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Unemployed people in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Unemployed people in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA was 1,046 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 7% from 2024. That is the 209th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,046
Change on 2024+7%
Rank209th of 285Cities in California ranked
Series high1,9252020
Series low1211999

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Unemployed people in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 1999 to 2025

05001,0001,5002,00019992003200720112015201920251999: 121 persons2000: 598 persons2001: 696 persons2002: 885 persons2003: 864 persons2004: 772 persons2005: 689 persons2006: 632 persons2007: 725 persons2008: 1,002 persons2009: 1,669 persons2010: 1,550 persons2011: 1,429 persons2012: 1,252 persons2013: 1,058 persons2014: 880 persons2015: 712 persons2016: 1,025 persons2017: 884 persons2018: 765 persons2019: 710 persons2020: 1,925 persons2021: 1,297 persons2022: 786 persons2023: 860 persons2024: 978 persons2025: 1,046 persons05001,0001,5002,00019992008201720251999: 121 persons2000: 598 persons2001: 696 persons2002: 885 persons2003: 864 persons2004: 772 persons2005: 689 persons2006: 632 persons2007: 725 persons2008: 1,002 persons2009: 1,669 persons2010: 1,550 persons2011: 1,429 persons2012: 1,252 persons2013: 1,058 persons2014: 880 persons2015: 712 persons2016: 1,025 persons2017: 884 persons2018: 765 persons2019: 710 persons2020: 1,925 persons2021: 1,297 persons2022: 786 persons2023: 860 persons2024: 978 persons2025: 1,046 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 27 values
Periodpersons
20251,046
2024978
2023860
2022786
20211,297
20201,925
2019710
2018765
2017884
20161,025
2015712
2014880
20131,058
20121,252
20111,429
20101,550
20091,669
20081,002
2007725
2006632
2005689
2004772
2003864
2002885
2001696
2000598
1999121

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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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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 1999 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, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 1999 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/rancho-santa-margarita-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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 1999 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/rancho-santa-margarita-ca.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 1999 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/rancho-santa-margarita-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA?

Unemployed people in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA was 1,046 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 7% from 2024. That is the 209th 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 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA?

1,925 in 2020, the highest value since 1999 in this series.

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