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Data extracted on: September 21, 2012 (1:47:10 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jan | 2640638 | 2485898 | 154740 | 5.9 |
| 2002 | Feb | 2650783 | 2492239 | 158544 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | Mar | 2657040 | 2497258 | 159782 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | Apr | 2661483 | 2500766 | 160717 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | May | 2665377 | 2503194 | 162183 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Jun | 2668750 | 2505911 | 162839 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Jul | 2672391 | 2509794 | 162597 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Aug | 2677649 | 2514979 | 162670 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Sep | 2684710 | 2521259 | 163451 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Oct | 2689830 | 2527584 | 162246 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | Nov | 2693281 | 2533614 | 159667 | 5.9 |
| 2002 | Dec | 2696624 | 2539168 | 157456 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Jan | 2702778 | 2544423 | 158355 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Feb | 2706959 | 2549252 | 157707 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Mar | 2710816 | 2553001 | 157815 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Apr | 2713575 | 2554801 | 158774 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | May | 2715175 | 2554976 | 160199 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Jun | 2714827 | 2555306 | 159521 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Jul | 2717948 | 2557651 | 160297 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Aug | 2720629 | 2563054 | 157575 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Sep | 2726604 | 2571668 | 154936 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Oct | 2734170 | 2582569 | 151601 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | Nov | 2742201 | 2594174 | 148027 | 5.4 |
| 2003 | Dec | 2752038 | 2604754 | 147284 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | Jan | 2758698 | 2613191 | 145507 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Feb | 2766223 | 2619363 | 146860 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Mar | 2768124 | 2623911 | 144213 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | Apr | 2771257 | 2627313 | 143944 | 5.2 |
| 2004 | May | 2772252 | 2630451 | 141801 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | Jun | 2774540 | 2634397 | 140143 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | Jul | 2778857 | 2640030 | 138827 | 5.0 |
| 2004 | Aug | 2784422 | 2647383 | 137039 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | Sep | 2790491 | 2655747 | 134744 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | Oct | 2795323 | 2663841 | 131482 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | Nov | 2801326 | 2671067 | 130259 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | Dec | 2806206 | 2677562 | 128644 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | Jan | 2814306 | 2683840 | 130466 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | Feb | 2819684 | 2690246 | 129438 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | Mar | 2828353 | 2696914 | 131439 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | Apr | 2837270 | 2704076 | 133194 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | May | 2845856 | 2711848 | 134008 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | Jun | 2855954 | 2719874 | 136080 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Jul | 2864168 | 2727848 | 136320 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Aug | 2873171 | 2735804 | 137367 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Sep | 2880410 | 2744216 | 136194 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | Oct | 2889508 | 2753634 | 135874 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | Nov | 2896966 | 2764179 | 132787 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | Dec | 2906579 | 2775425 | 131154 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Jan | 2914941 | 2784990 | 129951 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Feb | 2921491 | 2796409 | 125082 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Mar | 2931097 | 2806451 | 124646 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Apr | 2937570 | 2814417 | 123153 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | May | 2944181 | 2820934 | 123247 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | Jun | 2951189 | 2827454 | 123735 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | Jul | 2956202 | 2835773 | 120429 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | Aug | 2965235 | 2846411 | 118824 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | Sep | 2977508 | 2858424 | 119084 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | Oct | 2989455 | 2870492 | 118963 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | Nov | 2997138 | 2880960 | 116178 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | Dec | 3003608 | 2888502 | 115106 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | Jan | 3008248(F) | 2894682(F) | 113566(F) | 3.8(F) |
| 2007 | Feb | 3007282(F) | 2895287(F) | 111995(F) | 3.7(F) |
| 2007 | Mar | 3004384(F) | 2894202(F) | 110182(F) | 3.7(F) |
| 2007 | Apr | 2998811(F) | 2892489(F) | 106322(F) | 3.5(F) |
