There's good news about the unemployment picture in the Tri-Counties

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published April 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM PDT

A diagram depicts California unemployment rates. In March of 2024, the rate was 5.1%. In February of 2025, it was 5.4%. In March of 2024, it was 5.3%. — California's unemployment rate showed a slight improvement in March.

The latest numbers show the jobless rate is down in all three counties. The state unemployment rate also dipped slightly in March.

The latest monthly statistics show a sharp drop in unemployment in the Tri-Counties.

In Ventura County, the jobless rate went from 4.7% in February to 4.5% in March. Santa Barbara’s month-to-month unemployment rate was down by an even larger margin, moving from 5.2% to 4.9%.

San Luis Obispo County had a slight dip, with the percentage of people out of work going from 4.2% in February to 4.1% in March.

Statewide, unemployment went from 5.4% in February to 5.3% last month.

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Lance Orozco

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.

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