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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
July August Number Percent of labor force
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) July August July August
2019 2020 2019 2020(p) 2019 2020 2019 2020(p)

California

 19,465,613 18,919,860 19,428,941 18,729,407 857,771 2,624,606 808,406 2,171,794 4.4 13.9 4.2 11.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,756,753 6,547,231 6,730,056 6,485,849 306,734 1,113,441 292,389 972,011 4.5 17.0 4.3 15.0

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,626,509 1,590,486 1,617,548 1,556,209 50,739 196,775 48,081 153,760 3.1 12.4 3.0 9.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,130,244 4,956,745 5,112,508 4,929,640 255,995 916,666 244,308 818,251 5.0 18.5 4.8 16.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,606,919 2,515,020 2,598,813 2,480,609 75,680 283,279 71,630 223,703 2.9 11.3 2.8 9.0

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,414,027 1,363,279 1,408,349 1,341,883 47,278 166,274 44,702 131,603 3.3 12.2 3.2 9.8

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,051,513 1,017,917 1,049,571 1,006,292 24,805 104,990 23,503 82,830 2.4 10.3 2.2 8.2

San Rafael

 141,379 133,824 140,893 132,434 3,597 12,015 3,425 9,270 2.5 9.0 2.4 7.0

District of Columbia

 416,468 399,448 407,817 394,337 24,138 35,715 22,418 34,292 5.8 8.9 5.5 8.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,527,506 3,465,311 3,474,085 3,431,374 116,169 275,227 111,151 235,099 3.3 7.9 3.2 6.9

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 714,702 717,260 705,323 707,409 23,162 53,988 20,813 46,992 3.2 7.5 3.0 6.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,812,804 2,748,051 2,768,762 2,723,965 93,007 221,239 90,338 188,107 3.3 8.1 3.3 6.9

Florida

 10,372,151 10,053,887 10,353,589 10,137,020 350,600 1,169,778 341,558 779,311 3.4 11.6 3.3 7.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,165,320 3,052,189 3,157,142 3,064,740 96,275 409,777 95,162 259,325 3.0 13.4 3.0 8.5

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 1,046,699 1,019,382 1,046,333 1,015,939 34,231 135,070 33,329 93,918 3.3 13.3 3.2 9.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,384,625 1,339,153 1,377,292 1,351,810 35,504 193,766 35,333 109,265 2.6 14.5 2.6 8.1

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 733,996 693,654 733,517 696,991 26,540 80,941 26,500 56,142 3.6 11.7 3.6 8.1

Illinois

 6,534,712 6,326,578 6,459,291 6,349,369 276,947 728,120 257,769 691,640 4.2 11.5 4.0 10.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,935,559 4,804,616 4,880,816 4,748,878 202,248 583,253 187,180 554,366 4.1 12.1 3.8 11.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,776,587 3,696,414 3,739,554 3,615,564 153,302 472,745 140,878 455,214 4.1 12.8 3.8 12.6

Elgin

 334,425 314,009 328,335 327,319 14,381 32,961 13,339 31,077 4.3 10.5 4.1 9.5

Gary(3)

 345,937 342,075 342,866 339,640 15,750 36,486 14,812 29,204 4.6 10.7 4.3 8.6

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 478,610 452,118 470,061 466,355 18,815 41,061 18,151 38,871 3.9 9.1 3.9 8.3

Massachusetts

 3,865,262 3,725,151 3,855,804 3,581,311 121,141 605,796 108,391 399,730 3.1 16.3 2.8 11.2

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,858,404 2,750,717 2,853,234 2,655,254 82,841 427,053 74,105 285,575 2.9 15.5 2.6 10.8

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,709,002 1,634,837 1,706,129 1,575,798 46,711 254,162 40,992 168,463 2.7 15.5 2.4 10.7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 112,504 112,027 112,401 106,832 4,069 21,626 3,637 14,349 3.6 19.3 3.2 13.4

Framingham

 165,037 157,731 164,569 152,652 4,380 21,601 3,899 13,987 2.7 13.7 2.4 9.2

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 121,151 113,746 120,557 110,519 3,521 15,654 3,341 10,791 2.9 13.8 2.8 9.8

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 100,273 102,287 100,141 96,969 4,110 22,001 3,852 15,072 4.1 21.5 3.8 15.5

