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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Table

Southeast - Labor Force Statistics

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

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United States

 167,113 167,732 168,009 168,429 1,316 0.8

South(1)

 62,954.2 63,444.1 63,527.0 63,607.9 653.7 1.0

South Atlantic

 33,474.9 33,705.0 33,720.3 33,737.1 262.3 0.8

Delaware

 508.0 505.5 505.5 (p)505.3 (p)-2.6 (p)-0.5

District of Columbia

 398.6 408.5 408.4 (p)408.0 (p)9.4 (p)2.3

Florida

 11,020.5 11,080.8 11,067.7 (p)11,056.2 (p)35.7 (p)0.3

Georgia

 5,318.1 5,375.8 5,391.3 (p)5,405.3 (p)87.2 (p)1.6

Maryland

 3,189.4 3,208.6 3,215.0 (p)3,221.0 (p)31.6 (p)1.0

North Carolina

 5,243.7 5,267.4 5,269.4 (p)5,269.3 (p)25.6 (p)0.5

South Carolina

 2,457.4 2,490.1 2,499.9 (p)2,512.9 (p)55.5 (p)2.3

Virginia

 4,551.0 4,579.0 4,574.7 (p)4,570.6 (p)19.7 (p)0.4

West Virginia

 786.9 789.2 788.7 (p)789.0 (p)2.1 (p)0.3

East South Central

 8,953.3 9,017.4 9,030.7 9,045.6 92.3 1.0

Alabama

 2,309.2 2,336.8 2,338.1 (p)2,340.4 (p)31.2 (p)1.3

Kentucky

 2,026.5 2,040.7 2,047.7 (p)2,054.0 (p)27.5 (p)1.4

Mississippi

 1,229.8 1,233.2 1,237.8 (p)1,241.6 (p)11.9 (p)1.0

Tennessee

 3,387.1 3,406.6 3,406.9 (p)3,409.4 (p)22.3 (p)0.7

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

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)
Area

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United States

 5,904 6,649 6,811 7,163 1,259 21.3

South(1)

 2,053.2 2,199.6 2,219.5 2,258.7 205.5 10.0

South Atlantic

 990.7 1,087.4 1,104.9 1,138.9 148.2 15.0

Delaware

 19.9 19.9 20.2 (p)20.9 (p)1.0 (p)5.0

District of Columbia

 18.9 21.7 22.0 (p)22.4 (p)3.5 (p)18.4

Florida

 318.4 360.5 361.2 (p)366.5 (p)48.1 (p)15.1

Georgia

 171.2 169.9 176.9 (p)185.6 (p)14.4 (p)8.4

Maryland

 61.8 85.9 88.4 (p)91.4 (p)29.6 (p)47.9

North Carolina

 179.4 187.4 190.4 (p)195.5 (p)16.1 (p)9.0

South Carolina

 69.5 83.6 89.7 (p)97.8 (p)28.2 (p)40.6

Virginia

 118.7 124.8 122.5 (p)124.6 (p)5.9 (p)5.0

West Virginia

 31.4 33.0 32.7 (p)33.1 (p)1.7 (p)5.4

East South Central

 286.6 303.7 299.3 300.1 13.4 4.7

Alabama

 55.6 70.7 67.8 (p)66.6 (p)11.0 (p)19.8

Kentucky

 84.6 94.6 94.8 (p)96.3 (p)11.7 (p)13.8

Mississippi

 38.5 34.6 34.2 (p)33.4 (p)-5.1 (p)-13.1

Tennessee

 107.2 103.8 102.5 (p)103.6 (p)-3.7 (p)-3.4

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

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)
Area

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United States

 3.5 4.0 4.1 4.3 0.8

South(1)

 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.6 0.3

South Atlantic

 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.4 0.4

Delaware

 3.9 3.9 4.0 (p)4.1 (p)0.2

District of Columbia

 4.7 5.3 5.4 (p)5.5 (p)0.8

Florida

 2.9 3.3 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.4

Georgia

 3.2 3.2 3.3 (p)3.4 (p)0.2

Maryland

 1.9 2.7 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)0.9

North Carolina

 3.4 3.6 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.3

South Carolina

 2.8 3.4 3.6 (p)3.9 (p)1.1

Virginia

 2.6 2.7 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)0.1

West Virginia

 4.0 4.2 4.1 (p)4.2 (p)0.2

East South Central

 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 0.1

Alabama

 2.4 3.0 2.9 (p)2.8 (p)0.4

Kentucky

 4.2 4.6 4.6 (p)4.7 (p)0.5

Mississippi

 3.1 2.8 2.8 (p)2.7 (p)-0.4

Tennessee

 3.2 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)-0.2

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

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)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Alabama

