Sonoma's Jobless Rate Rises, Remains Among Lowest in California

Sonoma County’s unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in January, up from 7.8 percent in December and in line with a trend throughout the Bay Area, while the statewide rate went unchanged for the month, according to employment data released today.

Sonoma County had the eighth-lowest unemployment rate among California's 58 counties, while Napa had the seventh-lowest rate at 8 percent.

The California unemployment rate remained unchanged from December at 9.8 percent. A year ago at this time, the jobless rate was at 11 percent, according to the California Employment Development Department.

In the Bay Area, the highest jobless rate was in Solano County at 10 percent in January.

Other counties saw unemployment rates rise, including San Francisco where December's 6.5 percent rate bumped up to 6.8 percent in January.

Nationwide, the unemployment rate in January was 7.9 percent.

Here's a city-by-city breakdown of the unemployment rates in Sonoma County's Patch towns and cities:

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