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Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers

Keith Faber · A statement as president of the Ohio Senate · January 2013

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Checked against The Ohio unemployment rate, annual averages 1976-2024 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics series LASST390000000000003), one economic measure of many: 7.4 percent in Ohio in 2012 against 8.1 percent nationally, and 7.4 against 7.4 in 2013.

The records: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), series LASST390000000000003 (Ohio, unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted) · Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, series LNS14000000 (unemployment rate, 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted)

Unemployment rate, OhioUnemployment rate, Ohio ran from 7.7% in 1976 to 4.4% in 2024, between 3.7% and 12.7% across the series; the date of the claim, 2013-01, is marked.0%5%10%19801990200020102020the claim1976: 7.7%1977: 6.5%1978: 5.5%1979: 5.9%1980: 8.5%1981: 9.4%1982: 12.7%1983: 12.3%1984: 9.4%1985: 8.9%1986: 8.3%1987: 7.1%1988: 6.0%1989: 5.6%1990: 5.7%1991: 6.6%1992: 7.4%1993: 6.7%1994: 5.6%1995: 4.9%1996: 5.0%1997: 4.6%1998: 4.3%1999: 4.3%2000: 4.1%2001: 4.4%2002: 5.8%2003: 6.2%2004: 6.2%2005: 5.9%2006: 5.4%2007: 5.6%2008: 6.6%2009: 10.2%2010: 10.0%2011: 8.8%2012: 7.4%2013: 7.4%2014: 5.8%2015: 5.0%2016: 5.1%2017: 4.9%2018: 4.5%2019: 4.1%2020: 8.3%2021: 5.3%2022: 4.0%2023: 3.7%2024: 4.4%Ohio
Unemployment rate, OhioUnemployment rate, Ohio ran from 7.7% in 1976 to 4.4% in 2024, between 3.7% and 12.7% across the series; the date of the claim, 2013-01, is marked.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), series LASST390000000000003 (Ohio, unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted) · as of 2026-09-19 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
SeriesWhenpercent
Unemployment rate, Ohio19767.7
Unemployment rate, Ohio19776.5
Unemployment rate, Ohio19785.5
Unemployment rate, Ohio19795.9
Unemployment rate, Ohio19808.5
Unemployment rate, Ohio19819.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio198212.7
Unemployment rate, Ohio198312.3
Unemployment rate, Ohio19849.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio19858.9
Unemployment rate, Ohio19868.3
Unemployment rate, Ohio19877.1
Unemployment rate, Ohio19886
Unemployment rate, Ohio19895.6
Unemployment rate, Ohio19905.7
Unemployment rate, Ohio19916.6
Unemployment rate, Ohio19927.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio19936.7
Unemployment rate, Ohio19945.6
Unemployment rate, Ohio19954.9
Unemployment rate, Ohio19965
Unemployment rate, Ohio19974.6
Unemployment rate, Ohio19984.3
Unemployment rate, Ohio19994.3
Unemployment rate, Ohio20004.1
Unemployment rate, Ohio20014.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio20025.8
Unemployment rate, Ohio20036.2
Unemployment rate, Ohio20046.2
Unemployment rate, Ohio20055.9
Unemployment rate, Ohio20065.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio20075.6
Unemployment rate, Ohio20086.6
Unemployment rate, Ohio200910.2
Unemployment rate, Ohio201010
Unemployment rate, Ohio20118.8
Unemployment rate, Ohio20127.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio20137.4
Unemployment rate, Ohio20145.8
Unemployment rate, Ohio20155
Unemployment rate, Ohio20165.1
Unemployment rate, Ohio20174.9
Unemployment rate, Ohio20184.5
Unemployment rate, Ohio20194.1
Unemployment rate, Ohio20208.3
Unemployment rate, Ohio20215.3
Unemployment rate, Ohio20224
Unemployment rate, Ohio20233.7
Unemployment rate, Ohio20244.4

Context

Faber made the statement as president of the Ohio Senate in January 2013.

Topics: Economy.

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Sources

  1. PolitiFact fact-check of Keith Faber · PolitiFact · 2013-02-04 · accessed 2026-09-18
  2. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), series LASST390000000000003 (Ohio, unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · accessed 2026-09-19
  3. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, series LNS14000000 (unemployment rate, 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · accessed 2026-09-19

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