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Local Area Unemployment Statistics
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The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. More »
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Unemployment Rates, seasonally adjusted
Alabama
2.8%(p) in Dec 2022
Alaska
4.3%(p) in Dec 2022
Arizona
4.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Arkansas
3.6%(p) in Dec 2022
California
4.1%(p) in Dec 2022
Colorado
3.3%(p) in Dec 2022
Connecticut
4.2%(p) in Dec 2022
Delaware
4.4%(p) in Dec 2022
D.C.
4.7%(p) in Dec 2022
Florida
2.5%(p) in Dec 2022
Georgia
3.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Hawaii
3.2%(p) in Dec 2022
Idaho
2.9%(p) in Dec 2022
Illinois
4.7%(p) in Dec 2022
Indiana
3.1%(p) in Dec 2022
Iowa
3.1%(p) in Dec 2022
Kansas
2.9%(p) in Dec 2022
Kentucky
4.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Louisiana
3.5%(p) in Dec 2022
Maine
3.8%(p) in Dec 2022
Maryland
4.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Massachusetts
3.3%(p) in Dec 2022
Michigan
4.3%(p) in Dec 2022
Minnesota
2.5%(p) in Dec 2022
Mississippi
4.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Missouri
2.8%(p) in Dec 2022
Montana
2.8%(p) in Dec 2022
Nebraska
2.6%(p) in Dec 2022
Nevada
5.2%(p) in Dec 2022
New Hampshire
2.7%(p) in Dec 2022
New Jersey
3.4%(p) in Dec 2022
New Mexico
3.9%(p) in Dec 2022
New York
4.3%(p) in Dec 2022
North Carolina
3.9%(p) in Dec 2022
North Dakota
2.3%(p) in Dec 2022
Ohio
4.2%(p) in Dec 2022
Oklahoma
3.4%(p) in Dec 2022
Oregon
4.5%(p) in Dec 2022
Pennsylvania
3.9%(p) in Dec 2022
Puerto Rico
-%(n) in Dec 2022
Rhode Island
3.5%(p) in Dec 2022
South Carolina
3.3%(p) in Dec 2022
South Dakota
2.3%(p) in Dec 2022
Tennessee
3.5%(p) in Dec 2022
Texas
3.9%(p) in Dec 2022
Utah
2.2%(p) in Dec 2022
Vermont
2.6%(p) in Dec 2022
Virginia
3.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Washington
4.2%(p) in Dec 2022
West Virginia
4.1%(p) in Dec 2022
Wisconsin
3.2%(p) in Dec 2022
Wyoming
3.7%(p) in Dec 2022
Historical Data
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//LAUS Test 11142022// March jobless rates down in 37 states; payroll jobs up in 10 states
11/14/2022
//LAUS Test 11142022// In March, unemployment rates were lower in 37 states and stable in 13 states and the District of Columbia. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 10
states and was essentially unchanged in 40 states and the District.
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//METRO TestRCM 3/15/23// September jobless rates down over the year in 386 metro areas...
03/15/2023
//METRO TestRCM 3/15/23// Jobless rates were lower in September than a year earlier in 386 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 2, and unchanged in 1. Nonfarm payroll employment was up in 90 metropolitan areas over
the year and essentially unchanged.
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Next Release
The State Employment and Unemployment data for November 2022 are scheduled
to be released on November 14, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for July 2022 are scheduled to be released on July 1, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for July 2022 are scheduled to be released on July 1, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
Publications
The Economics Daily
Unemployment rate 1.5 percent in Ames, Iowa, and Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina
In September 2019, Ames, Iowa, and Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, had the lowest unemployment rates among U.S. metropolitan areas, 1.5 percent each. Four other metropolitan areas in South Carolina and one other area in Iowa had unemployment rates below 2.0 percent. read more »
