(Unemployment was down in November).....Those are the latest numbers available.

The report was released by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. According to the report, unemployment in November was at 18.7%. That is down from a revised 19.5% in October It is above the year ago estimate of 16.4%. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.9% for the state and 3.5% for the nation during the same period. According to the report, 14,000 eligible workers were unemployed out of a labor force of 74.900. As of November, Imperial County again had the highest unemployment rate in the state of California.