Very High Unemployment Area
Watsonville, CA Current Unemployment - 5.6%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
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2007
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1990
Watsonville, CA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2022
16.2%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
16.4%
4.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
14.7%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
12.5%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2022
8.9%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.6%
4.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.8%
3.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.6%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2021
17.7%
9.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
18.9%
8.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
19.0%
8.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
17.6%
8.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
13.6%
7.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.9%
8.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.9%
7.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.8%
7.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.0%
6.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
8.0%
5.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
10.7%
5.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
13.6%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2020
15.5%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
17.0%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
20.4%
5.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
26.0%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
19.0%
16.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
14.9%
15.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
12.4%
13.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.0%
11.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
8.5%
10.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
9.5%
9.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
11.0%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
15.8%
9.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2019
15.8%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
17.3%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
17.0%
4.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
14.0%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
8.6%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.3%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.6%
4.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.8%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.0%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.4%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
8.3%
3.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
12.0%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2018
15.7%
4.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
17.7%
4.6%
4.1%
3 / 2018
17.6%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
14.7%
4.0%
3.9%
5 / 2018
9.9%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.5%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.5%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
4.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.1%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.2%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
9.0%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
14.2%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2017
19.0%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
19.9%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
19.2%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
16.0%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
10.7%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.8%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.5%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.7%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.0%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.4%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
11.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
14.7%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2016
23.4%
5.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
23.2%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
23.1%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
18.8%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
12.4%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.4%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.1%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.9%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.6%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.9%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
13.6%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
20.0%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2015
13.0%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
12.6%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
12.1%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
10.1%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.8%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.4%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.5%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.8%
6.1%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.2%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.4%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.1%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.5%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2014
14.8%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
14.7%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
14.4%
8.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
12.0%
7.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.9%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.6%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.0%
7.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.5%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.7%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.9%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
10.4%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
11.4%
6.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2013
17.1%
10.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
16.4%
9.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
15.7%
9.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
13.9%
8.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.9%
8.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.0%
9.2%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.9%
9.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.4%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.7%
8.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.0%
8.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
12.2%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
13.3%
8.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2012
18.7%
11.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
18.7%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
18.1%
11.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
16.4%
10.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
14.5%
10.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.9%
10.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.8%
10.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.2%
10.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.3%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.3%
9.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
13.4%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
15.2%
9.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2011
20.0%
12.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
19.8%
12.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
19.4%
12.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
17.6%
11.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
15.4%
11.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.3%
12.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.1%
12.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.7%
11.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.3%
11.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.3%
11.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
15.3%
11.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
17.4%
11.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2010
20.1%
12.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
20.3%
12.6%
9.8%
3 / 2010
20.0%
12.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
17.6%
12.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
15.3%
11.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
15.0%
12.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
15.2%
12.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.7%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.3%
11.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
14.4%
11.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
16.9%
12.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
18.3%
12.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2009
24.7%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
25.6%
10.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
25.6%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
23.1%
10.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
21.0%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
21.0%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
21.5%
11.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
21.0%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
20.8%
11.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
21.7%
11.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
24.0%
11.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
27.1%
11.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2008
18.1%
6.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
17.9%
6.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
18.3%
6.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
15.9%
6.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
13.4%
6.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
13.7%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
14.3%
7.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
14.1%
7.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
13.8%
7.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
14.5%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
17.9%
8.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
21.2%
9.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2007
16.8%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
16.8%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
15.8%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
14.1%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
11.2%
4.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
11.2%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2007
11.6%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
10.8%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
10.5%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
10.8%
5.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
12.3%
5.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
15.9%
5.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2006
16.2%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
16.2%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
16.1%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
14.6%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
