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 2025-04-01
Last Updated 2025-05-28 10:08 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 1015507
1976-02-01 978909
1976-03-01 912819
1976-04-01 851735
1976-05-01 754866
1976-06-01 884833
1976-07-01 954334
1976-08-01 920234
1976-09-01 884327
1976-10-01 890838
1976-11-01 954198
1976-12-01 914981
1977-01-01 1005002
1977-02-01 999927
1977-03-01 942016
1977-04-01 863231
1977-05-01 779292
1977-06-01 896347
1977-07-01 899216
1977-08-01 865621
1977-09-01 809486
1977-10-01 779940
1977-11-01 829370
1977-12-01 750847
1978-01-01 868066
1978-02-01 864180
1978-03-01 853110
1978-04-01 781869
1978-05-01 721295
1978-06-01 785575
1978-07-01 863153
1978-08-01 767465
1978-09-01 726563
1978-10-01 688933
1978-11-01 719729
1978-12-01 711563
1979-01-01 797782
1979-02-01 781217
1979-03-01 740905
1979-04-01 680837
1979-05-01 610262
1979-06-01 686984
1979-07-01 730078
1979-08-01 725617
1979-09-01 668162
1979-10-01 671394
1979-11-01 678550
1979-12-01 658051
1980-01-01 779667
1980-02-01 772822
1980-03-01 748897
1980-04-01 764802
1980-05-01 766955
1980-06-01 844747
1980-07-01 903636
1980-08-01 865462
1980-09-01 789920
1980-10-01 799006
1980-11-01 818619
1980-12-01 755028
1981-01-01 927340
1981-02-01 918846
1981-03-01 875569
1981-04-01 812265
1981-05-01 779176
1981-06-01 841955
1981-07-01 877812
1981-08-01 852168
1981-09-01 849969
1981-10-01 902525
1981-11-01 972618
1981-12-01 998628
1982-01-01 1138191
1982-02-01 1172044
1982-03-01 1175317
1982-04-01 1161219
1982-05-01 1121399
1982-06-01 1214179
1982-07-01 1316379
1982-08-01 1267730
1982-09-01 1249344
1982-10-01 1289771
1982-11-01 1364324
1982-12-01 1359740
1983-01-01 1453016
1983-02-01 1439947
1983-03-01 1367371
1983-04-01 1280088
1983-05-01 1212216
1983-06-01 1277149
1983-07-01 1236598
1983-08-01 1189255
1983-09-01 1102044
1983-10-01 1060737
1983-11-01 1054919
1983-12-01 1027153
1984-01-01 1118108
1984-02-01 1089273
1984-03-01 1057059
1984-04-01 1001439
1984-05-01 927753
1984-06-01 964939
1984-07-01 1049867
1984-08-01 994153
1984-09-01 950860
1984-10-01 938250
1984-11-01 934865
1984-12-01 925737
1985-01-01 1053393
1985-02-01 1013004
1985-03-01 990189
1985-04-01 949792
1985-05-01 895135
1985-06-01 969768
1985-07-01 1023900
1985-08-01 941943
1985-09-01 919390
1985-10-01 914450
1985-11-01 899696
1985-12-01 863641
1986-01-01 940228
1986-02-01 1016246
1986-03-01 979463
1986-04-01 917934
1986-05-01 880886
1986-06-01 938043
1986-07-01 983609
1986-08-01 906760
1986-09-01 892604
1986-10-01 884766
1986-11-01 909438
1986-12-01 843348
1987-01-01 965687
1987-02-01 953661
1987-03-01 914535
1987-04-01 825521
1987-05-01 782376
1987-06-01 796546
1987-07-01 844714
1987-08-01 791272
1987-09-01 762577
1987-10-01 768909
1987-11-01 769821
1987-12-01 718235
1988-01-01 844220
