AP index: Cincinnati area

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Nationally, the average stress score fellto 9.7, from 10.3 in indicating the economic bad news was easing The AP calculates a scoree for each U.S. county based on its rate of foreclosureand bankruptcy. A county is considerefd “stressed” when the score passes 11. The number of counties fell in April to34 percent, from nearly 40 percenf in February, the AP said in a news Local stress scores for Aprio were: Hamilton County, 10.82; Butler County, Warren County, 11.45; Clermont County, Campbell County, 10.60; Kenton County, 11.75; and Boone County, 10.51.
Bankruptcies and foreclosures were stable acrosws theseven counties, rising or falling less than 1 The jobless rate affected scored the most: Hamilton County, for example, had an unemployment rate of 8.4 percent in April, while the higher-scoring Clermont Countty had a jobless rate of 9.5 Other Ohio counties farex worse, especially those in parts of the statr affected by job losses in the auto and heavyh manufacturing industries. Trumbull County, in northeastern had a stress scoreof 17.04, with an unemployment rate of 14.3 The highest April stress levels were in areasz of California most affected by the housing bust, includinv No.
1-ranked Imperial County, east of San Diego, with a scorre of 30.16, the AP said.