Merced, CA
MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 67,037 | - | 12.9 | - |
| 1991 | 65,123 | -2.9 | 15.7 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 68,563 | 5.3 | 17.5 | 1.8 |
| 1993 | 68,799 | 0.3 | 17.4 | 0.0 |
| 1994 | 70,137 | 1.9 | 16.2 | -1.2 |
| 1995 | 68,685 | -2.1 | 17.1 | 0.9 |
| 1996 | 68,247 | -0.6 | 16.7 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | 70,190 | 2.8 | 15.7 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 72,262 | 3.0 | 15.2 | -0.6 |
| 1999 | 72,484 | 0.3 | 13.4 | -1.7 |
| 2000 | 81,632 | 12.6 | 9.6 | -3.8 |
| 2001 | 82,507 | 1.1 | 10.1 | 0.6 |
| 2002 | 85,679 | 3.8 | 11.0 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 86,346 | 0.8 | 11.5 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 87,685 | 1.6 | 11.0 | -0.6 |
| 2005 | 89,804 | 2.4 | 10.1 | -0.9 |
| 2006 | 90,108 | 0.3 | 9.5 | -0.6 |
| 2007 | 91,703 | 1.8 | 10.1 | 0.7 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 66,474 | -0.4 | 18.7 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 66,640 | 0.8 | 19.4 | -1.7 |
| Mar | 66,880 | 0.6 | 19.7 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 66,460 | 0.0 | 19.2 | 0.8 |
| May | 68,898 | -2.0 | 17.6 | 1.9 |
| Jun | 70,480 | -3.1 | 17.6 | 2.3 |
| Jul | 71,578 | -2.4 | 16.6 | 2.1 |
| Aug | 72,847 | -1.2 | 13.7 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 72,381 | -2.0 | 12.4 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 69,657 | -4.3 | 14.0 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 66,663 | -5.6 | 17.9 | 2.9 |
| Dec | 65,267 | -4.7 | 18.1 | 2.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 62,869 | -5.4 | 21.2 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 62,991 | -5.5 | 21.7 | 2.3 |
| Mar | 63,802 | -4.6 | 21.4 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 66,542 | 0.1 | 18.6 | -0.6 |
| May | 69,218 | 0.5 | 16.1 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 71,752 | 1.8 | 15.3 | -2.3 |
| Jul | 71,083 | -0.7 | 14.7 | -1.9 |
| Aug | 72,190 | -0.9 | 11.8 | -2.0 |
| Sep | 72,138 | -0.3 | 11.6 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 71,205 | 2.2 | 13.6 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 68,162 | 2.2 | 17.0 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 67,012 | 2.7 | 17.3 | -0.8 |
| 1997-Jan | 65,198 | 3.7 | 20.4 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 65,190 | 3.5 | 20.9 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 66,251 | 3.8 | 20.2 | -1.2 |
| Apr | 68,141 | 2.4 | 17.3 | -1.3 |
| May | 70,650 | 2.1 | 15.1 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 72,292 | 0.8 | 14.7 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 74,185 | 4.4 | 13.6 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 75,473 | 4.5 | 10.7 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 74,427 | 3.2 | 10.7 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 71,355 | 0.2 | 13.2 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 70,230 | 3.0 | 15.4 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 68,882 | 2.8 | 16.9 | -0.3 |
| 1998-Jan | 67,740 | 3.9 | 19.1 | -1.3 |
| Feb | 67,607 | 3.7 | 19.6 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 68,131 | 2.8 | 19.7 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 70,012 | 2.7 | 16.6 | -0.7 |
| May | 72,986 | 3.3 | 14.3 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 74,349 | 2.8 | 15.0 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 74,087 | -0.1 | 14.3 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 76,285 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 1.1 |
| Sep | 76,370 | 2.6 | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 74,920 | 5.0 | 11.8 | -1.4 |
| Nov | 73,039 | 4.0 | 13.9 | -1.5 |
| Dec | 71,614 | 4.0 | 15.0 | -2.0 |
| 1999-Jan | 68,053 | 0.5 | 17.3 | -1.8 |
| Feb | 67,723 | 0.2 | 18.4 | -1.3 |
| Mar | 69,058 | 1.4 | 17.4 | -2.4 |
| Apr | 70,431 | 0.6 | 15.3 | -1.2 |
| May | 73,394 | 0.6 | 12.8 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 74,935 | 0.8 | 13.4 | -1.6 |
| Jul | 73,615 | -0.6 | 12.5 | -1.8 |
| Aug | 76,243 | -0.1 | 9.8 | -2.0 |
| Sep | 76,902 | 0.7 | 8.5 | -2.3 |
| Oct | 75,573 | 0.9 | 9.3 | -2.5 |
| Nov | 72,762 | -0.4 | 12.6 | -1.3 |
| Dec | 71,116 | -0.7 | 14.0 | -0.9 |
| 2000-Jan | 77,588 | 14.0 | 11.3 | -6.0 |
| Feb | 76,892 | 13.5 | 12.3 | -6.1 |
| Mar | 77,607 | 12.4 | 12.4 | -5.0 |
| Apr | 79,692 | 13.1 | 10.2 | -5.2 |
| May | 81,756 | 11.4 | 9.5 | -3.3 |
| Jun | 83,761 | 11.8 | 9.2 | -4.2 |
| Jul | 82,698 | 12.3 | 8.9 | -3.7 |
| Aug | 85,278 | 11.9 | 7.6 | -2.2 |
| Sep | 85,559 | 11.3 | 6.7 | -1.8 |
| Oct | 85,080 | 12.6 | 7.5 | -1.8 |
| Nov | 82,513 | 13.4 | 9.8 | -2.9 |
| Dec | 81,163 | 14.1 | 10.2 | -3.8 |
| 2001-Jan | 78,247 | 0.8 | 12.3 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 77,924 | 1.3 | 13.0 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 78,725 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 79,937 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 0.6 |
| May | 82,094 | 0.4 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 84,176 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 85,915 | 3.9 | 8.4 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 86,501 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 86,155 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 86,197 | 1.3 | 8.2 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 82,322 | -0.2 | 11.1 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 81,895 | 0.9 | 12.2 | 2.0 |
