Santa Cruz City, CA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change Year Ago |
| 1990 | 28,472 | - | 6.2 | - |
| 1991 | 28,187 | -1.0 | 7.7 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 28,002 | -0.7 | 8.5 | 0.9 |
| 1993 | 28,117 | 0.4 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| 1994 | 28,749 | 2.3 | 8.5 | -0.6 |
| 1995 | 28,256 | -1.7 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
| 1996 | 28,447 | 0.7 | 7.5 | -0.7 |
| 1997 | 29,100 | 2.3 | 6.9 | -0.6 |
| 1998 | 29,235 | 0.5 | 6.4 | -0.5 |
| 1999 | 29,198 | -0.1 | 5.6 | -0.8 |
| 2000 | 31,222 | 6.9 | 4.2 | -1.4 |
| 2001 | 31,437 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 30,449 | -3.1 | 6.1 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 29,710 | -2.4 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 29,827 | 0.4 | 5.8 | -0.6 |
| 2005 | 30,033 | 0.7 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| 2006 | 30,419 | 1.3 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| 2007 | 31,053 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 26,338 | - | 7.8 | - |
| Feb | 26,670 | - | 8.2 | - |
| Mar | 26,988 | - | 7.8 | - |
| Apr | 28,263 | - | 7.7 | - |
| May | 29,687 | - | 5.1 | - |
| Jun | 30,100 | - | 4.6 | - |
| Jul | 29,952 | - | 4.8 | - |
| Aug | 29,799 | - | 4.7 | - |
| Sep | 29,135 | - | 4.6 | - |
| Oct | 28,716 | - | 5.2 | - |
| Nov | 28,332 | - | 7.0 | - |
| Dec | 27,689 | - | 7.9 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 26,471 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 26,843 | 0.6 | 9.8 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 26,941 | -0.2 | 10.1 | 2.3 |
| Apr | 27,645 | -2.2 | 9.3 | 1.6 |
| May | 28,812 | -2.9 | 6.9 | 1.8 |
| Jun | 29,445 | -2.2 | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| Jul | 29,186 | -2.6 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 29,033 | -2.6 | 5.9 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 28,821 | -1.1 | 5.7 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 29,004 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 28,537 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 27,507 | -0.7 | 9.1 | 1.2 |
| 1992-Jan | 26,274 | -0.7 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 26,514 | -1.2 | 11.3 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 26,977 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 27,629 | -0.1 | 8.5 | -0.8 |
| May | 29,042 | 0.8 | 6.7 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 29,217 | -0.8 | 7.2 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 28,845 | -1.2 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Aug | 28,827 | -0.7 | 7.1 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 28,802 | -0.1 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 28,712 | -1.0 | 7.0 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 28,185 | -1.2 | 8.9 | 1.6 |
| Dec | 26,996 | -1.9 | 10.9 | 1.8 |
| 1993-Jan | 26,111 | -0.6 | 12.9 | 2.2 |
| Feb | 26,544 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 1.2 |
| Mar | 26,808 | -0.6 | 11.3 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 27,798 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 1.1 |
| May | 28,903 | -0.5 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 29,486 | 0.9 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 28,976 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 29,355 | 1.8 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 29,059 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 28,818 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 28,277 | 0.3 | 8.7 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 27,264 | 1.0 | 10.6 | -0.3 |
| 1994-Jan | 26,517 | 1.6 | 12.3 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 26,975 | 1.6 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 27,519 | 2.7 | 11.0 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 28,515 | 2.6 | 9.3 | -0.3 |
| May | 29,639 | 2.5 | 7.2 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 30,414 | 3.1 | 6.6 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 29,796 | 2.8 | 7.1 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 30,069 | 2.4 | 6.2 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 29,634 | 2.0 | 6.3 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 29,411 | 2.1 | 6.7 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 28,914 | 2.3 | 7.9 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 27,589 | 1.2 | 9.6 | -1.0 |
| 1995-Jan | 26,597 | 0.3 | 11.5 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 26,978 | 0.0 | 11.1 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 27,209 | -1.1 | 10.8 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 28,015 | -1.8 | 9.2 | -0.1 |
| May | 28,900 | -2.5 | 7.7 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 29,684 | -2.4 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 29,163 | -2.1 | 6.5 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 29,143 | -3.1 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 28,951 | -2.3 | 5.7 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 29,059 | -1.2 | 6.0 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 28,208 | -2.4 | 8.0 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 27,167 | -1.5 | 9.0 | -0.6 |
| 1996-Jan | 26,397 | -0.8 | 11.3 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 26,989 | 0.0 | 10.6 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 27,065 | -0.5 | 10.2 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 28,073 | 0.2 | 8.3 | -0.9 |
| May | 29,433 | 1.8 | 5.8 | -1.9 |
| Jun | 29,867 | 0.6 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 28,983 | -0.6 | 6.1 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 29,208 | 0.2 | 5.2 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 28,863 | -0.3 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 29,657 | 2.1 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 28,763 | 2.0 | 7.8 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 28,067 | 3.3 | 8.6 | -0.3 |
| 1997-Jan | 27,363 | 3.7 | 10.6 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 27,984 | 3.7 | 10.1 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 28,362 | 4.8 | 9.5 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 28,881 | 2.9 | 7.8 | -0.5 |
| May | 29,958 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 30,439 | 1.9 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 29,596 | 2.1 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 29,719 | 1.7 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 29,577 | 2.5 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 29,788 | 0.4 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 29,071 | 1.1 | 6.3 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 28,457 | 1.4 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
| 1998-Jan | 27,686 | 1.2 | 9.8 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 28,135 | 0.5 | 9.0 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 28,440 | 0.3 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 28,779 | -0.4 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| May | 29,751 | -0.7 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 30,266 | -0.6 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 30,015 | 1.4 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 29,914 | 0.7 | 4.6 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 29,843 | 0.9 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 29,768 | -0.1 | 4.8 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 29,331 | 0.9 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 28,897 | 1.5 | 7.3 | -0.9 |
