9% Unemployment in Middletown, Ohio

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:20:29 AM - Monroe Ohio

From the Journal:
In Middletown, ... the unemployment rate in April was reported at 9 percent, up from 6.2 percent a year ago. That’s the highest rate in the city since March 1994.
Source: Chris Drumond, Hamilton Journal News

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