(Unemployment up for Imperial County)....The latest numbers were released Friday morning.

Th numbers are for September. They were released by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. According to the numbers, unemployment in Imperial County was at 21.1% in September. That is up from a revised 19.8% recorded in August, and above the year ago estimate of 16.3%. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.9% for California and 3.6% for the nation during the same period. During the month of September there were 16,000 eligible workers unemployed out of a labor force of 75,500 in Imperial County. Once again, the local jobless rate was the highest in the state.