Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics

 

Civilian labor force in states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 153,358 155,007 155,163 155,013 1,655 1.1

Northeast region
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 (1) 28,121.8 28,348.4 28,382.8 28,376.6 (1) 254.7 (1) 0.9

Middle Atlantic division
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 (1) 20,400.8 20,606.1 20,642.3 20,658.3 (1) 257.5 (1) 1.3

New Jersey
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 (1) 4,548.4 4,596.1 4,597.3 (P) 4,593.9 (P) (1) 45.5 (P) (1) 1.0

New York
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 (1) 9,480.5 9,567.2 9,586.6 (P) 9,581.4 (P) (1) 100.9 (P) (1) 1.1

Pennsylvania
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 (1) 6,368.3 6,452.8 6,467.8 (P) 6,477.6 (P) (1) 109.3 (P) (1) 1.7

South region
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 (1) 56,072.4 56,372.1 56,409.0 56,388.2 (1) 315.8 (1) 0.6

South Atlantic division
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 (1) 29,714.4 29,849.6 29,843.2 29,818.1 (1) 103.7 (1) 0.3

Delaware
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 (1) 438.4 441.5 441.0 (P) 439.7 (P) (1) 1.3 (P) (1) 0.3

District of Columbia
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 (1) 342.0 352.1 354.1 (P) 353.9 (P) (1) 11.9 (P) (1) 3.5

Florida
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 (1) 9,241.4 9,262.3 9,269.9 (P) 9,269.5 (P) (1) 28.1 (P) (1) 0.3

Georgia
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 (1) 4,722.3 4,757.1 4,757.4 (P) 4,765.1 (P) (1) 42.9 (P) (1) 0.9

Maryland
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 (1) 3,066.7 3,087.2 3,081.4 (P) 3,078.5 (P) (1) 11.8 (P) (1) 0.4

North Carolina
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 (1) 4,650.6 4,661.1 4,655.4 (P) 4,647.0 (P) (1) -3.6 (P) (1) -0.1

South Carolina
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 (1) 2,159.1 2,153.6 2,150.5 (P) 2,143.3 (P) (1) -15.8 (P) (1) -0.7

Virginia
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 (1) 4,301.0 4,339.8 4,338.8 (P) 4,332.2 (P) (1) 31.2 (P) (1) 0.7

West Virginia
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 (1) 798.0 805.7 804.8 (P) 801.3 (P) (1) 3.3 (P) (1) 0.4

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(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 states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States
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 13,908 12,720 12,749 12,794 -1,114 -8.0

Northeast region
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 (1) 2,332.3 2,248.2 2,312.0 2,379.1 (1) 46.8 (1) 2.0

Middle Atlantic division
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 (1) 1,727.2 1,721.0 1,783.2 1,832.0 (1) 104.9 (1) 6.1

New Jersey
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 (1) 429.5 423.3 441.9 (P) 450.5 (P) (1) 21.0 (P) (1) 4.9

New York
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 (1) 780.0 825.8 855.3 (P) 870.1 (P) (1) 90.1 (P) (1) 11.5

Pennsylvania
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 (1) 515.1 474.8 488.4 (P) 508.6 (P) (1) -6.5 (P) (1) -1.3

South region
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 (1) 5,029.1 4,320.8 4,376.3 4,480.9 (1) -548.2 (1) -10.9

South Atlantic division
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 (1) 2,805.0 2,422.4 2,445.2 2,496.8 (1) -308.2 (1) -11.0

Delaware
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 (1) 32.5 29.9 29.5 (P) 30.0 (P) (1) -2.5 (P) (1) -7.7

District of Columbia
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 (1) 35.8 32.9 32.2 (P) 31.6 (P) (1) -4.1 (P) (1) -11.6

Florida
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 (1) 982.4 794.9 797.1 (P) 816.1 (P) (1) -166.3 (P) (1) -16.9

Georgia
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 (1) 470.8 424.6 429.5 (P) 442.1 (P) (1) -28.7 (P) (1) -6.1

Maryland
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 (1) 221.8 208.2 211.7 (P) 215.3 (P) (1) -6.5 (P) (1) -2.9

North Carolina
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 (1) 497.6 436.5 439.4 (P) 444.7 (P) (1) -52.9 (P) (1) -10.6

South Carolina
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 (1) 226.5 196.3 202.4 (P) 206.5 (P) (1) -20.1 (P) (1) -8.9

Virginia
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 (1) 273.3 241.6 246.4 (P) 254.4 (P) (1) -18.9 (P) (1) -6.9

