Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Santa Rosa fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Santa Rosa peaked in February 2010 at 10.7% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Santa Rosa 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
Santa Rosa	9.3%	-0.3	-1.1

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: Santa Rosa, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Santa Rosa, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Santa Rosa peaked in February 2010 at 27,050. There are now 3,643 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Santa Rosa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Santa Rosa, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Santa Rosa	23,407	-661	-3,020

Number of Unemployed Persons

Santa Rosa, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Santa Rosa Unemployment Rate	Santa Rosa Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	9.3%	23,407
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	9.6%	24,068
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	9.8%	24,773
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	9.9%	24,976
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	10.0%	25,224
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	10.0%	25,305
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	9.9%	25,096
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	9.8%	24,892
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	9.9%	25,195
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	10.0%	25,406
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	10.0%	25,543
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	10.2%	26,050