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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
August September Number Percent of labor force
2025 2026 2025 2026(p) August September August September
2025 2026 2025 2026(p) 2025 2026 2025 2026(p)

California

 19,856,958 19,490,869 19,953,502 19,643,781 1,159,300 1,045,290 1,112,773 996,205 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,732,253 6,589,304 6,768,502 6,646,903 389,886 317,982 372,871 294,000 5.8 4.8 5.5 4.4

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,636,178 1,601,066 1,643,177 1,615,890 75,519 71,282 72,802 69,481 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,096,075 4,988,238 5,125,325 5,031,013 314,367 246,700 300,069 224,519 6.2 4.9 5.9 4.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

 2,507,739 2,458,230 2,521,741 2,473,516 121,756 113,289 117,234 109,350 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.4

Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley

 1,461,262 1,428,653 1,468,780 1,437,950 75,532 70,445 72,732 67,956 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.7

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City

 920,993 906,831 927,492 912,141 40,405 37,443 38,865 36,079 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.0

San Rafael

 125,484 122,746 125,469 123,425 5,819 5,401 5,637 5,315 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3

District of Columbia

 406,883 402,948 406,266 401,751 28,713 23,274 27,597 21,337 7.1 5.8 6.8 5.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,513,703 3,438,185 3,496,469 3,435,021 148,766 130,916 141,984 125,934 4.2 3.8 4.1 3.7

Arlington-Alexandria-Reston(3)

 1,791,446 1,745,598 1,778,618 1,737,132 60,320 57,419 56,955 58,611 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4

Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda(3)

 724,392 713,658 719,094 715,321 30,082 24,389 29,467 22,884 4.2 3.4 4.1 3.2

Washington(2)

 997,865 978,929 998,757 982,568 58,364 49,108 55,562 44,439 5.8 5.0 5.6 4.5

Florida

 11,097,216 11,135,450 11,134,813 11,174,920 475,708 507,250 470,921 466,415 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,273,253 3,289,723 3,271,656 3,302,668 120,184 121,822 118,046 105,520 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.2

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise

 1,075,505 1,069,813 1,080,709 1,074,400 43,507 47,378 43,146 44,170 4.0 4.4 4.0 4.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,424,522 1,446,801 1,414,461 1,452,691 43,182 38,605 41,435 27,597 3.0 2.7 2.9 1.9

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 773,226 773,109 776,486 775,577 33,495 35,839 33,465 33,753 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.4

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 1,693,154 1,699,568 1,701,037 1,706,261 72,537 79,162 72,235 74,160 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.3

St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo

 494,411 493,146 496,851 494,767 19,534 21,281 19,892 20,198 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.1

Tampa

 1,198,743 1,206,422 1,204,186 1,211,494 53,003 57,881 52,343 53,962 4.4 4.8 4.3 4.5

Georgia

 5,393,592 5,498,641 5,433,181 5,555,572 196,198 186,894 184,232 196,854 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 3,301,099 3,360,132 3,317,861 3,387,001 118,142 112,751 112,102 118,343 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 2,564,952 2,605,051 2,576,637 2,625,014 93,620 89,240 89,246 93,618 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.6

Marietta

 736,147 755,081 741,224 761,987 24,522 23,511 22,856 24,725 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2

Illinois

 6,575,696 6,448,806 6,568,143 6,479,453 303,385 313,656 281,237 270,914 4.6 4.9 4.3 4.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 5,023,648 4,909,842 5,014,053 4,922,539 227,873 256,586 209,689 214,253 4.5 5.2 4.2 4.4

Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg

 3,899,305 3,797,073 3,891,689 3,800,284 175,846 211,941 161,025 170,683 4.5 5.6 4.1 4.5

Elgin

 401,650 394,432 402,125 398,869 18,560 14,901 17,414 14,440 4.6 3.8 4.3 3.6

Lake County

 366,500 363,886 363,571 365,784 16,955 13,933 15,820 13,324 4.6 3.8 4.4 3.6

Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County(3)

 356,193 354,451 356,668 357,602 16,512 15,811 15,430 15,806 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.4

