The numbers come from the state’s Employment Development Department and cover Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado and Placer Counties.  Placer had the lowest unemployment rate, 6.0 percent.  Yolo’s was all the way up to 7.6 percent.  However, the total number of jobs in the region actually rose last month by 4,300 – that’s about a half a percent
 
Interestingly, the largest gain in jobs from last March to this March was in government – especially state government.  Despite the governor declaring a fiscal emergency in January, California still added 4,300 new jobs over the last year across the Sacramento region.
 
On the other end of the spectrum: the construction industry, which lost a full 5,000 jobs over the same period of time.