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Data extracted on: October 7, 2012 (7:54:37 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jan | 6416958 | 6012850 | 404108 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Feb | 6411555 | 6000520 | 411035 | 6.4 |
| 2002 | Mar | 6399932 | 5983003 | 416929 | 6.5 |
| 2002 | Apr | 6382551 | 5961470 | 421081 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | May | 6361553 | 5938440 | 423113 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | Jun | 6341603 | 5918810 | 422793 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | Jul | 6326053 | 5905582 | 420471 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Aug | 6316192 | 5898937 | 417255 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Sep | 6312153 | 5897566 | 414587 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Oct | 6312004 | 5898161 | 413843 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Nov | 6314544 | 5899739 | 414805 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Dec | 6317381 | 5901422 | 415959 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Jan | 6319914 | 5902954 | 416960 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Feb | 6321767 | 5904218 | 417549 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Mar | 6322056 | 5903424 | 418632 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Apr | 6320044 | 5898006 | 422038 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | May | 6315794 | 5888098 | 427696 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | Jun | 6311696 | 5877791 | 433905 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Jul | 6309702 | 5871424 | 438278 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Aug | 6310613 | 5871470 | 439143 | 7.0 |
| 2003 | Sep | 6313967 | 5878721 | 435246 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Oct | 6319242 | 5891662 | 427580 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | Nov | 6325611 | 5907131 | 418480 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Dec | 6332041 | 5921373 | 410668 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | Jan | 6336564 | 5931544 | 405020 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | Feb | 6337871 | 5936717 | 401154 | 6.3 |
| 2004 | Mar | 6336688 | 5937654 | 399034 | 6.3 |
| 2004 | Apr | 6333183 | 5935827 | 397356 | 6.3 |
| 2004 | May | 6328880 | 5933290 | 395590 | 6.3 |
| 2004 | Jun | 6326726 | 5932487 | 394239 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Jul | 6329120 | 5935376 | 393744 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Aug | 6336327 | 5942500 | 393827 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Sep | 6346685 | 5952831 | 393854 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Oct | 6357232 | 5964196 | 393036 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Nov | 6365945 | 5975155 | 390790 | 6.1 |
| 2004 | Dec | 6372912 | 5985111 | 387801 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Jan | 6378316 | 5993507 | 384809 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Feb | 6382401 | 5999671 | 382730 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Mar | 6384855 | 6003506 | 381349 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Apr | 6386685 | 6006170 | 380515 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | May | 6388946 | 6009574 | 379372 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Jun | 6392428 | 6015635 | 376793 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Jul | 6398286 | 6025016 | 373270 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Aug | 6406865 | 6037416 | 369449 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Sep | 6417636 | 6052516 | 365120 | 5.7 |
| 2005 | Oct | 6429354 | 6070097 | 359257 | 5.6 |
| 2005 | Nov | 6441410 | 6089314 | 352096 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | Dec | 6452258 | 6108745 | 343513 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Jan | 6463027 | 6130066 | 332961 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | Feb | 6471762 | 6149574 | 322188 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | Mar | 6479933 | 6167214 | 312719 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | Apr | 6487980 | 6181822 | 306158 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | May | 6496742 | 6194523 | 302219 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | Jun | 6507350 | 6207632 | 299718 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Jul | 6521159 | 6224208 | 296951 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Aug | 6538959 | 6245163 | 293796 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Sep | 6559825 | 6267922 | 291903 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | Oct | 6580832 | 6289387 | 291445 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | Nov | 6599004 | 6306527 | 292477 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | Dec | 6612070 | 6317053 | 295017 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Jan | 6618089(F) | 6320530(F) | 297559(F) | 4.5(F) |
| 2007 | Feb | 6622869(F) | 6318688(F) | 304181(F) | 4.6(F) |
| 2007 | Mar | 6626513(F) | 6315034(F) | 311479(F) | 4.7(F) |
| 2007 | Apr | 6631084(F) | 6311830(F) | 319254(F) | 4.8(F) |
| 2007 | May | 6637934(F) | 6310113(F) | 327821(F) | 4.9(F) |
| 2007 | Jun | 6647671(F) | 6310994(F) | 336677(F) | 5.1(F) |
