(July unemployment rate)....They are the latest numbers available.

July jobless rate is 19.7 percent. That is up from a revised 17.8 percent recorded the month before, and above the year ago estimate of 19.4%. This compares to an unadjusted unemployment rat of 5.3% for California and 4.4% for the nation during the same period. The numbers are released by the Labor Market Division of the Employment Development Department. The report indicates in July there were 14,4000 eligible workers unemployed out of a Labor Force of 73,400