Interactive Map: Unemployment Rate Drops in State, Baldwin Park in April

Unemployment dipped in California in April from 9.4 percent to 9 percent, according to recently released figures from the California Employment Development Department.  

Local cities saw a similar dip, with Baldwin Park's non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropping from 13.6 percent in January to 11.6 percent in April.  

Baldwin Park had 3,900 people without employment in April 2013, out of its 33,400 workforce.

The state's non-seasonally adjusted rate was 8.5 percent in April - seasonal adjustment accounts for seasonal shifts in labor such as increased construction and agricultural work in spring and summer - only non-seasonally adjusted figures are available for individual cities.   

How to Use the Map   

You can see how every city in the state fared in April's report, by clicking on it in the above map.  The blue cities are within 10 percent of the state average, the light green are have unemployment rates at least 50 percent lower than state average, and darker green cities are between.   

Conversely, the bright red cities have unemployment rates at least 50 percent higher than state average and the lighter red cities are between.  

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