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Data extracted on: November 22, 2009 (9:24:58 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jan | 2324629 | 2254546 | 70083 | 3.0 |
| 1999 | Feb | 2322154 | 2258001 | 64153 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | Mar | 2325577 | 2260534 | 65043 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | Apr | 2333087 | 2263660 | 69427 | 3.0 |
| 1999 | May | 2338208 | 2266252 | 71956 | 3.1 |
| 1999 | Jun | 2343111 | 2268509 | 74602 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | Jul | 2348306 | 2272664 | 75642 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | Aug | 2349850 | 2273407 | 76443 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | Sep | 2351029 | 2275857 | 75172 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | Oct | 2352354 | 2278042 | 74312 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | Nov | 2351559 | 2281176 | 70383 | 3.0 |
| 1999 | Dec | 2351392 | 2283371 | 68021 | 2.9 |
| 2000 | Jan | 2350334 | 2287582 | 62752 | 2.7 |
| 2000 | Feb | 2350779 | 2290049 | 60730 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | Mar | 2354132 | 2294889 | 59243 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | Apr | 2358291 | 2295911 | 62380 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | May | 2361667 | 2298900 | 62767 | 2.7 |
| 2000 | Jun | 2365777 | 2300650 | 65127 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | Jul | 2370548 | 2302145 | 68403 | 2.9 |
| 2000 | Aug | 2373700 | 2303320 | 70380 | 3.0 |
| 2000 | Sep | 2374381 | 2304587 | 69794 | 2.9 |
| 2000 | Oct | 2373320 | 2305777 | 67543 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | Nov | 2375296 | 2308268 | 67028 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | Dec | 2371649 | 2310222 | 61427 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | Jan | 2366713 | 2308502 | 58211 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | Feb | 2371180 | 2308332 | 62848 | 2.7 |
| 2001 | Mar | 2373726 | 2307892 | 65834 | 2.8 |
| 2001 | Apr | 2379567 | 2306983 | 72584 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | May | 2385358 | 2306054 | 79304 | 3.3 |
| 2001 | Jun | 2390495 | 2307352 | 83143 | 3.5 |
| 2001 | Jul | 2397032 | 2305723 | 91309 | 3.8 |
| 2001 | Aug | 2400920 | 2304342 | 96578 | 4.0 |
| 2001 | Sep | 2404673 | 2301850 | 102823 | 4.3 |
| 2001 | Oct | 2415988 | 2297540 | 118448 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | Nov | 2426909 | 2295034 | 131875 | 5.4 |
| 2001 | Dec | 2430608 | 2292323 | 138285 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Jan | 2443848 | 2301235 | 142613 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | Feb | 2442251 | 2301402 | 140849 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | Mar | 2443410 | 2301737 | 141673 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | Apr | 2441821 | 2303077 | 138744 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | May | 2438516 | 2305191 | 133325 | 5.5 |
| 2002 | Jun | 2442607 | 2305338 | 137269 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Jul | 2438949 | 2303433 | 135516 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Aug | 2441548 | 2305359 | 136189 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Sep | 2444091 | 2305022 | 139069 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Oct | 2444440 | 2304886 | 139554 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Nov | 2445475 | 2305860 | 139615 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Dec | 2445851 | 2306769 | 139082 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Jan | 2469891 | 2324124 | 145767 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Feb | 2474511 | 2325083 | 149428 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Mar | 2480484 | 2325409 | 155075 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Apr | 2485998 | 2328166 | 157832 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | May | 2490007 | 2332540 | 157467 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Jun | 2491846 | 2335087 | 156759 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Jul | 2497986 | 2340161 | 157825 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Aug | 2499430 | 2345056 | 154374 | 6.2 |
| 2003 | Sep | 2499883 | 2348361 | 151522 | 6.1 |
| 2003 | Oct | 2503951 | 2353586 | 150365 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Nov | 2505437 | 2356274 | 149163 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Dec | 2508663 | 2360541 | 148122 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | Jan | 2513418 | 2366228 | 147190 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | Feb | 2519703 | 2370109 | 149594 | 5.9 |
| 2004 | Mar | 2519067 | 2375177 | 143890 | 5.7 |
