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Data extracted on: November 12, 2020 (5:52:02 PM)
| Year | Period | labor force | employment | unemployment | unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jan | 1280579 | 1075106 | 205473 | 16.0 |
| 2010 | Feb | 1277929 | 1069327 | 208602 | 16.3 |
| 2010 | Mar | 1275758 | 1063494 | 212264 | 16.6 |
| 2010 | Apr | 1273733 | 1058610 | 215123 | 16.9 |
| 2010 | May | 1271502 | 1055729 | 215773 | 17.0 |
| 2010 | Jun | 1269533 | 1055449 | 214084 | 16.9 |
| 2010 | Jul | 1268136 | 1057467 | 210669 | 16.6 |
| 2010 | Aug | 1267066 | 1060466 | 206600 | 16.3 |
| 2010 | Sep | 1265418 | 1062791 | 202627 | 16.0 |
| 2010 | Oct | 1262513 | 1062514 | 199999 | 15.8 |
| 2010 | Nov | 1257571 | 1058347 | 199224 | 15.8 |
| 2010 | Dec | 1250382 | 1050307 | 200075 | 16.0 |
| 2011 | Jan | 1242155 | 1040481 | 201674 | 16.2 |
| 2011 | Feb | 1234604 | 1031693 | 202911 | 16.4 |
| 2011 | Mar | 1228607 | 1025412 | 203195 | 16.5 |
| 2011 | Apr | 1223951 | 1022006 | 201945 | 16.5 |
| 2011 | May | 1220184 | 1021096 | 199088 | 16.3 |
| 2011 | Jun | 1217007 | 1021128 | 195879 | 16.1 |
| 2011 | Jul | 1214535 | 1021633 | 192902 | 15.9 |
| 2011 | Aug | 1213100 | 1022437 | 190663 | 15.7 |
| 2011 | Sep | 1212658 | 1023307 | 189351 | 15.6 |
| 2011 | Oct | 1213096 | 1024470 | 188626 | 15.5 |
| 2011 | Nov | 1213164 | 1025264 | 187900 | 15.5 |
| 2011 | Dec | 1211982 | 1025297 | 186685 | 15.4 |
| 2012 | Jan | 1208971 | 1024441 | 184530 | 15.3 |
| 2012 | Feb | 1204910 | 1023079 | 181831 | 15.1 |
| 2012 | Mar | 1201464 | 1022631 | 178833 | 14.9 |
| 2012 | Apr | 1199216 | 1023344 | 175872 | 14.7 |
| 2012 | May | 1197578 | 1024514 | 173064 | 14.5 |
| 2012 | Jun | 1195996 | 1025814 | 170182 | 14.2 |
| 2012 | Jul | 1193990 | 1026199 | 167791 | 14.1 |
| 2012 | Aug | 1191631 | 1024828 | 166803 | 14.0 |
| 2012 | Sep | 1189288 | 1022205 | 167083 | 14.0 |
| 2012 | Oct | 1187057 | 1018941 | 168116 | 14.2 |
| 2012 | Nov | 1184644 | 1015802 | 168842 | 14.3 |
| 2012 | Dec | 1181611 | 1012938 | 168673 | 14.3 |
| 2013 | Jan | 1177185 | 1009877 | 167308 | 14.2 |
| 2013 | Feb | 1171316 | 1006686 | 164630 | 14.1 |
| 2013 | Mar | 1165244 | 1003918 | 161326 | 13.8 |
| 2013 | Apr | 1161036 | 1002028 | 159008 | 13.7 |
| 2013 | May | 1159632 | 1000998 | 158634 | 13.7 |
| 2013 | Jun | 1160784 | 1000826 | 159958 | 13.8 |
| 2013 | Jul | 1163659 | 1000734 | 162925 | 14.0 |
| 2013 | Aug | 1166776 | 1000140 | 166636 | 14.3 |
| 2013 | Sep | 1168513 | 998511 | 170002 | 14.5 |
| 2013 | Oct | 1168275 | 995629 | 172646 | 14.8 |
| 2013 | Nov | 1166045 | 991987 | 174058 | 14.9 |
| 2013 | Dec | 1162180 | 988124 | 174056 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | Jan | 1156847 | 984664 | 172183 | 14.9 |
| 2014 | Feb | 1149848 | 981836 | 168012 | 14.6 |
| 2014 | Mar | 1141961 | 979695 | 162266 | 14.2 |
| 2014 | Apr | 1134728 | 977701 | 157027 | 13.8 |
| 2014 | May | 1129333 | 975514 | 153819 | 13.6 |
| 2014 | Jun | 1126328 | 972900 | 153428 | 13.6 |
| 2014 | Jul | 1125315 | 969987 | 155328 | 13.8 |
| 2014 | Aug | 1125352 | 967958 | 157394 | 14.0 |
| 2014 | Sep | 1125393 | 967920 | 157473 | 14.0 |
| 2014 | Oct | 1125210 | 970978 | 154232 | 13.7 |
| 2014 | Nov | 1124986 | 976523 | 148463 | 13.2 |
| 2014 | Dec | 1124555 | 982568 | 141987 | 12.6 |
| 2015 | Jan | 1125363 | 988442 | 136921 | 12.2 |
| 2015 | Feb | 1123398 | 988302 | 135096 | 12.0 |
| 2015 | Mar | 1119539 | 984449 | 135090 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | Apr | 1114150 | 979228 | 134922 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | May | 1109765 | 975249 | 134516 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | Jun | 1108050 | 973661 | 134389 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | Jul | 1110091 | 975795 | 134296 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | Aug | 1115316 | 980845 | 134471 | 12.1 |
