California metro area unemployment rate change

Area Unemployment Rate-2007 average Unemployment rate-2014 average Change Rank
El Centro MSA 18.1 23.4 5.3 1 out of 28
Yuba City MSA 9.5 13.7 4.2 2 out of 28
Visalia-Porterville MSA 9.2 13.3 4.1 3 out of 28
Hanford-Corcoran MSA 8.7 12.6 3.9 4 out of 28
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale Metro Div 5.1 8.7 3.6 5 out of 28
Stockton MSA 8.1 11.7 3.6 6 out of 28
Merced MSA 10.1 13.5 3.4 7 out of 28
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA 5.8 9.1 3.3 8 out of 28
Modesto MSA 8.7 11.9 3.2 9 out of 28
Fresno MSA 8.6 11.8 3.2 10 out of 28
Madera MSA 7.5 10.6 3.1 11 out of 28
Bakersfield MSA 8.2 11.0 2.8 12 out of 28
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA 5.9 8.6 2.7 13 out of 28
Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Roseville MSA 5.3 7.6 2.3 14 out of 28
Chico MSA 6.7 9.0 2.3 15 out of 28
Salinas MSA 7.1 9.4 2.3 16 out of 28
Vallejo-Fairfield MSA 5.3 7.5 2.2 17 out of 28
Redding MSA 7.5 9.6 2.1 18 out of 28
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA 4.9 7.0 2.1 19 out of 28
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos MSA 4.6 6.7 2.1 20 out of 28
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metro Div 4.7 6.5 1.8 21 out of 28
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta MSA 4.4 6.2 1.8 22 out of 28
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine Metro Div 3.9 5.6 1.7 23 out of 28
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA 4.3 5.9 1.6 24 out of 28
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA 4.3 5.8 1.5 25 out of 28
Napa MSA 4 5.5 1.5 26 out of 28
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA 4.8 6.0 1.2 27 out of 28
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City Metro Div 4 4.8 0.8 28 out of 28

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Sources: Census as of Sept. 25, 2014