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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
November December Number Percent of labor force
2021 2022 2021 2022(p) November December November December
2021 2022 2021 2022(p) 2021 2022 2021 2022(p)

California

 19,129,013 19,221,458 19,041,028 19,220,972 988,408 777,043 913,303 716,249 5.2 4.0 4.8 3.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim

 6,599,627 6,546,857 6,554,504 6,532,533 374,738 268,983 336,937 256,187 5.7 4.1 5.1 3.9

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine

 1,572,253 1,598,060 1,574,275 1,604,854 64,338 47,308 58,089 40,672 4.1 3.0 3.7 2.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

 5,027,374 4,948,797 4,980,229 4,927,679 310,400 221,675 278,848 215,515 6.2 4.5 5.6 4.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward

 2,499,693 2,536,239 2,504,292 2,550,566 95,376 71,242 86,115 62,014 3.8 2.8 3.4 2.4

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley

 1,367,322 1,379,240 1,371,024 1,385,793 59,298 44,884 53,699 38,961 4.3 3.3 3.9 2.8

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco

 1,001,335 1,028,552 1,003,772 1,035,986 32,141 23,188 28,900 20,284 3.2 2.3 2.9 2.0

San Rafael

 131,036 128,447 129,496 128,787 3,937 3,170 3,516 2,769 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.2

District of Columbia

 387,907 370,433 383,122 370,762 22,142 16,525 19,706 16,843 5.7 4.5 5.1 4.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 3,375,610 3,352,757 3,360,187 3,364,619 132,971 104,813 122,133 95,408 3.9 3.1 3.6 2.8

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville(3)

 686,615 680,815 683,847 683,545 31,324 20,883 28,437 18,898 4.6 3.1 4.2 2.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(2)

 2,688,995 2,671,942 2,676,340 2,681,074 101,647 83,930 93,696 76,510 3.8 3.1 3.5 2.9

Florida

 10,443,334 10,770,171 10,452,212 10,775,173 339,321 276,246 301,198 236,770 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3,104,480 3,165,450 3,106,486 3,178,898 102,678 66,978 91,401 59,312 3.3 2.1 2.9 1.9

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach

 1,040,443 1,072,635 1,037,371 1,066,747 36,158 27,328 31,787 23,192 3.5 2.5 3.1 2.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall

 1,320,592 1,322,139 1,320,238 1,343,886 43,283 19,784 39,190 19,459 3.3 1.5 3.0 1.4

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

 743,445 770,676 748,877 768,265 23,237 19,866 20,424 16,661 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.2

Illinois

 6,386,585 6,416,518 6,371,891 6,382,192 275,705 282,241 270,793 267,397 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.2

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin(2)

 4,862,288 4,912,746 4,872,792 4,892,205 208,265 216,385 199,410 206,914 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.2

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

 3,758,599 3,801,035 3,779,864 3,777,215 167,523 171,952 159,362 162,718 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3

Elgin

 317,540 318,125 314,236 316,541 13,450 13,486 14,423 13,575 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.3

Gary(3)

 326,246 334,870 322,349 335,297 10,644 13,711 7,798 13,176 3.3 4.1 2.4 3.9

Lake County-Kenosha County(2)

 459,903 458,716 456,343 463,152 16,648 17,236 17,827 17,445 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.8

Massachusetts

 3,770,869 3,716,814 3,763,429 3,712,433 159,898 107,741 155,428 119,667 4.2 2.9 4.1 3.2

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua(2)

 2,800,552 2,788,174 2,795,481 2,788,246 108,377 73,890 102,801 80,002 3.9 2.7 3.7 2.9

Boston-Cambridge-Newton

 1,676,821 1,669,273 1,673,210 1,666,434 62,846 41,201 58,764 44,429 3.7 2.5 3.5 2.7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton

 110,288 108,884 109,920 108,868 5,596 3,765 5,552 4,155 5.1 3.5 5.1 3.8

Framingham

 157,952 155,972 158,010 156,433 5,249 3,474 4,959 3,997 3.3 2.2 3.1 2.6

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town(2)

 117,348 116,693 116,939 116,760 4,222 3,173 4,054 3,453 3.6 2.7 3.5 3.0

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem(2)

 100,359 99,235 100,106 99,637 6,015 4,214 5,887 4,527 6.0 4.2 5.9 4.5

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford(2)

