Southeast - Labor Force Statistics

 

Civilian labor force in the Southeast,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States
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 153,843 (2) 153,716 154,214 154,048 205 0.1

South (1)

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 (3) 54,664.5 55,139.7 55,225.7 55,060.0 (3) 395.5 (3) 0.7

South Atlantic
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 (3) 29,353.8 29,530.8 29,569.0 29,413.6 (3) 59.8 (3) 0.2

Delaware
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 (3) 441.1 439.9 440.1 (P) 436.5 (P) (3) -4.6 (P) (3) -1.1

District of Columbia
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 (3) 332.5 332.2 331.8 (P) 328.7 (P) (3) -3.8 (P) (3) -1.1

Florida
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 (3) 9,163.3 9,268.0 9,263.7 (P) 9,210.1 (P) (3) 46.8 (P) (3) 0.5

Georgia
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 (3) 4,834.8 4,814.6 4,811.6 (P) 4,787.7 (P) (3) -47.1 (P) (3) -1.0

Maryland
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 (3) 2,989.4 2,978.4 2,969.7 (P) 2,963.8 (P) (3) -25.6 (P) (3) -0.9

North Carolina
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 (3) 4,520.5 4,550.5 4,584.3 (P) 4,553.4 (P) (3) 32.9 (P) (3) 0.7

South Carolina
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 (3) 2,131.3 2,186.2 2,189.3 (P) 2,185.5 (P) (3) 54.2 (P) (3) 2.5

Virginia
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 (3) 4,099.5 4,146.6 4,160.7 (P) 4,153.6 (P) (3) 54.0 (P) (3) 1.3

West Virginia
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 (3) 807.8 798.5 794.1 (P) 793.7 (P) (3) -14.1 (P) (3) -1.7

East South Central
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 (3) 8,549.6 8,566.3 8,603.6 8,583.1 (3) 33.5 (3) 0.4

Alabama
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 (3) 2,166.4 2,146.9 2,145.5 (P) 2,142.6 (P) (3) -23.7 (P) (3) -1.1

Kentucky
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 (3) 2,031.4 2,069.9 2,080.6 (P) 2,082.1 (P) (3) 50.7 (P) (3) 2.5

Mississippi
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 (3) 1,310.3 1,322.8 1,326.5 (P) 1,320.1 (P) (3) 9.8 (P) (3) 0.7

Tennessee
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 (3) 3,034.9 3,033.5 3,051.5 (P) 3,040.1 (P) (3) 5.1 (P) (3) 0.2

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) Data affected by changes in population controls.
(3) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployed in the Southeast,
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United States
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 7,820 11,616 12,467 13,161 5,341 68.3

South (1)

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 (2) 2,655.0 4,190.8 4,484.2 4,614.0 (2) 1,959.0 (2) 73.8

South Atlantic
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 (2) 1,450.3 2,428.0 2,646.1 2,687.9 (2) 1,237.6 (2) 85.3

Delaware
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 (2) 17.9 29.6 32.3 (P) 33.6 (P) (2) 15.7 (P) (2) 87.4

District of Columbia
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 (2) 20.7 30.6 32.7 (P) 32.2 (P) (2) 11.5 (P) (2) 55.6

Florida
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 (2) 494.5 813.6 886.0 (P) 893.4 (P) (2) 398.9 (P) (2) 80.7

Georgia
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 (2) 269.9 408.0 440.5 (P) 442.8 (P) (2) 172.9 (P) (2) 64.1

Maryland
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 (2) 113.5 184.4 200.6 (P) 205.5 (P) (2) 92.0 (P) (2) 81.1

North Carolina
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 (2) 244.1 439.2 490.1 (P) 492.5 (P) (2) 248.5 (P) (2) 101.8

South Carolina
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 (2) 125.7 225.9 238.4 (P) 248.6 (P) (2) 122.9 (P) (2) 97.7

Virginia
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 (2) 146.9 247.6 274.8 (P) 282.9 (P) (2) 136.1 (P) (2) 92.7

West Virginia
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 (2) 34.2 41.8 47.6 (P) 54.6 (P) (2) 20.4 (P) (2) 59.7

East South Central
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 (2) 477.2 719.3 769.0 812.5 (2) 335.3 (2) 70.3

Alabama
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 (2) 92.5 167.1 180.1 (P) 193.4 (P) (2) 100.9 (P) (2) 109.2

Kentucky
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 (2) 119.1 181.9 192.7 (P) 204.5 (P) (2) 85.4 (P) (2) 71.7

Mississippi
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 (2) 80.6 115.5 121.3 (P) 123.8 (P) (2) 43.2 (P) (2) 53.7

Tennessee
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 (2) 173.7 260.1 275.2 (P) 292.3 (P) (2) 118.6 (P) (2) 68.3

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in the Southeast,
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United States
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 5.1 7.6 8.1 8.5 3.4

