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Unemployment Insurance Information by County

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Claimants by County

These monthly numbers show how many people in a county are receiving unemployment benefits. The numbers are based on how many people certified for benefits for the week that includes the 12th of the month. For example, March 2025 numbers come from people who certified for benefits for the week of March 9 through March 15.

The data for each month is only available at the end of the second following month. The data by county represents the mailing address given by the claimant at the time of filing for unemployment benefits. It includes people who get regular unemployment benefits and federal extended benefits. This information doesn’t include people who live outside of California but still get benefits, or people with incorrect addresses in California.

Initial Claims by County

This data shows the number of initial unemployment insurance claims. The figures include new claims, additional claims, and transitional claims. The data also covers regular unemployment benefits and federal extended benefits. These figures don’t include people who live outside California but still get benefits, or people with incorrect addresses in California.

New claim: This is the first claim an individual submits in a benefit year. A benefit year lasts 52 weeks for regular unemployment. A claimant can only have one new claim during a benefit year.
Additional claim: This happens when a claimant files another claim in the same benefit year after returning to work, but then gets laid off before the benefit year ends. Claimants can file multiple additional claims in the same benefit year if they meet the eligibility requirements.
Transitional claim: This happens when a claimant is continuously collecting benefits at the time their benefit year ends, and a new claim is immediately filed when the claim expires.
Initial Claims by County January 2025 – March 2025
Initial Claims by County January 2024 – December 2024
Initial Claims by County January 2023 – December 2023
Initial Claims by County January 2022 – December 2022
Initial Claims by County January 2021 – December 2021
Initial Claims by County January 2020 – December 2020
Initial Claims by County January 2019 – December 2019
Initial Claims by County January 2018 – December 2018
Initial Claims by County January 2017 – December 2017
Initial Claims by County January 2016 – December 2016
Initial Claims by County January 2015 – December 2015
Initial Claims by County January 2014 – December 2014
Initial Claims by County January 2013 – December 2013
Initial Claims by County January 2012 – December 2012
Initial Claims by County January 2011 – December 2011
Initial Claims by County January 2010 – December 2010
Initial Claims by County January 2009 – December 2009
Initial Claims by County January 2008 – December 2008
Initial Claims by County January 2007 – December 2007

Unemployment Insurance Benefits Paid by County

These monthly statistics show how much unemployment insurance benefits were paid in each California county. The data includes regular unemployment benefits and federal extended benefits. This data represents the mailing address provided by the claimant at the time of claim filing. It doesn’t include people who live outside California or people with incorrect addresses.

Exhausted Claims by County

Exhausted claims refer to claimants who have exhausted all available benefits. There are two types of exhausted claims:

Temporary Extensions (EUC and FED-ED)
All programs (Regular and Temporary Extensions)

Some factors that determine when an exhausted claim will be processed:

When claimants submit their Continued Claim Form.
Time needed for EDD to receive the form.
The Claim processing date.
Eligibility issues that need a determination.

The data doesn’t include people who live outside California but still get benefits, or people with incorrect addresses in California.

Exhausted Claims by County (Temporary Extension Programs)

The data shows how many claims have used the full amounts of their temporary extension benefits which are (a) Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Tier 4, or (b) Federal Funding for Extended Unemployment (FED-ED)

This means that no other benefits are available. Under current legislation, claimants can have either an EUC Tier 4, or a FED-ED claim as their last option. Some claimants may be able to return to training extension benefits even after exhausting their FED-ED claim.

Click on the link below to access historical data:

Exhausted Claims by County February 2010 – March 2025

Exhausted Claims by County (All Programs)

The data provided shows how many unemployment claims were processed during the month and exhausted all benefits from any specific program (Regular unemployment, EUC Tier 4, or Federal extended benefits), but may still be qualified for additional benefits.

Also, the same person might be counted in multiple months. For example, someone might exhaust their regular unemployment benefits in January and then exhaust their EUC Tier 1 benefits in June.

To access the annual data of exhausted claims by county (all programs), click on the link(s):