Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, California Metropolitan Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, California Metropolitan Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed tag:www.deptofnumbers.com,2012-02-02:/unemployment/california/sacramento 2012-02-02T08:54:16-08:00 The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sacramento fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 11.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Sacramento peaked in December 2010 at 13.0% and is now 1.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Sacramento unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
National 8.5% -0.2 -0.9
California 11.1% -0.2 -1.4
Sacramento 11.2% -0.3 -1.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Sacramento, California, National

Sacramento, California monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sacramento, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sacramento peaked in December 2010 at 134,535. There are now 18,585 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Sacramento employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Sacramento, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
Sacramento 115,950 -2,391 -18,585

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sacramento, California Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 California
Unemployment Rate		 Sacramento
Unemployment Rate		 Sacramento
Unemployed
January
2012		 8.3% — — —
December
2011		 8.5% 11.1% 11.2% 115,950
November
2011		 8.7% 11.3% 11.5% 118,341
October
2011		 8.9% 11.7% 11.8% 121,761
September
2011		 9.0% 11.9% 12.0% 123,188
August
2011		 9.1% 12.1% 12.2% 124,755
July
2011		 9.1% 12.0% 12.3% 125,733
June
2011		 9.1% 11.8% 12.2% 124,934
May
2011		 9.0% 11.7% 12.1% 123,412
April
2011		 9.0% 11.8% 12.1% 123,057
March
2011		 8.9% 12.0% 12.1% 123,282
February
2011		 9.0% 12.1% 12.3% 125,793
January
2011		 9.1% 12.4% 12.7% 130,121

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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