El Centro, CA
MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 35,262 | - | 25.6 | - |
| 1991 | 36,120 | 2.4 | 26.1 | 0.5 |
| 1992 | 37,294 | 3.3 | 31.0 | 4.9 |
| 1993 | 39,050 | 4.7 | 29.5 | -1.5 |
| 1994 | 42,390 | 8.6 | 26.3 | -3.2 |
| 1995 | 41,027 | -3.2 | 29.3 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 40,332 | -1.7 | 29.9 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 41,038 | 1.7 | 27.0 | -2.9 |
| 1998 | 41,379 | 0.8 | 26.0 | -0.9 |
| 1999 | 42,162 | 1.9 | 23.6 | -2.4 |
| 2000 | 46,296 | 9.8 | 17.4 | -6.2 |
| 2001 | 46,736 | 1.0 | 15.9 | -1.5 |
| 2002 | 48,943 | 4.7 | 15.0 | -0.9 |
| 2003 | 49,889 | 1.9 | 15.6 | 0.6 |
| 2004 | 49,509 | -0.8 | 17.1 | 1.5 |
| 2005 | 51,181 | 3.4 | 16.1 | -1.0 |
| 2006 | 53,838 | 5.2 | 15.4 | -0.7 |
| 2007 | 54,619 | 1.5 | 18.1 | 2.6 |
| 2008 | 56,708 | 3.8 | 22.9 | 4.8 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 43,033 | 2.9 | 22.4 | -4.7 |
| Feb | 43,771 | 2.1 | 21.8 | -4.1 |
| Mar | 42,871 | -2.5 | 23.0 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 41,430 | -5.6 | 27.7 | 1.2 |
| May | 41,950 | -4.6 | 26.5 | 2.6 |
| Jun | 41,483 | -1.2 | 28.0 | 3.5 |
| Jul | 38,626 | -1.8 | 35.4 | 5.1 |
| Aug | 37,857 | -4.7 | 35.7 | 5.4 |
| Sep | 38,512 | -4.6 | 35.4 | 5.9 |
| Oct | 40,768 | -5.7 | 33.6 | 6.8 |
| Nov | 40,903 | -6.8 | 31.7 | 6.6 |
| Dec | 41,117 | -5.7 | 28.3 | 5.9 |
| 1996-Jan | 40,577 | -5.7 | 29.2 | 6.8 |
| Feb | 42,571 | -2.7 | 26.4 | 4.6 |
| Mar | 41,215 | -3.9 | 26.8 | 3.7 |
| Apr | 40,231 | -2.9 | 29.2 | 1.5 |
| May | 42,426 | 1.1 | 25.2 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 41,807 | 0.8 | 27.1 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 37,750 | -2.3 | 36.2 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 38,009 | 0.4 | 36.0 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 38,078 | -1.1 | 34.8 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 40,800 | 0.1 | 31.6 | -2.0 |
| Nov | 39,808 | -2.7 | 30.0 | -1.8 |
| Dec | 40,713 | -1.0 | 25.7 | -2.7 |
| 1997-Jan | 42,038 | 3.6 | 25.3 | -3.9 |
| Feb | 42,752 | 0.4 | 22.7 | -3.7 |
| Mar | 42,172 | 2.3 | 23.1 | -3.7 |
| Apr | 41,539 | 3.3 | 26.1 | -3.1 |
| May | 43,576 | 2.7 | 22.6 | -2.7 |
| Jun | 41,928 | 0.3 | 25.0 | -2.1 |
| Jul | 38,234 | 1.3 | 32.5 | -3.8 |
| Aug | 38,337 | 0.9 | 33.2 | -2.7 |
| Sep | 38,096 | 0.0 | 33.6 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 40,786 | 0.0 | 28.7 | -2.9 |
| Nov | 41,584 | 4.5 | 26.7 | -3.3 |
| Dec | 41,412 | 1.7 | 23.7 | -2.0 |
| 1998-Jan | 42,445 | 1.0 | 24.1 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 42,158 | -1.4 | 21.5 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 43,187 | 2.4 | 21.4 | -1.7 |
| Apr | 41,013 | -1.3 | 23.5 | -2.6 |
| May | 42,424 | -2.6 | 22.9 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 42,552 | 1.5 | 23.6 | -1.4 |
| Jul | 39,493 | 3.3 | 30.4 | -2.1 |
| Aug | 39,386 | 2.7 | 31.8 | -1.5 |
| Sep | 39,762 | 4.4 | 32.1 | -1.4 |
| Oct | 41,196 | 1.0 | 29.8 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 41,444 | -0.3 | 26.9 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 41,491 | 0.2 | 23.2 | -0.5 |
| 1999-Jan | 43,058 | 1.4 | 22.5 | -1.6 |
| Feb | 43,864 | 4.0 | 20.4 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 43,920 | 1.7 | 18.9 | -2.5 |
