According to data released from the state today, California’s unemployment rate remained unchanged last month at 12.4%. The state’s Employment Development Department reported that non-farm jobs fell by 63,600 during last month. In Monterey County, the unemployment rate remained at 10.5% last month, while Santa Cruz County’s unemployment rate went down slightly to 10.9% in September from 11% in August, and in San Benito County, the unemployment rate was also down slightly to 14.7% from 14.8% in August.