Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in California

Title Unemployed Persons in California
Series ID LASST060000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-09-01
Last Updated 2024-10-30 10:20 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 898595
1976-02-01 897332
1976-03-01 892831
1976-04-01 886361
1976-05-01 882696
1976-06-01 884632
1976-07-01 893227
1976-08-01 906286
1976-09-01 919485
1976-10-01 930552
1976-11-01 937548
1976-12-01 938342
1977-01-01 933537
1977-02-01 923674
1977-03-01 910094
1977-04-01 895460
1977-05-01 881611
1977-06-01 869805
1977-07-01 859736
1977-08-01 850552
1977-09-01 841050
1977-10-01 830891
1977-11-01 821459
1977-12-01 814451
1978-01-01 809147
1978-02-01 805631
1978-03-01 803923
1978-04-01 802084
1978-05-01 798320
1978-06-01 790513
1978-07-01 779617
1978-08-01 768403
1978-09-01 757960
1978-10-01 748737
1978-11-01 740645
1978-12-01 733440
1979-01-01 726457
1979-02-01 717924
1979-03-01 707508
1979-04-01 697831
1979-05-01 691611
1979-06-01 690477
1979-07-01 692861
1979-08-01 696620
1979-09-01 700770
1979-10-01 703129
1979-11-01 703118
1979-12-01 703953
1980-01-01 710003
1980-02-01 724322
1980-03-01 747493
1980-04-01 775699
1980-05-01 803762
1980-06-01 827326
1980-07-01 842028
1980-08-01 846142
1980-09-01 842515
1980-10-01 836479
1980-11-01 831681
1980-12-01 829210
1981-01-01 829608
1981-02-01 831802
1981-03-01 832942
1981-04-01 832256
1981-05-01 831634
1981-06-01 834322
1981-07-01 845226
1981-08-01 866696
1981-09-01 897077
1981-10-01 934225
1981-11-01 975514
1981-12-01 1017756
1982-01-01 1056846
1982-02-01 1092597
1982-03-01 1126322
1982-04-01 1158103
1982-05-01 1187432
1982-06-01 1214905
1982-07-01 1242401
1982-08-01 1271017
1982-09-01 1300229
1982-10-01 1327136
1982-11-01 1347378
1982-12-01 1356607
1983-01-01 1354787
1983-02-01 1341885
1983-03-01 1319426
1983-04-01 1292107
1983-05-01 1262857
1983-06-01 1232023
1983-07-01 1199097
1983-08-01 1164749
1983-09-01 1130139
1983-10-01 1096763
1983-11-01 1067493
1983-12-01 1044338
1984-01-01 1025402
1984-02-01 1009058
1984-03-01 996186
1984-04-01 986151
1984-05-01 979403
1984-06-01 975144
1984-07-01 971236
1984-08-01 967359
1984-09-01 963640
1984-10-01 959189
1984-11-01 953550
1984-12-01 947594
1985-01-01 943463
1985-02-01 942498
1985-03-01 942993
1985-04-01 943405
1985-05-01 943569
1985-06-01 943307
1985-07-01 942279
1985-08-01 937116
1985-09-01 927229
1985-10-01 916132
1985-11-01 906621
1985-12-01 900768
1986-01-01 899769
1986-02-01 903042
1986-03-01 908185
1986-04-01 912577
1986-05-01 913488
1986-06-01 910857
1986-07-01 906215
1986-08-01 901572
1986-09-01 897776
1986-10-01 893606
1986-11-01 888622
1986-12-01 881804
1987-01-01 871922
1987-02-01 858285
1987-03-01 842221
1987-04-01 825110
1987-05-01 808354
1987-06-01 793963
1987-07-01 782832
