Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in California

Title Unemployed Persons in California
Series ID LAUST060000000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-10-01
Last Updated 2024-11-27 10:07 AM CST
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 1004346
1976-02-01 979876
1976-03-01 913282
1976-04-01 857261
1976-05-01 767337
1976-06-01 892453
1976-07-01 954777
1976-08-01 919371
1976-09-01 880471
1976-10-01 884202
1976-11-01 941228
1976-12-01 909011
1977-01-01 997444
1977-02-01 998164
1977-03-01 940161
1977-04-01 862001
1977-05-01 777502
1977-06-01 895159
1977-07-01 899870
1977-08-01 866120
1977-09-01 812822
1977-10-01 784202
1977-11-01 830785
1977-12-01 756257
1978-01-01 875718
1978-02-01 863747
1978-03-01 847199
1978-04-01 777813
1978-05-01 714666
1978-06-01 782575
1978-07-01 858574
1978-08-01 768514
1978-09-01 728287
1978-10-01 692488
1978-11-01 724867
1978-12-01 711558
1979-01-01 789052
1979-02-01 779727
1979-03-01 742238
1979-04-01 680462
1979-05-01 608328
1979-06-01 689354
1979-07-01 731604
1979-08-01 720823
1979-09-01 667358
1979-10-01 673246
1979-11-01 681876
1979-12-01 659878
1980-01-01 780818
1980-02-01 783028
1980-03-01 758409
1980-04-01 757184
1980-05-01 750286
1980-06-01 831683
1980-07-01 901518
1980-08-01 860639
1980-09-01 789541
1980-10-01 798627
1980-11-01 817406
1980-12-01 756405
1981-01-01 922641
1981-02-01 904512
1981-03-01 871074
1981-04-01 803726
1981-05-01 777390
1981-06-01 841069
1981-07-01 879845
1981-08-01 851651
1981-09-01 850758
1981-10-01 897073
1981-11-01 965570
1981-12-01 984084
1982-01-01 1128348
1982-02-01 1161086
1982-03-01 1161589
1982-04-01 1148808
1982-05-01 1115569
1982-06-01 1208868
1982-07-01 1307656
1982-08-01 1255177
1982-09-01 1241098
1982-10-01 1280364
1982-11-01 1341835
1982-12-01 1336719
1983-01-01 1429352
1983-02-01 1415802
1983-03-01 1347809
1983-04-01 1266423
1983-05-01 1192093
1983-06-01 1262485
1983-07-01 1220300
1983-08-01 1170048
1983-09-01 1091548
1983-10-01 1050098
1983-11-01 1040748
1983-12-01 1008592
1984-01-01 1095563
1984-02-01 1073491
1984-03-01 1040680
1984-04-01 982624
1984-05-01 910827
1984-06-01 946593
1984-07-01 1030076
1984-08-01 976290
1984-09-01 930314
1984-10-01 919717
1984-11-01 915480
1984-12-01 904187
1985-01-01 1032684
1985-02-01 999206
1985-03-01 976634
1985-04-01 929369
1985-05-01 879646
1985-06-01 946158
1985-07-01 999224
1985-08-01 920046
1985-09-01 896130
1985-10-01 895226
1985-11-01 882750
1985-12-01 850314
1986-01-01 929057
1986-02-01 993179
1986-03-01 953394
1986-04-01 893544
1986-05-01 859378
1986-06-01 914947
1986-07-01 952874
1986-08-01 878567
1986-09-01 869911
1986-10-01 860089
1986-11-01 882756
1986-12-01 818170
1987-01-01 940869
1987-02-01 927737
1987-03-01 885620
1987-04-01 801002
1987-05-01 762549
1987-06-01 782468
