(Latest Jobless report released)....It is for the month of April.
The Unemployment report was released by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. According to the report, April unemployment was estimated at 14.1 %. That is down from a revised 15.8% in March, and above the year ago estimate of 11.8%. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.3% for California and 3.1% for the nation during the same period. The report indicates there were 9,700 eligible workers unemployed out of a labor force of 69,100 in Imperial County last month.