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Data extracted on: February 9, 2010 (5:55:01 PM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jan | 6363372 | 6090671 | 272701 | 4.3 |
| 1999 | Feb | 6373072 | 6107204 | 265868 | 4.2 |
| 1999 | Mar | 6387650 | 6125767 | 261883 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | Apr | 6403437 | 6131120 | 272317 | 4.3 |
| 1999 | May | 6424507 | 6129464 | 295043 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | Jun | 6438577 | 6140716 | 297861 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | Jul | 6462672 | 6156894 | 305778 | 4.7 |
| 1999 | Aug | 6451735 | 6147484 | 304251 | 4.7 |
| 1999 | Sep | 6450060 | 6155584 | 294476 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | Oct | 6460969 | 6169082 | 291887 | 4.5 |
| 1999 | Nov | 6465677 | 6177986 | 287691 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Dec | 6471866 | 6185593 | 286273 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Jan | 6474435 | 6192004 | 282431 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Feb | 6477018 | 6187994 | 289024 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | Mar | 6470599 | 6186628 | 283971 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Apr | 6472026 | 6192285 | 279741 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | May | 6471362 | 6187121 | 284241 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Jun | 6474110 | 6190249 | 283861 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Jul | 6456993 | 6169290 | 287703 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | Aug | 6466125 | 6175092 | 291033 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | Sep | 6470603 | 6176889 | 293714 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | Oct | 6461082 | 6174972 | 286110 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | Nov | 6464789 | 6155159 | 309630 | 4.8 |
| 2000 | Dec | 6453151 | 6134356 | 318795 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | Jan | 6454028 | 6127798 | 326230 | 5.1 |
| 2001 | Feb | 6474060 | 6141130 | 332930 | 5.1 |
| 2001 | Mar | 6481480 | 6140309 | 341171 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | Apr | 6481316 | 6139962 | 341354 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | May | 6483799 | 6143991 | 339808 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | Jun | 6492903 | 6147933 | 344970 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | Jul | 6473199 | 6123424 | 349775 | 5.4 |
| 2001 | Aug | 6454382 | 6099435 | 354947 | 5.5 |
| 2001 | Sep | 6460315 | 6105125 | 355190 | 5.5 |
| 2001 | Oct | 6446040 | 6083745 | 362295 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | Nov | 6438728 | 6060342 | 378386 | 5.9 |
| 2001 | Dec | 6433884 | 6049240 | 384644 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | Jan | 6432501 | 6035276 | 397225 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | Feb | 6433277 | 6031522 | 401755 | 6.2 |
| 2002 | Mar | 6419269 | 6007160 | 412109 | 6.4 |
| 2002 | Apr | 6405992 | 5985296 | 420696 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | May | 6396257 | 5976803 | 419454 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Jun | 6385417 | 5960318 | 425099 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | Jul | 6375485 | 5944699 | 430786 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | Aug | 6361683 | 5947544 | 414139 | 6.5 |
| 2002 | Sep | 6357310 | 5940250 | 417060 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | Oct | 6362108 | 5932715 | 429393 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | Nov | 6365066 | 5939030 | 426036 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | Dec | 6350664 | 5932104 | 418560 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Jan | 6322511 | 5901378 | 421133 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Feb | 6320488 | 5895743 | 424745 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Mar | 6327591 | 5900318 | 427273 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | Apr | 6317497 | 5902504 | 414993 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | May | 6326060 | 5913761 | 412299 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | Jun | 6346572 | 5919454 | 427118 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Jul | 6356776 | 5921284 | 435492 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Aug | 6360388 | 5919765 | 440623 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Sep | 6362702 | 5923099 | 439603 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | Oct | 6363853 | 5937301 | 426552 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Nov | 6360636 | 5931339 | 429297 | 6.7 |
| 2003 | Dec | 6354198 | 5936014 | 418184 | 6.6 |
| 2004 | Jan | 6348350 | 5936503 | 411847 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | Feb | 6348940 | 5938856 | 410084 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | Mar | 6345552 | 5942505 | 403047 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | Apr | 6343793 | 5947835 | 395958 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | May | 6357025 | 5957939 | 399086 | 6.3 |
