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
June July Number Percent of labor force
2016 2017 2016 2017(p) June July June July
2016 2017 2016 2017(p) 2016 2017 2016 2017(p)

California

 19,106,981 19,146,431 19,209,227 19,285,019 1,060,958 939,184 1,115,050 1,033,475 5.6 4.9 5.8 5.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,620,438 6,685,853 6,677,694 6,757,491 338,351 293,196 366,944 336,847 5.1 4.4 5.5 5.0

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,599,790 1,582,350 1,608,723 1,596,366 68,086 60,713 71,298 67,038 4.3 3.8 4.4 4.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,020,648 5,103,503 5,068,971 5,161,125 270,265 232,483 295,646 269,809 5.4 4.6 5.8 5.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,540,400 2,539,877 2,565,142 2,568,303 100,913 91,483 105,733 100,054 4.0 3.6 4.1 3.9

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,393,850 1,392,485 1,405,175 1,407,403 63,285 56,301 66,107 61,684 4.5 4.0 4.7 4.4

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,005,271 1,007,303 1,017,001 1,019,116 32,822 30,832 34,585 33,568 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.3

San Rafael

 141,279 140,089 142,966 141,784 4,806 4,350 5,041 4,802 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.4

District of Columbia

 394,651 405,058 397,407 406,106 24,938 25,768 25,186 28,101 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,325,964 3,426,136 3,353,057 3,455,699 134,057 132,130 134,186 134,422 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 683,185 702,833 689,161 709,659 25,347 24,487 24,773 24,483 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.4

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,642,779 2,723,303 2,663,896 2,746,040 108,710 107,643 109,413 109,939 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0

Florida

 9,825,069 10,144,177 9,879,776 10,169,893 497,771 442,536 508,776 442,144 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,038,779 3,148,279 3,061,366 3,172,946 157,011 142,486 159,871 141,864 5.2 4.5 5.2 4.5

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 1,005,044 1,043,881 1,009,490 1,041,753 47,943 42,522 48,890 42,250 4.8 4.1 4.8 4.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,324,933 1,374,924 1,343,295 1,401,946 73,568 68,160 73,618 67,042 5.6 5.0 5.5 4.8

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 708,802 729,474 708,581 729,247 35,500 31,804 37,363 32,572 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.5

Illinois

 6,610,567 6,546,903 6,607,396 6,530,008 393,374 329,021 386,828 319,713 6.0 5.0 5.9 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,998,171 4,958,300 4,994,264 4,943,954 300,782 242,613 289,509 234,632 6.0 4.9 5.8 4.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,862,266 3,824,937 3,852,098 3,805,409 240,548 193,223 229,412 183,270 6.2 5.1 6.0 4.8

Elgin

 324,566 321,279 326,345 322,550 16,791 15,302 17,033 15,279 5.2 4.8 5.2 4.7

Gary(3)

 345,803 343,882 346,291 343,328 20,760 13,740 20,138 15,752 6.0 4.0 5.8 4.6

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 465,536 468,202 469,530 472,667 22,683 20,348 22,926 20,331 4.9 4.3 4.9 4.3

Massachusetts

 3,628,844 3,729,964 3,634,702 3,738,156 145,385 162,588 139,969 162,958 4.0 4.4 3.9 4.4

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,671,559 2,748,818 2,671,945 2,749,405 99,141 110,073 95,058 109,439 3.7 4.0 3.6 4.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,581,769 1,633,842 1,584,584 1,636,898 56,439 63,747 53,513 63,167 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.9

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 105,239 108,459 105,182 108,855 4,948 5,454 4,838 5,719 4.7 5.0 4.6 5.3

Framingham

 156,922 160,740 156,436 160,231 5,187 5,913 4,973 6,024 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.8

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 115,530 118,299 115,209 117,691 4,118 4,340 3,962 4,211 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.6

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 96,592 98,227 96,439 98,033 4,923 5,543 4,674 5,297 5.1 5.6 4.8 5.4

