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Southeast - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States

(1)167,339 168,304 168,547 (1)170,744 (1)3,405 (1)2.0

South(2)

(r)63,709.8 (r)64,380.6 (r)64,373.6 64,431.0 (r)721.2 (r)1.1

South Atlantic

(r)33,803.4 (r)33,970.4 (r)33,969.6 33,989.0 (r)185.6 (r)0.5

Delaware

(r)507.1 (r)506.6 (r)506.6 (p)506.7 (p)(r)-0.4 (p)(r)-0.1

District of Columbia

(r)414.9 (r)416.9 (r)417.0 (p)418.3 (p)(r)3.3 (p)(r)0.8

Florida

(r)11,121.8 (r)11,169.4 (r)11,169.7 (p)11,187.6 (p)(r)65.8 (p)(r)0.6

Georgia

(r)5,376.1 (r)5,409.4 (r)5,409.2 (p)5,402.7 (p)(r)26.6 (p)(r)0.5

Maryland

(r)3,230.9 (r)3,252.8 (r)3,251.3 (p)3,248.3 (p)(r)17.4 (p)(r)0.5

North Carolina

(r)5,281.3 (r)5,285.3 (r)5,285.7 (p)5,292.8 (p)(r)11.5 (p)(r)0.2

South Carolina

(r)2,506.3 (r)2,550.1 (r)2,549.7 (p)2,549.0 (p)(r)42.7 (p)(r)1.7

Virginia

(r)4,576.1 (r)4,597.3 (r)4,598.5 (p)4,601.3 (p)(r)25.3 (p)(r)0.6

West Virginia

(r)789.5 (r)784.2 (r)784.3 (p)783.5 (p)(r)-6.0 (p)(r)-0.8

East South Central

(r)9,051.5 (r)9,189.4 (r)9,187.6 9,202.7 (r)151.3 (r)1.7

Alabama

(r)2,328.9 (r)2,360.3 (r)2,359.9 (p)2,363.9 (p)(r)35.0 (p)(r)1.5

Kentucky

(r)2,071.7 (r)2,105.9 (r)2,105.4 (p)2,109.4 (p)(r)37.7 (p)(r)1.8

Mississippi

(r)1,251.7 (r)1,286.4 (r)1,285.8 (p)1,287.7 (p)(r)36.0 (p)(r)2.9

Tennessee

(r)3,399.4 (r)3,436.9 (r)3,436.7 (p)3,442.1 (p)(r)42.7 (p)(r)1.3

Footnotes
(1) Data affected by changes in population controls.
(2) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Unemployed in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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6,149 7,121 6,886 6,849 700 11.4

South(1)

(r)2,206.5 (r)2,434.0 (r)2,428.6 2,419.1 (r)212.5 (r)9.6

South Atlantic

(r)1,092.5 (r)1,200.1 (r)1,197.3 1,195.8 (r)103.3 (r)9.5

Delaware

(r)19.1 (r)18.2 (r)18.3 (p)18.3 (p)(r)-0.8 (p)(r)-4.2

District of Columbia

(r)21.2 (r)22.0 (r)22.1 (p)22.3 (p)(r)1.1 (p)(r)5.4

Florida

(r)353.4 (r)386.0 (r)385.0 (p)389.6 (p)(r)36.2 (p)(r)10.2

Georgia

(r)176.1 (r)196.6 (r)196.5 (p)193.1 (p)(r)17.0 (p)(r)9.6

Maryland

(r)87.9 (r)101.7 (r)100.6 (p)98.2 (p)(r)10.3 (p)(r)11.7

North Carolina

(r)186.6 (r)196.3 (r)196.2 (p)197.5 (p)(r)10.8 (p)(r)5.8

South Carolina

(r)86.0 (r)113.0 (r)112.6 (p)109.4 (p)(r)23.4 (p)(r)27.2

Virginia

(r)130.3 (r)135.1 (r)134.8 (p)137.0 (p)(r)6.6 (p)(r)5.1

West Virginia

(r)32.5 (r)31.9 (r)31.9 (p)31.7 (p)(r)-0.8 (p)(r)-2.4

East South Central

(r)306.1 (r)366.5 (r)365.2 366.2 (r)60.1 (r)19.6

Alabama

(r)66.8 (r)78.8 (r)78.5 (p)78.3 (p)(r)11.4 (p)(r)17.1

Kentucky

(r)96.3 (r)112.9 (r)112.6 (p)112.4 (p)(r)16.0 (p)(r)16.6

Mississippi

(r)35.3 (r)46.3 (r)46.1 (p)46.9 (p)(r)11.6 (p)(r)32.8

Tennessee

(r)107.8 (r)128.6 (r)128.1 (p)128.8 (p)(r)21.0 (p)(r)19.5

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Unemployment rates in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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United States