West Virginia
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 (1) 64.3 55.5 56.5 (P) 58.9 (P) (1) -5.4 (P) (1) -8.3

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(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 states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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United States
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 9.1 8.2 8.2 8.3 -0.8

Northeast region
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 (1) 8.3 7.9 8.1 8.4 (1) 0.1

Middle Atlantic division
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 (1) 8.5 8.4 8.6 8.9 (1) 0.4

New Jersey
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 (1) 9.4 9.2 9.6 (P) 9.8 (P) (1) 0.4

New York
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 (1) 8.2 8.6 8.9 (P) 9.1 (P) (1) 0.9

Pennsylvania
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 (1) 8.1 7.4 7.6 (P) 7.9 (P) (1) -0.2

South region
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 (1) 9.0 7.7 7.8 7.9 (1) -1.1

South Atlantic division
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 (1) 9.4 8.1 8.2 8.4 (1) -1.0

Delaware
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 (1) 7.4 6.8 6.7 (P) 6.8 (P) (1) -0.6

District of Columbia
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 (1) 10.5 9.3 9.1 (P) 8.9 (P) (1) -1.6

Florida
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 (1) 10.6 8.6 8.6 (P) 8.8 (P) (1) -1.8

Georgia
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 (1) 10.0 8.9 9.0 (P) 9.3 (P) (1) -0.7

Maryland
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 (1) 7.2 6.7 6.9 (P) 7.0 (P) (1) -0.2

North Carolina
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 (1) 10.7 9.4 9.4 (P) 9.6 (P) (1) -1.1

South Carolina
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 (1) 10.5 9.1 9.4 (P) 9.6 (P) (1) -0.9

Virginia
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 (1) 6.4 5.6 5.7 (P) 5.9 (P) (1) -0.5

West Virginia
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 (1) 8.1 6.9 7.0 (P) 7.4 (P) (1) -0.7

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment.
(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 states in the Mid-Atlantic region by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),
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Delaware

  

Dover, DE
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 (2) 7.7 6.5 7.4 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) 0.0

Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ (1)

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 (2) 8.4 6.9 7.7 (P) 8.0 (P) (2) -0.4

District of Columbia

  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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 (2) 6.0 5.3 5.7 (P) 5.6 (P) (2) -0.4

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (1)

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 (2) 6.2 5.4 5.8 (P) 5.7 (P) (2) -0.5

Maryland

  

Baltimore-Towson, MD
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 (2) 7.9 7.1 7.8 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) -0.2

Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD (1)

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 (2) 5.6 5.1 5.5 (P) 5.4 (P) (2) -0.2

Cumberland, MD-WV
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 (2) 8.2 7.6 8.3 (P) 8.0 (P) (2) -0.2

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
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 (2) 8.9 8.0 8.1 (P) 8.0 (P) (2) -0.9

Salisbury, MD
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 (2) 9.3 8.4 9.0 (P) 8.6 (P) (2) -0.7

Pennsylvania

  

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
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 (2) 9.1 8.0 8.7 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) -0.1

Altoona, PA
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 (2) 7.2 6.6 7.5 (P) 7.7 (P) (2) 0.5

Erie, PA
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 (2) 8.3 7.0 7.8 (P) 7.8 (P) (2) -0.5

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
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 (2) 7.5 6.7 7.5 (P) 7.6 (P) (2) 0.1

Johnstown, PA
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 (2) 9.2 7.9 9.3 (P) 9.5 (P) (2) 0.3

Lancaster, PA
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 (2) 7.1 6.1 6.7 (P) 6.9 (P) (2) -0.2

Lebanon, PA
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 (2) 6.8 6.0 6.6 (P) 6.7 (P) (2) -0.1

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE
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 (2) 9.1 8.1 8.9 (P) 9.2 (P) (2) 0.1

Philadelphia, PA (1)

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 (2) 8.8 7.8 8.5 (P) 8.9 (P) (2) 0.1

Philadelphia City, PA
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 (2) 11.5 10.2 10.9 (P) 11.6 (P) (2) 0.1

Pittsburgh, PA
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 (2) 7.6 6.6 7.3 (P) 7.6 (P) (2) 0.0

Reading, PA
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 (2) 8.6 7.5 8.2 (P) 8.3 (P) (2) -0.3

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
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 (2) 9.6 8.6 9.5 (P) 9.8 (P) (2) 0.2

State College, PA
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 (2) 6.4 5.3 6.4 (P) 6.6 (P) (2) 0.2

