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	revised January, 2013
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Number of Persons Employed

The Sacramento Composite Economic Area is a five county (Amador, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer and Sacramento Counties) entity that ended 2012 with an annual average of 903,300 employed persons. This was an increase of 1.4% compared to the 0.17% decline in 2011. The annual average number of persons employed in the Sacramento CEA is forecasted, based on actual data through December, 2012, to be up 0.44% in 2013.

Unemployment

The annual Unemployment Rate for the Sacramento CEA declined to 10.4% in 2012, down from the 11.8% in 2011. The average annual rate for 2013, based on actual data through December, 2012, is expected to decline again to 10.3%.

Taxable Sales

Taxable Sales at all Outlets in the five county Composite Economic Area posted a 2.4% (($600 million) increase in 2010. This came after a $4.1 billion decrease in 2009 (an decline of 14.1%) to a total of $25.2 billion. The forecast for 2011, based on actual data through the 3rd quarter, 2011, is another increase of 6.2% ($1.6 billion), followed by a smaller 1.4% increase in 2012 and another increase of 3.1% in 2013. A word of caution about these forecasts. Actual data for Taxable Sales are currently 5 quarters (closer to 6 quarters) behind, so the "current" data does not reflect any of the actions and events of the past year and a half.

Data Tables

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

Resources

Some Internet sites for the Sacramento CEA: Amador County Amador Economic Development Corporation. Amador County Chamber of Commerce. Amador City. City of Ione. City of Jackson City of Sutter Creek. El Dorado County El Dorado County Government El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce Mountain Democrat Online - Serving the Western Slope of El Dorado County Nevada County Nevada County Government. Nevada County Transportation Commission. Grass Valley/Nevada County Chamber of Commerce. 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 Sacramento County The County of Sacramento Homepage 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 Other Sites The Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce The Business Journal The Sacramento Bee Elk Grove Citizen The Galt Herald

Back to Sacramento Forecast Project Update: January, 2013 Next Revision: July, 2013 URL: http://sacramentoforecastproject.org/sa11/sac5/sac-cea.htm Arthur N. Jensen, Emeritus Professor of Marketing e-mail to: a.jensen@comcast.net