11.3%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
10.8%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
11.1%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
10.4%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
9.6%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
9.5%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
11.5%
4.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
13.8%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2005
18.5%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
18.4%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
17.8%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
14.8%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
11.8%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
11.8%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
11.9%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
11.2%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
11.2%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2005
11.2%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
13.4%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
14.5%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2004
20.2%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
19.7%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
19.9%
7.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
16.3%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
13.1%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
13.3%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
13.5%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
12.4%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
12.0%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
12.4%
5.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
14.9%
5.9%
5.4%
12 / 2004
16.3%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2003
21.6%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
21.3%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
20.6%
7.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
17.8%
6.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
14.9%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
15.2%
7.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
14.6%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
13.9%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
13.5%
6.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
13.7%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
16.0%
6.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
17.4%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2002
19.7%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
19.3%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
18.9%
6.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
17.2%
6.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
13.5%
6.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
13.7%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
13.6%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
13.2%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
13.0%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
13.7%
6.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
17.1%
6.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
19.0%
6.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2001
15.4%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
15.3%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
15.3%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
12.9%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
9.6%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.9%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.3%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.5%
5.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
10.1%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
11.7%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
14.8%
6.2%
5.5%
12 / 2001
17.2%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2000
15.6%
5.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
15.6%
5.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
15.3%
5.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
12.5%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
9.6%
4.8%
4.0%
6 / 2000
9.4%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
9.9%
5.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
9.0%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
8.2%
4.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
8.5%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
11.5%
4.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
12.8%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1999
19.8%
6.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
19.5%
5.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
18.5%
5.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
16.3%
5.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
11.1%
4.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
11.0%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
10.2%
5.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.5%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.6%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.4%
4.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
10.7%
4.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
15.0%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1998
22.1%
6.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
20.7%
6.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
21.1%
6.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
17.3%
5.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
12.5%
5.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
11.8%
5.9%
4.5%
7 / 1998
11.8%
6.2%
4.5%
8 / 1998
11.0%
5.9%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.7%
5.8%
4.6%
10 / 1998
11.6%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
14.1%
5.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
16.9%
5.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1997
23.6%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
22.5%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
21.4%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
18.1%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
12.7%
5.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.5%
6.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
12.8%
6.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
11.4%
6.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.4%
6.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
12.7%
5.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
15.3%
5.8%
4.6%
12 / 1997
18.9%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1996
24.9%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
23.4%
8.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
22.9%
8.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
19.2%
7.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
13.9%
7.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
13.3%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
14.4%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
12.5%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
12.8%
6.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
12.9%
6.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
17.9%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
19.6%
6.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1995
25.4%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
24.5%
8.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
24.1%
8.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
21.2%
8.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
17.7%
7.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.3%
7.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
15.1%
8.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
14.9%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
13.8%
7.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
14.2%
7.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
18.3%
7.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
20.5%
7.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1994
27.1%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
27.0%
9.7%
6.6%
3 / 1994
25.3%
9.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
21.6%
8.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
16.3%
8.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
15.7%
8.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
16.5%
8.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
15.0%
8.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
15.2%
8.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
15.9%
7.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
18.2%
7.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
21.3%
7.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1993
27.7%
10.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
27.2%
10.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
25.4%
9.9%
7.0%
4 / 1993
22.1%
9.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
17.7%
9.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
17.4%
9.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
18.1%
9.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
16.4%
9.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
16.6%
9.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
18.1%
9.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
19.6%
9.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
23.3%
8.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1992
24.3%
9.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
24.8%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
24.0%
9.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
19.1%
8.7%
7.4%
5 / 1992
15.5%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
16.9%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
16.6%
9.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
16.5%
9.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
15.7%
9.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
15.7%
9.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
20.2%
9.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
24.2%
9.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1991
23.0%
7.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
22.2%
7.9%
6.6%
3 / 1991
23.0%
7.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
20.7%
7.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
16.3%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
15.0%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
14.3%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
14.3%
7.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
13.8%
7.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
14.0%
7.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
17.5%
7.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
21.5%
8.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Watsonville, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1990
18.5%
5.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
19.1%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
18.6%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
18.4%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
12.2%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.7%
5.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
11.4%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
11.7%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.3%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
12.5%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
16.4%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
18.9%
6.6%
6.3%