Data / Rankings / Unemployed people / Cities in California

Cities in California by unemployed people

Los Angeles, CA had the highest unemployed people of 279 cities in 2019, at 93,992. Paradise, CA had the lowest, at 203. The median was 1,155. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest93,992Los Angeles, CA
Lowest203Paradise, CA
Median1,155279 cities

Top 40 cities, 2019

Los Angeles, CA: 93,992 personsLos Angeles, CA93,992San Diego, CA: 22,050 personsSan Diego, CA22,050San Jose, CA: 14,798 personsSan Jose, CA14,798Fresno, CA: 13,611 personsFresno, CA13,611San Francisco, CA: 12,957 personsSan Francisco, CA12,957Long Beach, CA: 11,207 personsLong Beach, CA11,207Bakersfield, CA: 9,655 personsBakersfield, CA9,655Sacramento, CA: 9,088 personsSacramento, CA9,088Stockton, CA: 9,022 personsStockton, CA9,022Calexico, CA: 8,098 personsCalexico, CA8,098Oakland, CA: 7,391 personsOakland, CA7,391Salinas, CA: 6,886 personsSalinas, CA6,886Riverside, CA: 5,561 personsRiverside, CA5,561Modesto, CA: 5,254 personsModesto, CA5,254Anaheim, CA: 5,120 personsAnaheim, CA5,120Delano, CA: 5,104 personsDelano, CA5,104Santa Clarita, CA: 5,030 personsSanta Clarita, CA5,030Oxnard, CA: 4,581 personsOxnard, CA4,581Lancaster, CA: 4,477 personsLancaster, CA4,477Santa Ana, CA: 4,447 personsSanta Ana, CA4,447Chula Vista, CA: 4,391 personsChula Vista, CA4,391Glendale, CA: 4,268 personsGlendale, CA4,268Palmdale, CA: 4,187 personsPalmdale, CA4,187Moreno Valley, CA: 4,174 personsMoreno Valley, CA4,174Irvine, CA: 4,173 personsIrvine, CA4,173San Bernardino, CA: 4,172 personsSan Bernardino, CA4,172Fontana, CA: 3,518 personsFontana, CA3,518Pomona, CA: 3,389 personsPomona, CA3,389Visalia, CA: 3,199 personsVisalia, CA3,199Porterville, CA: 3,152 personsPorterville, CA3,152Pasadena, CA: 3,139 personsPasadena, CA3,139Burbank, CA: 3,082 personsBurbank, CA3,082Huntington Beach, CA: 3,075 personsHuntington Beach, CA3,075Fremont, CA: 3,035 personsFremont, CA3,035Santa Maria, CA: 3,019 personsSanta Maria, CA3,019Ontario, CA: 2,973 personsOntario, CA2,973Torrance, CA: 2,892 personsTorrance, CA2,892Inglewood, CA: 2,850 personsInglewood, CA2,850Watsonville, CA: 2,800 personsWatsonville, CA2,800Oceanside, CA: 2,789 personsOceanside, CA2,789Los Angeles, CA: 93,992 personsLos Angeles, CA93,992San Diego, CA: 22,050 personsSan Diego, CA22,050San Jose, CA: 14,798 personsSan Jose, CA14,798Fresno, CA: 13,611 personsFresno, CA13,611San Francisco, CA: 12,957 personsSan Francisco, CA12,957Long Beach, CA: 11,207 personsLong Beach, CA11,207Bakersfield, CA: 9,655 personsBakersfield, CA9,655Sacramento, CA: 9,088 personsSacramento, CA9,088Stockton, CA: 9,022 personsStockton, CA9,022Calexico, CA: 8,098 personsCalexico, CA8,098Oakland, CA: 7,391 personsOakland, CA7,391Salinas, CA: 6,886 personsSalinas, CA6,886Riverside, CA: 5,561 personsRiverside, CA5,561Modesto, CA: 5,254 personsModesto, CA5,254Anaheim, CA: 5,120 personsAnaheim, CA5,120Delano, CA: 5,104 personsDelano, CA5,104Santa Clarita, CA: 5,030 personsSanta Clarita, CA5,030Oxnard, CA: 4,581 personsOxnard, CA4,581Lancaster, CA: 4,477 personsLancaster, CA4,477Santa