Very High Unemployment Area
Merced County, CA Current Unemployment - 6.8%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
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1996
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1992
1991
1990
Merced County, CA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2022
9.8%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
9.4%
4.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
8.4%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
7.3%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2022
6.3%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
7.0%
4.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.7%
3.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.8%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2021
11.6%
9.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
11.6%
8.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
11.4%
8.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
12.0%
8.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
10.5%
7.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
11.5%
8.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.7%
7.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.5%
7.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
8.0%
6.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.9%
5.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.7%
5.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
8.1%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2020
9.8%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
10.4%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
13.2%
5.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.7%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
16.4%
16.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
15.6%
15.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
14.4%
13.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.7%
11.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
10.3%
10.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
9.0%
9.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
9.0%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
11.5%
9.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2019
10.1%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
10.4%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
10.3%
4.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
8.7%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.2%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.1%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
8.4%
4.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
7.2%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.8%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.0%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.7%
3.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.9%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2018
10.1%
4.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
10.7%
4.6%
4.1%
3 / 2018
10.8%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
9.2%
4.0%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.8%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
8.6%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
8.6%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
7.4%
4.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.2%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.4%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
7.1%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
8.6%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2017
12.1%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
12.4%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
11.8%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
10.2%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.8%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
9.1%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
9.2%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.3%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.9%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.9%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.9%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
9.0%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2016
13.1%
5.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
12.9%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
12.9%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
11.3%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
9.9%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
10.2%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
10.2%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.1%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.2%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.6%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
9.4%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
11.1%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2015
14.2%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
13.9%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
13.5%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
11.9%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 2015
11.3%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
11.1%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
10.9%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.5%
6.1%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.4%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
9.0%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
11.1%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
11.7%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2014
15.6%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
15.6%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
15.8%
8.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
13.6%
7.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
12.4%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
12.0%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
12.4%
7.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
11.3%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.0%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
10.2%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
12.0%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
12.8%
6.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2013
17.8%
10.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
17.3%
9.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
16.8%
9.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
15.3%
8.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
14.0%
8.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
14.1%
9.2%
7.5%
7 / 2013
14.1%
9.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.9%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.8%
8.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
12.1%
8.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
13.6%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
14.1%
8.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2012
19.0%
11.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
19.3%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
18.7%
11.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
17.5%
10.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
16.2%
10.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
16.5%
10.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
16.4%
10.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
15.0%
10.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
13.2%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
13.5%
9.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
14.7%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
16.2%
9.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2011
20.3%
12.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
20.3%
12.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
20.0%
12.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
18.5%
11.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
17.1%
11.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
17.7%
12.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
17.7%
12.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
16.6%
11.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
15.1%
11.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
15.0%
11.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
16.0%
11.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
17.5%
11.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2010
20.1%
12.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
20.7%
12.6%
9.8%
3 / 2010
20.5%
12.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
18.5%
12.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
16.9%
11.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
17.3%
12.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
18.0%
12.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
16.4%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
15.4%
11.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
15.4%
11.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
17.6%
12.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
18.7%
12.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2009
17.7%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
18.8%
10.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
18.8%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
16.4%
10.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.5%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
16.0%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
16.2%
11.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
14.9%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.2%
11.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
15.0%
11.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
17.1%
11.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
18.8%
11.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2008
13.5%
6.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
13.9%
6.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
14.0%
6.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
12.3%
6.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
11.4%
6.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
11.9%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
12.2%
7.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
11.3%
7.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
10.8%
7.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
11.5%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
13.6%
8.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
15.2%
9.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2007
11.6%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
12.0%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
11.4%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
10.5%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
9.2%
4.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.5%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2007
9.9%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.5%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
8.1%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
8.2%
5.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
10.2%
5.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
11.9%
5.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2006
11.4%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
11.6%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
11.7%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
