Solano unemployment rate up for October

“All 67 counties experienced decreases in their unemployment rates over the month, and only one county registered an increase over the year”.

The jobless rate fell to 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent in September, and was below October 2014’s 7.3 percent rate.

The unemployment mark is the lowest for the state since January 2008.

“Labor demand remains strong in North and SC”.

The national unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in October from 5.1 percent in September.

Florida’s unemployment rate has declined by 5.6 percentage points since December 2010. Unemployment was unchanged in 15 states and increased in three states. Denair had a rate of 4.8 percent, up from 4.3 percent recorded in September. Escambia County went from 5.2% to five even; Santa Rosa 4.6 to 4.4%, and Okaloosa County dropped from 4.4 to 4.2%.

In October, the Midwest had the lowest regional unemployment rate, 4.5 percent, while the West had the highest rate, 5.5 percent.

In the years right after the recession – that ended in 2009 – the state’s labor force and the number of employed Arkansans declined most months. A few people who’ve lost their jobs have moved away to look for work elsewhere, he said. All divisions except the Mountain had significant rate changes from a year earlier, all of which were declines. That’s down almost 19 percent from the same span a year ago. 9 percent found in Calistoga.

The numbers are based on a survey of households and will fluctuate as the state Department of Employment and Labor gets more reliable figures in its quarterly census from establishments.

Both the state and local unemployment rates stayed relatively steady in October, according to the Nebraska Department of Labor. Texas had the only significant over-the-month rate increase (+0.2 percentage point).

The category of information jobs showed the biggest year over year gain, rising 16.7 percent.

San Mateo County has the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 3.2 percent and Imperial County has the highest with 21.8 percent, according to the data. Vallejo at 7.6 percent and Rio Vista at 11.2 percent complete the list.