3.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 0.3

South(1)

(r)3.5 (r)3.8 (r)3.8 3.8 (r)0.3

South Atlantic

(r)3.2 (r)3.5 (r)3.5 3.5 (r)0.3

Delaware

(r)3.8 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (p)3.6 (p)(r)-0.2

District of Columbia

(r)5.1 (r)5.3 (r)5.3 (p)5.3 (p)(r)0.2

Florida

(r)3.2 (r)3.5 (r)3.4 (p)3.5 (p)(r)0.3

Georgia

(r)3.3 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (p)3.6 (p)(r)0.3

Maryland

(r)2.7 (r)3.1 (r)3.1 (p)3.0 (p)(r)0.3

North Carolina

(r)3.5 (r)3.7 (r)3.7 (p)3.7 (p)(r)0.2

South Carolina

(r)3.4 (r)4.4 (r)4.4 (p)4.3 (p)(r)0.9

Virginia

(r)2.8 (r)2.9 (r)2.9 (p)3.0 (p)(r)0.2

West Virginia

(r)4.1 (r)4.1 (r)4.1 (p)4.0 (p)(r)-0.1

East South Central

(r)3.4 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 4.0 (r)0.6

Alabama

(r)2.9 (r)3.3 (r)3.3 (p)3.3 (p)(r)0.4

Kentucky

(r)4.7 (r)5.4 (r)5.3 (p)5.3 (p)(r)0.6

Mississippi

(r)2.8 (r)3.6 (r)3.6 (p)3.6 (p)(r)0.8

Tennessee

(r)3.2 (r)3.7 (r)3.7 (p)3.7 (p)(r)0.5

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Unemployment rates in the Southeast by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
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Alabama

Anniston-Oxford

(1)3.6 (1)3.8 (1)3.7 (p)3.7 (1)(p)0.1

Auburn-Opelika

(1)2.9 (1)3.2 (1)2.9 (p)3.0 (1)(p)0.1

Birmingham

(1)2.9 (1)3.1 (1)2.9 (p)3.2 (1)(p)0.3

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley

(1)3.0 (1)3.1 (1)3.1 (p)3.1 (1)(p)0.1

Decatur

(1)2.6 (1)2.7 (1)2.7 (p)2.9 (1)(p)0.3

Dothan

(1)3.3 (1)3.4 (1)3.3 (p)3.5 (1)(p)0.2

Florence-Muscle Shoals

(1)3.5 (1)3.4 (1)3.5 (p)3.7 (1)(p)0.2

Gadsden

(1)3.7 (1)3.9 (1)3.8 (p)3.7 (1)(p)0.0

Huntsville

(1)2.6 (1)2.8 (1)2.7 (p)2.9 (1)(p)0.3

Mobile

(1)4.3 (1)3.8 (1)3.9 (p)4.2 (1)(p)-0.1

Montgomery

(1)3.2 (1)3.3 (1)3.2 (p)3.4 (1)(p)0.2

Tuscaloosa

(1)3.1 (1)3.3 (1)3.0 (p)3.5 (1)(p)0.4

Florida

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

(1)3.4 (1)3.6 (1)3.2 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.6

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

(1)3.1 (1)3.3 (1)2.9 (p)3.6 (1)(p)0.5

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

(1)3.8 (1)4.0 (1)3.6 (p)4.4 (1)(p)0.6

Gainesville

(1)3.5 (1)3.8 (1)3.3 (p)4.1 (1)(p)0.6

Homosassa Springs

(1)5.3 (1)5.4 (1)5.0 (p)5.8 (1)(p)0.5

Jacksonville

(1)3.3 (1)3.5 (1)3.1 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven

(1)4.0 (1)4.3 (1)3.9 (p)4.5 (1)(p)0.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

(1)2.6 (1)3.0 (1)2.8 (p)3.0 (1)(p)0.4

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise(2)

(1)3.1 (1)3.3 (1)3.0 (p)3.4 (1)(p)0.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(2)

(3)1.9 (3)2.4 (3)2.4 (p)2.4 (3)(p)0.5

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach(2)

