Zip code 94403 is primarily located in San Mateo County. The official postal service name used for 94403 is SAN MATEO, California. Portions of the 94403 zip code are contained within or border the city limits of San Mateo, CA, Belmont, CA, and Foster City, CA. The 94403 area code is 650.
DEFINITION of 'Participation Rate'. A measure of the active portion of an economy's labor force. The participation rate refers to the number of people who are either employed or are actively looking for work.he number of people who are no longer actively searching for work would not be included in the participation rate. During an economic recession, many workers often get discouraged and stop looking for employment, as a result, the participation rate decreases.
In 2012, the labor force participation rate was 66.3 percent for the foreign born and 63.2 percent for the native born. Men were more likely than women to be in the labor force, regardless of their nativity.n contrast, the share of the labor force age 55 and older was higher for the native born than for the foreign born: 21.7 percent versus 16.8 percent. The share of those ages 16 to 24 also was higher for the native born than for the foreign born: 14.9 percent versus 7.6 percent.