 Real gross state and metropolitan output in terms of annual growth percentages in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana was 2.3 in 2014 and 3.3 in 2015.In terms of end of the year value, the metro area unemployment rates in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana were 9.6 percent in 2012, 8.5 percent in 2013, 7.6 percent in 2014, and 7.0 percent in 2015, and as expected to be approximately 6.7 percent in 2016.The unemployment growth rate from 2012 to 2016 is negative 2.9 percent.