County's Unemployment Rate Falls Nearly One Percentage Point

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County's unemployment rate fell to 12 percent last month, with all but a few sectors expanding payrolls, state officials reported today.

The county's non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in September, based on preliminary estimates, declined nearly one percentage point from August, when the rate was 12.7 percent, according to the California Employment Development Department.

The rate was almost two percentage points below the level of a year ago, when unemployment stood at 13.9 percent.

Riverside County's civilian labor force numbered 937,400 people, with 112,300 out of w...