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Local Area Unemployment Statistics
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Upcoming Changes to Metropolitan Statistical Area Delineations
With the release of January 2025 data in March 2025, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) estimates for federal statistical areas, including metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and combined statistical areas, will be updated to reflect the delineations based on the 2020 Census, as published in OMB Bulletin No. 23-01. For the six New England states, New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) will be discontinued, and LAUS will publish the areas and divisions made up of counties or county equivalents. At the same time, the current eight counties in Connecticut will be replaced by nine planning regions, which serve as county equivalents. See the Federal Register Notice for more information. New geography for all areas will be carried back to the series beginnings, generally January 1990.
See the LAUS Geographic Concepts page for more information about LAUS geography, including the OMB delineations currently in use.
Last Modified Date: November 1, 2024