LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Joblessness in July was down not just in Lake County but across California and the nation, according to new reports.
The California Employment Development Department, or EDD, reported that Lake County’s unemployment rate was down to 4.2% from 4.4% in June and 7.7% in July 2021.
Lake County experienced its lowest unemployment rate in the last 30 years in May, with 3.8%.
Total farm employment in Lake County in July was up by 7.2% in a year-over comparison, and total nonfarm jobs rose by a total of 3.4% over the year, the report showed.
California’s unemployment rate decreased to a new record low in July to 3.9%, down from 4.2% in June, as the state’s employers added 84,800 nonfarm payroll jobs to the economy, the EDD reported.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said nationwide unemployment in July was 3.5%, down from 3.6% in June and 5.4% in July 2021.
California’s July 2022 unemployment rate of 3.9 percent is the lowest ever on record in a data series that dates back to 1976, according to the report.
California payroll jobs totaled 17,618,100 in July 2022, up 84,800 from June 2022 and up 850,600 from July of last year.
The state has now regained 97.3% (2,685,100) of the 2,758,900 nonfarm jobs lost during March and April of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of July 2022, California’s private sector (non-government) has fully recovered from pandemic losses.
The EDD said July 2022 marked the 10th consecutive month of nonfarm job gains and the 13th consecutive month of losses in unemployment. Seventeen of the past 18 months showed month-over nonfarm job gains totaling 1.6 million jobs over that time period.
Lake County ranked No. 38 out of the state’s 58 counties for its July jobless rate.
Lake’s neighboring counties’ jobless rates and ranks in the latest report are Colusa, 7.9%, No. 57; Glenn, 4.7%, No. 43; Napa, 2.6%, No. 7; Sonoma, 2.6%, No. 7; and Yolo, 3.2%, No. 20.
The county with the lowest unemployment was San Mateo with 1.9%, while Imperial had the highest, with 14.2%.
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Jobless rate down in Lake County, across the state and nation in July
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