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Can You Tell Unemployment is Dropping?
Or are the slightly rosy numbers divorced from everyday life?
With the jobs forecast slowly improving on the national front, unemployment in South San Francisco stayed under 9 percent for the second month in a row, according to data released Monday by the California Employment Development Department.
Local unemployment in January was 8.9 percent, the same as December. December was the first month South City's unemployment rate fell under nine percent since January 2009.
Can you feel the change in the local jobs environment, or is the improvement so slow as to be imperceptible? Leave your impressions and experiences in the comments section below.
Find out what's happening in South San Franciscofor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Number Rate San Mateo County 382,700 355,000 27,700 7.2% Atherton town 3,100 2,900 100 4.0% Belmont city 14,700 13,800 900 6.2% Brisbane city 2,300 2,000 300 12.7% Broadmoor CDP 2,200 1,900 200 11.4% Burlingame city 16,000 15,100 800 5.3% Daly City city 55,000 50,000 4,900 9.0% East Palo Alto city 13,500 11,200 2,300 17.1% El Granada CDP 3,400 3,300 200 5.0% Foster City city 16,700 15,800 900 5.3% Half Moon Bay city 6,400 5,900 500 7.4% Hillsborough town 4,700 4,600 100 3.1% Menlo Park city 16,100 15,200 900 5.8% Millbrae city 9,900 9,500 400 3.8% North Fair Oaks CDP 8,100 6,900 1,200 15.0% Pacifica city 22,900 21,000 1,900 8.3% Redwood City city 42,400 39,400 3,100 7.2% San Bruno city 22,400 21,000 1,400 6.3% San Carlos city 15,600 14,900 800 4.9% San Mateo city 50,300 47,400 2,900 5.7% South San Francisco city 32,200 29,300 2,900 8.9% West Menlo Park CDP 1,900 1,800 200 8.9%
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