Calif. Central Valley unemployment rates: 16.6% to 21.7%

[Newsjock]

Source: Fresno Bee

The state Employment Development Department today released figures that showed Fresno County's jobless rate growing to 18.2%, up from 16.6% in December 2009 and from 15.0% a year earlier.

January's unemployment rates in neighboring counties:

Kings County: 18.2% in January 2010, up from 16.2% in December 2009 and 14.9% in January 2009.
Madera County: 16.6% in January 2010, up from 15.4% in December 2009 and 13.0% in January 2009.
Merced County: 21.7% in January 2010, up from 19.3% in December 2009 and 18.0% in January 2009.
Tulare County: 18.3% in January 2010, up from 17.1% in December 2009 and 15.4% in January 2009.

Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/10/1854055/january-jobless-rates-rise-across.html

[donco6]

1. And wait until after this coming August when the teachers join the ranks.

ka-BOOM!

[SoCalDem]

5. Looks like retirees with a little cash might be able to buy a home in Merced n/t

[Starry Messenger]

2. And Meg Whitman wants to reduce the welfare rolls here as Gov.

I guess she thinks this is all due to funenployment. :sarcasm:

[RKP5637]

3. I wonder how the greedy will like living in a 3rd world? Many will pickup and leave the US, leaving

a disaster in their wake.

[Donnachaidh]

4. but but -- Didn't you hear -- the economy is GREAT per --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7887463

Stop yer whining. Obama's handling it! :sarcasm:

[donco6]

6. At Rose-Colored-Glasses factories, business is booming. n/t