(June Unemployment up in Imperial County)….The latest numbers available are for June.

The latest report was issued by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. A jobless rate of 18 percent was recorded for June, up from a revised 15.6 percent recorded in May, and below the year ago estimate of 18.8 percent. This compares to an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.5 percent for the state and 4.2 percent for the nation during the same period. In June 13,200 eligible workers were unemployed out of a Labor Force of 73,500.