(Unemployment Rate for April)....The latest numbers available for Imperial County.

The Jobless rate for Imperial County was down. The numbers are released by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employnent Development Department. Unemployment in Imperial County was at 11.7% in April. That is down from the revised 12.6% reported in March, and below the year ago estimate of 17.6%. This compares to an ubnadjusted rate of 3.8% for the state and 3.3% for the nation during the same period. In April there were 7.900 eligible workers unemployed out of a labor force of 67,600