4%	9.0%
U.S.	8.3%	8.2%	9.1%
U.S. not seasonally adjusted	8.6%	8.4%	9.3%

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** Note: Statewide unemployment rates and nonagricultural wage & salary data are released on Fridays. County unemployment rates are posted the following week. See Press Release Dates for details.

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Industry and occupational employment projections to 2018 for Ohio's eight largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas.

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