Ana, CA: 4,447 personsSanta Ana, CA4,447Chula Vista, CA: 4,391 personsChula Vista, CA4,391Glendale, CA: 4,268 personsGlendale, CA4,268Palmdale, CA: 4,187 personsPalmdale, CA4,187Moreno Valley, CA: 4,174 personsMoreno Valley, CA4,174Irvine, CA: 4,173 personsIrvine, CA4,173San Bernardino, CA: 4,172 personsSan Bernardino, CA4,172Fontana, CA: 3,518 personsFontana, CA3,518Pomona, CA: 3,389 personsPomona, CA3,389Visalia, CA: 3,199 personsVisalia, CA3,199Porterville, CA: 3,152 personsPorterville, CA3,152Pasadena, CA: 3,139 personsPasadena, CA3,139Burbank, CA: 3,082 personsBurbank, CA3,082Huntington Beach, CA: 3,075 personsHuntington Beach, CA3,075Fremont, CA: 3,035 personsFremont, CA3,035Santa Maria, CA: 3,019 personsSanta Maria, CA3,019Ontario, CA: 2,973 personsOntario, CA2,973Torrance, CA: 2,892 personsTorrance, CA2,892Inglewood, CA: 2,850 personsInglewood, CA2,850Watsonville, CA: 2,800 personsWatsonville, CA2,800Oceanside, CA: 2,789 personsOceanside, CA2,789
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Los Angeles, CA93,992-2.3%
2San Diego, CA22,050-4.1%
3San Jose, CA14,798-2.8%
4Fresno, CA13,611-1.3%
5San Francisco, CA12,957-5.4%
6Long Beach, CA11,207-2.3%
7Bakersfield, CA9,655-2.8%
8Sacramento, CA9,088-3.1%
9Stockton, CA9,022-1.9%
10Calexico, CA8,098+39%
11Oakland, CA7,391-2.6%
12Salinas, CA6,886-0.8%
13Riverside, CA5,561-4.1%
14Modesto, CA5,254-6.5%
15Anaheim, CA5,120-3.7%
16Delano, CA5,104+2.5%
17Santa Clarita, CA5,030-4%
18Oxnard, CA4,581-5.3%
19Lancaster, CA4,477-0.1%
20Santa Ana, CA4,447-2.6%
21Chula Vista, CA4,391-2.1%
22Glendale, CA4,268-6.3%
23Palmdale, CA4,187-2.2%
24Moreno Valley, CA4,174-1.9%
25Irvine, CA4,173-3%
26San Bernardino, CA4,172-6.9%
27Fontana, CA3,518-6.3%
28Pomona, CA3,389-2%
29Visalia, CA3,199+2.3%
30Porterville, CA3,152+1.6%
31Pasadena, CA3,1390%
32Burbank, CA3,082-3.3%
33Huntington Beach, CA3,075-2.7%
34Fremont, CA3,035-4.9%
35Santa Maria, CA3,019-4.4%
36Ontario, CA2,973-3.6%
37Torrance, CA2,892-4.7%
38Inglewood, CA2,850-3.2%
39Watsonville, CA2,800+1.2%
40Oceanside, CA2,789-2%
41Rancho Cucamonga, CA2,785-6.5%
42Victorville, CA2,647-2.6%
43Elk Grove, CA2,645-2.4%
44Hayward, CA2,571-1.1%
45Santa Rosa, CA2,540-3.9%
46Corona, CA2,539-6.8%
47Garden Grove, CA2,527-5.9%
48Santa Monica, CA2,497-2.2%
49El Centro, CA2,468-5.1%
50Vallejo, CA2,430-5.6%
51Downey, CA2,429-7.2%
52Compton, CA2,426-3.2%
52Yuba City, CA2,426+0.4%
54West Covina, CA2,412-2.9%
55Carson, CA2,333+0.3%
56Merced, CA2,300-0.8%
57Norwalk, CA2,281-1.6%
58Madera, CA2,184+1.3%
59El Monte, CA2,180-7.4%
60Escondido, CA2,162-2.5%
61Indio, CA2,161-3.7%
62Clovis, CA2,135-1.9%
63Roseville, CA2,121+1.1%
64Fullerton, CA2,110-3.7%
65Reedley, CA2,105-6.2%
66Antioch, CA2,067-3.8%
67Chico, CA2,058+7.2%
68South Gate, CA2,039-2.6%
69Rialto, CA2,036-0.5%
70Hawthorne, CA2,031-7%
71Orange, CA2,025-6.3%
72Coachella, CA2,016-6.2%
73Whittier, CA2,011-0.8%
74Simi Valley, CA2,007-5.9%
75Fairfield, CA1,985-1.5%
76Richmond, CA1,922-3.7%
77Hesperia, CA1,886-1.7%
78Concord, CA1,879+0.4%
79Bellflower, CA1,876-3.1%
80Thousand Oaks, CA1,871-6%
81Lakewood, CA1,838-4.8%
82Sunnyvale, CA1,819-7.1%
