Delaware unemployment rate drops in January

Fresno County's unemployment rate was estimated at 10.6 percent for January, the lowest rate to start the year since 2007.

"In addition to the falling unemployment rate, Napa is also seeing a healthy growth in its economy", wrote Jim Cassio, labor market/workforce development specialist for the Napa-Lake Workforce Investment Board.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is scheduled to share January unemployment and hiring figures on Friday.

Ohio's latest unemployment report card is in, and it's not good news.

Unemployment declined across the United States in January, falling to 5.7 percent in California and 4.9 percent nationwide.

Ohio's January unemployment numbers came out the same day as the USA unemployment rate for February, which remained unchanged at 4.9 percent.

The number of employed in OH in January increased by 100 to 5.48 million.

The number of unemployed workers rose by 6,000 during the month to 273,000. Job losses were reported in the mining and logging, and professional and business services sectors.

Seven categories (construction; manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities; information; educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and government) added jobs over the month, gaining 25,400 jobs.