Amador County – Amador County and California unemployment rates both declined slightly between December of 2010 and December of 2011, as did national unemployment, but Amador County’s rate still hovers around the annual average unemployment in 2010.

California Employment Development Department data showed that Amador County civilian labor force in December 2011 was 16,200, with 14,140 people being employed, and 2,070 unemployed, for a 12.7 percent unemployment rate in Amador County. That was down 7/10ths of a percent from the unemployment rate of December 2010, which was 13.4 percent in Amador County.

Amador County unemployment annual average was 12.9 percent in 2011, but was down from the 2010 annual average of 13.4 percent. The California Employment Development Department’s December 2011 preliminary data by city showed that Amador City had a zero percent unemployment rate, with 140 people in its labor force. EDD said the smaller city labor statistics “were calculated from published census data,” and assume no changes since the 2000 census. Plymouth showed a 7.1 percent unemployment, with a workforce of 480.

Jackson had a 9.4 percent unemployment rate, with a workforce of 2,160. Ione showed an unemployment rate in December of 10.6 percent, with a workforce of 1,590. Sutter Creek had an unemployment rate of 15 percent, with a workforce of 1,360.

California in December 2011 had a labor force of 18.1 million, with 16.1 million employed, and 1.9 million unemployed, or 10.9 percent. ¶ State unemployment rate in December 2011 was 10.9 percent, down from 12.3 percent in December 2010. U.S. Unemployment rate was 8.3 percent in December 2011, down from 9.1 percent the previous year.

Amador County’s biggest decline was 11.5 percent in total farm jobs. Federal government jobs declined by 10 percent, construction jobs declined by 7.4 percent and mining and logging jobs declined by 6.3 percent.

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