El Centro, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Centro fell 0.0 percentage points in May 2020 to 30.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 13.7 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate for El Centro in April 2020 is at a new high. You can also compare El Centro unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
California	16.3%	-0.1	+12.2
El Centro	30.0%	0.0	+12.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

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 1,359 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 12,818 in May 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 9,261. El Centro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Centro, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Centro	22,079	-158	+9,261

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Centro, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	El Centro Unemployment Rate	El Centro Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	—	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	16.3%	30.0%	22,079
April 2020	14.7%	16.4%	30.0%	22,237
March 2020	4.4%	5.5%	22.5%	16,612
February 2020	3.5%	3.9%	18.5%	13,280
January 2020	3.6%	3.9%	18.4%	13,196
December 2019	3.5%	3.9%	18.2%	13,073
November 2019	3.5%	3.9%	18.3%	13,099
October 2019	3.6%	3.9%	18.3%	13,116
September 2019	3.5%	3.9%	18.3%	13,109
August 2019	3.7%	3.9%	18.3%	13,053
July 2019	3.7%	4.0%	18.1%	12,942