SAN DIEGO—San Diego County’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.2 percent in December, down from a revised 4.6 percent in November and below the year-ago estimate of 8 percent, according to figures released on Jan. 21 by the state Employment Development Department.
This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 5 percent for California, which decreased from 5.4 percent in November, and 3.7 percent for the nation, which decreased from November’s 3.9 percent, during the same period.