1987-08-01 775387
1987-09-01 770534
1987-10-01 767028
1987-11-01 763023
1987-12-01 758293
1988-01-01 753067
1988-02-01 748040
1988-03-01 744835
1988-04-01 744246
1988-05-01 745573
1988-06-01 747432
1988-07-01 748960
1988-08-01 749906
1988-09-01 749542
1988-10-01 745964
1988-11-01 739457
1988-12-01 731357
1989-01-01 723744
1989-02-01 719785
1989-03-01 719619
1989-04-01 722753
1989-05-01 728891
1989-06-01 736492
1989-07-01 743736
1989-08-01 749581
1989-09-01 754029
1989-10-01 757598
1989-11-01 761215
1989-12-01 766472
1990-01-01 773352
1990-02-01 780448
1990-03-01 788831
1990-04-01 800505
1990-05-01 816288
1990-06-01 836767
1990-07-01 862854
1990-08-01 893883
1990-09-01 928608
1990-10-01 967139
1990-11-01 1006587
1990-12-01 1044110
1991-01-01 1080046
1991-02-01 1113622
1991-03-01 1141688
1991-04-01 1162138
1991-05-01 1175303
1991-06-01 1182773
1991-07-01 1187186
1991-08-01 1193091
1991-09-01 1205000
1991-10-01 1224569
1991-11-01 1250411
1991-12-01 1278587
1992-01-01 1306267
1992-02-01 1333521
1992-03-01 1360532
1992-04-01 1388062
1992-05-01 1414781
1992-06-01 1439222
1992-07-01 1461373
1992-08-01 1479284
1992-09-01 1491284
1992-10-01 1497394
1992-11-01 1499499
1992-12-01 1498906
1993-01-01 1495242
1993-02-01 1488936
1993-03-01 1481495
1993-04-01 1472664
1993-05-01 1464589
1993-06-01 1458823
1993-07-01 1452439
1993-08-01 1444771
1993-09-01 1436961
1993-10-01 1429923
1993-11-01 1425519
1993-12-01 1422429
1994-01-01 1416840
1994-02-01 1405766
1994-03-01 1389991
1994-04-01 1371564
1994-05-01 1352007
1994-06-01 1332752
1994-07-01 1315057
1994-08-01 1297956
1994-09-01 1278758
1994-10-01 1254741
1994-11-01 1227719
1994-12-01 1204291
1995-01-01 1190065
1995-02-01 1186411
1995-03-01 1191268
1995-04-01 1200807
1995-05-01 1210615
1995-06-01 1217123
1995-07-01 1218949
1995-08-01 1216450
1995-09-01 1211545
1995-10-01 1206878
1995-11-01 1201847
1995-12-01 1196159
1996-01-01 1190086
1996-02-01 1183714
1996-03-01 1175857
1996-04-01 1164759
1996-05-01 1149604
1996-06-01 1132151
1996-07-01 1115238
1996-08-01 1101732
1996-09-01 1093016
1996-10-01 1089174
1996-11-01 1087464
1996-12-01 1083408
1997-01-01 1075072
1997-02-01 1062181
1997-03-01 1045468
1997-04-01 1029487
1997-05-01 1016956
1997-06-01 1007015
1997-07-01 998504
1997-08-01 991127
1997-09-01 983505
1997-10-01 976806
1997-11-01 971868
1997-12-01 968221
1998-01-01 965196
1998-02-01 962664
1998-03-01 960825
1998-04-01 959104
1998-05-01 958862
1998-06-01 961565
1998-07-01 966002
1998-08-01 968820
1998-09-01 968552
1998-10-01 962352
1998-11-01 950645
1998-12-01 936550
1999-01-01 921007
1999-02-01 906329
1999-03-01 893894
1999-04-01 883582
1999-05-01 874630
1999-06-01 866460
1999-07-01 859294
1999-08-01 852416
1999-09-01 845237
1999-10-01 838705
1999-11-01 832871
1999-12-01 828401
2000-01-01 827409