| 1999-Jan | 28,002 | 1.1 | 8.7 | -1.1 |
| Feb | 28,351 | 0.8 | 8.5 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 28,765 | 1.1 | 8.0 | -1.2 |
| Apr | 29,262 | 1.7 | 6.8 | -0.5 |
| May | 29,971 | 0.7 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 30,244 | -0.1 | 4.6 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 29,633 | -1.3 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 29,449 | -1.6 | 3.8 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 29,131 | -2.4 | 3.4 | -1.0 |
| Oct | 29,609 | -0.5 | 3.4 | -1.4 |
| Nov | 29,287 | -0.2 | 4.3 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 28,667 | -0.8 | 6.3 | -1.0 |
| 2000-Jan | 29,495 | 5.3 | 5.9 | -2.9 |
| Feb | 30,078 | 6.1 | 5.8 | -2.7 |
| Mar | 30,128 | 4.7 | 5.7 | -2.3 |
| Apr | 30,706 | 4.9 | 4.6 | -2.3 |
| May | 31,943 | 6.6 | 3.5 | -1.1 |
| Jun | 32,684 | 8.1 | 3.4 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 31,763 | 7.2 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 32,063 | 8.9 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 31,742 | 9.0 | 2.9 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 31,755 | 7.2 | 3.1 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 31,368 | 7.1 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 30,939 | 7.9 | 4.8 | -1.6 |
| 2001-Jan | 30,403 | 3.1 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 30,716 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 30,819 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 31,340 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 32,359 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 33,034 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 32,169 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 32,186 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 31,973 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 31,601 | -0.5 | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| Nov | 30,735 | -2.0 | 5.6 | 1.4 |
| Dec | 29,904 | -3.3 | 6.6 | 1.9 |
| 2002-Jan | 29,428 | -3.2 | 7.7 | 2.0 |
| Feb | 29,945 | -2.5 | 7.6 | 1.8 |
| Mar | 30,045 | -2.5 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 30,423 | -2.9 | 6.6 | 1.9 |
| May | 31,134 | -3.8 | 5.1 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 31,597 | -4.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 31,401 | -2.4 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| Aug | 31,270 | -2.8 | 5.0 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 31,244 | -2.3 | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| Oct | 30,678 | -2.9 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 29,599 | -3.7 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 28,618 | -4.3 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| 2003-Jan | 28,447 | -3.3 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 28,417 | -5.1 | 8.5 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 28,622 | -4.7 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 29,370 | -3.5 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| May | 30,137 | -3.2 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 31,130 | -1.5 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 30,702 | -2.2 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 30,298 | -3.1 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 29,990 | -4.0 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 30,408 | -0.9 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 29,774 | 0.6 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 29,224 | 2.1 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| 2004-Jan | 28,744 | 1.0 | 7.9 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 28,632 | 0.8 | 7.7 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 28,578 | -0.2 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 29,428 | 0.2 | 6.2 | -0.7 |
| May | 30,334 | 0.7 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 31,017 | -0.4 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 30,749 | 0.2 | 5.1 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 30,510 | 0.7 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 30,424 | 1.4 | 4.5 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 30,495 | 0.3 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 29,703 | -0.2 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Dec | 29,307 | 0.3 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
| 2005-Jan | 28,831 | 0.3 | 7.2 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 29,069 | 1.5 | 7.2 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 29,159 | 2.0 | 6.7 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 29,914 | 1.7 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
| May | 30,737 | 1.3 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 31,011 | 0.0 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 30,803 | 0.2 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 30,611 | 0.3 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 30,347 | -0.3 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 30,608 | 0.4 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 29,942 | 0.8 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 29,367 | 0.2 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| 2006-Jan | 29,110 | 1.0 | 6.2 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 29,151 | 0.3 | 6.2 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 29,224 | 0.2 | 6.0 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 29,632 | -0.9 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| May | 30,774 | 0.1 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 31,708 | 2.2 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 31,522 | 2.3 | 4.1 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 31,213 | 2.0 | 3.8 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 30,944 | 2.0 | 3.5 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 31,243 | 2.1 | 3.4 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 30,568 | 2.1 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 29,944 | 2.0 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| 2007-Jan | 29,772 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 29,841 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 29,940 | 2.5 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 30,640 | 3.4 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
| May | 31,397 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 32,206 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 31,779 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 31,701 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 31,535 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 31,706 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 31,400 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 30,714 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| 2008-Jan | 30,343 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 30,387 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Mar | - | - | - | - |
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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