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Data extracted on: October 17, 2012 (7:30:20 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jan | 5075859 | 4757528 | 318331 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Feb | 5070511 | 4750225 | 320286 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Mar | 5062483 | 4741490 | 320993 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Apr | 5051887 | 4731216 | 320671 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | May | 5040027 | 4720740 | 319287 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Jun | 5028691 | 4712516 | 316175 | 6.3 |
| 2002 | Jul | 5019120 | 4707573 | 311547 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | Aug | 5012295 | 4705448 | 306847 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Sep | 5009648 | 4705273 | 304375 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Oct | 5011035 | 4705060 | 305975 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | Nov | 5015899 | 4704200 | 311699 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | Dec | 5022871 | 4702329 | 320542 | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Jan | 5031202 | 4699742 | 331460 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Feb | 5039146 | 4696245 | 342901 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | Mar | 5044052 | 4690472 | 353580 | 7.0 |
| 2003 | Apr | 5043591 | 4681018 | 362573 | 7.2 |
| 2003 | May | 5037722 | 4668315 | 369407 | 7.3 |
| 2003 | Jun | 5029385 | 4656118 | 373267 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | Jul | 5021741 | 4648432 | 373309 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | Aug | 5016788 | 4647270 | 369518 | 7.4 |
| 2003 | Sep | 5015217 | 4652722 | 362495 | 7.2 |
| 2003 | Oct | 5017458 | 4662673 | 354785 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | Nov | 5022747 | 4674175 | 348572 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Dec | 5028877 | 4684076 | 344801 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | Jan | 5033495 | 4690127 | 343368 | 6.8 |
| 2004 | Feb | 5035518 | 4691581 | 343937 | 6.8 |
| 2004 | Mar | 5035661 | 4689321 | 346340 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | Apr | 5033865 | 4684452 | 349413 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | May | 5030629 | 4678709 | 351920 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Jun | 5028154 | 4674457 | 353697 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Jul | 5029353 | 4673573 | 355780 | 7.1 |
| 2004 | Aug | 5034382 | 4676233 | 358149 | 7.1 |
| 2004 | Sep | 5041717 | 4681178 | 360539 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | Oct | 5048845 | 4686521 | 362324 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | Nov | 5054253 | 4691208 | 363045 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | Dec | 5058437 | 4695167 | 363270 | 7.2 |
| 2005 | Jan | 5061383 | 4699077 | 362306 | 7.2 |
| 2005 | Feb | 5063157 | 4703272 | 359885 | 7.1 |
| 2005 | Mar | 5063431 | 4707291 | 356140 | 7.0 |
| 2005 | Apr | 5062724 | 4710656 | 352068 | 7.0 |
| 2005 | May | 5061172 | 4713486 | 347686 | 6.9 |
| 2005 | Jun | 5059226 | 4715946 | 343280 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | Jul | 5058298 | 4718415 | 339883 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Aug | 5059548 | 4721597 | 337951 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Sep | 5063240 | 4725578 | 337662 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Oct | 5067753 | 4729793 | 337960 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Nov | 5072472 | 4733469 | 339003 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Dec | 5075790 | 4735656 | 340134 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | Jan | 5078052 | 4737352 | 340700 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | Feb | 5077615 | 4737566 | 340049 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | Mar | 5075372 | 4735671 | 339701 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | Apr | 5071884 | 4730733 | 341151 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | May | 5067789 | 4723261 | 344528 | 6.8 |
| 2006 | Jun | 5064236 | 4715224 | 349012 | 6.9 |
| 2006 | Jul | 5062678 | 4709522 | 353156 | 7.0 |
| 2006 | Aug | 5064504 | 4707816 | 356688 | 7.0 |
| 2006 | Sep | 5069238 | 4710136 | 359102 | 7.1 |
| 2006 | Oct | 5074421 | 4715575 | 358846 | 7.1 |
| 2006 | Nov | 5077534 | 4721498 | 356036 | 7.0 |
| 2006 | Dec | 5076802 | 4725133 | 351669 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | Jan | 5072673(F) | 4724390(F) | 348283(F) | 6.9(F) |
| 2007 | Feb | 5064847(F) | 4719266(F) | 345581(F) | 6.8(F) |
| 2007 | Mar | 5054659(F) | 4710348(F) | 344311(F) | 6.8(F) |
| 2007 | Apr | 5044172(F) | 4698765(F) | 345407(F) | 6.8(F) |
| 2007 | May | 5034999(F) | 4685752(F) | 349247(F) | 6.9(F) |
| 2007 | Jun | 5028282(F) | 4673550(F) | 354732(F) | 7.1(F) |
| 2007 | Jul | 5024062(F) | 4663748(F) | 360314(F) | 7.2(F) |
| 2007 | Aug | 5022193(F) | 4657451(F) | 364742(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2007 | Sep | 5021744(F) | 4654798(F) | 366946(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2007 | Oct | 5021154(F) | 4654247(F) | 366907(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2007 | Nov | 5017895(F) | 4653977(F) | 363918(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2007 | Dec | 5010986(F) | 4652179(F) | 358807(F) | 7.2(F) |
