(Imperial County unemployment)…It ended the year down slightly.

The Unemployment numbers for December were released Friday. The numbers were released by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. According to the latest numbers available, Imperial County Unemployment was at 19.4 percent in December. That is down from a revised 20.6 percent recorded in November 2019, but above the 2018 estimate of 17.7 percent. This compares with an unadjusted rate of 3.7 percent for the state and 3.4 percent for the nation during the same period. According to the latest numbers, 14,300 eligible workers were unemployed out of a labor force of 73,800.