PLEASE NOTE: Since the publication of this e-Newsletter, data for March 2011 have been revised. See the current issue of the LMI e-Newsletter.

View the current month's press releases and data tables by geography online. This page also has links to historical data.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released two briefs which provide information from the 2010 Census: Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010 includes population totals and demographic characteristics for communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and An Overview: Race and Hispanic Origin and the 2010 Census provides an overview of the nation's changing racial and ethnic diversity. Highlights from the two reports include:

• The five most populous incorporated cities in the nation and their 2010 Census counts are New York, 8,175,133; Los Angeles, 3,792,621; Chicago, 2,695,598; Houston, 2,099,451; and Philadelphia, 1,526,006. New York grew by 2.1 percent over the 10-year period since the 2000 Census. Los Angeles grew by 2.6 percent, Chicago decreased by 6.9 percent, Houston grew by 7.5 percent, and Philadelphia grew by 0.6 percent.
  

• The county with the largest population is Los Angeles County, California with a population of 9,818,605. Los Angeles County's population grew by 3.1 percent since 2000. Other heavily populated counties include Cook County, Illinois with a population of 5,194,675 (decrease of 3.4 percent); Harris County, Texas, 4,092,459 (increase of 20.3 percent); Maricopa County, Arizona, 3,817,117 (increase of 24.2 percent); and San Diego County, California, 3,095,313 (increase of 10.0 percent).
  

• The nation's Hispanic population grew from 35.3 million in 2000 to 50.5 million, or 13 percent of the total population. Hispanics represented 16 percent of the nation's total population in 2010.
  

To access both Census Briefs, click here.

LMID recently posted the updated California Regional Economies Employment Series (CREE) located in the What's New section of the LaborMarketInfo Web site.

LMID now posts the latest information on online job advertisements for California from The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ Data Series (HWOL). HWOL also provides a monthly measure of labor demand at the national, regional, state, and metropolitan levels.

The nation saw an increase in online advertised vacancies for March 2011 in comparison to February 2011. Nationally, there were 4,454,500 seasonally adjusted advertised vacancies for March 2011, an increase of 208,800 from February 2011.

There were 510,600 advertisements reported for California for March 2011. Every region in California experienced a year-over increase in job advertisements from March 2010 to March 2011. All regions also saw an increase in month-over data (February to March 2011).

• The Central Coast had the largest percentage increase (29 percent) in job advertisements of any region from March 2010 to March 2011. The region also saw an increase of 6 percent in job advertisements from February to March 2011.



• The Bay Area also had a large increase (26 percent) in job advertisements from March 2010 to March 2011. However the region had only a 2 percent increase in month over data from February to March 2011.



• The Southern Border and San Joaquin regions saw an increase of 20 and 23 percent respectively. Both regions experienced an increase of 6 percent in job advertisements from February to March 2011.



• The Greater Sacramento and Southern California regions had a small increase (1 percent) in job advertisements from February to March 2011, which was the smallest increase of all the regions. The Greater Sacramento region also saw the smallest increase (15 percent) in year-over data from March 2010 to March 2011 of all the regions. Southern California saw a 19 percent increase in year-over job advertisements.

LMID recently published occupational guides for the green transportation industry. What are green transportation occupations and why are they vital to California's green economy? These jobs develop and implement innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the State's climate change policies. The broader goal of this changing technology is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the health of the planet.

These new guides are located in the "Green" Occupational Guides section of EDD’s LaborMarketInfo Web site.

LMID has released the 2008-2018 Projections of Employment by Industry and Occupation for the following local areas:

     North Valley Region - which includes Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama Counties
     Yuba County

Available data files include: industry data table and narrative, occupation data table and narrative, and tables of the "Fastest Growing Occupations" and the "Occupations with the Most Job Openings."