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          Employment Concentration of Registered Nurses in California

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 Vallejo, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.32
          2 Chico, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.28
          3 Modesto, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.14
          4 Redding, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.11
          5 Fresno, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.06
          6 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1
          7 Yuba City, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.97
          8 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.95
          9 Napa, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.95
          10 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 0.94
          11 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.93
          12 North Coast Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 0.92
          13 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.87
          14 California Average opportunities 0.86
          15 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.86
          16 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.83
          17 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.82
          18 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.82
          19 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.81
          20 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.81
          21 Visalia, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.8
          22 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.8
          23 Salinas, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.79
          24 Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.76
          25 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.75
          26 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 0.71
          27 Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.67
          28 El Centro, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.67
          29 Merced, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.61