Alameda County Unemployment Rate 6th Lowest in California

Alameda County boasts the sixth lowest unemployment rate amongst California counties in January 2016, according to the California Employment Development Department. The state agency reports the jobless rate for Alameda County at 4.3 percent.

The counties with the lowest rates in the state:

1. San Mateo
2. Marin
3. San Francisco
4. Santa Clara
5. Orange
6. Alameda

The unemployment rate rose in January in two Bay Area counties. The unemployment rate rose from 4.2 percent in December to 4.3 percent in January in Sonoma County and from 5.6 to 5.7 percent in Solano County, which has usually reported the highest rate in the Bay Area.

The rate in Napa County dropped to 4.8 percent in January from 5.1 percent in December.

San Mateo County's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.1 percent, the lowest rate among Bay Area counties.

Marin County reported the second lowest rate at 3.2 percent, followed by San Francisco County at 3.3 percent.

All counties reported rates below the state average, which was 5.8 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis.

The seasonally adjusted average was 5.7 percent.

All except one county had an unemployment rate below the national average, which was 4.9 percent in January.

--Bay City News contributed to this report