California-Lexington Park, Maryland Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for California fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2018 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in California peaked in February 2010 at 6.8% and is now 2.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.5% in September 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.8 percentage points. You can also compare California unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | February 2018 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 4.1% | 0.0 | -0.6 |
Maryland | 4.2% | +0.1 | -0.1 |
California | 4.3% | 0.0 | +0.3 |
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 3,623. There are now 1,220 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,965 in September 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 438.
Unemployed Persons | February 2018 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
California | 2,403 | +8 | +182 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
California, Maryland Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Maryland Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2018 |
4.1% | — | — | — |
February 2018 |
4.1% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 2,403 |
January 2018 |
4.1% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 2,395 |
December 2017 |
4.1% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 2,239 |
November 2017 |
4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 2,266 |
October 2017 |
4.1% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 2,085 |
September 2017 |
4.2% | 4.0% | 3.5% | 1,965 |
August 2017 |
4.4% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 2,130 |
July 2017 |
4.3% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 2,171 |
June 2017 |
4.3% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 2,153 |
May 2017 |
4.3% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2,055 |
April 2017 |
4.4% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 2,137 |
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. ↩