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Gilroy Unemployment Rates: From a Low of 4.5% to a High of 17.5%
The Garlic City's unemployment rates for the last 10 years have fluctuated by 13%.
The Garlic City, like the rest of the country, is feeling the pinch of unemployment but the overall rate is higher than the countywide average.
As of July, the unemployment rate in Santa Clara County was 10.3 percent.
In Gilroy, the July unemployment rate was 15.3 percent.
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GILROY
Lowest rates in the the last 10 years
Find out what's happening in Gilroywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
- February, 2001.Total labor force: 22,263. Unemployment Rate: 4.5%
Highest rates in the the last 10 years
- January, 2010. Total labor force: 21,376. Unemployment Rate: 17.5%
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Lowest rates in the the last 10 years
- February, 2001. Total labor force: 956,845. Unemployment Rate: 2.9%.
Highest rates in the the last 10 years
- January, 2010. Total labor force: 874,590. Unemployment Rate: 11.8%.
Gilroy's October Unemployment Rates, 2001-2010
Year Unemployment Rate 2001 10.9% 2002 13.0% 2003 11.7% 2004 8.8% 2005 7.8% 2006 6.4% 2007 7.3% 2008 10.1% 2009 17.0% 2010 15.9%*Data compiled from the United States Department of Labor site.
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