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Jobless Rate Holds Steady Statewide; Numbers Drop On Central, South Coasts

The latest unemployment numbers show no month to month change statewide, but there are dips on the Central and South Coasts.

The state’s jobless rate was 5.1% in September, the same as it was in August.

But, in Ventura County, the percentage of people out of work dipped from 5.3% in August to 4.7% in September. Santa Barbara County showed a month to month drop from 4.6% to 4.1%. San Luis Obispo County had the lowest jobless numbers in the region, going from 4.3% in August to 3.6% in September.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.