BLS LAUS & USDA ERS

Unemployment

County labor force, employment, unemployment and rate, plus USDA's unemployment and income series.

Published by BLS LAUS & USDA ERS Finest detail county Tables 8

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BLS LAUS Sample of 25 rows out of about 22,500 · 8 columns

id	year	state_fips	county_fips	labor_force	employed	unemployed	unemployment_rate
1	2021	01	001	26742	26003	739	2.8
2	2021	01	003	107731	104804	2927	2.7
3	2021	01	005	9077	8622	455	5.0
4	2021	01	007	8657	8364	293	3.4
5	2021	01	009	25833	25241	592	2.3
6	2021	01	011	4115	3930	185	4.5
7	2021	01	013	8003	7555	448	5.6
8	2021	01	015	49896	48028	1868	3.7
9	2021	01	017	17075	16504	571	3.3
10	2021	01	019	10034	9748	286	2.9
11	2021	01	021	19078	18520	558	2.9
12	2021	01	023	4573	4378	195	4.3
13	2021	01	025	8521	8079	442	5.2
14	2021	01	027	5975	5809	166	2.8
15	2021	01	029	5866	5716	150	2.6
16	2021	01	031	22729	22128	601	2.6
17	2021	01	033	25150	24231	919	3.7
18	2021	01	035	4003	3799	204	5.1
19	2021	01	037	4233	4102	131	3.1
20	2021	01	039	15226	14770	456	3.0
21	2021	01	041	5477	5280	197	3.6
22	2021	01	043	38207	37291	916	2.4
23	2021	01	045	18493	17838	655	3.5
24	2021	01	047	14953	13957	996	6.7
25	2021	01	049	31377	30603	774	2.5

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