South (1)

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 (2) 4.9 7.6 8.1 8.4 (2) 3.5

South Atlantic
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 (2) 4.9 8.2 8.9 9.1 (2) 4.2

Delaware
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 (2) 4.1 6.7 7.3 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) 3.6

District of Columbia
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 (2) 6.2 9.2 9.9 (P) 9.8 (P) (2) 3.6

Florida
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 (2) 5.4 8.8 9.6 (P) 9.7 (P) (2) 4.3

Georgia
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 (2) 5.6 8.5 9.2 (P) 9.2 (P) (2) 3.6

Maryland
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 (2) 3.8 6.2 6.8 (P) 6.9 (P) (2) 3.1

North Carolina
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 (2) 5.4 9.7 10.7 (P) 10.8 (P) (2) 5.4

South Carolina
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 (2) 5.9 10.3 10.9 (P) 11.4 (P) (2) 5.5

Virginia
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 (2) 3.6 6.0 6.6 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) 3.2

West Virginia
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 (2) 4.2 5.2 6.0 (P) 6.9 (P) (2) 2.7

East South Central
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 (2) 5.6 8.4 8.9 9.5 (2) 3.9

Alabama
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 (2) 4.3 7.8 8.4 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) 4.7

Kentucky
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 (2) 5.9 8.8 9.3 (P) 9.8 (P) (2) 3.9

Mississippi
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 (2) 6.1 8.7 9.1 (P) 9.4 (P) (2) 3.3

Tennessee
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 (2) 5.7 8.6 9.0 (P) 9.6 (P) (2) 3.9

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Unemployment rates in the Southeast by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Alabama

  

Anniston-Oxford
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 (2) 4.1 7.8 8.6 (P) 9.2 (P) (2) 5.1

Auburn-Opelika
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 (2) 4.0 7.0 7.0 (P) 7.4 (P) (2) 3.4

Birmingham-Hoover
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 (2) 3.8 7.3 8.0 (P) 8.3 (P) (2) 4.5

Decatur
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 (2) 3.9 8.5 8.9 (P) 9.1 (P) (2) 5.2

Dothan
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 (2) 3.9 7.2 7.9 (P) 8.0 (P) (2) 4.1

Florence-Muscle Shoals
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 (2) 4.4 8.6 9.3 (P) 9.4 (P) (2) 5.0

Gadsden
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 (2) 4.5 9.0 9.7 (P) 9.6 (P) (2) 5.1

Huntsville
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 (2) 3.1 6.0 6.5 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) 3.7

Mobile
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 (2) 4.2 7.8 8.5 (P) 8.9 (P) (2) 4.7

Montgomery
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 (2) 4.3 7.9 8.7 (P) 8.8 (P) (2) 4.5

Tuscaloosa
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 (2) 3.8 10.0 7.6 (P) 8.0 (P) (2) 4.2

Florida

  

Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice
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 (2) 5.6 10.2 10.9 (P) 10.9 (P) (2) 5.3

Cape Coral-Fort Myers
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 (2) 6.7 11.6 12.1 (P) 12.2 (P) (2) 5.5

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
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 (2) 5.3 10.0 10.4 (P) 10.4 (P) (2) 5.1

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin
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 (2) 3.8 7.2 7.4 (P) 7.0 (P) (2) 3.2

Gainesville
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 (2) 3.3 5.9 6.2 (P) 6.2 (P) (2) 2.9

Jacksonville
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 (2) 4.7 8.7 9.4 (P) 9.3 (P) (2) 4.6

Lakeland-Winter Haven
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 (2) 5.1 10.0 10.5 (P) 10.5 (P) (2) 5.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
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 (2) 4.8 7.7 8.4 (P) 8.5 (P) (2) 3.7

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach (1)

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 (2) 4.3 7.8 8.4 (P) 8.5 (P) (2) 4.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall (1)

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 (3) 5.0 6.9 7.6 (P) 7.8 (P) (3) 2.8

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach (1)

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 (2) 5.2 9.2 9.8 (P) 9.9 (P) (2) 4.7

Naples-Marco Island
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 (2) 5.2 8.9 9.3 (P) 9.4 (P) (2) 4.2

Ocala
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 (2) 6.2 11.6 12.3 (P) 12.2 (P) (2) 6.0

Orlando-Kissimmee
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 (2) 4.7 9.2 9.9 (P) 9.9 (P) (2) 5.2

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
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 (2) 5.3 9.6 10.1 (P) 10.1 (P) (2) 4.8

Palm Coast
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 (2) 8.2 14.5 14.4 (P) 14.3 (P) (2) 6.1

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach
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 (2) 4.3 10.0 9.9 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) 4.7

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
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 (2) 4.6 8.9 9.4 (P) 9.2 (P) (2) 4.6