1988-02-01 838621
1988-03-01 799018
1988-04-01 733276
1988-05-01 743732
1988-06-01 763110
1988-07-01 827146
1988-08-01 784729
1988-09-01 731948
1988-10-01 721069
1988-11-01 752129
1988-12-01 702350
1989-01-01 839239
1989-02-01 799014
1989-03-01 750118
1989-04-01 747027
1989-05-01 712306
1989-06-01 784710
1989-07-01 828964
1989-08-01 752173
1989-09-01 746016
1989-10-01 733543
1989-11-01 778124
1989-12-01 735260
1990-01-01 861913
1990-02-01 849502
1990-03-01 818798
1990-04-01 811503
1990-05-01 782817
1990-06-01 806011
1990-07-01 904664
1990-08-01 881233
1990-09-01 892146
1990-10-01 901539
1990-11-01 989638
1990-12-01 993823
1991-01-01 1143162
1991-02-01 1206473
1991-03-01 1208690
1991-04-01 1125818
1991-05-01 1143290
1991-06-01 1195068
1991-07-01 1232421
1991-08-01 1171049
1991-09-01 1159416
1991-10-01 1162585
1991-11-01 1201905
1991-12-01 1219395
1992-01-01 1402082
1992-02-01 1445237
1992-03-01 1406780
1992-04-01 1320707
1992-05-01 1348240
1992-06-01 1481863
1992-07-01 1522138
1992-08-01 1476735
1992-09-01 1460487
1992-10-01 1420611
1992-11-01 1489578
1992-12-01 1460516
1993-01-01 1583076
1993-02-01 1581663
1993-03-01 1523446
1993-04-01 1436017
1993-05-01 1404400
1993-06-01 1480917
1993-07-01 1519116
1993-08-01 1432136
1993-09-01 1389362
1993-10-01 1405714
1993-11-01 1374082
1993-12-01 1326280
1994-01-01 1531172
1994-02-01 1493469
1994-03-01 1447829
1994-04-01 1356618
1994-05-01 1262657
1994-06-01 1326443
1994-07-01 1382111
1994-08-01 1319580
1994-09-01 1240438
1994-10-01 1208154
1994-11-01 1181912
1994-12-01 1113495
1995-01-01 1295517
1995-02-01 1223842
1995-03-01 1212600
1995-04-01 1214340
1995-05-01 1155837
1995-06-01 1206566
1995-07-01 1289729
1995-08-01 1217636
1995-09-01 1178139
1995-10-01 1155777
1995-11-01 1182839
1995-12-01 1120075
1996-01-01 1297701
1996-02-01 1244504
1996-03-01 1228459
1996-04-01 1147253
1996-05-01 1098713
1996-06-01 1105051
1996-07-01 1199355
1996-08-01 1073858
1996-09-01 1047758
1996-10-01 1044773
1996-11-01 1082348
1996-12-01 1027040
1997-01-01 1177535
1997-02-01 1122199
1997-03-01 1104326
1997-04-01 994412
1997-05-01 933480
1997-06-01 1012304
1997-07-01 1045630
1997-08-01 998057
1997-09-01 972314
1997-10-01 931413
1997-11-01 920918
1997-12-01 922800
1998-01-01 1045844
1998-02-01 1012515
1998-03-01 1044736
1998-04-01 900825
1998-05-01 880289
1998-06-01 965773
1998-07-01 1016542
1998-08-01 973903
1998-09-01 957863
1998-10-01 943974
1998-11-01 923165
1998-12-01 886094
1999-01-01 999217
1999-02-01 976847
1999-03-01 936567
1999-04-01 866617
1999-05-01 773965
1999-06-01 863668
1999-07-01 915419
1999-08-01 844350
1999-09-01 819213
1999-10-01 799522
1999-11-01 805005
1999-12-01 782106
2000-01-01 895771
2000-02-01 891304
2000-03-01 899078
2000-04-01 795373
2000-05-01 797991
2000-06-01 852849
2000-07-01 889582
2000-08-01 862238
