(Whitewater Valley)--Wayne County’s unemployment rate, along with the number of people who are classified as unemployed, has taken a significant jump. In new numbers released by the state Tuesday, Wayne County’s unemployment rate has jumped a half a percentage point and stood Wednesday morning at 3.4%. But, in the last month, the county has added 206 people who are now unemployed. Most of those – 140 – are Richmond residents. Most other Whitewater Valley counties saw a similar jump of about a half a percentage point in their unemployment rates.