California Unemployment

bls.gov-laus-ca-1 Last Update: 2019-01-03T21:15:36

BLS employment measures for California

This file is a conversion of the BLS Local Area Unemployment (LAUS) file for California. The conversion breaks out parts of the series_id code, and includes a Census ACS geoid for most areas.

Measure Codes

The measure_code value indicates the type of measure:

measure_code    measure_text
03              unemployment rate
04              unemployment
05              employment
06              labor force

Local Area Unemployment Statistics Series Identifier

The following is a sample format description of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics' series identifier:

                      1         2
             12345678901234567890
Series ID    LAUCN281070000000003
Positions    Value            Field Name
1-2          LA               Prefix
3            U                [Seasonal Adjustment Code](https://www.bls.gov/help/hlpseas.htm)
4-18         CN2810700000000  [Area Code](https://www.bls.gov/help/def/la.htm#area)
19-20        03               [Measure Code](https://www.bls.gov/help/def/la.htm#measure )

Documentation Links

• Primary Documentation

Contacts

• Wrangler Eric Busboom, Civic Knowledge

Resources

• la_areas. Area Codes
• laus_ca. Local Area Unemployment

References

• laus_ca_source. Link to source file
• sd_county_boundary. San Diego County Boundary
• cbsa. Census Core-Based Statistical Areas
• csa. Census Combined Statistical Areas
• places. Census Defined Places
• counties. Census Counties
• states. Census States