High Unemployment Area
Bakersfield, CA Current Unemployment - 5.2%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Bakersfield, CA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2022
6.1%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.2%
4.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.5%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.9%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.5%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.1%
4.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.6%
3.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.2%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2021
9.0%
9.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.3%
8.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.0%
8.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.7%
8.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.8%
7.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.4%
8.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
9.1%
7.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
8.8%
7.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.6%
6.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.1%
5.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.0%
5.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.5%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2020
5.7%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.5%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.2%
5.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
16.7%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
16.9%
16.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
16.4%
15.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
16.2%
13.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
12.6%
11.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
12.3%
10.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
9.8%
9.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.7%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
9.9%
9.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2019
6.1%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.7%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.7%
4.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.8%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.4%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.3%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.1%
4.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.7%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.0%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.9%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.7%
3.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.7%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2018
6.3%
4.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.9%
4.6%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.9%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.1%
4.0%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.7%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.9%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.3%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.9%
4.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.3%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.3%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.1%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.3%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2017
7.6%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.2%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.9%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.0%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.7%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.6%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.1%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.0%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.1%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.9%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.7%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.6%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2016
7.6%
5.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.6%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.1%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.4%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.1%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.4%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.9%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.5%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.9%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.7%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.2%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.9%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2015
10.0%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.1%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.5%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.5%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.1%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.4%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.2%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.3%
6.1%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.8%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.0%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.4%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
9.2%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2014
10.8%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.0%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.4%
8.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.8%
7.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.0%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.2%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.2%
7.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.5%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.7%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.8%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.3%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.8%
6.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2013
12.4%
10.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.1%
9.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.1%
9.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.9%
8.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.1%
8.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.6%
9.2%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.3%
9.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.7%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.1%
8.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.4%
8.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.4%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.9%
8.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2012
13.5%
11.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.5%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.7%
11.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.7%
10.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.7%
10.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.9%
10.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.7%
10.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.9%
10.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.0%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.3%
9.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.3%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.5%
9.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2011
14.9%
12.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.9%
12.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
15.2%
12.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.9%
11.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.0%
11.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.4%
12.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.5%
12.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.5%
11.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.0%
11.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
11.9%
11.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.8%
11.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.8%
11.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2010
15.0%
12.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.5%
12.6%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.8%
12.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.3%
12.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.7%
11.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.6%
12.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.1%
12.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.2%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.8%
11.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.8%
11.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.8%
12.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
14.4%
12.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2009
9.2%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
9.9%
10.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.5%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.6%
10.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.3%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
9.8%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
9.9%
11.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
9.5%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
9.4%
11.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
9.8%
11.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.3%
11.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.1%
11.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2008
6.8%
6.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.0%
6.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.6%
6.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.6%
6.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.1%
6.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.4%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.7%
7.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.5%
7.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.3%
7.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.6%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.1%
8.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.0%
9.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2007
6.0%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.2%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.2%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.7%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.1%
4.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.5%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.5%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.1%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.9%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.1%
5.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.8%
5.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.3%
5.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2006
5.9%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.1%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.3%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.8%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.8%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.9%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.2%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.6%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.2%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.3%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.0%
4.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.2%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2005
7.1%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.1%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.3%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.1%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.4%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.5%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.4%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.9%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.8%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.8%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.4%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.5%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2004
8.1%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.9%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.6%
7.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.0%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.2%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.1%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.3%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.9%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.6%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.9%
5.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.7%
5.9%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.7%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2003
8.0%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.1%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.4%
7.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.3%
6.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.6%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.0%
7.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.9%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.2%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.0%
6.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.4%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.0%
6.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.3%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2002
7.4%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.6%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.1%
6.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.1%
6.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.0%
6.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.5%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.3%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.8%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.5%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.0%
6.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.9%
6.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.5%
6.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2001
6.6%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.9%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.5%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.0%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.1%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.5%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.1%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.9%
5.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.7%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.4%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.3%
6.2%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.8%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2000
6.2%
5.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.5%
5.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.3%
5.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.7%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.4%
4.8%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.7%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.2%
5.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.9%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.5%
4.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.9%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.0%
4.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.9%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1999
10.0%
6.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
10.3%
5.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.8%
5.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.6%
5.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.6%
4.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.9%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.4%
5.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.7%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.6%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.0%
4.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
8.2%
4.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
8.2%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1998
10.1%
6.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.2%
6.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
11.5%
6.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.1%
5.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.1%
5.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.3%
5.9%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.3%
6.2%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.4%
5.9%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.4%
5.8%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.0%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
9.5%
5.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.9%
5.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1997
10.8%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
10.5%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
11.4%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
9.0%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.6%
5.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
8.9%
6.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.2%
6.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.6%
6.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.8%
6.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
9.1%
5.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.5%
5.8%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.6%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1996
11.4%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
11.2%
8.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
11.7%
8.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.8%
7.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.2%
7.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.0%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.5%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
7.7%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.1%
6.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
9.6%
6.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.2%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.6%
6.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1995
11.1%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
11.3%
8.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
11.8%
8.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
10.4%
8.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.7%
7.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.5%
7.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.7%
8.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.5%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
8.9%
7.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
10.3%
7.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
11.0%
7.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.7%
7.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1994
12.6%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
12.7%
9.7%
6.6%
3 / 1994
13.3%
9.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
11.5%
8.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.0%
8.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
11.0%
8.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.4%
8.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.2%
8.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
10.1%
8.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
11.1%
7.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
11.1%
7.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.4%
7.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1993
13.3%
10.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
13.4%
10.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.8%
9.9%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.0%
9.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.9%
9.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.6%
9.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.9%
9.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.4%
9.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.5%
9.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
11.9%
9.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
11.6%
9.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
11.0%
8.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1992
11.3%
9.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
12.1%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
12.6%
9.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.6%
8.7%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.8%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.9%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
10.7%
9.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.7%
9.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
11.5%
9.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
13.0%
9.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
13.2%
9.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.7%
9.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1991
9.5%
7.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.9%
7.9%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.8%
7.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.2%
7.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.1%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
7.5%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.4%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.6%
7.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.7%
7.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.3%
7.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.9%
7.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.8%
8.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Bakersfield, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1990
8.2%
5.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
8.8%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
9.4%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.0%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.2%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.1%
5.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.0%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.0%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.4%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.4%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.0%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.9%
6.6%
6.3%