Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT064210000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-06-03 2:40 PM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

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
1990-01-01 11701
1990-02-01 12365
1990-03-01 11873
1990-04-01 12201
1990-05-01 7972
1990-06-01 7059
1990-07-01 7492
1990-08-01 7659
1990-09-01 7308
1990-10-01 8039
1990-11-01 10940
1990-12-01 12706
1991-01-01 15383
1991-02-01 15311
1991-03-01 16046
1991-04-01 14284
1991-05-01 11258
1991-06-01 10498
1991-07-01 9828
1991-08-01 9728
1991-09-01 9214
1991-10-01 9402
1991-11-01 11893
1991-12-01 14984
1992-01-01 16848
1992-02-01 17535
1992-03-01 17044
1992-04-01 13153
1992-05-01 10737
1992-06-01 11889
1992-07-01 11540
1992-08-01 11507
1992-09-01 10632
1992-10-01 10665
1992-11-01 14130
1992-12-01 17141
1993-01-01 19779
1993-02-01 19636
1993-03-01 18155
1993-04-01 15511
1993-05-01 12463
1993-06-01 12374
1993-07-01 12805
1993-08-01 11423
1993-09-01 11299
1993-10-01 12470
1993-11-01 13709
1993-12-01 16543
1994-01-01 19512
1994-02-01 19699
1994-03-01 18341
1994-04-01 15338
1994-05-01 11453
1994-06-01 11038
1994-07-01 11533
1994-08-01 10398
1994-09-01 10289
1994-10-01 10961
1994-11-01 12630
1994-12-01 14933
1995-01-01 17891
1995-02-01 17265
1995-03-01 16912
1995-04-01 14705
1995-05-01 12255
1995-06-01 10589
1995-07-01 10249
1995-08-01 10133
1995-09-01 9102
1995-10-01 9485
1995-11-01 12449
1995-12-01 13795
1996-01-01 17203
1996-02-01 16377
1996-03-01 15898
1996-04-01 13132
1996-05-01 9359
1996-06-01 9117
1996-07-01 9632
1996-08-01 8318
1996-09-01 8426
1996-10-01 8682
1996-11-01 12416
1996-12-01 13679
1997-01-01 16736
1997-02-01 16118
1997-03-01 15197
1997-04-01 12522
1997-05-01 8642
1997-06-01 8672
1997-07-01 8631
1997-08-01 7646
1997-09-01 7518
1997-10-01 8509
1997-11-01 10169
1997-12-01 13086
1998-01-01 15420
1998-02-01 14386
1998-03-01 14815
1998-04-01 11675
1998-05-01 8326
1998-06-01 8023
1998-07-01 7851
1998-08-01 7361
1998-09-01 7051
1998-10-01 7652
1998-11-01 9454
1998-12-01 11714
1999-01-01 13712
1999-02-01 13609
1999-03-01 12836
1999-04-01 11149
1999-05-01 7402
1999-06-01 7456
1999-07-01 6627
1999-08-01 6187
1999-09-01 5372
1999-10-01 5348
1999-11-01 6881
1999-12-01 9971
2000-01-01 10169
2000-02-01 10249
2000-03-01 10014
2000-04-01 8075
2000-05-01 6221
2000-06-01 6356
2000-07-01 6485
2000-08-01 5920
2000-09-01 5217
2000-10-01 5499
2000-11-01 7507
2000-12-01 8562
2001-01-01 10275
2001-02-01 10421
2001-03-01 10284
2001-04-01 8589
2001-05-01 6401
2001-06-01 6760
2001-07-01 6959
2001-08-01 7094
2001-09-01 6764
2001-10-01 8022
2001-11-01 10252
2001-12-01 11918
2002-01-01 13731
2002-02-01 13728
2002-03-01 13296
2002-04-01 11970
2002-05-01 9215
2002-06-01 9543
2002-07-01 9430
2002-08-01 9005
2002-09-01 8795
2002-10-01 9142
2002-11-01 11433
2002-12-01 12665
2003-01-01 14747
2003-02-01 14644
2003-03-01 13910
2003-04-01 12081
2003-05-01 10127
2003-06-01 10583
2003-07-01 10053
2003-08-01 9329
2003-09-01 8913
2003-10-01 9161
2003-11-01 10611
2003-12-01 11553
2004-01-01 13486
2004-02-01 13105
2004-03-01 13136
2004-04-01 10631
2004-05-01 8540
2004-06-01 8875
2004-07-01 8978
2004-08-01 8157
2004-09-01 7822
2004-10-01 8063
2004-11-01 9651
2004-12-01 10672
2005-01-01 12225
2005-02-01 12248
2005-03-01 11552
2005-04-01 9692
2005-05-01 7687
2005-06-01 7781
2005-07-01 7749
2005-08-01 7259
2005-09-01 7056
2005-10-01 7121
2005-11-01 8441
2005-12-01 9193
2006-01-01 10459
2006-02-01 10541
2006-03-01 10298
2006-04-01 9408
2006-05-01 7243
2006-06-01 7201
2006-07-01 7245
2006-08-01 6692
2006-09-01 6075
2006-10-01 5998
2006-11-01 7289
2006-12-01 8889
2007-01-01 11106
2007-02-01 11074
2007-03-01 10146
2007-04-01 9278
2007-05-01 7303
2007-06-01 7439
2007-07-01 7624
2007-08-01 7078
2007-09-01 6788
