Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT114790000000006A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-05-01 10:36 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 2386342
1991-01-01 2418723
1992-01-01 2456007
1993-01-01 2453809
1994-01-01 2497933
1995-01-01 2511588
1996-01-01 2510255
1997-01-01 2522876
1998-01-01 2555259
1999-01-01 2614603
2000-01-01 2694458
2001-01-01 2740394
2002-01-01 2776239
2003-01-01 2796796
2004-01-01 2841068
2005-01-01 2911759
2006-01-01 2971345
2007-01-01 3005389
2008-01-01 3069341
2009-01-01 3090985
2010-01-01 3154587
2011-01-01 3197939
2012-01-01 3234610
2013-01-01 3260090
2014-01-01 3270370
2015-01-01 3280003
2016-01-01 3321551
2017-01-01 3399862
2018-01-01 3425517
2019-01-01 3491973
2020-01-01 3403737
2021-01-01 3355874
2022-01-01 3409008
2023-01-01 3482499

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