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Sacramento, Calif. – California’s unemployment rate was 11.9 percent in July, and nonfarm payroll jobs declined by 35,800 during the month, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two separate surveys.

The U.S. unemployment rate decreased in July, falling to 9.4 percent. In June, the state’s unemployment rate was 11.6 percent, and in July 2008, the unemployment rate was 7.3 percent. The unemployment rate is derived from a federal survey of 5,500 California households.


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Nonfarm jobs in California totaled 14,249,600 in July, a decrease of 35,800 over the month, according to a survey of businesses that is larger and less variable statistically. The survey of 42,000 California businesses measures jobs in the economy. The year-over-year change (July 2008 to July 2009) shows a decrease of 760,200 jobs (down 5.1 percent).

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