 Many Hanford residents work for other nearby employers such as NAS Lemoore, the U.S. Navy's largest Master Jet Base located WSW of Hanford and for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation which operates three state prisons in Kings County.The city was impacted by the Great Recession (2007-09) and employment was also affected by the California drought (2012-13).The unemployment rate in January 2016 was 10.3%.