El Centro, CA Unemployment Rate Report

El Centro, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in El-Centro, California has ranged from 8.8% in May 2022 to 39.1% in July 1992. The current unemployment rate for El-Centro is 12.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

El Centro, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Very High Unemployment Area

El Centro, CA Current Unemployment - 12.3%

El Centro, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	13.1%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	11.5%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	10.2%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	9.1%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	8.8%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	9.9%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	11.1%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	12.3%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	14.7%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	14.0%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	14.1%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	14.7%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	13.4%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	14.4%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	15.8%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	15.2%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	14.1%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	13.9%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	12.5%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	12.1%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	13.0%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	12.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	17.1%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	24.4%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	24.3%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	24.5%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	24.0%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	19.4%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	18.7%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	15.5%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	13.6%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	15.4%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	13.9%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	12.4%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	12.0%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	11.0%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	11.7%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	13.2%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	15.1%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	16.2%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	14.4%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	14.9%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	14.3%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	13.1%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	13.4%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	12.6%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	12.5%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	12.1%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	12.0%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	13.8%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	15.9%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	16.9%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	15.8%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	15.6%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	15.1%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	14.1%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	16.8%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	14.9%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	14.4%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	13.8%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	13.9%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	15.0%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	16.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	17.3%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	16.1%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	15.4%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	15.3%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	13.7%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	20.5%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	19.8%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	20.1%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	22.3%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	21.6%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	23.3%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	26.2%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	26.1%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	24.8%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	23.7%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	21.7%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	19.9%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	22.1%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	21.2%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	21.5%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	22.8%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	22.3%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	23.1%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	26.0%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	25.3%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	23.7%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	23.2%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	21.9%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	20.7%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	20.2%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	19.2%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	19.5%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	20.8%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	21.6%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	23.4%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	26.6%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	26.8%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	24.7%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	22.5%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	21.4%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	21.4%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	23.6%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	22.5%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	22.1%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	23.3%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	22.1%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	23.4%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	25.5%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	25.8%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	25.1%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	24.8%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	21.5%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	20.5%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	24.7%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	24.2%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	24.0%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	25.7%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	25.7%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	26.4%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	27.4%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	29.0%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	27.1%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	26.4%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	23.4%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	23.1%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	25.7%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	25.4%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	24.7%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	26.7%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	26.3%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	27.1%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	29.9%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	29.8%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	29.0%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	28.0%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	26.4%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	25.1%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	24.8%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	25.0%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	24.4%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	26.3%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	26.4%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	26.4%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	29.4%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	29.5%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	29.0%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	28.6%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	28.0%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	26.1%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	23.1%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	23.1%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	23.2%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	25.1%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	24.8%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	25.7%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	28.8%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	28.7%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	28.4%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	28.1%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	26.8%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	25.4%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	16.8%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	16.6%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	16.9%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	19.0%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	19.1%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	20.6%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	24.0%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	25.2%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	25.2%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	25.0%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	23.9%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	22.1%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	14.4%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	13.6%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	13.1%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	15.6%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	15.0%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	16.0%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	19.9%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	20.4%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	19.7%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	19.7%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	18.8%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	17.5%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	12.1%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	11.8%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	11.6%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	12.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	12.6%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	13.5%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	17.1%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	17.4%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	17.3%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	16.6%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	16.3%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	14.5%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	14.7%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	13.8%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	13.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	14.3%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	13.3%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	14.4%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	17.1%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	17.1%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	17.5%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	16.3%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	15.5%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	12.9%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	14.5%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	13.5%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	13.8%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	15.3%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	13.7%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	15.6%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	19.2%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	18.6%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	17.8%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	17.4%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	17.1%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	15.4%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	12.7%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	11.6%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	11.5%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	13.1%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	12.5%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	14.0%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	17.3%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	17.6%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	17.4%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	16.5%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	16.5%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	14.2%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	13.0%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	11.4%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	10.9%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	13.1%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	12.3%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	13.1%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	16.5%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	16.5%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	16.3%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	16.0%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	15.4%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	13.4%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	14.8%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	12.9%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	12.7%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	14.0%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	13.1%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	13.5%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	16.3%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	17.8%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	18.0%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	16.7%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	15.5%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	14.5%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	13.6%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	12.6%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	13.0%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	15.0%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	13.9%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	14.8%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	19.7%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	20.7%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	21.4%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	19.6%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	17.1%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	15.5%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	21.5%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	19.6%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	18.2%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	22.3%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	20.5%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	20.5%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	26.7%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	27.1%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	27.2%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	25.8%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	24.1%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	20.2%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	23.2%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	20.9%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	20.8%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	23.0%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	22.0%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	22.7%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	29.3%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	30.6%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	31.1%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	28.9%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	26.2%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	22.1%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	24.4%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	21.9%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	22.2%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	25.3%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	21.5%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	24.0%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	31.1%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	32.0%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	32.5%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	27.6%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	26.1%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	22.8%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	28.2%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	25.3%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	25.8%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	28.5%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	24.3%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	26.1%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	34.9%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	34.8%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	33.8%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	30.6%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	28.9%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	24.7%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	21.7%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	21.0%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	22.3%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	27.1%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	25.3%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	27.1%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	34.1%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	34.7%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	34.6%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	32.5%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	30.6%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	27.4%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	26.0%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	24.8%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	22.8%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	25.7%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	22.8%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	23.7%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	29.0%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	29.4%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	28.7%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	26.2%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	24.6%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	21.8%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	27.4%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	24.9%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	24.1%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	27.2%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	25.6%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	26.1%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	32.9%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	33.3%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	33.3%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	30.1%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	29.0%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	26.2%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	22.6%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	22.1%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	23.7%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	27.5%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	24.4%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	26.2%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	39.1%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	37.0%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	37.3%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	32.4%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	31.9%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	29.7%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	22.5%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	20.7%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	19.8%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	24.4%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	24.3%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	22.4%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	27.4%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	30.6%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	29.9%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	27.2%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	24.8%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	26.5%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	El Centro, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	21.1%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	18.8%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	17.4%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	22.0%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	22.9%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	21.7%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	31.7%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	33.1%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	32.7%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	26.7%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	24.4%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	23.1%	6.6%	6.3%