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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Table

Southeast - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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data		 Mar
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Mar
2023		 Mar 2022 to
Mar 2023
Net
change		 Percent
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United States

 164,301 (1)165,832 166,251 166,731 2,430 1.5

South(2)

 61,029.2 61,945.8 62,097.5 62,322.4 1,293.1 2.1

South Atlantic

 32,364.4 32,950.4 33,016.8 33,130.1 765.7 2.4

Delaware

 498.6 (p)496.0 495.9 (p)496.6 (p)-2.0 (p)-0.4

District of Columbia

 385.3 (p)389.2 389.7 (p)390.5 (p)5.2 (p)1.3

Florida

 10,512.9 (p)10,855.3 10,879.1 (p)10,921.8 (p)409.0 (p)3.9

Georgia

 5,251.1 (p)5,239.3 5,248.4 (p)5,261.3 (p)10.2 (p)0.2

Maryland

 3,198.0 (p)3,163.9 3,167.2 (p)3,177.7 (p)-20.3 (p)-0.6

North Carolina

 5,030.5 (p)5,166.4 5,168.9 (p)5,179.6 (p)149.1 (p)3.0

South Carolina

 2,384.3 (p)2,374.8 2,382.1 (p)2,393.1 (p)8.8 (p)0.4

Virginia

 4,311.6 (p)4,487.4 4,505.4 (p)4,528.9 (p)217.3 (p)5.0

West Virginia

 794.2 (p)784.0 782.7 (p)782.4 (p)-11.9 (p)-1.5

East South Central

 8,959.4 8,887.5 8,897.0 8,912.9 -46.5 -0.5

Alabama

 2,270.4 (p)2,284.8 2,286.5 (p)2,289.8 (p)19.4 (p)0.9

Kentucky

 2,060.2 (p)2,040.2 2,041.7 (p)2,042.1 (p)-18.1 (p)-0.9

Mississippi

 1,259.5 (p)1,241.5 1,241.6 (p)1,243.2 (p)-16.3 (p)-1.3

Tennessee

 3,370.6 (p)3,322.0 3,328.1 (p)3,338.2 (p)-32.4 (p)-1.0

Footnotes
(1) Data affected by changes in population controls.
(2) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployed in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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2023		 Mar
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Net
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United States

 5,972 5,694 5,936 5,839 -133 -2.2

South(1)

 2,229.0 2,070.9 2,076.7 2,061.1 -167.9 -7.5

South Atlantic

 1,111.3 1,022.1 1,015.9 1,002.1 -109.3 -9.8

Delaware

 22.6 (p)22.9 22.6 (p)22.0 (p)-0.5 (p)-2.4

District of Columbia

 23.0 (p)17.3 18.2 (p)18.9 (p)-4.1 (p)-17.9

Florida

 339.0 (p)285.9 284.4 (p)283.3 (p)-55.7 (p)-16.4

Georgia

 165.1 (p)161.8 162.9 (p)165.0 (p)-0.1 (p)-0.1

Maryland

 148.1 (p)94.1 92.3 (p)86.3 (p)-61.8 (p)-41.7

North Carolina

 177.3 (p)193.8 188.1 (p)183.1 (p)5.9 (p)3.3

South Carolina

 80.7 (p)76.1 76.0 (p)76.4 (p)-4.3 (p)-5.3

Virginia

 131.1 (p)144.8 145.9 (p)143.4 (p)12.4 (p)9.4

West Virginia

 29.1 (p)30.9 28.8 (p)26.9 (p)-2.2 (p)-7.6

East South Central

 308.3 300.9 298.2 287.8 -20.6 -6.7

Alabama

 65.4 (p)58.4 56.2 (p)53.1 (p)-12.4 (p)-18.9

Kentucky

 82.2 (p)79.0 79.8 (p)77.0 (p)-5.2 (p)-6.3

Mississippi

 52.9 (p)48.7 46.5 (p)44.0 (p)-8.8 (p)-16.7

Tennessee

 109.0 (p)115.7 116.5 (p)113.9 (p)4.9 (p)4.5

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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Mar 2022 to
Mar 2023

United States

 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 -0.1

South(1)