| Apr | 41,941 | 2.3 | 22.9 | -0.6 |
| May | 43,886 | 3.4 | 21.4 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 43,606 | 2.5 | 21.5 | -2.0 |
| Jul | 40,386 | 2.3 | 27.9 | -2.5 |
| Aug | 40,612 | 3.1 | 27.9 | -3.9 |
| Sep | 40,821 | 2.7 | 27.8 | -4.4 |
| Oct | 41,092 | -0.3 | 26.6 | -3.3 |
| Nov | 41,318 | -0.3 | 24.5 | -2.4 |
| Dec | 41,439 | -0.1 | 20.9 | -2.3 |
| 2000-Jan | 46,510 | 8.0 | 14.4 | -8.1 |
| Feb | 47,984 | 9.4 | 13.3 | -7.1 |
| Mar | 47,561 | 8.3 | 13.6 | -5.3 |
| Apr | 46,433 | 10.7 | 15.7 | -7.2 |
| May | 48,086 | 9.6 | 14.9 | -6.5 |
| Jun | 46,969 | 7.7 | 15.9 | -5.6 |
| Jul | 45,143 | 11.8 | 21.0 | -6.8 |
| Aug | 45,443 | 11.9 | 22.0 | -5.9 |
| Sep | 44,827 | 9.8 | 22.4 | -5.3 |
| Oct | 45,061 | 9.7 | 20.8 | -5.7 |
| Nov | 45,313 | 9.7 | 17.9 | -6.5 |
| Dec | 46,227 | 11.6 | 16.5 | -4.4 |
| 2001-Jan | 46,988 | 1.0 | 15.6 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 47,737 | -0.5 | 13.8 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 47,938 | 0.8 | 13.3 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 46,882 | 1.0 | 14.7 | -1.0 |
| May | 47,901 | -0.4 | 14.1 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 48,578 | 3.4 | 14.3 | -1.6 |
| Jul | 44,722 | -0.9 | 17.5 | -3.6 |
| Aug | 45,110 | -0.7 | 18.8 | -3.1 |
| Sep | 45,340 | 1.1 | 19.0 | -3.4 |
| Oct | 45,922 | 1.9 | 18.0 | -2.9 |
| Nov | 46,421 | 2.4 | 16.5 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 47,297 | 2.3 | 15.5 | -0.9 |
| 2002-Jan | 49,136 | 4.6 | 13.9 | -1.8 |
| Feb | 50,138 | 5.0 | 12.3 | -1.5 |
| Mar | 50,478 | 5.3 | 11.6 | -1.8 |
| Apr | 49,068 | 4.7 | 14.0 | -0.7 |
| May | 49,875 | 4.1 | 13.4 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 49,413 | 1.7 | 14.1 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 46,646 | 4.3 | 17.7 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 47,526 | 5.4 | 17.6 | -1.2 |
| Sep | 47,642 | 5.1 | 17.5 | -1.5 |
| Oct | 48,604 | 5.8 | 17.1 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 48,816 | 5.2 | 16.4 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 49,977 | 5.7 | 14.4 | -1.1 |
| 2003-Jan | 50,576 | 2.9 | 13.5 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 50,956 | 1.6 | 12.6 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 50,473 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 50,411 | 2.7 | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 52,230 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 50,531 | 2.3 | 15.0 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 48,275 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 48,099 | 1.2 | 18.9 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 48,434 | 1.7 | 18.6 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 49,039 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 49,328 | 1.0 | 17.5 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 50,313 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 0.8 |
| 2004-Jan | 50,714 | 0.3 | 15.4 | 1.9 |
| Feb | 50,398 | -1.1 | 14.4 | 1.9 |
| Mar | 49,300 | -2.3 | 14.6 | 2.4 |
| Apr | 49,657 | -1.5 | 16.4 | 2.3 |
| May | 51,963 | -0.5 | 14.9 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 49,835 | -1.4 | 16.7 | 1.7 |
