DATA RELEASE: Unemployment Rates For Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Lakeland Village

A seasonal surge in job growth throughout the retail sector pushed Riverside County's unemployment rate below 10 percent last month, state officials reported Friday.

Lake Elsinore and Wildomar saw better numbers than the county average, although the cities -- as well as Lakeland
Village -- are still higher than the state average.

Lake Elsinore’s non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate in November, based on preliminary estimates, was 9.3 percent, compared with 9.8 percent in October, according to the California Employment Development Department.

The rate was almost 2 percentage points below the level of November 2012, when unemployment stood at 11 percent.

In Wildomar, the numbers were better. The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate in November, based on preliminary estimates, was 8.4 percent, compared with 8.9 percent in October, according to the data.

In November 2012, Wildomar’s unemployment rate was 10 percent.

Lakeland Village is still lagging behind, but the unincorporated shows much improvement over the last year.

The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate in November, based on preliminary estimates, was 15.5 percent, compared with 16.7 percent in October, according to the data.

The most recent rate for Lakeland Village was almost 3 percentage points below the level of November 2012, when unemployment stood at 18.1 percent.

The county's non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate in November, based on preliminary estimates, was 9.6 percent, compared with 10.1 percent in October, according to the California Employment Development Department.

The rate was almost 2 percentage points below the level of November 2012, when unemployment stood at 11.4 percent.

According to figures, the civilian labor force last month in Riverside County numbered 939,300 people, of whom 90,400 were out of work.

The unincorporated community of Cabazon had the highest unemployment rate countywide, at 24.6 percent, followed by Mecca at 19.6 percent and Homeland at 19.2 percent, according to the EDD.

The combined unemployment rate for Riverside and San Bernardino counties in November was 9.4 percent, down from 9.8 percent the prior month.

Bi-county data indicated major payroll expansion in retail trade, with roughly 9,000 jobs added last month as stores geared up for the holiday shopping season.

The leisure and hospitality sector grew by 5,700 positions, while the public sector added 2,200 jobs, virtually all of that in school districts and colleges.

Payrolls in professional and business services, financial services and construction altogether declined by 6,400 jobs, according to the EDD.

The farming sector showed marginal growth in November, gaining 600 harvesting jobs.

The state's non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate last month was 8.3 percent, according to the EDD.