Summit County’s jobless rate inched upward in December, but was down from a year ago, state figures released on Tuesday showed.
The county’s unemployment rate was 6.2 percent last month, compared with 6 percent in November, and 7.4 percent in December 2011.
The city of Akron’s unemployment rate rose to 6.8 percent last month from 6.6 percent in November; the rate was 8.3 percent a year ago.
The jobless rate in Cuyahoga Falls ticked up to 5.9 percent in December from 5.7 percent in November. The rate was 7.2 percent in December 2011.
The unemployment rate figures do not count people who are unemployed but stopped looking for work or who are working part time but want a full-time job.
The county and city unemployment figures are not seasonally adjusted.
There were 263,800 people counted as working last month in all of Summit County, up from 260,000 in December 2011. A total of 17,400 people were counted as unemployed, down from 20,800 in December 2011.
Elsewhere in Northeast Ohio:
Cuyahoga County’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent from 7 percent in November. The rate was 7.1 percent in December 2011.
Cleveland’s jobless rate was 8.5 percent last month, down from 8.9 percent in November and down from 9.5 percent a year ago.
Medina County’s unemployment rate was 5.6 percent last month, down slightly from 5.7 percent in November and down from 6.0 percent in December 2011.
Portage County’s jobless rate rose to 6.2 percent in December from 6.0 percent in November. The rate was 7.2 percent a year ago.
Stark County’s jobless rate rose to 6.7 percent in December from 6.4 percent in November. The rate was 7.9 percent a year ago. Canton’s jobless rate inched up to 7.6 percent last month from 7.5 percent in November, and was down from 9.3 percent a year ago.
Wayne County had a 5.5 percent jobless rate last month, down from 5.4 percent in November and down from 6.6 percent in December 2011.