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 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:36 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 897420
1976-02-01 895851
1976-03-01 889892
1976-04-01 881081
1976-05-01 875868
1976-06-01 878200
1976-07-01 889643
1976-08-01 906934
1976-09-01 924270
1976-10-01 938318
1976-11-01 946417
1976-12-01 946568
1977-01-01 940061
1977-02-01 928022
1977-03-01 912401
1977-04-01 896311
1977-05-01 881591
1977-06-01 869276
1977-07-01 858930
1977-08-01 849361
1977-09-01 839046
1977-10-01 828032
1977-11-01 818204
1977-12-01 811553
1978-01-01 807290
1978-02-01 805382
1978-03-01 805489
1978-04-01 805094
1978-05-01 802018
1978-06-01 793780
1978-07-01 781384
1978-08-01 768606
1978-09-01 757434
1978-10-01 748288
1978-11-01 740819
1978-12-01 734476
1979-01-01 728044
1979-02-01 719262
1979-03-01 707871
1979-04-01 697154
1979-05-01 690407
1979-06-01 689606
1979-07-01 693018
1979-08-01 697919
1979-09-01 702566
1979-10-01 704107
1979-11-01 701910
1979-12-01 700216
1980-01-01 705007
1980-02-01 720248
1980-03-01 746182
1980-04-01 777955
1980-05-01 809300
1980-06-01 835028
1980-07-01 850090
1980-08-01 852493
1980-09-01 846343
1980-10-01 838680
1980-11-01 833871
1980-12-01 832427
1981-01-01 833969
1981-02-01 836880
1981-03-01 838036
1981-04-01 836411
1981-05-01 834256
1981-06-01 835485
1981-07-01 846000
1981-08-01 868629
1981-09-01 900997
1981-10-01 940232
1981-11-01 983543
1981-12-01 1027372
1982-01-01 1067273
1982-02-01 1102906
1982-03-01 1136000
1982-04-01 1167153
1982-05-01 1195961
1982-06-01 1223287
1982-07-01 1251414
1982-08-01 1281580
1982-09-01 1313309
1982-10-01 1343210
1982-11-01 1365931
1982-12-01 1376738
1983-01-01 1375589
1983-02-01 1362372
1983-03-01 1338915
1983-04-01 1310452
1983-05-01 1280328
1983-06-01 1248835
1983-07-01 1215165
1983-08-01 1180229
1983-09-01 1145279
1983-10-01 1111740
1983-11-01 1082651
1983-12-01 1060033
1984-01-01 1041758
1984-02-01 1026204
1984-03-01 1013891
1984-04-01 1004103
1984-05-01 997601
1984-06-01 993695
1984-07-01 990200
1984-08-01 986749
1984-09-01 983422
1984-10-01 979108
1984-11-01 973179
1984-12-01 966419
1985-01-01 961248
1985-02-01 959588
1985-03-01 960151
1985-04-01 961458
1985-05-01 963039
1985-06-01 964322
1985-07-01 964348
1985-08-01 958936
1985-09-01 947513
1985-10-01 934600
1985-11-01 923916
1985-12-01 918010
1986-01-01 918025
1986-02-01 922957
1986-03-01 930243
1986-04-01 936634
1986-05-01 938618
1986-06-01 936046
1986-07-01 930941
1986-08-01 926068
1986-09-01 922504
1986-10-01 918856
1986-11-01 914681
1986-12-01 908904
1987-01-01 899765
1987-02-01 885747
1987-03-01 867729
1987-04-01 847800
1987-05-01 828762
1987-06-01 813288
1987-07-01 802443
1987-08-01 796292
1987-09-01 793029
1987-10-01 790665
1987-11-01 786616
1987-12-01 780843
1988-01-01 774612
