The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1990    
 
 
    Aug 2026
Persons
Name Aug 2026 Jul 2026 Aug 2025
Alameda County
855,567 852,127 874,443
Alpine County
425 429 385
Amador County
15,033 14,815 15,089
Butte County
89,651 87,981 91,387
Calaveras County
17,573 17,467 18,135
Colusa County
11,804 11,516 11,578
Contra Costa County
574,198 572,185 586,819
Del Norte County
9,312 9,203 9,340
El Dorado County
89,507 88,766 91,013
Fresno County
471,858 471,419 480,278
Glenn County
11,734 11,296 12,270
Humboldt County
58,898 58,494 60,136
Imperial County
76,269 73,265 76,311
Inyo County
8,378 8,383 8,444
Kern County
414,048 405,410 417,782
Kings County
59,867 59,786 61,439
Lake County
26,733 25,917 27,377
Lassen County
8,071 7,844 8,136
Los Angeles County
4,990,443 4,931,578 5,096,075
Madera County
70,426 70,339 72,239
Mariposa County
7,934 7,915 7,944
Marin County
122,695 122,760 125,484
Mendocino County
36,479 36,346 36,902
Merced County
121,939 122,593 124,270
Modoc County
3,109 3,074 3,166
Mono County
8,789 8,807 8,603
Monterey County
228,350 228,232 233,615
Napa County
73,990 74,602 74,634
Nevada County
47,553 47,009 48,500
Orange County
1,601,928 1,603,863 1,636,178
Placer County
207,510 205,756 211,035
Plumas County
8,082 8,078 8,381
Riverside County
1,183,558 1,178,642 1,203,600
Sacramento County
781,647 774,607 795,058
San Bernardino County
1,020,577 1,016,906 1,039,665
San Benito County
35,050 34,933 34,667
San Diego County
1,639,952 1,636,150 1,669,336
San Francisco County/city
499,080 499,193 506,564
San Joaquin County
369,744 365,152 379,603
San Luis Obispo County
132,285 132,004 135,322
San Mateo County
408,396 408,709 414,429
Santa Barbara County
224,010 222,794 224,282
Santa Cruz County
138,998 137,254 142,279
Santa Clara County
1,034,313 1,029,562 1,044,831
Shasta County
81,604 80,360 81,298
Sierra County
1,556 1,585 1,491
Siskiyou County
16,261 15,971 16,344
Solano County
216,591 214,934 221,386
Sonoma County
246,044 243,974 250,483
Stanislaus County
253,234 251,456 259,337
Sutter County
46,236 45,617 46,917
Tehama County
27,393 26,487 27,588
Trinity County
5,711 5,689 5,893
Tulare County
215,947 209,990 221,065
Tuolumne County
22,045 21,997 22,285
Ventura County
414,414 412,296 424,798
Yolo County
112,275 111,233 114,433
Yuba County
35,904 35,321 36,614
   

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