LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Local, state and nationwide unemployment rates edged up slightly in June, according to a new report.
Lake County's June unemployment was 6.7 percent, up from the revised 5.8 percent in May but still improved over the 7.2 percent reported in June 2016, according to the California Employment Development Department.
California's overall unemployment was 5.4 percent in June, compared to 5.2 percent in May and 6.2 percent in June 2015, the Employment Development Department reported.
Nationwide, June's unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, up from 4.7 percent in May and 5.3 percent in June of last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Lake County's unemployment rate ranked it No. 33 statewide. San Mateo County had the lowest rate with 3.3 percent, while Imperial had the highest, 23.7 percent.
The “total farm” category of employment in Lake County continued to show strong growth in June due to the summer harvest season. Jobs were up by 3.2 percent in June over May and rose 14.2 percent in a year-over-year comparison.
In the “total nonfarm” category, goods producing was up by 2.5 percent; private service producing, 0.5 percent; and service providing, 0.1 percent.
Across the state, in June nonfarm jobs totaled 16,459,700, an increase of 40,300 jobs over the month, according to a survey of 58,000 California businesses. The year-over-year change, from June 2015 to June 2016, showed an increase of 461,100 jobs, or a 2.9-percent increase.
In Lake County, the civilian labor force was estimated to be 29,520 in June, compared to 29,270 in May and 29,310 in June of last year.
The number of unemployed residents totaled 1,980 in May, compared to 1,700 in May and 2,120 in June 2015, according to the report.
On the state level, a federal survey of 5,500 households showed a decrease in the number of employed people, estimating that the number of Californians holding jobs in June was 18,078,000, down 4,000 from May but up 308,000 jobs from the employment total in June of last year.
The number of people unemployed in California was 1,022,000 in June, up 27,000 from May,
but down 160,000 from June of last year.
During the June survey week, 345,159 people throughout California were receiving regular Unemployment Insurance benefits, compared to 362,535 in May and 362,157 in June of 2016, according to the Employment Development Department report.
At the same time, new claims for Unemployment Insurance were 49,975 in June compared with 42,929 in May and 45,591 in June of last year, the agency said.
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