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Unemployment rate in Tulare County

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 3 of 58 · Regions of California Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Tulare County · California · United States · World
−0.9 pp since 2015
Tulare County 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
Tulare County
10.8%
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 Tulare County · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 10.8% · 2025
First value 12.3% · 1990
Highest 18.3% · 1991
Lowest 8.2% · 2022
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearTulare CountyChange CaliforniaUnited StatesWorld
2025 10.8% +0.3 pp 5.5% — 4.8%
2024 10.5% +0.7 pp 5.3% — 4.8%
2023 9.8% +1.6 pp 4.7% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 8.2% −2.4 pp 4.3% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 10.6% −2.7 pp 7.3% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 13.3% +3.6 pp 10.1% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 9.7% ±0.0 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 9.7% −0.7 pp 4.3% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 10.4% −0.8 pp 4.8% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 11.2% −0.5 pp 5.5% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 11.7% −1.6 pp 6.2% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 13.3% −1.2 pp 7.6% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 14.5% −1.7 pp 9.0% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 16.2% −0.9 pp 10.4% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 17.1% −0.3 pp 11.7% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 17.4% +2.0 pp 12.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 15.4% +4.6 pp 11.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 10.8% +1.6 pp 7.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 9.2% +0.7 pp 5.3% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 8.5% −0.9 pp 4.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 9.4% −2.2 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 11.6% −0.8 pp 6.2% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 12.4% +0.4 pp 6.9% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 12.0% +0.5 pp 6.7% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 11.5% +1.2 pp 5.5% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 10.3% −6.4 pp 4.9% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 16.7% +1.0 pp 5.3% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 15.7% +0.3 pp 6.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 15.4% −0.9 pp 6.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 16.3% −0.4 pp 7.3% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 16.7% +0.2 pp 7.9% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 16.5% −1.7 pp 8.7% — 5.8%
1993 18.2% +0.6 pp 9.5% — 5.5%
1992 17.6% −0.7 pp 9.4% — 5.3%
1991 18.3% +6.0 pp 7.8% — 5.1%
1990 12.3% 5.8% — —

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

Ranking · Regions of California

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
52 Alameda County 4.1%
13 Alpine County 8.8%
33 Amador County 6.1%
29 Butte County 6.7%
24 Calaveras County 7.3%
2 Colusa County 15.2%
50 Contra Costa County 4.4%
17 Del Norte County 8.0%
39 El Dorado County 5.4%
8 Fresno County 9.7%
10 Glenn County 9.0%
45 Humboldt County 5.0%
1 Imperial County 24.5%
36 Inyo County 5.6%
5 Kern County 10.4%
6 Kings County 10.3%
19 Lake County 7.8%
21 Lassen County 7.7%
41 Los Angeles County 5.3%
11 Madera County 8.9%
57 Marin County 3.5%
23 Mariposa County 7.4%
37 Mendocino County 5.6%
4 Merced County 10.7%
15 Modoc County 8.3%
38 Mono County 5.6%
20 Monterey County 7.8%
51 Napa County 4.3%
44 Nevada County 5.1%
53 Orange County 4.0%
48 Placer County 4.5%
9 Plumas County 9.7%
31 Riverside County 6.2%
42 Sacramento County 5.2%
27 San Benito County 6.8%
34 San Bernardino County 5.9%
47 San Diego County 4.6%
56 San Francisco County/city 3.6%
18 San Joaquin County 7.9%
49 San Luis Obispo County 4.5%
58 San Mateo County 3.3%
46 Santa Barbara County 5.0%
55 Santa Clara County 3.9%
25 Santa Cruz County 6.9%
28 Shasta County 6.8%
22 Sierra County 7.7%
12 Siskiyou County 8.9%
40 Solano County 5.4%
54 Sonoma County 4.0%
14 Stanislaus County 8.6%
7 Sutter County 10.0%
26 Tehama County 6.9%
30 Trinity County 6.7%
3 Tulare County 11.2%
32 Tuolumne County 6.2%
43 Ventura County 5.2%
35 Yolo County 5.9%
16 Yuba County 8.3%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

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.