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United States Labor Force Statistics Not Seasonally Adjusted (in thousands) 1978 - Present Download (xls) (pdf)
Month
Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
September
2008
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
Annual Average
2007
December
November
October
153,516
146,743
6,773
4.4
153,400
146,448
6,952
4.5
153,493
146,406
7,088
4.6
154,871
147,315
7,556
4.9
154,252
146,958
7,295
4.7
152,350
145,864
6,486
4.3
151,829
145,297
6,532
152,236
145,323
6,913
151,879
144,479
7,400
151,924
144,275
7,649
5.0
2006
151,428
144,427
7,001
152,571
146,081
6,491
152,590
146,014
6,576
152,397
146,125
6,272
4.1
151,635
145,010
6,625
152,465
145,379
7,086
153,208
145,606
7,602
152,557
145,216
7,341
4.8
150,696
144,041
6,655
150,209
143,405
6,804
150,027
142,772
7,255
149,686
141,994
7,692
5.1
149,090
141,481
7,608
2005
149,320
141,730
7,591
149,874
142,918
6,956
150,239
142,968
7,271
150,304
143,340
6,964
149,838
142,579
7,259
150,469
143,142
7,327
151,122
143,283
7,839
5.2
150,327
142,456
7,870
148,878
141,591
7,287
148,274
140,939
7,335
147,745
139,759
7,986
5.4
147,649
139,100
8,549
5.8
147,125
138,682
8,444
5.7
2004
147,401
139,252
8,149
5.5
147,877
140,278
7,599
148,246
140,581
7,665
147,978
140,447
7,531
147,186
139,641
7,545
148,166
140,226
7,940
149,217
140,700
8,518
148,478
139,861
8,616
146,659
138,867
7,792
5.3
146,260
138,423
7,837
146,525
137,691
8,834
6.0
146,154
137,384
8,770
146,068
136,924
9,144
6.3
2003
146,510
137,736
8,774
146,501
138,556
7,945
146,969
138,700
8,269
5.6
146,787
138,619
8,169
146,166
137,731
8,436
146,967
138,137
8,830
147,822
138,503
9,319
148,117
138,468
9,649
6.5
146,067
137,567
8,500
145,925
137,424
8,501
145,801
136,783
9,018
6.2
145,693
136,433
9,260
6.4
145,301
135,907
9,395
2002
144,863
136,485
8,378
144,807
136,599
8,209
144,854
136,684
8,170
145,320
137,551
7,769
145,167
137,377
7,790
145,565
137,295
8,271
146,189
137,495
8,693
5.9
145,940
137,181
8,758
144,527
136,559
7,969
144,158
135,903
8,255
144,334
135,558
8,776
6.1
144,266
135,443
8,823
143,228
134,177
9,051
2001
143,734
136,933
6,801
144,042
136,269
7,773
143,987
136,370
7,617
144,060
136,885
7,175
143,601
136,835
6,766
143,826
136,809
7,017
145,097
138,239
6,858
144,553
137,737
6,816
143,023
137,121
5,901
143,026
137,022
6,004
4.2
143,664
137,155
6,509
143,100
136,577
6,523
142,828
136,181
6,647
2000
142,583
136,891
5,692
4.0
143,110
137,846
5,264
3.7
142,797
137,461
5,336
142,685
137,532
5,153
3.6
142,149
136,790
5,359
3.8
143,171
137,308
5,863
143,797
137,769
6,028
143,874
137,915
5,959
142,144
136,685
5,460
142,138
136,927
5,212
142,123
136,054
6,069
141,775
135,490
6,284
141,228
134,912
6,316
1999
139,368
133,488
5,880
139,941
134,696
5,245
139,895
134,515
5,380
139,761
134,390
5,372
139,217
133,555
5,661
140,090
134,264
5,826
141,119
134,800
6,319
140,666
134,395
6,271
138,919
133,411
5,507
138,240
132,552
5,688
138,418
132,299
6,119
138,202
131,639
6,563
137,943
131,339
6,604
1998
137,673
131,463
6,210
138,297
132,732
5,565
138,288
132,577
5,711
138,255
132,424
5,831
137,903
131,864
6,039
138,379
132,206
6,173
139,336
132,768
6,567
138,798
132,265
6,534
137,240
131,476
5,764
136,379
130,735
5,643
136,967
130,150
136,286
129,482
135,951
128,882
7,069
1997
136,297
129,558
6,739
136,742
130,785
5,957
136,912
130,999
5,914
136,665
130,671
5,995
136,375
129,972
6,403
137,460
130,865
6,594
138,331
131,350
6,981
137,557
130,463
7,094
135,963
129,565
6,398
135,180
128,629
6,551
135,524
128,125
7,399
134,535
126,887
7,647
134,317
126,384
7,933
1996
133,943
126,708
7,236
134,583
127,903
6,680
134,973
128,157
135,015
128,439
6,577
134,230
127,529
6,700
135,011
128,143
6,868
136,272
128,579
7,693
135,083
127,706
7,377
133,558
126,391
7,166
132,512
125,388
7,124
132,692
124,992
7,700
131,995
124,137
7,858
131,396
123,126
8,270
1995
132,304
124,900
7,404
132,008
125,136
6,872
132,622
125,599
7,024
132,863
125,979
6,884