Lawrence County, OH monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Lawrence County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Lawrence County had a 3.6% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 1.1 percentage point decrease from a month ago. Ohio reported a 3.6% unemployment rate in May, which is the 17th highest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Huntington, WV metropolitan area was 3.9%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than Lawrence County. Huntington has the 168th highest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Ohio
#1. Monroe County: 5.0%
#2. Meigs County: 4.6%
#2. Ottawa County: 4.6%
#4. Erie County: 4.5%
#4. Scioto County: 4.5%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio
#1. Mercer County: 1.9%
#2. Holmes County: 2.0%
#3. Wyandot County: 2.1%
#4. Putnam County: 2.3%
#4. Union County: 2.3%