Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

California had 7 of the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates, August 2014

October 03, 2014

In August 2014, California had 7 of the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates. Among the 26 metropolitan areas in California, 19 had unemployment rates that were above the national average of 6.3 percent.  The remaining areas had rates below the national average.

Unemployment rates for California metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, August 2014
Area Unemployment rate (p)

El Centro

25.1%

Visalia-Porterville

11.8

Merced

11.3

Yuba City

11.0

Hanford-Corcoran

10.6

Stockton

10.3

Modesto

10.2

Fresno

10.1

Bakersfield-Delano

9.5

Madera-Chowchilla

9.0

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

8.7

Redding

8.4

Chico

8.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana

7.7

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville

7.0

Salinas

6.9

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

6.8

Vallejo-Fairfield

6.8

Santa Cruz-Watsonville

6.7

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos

6.2

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

5.8

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta

5.6

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

5.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

5.4

Santa Rosa-Petaluma

5.4

Napa

4.8
Footnotes:

(p) preliminary.

Redding, 8.4% Chico, 8.1% Yuba City, 11.0% Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, 7.0% Vallejo-Fairfield, 6.8% Stockton, 10.3% Modesto, 10.2% Merced, 11.3% Madera-Chowchilla, 9.0% Fresno, 10.1% Hanford-Corcoran, 10.6% Visalia-Porterville, 11.8% Bakersfield-Delano, 9.5% Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 8.7% El Centro, 25.1% San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, 6.2% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 7.7% Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, 6.8% Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, 5.6% San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 5.8% Salinas, 6.9% San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 5.5% Santa Cruz-Watsonville, 6.7% Napa, 4.8% San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 5.4% Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 5.4%

In August 2014, El Centro had the highest unemployment rate (25.1 percent) among areas in California and the second-highest unemployment rate among all U.S. areas. Visalia-Porterville (11.8 percent), Merced (11.3 percent), and Yuba City (11.0 percent) followed El Centro as those areas with the highest unemployment rates. Napa had the lowest unemployment rate (4.8 percent).

Among the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California, had the highest unemployment rate  (8.4 percent) in August 2014. 

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 34 metropolitan divisions, which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In August, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California, had the lowest unemployment rate (4.5 percent) among all metropolitan divisions.

These metropolitan area data are from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — August 2014” (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑1795.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, California had 7 of the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates, August 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20141003.htm (visited March 28, 2024).

OF INTEREST
spotlight
Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics


triangle