East Palo Alto, CA Unemployment Rate Report

East Palo Alto, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in East-Palo-Alto, California has ranged from 1.9% in May 2019 to 20.1% in July 2009. The current unemployment rate for East-Palo-Alto is 2.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

East Palo Alto, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

East Palo Alto, CA Current Unemployment - 2.8%

East Palo Alto, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	4.5%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.8%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.2%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.6%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.2%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.6%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.6%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.8%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	8.6%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.9%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.3%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.3%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.3%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.3%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.3%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.2%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.7%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.2%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.5%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	2.8%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.7%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.4%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.3%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.2%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.3%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.2%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.2%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.3%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.4%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.6%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	2.9%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.6%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.6%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.1%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	1.9%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.5%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.7%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.5%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.3%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.4%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.4%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.3%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	3.2%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.0%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	2.9%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.5%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.2%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	2.9%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.0%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.7%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.5%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	3.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.5%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.2%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.0%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.8%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.3%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.6%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.6%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.3%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.1%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.0%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	2.9%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	4.0%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.8%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.8%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.6%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.3%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.0%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.1%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.1%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.9%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.8%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.4%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.1%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	6.2%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.8%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.7%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.3%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.3%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.6%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.8%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.4%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.0%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.2%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.1%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.8%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	7.4%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.5%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.4%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.3%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.4%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.6%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.2%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.9%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.3%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.2%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.2%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.5%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	9.4%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.9%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.5%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.9%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.9%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.7%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.8%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.3%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.0%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.1%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.7%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.1%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	10.9%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.9%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.8%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.9%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.9%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.5%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.6%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.1%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.3%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.3%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.1%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.8%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	12.4%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.1%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.0%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.5%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.3%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.2%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.1%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.8%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.5%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	11.3%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.0%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.5%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	13.5%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	13.3%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.6%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.8%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.5%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.1%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.2%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.0%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.6%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.5%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.8%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.0%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	16.6%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	17.4%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	18.5%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	18.0%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	18.5%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	19.9%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	20.1%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	20.1%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	20.1%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	20.1%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	19.6%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	19.5%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	10.2%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	9.9%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.5%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.8%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	10.7%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	11.9%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	12.7%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	13.0%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	12.6%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	13.1%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	13.8%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	14.4%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	9.6%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	9.4%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.3%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	8.8%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	8.6%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	9.8%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	10.1%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	9.8%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	9.5%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	9.4%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	9.6%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.4%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	9.7%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.9%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	9.7%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.9%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.5%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	9.4%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	9.9%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	9.3%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	8.7%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	8.4%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	8.8%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.2%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	10.9%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	11.3%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	11.0%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	10.2%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	9.8%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	10.8%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	10.9%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	10.5%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	10.3%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	10.1%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	10.3%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	9.1%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	13.3%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	12.8%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	13.4%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	12.1%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	11.4%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	12.3%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	12.1%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	11.4%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	10.8%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	11.0%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	10.9%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	10.1%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	14.3%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	14.1%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	14.4%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	14.0%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	13.6%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	15.2%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	14.7%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	14.3%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	13.7%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	13.4%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	13.3%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	12.0%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	13.4%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	13.1%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	13.6%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	13.2%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	12.6%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	14.0%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	14.1%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	14.1%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	13.6%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	13.7%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	13.9%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	13.5%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	7.4%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.1%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.7%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.8%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.8%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	9.6%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	10.2%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	10.6%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	10.4%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	11.5%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	11.9%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	11.4%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	7.8%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.5%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.6%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.8%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.0%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.9%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	8.2%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	7.8%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	7.1%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.8%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.5%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.8%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	5.9%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.6%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.4%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.2%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.8%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.5%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.9%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.5%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.2%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.9%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.4%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.9%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	6.7%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.4%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.6%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.0%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.0%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.7%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.2%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.0%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.9%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.4%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.7%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.0%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	7.9%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.6%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.5%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.9%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.8%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	7.5%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.7%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	7.5%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.1%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.3%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.9%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.5%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	10.0%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	9.3%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.2%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.3%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.0%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.9%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.7%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.8%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	8.4%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.9%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.5%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.7%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	11.0%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	10.8%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	10.7%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	11.3%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	10.9%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	11.3%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.8%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	11.1%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	10.6%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.1%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.4%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	8.5%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	12.8%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	12.7%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	12.4%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	12.1%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	11.8%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	12.4%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	12.8%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.2%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	11.8%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.0%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.1%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	9.0%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	13.2%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.4%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.1%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	12.9%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	12.6%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.5%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	13.5%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	12.8%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.4%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.2%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	11.5%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	10.7%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	11.7%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.2%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.2%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	12.1%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	12.4%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	13.7%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.9%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	13.6%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	13.5%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	12.4%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	12.4%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	11.8%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	9.1%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.8%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.0%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.6%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	10.2%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.9%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.3%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	10.6%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	10.4%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.8%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.4%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.5%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	East Palo Alto, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	6.5%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.1%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.8%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.3%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.4%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.7%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.7%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.2%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.4%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.1%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.3%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.2%	6.6%	6.3%