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>>	Local Area Unemployment Statistics ( BLS ftp la ) Unemployment and employment by state, county and city.

Areas (states)

Notes on variable codes.

1.States	13.District of Columbia	25.Maryland	37.New York	49.Utah
2.States seas adj	14.Florida	26.Massachusetts	38.North Carolina	50.Vermont
3.RegionsDivisionsU	15.Georgia	27.Michigan	39.North Dakota	51.Virginia
4.RegionsDivisionsS	16.Hawaii	28.Minnesota	40.Ohio	52.Washington
5.Alabama	17.Idaho	29.Mississippi	41.Oklahoma	53.West Virginia
6.Alaska	18.Illinois	30.Missouri	42.Oregon	54.Wisconsin
7.Arizona	19.Indiana	31.Montana	43.Pennsylvania	55.Wyoming
8.Arkansas	20.Iowa	32.Nebraska	44.Rhode Island	56.Puerto Rico
9.California	21.Kansas	33.Nevada	45.South Carolina	57.Micro
10.Colorado	22.Kentucky	34.New Hampshire	46.South Dakota	58.Metro
11.Connecticut	23.Louisiana	35.New Jersey	47.Tennessee	59.Division
12.Delaware	24.Maine	36.New Mexico	48.Texas	60.Combined

[RD] = Region and Division	[CC] = Consortium Component (under CETA)
[ST] = State	[ME] = Maine cities and towns
[MT] = Metropolitan Area	[NH] = New Hamphire town
[DV] = Metropolitan Division	[VT] = Vermont town
[MC] = Micropolitan Area	[PT] = Part of a City
[CA] = Combined Area	[IM] = Intrastate Part of an Interstate Metropolitan Statistical Area
[PA] = Program Agent	[ID] = Intrastate Part of an Interstate Metropolitan Division
[PS] = Prime Sponsor	[SA] = Multi-County Small Labor Market Area
[CN] = County	[BS] = Balance of State
[CT] = City

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Division | Unemployment Rate | Quarterly | BLS ftp file
Units: percent of employed persons to labor force.

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3	Metropolitan divisions ( C )

