Casa Grande Dispatch
Unemployment dipped across Pinal County during September, with some areas still in the double digits, statistics Thursday from the Arizona Department of Administration show.
Casa Grande was at 9 percent, more than double the 4.3 for September 2007 before the economic downturn. Casa Grande’s rate in August was 10.2.
The breakdown of statistics for the county and other cities and areas, with the September 2012 percentage rate first, the August 2012 rate and then September 2007:
Pinal County 8.3 9.0 4.5
Pinal County w/o Indian reservations 7.6 8.3 4.2
Arizona City 4.6 5.1 2.5
Coolidge 14.6 15.9 8.3
Eloy 12.2 13.3 6.8
Florence 16.5 18.1 4.5
Maricopa 8.3 8.9 5.1
Stanfield area 17.9 19.3 10.3
Ak-Chin Village area 10.3 11.2 5.7
Sacaton area 31.5 33.5 19.4
ChuiChu area 11.3 12.3 6.5
Blackwater area 24.7 26.4 14.7
Gila River Indian Community 25.3 27.1 14.9
Ak-Chin Indian Community 9.9 10.9 5.4
Tohono O’odham Nation
and off-reservation trust lands 29.4 31.1 17.3
