# Unemployment Rate: El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment Rate: El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was 20.8% in September 2026, down 1.2 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.8 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.1% (Apr 2022) to 29.1% (Apr 2020), averaging 19.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-20940.UNEMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-rate-el-centro-ca-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 20.8% |
| August 2026 | 22.0% |
| July 2026 | 19.9% |
| June 2026 | 17.8% |
| May 2026 | 17.1% |
| April 2026 | 16.7% |
| March 2026 | 17.0% |
| February 2026 | 17.6% |
| January 2026 | 18.6% |
| December 2025 | 18.7% |
| November 2025 | 20.5% |
| September 2025 | 21.6% |
| August 2025 | 22.0% |
| July 2025 | 19.4% |
| June 2025 | 18.4% |
| May 2025 | 17.8% |
| April 2025 | 16.4% |
| March 2025 | 16.9% |
| February 2025 | 17.4% |
| January 2025 | 18.2% |
| December 2024 | 18.4% |
| November 2024 | 19.8% |
| October 2024 | 20.2% |
| September 2024 | 19.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20940.UNEMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-20940.UNEMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```