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Unemployment rate in Visalia

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 4 of 4 · Towns of Dinuba Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Visalia · California · United States · World
−3.2 pp since 2015
Visalia California United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Visalia
6.2%
California
5.5%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Visalia · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 6.2% · 2025
First value 7.9% · 1990
Highest 14.2% · 2010
Lowest 4.3% · 2022
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearVisaliaChange CaliforniaUnited StatesWorld
2025 6.2% +0.3 pp 5.5% — 4.8%
2024 5.9% +0.7 pp 5.3% — 4.8%
2023 5.2% +0.9 pp 4.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.3% −2.4 pp 4.3% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.7% −3.0 pp 7.3% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.7% +4.7 pp 10.1% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 5.0% +0.1 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.9% −0.5 pp 4.3% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.4% −0.7 pp 4.8% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.1% −3.3 pp 5.5% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 9.4% −1.4 pp 6.2% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 10.8% −1.0 pp 7.6% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 11.8% −1.4 pp 9.0% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 13.2% −0.8 pp 10.4% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 14.0% −0.2 pp 11.7% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 14.2% +4.6 pp 12.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.6% +3.0 pp 11.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.6% +1.0 pp 7.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.6% +0.5 pp 5.3% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.1% −0.6 pp 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.7% −1.4 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.1% −0.5 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.6% +0.2 pp 6.9% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.4% +0.4 pp 6.7% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 7.0% +0.7 pp 5.5% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 6.3% −4.6 pp 4.9% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 10.9% +0.6 pp 5.3% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 10.3% +0.2 pp 6.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 10.1% −0.6 pp 6.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 10.7% −0.3 pp 7.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 11.0% +0.2 pp 7.9% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 10.8% −1.2 pp 8.7% — 5.8%
1993 12.0% +0.4 pp 9.5% — 5.5%
1992 11.6% −0.5 pp 9.4% — 5.3%
1991 12.1% +4.2 pp 7.8% — 5.1%
1990 7.9% 5.8% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Dinuba

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Reedley 17.2%
2 Dinuba 14.4%
3 Sanger 9.6%
4 Visalia 6.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2025

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.