| Jul | 47,770 | -1.0 | 20.5 | 2.0 |
| Aug | 47,881 | -0.5 | 19.8 | 1.0 |
| Sep | 48,593 | 0.3 | 19.1 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 49,140 | 0.2 | 18.6 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 49,345 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 49,517 | -1.6 | 16.5 | 1.3 |
| 2005-Jan | 50,245 | -0.9 | 15.8 | 0.4 |
| Feb | 50,794 | 0.8 | 14.8 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 50,154 | 1.7 | 13.8 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 51,143 | 3.0 | 15.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 52,360 | 0.8 | 14.4 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 51,527 | 3.4 | 15.5 | -1.2 |
| Jul | 50,043 | 4.8 | 18.2 | -2.3 |
| Aug | 50,425 | 5.3 | 18.4 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 50,125 | 3.2 | 18.7 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 51,522 | 4.8 | 17.5 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 52,477 | 6.3 | 16.4 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 53,358 | 7.8 | 13.8 | -2.7 |
| 2006-Jan | 54,432 | 8.3 | 13.0 | -2.8 |
| Feb | 54,057 | 6.4 | 12.6 | -2.2 |
| Mar | 53,532 | 6.7 | 12.2 | -1.7 |
| Apr | 53,438 | 4.5 | 13.7 | -1.6 |
| May | 54,649 | 4.4 | 13.7 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 54,689 | 6.1 | 14.6 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 53,002 | 5.9 | 18.2 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 52,945 | 5.0 | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 52,473 | 4.7 | 18.2 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 53,473 | 3.8 | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 54,569 | 4.0 | 17.1 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 54,799 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 1.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 55,507 | 2.0 | 15.3 | 2.3 |
| Feb | 55,551 | 2.8 | 14.4 | 1.8 |
| Mar | 55,316 | 3.3 | 13.6 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 54,210 | 1.4 | 16.6 | 2.9 |
| May | 54,939 | 0.5 | 16.3 | 2.6 |
| Jun | 54,981 | 0.5 | 17.0 | 2.5 |
| Jul | 52,704 | -0.6 | 21.0 | 2.9 |
| Aug | 52,029 | -1.7 | 21.7 | 3.3 |
| Sep | 53,754 | 2.4 | 21.0 | 2.7 |
| Oct | 54,797 | 2.5 | 20.8 | 3.3 |
| Nov | 55,772 | 2.2 | 19.7 | 2.6 |
| Dec | 55,870 | 2.0 | 18.7 | 3.3 |
| 2008-Jan | 57,318 | 3.3 | 17.7 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 57,052 | 2.7 | 17.3 | 3.0 |
| Mar | 56,627 | 2.4 | 17.6 | 4.0 |
| Apr | 56,184 | 3.6 | 19.9 | 3.3 |
| May | 57,910 | 5.4 | 20.8 | 4.5 |
| Jun | 56,754 | 3.2 | 22.1 | 5.1 |
| Jul | 55,603 | 5.5 | 25.9 | 4.9 |
| Aug | 56,231 | 8.1 | 27.2 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 55,967 | 4.1 | 27.1 | 6.1 |
| Oct | 57,019 | 4.1 | 26.8 | 6.0 |
| Nov | 57,253 | 2.7 | 25.5 | 5.8 |
| Dec | 56,577 | 1.3 | 24.5 | 5.8 |
| 2009-Jan | 55,921 | -2.4 | 26.0 | 8.3 |
| Feb | 55,360 | -3.0 | 26.3 | 9.0 |
| Mar | 54,549 | -3.7 | 27.0 | 9.4 |
| Apr | 54,517 | -3.0 | 29.3 | 9.3 |
| May | 55,815 | -3.6 | 28.7 | 7.9 |
| Jun | 55,827 | -1.6 | 29.4 | 7.3 |
| Jul | 59,277 | 6.6 | 30.5 | 4.6 |
| Aug | 59,000 | 4.9 | 28.7 | 1.5 |
| Sep | - | - | - | - |
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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