Pinole, Hercules Unemployment Rates Among Lowest in State: EDD

Contra Costa County has some of the lowest unemployment rates in the Bay Area, with only 5.0 percent of the workforce unemployed, according to the latest report from the state's Employment Development Department.

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 a few of the cities in Contra Costa County, as reported by the EDD:

• Contra Costa County 5.0 percent
• Alamo 2.5 percent
• Antioch 6.9 percent
• Clayton 4.4 percent
• Danville 4.0 percent
• Diablo 0 percent
• El Cerrito 4.4 percent
• Hercules 3.3 percent
• Moraga 3.4 percent
• Orinda 2.4 percent
• Pinole 4.2 percent
• San Ramon 3.3 percent
• Walnut Creek 3.4 percent

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.

– By Patch editor Renee Schiavone; Bay City News Service contributed to this report.
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