San Anselmo, Fairfax Unemployment Rates Lower Than County, State Averages: EDD

MARIN COUNTY, CA — Marin County has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the Bay Area, with only 3.6 percent of the workforce unemployed, according to the latest report from the state's Employment Development Department.

In San Anselmo specifically, 200 of the city's 7,300-member workforce were reportedly jobless in July. In Fairfax, where there is a workforce of 5,000, 100 were unemployed last month, 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.

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

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

• Marin County 3.6%
• Corte Madera 2.5%
• Fairfax 2.7%
• Inverness 0.8%
• Larkspur 4.5%
• Mill Valley 2.6%
• Novato 3.6%
• Point Reyes Station 2.3%
• San Anselmo 3.4%
• San Rafael 3.8%
• Sausalito 4.2%
• Tamalpais Homestead Valley 3.4%
• Tomales 7.0%

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 contributed to this report. Image via Shutterstock.