83Murrieta, CA1,816-3.3%
84Berkeley, CA1,803-1.9%
85Jurupa Valley, CA1,781-2%
86Alhambra, CA1,772-4.1%
87Hemet, CA1,765-3.1%
88Los Banos, CA1,746-2.9%
89San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA1,737-6.3%
90Hanford, CA1,721+4.6%
91Temecula, CA1,720-9.2%
92Tulare, CA1,705-0.5%
93Lodi, CA1,704-2.2%
94Redding, CA1,699-3.6%
95Costa Mesa, CA1,692-2.8%
96Manteca, CA1,679+0.2%
97El Cajon, CA1,673-1.5%
98Menifee, CA1,666-3.1%
99Tracy, CA1,654-1.6%
100Carlsbad, CA1,632-3.9%
101Santa Clara, CA1,621-5.3%
102Woodland, CA1,615-2%
103Baldwin Park, CA1,612-4.3%
104Vista, CA1,588-0.6%
105Citrus Heights, CA1,564-5.1%
105Redondo Beach, CA1,564-4.9%
107Turlock, CA1,562-3.6%
108Ceres, CA1,547-6.5%
109Pico Rivera, CA1,509-5%
110Perris, CA1,500-1.4%
111San Leandro, CA1,499-0.7%
112Vacaville, CA1,485-6.5%
113Brawley, CA1,456-0.7%
114Lynwood, CA1,451-6%
115Montebello, CA1,431-3%
116Gardena, CA1,419-2%
117Chino, CA1,402-2%
118Mission Viejo, CA1,401-6.2%
119Daly City, CA1,379-5.9%
120West Hollywood, CA1,378-4%
121Rancho Cordova, CA1,354-1.5%
122Apple Valley, CA1,353-4.9%
123Westminster, CA1,321-7.9%
124San Marcos, CA1,309-1.8%
125Pittsburg, CA1,292-2.3%
126Napa, CA1,291-2.9%
127Buena Park, CA1,286-2.5%
128San Mateo, CA1,283-6.7%
129Lake Forest, CA1,247-5.1%
130Monterey Park, CA1,241-2.3%
131Upland, CA1,240-8%
132Lake Elsinore, CA1,226-1%
133Paramount, CA1,212-4.2%
134Livermore, CA1,200-3.3%
135Covina, CA1,193-3.2%
136Milpitas, CA1,192+0.8%
137Huntington Park, CA1,173-2.3%
138Santa Barbara, CA1,171-9.5%
139Hollister, CA1,161+1.7%
140Tustin, CA1,155-5.3%
141Wasco, CA1,142-7.5%
142Newport Beach, CA1,128-8.3%
143Chino Hills, CA1,127-5.2%
144Alameda, CA1,111-6.8%
144Diamond Bar, CA1,111-0.5%
146Redlands, CA1,103-5.4%
147Santa Paula, CA1,098+1.9%
148Union City, CA1,091-1%
149Azusa, CA1,089-3.8%
150Santa Cruz, CA1,077-2.5%
151San Ramon, CA1,073-6.2%
152Glendora, CA1,063-6.1%
153Rosemead, CA1,058-0.8%
154Rocklin, CA1,041+1.5%
155Pleasanton, CA1,036-1.4%
156Palm Desert, CA1,030-3.1%
157National City, CA1,025-7.2%
158Folsom, CA1,020-1.6%
158La Mirada, CA1,020-6.1%
160Camarillo, CA1,015+1.6%
161Arcadia, CA1,006-2.3%
162San Jacinto, CA1,003-1.5%
163Culver City, CA1,001-3.2%
164Eastvale, CA997-6.4%
165Cathedral City, CA990-4.3%
166Redwood City, CA989-8.7%
166Sanger, CA989-1.5%
168Colton, CA985-4.3%
168La Mesa, CA985-3.8%
170Brentwood, CA976-2.2%
171Laguna Niguel, CA973-3.1%
172Highland, CA972-5%
173West Sacramento, CA964-7.3%
174Mountain View, CA960-5.5%
175Gilroy, CA941-4%
176Cerritos, CA935-5.8%
177South San Francisco, CA9150%
178Yorba Linda, CA914-6.2%
179Davis, CA910-3.6%
179La Habra, CA910-7.5%
181Walnut Creek, CA909-7.4%
182Atwater, CA887-6.9%
183Lompoc, CA885-2.2%
184Santee, CA881-5.5%
185Dublin, CA871-5.1%
186San Clemente, CA852-6.7%
187La Puente, CA848-6.1%
188Soledad, CA845+3.7%
189Palm Springs, CA843-6.3%
190Yucaipa, CA828-4.8%
191Fountain Valley, CA824-7.6%
192Encinitas, CA822-8.2%
193Adelanto, CA810+4.5%
194Petaluma, CA802-3.3%
195Monrovia, CA797-5.3%
196Bell Gardens, CA793-3.9%
197Aliso Viejo, CA781-3.1%
198San Gabriel, CA778-2.1%
199Beaumont, CA777+2.2%
