Valley unemployment
rates mixed in March, still down year over year – Unemployment rates in the
eight-county San Joaquin Valley were mixed in March but remained below March
2016 levels, according to data released by the California Employment
Development Department. Here are the March unemployment rates, followed in
parentheses by the February 2017 and March 2016 rates:

·
Fresno – 10.3 percent (10.5, 10.6)

·
Kern – 11.5 percent (10.9, 11.6)

·
Kings –11.2 percent (11.5, 11.3)

·
Madera – 10 percent (9.5, 10.5)

·
Merced – 12.2 percent (12.3, 12.4)

·
San Joaquin – 8.3 percent (8.3, 8.8)

·
Stanislaus – 8.8 percent (8.7, 9.5)

·
Tulare – 12.3 percent (12, 12.4)