| 2004 | Jun | 6349701 | 5961600 | 388101 | 6.1 |
| 2004 | Jul | 6365803 | 5970794 | 395009 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Aug | 6368396 | 5972733 | 395663 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Sep | 6380234 | 5989637 | 390597 | 6.1 |
| 2004 | Oct | 6392113 | 5996452 | 395661 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Nov | 6389597 | 5995615 | 393982 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Dec | 6395944 | 6012264 | 383680 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Jan | 6405557 | 6025195 | 380362 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Feb | 6403268 | 6022902 | 380366 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Mar | 6404798 | 6022509 | 382289 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Apr | 6419929 | 6037146 | 382783 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | May | 6422869 | 6039449 | 383420 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Jun | 6415776 | 6031554 | 384222 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Jul | 6431530 | 6051295 | 380235 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Aug | 6442156 | 6070454 | 371702 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Sep | 6454118 | 6087125 | 366993 | 5.7 |
| 2005 | Oct | 6453118 | 6099069 | 354049 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | Nov | 6464006 | 6120384 | 343622 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Dec | 6480297 | 6128682 | 351615 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Jan | 6498004 | 6158215 | 339789 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | Feb | 6505147 | 6184885 | 320262 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | Mar | 6518551 | 6196789 | 321762 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | Apr | 6521753 | 6214481 | 307272 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | May | 6528896 | 6230685 | 298211 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Jun | 6547207 | 6253270 | 293937 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Jul | 6559928 | 6267634 | 292294 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Aug | 6588564 | 6288839 | 299725 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Sep | 6595993 | 6301951 | 294042 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Oct | 6598604 | 6312914 | 285690 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Nov | 6604672 | 6320660 | 284012 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Dec | 6628182 | 6331698 | 296484 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Jan | 6637196 | 6326300 | 310896 | 4.7 |
| 2007 | Feb | 6641811 | 6317251 | 324560 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | Mar | 6642308 | 6331951 | 310357 | 4.7 |
| 2007 | Apr | 6661297 | 6336010 | 325287 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | May | 6674537 | 6345817 | 328720 | 4.9 |
| 2007 | Jun | 6701820 | 6362549 | 339271 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | Jul | 6709841 | 6365197 | 344644 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | Aug | 6709689 | 6359423 | 350266 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | Sep | 6717553 | 6364417 | 353136 | 5.3 |
| 2007 | Oct | 6720068 | 6355621 | 364447 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | Nov | 6728642 | 6362991 | 365651 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | Dec | 6730873 | 6356276 | 374597 | 5.6 |
| 2008 | Jan | 6740603 | 6350005 | 390598 | 5.8 |
| 2008 | Feb | 6738121 | 6341942 | 396179 | 5.9 |
| 2008 | Mar | 6726327 | 6325805 | 400522 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | Apr | 6727466 | 6311645 | 415821 | 6.2 |
| 2008 | May | 6721065 | 6292004 | 429061 | 6.4 |
| 2008 | Jun | 6700653 | 6259890 | 440763 | 6.6 |
| 2008 | Jul | 6694696 | 6247683 | 447013 | 6.7 |
| 2008 | Aug | 6682289 | 6236603 | 445686 | 6.7 |
| 2008 | Sep | 6671152 | 6226522 | 444630 | 6.7 |
| 2008 | Oct | 6654479 | 6203249 | 451230 | 6.8 |
| 2008 | Nov | 6652844 | 6190642 | 462202 | 6.9 |
| 2008 | Dec | 6658332 | 6177826 | 480506 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | Jan | 6601591 | 6084240 | 517351 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | Feb | 6603239 | 6034666 | 568573 | 8.6 |
| 2009 | Mar | 6577979 | 5982997 | 594982 | 9.0 |
| 2009 | Apr | 6611172 | 5992583 | 618589 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | May | 6667033 | 5996689 | 670344 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | Jun | 6652588 | 5970180 | 682408 | 10.3 |
| 2009 | Jul | 6646220 | 5954684 | 691536 | 10.4 |
| 2009 | Aug | 6589548 | 5932173 | 657375 | 10.0 |
| 2009 | Sep | 6620920 | 5923693 | 697227 | 10.5 |
| 2009 | Oct | 6639555 | 5908980 | 730575 | 11.0 |
| 2009 | Nov | 6647839 | 5925257 | 722582 | 10.9 |
| 2009 | Dec | 6623930(P) | 5890677(P) | 733253(P) | 11.1(P) |
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