Federal disaster assistance also will help pay for such expenses as rebuilding bridges and repairing roads. Impact in eastern Ohio Given the strength of the economy, the Tristate can absorb the cost with little effort, he said. But the impact will be hard on counties in eastern Ohio that have weaker economies. More than one of seven workers in the county was unemployed. The unemployment rate in Scioto County was 12.7 percent.
Poverty is widespread in both counties.
The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.