Sacramento Forecast Project Sacramento Combined Statistical Area Economic Forecast California State University, Sacramento
 revised January, 2009 
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The Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee,CA-NV Combined Statistical Area, or what I call the Sacramento CSA, is one of the 116 CSA's created in the latest designations by the Office of Management and Budget for the Federal Government. It is made up of one Metropolitan Statistical Area Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville--Woodland,CA Metropolitan Statistical Area) and two Micropolitan Statistical Areas (Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area and Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area). This "inter-state" CSA is the result of sharing the coast-line of Lake Tahoe and the employment/resident relationship that has occurred in that region, particularly between Douglas County Nevada and eastern El Dorado County, California.
Number of Persons Employed
The Sacramento Combined Statistical Area ended 2008 with an annual average of 1.0683 million employed persons. This was a 0.15% (1.6 thousand persons) decrease over the 1.0699 million employed persons in 2007. The annual average number of persons employed in the Sacramento CSA is forecasted to decrease, based on actual data through December,2008, by 0.4% (4.2 thousand persons) in 2009.
graph, Number of Persons Employed, 1996-2009
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Unemployment
The annual Unemployment Rate for the Sacramento CSA was 7.1% in 2008, up from the 5.4% rate in 2007. The average annual rate for 2009, based on actual data through December,2008, is expected to increase to 7.7%.
graph, Unemployment Rate, 1996-2009
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Taxable Sales
Taxable Sales at all Outlets in the six county Combined Statistical Area posted a $700 million decrease in 2007 (an decrease of 2.0%) to a total of $35.2 billion, compared to the 0.4% increase in 2006. The forecast for 2008, based on actual data through the 4th quarter, 2007, is a larger decline of 4.55%. The forecast for 2009 is an decrease of 1.9%.
graph, Taxable Sales, all Outlets, 1995-2009
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Data Tables
The Sacramento Forecast Project maintains files for these variables and some of the supporting variables for the Sacramento CSA data, in Excel format, that can be made available on request.
table, Number of Persons Employed, 2000-2009
table, Unemployment Rate, 2000-2009
table, Taxable Sales, all Outlets, 1990-2009
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Resources
Some Internet sites for the Sacramento Combined Statistical Area:
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Update: January, 2009
Next Revision: July, 2009

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