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Data extracted on: February 9, 2010 (5:55:47 PM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jan | 6069157 | 5794812 | 274345 | 4.5 |
| 1999 | Feb | 6086890 | 5819727 | 267163 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Mar | 6091829 | 5821131 | 270698 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Apr | 6091251 | 5824874 | 266377 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | May | 6095617 | 5825768 | 269849 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Jun | 6082677 | 5813041 | 269636 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Jul | 6083303 | 5813842 | 269461 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Aug | 6082100 | 5809319 | 272781 | 4.5 |
| 1999 | Sep | 6062468 | 5792660 | 269808 | 4.5 |
| 1999 | Oct | 6061393 | 5794920 | 266473 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | Nov | 6054910 | 5793595 | 261315 | 4.3 |
| 1999 | Dec | 6072318 | 5814201 | 258117 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | Jan | 6071806 | 5820295 | 251511 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | Feb | 6070613 | 5817199 | 253414 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Mar | 6065367 | 5820360 | 245007 | 4.0 |
| 2000 | Apr | 6073660 | 5825160 | 248500 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | May | 6074784 | 5822288 | 252496 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Jun | 6083610 | 5826824 | 256786 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Jul | 6086069 | 5831081 | 254988 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Aug | 6086531 | 5827465 | 259066 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | Sep | 6099642 | 5840936 | 258706 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Oct | 6094698 | 5835827 | 258871 | 4.2 |
| 2000 | Nov | 6108705 | 5848633 | 260072 | 4.3 |
| 2000 | Dec | 6114507 | 5854749 | 259758 | 4.2 |
| 2001 | Jan | 6139340 | 5876768 | 262572 | 4.3 |
| 2001 | Feb | 6151017 | 5885491 | 265526 | 4.3 |
| 2001 | Mar | 6162669 | 5892647 | 270022 | 4.4 |
| 2001 | Apr | 6157826 | 5880293 | 277533 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | May | 6165849 | 5881820 | 284029 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | Jun | 6176835 | 5885474 | 291361 | 4.7 |
| 2001 | Jul | 6164428 | 5866984 | 297444 | 4.8 |
| 2001 | Aug | 6162195 | 5861065 | 301130 | 4.9 |
| 2001 | Sep | 6180150 | 5873877 | 306273 | 5.0 |
| 2001 | Oct | 6172986 | 5857327 | 315659 | 5.1 |
| 2001 | Nov | 6183020 | 5859261 | 323759 | 5.2 |
| 2001 | Dec | 6194528 | 5868832 | 325696 | 5.3 |
| 2002 | Jan | 6208789 | 5873383 | 335406 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | Feb | 6211705 | 5875007 | 336698 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | Mar | 6219887 | 5881274 | 338613 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | Apr | 6232229 | 5886969 | 345260 | 5.5 |
| 2002 | May | 6231851 | 5884862 | 346989 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Jun | 6227019 | 5876831 | 350188 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | Jul | 6226472 | 5873943 | 352529 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Aug | 6232969 | 5880519 | 352450 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Sep | 6225116 | 5871578 | 353538 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Oct | 6208837 | 5854241 | 354596 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Nov | 6197689 | 5841595 | 356094 | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Dec | 6190750 | 5830483 | 360267 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Jan | 6151173 | 5797862 | 353311 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Feb | 6139153 | 5783195 | 355958 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Mar | 6142436 | 5786791 | 355645 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | Apr | 6135252 | 5780492 | 354760 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | May | 6125733 | 5775820 | 349913 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Jun | 6129315 | 5780685 | 348630 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Jul | 6137678 | 5785507 | 352171 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Aug | 6146451 | 5799056 | 347395 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Sep | 6141995 | 5795006 | 346989 | 5.6 |
| 2003 | Oct | 6152384 | 5809247 | 343137 | 5.6 |
| 2003 | Nov | 6166301 | 5824813 | 341488 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | Dec | 6171737 | 5829942 | 341795 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Jan | 6157594 | 5818023 | 339571 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Feb | 6165272 | 5823919 | 341353 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Mar | 6178189 | 5838704 | 339485 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Apr | 6180783 | 5842636 | 338147 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | May | 6188767 | 5849329 | 339438 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Jun | 6182384 | 5844098 | 338286 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Jul | 6200440 | 5861324 | 339116 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Aug | 6202337 | 5862412 | 339925 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | Sep | 6217986 | 5881420 | 336566 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | Oct | 6222001 | 5886697 | 335304 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | Nov | 6230209 | 5898616 | 331593 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | Dec | 6235587 | 5907548 | 328039 | 5.3 |
