Sacramento Forecast Project	Colusa County Economic Forecast	California State University, Sacramento
	revised January, 2009
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Employment

Colusa County is an agricultural based county, and with around 30% of the 2008 workforce classified as agricultural, the employment/unemployment patterns directly reflect that condition. The number of jobs in all industries had an increase of 0.3% (30 jobs) in 2008. The forecast for 2009, based on actual data through December,2008, is for a 2.3% decline.

Even when you remove the agriculture employment for Colusa County, the seasonal variation remains because of the impact agriculture has on the rest of the employment sectors. Nonfarm Employment growth in Colusa County grew in 2008 with a 1.0% (60 jobs) increase. The forecast for 2009, based on actual data through December,2008, is for a decline of 1.9% (110 jobs).

Unemployment

The annual Unemployment Rate for Colusa County in 2008 by a little over two percentage points to 14.0%, up from the 11.8% rate in 2007. The forecast for 2009, based on actual data through December, 2008, is a even higher 17.5%.

Taxable Sales

Taxable Sales for all Outlets in Colusa County, in 2007, continued to improve with a 1.67% increase over the $291.6 million reached in 2006. The forecast for 2008 (based on actual results through the 4th quarter, 2007) is for a $1.8 million decline (-0.6%)and followed by a $5.2 million (1.8%) increase in 2009.

Data Tables

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

Resources

There is not much available on the Internet for Colusa County: Colusa County Clerk's Office. Colusa County Economic Development Office. Colusa County Profile provided by UC Cooperative Extension. Colusa County One-Stop Partnership. Colusa County Office of Education. Colusa County Free Library. The Appeal-Democrat.com covers Colusa, Sutter and Yuba Counties. The State of California maintains: County Snapshot of Colusa County from Employment Development Department. County Profiles from the Department of Finance. Data Providers: California Department of Finance California Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division California State Board of Equalization

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