Sacramento Forecast Project Amador County Economic Forecast California State University, Sacramento
 revised January, 2009 
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Employment
31Jan09:   The number of jobs, on average for the year, in Amador County in 2008, barely increased 0.5%. That was much slower than the 2.9% increase in 2007. The forecast for 2009, based on actual data through Decebmer, 2008, is for a similar 0.5% increase.
graph, Employment, 1996-2009
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Unemployment
31Jan09:  The annual average Unemployment Rate for Amador County in 2008 was 7.7%, up from the 2007 rate of 5.9%. The forecast for 2009, based on actual data through December, 2008, is a two percentage point increase to 9.8%.
graph, Unemployment Rate, 1996-2009
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Taxable Sales
31Jan09:  Taxable sales, for all outlets, increased by 1.4% in 2007, much slower than the 9.2% in 2006. The forecast for 2008, based on actual results through the 4th quarter of 2007, is for a -0.5% (-$2.3 million) decrease, followed by a larger -0.9% (-$4.6 million) decrease in 2009.
graph, Taxable Sales, all Outlets, 1995-2009
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Data Tables
The Sacramento Forecast Project maintains files for these variables and the supporting variables for Amador County, in Excel format, that can be made available on request.
table, Civilian Labor Force, 1995-2009
table, Number of Persons Employed, 1995-2009
table, Unemployment Rate, 1995-2009
table, Employment, all Industries, 1995-2009
table, Taxable Sales, all Outlets, 1990-2009
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Resources
Amador County has several useful and informative locations on the Internet. For information about the county and its environment, try: The State of California maintains:
Data Providers:
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Update: January, 2009
Next Revision: July, 2009
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