| 2004 | Apr | 2523749 | 2383188 | 140561 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | May | 2527728 | 2387896 | 139832 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Jun | 2532479 | 2391958 | 140521 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Jul | 2536997 | 2396200 | 140797 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Aug | 2543254 | 2400761 | 142493 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | Sep | 2546865 | 2405626 | 141239 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Oct | 2551111 | 2409528 | 141583 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Nov | 2553365 | 2411950 | 141415 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Dec | 2557318 | 2416805 | 140513 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | Jan | 2553513 | 2419942 | 133571 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | Feb | 2559373 | 2424673 | 134700 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Mar | 2563874 | 2428336 | 135538 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Apr | 2570476 | 2433179 | 137297 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | May | 2575012 | 2438063 | 136949 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Jun | 2575924 | 2442720 | 133204 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | Jul | 2581285 | 2448875 | 132410 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | Aug | 2585337 | 2453613 | 131724 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | Sep | 2592947 | 2461606 | 131341 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | Oct | 2596787 | 2467771 | 129016 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | Nov | 2602729 | 2474958 | 127771 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | Dec | 2611763 | 2484059 | 127704 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | Jan | 2615070 | 2492062 | 123008 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | Feb | 2613276 | 2499671 | 113605 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Mar | 2623941 | 2507039 | 116902 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Apr | 2632913 | 2514019 | 118894 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | May | 2640327 | 2519838 | 120489 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Jun | 2646990 | 2527998 | 118992 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Jul | 2649637 | 2530786 | 118851 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Aug | 2655299 | 2535896 | 119403 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Sep | 2655793 | 2541114 | 114679 | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Oct | 2658614 | 2546554 | 112060 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | Nov | 2660318 | 2551960 | 108358 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | Dec | 2660747 | 2556892 | 103855 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | Jan | 2661980 | 2558940 | 103040 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | Feb | 2666180 | 2564811 | 101369 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | Mar | 2667380 | 2570606 | 96774 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | Apr | 2670078 | 2574311 | 95767 | 3.6 |
| 2007 | May | 2677773 | 2579497 | 98276 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | Jun | 2684856 | 2584270 | 100586 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | Jul | 2689928 | 2586964 | 102964 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | Aug | 2694851 | 2589476 | 105375 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | Sep | 2702010 | 2591832 | 110178 | 4.1 |
| 2007 | Oct | 2704170 | 2595019 | 109151 | 4.0 |
| 2007 | Nov | 2709677 | 2597329 | 112348 | 4.1 |
| 2007 | Dec | 2708234 | 2596773 | 111461 | 4.1 |
| 2008 | Jan | 2715634 | 2597565 | 118069 | 4.3 |
| 2008 | Feb | 2721376 | 2597844 | 123532 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | Mar | 2722799 | 2597400 | 125399 | 4.6 |
| 2008 | Apr | 2724986 | 2597702 | 127284 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | May | 2726411 | 2597640 | 128771 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | Jun | 2726717 | 2596220 | 130497 | 4.8 |
| 2008 | Jul | 2730874 | 2597229 | 133645 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | Aug | 2731332 | 2597219 | 134113 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | Sep | 2732730 | 2596876 | 135854 | 5.0 |
| 2008 | Oct | 2739724 | 2595458 | 144266 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | Nov | 2741519 | 2593168 | 148351 | 5.4 |
| 2008 | Dec | 2751262 | 2591387 | 159875 | 5.8 |
| 2009 | Jan | 2738452 | 2556353 | 182099 | 6.6 |
| 2009 | Feb | 2731554 | 2535052 | 196502 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | Mar | 2725094 | 2521571 | 203523 | 7.5 |
| 2009 | Apr | 2737359 | 2534907 | 202452 | 7.4 |
| 2009 | May | 2721183 | 2514150 | 207033 | 7.6 |
| 2009 | Jun | 2700034 | 2495827 | 204207 | 7.6 |
| 2009 | Jul | 2690935 | 2480929 | 210006 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | Aug | 2683084 | 2485933 | 197151 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | Sep | 2671352 | 2483877 | 187475 | 7.0 |
| 2009 | Oct | 2658528(P) | 2474264(P) | 184264(P) | 6.9(P) |
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