California Unemployment Rate By County in January, 2021
Updated on April 6, 2023.

The seasonally adjusted Unemployment Rate of California in January, 2021 was 8.7%, according to recent data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 3 counties with the highest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in January, 2021 were:

  1. Imperial: 17.3%
  2. Colusa: 17.2%
  3. Mariposa: 14.1%

On the other hand, the 3 counties with the lowest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in January, 2021 were:

  1. Marin: 5.9%
  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 January, 2021. 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 January, 2021 (%)
California Unemployment Rate By County in January, 2021
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alameda 7.7
Alpine 7.4
Amador 9
Butte 8.6
Calaveras 7.4
Colusa 17.2
Contra Costa 8
Del Norte 9.6
El Dorado 7.4
Fresno 11
Glenn 8.4
Humboldt 8
Imperial 17.3
Inyo 7.7
Kern 11.5
Kings 11.3
Lake 9.5
Lassen 7.5
Los Angeles 11
Madera 10.5
Marin 5.9
Mariposa 14.1
Mendocino 8.3
Merced 12.6
Modoc 10.4
Mono 11
Monterey 12.8
Napa 9.8
Nevada 7.2
Orange 7.8
Placer 6.3
Plumas 13.1
Riverside 9
Sacramento 8.6
San Benito 9.4
San Bernardino 9.1
San Diego 8.5
San Francisco 6.6
San Joaquin 10.6
San Luis Obispo 7.3
San Mateo 6
Santa Barbara 8.4
Santa Clara 6.1
Santa Cruz 9.4
Shasta 8.4
Sierra 8.6
Siskiyou 10.8
Solano 9.3
Sonoma 7.6
Stanislaus 10.1
Sutter 11.1
Tehama 8.6
Trinity 8.6
Tulare 12.3
Tuolumne 9.9
Ventura 8
Yolo 7.5
Yuba 10.4

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