(1)3.3 (1)3.5 (1)3.1 (p)3.7 (1)(p)0.4

Naples-Marco Island

(1)3.1 (1)3.4 (1)3.0 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.7

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota

(1)3.4 (1)3.8 (1)3.3 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.6

Ocala

(1)4.2 (1)4.3 (1)3.9 (p)4.6 (1)(p)0.4

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

(1)3.2 (1)3.5 (1)3.1 (p)3.6 (1)(p)0.4

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

(1)3.4 (1)3.6 (1)3.3 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.6

Panama City-Panama City Beach

(1)3.5 (1)3.4 (1)3.2 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.5

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

(1)3.4 (1)3.6 (1)3.3 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.6

Port St. Lucie

(1)3.7 (1)3.8 (1)3.4 (p)4.2 (1)(p)0.5

Punta Gorda

(1)3.9 (1)4.4 (1)3.9 (p)4.8 (1)(p)0.9

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor

(1)3.9 (1)4.1 (1)3.7 (p)4.6 (1)(p)0.7

Sebring

(1)4.7 (1)5.0 (1)4.7 (p)5.6 (1)(p)0.9

Tallahassee

(1)3.3 (1)3.8 (1)3.3 (p)3.7 (1)(p)0.4

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

(1)3.4 (1)3.7 (1)3.3 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.4

St. Petersburg-Clearwater-Largo(2)

(1)3.2 (1)3.7 (1)3.3 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.6

Tampa(2)