1987-07-01 825954
1987-08-01 769104
1987-09-01 731324
1987-10-01 739915
1987-11-01 750944
1987-12-01 698009
1988-01-01 829159
1988-02-01 816549
1988-03-01 777664
1988-04-01 712353
1988-05-01 713009
1988-06-01 732942
1988-07-01 798989
1988-08-01 754868
1988-09-01 700835
1988-10-01 699238
1988-11-01 730008
1988-12-01 685343
1989-01-01 814596
1989-02-01 774723
1989-03-01 726484
1989-04-01 718727
1989-05-01 682800
1989-06-01 749749
1989-07-01 794049
1989-08-01 721649
1989-09-01 715247
1989-10-01 708934
1989-11-01 753949
1989-12-01 717818
1990-01-01 854645
1990-02-01 839099
1990-03-01 816150
1990-04-01 807300
1990-05-01 779528
1990-06-01 807839
1990-07-01 908951
1990-08-01 884686
1990-09-01 896178
1990-10-01 906218
1990-11-01 989828
1990-12-01 995699
1991-01-01 1141861
1991-02-01 1202893
1991-03-01 1203301
1991-04-01 1120534
1991-05-01 1141355
1991-06-01 1192247
1991-07-01 1232345
1991-08-01 1174162
1991-09-01 1162394
1991-10-01 1167186
1991-11-01 1208340
1991-12-01 1223047
1992-01-01 1401986
1992-02-01 1438450
1992-03-01 1405258
1992-04-01 1325763
1992-05-01 1350625
1992-06-01 1478908
1992-07-01 1518871
1992-08-01 1470116
1992-09-01 1455705
1992-10-01 1411954
1992-11-01 1480125
1992-12-01 1451934
1993-01-01 1575654
1993-02-01 1579417
1993-03-01 1521265
1993-04-01 1437594
1993-05-01 1406232
1993-06-01 1477718
1993-07-01 1513004
1993-08-01 1428022
1993-09-01 1387183
1993-10-01 1405565
1993-11-01 1377634
1993-12-01 1328744
1994-01-01 1527032
1994-02-01 1490949
1994-03-01 1450562
1994-04-01 1358099
1994-05-01 1262773
1994-06-01 1323052
1994-07-01 1378888
1994-08-01 1313079
1994-09-01 1241837
1994-10-01 1214972
1994-11-01 1190077
1994-12-01 1122866
1995-01-01 1298015
1995-02-01 1228805
1995-03-01 1219549
1995-04-01 1216148
1995-05-01 1154091
1995-06-01 1203912
1995-07-01 1286039
1995-08-01 1211316
1995-09-01 1179205
1995-10-01 1154362
1995-11-01 1177586
1995-12-01 1122205
1996-01-01 1293405
1996-02-01 1236326
1996-03-01 1226643
1996-04-01 1145621
1996-05-01 1102271
1996-06-01 1107366
1996-07-01 1201354
1996-08-01 1074707
1996-09-01 1048109
1996-10-01 1044418
1996-11-01 1076416
1996-12-01 1023093
1997-01-01 1170129
1997-02-01 1120374
1997-03-01 1104491
1997-04-01 992991
1997-05-01 940306
1997-06-01 1013417
1997-07-01 1045447
1997-08-01 994996
1997-09-01 968078
1997-10-01 931830
1997-11-01 926687
1997-12-01 924185
1998-01-01 1044814
1998-02-01 1017386
1998-03-01 1048922
1998-04-01 902422
1998-05-01 881060
1998-06-01 963737
1998-07-01 1017316
1998-08-01 968195
1998-09-01 946257
1998-10-01 937996
1998-11-01 922261
1998-12-01 878546
1999-01-01 993472
1999-02-01 975313
1999-03-01 936994
1999-04-01 871445
1999-05-01 784625
1999-06-01 865625
1999-07-01 921345
1999-08-01 845671
1999-09-01 819315
1999-10-01 802059
1999-11-01 811065
1999-12-01 780861
2000-01-01 893052
