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Central, South Coast Unemployment Remains At Record Low Levels

Unemployment remains at record low levels on the Central and South Coasts.

The latest numbers show the jobless rate for Ventura County remained at 3.7% for both September and October.

Santa Barbara County show a slight month to month drop, from 3.4% to 3.3%. San Luis Obispo County also had a dip, from 2.8% unemployment in September to 2.7% in October.

Statewide, the jobless rate remained at 4.1%, the lowest level in years. By comparison, it was 4.5% in October of 2017.

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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