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Labor Force & Unemployment
By City & Unincorporated Community
Los Angeles County

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December 2020 (Preliminary Data)

Also see: Historical Employment/Unemployment Numbers (Since 1990) for Los Angeles County


Data not Seasonally Adjusted

City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Los Angeles County 4,896,200 4,374,500 521,600 10.7%
Acton* 3,400 3,100 300 8.1%
Agoura Hills 10,800 10,000 800 7.8%
Alhambra 44,000 40,100 3,900 8.9%
Alondra Park* 4,000 3,400 600 14.5%
Altadena* 22,500 20,700 1,800 8.1%
Arcadia 27,900 25,900 2,000 7.2%
Artesia 7,600 6,900 700 8.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Avalon 1,900 1,900 0 1.0%
Avocado Heights* 7,200 6,300 900 12.9%
Azusa 24,200 21,700 2,500 10.4%
Baldwin Park 33,400 29,600 3,800 11.3%
Bell 14,600 13,000 1,600 11.2%
Bell Gardens 17,700 15,500 2,200 12.3%
Bellflower 35,800 31,100 4,700 13.0%
Beverly Hills 17,100 15,800 1,300 7.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Bradbury 400 400 0 3.5%
Burbank 56,300 50,400 5,800 10.4%
Calabasas 11,400 10,700 800 6.7%
Carson 44,800 39,400 5,400 12.1%
Cerritos 24,100 22,000 2,100 8.8%
Charter Oak* 4,800 4,200 600 12.7%
Citrus* 5,100 4,700 400 7.5%
Claremont 16,200 14,800 1,300 8.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Commerce 5,700 5,000 700 12.6%
Compton 39,500 33,000 6,500 16.5%
Covina 23,200 20,500 2,600 11.3%
Cudahy 9,800 8,600 1,100 11.4%
Culver City 21,700 19,800 1,900 8.6%
Del Aire* 5,200 4,700 500 8.7%
Desert View Highlands* 1,100 900 200 16.3%
Diamond Bar 28,500 26,300 2,200 7.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Downey 55,200 49,300 5,900 10.7%
Duarte 10,800 9,400 1,400 12.7%
East Los Angeles* 55,800 46,400 9,400 16.8%
East Pasadena* 2,900 2,700 100 4.5%
East San Gabriel* 7,000 6,700 300 4.2%
El Monte 49,600 44,400 5,200 10.5%
El Segundo 9,200 8,100 1,100 12.3%
Florence-Graham* 27,200 23,400 3,800 14.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Gardena 29,800 25,900 3,900 12.9%
Glendale 98,800 89,100 9,800 9.9%
Glendora 24,600 22,500 2,100 8.7%
Hacienda Heights* 24,800 22,700 2,100 8.5%
Hawaiian Gardens 6,100 5,500 700 11.2%
Hawthorne 44,100 38,400 5,700 13.0%
Hermosa Beach 11,700 11,000 600 5.3%
Hidden Hills 600 500 100 8.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Huntington Park 25,500 22,800 2,800 10.9%
Industry 100 100 0 12.2%
Inglewood 52,300 44,800 7,600 14.5%
Irwindale 700 600 100 15.4%
La Cañada Flintridge 8,800 8,400 400 5.1%
La Crescenta-Montrose* 9,300 8,600 700 7.7%
La Habra Heights 2,500 2,300 200 8.8%
La Mirada 23,000 20,900 2,100 9.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
La Puente 18,300 16,300 2,000 10.9%
La Verne 15,100 13,800 1,300 8.8%
Ladera Heights* 3,400 3,000 400 12.9%
Lake Los Angeles* 3,700 3,000 700 19.2%
Lakewood 41,100 36,900 4,200 10.2%
Lancaster 64,400 54,600 9,800 15.2%
Lawndale 16,200 14,300 1,900 11.8%
Lennox* 10,500 9,300 1,200 11.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Littlerock* 600 500 100 21.2%
Lomita 10,700 9,700 1,000 9.6%
Long Beach 232,800 204,600 28,200 12.1%
Los Angeles 1,987,000 1,777,300 209,800 10.6%
Lynwood 28,100 24,300 3,900 13.8%
Malibu 6,200 5,700 400 6.8%
Manhattan Beach 18,300 17,200 1,100 5.9%
Marina del Rey* 6,500 6,100 400 6.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Mayflower Village* 2,900 2,700 200 7.1%
Maywood 11,900 10,600 1,300 10.6%
Monrovia 19,800 18,100 1,700 8.5%
Montebello 28,000 24,700 3,300 11.6%
Monterey Park 28,100 25,300 2,800 9.8%
North El Monte* 1,600 1,500 100 5.6%
Norwalk 49,000 43,200 5,800 11.8%
Palmdale 63,500 54,300 9,200 14.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Palos Verdes Estates 5,200 5,000 300 5.3%
Paramount 24,200 21,000 3,200 13.1%
Pasadena 74,500 68,200 6,300 8.5%
Pico Rivera 29,300 25,900 3,400 11.5%
Pomona 66,500 58,100 8,300 12.6%
Quartz Hill* 4,100 3,600 400 10.8%
Rancho Palos Verdes 18,200 17,000 1,300 6.9%
Redondo Beach 38,700 35,800 3,000 7.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Rolling Hills 500 500 100 9.7%
Rolling Hills Estates 3,300 3,000 300 8.1%
Rosemead 24,400 21,700 2,600 10.8%
Rowland Heights* 23,600 21,800 1,800 7.7%
San Dimas 17,000 15,400 1,600 9.2%
San Fernando 11,300 10,200 1,100 10.1%
San Gabriel 20,300 18,600 1,700 8.3%
San Marino 5,200 4,900 300 5.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Santa Clarita 107,200 97,200 9,900 9.3%
Santa Fe Springs 7,600 7,200 500 6.5%
Santa Monica 52,900 48,500 4,400 8.3%
Sierra Madre 5,400 4,800 600 10.7%
Signal Hill 6,100 5,500 600 9.9%
South El Monte 9,000 8,100 900 10.4%
South Gate 41,500 36,500 5,000 12.0%
South Pasadena 13,900 12,900 1,000 7.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
South San Gabriel* 3,800 3,300 400 11.3%
South San Jose Hills* 9,400 8,100 1,400 14.4%
South Whittier* 26,400 24,000 2,400 9.1%
Temple City 17,300 15,800 1,400 8.3%
Torrance 73,700 67,700 6,100 8.2%
Val Verde* 1,700 1,400 300 17.6%
Valinda* 12,700 11,200 1,400 11.1%
Vernon 0 0 0 6.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
View Park-Windsor Hills* 5,800 4,700 1,100 18.2%
Walnut 15,000 13,900 1,100 7.5%
Walnut Park* 7,500 6,700 800 11.0%
West Athens* 4,400 3,800 600 13.9%
West Carson* 10,600 9,700 900 8.9%
West Covina 50,700 45,300 5,500 10.7%
West Hollywood 25,800 23,200 2,600 10.0%
West Puente Valley* 11,300 9,600 1,800 15.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
West Whittier-Los Nietos* 11,700 10,900 900 7.3%
Westlake Village 3,600 3,400 200 5.8%
Westmont* 13,500 11,500 2,000 14.8%
Whittier 41,800 37,600 4,200 10.1%
Willowbrook* 9,400 8,000 1,400 15.2%

*Census-designated unincorporated community

March 2019 Benchmark
Data may not add due to rounding. All unemployment rates shown are calculated on unrounded data.

Source: California Employment Development Department