| 2002-Jan | 81,122 | 3.7 | 13.4 | 1.1 |
| Feb | 81,973 | 5.2 | 13.7 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 82,192 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 83,826 | 4.9 | 12.0 | 1.2 |
| May | 85,321 | 3.9 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 86,945 | 3.3 | 10.7 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 88,438 | 2.9 | 10.0 | 1.6 |
| Aug | 90,536 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 90,276 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 88,347 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 85,302 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 83,865 | 2.4 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| 2003-Jan | 81,789 | 0.8 | 14.2 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 82,413 | 0.5 | 14.4 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 83,253 | 1.3 | 13.8 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 83,727 | -0.1 | 12.7 | 0.7 |
| May | 85,579 | 0.3 | 11.4 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 87,758 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 87,743 | -0.8 | 11.0 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 91,633 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 91,538 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 89,058 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 86,442 | 1.3 | 11.0 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 85,213 | 1.6 | 11.6 | -0.6 |
| 2004-Jan | 83,239 | 1.8 | 13.8 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 83,164 | 0.9 | 14.1 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 83,589 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 85,554 | 2.2 | 12.0 | -0.7 |
| May | 87,687 | 2.5 | 10.5 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 89,727 | 2.2 | 10.7 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 89,447 | 1.9 | 10.2 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 91,734 | 0.1 | 8.7 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 91,708 | 0.2 | 8.1 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 90,823 | 2.0 | 8.6 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 88,627 | 2.5 | 10.0 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 86,919 | 2.0 | 10.9 | -0.7 |
| 2005-Jan | 84,482 | 1.5 | 12.9 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 85,562 | 2.9 | 13.1 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 86,144 | 3.1 | 12.3 | -1.7 |
| Apr | 88,472 | 3.4 | 10.8 | -1.2 |
| May | 90,167 | 2.8 | 9.5 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 92,021 | 2.6 | 9.5 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 90,537 | 1.2 | 9.5 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 94,275 | 2.8 | 8.3 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 94,158 | 2.7 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 93,064 | 2.5 | 7.9 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 90,192 | 1.8 | 9.3 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 88,573 | 1.9 | 10.1 | -0.9 |
| 2006-Jan | 86,582 | 2.5 | 11.5 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 86,916 | 1.6 | 11.7 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 87,134 | 1.1 | 11.6 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 87,372 | -1.2 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 89,576 | -0.7 | 9.1 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 91,656 | -0.4 | 9.1 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 90,027 | -0.6 | 9.4 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 93,634 | -0.7 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 93,305 | -0.9 | 7.2 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 93,850 | 0.8 | 7.0 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 91,558 | 1.5 | 8.3 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 89,686 | 1.3 | 9.9 | -0.2 |
| 2007-Jan | 88,784 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 88,601 | 1.9 | 12.0 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 88,916 | 2.0 | 11.2 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 89,556 | 2.5 | 10.6 | -0.4 |
| May | 91,850 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 92,947 | 1.4 | 9.6 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 91,812 | 2.0 | 9.9 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 93,913 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 94,529 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 93,817 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 1.4 |
| Nov | 93,266 | 1.9 | 10.1 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 92,443 | 3.1 | 11.9 | 2.0 |
| 2008-Jan | 91,308 | 2.8 | 13.2 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 91,238 | 3.0 | 13.4 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 91,377 | 2.8 | 13.6 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 92,212 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 1.6 |
| May | 93,899 | 2.2 | 11.6 | 2.1 |
| Jun | 95,546 | 2.8 | 11.8 | 2.2 |
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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