Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in the District of Columbia

Title Civilian Labor Force in the District of Columbia
Series ID DCDIST5LFN
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:35 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.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 331867
1990-02-01 332025
1990-03-01 332170
1990-04-01 329009
1990-05-01 330027
1990-06-01 332372
1990-07-01 338249
1990-08-01 331261
1990-09-01 324946
1990-10-01 325051
1990-11-01 324524
1990-12-01 325756
1991-01-01 320458
1991-02-01 322139
1991-03-01 322298
1991-04-01 322281
1991-05-01 318163
1991-06-01 328876
1991-07-01 331462
1991-08-01 325002
1991-09-01 318501
1991-10-01 318084
1991-11-01 318834
1991-12-01 318975
1992-01-01 320142
1992-02-01 320677
1992-03-01 320171
1992-04-01 319927
1992-05-01 316611
1992-06-01 324524
1992-07-01 326711
1992-08-01 318611
1992-09-01 311464
1992-10-01 312005
1992-11-01 310935
1992-12-01 311334
1993-01-01 310953
1993-02-01 315083
1993-03-01 314641
1993-04-01 312190
1993-05-01 312603
1993-06-01 319330
1993-07-01 324336
1993-08-01 316840
1993-09-01 312054
1993-10-01 312574
1993-11-01 311810
1993-12-01 313194
1994-01-01 311119
1994-02-01 309120
1994-03-01 309125
1994-04-01 311201
1994-05-01 308928
1994-06-01 315174
1994-07-01 319623
1994-08-01 311895
1994-09-01 305555
1994-10-01 307064
1994-11-01 306807
1994-12-01 303146
1995-01-01 301441
1995-02-01 303031
1995-03-01 301902
1995-04-01 300571
1995-05-01 298634
1995-06-01 302727
1995-07-01 308516
1995-08-01 299703
1995-09-01 295897
1995-10-01 297560
1995-11-01 293752
1995-12-01 292549
1996-01-01 288992
1996-02-01 293147
1996-03-01 291394
1996-04-01 286586
1996-05-01 287272
1996-06-01 290817
1996-07-01 298927
1996-08-01 288983
1996-09-01 286982
1996-10-01 287650
1996-11-01 287455
1996-12-01 286903
1997-01-01 283482
1997-02-01 284745
1997-03-01 286646
1997-04-01 281935
1997-05-01 281969
1997-06-01 286782
1997-07-01 293137
1997-08-01 288465
1997-09-01 285518
1997-10-01 283410
1997-11-01 284945
1997-12-01 287062
1998-01-01 286779
1998-02-01 290121
1998-03-01 291052
1998-04-01 291940
1998-05-01 290399
1998-06-01 295605
1998-07-01 298610
1998-08-01 293833
1998-09-01 290181
1998-10-01 291544
1998-11-01 291308
1998-12-01 293434
1999-01-01 295292
1999-02-01 300604
1999-03-01 299556
1999-04-01 301640
1999-05-01 302429
1999-06-01 310059
1999-07-01 314655
1999-08-01 310886
1999-09-01 304740
1999-10-01 307523
1999-11-01 308219
1999-12-01 308801
2000-01-01 304881
2000-02-01 309494
2000-03-01 307967
2000-04-01 308515
2000-05-01 305041
2000-06-01 311332
2000-07-01 315282
2000-08-01 311436
2000-09-01 309802
2000-10-01 311658
2000-11-01 314858
2000-12-01 312955
2001-01-01 314372
2001-02-01 313050
2001-03-01 311567
2001-04-01 309719
2001-05-01 308661
2001-06-01 313508
2001-07-01 318978
2001-08-01 313708
2001-09-01 309836
2001-10-01 311887
2001-11-01 309231
2001-12-01 310223
2002-01-01 308307
2002-02-01 310034
2002-03-01 310232
2002-04-01 309731
2002-05-01 306268
2002-06-01 310698
2002-07-01 315992
2002-08-01 308640
2002-09-01 306294
2002-10-01 304500
2002-11-01 305679
2002-12-01 305777
2003-01-01 304797
2003-02-01 308037