2000-02-01 890077
2000-03-01 895682
2000-04-01 789600
2000-05-01 786195
2000-06-01 842000
2000-07-01 883199
2000-08-01 850513
2000-09-01 773953
2000-10-01 761700
2000-11-01 790267
2000-12-01 754768
2001-01-01 897602
2001-02-01 869601
2001-03-01 905736
2001-04-01 835971
2001-05-01 783523
2001-06-01 901872
2001-07-01 953444
2001-08-01 978594
2001-09-01 943295
2001-10-01 1018213
2001-11-01 1068853
2001-12-01 1074321
2002-01-01 1209528
2002-02-01 1189780
2002-03-01 1214499
2002-04-01 1147332
2002-05-01 1080222
2002-06-01 1182173
2002-07-01 1214551
2002-08-01 1173781
2002-09-01 1106288
2002-10-01 1121317
2002-11-01 1174745
2002-12-01 1166460
2003-01-01 1270693
2003-02-01 1246997
2003-03-01 1239109
2003-04-01 1164889
2003-05-01 1124007
2003-06-01 1260248
2003-07-01 1255178
2003-08-01 1199200
2003-09-01 1140956
2003-10-01 1138623
2003-11-01 1155273
2003-12-01 1089435
2004-01-01 1214268
2004-02-01 1169684
2004-03-01 1205865
2004-04-01 1077196
2004-05-01 1025959
2004-06-01 1116318
2004-07-01 1132081
2004-08-01 1046099
2004-09-01 990813
2004-10-01 995724
2004-11-01 1013768
2004-12-01 983635
2005-01-01 1062696
2005-02-01 1065272
2005-03-01 1020692
2005-04-01 928648
2005-05-01 877122
2005-06-01 949501
2005-07-01 978005
2005-08-01 911515
2005-09-01 889199
2005-10-01 873436
2005-11-01 913359
2005-12-01 862259
2006-01-01 928658
2006-02-01 936776
2006-03-01 905843
2006-04-01 844758
2006-05-01 786709
2006-06-01 867783
2006-07-01 930493
2006-08-01 878469
2006-09-01 819430
2006-10-01 788896
2006-11-01 841219
2006-12-01 830977
2007-01-01 964517
2007-02-01 945383
2007-03-01 924660
2007-04-01 882228
2007-05-01 838188
2007-06-01 943472
2007-07-01 1019914
2007-08-01 975449
2007-09-01 958920
2007-10-01 964186
2007-11-01 996666
2007-12-01 1050333
2008-01-01 1146195
2008-02-01 1129124
2008-03-01 1177920
2008-04-01 1090556
2008-05-01 1159271
2008-06-01 1278641
2008-07-01 1395024
2008-08-01 1422559
2008-09-01 1400494
2008-10-01 1469479
2008-11-01 1544849
2008-12-01 1671787
2009-01-01 1911611
2009-02-01 1995759
2009-03-01 2058309
2009-04-01 1971296
2009-05-01 2016848
2009-06-01 2162993
2009-07-01 2236566
2009-08-01 2203666
2009-09-01 2176874
2009-10-01 2208263
2009-11-01 2192683
2009-12-01 2219105
2010-01-01 2396153
2010-02-01 2379252
2010-03-01 2380213
2010-04-01 2253941
2010-05-01 2186802
2010-06-01 2259459
2010-07-01 2353993
2010-08-01 2311281
2010-09-01 2233307
2010-10-01 2216952
2010-11-01 2292150
2010-12-01 2241476
2011-01-01 2328877
2011-02-01 2273606
2011-03-01 2247326
2011-04-01 2132160
2011-05-01 2103986
2011-06-01 2242818
2011-07-01 2282664
2011-08-01 2228301
2011-09-01 2164996
2011-10-01 2119373
2011-11-01 2053370
2011-12-01 2056371
2012-01-01 2116209
2012-02-01 2105028
2012-03-01 2063786
2012-04-01 1907413
2012-05-01 1904599
2012-06-01 2013459
2012-07-01 2063723
