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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
October November Number Percent of labor force
2024 2025 2024 2025(p) October November October November
2024 2025 2024 2025(p) 2024 2025 2024 2025(p)

California

 19,724,857 - 19,696,791 20,037,547 1,045,769 - 1,060,023 1,079,980 5.3 - 5.4 5.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,755,046 - 6,744,461 6,863,513 372,697 - 370,853 364,242 5.5 - 5.5 5.3

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,629,163 - 1,624,782 1,654,957 65,855 - 66,070 68,433 4.0 - 4.1 4.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,125,883 - 5,119,679 5,208,556 306,842 - 304,783 295,809 6.0 - 6.0 5.7

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

 2,504,258 - 2,497,418 2,526,229 107,636 - 108,124 110,150 4.3 - 4.3 4.4

Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley

 1,448,823 - 1,447,132 1,462,067 67,039 - 67,240 68,588 4.6 - 4.6 4.7

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City

 930,457 - 925,699 936,779 35,554 - 35,894 36,224 3.8 - 3.9 3.9

San Rafael

 124,978 - 124,587 127,383 5,043 - 4,990 5,338 4.0 - 4.0 4.2

District of Columbia

 414,714 - 417,042 413,411 21,427 - 21,032 28,712 5.2 - 5.0 6.9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,566,989 - 3,552,067 3,490,649 108,419 - 107,504 158,736 3.0 - 3.0 4.5

Arlington-Alexandria-Reston(3)

 1,816,938 - 1,805,996 1,767,991 45,912 - 46,381 65,357 2.5 - 2.6 3.7

Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda(3)

 730,789 - 725,421 715,336 20,364 - 19,832 31,856 2.8 - 2.7 4.5

Washington(2)

 1,019,262 - 1,020,650 1,007,322 42,143 - 41,291 61,523 4.1 - 4.0 6.1

Florida

 11,195,616 - 11,121,049 11,222,784 389,010 - 388,867 555,354 3.5 - 3.5 4.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,318,646 - 3,292,207 3,330,001 97,471 - 96,708 135,836 2.9 - 2.9 4.1

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise

 1,093,627 - 1,083,704 1,086,836 35,390 - 35,162 50,346 3.2 - 3.2 4.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,447,098 - 1,435,262 1,459,028 35,276 - 34,844 46,496 2.4 - 2.4 3.2

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 777,921 - 773,241 784,137 26,805 - 26,702 38,994 3.4 - 3.5 5.0

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 1,703,813 - 1,696,841 1,711,931 63,024 - 62,747 85,901 3.7 - 3.7 5.0

St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo

 502,324 - 498,998 500,354 19,068 - 18,441 23,842 3.8 - 3.7 4.8

Tampa

 1,201,489 - 1,197,843 1,211,577 43,956 - 44,306 62,059 3.7 - 3.7 5.1

Georgia

 5,409,058 - 5,394,997 5,415,730 192,426 - 186,320 215,049 3.6 - 3.5 4.0

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 3,301,121 - 3,296,704 3,302,234 114,651 - 112,869 130,027 3.5 - 3.4 3.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 2,564,183 - 2,560,901 2,561,467 91,527 - 89,992 103,213 3.6 - 3.5 4.0

Marietta

 736,938 - 735,803 740,767 23,124 - 22,877 26,814 3.1 - 3.1 3.6

Illinois

 6,662,727 - 6,654,778 6,536,481 313,237 - 300,597 298,100 4.7 - 4.5 4.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 5,050,776 - 5,049,981 4,985,247 249,684 - 239,245 224,573 4.9 - 4.7 4.5

Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg

 3,916,945 - 3,922,852 3,874,814 201,328 - 189,108 175,676 5.1 - 4.8 4.5

Elgin

 409,802 - 407,686 395,709 16,118 - 16,374 17,867 3.9 - 4.0 4.5

Lake County

 370,978 - 368,003 361,365 14,978 - 15,129 16,525 4.0 - 4.1 4.6

Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County(3)

