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Unemployment Rate in California, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in California, ranked. The highest is Sierra County at 12.6% and the lowest is Inyo County at 2.5%.

California: 6.6% · United States: 5.2% · median county in California: 6.5%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Sierra County12.6%
2Imperial County12.5%
3Lake County11.1%
4Kings County10.8%
5Merced County10.6%
6Madera County10.1%
7Colusa County9.8%
8Tulare County9.3%
9Plumas County9.2%
10Humboldt County9.0%
11Mendocino County9.0%
12Fresno County8.7%
13Kern County8.6%
14Trinity County8.4%
15Lassen County8.3%
16Tuolumne County8.2%
17Glenn County8.0%
18Stanislaus County8.0%
19Siskiyou County7.9%
20Modoc County7.6%
21San Joaquin County7.6%
22Butte County7.5%
23Los Angeles County7.3%
24Sutter County7.2%
25San Bernardino County7.1%
26Yuba County6.8%
27Sacramento County6.7%
28Contra Costa County6.5%
29Riverside County6.5%
30Solano County6.5%
31Del Norte County6.4%
32Santa Barbara County6.4%
33Shasta County6.3%
34Marin County6.1%
35San Diego County6.1%
36San Francisco County6.1%
37Santa Cruz County6.1%
38Yolo County6.1%
39Mariposa County6.0%
40Tehama County5.9%
41Sonoma County5.7%
42Ventura County5.7%
43San Luis Obispo County5.5%
44Alameda County5.4%
45Amador County5.4%
46Nevada County5.4%
47Orange County5.4%
48San Benito County5.4%
49Monterey County5.2%
50Napa County5.2%
51Santa Clara County4.9%
52Placer County4.8%
53San Mateo County4.8%
54Calaveras County4.5%
55El Dorado County4.5%
56Alpine County4.4%
57Mono County3.1%
58Inyo County2.5%

Small populations produce wide margins: Sierra County is 12.6% with a margin of error of ±6.4%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

California ranks 3rd of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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