Sacramento Forecast Project	Colusa County Economic Forecast	California State University, Sacramento
	revised January, 2008
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Employment

Colusa County is an agricultural based county, and with around 24% of the 2007 workforce classified as agricultural, the employment/unemployment patterns directly reflect that condition. The number of jobs in all industries had a decrease of 5.3% (-410 jobs) in 2007. My forecast for 2008, based on actual data through December, is for a slight turnaround with an increase of 0.1%.

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 2007 with a 3.1% (170 jobs) increase. My forecast for 2008, based on actual data through December, is for a slower increase of 0.3% (20 jobs).

Unemployment

The annual Unemployment Rate for Colusa County in 2007 increased a half of a perentage point to 13.1%, up from the 12.6% rate in 2006. The forecast for 2008, based on actual data through December, is a slightly higher 13.2%.

Taxable Sales

Taxable Sales for all Outlets in Colusa County, in 2006, continued to rebounded from the 4.9% decline in 2002 with a 12.4% ($32.1 million) increase, stronger than the 5.9% increase in 2005. The forecast for 2007 (based on actual results through the 4th quarter, 2006) is for a much slower increase of $5.5 million (1.9%), followed by a $9.3 million (3.1%) increase in 2008.

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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