Politics & Government

City Unemployment Rate Stayed the Same in March

South City's unemployment rate stayed at right around 9 percent from February to March.

 

Unemployment is certainly a hot-button issue nationwide, particularly with the presidential election coming up in November.

That being said, South San Francisco seems to be remaining stagnant in terms of labor force, number employed, and number unemployed.

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South City's unemployment rate remained at right around 9 percent from February to March. According to data released this past week, the city had around 3,000 unemployed workers in the month of March.

Do you feel the job climate is staying the same? Or do you feel it is getting any better, or worse? Leave your impressions and experiences in the comments section below.

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Below are the March 2012 statistics for San Mateo County.

 

San Mateo County                                           

387,300

 358,400

 28,900

 7.5%

 1.000000

 1.000000

Atherton town

3,100

 3,000

 100

 4.2%

 0.008294

 0.004456

Belmont city

14,900

 14,000

 1,000

 6.4%

 0.038947

 0.032977

Brisbane city

2,400

 2,100

 300

 13.0%

 0.005770

 0.010695

Broadmoor CDP

2,200

 1,900

 300

 11.7%

 0.005409

 0.008913

Burlingame city

16,200

 15,300

 900

 5.4%

 0.042636

 0.030303

Daly City city

55,700

 50,500

 5,200

 9.3%

 0.140975

 0.178253

East Palo Alto city

13,700

 11,300

 2,400

 17.5%

 0.031485

 0.082888

El Granada CDP

3,500

 3,300

 200

 5.2%

 0.009210

 0.006239

Foster City city

16,900

 16,000

 900

 5.5%

 0.044523

 0.032086

Half Moon Bay city

6,400

 6,000

 500

 7.6%

 0.016616

 0.016934

Hillsborough town

4,800

 4,600

 200

 3.3%

 0.012871

 0.005348

Menlo Park city

16,300

 15,300

 1,000

 6.0%

 0.042692

 0.033868

Millbrae city

10,000

 9,600

 400

 3.9%

 0.026769

 0.013369

North Fair Oaks CDP

8,200

 7,000

 1,300

 15.4%

 0.019390

 0.043672

Pacifica city

23,200

 21,200

 2,000

 8.6%

 0.059086

 0.068627

Redwood City city

42,900

 39,700

 3,200

 7.4%

  0.110849

0.110517

San Bruno city

22,700

21,200

1,500

6.5%

0.059225

0.050802

San Carlos city

15,800

15,000

800

5.1%

0.041887

0.027629

San Mateo city

50,900

47,900

3,000

5.9%

0.133540

0.104278

South San Francisco city

32,600

29,600

3,000

9.2%

0.082554

0.103387

West Menlo Park CDP

2,000

1,800

200

9.2%

0.004965

0.006239


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