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The most common industries in Blue Lake are: Health care (13.7% of civilian employees), Educational services (10.6% of civilian employees), Public administration (6.4% of civilian employees). 95.0% of workers work in Humboldt County and 26.2% of all workers work at home. 45.5% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 46.0% less than the rate of 66.5% across the entire state of California.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Blue Lake, California was 1,135 / 834
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Blue Lake, California was 1,135 / 834
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Health care | 13.7% (79) | 7.8% (21) | 18.9% (58) |
| Educational services | 10.6% (61) | 8.6% (23) | 12.4% (38) |
| Public administration | 6.4% (37) | 6.3% (17) | 6.5% (20) |
| Construction | 6.3% (36) | 10.8% (29) | 2.3% (7) |
| Wood products | 6.1% (35) | 12.3% (33) | 0.7% (2) |
| Social assistance | 4.9% (28) | 0.7% (2) | 8.5% (26) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 4.7% (27) | 7.1% (19) | 2.6% (8) |
| Accommodation and food services | 4.2% (24) | 1.5% (4) | 6.5% (20) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3.7% (21) | 3.0% (8) | 4.2% (13) |
| U. S. Postal service | 3.1% (18) | 1.5% (4) | 4.6% (14) |
| Food and beverage stores | 3.0% (17) | 3.0% (8) | 2.9% (9) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 2.6% (15) | 4.1% (11) | 1.3% (4) |
| Finance and insurance | 2.1% (12) | 2.2% (6) | 2.0% (6) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.9% (11) | 0.0% (0) | 3.6% (11) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.7% (10) | 0.4% (1) | 2.9% (9) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 1.7% (10) | 1.5% (4) | 2.0% (6) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.7% (10) | 3.7% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Truck transportation | 1.6% (9) | 3.4% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 1.2% (7) | 1.9% (5) | 0.7% (2) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 1.0% (6) | 1.1% (3) | 1.0% (3) |
| Paper | 1.0% (6) | 2.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.0% (6) | 1.5% (4) | 0.7% (2) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 1.0% (6) | 0.7% (2) | 1.3% (4) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.9% (5) | 1.9% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.9% (5) | 0.7% (2) | 1.0% (3) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.9% (5) | 1.9% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.7% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (4) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.7% (4) | 0.7% (2) | 0.7% (2) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 0.7% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (4) |
| Computer and electronic products | 0.7% (4) | 1.5% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Private households | 0.7% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (4) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.7% (4) | 0.7% (2) | 0.7% (2) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.7% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 1.3% (4) |
| Machinery | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
| Food | 0.5% (3) | 1.1% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
| Textile mills and textile products | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.5% (3) | 1.1% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
| Retail florists | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
| Repair and maintenance | 0.5% (3) | 1.1% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.5% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (3) |
| Fuel dealers | 0.3% (2) | 0.7% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (2) |
| Air transportation | 0.3% (2) | 0.7% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Rail transportation | 0.3% (2) | 0.7% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Utilities | 0.3% (2) | 0.7% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.3% (2) | 0.7% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.3% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (2) |
Unemployment in Blue Lake
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 5.4%Males
- 9.4%Females
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 82.2%Males
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 100.0%Males
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 11.8%Males
- 2.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 8.7%Males
- 10.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 71.4%Males
Time leaving home to go to work
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 2.4% (7) |
| California: | 6.8% (1,050,902) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 1.0% (3) |
| California: | 4.5% (692,772) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 5.7% (17) |
| California: | 8.3% (1,273,588) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 5.0% (15) |
| California: | 7.5% (1,156,338) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 37.1% (111) |
| California: | 13.2% (2,027,702) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 15.5% (47) |
| California: | 10.1% (1,550,402) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 6.4% (19) |
| California: | 12.7% (1,953,986) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 12.6% (38) |
| California: | 5.8% (890,950) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
| Blue Lake: | 23.9% (72) |
| California: | 8.4% (1,288,499) |
<5am:
| Blue Lake: | 2.9% (16) |
| California: | 4.2% (606,086) |
5:30am:
| Blue Lake: | 0.9% (5) |
| California: | 3.6% (523,209) |
6am:
| Blue Lake: | 7.6% (42) |
| California: | 4.8% (692,256) |
6:30am:
| Blue Lake: | 3.6% (20) |
| California: | 8.4% (1,216,867) |
7am:
| Blue Lake: | 8.8% (49) |
| California: | 9.4% (1,362,830) |
7:30am:
| Blue Lake: | 10.1% (56) |
| California: | 13.8% (2,006,950) |
8am:
| Blue Lake: | 18.3% (102) |
| California: | 13.7% (1,986,831) |
8:30am:
| Blue Lake: | 20.3% (113) |
| California: | 10.9% (1,577,815) |
9am:
| Blue Lake: | 6.3% (35) |
| California: | 5.4% (778,152) |
10am:
| Blue Lake: | 6.5% (36) |
| California: | 6.7% (972,355) |
11am:
| Blue Lake: | 1.8% (10) |
| California: | 2.9% (414,479) |
12pm:
| Blue Lake: | 1.1% (6) |
| California: | 1.3% (189,005) |
