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By Tim Tresslar, Staff Writer 10:51 AM Friday, March 19, 2010

Unemployment in the state reached 10.9 percent in February, a slight increase from January but a gain of nearly 2 percent from a year ago, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Friday, March 19.

Douglas Lumpkin, the agency’s director, in a statement said the increase stemmed from an influx of job seekers into the labor market who were unable to find work.

The January unemployment rate was 10.9 percent. Unemployment in February 2009 was 9.1 percent.

“The number of service-providing jobs increased while job losses occurred in the goods-producing industries,” Lumpkin said.

According to the ODJFS, the number of Ohioans without a job reached 647,000 in February, versus 641,000 in January. During the last year, the number of unemployed workers has grown by 99,000, the agency said.

The service sector added 14,700 jobs to more than 4.2 million jobs. In the goods-producing sector — which includes durable and non-durable goods manufacturing, construction and mining and logging — lost 11,200 jobs, falling to 782,400 jobs, the ODJFS said.

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