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Cupertino Unemployment Rates: From a Low of 1.9% to a High of 7.7%
'Tino's unemployment rates for the last 10 years have fluctuated by 5.8 percent.
Cupertino, like the rest of the country, is feeling the pinch of unemployment, but the overall rate is lower than the countywide average.
As of July, the unemployment rate in Santa Clara County was 10.3 percent.
In Cupertino, the July unemployment rate was 6.7 percent.
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CUPERTINO
Lowest rates in the last 10 years
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- January 2001. Total labor force: 27,061. Unemployment rate: 1.9 percent
- February 2001.Total labor force: 27,054. Unemployment rate: 1.9 percent
Highest rates in the last 10 years
- January 2010. Total labor force: 22,044. Unemployment rate: 7.7 percent
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Lowest rates in the last 10 years
- February 2001. Total labor force: 956,845. Unemployment rate: 2.9 percent
Highest rates in the last 10 years
- January 2010. Total labor force: 874,590. Unemployment rate: 11.8 percent
Cupertino's October Unemployment Rates, 2001-10
Year Unemployment Rate 2001 4.6% 2002 5.6% 2003 5.0% 2004 3.7% 2005 3.3% 2006 2.6% 2007 3.0% 2008 4.3% 2009 7.5% 2010 7.0%*Data compiled from the U.S. Department of Labor site.
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