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BLS Open Data · April 2026

California Unemployment Rate by County

Statewide rate: 5.3% (April 2026)

Unemployment Rate in California and Neighbouring States

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Unemployment Rate by County

San Benito County, California: $6.2Shasta County, California: $5Sierra County, California: $5.5Fresno County, California: $8.2Amador County, California: $5.3El Dorado County, California: $4.6Monterey County, California: $7.2San Bernardino County, California: $4.8Tehama County, California: $5.8Nevada County, California: $4.5Tuolumne County, California: $5.2Santa Barbara County, California: $4.1Trinity County, California: $5.6Stanislaus County, California: $6.8Colusa County, California: $13.5Alpine County, California: $6.9Siskiyou County, California: $7.3Del Norte County, California: $6Inyo County, California: $4.2San Joaquin County, California: $6.1Imperial County, California: $16.5Calaveras County, California: $5.8Butte County, California: $5.6Madera County, California: $7.7Ventura County, California: $4.2Orange County, California: $3.7Kern County, California: $8.7Contra Costa County, California: $4.2Kings County, California: $8.9Mendocino County, California: $5.2Sonoma County, California: $4Yuba County, California: $6.4Merced County, California: $9.6Tulare County, California: $10.2Sacramento County, California: $4.5Solano County, California: $4.7San Francisco County, California: $3.5Mariposa County, California: $6Marin County, California: $3.7Sutter County, California: $8.6Lassen County, California: $6.4Riverside County, California: $4.9Plumas County, California: $7.6Santa Clara County, California: $3.7Placer County, California: $3.9San Luis Obispo County, California: $4San Mateo County, California: $3.3Mono County, California: $3.2San Diego County, California: $4.1Napa County, California: $4Alameda County, California: $4.1Yolo County, California: $5.3Lake County, California: $6.7Los Angeles County, California: $5.2Glenn County, California: $6.7Santa Cruz County, California: $6.2Humboldt County, California: $4.8Modoc County, California: $7

How California Compares to Other States

Average county unemployment rate ranked against all states with BLS data.

Lower unemployment than 6% of states · 50th of 52

Lowest: North Dakota(2.4%)
Highest: Alaska(7.1%)
#StateValue
1South Dakota1.9%
2Iowa2.4%
3North Dakota2.4%
… 46 more …
50California(you are here)6.0%
51Puerto Rico6.5%
52Alaska7.1%

Highest & Lowest Unemployment Rate by County

#CountyValue
1Imperial County16.5%
2Colusa County13.5%
3Tulare County10.2%
56San Francisco County3.5%
57San Mateo County3.3%
58Mono County3.2%

Counties in California (58)

CountyUnemployment Rate
Alameda County, California4.1%
Alpine County, California6.9%
Amador County, California5.3%
Butte County, California5.6%
Calaveras County, California5.8%
Colusa County, California13.5%
Contra Costa County, California4.2%
Del Norte County, California6%
El Dorado County, California4.6%
Fresno County, California8.2%
Glenn County, California6.7%
Humboldt County, California4.8%
Imperial County, California16.5%
Inyo County, California4.2%
Kern County, California8.7%
Kings County, California8.9%
Lake County, California6.7%
Lassen County, California6.4%
Los Angeles County, California5.2%
Madera County, California7.7%
Marin County, California3.7%
Mariposa County, California6%
Mendocino County, California5.2%
Merced County, California9.6%
Modoc County, California7%
Mono County, California3.2%
Monterey County, California7.2%
Napa County, California4%
Nevada County, California4.5%
Orange County, California3.7%
Placer County, California3.9%
Plumas County, California7.6%
Riverside County, California4.9%
Sacramento County, California4.5%
San Benito County, California6.2%
San Bernardino County, California4.8%
San Diego County, California4.1%
San Francisco County, California3.5%
San Joaquin County, California6.1%
San Luis Obispo County, California4%
San Mateo County, California3.3%
Santa Barbara County, California4.1%
Santa Clara County, California3.7%
Santa Cruz County, California6.2%
Shasta County, California5%
Sierra County, California5.5%
Siskiyou County, California7.3%
Solano County, California4.7%
Sonoma County, California4%
Stanislaus County, California6.8%
Sutter County, California8.6%
Tehama County, California5.8%
Trinity County, California5.6%
Tulare County, California10.2%
Tuolumne County, California5.2%
Ventura County, California4.2%
Yolo County, California5.3%
Yuba County, California6.4%

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Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS), public domain. Reference month: April 2026.