Bakersfield, CA
MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 228,904 | - | 10.9 | - |
| 1991 | 232,113 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 1.3 |
| 1992 | 229,950 | -0.9 | 15.8 | 3.6 |
| 1993 | 230,158 | 0.1 | 15.9 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | 225,562 | -2.0 | 15.1 | -0.8 |
| 1995 | 233,704 | 3.6 | 13.8 | -1.3 |
| 1996 | 241,691 | 3.4 | 13.0 | -0.8 |
| 1997 | 243,514 | 0.8 | 12.5 | -0.5 |
| 1998 | 244,888 | 0.6 | 12.2 | -0.3 |
| 1999 | 246,912 | 0.8 | 11.5 | -0.7 |
| 2000 | 269,425 | 9.1 | 8.2 | -3.2 |
| 2001 | 272,476 | 1.1 | 8.6 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 276,967 | 1.6 | 9.8 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 281,316 | 1.6 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 284,405 | 1.1 | 9.9 | -0.4 |
| 2005 | 300,941 | 5.8 | 8.4 | -1.5 |
| 2006 | 313,862 | 4.3 | 7.6 | -0.9 |
| 2007 | 320,279 | 2.0 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | 328,000 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 1.6 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 227,521 | 2.5 | 14.9 | -2.2 |
| Feb | 225,242 | 1.7 | 15.2 | -2.0 |
| Mar | 223,018 | 2.0 | 15.8 | -2.0 |
| Apr | 232,441 | 4.6 | 13.9 | -1.5 |
| May | 231,946 | 1.1 | 13.3 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 238,931 | 3.7 | 12.9 | -2.1 |
| Jul | 246,787 | 7.0 | 13.2 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 246,481 | 7.2 | 11.6 | -2.2 |
| Sep | 243,687 | 6.4 | 11.9 | -1.6 |
| Oct | 231,498 | 2.7 | 13.9 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 228,395 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 228,500 | 2.5 | 14.4 | 0.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 226,791 | -0.3 | 15.3 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 227,935 | 1.2 | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 227,166 | 1.9 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 237,351 | 2.1 | 13.2 | -0.7 |
| May | 243,885 | 5.1 | 11.3 | -2.1 |
| Jun | 246,053 | 3.0 | 12.2 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 256,598 | 4.0 | 11.6 | -1.6 |
| Aug | 254,345 | 3.2 | 10.6 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 252,203 | 3.5 | 11.1 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 242,286 | 4.7 | 13.0 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 241,821 | 5.9 | 13.8 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 243,862 | 6.7 | 13.0 | -1.4 |
| 1997-Jan | 234,161 | 3.2 | 14.6 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 234,853 | 3.0 | 14.3 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 234,139 | 3.1 | 15.4 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 241,346 | 1.7 | 12.2 | -1.0 |
| May | 248,944 | 2.1 | 10.5 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 248,018 | 0.8 | 12.2 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 252,102 | -1.8 | 11.3 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 249,508 | -1.9 | 10.5 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 250,941 | -0.5 | 10.7 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 244,192 | 0.8 | 12.4 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 242,519 | 0.3 | 12.7 | -1.1 |
| Dec | 241,439 | -1.0 | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 238,605 | 1.9 | 13.7 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 236,898 | 0.9 | 13.6 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 233,776 | -0.2 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 240,400 | -0.4 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 243,926 | -2.0 | 11.0 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 249,793 | 0.7 | 11.4 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 250,699 | -0.6 | 12.6 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 254,716 | 2.1 | 10.2 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 253,269 | 0.9 | 10.2 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 248,649 | 1.8 | 10.8 | -1.6 |
| Nov | 242,296 | -0.1 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 245,633 | 1.7 | 12.2 | -0.9 |
| 1999-Jan | 238,545 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 237,422 | 0.2 | 13.9 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 235,219 | 0.6 | 14.6 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 240,130 | -0.1 | 12.9 | 0.7 |
| May | 246,266 | 1.0 | 10.5 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 252,821 | 1.2 | 10.9 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 250,737 | 0.0 | 11.6 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 257,193 | 1.0 | 9.1 | -1.0 |
| Sep | 255,827 | 1.0 | 8.9 | -1.3 |
| Oct | 252,253 | 1.4 | 9.5 | -1.3 |
| Nov | 247,745 | 2.2 | 11.0 | -1.8 |
| Dec | 248,780 | 1.3 | 11.2 | -1.0 |
| 2000-Jan | 261,965 | 9.8 | 9.0 | -4.7 |
| Feb | 261,723 | 10.2 | 9.4 | -4.5 |
| Mar | 257,598 | 9.5 | 10.3 | -4.3 |
| Apr | 267,650 | 11.5 | 8.2 | -4.6 |
| May | 268,244 | 8.9 | 8.0 | -2.5 |
| Jun | 269,738 | 6.7 | 8.4 | -2.4 |
| Jul | 278,259 | 11.0 | 7.7 | -3.9 |
| Aug | 278,146 | 8.1 | 7.2 | -1.9 |
| Sep | 277,955 | 8.6 | 6.5 | -2.4 |
| Oct | 275,076 | 9.0 | 7.1 | -2.4 |
| Nov | 267,292 | 7.9 | 8.6 | -2.4 |
| Dec | 269,459 | 8.3 | 8.6 | -2.6 |
| 2001-Jan | 264,630 | 1.0 | 9.6 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 261,569 | -0.1 | 10.0 | 0.6 |
| Mar | 259,029 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 267,231 | -0.2 | 8.6 | 0.4 |
| May | 271,327 | 1.1 | 7.5 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 276,648 | 2.6 | 8.0 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 281,094 | 1.0 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 283,845 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 286,401 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 276,889 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 271,107 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 269,938 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 1.3 |
