NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA) Series ID: LAUMT114790000000006A 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. Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed. 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. Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed. For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions (https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm). DATE VALUE 1990-01-01 2386342 1991-01-01 2418723 1992-01-01 2456007 1993-01-01 2453809 1994-01-01 2497933 1995-01-01 2511588 1996-01-01 2510255 1997-01-01 2522876 1998-01-01 2555259 1999-01-01 2614603 2000-01-01 2694458 2001-01-01 2740394 2002-01-01 2776239 2003-01-01 2796796 2004-01-01 2841068 2005-01-01 2911759 2006-01-01 2971345 2007-01-01 3005389 2008-01-01 3069341 2009-01-01 3090985 2010-01-01 3154587 2011-01-01 3197939 2012-01-01 3234610 2013-01-01 3260090 2014-01-01 3270370 2015-01-01 3280003 2016-01-01 3321551 2017-01-01 3399862 2018-01-01 3425517 2019-01-01 3491973 2020-01-01 3403737 2021-01-01 3355874 2022-01-01 3409008 2023-01-01 3482499