Lake County’s January 2008 unemployment rate was 10.4 percent, up 0.8 percent from December, and 0.7 percent above the year-ago, January 2007 rate, according to Dennis Mullins of the Employment Development Department's North Coast region Labor Market Information Division.

The comparable California and U.S. rates were 6.3 and 5.4 percent respectively, Mullins reported.

Some surrounding county rates included 7.2 percent for Mendocino, and 5.2 percent for Sonoma. Marin had the lowest rate in the State with 4.0 percent and Colusa had the highest at 19.6 percent.

Lake County's unemployment rate ranked it at 40^th out of the state's 58 counties.

Total industry employment increased 940 jobs (7.1 percent) between January 2007 and January 2008, ending the year-over period with 14,270, according to Mullins.

Mullins noted that year-over job growth occurred in farm; manufacturing; trade, transportation and utilities; financial activities; private educational and health services; other services; and government.

Year-over job losses occurred in natural resources, mining, and construction; professional and business services; and leisure and hospitality, Mullins reported.

The information industry was the only sector with no change over the year, Mullins added.

The government sector led industry gainers adding 760 jobs over the year, Mullins said. Farm and private educational and health services were up 220 and 110, respectively. Trade, transportation and utilities increased 40. Manufacturing and financial activities each gained 20 and other services added 10.

Natural resources, mining and construction led decliners, dropping 100 jobs, according to Mullins. Professional and business services and leisure and hospitality were down 90 and 50, respectively.

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oh swell!
written by smurf, March 04, 2008

the private sector is losing jobs so the public sector is adding them? How long will that trick work? And is the government really getting more done now? Thank you George Bush for demonstrating once again how out of touch with reality you and the republicans are, as once again you've driven the economy into the ditch.

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But Smurf
written by Donna Christopher, March 04, 2008

this can't be true, remember - Republicans are the party of smaller government. And fiscal responsibility too :wink: I guess as long as Bush has bushies that need a job the trick of government jobs increasing beyond any and all reason shall continue. The bubble will burst and we all know what flows downhill. Yeah, thats right, I'm just grumpy cause I'm downhill

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Rhetoric
written by James, March 05, 2008

From both sides just lies to stroke our egos.Government will get bigger the more they control us and the more we demand from them. So as much as I dislike the actions of Bush, those actions were not done in a vacuum. There has been alot of help from the other side. I became a nonpartisan 35 years ago because the partys will say anything and everything but its really about them, their power. we can eat cake

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