LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate sunk to 4.5 percent in September, down from a revised 5.2 percent in August, according to the latest figures released by the state Employment Development Department (EDD).
The 4.5 percent rate was well below the 9.8 percent rate in September 2021.
In Orange County, the September unemployment rate was 2.7 percent, down slightly from 3 percent in August.
Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in September, down from 4.1 percent in August and below the 7.5 percent rate from September 2021. The 3.9 percent is tied with July as the lowest ever on record in a data series that dates back to 1976….