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Data extracted on: September 21, 2012 (1:47:32 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jan | 2856417 | 2723249 | 133168 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | Feb | 2859513 | 2724017 | 135496 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | Mar | 2860212 | 2723831 | 136381 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | Apr | 2859366 | 2723408 | 135958 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | May | 2858074 | 2723599 | 134475 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | Jun | 2857687 | 2725583 | 132104 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | Jul | 2858593 | 2729369 | 129224 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | Aug | 2860535 | 2733865 | 126670 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | Sep | 2863270 | 2738141 | 125129 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | Oct | 2865984 | 2741043 | 124941 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | Nov | 2868953 | 2742890 | 126063 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | Dec | 2872320 | 2744218 | 128102 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | Jan | 2876471 | 2745618 | 130853 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | Feb | 2880761 | 2746837 | 133924 | 4.6 |
| 2003 | Mar | 2883688 | 2746768 | 136920 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | Apr | 2884093 | 2744429 | 139664 | 4.8 |
| 2003 | May | 2881999 | 2739966 | 142033 | 4.9 |
| 2003 | Jun | 2879150 | 2735327 | 143823 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | Jul | 2877102 | 2732370 | 144732 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | Aug | 2876707 | 2731900 | 144807 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | Sep | 2877905 | 2733924 | 143981 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | Oct | 2880633 | 2737579 | 143054 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | Nov | 2884212 | 2741916 | 142296 | 4.9 |
| 2003 | Dec | 2887231 | 2745715 | 141516 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | Jan | 2888809 | 2748329 | 140480 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | Feb | 2888557 | 2749617 | 138940 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | Mar | 2886807 | 2749508 | 137299 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | Apr | 2883775 | 2747837 | 135938 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | May | 2880322 | 2745326 | 134996 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | Jun | 2877833 | 2743472 | 134361 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | Jul | 2877686 | 2743907 | 133779 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | Aug | 2879626 | 2746738 | 132888 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | Sep | 2882111 | 2750702 | 131409 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | Oct | 2882862 | 2753302 | 129560 | 4.5 |
| 2004 | Nov | 2881013 | 2753423 | 127590 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | Dec | 2878069 | 2751825 | 126244 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | Jan | 2875609 | 2750222 | 125387 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | Feb | 2874480 | 2749984 | 124496 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | Mar | 2874530 | 2751545 | 122985 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | Apr | 2875294 | 2754517 | 120777 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | May | 2876228 | 2757887 | 118341 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | Jun | 2876654 | 2760338 | 116316 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | Jul | 2876549 | 2761063 | 115486 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | Aug | 2876617 | 2760607 | 116010 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | Sep | 2878229 | 2760498 | 117731 | 4.1 |
| 2005 | Oct | 2881804 | 2761843 | 119961 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | Nov | 2886552 | 2764650 | 121902 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | Dec | 2890177 | 2767395 | 122782 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | Jan | 2894311 | 2772455 | 121856 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | Feb | 2893749 | 2773991 | 119758 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | Mar | 2891161 | 2774051 | 117110 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | Apr | 2887172 | 2772446 | 114726 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | May | 2883055 | 2769841 | 113214 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | Jun | 2880419 | 2767463 | 112956 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | Jul | 2880808 | 2766893 | 113915 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | Aug | 2884787 | 2768772 | 116015 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | Sep | 2891854 | 2772776 | 119078 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | Oct | 2900575 | 2778239 | 122336 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | Nov | 2909147 | 2783733 | 125414 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Dec | 2915760 | 2787701 | 128059 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | Jan | 2913685(F) | 2783264(F) | 130421(F) | 4.5(F) |
| 2007 | Feb | 2912705(F) | 2780786(F) | 131919(F) | 4.5(F) |
| 2007 | Mar | 2909258(F) | 2776589(F) | 132669(F) | 4.6(F) |
| 2007 | Apr | 2904852(F) | 2771743(F) | 133109(F) | 4.6(F) |
| 2007 | May | 2900754(F) | 2767026(F) | 133728(F) | 4.6(F) |
