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          Employment Concentration of Animal Caretakers in California

          Rank Region 2025 Employment Concentration level Location Quotient
          1 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.69
          2 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California Balance of State Above average opportunities 1.37
          3 Redding, CA Metro Area Above average opportunities 1.31
          4 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.29
          5 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 1.21
          6 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.18
          7 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.15
          8 Chico, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.13
          9 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 1.09
          10 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.93
          11 Vallejo, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.92
          12 North Coast Region of California Balance of State Average opportunities 0.87
          13 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.85
          14 Modesto, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.84
          15 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.84
          16 California Average opportunities 0.82
          17 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.81
          18 Napa, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.77
          19 Salinas, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.76
          20 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area Average opportunities 0.74
          21 Fresno, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.66
          22 Yuba City, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.64
          23 Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.6
          24 Stockton-Lodi, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.59
          25 Merced, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.56
          26 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.56
          27 Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.53
          28 Visalia, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.42
          29 El Centro, CA Metro Area Below average opportunities 0.33