 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 -0.4

South Atlantic

 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.0 -0.4

Delaware

 4.5 (p)4.6 4.6 (p)4.4 (p)-0.1

District of Columbia

 6.0 (p)4.4 4.7 (p)4.8 (p)-1.2

Florida

 3.2 (p)2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)-0.6

Georgia

 3.1 (p)3.1 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)0.0

Maryland

 4.6 (p)3.0 2.9 (p)2.7 (p)-1.9

North Carolina

 3.5 (p)3.8 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)0.0

South Carolina

 3.4 (p)3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.2

Virginia

 3.0 (p)3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)0.2

West Virginia

 3.7 (p)3.9 3.7 (p)3.4 (p)-0.3

East South Central

 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2 -0.2

Alabama

 2.9 (p)2.6 2.5 (p)2.3 (p)-0.6

Kentucky

 4.0 (p)3.9 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)-0.2

Mississippi

 4.2 (p)3.9 3.7 (p)3.5 (p)-0.7

Tennessee

 3.2 (p)3.5 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)0.2

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the Southeast by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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data		 Mar
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2023		 Net change
Mar 2022 to
Mar 2023

Alabama

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville

 3.0 (p)2.8 2.5 (p)2.1 (p)-0.9

Auburn-Opelika

 2.1 (p)2.3 2.1 (p)1.8 (p)-0.3

Birmingham-Hoover

 2.3 (p)2.4 2.2 (p)1.8 (p)-0.5

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley

 2.2 (p)2.5 2.2 (p)1.8 (p)-0.4

Decatur

 2.0 (p)2.1 2.0 (p)1.6 (p)-0.4

Dothan

 2.4 (p)2.7 2.3 (p)1.9 (p)-0.5

Florence-Muscle Shoals

 2.5 (p)2.9 2.5 (p)2.0 (p)-0.5

Gadsden

 3.0 (p)2.9 2.7 (p)2.2 (p)-0.8

Huntsville

 1.9 (p)2.1 1.9 (p)1.6 (p)-0.3

Mobile

 3.3 (p)3.2 2.8 (p)2.4 (p)-0.9

Montgomery

 2.9 (p)2.8 2.6 (p)2.1 (p)-0.8

Tuscaloosa

 2.5 (p)2.4 2.2 (p)1.9 (p)-0.6

Florida

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

 2.5 (p)3.0 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)0.3

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

 2.1 (p)2.4 2.3 (p)2.3 (p)0.2

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

 2.9 (p)3.0 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Gainesville

 2.4 (p)2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.2

Homosassa Springs

 3.7 (p)3.9 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.1

Jacksonville

 2.5 (p)2.5 2.5 (p)2.6 (p)0.1

Lakeland-Winter Haven

 3.2 (p)3.1 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)-0.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 2.8 (p)2.3 2.2 (p)2.2 (p)-0.6

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach(1)

 2.8 (p)2.5 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)-0.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

 2.9 (p)2.0 1.7 (p)1.8 (p)-1.1

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach(1)

 2.6 (p)2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.0

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island

 2.2 (p)2.5 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)0.2

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton

 2.4 (p)2.7 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)0.3

Ocala

 3.1 (p)3.2 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.1

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

 2.9 (p)2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)-0.3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

 2.5 (p)2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.1

Panama City

 2.4 (p)2.7 2.5 (p)2.4 (p)0.0

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

 2.6 (p)2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.0

Port St. Lucie

 2.8 (p)2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Punta Gorda

 2.8 (p)3.3 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.4

Tallahassee

 2.6 (p)2.7 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)0.1

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 2.5 (p)2.6 2.5 (p)2.6 (p)0.1

Sebastian-Vero Beach

 3.0 (p)3.0 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)0.0

Sebring

 3.8 (p)3.9 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.0

The Villages

 3.6 (p)3.9 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.2

Georgia

Albany

 4.3 (p)4.0 4.1 (p)3.9 (p)-0.4

Athens-Clarke County

 2.9 (p)3.2 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.3

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 3.2 (p)3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)0.0

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 3.6 (p)4.0 4.0 (p)3.9 (p)0.3

Brunswick

 3.3 (p)3.3 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.1

Columbus, GA-AL

 3.8 (p)4.1 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.0

Dalton

 3.6 (p)5.0 4.0 (p)4.2 (p)0.6

Gainesville

 2.5 (p)2.7 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.1

Hinesville

 3.4 (p)3.5 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.1

Macon

 3.7 (p)3.8 3.7 (p)3.9 (p)0.2

Rome

 3.2 (p)3.6 3.4 (p)3.2 (p)0.0

Savannah

 3.2 (p)3.1 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)-0.1

Valdosta

 3.4 (p)3.7 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.2

Warner Robins

 3.2 (p)3.4 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)0.1

Kentucky

Bowling Green

 3.8 (p)3.9 4.3 (p)3.7 (p)-0.1

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox

 4.4 (p)4.5 4.8 (p)3.9 (p)-0.5

Lexington-Fayette

 3.1 (p)3.1 3.5 (p)3.0 (p)-0.1

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 4.3 (p)3.8 4.1 (p)3.5 (p)-0.8

