Irvine, Calif.
Share of jobs in strong industries: 37.8%
Number of workers: 106,358
Metro area unemployment rate: 5.8%
Agriculture jobs: 0.18%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical jobs (legal, accounting etc.): 13.87%
Education jobs: 12.46%
Health-care jobs: 8.58%
Public Administration (Government) jobs: 2.72%
Irvine is home to the University of California at Irvine and—like much of Orange County—hasn't been hit as hard by the subprime crisis as other parts of California.
