Ongoing staff cuts and private sector downsizing due to the ailing economy were prevalent in 2009. Unemployment numbers rose in cities all over the state and some area cities reached double-digit jobless rates.
The latest numbers, however, show some promise of job recovery. According to preliminary State Employment Development Department estimates, the jobless rate for November has dipped slightly in many area cities.
In Long Beach, the rate is at 13.4 percent, down from 13.9 percent in October. That amounts to about 32,000 of the city's 238,000-person labor force out of work.
Rates -- when comparing November to October -- also fell in Bellflower, from 12.8 to 12.4 percent; Cerritos, from 6.9 to 6.7 percent; Compton, from 21.2 to 20.5 percent; Downey, from 10.2 to 9.8 percent; Lakewood, from 8.2 to 7.9 percent; Norwalk, from 13.3 to 12.9 percent; Paramount, from 18.2 to 17.6 percent, and Signal Hill, from 9.5 to 9. 2 percent.
Will the trend continue? Let's see if the rates continue to fall when the December estimates are released later this month...
The latest numbers, however, show some promise of job recovery. According to preliminary State Employment Development Department estimates, the jobless rate for November has dipped slightly in many area cities.
In Long Beach, the rate is at 13.4 percent, down from 13.9 percent in October. That amounts to about 32,000 of the city's 238,000-person labor force out of work.
Rates -- when comparing November to October -- also fell in Bellflower, from 12.8 to 12.4 percent; Cerritos, from 6.9 to 6.7 percent; Compton, from 21.2 to 20.5 percent; Downey, from 10.2 to 9.8 percent; Lakewood, from 8.2 to 7.9 percent; Norwalk, from 13.3 to 12.9 percent; Paramount, from 18.2 to 17.6 percent, and Signal Hill, from 9.5 to 9. 2 percent.
Will the trend continue? Let's see if the rates continue to fall when the December estimates are released later this month...
Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
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