!!! Really? That's a crushingly high unemployment. My county has 9%.
It has always been between 12-16 percent... always. They pay people on welfare to leave the county.
I'm mistaken it is 14.5% this month
COUNTY RANK LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
STATE TOTAL 17,829,800 16,677,500 1,152,300 6.5%
ALAMEDA 23 757,900 710,700 47,100 6.2%
ALPINE 51 360 310 40 12.4%
AMADOR 7 16,120 15,410 710 4.4%
BUTTE 37 92,300 84,900 7,500 8.1%
CALAVERAS 33 17,170 15,900 1,270 7.4%
COLUSA 56 8,800 7,580 1,220 13.8%
CONTRA COSTA 14 524,900 497,000 27,800 5.3%
DEL NORTE 40 9,980 9,140 840 8.4%
EL DORADO 13 84,200 80,000 4,200 5.0%
FRESNO 49 413,300 363,500 49,800 12.0%
GLENN 53 10,170 8,860 1,320 12.9%
HUMBOLDT 24 59,700 55,900 3,800 6.3%
IMPERIAL 58 61,800 45,300 16,500 26.7%
INYO 18 7,520 7,080 440 5.8%
KERN 47 316,600 280,000 36,600 11.6%
KINGS 52 51,540 45,020 6,520 12.7%
LAKE 41 25,670 23,310 2,360 9.2%
LASSEN 14 11,550 10,940 610 5.3%
LOS ANGELES 30 4,867,900 4,530,700 337,200 6.9%
MADERA 47 59,900 53,000 6,900 11.6%
MARIN 1 130,900 126,100 4,800 3.6%
MARIPOSA 14 8,330 7,890 440 5.3%
MENDOCINO 24 43,440 40,680 2,760 6.3%
MERCED 54 92,700 80,100 12,700 13.7%
MODOC 32 4,490 4,180 320 7.0%
MONO 21 7,520 7,060 450 6.0%
MONTEREY 33 203,100 188,000 15,100 7.4%
NAPA 8 72,700 69,500 3,300 4.5%
NEVADA 9 48,410 46,200 2,210 4.6%
ORANGE 3 1,611,600 1,552,300 59,300 3.7%
PLACER 12 145,100 138,100 7,000 4.8%
PLUMAS 38 11,410 10,470 940 8.2%
RIVERSIDE 30 854,200 795,700 58,600 6.9%
SACRAMENTO 19 667,700 628,100 39,600 5.9%
SAN BENITO 39 30,800 28,230 2,570 8.3%
SAN BERNARDINO 19 903,700 850,000 53,800 5.9%
SAN DIEGO 6 1,532,200 1,467,200 65,000 4.2%
SAN FRANCISCO 24 405,200 379,900 25,300 6.3%
SAN JOAQUIN 44 283,700 254,700 29,000 10.2%
SAN LUIS OBISPO 3 123,300 118,800 4,600 3.7%
SAN MATEO 5 371,000 355,800 15,300 4.1%
SANTA BARBARA 1 218,700 210,900 7,800 3.6%
SANTA CLARA 24 883,100 827,600 55,500 6.3%
SANTA CRUZ 24 144,900 135,700 9,200 6.3%
SHASTA 36 83,200 76,600 6,600 8.0%
SIERRA 41 1,570 1,430 140 9.2%
SISKIYOU 43 18,010 16,320 1,680 9.4%
SOLANO 22 219,300 206,000 13,300 6.1%
SONOMA 10 256,000 243,900 12,100 4.7%
STANISLAUS 45 225,300 201,400 24,000 10.6%
SUTTER 50 36,800 32,300 4,500 12.2%
TEHAMA 33 26,930 24,940 1,990 7.4%
TRINITY 46 5,210 4,640 570 10.9%
TULARE 57 177,900 152,100 25,800 14.5%
TUOLUMNE 29 23,460 21,910 1,560 6.6%
VENTURA 17 438,200 414,000 24,300 5.5%
YOLO 10 100,400 95,700 4,700 4.7%
YUBA 54 21,700 18,700 3,000 13.7%