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Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New York

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New York State

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 9,703,544 9,692,579 9,684,568 9,680,939 9,678,652 9,674,374 9,664,397 9,646,808 9,624,047 9,599,817 9,582,339 9,578,723  

2010

 9,589,044 9,605,948 9,621,227 9,630,479 9,631,529 9,623,572 9,609,354 9,593,332 9,577,587 9,563,891 9,551,431 9,539,098  

2011

 9,528,314 9,517,986 9,506,231 9,493,559 9,483,635 9,480,227 9,486,165 9,500,945 9,521,336 9,543,711 9,562,510 9,574,444  

2012

 9,581,121 9,586,612 9,591,657 9,594,584 9,597,583 9,602,266 9,608,455 9,617,913 9,631,758 9,645,555 9,655,584 9,659,771  

2013

 9,655,271 9,651,505 9,651,758 9,660,078 9,672,985 9,685,182 9,692,150 9,687,837 9,671,445 9,650,536 9,631,855 9,617,388  

2014

 9,557,444 9,548,508 9,540,438 9,531,103 9,521,124 9,514,317 9,511,481 9,514,182 9,521,660 9,529,358 9,534,612 9,540,144  

2015

 9,547,529 9,555,899 9,564,119 9,570,110 9,570,988 9,565,076 9,556,193 9,549,534 9,548,656 9,557,184 9,573,662 9,590,188  

2016

 9,599,141 9,597,131 9,584,834 9,567,781 9,553,266 9,544,785 9,541,994 9,542,588 9,543,951 9,543,178 9,540,732 9,539,596  

2017

 9,541,791 9,547,425 9,554,522 9,562,394 9,570,202 9,576,569 9,580,344 9,579,047 9,572,279 9,562,072 9,550,465 9,540,073  

2018

 9,534,415 9,536,074 9,543,554 9,551,098 9,555,306 9,557,895 9,564,398 9,575,478 9,591,147 9,606,317 9,611,722 9,611,875  

2019

 9,625,219 9,620,096 9,614,587 9,603,801 9,591,314 9,565,337 9,535,585 9,520,731 (p)9,519,306        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 9,014,776 8,966,570 8,926,228 8,897,835 8,877,362 8,859,328 8,838,266 8,811,462 8,781,638 8,753,163 8,733,084 8,727,519  

2010

 8,737,735 8,757,142 8,776,986 8,792,421 8,801,543 8,801,658 8,792,951 8,779,428 8,764,345 8,752,287 8,744,834 8,740,995  

2011

 8,739,920 8,738,380 8,733,288 8,723,458 8,711,503 8,702,587 8,701,473 8,708,594 8,721,554 8,736,516 8,748,504 8,754,959  

2012

 8,757,122 8,758,084 8,757,816 8,756,373 8,757,979 8,765,976 8,780,838 8,801,370 8,824,815 8,845,696 8,860,603 8,868,947  

2013

 8,869,350 8,872,227 8,880,955 8,897,969 8,917,413 8,932,756 8,941,331 8,942,726 8,938,974 8,934,550 8,933,068 8,934,768  

2014

 8,891,979 8,896,686 8,900,374 8,901,572 8,903,144 8,909,035 8,918,415 8,931,022 8,946,039 8,961,204 8,974,604 8,987,189  

2015

 8,999,869 9,012,187 9,025,276 9,038,798 9,050,390 9,057,992 9,063,209 9,068,409 9,076,335 9,089,726 9,107,055 9,123,072  

2016

 9,132,630 9,132,762 9,123,655 9,108,942 9,093,976 9,082,465 9,076,005 9,073,662 9,073,243 9,073,394 9,075,884 9,081,748  

2017

 9,090,080 9,099,740 9,107,863 9,114,123 9,119,570 9,123,902 9,126,705 9,126,612 9,123,275 9,117,438 9,109,624 9,103,114  

2018

 9,101,882 9,108,665 9,122,899 9,139,601 9,154,759 9,169,034 9,186,000 9,203,958 9,222,479 9,237,443 9,240,324 9,239,174  

