Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT191978000000006A
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 10:46 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 238574
1991-01-01 242476
1992-01-01 253193
1993-01-01 261280
1994-01-01 264249
1995-01-01 268695
1996-01-01 272960
1997-01-01 270812
1998-01-01 273223
1999-01-01 272634
2000-01-01 275757
2001-01-01 280161
2002-01-01 289156
2003-01-01 286950
2004-01-01 290386
2005-01-01 296041
2006-01-01 304569
2007-01-01 310006
2008-01-01 315336
2009-01-01 316926
2010-01-01 322067
2011-01-01 322510
2012-01-01 324190
2013-01-01 331700
2014-01-01 338986
2015-01-01 339917
2016-01-01 345948
2017-01-01 351434
2018-01-01 358926
2019-01-01 368919
2020-01-01 356161
2021-01-01 362966
2022-01-01 374071
2023-01-01 379416

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