I wrote about Arden-Arcade’s quest for cityhood last week and it was great to hear from residents on both sides of the argument. Thank you for your contribution. For the sake of information and further discussion, I wanted to follow-up with unemployment rates for Arden-Arcade over the past ten years. What do you make of the data below? Data source: EDD.
The truth is that unemployment rates in most cities and CDPs in Sacramento County are really pretty discouraging across-the-board, and they serve as a reminder that we are not “out of the woods” yet (see 10 years of county rates HERE). For reference, as you digest the data below, the unemployment rate in Sacramento County in July 2001 was 4.5% and the unemployment rate for July 2010 was 13.1%. I have not done an exhaustive comparison between Arden-Arcade and other areas as of yet, but I can if readers would be interested.
Date / Unemployment Rate
July 2010 – 13.0%
July 2009 – 11.7%
July 2008 – 7.3%
July 2007 – 5.7%
July 2006 – 5.1%
July 2005 – 5.2%
July 2004 – 5.8%
July 2003 – 6.0%
July 2002 – 5.9%
July 2001 – 4.5%
I don’t know that unemployment rates are a reason for or against cityhood, but I am definitely interested to hear from residents about quality of life issues and even how specific numbers above might correlate to real life in a community. Comments are welcome.