Santa Cruz County, CA Unemployment Rate Report

Santa Cruz County, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Santa Cruz County, California has ranged from 3.3% in September 2019 to 17.0% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Santa Cruz County is 3.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Santa Cruz County, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Santa Cruz County, CA Current Unemployment - 3.8%

Santa Cruz County, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	6.3%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.1%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.3%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.8%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.7%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.8%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	8.7%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.5%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.1%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.3%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.0%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.2%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.5%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.1%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.1%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.9%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.2%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	6.1%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.1%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	17.0%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.6%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.1%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.3%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.5%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.1%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.9%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.8%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.5%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	6.6%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.6%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.6%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.3%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.0%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.3%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.9%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.3%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.0%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.8%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	6.3%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.8%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.7%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.7%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.4%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.5%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.4%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.1%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.6%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.7%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.3%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.6%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	7.9%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.9%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.5%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.4%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.1%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.9%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.8%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.9%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.8%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	9.2%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.0%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	9.0%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.6%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.0%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.1%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.1%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.7%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.3%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.4%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.3%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.7%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	10.2%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.9%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.5%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.9%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.8%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.5%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.6%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.1%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.6%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.7%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.1%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.1%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	11.7%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.5%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.3%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.4%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.7%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.5%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.8%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.4%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.7%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.9%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.1%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.9%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	13.5%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	12.9%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.4%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	10.9%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.3%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.3%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.3%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.9%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.3%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.6%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.5%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.4%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	14.9%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	14.9%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	14.4%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	13.0%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	11.4%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.9%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.8%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.4%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.6%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.6%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.5%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.9%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	15.9%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	15.7%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	15.4%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	14.0%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	12.1%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.1%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.9%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.6%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.2%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	11.2%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	12.1%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	13.8%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	16.0%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	16.2%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	15.9%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.9%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.1%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.8%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.9%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.6%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.3%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.3%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	13.3%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	14.5%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	12.0%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.5%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.5%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	11.1%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.9%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.9%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.2%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.9%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.8%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.3%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.6%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.4%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	8.4%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.3%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.5%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.3%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.0%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.2%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.5%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.4%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.2%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.6%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.3%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.0%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	7.7%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.7%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.2%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.4%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.0%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.0%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.2%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.8%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.6%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.8%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.5%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.3%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.4%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.4%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.6%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.0%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.9%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.6%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.2%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.2%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.1%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.2%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	8.6%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.6%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.7%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.3%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.2%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.3%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.0%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.6%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	9.5%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.2%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	9.4%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.5%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.9%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.0%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.1%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.6%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.4%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.5%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.8%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.5%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	10.3%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	10.1%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.7%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.3%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.8%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.9%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.6%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.3%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.1%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.2%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.3%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.0%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	9.2%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.1%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.8%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.9%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.1%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.2%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.2%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.9%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.8%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.2%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.9%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.9%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	7.0%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.0%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.0%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.8%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.2%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.3%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.6%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.6%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.4%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.2%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.7%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.9%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	7.1%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.1%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.0%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.6%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.2%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.1%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.4%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.9%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.6%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.7%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.1%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.8%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	9.8%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	9.7%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	9.1%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.9%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.2%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.2%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.8%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.4%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.0%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.9%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.0%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.2%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	11.1%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	10.3%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	10.5%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.5%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.9%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.6%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.6%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.2%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.0%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.5%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.8%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.2%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	12.0%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.4%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	10.7%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.9%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.0%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.0%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.1%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.4%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.4%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.0%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.4%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	9.3%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	12.7%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	11.9%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	11.6%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.5%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.6%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.3%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.9%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.9%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.1%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.1%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.8%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.7%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	13.1%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	12.5%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	12.3%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	10.6%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.7%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.4%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.3%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	7.2%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.6%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.8%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.0%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	10.2%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	14.1%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.0%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	13.0%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.8%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.9%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.6%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	8.0%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.2%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.3%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.7%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.9%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	10.6%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	14.5%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	14.2%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	13.0%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.1%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.7%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.5%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.9%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.0%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.1%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.9%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.7%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	11.8%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	12.4%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.7%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.3%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.4%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.5%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.2%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.1%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.0%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.6%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.6%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.0%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	12.4%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	11.7%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	11.2%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.7%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.3%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.9%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.2%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.9%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.9%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.6%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.7%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.6%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.8%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Santa Cruz County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	9.1%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.4%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	9.1%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	9.0%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.8%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.0%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.4%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.5%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.3%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.9%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.0%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	9.3%	6.6%	6.3%