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Providence-Fall River-Warwick NECTA Labor Force Statistics*
Seasonally Adjusted
2000 - Present
Download (xls) (pdf)

Information on Smoothed Seasonally Adjusted Metropolitan Area Estimates from BLS

 

Month

Year

   Labor
   Force

   Employed

  Unemployed

Unemployment
Rate
March 2012 691,802 616,859 74,943 10.8
February 2012 694,621 619,083 75,538 10.9
January 2012 697,266 622,160 75,106 10.8
December 2011 701,121 625,279 75,842 10.8
November 2011 700,085 625,221 74,864 10.7
October 2011 698,666 625,003 73,663 10.5
September 2011 697,578 623,973 73,605 10.6
August 2011 698,774 624,530 74,244 10.6
July 2011 702,150 625,241 76,909 11.0
June 2011 704,485 627,163 77,322 11.0
May 2011 707,486 628,841 78,645 11.1
April 2011 708,789 630,439 78,350 11.1
March 2011 709,478 630,877 78,601 11.1
February 2011 710,277 631,496 78,781 11.1
January 2011 712,665 632,844 79,821 11.2
December 2010 714,721 632,658 82,063 11.5
November 2010 714,723 632,514 82,209 11.5
October 2010 714,720 632,372 82,348 11.5
September 2010 714,572 632,146 82,426 11.5
August 2010 714,346 631,858 82,488 11.5
July 2010 714,206 631,456 82,750 11.6
June 2010 714,216 630,889 83,327 11.7
May 2010 714,132 629,993 84,139 11.8
April 2010 713,746 628,820 84,926 11.9
March 2010 712,784 627,426 85,358 12.0
February 2010 711,167 625,805 85,362 12.0
January 2010 709,086 624,146 84,940 12.0
December 2009 706,989 622,820 84,169 11.9
November 2009 705,444 622,196 83,248 11.8
October 2009 704,693 622,343 82,350 11.7
September 2009 704,468 623,005 81,463 11.6
August 2009 704,316 623,866 80,450 11.4
July 2009 703,995 624,757 79,238 11.3
June 2009 703,417 625,576 77,841 11.1
May 2009 702,702 626,388 76,314 10.9
April 2009 702,101 627,532 74,569 10.6
March 2009 701,876 629,308 72,568 10.3
February 2009 702,267 631,984 70,283 10.0
January 2009 703,283 635,414 67,869 9.7
December 2008 704,690 639,193 65,497 9.3
November 2008 706,150 642,936 63,214 9.0
October 2008 707,413 646,330 61,083 8.6
September 2008 708,351 649,296 59,055 8.3
August 2008 708,967 651,899 57,068 8.0
July 2008 709,130 654,199 54,931 7.7
June 2008 708,874 656,296 52,578 7.4
May 2008 708,499 658,311 50,188 7.1
April 2008 708,320 660,298 48,022 6.8
March 2008 708,511 662,251 46,260 6.5
February 2008 709,095 664,234 44,861 6.3
January 2008 709,887 666,162 43,725 6.2
December 2007 710,652 667,902 42,750 6.0
November 2007 711,232 669,359 41,873 5.9
October 2007 711,529 670,596 40,933 5.8
September 2007 711,554 671,573 39,981 5.6
August 2007 711,446 672,332 39,114 5.5
July 2007 711,405 673,060 38,345 5.4
June 2007 711,582 673,915 37,667 5.3
May 2007 711,941 674,938 37,003 5.2
April 2007 712,466 676,032 36,434 5.1
March 2007 713,116 677,055 36,061 5.1
February 2007 713,780 677,844 35,936 5.0
January 2007 714,230 678,184 36,046 5.0
December 2006 714,265 677,937 36,328 5.1
November 2006 713,719 677,053 36,666 5.1
October 2006 712,707 675,723 36,984 5.2
September 2006 711,579 674,332 37,247 5.2
August 2006 710,659 673,204 37,455 5.3
July 2006 710,103 672,316 37,787 5.3
June 2006 709,734 671,594 38,140 5.4
