LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1)
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Census region and
division Number Percent of labor force
April Feb. March April April Feb. March April April Feb. March April
2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2013 2013 2013
Northeast........... 28,367.2 28,496.0 28,394.4 28,359.5 2,304.4 2,306.1 2,240.2 2,162.9 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.6
New England....... 7,727.3 7,705.1 7,688.9 7,684.6 555.5 536.8 530.3 524.3 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.8
Middle Atlantic... 20,639.9 20,790.9 20,705.5 20,674.9 1,748.9 1,769.3 1,709.9 1,638.6 8.5 8.5 8.3 7.9
South............... 56,462.4 56,877.0 56,810.8 56,823.5 4,406.9 4,158.3 4,106.9 4,039.9 7.8 7.3 7.2 7.1
South Atlantic.... 29,958.1 30,217.2 30,147.6 30,111.6 2,491.6 2,345.9 2,283.8 2,215.0 8.3 7.8 7.6 7.4
East South Central 8,669.9 8,704.4 8,704.1 8,722.5 700.5 691.2 693.9 689.3 8.1 7.9 8.0 7.9
West South Central 17,834.4 17,955.5 17,959.1 17,989.4 1,214.7 1,121.2 1,129.3 1,135.6 6.8 6.2 6.3 6.3
Midwest............. 34,171.3 34,256.5 34,228.1 34,233.4 2,510.2 2,544.3 2,525.6 2,480.7 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.2
East North Central 23,216.1 23,265.7 23,232.3 23,215.8 1,889.9 1,939.8 1,928.0 1,888.4 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.1
West North Central 10,955.2 10,990.9 10,995.8 11,017.6 620.3 604.6 597.6 592.4 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.4
West................ 36,009.9 36,147.4 36,134.7 36,138.1 3,396.7 3,071.3 3,004.6 2,905.2 9.4 8.5 8.3 8.0
Mountain.......... 11,037.1 11,075.6 11,073.6 11,081.7 886.5 797.7 790.0 782.3 8.0 7.2 7.1 7.1
Pacific........... 24,972.8 25,071.7 25,061.1 25,056.4 2,510.2 2,273.7 2,214.6 2,122.9 10.1 9.1 8.8 8.5
1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division model-based estimates.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The states (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census
divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New
Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West
North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Estimates for
the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.