Mtn. View's Unemployment Rate Far Lower Than State: EDD

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – Santa Clara County has the among the lowest unemployment rate in the Bay Area, with 4.2 percent of the workforce unemployed, according to the latest report from the state's Employment Development Department.

In Mountain View specifically, 1,600 people of the city's 51,100-member workforce were jobless in July for a 3.2 percent unemployment average, the agency says.

Preliminary estimates for July unemployment in California were released last week, and revealed that all but one of the nine Bay Area counties had unemployment rates below the statewide average, EDD data shows.
Solano County, with a 6 percent rate, was the only county with a higher rate than the state's 5.5 percent, which was up 0.1 percent from June.

The lowest unemployment rate was in San Mateo County, where only 3.4 percent of the workforce was unemployed. The unemployment rate in Marin County and in San Francisco was also less than 4 percent.

Here is a breakdown of the unemployment rates in Santa Clara County, as reported by the EDD:

• Santa Clara County - 4.2%
• Campbell city - 3.0%
• Cupertino city - 3.4%
• East Foothills CDP - 5.9%
• Gilroy city -5.5%
• Los Altos city - 2.7%
• Los Gatos town - 2.8%
• Milpitas city - 3.9%
• Morgan Hill city - 4.6%
• Mountain View city - 3.2%
• Palo Alto city - 2.9%
• San Jose city - 4.7%
• San Martin CDP -5.9%
• Santa Clara city - 3.8%
• Saratoga city - 3.0%
• Sunnyvale city - 3.8%

The San Francisco Bay Area has recorded low unemployment rates in the past year or more as the technology industry fuels a good portion of the economy.

– Bay City News Service and Renee Schiavone contributed to this report. Image via Shutterstock.