The unemployment rate in Fulton County was down during October, according the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The rate was 3.4% in October, a decrease from 3.9% in September. In October of 2020, the unemployment rate in Fulton County was 3.5%. It’s estimated that 700 county residents were unemployed in October, among a labor force of 21,700. In Lucas County, the jobless rate fell almost 1 percentage point. Ohio’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1% in October 2021, down from a revised 5.3% in September.