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 186,839 191,576 187,630 192,023 7,623 8,381 7,555 8,482 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.4

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 84,179 86,159 83,736 86,038 3,428 3,731 3,256 3,653 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.2

Nashua(2)

 171,302 173,958 169,977 172,258 5,439 5,165 5,397 5,047 3.2 3.0 3.2 2.9

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 90,328 92,880 90,171 92,881 3,472 3,800 3,280 3,731 3.8 4.1 3.6 4.0

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 82,859 84,678 82,581 84,497 3,564 3,999 3,610 4,108 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.9

Michigan

 4,877,133 4,890,479 4,891,813 4,901,959 251,290 194,934 282,996 241,616 5.2 4.0 5.8 4.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,074,843 2,085,871 2,098,213 2,104,286 118,349 77,173 132,532 93,293 5.7 3.7 6.3 4.4

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 773,600 777,253 784,456 783,490 52,141 35,146 59,873 43,877 6.7 4.5 7.6 5.6

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,301,243 1,308,619 1,313,757 1,320,797 66,208 42,028 72,659 49,417 5.1 3.2 5.5 3.7

New York

 9,644,655 9,741,344 9,696,799 9,829,570 455,409 440,691 487,956 477,532 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.9

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,063,161 10,153,341 10,131,061 10,269,641 487,809 437,538 527,389 487,397 4.8 4.3 5.2 4.7

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 195,925 196,114 197,135 198,494 8,086 8,523 8,430 8,613 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,501,704 1,511,610 1,507,914 1,522,586 59,549 63,441 64,853 67,763 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.5

Newark(3)

 1,261,206 1,241,561 1,265,739 1,251,829 65,098 54,525 69,905 60,053 5.2 4.4 5.5 4.8

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 7,104,326 7,204,056 7,160,273 7,296,732 355,076 311,049 384,201 350,968 5.0 4.3 5.4 4.8

Pennsylvania

 6,521,308 6,507,324 6,572,241 6,531,473 370,348 329,741 395,273 348,425 5.7 5.1 6.0 5.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,103,959 3,120,965 3,126,766 3,132,538 166,192 150,206 178,486 163,340 5.4 4.8 5.7 5.2

Camden(3)

 642,611 644,347 641,985 643,892 33,888 28,106 36,514 31,505 5.3 4.4 5.7 4.9

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,081,512 1,090,662 1,091,918 1,094,730 48,060 43,581 52,397 47,583 4.4 4.0 4.8 4.3

Philadelphia

 1,001,334 1,005,785 1,013,455 1,013,474 65,244 59,215 70,908 64,202 6.5 5.9 7.0 6.3

Wilmington(3)

 378,502 380,171 379,408 380,442 19,000 19,304 18,667 20,050 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.3

Texas

 13,319,665 13,462,252 13,356,834 13,433,444 662,948 631,134 674,961 583,958 5.0 4.7 5.1 4.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 3,685,363 3,772,100 3,711,345 3,783,287 152,209 151,613 155,477 141,536 4.1 4.0 4.2 3.7

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,481,071 2,544,769 2,500,683 2,550,825 99,932 101,810 102,395 94,655 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.7

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,204,292 1,227,331 1,210,662 1,232,462 52,277 49,803 53,082 46,881 4.3 4.1 4.4 3.8

Washington

 3,655,602 3,719,372 3,675,259 3,755,253 196,498 164,023 198,745 165,240 5.4 4.4 5.4 4.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,025,938 2,052,794 2,035,613 2,063,654 93,103 81,996 94,527 82,409 4.6 4.0 4.6 4.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,625,945 1,639,944 1,629,753 1,642,051 67,587 61,091 68,725 61,181 4.2 3.7 4.2 3.7

Tacoma-Lakewood

 399,993 412,850 405,860 421,603 25,516 20,905 25,802 21,228 6.4 5.1 6.4 5.0

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. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, 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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