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 200,742 190,018 200,378 183,149 6,337 29,086 5,699 19,091 3.2 15.3 2.8 10.4

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 88,041 87,881 87,906 83,649 2,816 17,672 2,533 11,815 3.2 20.1 2.9 14.1

Nashua(2)

 178,889 171,958 178,537 172,286 5,063 14,712 4,905 11,934 2.8 8.6 2.7 6.9

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 95,039 94,037 94,843 90,811 2,775 15,631 2,438 10,279 2.9 16.6 2.6 11.3

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 87,726 86,195 87,773 82,589 3,059 14,908 2,809 9,794 3.5 17.3 3.2 11.9

Michigan

 4,995,452 4,871,057 4,965,356 4,941,320 252,608 465,161 209,484 439,661 5.1 9.5 4.2 8.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,192,505 2,041,322 2,183,702 2,093,744 116,168 206,752 103,756 212,859 5.3 10.1 4.8 10.2

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 820,208 768,444 816,837 789,284 53,463 95,747 46,351 101,556 6.5 12.5 5.7 12.9

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,372,297 1,272,878 1,366,864 1,304,460 62,705 111,005 57,405 111,303 4.6 8.7 4.2 8.5

New York

 9,596,950 9,687,509 9,539,835 9,521,651 400,342 1,547,731 393,551 1,200,119 4.2 16.0 4.1 12.6

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,041,853 10,110,120 9,973,169 9,963,468 401,529 1,666,191 390,189 1,294,663 4.0 16.5 3.9 13.0

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 198,029 200,860 195,451 196,081 7,466 24,924 7,468 18,368 3.8 12.4 3.8 9.4

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,512,591 1,554,560 1,499,508 1,516,183 57,888 214,216 58,482 159,549 3.8 13.8 3.9 10.5

Newark(3)

 1,252,776 1,276,765 1,243,940 1,252,633 49,583 179,831 46,985 136,324 4.0 14.1 3.8 10.9

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 7,078,457 7,077,935 7,034,270 6,998,571 286,592 1,247,220 277,254 980,422 4.0 17.6 3.9 14.0

Pennsylvania

 6,581,549 6,458,600 6,542,283 6,337,905 321,521 824,771 314,579 664,889 4.9 12.8 4.8 10.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,155,369 3,159,501 3,140,341 3,106,530 146,781 421,434 144,876 337,306 4.7 13.3 4.6 10.9

Camden(3)

 636,033 656,301 635,863 650,262 26,049 88,262 24,808 65,250 4.1 13.4 3.9 10.0

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,111,446 1,060,899 1,100,898 1,044,681 44,932 116,192 43,790 92,261 4.0 11.0 4.0 8.8

Philadelphia

 1,025,225 1,049,910 1,022,756 1,025,206 59,498 175,221 60,025 144,848 5.8 16.7 5.9 14.1

Wilmington(3)

 382,665 392,391 380,824 386,381 16,302 41,759 16,253 34,947 4.3 10.6 4.3 9.0

Texas

 14,064,960 13,858,302 14,030,092 14,325,524 540,487 1,151,623 523,448 996,264 3.8 8.3 3.7 7.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 3,987,104 3,949,765 3,977,030 4,085,756 141,791 299,657 137,239 256,982 3.6 7.6 3.5 6.3

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,688,517 2,668,923 2,682,143 2,767,924 95,447 200,541 92,593 171,893 3.6 7.5 3.5 6.2

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,298,587 1,280,842 1,294,887 1,317,832 46,344 99,116 44,646 85,089 3.6 7.7 3.4 6.5

Washington

 3,944,959 3,989,011 3,930,563 3,963,255 164,164 400,223 160,846 333,170 4.2 10.0 4.1 8.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,179,576 2,194,244 2,180,017 2,192,099 75,320 201,704 71,067 174,120 3.5 9.2 3.3 7.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,740,245 1,725,595 1,739,556 1,731,837 53,191 144,891 48,753 127,701 3.1 8.4 2.8 7.4

Tacoma-Lakewood

 439,331 468,649 440,461 460,262 22,129 56,813 22,314 46,419 5.0 12.1 5.1 10.1

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: September 30, 2020