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

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Also see: Historical Employment/Unemployment Numbers (1990-2016) for Los Angeles County

Data not Seasonally Adjusted
Preliminary Data - September 2017

 
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Los Angeles County 5,197,400 4,945,900 251,600 4.8%
Acton* 3,700 3,500 200 5.7%
Agoura Hills 11,900 11,400 500 4.0%
Alhambra 47,000 45,500 1,500 3.1%
Alondra Park* 3,900 3,600 300 6.7%
Altadena* 24,900 23,900 1,100 4.3%
Arcadia 29,800 29,000 800 2.8%
Artesia 9,100 8,800 300 3.0%
Avalon 2,300 2,200 100 4.0%
Avocado Heights* 8,000 7,600 400 5.2%
Azusa 25,100 24,200 900 3.6%
Baldwin Park 36,100 33,800 2,300 6.5%
Bell 15,800 14,700 1,000 6.6%
Bell Gardens 18,800 17,700 1,100 5.6%
Bellflower 37,200 35,500 1,700 4.6%
Beverly Hills 19,000 18,100 900 4.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Bradbury 500 500 0 3.6%
Burbank 59,900 57,500 2,400 3.9%
Calabasas 12,300 11,900 400 3.1%
Carson 47,900 44,900 3,000 6.3%
Cerritos 25,300 24,400 900 3.6%
Charter Oak* 4,500 4,200 300 6.2%
Citrus* 5,400 5,100 300 5.6%
Claremont 17,400 16,600 800 4.6%
Commerce 5,700 5,300 400 7.1%
Compton 40,900 37,800 3,100 7.6%
Covina 25,000 23,600 1,400 5.8%
Cudahy 10,600 9,900 600 6.1%
Culver City 23,400 22,500 800 3.5%
Del Aire* 5,700 5,400 200 4.0%
Desert View Highlands* 1,100 1,100 100 5.9%
Diamond Bar 30,800 29,900 900 3.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Downey 58,900 56,400 2,500 4.3%
Duarte 10,900 10,400 500 4.4%
East Los Angeles* 58,400 54,100 4,300 7.3%
East Pasadena* 3,300 3,200 100 4.4%
East San Gabriel* 8,300 8,200 200 1.8%
El Monte 53,600 50,400 3,200 6.0%
El Segundo 10,100 9,800 300 2.7%
Florence-Graham* 27,300 25,600 1,700 6.2%
Gardena 31,000 29,500 1,500 4.8%
Glendale 104,800 99,900 4,900 4.7%
Glendora 26,400 25,300 1,100 4.1%
Hacienda Heights* 27,100 26,300 800 3.1%
Hawaiian Gardens 6,600 6,300 300 4.3%
Hawthorne 45,800 43,800 2,000 4.3%
Hermosa Beach 13,200 12,900 300 2.0%
Hidden Hills 800 800 0 1.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Huntington Park 27,900 26,100 1,800 6.4%
Industry 100 100 0 1.7%
Inglewood 54,800 51,300 3,500 6.4%
Irwindale 700 600 0 6.4%
La Cañada Flintridge 9,800 9,500 200 2.5%
La Crescenta-Montrose* 10,700 10,500 300 2.4%
La Habra Heights 2,500 2,500 0 1.5%
La Mirada 24,700 23,800 800 3.4%
La Puente 19,500 18,700 800 4.3%
La Verne 16,300 15,700 600 3.7%
Ladera Heights* 4,000 3,800 200 5.8%
Lake Los Angeles* 4,300 4,000 300 7.7%
Lakewood 43,900 42,300 1,600 3.7%
Lancaster 65,700 62,100 3,600 5.4%
Lawndale 17,200 16,400 800 4.6%
Lennox* 10,500 10,000 600 5.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Littlerock* 800 800 0 5.1%
Lomita 11,900 11,500 400 3.4%
Long Beach 246,200 233,100 13,100 5.3%
Los Angeles 2,094,800 1,987,300 107,500 5.1%
Lynwood 29,600 27,800 1,800 6.0%
Malibu 6,400 6,200 200 2.8%
Manhattan Beach 19,800 19,400 400 2.0%
Marina del Rey* 6,500 6,300 200 2.9%
Mayflower Village* 2,900 2,800 100 3.5%
Maywood 12,900 12,200 600 5.0%
Monrovia 21,500 20,700 800 3.7%
Montebello 29,600 28,400 1,200 4.1%
Monterey Park 30,300 29,000 1,300 4.3%
North El Monte* 2,100 2,000 100 4.2%
Norwalk 52,000 49,500 2,600 5.0%
Palmdale 65,900 61,600 4,300 6.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Palos Verdes Estates 6,000 6,000 0 0.8%
Paramount 25,500 24,100 1,500 5.7%
Pasadena 80,600 77,100 3,500 4.3%
Pico Rivera 31,100 29,700 1,400 4.4%
Pomona 69,500 65,700 3,800 5.4%
Quartz Hill* 4,500 4,300 200 5.1%
Rancho Palos Verdes 19,900 19,500 500 2.3%
Redondo Beach 41,900 40,700 1,200 3.0%
Rolling Hills 900 900 0 2.7%
Rolling Hills Estates 3,700 3,600 100 2.3%
Rosemead 26,100 24,600 1,500 5.6%
Rowland Heights* 26,000 25,300 700 2.6%
San Dimas 18,400 17,700 700 3.8%
San Fernando 12,200 11,500 700 5.7%
San Gabriel 21,600 20,900 600 2.9%
San Marino 6,100 6,000 100 1.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Santa Clarita 99,200 94,800 4,400 4.4%
Santa Fe Springs 8,200 7,700 500 5.8%
Santa Monica 57,900 55,500 2,400 4.1%
Sierra Madre 6,200 6,000 200 3.2%
Signal Hill 6,400 6,100 300 5.3%
South El Monte 9,400 9,200 200 2.5%
South Gate 44,700 41,800 2,800 6.4%
South Pasadena 15,300 14,800 500 3.4%
South San Gabriel* 4,100 3,900 200 4.7%
South San Jose Hills* 9,400 8,900 500 5.4%
South Whittier* 28,100 27,100 1,100 3.9%
Temple City 18,500 17,900 600 3.1%
Torrance 80,400 77,700 2,700 3.4%
Val Verde* 1,500 1,400 100 8.1%
Valinda* 12,000 11,200 800 6.4%
Vernon 100 100 0 2.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
View Park-Windsor Hills* 6,300 5,900 300 5.5%
Walnut 16,300 15,700 600 3.4%
Walnut Park* 7,600 7,200 400 5.6%
West Athens* 4,300 4,000 300 7.6%
West Carson* 11,200 10,700 500 4.5%
West Covina 55,200 51,900 3,300 5.9%
West Hollywood 26,700 25,700 1,100 4.0%
West Puente Valley* 11,600 11,000 700 5.7%
West Whittier-Los Nietos* 13,700 13,200 500 3.8%
Westlake Village 4,400 4,200 200 4.4%
Westmont* 13,000 12,000 1,000 8.0%
Whittier 44,600 42,900 1,700 3.8%
Willowbrook* 8,700 8,000 700 8.5%

*Census-designated unincorporated community

March 2016 Benchmark
Data may not add due to rounding. All unemployment rates shown are calculated on unrounded data.

Source: California Employment Development Department