LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Lake County’s jobless rate saw a minor improvement during the month of July, while national numbers also were down and state unemployment was unchanged.
The Employment Development Department, or EDD, said Lake County’s July unemployment rate was 7.4%, down from 7.5% in June and 11% in July 2020.
Leading the county’s job categories was total farm with a 6% growth over the month and 29.5% over the year. Leisure and hospitality was up by 2.5% over June and 17.5% over July 2020.
Nationwide, the jobless rate was down. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said July’s national unemployment rate was 5.4%, down from 5.9% in June and 10.2% in July 2020.
California’s unemployment rate was 7.6% in July, the same as June but down from 13.2% from July 2020.
California payroll jobs totaled 16,529,000 in July 2021, up 114,400 from June 2021 and up from 15,644,600 from July 2020.
Of the 2,714,800 jobs lost in March and April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, California has now regained 1,582,900 jobs, or 58.3%.
The state said the number of Californians employed in July was 17,493,600, an increase of 56,000 persons from June’s total of 17,437,600 and up 1,225,600 from the employment total in July of last year.
The number of unemployed Californians was 1,433,800 in July, a decrease of 5,800 over the month and down 1,029,700 in comparison to July of last year, the EDD reported.
Lake County’s jobless rate earned it a statewide rank of No. 36.
Neighboring county jobless rates and ranks for July are: Colusa, 10.6%, No. 55; Glenn, 7%, No. 31; Mendocino, 6.3%, No. 19; Napa, 5.8%, No. 11; Sonoma, 5.6%, No. 7; and Yolo, 5.9%, No. 15.
Marin continued to have the lowest unemployment of the state’s 58 counties, 4.5%, while Imperial County had the highest rate, 18.9%.
In related data, the EDD said there were 834,513 people certifying for Unemployment Insurance benefits during the July 2021 sample week. That compares to 592,867 people in June and 3,144,098 people in July 2020.
At the same time, 64,642 initial claims were processed in the July 2021 sample week, which was a month-over increase of 519 claims from June, but a year-over decrease of 179,864 claims from July 2020, the EDD reported.
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Lake County unemployment trends down slightly in July; national rate down, state jobless rate unchanged
- Elizabeth Larson
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