Unemployment Rates Down In Mountain View, Santa Clara County

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — Unemployment rates were down in Santa Clara and seven other San Francisco Bay Area counties in October, officials with the California Employment Development Department said.

San Mateo County had the lowest rate at 2.5 percent followed by Marin County at 2.6 percent and San Francisco County at 2.7 percent, according to non-seasonally adjusted numbers released Friday by the EDD.

The rates were between 3 and 3.5 percent in Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Santa Clara County's rate was 3 percent in October, compared to 3.3 percent in September.

In Mountain View, the city's unemployment rate last month was 2.3 percent, which was down from 2.5 percent the month prior.

Solano County had the highest unemployment rate for October in the Bay Area at 4.3 percent.

The unemployment rate was 4.9 percent statewide compared with 4.1 percent nationwide in October.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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