Cities in California by unemployed people
Los Angeles, CA had the highest unemployed people of 278 cities in 2015, at 142,613. Coronado, CA had the lowest, at 258. The median was 1,639. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Top 40 cities, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2015 | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles, CA | 142,613 | -18.3% |
| 2 | San Diego, CA | 34,530 | -19.4% |
| 3 | Fresno, CA | 26,119 | -12.4% |
| 4 | San Jose, CA | 25,138 | -18.4% |
| 5 | San Francisco, CA | 19,799 | -15.3% |
| 6 | Long Beach, CA | 17,333 | -19.1% |
| 7 | Bakersfield, CA | 16,411 | -2.8% |
| 8 | Sacramento, CA | 14,405 | -18% |
| 9 | Oakland, CA | 12,321 | -18.3% |
| 10 | Stockton, CA | 12,292 | -16% |
| 11 | Anaheim, CA | 9,673 | -18.2% |
| 12 | Riverside, CA | 9,475 | -17.5% |
| 13 | Modesto, CA | 8,846 | -15.8% |
| 14 | Santa Ana, CA | 8,133 | -18.9% |
| 15 | Chula Vista, CA | 7,934 | -18.7% |
| 16 | San Bernardino, CA | 6,820 | -19.2% |
| 17 | Salinas, CA | 6,778 | -11% |
| 18 | Fontana, CA | 6,643 | -18.5% |
| 19 | Glendale, CA | 6,513 | -18.9% |
| 20 | Moreno Valley, CA | 6,508 | -17.8% |
| 21 | Oxnard, CA | 6,174 | -16% |
| 22 | Santa Clarita, CA | 5,814 | -18.9% |
| 23 | Visalia, CA | 5,802 | -10.2% |
| 24 | Palmdale, CA | 5,710 | -19.2% |
| 25 | Ontario, CA | 5,310 | -18.5% |
| 26 | Hayward, CA | 5,175 | -17.5% |
| 27 | Calexico, CA | 5,023 | -0.9% |
| 28 | Pomona, CA | 4,995 | -19.3% |
| 29 | Vallejo, CA | 4,817 | -18.6% |
| 30 | Lancaster, CA | 4,729 | -19.2% |
| 31 | El Centro, CA | 4,724 | -1.1% |
| 32 | Inglewood, CA | 4,662 | -19.4% |
| 33 | Huntington Beach, CA | 4,656 | -18.6% |
| 34 | Garden Grove, CA | 4,593 | -18.9% |
| 35 | Pasadena, CA | 4,586 | -18.4% |
| 36 | Santa Rosa, CA | 4,442 | -20.1% |
| 37 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 4,400 | -19.1% |
| 38 | Irvine, CA | 4,390 | -16.3% |
| 39 | Oceanside, CA | 4,357 | -19.7% |
| 40 | West Covina, CA | 4,356 | -19.2% |
| 41 | Fremont, CA | 4,304 | -18.2% |
| 42 | El Monte, CA | 4,277 | -19.1% |
| 43 | Corona, CA | 4,174 | -16.9% |
| 44 | Compton, CA | 4,113 | -19.3% |
| 45 | Clovis, CA | 4,064 | -11.4% |
| 46 | Carson, CA | 3,981 | -19.2% |
| 47 | Jurupa Valley, CA | 3,966 | -17% |
| 48 | South Gate, CA | 3,772 | -19.1% |
| 49 | Merced, CA | 3,697 | -12.4% |
| 50 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 3,674 | -16.7% |
| 51 | Elk Grove, CA | 3,630 | -17.3% |
| 52 | Yuba City, CA | 3,592 | -14.4% |
| 53 | Escondido, CA | 3,581 | -19.6% |
| 54 | Torrance, CA | 3,575 | -19.2% |
| 55 | Concord, CA | 3,572 | -18.8% |
| 56 | Fullerton, CA | 3,571 | -18.4% |
| 57 | Antioch, CA | 3,531 | -18.3% |
| 58 | Norwalk, CA | 3,421 | -19.2% |
| 58 | Simi Valley, CA | 3,421 | -16.8% |
| 60 | El Cajon, CA | 3,419 | -19.7% |
| 61 | Rialto, CA | 3,364 | -19.2% |
| 62 | Downey, CA | 3,345 | -19.2% |
| 63 | San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA | 3,236 | -16.6% |
