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Labor Force & Unemployment
Los Angeles County

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January 2024 (Preliminary Data) - Data not Seasonally Adjusted

City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Los Angeles County 5,018,800 4,722,100 296,600 5.9%
Acton 3,100 3,100 100 2.7%
Agoura Hills 11,200 10,600 600 5.2%
Alhambra 45,500 43,200 2,300 5.0%
Alondra Park 4,000 3,800 200 3.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Altadena 21,500 20,300 1,300 6.0%
Arcadia 28,700 27,300 1,400 4.8%
Artesia 7,800 7,200 600 7.4%
Avalon 2,000 2,000 0 0.0%
Avocado Heights 6,800 6,400 400 5.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Azusa 24,800 23,500 1,400 5.6%
Baldwin Park 33,900 31,900 2,000 5.8%
Bell 14,600 13,800 800 5.3%
Bell Gardens 17,500 16,500 1,100 6.0%
Bellflower 35,500 33,200 2,200 6.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Beverly Hills 17,600 16,800 900 5.0%
Bradbury 400 300 0 8.8%
Burbank 59,000 54,300 4,700 7.9%
Calabasas 11,500 10,500 1,000 8.4%
Carson 44,800 42,300 2,500 5.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Cerritos 24,400 23,200 1,200 4.9%
Charter Oak 5,200 4,900 300 5.9%
Citrus 5,500 5,200 300 5.3%
Claremont 16,500 15,700 800 5.1%
Commerce 5,400 5,000 300 6.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Compton 37,900 35,200 2,700 7.1%
Covina 23,600 22,200 1,400 5.8%
Cudahy 9,800 9,200 600 5.9%
Culver City 22,700 21,300 1,300 5.9%
Del Aire 5,400 5,200 200 3.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Desert View Highlands 1,400 1,300 100 6.5%
Diamond Bar 29,500 28,100 1,400 4.7%
Downey 55,600 52,600 3,000 5.3%
Duarte 11,100 10,500 600 5.5%
East Los Angeles 54,700 51,500 3,200 5.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
East Pasadena 2,700 2,600 100 2.8%
East San Gabriel 11,400 10,700 700 6.3%
El Monte 50,100 47,400 2,800 5.6%
El Segundo 10,000 9,500 500 5.0%
Florence-Graham 28,000 25,700 2,300 8.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Gardena 29,500 27,900 1,600 5.5%
Glendale 102,100 96,000 6,100 6.0%
Glendora 25,300 24,000 1,300 5.0%
Hacienda Heights 26,600 25,400 1,200 4.7%
Hawaiian Gardens 6,600 6,300 300 4.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Hawthorne 42,900 40,600 2,400 5.5%
Hermosa Beach 11,500 11,000 400 3.6%
Hidden Hills 900 900 0 3.8%
Huntington Park 25,700 24,300 1,400 5.3%
Industry 100 100 0 6.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Inglewood 51,400 48,100 3,200 6.3%
Irwindale 700 700 0 5.3%
La Cañada Flintridge 8,800 8,400 400 4.1%
La Crescenta-Montrose 9,900 9,300 600 6.2%
La Habra Heights 2,900 2,900 100 2.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
La Mirada 23,500 22,300 1,200 5.0%
La Puente 18,600 17,600 1,000 5.4%
La Verne 16,000 15,100 800 5.2%
Ladera Heights 3,100 2,900 200 5.4%
Lake Los Angeles 4,000 3,700 300 7.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Lakewood 41,700 39,500 2,200 5.2%
Lancaster 63,800 58,700 5,200 8.1%
Lawndale 16,100 15,300 800 5.0%
Lennox 11,300 10,600 700 6.1%
Littlerock 400 400 0 9.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Lomita 10,900 10,600 300 2.4%
Long Beach 231,700 218,300 13,300 5.8%
Los Angeles 2,067,100 1,940,000 127,200 6.2%
Lynwood 27,600 25,900 1,700 6.2%
Malibu 5,300 5,100 200 4.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Manhattan Beach 19,100 18,200 900 4.6%
Marina del Rey 7,000 6,700 300 4.0%
Mayflower Village 2,800 2,700 100 3.4%
Maywood 12,000 11,400 600 5.2%
Monrovia 21,500 20,400 1,100 5.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Montebello 28,300 26,700 1,600 5.7%
Monterey Park 28,700 27,300 1,400 4.9%
North El Monte 2,000 1,900 0 2.5%
Norwalk 49,000 46,300 2,800 5.7%
Palmdale 62,000 57,200 4,800 7.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Palos Verdes Estates 5,500 5,300 100 2.7%
Paramount 23,900 22,500 1,400 6.0%
Pasadena 78,900 74,700 4,300 5.4%
Pico Rivera 29,500 27,700 1,800 6.0%
Pomona 66,700 62,500 4,200 6.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Quartz Hill 4,600 4,400 200 4.1%
Rancho Palos Verdes 19,100 18,200 900 4.7%
Redondo Beach 40,100 38,200 1,900 4.8%
Rolling Hills 500 500 0 5.9%
Rolling Hills Estates 3,400 3,200 200 6.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Rosemead 24,600 23,300 1,300 5.3%
Rowland Heights 23,800 22,400 1,400 5.9%
San Dimas 17,400 16,500 800 4.7%
San Fernando 11,700 11,200 500 4.5%
San Gabriel 20,900 20,000 900 4.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
San Marino 5,700 5,500 200 2.9%
Santa Clarita 113,100 106,600 6,400 5.7%
Santa Fe Springs 8,900 8,500 400 4.0%
Santa Monica 55,800 52,400 3,400 6.1%
Sierra Madre 6,100 5,800 200 3.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Signal Hill 6,100 5,900 200 3.6%
South El Monte 8,900 8,400 400 4.7%
South Gate 42,000 39,500 2,500 6.0%
South Pasadena 14,600 13,800 800 5.6%
South San Gabriel 3,700 3,500 100 3.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
South San Jose Hills 9,700 9,000 700 6.9%
South Whittier 28,800 27,600 1,300 4.4%
Temple City 17,800 16,900 900 5.1%
Torrance 75,900 72,400 3,600 4.7%
Val Verde 1,600 1,500 100 5.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
Valinda 11,400 10,800 600 5.5%
Vernon 100 100 0 7.0%
View Park-Windsor Hills 5,800 5,300 500 8.7%
Walnut 15,600 14,900 700 4.5%
Walnut Park 8,100 7,600 600 6.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
West Athens 4,600 4,100 500 10.0%
West Carson 11,500 10,900 600 5.1%
West Covina 51,300 48,400 2,800 5.5%
West Hollywood 26,300 24,300 2,000 7.7%
West Puente Valley 10,700 10,000 700 6.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate*
West Whittier-Los Nietos 12,000 11,500 500 4.2%
Westlake Village 3,800 3,700 100 1.8%
Westmont 15,100 13,700 1,500 9.6%
Whittier 42,200 39,900 2,400 5.6%
Willowbrook 10,000 9,200 800 8.4%

* The unemployment rate is calculated using unrounded data.
† Census-designated unincorporated community.

Data not seasonally adjusted. Data may not add due to rounding.
Labor force data reflect the March 2020 annual revision (or benchmark) and Census 2014 population controls at the state level.

Source: California Employment Development Department