 353,051 - 351,440 353,359 17,260 - 18,634 14,505 4.9 - 5.3 4.1

Massachusetts

 3,907,057 - 3,907,544 3,930,099 151,708 - 152,999 185,379 3.9 - 3.9 4.7

Boston-Cambridge-Newton(2)

 2,839,621 - 2,844,234 2,852,822 103,644 - 104,362 126,258 3.6 - 3.7 4.4

Boston

 1,181,097 - 1,184,137 1,187,594 45,187 - 45,265 54,967 3.8 - 3.8 4.6

Cambridge-Newton-Framingham

 1,394,713 - 1,396,197 1,402,565 51,838 - 51,525 63,046 3.7 - 3.7 4.5

Rockingham County-Strafford County(3)

 263,811 - 263,900 262,663 6,619 - 7,572 8,245 2.5 - 2.9 3.1

Michigan

 5,079,399 - 5,088,407 5,027,583 243,230 - 244,936 244,107 4.8 - 4.8 4.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,191,016 - 2,179,326 2,184,782 111,278 - 109,826 112,157 5.1 - 5.0 5.1

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 828,686 - 824,805 822,766 51,889 - 50,572 51,280 6.3 - 6.1 6.2

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,362,331 - 1,354,521 1,362,016 59,390 - 59,254 60,877 4.4 - 4.4 4.5

New York

 9,841,657 - 9,805,030 10,011,832 408,773 - 414,057 447,979 4.2 - 4.2 4.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,225,023 - 10,193,298 10,369,928 455,090 - 457,891 492,589 4.5 - 4.5 4.8

Lakewood-New Brunswick(3)

 1,273,227 - 1,268,939 1,285,160 50,698 - 52,195 59,118 4.0 - 4.1 4.6

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,488,583 - 1,483,900 1,509,000 45,316 - 46,026 52,229 3.0 - 3.1 3.5

Newark(3)

 1,159,406 - 1,155,919 1,166,343 51,144 - 51,293 57,738 4.4 - 4.4 5.0

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 6,303,807 - 6,284,540 6,409,425 307,932 - 308,377 323,504 4.9 - 4.9 5.0

Pennsylvania

 6,559,353 - 6,507,168 6,584,527 224,111 - 216,174 245,654 3.4 - 3.3 3.7

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,290,349 - 3,274,871 3,323,505 120,562 - 117,944 140,790 3.7 - 3.6 4.2

Camden(3)

 690,157 - 689,944 699,344 29,192 - 30,004 34,421 4.2 - 4.3 4.9

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,125,682 - 1,116,889 1,132,484 33,149 - 31,441 35,669 2.9 - 2.8 3.1

Philadelphia

 1,089,464 - 1,083,241 1,100,389 44,551 - 43,643 50,131 4.1 - 4.0 4.6

Wilmington(3)

 385,046 - 384,797 391,288 13,670 - 12,856 20,569 3.6 - 3.3 5.3

Texas

 15,726,567 - 15,758,856 16,038,665 635,875 - 643,552 676,729 4.0 - 4.1 4.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 4,529,494 - 4,533,141 4,592,682 175,695 - 176,071 182,293 3.9 - 3.9 4.0

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 3,086,961 - 3,087,213 3,122,985 120,231 - 120,491 125,222 3.9 - 3.9 4.0

Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine

 1,442,533 - 1,445,928 1,469,697 55,464 - 55,580 57,071 3.8 - 3.8 3.9

Washington

 4,071,218 - 4,058,105 4,097,212 172,453 - 176,130 203,884 4.2 - 4.3 5.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,337,635 - 2,338,378 2,337,242 96,810 - 93,287 119,050 4.1 - 4.0 5.1

Everett

 458,463 - 468,414 464,482 20,037 - 18,985 23,823 4.4 - 4.1 5.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Kent

 1,381,173 - 1,376,292 1,376,152 54,830 - 52,816 67,944 4.0 - 3.8 4.9

Tacoma-Lakewood

 497,998 - 493,672 496,608 21,942 - 21,486 27,283 4.4 - 4.4 5.5

Footnotes
(1) These 13 areas contain all of the 37 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

Dash (-) indicates that data are unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 23-01, dated July 21, 2023, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
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