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Data extracted on: May 18, 2013 (9:12:30 PM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Jan | 5857563 | 5509904 | 347659 | 5.9 |
| 2003 | Feb | 5868823 | 5513919 | 354904 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Mar | 5875312 | 5513332 | 361980 | 6.2 |
| 2003 | Apr | 5874578 | 5506318 | 368260 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | May | 5866444 | 5493603 | 372841 | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Jun | 5854630 | 5480041 | 374589 | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Jul | 5842970 | 5470865 | 372105 | 6.4 |
| 2003 | Aug | 5835590 | 5468494 | 367096 | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Sep | 5833359 | 5473059 | 360300 | 6.2 |
| 2003 | Oct | 5836293 | 5482472 | 353821 | 6.1 |
| 2003 | Nov | 5843331 | 5493570 | 349761 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | Dec | 5851352 | 5502825 | 348527 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | Jan | 5857996 | 5507973 | 350023 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | Feb | 5860778 | 5508269 | 352509 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | Mar | 5860795 | 5504614 | 356181 | 6.1 |
| 2004 | Apr | 5857399 | 5498375 | 359024 | 6.1 |
| 2004 | May | 5852297 | 5491342 | 360955 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Jun | 5848302 | 5486032 | 362270 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Jul | 5847521 | 5484219 | 363302 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Aug | 5849961 | 5486229 | 363732 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Sep | 5854395 | 5490899 | 363496 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Oct | 5859356 | 5496376 | 362980 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Nov | 5863252 | 5501621 | 361631 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | Dec | 5866129 | 5506277 | 359852 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Jan | 5868452 | 5510631 | 357821 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Feb | 5870603 | 5514728 | 355875 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | Mar | 5871279 | 5518503 | 352776 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Apr | 5871939 | 5522084 | 349855 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | May | 5872607 | 5526135 | 346472 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Jun | 5873940 | 5530866 | 343074 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Jul | 5877265 | 5536333 | 340932 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Aug | 5882856 | 5542870 | 339986 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Sep | 5890095 | 5550521 | 339574 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | Oct | 5896144 | 5559112 | 337032 | 5.7 |
| 2005 | Nov | 5900795 | 5568073 | 332722 | 5.6 |
| 2005 | Dec | 5903065 | 5576580 | 326485 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Jan | 5894888 | 5575203 | 319685 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Feb | 5896967 | 5582175 | 314792 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Mar | 5900123 | 5587038 | 313085 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Apr | 5904895 | 5589013 | 315882 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | May | 5909475 | 5589117 | 320358 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Jun | 5914640 | 5589511 | 325129 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Jul | 5921407 | 5593089 | 328318 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Aug | 5929940 | 5600922 | 329018 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Sep | 5940686 | 5612222 | 328464 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Oct | 5951778 | 5625277 | 326501 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Nov | 5961651 | 5637394 | 324257 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Dec | 5967723 | 5645928 | 321795 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | Jan | 5958676 | 5636694 | 321982 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | Feb | 5957627 | 5635002 | 322625 | 5.4 |
| 2007 | Mar | 5953246 | 5628590 | 324656 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | Apr | 5947434 | 5619025 | 328409 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | May | 5941509 | 5608316 | 333193 | 5.6 |
| 2007 | Jun | 5937298 | 5599374 | 337924 | 5.7 |
| 2007 | Jul | 5935846 | 5594397 | 341449 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | Aug | 5937667 | 5594326 | 343341 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | Sep | 5942163 | 5598460 | 343703 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | Oct | 5947220 | 5604200 | 343020 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | Nov | 5950847 | 5609476 | 341371 | 5.7 |
| 2007 | Dec | 5952116 | 5613149 | 338967 | 5.7 |
| 2008 | Jan | 5944729(F) | 5607719(F) | 337010(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 5942425(F) | 5605469(F) | 336956(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 5941631(F) | 5599737(F) | 341894(F) | 5.8(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 5942248(F) | 5590379(F) | 351869(F) | 5.9(F) |