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville

 3.1 2.6 3.2 (p)3.6 (p)0.5

Auburn-Opelika

 2.5 2.3 2.9 (p)3.3 (p)0.8

Birmingham-Hoover

 2.4 2.2 2.7 (p)2.9 (p)0.5

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley

 2.3 2.2 2.7 (p)2.8 (p)0.5

Decatur

 2.2 2.0 2.4 (p)2.6 (p)0.4

Dothan

 2.7 2.4 2.9 (p)3.1 (p)0.4

Florence-Muscle Shoals

 2.8 2.5 3.2 (p)3.5 (p)0.7

Gadsden

 3.0 2.7 3.4 (p)3.7 (p)0.7

Huntsville

 2.1 2.0 2.5 (p)2.7 (p)0.6

Mobile

 3.2 2.9 3.5 (p)3.6 (p)0.4

Montgomery

 2.7 2.4 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)0.4

Tuscaloosa

 2.8 2.4 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.6

Florida

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

 3.3 3.0 3.6 (p)3.9 (p)0.6

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

 2.8 2.7 3.2 (p)3.4 (p)0.6

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

 3.5 3.3 4.0 (p)4.2 (p)0.7

Gainesville

 3.4 3.2 3.9 (p)3.9 (p)0.5

Homosassa Springs

 4.8 4.5 5.2 (p)5.9 (p)1.1

Jacksonville

 3.3 3.0 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven

 4.0 3.7 4.4 (p)4.7 (p)0.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 2.6 2.6 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.8

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach(1)

 3.1 2.8 3.4 (p)3.6 (p)0.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

 1.9 2.2 2.6 (p)3.1 (p)1.2

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach(1)

 3.3 2.9 3.5 (p)3.8 (p)0.5

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island

 3.2 2.7 3.3 (p)3.7 (p)0.5

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton

 3.2 3.0 3.5 (p)3.9 (p)0.7

Ocala

 3.9 3.6 4.4 (p)4.7 (p)0.8

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

 3.1 2.9 3.5 (p)3.7 (p)0.6

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

 3.1 3.0 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.7

Panama City

 2.9 2.8 3.3 (p)3.5 (p)0.6

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

 3.2 3.0 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.6

Port St. Lucie

 3.6 3.3 3.9 (p)4.2 (p)0.6

Punta Gorda

 3.6 3.4 3.9 (p)4.4 (p)0.8

Tallahassee

 3.4 3.2 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 3.2 3.0 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.6

Sebastian-Vero Beach

 3.8 3.5 4.1 (p)4.5 (p)0.7

Sebring

 4.6 4.2 5.1 (p)5.6 (p)1.0

The Villages

 4.4 4.2 4.7 (p)5.7 (p)1.3

Georgia

Albany

 3.9 4.1 4.8 (p)4.6 (p)0.7

Athens-Clarke County

 3.1 3.3 4.2 (p)4.0 (p)0.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 3.1 3.4 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)0.7