May 2006 709,226 670,827 38,399 5.4
April 2006 708,296 669,857 38,439 5.4
March 2006 706,834 668,667 38,167 5.4
February 2006 705,116 667,307 37,809 5.4
January 2006 703,604 666,053 37,551 5.3
December 2005 702,614 665,129 37,485 5.3
November 2005 702,175 664,527 37,648 5.4
October 2005 701,941 664,095 37,846 5.4
September 2005 701,484 663,655 37,829 5.4
August 2005 700,470 662,997 37,473 5.3
July 2005 698,899 661,983 36,916 5.3
June 2005 696,905 660,573 36,332 5.2
May 2005 694,777 658,835 35,942 5.2
April 2005 692,808 657,046 35,762 5.2
March 2005 691,267 655,518 35,749 5.2
February 2005 690,197 654,418 35,779 5.2
January 2005 689,444 653,715 35,729 5.2
December 2004 689,040 653,340 35,700 5.2
November 2004 688,975 653,213 35,762 5.2
October 2004 689,213 653,187 36,026 5.2
September 2004 689,574 653,081 36,493 5.3
August 2004 689,904 652,831 37,073 5.4
July 2004 690,098 652,455 37,643 5.5
June 2004 690,176 652,020 38,156 5.5
May 2004 690,240 651,696 38,544 5.6
April 2004 690,482 651,670 38,812 5.6
March 2004 691,134 652,103 39,031 5.6
February 2004 692,250 653,047 39,203 5.7
January 2004 693,680 654,369 39,311 5.7
December 2003 695,012 655,667 39,345 5.7
November 2003 696,009 656,646 39,363 5.7
October 2003 696,730 657,286 39,444 5.7
September 2003 697,360 657,706 39,654 5.7
August 2003 698,000 658,103 39,897 5.7
July 2003 698,669 658,629 40,040 5.7
June 2003 699,455 659,461 39,994 5.7
May 2003 700,164 660,459 39,705 5.7
April 2003 700,520 661,242 39,278 5.6
March 2003 700,264 661,423 38,841 5.5
February 2003 699,485 660,875 38,610 5.5
January 2003 698,458 659,792 38,666 5.5
December 2002 697,378 658,478 38,900 5.6
November 2002 696,118 657,112 39,006 5.6
October 2002 694,519 655,764 38,755 5.6
September 2002 692,599 654,403 38,196 5.5
August 2002 690,426 652,964 37,462 5.4
July 2002 688,215 651,549 36,666 5.3
June 2002 686,014 650,084 35,930 5.2
May 2002 684,049 648,649 35,400 5.2
April 2002 682,421 647,402 35,019 5.1
March 2002 681,005 646,264 34,741 5.1
February 2002 679,731 645,227 34,504 5.1
January 2002 678,456 644,284 34,172 5.0
December 2001 677,217 643,546 33,671 5.0
November 2001 676,260 643,148 33,112 4.9
October 2001 675,644 643,127 32,517 4.8
September 2001 675,206 643,361 31,845 4.7
August 2001 674,954 643,707 31,247 4.6
July 2001 674,874 644,002 30,872 4.6
June 2001 675,043 644,295 30,748 4.6
May 2001 675,563 644,862 30,701 4.5
April 2001 676,279 645,666 30,613 4.5
March 2001 676,952 646,616 30,336 4.5
February 2001 677,062 647,302 29,760 4.4
January 2001 676,485 647,412 29,073 4.3
December 2000 675,377 646,899 28,478 4.2
November 2000 673,956 645,941 28,015 4.2
October 2000 672,546 644,809 27,737 4.1
September 2000 671,568 643,963 27,605 4.1
August 2000 671,209 643,762 27,447 4.1
July 2000 671,465 644,234 27,231 4.1
June 2000 672,194 645,108 27,086 4.0
May 2000 673,110 645,996 27,114 4.0
April 2000 673,946 646,608 27,338 4.1
March 2000 674,664 646,959 27,705 4.1
February 2000 675,215 647,121 28,094 4.2
January 2000 675,783 647,210 28,573 4.2

*Subject to approval by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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