1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale; CA Metropolitan Division - seasonally adjusted	Unemployment Rate	sa	LASDV06310803	1976 - 2012 q2	11.618	11.781	12.098	12.464	12.323	12.357	12.721	12.709	12.513	12.400	12.284	12.078	11.485	10.575	9.229	7.957	6.834	5.963	5.484	5.103	4.879	4.738	4.636	4.715	4.833	5.024	5.113	5.052	5.405	5.823	6.166	6.483	6.737	6.710	6.921	7.210	7.045
2	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall; FL Metropolitan Division - seasonally adjusted	Unemployment Rate	sa	LASDV12331203	1983 - 2012 q2	9.589	10.190	10.260	10.820	11.876	12.362	12.492	12.416	12.514	12.420	11.904	11.697	11.439	9.979	8.026	6.610	5.522	4.909	4.531	4.251	3.905	3.678	4.062	4.154	4.075	4.015	4.266	4.460	4.660	5.000	5.277	5.404	5.573	5.618	5.669	5.865	5.989
3	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville; IL Metropolitan Division - seasonally adjusted	Unemployment Rate	sa	LASDV17169703	1983 - 2012 q2	8.608	9.048	10.235	10.457	9.839	9.357	9.775	10.181	10.553	11.085	11.231	10.694	9.867	8.508	7.148	6.425	5.856	5.315	5.187	5.070	4.789	4.442	4.219	4.288	4.474	4.878	5.484	5.974	6.235	6.254	6.300	6.343	6.306	6.382	6.768	7.160	6.971
4	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett; WA Metropolitan Division - seasonally adjusted	Unemployment Rate	sa	LASDV53426403	1983 - 2012 q2	7.108	7.440	7.866	8.347	8.596	8.882	9.436	9.509	9.431	9.585	9.679	9.492	8.971	7.704	5.961	4.772	4.122	3.755	3.673	3.620	3.660	3.952	4.286	4.294	4.290	4.366	4.637	4.755	4.834	4.990	5.070	5.137	5.395	5.706	6.049	6.403	6.667
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale; CA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV06310803	1976 - 2012 q2	11.034	11.966	11.783	12.867	12.089	12.445	12.555	13.029	12.242	12.604	11.974	12.423	11.219	10.802	8.946	8.284	6.626	6.053	5.292	5.419	4.673	4.873	4.353	5.078	4.646	5.050	5.006	5.237	5.295	5.880	6.002	6.669	6.634	6.762	6.716	7.447	6.894
6	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward; CA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV06360803	1990 - 2012 q2	9.009	9.631	9.602	10.598	10.410	10.907	10.861	11.387	11.098	11.474	10.886	11.110	10.144	9.271	7.222	6.620	5.576	5.225	4.797	4.955	4.481	4.557	4.078	4.461	4.331	4.611	4.635	5.114	4.972	5.396	5.143	5.623	5.768	6.297	6.088	6.715	6.720
7	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City; CA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV06418803	1990 - 2012 q2	6.998	7.620	7.544	8.318	8.203	8.631	8.666	9.056	8.932	9.463	8.858	9.117	8.443	7.678	5.799	5.379	4.528	4.259	3.964	4.188	3.847	3.968	3.552	3.976	3.852	4.183	4.226	4.624	4.498	4.889	4.776	5.141	5.283	5.730	5.584	6.252	6.323
8	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine; CA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV06420403	1990 - 2012 q2	7.419	8.047	8.101	8.938	8.714	8.997	9.115	9.638	9.338	9.790	9.416	9.580	8.621	7.793	6.211	5.759	4.732	4.381	4.129	4.186	3.657	3.590	3.234	3.554	3.326	3.473	3.556	3.870	3.669	3.976	3.872	4.256	4.302	4.604	4.457	4.903	4.820
9	Wilmington; DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV10488603	1990 - 2012 q2	7.209	7.783	7.289	8.114	7.771	8.339	8.022	8.713	8.689	9.418	8.419	8.711	8.415	7.990	5.875	5.455	4.381	4.236	3.525	3.793	3.637	3.962	3.439	4.165	3.952	4.148	4.091	4.389	4.260	4.635	3.960	4.537	4.139	4.488	3.869	4.790	4.636
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria; DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV11478903	1990 - 2012 q2	5.121	5.746	5.574	6.098	5.887	6.098	6.023	6.339	6.327	6.985	6.440	6.459	6.248	5.891	4.454	4.027	3.463	3.323	2.968	3.080	2.938	3.109	2.954	3.310	3.153	3.178	3.190	3.488	3.671	3.826	3.619	3.808	3.795	3.936	3.680	4.018	4.136
11	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach; FL Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV12227403	1990 - 2012 q2	7.203	7.911	8.755	9.531	9.103	9.393	9.526	9.803	9.287	9.809	9.588	9.656	8.677	7.916	6.461	5.991	4.772	4.191	3.802	3.739	3.124	3.030	2.903	3.245	2.957	3.059	3.297	3.563	3.617	4.020	4.156	4.597	4.628	4.826	4.867	5.511	5.568
12	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall; FL Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV12331203	1983 - 2012 q2	8.958	9.544	10.108	11.256	12.264	11.562	12.428	13.051	12.658	11.840	11.730	12.176	11.764	9.491	7.813	7.003	5.639	4.633	4.440	4.552	3.952	3.510	3.917	4.528	4.062	3.801	4.232	4.743	4.670	4.739	5.312	5.637	5.522	5.435	5.680	6.191	5.937
