El Centro, California Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Centro fell 5.6 percentage points in August 2020 to 20.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 9.2 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in El Centro peaked in April 2020 at 30.0% and is now 9.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Centro unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | August 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 8.4% | -1.8 | +4.7 |
| California | 11.2% | -2.3 | +7.3 |
| El Centro | 20.4% | -5.6 | +2.1 |
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 9,405 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 1,215. El Centro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Centro, California) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | August 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Centro | 14,033 | -5,266 | +980 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
El Centro, California Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
El Centro Unemployment Rate |
El Centro Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 |
7.9% | 11.0% | — | — |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 11.2% | 20.4% | 14,033 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.5% | 26.0% | 19,299 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 14.9% | 29.0% | 21,681 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 16.4% | 29.9% | 22,065 |
| 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 |
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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