Unemployment rates up in Valley in November

Central Valley Business Times

December 17, 2016

Unemployment rates rose throughout the eight-county San Joaquin Valley in November but remain below rates from a year ago, according to data released by the California Employment Development Department.  Here are the November jobless rates, followed in parentheses by the October 2016 and November 2015 rates:

Fresno –9.3 percent (9.1, 10.0)

Kern – 9.2 percent (9.1, 9.5)

Kings – 9.3 percent (9.0, 10.4)

Madera – 9.0 percent (8.4, 10.4)

Merced – 9.5 percent (8.5, 11.2)

San Joaquin – 7.8 percent (7.6, 8.7)

Stanislaus – 7.9 percent (7.8, 9.0)

Tulare – 10.8 percent (10.8, 11.3)