Visalia-Porterville, CA
MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 127,815 | - | 12.4 | - |
| 1991 | 124,935 | -2.3 | 18.2 | 5.9 |
| 1992 | 127,153 | 1.8 | 17.6 | -0.7 |
| 1993 | 129,038 | 1.5 | 18.2 | 0.7 |
| 1994 | 135,032 | 4.6 | 16.4 | -1.9 |
| 1995 | 133,091 | -1.4 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 133,613 | 0.4 | 16.2 | -0.5 |
| 1997 | 135,355 | 1.3 | 15.5 | -0.8 |
| 1998 | 137,175 | 1.3 | 15.7 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 137,475 | 0.2 | 16.6 | 0.9 |
| 2000 | 154,000 | 12.0 | 10.4 | -6.2 |
| 2001 | 155,321 | 0.9 | 11.4 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 159,800 | 2.9 | 12.0 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 160,173 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 159,553 | -0.4 | 11.6 | -0.7 |
| 2005 | 166,867 | 4.6 | 9.5 | -2.1 |
| 2006 | 173,186 | 3.8 | 8.5 | -1.0 |
| 2007 | 175,676 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| 2008 | 179,798 | 2.3 | 10.8 | 1.6 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 129,737 | 1.0 | 17.9 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 130,056 | 0.6 | 17.9 | -1.8 |
| Mar | 128,634 | 1.6 | 18.5 | -1.7 |
| Apr | 133,366 | -0.7 | 15.7 | -0.3 |
| May | 135,503 | -2.0 | 14.9 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 136,578 | -2.6 | 15.2 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 138,075 | -0.6 | 17.1 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 140,428 | -0.9 | 14.7 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 138,292 | -0.3 | 14.6 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 130,141 | -4.2 | 17.3 | 1.5 |
| Nov | 128,354 | -4.0 | 18.7 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 127,933 | -4.8 | 17.9 | 2.2 |
| 1996-Jan | 127,078 | -2.0 | 19.1 | 1.2 |
| Feb | 127,263 | -2.1 | 18.3 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 127,324 | -1.0 | 19.2 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 133,100 | -0.2 | 15.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 138,734 | 2.4 | 13.3 | -1.6 |
| Jun | 137,703 | 0.8 | 14.8 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 137,518 | -0.4 | 15.9 | -1.2 |
| Aug | 138,050 | -1.7 | 13.9 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 134,825 | -2.5 | 14.6 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 135,056 | 3.8 | 16.2 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 133,382 | 3.9 | 16.8 | -1.9 |
| Dec | 133,324 | 4.2 | 16.9 | -0.9 |
| 1997-Jan | 130,509 | 2.7 | 18.4 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 130,616 | 2.6 | 17.6 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 130,909 | 2.8 | 18.6 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 138,533 | 4.1 | 14.1 | -1.8 |
| May | 142,842 | 3.0 | 11.7 | -1.6 |
| Jun | 140,332 | 1.9 | 14.1 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 138,720 | 0.9 | 14.4 | -1.5 |
| Aug | 139,598 | 1.1 | 13.4 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 135,921 | 0.8 | 13.9 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 133,023 | -1.5 | 16.1 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 131,467 | -1.4 | 16.7 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 131,789 | -1.2 | 16.8 | -0.2 |
| 1998-Jan | 133,340 | 2.2 | 17.8 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 132,104 | 1.1 | 17.3 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 132,253 | 1.0 | 19.0 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 136,370 | -1.6 | 15.2 | 1.2 |
| May | 142,953 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 142,001 | 1.2 | 13.8 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 135,641 | -2.2 | 17.1 | 2.7 |
| Aug | 140,769 | 0.8 | 13.8 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 139,134 | 2.4 | 13.7 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 138,791 | 4.3 | 14.9 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 135,671 | 3.2 | 16.6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 137,075 | 4.0 | 16.4 | -0.4 |
| 1999-Jan | 130,822 | -1.9 | 20.0 | 2.1 |
| Feb | 129,871 | -1.7 | 19.7 | 2.4 |
| Mar | 128,203 | -3.1 | 20.8 | 1.8 |
| Apr | 133,752 | -1.9 | 19.0 | 3.7 |
| May | 140,851 | -1.5 | 15.2 | 2.4 |
| Jun | 143,744 | 1.2 | 15.4 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 139,833 | 3.1 | 17.0 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 142,297 | 1.1 | 13.7 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 139,164 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 140,431 | 1.2 | 14.5 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 141,059 | 4.0 | 14.9 | -1.7 |
| Dec | 139,673 | 1.9 | 15.7 | -0.6 |
| 2000-Jan | 149,291 | 14.1 | 11.8 | -8.2 |
| Feb | 148,914 | 14.7 | 12.1 | -7.6 |
| Mar | 145,887 | 13.8 | 13.5 | -7.3 |
| Apr | 157,017 | 17.4 | 10.1 | -8.9 |
| May | 158,924 | 12.8 | 9.2 | -6.0 |
| Jun | 158,381 | 10.2 | 9.3 | -6.0 |
| Jul | 158,975 | 13.7 | 9.6 | -7.3 |
| Aug | 158,383 | 11.3 | 8.9 | -4.8 |
| Sep | 156,259 | 12.3 | 8.3 | -5.4 |
| Oct | 153,557 | 9.3 | 9.3 | -5.3 |
| Nov | 151,243 | 7.2 | 11.2 | -3.7 |
| Dec | 151,167 | 8.2 | 11.5 | -4.2 |
| 2001-Jan | 149,249 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 148,198 | -0.5 | 13.5 | 1.4 |
| Mar | 146,844 | 0.7 | 14.1 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 156,043 | -0.6 | 11.2 | 1.1 |
| May | 159,630 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 159,876 | 0.9 | 10.1 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 160,150 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 159,590 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 0.9 |
| Sep | 158,812 | 1.6 | 9.5 | 1.2 |
| Oct | 157,414 | 2.5 | 10.8 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 154,912 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 153,135 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 1.9 |
