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Redding, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Redding fell 0.4 percentage points in March 2013 to 11.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.2 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Redding peaked in February 2010 at 15.8% and is now 4.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Redding unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.6% -0.1 -0.6
California 9.4% -0.2 -1.3
Redding 11.6% -0.4 -2.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2013 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Redding, California, National

Redding, California monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Redding, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Redding peaked in March 2010 at 13,490. There are now 4,208 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Redding employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Redding, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Redding 9,282 -398 -1,859

Number of Unemployed Persons

Redding, California Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		California
Unemployment Rate 		Redding
Unemployment Rate 		Redding
Unemployed
April
2013 		7.5% 9.0% — —
March
2013 		7.6% 9.4% 11.6% 9,282
February
2013 		7.7% 9.6% 12.0% 9,680
January
2013 		7.9% 9.8% 12.5% 10,040
December
2012 		7.8% 9.8% 12.8% 10,255
November
2012 		7.8% 9.9% 12.9% 10,385
October
2012 		7.9% 10.1% 13.1% 10,544
September
2012 		7.8% 10.2% 13.2% 10,721
August
2012 		8.1% 10.4% 13.4% 10,899
July
2012 		8.2% 10.6% 13.6% 11,052
June
2012 		8.2% 10.6% 13.7% 11,152
May
2012 		8.2% 10.7% 13.7% 11,183
April
2012 		8.1% 10.7% 13.7% 11,165

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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