Port St. Lucie
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 (2) 6.4 11.3 11.9 (P) 11.9 (P) (2) 5.5

Punta Gorda
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 (2) 6.8 11.2 11.8 (P) 11.7 (P) (2) 4.9

Tallahassee
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 (2) 3.6 6.6 6.9 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) 3.2

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
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 (2) 5.4 9.8 10.3 (P) 10.4 (P) (2) 5.0

Sebastian-Vero Beach
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 (2) 6.2 10.9 11.6 (P) 12.0 (P) (2) 5.8

Georgia

  

Albany
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 (2) 5.4 8.2 8.6 (P) 8.2 (P) (2) 2.8

Athens-Clarke County
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 (2) 4.1 6.5 7.2 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) 2.7

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta
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 (2) 5.2 8.6 9.2 (P) 9.1 (P) (2) 3.9

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
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 (2) 5.3 8.6 9.0 (P) 8.8 (P) (2) 3.5

Brunswick
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 (2) 4.3 7.9 8.4 (P) 8.2 (P) (2) 3.9

Columbus, GA-AL
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 (2) 5.3 8.2 8.7 (P) 8.4 (P) (2) 3.1

Dalton
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 (2) 6.5 11.9 12.8 (P) 13.7 (P) (2) 7.2

Gainesville
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 (2) 4.4 8.3 8.8 (P) 8.7 (P) (2) 4.3

Hinesville-Fort Stewart
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 (2) 4.9 7.5 8.1 (P) 7.5 (P) (2) 2.6

Macon
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 (2) 5.5 8.5 9.1 (P) 8.6 (P) (2) 3.1

Rome
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 (2) 5.5 9.3 10.0 (P) 10.5 (P) (2) 5.0

Savannah
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 (2) 4.5 7.4 7.9 (P) 7.5 (P) (2) 3.0

Valdosta
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 (2) 4.4 7.8 8.3 (P) 7.4 (P) (2) 3.0

Warner Robins
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 (2) 4.4 6.8 7.3 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) 2.4

Kentucky

  

Bowling Green
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 (2) 5.3 10.2 10.3 (P) 9.9 (P) (2) 4.6

Elizabethtown
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 (2) 5.9 10.1 10.7 (P) 10.9 (P) (2) 5.0

Lexington-Fayette
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 (2) 4.8 7.0 8.1 (P) 8.1 (P) (2) 3.3

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN
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 (2) 5.8 9.4 10.0 (P) 10.2 (P) (2) 4.4

Owensboro
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 (2) 5.4 8.8 9.7 (P) 9.5 (P) (2) 4.1

Mississippi

  

Gulfport-Biloxi
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 (2) 5.1 7.7 7.7 (P) 7.8 (P) (2) 2.7

Hattiesburg
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 (2) 4.9 6.9 6.9 (P) 6.9 (P) (2) 2.0

Jackson
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 (2) 4.9 7.2 7.3 (P) 7.4 (P) (2) 2.5

Pascagoula
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 (2) 5.3 8.9 8.7 (P) 8.4 (P) (2) 3.1

North Carolina

  

Asheville
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 (2) 4.3 8.7 9.6 (P) 9.4 (P) (2) 5.1

Burlington
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 (2) 5.3 11.0 11.9 (P) 11.8 (P) (2) 6.5

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC
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 (2) 5.2 10.5 11.7 (P) 11.4 (P) (2) 6.2

Durham-Chapel Hill
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 (2) 4.1 7.3 8.0 (P) 7.6 (P) (2) 3.5

Fayetteville
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 (2) 5.4 8.8 9.5 (P) 9.1 (P) (2) 3.7

Goldsboro
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 (2) 4.9 9.1 9.7 (P) 9.2 (P) (2) 4.3

Greensboro-High Point
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 (2) 5.3 10.6 11.6 (P) 11.3 (P) (2) 6.0

Greenville
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 (2) 5.6 9.8 10.5 (P) 10.5 (P) (2) 4.9

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
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 (2) 6.3 13.6 15.6 (P) 15.4 (P) (2) 9.1

Jacksonville
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 (2) 5.0 8.4 9.0 (P) 8.3 (P) (2) 3.3

Raleigh-Cary
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 (2) 4.0 7.9 8.8 (P) 8.6 (P) (2) 4.6

Rocky Mount
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 (2) 7.1 13.2 14.5 (P) 14.1 (P) (2) 7.0

Wilmington
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 (2) 4.7 9.9 10.8 (P) 10.2 (P) (2) 5.5

Winston-Salem
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 (2) 4.9 9.2 10.4 (P) 10.2 (P) (2) 5.3

South Carolina

  

Anderson
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 (2) 5.8 11.4 12.6 (P) 11.9 (P) (2) 6.1

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville
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 (2) 4.4 8.6 9.0 (P) 9.1 (P) (2) 4.7

