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Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division (1)

LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division(1)
State, area, and division Civilian labor force Unemployed
February March Number Percent of labor force
2023 2024 2023 2024(p) February March February March
2023 2024 2023 2024(p) 2023 2024 2023 2024(p)

California

 19,354,958 19,400,989 19,386,551 19,409,333 925,636 1,085,527 904,111 1,036,703 4.8 5.6 4.7 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,657,193 6,609,009 6,651,614 6,629,690 311,210 318,342 294,149 325,292 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.9

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,591,305 1,597,049 1,595,762 1,599,878 53,852 67,213 52,133 62,769 3.4 4.2 3.3 3.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,065,888 5,011,960 5,055,852 5,029,812 257,358 251,129 242,016 262,523 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,532,360 2,515,405 2,541,287 2,516,966 85,774 112,633 84,448 105,255 3.4 4.5 3.3 4.2

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,379,047 1,379,664 1,384,893 1,381,376 52,454 69,059 51,650 64,428 3.8 5.0 3.7 4.7

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,020,783 1,002,436 1,023,926 1,002,263 29,245 38,235 28,878 35,882 2.9 3.8 2.8 3.6

San Rafael

 132,530 133,305 132,468 133,327 4,075 5,339 3,920 4,945 3.1 4.0 3.0 3.7

District of Columbia

 394,275 407,070 394,589 413,736 19,845 21,725 19,500 20,779 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,453,996 3,485,308 3,478,623 3,514,072 95,379 104,247 89,929 96,713 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.8

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 679,773 680,991 682,929 691,055 15,050 17,733 12,445 18,214 2.2 2.6 1.8 2.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,774,223 2,804,317 2,795,694 2,823,017 80,329 86,514 77,484 78,499 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.8

Florida

 10,856,781 11,078,830 10,919,745 11,088,234 293,635 348,034 289,053 364,069 2.7 3.1 2.6 3.3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,220,959 3,281,177 3,232,175 3,278,290 74,496 82,377 76,074 89,889 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.7

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 1,071,437 1,094,869 1,077,298 1,097,801 28,705 34,120 27,964 35,324 2.7 3.1 2.6 3.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,377,876 1,402,564 1,378,010 1,393,813 24,574 22,802 27,289 28,275 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.0

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 771,646 783,744 776,867 786,676 21,217 25,455 20,821 26,290 2.7 3.2 2.7 3.3

Illinois

 6,383,366 6,436,746 6,403,723 6,509,891 297,097 340,784 278,547 322,967 4.7 5.3 4.3 5.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,899,218 4,926,446 4,908,012 4,990,055 222,912 259,639 208,767 246,387 4.5 5.3 4.3 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,800,278 3,821,793 3,798,651 3,875,566 162,065 194,408 148,870 182,305 4.3 5.1 3.9 4.7

Elgin

 314,664 320,208 318,033 323,318 18,509 20,247 17,780 19,605 5.9 6.3 5.6 6.1

Gary(3)

 336,013 330,949 339,630 333,927 17,681 18,483 17,705 18,303 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.5

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 448,263 453,496 451,698 457,244 24,657 26,501 24,412 26,174 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.7

Massachusetts

 3,747,534 3,752,400 3,749,321 3,816,195 151,941 137,903 138,018 134,871 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.5

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,798,053 2,800,937 2,800,431 2,845,267 98,102 93,982 90,346 92,597 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,679,948 1,680,522 1,681,318 1,709,329 55,424 52,424 50,784 52,013 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 109,143 108,586 109,474 110,008 4,995 4,560 4,965 4,441 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.0

Framingham

 159,340 159,164 159,710 161,976 5,427 5,067 4,945 4,973 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 116,496 117,013 116,759 118,694 4,126 4,216 3,814 4,071 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 99,843 99,190 99,463 100,594 5,172 4,736 4,621 4,675 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.6

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 194,769 194,805 194,396 197,794 7,431 7,244 6,782 7,103 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.6

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 85,401 86,185 85,470 87,565 3,613 3,333 3,337 3,260 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.7

Nashua(2)

 174,574 176,899 174,776 177,856 4,562 5,860 4,118 5,667 2.6 3.3 2.4 3.2

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 92,736 93,046 92,901 94,609 3,380 3,030 3,215 2,992 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.2

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 85,803 85,527 86,164 86,842 3,972 3,512 3,765 3,402 4.6 4.1 4.4 3.9

Michigan

 4,915,208 5,001,524 4,948,991 5,056,057 214,923 211,865 197,727 199,554 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,130,362 2,176,112 2,152,753 2,201,186 78,325 86,867 69,516 79,757 3.7 4.0 3.2 3.6

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 795,575 813,516 802,657 821,011 34,578 38,904 30,693 35,593 4.3 4.8 3.8 4.3

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,334,788 1,362,596 1,350,098 1,380,175 43,747 47,963 38,824 44,164 3.3 3.5 2.9 3.2

New York

 9,652,627 9,712,110 9,693,725 9,717,727 441,555 438,041 401,894 408,783 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.2

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,336,239 10,348,809 10,379,025 10,399,205 477,750 479,610 442,939 451,204 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.3

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 195,923 197,451 197,531 197,354 6,635 7,483 5,835 7,096 3.4 3.8 3.0 3.6

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,511,971 1,521,626 1,527,241 1,524,766 52,562 59,046 46,894 55,136 3.5 3.9 3.1 3.6

Newark(3)

 1,323,241 1,320,164 1,327,046 1,331,073 60,425 67,804 57,685 64,763 4.6 5.1 4.3 4.9

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 7,305,104 7,309,568 7,327,207 7,346,012 358,128 345,277 332,525 324,209 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.4

Pennsylvania

 6,472,469 6,573,585 6,481,725 6,613,371 265,720 242,147 225,666 225,073 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.4

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,240,579 3,286,099 3,254,112 3,304,787 127,809 127,713 113,385 120,694 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.7

Camden(3)

 692,314 694,118 695,521 698,020 30,782 34,305 28,711 31,962 4.4 4.9 4.1 4.6

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,110,576 1,125,401 1,115,602 1,134,662 35,799 33,481 29,957 31,623 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8

Philadelphia

 1,042,477 1,068,045 1,044,452 1,072,910 45,474 44,454 39,746 41,905 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.9

Wilmington(3)

 395,212 398,535 398,537 399,195 15,754 15,473 14,971 15,204 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8

Texas

 15,011,661 15,295,403 15,058,520 15,276,869 654,309 665,729 604,785 622,898 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.1

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 4,348,378 4,428,667 4,359,350 4,422,970 174,620 183,889 163,640 174,039 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.9

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,949,862 3,002,154 2,955,379 2,997,046 118,109 124,326 110,737 117,646 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.9

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,398,516 1,426,513 1,403,971 1,425,924 56,511 59,563 52,903 56,393 4.0 4.2 3.8 4.0

Washington

 4,023,491 4,023,883 4,025,445 4,003,685 181,167 225,903 165,079 204,870 4.5 5.6 4.1 5.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,256,879 2,266,040 2,266,267 2,249,521 76,830 105,471 78,549 100,708 3.4 4.7 3.5 4.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,799,376 1,809,720 1,810,737 1,792,853 51,142 75,154 56,647 73,398 2.8 4.2 3.1 4.1

Tacoma-Lakewood

 457,503 456,320 455,530 456,668 25,688 30,317 21,902 27,310 5.6 6.6 4.8 6.0

Footnotes
(1) These 11 areas contain all of the 38 metropolitan divisions.
(2) Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.
(3) All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, NJ, are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
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Last Modified Date: May 01, 2024