The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has released data Friday morning showing that Ohio's unemployment rate was 10.5 percent in October, up from 10.1 percent in September.
The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in October was 618,000, up from 594,000 in September.
The number of unemployed has increased by 209,000 in the past 12 months from 409,000.
"Ohio's labor market continued to show weakness in October," Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Douglas Lumpkin said. "The unemployment rate increased to 10.5 percent as more Ohioans were unemployed and seeking work while the number of goods-producing service providing jobs increased slightly."
The October unemployment rate for Ohio was up from 6.9 percent in 2008.
The total U.S. unemployment rate for October was 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September.