1988-02-01 769530
1988-03-01 767418
1988-04-01 768732
1988-05-01 771923
1988-06-01 775050
1988-07-01 776817
1988-08-01 776953
1988-09-01 775272
1988-10-01 770297
1988-11-01 762905
1988-12-01 754600
1989-01-01 747351
1989-02-01 744528
1989-03-01 746143
1989-04-01 751192
1989-05-01 758919
1989-06-01 767545
1989-07-01 775178
1989-08-01 780428
1989-09-01 782984
1989-10-01 783524
1989-11-01 783232
1989-12-01 784235
1990-01-01 786949
1990-02-01 790017
1990-03-01 794709
1990-04-01 803221
1990-05-01 816321
1990-06-01 834601
1990-07-01 859014
1990-08-01 889219
1990-09-01 924149
1990-10-01 963777
1990-11-01 1005080
1990-12-01 1044706
1991-01-01 1082550
1991-02-01 1117562
1991-03-01 1146225
1991-04-01 1166255
1991-05-01 1178196
1991-06-01 1183830
1991-07-01 1186123
1991-08-01 1190102
1991-09-01 1200871
1991-10-01 1220559
1991-11-01 1247482
1991-12-01 1277081
1992-01-01 1306020
1992-02-01 1333983
1992-03-01 1361157
1992-04-01 1388496
1992-05-01 1415019
1992-06-01 1439857
1992-07-01 1463441
1992-08-01 1483699
1992-09-01 1498090
1992-10-01 1505708
1992-11-01 1508175
1992-12-01 1506815
1993-01-01 1501392
1993-02-01 1492953
1993-03-01 1483714
1993-04-01 1473897
1993-05-01 1465815
1993-06-01 1460544
1993-07-01 1454494
1993-08-01 1446678
1993-09-01 1438421
1993-10-01 1430813
1993-11-01 1425780
1993-12-01 1422278
1994-01-01 1416668
1994-02-01 1405844
1994-03-01 1390529
1994-04-01 1372775
1994-05-01 1353815
1994-06-01 1334777
1994-07-01 1316627
1994-08-01 1298222
1994-09-01 1277035
1994-10-01 1250784
1994-11-01 1221834
1994-12-01 1197383
1995-01-01 1183413
1995-02-01 1181206
1995-03-01 1188294
1995-04-01 1200082
1995-05-01 1211565
1995-06-01 1219143
1995-07-01 1221481
1995-08-01 1218843
1995-09-01 1213501
1995-10-01 1208694
1995-11-01 1204069
1995-12-01 1199098
1996-01-01 1193598
1996-02-01 1187341
1996-03-01 1178887
1996-04-01 1166528
1996-05-01 1149699
1996-06-01 1130586
1996-07-01 1112768
1996-08-01 1099731
1996-09-01 1092561
1996-10-01 1090580
1996-11-01 1090558
1996-12-01 1087489
1997-01-01 1079088
1997-02-01 1065194
1997-03-01 1047006
1997-04-01 1029771
1997-05-01 1016686
1997-06-01 1006742
1997-07-01 998348
1997-08-01 991046
1997-09-01 983256
1997-10-01 976024
1997-11-01 970154
1997-12-01 965594
1998-01-01 962256
1998-02-01 960075
1998-03-01 958976
1998-04-01 958274
1998-05-01 959308
1998-06-01 963406
1998-07-01 969182
1998-08-01 973034
1998-09-01 973426
1998-10-01 967626
1998-11-01 956003
1998-12-01 941297
1999-01-01 924318
1999-02-01 907764
1999-03-01 893411
1999-04-01 881367
1999-05-01 871088
1999-06-01 862209
1999-07-01 854901
1999-08-01 848222
1999-09-01 841423
1999-10-01 835376
1999-11-01 830161
1999-12-01 826909
2000-01-01 827979
2000-02-01 832258
2000-03-01 839042
2000-04-01 846797
2000-05-01 851801
2000-06-01 851807
2000-07-01 845675
2000-08-01 834833
