RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Despite modest gains in multiple sectors of the
regional economy, seasonal drops in others left Riverside County's unemployment
rate unchanged last month, according to the latest figures released by the
California Employment Development Department.The jobless rate in July, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 4%,
the same as in June.According to figures, the July rate was four percentage points lower
than the year-ago level, when countywide unemployment stood at 8%, as the
statewide coronavirus public health lockdowns were gradually eased.An estimated 45,800 county residents were recorded as out of work in
July, and 1,111,600 were employed, according to EDD.Coachella had the highest unemployment rate countywide last month at
9%, followed by Cher
