Washington state’s employment security department released unemployment data for July 2016 on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

The unemployment rate in San Juan County was 4.5 percent for the month July. Statewide, the unemployment rate was 5.7 percent. Unemployment levels are up both locally and statewide from last summer. In July 2015, San Juan County’s unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, and Washington state’s was 5.5 percent. County unemployment rates and employment data for July 2016 can be found at sanjuanjournal.com by searching for “unemployment data.”