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The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced Ohio’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in October. It was 5.3% in September, so that’s good news. The unemployment rate is a tricky concept because it combines counts of three employment statuses: employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. The ODJFS also reports many related statistics in their monthly releases. Data journalists like Rich Exner at cleveland.