| 2007 | Jul | 6659452(F) | 6314637(F) | 344815(F) | 5.2(F) |
| 2007 | Aug | 6672575(F) | 6320764(F) | 351811(F) | 5.3(F) |
| 2007 | Sep | 6686462(F) | 6329098(F) | 357364(F) | 5.3(F) |
| 2007 | Oct | 6700131(F) | 6337969(F) | 362162(F) | 5.4(F) |
| 2007 | Nov | 6711571(F) | 6345905(F) | 365666(F) | 5.4(F) |
| 2007 | Dec | 6719231(F) | 6352109(F) | 367122(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2008 | Jan | 6722058(F) | 6354123(F) | 367935(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 6719768(F) | 6349377(F) | 370391(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 6713640(F) | 6336345(F) | 377295(F) | 5.6(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 6705277(F) | 6315592(F) | 389685(F) | 5.8(F) |
| 2008 | May | 6694903(F) | 6288677(F) | 406226(F) | 6.1(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 6682826(F) | 6259416(F) | 423410(F) | 6.3(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 6668531(F) | 6230829(F) | 437702(F) | 6.6(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 6651904(F) | 6205021(F) | 446883(F) | 6.7(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 6634114(F) | 6181081(F) | 453033(F) | 6.8(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 6617335(F) | 6156116(F) | 461219(F) | 7.0(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 6603122(F) | 6127304(F) | 475818(F) | 7.2(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 6593148(F) | 6094158(F) | 498990(F) | 7.6(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 6587917(F) | 6059155(F) | 528762(F) | 8.0(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 6588068(F) | 6025784(F) | 562284(F) | 8.5(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 6591886(F) | 5996300(F) | 595586(F) | 9.0(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 6596513(F) | 5971206(F) | 625307(F) | 9.5(F) |
| 2009 | May | 6599208(F) | 5948572(F) | 650636(F) | 9.9(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 6599131(F) | 5927796(F) | 671335(F) | 10.2(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 6595288(F) | 5907524(F) | 687764(F) | 10.4(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 6589003(F) | 5887757(F) | 701246(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 6583472(F) | 5869999(F) | 713473(F) | 10.8(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 6581678(F) | 5856153(F) | 725525(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 6587148(F) | 5849414(F) | 737734(F) | 11.2(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 6600457(F) | 5852323(F) | 748134(F) | 11.3(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 6617776(F) | 5864955(F) | 752821(F) | 11.4(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 6632589(F) | 5882647(F) | 749942(F) | 11.3(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 6638989(F) | 5898861(F) | 740128(F) | 11.1(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 6635680(B) | 5909775(B) | 725905(B) | 10.9(B) |
| 2010 | May | 6623616(B) | 5914238(B) | 709378(B) | 10.7(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 6607282(B) | 5913879(B) | 693403(B) | 10.5(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 6592112(B) | 5912215(B) | 679897(B) | 10.3(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 6581692(B) | 5913320(B) | 668372(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 6574919(B) | 5917640(B) | 657279(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 6570048(B) | 5924070(B) | 645978(B) | 9.8(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 6564723(B) | 5930482(B) | 634241(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 6558743(B) | 5935453(B) | 623290(B) | 9.5(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 6554439(B) | 5939502(B) | 614937(B) | 9.4(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 6552846(B) | 5941959(B) | 610887(B) | 9.3(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 6552526(B) | 5939876(B) | 612650(B) | 9.3(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 6552915(B) | 5931685(B) | 621230(B) | 9.5(B) |
| 2011 | May | 6554935(B) | 5919244(B) | 635691(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 6559590(B) | 5907546(B) | 652044(B) | 9.9(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 6565584(B) | 5901465(B) | 664119(B) | 10.1(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 6572330(B) | 5903781(B) | 668549(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 6578517(B) | 5913090(B) | 665427(B) | 10.1(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 6582750(B) | 5924918(B) | 657832(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 6584583(B) | 5936092(B) | 648491(B) | 9.8(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 6585486(B) | 5947127(B) | 638359(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 6579964 | 5959895 | 620069 | 9.4 |
| 2012 | Feb | 6589029 | 5990633 | 598396 | 9.1 |
| 2012 | Mar | 6588762 | 6007646 | 581116 | 8.8 |
| 2012 | Apr | 6592218 | 6020872 | 571346 | 8.7 |
| 2012 | May | 6590224 | 6025956 | 564268 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | Jun | 6583058 | 6010981 | 572077 | 8.7 |
| 2012 | Jul | 6574656 | 5987599 | 587057 | 8.9 |
| 2012 | Aug | 6557434(P) | 5963636(P) | 593798(P) | 9.1(P) |
| F : Reflects model reestimation and new seasonal adjustment. B : Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. P : Preliminary. | |||||
