Valley unemployment rates drop
throughout Valley – Unemployment rates dropped throughout the
eight-county San Joaquin Valley region in April, according to data released y
the Employment Development Department. Here are the April 2017 rates, followed
in parentheses by the March 2017 and April 2016 rates:

·       Fresno – 8.8 percent
(10.2, 9.8)

·       Kern – 9.5 percent
(11.5, 10.6)

·       Kings – 9.5 percent
(11.2, 10.2)

·       Madera – 8.5 percent
(9.9, 9.7)

·       Merced – 10.2 percent
(12.1, 11.3)

·       San Joaquin – 7.1
percent (8.2, 8.1)

·       Stanislaus – 7.9
percent (8.9, 8.9)

·       Tulare – 9.9 percent
(12.3, 10.8)