(Unemployment down slightly)…The jobless rate is for Imperial County.

The latest numbers released by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department are for April. The report indicates the unemployment rate in April was at 16.2 percent. That is down from a revised 17.6 percent in March and above the year-ago estimate of 15.5 percent. This compares with an unadjusted jobless rate of 3.9 percent for the state and 3.3 percent for the nation during the same period. During the month of April there were 10,900 eligible workers unemployed in the Imperial County out of a Labor Force of 67,400.Jobless Rate For Imperial County