Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in California

Title Unemployed Persons in California
Series ID LAUST060000000000004A
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 Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-03-01 10:22 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 908635
1977-01-01 868374
1978-01-01 778834
1979-01-01 701996
1980-01-01 798795
1981-01-01 879116
1982-01-01 1223926
1983-01-01 1207942
1984-01-01 977154
1985-01-01 933949
1986-01-01 900489
1987-01-01 801291
1988-01-01 745913
1989-01-01 739894
1990-01-01 873843
1991-01-01 1180805
1992-01-01 1432475
1993-01-01 1453169
1994-01-01 1322849
1995-01-01 1204269
1996-01-01 1131644
1997-01-01 1011078
1998-01-01 960743
1999-01-01 867316
2000-01-01 825917
2001-01-01 935919
2002-01-01 1165056
2003-01-01 1190384
2004-01-01 1080951
2005-01-01 944309
2006-01-01 863334
2007-01-01 955326
2008-01-01 1323825
2009-01-01 2112831
2010-01-01 2292082
2011-01-01 2186154
2012-01-01 1943842
2013-01-01 1677544
2014-01-01 1412174
2015-01-01 1176732
2016-01-01 1046610
2017-01-01 927302
2018-01-01 819595
2019-01-01 795711
2020-01-01 1921568
2021-01-01 1387832
2022-01-01 820425
2023-01-01 919958

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