| 64 | Manteca, CA | 3,169 | -14.7% |
| 65 | Sunnyvale, CA | 3,161 | -18.3% |
| 66 | Santa Monica, CA | 3,144 | -19% |
| 67 | Brawley, CA | 3,139 | -1.2% |
| 68 | Burbank, CA | 3,134 | -19.3% |
| 69 | Tracy, CA | 3,133 | -15.7% |
| 70 | Santa Maria, CA | 3,098 | -13.8% |
| 71 | Baldwin Park, CA | 3,094 | -19.3% |
| 72 | Victorville, CA | 3,058 | -19.3% |
| 73 | Richmond, CA | 3,053 | -18.7% |
| 74 | Roseville, CA | 3,052 | -19.3% |
| 75 | Hesperia, CA | 3,050 | -19.1% |
| 76 | Orange, CA | 3,033 | -18.4% |
| 77 | Costa Mesa, CA | 2,950 | -18.7% |
| 78 | Menifee, CA | 2,885 | -16.4% |
| 79 | Turlock, CA | 2,880 | -15.3% |
| 80 | Perris, CA | 2,869 | -16.9% |
| 81 | Fairfield, CA | 2,862 | -18% |
| 82 | Porterville, CA | 2,854 | -9.9% |
| 83 | Chico, CA | 2,837 | -17.2% |
| 84 | Redding, CA | 2,833 | -20.5% |
| 85 | Murrieta, CA | 2,787 | -17.2% |
| 86 | Indio, CA | 2,774 | -16.4% |
| 87 | Tulare, CA | 2,729 | -10.1% |
| 88 | Citrus Heights, CA | 2,717 | -18.1% |
| 89 | Hemet, CA | 2,672 | -17.5% |
| 90 | Daly City, CA | 2,629 | -18.6% |
| 90 | Hawthorne, CA | 2,629 | -18.4% |
| 92 | Westminster, CA | 2,620 | -19% |
| 93 | Santa Clara, CA | 2,542 | -16.6% |
| 94 | Carlsbad, CA | 2,523 | -19.4% |
| 95 | Temecula, CA | 2,521 | -16.4% |
| 96 | Watsonville, CA | 2,453 | -14.5% |
| 97 | Lodi, CA | 2,404 | -16% |
| 98 | San Leandro, CA | 2,391 | -18.2% |
| 99 | Huntington Park, CA | 2,372 | -19.2% |
| 100 | Madera, CA | 2,371 | -9.3% |
| 101 | Lynwood, CA | 2,356 | -19.1% |
| 102 | Hanford, CA | 2,346 | -11.6% |
| 103 | Berkeley, CA | 2,343 | -17.9% |
| 103 | Delano, CA | 2,343 | -4% |
| 105 | Bellflower, CA | 2,268 | -19% |
| 106 | Whittier, CA | 2,245 | -19.1% |
| 107 | Santa Cruz, CA | 2,244 | -14.2% |
| 108 | Rancho Cordova, CA | 2,225 | -17.5% |
| 109 | Ceres, CA | 2,181 | -15.5% |
| 110 | Vacaville, CA | 2,173 | -18.6% |
| 111 | Lakewood, CA | 2,161 | -19.3% |
| 112 | Santa Barbara, CA | 2,159 | -14.5% |
| 113 | Mission Viejo, CA | 2,087 | -19.1% |
| 114 | Napa, CA | 2,060 | -19% |
| 115 | Vista, CA | 2,044 | -17.9% |
| 116 | San Mateo, CA | 2,032 | -18.4% |
| 117 | Woodland, CA | 2,009 | -13.8% |
| 118 | Gardena, CA | 1,986 | -19.1% |
| 119 | Pittsburg, CA | 1,983 | -18% |
| 120 | Lake Elsinore, CA | 1,961 | -15.6% |
| 121 | Chino Hills, CA | 1,960 | -18.2% |
| 122 | Alhambra, CA | 1,948 | -19.2% |
| 123 | Chino, CA | 1,939 | -18.7% |
| 124 | Rosemead, CA | 1,938 | -19.3% |
| 125 | Paramount, CA | 1,928 | -19.2% |
| 126 | Coachella, CA | 1,925 | -17.3% |
| 127 | Covina, CA | 1,919 | -19.3% |
| 128 | Apple Valley, CA | 1,915 | -18.9% |
| 129 | West Sacramento, CA | 1,908 | -14% |
| 130 | Pico Rivera, CA | 1,837 | -19.2% |
| 131 | Los Banos, CA | 1,831 | -12.4% |
| 132 | San Jacinto, CA | 1,830 | -17.4% |
| 133 | Upland, CA | 1,797 | -19.1% |
| 134 | Tustin, CA | 1,771 | -19.1% |
| 135 | Davis, CA | 1,723 | -14.3% |
| 135 | Monterey Park, CA | 1,723 | -19.2% |
| 137 | Alameda, CA | 1,674 | -18.4% |