2000-02-01 829093
2000-03-01 832986
2000-04-01 838194
2000-05-01 841652
2000-06-01 841494
2000-07-01 836692
2000-08-01 828468
2000-09-01 818882
2000-10-01 810146
2000-11-01 805968
2000-12-01 807791
2001-01-01 814711
2001-02-01 825373
2001-03-01 838146
2001-04-01 852503
2001-05-01 870439
2001-06-01 894080
2001-07-01 924582
2001-08-01 961820
2001-09-01 1003024
2001-10-01 1043891
2001-11-01 1080251
2001-12-01 1109814
2002-01-01 1131923
2002-02-01 1147179
2002-03-01 1157258
2002-04-01 1163421
2002-05-01 1166443
2002-06-01 1166342
2002-07-01 1165241
2002-08-01 1165400
2002-09-01 1168807
2002-10-01 1175228
2002-11-01 1182316
2002-12-01 1187623
2003-01-01 1191720
2003-02-01 1195523
2003-03-01 1199210
2003-04-01 1203095
2003-05-01 1207445
2003-06-01 1211278
2003-07-01 1210984
2003-08-01 1204364
2003-09-01 1191137
2003-10-01 1174743
2003-11-01 1159542
2003-12-01 1147451
2004-01-01 1138250
2004-02-01 1131027
2004-03-01 1124884
2004-04-01 1117048
2004-05-01 1105690
2004-06-01 1090803
2004-07-01 1074668
2004-08-01 1059007
2004-09-01 1045246
2004-10-01 1033961
2004-11-01 1023714
2004-12-01 1014356
2005-01-01 1004312
2005-02-01 992345
2005-03-01 977902
2005-04-01 962414
2005-05-01 947544
2005-06-01 935707
2005-07-01 928983
2005-08-01 925727
2005-09-01 922886
2005-10-01 917002
2005-11-01 907789
2005-12-01 896203
2006-01-01 883689
2006-02-01 872661
2006-03-01 865781
2006-04-01 864066
2006-05-01 864854
2006-06-01 865321
2006-07-01 863634
2006-08-01 861306
2006-09-01 860513
2006-10-01 860794
2006-11-01 862685
2006-12-01 866627
2007-01-01 873447
2007-02-01 882966
2007-03-01 893587
2007-04-01 904991
2007-05-01 918708
2007-06-01 934882
2007-07-01 953655
2007-08-01 975258
2007-09-01 996969
2007-10-01 1017621
2007-11-01 1035297
2007-12-01 1050424
2008-01-01 1067336
2008-02-01 1089446
2008-03-01 1120620
2008-04-01 1162394
2008-05-01 1213407
2008-06-01 1270266
2008-07-01 1328664
2008-08-01 1387721
2008-09-01 1452458
2008-10-01 1528356
2008-11-01 1616408
2008-12-01 1712936
2009-01-01 1811239
2009-02-01 1904893
2009-03-01 1986140
2009-04-01 2050201
2009-05-01 2099147
2009-06-01 2137559
2009-07-01 2168750
2009-08-01 2194469
2009-09-01 2216222
2009-10-01 2235718
2009-11-01 2256069
2009-12-01 2278113
2010-01-01 2296700
2010-02-01 2307066
2010-03-01 2308593
2010-04-01 2302825
2010-05-01 2290204
2010-06-01 2276629
2010-07-01 2270384
2010-08-01 2273365
2010-09-01 2281082
2010-10-01 2286213
2010-11-01 2282779
2010-12-01 2269324
2011-01-01 2250419
2011-02-01 2231325
2011-03-01 2214864
2011-04-01 2204843
2011-05-01 2203572
2011-06-01 2205840
2011-07-01 2204222
2011-08-01 2194762
2011-09-01 2175875
2011-10-01 2149777
2011-11-01 2119222
2011-12-01 2087597
2012-01-01 2058815
2012-02-01 2035978
2012-03-01 2020962
2012-04-01 2009145
2012-05-01 1994708
2012-06-01 1973849
