California’s youngest, least-educated, and white workers have had the largest increases in unemployment

Unemployment rate   Un- and underemployment rate  

Percent increase since Feb-Apr 2022

Source: PPIC calculations from Current Population Survey Basic Monthly micro-data.
NOTES: Quarterly data is reported to account for small sample sizes; estimates nonetheless include error due to survey sampling. Self-reported race and ethnicity is aggregated into four mutually exclusive groups; “Black and other” includes self-reported Black, Pacific Islander, and Native American individuals and all others not in the three other groups.
FROM: PPIC Blog, May 2025.
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