California-Lexington Park, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for California fell 0.0 percentage points in July 2020 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points lower than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in California peaked in April 2020 at 7.3% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.7% in June 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare California unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	10.2%	-0.9	+6.5
Maryland	7.8%	-0.5	+4.2
California	5.7%	0.0	+2.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2020 data as August 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 April 2020 at 4,037. There are now 939 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
California	3,098	-34	+1,217

Number of Unemployed Persons

California, Maryland Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maryland Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	California Unemployed
August 2020	8.4%	6.9%	—	—
July 2020	10.2%	7.8%	5.7%	3,098
June 2020	11.1%	8.3%	5.7%	3,132
May 2020	13.3%	10.0%	6.9%	3,714
April 2020	14.7%	10.1%	7.3%	4,037
March 2020	4.4%	3.3%	3.1%	1,768
February 2020	3.5%	3.3%	3.1%	1,766
January 2020	3.6%	3.3%	3.1%	1,784
December 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.1%	1,780
November 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.1%	1,803
October 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.2%	1,830
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.2%	1,855