Owensboro

 3.6 (p)4.2 4.9 (p)3.9 (p)0.3

Mississippi

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula

 3.6 (p)3.5 3.2 (p)3.0 (p)-0.6

Hattiesburg

 3.1 (p)3.1 2.9 (p)2.7 (p)-0.4

Jackson

 3.2 (p)3.0 2.8 (p)2.7 (p)-0.5

North Carolina

Asheville

 2.9 (p)3.1 3.0 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Burlington

 3.5 (p)3.7 3.5 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 3.5 (p)3.5 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)-0.1

Durham-Chapel Hill

 2.8 (p)3.2 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)0.3

Fayetteville

 5.4 (p)5.1 5.0 (p)4.9 (p)-0.5

Goldsboro

 3.8 (p)4.0 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)0.0

Greensboro-High Point

 4.0 (p)4.1 3.9 (p)3.9 (p)-0.1

Greenville

 3.8 (p)4.1 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.2

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

 3.3 (p)3.4 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.0

Jacksonville

 3.8 (p)4.3 4.1 (p)4.0 (p)0.2

New Bern

 3.4 (p)3.8 3.7 (p)3.6 (p)0.2

Raleigh

 2.9 (p)3.1 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)0.2

Rocky Mount

 6.1 (p)5.4 5.2 (p)5.2 (p)-0.9

Wilmington

 3.1 (p)3.5 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)0.1

Winston-Salem

 3.4 (p)3.6 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)0.0

South Carolina

Charleston-North Charleston

 2.9 (p)2.9 3.2 (p)2.9 (p)0.0

Columbia

 3.1 (p)3.3 3.5 (p)3.2 (p)0.1

Florence

 3.4 (p)3.6 3.7 (p)3.4 (p)0.0

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin

 2.9 (p)3.1 3.4 (p)3.1 (p)0.2

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort

 3.0 (p)3.2 3.7 (p)3.1 (p)0.1

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC

 4.4 (p)5.0 4.8 (p)4.3 (p)-0.1

Spartanburg

 3.2 (p)3.4 3.6 (p)3.3 (p)0.1

Sumter

 3.8 (p)4.6 4.6 (p)4.3 (p)0.5

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 2.9 (p)3.4 3.3 (p)3.0 (p)0.1

Clarksville, TN-KY

 3.6 (p)4.1 4.3 (p)3.7 (p)0.1

Cleveland

 3.0 (p)3.7 3.8 (p)3.5 (p)0.5

Jackson

 2.9 (p)3.6 3.6 (p)3.2 (p)0.3

Johnson City

 2.8 (p)3.6 3.7 (p)3.3 (p)0.5

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

 3.0 (p)3.7 3.6 (p)3.3 (p)0.3

Knoxville

 2.6 (p)3.3 3.3 (p)2.8 (p)0.2

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 4.2 (p)4.2 4.2 (p)3.8 (p)-0.4

Morristown

 3.1 (p)4.3 4.2 (p)3.4 (p)0.3

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin

 2.4 (p)2.7 2.8 (p)2.5 (p)0.1

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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data		 May
2022		 Mar
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2023		 May
2023		 May 2022 to
May 2023
Net
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United States

 152,042 155,472 155,689 155,970 3,928 2.6

Alabama

 2,105.0 2,141.3 2,146.3 (p)2,149.0 (p)44.0 (p)2.1

Delaware

 470.1 482.8 483.7 (p)485.7 (p)15.6 (p)3.3

District of Columbia

 765.1 773.1 772.7 (p)776.4 (p)11.3 (p)1.5

Florida

 9,379.5 9,683.5 9,708.6 (p)9,726.1 (p)346.6 (p)3.7

Georgia

 4,790.4 4,883.9 4,893.9 (p)4,908.5 (p)118.1 (p)2.5

Kentucky

 1,954.1 2,002.4 2,003.1 (p)2,005.9 (p)51.8 (p)2.7

Maryland

 2,702.4 2,731.2 2,736.7 (p)2,739.2 (p)36.8 (p)1.4

Mississippi

 1,162.1 1,176.9 1,178.4 (p)1,178.7 (p)16.6 (p)1.4

North Carolina

 4,786.5 4,887.7 4,895.1 (p)4,901.5 (p)115.0 (p)2.4

South Carolina

 2,237.4 2,284.5 2,292.0 (p)2,300.6 (p)63.2 (p)2.8

Tennessee

 3,237.1 3,310.8 3,309.4 (p)3,312.1 (p)75.0 (p)2.3

Virginia

 4,055.4 4,136.7 4,140.0 (p)4,146.9 (p)91.5 (p)2.3

West Virginia

 697.0 699.6 698.5 (p)699.2 (p)2.2 (p)0.3

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.