| 2002-Jan | 153,506 | 2.9 | 14.1 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 153,763 | 3.8 | 14.2 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 152,234 | 3.7 | 14.5 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 161,092 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 1.0 |
| May | 165,778 | 3.9 | 10.1 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 164,970 | 3.2 | 10.8 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 163,139 | 1.9 | 11.1 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 164,151 | 2.9 | 10.1 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 163,116 | 2.7 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 160,234 | 1.8 | 10.9 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 158,239 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 157,375 | 2.8 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| 2003-Jan | 154,885 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 153,035 | -0.5 | 14.9 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 153,679 | 0.9 | 14.6 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 161,413 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| May | 165,452 | -0.2 | 11.0 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 166,807 | 1.1 | 11.1 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 161,230 | -1.2 | 12.0 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 163,183 | -0.6 | 10.6 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 163,076 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 162,200 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 158,707 | 0.3 | 12.3 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 158,406 | 0.7 | 12.8 | -0.6 |
| 2004-Jan | 156,276 | 0.9 | 14.0 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 155,537 | 1.6 | 13.8 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 154,360 | 0.4 | 14.3 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 162,790 | 0.9 | 11.3 | -1.2 |
| May | 165,550 | 0.1 | 9.9 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 162,021 | -2.9 | 11.4 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 161,723 | 0.3 | 11.0 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 160,838 | -1.4 | 10.2 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 160,210 | -1.8 | 9.9 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 158,411 | -2.3 | 10.5 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 157,958 | -0.5 | 11.5 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 158,958 | 0.3 | 11.8 | -1.1 |
| 2005-Jan | 158,612 | 1.5 | 12.3 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 161,033 | 3.5 | 11.9 | -1.9 |
| Mar | 160,101 | 3.7 | 11.6 | -2.7 |
| Apr | 167,028 | 2.6 | 9.6 | -1.7 |
| May | 170,842 | 3.2 | 8.3 | -1.6 |
| Jun | 169,796 | 4.8 | 8.8 | -2.6 |
| Jul | 169,836 | 5.0 | 9.0 | -2.0 |
| Aug | 171,801 | 6.8 | 8.2 | -2.0 |
| Sep | 170,064 | 6.2 | 8.2 | -1.7 |
| Oct | 169,023 | 6.7 | 8.3 | -2.2 |
| Nov | 168,255 | 6.5 | 8.6 | -2.9 |
| Dec | 166,015 | 4.4 | 9.5 | -2.2 |
| 2006-Jan | 165,327 | 4.2 | 10.1 | -2.2 |
| Feb | 165,145 | 2.6 | 10.3 | -1.6 |
| Mar | 163,914 | 2.4 | 10.2 | -1.4 |
| Apr | 170,192 | 1.9 | 9.3 | -0.2 |
| May | 178,834 | 4.7 | 7.2 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 178,675 | 5.2 | 7.6 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 176,689 | 4.0 | 8.3 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 178,894 | 4.1 | 7.5 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 178,041 | 4.7 | 7.0 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 174,247 | 3.1 | 7.5 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 172,896 | 2.8 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 175,383 | 5.6 | 9.0 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 173,298 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 168,374 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 169,641 | 3.5 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 176,303 | 3.6 | 9.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 180,778 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 178,681 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 177,129 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 177,764 | -0.6 | 8.2 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 177,103 | -0.5 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 176,192 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 174,789 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 178,055 | 1.5 | 10.4 | 1.4 |
| 2008-Jan | 175,902 | 1.5 | 11.1 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 173,245 | 2.9 | 11.2 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 172,565 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 1.3 |
| Apr | 182,335 | 3.4 | 9.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 188,977 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 186,458 | 4.4 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 180,682 | 2.0 | 10.6 | 1.7 |
| Aug | 180,979 | 1.8 | 10.3 | 2.1 |
| Sep | 179,943 | 1.6 | 10.2 | 2.2 |
| Oct | 179,862 | 2.1 | 11.1 | 2.8 |
| Nov | 177,437 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 2.9 |
| Dec | 179,187 | 0.6 | 13.8 | 3.5 |
| 2009-Jan | 173,720 | -1.2 | 16.1 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 171,848 | -0.8 | 16.9 | 5.6 |
| Mar | 170,148 | -1.4 | 17.7 | 6.0 |
| Apr | 180,482 | -1.0 | 15.2 | 5.5 |
| May | 185,678 | -1.7 | 14.2 | 5.4 |
| Jun | 183,111 | -1.8 | 14.7 | 5.4 |
| Jul | 177,288 | -1.9 | 15.3 | 4.7 |
| Aug | 176,355 | -2.6 | 15.2 | 4.9 |
| Sep | 175,643 | -2.4 | 14.9 | 4.6 |
| 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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