Calif.'s unemployment rate 5th highest in nation; Kern at 17.1 pct.

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New federal labor data show that California's unemployment rate remains the fifth highest in the nation. Meanwhile, California's Employment Development Department released unemployment figures for each county on Wednesday.

Story Created: Mar 10, 2010 at 2:21 PM PDT

Story Updated: Mar 10, 2010 at 2:28 PM PDT

Calif.'s unemployment rate 5th highest in nation; Kern at 17.1 pct.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — New federal labor data show that California's unemployment rate remains the fifth highest in the nation.

The ranking was released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state's jobless rate of 12.5 percent in January, which was released last week, remains well above the national rate of 9.7 percent.

Meanwhile, California's Employment Development Department released unemployment figures for each county on Wednesday. Those figures, which are not seasonally adjusted, show Kern County was 38th in the state with a 17.1 percent unemployment rate.

The federal rankings showed the West had the highest unemployment rate of any region, at 10.8 percent.

Among states, Michigan leads the nation with an unemployment rate of 14.3 percent, followed by Nevada and Rhode Island.
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Eyewitness News staff contributed to this report.