Unemployment rates rise throughout Valley – Unemployment rates in the eight-county San Joaquin Valley rose in January but remained below January 2016 rates, according to data released by the California Employment Development Department.  Here are the January rates, followed in parentheses by the December 2016 and January 2016 rates:

Fresno – 10.6 percent (9.4, 10.7)

Kern – 11.1 percent (9.4, 10.8)

Kings – 11.7 percent (10.2, 11.3)

Madera – 10.0 percent (9.3, 10.2)

Merced – 12.6 percent (10.7, 12.7)

San Joaquin – 8.7 percent (7.8, 8.9)

Stanislaus – 8.9 percent (8.2, 9.6)

Tulare – 12.4 percent (11.4, 12.3)