2000-09-01 821970
2000-10-01 810016
2000-11-01 803348
2000-12-01 803708
2001-01-01 810086
2001-02-01 820928
2001-03-01 834185
2001-04-01 849044
2001-05-01 867445
2001-06-01 891807
2001-07-01 923726
2001-08-01 963276
2001-09-01 1007379
2001-10-01 1050939
2001-11-01 1089090
2001-12-01 1119025
2002-01-01 1139899
2002-02-01 1152712
2002-03-01 1159920
2002-04-01 1163811
2002-05-01 1165784
2002-06-01 1165724
2002-07-01 1165351
2002-08-01 1166453
2002-09-01 1170844
2002-10-01 1178237
2002-11-01 1186111
2002-12-01 1192028
2003-01-01 1196648
2003-02-01 1200912
2003-03-01 1204925
2003-04-01 1208773
2003-05-01 1212718
2003-06-01 1216045
2003-07-01 1215257
2003-08-01 1208173
2003-09-01 1194258
2003-10-01 1177172
2003-11-01 1161706
2003-12-01 1149842
2004-01-01 1141433
2004-02-01 1135401
2004-03-01 1130427
2004-04-01 1123405
2004-05-01 1112280
2004-06-01 1097098
2004-07-01 1080476
2004-08-01 1064573
2004-09-01 1051191
2004-10-01 1040594
2004-11-01 1030795
2004-12-01 1021421
2005-01-01 1010795
2005-02-01 997807
2005-03-01 982495
2005-04-01 966689
2005-05-01 952132
2005-06-01 941139
2005-07-01 935387
2005-08-01 932735
2005-09-01 929781
2005-10-01 923144
2005-11-01 912920
2005-12-01 900512
2006-01-01 887729
2006-02-01 877165
2006-03-01 871167
2006-04-01 870156
2006-05-01 871010
2006-06-01 870570
2006-07-01 867366
2006-08-01 863491
2006-09-01 861875
2006-10-01 862434
2006-11-01 865589
2006-12-01 871275
2007-01-01 879697
2007-02-01 890158
2007-03-01 900991
2007-04-01 912398
2007-05-01 926344
2007-06-01 943078
2007-07-01 962626
2007-08-01 985116
2007-09-01 1007073
2007-10-01 1026805
2007-11-01 1042442
2007-12-01 1054869
2008-01-01 1069471
2008-02-01 1090728
2008-03-01 1122832
2008-04-01 1166868
2008-05-01 1220895
2008-06-01 1280781
2008-07-01 1341183
2008-08-01 1400841
2008-09-01 1465621
2008-10-01 1542034
2008-11-01 1631474
2008-12-01 1730140
2009-01-01 1830206
2009-02-01 1923951
2009-03-01 2002948
2009-04-01 2062579
2009-05-01 2105381
2009-06-01 2137277
2009-07-01 2163030
2009-08-01 2184814
2009-09-01 2203792
2009-10-01 2221213
2009-11-01 2239618
2009-12-01 2259442
2010-01-01 2275817
2010-02-01 2284355
2010-03-01 2284536
2010-04-01 2278022
2010-05-01 2265367
2010-06-01 2252021
2010-07-01 2245856
2010-08-01 2248798
2010-09-01 2256091
2010-10-01 2260183
2010-11-01 2255362
2010-12-01 2240671
2011-01-01 2220864
2011-02-01 2201385
2011-03-01 2185153
2011-04-01 2175511
2011-05-01 2174311
2011-06-01 2176165
2011-07-01 2173522
2011-08-01 2162536
2011-09-01 2142094
2011-10-01 2114920
2011-11-01 2084217
2011-12-01 2053487
2012-01-01 2026311
2012-02-01 2005129
2012-03-01 1991307
2012-04-01 1980272
2012-05-01 1966497
2012-06-01 1946474
2012-07-01 1919335
2012-08-01 1889711
2012-09-01 1863887
2012-10-01 1842594
2012-11-01 1824768
2012-12-01 1807371
2013-01-01 1788439
