BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
Ohio Unemployment Rate by County
Ohio statewide was 3.3% in August 2026, against 4.4% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 88 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
88 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Adams County4.4% · −1.0 pts
- Allen County3.7% · −1.0 pts
- Ashland County3.2% · −0.9 pts
- Ashtabula County1.7% · −2.0 pts
- Athens County4.5% · −1.2 pts
- Auglaize County2.7% · −0.9 pts
- Belmont County4.0% · −1.1 pts
- Brown County3.8% · −0.9 pts
- Butler County3.6% · −1.0 pts
- Carroll County3.5% · −0.9 pts
- Champaign County3.3% · −1.1 pts
- Clark County3.8% · −1.1 pts
- Clermont County3.5% · −0.7 pts
- Clinton County3.0% · −1.0 pts
- Columbiana County3.7% · −1.1 pts
- Coshocton County3.7% · −1.1 pts
- Crawford County3.8% · −1.0 pts
- Cuyahoga County1.9% · −1.9 pts
- Darke County3.2% · −0.6 pts
- Defiance County2.9% · −1.3 pts
- Delaware County3.1% · −0.7 pts
- Erie County3.5% · −0.8 pts
- Fairfield County3.3% · −0.7 pts
- Fayette County3.5% · −1.2 pts
- Franklin County3.4% · −0.9 pts
- Fulton County3.4% · −1.3 pts
- Gallia County3.9% · −1.1 pts
- Geauga County1.5% · −1.5 pts
- Greene County3.3% · −1.1 pts
- Guernsey County3.8% · −1.2 pts
- Hamilton County3.7% · −0.9 pts
- Hancock County3.2% · −1.1 pts
- Hardin County3.6% · −1.4 pts
- Harrison County3.8% · −1.0 pts
- Henry County3.1% · −1.3 pts
- Highland County3.9% · −1.4 pts
- Hocking County3.9% · −0.3 pts
- Holmes County2.2% · −0.9 pts
- Huron County3.5% · −0.9 pts
- Jackson County4.1% · −1.2 pts
- Jefferson County4.2% · −1.3 pts
- Knox County3.3% · −1.0 pts
- Lake County1.6% · −1.6 pts
- Lawrence County4.3% · −0.9 pts
- Licking County3.4% · −0.8 pts
- Logan County3.0% · −1.0 pts
- Lorain County1.8% · −1.9 pts
- Lucas County4.7% · −1.0 pts
- Madison County3.0% · −0.9 pts
- Mahoning County5.0% · −0.1 pts
- Marion County3.7% · −0.8 pts
- Medina County1.5% · −1.5 pts
- Meigs County4.8% · −1.6 pts
- Mercer County2.3% · −0.9 pts
- Miami County3.1% · −1.0 pts
- Monroe County4.6% · −1.2 pts
- Montgomery County3.9% · −1.0 pts
- Morgan County3.9% · −0.9 pts
- Morrow County3.3% · −0.7 pts
- Muskingum County3.5% · −0.7 pts
- Noble County4.5% · −1.3 pts
- Ottawa County3.6% · −0.9 pts
- Paulding County3.0% · −1.1 pts
- Perry County3.9% · −1.0 pts
- Pickaway County3.3% · −0.9 pts
- Pike County4.6% · −1.8 pts
- Portage County3.4% · −1.1 pts
- Preble County3.2% · −0.6 pts
- Putnam County2.5% · −0.8 pts
- Richland County3.9% · −1.1 pts
- Ross County4.3% · −1.5 pts
- Sandusky County3.7% · −1.4 pts
- Scioto County5.0% · −1.4 pts
- Seneca County3.4% · −1.1 pts
- Shelby County3.0% · −1.0 pts
- Stark County3.7% · −0.9 pts
- Summit County3.8% · −0.9 pts
- Trumbull County5.1% · −0.5 pts
- Tuscarawas County3.1% · −0.9 pts
- Union County2.9% · −0.7 pts
- Van Wert County2.9% · −1.1 pts
- Vinton County4.0% · −1.4 pts
- Warren County3.2% · −0.8 pts
- Washington County3.8% · −0.8 pts
- Wayne County3.0% · −0.9 pts
- Williams County3.5% · −1.2 pts
- Wood County3.4% · −1.0 pts
- Wyandot County2.9% · −0.5 pts