California-Lexington Park, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for California fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2019 to 3.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in California peaked in February 2010 at 6.7% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare California unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.6%	+0.1	-0.2
Maryland	3.6%	-0.1	-0.1
California	3.4%	-0.1	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2019 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: California, Maryland, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

California, Maryland Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in California peaked in March 2010 at 3,549. There are now 1,630 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	October 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
California	1,919	-32	-55

Number of Unemployed Persons

California, Maryland Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maryland Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	California Unemployed
November 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
October 2019	3.6%	3.6%	3.4%	1,919
September 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.5%	1,951
August 2019	3.7%	3.8%	3.5%	1,975
July 2019	3.7%	3.8%	3.5%	1,945
June 2019	3.7%	3.8%	3.5%	1,928
May 2019	3.6%	3.8%	3.5%	1,965
April 2019	3.6%	3.8%	3.6%	1,997
March 2019	3.8%	3.8%	3.7%	2,027
February 2019	3.8%	3.7%	3.6%	2,011
January 2019	4.0%	3.7%	3.6%	1,990
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.6%	1,978