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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Every year we've loaded is kept, so you can see the trend

Code list Sample of 25 rows out of about 98 · 4 columns

code_type	code	code_text	extra_json
area_type	A	Statewide	No data
area_type	B	Metropolitan areas	No data
area_type	C	Metropolitan divisions	No data
area_type	D	Micropolitan areas	No data
area_type	E	Combined areas	No data
area_type	F	Counties and equivalents	No data
area_type	G	Cities and towns above 25,000 population	No data
area_type	H	Cities and towns below 25,000 population in New England	No data
area_type	I	Parts of cities that cross county boundaries	No data
area_type	J	Multi-entity small labor market areas	No data
area_type	K	Intrastate parts of interstate areas	No data
area_type	L	Balance of state areas	No data
area_type	M	Census regions	No data
area_type	N	Census divisions	No data
footnote	A	Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.	No data
footnote	G	Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.	No data
footnote	N	Not available.	No data
footnote	P	Preliminary.	No data
footnote	U	The annual average cannot be calculated due to missing monthly data.	No data
footnote	V	The survey was not conducted due to bad weather. Interpolated data were seasonally adjusted.	No data
footnote	W	The household survey was not conducted for this month due to bad weather. Data were interpolated.	No data
footnote	X	Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.	No data
footnote	Y	Data reflect controlling to interpolated statewide totals because the survey was not conducted.	No data
measure	03	unemployment rate	No data
measure	04	unemployment	No data

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