| 2015 | Sep | 1121674 | 986643 | 135031 | 12.0 |
| 2015 | Oct | 1126644 | 991196 | 135448 | 12.0 |
| 2015 | Nov | 1128530 | 993431 | 135099 | 12.0 |
| 2015 | Dec | 1128452 | 994396 | 134056 | 11.9 |
| 2016 | Jan | 1127069 | 994898 | 132171 | 11.7 |
| 2016 | Feb | 1125154 | 994895 | 130259 | 11.6 |
| 2016 | Mar | 1123238 | 994057 | 129181 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | Apr | 1121463 | 992441 | 129022 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | May | 1119320 | 989796 | 129524 | 11.6 |
| 2016 | Jun | 1115886 | 986318 | 129568 | 11.6 |
| 2016 | Jul | 1112195 | 982326 | 129869 | 11.7 |
| 2016 | Aug | 1109224 | 978164 | 131060 | 11.8 |
| 2016 | Sep | 1108467 | 975580 | 132887 | 12.0 |
| 2016 | Oct | 1110291 | 976157 | 134134 | 12.1 |
| 2016 | Nov | 1114217 | 979959 | 134258 | 12.0 |
| 2016 | Dec | 1118860 | 985193 | 133667 | 11.9 |
| 2017 | Jan | 1122137 | 989877 | 132260 | 11.8 |
| 2017 | Feb | 1121892 | 992491 | 129401 | 11.5 |
| 2017 | Mar | 1116778 | 991673 | 125105 | 11.2 |
| 2017 | Apr | 1108640 | 988249 | 120391 | 10.9 |
| 2017 | May | 1098575 | 982500 | 116075 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | Jun | 1088764 | 975320 | 113444 | 10.4 |
| 2017 | Jul | 1081644 | 968862 | 112782 | 10.4 |
| 2017 | Aug | 1078833 | 965193 | 113640 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | Sep | 1079960(V) | 964344(V) | 115616(V) | 10.7(V) |
| 2017 | Oct | 1041748 | 924285 | 117463 | 11.3 |
| 2017 | Nov | 1084425 | 966577 | 117848 | 10.9 |
| 2017 | Dec | 1084929 | 968707 | 116222 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | Jan | 1084419 | 970913 | 113506 | 10.5 |
| 2018 | Feb | 1083813 | 973105 | 110708 | 10.2 |
| 2018 | Mar | 1082885 | 974969 | 107916 | 10.0 |
| 2018 | Apr | 1081750 | 976621 | 105129 | 9.7 |
| 2018 | May | 1081525 | 979008 | 102517 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | Jun | 1081770 | 982218 | 99552 | 9.2 |
| 2018 | Jul | 1080582 | 984200 | 96382 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | Aug | 1077904 | 984683 | 93221 | 8.6 |
| 2018 | Sep | 1074627 | 984221 | 90406 | 8.4 |
| 2018 | Oct | 1071799 | 982842 | 88957 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | Nov | 1070043 | 980839 | 89204 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | Dec | 1069715 | 979158 | 90557 | 8.5 |
| 2019 | Jan | 1071297 | 979071 | 92226 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | Feb | 1075161 | 981630 | 93531 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | Mar | 1080907 | 987566 | 93341 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | Apr | 1086920 | 995794 | 91126 | 8.4 |
| 2019 | May | 1091465 | 1003803 | 87662 | 8.0 |
| 2019 | Jun | 1093289 | 1009075 | 84214 | 7.7 |
| 2019 | Jul | 1090423 | 1008172 | 82251 | 7.5 |
| 2019 | Aug | 1083037 | 1000434 | 82603 | 7.6 |
| 2019 | Sep | 1074120 | 988871 | 85249 | 7.9 |
| 2019 | Oct | 1066792 | 978256 | 88536 | 8.3 |
| 2019 | Nov | 1065107 | 974958 | 90149 | 8.5 |
| 2019 | Dec | 1065881 | 975464 | 90417 | 8.5 |
| 2020 | Jan | 1055984 | 962208 | 93776 | 8.9 |
| 2020 | Feb | 1048791 | 956078 | 92713 | 8.8 |
| 2020 | Mar | -(N) | -(N) | -(N) | -(N) |
| 2020 | Apr | -(N) | -(N) | -(N) | -(N) |
| 2020 | May | 1032146 | 939024 | 93122 | 9.0 |
| 2020 | Jun | 1035141 | 942830 | 92311 | 8.9 |
| 2020 | Jul | 1034753 | 946949 | 87804 | 8.5 |
| 2020 | Aug | 1037830 | 951707 | 86123 | 8.3 |
| 2020 | Sep | 1041397 | 954139 | 87258 | 8.4 |
| V : The survey was not conducted due to bad weather. Interpolated data were seasonally adjusted. N : Not available. | |||||