study: sonoma county at bottom when it comes to job growth

The Central Valley communities were hit harder by the recession, but they’re seeing job growth in energy, agriculture, manufacturing and even construction, Kotkin said.

In contrast, Sonoma County has lost 43 percent of jobs in construction, 24 percent in finance, 20 percent in information and 10 percent in manufacturing over the past five years, he said.

“You lost jobs in most categories,” Kotkin said.