Columbia
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 (2) 4.8 8.4 8.7 (P) 8.8 (P) (2) 4.0

Florence
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 (2) 6.1 11.3 11.7 (P) 12.0 (P) (2) 5.9

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley
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 (2) 4.6 9.2 9.6 (P) 9.8 (P) (2) 5.2

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway
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 (2) 5.8 14.3 14.2 (P) 12.8 (P) (2) 7.0

Spartanburg
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 (2) 5.2 10.7 11.4 (P) 11.6 (P) (2) 6.4

Sumter
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 (2) 7.2 12.8 13.6 (P) 13.3 (P) (2) 6.1

Tennessee

  

Chattanooga, TN-GA
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 (2) 5.5 8.0 8.7 (P) 9.1 (P) (2) 3.6

Clarksville, TN-KY
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 (2) 6.5 9.6 10.0 (P) 9.8 (P) (2) 3.3

Cleveland
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 (2) 5.9 8.7 9.0 (P) 10.0 (P) (2) 4.1

Jackson
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 (2) 6.3 8.9 9.1 (P) 9.8 (P) (2) 3.5

Johnson City
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 (2) 5.6 8.1 8.5 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) 3.4

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
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 (2) 4.9 8.4 8.5 (P) 8.9 (P) (2) 4.0

Knoxville
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 (2) 4.8 7.3 7.9 (P) 8.2 (P) (2) 3.4

Memphis, TN-MS-AR
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 (2) 6.3 8.7 8.9 (P) 9.1 (P) (2) 2.8

Morristown
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 (2) 6.5 11.2 11.8 (P) 12.7 (P) (2) 6.2

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
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 (2) 5.0 7.9 8.3 (P) 8.8 (P) (2) 3.8

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(2) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(3) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
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Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the Southeast,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 137,814 134,333 (P) 133,682 (P) 133,019 (P) -4,795 (P) -3.5

Alabama
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 2,004.8 1,939.2 1,928.1 (P) 1,920.3 (P) -84.5 (P) -4.2

Delaware
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 436.4 421.2 420.3 (P) 417.1 (P) -19.3 (P) -4.4

District of Columbia
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 699.4 711.0 706.6 (P) 705.0 (P) 5.6 (P) 0.8

Florida
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 7,871.3 7,552.9 7,498.9 (P) 7,447.0 (P) -424.3 (P) -5.4

Georgia
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 4,140.9 4,003.9 3,970.0 (P) 3,957.9 (P) -183.0 (P) -4.4

Kentucky
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 1,861.2 1,812.4 1,800.9 (P) 1,798.5 (P) -62.7 (P) -3.4

Maryland
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 2,607.7 2,570.6 2,559.7 (P) 2,549.5 (P) -58.2 (P) -2.2

Mississippi
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 1,155.9 1,125.3 1,118.2 (P) 1,118.5 (P) -37.4 (P) -3.2

North Carolina
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 4,166.0 4,022.2 3,997.3 (P) 3,956.0 (P) -210.0 (P) -5.0

South Carolina
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 1,945.6 1,873.0 1,864.4 (P) 1,853.3 (P) -92.3 (P) -4.7

Tennessee
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 2,801.6 2,712.5 2,697.3 (P) 2,678.4 (P) -123.2 (P) -4.4

Virginia
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 3,767.7 3,706.4 3,691.0 (P) 3,679.0 (P) -88.7 (P) -2.4

West Virginia
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 760.7 755.4 748.8 (P) 744.1 (P) -16.6 (P) -2.2

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance in the Southeast,
not seasonally adjusted
Area

(news release)		 Mass Layoff Events Mass Layoff Initial Claimants for
Unemployment Insurance
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data		 Mar
2008		 Mar
2009		 Back
data		 Mar
2008		 Mar
2009

United States
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 1,089 2,191
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 114,541 228,387

South (1)

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 245 589
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 28,097 61,432

South Atlantic
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 139 276
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 14,166 27,819

Delaware
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 4 4
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 298 509

District of Columbia
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 - (2) -
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 - (2) -

Florida
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 63 107
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 5,145 8,594

Georgia
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 20 46
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 3,302 4,152

Maryland
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 (2) - 8
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 (2) - 531

North Carolina
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 16 44
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 1,367 6,277

South Carolina
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 17 48
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 1,659 6,157

Virginia
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 14 14
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 1,808 1,229

West Virginia
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 3 4
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 428 301

East South Central
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 53 158
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 6,680 15,629

Alabama
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 11 45
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 927 4,985

Kentucky
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 26 72
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 4,555 7,861

Mississippi
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 7 12
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 493 745

Tennessee
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 9 29
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 705 2,038

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(2) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

(-) Zero or data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
SOURCE: Mass Layoff Statistics
Monthly data report summary information on establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Data are available for 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as by industry.
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