(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yuba City’s unemployment rate is rising. The March rate of 8.8% is up .3% from February and up almost 2 full percentage points -1.8 – from March of last year.

The state rate was 4.8% last month, while the national rate was 3.6%.

Sutter County’s March unemployment rate was 9.6%, Yuba County was at 7.7%.