The tri-county unemployment rate in April was 4.1%, down from 4.4% in March and 4.8% in February, according to the California Employment Development Department’s latest numbers released May 1.
This was the third consecutive month that the unemployment rate has fallen in the tri-counties.
Ventura County’s rate was 4.2% in April compared to 4.4% in March, while Santa Barbara County’s rate was 4.1%, down from 4.7% in March. The lowest unemployment rate in the region was San Luis Obispo County, at 4% in April…