13	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach; FL Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV12484203	1990 - 2012 q2	8.464	9.203	10.191	11.316	10.603	10.916	11.234	11.898	11.097	11.425	11.178	11.491	10.080	9.266	7.765	7.457	5.713	5.095	4.718	4.888	3.787	3.572	3.504	4.132	3.401	3.394	3.819	4.461	4.161	4.508	4.783	5.573	5.084	5.011	5.189	6.245	5.867
14	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville; IL Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV17169703	1983 - 2012 q2	8.987	9.140	9.522	10.466	10.157	9.622	9.274	10.116	10.808	11.520	10.680	10.451	10.284	8.856	6.622	6.434	6.032	5.558	4.862	5.039	4.962	4.705	3.808	4.370	4.549	5.091	5.155	5.916	6.459	6.513	5.948	6.294	6.427	6.671	6.309	7.173	7.075
15	Lake County-Kenosha County; IL-WI Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV17294003	1990 - 2012 q2	8.072	9.955	8.855	9.195	8.836	10.572	9.356	9.856	10.252	12.802	10.840	10.017	8.999	9.543	6.932	6.437	5.592	6.438	4.971	4.911	4.751	5.633	4.030	4.432	4.468	5.694	4.581	4.658	4.752	6.036	4.991	5.070	5.298	6.695	5.384	5.742	5.680
16	Gary; IN Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV18238403	1990 - 2012 q2	8.411	9.430	8.963	9.468	9.005	9.873	9.440	10.034	10.290	11.739	10.384	10.304	10.535	10.307	6.873	5.633	5.078	5.567	4.569	4.573	4.577	5.698	4.606	5.318	5.561	5.974	5.247	5.438	5.533	6.573	5.452	5.532	5.842	6.661	5.657	5.822	5.765
17	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick; MD Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV24136403	1990 - 2012 q2	4.989	5.268	4.926	5.507	5.434	5.523	5.675	5.994	5.966	6.437	6.070	6.061	5.819	5.361	3.997	3.504	2.952	2.631	2.433	2.696	2.663	2.845	2.729	3.047	2.918	2.833	2.820	3.081	3.159	3.406	3.077	3.226	3.259	3.375	3.079	3.338	3.484
18	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy; MA NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25716503	1990 - 2012 q2	4.901	5.824	5.583	6.388	6.300	6.695	6.637	7.246	7.266	7.762	7.276	7.693	7.102	6.709	5.198	4.967	4.368	4.162	3.591	3.975	3.956	4.231	3.827	4.356	4.353	4.439	4.071	4.356	4.304	4.599	4.128	4.720	4.875	5.300	4.971	5.686	5.531
19	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton; MA NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25721003	1990 - 2012 q2	6.799	8.240	7.559	8.627	8.541	9.470	8.727	9.525	9.547	10.514	9.270	9.579	8.770	8.821	6.604	6.292	5.496	5.729	4.642	5.096	4.967	5.651	4.748	5.461	5.247	5.652	4.876	5.357	5.163	5.811	4.939	5.636	5.759	6.459	5.555	6.333	6.049
20	Framingham; MA NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25731003	1990 - 2012 q2	4.384	5.355	4.884	5.642	5.532	6.109	5.909	6.464	6.548	7.289	6.670	7.038	6.511	6.319	4.655	4.386	3.881	3.921	3.202	3.465	3.484	4.023	3.401	3.815	3.823	4.200	3.607	3.761	3.737	4.304	3.652	4.132	4.364	5.116	4.621	5.217	5.237
21	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury; MA-NH NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25736003	1990 - 2012 q2	5.660	6.908	6.224	6.739	6.635	7.585	7.059	7.411	7.618	8.801	7.986	8.187	7.645	7.783	5.805	5.405	4.667	4.893	3.928	4.175	4.213	4.807	4.105	4.397	4.343	4.933	4.375	4.596	4.512	5.364	4.618	5.057	5.256	6.165	5.385	5.979	5.824
22	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem; MA-NH NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25742003	1990 - 2012 q2	9.708	11.458	10.682	11.544	11.445	12.406	11.783	11.952	11.947	13.295	12.348	12.553	11.721	11.587	8.982	8.488	7.096	7.439	6.262	6.627	6.657	7.545	6.726	6.905	7.051	7.968	7.139	7.458	7.330	8.537	7.801	8.114	8.406	9.712	8.922	9.588	9.371
23	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford; MA-NH NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25748003	1990 - 2012 q2	6.157	7.321	6.783	7.708	7.613	8.179	7.799	8.510	8.594	9.568	8.874	9.371	8.502	8.200	6.100	5.762	4.948	5.013	4.155	4.601	4.565	5.111	4.399	4.934	4.808	5.201	4.705	5.090	5.011	5.747	5.040	5.616	5.701	6.537	6.010	6.887	6.825
24	Peabody; MA NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25765203	1990 - 2012 q2	5.850	6.977	6.415	7.106	7.081	7.649	7.411	8.052	8.153	8.876	8.219	8.651	8.115	7.875	6.005	5.567	4.908	4.892	4.113	4.531	4.526	4.990	4.393	4.997	5.077	5.230	4.759	4.996	4.982	5.450	4.913	5.470	5.582	6.040	5.560	6.291	6.128
25	Taunton-Norton-Raynham; MA NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV25782503	1990 - 2012 q2	6.212	7.677	6.918	7.977	7.862	8.962	8.139	8.761	8.951	10.179	8.829	9.160	8.573	8.908	6.391	6.010	5.272	5.606	4.208	4.689	4.630	5.393	4.274	4.985	4.943	5.612	4.431	4.747	4.629	5.626	4.492	5.089	5.202	6.153	4.989	5.626	5.502
