Summit County’s unemployment rate dropped in April from March but was higher than a year ago, according to figures released Tuesday morning.
Summit County had a jobless rate of 5 percent last month, down from 5.6 percent in March and up from 4.7 percent in April 2015, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced.
Akron’s unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in April, down from 6.5 percent in March and up from 5.6 percent a year ago.
The jobless rate in Cuyahoga Falls was 4.7 percent, down from 5.2 percent in March and up from 4.1 percent a year ago.
Rates were not adjusted to take into account seasonal factors.
The comparable Ohio unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, down from 5.4 percent in March and up from 4.6 percent a year ago. Ohio’s seasonally adjusted rate last month was 5.2 percent.
The comparable U.S. unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, down from 5.1 percent in March and up from 5.1 percent in April 2015. The seasonally adjusted rate for April was 5 percent.
Unemployment rates dropped in all 88 Ohio counties. The low was 3 percent in Mercer County, with a high of 12.3 percent in Monroe County.
Jobless rates elsewhere in Northeast Ohio for April, March and April 2015:
• Cuyahoga County: 5, 5.6, 5
• Cleveland: 6.5, 7.1, 6.5
• Medina County: 3.9, 4.5, 3.9
• Portage County: 4.8, 5.6, 4.5
• Stark County: 5.5, 6.1, 5
• Canton: 6.6, 7.2, 6
• Wayne County: 3.7, 4.2, 3.6
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Summit County jobless rate drops in April but remains higher than a year ago
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