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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
October November Number Percent of labor force
2023 2024 2023 2024(p) October November October November
2023 2024 2023 2024(p) 2023 2024 2023 2024(p)

California

 19,378,197 19,383,339 19,403,032 19,337,188 963,028 1,045,841 958,633 1,023,710 5.0 5.4 4.9 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,603,309 6,668,810 6,617,601 6,628,699 318,349 373,179 309,624 357,843 4.8 5.6 4.7 5.4

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,600,038 1,585,367 1,599,143 1,586,048 62,499 65,923 61,432 64,095 3.9 4.2 3.8 4.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,003,271 5,083,443 5,018,458 5,042,651 255,850 307,256 248,192 293,748 5.1 6.0 4.9 5.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,516,700 2,484,989 2,519,390 2,486,348 103,795 109,013 103,015 105,789 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.3

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,380,398 1,368,288 1,383,377 1,370,360 63,210 67,394 62,707 65,325 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.8

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,004,404 985,984 1,004,019 984,981 35,680 36,566 35,412 35,627 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6

San Rafael

 131,898 130,717 131,994 131,007 4,905 5,053 4,896 4,837 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.7

District of Columbia

 402,111 403,336 402,474 407,045 20,294 21,157 18,645 20,374 5.0 5.2 4.6 5.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,492,881 3,509,314 3,489,423 3,497,664 96,642 109,186 89,829 111,526 2.8 3.1 2.6 3.2

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 687,357 696,623 685,736 691,179 14,112 20,070 12,225 21,155 2.1 2.9 1.8 3.1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,805,524 2,812,691 2,803,687 2,806,485 82,530 89,116 77,604 90,371 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.2

Florida

 11,089,756 11,024,630 11,080,163 10,935,043 347,484 382,414 330,238 391,317 3.1 3.5 3.0 3.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,261,741 3,267,439 3,280,490 3,225,596 84,098 94,498 78,438 97,687 2.6 2.9 2.4 3.0

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 1,098,676 1,093,235 1,093,706 1,082,214 34,185 36,480 32,632 36,977 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,376,584 1,395,287 1,404,586 1,370,869 24,057 30,632 21,327 32,907 1.7 2.2 1.5 2.4

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 786,481 778,917 782,198 772,513 25,856 27,386 24,479 27,803 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.6

Illinois

 6,475,827 6,571,354 6,494,579 6,573,685 289,666 339,377 267,432 313,773 4.5 5.2 4.1 4.8

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,943,040 5,052,596 4,956,830 5,062,661 214,480 268,314 200,108 248,852 4.3 5.3 4.0 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,818,816 3,931,070 3,830,466 3,948,362 165,000 217,079 152,095 197,395 4.3 5.5 4.0 5.0

Elgin

 324,036 321,243 324,841 319,312 15,272 15,000 14,422 14,605 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6

Gary(3)

 337,787 342,745 338,676 341,026 13,973 17,031 14,290 18,051 4.1 5.0 4.2 5.3

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 462,401 457,538 462,847 453,961 20,235 19,204 19,301 18,801 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1

Massachusetts

 3,745,919 3,837,732 3,757,863 3,840,182 114,329 143,759 109,017 150,721 3.1 3.7 2.9 3.9

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,794,197 2,855,328 2,806,892 2,859,604 81,476 101,741 77,650 106,980 2.9 3.6 2.8 3.7

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,679,278 1,716,045 1,687,335 1,718,995 47,850 60,738 44,593 62,962 2.8 3.5 2.6 3.7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 108,491 110,401 109,105 110,883 3,817 4,630 3,665 4,878 3.5 4.2 3.4 4.4

Framingham

 158,429 162,808 159,067 162,771 4,313 5,502 3,971 5,704 2.7 3.4 2.5 3.5

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 116,834 118,900 117,112 118,789 3,248 3,806 3,293 4,195 2.8 3.2 2.8 3.5