26	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn; MI Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV26198003	1990 - 2012 q2	9.765	11.145	11.040	13.384	12.630	13.168	13.123	14.939	14.803	16.225	15.942	17.316	16.201	14.874	11.177	10.532	8.964	8.717	8.509	9.316	8.296	8.463	8.114	9.026	7.875	8.478	8.051	8.797	8.504	9.256	8.762	9.068	8.195	8.438	7.851	8.944	8.659
27	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills; MI Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV26476403	1990 - 2012 q2	8.048	9.486	9.214	11.190	10.953	11.707	11.498	13.001	13.347	14.970	14.232	15.277	14.157	13.142	9.204	8.040	7.091	7.217	6.473	6.944	6.587	6.928	6.197	6.634	6.089	6.716	5.866	6.066	6.273	7.065	6.292	6.290	5.817	6.344	5.527	6.288	6.248
28	Nashua; NH-MA NECTA Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV33754003	1990 - 2012 q2	4.765	5.853	5.211	5.739	5.468	6.097	5.722	6.137	6.279	7.371	6.655	6.900	6.275	6.026	4.153	3.958	3.577	3.939	3.147	3.472	3.561	4.167	3.413	3.681	3.616	4.103	3.556	3.778	3.785	4.413	3.640	4.065	4.355	5.205	4.714	5.219	5.181
29	Camden; NJ Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV34158003	1990 - 2012 q2	9.414	9.909	9.239	10.023	9.684	10.200	9.625	10.067	9.867	10.612	9.562	9.633	8.875	8.462	6.242	5.816	4.967	5.139	4.244	4.474	4.186	4.594	4.080	4.947	4.728	4.994	4.284	4.383	4.018	4.696	3.983	4.701	4.773	5.450	4.850	5.623	5.449
30	Edison-New Brunswick; NJ Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV34207603	1990 - 2012 q2	8.555	8.957	8.251	8.732	8.481	9.051	8.394	8.818	8.757	9.571	8.591	8.788	8.274	8.020	5.658	5.229	4.558	4.778	3.738	3.927	3.687	4.189	3.595	4.388	4.365	4.690	4.082	4.151	3.848	4.522	3.774	4.432	4.560	5.397	4.833	5.521	5.482
31	Newark-Union; NJ-PA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV34350803	1990 - 2012 q2	8.779	9.211	8.581	9.388	9.177	9.628	8.924	9.420	9.273	9.999	8.973	9.297	8.635	8.181	5.950	5.655	4.979	5.114	4.099	4.381	4.157	4.568	3.979	4.837	4.753	5.028	4.401	4.568	4.262	4.874	4.182	4.932	5.090	5.885	5.325	6.120	6.074
32	Nassau-Suffolk; NY Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV36350003	1990 - 2012 q2	7.132	7.582	6.796	7.091	6.766	7.577	7.089	7.294	7.079	8.010	7.190	7.400	7.056	7.123	5.360	5.089	4.410	4.665	3.869	4.001	3.504	3.993	3.449	3.992	3.908	4.325	3.955	4.186	3.972	4.579	4.173	4.453	4.478	5.292	4.578	4.810	4.625
33	New York-White Plains-Wayne; NY-NJ Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV36356403	1990 - 2012 q2	8.577	9.520	8.651	8.992	8.502	8.922	8.813	9.313	9.212	9.938	9.492	9.622	8.676	8.106	6.242	5.699	4.790	4.853	4.582	4.956	4.464	4.717	4.210	4.888	4.776	5.286	5.287	5.388	5.081	5.626	5.530	6.242	6.427	7.352	7.023	7.564	7.369
34	Philadelphia; PA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV42379603	1990 - 2012 q2	7.388	8.407	7.817	8.575	8.197	8.502	8.098	8.540	8.544	8.927	8.019	8.243	7.611	7.393	5.760	5.620	5.000	5.033	4.271	4.500	4.246	4.462	4.008	4.627	4.565	4.811	4.537	4.829	4.838	5.457	4.793	5.327	5.425	5.883	5.259	5.674	5.572
35	Dallas-Plano-Irving; TX Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV48191203	1990 - 2012 q2	6.509	7.215	7.248	8.089	7.904	8.085	7.967	8.209	8.102	8.427	7.989	8.270	7.570	7.156	5.776	5.419	4.612	4.554	4.253	4.469	4.189	4.468	4.292	4.952	4.952	5.089	4.880	5.237	5.212	5.648	5.607	5.896	5.968	6.379	6.200	6.920	6.996
36	Fort Worth-Arlington; TX Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV48231003	1990 - 2012 q2	6.349	7.059	7.064	8.024	7.860	8.068	7.969	8.288	8.152	8.496	7.984	8.248	7.521	6.903	5.410	5.157	4.436	4.363	4.064	4.385	4.162	4.534	4.239	4.911	4.840	4.889	4.665	5.109	5.036	5.482	5.196	5.542	5.607	5.968	5.724	6.469	6.511
37	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett; WA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV53426403	1983 - 2012 q2	6.382	7.762	7.698	8.297	8.491	9.136	9.407	9.405	9.281	9.917	9.583	9.364	8.859	8.094	5.821	4.716	4.054	3.913	3.635	3.604	3.561	4.163	4.229	4.257	4.214	4.501	4.654	4.654	4.747	5.214	5.074	4.952	5.290	5.942	5.983	6.168	6.618
38	Tacoma; WA Metropolitan Division - unadjusted	Unemployment Rate	nsa	LAUDV53451003	1990 - 2012 q2	8.984	9.476	9.052	9.637	9.847	10.644	9.527	9.746	10.183	11.479	9.833	9.790	9.829	9.206	6.318	5.661	5.427	5.485	4.619	4.729	4.649	5.116	4.584	5.068	5.217	5.465	5.161	5.603	6.016	6.632	6.112	6.567	7.162	8.096	7.619	8.315	8.328