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

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July 2021 (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 5,102,700 4,581,300 521,300 10.2%
Acton* 3,500 3,200 300 8.7%
Agoura Hills 11,200 10,400 900 7.7%
Alhambra 46,400 41,800 4,600 9.8%
Alondra Park* 4,300 3,900 400 9.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Altadena* 23,100 20,900 2,200 9.4%
Arcadia 29,300 27,000 2,300 7.8%
Artesia 8,000 7,200 700 9.1%
Avalon 2,000 2,000 0 0.1%
Avocado Heights* 7,500 6,500 1,000 13.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Azusa 25,500 22,900 2,600 10.3%
Baldwin Park 34,600 31,000 3,700 10.6%
Bell 15,200 13,600 1,600 10.7%
Bell Gardens 18,200 16,200 2,000 10.8%
Bellflower 37,500 32,500 5,000 13.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Beverly Hills 17,900 16,500 1,400 7.9%
Bradbury 400 400 0 3.7%
Burbank 59,600 52,500 7,000 11.8%
Calabasas 12,200 11,300 800 6.9%
Carson 46,500 41,300 5,200 11.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Cerritos 24,900 22,900 2,100 8.3%
Charter Oak* 5,300 4,600 700 13.6%
Citrus* 5,100 4,600 500 9.0%
Claremont 16,900 15,600 1,300 7.8%
Commerce 5,800 5,200 600 10.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Compton 40,200 34,400 5,700 14.3%
Covina 24,000 21,400 2,600 10.9%
Cudahy 10,100 9,000 1,000 10.4%
Culver City 22,700 20,900 1,800 8.0%
Del Aire* 5,100 4,800 300 6.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Desert View Highlands* 1,400 1,200 100 10.3%
Diamond Bar 30,100 27,400 2,600 8.8%
Downey 57,500 51,500 6,000 10.5%
Duarte 11,300 10,000 1,300 11.5%
East Los Angeles* 58,100 49,500 8,700 14.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
East Pasadena* 2,900 2,800 100 4.0%
East San Gabriel* 7,400 7,000 400 5.1%
El Monte 52,200 46,800 5,500 10.4%
El Segundo 9,700 8,700 1,100 10.8%
Florence-Graham* 29,500 25,400 4,100 13.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Gardena 30,800 27,200 3,600 11.7%
Glendale 103,900 93,000 10,900 10.5%
Glendora 25,800 23,500 2,300 8.8%
Hacienda Heights* 26,300 24,100 2,100 8.1%
Hawaiian Gardens 6,500 5,800 600 9.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Hawthorne 45,300 40,000 5,300 11.6%
Hermosa Beach 12,000 11,100 800 6.9%
Hidden Hills 700 700 100 12.2%
Huntington Park 26,500 23,700 2,700 10.4%
Industry 200 200 0 12.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Inglewood 53,500 46,600 6,800 12.8%
Irwindale 700 600 100 12.8%
La Cañada Flintridge 8,900 8,400 500 5.3%
La Crescenta-Montrose* 9,500 8,700 800 8.2%
La Habra Heights 3,200 3,000 200 7.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
La Mirada 24,000 21,800 2,200 9.2%
La Puente 19,200 17,100 2,200 11.2%
La Verne 15,800 14,500 1,400 8.6%
Ladera Heights* 3,600 3,100 500 14.3%
Lake Los Angeles* 3,700 3,100 600 16.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Lakewood 42,800 38,500 4,200 9.9%
Lancaster 66,200 57,000 9,200 13.9%
Lawndale 16,700 14,900 1,800 10.5%
Lennox* 11,000 9,900 1,100 9.8%
Littlerock* 400 300 100 17.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Lomita 10,500 9,900 600 5.5%
Long Beach 239,100 213,500 25,600 10.7%
Los Angeles 2,079,800 1,868,500 211,300 10.2%
Lynwood 28,900 25,300 3,500 12.3%
Malibu 6,200 5,800 400 6.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Manhattan Beach 19,000 17,900 1,100 5.6%
Marina del Rey* 6,800 6,400 300 4.8%
Mayflower Village* 3,000 2,800 200 7.3%
Maywood 12,300 11,100 1,200 9.6%
Monrovia 20,600 18,900 1,700 8.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Montebello 29,100 25,800 3,300 11.4%
Monterey Park 29,300 26,400 2,900 10.0%
North El Monte* 1,700 1,700 100 4.2%
Norwalk 50,900 45,000 5,900 11.5%
Palmdale 65,500 56,600 8,900 13.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Palos Verdes Estates 5,400 5,200 200 4.0%
Paramount 24,900 22,000 2,900 11.6%
Pasadena 78,100 71,700 6,400 8.2%
Pico Rivera 30,400 27,000 3,400 11.2%
Pomona 68,400 61,000 7,400 10.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Quartz Hill* 4,200 3,900 400 8.8%
Rancho Palos Verdes 19,100 17,700 1,400 7.1%
Redondo Beach 40,300 37,400 3,000 7.4%
Rolling Hills 600 500 100 9.0%
Rolling Hills Estates 3,500 3,200 300 8.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Rosemead 25,600 22,800 2,900 11.2%
Rowland Heights* 24,900 22,400 2,500 9.9%
San Dimas 17,500 16,100 1,400 8.2%
San Fernando 11,600 10,800 800 6.9%
San Gabriel 21,300 19,400 1,900 8.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
San Marino 5,600 5,400 200 3.2%
Santa Clarita 114,400 103,900 10,500 9.2%
Santa Fe Springs 8,200 7,700 500 6.1%
Santa Monica 54,900 50,500 4,300 7.9%
Sierra Madre 5,700 5,000 700 11.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Signal Hill 6,000 5,500 500 8.8%
South El Monte 9,200 8,300 900 9.8%
South Gate 42,800 38,000 4,700 11.1%
South Pasadena 14,500 13,400 1,100 7.6%
South San Gabriel* 4,000 3,600 400 9.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
South San Jose Hills* 9,400 8,200 1,200 12.8%
South Whittier* 28,100 25,600 2,600 9.1%
Temple City 18,200 16,500 1,700 9.3%
Torrance 76,600 70,600 6,000 7.9%
Val Verde* 1,600 1,400 200 13.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Valinda* 12,300 10,900 1,400 11.4%
Vernon 100 100 0 0.0%
View Park-Windsor Hills* 6,300 5,200 1,200 18.2%
Walnut 15,700 14,500 1,200 7.7%
Walnut Park* 7,900 7,100 900 11.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
West Athens* 5,100 4,300 800 15.2%
West Carson* 11,000 10,200 800 7.6%
West Covina 53,000 47,200 5,800 10.9%
West Hollywood 27,200 24,200 3,000 11.0%
West Puente Valley* 11,400 10,000 1,400 12.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
West Whittier-Los Nietos* 12,200 11,200 1,000 7.9%
Westlake Village 3,700 3,500 200 4.4%
Westmont* 14,900 12,900 2,100 13.8%
Whittier 43,500 39,200 4,300 9.8%
Willowbrook* 10,200 8,400 1,800 17.5%

* 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 for all geographic areas for 1990 to 2021 now reflect the March 2020 annual revision (or benchmark) and Census 2014 population controls at the state level.

Source: California Employment Development Department