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News 11 s Adonis Albright speaks with ARIZONA@WORK to learn more about how the pandemic shaped the numbers
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The word unemployment carries with it a particular stigma, but in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, it s a word now all too familiar. For Yuma County however, the unemployment rate appears to be on the mend. But is that necessarily a good thing?
Moises Pimentel, a business consultant with ARIZONA@WORK, says Yuma and Imperial County are unique in the sense that the agricultural industry is one of the main drivers of the economy.
“A lot of the labor that usually applies for agricultural work is not there this year. So it was a lot less than we experience, so as you can see because there’s less people applying for that type of work, the number in regard to the unemployment rate wouldn’t be as high as in previous years , said Pimentel.