PolicyLink and PERE
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An Equity Profile of Orange County
Less than 4%
4% to 6%
6%
to 8%
8% to
10%
10% or more
Overall unemployment is low, but pockets of high
unemployment still remain
Identifying communities in the region that
face high unemployment can help the
region's leaders develop targeted
solutions.
As the map to the right illustrates, while
those facing unemployment live
throughout the region, there are more
neighborhoods in north and central
Orange County with large percentages of
people who are unemployed in cities like
Anaheim and Santa Ana, as well as
portions of Westminster and Cypress. The
unemployment rate as of December 2018
for Orange County was 2.8 percent while
the California unemployment rate was 4.1
percent.
1
There are pockets of high unemployment in many portions of northern Orange County
22. Unemployment Rate by Census Tract, 2016
Economic vitality
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; TomTom, ESRI, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community. Universe includes the civilian
noninstitutional population ages 16 and older. Note: Data represent a 2012 through 2016 average. Areas in white have missing data.
1
Labor Market Information Division. 2019. December 2018 Monthly
Labor Force Data for Counties. Table. 400 C. Sacramento, CA:
California Employment Development Department.