Massachusetts

 3,981,036 3,916,051 3,917,794 3,887,069 183,157 170,400 171,292 161,226 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.1

Boston-Cambridge-Newton(2)

 2,874,962 2,824,617 2,839,442 2,812,598 125,670 115,302 118,923 108,412 4.4 4.1 4.2 3.9

Boston

 1,203,179 1,177,991 1,189,566 1,174,392 54,638 50,370 51,738 48,137 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.1

Cambridge-Newton-Framingham

 1,403,986 1,380,137 1,384,694 1,372,882 62,493 57,363 58,899 54,943 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.0

Rockingham County-Strafford County(3)

 267,797 266,489 265,182 265,324 8,539 7,569 8,286 5,332 3.2 2.8 3.1 2.0

Michigan

 5,033,019 4,823,701 5,029,694 4,791,578 247,398 250,878 232,015 231,968 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,163,616 2,154,179 2,162,044 2,174,276 100,918 123,738 104,981 122,696 4.7 5.7 4.9 5.6

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 814,253 810,688 814,888 819,492 46,855 56,108 48,300 54,790 5.8 6.9 5.9 6.7

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,349,362 1,343,493 1,347,155 1,354,783 54,062 67,631 56,681 67,906 4.0 5.0 4.2 5.0

New York

 10,047,012 10,080,498 10,058,624 10,053,406 490,640 462,151 469,898 447,983 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,395,533 10,409,389 10,348,282 10,339,740 563,949 491,982 546,808 460,731 5.4 4.7 5.3 4.5

Lakewood-New Brunswick(3)

 1,291,147 1,295,315 1,275,554 1,282,860 71,035 57,896 69,740 50,174 5.5 4.5 5.5 3.9

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,525,938 1,548,173 1,520,388 1,530,373 59,157 61,328 54,004 57,179 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.7

Newark(3)

 1,152,052 1,160,813 1,153,034 1,158,782 70,424 56,881 69,287 49,993 6.1 4.9 6.0 4.3

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 6,426,396 6,405,088 6,399,306 6,367,725 363,333 315,877 353,777 303,385 5.7 4.9 5.5 4.8

Pennsylvania

 6,580,725 6,708,965 6,538,337 6,644,966 340,095 271,805 283,068 212,416 5.2 4.1 4.3 3.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,304,916 3,355,634 3,296,775 3,338,921 179,504 146,920 159,683 121,807 5.4 4.4 4.8 3.6

Camden(3)

 690,546 702,649 691,647 700,297 41,454 33,541 40,161 28,586 6.0 4.8 5.8 4.1

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,127,860 1,155,140 1,119,621 1,144,227 50,098 40,225 41,431 31,568 4.4 3.5 3.7 2.8

Philadelphia

 1,095,880 1,115,280 1,096,394 1,112,074 66,285 54,355 58,068 44,502 6.0 4.9 5.3 4.0

Wilmington(3)

 390,630 382,565 389,113 382,323 21,667 18,799 20,023 17,151 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.5

Texas

 15,911,237 15,967,718 15,984,945 16,001,839 728,735 735,759 711,320 686,382 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 4,582,295 4,603,160 4,597,764 4,611,425 196,455 202,545 192,348 189,818 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.1

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 3,127,540 3,136,680 3,137,884 3,144,934 134,938 138,826 132,346 130,264 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.1

Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine

 1,454,755 1,466,480 1,459,880 1,466,491 61,517 63,719 60,002 59,554 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.1

Washington

 4,055,079 4,052,108 4,064,396 4,077,593 191,926 190,409 182,505 175,851 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,307,491 2,300,853 2,307,951 2,340,379 110,062 110,174 113,053 113,851 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9

Everett

 458,320 459,336 457,892 466,879 21,888 21,780 22,604 22,661 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Kent

 1,358,909 1,352,703 1,358,407 1,373,697 63,282 63,410 65,158 65,564 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8

Tacoma-Lakewood

 490,262 488,813 491,652 499,802 24,892 24,984 25,291 25,625 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1

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

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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Last Modified Date: October 28, 2026