The unemployment rate in the Tulare County was 15.0 percent in August 2012, down from a revised 15.7
percent in July 2012, and below the year-ago estimate of 16.2 percent. This compares with an unadjusted
unemployment rate of 10.4 percent for California and 8.2 percent for the nation during the same period., There are 2600 more jobs in the county in August 2012 than in August 2011.