2019

 9,248,063 9,242,856 9,234,994 9,225,430 9,208,842 9,186,138 9,158,285 9,143,168 (p)9,143,327        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 688,768 726,009 758,340 783,104 801,290 815,046 826,131 835,346 842,409 846,654 849,255 851,204  

2010

 851,309 848,806 844,241 838,058 829,986 821,914 816,403 813,904 813,242 811,604 806,597 798,103  

2011

 788,394 779,606 772,943 770,101 772,132 777,640 784,692 792,351 799,782 807,195 814,006 819,485  

2012

 823,999 828,528 833,841 838,211 839,604 836,290 827,617 816,543 806,943 799,859 794,981 790,824  

2013

 785,921 779,278 770,803 762,109 755,572 752,426 750,819 745,111 732,471 715,986 698,787 682,620  

2014

 665,465 651,822 640,064 629,531 617,980 605,282 593,066 583,160 575,621 568,154 560,008 552,955  

2015

 547,660 543,712 538,843 531,312 520,598 507,084 492,984 481,125 472,321 467,458 466,607 467,116  

2016

 466,511 464,369 461,179 458,839 459,290 462,320 465,989 468,926 470,708 469,784 464,848 457,848  

2017

 451,711 447,685 446,659 448,271 450,632 452,667 453,639 452,435 449,004 444,634 440,841 436,959  

2018

 432,533 427,409 420,655 411,497 400,547 388,861 378,398 371,520 368,668 368,874 371,398 372,701  

2019

 377,156 377,240 379,593 378,371 382,472 379,199 377,300 377,563 (p)375,979        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 7.1 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.9  

2010

 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.4  

2011

 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6  

2012

 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2  

2013

 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.1  

2014

 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8  

2015

 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9  

2016

 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8  

2017

 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6  

2018

 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9  

2019

 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 (p)3.9        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 9,648,067 9,664,716 9,632,225 9,636,542 9,635,537 9,758,674 9,822,015 9,739,253 9,587,617 9,588,933 9,565,858 9,490,376 9,647,485

2010

 9,546,265 9,565,198 9,574,286 9,648,949 9,616,724 9,675,506 9,721,397 9,678,098 9,575,209 9,547,937 9,518,599 9,476,174 9,595,362

2011

 9,482,821 9,482,067 9,482,877 9,465,985 9,480,448 9,542,714 9,582,947 9,571,346 9,515,444 9,546,828 9,527,167 9,527,694 9,517,361

2012

 9,515,496 9,570,383 9,566,682 9,525,644 9,612,651 9,706,110 9,724,329 9,640,779 9,607,579 9,676,954 9,592,623 9,607,545 9,612,232

2013

 9,646,616 9,622,195 9,589,730 9,604,061 9,678,363 9,787,875 9,824,404 9,742,720 9,664,308 9,616,157 9,592,800 9,540,803 9,659,170

2014

 9,508,660 9,536,612 9,554,495 9,457,965 9,514,310 9,604,492 9,647,205 9,566,812 9,475,494 9,539,184 9,494,485 9,453,294 9,529,418

2015

 9,525,042 9,529,085 9,525,738 9,537,847 9,607,346 9,655,138 9,675,522 9,598,244 9,492,408 9,544,138 9,520,741 9,531,289 9,561,878

2016

 9,555,107 9,593,770 9,604,039 9,532,466 9,525,164 9,616,964 9,664,503 9,598,709 9,538,056 9,538,171 9,474,939 9,443,233 9,557,094

2017

 9,492,341 9,542,875 9,569,624 9,549,683 9,547,005 9,649,660 9,706,379 9,619,885 9,594,185 9,536,073 9,485,139 9,443,956 9,561,400

2018

 9,466,302 9,562,886 9,554,320 9,514,505 9,536,204 9,660,027 9,712,136 9,579,389 9,547,754 9,603,222 9,576,358 9,583,357 9,574,706

2019

 9,571,736 9,556,617 9,591,302 9,542,495 9,541,725 9,563,221 9,579,695 9,537,116 (p)9,543,235        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 8,899,246 8,866,043 8,842,188 8,892,977 8,862,580 8,938,340 8,982,250 8,915,014 8,764,073 8,758,706 8,752,554 8,659,858 8,844,486

