Yolo County Leads Nation In Job Losses
WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A report from the federal government is showing that Northern California's Yolo County is one of two counties in the nation hit hardest by job losses.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday that Yolo County and Marion County, Fla., both experienced 3.7 percent declines in the employment rate between July 2009 and July 2010.
The decline is more than 18 times the national job loss rate over the same period.
In Yolo County, most of the job losses were in the trade, construction and utilities sectors, which lost 843 jobs.
Other numbers from the labor report show a much brighter picture for the job market in Santa Clara County.
The county, home to some of the nation's biggest technology firms, had the largest year-over-year increase in average weekly wages in the second quarter of 2010, gaining 10.6 percent.
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