(Local Jobless rate up, slightly)...The latest unemplkoyment report is for June.

It was released Friday morning by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department. The June unemployment for Imperial County was estimated at 13%. That is up from a revised 11.5% in May, and below the year ago estimate of 18.8%, This comaores with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4% for the state and 3,8% for the nation during the same period. The report indicates there were 9,000 eligible workers unemployed out of a labor force 68,900. Imperial County still has the highest unbemployment rate in California.