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BLS_Monthly_Unemployment_Current_14_Months (FeatureServer)

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Service Description: BLS

Service ItemId: 993b8c64a67a4c6faa44a91846547786

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Max Record Count: 2000

Supported query Formats: JSON

Supports applyEdits with GlobalIds: False

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Description:
This layer contains the latest 14 months of unemployment statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The data is offered at the nationwide, state, and county geography levels. Puerto Rico is included. These are not seasonally adjusted values.

The layer is updated monthly with the newest unemployment statistics available from BLS. There are attributes in the layer that specify which month is associated to each statistic. 

Most current month: February 2024 (preliminary values at the state and county level)

The attributes included for each month are:
Data obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data downloaded: April 03, 2024
Local Area Unemployment Statistics table download: https://www.bls.gov/lau/#tables
Local Area Unemployment FTP downloads:
Data Notes:
  • This layer is updated automatically when the BLS releases their most current monthly statistics. The layer always contains the most recent estimates. It is updated within days of the BLS's county release schedule. BLS releases their county statistics roughly 2 months after-the-fact. 
  • The data is joined to 2021 TIGER boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Monthly values are subject to revision over time.
  • For national values, employed plus unemployed may not sum to total labor force due to rounding.
  • As of the January 2022 estimates released on March 18th, 2022, BLS is reporting new data for the two new census areas in Alaska - Copper River and Chugach - and historical data for the previous census area - Valdez Cordova.

To better understand the different labor force statistics included in this map, see the diagram below from BLS:



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