| 2002-Jan | 268,154 | 1.3 | 10.7 | 1.2 |
| Feb | 266,108 | 1.7 | 11.1 | 1.1 |
| Mar | 264,025 | 1.9 | 11.6 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 272,796 | 2.1 | 10.3 | 1.6 |
| May | 279,259 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 283,154 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 283,437 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 1.8 |
| Aug | 286,761 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 1.3 |
| Sep | 286,554 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| Oct | 281,070 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 276,669 | 2.1 | 10.0 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 275,614 | 2.1 | 10.9 | 1.0 |
| 2003-Jan | 273,254 | 1.9 | 11.6 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 270,967 | 1.8 | 11.8 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 269,423 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 277,339 | 1.7 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| May | 282,301 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 288,256 | 1.8 | 10.1 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 289,215 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 291,611 | 1.7 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 287,819 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 285,293 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 282,114 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 278,200 | 0.9 | 10.6 | -0.3 |
| 2004-Jan | 276,281 | 1.1 | 11.6 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 275,305 | 1.6 | 11.5 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 271,257 | 0.7 | 12.2 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 281,403 | 1.5 | 10.2 | -0.5 |
| May | 288,576 | 2.2 | 9.2 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 285,535 | -0.9 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 293,027 | 1.3 | 9.3 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 292,157 | 0.2 | 8.6 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 290,330 | 0.9 | 8.3 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 289,711 | 1.5 | 8.6 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 284,534 | 0.9 | 9.6 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 284,743 | 2.4 | 9.8 | -0.8 |
| 2005-Jan | 284,468 | 3.0 | 10.3 | -1.3 |
| Feb | 284,626 | 3.4 | 10.4 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 281,730 | 3.9 | 10.3 | -1.9 |
| Apr | 292,125 | 3.8 | 8.9 | -1.3 |
| May | 299,584 | 3.8 | 8.0 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 303,799 | 6.4 | 8.2 | -2.1 |
| Jul | 310,309 | 5.9 | 7.9 | -1.4 |
| Aug | 313,647 | 7.4 | 7.4 | -1.3 |
| Sep | 313,245 | 7.9 | 7.1 | -1.1 |
| Oct | 311,885 | 7.7 | 7.1 | -1.5 |
| Nov | 307,716 | 8.1 | 7.7 | -1.9 |
| Dec | 308,154 | 8.2 | 8.0 | -1.8 |
| 2006-Jan | 301,495 | 6.0 | 8.7 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 302,299 | 6.2 | 8.9 | -1.5 |
| Mar | 298,760 | 6.0 | 9.0 | -1.4 |
| Apr | 301,190 | 3.1 | 8.5 | -0.5 |
| May | 312,016 | 4.1 | 7.1 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 315,393 | 3.8 | 7.3 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 317,583 | 2.3 | 7.5 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 324,720 | 3.5 | 6.6 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 324,468 | 3.6 | 6.2 | -1.0 |
| Oct | 325,234 | 4.3 | 6.2 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 320,056 | 4.0 | 7.2 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 323,129 | 4.9 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| 2007-Jan | 314,355 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 310,980 | 2.9 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 307,866 | 3.0 | 8.8 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 315,680 | 4.8 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| May | 321,814 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 321,207 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 323,499 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 325,910 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 327,952 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 327,035 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 322,281 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 324,774 | 0.5 | 9.2 | 1.6 |
| 2008-Jan | 318,293 | 1.3 | 9.8 | 1.1 |
| Feb | 314,828 | 1.2 | 10.0 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 310,602 | 0.9 | 10.7 | 1.9 |
| Apr | 319,198 | 1.1 | 9.4 | 1.1 |
| May | 331,641 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 1.4 |
| Jun | 330,738 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 1.3 |
| Jul | 334,298 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 1.7 |
| Aug | 337,213 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 1.9 |
| Sep | 337,214 | 2.8 | 9.1 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 338,613 | 3.5 | 9.6 | 2.1 |
| Nov | 331,970 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 2.0 |
| Dec | 331,393 | 2.0 | 11.8 | 2.6 |
| 2009-Jan | 319,973 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 4.0 |
| Feb | 317,570 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 4.7 |
| Mar | 311,776 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 5.3 |
| Apr | 317,114 | -0.7 | 14.8 | 5.4 |
| May | 326,004 | -1.7 | 14.3 | 5.3 |
| Jun | 324,411 | -1.9 | 14.7 | 5.4 |
| Jul | 327,357 | -2.1 | 14.4 | 4.8 |
| Aug | 325,561 | -3.5 | 14.4 | 5.1 |
| Sep | 325,089 | -3.6 | 13.9 | 4.8 |
| Oct | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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