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Data extracted on: May 22, 2013 (3:42:56 AM)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Jan | 1843011 | 1699801 | 143210 | 7.8 |
| 2003 | Feb | 1845444 | 1699233 | 146211 | 7.9 |
| 2003 | Mar | 1847393 | 1697625 | 149768 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | Apr | 1847910 | 1694524 | 153386 | 8.3 |
| 2003 | May | 1846685 | 1690378 | 156307 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | Jun | 1844497 | 1686775 | 157722 | 8.6 |
| 2003 | Jul | 1842317 | 1685269 | 157048 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | Aug | 1840844 | 1686241 | 154603 | 8.4 |
| 2003 | Sep | 1840287 | 1689221 | 151066 | 8.2 |
| 2003 | Oct | 1840685 | 1693148 | 147537 | 8.0 |
| 2003 | Nov | 1841779 | 1697061 | 144718 | 7.9 |
| 2003 | Dec | 1842950 | 1700230 | 142720 | 7.7 |
| 2004 | Jan | 1843718 | 1702380 | 141338 | 7.7 |
| 2004 | Feb | 1843902 | 1703713 | 140189 | 7.6 |
| 2004 | Mar | 1843856 | 1704572 | 139284 | 7.6 |
| 2004 | Apr | 1843611 | 1705157 | 138454 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | May | 1843261 | 1705664 | 137597 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | Jun | 1843073 | 1706382 | 136691 | 7.4 |
| 2004 | Jul | 1843444 | 1707692 | 135752 | 7.4 |
| 2004 | Aug | 1844349 | 1709848 | 134501 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | Sep | 1845480 | 1712877 | 132603 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | Oct | 1846321 | 1716343 | 129978 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Nov | 1846611 | 1719907 | 126704 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | Dec | 1846744 | 1723344 | 123400 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Jan | 1847105 | 1726626 | 120479 | 6.5 |
| 2005 | Feb | 1847891 | 1729622 | 118269 | 6.4 |
| 2005 | Mar | 1848986 | 1732033 | 116953 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | Apr | 1850379 | 1733892 | 116487 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | May | 1852072 | 1735539 | 116533 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | Jun | 1854022 | 1737414 | 116608 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | Jul | 1856296 | 1739815 | 116481 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | Aug | 1858783 | 1742922 | 115861 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | Sep | 1861477 | 1746897 | 114580 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | Oct | 1864031 | 1751593 | 112438 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | Nov | 1866297 | 1756663 | 109634 | 5.9 |
| 2005 | Dec | 1868222 | 1761740 | 106482 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | Jan | 1872452 | 1769054 | 103398 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | Feb | 1875087 | 1774028 | 101059 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Mar | 1878306 | 1778407 | 99899 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Apr | 1881902 | 1781864 | 100038 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | May | 1885487 | 1784526 | 100961 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Jun | 1889095 | 1787062 | 102033 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Jul | 1893226 | 1790507 | 102719 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Aug | 1898208 | 1795325 | 102883 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Sep | 1903802 | 1801221 | 102581 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | Oct | 1909329 | 1807577 | 101752 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Nov | 1913954 | 1813437 | 100517 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | Dec | 1916817 | 1817780 | 99037 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | Jan | 1917324 | 1819538 | 97786 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | Feb | 1916940 | 1820389 | 96551 | 5.0 |
| 2007 | Mar | 1915631 | 1819774 | 95857 | 5.0 |
| 2007 | Apr | 1914197 | 1818233 | 95964 | 5.0 |
| 2007 | May | 1913386 | 1816449 | 96937 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | Jun | 1913823 | 1815478 | 98345 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | Jul | 1915848 | 1816109 | 99739 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | Aug | 1919624 | 1818703 | 100921 | 5.3 |
| 2007 | Sep | 1924743 | 1823070 | 101673 | 5.3 |
| 2007 | Oct | 1930202 | 1828152 | 102050 | 5.3 |
| 2007 | Nov | 1935003 | 1833001 | 102002 | 5.3 |
| 2007 | Dec | 1938702 | 1837022 | 101680 | 5.2 |
| 2008 | Jan | 1939040(F) | 1837661(F) | 101379(F) | 5.2(F) |
| 2008 | Feb | 1940229(F) | 1838685(F) | 101544(F) | 5.2(F) |
