Yuba City, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yuba City fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 17.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 6.7 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Yuba City peaked in December 2010 at 20.1% and is now 2.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Yuba City 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
Yuba City	17.8%	-0.4	-2.3

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: Yuba City, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Yuba City, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Yuba City peaked in December 2010 at 14,138. There are now 1,544 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Yuba City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yuba City, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Yuba City	12,594	-239	-1,544

Number of Unemployed Persons

Yuba City, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Yuba City Unemployment Rate	Yuba City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	17.8%	12,594
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	18.2%	12,833
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	18.8%	13,170
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	19.1%	13,305
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	19.3%	13,433
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	19.4%	13,444
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	19.3%	13,362
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	19.2%	13,330
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	19.4%	13,480
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	19.4%	13,544
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	19.5%	13,684
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	19.9%	13,995