| 2008 | Jan | 5001165(F) | 4647133(F) | 354032(F) | 7.1(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 4990181(F) | 4638181(F) | 352000(F) | 7.1(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 4980244(F) | 4625222(F) | 355022(F) | 7.1(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 4972607(F) | 4608724(F) | 363883(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2008 | May | 4967198(F) | 4589752(F) | 377446(F) | 7.6(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 4963369(F) | 4570219(F) | 393150(F) | 7.9(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 4959340(F) | 4550795(F) | 408545(F) | 8.2(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 4953499(F) | 4530186(F) | 423313(F) | 8.5(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 4945774(F) | 4505584(F) | 440190(F) | 8.9(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 4936998(F) | 4474709(F) | 462289(F) | 9.4(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 4927591(F) | 4437498(F) | 490093(F) | 9.9(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 4918241(F) | 4396106(F) | 522135(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 4909234(F) | 4353547(F) | 555687(F) | 11.3(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 4901232(F) | 4312608(F) | 588624(F) | 12.0(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 4894107(F) | 4275631(F) | 618476(F) | 12.6(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 4886618(F) | 4243372(F) | 643246(F) | 13.2(F) |
| 2009 | May | 4877386(F) | 4214946(F) | 662440(F) | 13.6(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 4865978(F) | 4190171(F) | 675807(F) | 13.9(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 4852229(F) | 4168795(F) | 683434(F) | 14.1(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 4836608(F) | 4151433(F) | 685175(F) | 14.2(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 4820672(F) | 4138973(F) | 681699(F) | 14.1(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 4805922(F) | 4130546(F) | 675376(F) | 14.1(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 4795270(F) | 4126139(F) | 669131(F) | 14.0(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 4790183(F) | 4125978(F) | 664205(F) | 13.9(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 4789139(F) | 4130460(F) | 658679(F) | 13.8(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 4789180(F) | 4138125(F) | 651055(F) | 13.6(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 4787212(F) | 4145640(F) | 641572(F) | 13.4(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 4781612(B) | 4150716(B) | 630896(B) | 13.2(B) |
| 2010 | May | 4772102(B) | 4152533(B) | 619569(B) | 13.0(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 4759786(B) | 4151617(B) | 608169(B) | 12.8(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 4745983(B) | 4148821(B) | 597162(B) | 12.6(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 4732119(B) | 4146090(B) | 586029(B) | 12.4(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 4718434(B) | 4144645(B) | 573789(B) | 12.2(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 4705607(B) | 4146036(B) | 559571(B) | 11.9(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 4694020(B) | 4150749(B) | 543271(B) | 11.6(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 4684481(B) | 4158243(B) | 526238(B) | 11.2(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 4678436(B) | 4167533(B) | 510903(B) | 10.9(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 4675408(B) | 4176041(B) | 499367(B) | 10.7(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 4673161(B) | 4180520(B) | 492641(B) | 10.5(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 4670298(B) | 4179379(B) | 490919(B) | 10.5(B) |
| 2011 | May | 4666524(B) | 4173523(B) | 493001(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 4662320(B) | 4167061(B) | 495259(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 4657697(B) | 4164298(B) | 493399(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 4653160(B) | 4167423(B) | 485737(B) | 10.4(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 4648045(B) | 4174768(B) | 473277(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 4642096(B) | 4183444(B) | 458652(B) | 9.9(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 4635732(B) | 4191516(B) | 444216(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 4630431(B) | 4199398(B) | 431033(B) | 9.3(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 4633005 | 4215784 | 417221 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | Feb | 4646907 | 4237956 | 408951 | 8.8 |
| 2012 | Mar | 4656414 | 4259432 | 396982 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | Apr | 4658909 | 4270002 | 388907 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | May | 4664035 | 4268673 | 395362 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | Jun | 4663335 | 4260973 | 402362 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | Jul | 4660502 | 4239082 | 421420 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | Aug | 4657946(P) | 4221351(P) | 436595(P) | 9.4(P) |
| F : Reflects model reestimation and new seasonal adjustment. B : Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. P : Preliminary. | |||||
