Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Employed Persons in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT482642000000005A
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 1925576
1991-01-01 1961289
1992-01-01 1979374
1993-01-01 2008180
1994-01-01 2056583
1995-01-01 2100738
1996-01-01 2132513
1997-01-01 2185616
1998-01-01 2263154
1999-01-01 2285616
2000-01-01 2283179
2001-01-01 2318393
2002-01-01 2345752
2003-01-01 2363839
2004-01-01 2396196
2005-01-01 2456800
2006-01-01 2526751
2007-01-01 2589040
2008-01-01 2640498
2009-01-01 2625231
2010-01-01 2727403
2011-01-01 2794837
2012-01-01 2900976
2013-01-01 2983316
2014-01-01 3072718
2015-01-01 3107962
2016-01-01 3125997
2017-01-01 3142202
2018-01-01 3209947
2019-01-01 3270640
2020-01-01 3106692
2021-01-01 3220354
2022-01-01 3362820
2023-01-01 3469061

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