Unemployment in California farming towns?

I once heard the Unemployment in California Farming town, like Fresno is higher than some of our more Urban centers. Is that still an accurate picture? Why is there a higher unemployment rate in California farm areas when we need more farm workers, while we have extremely lower unemployment in the city. How does various immigrants figure into this. I remember legal South Eastern Asians having a hard time with employments in these cities. Poverty level is highest in these areas of California, last I checked. My knowledge of this area is a bit old, so anyone who can update me on whats going on in the central valley would be appreciated.

Unemployment in California farming towns?

My understanding is that it is pretty high. The citrus freeze lead to major funding for those illegally here and unemployed as well as for those legally here. However, you have to look at the numbers carefully, because one way agribusiness makes us subsidize their slave wages to their labor is by the fact that their seasonal employees are %26#039;unemployed%26#039; for seasons of each year, and collect benefits, as do their kids, of course. So unemployment doesn%26#039;t necessarily mean it is not counting people fully employed under agribusiness%26#039;s seasonal definitions. It just means agribusiness%26#039;s pay scale doesn%26#039;t support its workers, who are necessarily seasonal.

Unemployment in California farming towns? loan

These are all still true. Unemployment is a little higher in the Central Valley than in the rest of California. The lowest unemployment rates are in the coastal areas of Southern California and the Bay Area. On the other hand, the unemployment rates in the Central Valley are lower than in the Rust Belt, which is getting very few immigrants these days. I think there are also some tricky issues regarding the appropriate way to calculate unemployment in agricultural areas where there is a lot of seasonal work.