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Valley Unemployment Takes Dip In August

Local job numbers for August were released Friday morning, and the news is good.

The unemployment rate in Fresno County was 14.0 percent in August, down from a revised 14.7 percent in July, and below the year-ago estimate of 15.8 percent.

The unemployment rate in Kings County was 13.6 percent, down from a revised 14.4 percent, and below the year-ago estimate of 15.0 percent.

The unemployment rate in Madera County was 13.0 percent, down from a revised 14.1 percent, and below the year-ago estimate of 14.4 percent.

The unemployment rate in Merced County was 15.9 percent, down from a revised 17.3 percent, and below the year-ago estimate of 17.0 percent.

The unemployment rate in Tulare County was 15.0 percent, down from a revised 15.7 percent, and below the year-ago estimate of 16.2 percent.

California's unemployment rate was 10.6 percent in August, down from 10.7 percent the previous month.

The national unemployment rate was 8.1 percent.