Unemployment Rate Drops in Napa

All Bay Area counties showed decreases in jobless rates in February compared to January's numbers, according to a recent report by the state .

Napa's jobless rates fell from 10.7 percent to 10.3 percent, according to a March 25 report released by the EDD.

Sonoma County's jobless rates were reduced from 10.5 percent to 10.2 percent, Marin County's unemployment numbers went down from 8.2 percent to 7.8 percent and Solano County saw its rates decrease from 12.4 percent to 12.1 percent.

In Alameda County, jobless rates fell from 11 percent to 10.7 percent, and in Contra Costa County, they fell from 11.2 percent to 11 percent.
   
San Mateo County's jobless rates declined from 8.4 percent to 8.3 percent, and Santa Clara County's numbers dropped from 10.5 percent to 10.3 percent.

In Santa Cruz County, unemployment declined from 14.8 percent to
14.6 percent, and Monterey County's rates fell 17 percent to 16.9 percent.

San Francisco County saw its unemployment numbers decrease from
9.5 percent to 9.1 percent.
  
The state's unemployment rate is based on a federal survey of 5,500 California households and does not include agricultural jobs, according to the department.

By Bay City News Service.