((February unemployment rate)...The latest numbers available are for February.

According to the report issued Friday morning, the February unemployment came in at 15.9%. That is down from the revised report for January, and below the year ago estimate of 18.1%. This compares to an unadjusted unemployment rate of 8.4% for the state and 6.6% for the nation during the same period. The numbers are provided by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. According to the February report, there were 10,500 eligible workers unemployed out of a labor force of 66,200.