Unemployment rate in San Bernardino County suddenly goes up

Low unemployment figures in three key election swing states reportedly could possibly hurt Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s chances of winning the White House. “This combination often leads to an increase in the unemployment rate as individuals who were once on the sidelines now join the labor market”.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Los Angeles County was 4.8 percent in June, down from a revised 4.9 percent in May, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. The national rate was 4.9 percent in June. That broke a streak of two straight monthly payroll declines.

A wave of government hiring last month helped lower Ohio’s jobless rate to 5 percent.

The sector that saw the largest increase in June was manufacturing, which added an estimated 600 positions for the year, with 5.6 percent of those positions coming from food processing.

Overall, the county’s employers have added more than 122,000 jobs in the past year, many in health care, education, hospitality and professional services.

About 243,000 people were unemployed in June in Los Angeles County, which has a workforce of about 5 million.

California had an unemployment rate of 5.7 percent and the nation’s was at 5.1 percent for the same time period.

Turlock had an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent in June, up from the 7.1 percent posted in April. The civilian labor force shrank by 4,000 after hitting a record high above 6.54 million in May.