200Placentia, CA768-3.6%
201San Dimas, CA757-1.9%
202Beverly Hills, CA755+4.4%
202La Quinta, CA755-7.1%
204Cypress, CA751-7.3%
205San Rafael, CA747-7.2%
206Palo Alto, CA733-9.4%
207Oakley, CA731+2.8%
208Cupertino, CA726-8.2%
209Rancho Palos Verdes, CA723-4.2%
210Claremont, CA720-4.6%
211Bell, CA710-5.6%
211Rancho Santa Margarita, CA710-7.2%
213Corcoran, CA709+0.7%
214Lemoore, CA694-2.7%
215Lawndale, CA692-3.1%
216Novato, CA689-4.3%
217Desert Hot Springs, CA6870%
218Temple City, CA686-3.2%
219Newark, CA683-1.7%
220La Verne, CA678-3.8%
221Lincoln, CA673+1.8%
222Manhattan Beach, CA663-2.9%
223Morgan Hill, CA653-5.6%
224Brea, CA652-7.5%
224Rohnert Park, CA652+0.6%
224Wildomar, CA652-5.5%
227Poway, CA651-7.5%
228Campbell, CA629-5.1%
229San Luis Obispo, CA628-2.8%
230Montclair, CA601-10.7%
231Galt, CA599-2.3%
232San Bruno, CA589-6.7%
232South Pasadena, CA589-2.6%
234Martinez, CA581-4.8%
235Stanton, CA575-6.7%
236Moorpark, CA572-4.5%
237Walnut, CA5600%
238Banning, CA557+0.4%
239Danville, CA554-4.6%
240Suisun City, CA542+3.4%
241Pacifica, CA516-9.9%
242Maywood, CA500-5.8%
243San Pablo, CA491-2.2%
244Pleasant Hill, CA489-6.7%
245Dana Point, CA486-5.1%
246Imperial Beach, CA481-6.4%
246Lemon Grove, CA481-1.2%
248Seaside, CA465+1.1%
249Agoura Hills, CA461-7.1%
250San Juan Capistrano, CA455-6.6%

Showing the top 250 of 279. The Excel download has every row.

Other periods

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. 6 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in California by unemployed people, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in California by unemployed people, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

Harvard

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_cities_in_california_by_2019,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Cities in California by unemployed people, 2019}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/california-cities?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Cities in California by unemployed people, 2019
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.CurrentU15-19
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/california-cities?period=2019
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/california-cities?period=2019.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
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:

Rank Cities in California by unemployed people using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"unemployed_persons","level":"municipality","within":"California","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=unemployed_persons&level=municipality&within=California&limit=10

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

Questions

Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Los Angeles, CA, with 93,992 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Paradise, CA, with 203 in 2019.

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. 6 cities have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.

Unemployed people: other rankings

Cities in California: more rankings