Unemployment rates climb throughout Valley – Unemployment rates climbed throughout the eight-county San Joaquin Valley in June, according to data released by the California Employment Development Department.  Here are the June numbers, followed in parentheses by the May 2016 and June 2015 figures:

Fresno – 9.4 percent (8.4, 9.7)

Kern – 10.8 percent (9.6, 10.4)

Kings – 10.2 percent (8.6, 10.3)

Madera – 9.4 percent (8.4, 10.1)

Merced – 10.6 percent (9.6, 10.8)

San Joaquin – 8.3 percent (7.1, 8.7)

Stanislaus – 9.2 percent (7.9, 9.6)

Tulare – 10.8 percent (9.4, 11.0)

Central Valley Business Times