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Unemployed people in Porterville, CA

Unemployed people in Porterville, CA was 4,229 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 4.4% from 2024. That is the 34th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons4,229
Change on 2024+4.4%
Rank34th of 285Cities in California ranked
Series high4,2952010
Series low1,5242006

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Unemployed people in Porterville, CA, 1990 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,951 persons1991: 3,043 persons1992: 2,940 persons1993: 3,105 persons1994: 2,886 persons1995: 2,891 persons1996: 2,815 persons1997: 2,681 persons1998: 2,766 persons1999: 2,977 persons2000: 1,684 persons2001: 1,914 persons2002: 2,070 persons2003: 2,137 persons2004: 1,985 persons2005: 1,649 persons2006: 1,524 persons2007: 1,687 persons2008: 2,065 persons2009: 3,006 persons2010: 4,295 persons2011: 4,212 persons2012: 3,939 persons2013: 3,509 persons2014: 3,166 persons2015: 2,854 persons2016: 3,391 persons2017: 3,259 persons2018: 3,102 persons2019: 3,152 persons2020: 4,022 persons2021: 3,307 persons2022: 2,860 persons2023: 3,891 persons2024: 4,052 persons2025: 4,229 persons1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019902002201420251990: 1,951 persons1991: 3,043 persons1992: 2,940 persons1993: 3,105 persons1994: 2,886 persons1995: 2,891 persons1996: 2,815 persons1997: 2,681 persons1998: 2,766 persons1999: 2,977 persons2000: 1,684 persons2001: 1,914 persons2002: 2,070 persons2003: 2,137 persons2004: 1,985 persons2005: 1,649 persons2006: 1,524 persons2007: 1,687 persons2008: 2,065 persons2009: 3,006 persons2010: 4,295 persons2011: 4,212 persons2012: 3,939 persons2013: 3,509 persons2014: 3,166 persons2015: 2,854 persons2016: 3,391 persons2017: 3,259 persons2018: 3,102 persons2019: 3,152 persons2020: 4,022 persons2021: 3,307 persons2022: 2,860 persons2023: 3,891 persons2024: 4,052 persons2025: 4,229 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20254,229
20244,052
20233,891
20222,860
20213,307
20204,022
20193,152
20183,102
20173,259
20163,391
20152,854
20143,166
20133,509
20123,939
20114,212
20104,295
20093,006
20082,065
20071,687
20061,524
20051,649
20041,985
20032,137
20022,070
20011,914
20001,684
19992,977
19982,766
19972,681
19962,815
19952,891
19942,886
19933,105
19922,940
19913,043
19901,951

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Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Porterville, CA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Porterville, 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/unemployed-people/porterville-ca. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Porterville, 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/unemployed-people/porterville-ca.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Porterville, 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/unemployed-people/porterville-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Porterville, CA?

Unemployed people in Porterville, CA was 4,229 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 4.4% from 2024. That is the 34th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Porterville, CA?

4,295 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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