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Data extracted on: September 21, 2012 (1:47:54 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jan | 1947636 | 1831538 | 116098 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | Feb | 1948195 | 1833530 | 114665 | 5.9 |
| 2002 | Mar | 1946707 | 1833994 | 112713 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | Apr | 1944117 | 1833127 | 110990 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | May | 1941546 | 1831654 | 109892 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Jun | 1939959 | 1830755 | 109204 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Jul | 1939969 | 1831047 | 108922 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Aug | 1941747 | 1832544 | 109203 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Sep | 1945240 | 1834999 | 110241 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Oct | 1949697 | 1837700 | 111997 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Nov | 1954560 | 1840482 | 114078 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | Dec | 1959252 | 1843084 | 116168 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Jan | 1963586 | 1845335 | 118251 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Feb | 1967411 | 1847006 | 120405 | 6.1 |
| 2003 | Mar | 1970081 | 1847569 | 122512 | 6.2 |
| 2003 | Apr | 1970986 | 1846539 | 124447 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | May | 1970219 | 1844160 | 126059 | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Jun | 1969042 | 1841796 | 127246 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Jul | 1968552 | 1840894 | 127658 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Aug | 1969259 | 1842105 | 127154 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Sep | 1970858 | 1845188 | 125670 | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Oct | 1972776 | 1849205 | 123571 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Nov | 1974435 | 1853098 | 121337 | 6.1 |
| 2003 | Dec | 1975207 | 1855954 | 119253 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | Jan | 1974687 | 1857324 | 117363 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | Feb | 1972920 | 1857231 | 115689 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | Mar | 1970432 | 1856120 | 114312 | 5.8 |
| 2004 | Apr | 1967450 | 1854495 | 112955 | 5.7 |
| 2004 | May | 1964247 | 1852967 | 111280 | 5.7 |
| 2004 | Jun | 1961402 | 1852238 | 109164 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | Jul | 1959474 | 1852674 | 106800 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Aug | 1958989 | 1854219 | 104770 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Sep | 1960197 | 1856534 | 103663 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Oct | 1962815 | 1858991 | 103824 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Nov | 1966258 | 1861096 | 105162 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Dec | 1970344 | 1862688 | 107656 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | Jan | 1974779 | 1863953 | 110826 | 5.6 |
| 2005 | Feb | 1979108 | 1864976 | 114132 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Mar | 1982584 | 1865544 | 117040 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Apr | 1985086 | 1865871 | 119215 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | May | 1987176 | 1866695 | 120481 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Jun | 1989743 | 1868742 | 121001 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Jul | 1993709 | 1872293 | 121416 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Aug | 1999217 | 1877177 | 122040 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Sep | 2005720 | 1882794 | 122926 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Oct | 2012339 | 1888504 | 123835 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | Nov | 2018215 | 1893639 | 124576 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | Dec | 2022500 | 1897651 | 124849 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | Jan | 2017298 | 1892381 | 124917 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | Feb | 2017994 | 1894515 | 123479 | 6.1 |
| 2006 | Mar | 2018315 | 1896042 | 122273 | 6.1 |
| 2006 | Apr | 2018551 | 1896817 | 121734 | 6.0 |
| 2006 | May | 2018584 | 1897078 | 121506 | 6.0 |
| 2006 | Jun | 2018832 | 1897722 | 121110 | 6.0 |
| 2006 | Jul | 2020035 | 1899919 | 120116 | 5.9 |
| 2006 | Aug | 2022799 | 1904135 | 118664 | 5.9 |
| 2006 | Sep | 2027220 | 1909833 | 117387 | 5.8 |
| 2006 | Oct | 2032615 | 1916004 | 116611 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | Nov | 2037790 | 1921381 | 116409 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | Dec | 2041478 | 1924947 | 116531 | 5.7 |
| 2007 | Jan | 2051196(F) | 1932893(F) | 118303(F) | 5.8(F) |
