Sacramento Forecast Project	Sacramento CEA Economic Forecast	California State University, Sacramento
	revised January, 2009
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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 2008 with an annual average of 972.2 thousand employed persons. This was a 0.2% decrease over the annual average 974.2 thousand employed persons in 2007. The annual average number of persons employed in the Sacramento CEA is forecasted, based on actual data through December, 2008, to decrease by 0.38% to 968.5 thousand in 2009.

Unemployment

The annual Unemployment Rate for the Sacramento CEA was 7.0% in 2008, up from the 5.3% rate in 2007. The average annual rate for 2009, based on actual data through December, 2008, is expected to increase to 7.7%.

Taxable Sales

Taxable Sales at all Outlets in the five county Composite Economic Area posted a $700. million decrease in 2007 (an decline of 2.2%) to a total of $28.4 billion, an reversal the 1.1% growth in 2006. The forecast for 2008, based on actual data through the 4th quarter, 2007, is a decline of 10.5%, followed by another 2.4% decrease in 2009.

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 City of Placerville El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce Pollock Pines & Camino 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 The Sierra College Small Business Development Center Sacramento County The County of Sacramento Homepage Business Environmental Resource Center 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

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