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
March April Number Percent of labor force
2016 2017 2016 2017(p) March April March April
2016 2017 2016 2017(p) 2016 2017 2016 2017(p)

California

 19,085,020 19,170,133 19,030,030 19,084,489 1,104,679 976,128 1,019,131 862,514 5.8 5.1 5.4 4.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,639,416 6,704,172 6,624,061 6,687,631 331,018 281,061 312,204 262,587 5.0 4.2 4.7 3.9

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,607,426 1,598,092 1,596,401 1,582,046 66,865 58,562 63,171 51,919 4.2 3.7 4.0 3.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,031,990 5,106,080 5,027,660 5,105,585 264,153 222,499 249,033 210,668 5.2 4.4 5.0 4.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,538,971 2,550,489 2,524,303 2,534,780 100,693 88,783 94,200 78,845 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.1

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,392,078 1,398,242 1,385,387 1,388,117 62,948 55,154 58,992 48,791 4.5 3.9 4.3 3.5

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,006,344 1,011,567 999,039 1,007,005 33,025 29,440 30,774 26,256 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.6

San Rafael

 140,549 140,680 139,877 139,658 4,720 4,189 4,434 3,798 3.4 3.0 3.2 2.7

District of Columbia

 391,324 397,076 391,221 398,051 23,501 22,549 21,130 21,611 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.4

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,298,956 3,370,444 3,290,317 3,370,415 127,050 123,901 113,959 116,043 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 677,866 690,154 674,871 687,847 23,089 23,024 21,028 20,367 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,621,090 2,680,290 2,615,446 2,682,568 103,961 100,877 92,931 95,676 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6

Florida

 9,790,964 10,086,302 9,766,559 10,091,311 466,631 438,840 450,261 406,061 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,035,856 3,110,513 3,034,341 3,143,870 150,547 145,506 146,245 136,764 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.4

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 999,300 1,033,172 994,361 1,029,711 44,818 42,091 43,545 38,820 4.5 4.1 4.4 3.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,327,319 1,348,841 1,334,630 1,386,084 73,544 72,636 71,833 69,742 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.0

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 709,237 728,500 705,350 728,075 32,185 30,779 30,867 28,202 4.5 4.2 4.4 3.9

Illinois

 6,568,081 6,463,692 6,537,340 6,418,910 419,163 304,280 380,480 280,843 6.4 4.7 5.8 4.4

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,946,408 4,858,832 4,922,262 4,816,007 312,766 216,539 289,301 202,911 6.3 4.5 5.9 4.2

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,823,236 3,741,208 3,805,743 3,705,628 240,745 158,222 229,416 157,304 6.3 4.2 6.0 4.2

Elgin

 321,866 321,616 319,846 317,616 20,624 17,359 16,869 14,109 6.4 5.4 5.3 4.4

Gary(3)

 342,133 339,476 342,931 337,198 23,966 18,095 20,667 13,051 7.0 5.3 6.0 3.9

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 459,173 456,532 453,742 455,565 27,431 22,863 22,349 18,447 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.0

Massachusetts

 3,584,456 3,670,747 3,571,623 3,684,313 157,457 142,851 136,232 140,459 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,644,483 2,713,939 2,638,763 2,723,884 101,812 93,668 90,671 93,443 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,565,751 1,612,545 1,563,071 1,618,979 55,814 51,016 50,204 51,975 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.2

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 105,394 108,095 104,796 108,749 5,161 4,656 4,603 4,652 4.9 4.3 4.4 4.3

Framingham

 155,178 158,590 154,538 158,944 5,545 5,127 4,766 5,037 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.2

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 112,643 115,089 112,701 116,057 4,556 4,386 3,943 4,156 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.6

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 95,725 97,199 95,270 97,449 5,496 5,090 4,897 5,053 5.7 5.2 5.1 5.2

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 184,852 189,970 184,304 190,030 8,193 7,440 7,179 7,415 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.9

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 83,389 84,763 82,978 85,045 3,571 3,168 3,151 3,116 4.3 3.7 3.8 3.7

Nashua(2)

 168,902 171,513 169,187 172,156 5,792 5,977 5,213 5,289 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 90,492 92,234 90,037 92,287 3,552 3,137 3,210 3,191 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.5

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 82,157 83,941 81,881 84,188 4,132 3,671 3,505 3,559 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.2

Michigan

 4,825,198 4,868,082 4,786,552 4,844,325 256,851 232,391 217,050 179,848 5.3 4.8 4.5 3.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,057,356 2,089,644 2,029,683 2,077,987 113,903 105,462 93,864 82,528 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.0

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 771,364 783,929 758,877 777,557 49,163 47,162 41,136 37,595 6.4 6.0 5.4 4.8

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,285,992 1,305,715 1,270,806 1,300,430 64,739 58,301 52,728 44,933 5.0 4.5 4.1 3.5

New York

 9,650,167 9,615,267 9,576,980 9,619,346 488,592 420,231 439,358 405,569 5.1 4.4 4.6 4.2

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,060,534 10,048,504 9,994,275 10,047,536 505,366 411,361 461,687 389,865 5.0 4.1 4.6 3.9

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 194,191 190,598 193,272 192,861 8,037 7,551 7,502 7,641 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,477,694 1,463,794 1,471,190 1,470,887 62,746 58,608 56,818 57,315 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9

Newark(3)

 1,258,622 1,235,094 1,254,018 1,233,602 66,719 52,982 62,795 47,802 5.3 4.3 5.0 3.9

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 7,130,027 7,159,018 7,075,795 7,150,186 367,864 292,220 334,572 277,107 5.2 4.1 4.7 3.9

Pennsylvania

 6,474,709 6,418,764 6,459,383 6,450,292 369,891 326,383 334,738 302,537 5.7 5.1 5.2 4.7

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,085,923 3,096,677 3,083,390 3,105,432 162,347 141,727 151,565 135,909 5.3 4.6 4.9 4.4

Camden(3)

 640,361 646,424 638,033 645,190 34,408 27,086 31,961 24,039 5.4 4.2 5.0 3.7

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,066,706 1,063,563 1,066,093 1,070,264 46,717 41,358 42,790 39,823 4.4 3.9 4.0 3.7

Philadelphia

 997,098 1,005,298 999,217 1,008,551 63,512 55,574 60,098 55,057 6.4 5.5 6.0 5.5

Wilmington(3)

 381,758 381,392 380,047 381,427 17,710 17,709 16,716 16,990 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5

Texas

 13,239,718 13,514,563 13,236,855 13,506,742 590,841 675,615 564,001 611,739 4.5 5.0 4.3 4.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 3,645,854 3,777,276 3,653,284 3,770,081 138,888 161,330 129,778 144,657 3.8 4.3 3.6 3.8

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,453,094 2,549,746 2,457,574 2,542,065 91,470 107,736 84,917 97,389 3.7 4.2 3.5 3.8

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,192,760 1,227,530 1,195,710 1,228,016 47,418 53,594 44,861 47,268 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.8

Washington

 3,624,428 3,684,389 3,613,072 3,673,663 210,755 177,559 190,589 157,813 5.8 4.8 5.3 4.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,019,923 2,062,759 2,018,455 2,057,509 96,478 75,690 85,011 69,335 4.8 3.7 4.2 3.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,615,595 1,652,355 1,617,598 1,647,393 70,159 52,107 59,669 47,710 4.3 3.2 3.7 2.9

Tacoma-Lakewood

 404,328 410,404 400,857 410,116 26,319 23,583 25,342 21,625 6.5 5.7 6.3 5.3

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, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.

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