California Unemployment Rate By County in December, 2020
Updated on April 6, 2023.

The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate of California in December, 2020 was 9.1%, according to recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 3 counties with the highest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in December, 2020 were:

  1. Imperial: 18%
  2. Colusa: 14.7%
  3. Merced: 11.7%

On the other hand, the 3 counties with the lowest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in December, 2020 were:

  1. Marin: 5.8%
  2. San Mateo: 6%
  3. Santa Clara: 6.1%

Use the interactive visualization and table below to explore this data for each California county for December, 2020. You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for other months, and also the historical unemployment rate for each of California's counties.

See also: Historical California Unemployment Rate.

California Unemployment Rate By County in December, 2020 (%)
California Unemployment Rate By County in December, 2020
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alameda 7.8
Alpine 8.7
Amador 8.5
Butte 8.3
Calaveras 7.1
Colusa 14.7
Contra Costa 8
Del Norte 9.3
El Dorado 7.1
Fresno 10.6
Glenn 7.6
Humboldt 7.8
Imperial 18
Inyo 7
Kern 11.2
Kings 10.9
Lake 9.2
Lassen 7.1
Los Angeles 10.8
Madera 10
Marin 5.8
Mariposa 11.5
Mendocino 8
Merced 11.7
Modoc 9
Mono 9.8
Monterey 11.1
Napa 8.1
Nevada 7
Orange 7.7
Placer 6.2
Plumas 11
Riverside 8.9
Sacramento 8.6
San Benito 8.7
San Bernardino 9.1
San Diego 8.4
San Francisco 6.7
San Joaquin 10.4
San Luis Obispo 6.8
San Mateo 6
Santa Barbara 7.6
Santa Clara 6.1
Santa Cruz 8.4
Shasta 8.1
Sierra 7.6
Siskiyou 10.3
Solano 9.2
Sonoma 6.8
Stanislaus 9.9
Sutter 10.4
Tehama 8.3
Trinity 8
Tulare 11.6
Tuolumne 9.5
Ventura 7.7
Yolo 7.1
Yuba 9.9

California Unemployment Rate For Other Months and Years

Use the following links to see California's unemployment rate for other months and years. Or see links for all the available months and years here.
2020
2021
2022