2010

 8,632,868 8,659,214 8,703,452 8,832,434 8,824,164 8,865,867 8,882,378 8,866,954 8,785,730 8,767,814 8,718,557 8,697,247 8,769,723

2011

 8,633,127 8,647,877 8,701,218 8,729,548 8,740,381 8,760,229 8,780,064 8,784,635 8,726,310 8,760,081 8,747,192 8,726,027 8,728,057

2012

 8,635,675 8,673,664 8,717,093 8,743,936 8,802,540 8,858,766 8,855,026 8,820,927 8,836,721 8,901,067 8,848,186 8,827,014 8,793,385

2013

 8,767,800 8,784,026 8,827,208 8,897,883 8,952,071 9,017,316 9,050,599 8,996,181 8,947,803 8,901,830 8,922,109 8,900,624 8,913,788

2014

 8,805,387 8,816,417 8,878,943 8,887,015 8,924,306 9,009,079 9,016,120 8,961,858 8,926,841 9,000,232 8,949,306 8,932,866 8,925,698

2015

 8,917,865 8,937,083 8,987,636 9,038,294 9,096,765 9,149,824 9,155,451 9,116,456 9,045,834 9,096,103 9,069,422 9,078,907 9,057,470

2016

 9,050,364 9,086,628 9,119,258 9,094,716 9,114,824 9,161,800 9,174,606 9,116,191 9,067,585 9,078,644 9,046,691 9,011,540 9,093,571

2017

 8,993,138 9,038,825 9,121,367 9,132,780 9,124,930 9,204,852 9,227,575 9,143,468 9,157,209 9,118,331 9,070,351 9,030,390 9,113,601

2018

 8,988,723 9,078,297 9,118,084 9,130,901 9,186,121 9,263,121 9,308,984 9,193,598 9,200,191 9,255,770 9,236,941 9,211,959 9,181,058

2019

 9,132,711 9,137,766 9,197,882 9,203,203 9,181,064 9,202,851 9,183,933 9,139,138 (p)9,189,042        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 748,821 798,673 790,037 743,565 772,957 820,334 839,765 824,239 823,544 830,227 813,304 830,518 802,999

2010

 913,397 905,984 870,834 816,515 792,560 809,639 839,019 811,144 789,479 780,123 800,042 778,927 825,639

2011

 849,694 834,190 781,659 736,437 740,067 782,485 802,883 786,711 789,134 786,747 779,975 801,667 789,304

2012

 879,821 896,719 849,589 781,708 810,111 847,344 869,303 819,852 770,858 775,887 744,437 780,531 818,847

2013

 878,816 838,169 762,522 706,178 726,292 770,559 773,805 746,539 716,505 714,327 670,691 640,179 745,382

2014

 703,273 720,195 675,552 570,950 590,004 595,413 631,085 604,954 548,653 538,952 545,179 520,428 603,720

2015

 607,177 592,002 538,102 499,553 510,581 505,314 520,071 481,788 446,574 448,035 451,319 452,382 504,408

2016

 504,743 507,142 484,781 437,750 410,340 455,164 489,897 482,518 470,471 459,527 428,248 431,693 463,523

2017

 499,203 504,050 448,257 416,903 422,075 444,808 478,804 476,417 436,976 417,742 414,788 413,566 447,799

2018

 477,579 484,589 436,236 383,604 350,083 396,906 403,152 385,791 347,563 347,452 339,417 371,398 393,648

2019

 439,025 418,851 393,420 339,292 360,661 360,370 395,762 397,978 (p)354,193        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 7.8 8.3 8.2 7.7 8.0 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.8 8.3

2010

 9.6 9.5 9.1 8.5 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.2 8.6

2011

 9.0 8.8 8.2 7.8 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.3

2012

 9.2 9.4 8.9 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.9 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.1 8.5

2013

 9.1 8.7 8.0 7.4 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.7 7.7

2014

 7.4 7.6 7.1 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.5 6.3

2015

 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.3

2016

 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.9

2017

 5.3 5.3 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.7

2018

 5.0 5.1 4.6 4.0 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.1

2019

 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.2 (p)3.7        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).