| 2005 | Jan | 6240600 | 5916456 | 324144 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | Feb | 6237184 | 5915557 | 321627 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | Mar | 6234468 | 5911130 | 323338 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | Apr | 6246918 | 5932997 | 313921 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | May | 6254450 | 5940569 | 313881 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | Jun | 6242092 | 5928875 | 313217 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | Jul | 6251714 | 5942166 | 309548 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | Aug | 6250209 | 5941420 | 308789 | 4.9 |
| 2005 | Sep | 6256804 | 5953727 | 303077 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Oct | 6250247 | 5947461 | 302786 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Nov | 6254747 | 5956786 | 297961 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | Dec | 6252924 | 5956943 | 295981 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | Jan | 6262081 | 5965207 | 296874 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | Feb | 6268165 | 5980388 | 287777 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Mar | 6278162 | 5991101 | 287061 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Apr | 6281932 | 5993073 | 288859 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | May | 6275282 | 5988441 | 286841 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Jun | 6283060 | 5993293 | 289767 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Jul | 6281357 | 5993249 | 288108 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Aug | 6282435 | 5994965 | 287470 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | Sep | 6289289 | 6005592 | 283697 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | Oct | 6287609 | 6010942 | 276667 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | Nov | 6290341 | 6014084 | 276257 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | Dec | 6293741 | 6022097 | 271644 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | Jan | 6293188 | 6024797 | 268391 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | Feb | 6288077 | 6019562 | 268515 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | Mar | 6281628 | 6014686 | 266942 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | Apr | 6273976 | 6007383 | 266593 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | May | 6284030 | 6016452 | 267578 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | Jun | 6301995 | 6031655 | 270340 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | Jul | 6293591 | 6022946 | 270645 | 4.3 |
| 2007 | Aug | 6291684 | 6016240 | 275444 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | Sep | 6301201 | 6021371 | 279830 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | Oct | 6310764 | 6028764 | 282000 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Nov | 6317320 | 6033791 | 283529 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | Dec | 6327806 | 6037440 | 290366 | 4.6 |
| 2008 | Jan | 6346038 | 6051144 | 294894 | 4.6 |
| 2008 | Feb | 6349244 | 6045176 | 304068 | 4.8 |
| 2008 | Mar | 6348351 | 6037341 | 311010 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | Apr | 6370021 | 6052194 | 317827 | 5.0 |
| 2008 | May | 6392041 | 6066008 | 326033 | 5.1 |
| 2008 | Jun | 6390988 | 6055012 | 335976 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | Jul | 6396148 | 6049339 | 346809 | 5.4 |
| 2008 | Aug | 6412907 | 6058361 | 354546 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | Sep | 6423074 | 6063027 | 360047 | 5.6 |
| 2008 | Oct | 6435447 | 6060448 | 374999 | 5.8 |
| 2008 | Nov | 6432891 | 6039929 | 392962 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | Dec | 6441455 | 6029493 | 411962 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | Jan | 6446871 | 5994768 | 452103 | 7.0 |
| 2009 | Feb | 6459235 | 5972932 | 486303 | 7.5 |
| 2009 | Mar | 6433548 | 5930622 | 502926 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | Apr | 6430784 | 5931298 | 499486 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | May | 6472104 | 5937278 | 534826 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | Jun | 6439939 | 5898364 | 541575 | 8.4 |
| 2009 | Jul | 6389316 | 5848959 | 540357 | 8.5 |
| 2009 | Aug | 6359014 | 5808762 | 550252 | 8.7 |
| 2009 | Sep | 6367314 | 5808164 | 559150 | 8.8 |
| 2009 | Oct | 6339778 | 5778028 | 561750 | 8.9 |
| 2009 | Nov | 6328949 | 5788012 | 540937 | 8.5 |
| 2009 | Dec | 6310135(P) | 5750590(P) | 559545(P) | 8.9(P) |
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