2013-02-01 1767596
2013-03-01 1744783
2013-04-01 1722212
2013-05-01 1703402
2013-06-01 1689807
2013-07-01 1678592
2013-08-01 1661657
2013-09-01 1635535
2013-10-01 1606110
2013-11-01 1578319
2013-12-01 1553782
2014-01-01 1530441
2014-02-01 1506011
2014-03-01 1482287
2014-04-01 1460256
2014-05-01 1438258
2014-06-01 1416995
2014-07-01 1398312
2014-08-01 1383310
2014-09-01 1369776
2014-10-01 1352248
2014-11-01 1328984
2014-12-01 1305028
2015-01-01 1283971
2015-02-01 1266799
2015-03-01 1250415
2015-04-01 1231694
2015-05-01 1209130
2015-06-01 1182827
2015-07-01 1155875
2015-08-01 1131913
2015-09-01 1111896
2015-10-01 1097114
2015-11-01 1088051
2015-12-01 1080971
2016-01-01 1073590
2016-02-01 1066530
2016-03-01 1059279
2016-04-01 1053461
2016-05-01 1051107
2016-06-01 1051264
2016-07-01 1051596
2016-08-01 1051236
2016-09-01 1050725
2016-10-01 1047428
2016-11-01 1038285
2016-12-01 1023328
2017-01-01 1004558
2017-02-01 983594
2017-03-01 964748
2017-04-01 950463
2017-05-01 939620
2017-06-01 931092
2017-07-01 923652
2017-08-01 914149
2017-09-01 901744
2017-10-01 886973
2017-11-01 871843
2017-12-01 857341
2018-01-01 845560
2018-02-01 836635
2018-03-01 828618
2018-04-01 820063
2018-05-01 812363
2018-06-01 806687
2018-07-01 803461
2018-08-01 805234
2018-09-01 812702
2018-10-01 823935
2018-11-01 835587
2018-12-01 842642
2019-01-01 841404
2019-02-01 830983
2019-03-01 815393
2019-04-01 798291
2019-05-01 783643
2019-06-01 775085
2019-07-01 773760
2019-08-01 777174
2019-09-01 779888
2019-10-01 784769
2019-11-01 794656
2019-12-01 811381
2020-01-01 833954
2020-02-01 860094
2020-03-01 1064030
2020-04-01 3010411
2020-05-01 2924908
2020-06-01 2619066
2020-07-01 2506085
2020-08-01 2237193
2020-09-01 1855469
2020-10-01 1721683
2020-11-01 1680690
2020-12-01 1683743
2021-01-01 1629530
2021-02-01 1606786
2021-03-01 1594076
2021-04-01 1577677
2021-05-01 1513874
2021-06-01 1496634
2021-07-01 1406925
2021-08-01 1337243
2021-09-01 1237707
2021-10-01 1164422
2021-11-01 1083797
2021-12-01 1040016
2022-01-01 994947
2022-02-01 920361
2022-03-01 858402
2022-04-01 820879
2022-05-01 791996
2022-06-01 770765
2022-07-01 747895
2022-08-01 725686
2022-09-01 765292
2022-10-01 798960
2022-11-01 825024
2022-12-01 843622
2023-01-01 857822
2023-02-01 868361
2023-03-01 875129
2023-04-01 879580
2023-05-01 885691
2023-06-01 894984
2023-07-01 909345
2023-08-01 929261
2023-09-01 951512
2023-10-01 972310
2023-11-01 989083
2023-12-01 999124
2024-01-01 1000941
2024-02-01 1000442
2024-03-01 1004091
2024-04-01 1013178
2024-05-01 1026087
2024-06-01 1041226
2024-07-01 1056752
2024-08-01 1069057
2024-09-01 1076090
2024-10-01 1078513
2024-11-01 1076944
2024-12-01 1075477
2025-01-01 1069220
2025-02-01 1061200
2025-03-01 1054624
2025-04-01 1055446
2025-05-01 1057873

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