| 2008 | Mar | 1941358(F) | 1838478(F) | 102880(F) | 5.3(F) |
| 2008 | Apr | 1943104(F) | 1837203(F) | 105901(F) | 5.5(F) |
| 2008 | May | 1945752(F) | 1835095(F) | 110657(F) | 5.7(F) |
| 2008 | Jun | 1949492(F) | 1832728(F) | 116764(F) | 6.0(F) |
| 2008 | Jul | 1954039(F) | 1830199(F) | 123840(F) | 6.3(F) |
| 2008 | Aug | 1958871(F) | 1827180(F) | 131691(F) | 6.7(F) |
| 2008 | Sep | 1963725(F) | 1822920(F) | 140805(F) | 7.2(F) |
| 2008 | Oct | 1968521(F) | 1816440(F) | 152081(F) | 7.7(F) |
| 2008 | Nov | 1973080(F) | 1807365(F) | 165715(F) | 8.4(F) |
| 2008 | Dec | 1977450(F) | 1796330(F) | 181120(F) | 9.2(F) |
| 2009 | Jan | 1981506(F) | 1784756(F) | 196750(F) | 9.9(F) |
| 2009 | Feb | 1985000(F) | 1774245(F) | 210755(F) | 10.6(F) |
| 2009 | Mar | 1987102(F) | 1765677(F) | 221425(F) | 11.1(F) |
| 2009 | Apr | 1987159(F) | 1759297(F) | 227862(F) | 11.5(F) |
| 2009 | May | 1984782(F) | 1754399(F) | 230383(F) | 11.6(F) |
| 2009 | Jun | 1980136(F) | 1750630(F) | 229506(F) | 11.6(F) |
| 2009 | Jul | 1973926(F) | 1747607(F) | 226319(F) | 11.5(F) |
| 2009 | Aug | 1967281(F) | 1745144(F) | 222137(F) | 11.3(F) |
| 2009 | Sep | 1961538(F) | 1743399(F) | 218139(F) | 11.1(F) |
| 2009 | Oct | 1957670(F) | 1742345(F) | 215325(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2009 | Nov | 1956673(F) | 1742412(F) | 214261(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2009 | Dec | 1958800(F) | 1743889(F) | 214911(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2010 | Jan | 1963233(F) | 1746994(F) | 216239(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2010 | Feb | 1968285(F) | 1751144(F) | 217141(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2010 | Mar | 1972164(F) | 1755112(F) | 217052(F) | 11.0(F) |
| 2010 | Apr | 1974046(B) | 1758167(B) | 215879(B) | 10.9(B) |
| 2010 | May | 1973883(B) | 1759983(B) | 213900(B) | 10.8(B) |
| 2010 | Jun | 1972777(B) | 1760987(B) | 211790(B) | 10.7(B) |
| 2010 | Jul | 1972180(B) | 1761876(B) | 210304(B) | 10.7(B) |
| 2010 | Aug | 1972801(B) | 1763412(B) | 209389(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2010 | Sep | 1974391(B) | 1765716(B) | 208675(B) | 10.6(B) |
| 2010 | Oct | 1976396(B) | 1768791(B) | 207605(B) | 10.5(B) |
| 2010 | Nov | 1978034(B) | 1772509(B) | 205525(B) | 10.4(B) |
| 2010 | Dec | 1978892(B) | 1776601(B) | 202291(B) | 10.2(B) |
| 2011 | Jan | 1979259(B) | 1780960(B) | 198299(B) | 10.0(B) |
| 2011 | Feb | 1979230(B) | 1784904(B) | 194326(B) | 9.8(B) |
| 2011 | Mar | 1978426(B) | 1787157(B) | 191269(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Apr | 1976812(B) | 1787046(B) | 189766(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | May | 1974845(B) | 1784806(B) | 190039(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Jun | 1973145(B) | 1781937(B) | 191208(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Jul | 1972316(B) | 1780208(B) | 192108(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Aug | 1972526(B) | 1780624(B) | 191902(B) | 9.7(B) |
| 2011 | Sep | 1973534(B) | 1783247(B) | 190287(B) | 9.6(B) |
| 2011 | Oct | 1974772(B) | 1787175(B) | 187597(B) | 9.5(B) |
| 2011 | Nov | 1975431(B) | 1791105(B) | 184326(B) | 9.3(B) |
| 2011 | Dec | 1975236(B) | 1794241(B) | 180995(B) | 9.2(B) |
| 2012 | Jan | 1974337(B) | 1796491(B) | 177846(B) | 9.0(B) |
| 2012 | Feb | 1973133(B) | 1797871(B) | 175262(B) | 8.9(B) |
| 2012 | Mar | 1971414(B) | 1797622(B) | 173792(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2012 | Apr | 1968721(B) | 1795409(B) | 173312(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2012 | May | 1965313(B) | 1791822(B) | 173491(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2012 | Jun | 1961977(B) | 1788349(B) | 173628(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2012 | Jul | 1959313(B) | 1786197(B) | 173116(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2012 | Aug | 1957780(B) | 1786212(B) | 171568(B) | 8.8(B) |
| 2012 | Sep | 1957135(B) | 1787886(B) | 169249(B) | 8.6(B) |
| 2012 | Oct | 1956763(B) | 1790075(B) | 166688(B) | 8.5(B) |
| 2012 | Nov | 1956362(B) | 1791984(B) | 164378(B) | 8.4(B) |
| 2012 | Dec | 1956364(B) | 1793942(B) | 162422(B) | 8.3(B) |
| 2013 | Jan | 1951454 | 1788323 | 163131 | 8.4 |
| 2013 | Feb | 1947863 | 1785416 | 162447 | 8.3 |
| 2013 | Mar | 1938303 | 1779003 | 159300 | 8.2 |
| 2013 | Apr | 1931612(P) | 1777949(P) | 153663(P) | 8.0(P) |
| F : Reflects model reestimation and new seasonal adjustment. B : Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. P : Preliminary. | |||||