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 98,656 100,710 98,842 100,663 3,848 4,804 3,840 4,992 3.9 4.8 3.9 5.0

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 193,544 198,147 194,489 198,549 5,936 7,716 5,715 8,093 3.1 3.9 2.9 4.1

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 85,780 87,998 86,207 88,254 2,753 3,429 2,616 3,594 3.2 3.9 3.0 4.1

Nashua(2)

 175,044 177,764 175,927 177,732 4,319 4,323 4,868 5,512 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.1

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 93,082 95,384 93,403 95,539 2,647 3,397 2,480 3,501 2.8 3.6 2.7 3.7

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 85,059 87,171 85,405 87,429 2,745 3,396 2,609 3,549 3.2 3.9 3.1 4.1

Michigan

 5,052,187 5,041,575 5,055,252 5,059,686 193,314 233,940 168,394 240,789 3.8 4.6 3.3 4.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,215,764 2,169,304 2,213,537 2,156,006 89,785 108,475 76,071 109,960 4.1 5.0 3.4 5.1

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 825,849 813,013 826,902 808,569 40,981 50,657 34,714 50,681 5.0 6.2 4.2 6.3

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,389,916 1,356,291 1,386,635 1,347,437 48,805 57,818 41,357 59,278 3.5 4.3 3.0 4.4

New York

 9,736,953 9,680,365 9,743,441 9,643,613 426,978 398,107 407,556 404,106 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.2

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,369,128 10,353,714 10,375,927 10,315,998 477,009 450,629 448,658 451,585 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.4

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 200,252 196,733 200,260 196,229 7,033 6,055 6,792 6,026 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.1

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,546,566 1,525,853 1,548,922 1,519,056 53,672 45,760 53,283 45,743 3.5 3.0 3.4 3.0

Newark(3)

 1,324,766 1,326,536 1,325,755 1,319,338 61,002 57,533 58,396 56,087 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.3

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 7,297,544 7,304,592 7,300,990 7,281,375 355,302 341,281 330,187 343,729 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.7

Pennsylvania

 6,556,090 6,491,246 6,550,212 6,426,388 204,302 216,364 188,407 211,076 3.1 3.3 2.9 3.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,274,852 3,253,707 3,276,708 3,233,517 115,992 116,856 107,570 114,079 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.5

Camden(3)

 693,860 698,917 695,461 698,092 30,451 28,354 29,641 28,282 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.1

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,126,270 1,111,839 1,123,938 1,099,746 29,979 31,558 27,087 30,341 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.8

Philadelphia

 1,055,265 1,049,194 1,057,011 1,041,799 40,357 43,343 37,251 42,748 3.8 4.1 3.5 4.1

Wilmington(3)

 399,457 393,757 400,298 393,880 15,205 13,601 13,591 12,708 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2

Texas

 15,123,857 15,573,579 15,207,323 15,621,025 564,364 642,129 536,761 655,510 3.7 4.1 3.5 4.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 4,402,254 4,529,434 4,422,572 4,534,105 157,757 177,309 148,701 179,177 3.6 3.9 3.4 4.0

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,986,332 3,072,570 2,999,858 3,072,800 107,122 120,108 101,068 121,358 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.9

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,415,922 1,456,864 1,422,714 1,461,305 50,635 57,201 47,633 57,819 3.6 3.9 3.3 4.0

Washington

 4,047,208 3,993,194 4,046,799 3,991,116 170,542 175,783 174,210 175,581 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,262,773 2,258,556 2,280,541 2,279,721 90,333 99,387 88,813 93,214 4.0 4.4 3.9 4.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,800,423 1,811,758 1,818,631 1,837,088 68,135 78,029 65,765 70,527 3.8 4.3 3.6 3.8

Tacoma-Lakewood

 462,350 446,798 461,910 442,633 22,198 21,358 23,048 22,687 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.1

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. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, 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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Last Modified Date: January 03, 2025