LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Employment Development Department said the state’s jobless rate — as well as that of Lake County — rose in November.
The report said California’s unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4.9% in November despite the state’s employers adding 9,300 nonfarm payroll jobs to the economy, according to data released today by the Employment Development Department, or EDD.
That’s compared to 4.1% a year ago, the EDD said.
In Lake County, the jobless rate rose to 6.1% in November, up from 5.7% in October. The November rate is the highest Lake County has had since March, when it hit 6.4%.
The November 2022 unemployment rate in Lake County was 5.3%.
Lake County’s rate ranked it No. 43 out of California’s 58 counties.
The EDD reported that, since the current economic expansion began in April 2020, California has gained 3,240,500 jobs, which averages out to a gain of 75,360 jobs per month, and now sits at 485,900 jobs (or 2.7%) above the state’s pre-pandemic total.
California’s 9,300 November nonfarm job gain contributes to 11 consecutive months of job gains in 2023 to date after last December’s losses.
In related data that figures into the state’s unemployment rate, the EDD said there were 323,975 people certifying for Unemployment Insurance benefits during the November 2023 sample week.
That compares to 356,668 people in October and 306,550 people in November 2022. Concurrently, 37,594 initial claims were processed in the November 2023 sample week, which was a month-over decrease of 3,115 claims from October, and also a year-over decrease of 10,227 claims from November 2022, the EDD reported.
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Unemployment rate in Lake County, rest of state increases in November
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