High Unemployment Area
Los Angeles, CA Current Unemployment - 5.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
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1999
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1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Los Angeles, CA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2022
6.3%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.5%
4.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.0%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.9%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.6%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.3%
4.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.2%
3.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.0%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2021
12.6%
9.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
10.6%
8.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
10.6%
8.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
11.1%
8.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
10.2%
7.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.5%
8.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.2%
7.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.7%
7.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.7%
6.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.9%
5.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.2%
5.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.4%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2020
4.5%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.6%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.6%
5.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
20.7%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
21.0%
16.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
20.0%
15.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
18.8%
13.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
17.1%
11.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
15.2%
10.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.7%
9.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
11.9%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
10.8%
9.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2019
5.1%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.6%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.5%
4.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.1%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.2%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.5%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.0%
4.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.8%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.3%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.3%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.1%
3.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.0%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2018
4.9%
4.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.6%
4.6%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.5%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.3%
4.0%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.2%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.8%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.2%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
4.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.6%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.6%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.4%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.5%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2017
5.2%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.0%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.7%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.5%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.5%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.9%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.4%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.3%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.8%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.5%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.4%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.3%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2016
5.6%
5.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.3%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.2%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.0%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.9%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.4%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.6%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.4%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.2%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.8%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.7%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2015
8.2%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.7%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.4%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.0%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.2%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.2%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.6%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.0%
6.1%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.5%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.3%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.1%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.8%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2014
9.5%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.3%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.1%
8.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.3%
7.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.5%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.8%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.5%
7.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.1%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.5%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.3%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.1%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.7%
6.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2013
11.4%
10.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.8%
9.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.4%
9.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.0%
8.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.1%
8.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.8%
9.2%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.1%
9.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.6%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.0%
8.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.9%
8.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.4%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.1%
8.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2012
12.5%
11.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.2%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.8%
11.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.2%
10.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.3%
10.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.7%
10.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.4%
10.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.8%
10.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.0%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.9%
9.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.6%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.7%
9.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2011
13.4%
12.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.9%
12.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.7%
12.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.4%
11.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.4%
11.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.1%
12.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.7%
12.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.5%
11.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.1%
11.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.7%
11.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.2%
11.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.2%
11.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2010
13.5%
12.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.1%
12.6%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.0%
12.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.7%
12.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.7%
11.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.9%
12.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.9%
12.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.8%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.3%
11.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.1%
11.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.4%
12.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.0%
12.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2009
11.9%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.0%
10.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.2%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.0%
10.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.4%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.9%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.6%
11.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.5%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.3%
11.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.2%
11.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.1%
11.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.1%
11.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2008
7.0%
6.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.7%
6.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.9%
6.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.8%
6.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.5%
6.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.0%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.1%
7.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.4%
7.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.3%
7.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.5%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.9%
8.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.6%
9.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2007
5.8%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.5%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.3%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.3%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.1%
4.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.5%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.2%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.9%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.9%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.8%
5.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.9%
5.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.3%
5.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2006
5.9%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.8%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.3%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.1%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.2%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.3%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.9%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.6%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.2%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.8%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.1%
4.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.9%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2005
6.8%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.7%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.2%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.0%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.8%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.9%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.1%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.5%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.6%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.5%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.9%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.5%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2004
7.8%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.2%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.5%
7.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.2%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.2%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.5%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.8%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.2%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.9%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.8%
5.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.8%
5.9%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.5%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2003
7.8%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.5%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.3%
7.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.3%
6.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.4%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.3%
7.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.5%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.2%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.9%
6.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.7%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.6%
6.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.0%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2002
7.9%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.5%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.6%
6.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.5%
6.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.3%
6.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.8%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.2%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.7%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.1%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.0%
6.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.2%
6.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.1%
6.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2001
6.0%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.5%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.7%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.6%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.4%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.1%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.8%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.9%
5.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.6%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.9%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.1%
6.2%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.0%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2000
6.6%
5.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.3%
5.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.1%
5.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.8%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.9%
4.8%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.6%
5.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.4%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.9%
4.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.6%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.5%
4.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.1%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1999
7.5%
6.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
7.1%
5.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.6%
5.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.4%
5.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
6.0%
4.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.5%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.2%
5.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.8%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.9%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.7%
4.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.5%
4.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.1%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1998
7.6%
6.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
7.2%
6.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.6%
6.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.9%
5.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
7.0%
5.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
7.5%
5.9%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.1%
6.2%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.8%
5.9%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.9%
5.8%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.7%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.3%
5.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.8%
5.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1997
9.1%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.6%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.3%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.8%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.6%
5.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.8%
6.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.2%
6.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.8%
6.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.7%
6.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.1%
5.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.9%
5.8%
4.6%
12 / 1997
6.8%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1996
10.3%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
9.8%
8.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.7%
8.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.4%
7.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.4%
7.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.1%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.0%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.0%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.8%
6.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.5%
6.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
8.6%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.1%
6.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1995
9.6%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.9%
8.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
8.6%
8.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.8%
8.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
8.5%
7.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.9%
7.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.8%
8.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.5%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.4%
7.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.1%
7.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.3%
7.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.9%
7.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1994
11.9%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.6%
9.7%
6.6%
3 / 1994
11.2%
9.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.9%
8.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.4%
8.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
10.7%
8.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.2%
8.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.6%
8.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.0%
8.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.6%
7.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.1%
7.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.5%
7.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1993
12.1%
10.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
12.0%
10.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.6%
9.9%
7.0%
4 / 1993
11.2%
9.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.9%
9.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.1%
9.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.5%
9.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
11.0%
9.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.9%
9.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
11.0%
9.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
10.8%
9.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
10.4%
8.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1992
10.7%
9.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.8%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.5%
9.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.2%
8.7%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.8%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.6%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.0%
9.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.7%
9.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.7%
9.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.1%
9.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
11.5%
9.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
11.2%
9.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1991
7.7%
7.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.6%
7.9%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.6%
7.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.3%
7.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
9.0%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.3%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.8%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.5%
7.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.5%
7.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.4%
7.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.3%
7.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.5%
8.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Los Angeles, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1990
6.8%
5.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.5%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.2%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.4%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.2%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
6.1%
5.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.0%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.0%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.1%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.9%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.2%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.2%
6.6%
6.3%