10.9%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.9%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.0%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.3%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.1%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.2%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.0%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.4%
4.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
9.9%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2005
12.7%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
13.0%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
12.5%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
10.7%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.3%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.4%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.5%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.1%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.8%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.8%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
9.3%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
10.0%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2004
13.8%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
13.9%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
14.2%
7.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
12.0%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
10.3%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
10.6%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.1%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.7%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.0%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.6%
5.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
10.1%
5.9%
5.4%
12 / 2004
10.9%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2003
14.2%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
14.2%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
13.9%
7.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
12.6%
6.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
11.0%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
11.6%
7.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.9%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.1%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.3%
6.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.1%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
11.1%
6.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
11.5%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2002
13.4%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
13.6%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
13.4%
6.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
11.9%
6.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
10.1%
6.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.6%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
9.9%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.5%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.8%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.4%
6.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.4%
6.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
12.1%
6.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2001
12.4%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
12.9%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
13.0%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
10.9%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
9.1%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.1%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.4%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.6%
5.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.4%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
8.1%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
11.1%
6.2%
5.5%
12 / 2001
12.1%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2000
11.4%
5.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
12.4%
5.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
12.6%
5.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
10.3%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
9.4%
4.8%
4.0%
6 / 2000
9.1%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.8%
5.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.6%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.7%
4.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
7.5%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
9.9%
4.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
10.2%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1999
17.1%
6.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
18.3%
5.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
17.3%
5.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
15.5%
5.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
12.7%
4.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
13.2%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
12.4%
5.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.9%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.6%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
9.4%
4.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
12.9%
4.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
14.0%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1998
19.1%
6.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
19.8%
6.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
19.9%
6.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
16.8%
5.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
14.2%
5.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
15.0%
5.9%
4.5%
7 / 1998
14.2%
6.2%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.7%
5.9%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.7%
5.8%
4.6%
10 / 1998
11.8%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
14.1%
5.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
14.8%
5.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1997
20.4%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
20.8%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
20.0%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
17.3%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
14.9%
5.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
14.6%
6.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
13.4%
6.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
10.6%
6.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
10.6%
6.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
13.1%
5.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
15.6%
5.8%
4.6%
12 / 1997
16.9%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1996
21.1%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
21.5%
8.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
21.3%
8.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
18.7%
7.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
16.1%
7.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
15.2%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
14.5%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
11.7%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
11.5%
6.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
13.5%
6.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
16.9%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
17.1%
6.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1995
18.8%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
19.4%
8.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
19.7%
8.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
19.4%
8.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
17.4%
7.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
17.5%
7.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
16.4%
8.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
13.7%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
12.5%
7.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
13.9%
7.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
17.8%
7.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
18.1%
7.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1994
20.2%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
20.9%
9.7%
6.6%
3 / 1994
20.1%
9.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
18.5%
8.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
15.5%
8.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
15.2%
8.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
14.3%
8.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
12.9%
8.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
12.0%
8.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
12.9%
7.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
15.3%
7.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
15.8%
7.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1993
21.3%
10.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
22.4%
10.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
20.5%
9.9%
7.0%
4 / 1993
18.8%
9.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
17.1%
9.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
17.3%
9.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
16.0%
9.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
13.6%
9.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
12.8%
9.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
14.7%
9.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
16.2%
9.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
17.1%
8.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1992
19.2%
9.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
20.6%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
19.9%
9.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
18.2%
8.7%
7.4%
5 / 1992
16.8%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
17.1%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
15.4%
9.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
13.5%
9.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
13.9%
9.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
15.6%
9.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
18.4%
9.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
19.1%
9.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1991
17.5%
7.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
18.4%
7.9%
6.6%
3 / 1991
18.6%
7.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
17.5%
7.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
15.3%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
16.5%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
15.7%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
12.4%
7.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.5%
7.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
11.2%
7.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
16.3%
7.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
16.8%
8.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Merced County, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1990
14.0%
5.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
15.2%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
14.4%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
14.9%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
12.4%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
12.1%
5.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
11.4%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.3%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
9.1%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
11.2%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
15.1%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
15.5%
6.6%
6.3%