High Unemployment Area
Modesto, CA Current Unemployment - 5.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
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1991
1990
Modesto, CA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2022
6.1%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.4%
4.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.7%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.4%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.0%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.6%
4.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.7%
3.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.0%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2021
8.9%
9.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.3%
8.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.0%
8.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
8.0%
8.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.8%
7.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.7%
8.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.5%
7.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
8.3%
7.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.2%
6.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.0%
5.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.9%
5.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.4%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2020
5.6%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.4%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.1%
5.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
17.3%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
16.9%
16.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
15.6%
15.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
14.1%
13.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
11.2%
11.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
11.2%
10.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
9.8%
9.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.2%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
9.4%
9.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2019
6.3%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.9%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.9%
4.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.3%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.1%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.0%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.2%
4.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.6%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.7%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.9%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.9%
3.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.8%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2018
6.2%
4.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.2%
4.6%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.2%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.7%
4.0%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.3%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.5%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.7%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.1%
4.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.3%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.5%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.6%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.7%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2017
7.9%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.6%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.3%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.7%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.5%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.3%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.4%
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
5.9%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.8%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2016
8.2%
5.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.1%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.3%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.8%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.2%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.2%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.1%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.5%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.3%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.7%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.4%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.4%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2015
10.8%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.6%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.5%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.7%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.4%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.6%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.3%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.3%
6.1%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.8%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.2%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.7%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.7%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2014
12.7%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
12.7%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.8%
8.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
11.4%
7.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.9%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.8%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.8%
7.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.0%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.2%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.5%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
10.1%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
10.0%
6.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2013
14.8%
10.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
14.3%
9.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
13.9%
9.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
13.1%
8.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.3%
8.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.0%
9.2%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.6%
9.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.7%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.0%
8.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.6%
8.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
12.0%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
12.0%
8.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2012
16.2%
11.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
16.4%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
16.1%
11.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
15.4%
10.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
14.7%
10.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
14.9%
10.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
15.1%
10.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.6%
10.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.5%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
13.1%
9.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
13.4%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
14.0%
9.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2011
17.7%
12.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
17.6%
12.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
17.5%
12.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
16.8%
11.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
16.1%
11.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
16.6%
12.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
16.5%
12.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.3%
11.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.5%
11.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.7%
11.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
15.2%
11.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
15.7%
11.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2010
17.5%
12.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
18.0%
12.6%
9.8%
3 / 2010
17.9%
12.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
17.0%
12.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
16.3%
11.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
16.4%
12.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
16.6%
12.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
15.5%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.9%
11.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
15.5%
11.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
16.6%
12.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
16.8%
12.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2009
13.1%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.8%
10.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.1%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.3%
10.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.9%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.3%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.3%
11.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.6%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.5%
11.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.4%
11.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
14.2%
11.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.5%
11.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2008
9.2%
6.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
9.4%
6.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
9.8%
6.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
9.0%
6.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.8%
6.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.2%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.5%
7.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.9%
7.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.8%
7.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.8%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.6%
8.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
11.4%
9.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2007
7.7%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.0%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.8%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.6%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.0%
4.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.2%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.5%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.7%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.6%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.1%
5.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.6%
5.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.2%
5.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2006
7.5%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.7%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.9%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.5%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.6%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.0%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.0%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.0%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.6%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.8%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.5%
4.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.7%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2005
8.5%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.7%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.4%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.7%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.0%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.1%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.9%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.0%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.2%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.4%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.9%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.6%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2004
9.4%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.3%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.5%
7.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
8.6%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.9%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.1%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.3%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.4%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.4%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.9%
5.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.4%
5.9%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.5%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2003
9.6%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.6%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.6%
7.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
9.0%
6.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.4%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.9%
7.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.4%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.1%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.7%
6.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.5%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.2%
6.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.0%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2002
9.2%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.2%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.4%
6.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.8%
6.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.0%
6.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.2%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.8%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.8%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.5%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.6%
6.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.7%
6.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.7%
6.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2001
7.9%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.1%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.4%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.6%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.8%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.8%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.5%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.7%
5.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.7%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.7%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.8%
6.2%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.2%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2000
7.4%
5.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.8%
5.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
8.1%
5.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.1%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.1%
4.8%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.7%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.3%
5.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.4%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.1%
4.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.8%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.7%
4.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.6%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1999
11.3%
6.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
11.7%
5.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
11.5%
5.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
10.7%
5.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.8%
4.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.2%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.5%
5.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.3%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.7%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.0%
4.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
8.7%
4.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
8.5%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1998
13.0%
6.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
13.3%
6.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
13.4%
6.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
11.7%
5.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.3%
5.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
11.9%
5.9%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.9%
6.2%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.4%
5.9%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.9%
5.8%
4.6%
10 / 1998
10.0%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
10.3%
5.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
9.9%
5.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1997
14.2%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
14.4%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
14.2%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
13.2%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
12.2%
5.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.2%
6.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
10.9%
6.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.7%
6.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
9.0%
6.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
10.7%
5.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
11.3%
5.8%
4.6%
12 / 1997
11.3%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1996
15.3%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
15.2%
8.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
15.3%
8.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
14.7%
7.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
13.8%
7.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
13.1%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.8%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.3%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.6%
6.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
11.3%
6.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
12.6%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
12.4%
6.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1995
15.0%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
15.4%
8.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
15.7%
8.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
16.0%
8.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
14.9%
7.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.0%
7.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
14.0%
8.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
11.0%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.6%
7.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
12.0%
7.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
13.4%
7.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
13.3%
7.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1994
16.7%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
17.0%
9.7%
6.6%
3 / 1994
16.9%
9.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
16.0%
8.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
14.6%
8.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
15.2%
8.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
13.1%
8.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
11.2%
8.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
11.0%
8.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
12.8%
7.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
13.2%
7.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
13.0%
7.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1993
16.6%
10.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
17.7%
10.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
17.0%
9.9%
7.0%
4 / 1993
16.9%
9.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
16.2%
9.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
16.6%
9.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
13.8%
9.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
11.7%
9.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
11.6%
9.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
14.1%
9.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
14.6%
9.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
14.5%
8.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1992
15.4%
9.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
16.2%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
16.1%
9.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.6%
8.7%
7.4%
5 / 1992
15.4%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
16.0%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
13.2%
9.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.0%
9.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.3%
9.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
14.4%
9.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
15.3%
9.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
15.1%
9.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1991
14.4%
7.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
15.3%
7.9%
6.6%
3 / 1991
15.3%
7.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
14.2%
7.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
14.4%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
14.5%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
13.5%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.9%
7.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.4%
7.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.7%
7.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
13.3%
7.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
13.6%
8.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
Modesto, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1990
11.1%
5.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.8%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.5%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
11.4%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
11.2%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.1%
5.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.0%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.7%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.7%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
9.5%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
12.2%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
12.3%
6.6%
6.3%