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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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Alabama 2.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Alaska 3.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Arizona 3.8%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Arkansas 2.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

California 4.6%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Colorado 3.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Connecticut 3.6%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Delaware 4.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

D.C. 5.0%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Florida 2.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Georgia 3.3%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Hawaii 2.8%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Idaho 3.0%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Illinois 4.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Indiana 3.4%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Iowa 2.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Kansas 2.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Kentucky 4.0%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Louisiana 3.3%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Maine 2.5%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Maryland 1.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Massachusetts 2.6%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Michigan 3.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Minnesota 3.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Mississippi 3.2%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Missouri 2.8%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Montana 2.5%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Nebraska 2.0%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Nevada 5.4%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

New Hampshire 1.8%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

New Jersey 4.2%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

New Mexico 3.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

New York 3.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

North Carolina 3.3%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

North Dakota 1.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Ohio 3.4%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Oklahoma 2.8%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Oregon 3.4%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Pennsylvania 3.5%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Puerto Rico 6.2% in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Rhode Island 2.7%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

South Carolina 3.0%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

South Dakota 1.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Tennessee 3.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Texas 4.1%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Utah 2.5%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Vermont 1.8%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Virginia 2.5%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Washington 3.6%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

West Virginia 3.6%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Wisconsin 2.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

Wyoming 2.9%(p) in Aug 2023 Historical Data

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News Releases

//LAUS QCT ZUNI3 10042023// Jobless rates down in 37 states; payroll jobs up in 10 states

10/04/2023

//LAUS QCT ZUNI3 10042023// In March, unemployment rates were lower in 37 states
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//METRO Resilio Test 10052023// September jobless rates down over the year

10/05/2023

//METRO Resilio Test 10052023// Jobless rates were lower in September than a year earlier in 386 of the 389 metropolitan areas.
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Next Release

The State Employment and Unemployment data for July 2023 are scheduled to be released on July 25, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for September 2023 are scheduled to be released on September 08, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

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The Economics Daily

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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 »