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<br />Employment
<br />The following table summarizes the labor force, employment and unemployment figures over the past
<br />five years for the City, the County, the State of California and the nation as a whole.
<br />LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
<br />Yearly Average for Years 2016 through 2020
<br />Year and Area Labor Force
<br />Civilian
<br />Employment(1) Unemployment(2)
<br />Unemployment
<br />Rate(3)
<br />2016
<br />City of Santa Ana 157,200 150,700 6,500 4.1%
<br />Orange County 1,597,300 1,532,700 64,500 4.0
<br />California 19,021,200 17,980,100 1,041,100 5.5
<br />United States 159,187,000 151,436,000 7,751,000 4.9
<br />2017
<br />City of Santa Ana 157,300 151,600 5,700 3.6%
<br />Orange County 1,607,800 1,551,500 56,300 3.5
<br />California 19,176,400 18,257,100 919,300 4.8
<br />United States 160,320,000 153,338,000 6,982,000 4.4
<br />2018
<br />City of Santa Ana 157,700 153,000 4,700 3.0%
<br />Orange County 1,617,900 1,569,800 48,100 3.0
<br />California 19,280,800 18,460,700 820,100 4.3
<br />United States 162,074,000 155,761,000 6,314,000 3.9
<br />2019
<br />City of Santa Ana 158,400 153,800 4,600 2.9%
<br />Orange County 1,623,400 1,578,300 45,100 2.8
<br />California 19,411,600 18,627,400 784,200 4.0
<br />United States 163,539,000 157,538,000 6,001,000 3.7
<br />2020(4)
<br />City of Santa Ana 152,200 138,400 13,900 9.1%
<br />Orange County 1,553,300 1,416,700 136,600 8.8
<br />California 18,916,400 17,246,800 1,669,600 8.8
<br />United States 160,567,000 149,830,000 10,736,000 6.7
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<br />(1) Includes persons involved in labor-management trade disputes.
<br />(2) Includes all persons without jobs who are actively seeking work.
<br />(3) The unemployment rate is computed from unrounded data; therefore, it may differ from rates computed from rounded
<br />figures in this table.
<br />(4) As of December 2020.
<br />Source: California Employment Development Department, based on March 2020 benchmark and U.S. Department of Labor,
<br />Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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