| 2008 | May | 5944635(F) | 5577812(F) | 366823(F) | 6.2(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 5946414(F) | 5563895(F) | 382519(F) | 6.4(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 5946057(F) | 5549718(F) | 396339(F) | 6.7(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 5943259(F) | 5535790(F) | 407469(F) | 6.9(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 5939368(F) | 5521218(F) | 418150(F) | 7.0(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 5936998(F) | 5504218(F) | 432780(F) | 7.3(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 5936980(F) | 5483587(F) | 453393(F) | 7.6(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 5940332(F) | 5459456(F) | 480876(F) | 8.1(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 5946176(F) | 5433635(F) | 512541(F) | 8.6(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 5953419(F) | 5407992(F) | 545427(F) | 9.2(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 5959056(F) | 5384044(F) | 575012(F) | 9.6(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 5960744(F) | 5362373(F) | 598371(F) | 10.0(F) |
| 2009 | May | 5956825(F) | 5341672(F) | 615153(F) | 10.3(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 5946954(F) | 5321780(F) | 625174(F) | 10.5(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 5932199(F) | 5302710(F) | 629489(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 5914336(F) | 5285029(F) | 629307(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 5896456(F) | 5269730(F) | 626726(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 5881682(F) | 5257546(F) | 624136(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 5873313(F) | 5250223(F) | 623090(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 5872876(F) | 5248932(F) | 623944(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 5878310(F) | 5254017(F) | 624293(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 5884436(F) | 5262712(F) | 621724(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 5886708(F) | 5270730(F) | 615978(F) | 10.5(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 5883224(B) | 5275459(B) | 607765(B) | 10.3(B) |
| 2010 | May | 5874433(B) | 5276344(B) | 598089(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 5863087(B) | 5274422(B) | 588665(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 5852133(B) | 5271305(B) | 580828(B) | 9.9(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 5843381(B) | 5269351(B) | 574030(B) | 9.8(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 5836877(B) | 5269479(B) | 567398(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 5832051(B) | 5272305(B) | 559746(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 5827607(B) | 5277520(B) | 550087(B) | 9.4(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 5822926(B) | 5284605(B) | 538321(B) | 9.2(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 5819895(B) | 5293224(B) | 526671(B) | 9.0(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 5818189(B) | 5301073(B) | 517116(B) | 8.9(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 5816164(B) | 5304756(B) | 511408(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 5812409(B) | 5302343(B) | 510066(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2011 | May | 5807688(B) | 5295151(B) | 512537(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 5803747(B) | 5288049(B) | 515698(B) | 8.9(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 5801584(B) | 5285829(B) | 515755(B) | 8.9(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 5800832(B) | 5290488(B) | 510344(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 5800047(B) | 5300772(B) | 499275(B) | 8.6(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 5797888(B) | 5313416(B) | 484472(B) | 8.4(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 5793241(B) | 5324845(B) | 468396(B) | 8.1(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 5787054(B) | 5333426(B) | 453628(B) | 7.8(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 5780410(B) | 5339657(B) | 440753(B) | 7.6(B) |
| 2012 | Feb | 5775215(B) | 5344381(B) | 430834(B) | 7.5(B) |
| 2012 | Mar | 5770422(B) | 5345886(B) | 424536(B) | 7.4(B) |
| 2012 | Apr | 5763780(B) | 5342671(B) | 421109(B) | 7.3(B) |
| 2012 | May | 5755359(B) | 5335713(B) | 419646(B) | 7.3(B) |
| 2012 | Jun | 5746348(B) | 5328256(B) | 418092(B) | 7.3(B) |
| 2012 | Jul | 5738716(B) | 5323323(B) | 415393(B) | 7.2(B) |
| 2012 | Aug | 5733613(B) | 5323419(B) | 410194(B) | 7.2(B) |
| 2012 | Sep | 5730856(B) | 5327798(B) | 403058(B) | 7.0(B) |
| 2012 | Oct | 5729683(B) | 5333688(B) | 395995(B) | 6.9(B) |
| 2012 | Nov | 5728485(B) | 5338891(B) | 389594(B) | 6.8(B) |
| 2012 | Dec | 5728748(B) | 5344151(B) | 384597(B) | 6.7(B) |
| 2013 | Jan | 5740292 | 5340852 | 399440 | 7.0 |
| 2013 | Feb | 5745562 | 5340316 | 405246 | 7.1 |
| 2013 | Mar | 5744496 | 5337858 | 406638 | 7.1 |
| 2013 | Apr | 5741349(P) | 5341562(P) | 399787(P) | 7.0(P) |
| F : Reflects model reestimation and new seasonal adjustment. B : Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. P : Preliminary. | |||||