| 2007 | Feb | 2050472(F) | 1932602(F) | 117870(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2007 | Mar | 2047219(F) | 1930803(F) | 116416(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2007 | Apr | 2042603(F) | 1927976(F) | 114627(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2007 | May | 2037918(F) | 1924606(F) | 113312(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2007 | Jun | 2034054(F) | 1921502(F) | 112552(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2007 | Jul | 2031668(F) | 1919303(F) | 112365(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2007 | Aug | 2031163(F) | 1918395(F) | 112768(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2007 | Sep | 2032102(F) | 1918852(F) | 113250(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2007 | Oct | 2033652(F) | 1920016(F) | 113636(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2007 | Nov | 2034909(F) | 1921094(F) | 113815(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2007 | Dec | 2035468(F) | 1921538(F) | 113930(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2008 | Jan | 2035335(F) | 1920967(F) | 114368(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 2034931(F) | 1919439(F) | 115492(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 2034785(F) | 1917194(F) | 117591(F) | 5.8(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 2035299(F) | 1914365(F) | 120934(F) | 5.9(F) |
| 2008 | May | 2036245(F) | 1910907(F) | 125338(F) | 6.2(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 2037347(F) | 1907221(F) | 130126(F) | 6.4(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 2038043(F) | 1903488(F) | 134555(F) | 6.6(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 2038298(F) | 1899705(F) | 138593(F) | 6.8(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 2038829(F) | 1895375(F) | 143454(F) | 7.0(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 2040464(F) | 1889988(F) | 150476(F) | 7.4(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 2043428(F) | 1883498(F) | 159930(F) | 7.8(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 2047643(F) | 1876289(F) | 171354(F) | 8.4(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 2052596(F) | 1869156(F) | 183440(F) | 8.9(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 2057678(F) | 1862844(F) | 194834(F) | 9.5(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 2062069(F) | 1857729(F) | 204340(F) | 9.9(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 2064979(F) | 1853698(F) | 211281(F) | 10.2(F) |
| 2009 | May | 2065894(F) | 1849942(F) | 215952(F) | 10.5(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 2064870(F) | 1846034(F) | 218836(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 2061808(F) | 1841713(F) | 220095(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 2057058(F) | 1837224(F) | 219834(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 2051922(F) | 1833108(F) | 218814(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 2047486(F) | 1829523(F) | 217963(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 2045225(F) | 1827324(F) | 217901(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 2046117(F) | 1827422(F) | 218695(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 2049664(F) | 1830404(F) | 219260(F) | 10.7(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 2054119(F) | 1835543(F) | 218576(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 2057565(F) | 1841244(F) | 216321(F) | 10.5(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 2059230(B) | 1846231(B) | 212999(B) | 10.3(B) |
| 2010 | May | 2059184(B) | 1849763(B) | 209421(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 2058401(B) | 1851759(B) | 206642(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 2058041(B) | 1852638(B) | 205403(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 2058996(B) | 1853401(B) | 205595(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 2061154(B) | 1854614(B) | 206540(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 2064030(B) | 1856609(B) | 207421(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 2066744(B) | 1859175(B) | 207569(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 2068481(B) | 1861880(B) | 206601(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 2069616(B) | 1864899(B) | 204717(B) | 9.9(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 2070227(B) | 1867700(B) | 202527(B) | 9.8(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 2069681(B) | 1869258(B) | 200423(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 2067995(B) | 1868984(B) | 199011(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | May | 2066037(B) | 1867261(B) | 198776(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 2064758(B) | 1865514(B) | 199244(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 2064436(B) | 1865204(B) | 199232(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 2065162(B) | 1867153(B) | 198009(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 2066380(B) | 1870887(B) | 195493(B) | 9.5(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 2067533(B) | 1875239(B) | 192294(B) | 9.3(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 2068275(B) | 1879301(B) | 188974(B) | 9.1(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 2069043(B) | 1883186(B) | 185857(B) | 9.0(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 2066634 | 1884421 | 182213 | 8.8 |
| 2012 | Feb | 2066126 | 1886559 | 179567 | 8.7 |
| 2012 | Mar | 2065567 | 1888114 | 177453 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | Apr | 2062973 | 1891077 | 171896 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | May | 2065902 | 1895771 | 170131 | 8.2 |
| 2012 | Jun | 2068526 | 1899724 | 168802 | 8.2 |
| 2012 | Jul | 2066250(P) | 1895475(P) | 170775(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. | |||||