2007-10-01 6877
2007-11-01 7817
2007-12-01 10342
2008-01-01 12047
2008-02-01 11885
2008-03-01 12165
2008-04-01 10447
2008-05-01 8905
2008-06-01 9336
2008-07-01 9696
2008-08-01 9574
2008-09-01 9240
2008-10-01 9777
2008-11-01 12348
2008-12-01 14967
2009-01-01 18168
2009-02-01 19262
2009-03-01 19324
2009-04-01 17260
2009-05-01 15594
2009-06-01 16085
2009-07-01 16145
2009-08-01 15631
2009-09-01 15057
2009-10-01 15750
2009-11-01 17608
2009-12-01 20024
2010-01-01 22487
2010-02-01 22887
2010-03-01 22523
2010-04-01 20000
2010-05-01 17319
2010-06-01 17324
2010-07-01 17461
2010-08-01 16926
2010-09-01 16062
2010-10-01 16132
2010-11-01 18909
2010-12-01 20447
2011-01-01 22249
2011-02-01 22024
2011-03-01 21654
2011-04-01 19537
2011-05-01 17088
2011-06-01 17469
2011-07-01 17150
2011-08-01 16556
2011-09-01 15792
2011-10-01 15778
2011-11-01 16777
2011-12-01 18873
2012-01-01 20623
2012-02-01 20729
2012-03-01 20119
2012-04-01 18112
2012-05-01 16066
2012-06-01 16060
2012-07-01 15860
2012-08-01 15034
2012-09-01 13715
2012-10-01 13840
2012-11-01 14751
2012-12-01 16959
2013-01-01 19152
2013-02-01 18360
2013-03-01 17495
2013-04-01 15540
2013-05-01 13352
2013-06-01 13910
2013-07-01 13693
2013-08-01 12916
2013-09-01 11977
2013-10-01 12180
2013-11-01 13430
2013-12-01 14363
2014-01-01 16550
2014-02-01 16519
2014-03-01 16303
2014-04-01 13467
2014-05-01 11162
2014-06-01 11206
2014-07-01 11479
2014-08-01 10797
2014-09-01 9741
2014-10-01 9951
2014-11-01 11505
2014-12-01 12546
2015-01-01 14611
2015-02-01 14113
2015-03-01 13558
2015-04-01 11410
2015-05-01 9872
2015-06-01 9538
2015-07-01 9555
2015-08-01 8863
2015-09-01 7980
2015-10-01 8260
2015-11-01 10003
2015-12-01 11399
2016-01-01 13197
2016-02-01 13030
2016-03-01 13076
2016-04-01 11119
2016-05-01 8685
2016-06-01 9007
2016-07-01 8837
2016-08-01 8371
2016-09-01 7705
2016-10-01 7746
2016-11-01 8878
2016-12-01 10916
2017-01-01 11082
2017-02-01 11245
2017-03-01 10869
2017-04-01 9205
2017-05-01 7262
2017-06-01 7313
2017-07-01 7354
2017-08-01 6964
2017-09-01 6033
2017-10-01 5879
2017-11-01 6880
2017-12-01 7969
2018-01-01 8920
2018-02-01 9575
2018-03-01 9301
2018-04-01 8060
2018-05-01 6188
2018-06-01 6432
2018-07-01 6168
2018-08-01 5772
2018-09-01 5117
2018-10-01 5232
2018-11-01 6029
2018-12-01 7757
2019-01-01 9488
2019-02-01 9630
2019-03-01 9564
2019-04-01 7884
2019-05-01 5801
2019-06-01 6191
2019-07-01 6236
2019-08-01 5644
2019-09-01 4853
2019-10-01 5127
2019-11-01 5940
2019-12-01 7098
2020-01-01 8759
2020-02-01 8935
2020-03-01 12795
2020-04-01 23625
2020-05-01 19067
2020-06-01 16228
2020-07-01 14378
2020-08-01 11591
2020-09-01 10817
2020-10-01 9617
2020-11-01 9941
2020-12-01 10673
2021-01-01 11734
2021-02-01 11801
2021-03-01 11390
2021-04-01 10717
2021-05-01 9113
2021-06-01 9499
2021-07-01 8631
2021-08-01 8022
2021-09-01 6706
2021-10-01 6500
2021-11-01 6593
2021-12-01 7155
2022-01-01 8645
2022-02-01 8664
2022-03-01 7961
2022-04-01 6802
2022-05-01 5453
2022-06-01 5768
2022-07-01 5495
2022-08-01 5411
2022-09-01 4810
2022-10-01 5251
2022-11-01 6145
2022-12-01 6763
2023-01-01 8233
2023-02-01 9090
2023-03-01 9004
2023-04-01 7727
2023-05-01 7308
2023-06-01 6928
2023-07-01 6587
2023-08-01 6881
2023-09-01 6360
2023-10-01 6620
2023-11-01 7235
2023-12-01 8386
2024-01-01 9215
2024-02-01 10043
2024-03-01 9574
2024-04-01 8460
2024-05-01 7008
2024-06-01 7676
2024-07-01 7857
2024-08-01 7656
2024-09-01 6759
2024-10-01 7078
2024-11-01 7698
2024-12-01 8343
2025-01-01 9641
2025-02-01 10348
2025-03-01 10132
2025-04-01 9251
2025-05-01 7954
2025-06-01 8172
2025-07-01 8312
2025-08-01 7998
2025-09-01 7556
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 8500
2025-12-01 8829
2026-01-01 9571
2026-02-01 9934
2026-03-01 9451
2026-04-01 8432

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