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Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in California

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Title Civilian Labor Force in California
Series ID LAUST060000000000006A
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 9894236
1977-01-01 10377705
1978-01-01 10910577
1979-01-01 11288184
1980-01-01 11605157
1981-01-01 11818415
1982-01-01 12156189
1983-01-01 12302286
1984-01-01 12611205
1985-01-01 12968975
1986-01-01 13337468
1987-01-01 13740589
1988-01-01 14135934
1989-01-01 14537086
1990-01-01 15141715
1991-01-01 15130481
1992-01-01 15303861
1993-01-01 15262269
1994-01-01 15266381
1995-01-01 15272582
1996-01-01 15399748
1997-01-01 15806263
1998-01-01 16174071
1999-01-01 16444135
2000-01-01 16837536
2001-01-01 17096428
2002-01-01 17246528
2003-01-01 17271899
2004-01-01 17374506
2005-01-01 17537931
2006-01-01 17661179
2007-01-01 17910726
2008-01-01 18179907
2009-01-01 18305953
2010-01-01 18370536
2011-01-01 18406756
2012-01-01 18484881
2013-01-01 18565408
2014-01-01 18676692
2015-01-01 18824141
2016-01-01 19012017
2017-01-01 19185366
2018-01-01 19289505
2019-01-01 19385262
2020-01-01 18958604
2021-01-01 18956575
2022-01-01 19169341
2023-01-01 19308287

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