Williamsport, PA
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 (2) 7.9 7.5 8.1 (P) 8.5 (P) (2) 0.6

York-Hanover, PA
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 (2) 8.1 7.2 8.1 (P) 8.3 (P) (2) 0.2

Virginia

  

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
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 (2) 7.2 6.2 7.0 (P) 7.1 (P) (2) -0.1

Charlottesville, VA
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 (2) 5.6 4.6 5.3 (P) 5.3 (P) (2) -0.3

Danville, VA
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 (2) 10.2 8.0 8.7 (P) 9.0 (P) (2) -1.2

Harrisonburg, VA
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 (2) 6.6 5.9 6.3 (P) 6.4 (P) (2) -0.2

Lynchburg, VA
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 (2) 7.4 6.3 7.1 (P) 7.0 (P) (2) -0.4

Richmond, VA
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 (2) 7.1 6.1 6.6 (P) 6.7 (P) (2) -0.4

Roanoke, VA
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 (2) 6.8 5.8 6.5 (P) 6.4 (P) (2) -0.4

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
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 (2) 7.1 (3) 6.3 6.7 (P) 6.8 (P) (2) -0.3

Winchester, VA-WV
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 (2) 6.5 5.7 6.0 (P) 6.1 (P) (2) -0.4

West Virginia

  

Charleston, WV
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 (2) 6.7 7.0 6.9 (P) 6.6 (P) (2) -0.1

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
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 (2) 8.3 7.1 7.5 (P) 7.4 (P) (2) -0.9

Morgantown, WV
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 (2) 5.2 5.3 5.4 (P) 5.0 (P) (2) -0.2

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
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 (2) 8.3 7.1 7.2 (P) 7.0 (P) (2) -1.3

Wheeling, WV-OH
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 (2) 8.4 7.0 7.2 (P) 7.3 (P) (2) -1.1

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(2) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(3) Corrected.
(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 states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
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United States
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 131,407 133,018 133,063 (P) 133,204 (P) 1,797 (P) 1.4

Middle Atlantic division

  

New Jersey
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 3,859.4 3,904.3 3,911.6 (P) 3,899.6 (P) 40.2 (P) 1.0

New York
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 8,695.2 8,799.2 8,812.2 (P) 8,808.5 (P) 113.3 (P) 1.3

Pennsylvania
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 5,689.2 5,715.1 5,712.3 (P) 5,709.2 (P) 20.0 (P) 0.4

South Atlantic division

  

Delaware
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 417.2 417.8 417.9 (P) 417.0 (P) -0.2 (P) 0.0

District of Columbia
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 730.7 735.0 737.5 (P) 740.9 (P) 10.2 (P) 1.4

Florida
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 7,261.5 7,322.3 7,334.7 (P) 7,331.4 (P) 69.9 (P) 1.0

Georgia
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 3,883.0 3,926.7 3,927.5 (P) 3,933.8 (P) 50.8 (P) 1.3

Maryland
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 2,547.9 2,577.8 2,569.7 (P) 2,570.5 (P) 22.6 (P) 0.9

North Carolina
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 3,919.9 3,946.2 3,954.9 (P) 3,956.7 (P) 36.8 (P) 0.9

South Carolina
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 1,847.3 1,853.6 1,854.4 (1) 1,850.9 (1) 3.6 (1) 0.2

Virginia
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 3,678.5 3,721.1 3,722.8 (P) 3,744.1 (P) 65.6 (P) 1.8

West Virginia
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 755.0 758.3 756.0 (P) 755.5 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Correction
(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, states in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions,
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Area

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United States
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 2,176 1,515
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 216,774 157,753

Northeast
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 363 268
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 34,691 30,266

Middle Atlantic
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 319 222
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 30,883 26,127

New Jersey
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 81 35
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 7,381 2,667

New York
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 142 101
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 14,892 16,306

Pennsylvania
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 96 86
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 8,610 7,154

South
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 624 494
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 62,261 52,296

South Atlantic
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 358 286
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 33,888 26,617

Delaware
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 3 (1) -
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 233 (1) -

District of Columbia
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 (1) - (1) -
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 (1) - (1) -

Florida
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 147 78
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 12,098 5,203

Georgia
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 45 32
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 5,152 2,844

Maryland
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 13 11
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 1,486 886

North Carolina
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 80 98
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 8,083 10,695

South Carolina
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 28 35
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 2,724 4,144

Virginia
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 41 30
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 4,028 2,719

West Virginia
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Footnotes
(1) 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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