| 2007 | Jun | 2897843(F) | 2763424(F) | 134419(F) | 4.6(F) |
| 2007 | Jul | 2896467(F) | 2761236(F) | 135231(F) | 4.7(F) |
| 2007 | Aug | 2896626(F) | 2760447(F) | 136179(F) | 4.7(F) |
| 2007 | Sep | 2898281(F) | 2761185(F) | 137096(F) | 4.7(F) |
| 2007 | Oct | 2901098(F) | 2763120(F) | 137978(F) | 4.8(F) |
| 2007 | Nov | 2904482(F) | 2765874(F) | 138608(F) | 4.8(F) |
| 2007 | Dec | 2908008(F) | 2768909(F) | 139099(F) | 4.8(F) |
| 2008 | Jan | 2911120(F) | 2771214(F) | 139906(F) | 4.8(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 2913578(F) | 2772111(F) | 141467(F) | 4.9(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 2915699(F) | 2771453(F) | 144246(F) | 4.9(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 2918125(F) | 2769936(F) | 148189(F) | 5.1(F) |
| 2008 | May | 2921377(F) | 2768691(F) | 152686(F) | 5.2(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 2926029(F) | 2769089(F) | 156940(F) | 5.4(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 2931290(F) | 2771239(F) | 160051(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 2936115(F) | 2774065(F) | 162050(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 2940133(F) | 2775334(F) | 164799(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 2943068(F) | 2772612(F) | 170456(F) | 5.8(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 2944919(F) | 2765011(F) | 179908(F) | 6.1(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 2945989(F) | 2753643(F) | 192346(F) | 6.5(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 2961003(F) | 2740730(F) | 220273(F) | 7.4(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 2961267(F) | 2728806(F) | 232461(F) | 7.9(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 2960663(F) | 2719576(F) | 241087(F) | 8.1(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 2957979(F) | 2713225(F) | 244754(F) | 8.3(F) |
| 2009 | May | 2954834(F) | 2708512(F) | 246322(F) | 8.3(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 2949779(F) | 2704925(F) | 244854(F) | 8.3(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 2943790(F) | 2702298(F) | 241492(F) | 8.2(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 2938282(F) | 2700889(F) | 237393(F) | 8.1(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 2933734(F) | 2701122(F) | 232612(F) | 7.9(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 2931712(F) | 2702566(F) | 229146(F) | 7.8(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 2932473(F) | 2705629(F) | 226844(F) | 7.7(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 2937466(F) | 2710834(F) | 226632(F) | 7.7(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 2945469(F) | 2718492(F) | 226977(F) | 7.7(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 2953879(F) | 2727677(F) | 226202(F) | 7.7(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 2960367(F) | 2736050(F) | 224317(F) | 7.6(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 2963650(B) | 2742145(B) | 221505(B) | 7.5(B) |
| 2010 | May | 2963237(B) | 2745267(B) | 217970(B) | 7.4(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 2960862(B) | 2745738(B) | 215124(B) | 7.3(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 2958545(B) | 2744525(B) | 214020(B) | 7.2(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 2956844(B) | 2743467(B) | 213377(B) | 7.2(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 2956680(B) | 2744003(B) | 212677(B) | 7.2(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 2958388(B) | 2746897(B) | 211491(B) | 7.1(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 2961419(B) | 2752031(B) | 209388(B) | 7.1(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 2965083(B) | 2758941(B) | 206142(B) | 7.0(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 2969472(B) | 2767488(B) | 201984(B) | 6.8(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 2974178(B) | 2775759(B) | 198419(B) | 6.7(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 2977653(B) | 2781141(B) | 196512(B) | 6.6(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 2979039(B) | 2782844(B) | 196195(B) | 6.6(B) |
| 2011 | May | 2979054(B) | 2781714(B) | 197340(B) | 6.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 2978461(B) | 2780308(B) | 198153(B) | 6.7(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 2977498(B) | 2781038(B) | 196460(B) | 6.6(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 2978230(B) | 2785281(B) | 192949(B) | 6.5(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 2979023(B) | 2791999(B) | 187024(B) | 6.3(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 2980093(B) | 2799100(B) | 180993(B) | 6.1(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 2980198(B) | 2805151(B) | 175047(B) | 5.9(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 2981754(B) | 2810789(B) | 170965(B) | 5.7(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 2976126 | 2810506 | 165620 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | Feb | 2974074 | 2804046 | 170028 | 5.7 |
| 2012 | Mar | 2974656 | 2801546 | 173110 | 5.8 |
| 2012 | Apr | 2970791 | 2804629 | 166162 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | May | 2972969 | 2807261 | 165708 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | Jun | 2971259 | 2805168 | 166091 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | Jul | 2971832(P) | 2799656(P) | 172176(P) | 5.8(P) |
| F : Reflects model reestimation and new seasonal adjustment. B : Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. P : Preliminary. | |||||
