Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT421090000000006A
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 10:35 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 353132
1991-01-01 355084
1992-01-01 356746
1993-01-01 354440
1994-01-01 353131
1995-01-01 353055
1996-01-01 358956
1997-01-01 366343
1998-01-01 368973
1999-01-01 373970
2000-01-01 386373
2001-01-01 393389
2002-01-01 397341
2003-01-01 398311
2004-01-01 401776
2005-01-01 407550
2006-01-01 414305
2007-01-01 417432
2008-01-01 422763
2009-01-01 422988
2010-01-01 418345
2011-01-01 421927
2012-01-01 428355
2013-01-01 427613
2014-01-01 426573
2015-01-01 430733
2016-01-01 436582
2017-01-01 440953
2018-01-01 444261
2019-01-01 450841
2020-01-01 447017
2021-01-01 448884
2022-01-01 452545
2023-01-01 458526

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