| Sacramento Forecast Project | El Dorado County Economic Forecast | Sacramento Forecast Project |
| revised January, 2013 | ||
| Unemployment | Taxable Sales | Building Permits | Data Tables | Resources | SFP Page | ||
| Number of Persons Employed |
| The annual average number of persons employed (as measured by the Household Survey) in El Dorado County increased 1.5% (1,200 persons) to 81,400 persons in 2012, after declining -0.2% (200 persons) in 2011. The forecast for 2013, based on actual data through December, 2012, is a smaller increase of 0.2% (200 jobs). |
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| Unemployment |
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| The average annual Unemployment Rate for El Dorado County declined to 10.3% in 2012, lower than the 2011 rate of 11.8%. The forecast for the annual rate in 2013, based on actual data through December, 2012, is for an increase to 10.8%. |
| Taxable Sales |
| Taxable Sales for all Outlets, in 2010 increased 2.2% ($30. million), after sales were down 14.5% ($260 million) in 2009. The forecast for 2011, based on actual data through the 3rd quarter of 2011, is for an increase of 5.0% to $1.64 billion, followed by a 2.8% increase in 2012 and another 2.8% increase in 2013. |
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| Building Permits |
| Residential Building Permits (total units) in El Dorado County have declined 93.9% from the high of 2,031 residential permits in 2004, down to the recent low of 124 permits issued in 2010. The result for 2011 was for a 15.3% increase to 143 permits and 2012 did even better, adding 80 permits (a 55.9% increase) for a total of 223 permits issued. The forecast for 2013 using actual data through December, 2012, is for a 5.1% (11 permit) decrease to 212 permits issued. |
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| Data Tables | |
| The Sacramento Forecast Project maintains files for these variables and the supporting variables for El Dorado County, in Excel format, that can be made available on request. | |
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| Resources |
El Dorado County has several useful and informative locations on the Internet. For information about the county and its environment, try:
Data Providers: |
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Back to Sacramento Forecast Project Update: January, 2013 Next Revision: July, 2013 Arthur N. Jensen, Emeritus Professor of Marketing e-mail to: a.jensen@comcast.net |