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Unemployment rates on a slight roller coaster ride in the Tri-Counties, but numbers low overall

California's unemployment rate remained flat from April to May at 4.5%, but the state picked up nearly 50,000 non-farm jobs.
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California's unemployment rate remained flat from April to May at 4.5%, but the state picked up nearly 50,000 non-farm jobs.

State remains flat from April to May at 4.5% unemployment.

Unemployment rates went on a bit of a roller coast ride in the Tri-Counties last month, but they still remained on the low side overall.

Ventura County's jobless rate showed a slight uptick, moving from 3.6% in April to 3.7% in May. Santa Barbara County's number went the opposite direction, dropping from 3.7% in April to 3.5% last month.

And, San Luis Obispo County remained flat from month to month, at an even 3%.

The state's jobless rate also remained unchanged, at 4.5%. The state picked up a number of jobs in May, adding close to nearly 50,000 non-farm jobs.

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.