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Unemployment went "down" for the month of May, still over 18%

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A closed sign is shown at Romeo & Juliet Furniture and Appliances with an empty parking lot in Detroit, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

By: Anthony Wright, 23ABC

Posted at 9:46 AM, Jun 19, 2020

and last updated 2020-06-19 12:57:18-04

The California unemployment rate rose to 16.3% in May, the highest level since the Great Depression. And things in Kern County aren't any better.

According to numbers released Friday, the unemployment rate in Kern County was 18.3 percent in May 2020, down from a revised 18.7 percent in April 2020, and above the year-ago estimate of 7.3 percent.

This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 13.0 percent for the nation during the same period.

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Unemployment went "down" for the month of May, still over 18%

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