# Unemployment: Riverside County, CA (U)

Unemployment: Riverside County, CA (U) was up 12.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with 4.5% in August 2025.
The level stood at 70,379 thousands.
That is the highest reading since August 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −53.1% (May 2022) to 347.0% (May 2020), averaging 9.2%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA-06065.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-riverside-county-ca-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 70,379 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 73,019 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 69,234 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 63,916 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 55,488 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 58,518 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 61,331 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 64,667 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 65,806 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 63,003 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 68,950 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 73,898 thousands | 12.8 |
| August 2025 | 76,363 thousands | 4.5 |
| July 2025 | 74,677 thousands | 4.2 |
| June 2025 | 69,533 thousands | 6.7 |
| May 2025 | 59,322 thousands | 12.6 |
| April 2025 | 59,944 thousands | 10.5 |
| March 2025 | 63,347 thousands | 7.5 |
| February 2025 | 63,953 thousands | 3.3 |
| January 2025 | 64,547 thousands | 4.7 |
| December 2024 | 60,395 thousands | 4.6 |
| November 2024 | 65,172 thousands | 10.3 |
| October 2024 | 66,420 thousands | 6.9 |
| September 2024 | 65,538 thousands | 8.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06065.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06065.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```