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 3.9 4.0 4.8 (p)4.9 (p)1.0

Brunswick

 2.8 3.2 3.7 (p)3.5 (p)0.7

Columbus, GA-AL

 3.8 3.8 4.5 (p)4.4 (p)0.6

Dalton

 4.2 4.0 4.6 (p)5.0 (p)0.8

Gainesville

 2.4 2.6 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)0.7

Hinesville

 3.2 3.5 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)0.6

Macon

 3.7 4.1 4.7 (p)4.6 (p)0.9

Rome

 3.4 3.3 3.9 (p)4.2 (p)0.8

Savannah

 2.8 3.0 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)0.6

Valdosta

 3.5 3.8 4.6 (p)4.5 (p)1.0

Warner Robins

 3.0 3.3 3.9 (p)3.7 (p)0.7

Kentucky

Bowling Green

 4.6 4.4 4.8 (p)5.1 (p)0.5

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox

 4.5 4.6 5.1 (p)5.5 (p)1.0

Lexington-Fayette

 3.9 3.8 4.2 (p)4.3 (p)0.4

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 3.9 4.0 4.4 (p)5.2 (p)1.3

Owensboro

 4.7 4.7 5.2 (p)5.4 (p)0.7

Mississippi

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula

 3.7 2.8 3.6 (p)3.1 (p)-0.6

Hattiesburg

 3.4 2.5 3.3 (p)3.0 (p)-0.4

Jackson

 3.4 2.5 3.3 (p)2.9 (p)-0.5

North Carolina

Asheville

 2.9 2.9 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.4

Burlington

 3.7 3.5 4.1 (p)4.3 (p)0.6

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 3.3 3.4 4.0 (p)4.2 (p)0.9

Durham-Chapel Hill

 3.2 3.1 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.5

Fayetteville

 5.0 4.6 5.4 (p)5.8 (p)0.8

Goldsboro

 3.9 3.7 4.3 (p)4.6 (p)0.7

Greensboro-High Point

 4.1 4.0 4.7 (p)5.0 (p)0.9

Greenville

 4.4 3.9 4.7 (p)4.9 (p)0.5

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

 3.4 3.5 4.1 (p)4.1 (p)0.7

Jacksonville

 4.3 4.1 4.7 (p)5.0 (p)0.7

New Bern

 3.5 3.4 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.5

Raleigh

 3.2 3.1 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)0.6

Rocky Mount

 5.2 4.7 5.5 (p)6.0 (p)0.8

Wilmington

 3.3 3.1 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.3

Winston-Salem

 3.6 3.5 4.1 (p)4.3 (p)0.7

South Carolina

Charleston-North Charleston

 2.6 3.0 3.9 (p)4.2 (p)1.6

Columbia

 2.9 3.5 4.5 (p)4.7 (p)1.8

Florence

 3.2 3.7 4.7 (p)5.0 (p)1.8

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin

 2.8 3.5 4.4 (p)4.7 (p)1.9

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort

 2.9 3.4 4.6 (p)4.9 (p)2.0

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC

 3.3 3.9 4.8 (p)4.8 (p)1.5

Spartanburg

 3.2 3.6 4.6 (p)5.2 (p)2.0

Sumter

 3.8 4.6 5.7 (p)5.9 (p)2.1

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 3.3 2.8 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)0.2

Clarksville, TN-KY

 4.3 3.7 4.6 (p)4.5 (p)0.2

Cleveland

 3.8 3.0 3.9 (p)3.7 (p)-0.1

Jackson

 3.5 2.9 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

Johnson City

 3.6 3.0 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)0.0

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

 3.6 3.0 3.8 (p)3.7 (p)0.1

Knoxville

 3.4 2.6 3.4 (p)3.2 (p)-0.2

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 4.4 3.5 4.6 (p)4.6 (p)0.2

Morristown

 3.7 2.9 3.9 (p)3.6 (p)-0.1

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin

 2.8 2.3 3.0 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(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)
Area

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United States

 156,211 158,430 158,548 (p)158,637 (p)2,426 (p)1.6

Alabama

 2,164.3 2,204.8 2,211.8 (p)2,218.9 (p)54.6 (p)2.5

Delaware

 484.8 490.3 489.7 (p)490.0 (p)5.2 (p)1.1

District of Columbia

 767.5 772.9 771.7 (p)771.7 (p)4.2 (p)0.5

Florida

 9,760.3 9,952.0 9,968.0 (p)9,989.8 (p)229.5 (p)2.4

Georgia

 4,903.3 4,970.9 4,978.3 (p)4,980.9 (p)77.6 (p)1.6

Kentucky

 2,015.6 2,042.8 2,045.0 (p)2,039.4 (p)23.8 (p)1.2

Maryland

 2,752.4 2,757.6 2,763.0 (p)2,769.1 (p)16.7 (p)0.6

Mississippi

 1,178.5 1,191.2 1,189.2 (p)1,192.2 (p)13.7 (p)1.2

North Carolina

 4,941.0 5,008.5 5,019.2 (p)5,019.9 (p)78.9 (p)1.6

South Carolina

 2,305.0 2,374.6 2,382.4 (p)2,390.8 (p)85.8 (p)3.7

Tennessee

 3,309.8 3,331.2 3,330.4 (p)3,332.4 (p)22.6 (p)0.7

Virginia

 4,171.8 4,245.9 4,251.4 (p)4,256.2 (p)84.4 (p)2.0

West Virginia

 709.1 720.7 717.9 (p)717.2 (p)8.1 (p)1.1

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.