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
2017 2018 2017 2018(p) June July June July
2017 2018 2017 2018(p) 2017 2018 2017 2018(p)

California

 19,296,724 19,356,142 19,413,562 19,469,466 931,754 870,246 995,611 856,485 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,715,050 6,746,088 6,777,366 6,792,039 304,228 302,127 337,516 313,109 4.5 4.5 5.0 4.6

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,613,819 1,604,610 1,624,380 1,618,249 59,623 53,538 64,088 51,259 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,101,231 5,141,478 5,152,986 5,173,790 244,605 248,589 273,428 261,850 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,569,554 2,563,076 2,592,172 2,596,468 89,436 77,953 95,323 73,960 3.5 3.0 3.7 2.8

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,410,970 1,407,556 1,420,577 1,421,880 54,912 47,870 58,510 45,738 3.9 3.4 4.1 3.2

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,016,623 1,015,701 1,028,969 1,031,696 30,260 26,304 32,240 24,648 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.4

San Rafael

 141,961 139,819 142,626 142,892 4,264 3,779 4,573 3,574 3.0 2.7 3.2 2.5

District of Columbia

 404,318 412,394 407,291 414,525 26,479 24,509 26,933 24,833 6.5 5.9 6.6 6.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,416,033 3,463,185 3,438,343 3,479,908 133,569 127,733 134,363 122,258 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.5

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 695,102 700,818 697,516 706,005 25,183 26,754 24,927 25,633 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,720,931 2,762,367 2,740,827 2,773,903 108,386 100,979 109,436 96,625 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.5

Florida

 10,127,782 10,291,445 10,164,624 10,318,381 438,687 399,312 444,483 408,440 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,137,923 3,174,535 3,161,908 3,175,164 140,553 124,509 142,866 128,429 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.0

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 1,033,144 1,048,194 1,033,963 1,047,879 41,753 38,401 42,019 38,923 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,377,043 1,397,499 1,402,620 1,396,544 67,914 57,745 68,949 59,984 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.3

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 727,736 728,842 725,325 730,741 30,886 28,363 31,898 29,522 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.0

Illinois

 6,561,649 6,558,494 6,567,081 6,562,531 332,530 294,591 335,872 280,237 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.3

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,982,453 4,951,237 4,985,235 4,959,562 255,348 215,529 255,098 204,051 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.1

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,848,479 3,792,256 3,844,615 3,796,807 206,226 164,219 204,102 154,339 5.4 4.3 5.3 4.1

Elgin

 323,637 332,337 325,366 333,813 14,301 15,182 14,817 14,734 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.4

Gary(3)

 341,280 349,115 342,927 349,898 15,447 16,305 16,358 15,970 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.6

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 469,057 477,529 472,327 479,044 19,374 19,823 19,821 19,008 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0

Massachusetts

 3,702,764 3,857,394 3,713,111 3,893,015 148,385 150,125 148,026 153,090 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,725,871 2,840,483 2,728,112 2,863,135 101,192 101,786 100,417 104,111 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,620,132 1,693,088 1,622,697 1,709,924 58,354 58,757 57,598 59,498 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 107,310 111,779 107,711 112,686 4,969 4,920 5,173 5,269 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.7

Framingham

 158,744 164,381 159,099 165,106 5,408 5,453 5,484 5,564 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 116,705 121,622 116,630 121,995 4,057 4,056 3,965 4,263 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 97,675 101,681 98,205 102,434 5,148 5,197 4,910 5,196 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.1

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 191,659 199,908 192,157 202,492 7,622 7,598 7,694 8,010 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 85,294 89,269 85,084 89,673 3,393 3,434 3,313 3,440 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.8

Nashua(2)

 171,895 175,453 170,245 174,743 5,109 5,119 5,141 5,427 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 92,115 95,362 92,001 95,683 3,475 3,596 3,392 3,593 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 84,342 87,940 84,283 88,399 3,657 3,656 3,747 3,851 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.4

Michigan

 4,916,534 4,954,030 4,942,077 4,950,174 219,021 213,493 268,290 239,419 4.5 4.3 5.4 4.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,110,396 2,128,604 2,138,047 2,137,190 86,053 92,825 107,913 107,906 4.1 4.4 5.0 5.0

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 785,411 796,540 797,808 802,046 39,184 42,909 50,652 51,087 5.0 5.4 6.3 6.4

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,324,986 1,332,064 1,340,239 1,335,145 46,869 49,916 57,262 56,819 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.3

New York

 9,794,282 9,803,502 9,858,475 9,834,720 453,016 410,500 485,742 417,771 4.6 4.2 4.9 4.2

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 10,199,124 10,177,398 10,273,872 10,242,743 457,107 422,209 503,462 447,618 4.5 4.1 4.9 4.4

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 198,692 199,493 200,654 200,063 8,702 7,788 8,868 7,563 4.4 3.9 4.4 3.8

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,524,456 1,527,812 1,533,274 1,527,975 64,824 57,420 69,832 59,319 4.3 3.8 4.6 3.9

Newark(3)

 1,259,714 1,242,014 1,264,257 1,251,761 58,409 55,170 64,680 61,083 4.6 4.4 5.1 4.9

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 7,216,262 7,208,079 7,275,687 7,262,944 325,172 301,831 360,082 319,653 4.5 4.2 4.9 4.4

Pennsylvania

 6,475,415 6,448,404 6,514,475 6,501,697 323,923 283,168 344,024 291,781 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,100,032 3,110,820 3,119,420 3,139,352 150,567 134,785 163,876 144,403 4.9 4.3 5.3 4.6

Camden(3)

 645,335 647,148 644,521 651,542 30,265 28,257 33,992 31,996 4.7 4.4 5.3 4.9

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,083,578 1,079,972 1,091,275 1,090,480 42,894 37,719 47,091 40,068 4.0 3.5 4.3 3.7

Philadelphia

 994,332 997,256 1,004,041 1,009,025 58,159 52,291 63,474 54,880 5.8 5.2 6.3 5.4

Wilmington(3)

 376,787 386,444 379,583 388,305 19,249 16,518 19,319 17,459 5.1 4.3 5.1 4.5

Texas

 13,543,364 13,844,974 13,571,881 13,840,527 608,310 582,961 604,241 556,630 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 3,788,012 3,906,318 3,815,317 3,919,474 146,833 148,332 147,106 142,401 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.6

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,556,605 2,641,757 2,575,074 2,650,958 98,645 99,966 98,387 96,063 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,231,407 1,264,561 1,240,243 1,268,516 48,188 48,366 48,719 46,338 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7

Washington

 3,736,856 3,773,212 3,756,579 3,798,646 172,147 167,628 174,245 160,875 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,065,347 2,097,934 2,068,263 2,116,208 87,388 84,790 89,038 81,623 4.2 4.0 4.3 3.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,651,785 1,678,859 1,654,880 1,695,828 65,770 63,615 67,175 61,509 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.6

Tacoma-Lakewood

 413,562 419,075 413,383 420,380 21,618 21,175 21,863 20,114 5.2 5.1 5.3 4.8

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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