2000-09-01 775312
2000-10-01 764104
2000-11-01 785569
2000-12-01 752176
2001-01-01 894861
2001-02-01 863823
2001-03-01 899079
2001-04-01 833528
2001-05-01 779011
2001-06-01 900305
2001-07-01 948199
2001-08-01 981135
2001-09-01 946149
2001-10-01 1026902
2001-11-01 1083731
2001-12-01 1084144
2002-01-01 1222468
2002-02-01 1190515
2002-03-01 1213849
2002-04-01 1149769
2002-05-01 1075769
2002-06-01 1180567
2002-07-01 1211982
2002-08-01 1176321
2002-09-01 1112315
2002-10-01 1124016
2002-11-01 1180061
2002-12-01 1169637
2003-01-01 1277616
2003-02-01 1255164
2003-03-01 1238603
2003-04-01 1173230
2003-05-01 1126398
2003-06-01 1266772
2003-07-01 1257266
2003-08-01 1202861
2003-09-01 1143278
2003-10-01 1144538
2003-11-01 1158903
2003-12-01 1090397
2004-01-01 1218425
2004-02-01 1171999
2004-03-01 1211959
2004-04-01 1083670
2004-05-01 1032341
2004-06-01 1125736
2004-07-01 1134144
2004-08-01 1048457
2004-09-01 998455
2004-10-01 1002692
2004-11-01 1022743
2004-12-01 989498
2005-01-01 1075725
2005-02-01 1070438
2005-03-01 1017318
2005-04-01 933826
2005-05-01 882706
2005-06-01 958139
2005-07-01 979250
2005-08-01 921405
2005-09-01 895322
2005-10-01 881249
2005-11-01 917263
2005-12-01 865629
2006-01-01 936909
2006-02-01 938937
2006-03-01 905261
2006-04-01 855234
2006-05-01 796590
2006-06-01 875524
2006-07-01 930649
2006-08-01 878330
2006-09-01 821314
2006-10-01 787241
2006-11-01 842877
2006-12-01 837401
2007-01-01 976536
2007-02-01 952415
2007-03-01 927508
2007-04-01 893922
2007-05-01 847085
2007-06-01 949639
2007-07-01 1022889
2007-08-01 986661
2007-09-01 974212
2007-10-01 969074
2007-11-01 1003008
2007-12-01 1058504
2008-01-01 1155592
2008-02-01 1119051
2008-03-01 1181746
2008-04-01 1096158
2008-05-01 1169129
2008-06-01 1290127
2008-07-01 1404172
2008-08-01 1434370
2008-09-01 1415705
2008-10-01 1482298
2008-11-01 1555578
2008-12-01 1685437
2009-01-01 1937833
2009-02-01 2017384
2009-03-01 2079492
2009-04-01 1989260
2009-05-01 2018651
2009-06-01 2157195
2009-07-01 2222973
2009-08-01 2196191
2009-09-01 2166961
2009-10-01 2190085
2009-11-01 2181627
2009-12-01 2198034
2010-01-01 2380593
2010-02-01 2357036
2010-03-01 2359263
2010-04-01 2227762
2010-05-01 2156890
2010-06-01 2234977
2010-07-01 2322772
2010-08-01 2287053
2010-09-01 2213773
2010-10-01 2189597
2010-11-01 2264255
2010-12-01 2214919
2011-01-01 2306537
2011-02-01 2241604
2011-03-01 2216225
2011-04-01 2105010
2011-05-01 2069488
2011-06-01 2211025
2011-07-01 2247822
2011-08-01 2196396
2011-09-01 2133223
2011-10-01 2086299
2011-11-01 2020108
2011-12-01 2022302
2012-01-01 2090690
2012-02-01 2073495
2012-03-01 2032565
2012-04-01 1882622
2012-05-01 1869039
2012-06-01 1979883
2012-07-01 2030114
2012-08-01 1940402
2012-09-01 1799287
2012-10-01 1805399
2012-11-01 1755507
2012-12-01 1790314
2013-01-01 1920971