| 2007 | May | 2995823(F) | 2891072(F) | 104751(F) | 3.5(F) |
| 2007 | Jun | 2995257(F) | 2891039(F) | 104218(F) | 3.5(F) |
| 2007 | Jul | 2996276(F) | 2892847(F) | 103429(F) | 3.5(F) |
| 2007 | Aug | 3003267(F) | 2896484(F) | 106783(F) | 3.6(F) |
| 2007 | Sep | 3012091(F) | 2901611(F) | 110480(F) | 3.7(F) |
| 2007 | Oct | 3023340(F) | 2907101(F) | 116239(F) | 3.8(F) |
| 2007 | Nov | 3034015(F) | 2912153(F) | 121862(F) | 4.0(F) |
| 2007 | Dec | 3039827(F) | 2916471(F) | 123356(F) | 4.1(F) |
| 2008 | Jan | 3047817(F) | 2919551(F) | 128266(F) | 4.2(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 3054616(F) | 2921050(F) | 133566(F) | 4.4(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 3058895(F) | 2920852(F) | 138043(F) | 4.5(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 3067950(F) | 2919298(F) | 148652(F) | 4.8(F) |
| 2008 | May | 3075598(F) | 2916991(F) | 158607(F) | 5.2(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 3090732(F) | 2915057(F) | 175675(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 3104802(F) | 2913957(F) | 190845(F) | 6.1(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 3118512(F) | 2913396(F) | 205116(F) | 6.6(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 3131182(F) | 2911894(F) | 219288(F) | 7.0(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 3137790(F) | 2907568(F) | 230222(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 3139523(F) | 2899408(F) | 240115(F) | 7.6(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 3138619(F) | 2887791(F) | 250828(F) | 8.0(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 3134604(F) | 2874230(F) | 260374(F) | 8.3(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 3130494(F) | 2860517(F) | 269977(F) | 8.6(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 3128878(F) | 2848154(F) | 280724(F) | 9.0(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 3131205(F) | 2837649(F) | 293556(F) | 9.4(F) |
| 2009 | May | 3131635(F) | 2828235(F) | 303400(F) | 9.7(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 3133476(F) | 2819554(F) | 313922(F) | 10.0(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 3133405(F) | 2811097(F) | 322308(F) | 10.3(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 3131194(F) | 2802814(F) | 328380(F) | 10.5(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 3127711(F) | 2795210(F) | 332501(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 3122940(F) | 2788626(F) | 334314(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 3120712(F) | 2784009(F) | 336703(F) | 10.8(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 3119906(F) | 2782249(F) | 337657(F) | 10.8(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 3121744(F) | 2783672(F) | 338072(F) | 10.8(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 3124599(F) | 2786828(F) | 337771(F) | 10.8(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 3125414(F) | 2789198(F) | 336216(F) | 10.8(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 3123142(B) | 2789070(B) | 334072(B) | 10.7(B) |
| 2010 | May | 3117122(B) | 2785949(B) | 331173(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 3108791(B) | 2780446(B) | 328345(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 3097650(B) | 2773747(B) | 323903(B) | 10.5(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 3088399(B) | 2767626(B) | 320773(B) | 10.4(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 3081259(B) | 2762873(B) | 318386(B) | 10.3(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 3075136(B) | 2759953(B) | 315183(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 3069205(B) | 2758684(B) | 310521(B) | 10.1(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 3065245(B) | 2758763(B) | 306482(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 3061756(B) | 2759914(B) | 301842(B) | 9.9(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 3058358(B) | 2760688(B) | 297670(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 3052854(B) | 2758904(B) | 293950(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 3045426(B) | 2753656(B) | 291770(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | May | 3037068(B) | 2746011(B) | 291057(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 3029164(B) | 2738713(B) | 290451(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 3024042(B) | 2734377(B) | 289665(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 3021573(B) | 2734301(B) | 287272(B) | 9.5(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 3020868(B) | 2737397(B) | 283471(B) | 9.4(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 3020403(B) | 2741398(B) | 279005(B) | 9.2(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 3020679(B) | 2744919(B) | 275760(B) | 9.1(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 3018964(B) | 2748677(B) | 270287(B) | 9.0(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 3005922 | 2743335 | 262587 | 8.7 |
| 2012 | Feb | 3005923 | 2745510 | 260413 | 8.7 |
| 2012 | Mar | 3009157 | 2751435 | 257722 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | Apr | 3002748 | 2756804 | 245944 | 8.2 |
| 2012 | May | 3016601 | 2769512 | 247089 | 8.2 |
| 2012 | Jun | 3014684 | 2768354 | 246330 | 8.2 |
| 2012 | Jul | 3005311(P) | 2756424(P) | 248887(P) | 8.3(P) |
| F : Reflects model reestimation and new seasonal adjustment. B : Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. P : Preliminary. | |||||