(1)3.5 (1)3.8 (1)3.3 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.3

Wildwood-The Villages

(1)5.1 (1)4.9 (1)4.5 (p)6.9 (1)(p)1.8

Georgia

Albany

(1)4.0 (1)4.0 (1)3.8 (p)4.1 (1)(p)0.1

Athens-Clarke County

(1)3.4 (1)3.1 (1)2.9 (p)3.2 (1)(p)-0.2

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

(1)3.3 (1)3.4 (1)3.3 (p)3.4 (1)(p)0.1

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

(1)4.0 (1)4.4 (1)4.2 (p)4.3 (1)(p)0.3

Brunswick-St. Simons

(1)3.1 (1)3.2 (1)3.0 (p)3.1 (1)(p)0.0

Columbus, GA-AL

(1)4.1 (1)4.1 (1)3.9 (p)4.3 (1)(p)0.2

Dalton

(1)4.7 (1)4.3 (1)7.0 (p)4.2 (1)(p)-0.5

Gainesville

(1)2.5 (1)2.5 (1)2.4 (p)2.8 (1)(p)0.3

Hinesville

(1)3.3 (1)3.3 (1)3.1 (p)3.9 (1)(p)0.6

Macon

(1)3.8 (1)4.0 (1)3.9 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.2

Rome

(1)3.5 (1)3.1 (1)3.4 (p)3.4 (1)(p)-0.1

Savannah

(1)2.9 (1)2.9 (1)2.8 (p)3.0 (1)(p)0.1

Valdosta

(1)3.7 (1)3.6 (1)3.7 (p)3.9 (1)(p)0.2

Warner Robins

(1)3.1 (1)3.1 (1)3.0 (p)3.1 (1)(p)0.0

Kentucky

Bowling Green

(1)4.8 (1)4.8 (1)4.7 (p)5.2 (1)(p)0.4

Elizabethtown

(1)4.9 (1)5.2 (1)5.4 (p)5.8 (1)(p)0.9

Lexington-Fayette

(1)4.0 (1)4.2 (1)4.1 (p)4.4 (1)(p)0.4

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

(1)4.3 (1)4.5 (1)4.4 (p)4.7 (1)(p)0.4

Owensboro

(1)5.2 (1)5.4 (1)5.2 (p)5.3 (1)(p)0.1

Paducah, KY-IL

(1)5.2 (1)5.0 (1)5.0 (p)5.5 (1)(p)0.3

Mississippi

Gulfport-Biloxi

(1)3.1 (1)3.2 (1)3.4 (p)3.5 (1)(p)0.4

Hattiesburg

(1)2.7 (1)2.9 (1)3.1 (p)3.6 (1)(p)0.9

Jackson

(1)2.8 (1)3.0 (1)3.1 (p)3.3 (1)(p)0.5

North Carolina

Asheville

(1)2.9 (1)6.5 (1)5.3 (p)6.0 (1)(p)3.1

Burlington

(1)3.5 (1)3.4 (1)3.2 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.3

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

(1)3.6 (1)3.5 (1)3.3 (p)3.9 (1)(p)0.3

Durham-Chapel Hill

(1)3.2 (1)3.1 (1)2.9 (p)3.3 (1)(p)0.1

Fayetteville

(1)4.9 (1)4.6 (1)4.3 (p)4.9 (1)(p)0.0

Goldsboro

(1)4.0 (1)3.8 (1)3.5 (p)3.8 (1)(p)-0.2

Greensboro-High Point

(1)4.2 (1)4.0 (1)3.7 (p)4.2 (1)(p)0.0

Greenville

(1)4.1 (1)3.7 (1)3.5 (p)4.1 (1)(p)0.0

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

(1)3.5 (1)3.7 (1)3.4 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.5

Jacksonville

(1)4.3 (1)4.0 (1)3.7 (p)4.0 (1)(p)-0.3

Pinehurst-Southern Pines

(1)3.7 (1)3.5 (1)3.1 (p)3.6 (1)(p)-0.1

Raleigh-Cary

(1)3.3 (1)3.1 (1)2.9 (p)3.2 (1)(p)-0.1

Rocky Mount

(1)5.2 (1)4.9 (1)4.5 (p)5.0 (1)(p)-0.2

Wilmington

(1)3.8 (1)3.4 (1)3.2 (p)3.9 (1)(p)0.1

Winston-Salem

(1)3.6 (1)3.6 (1)3.2 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.2

South Carolina

Charleston-North Charleston

(1)3.1 (1)3.6 (1)3.4 (p)3.6 (1)(p)0.5

Columbia

(1)3.5 (1)4.1 (1)3.8 (p)4.1 (1)(p)0.6

Florence

(1)3.8 (1)4.3 (1)4.0 (p)4.5 (1)(p)0.7

Greenville-Anderson-Greer

(1)3.4 (1)4.0 (1)3.7 (p)3.8 (1)(p)0.4

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal

(1)3.5 (1)4.0 (1)3.7 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.5

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach

(1)4.9 (1)4.8 (1)4.8 (p)5.5 (1)(p)0.6

Spartanburg

(1)3.6 (1)4.3 (1)4.0 (p)4.3 (1)(p)0.7

Sumter

(1)4.7 (1)5.5 (1)5.1 (p)5.3 (1)(p)0.6

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN-GA

(1)3.2 (1)3.5 (1)3.4 (p)3.5 (1)(p)0.3

Clarksville, TN-KY

(1)4.2 (1)4.5 (1)4.4 (p)4.4 (1)(p)0.2

Cleveland

(1)3.4 (1)3.8 (1)3.7 (p)4.1 (1)(p)0.7

Jackson

(1)3.4 (1)3.8 (1)3.7 (p)4.3 (1)(p)0.9

Johnson City

(1)3.4 (1)4.0 (1)3.9 (p)4.0 (1)(p)0.6

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

(1)3.4 (1)3.7 (1)3.5 (p)3.9 (1)(p)0.5

Knoxville

(1)3.2 (1)3.3 (1)3.2 (p)3.5 (1)(p)0.3

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

(1)4.0 (1)4.5 (1)4.4 (p)4.5 (1)(p)0.5

Morristown

(1)3.8 (1)3.7 (1)3.5 (p)4.2 (1)(p)0.4

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin

(1)2.6 (1)3.0 (1)2.9 (p)3.1 (1)(p)0.5

Footnotes
(1) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(2) Metropolitan Division
(3) Data for this model-based area were subject to revision on March 17, 2025.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.

 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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United States

157,049 158,619 158,942 (p)159,067 (p)2,018 (p)1.3

Alabama

2,178.5 2,197.1 2,200.3 (p)2,200.5 (p)22.0 (p)1.0

Delaware

486.4 490.4 490.8 (p)490.7 (p)4.3 (p)0.9

District of Columbia

770.2 772.0 772.2 (p)769.4 (p)-0.8 (p)-0.1

Florida

9,879.6 9,972.6 10,002.1 (p)10,018.6 (p)139.0 (p)1.4

Georgia

4,938.3 4,971.2 4,984.3 (p)4,956.1 (p)17.8 (p)0.4

Kentucky

2,029.8 2,042.2 2,044.8 (p)2,039.9 (p)10.1 (p)0.5

Maryland

2,831.1 2,831.2 2,834.2 (p)2,839.1 (p)8.0 (p)0.3

Mississippi

1,182.4 1,196.5 1,194.8 (p)1,199.3 (p)16.9 (p)1.4

North Carolina

4,991.5 5,032.0 5,044.3 (p)5,052.0 (p)60.5 (p)1.2

South Carolina

2,331.5 2,376.4 2,383.7 (p)2,388.2 (p)56.7 (p)2.4

Tennessee

3,354.3 3,382.7 3,385.9 (p)3,375.8 (p)21.5 (p)0.6

Virginia

4,206.2 4,259.7 4,273.9 (p)4,281.0 (p)74.8 (p)1.8

West Virginia

715.9 716.3 716.1 (p)712.1 (p)-3.8 (p)-0.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.