2012-08-01 1961984
2012-09-01 1811608
2012-10-01 1819024
2012-11-01 1764461
2012-12-01 1794812
2013-01-01 1918906
2013-02-01 1817745
2013-03-01 1750009
2013-04-01 1627041
2013-05-01 1612337
2013-06-01 1747560
2013-07-01 1762166
2013-08-01 1679421
2013-09-01 1599465
2013-10-01 1596290
2013-11-01 1537065
2013-12-01 1482519
2014-01-01 1573725
2014-02-01 1571461
2014-03-01 1565063
2014-04-01 1355863
2014-05-01 1352277
2014-06-01 1414547
2014-07-01 1504095
2014-08-01 1441036
2014-09-01 1323940
2014-10-01 1301520
2014-11-01 1302103
2014-12-01 1240463
2015-01-01 1361753
2015-02-01 1302263
2015-03-01 1270341
2015-04-01 1172168
2015-05-01 1161998
2015-06-01 1203649
2015-07-01 1240672
2015-08-01 1154903
2015-09-01 1063789
2015-10-01 1071663
2015-11-01 1067781
2015-12-01 1049806
2016-01-01 1121227
2016-02-01 1103732
2016-03-01 1113284
2016-04-01 1019301
2016-05-01 939087
2016-06-01 1073856
2016-07-01 1111722
2016-08-01 1075693
2016-09-01 1028496
2016-10-01 1016972
2016-11-01 975765
2016-12-01 980183
2017-01-01 1079549
2017-02-01 1047088
2017-03-01 996163
2017-04-01 903193
2017-05-01 851349
2017-06-01 944653
2017-07-01 998853
2017-08-01 970818
2017-09-01 860427
2017-10-01 829226
2017-11-01 823235
2017-12-01 823071
2018-01-01 912377
2018-02-01 893803
2018-03-01 857713
2018-04-01 777686
2018-05-01 719099
2018-06-01 854572
2018-07-01 867655
2018-08-01 840329
2018-09-01 765067
2018-10-01 772978
2018-11-01 767720
2018-12-01 806144
2019-01-01 941681
2019-02-01 862339
2019-03-01 867622
2019-04-01 737513
2019-05-01 698329
2019-06-01 802309
2019-07-01 855240
2019-08-01 817546
2019-09-01 723354
2019-10-01 742554
2019-11-01 748912
2019-12-01 751130
2020-01-01 876961
2020-02-01 858712
2020-03-01 1213501
2020-04-01 2931183
2020-05-01 2888577
2020-06-01 2653188
2020-07-01 2610166
2020-08-01 2237465
2020-09-01 1853311
2020-10-01 1651300
2020-11-01 1626501
2020-12-01 1657948
2021-01-01 1693799
2021-02-01 1647005
2021-03-01 1602233
2021-04-01 1552993
2021-05-01 1428874
2021-06-01 1559300
2021-07-01 1479598
2021-08-01 1389588
2021-09-01 1190419
2021-10-01 1128896
2021-11-01 1026139
2021-12-01 955143
2022-01-01 1068314
2022-02-01 967537
2022-03-01 871912
2022-04-01 769679
2022-05-01 710225
2022-06-01 801588
2022-07-01 796028
2022-08-01 801438
2022-09-01 730150
2022-10-01 768585
2022-11-01 796802
2022-12-01 762843
2023-01-01 898944
2023-02-01 925636
2023-03-01 904111
2023-04-01 794481
2023-05-01 828410
2023-06-01 913670
2023-07-01 937215
2023-08-01 1001351
2023-09-01 943226
2023-10-01 963028
2023-11-01 958633
2023-12-01 970791
2024-01-01 1106617
2024-02-01 1085527
2024-03-01 1039310
2024-04-01 933969
2024-05-01 874962
2024-06-01 1028016
2024-07-01 1126869
2024-08-01 1142573
2024-09-01 1031792
2024-10-01 1043832

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