Table 1. Labor force status for the U.S., New England, and New England states, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands)
Area Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Dec. 2007 Jan. 2008 Feb. 2008 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sep. 2008 Oct. 2008p
Connecticut

Civilian labor force

 1,876.7 1,881.1 1,882.2 1,885.7 1,885.3 1,885.2 1,878.2 1,886.5 1,886.8 1,889.9 1,890.4 1,898.8 1,910.4

Employed

 1,787.3 1,789.4 1,791.5 1,795.7 1,791.4 1,784.5 1,790.1 1,784.7 1,784.0 1,780.1 1,785.3 1,782.1 1,785.6

Unemployed

 89.4 91.7 90.7 90.0 93.9 100.7 88.1 101.8 102.9 109.8 122.5 116.7 124.8

Unemployment rate

 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.3 4.7 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.5 6.1 6.5
Maine

Civilian labor force

 705.4 705.5 706.5 709.6 706.4 707.9 708.8 708.9 710.2 712.0 711.0 711.7 710.7

Employed

 671.0 671.3 671.9 674.5 672.8 672.3 675.2 670.7 672.6 673.1 670.2 671.8 670.5

Unemployed

 34.4 34.2 34.6 35.1 33.6 35.7 33.6 38.3 37.6 38.9 39.4 39.9 40.2

Unemployment rate

 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.7 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7
Massachusetts

Civilian labor force

 3,404.6 3,403.6 3,402.8 3,422.2 3,408.9 3,410.8 3,404.1 3,391.9 3,409.6 3,417.8 3,412.9 3,413.6 3,423.5

Employed

 3,257.1 3,256.9 3,256.7 3,266.9 3,257.3 3,261.0 3,263.5 3,226.1 3,232.3 3,246.0 3,257.2 3,231.5 3,236.2

Unemployed

 147.5 146.7 146.1 155.4 151.6 149.8 140.7 165.8 177.3 171.8 178.9 182.1 187.3

Unemployment rate

 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.5
New Hampshire

Civilian labor force

 738.8 739.8 740.6 742.8 741.6 743.5 746.0 745.4 746.1 743.2 744.0 746.3 744.5

Employed

 714.1 714.7 715.3 716.9 713.9 714.6 717.6 715.7 716.5 714.2 713.5 715.4 714.0

Unemployed

 24.6 25.1 25.3 25.9 27.6 28.9 28.4 29.6 29.7 29.0 31.1 30.9 30.5

Unemployment rate

 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.1
Rhode Island

Civilian labor force

 577.3 576.6 576.7 574.6 571.2 572.8 573.2 571.6 572.1 573.5 571.0 572.8 570.4

Employed

 547.6 546.6 546.4 541.8 537.7 537.7 538.4 530.4 529.5 529.0 547.8 522.5 517.5

Unemployed

 29.7 30.0 30.2 32.9 33.5 35.1 34.9 41.2 42.7 44.5 48.8 50.2 52.9

Unemployment rate

 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.1 7.2 7.5 7.8 8.6 8.8 9.3
Vermont

Civilian labor force

 352.9 352.6 352.9 354.5 352.6 352.0 352.2 352.2 353.4 352.7 351.1 353.2 356.3

Employed

 339.3 339.4 339.3 339.5 337.5 335.9 336.5 335.2 336.8 335.8 339.0 334.9 337.7

Unemployed

 13.7 13.3 13.6 15.0 15.1 16.1 15.7 17.1 16.6 16.9 17.3 18.3 18.6

Unemployment rate

 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.2
New England

Civilian labor force

 7,653.5 7,657.7 7,659.8 7,693.5 7,671.7 7,678.5 7,664.8 7,659.0 7,674.4 7,686.7 7,674.1 7,691.1 7,712.4

Employed

 7,315.3 7,317.7 7,320.1 7,339.6 7,315.1 7,308.7 7,321.6 c 7,264.7 7,268.2 7,271.6 7,233.4 7,254.2 7,259.4

Unemployed

 338.2 340.0 339.7 354.0 356.6 369.8 343.1 394.3 406.2 415.1 440.7 436.9 453.1

Unemployment rate

 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.9
United States

Civilian labor force

 153,306 153,828 153,866 153,824 153,374 153,784 153,957 154,534 154,390 154,603 154,853 154,732 155,038

Employed

 146,016 146,647 146,211 146,248 145,993 145,969 146,331 146,046 145,891 145,819 145,477 145,255 144,958

Unemployed

 7,291 7,181 7,655 7,576 7,381 7,815 7,626 8,487 8,499 8,784 9,376 9,477 10,080

Unemployment rate

 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.1 6.5

p = preliminary

1/ Data for the U.S. are obtained directly from the national Current Population Survey and are not preliminary.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01, dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.

c = corrected

 

Last Modified Date: December 2, 2008