Visalia-Porterville, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Visalia rose 0.2 percentage points in May 2018 to 9.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 5.4 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Visalia peaked in December 2010 at 17.5% and is now 7.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 9.4% in March 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Visalia unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
California	4.2%	0.0	-0.7
Visalia	9.6%	+0.2	-1.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Visalia, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Visalia, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Visalia peaked in November 2010 at 35,736. There are now 15,972 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 19,322 in April 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 442. Visalia employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Visalia, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Visalia	19,764	+442	-2,004

Number of Unemployed Persons

Visalia, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Visalia Unemployment Rate	Visalia Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	9.6%	19,764
April 2018	3.9%	4.2%	9.4%	19,322
March 2018	4.1%	4.3%	9.4%	19,408
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	9.7%	19,944
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	9.6%	19,550
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	9.7%	19,906
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	9.8%	20,094
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	9.9%	20,363
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	10.1%	20,840
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	10.4%	21,240
July 2017	4.3%	4.7%	10.4%	21,319