The unemployment rate here is up to 15.8 percent

[Oeditpus Rex]

How's your county doing? :(

http://www.edd.ca.gov/About_EDD/pdf/urate200903.pdf

(.pdf; scroll down to page 4 for the numbers by county.)

[JDPriestly]

1. L.A. -- 11%, but Colusa -- 26.6%????

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,156 square miles (2,995 km²), of which, 1,151 square miles (2,980 km²) of it is land and 6 square miles (14 km²) of it (0.48%) is water. A large number of streams drain the county including Elk Creek and Salt Creek.

. . . .

As of the census<1> of 2000, there were 18,804 people, 6,097 households, and 4,578 families residing in the county. The population density was 16 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 6,774 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 64.29% White, 0.55% Black or African American, 2.33% Native American, 1.21% Asian, 0.39% Pacific Islander, 26.68% from other races, and 4.54% from two or more races. 46.54% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 8.5% were of German, 5.6% English, 5.5% American and 5.4% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 58.7% spoke English and 40.4% Spanish as their first language.

There were 6,097 households out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.51.

. . . .

The median income for a household in the county was $35,062, and the median income for a family was $40,138. Males had a median income of $32,210 versus $21,521 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,730. About 13.0% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.5% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colusa_County,_California

Strongly Republican, of course.

[mackerel]

2. I worked in San Joaquin County and they're at 15.8%

I live in Solano County which is at 10.4%

[shanti]

11. well

not much in colusa county but ag and casino. :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

3. Orange County - 7.8%

I guess we are lucky here.

[proud patriot]

4. Contra Costa 9.3 where I Live

Marin lowest in the State w/ 6.8
Colousa highest in the State w/ 26.6

[mackerel]

5. Colusa is high even during ramps, also low population.

[Mollis]

6. Shasta-16.2

:(

[Auggie]

7. Napa 8.5%

Thank you for buying California wine

[Throd]

8. El Dorado 10.9%

[succubus.blues]

9. wow

9.9% for Santa Clara.

[mackerel]

10. Solano County is now at 10.9% and

San Joaquin County is at 16.4%. The state as a whole is up to 11.5%