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The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday that Ohioans filed 8,621 initial unemployment claims last week, which was 3,918 more than the previous week.
Ohioans filed 34,591 continued unemployment claims last week, which was 909 more than the previous week.
The total number of claims filed from Oct. 4-10 was 43,212.
Ohio's unemployment rate in August was 3.3%. The national unemployment rate in August was 4.1%. Ohio's labor force participation rate in August was 61.3%. The national labor force participation rate in August was 61.6%.