For the month of August, Mercer County's unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent after it was 3.9 percent in July. This is the fifth lowest unemployment rate in the state, behind Holmes, Lake, Geauga and Medina counties. Auglaize County's rate of unemployment dropped from 4.6 to 4.1 percent. Darke County had a decrease from 4.9 to 4.3 percent. The August unemployment rate for the state of Ohio increased 0.6 percentage points from 4.4% in August 2024. The United States rate of unemployment rate for August was 4.3%,