Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Los Angeles fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Los Angeles peaked in December 2010 at 12.2% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Los Angeles unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
California	11.1%	-0.2	-1.4
Los Angeles	10.9%	-0.2	-1.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Los Angeles, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Los Angeles, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Los Angeles peaked in December 2010 at 786,975. There are now 83,726 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Los Angeles employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Los Angeles, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Los Angeles	703,249	-10,391	-83,726

Number of Unemployed Persons

Los Angeles, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	10.9%	703,249
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	11.1%	713,640
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	11.3%	729,787
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	11.4%	736,274
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	11.5%	739,333
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	11.5%	738,610
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	11.3%	729,682
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	11.2%	724,202
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	11.3%	731,135
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	11.5%	741,623
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	11.7%	758,924
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	12.0%	778,499