Data / Employed residents / Ridgecrest, CA

Employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA

Employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA was 12,233 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.7% from 2024. That is the 262nd highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons12,233
Change on 2024+0.7%
Rank262nd of 285Cities in California ranked
Series high15,7611999
Series low11,0922020

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025

11K12K13K14K15K16K19901996200220082014202020251990: 14,628 persons1991: 14,847 persons1992: 14,683 persons1993: 14,688 persons1994: 14,371 persons1995: 14,902 persons1996: 15,403 persons1997: 15,552 persons1998: 15,633 persons1999: 15,761 persons2000: 12,289 persons2001: 12,412 persons2002: 12,574 persons2003: 12,756 persons2004: 12,957 persons2005: 13,724 persons2006: 14,271 persons2007: 14,588 persons2008: 14,904 persons2009: 14,315 persons2010: 11,882 persons2011: 12,292 persons2012: 12,936 persons2013: 13,198 persons2014: 13,288 persons2015: 13,170 persons2016: 11,448 persons2017: 11,427 persons2018: 11,626 persons2019: 11,734 persons2020: 11,092 persons2021: 11,475 persons2022: 11,933 persons2023: 12,085 persons2024: 12,142 persons2025: 12,233 persons10K12K14K16K19902002201420251990: 14,628 persons1991: 14,847 persons1992: 14,683 persons1993: 14,688 persons1994: 14,371 persons1995: 14,902 persons1996: 15,403 persons1997: 15,552 persons1998: 15,633 persons1999: 15,761 persons2000: 12,289 persons2001: 12,412 persons2002: 12,574 persons2003: 12,756 persons2004: 12,957 persons2005: 13,724 persons2006: 14,271 persons2007: 14,588 persons2008: 14,904 persons2009: 14,315 persons2010: 11,882 persons2011: 12,292 persons2012: 12,936 persons2013: 13,198 persons2014: 13,288 persons2015: 13,170 persons2016: 11,448 persons2017: 11,427 persons2018: 11,626 persons2019: 11,734 persons2020: 11,092 persons2021: 11,475 persons2022: 11,933 persons2023: 12,085 persons2024: 12,142 persons2025: 12,233 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202512,233
202412,142
202312,085
202211,933
202111,475
202011,092
201911,734
201811,626
201711,427
201611,448
201513,170
201413,288
201313,198
201212,936
201112,292
201011,882
200914,315
200814,904
200714,588
200614,271
200513,724
200412,957
200312,756
200212,574
200112,412
200012,289
199915,761
199815,633
199715,552
199615,403
199514,902
199414,371
199314,688
199214,683
199114,847
199014,628

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/ridgecrest-ca. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/ridgecrest-ca.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/ridgecrest-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_employed_residents_ridgecrest_ca_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/ridgecrest-ca. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Ridgecrest, CA, 1990 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/ridgecrest-ca
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/ridgecrest-ca.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employed_residents","place":"us-place-0660704"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employed_residents&place=us-place-0660704

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA?

Employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA was 12,233 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.7% from 2024. That is the 262nd highest of 285 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Ridgecrest, CA?

15,761 in 1999, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Employed residents elsewhere in California

Related statistics for Ridgecrest, CA

All statistics for Ridgecrest, CA | Ridgecrest, CA in figures