2012-07-01 1945187
2012-08-01 1912997
2012-09-01 1883541
2012-10-01 1857949
2012-11-01 1835968
2012-12-01 1815379
2013-01-01 1794354
2013-02-01 1771965
2013-03-01 1747530
2013-04-01 1723056
2013-05-01 1702164
2013-06-01 1686464
2013-07-01 1673655
2013-08-01 1656258
2013-09-01 1630816
2013-10-01 1602712
2013-11-01 1576154
2013-12-01 1552267
2014-01-01 1529097
2014-02-01 1504882
2014-03-01 1481678
2014-04-01 1460302
2014-05-01 1438754
2014-06-01 1417330
2014-07-01 1397599
2014-08-01 1380808
2014-09-01 1365439
2014-10-01 1346860
2014-11-01 1323788
2014-12-01 1300776
2015-01-01 1280942
2015-02-01 1265047
2015-03-01 1249688
2015-04-01 1231739
2015-05-01 1209970
2015-06-01 1184713
2015-07-01 1158791
2015-08-01 1135396
2015-09-01 1115327
2015-10-01 1099919
2015-11-01 1089888
2015-12-01 1082097
2016-01-01 1074186
2016-02-01 1066317
2016-03-01 1058236
2016-04-01 1051594
2016-05-01 1048270
2016-06-01 1047392
2016-07-01 1047018
2016-08-01 1046432
2016-09-01 1046026
2016-10-01 1043344
2016-11-01 1035290
2016-12-01 1021682
2017-01-01 1002904
2017-02-01 983594
2017-03-01 966105
2017-04-01 952330
2017-05-01 941208
2017-06-01 932076
2017-07-01 924084
2017-08-01 914397
2017-09-01 902106
2017-10-01 887471
2017-11-01 872287
2017-12-01 857119
2018-01-01 844210
2018-02-01 834737
2018-03-01 826268
2018-04-01 817547
2018-05-01 809966
2018-06-01 804603
2018-07-01 801807
2018-08-01 804087
2018-09-01 812030
2018-10-01 823522
2018-11-01 835034
2018-12-01 841563
2019-01-01 839442
2019-02-01 828909
2019-03-01 813086
2019-04-01 795644
2019-05-01 780636
2019-06-01 771804
2019-07-01 770400
2019-08-01 773964
2019-09-01 777113
2019-10-01 782718
2019-11-01 793471
2019-12-01 810966
2020-01-01 833956
2020-02-01 860033
2020-03-01 1065829
2020-04-01 3015308
2020-05-01 2931192
2020-06-01 2627896
2020-07-01 2513300
2020-08-01 2246247
2020-09-01 1859725
2020-10-01 1727573
2020-11-01 1687067
2020-12-01 1689360
2021-01-01 1631366
2021-02-01 1605786
2021-03-01 1588165
2021-04-01 1569394
2021-05-01 1504791
2021-06-01 1490100
2021-07-01 1403253
2021-08-01 1338249
2021-09-01 1238810
2021-10-01 1168735
2021-11-01 1089426
2021-12-01 1043326
2022-01-01 994304
2022-02-01 916158
2022-03-01 850013
2022-04-01 809304
2022-05-01 779314
2022-06-01 760121
2022-07-01 740603
2022-08-01 722869
2022-09-01 766977
2022-10-01 803985
2022-11-01 831220
2022-12-01 848135
2023-01-01 857765
2023-02-01 861638
2023-03-01 861903
2023-04-01 862285
2023-05-01 867988
2023-06-01 880841
2023-07-01 904389
2023-08-01 936096
2023-09-01 967670
2023-10-01 990811
2023-11-01 993488
2023-12-01 990259
2024-01-01 1013856
2024-02-01 1028384
2024-03-01 1032867
2024-04-01 1027450
2024-05-01 1010218
2024-06-01 1000410
2024-07-01 1008650
2024-08-01 1020382
2024-09-01 1031821

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