(March Unemployment)...The numbers were released recently.

They indicate unemployment in Imperial County is up slightly. The report was issued by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. They indicate March unemployment came in at 17.8 percent. That is slightly up from the 17.3 percent reported in February, and above the year ago estimate of 16.4 percent. This compares to the unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.5 percent for the state and 3.9 percent for the nation during the same period. The March report indicates there were 12,500 eligible workers unemployed out of a labor force of 70,200.