El Centro, California Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Centro fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2021 to 17.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 8.5 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in El Centro peaked in April 2020 at 30.0% and is now 13.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 16.5% in October 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare El Centro unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
| California | 8.5% | -0.5 | +4.2 |
| El Centro | 17.0% | 0.0 | -1.5 |
Unemployment Rate: El Centro, California, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
El Centro, California Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in El Centro peaked in December 2010 at 23,438. There are now 12,153 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 10,888 in November 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 397. El Centro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Centro, California) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Centro | 11,285 | -70 | -1,995 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
El Centro, California Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
El Centro Unemployment Rate |
El Centro Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 8.5% | 17.0% | 11,285 |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 9.0% | 17.0% | 11,355 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 9.3% | 19.1% | 12,951 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 8.7% | 16.5% | 10,888 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 9.8% | 16.5% | 11,091 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 10.6% | 19.3% | 13,062 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 12.3% | 19.3% | 13,164 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.2% | 26.0% | 19,299 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 14.1% | 29.0% | 21,681 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 15.6% | 29.9% | 22,065 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.0% | 30.0% | 22,237 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩
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