| 138 | Newport Beach, CA | 1,665 | -19.2% |
| 139 | Redondo Beach, CA | 1,641 | -19.2% |
| 140 | San Marcos, CA | 1,636 | -20.2% |
| 141 | National City, CA | 1,623 | -19.3% |
| 142 | Montebello, CA | 1,618 | -19.3% |
| 143 | Yucaipa, CA | 1,614 | -19.2% |
| 144 | La Mesa, CA | 1,611 | -19% |
| 145 | Camarillo, CA | 1,605 | -15.9% |
| 146 | Milpitas, CA | 1,575 | -15% |
| 147 | Mountain View, CA | 1,568 | -18.2% |
| 148 | Union City, CA | 1,561 | -18.4% |
| 149 | La Habra, CA | 1,560 | -19% |
| 150 | Colton, CA | 1,546 | -18.7% |
| 151 | Rocklin, CA | 1,542 | -19.2% |
| 152 | Atwater, CA | 1,531 | -12.5% |
| 153 | Seaside, CA | 1,528 | -10.5% |
| 154 | Buena Park, CA | 1,523 | -18.9% |
| 155 | Redwood City, CA | 1,513 | -16.5% |
| 156 | Livermore, CA | 1,493 | -18.2% |
| 157 | Gilroy, CA | 1,479 | -18.2% |
| 158 | Santee, CA | 1,476 | -19.2% |
| 159 | Lake Forest, CA | 1,471 | -16.7% |
| 160 | Glendora, CA | 1,437 | -18.3% |
| 161 | Pleasanton, CA | 1,436 | -17.5% |
| 162 | Hollister, CA | 1,433 | -18% |
| 163 | Laguna Niguel, CA | 1,424 | -18.6% |
| 164 | West Hollywood, CA | 1,416 | -18.4% |
| 165 | Bell Gardens, CA | 1,396 | -19.3% |
| 166 | Bell, CA | 1,386 | -19.2% |
| 166 | Encinitas, CA | 1,386 | -19.3% |
| 168 | Folsom, CA | 1,381 | -17.8% |
| 169 | South San Francisco, CA | 1,376 | -18.6% |
| 170 | Cathedral City, CA | 1,358 | -17.6% |
| 171 | Yorba Linda, CA | 1,352 | -18.8% |
| 172 | Highland, CA | 1,328 | -19.2% |
| 173 | San Ramon, CA | 1,316 | -18.7% |
| 174 | Placentia, CA | 1,314 | -18.9% |
| 175 | Sanger, CA | 1,293 | -12.7% |
| 176 | Eastvale, CA | 1,291 | -15.3% |
| 177 | San Luis Obispo, CA | 1,278 | -16.3% |
| 178 | Redlands, CA | 1,259 | -19.1% |
| 179 | Diamond Bar, CA | 1,251 | -19.1% |
| 179 | Fountain Valley, CA | 1,251 | -19.1% |
| 181 | Lompoc, CA | 1,248 | -14.9% |
| 182 | Azusa, CA | 1,210 | -17.7% |
| 183 | San Rafael, CA | 1,203 | -17.7% |
| 184 | Cerritos, CA | 1,199 | -19.3% |
| 185 | Palm Springs, CA | 1,195 | -17.3% |
| 186 | Oakley, CA | 1,185 | -18.3% |
| 187 | San Clemente, CA | 1,168 | -18.8% |
| 188 | Beverly Hills, CA | 1,158 | -19.2% |
| 189 | Walnut Creek, CA | 1,150 | -18% |
| 190 | Reedley, CA | 1,139 | -12.7% |
| 191 | Wasco, CA | 1,138 | -4.2% |
| 192 | Brentwood, CA | 1,137 | -16.7% |
| 193 | Petaluma, CA | 1,136 | -19.9% |
| 194 | Lemoore, CA | 1,123 | -10.9% |
| 195 | Wildomar, CA | 1,118 | -17.7% |
| 196 | Stanton, CA | 1,110 | -18.7% |
| 197 | La Mirada, CA | 1,107 | -19.1% |
| 198 | La Puente, CA | 1,103 | -19.2% |
| 198 | Palm Desert, CA | 1,103 | -17.2% |
| 200 | Culver City, CA | 1,097 | -19.2% |
| 201 | Arcadia, CA | 1,095 | -18.9% |
| 202 | San Pablo, CA | 1,074 | -18.6% |
| 203 | Rohnert Park, CA | 1,073 | -20.3% |
| 204 | Claremont, CA | 1,059 | -18.7% |
| 205 | Monrovia, CA | 1,054 | -19.1% |
| 206 | Lawndale, CA | 1,052 | -19.3% |
| 207 | Morgan Hill, CA | 1,040 | -17.7% |
| 208 | Santa Paula, CA | 1,027 | -16.5% |
| 209 | Novato, CA | 1,024 | -16.7% |
