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

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October 2020 (Preliminary Data)

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City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Los Angeles County 5,089,800 4,476,400 613,400 12.1%
Acton* 3,500 3,200 300 9.2%
Agoura Hills 11,100 10,200 1,000 8.6%
Alhambra 45,800 41,000 4,800 10.6%
Alondra Park* 4,200 3,500 700 16.3%
Altadena* 23,300 21,200 2,100 9.1%
Arcadia 29,100 26,500 2,600 9.0%
Artesia 7,900 7,100 800 10.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Avalon 1,900 1,900 0 1.1%
Avocado Heights* 7,500 6,400 1,100 14.6%
Azusa 25,100 22,200 2,900 11.6%
Baldwin Park 34,900 30,300 4,600 13.2%
Bell 15,300 13,300 2,000 13.1%
Bell Gardens 18,300 15,900 2,400 13.3%
Bellflower 37,400 31,800 5,600 15.0%
Beverly Hills 17,800 16,200 1,700 9.3%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Bradbury 400 400 0 3.9%
Burbank 58,700 51,600 7,200 12.2%
Calabasas 11,800 10,900 900 7.6%
Carson 46,800 40,300 6,500 13.8%
Cerritos 25,100 22,500 2,600 10.3%
Charter Oak* 5,000 4,300 700 14.3%
Citrus* 5,200 4,800 400 8.6%
Claremont 16,600 15,200 1,400 8.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Commerce 6,000 5,100 900 14.2%
Compton 41,300 33,800 7,500 18.2%
Covina 24,000 21,000 3,000 12.4%
Cudahy 10,200 8,800 1,300 13.2%
Culver City 22,400 20,300 2,100 9.4%
Del Aire* 5,400 4,900 500 9.9%
Desert View Highlands* 1,100 900 200 18.3%
Diamond Bar 29,700 26,900 2,800 9.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Downey 57,500 50,500 7,000 12.2%
Duarte 11,200 9,600 1,600 14.3%
East Los Angeles* 58,500 47,500 11,000 18.9%
East Pasadena* 3,000 2,800 200 5.2%
East San Gabriel* 7,200 6,900 300 4.8%
El Monte 51,900 45,400 6,500 12.5%
El Segundo 9,600 8,300 1,300 13.9%
Florence-Graham* 28,400 23,900 4,500 15.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Gardena 30,900 26,600 4,300 14.0%
Glendale 104,000 91,200 12,800 12.3%
Glendora 25,500 23,000 2,400 9.6%
Hacienda Heights* 25,700 23,200 2,500 9.7%
Hawaiian Gardens 6,400 5,600 800 12.6%
Hawthorne 46,100 39,300 6,800 14.8%
Hermosa Beach 12,000 11,300 700 6.0%
Hidden Hills 600 600 100 10.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Huntington Park 26,300 23,300 3,100 11.6%
Industry 200 100 0 13.6%
Inglewood 54,900 45,800 9,100 16.5%
Irwindale 700 600 100 17.2%
La Cañada Flintridge 9,100 8,600 500 5.8%
La Crescenta-Montrose* 9,700 8,800 800 8.8%
La Habra Heights 2,600 2,300 300 9.9%
La Mirada 24,100 21,400 2,700 11.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
La Puente 18,900 16,700 2,200 11.8%
La Verne 15,700 14,100 1,600 9.9%
Ladera Heights* 3,600 3,000 500 14.5%
Lake Los Angeles* 3,900 3,100 800 21.5%
Lakewood 42,700 37,800 4,900 11.5%
Lancaster 66,400 55,900 10,600 15.9%
Lawndale 16,900 14,600 2,300 13.6%
Lennox* 10,900 9,500 1,400 12.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Littlerock* 700 500 200 23.6%
Lomita 11,100 9,900 1,200 10.9%
Long Beach 240,900 209,300 31,500 13.1%
Los Angeles 2,065,800 1,818,700 247,100 12.0%
Lynwood 29,100 24,800 4,300 14.9%
Malibu 6,400 5,900 500 7.7%
Manhattan Beach 18,800 17,600 1,300 6.8%
Marina del Rey* 6,700 6,200 500 7.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Mayflower Village* 3,000 2,700 200 8.1%
Maywood 12,300 10,900 1,400 11.5%
Monrovia 20,600 18,500 2,100 10.2%
Montebello 29,300 25,300 3,900 13.5%
Monterey Park 29,500 25,900 3,600 12.3%
North El Monte* 1,700 1,600 100 6.3%
Norwalk 51,300 44,200 7,100 13.8%
Palmdale 65,800 55,500 10,300 15.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Palos Verdes Estates 5,400 5,100 300 6.1%
Paramount 25,300 21,500 3,700 14.8%
Pasadena 77,100 69,800 7,300 9.5%
Pico Rivera 30,600 26,500 4,000 13.2%
Pomona 69,100 59,500 9,600 13.9%
Quartz Hill* 4,200 3,700 500 12.2%
Rancho Palos Verdes 18,800 17,400 1,400 7.5%
Redondo Beach 40,000 36,600 3,300 8.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Rolling Hills 600 500 100 11.0%
Rolling Hills Estates 3,400 3,100 300 9.2%
Rosemead 25,600 22,200 3,300 13.0%
Rowland Heights* 24,400 22,300 2,100 8.8%
San Dimas 17,500 15,800 1,700 9.6%
San Fernando 11,700 10,400 1,300 11.4%
San Gabriel 21,300 19,000 2,300 10.8%
San Marino 5,400 5,000 400 6.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Santa Clarita 111,400 99,500 11,900 10.7%
Santa Fe Springs 7,900 7,300 600 7.4%
Santa Monica 54,500 49,600 4,900 9.0%
Sierra Madre 5,600 4,900 700 12.1%
Signal Hill 6,300 5,600 700 11.2%
South El Monte 9,300 8,200 1,100 11.7%
South Gate 43,000 37,300 5,700 13.2%
South Pasadena 14,400 13,200 1,200 8.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
South San Gabriel* 3,900 3,400 500 12.8%
South San Jose Hills* 9,900 8,300 1,600 16.2%
South Whittier* 27,400 24,600 2,800 10.3%
Temple City 18,000 16,200 1,900 10.3%
Torrance 76,100 69,200 6,900 9.0%
Val Verde* 1,700 1,400 300 19.7%
Valinda* 13,200 11,500 1,700 12.6%
Vernon 0 0 0 6.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
View Park-Windsor Hills* 6,100 4,800 1,200 20.3%
Walnut 15,600 14,200 1,400 9.1%
Walnut Park* 7,800 6,800 1,000 12.5%
West Athens* 4,600 3,900 700 15.7%
West Carson* 11,000 9,900 1,100 10.1%
West Covina 52,900 46,300 6,600 12.4%
West Hollywood 26,600 23,800 2,900 10.7%
West Puente Valley* 11,900 9,800 2,100 17.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
West Whittier-Los Nietos* 12,100 11,100 1,000 8.3%
Westlake Village 3,700 3,500 200 6.6%
Westmont* 14,100 11,800 2,300 16.6%
Whittier 43,500 38,500 5,100 11.6%
Willowbrook* 9,900 8,200 1,700 17.1%

*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