Officially, 1.5 million California workers are unemployed, half again as many as were jobless a year ago, due to the state's severe recession. But the liberal California Budget Project says the number swells to well over 2 million when disappointed jobseekers and the underemployed are counted.
When someone stops looking for work, they are no longer counted as part of the labor force and therefore are no longer officially unemployed. The CBP says there are about 200,000 Californians in that category, and another 800,000-plus who are in part-time jobs because full-time jobs are not available.
The CBP calculations are accessible here.
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