PLEASE NOTE: Since the publication of this e-Newsletter, data for May 2011 have been revised. See the current issue of the LMI e-Newsletter.

View the current month's press releases and data tables by geography online. This page also has links to historical data.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a series of 2010 Census Population Profile Maps for states. Each profile is a graphic overview of selected demographic information from the 2010 Census and includes a pie chart of the total population by race, a population pyramid by sex and age, and a bar chart illustrating housing occupancy rates. Highlights from the California Profile include:

• California continues to be the nation's most populous state, as the number of residents reached over 37 million in 2010.
  

• Hispanic or Latino persons (of any race) make up 37.6 percent of the State population. This is a 27.8 percent increase from 2000.
  

• Californians between the ages of 18 to 44 years comprise the largest segment of the population at 38.7 percent.
  

To find additional information from the 2010 Census, click here.

Revised employment data by industry for 2009 and new data for 2010 are now available for counties that are part of multi-county Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). The counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Marin, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.

These monthly and annual average employment data reflect the March 2010 benchmark. Industry data for 1990 through 2008 will be revised to incorporate adjustments made to the MSAs for the 2010 benchmark. The revised data for 1990-2008 will be published at a later date. The updated files can be accessed online here.

Even though employment in California and the nation has dropped dramatically, employer demand for Spanish speakers continues to grow, according to the Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) data series*.

Despite the State's overall drop of 18 percent in job listings during the past four years, the number of advertised job listings that request "Spanish" or "bilingual/Spanish" rose nearly 10 percent during the same period, according to HWOL. In the last year alone, California's advertised job listings rose 19 percent, while the job picture looked even better for bilingual/Spanish speakers, with the year-over change of job listings up 24 percent.

The growing demand for bilingual/Spanish speakers is not surprising given the 2010 Census puts California's Hispanic population at 38 percent, up nearly 5 percent since 2000.

The top 10 occupations with online job postings that included keywords "Spanish" or "bilingual/Spanish" are listed below in rank order, along with job listing numbers. They represent statewide online job ad totals during the four month period ending July 7, 2011.

Occupation / Online Job Ads

• Customer Service Representatives - 2,318
  

• Retail Salespersons - 2,059
  

• Tellers - 1,538
  

• Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants - 1,414
  

• Registered Nurses - 1,191
  

• Insurance Sales Agents - 1,037
  

• Sales Agents, Financial Services - 1,025
  

• Tutors - 868
  

• Social and Community Service Managers - 849
  

*The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) data series captures and analyzes advertised job listings from over 1,200 job boards.

Nationwide, including California, job advertisements were down slightly in June compared to May's figures, but up significantly compared to a year earlier. The number of unemployed individuals continued to exceed the number of advertised vacancies both nationally and throughout California. Nationally there were about three unemployed individuals for every job advertisement while there were about four unemployed individuals for every job advertisement in California.

Every region in California showed an increase in job advertisements from June 2010 to June 2011, and most regions also saw a month-over increase in job advertisements between May and June this year.

For more regional and statewide data, view this month's publication in the Economy section of the LMID Web site.

The Labor Market Information Division (LMID) of the Employment Development Department (EDD) now produces a publication containing local Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) data for California's 28 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Help Wanted OnLineTM (HWOL) Local Area Data compares the number of unemployed persons and the number of available job ads in the area and highlights the top 10 employers with the most job ads in the local area, the top 10 occupations with the most job ads in the local area, and the cities within the MSA with the most job ads.

You will find Help Wanted OnLineTM (HWOL) Local Area Data online at the Labor Market Info site, on The Economy page, in the Analysis and Trends section.

LMID recently published the following Occupational Guides: Architects, except Landscape and Naval and Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors. These new guides are located in the California Occupational Guides section on the LaborMarketInfo Web site.

LMID has released the 2008-2018 Projections of Employment by Industry and Occupation for Merced County.


Available data files include an industry employment data table and narrative, an occupational employment data table and narrative, and tables providing information on the "fastest growing occupations" and the "occupations with the most job openings."