# Counties in California by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 58 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/california-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/california-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Imperial County | 21.9 |
| 2 | Alpine County | 10.4 |
| 2 | Tulare County | 10.4 |
| 4 | Colusa County | 9.4 |
| 5 | Merced County | 8.9 |
| 6 | Kings County | 8.5 |
| 7 | Kern County | 8.4 |
| 8 | Fresno County | 7.8 |
| 9 | Madera County | 7.4 |
| 9 | Sutter County | 7.4 |
| 11 | Siskiyou County | 7.3 |
| 12 | Lake County | 7.2 |
| 13 | Glenn County | 7.1 |
| 14 | Stanislaus County | 7 |
| 15 | Yuba County | 6.7 |
| 16 | Lassen County | 6.6 |
| 17 | Del Norte County | 6.5 |
| 17 | San Joaquin County | 6.5 |
| 19 | Calaveras County | 6.3 |
| 20 | Butte County | 6.2 |
| 20 | Riverside County | 6.2 |
| 20 | Tehama County | 6.2 |
| 23 | Modoc County | 6.1 |
| 24 | San Benito County | 5.9 |
| 25 | Amador County | 5.8 |
| 26 | Monterey County | 5.7 |
| 26 | Plumas County | 5.7 |
| 26 | San Bernardino County | 5.7 |
| 26 | Yolo County | 5.7 |
| 30 | Humboldt County | 5.6 |
| 30 | Mariposa County | 5.6 |
| 30 | Mendocino County | 5.6 |
| 30 | Tuolumne County | 5.6 |
| 34 | Solano County | 5.5 |
| 34 | Trinity County | 5.5 |
| 36 | Sacramento County | 5.3 |
| 36 | Santa Cruz County | 5.3 |
| 36 | Shasta County | 5.3 |
| 39 | El Dorado County | 5.1 |
| 40 | Contra Costa County | 5 |
| 40 | Nevada County | 5 |
| 40 | Ventura County | 5 |
| 43 | Alameda County | 4.9 |
| 43 | Los Angeles County | 4.9 |
| 43 | San Diego County | 4.9 |
| 46 | Inyo County | 4.7 |
| 46 | San Luis Obispo County | 4.7 |
| 48 | Santa Barbara County | 4.6 |
| 49 | Placer County | 4.5 |
| 49 | Sonoma County | 4.5 |
| 51 | Marin County | 4.4 |
| 51 | Orange County | 4.4 |
| 51 | Sierra County | 4.4 |
| 54 | Mono County | 4.3 |
| 54 | Napa County | 4.3 |
| 54 | Santa Clara County | 4.3 |
| 57 | San Francisco County | 4.2 |
| 58 | San Mateo County | 4 |