| 210 | Lincoln, CA | 1,018 | -19.3% |
| 211 | Aliso Viejo, CA | 1,011 | -19.1% |
| 212 | Montclair, CA | 1,000 | -19.1% |
| 213 | Adelanto, CA | 997 | -18.4% |
| 214 | Palo Alto, CA | 988 | -19.3% |
| 215 | Imperial Beach, CA | 978 | -19.4% |
| 216 | Ridgecrest, CA | 975 | -3.8% |
| 217 | Cupertino, CA | 971 | -19.4% |
| 218 | Newark, CA | 949 | -18.3% |
| 219 | Brea, CA | 944 | -18.1% |
| 220 | San Dimas, CA | 926 | -19.2% |
| 221 | Martinez, CA | 918 | -18.3% |
| 222 | Monterey, CA | 898 | -11.2% |
| 223 | Desert Hot Springs, CA | 885 | -17.8% |
| 224 | Soledad, CA | 868 | -12.6% |
| 225 | San Bruno, CA | 861 | -18.5% |
| 226 | Maywood, CA | 859 | -19.3% |
| 226 | San Juan Capistrano, CA | 859 | -18.7% |
| 228 | Cudahy, CA | 856 | -19.1% |
| 229 | El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA | 855 | -16.6% |
| 230 | Moorpark, CA | 853 | -15.5% |
| 231 | Dublin, CA | 852 | -14.9% |
| 232 | Lemon Grove, CA | 848 | -19.5% |
| 232 | Poway, CA | 848 | -19.6% |
| 234 | San Gabriel, CA | 838 | -19.4% |
| 235 | Danville, CA | 814 | -18.5% |
| 236 | East Palo Alto, CA | 800 | -18.6% |
| 237 | La Verne, CA | 798 | -18.2% |
| 238 | Dana Point, CA | 785 | -18.9% |
| 239 | Galt, CA | 776 | -17.4% |
| 240 | Beaumont, CA | 775 | -15.3% |
| 241 | Temple City, CA | 766 | -19.2% |
| 242 | Suisun City, CA | 762 | -18.7% |
| 243 | Campbell, CA | 751 | -19.2% |
| 244 | La Quinta, CA | 750 | -17.2% |
| 245 | Pleasant Hill, CA | 749 | -18.8% |
| 246 | Cypress, CA | 747 | -18.9% |
| 247 | Pacifica, CA | 744 | -18.5% |
| 248 | Walnut, CA | 743 | -19.1% |
| 249 | Marina, CA | 733 | -9.7% |
| 250 | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | 712 | -19.1% |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 7 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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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 (Cities in California by unemployed people, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19
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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in California by unemployed people, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/california-cities?period=2015. 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. Cities in California by unemployed people, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/california-cities?period=2015.
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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, Cities in California by unemployed people, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/california-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which city has the highest unemployed people?
Los Angeles, CA, with 142,613 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Which city has the lowest unemployed people?
Coronado, CA, with 258 in 2015.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.