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Table Data - Employed Persons in Lafayette, LA (MSA)

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Title Employed Persons in Lafayette, LA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT222918000000005A
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.

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.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 163988
1991-01-01 166648
1992-01-01 165641
1993-01-01 165854
1994-01-01 170372
1995-01-01 173190
1996-01-01 178690
1997-01-01 184883
1998-01-01 188078
1999-01-01 182445
2000-01-01 186420
2001-01-01 189905
2002-01-01 186804
2003-01-01 186547
2004-01-01 187631
2005-01-01 197247
2006-01-01 209728
2007-01-01 211286
2008-01-01 214295
2009-01-01 208297
2010-01-01 206933
2011-01-01 208157
2012-01-01 214102
2013-01-01 216174
2014-01-01 219684
2015-01-01 212265
2016-01-01 201550
2017-01-01 201284
2018-01-01 202678
2019-01-01 203205
2020-01-01 192638
2021-01-01 200231
2022-01-01 205381
2023-01-01 206228

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