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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 2.7%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Alaska 4.8%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Arizona 4.3%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Arkansas 4.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

California 5.5%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Colorado 3.8%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Connecticut 4.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Delaware 5.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

D.C. 6.7%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Florida 4.3%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Georgia 3.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Hawaii 2.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Idaho 3.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Illinois 4.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Indiana 3.5%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Iowa 3.5%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Kansas 3.8%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Kentucky 4.5%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Louisiana 4.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Maine 3.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Maryland 4.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Massachusetts 4.8%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Michigan 5.0%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Minnesota 4.1%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Mississippi 3.7%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Missouri 3.9%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Montana 3.4%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Nebraska 3.0%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Nevada 5.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

New Hampshire 3.1%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

New Jersey 5.4%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

New Mexico 4.3%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

New York 4.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

North Carolina 3.9%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

North Dakota 2.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Ohio 4.5%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Oklahoma 3.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Oregon 5.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Pennsylvania 4.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Puerto Rico 5.7% in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Rhode Island 4.3%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

South Carolina 4.8%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

South Dakota 2.2%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Tennessee 3.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Texas 4.3%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Utah 3.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Vermont 2.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Virginia 3.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Washington 4.7%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

West Virginia 4.6%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Wisconsin 3.1%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

Wyoming 3.4%(p) in Dec 2025 Historical Data

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News Releases

December jobless rates up in 6 states; payroll jobs essentially unchanged in all states

01/27/2026

In December, unemployment rates were higher in 6 states and stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in all 50 states and the District.
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November jobless rates up over the year in 259 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 8

01/16/2026

Jobless rates were higher in November than a year earlier in 259 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 100, and unchanged in 28. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 8 areas, decreased in 2, and was essentially unchanged in 377.
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Jobless rates up in 21 states in 2024; employment-population ratios down in 5 states

03/05/2025

In 2024, annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states and were little changed in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Employment-population ratios decreased in 5 states and were little changed in 45 states and the District.
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Next Release

The State Employment and Unemployment data for January 2026 are expected to be released in April 2026.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for December 2025 are scheduled to be released on February 4, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

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The Economics Daily

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Unemployment rates up in 32 large metro areas, down in 21, over year ended July 2025

Of the 56 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more, 32 large areas had unemployment rate increases from July 2024 to July 2025, 21 had decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest rate increase occurred in Cleveland, Ohio (+0.8 percentage point). The largest rate decline occurred in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana (−1.0 percentage point). read more »

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