Data Source:

United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey

California Employment Development Department

Analysis:

Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies

Unemployed resident data are from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, and 1-Year Estimates; 2020 data are from the American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates and are considered experimental. Silicon Valley includes Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The data include estimates of the number of unemployed persons in the civilian labor force in each racial and ethnic category for residents 16 years of age and older. White is not Hispanic or Latino. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data for Initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims are from the California Employment Development Department and include Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Estimates represent a weekly average for each month. Race is from optionally self-identified information at the time a claim is filed. County represents the mailing address given by the claimant at the time of filing; it is possible that an individual can reside in a different county than their mailing address. Initial claims represent the number of claims submitted for all UI programs in addition to federal extended benefits programs. Initial claims totals are not representative of the number of individuals filing as a claimant can have multiple initial claims. Employment data by race and ethnicity used to calculate UI claims filed per 10,000 in the labor force are from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2021 5-Year Estimates.

Data include civilian workers ages 16 and over. Data from the 2020 United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates are experimental.

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