Ohio jobs: Tens of thousands Ohioans exit labor force, as residents age, get discouraged

Sandy Guzman, a community health worker serving in rural parts of the state, during a visit to a client’s home in The Dalles, Ore., on April 9. With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks. Michael Hanson / The New York Times Ohio’s labor force participation rate, like the state’s unemployment rate, recently fell to historic lows, and tens of thousands of Ohioans exited the labor market in the last year, according to survey data from the U.S.

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