 197,320 197,589 197,320 197,936 7,678 5,427 7,457 5,981 3.9 2.7 3.8 3.0

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead

 86,227 84,119 85,964 84,203 4,441 2,791 4,283 3,061 5.2 3.3 5.0 3.6

Nashua(2)

 175,520 181,257 175,833 182,824 4,683 4,621 4,397 4,680 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6

Peabody-Salem-Beverly

 92,347 90,610 92,027 90,681 3,778 2,516 3,577 2,713 4.1 2.8 3.9 3.0

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton

 86,370 84,542 86,152 84,470 3,869 2,708 3,871 3,006 4.5 3.2 4.5 3.6

Michigan

 4,798,984 4,848,178 4,787,712 4,844,991 190,863 169,173 199,169 186,123 4.0 3.5 4.2 3.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

 2,135,252 2,106,174 2,134,360 2,118,919 90,378 62,013 89,737 69,913 4.2 2.9 4.2 3.3

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia

 804,285 786,102 806,245 793,324 43,769 28,710 42,494 31,951 5.4 3.7 5.3 4.0

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills

 1,330,967 1,320,072 1,328,114 1,325,595 46,609 33,303 47,242 37,962 3.5 2.5 3.6 2.9

New York

 9,347,999 9,453,068 9,322,127 9,436,995 454,916 354,358 420,494 362,977 4.9 3.7 4.5 3.8

New York-Newark-Jersey City(2)

 9,934,802 10,062,312 9,925,518 10,052,596 513,722 374,985 477,647 380,979 5.2 3.7 4.8 3.8

Dutchess County-Putnam County

 190,941 194,246 190,971 192,624 5,778 4,778 5,006 4,764 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.5

Nassau County-Suffolk County

 1,485,041 1,520,595 1,481,343 1,513,083 45,442 37,146 39,544 37,005 3.1 2.4 2.7 2.4

Newark(3)

 1,272,302 1,288,975 1,274,592 1,289,296 58,342 39,246 54,325 40,716 4.6 3.0 4.3 3.2

New York-Jersey City-White Plains(2)

 6,986,518 7,058,496 6,978,612 7,057,593 404,160 293,815 378,772 298,494 5.8 4.2 5.4 4.2

Pennsylvania

 6,368,072 6,415,111 6,303,482 6,442,442 303,714 221,260 277,460 225,528 4.8 3.4 4.4 3.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington(2)

 3,147,900 3,190,093 3,135,960 3,197,031 149,196 108,817 135,868 107,315 4.7 3.4 4.3 3.4

Camden(3)

 667,934 687,748 669,571 686,869 29,134 20,226 27,349 21,212 4.4 2.9 4.1 3.1

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County

 1,078,553 1,093,898 1,073,246 1,101,700 38,873 28,859 34,994 29,155 3.6 2.6 3.3 2.6

Philadelphia

 1,013,470 1,022,199 1,004,235 1,021,788 64,843 44,910 57,376 42,495 6.4 4.4 5.7 4.2

Wilmington(3)

 387,943 386,248 388,908 386,674 16,346 14,822 16,149 14,453 4.2 3.8 4.2 3.7

Texas

 14,393,136 14,704,057 14,369,567 14,720,000 651,011 543,883 608,019 530,622 4.5 3.7 4.2 3.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

 4,180,476 4,328,083 4,170,319 4,327,848 164,953 141,892 151,376 136,569 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.2

Dallas-Plano-Irving

 2,833,097 2,946,984 2,825,024 2,943,498 110,555 95,607 101,404 92,297 3.9 3.2 3.6 3.1

Fort Worth-Arlington

 1,347,379 1,381,099 1,345,295 1,384,350 54,398 46,285 49,972 44,272 4.0 3.4 3.7 3.2

Washington

 3,966,632 3,987,698 3,968,555 3,997,079 154,714 166,228 157,023 176,328 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue

 2,182,363 2,203,301 2,193,880 2,213,681 74,987 75,613 75,787 75,268 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett

 1,725,035 1,748,623 1,736,759 1,756,133 53,565 52,209 55,108 51,096 3.1 3.0 3.2 2.9

Tacoma-Lakewood

 457,328 454,678 457,121 457,548 21,422 23,404 20,679 24,172 4.7 5.1 4.5 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. 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: February 01, 2023