Sacramento Forecast Project	Sacramento Combined Statistical Area Economic Forecast	California State University, Sacramento
	revised January, 2009
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The Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee,CA-NV Combined Statistical Area, or what I call the Sacramento CSA, is one of the 116 CSA's created in the latest designations by the Office of Management and Budget for the Federal Government. It is made up of one Metropolitan Statistical Area Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville--Woodland,CA Metropolitan Statistical Area) and two Micropolitan Statistical Areas (Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area and Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area). This "inter-state" CSA is the result of sharing the coast-line of Lake Tahoe and the employment/resident relationship that has occurred in that region, particularly between Douglas County Nevada and eastern El Dorado County, California.

Number of Persons Employed

The Sacramento Combined Statistical Area ended 2008 with an annual average of 1.0683 million employed persons. This was a 0.15% (1.6 thousand persons) decrease over the 1.0699 million employed persons in 2007. The annual average number of persons employed in the Sacramento CSA is forecasted to decrease, based on actual data through December,2008, by 0.4% (4.2 thousand persons) in 2009.

Unemployment

The annual Unemployment Rate for the Sacramento CSA was 7.1% in 2008, up from the 5.4% rate in 2007. The average annual rate for 2009, based on actual data through December,2008, is expected to increase to 7.7%.

Taxable Sales

Taxable Sales at all Outlets in the six county Combined Statistical Area posted a $700 million decrease in 2007 (an decrease of 2.0%) to a total of $35.2 billion, compared to the 0.4% increase in 2006. The forecast for 2008, based on actual data through the 4th quarter, 2007, is a larger decline of 4.55%. The forecast for 2009 is an decrease of 1.9%.

Data Tables

The Sacramento Forecast Project maintains files for these variables and some of the supporting variables for the Sacramento CSA data, in Excel format, that can be made available on request.

Resources

Some Internet sites for the Sacramento Combined Statistical Area: Douglas County, NV/Gardnerville Ranchos Micropolitan Statistical Area Official State of Nevada Web Site Douglas County Government Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce Gardnerville, Nevada El Dorado County El Dorado County Government City of Placerville El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce Pollock Pines & Camino Chamber of Commerce South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Mountain Democrat Online - Serving the Western Slope of El Dorado County Nevada County/Truckee-Grass Valley Micropolitan Statistical Area Nevada County Government. Nevada County Transportation Commission. Penn Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce. Nevada County Gold Online. The Union. Placer County The Placer County The City of Auburn The Auburn Chamber of Commerce The Auburn Journal Online The City of Lincoln The City of Rocklin The Rocklin Area Chamber of Commerce The City of Roseville The Sierra College Small Business Development Center Sacramento County The County of Sacramento Homepage Business Environmental Resource Center Department of Economic Development Cities The City of Citrus Heights The City of Elk Grove The City of Folsom The City of Galt The City of Sacramento Development Districts The Downtown Sacramento Partnership The Florin Road Partnership The Mather Commerce Center at Mather Field Other Sites The Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce The Business Journal The Sacramento Bee Elk Grove Citizen The Galt Herald Yolo County The County County of Yolo City of Davis City of Davis Davis Community Network University of California, Davis The Davis Enterprise City of West Sacramento City of West Sacramento

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