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

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August 2020 (Preliminary Data)

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City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Los Angeles County 4,929,600 4,111,400 818,300 16.6%
Acton* 3,400 3,000 400 12.8%
Agoura Hills 10,800 9,400 1,400 13.2%
Alhambra 45,800 37,700 8,100 17.8%
Alondra Park* 4,100 3,200 900 22.1%
Altadena* 22,300 19,400 2,800 12.8%
Arcadia 28,000 24,300 3,700 13.2%
Artesia 7,500 6,500 1,000 13.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Avalon 1,800 1,800 0 1.7%
Avocado Heights* 7,400 5,900 1,500 19.9%
Azusa 23,900 20,400 3,500 14.8%
Baldwin Park 33,800 27,800 6,000 17.8%
Bell 14,700 12,200 2,500 16.9%
Bell Gardens 17,500 14,600 2,900 16.6%
Bellflower 35,900 29,200 6,700 18.7%
Beverly Hills 17,100 14,900 2,200 13.0%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Bradbury 400 400 0 5.7%
Burbank 57,900 47,400 10,500 18.1%
Calabasas 11,200 10,000 1,200 10.7%
Carson 44,900 37,000 7,800 17.5%
Cerritos 24,000 20,600 3,400 14.1%
Charter Oak* 4,900 4,000 1,000 19.5%
Citrus* 5,000 4,400 600 12.0%
Claremont 15,800 13,900 1,800 11.5%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Commerce 5,800 4,700 1,100 19.4%
Compton 39,200 31,000 8,100 20.8%
Covina 23,300 19,300 4,000 17.0%
Cudahy 9,700 8,100 1,600 16.2%
Culver City 21,600 18,600 3,000 13.9%
Del Aire* 5,200 4,500 700 13.7%
Desert View Highlands* 1,100 800 300 24.5%
Diamond Bar 28,700 24,700 4,000 13.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Downey 55,400 46,400 9,100 16.4%
Duarte 11,000 8,800 2,100 19.5%
East Los Angeles* 58,300 43,600 14,700 25.2%
East Pasadena* 2,800 2,600 200 7.4%
East San Gabriel* 6,800 6,300 500 6.8%
El Monte 51,200 41,700 9,400 18.4%
El Segundo 9,400 7,600 1,800 19.0%
Florence-Graham* 28,000 22,000 6,000 21.4%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Gardena 29,900 24,400 5,500 18.5%
Glendale 101,600 83,700 17,800 17.6%
Glendora 24,400 21,100 3,300 13.4%
Hacienda Heights* 24,600 21,300 3,300 13.4%
Hawaiian Gardens 6,200 5,100 1,100 17.4%
Hawthorne 45,000 36,100 8,900 19.8%
Hermosa Beach 11,300 10,400 1,000 8.5%
Hidden Hills 600 500 100 13.8%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Huntington Park 25,200 21,400 3,800 15.1%
Industry 100 100 0 18.1%
Inglewood 53,700 42,100 11,600 21.7%
Irwindale 700 500 200 23.2%
La Cañada Flintridge 8,600 7,900 700 8.2%
La Crescenta-Montrose* 9,200 8,100 1,100 12.2%
La Habra Heights 2,500 2,200 300 13.8%
La Mirada 23,300 19,600 3,700 15.7%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
La Puente 18,400 15,300 3,100 16.6%
La Verne 15,000 13,000 2,000 13.4%
Ladera Heights* 3,500 2,800 700 19.8%
Lake Los Angeles* 4,000 2,800 1,100 28.4%
Lakewood 41,300 34,700 6,600 16.0%
Lancaster 62,900 51,300 11,600 18.5%
Lawndale 16,700 13,400 3,200 19.5%
Lennox* 10,600 8,800 1,800 17.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Littlerock* 700 500 200 31.0%
Lomita 10,700 9,100 1,600 15.1%
Long Beach 231,800 192,300 39,600 17.1%
Los Angeles 2,008,600 1,670,400 338,200 16.8%
Lynwood 28,000 22,800 5,200 18.5%
Malibu 6,100 5,400 700 10.9%
Manhattan Beach 17,800 16,100 1,600 9.1%
Marina del Rey* 6,400 5,700 700 10.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Mayflower Village* 2,800 2,500 300 11.3%
Maywood 11,700 10,000 1,700 14.4%
Monrovia 19,700 17,000 2,700 13.9%
Montebello 28,300 23,200 5,000 17.8%
Monterey Park 30,000 23,800 6,200 20.8%
North El Monte* 1,600 1,400 100 9.0%
Norwalk 49,300 40,600 8,700 17.6%
Palmdale 62,700 51,000 11,700 18.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Palos Verdes Estates 5,100 4,700 400 8.6%
Paramount 24,200 19,800 4,400 18.2%
Pasadena 74,000 64,100 9,900 13.4%
Pico Rivera 29,400 24,400 5,000 17.0%
Pomona 65,600 54,600 10,900 16.7%
Quartz Hill* 4,100 3,400 700 16.8%
Rancho Palos Verdes 17,800 16,000 1,900 10.4%
Redondo Beach 38,300 33,600 4,700 12.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Rolling Hills 500 500 100 15.1%
Rolling Hills Estates 3,300 2,900 400 12.8%
Rosemead 26,400 20,400 6,000 22.7%
Rowland Heights* 23,300 20,500 2,900 12.3%
San Dimas 16,800 14,500 2,300 13.7%
San Fernando 11,300 9,500 1,800 15.8%
San Gabriel 21,500 17,500 4,000 18.6%
San Marino 5,100 4,600 500 9.2%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
Santa Clarita 107,900 91,400 16,600 15.3%
Santa Fe Springs 7,500 6,700 800 10.4%
Santa Monica 52,600 45,600 7,000 13.4%
Sierra Madre 5,500 4,500 900 16.7%
Signal Hill 6,100 5,200 900 15.5%
South El Monte 9,000 7,600 1,500 16.2%
South Gate 41,500 34,300 7,200 17.4%
South Pasadena 13,900 12,100 1,800 13.1%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
South San Gabriel* 3,800 3,100 700 17.6%
South San Jose Hills* 9,700 7,600 2,100 22.0%
South Whittier* 26,300 22,600 3,800 14.3%
Temple City 18,100 14,900 3,200 17.7%
Torrance 73,400 63,600 9,800 13.3%
Val Verde* 1,700 1,300 500 26.3%
Valinda* 12,800 10,600 2,200 17.3%
Vernon 0 0 0 10.9%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
View Park-Windsor Hills* 6,100 4,500 1,600 27.0%
Walnut 15,100 13,100 2,000 13.3%
Walnut Park* 7,600 6,300 1,300 17.1%
West Athens* 4,500 3,500 1,000 21.3%
West Carson* 10,600 9,100 1,500 14.1%
West Covina 51,300 42,600 8,700 17.0%
West Hollywood 26,400 21,800 4,600 17.4%
West Puente Valley* 11,700 9,000 2,800 23.6%
City / Community Labor Force Employment Unemployment
Number Rate
West Whittier-Los Nietos* 11,600 10,200 1,300 11.6%
Westlake Village 3,500 3,200 300 9.3%
Westmont* 14,000 10,800 3,100 22.4%
Whittier 41,900 35,300 6,500 15.6%
Willowbrook* 9,800 7,500 2,300 23.0%

*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