4pm:
| Blue Lake: | 2.5% (14) |
| California: | 6.0% (865,284) |
>4pm:
| Blue Lake: | 6.1% (34) |
| California: | 5.3% (776,167) |
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 6.3% (8) |
| California: | 8.7% (747,612) |
5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 3.2% (4) |
| California: | 6.0% (509,420) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 2.5% (3) |
| California: | 9.8% (842,941) |
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 11.2% (15) |
| California: | 7.7% (657,557) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 51.3% (68) |
| California: | 12.4% (1,058,532) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 16.4% (22) |
| California: | 8.2% (702,727) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 6.0% (8) |
| California: | 11.5% (984,538) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 10.7% (14) |
| California: | 7.7% (655,038) |
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 10.4% (17) |
| California: | 6.3% (430,647) |
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 25.8% (42) |
| California: | 14.1% (969,170) |
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 15.0% (25) |
| California: | 12.4% (847,675) |
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 6.7% (11) |
| California: | 14.1% (969,448) |
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 21.3% (35) |
| California: | 6.9% (476,135) |
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 33.8% (56) |
| California: | 9.2% (633,461) |
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.0%
Number of people working at home: 101 (26.2% of all workers)
Number of people working at home: 101 (26.2% of all workers)
Less than 5 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 6.5% (36) |
| California: | 2.2% (324,703) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 9.2% (51) |
| California: | 8.8% (1,280,443) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 26.3% (146) |
| California: | 13.3% (1,930,263) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 16.9% (94) |
| California: | 14.9% (2,157,970) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 12.1% (67) |
| California: | 13.8% (2,004,060) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 9.4% (52) |
| California: | 5.4% (782,241) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 8.5% (47) |
| California: | 13.9% (2,025,657) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 2.0% (11) |
| California: | 3.6% (528,043) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 2.7% (15) |
| California: | 7.9% (1,151,598) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 3.1% (17) |
| California: | 6.4% (933,123) |
90 or more minutes:
| Blue Lake: | 0.4% (2) |
| California: | 3.3% (483,698) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Blue Lake: | 77.9% (433) |
| California: | 71.8% (10,432,462) |
Carpooled:
| Blue Lake: | 13.1% (73) |
| California: | 14.5% (2,113,313) |
Bicycle:
| Blue Lake: | 2.5% (14) |
| California: | 0.8% (120,567) |
Walked:
| Blue Lake: | 2.7% (15) |
| California: | 2.9% (414,581) |
Other means:
| Blue Lake: | 0.5% (3) |
| California: | 0.8% (115,064) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Blue Lake: | 82.3% (209) |
| California: | 86.9% (12,187,486) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Blue Lake: | 12.8% (32) |
| California: | 9.2% (1,295,561) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Blue Lake: | 4.2% (11) |
| California: | 2.2% (309,969) |
Drove alone:
| Blue Lake: | 85.6% (433) |
| California: | 83.2% (10,432,462) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Blue Lake: | 11.5% (58) |
| California: | 12.5% (1,564,905) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Blue Lake: | 3.0% (15) |
| California: | 2.6% (330,732) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Blue Lake: | 45.5% (177) |
| California: | 66.5% (12,596,030) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Blue Lake: | 2.4% (9) |
| California: | 4.1% (784,709) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Blue Lake: | 16.0% (62) |
| California: | 7.5% (1,417,407) |
Local government workers:
| Blue Lake: | 6.0% (23) |
| California: | 8.2% (1,547,056) |
State government workers:
| Blue Lake: | 5.5% (21) |
| California: | 4.1% (780,915) |
Federal government workers:
| Blue Lake: | 9.9% (39) |
| California: | 2.0% (369,858) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Blue Lake: | 14.7% (57) |
| California: | 7.4% (1,410,735) |
Employee of private company:
| Blue Lake: | 49.6% (285) |
| California: | 68.0% (10,009,465) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Blue Lake: | 1.0% (6) |
| California: | 2.7% (402,392) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Blue Lake: | 7.8% (45) |
| California: | 5.7% (845,536) |
Local government workers:
| Blue Lake: | 12.7% (73) |
| California: | 8.3% (1,218,764) |
State government workers:
| Blue Lake: | 9.7% (56) |
| California: | 4.0% (594,953) |
Federal government workers:
| Blue Lake: | 6.6% (38) |
| California: | 2.3% (344,354) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Blue Lake: | 12.2% (70) |
| California: | 8.5% (1,249,530) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Blue Lake: | 0.3% (2) |
| California: | 0.4% (53,934) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 54.4% (88) |
| California: | 70.3% (7,191,252) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 5.7% (9) |
| California: | 4.9% (504,764) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 14.6% (23) |
| California: | 5.2% (529,122) |
State government workers - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 13.3% (21) |
| California: | 3.4% (343,636) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 7.0% (11) |
| California: | 2.1% (209,874) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Blue Lake: | 5.1% (8) |
| California: | 8.1% (824,359) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 39.3% (90) |
| California: | 62.0% (5,404,778) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 17.0% (39) |
| California: | 10.2% (888,285) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 10.3% (23) |
| California: | 10.8% (936,725) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 12.1% (28) |
| California: | 1.8% (159,984) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Blue Lake: | 21.4% (49) |
| California: | 6.7% (586,376) |