Prince George, B.C. – The latest unemployment rate shows a drop in jobless numbers for  Prince George  last month.  The rate was 7.0% last month, compared to August of last year when it was 7.4%.  In terms of employment,  there were 51,800 people employed last month compared to  50,300 in August of  2011.

For the Cariboo region,  the  unemployment rate increased to  8.6% in August, up from 8.1% in the  same month a year ago. 

Provincially, the rate declined.  It was 6.7% last month,  down from the 8.4% in August of 2012.

Nationally, the rate  held steady at 7.3%, unchanged from August of 2011.