2013-02-01 1814025
2013-03-01 1740319
2013-04-01 1622707
2013-05-01 1602898
2013-06-01 1749573
2013-07-01 1766429
2013-08-01 1687965
2013-09-01 1609691
2013-10-01 1603156
2013-11-01 1543732
2013-12-01 1483037
2014-01-01 1580658
2014-02-01 1573653
2014-03-01 1557587
2014-04-01 1354648
2014-05-01 1343977
2014-06-01 1408807
2014-07-01 1499276
2014-08-01 1447630
2014-09-01 1337434
2014-10-01 1313602
2014-11-01 1313027
2014-12-01 1246219
2015-01-01 1369025
2015-02-01 1299489
2015-03-01 1257027
2015-04-01 1171871
2015-05-01 1162658
2015-06-01 1192446
2015-07-01 1233734
2015-08-01 1158917
2015-09-01 1067713
2015-10-01 1073249
2015-11-01 1068919
2015-12-01 1054003
2016-01-01 1124514
2016-02-01 1097386
2016-03-01 1100778
2016-04-01 1020036
2016-05-01 936355
2016-06-01 1080792
2016-07-01 1110338
2016-08-01 1085568
2016-09-01 1044808
2016-10-01 1027480
2016-11-01 979370
2016-12-01 980006
2017-01-01 1084040
2017-02-01 1040033
2017-03-01 990044
2017-04-01 897621
2017-05-01 842128
2017-06-01 947998
2017-07-01 996754
2017-08-01 981798
2017-09-01 873287
2017-10-01 825454
2017-11-01 823133
2017-12-01 820151
2018-01-01 915763
2018-02-01 894908
2018-03-01 859667
2018-04-01 779596
2018-05-01 716614
2018-06-01 857058
2018-07-01 862532
2018-08-01 842360
2018-09-01 771530
2018-10-01 774554
2018-11-01 770249
2018-12-01 810241
2019-01-01 947649
2019-02-01 863491
2019-03-01 870219
2019-04-01 738836
2019-05-01 694778
2019-06-01 806692
2019-07-01 856318
2019-08-01 822488
2019-09-01 727750
2019-10-01 746106
2019-11-01 748965
2019-12-01 754858
2020-01-01 882104
2020-02-01 857059
2020-03-01 1210973
2020-04-01 2924620
2020-05-01 2874456
2020-06-01 2645194
2020-07-01 2598755
2020-08-01 2231034
2020-09-01 1851360
2020-10-01 1647860
2020-11-01 1620431
2020-12-01 1657939
2021-01-01 1697814
2021-02-01 1647634
2021-03-01 1605003
2021-04-01 1557656
2021-05-01 1427182
2021-06-01 1563961
2021-07-01 1477635
2021-08-01 1391611
2021-09-01 1192821
2021-10-01 1130997
2021-11-01 1024754
2021-12-01 959447
2022-01-01 1077197
2022-02-01 970921
2022-03-01 875458
2022-04-01 772761
2022-05-01 707462
2022-06-01 807164
2022-07-01 796580
2022-08-01 807859
2022-09-01 736185
2022-10-01 773348
2022-11-01 798728
2022-12-01 768941
2023-01-01 908977
2023-02-01 930915
2023-03-01 909747
2023-04-01 798671
2023-05-01 825976
2023-06-01 918617
2023-07-01 936309
2023-08-01 1003412
2023-09-01 943215
2023-10-01 956727
2023-11-01 943375
2023-12-01 954618
2024-01-01 1053849
2024-02-01 1059097
2024-03-01 1026077
2024-04-01 932804
2024-05-01 913262
2024-06-01 1064342
2024-07-01 1159006
2024-08-01 1154408
2024-09-01 1030119
2024-10-01 1045769
2024-11-01 1060023
2024-12-01 1018925
2025-01-01 1093118
2025-02-01 1085970
2025-03-01 1055018
2025-04-01 988909

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