YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima County's unemployment rate in October was 6.7 percent, unchanged from September but well above the rate of 5.2 percent for the same month a year ago.

The county's workforce numbered 130,330 with 121,540 employed and 8,790 unemployed.

"The numbers really don't say a whole lot," said Roger Miller, regional labor economist in Yakima with the state Employment Security Department.

The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9.3 percent in October, from a revised rate of 9.1 percent in September, according to the state Employment Security Department.

The estimated unemployment rate for September had earlier been reported as 9.3 percent, but that rate was revised downward after more analysis. The previously estimated job loss of 16,000 in September also was revised to 11,100.

Year over year, Washington had 120,000 fewer jobs last month than in October 2008, a 4.1 percent decrease. Nationally, employment declined by 4 percent over the past year.

The unemployment rate in Kittitas County was 7.4 percent while in Klickitat County it was 7.9 percent.