2003-03-01 309131
2003-04-01 306103
2003-05-01 306514
2003-06-01 313684
2003-07-01 316586
2003-08-01 307923
2003-09-01 307091
2003-10-01 309036
2003-11-01 309043
2003-12-01 305110
2004-01-01 309336
2004-02-01 312262
2004-03-01 311211
2004-04-01 310126
2004-05-01 308501
2004-06-01 315676
2004-07-01 318151
2004-08-01 315638
2004-09-01 313917
2004-10-01 316465
2004-11-01 316950
2004-12-01 317679
2005-01-01 318083
2005-02-01 321042
2005-03-01 319470
2005-04-01 319491
2005-05-01 315799
2005-06-01 322170
2005-07-01 327513
2005-08-01 321434
2005-09-01 318194
2005-10-01 317244
2005-11-01 317331
2005-12-01 317903
2006-01-01 317961
2006-02-01 320886
2006-03-01 318660
2006-04-01 316025
2006-05-01 318766
2006-06-01 328599
2006-07-01 329776
2006-08-01 324252
2006-09-01 320095
2006-10-01 326434
2006-11-01 325904
2006-12-01 325669
2007-01-01 325724
2007-02-01 328366
2007-03-01 328188
2007-04-01 327216
2007-05-01 326768
2007-06-01 329873
2007-07-01 335015
2007-08-01 330156
2007-09-01 329447
2007-10-01 331667
2007-11-01 334140
2007-12-01 333444
2008-01-01 332574
2008-02-01 335654
2008-03-01 336505
2008-04-01 335857
2008-05-01 335862
2008-06-01 341064
2008-07-01 347703
2008-08-01 344367
2008-09-01 340354
2008-10-01 338707
2008-11-01 338314
2008-12-01 337772
2009-01-01 340028
2009-02-01 341809
2009-03-01 339521
2009-04-01 336215
2009-05-01 338374
2009-06-01 344789
2009-07-01 352836
2009-08-01 343278
2009-09-01 340710
2009-10-01 342326
2009-11-01 343476
2009-12-01 342549
2010-01-01 346396
2010-02-01 345389
2010-03-01 346643
2010-04-01 347064
2010-05-01 348104
2010-06-01 351603
2010-07-01 354192
2010-08-01 345053
2010-09-01 345294
2010-10-01 345010
2010-11-01 344969
2010-12-01 344287
2011-01-01 347269
2011-02-01 350077
2011-03-01 347518
2011-04-01 346821
2011-05-01 346515
2011-06-01 349285
2011-07-01 355192
2011-08-01 348882
2011-09-01 349979
2011-10-01 348810
2011-11-01 348080
2011-12-01 349411
2012-01-01 351736
2012-02-01 354690
2012-03-01 354778
2012-04-01 354560
2012-05-01 359171
2012-06-01 365627
2012-07-01 368917
2012-08-01 363802
2012-09-01 366005
2012-10-01 368562
2012-11-01 369640
2012-12-01 369435
2013-01-01 370752
2013-02-01 372549
2013-03-01 370615
2013-04-01 368661
2013-05-01 370418
2013-06-01 374435
2013-07-01 376559
2013-08-01 366107
2013-09-01 369225
2013-10-01 364996
2013-11-01 369287
2013-12-01 368391
2014-01-01 368541
2014-02-01 371999
2014-03-01 370870
2014-04-01 366673
2014-05-01 371968
2014-06-01 377392
2014-07-01 382479
2014-08-01 373212
2014-09-01 376900
2014-10-01 380219
2014-11-01 378879
2014-12-01 375084
2015-01-01 379413
2015-02-01 381449
2015-03-01 379364
2015-04-01 380241
2015-05-01 378390
2015-06-01 383019
2015-07-01 388920
2015-08-01 381973
2015-09-01 378599
2015-10-01 382198
2015-11-01 382267
2015-12-01 382745
2016-01-01 383396
2016-02-01 386945
2016-03-01 387372
2016-04-01 386233
2016-05-01 383412
2016-06-01 389234
2016-07-01 392498
2016-08-01 383836
2016-09-01 385210
2016-10-01 390083
2016-11-01 387138
2016-12-01 386649
2017-01-01 390839
2017-02-01 393471
2017-03-01 393212
2017-04-01 392017
2017-05-01 393455
2017-06-01 395189
2017-07-01 399453
2017-08-01 393725
2017-09-01 395866
2017-10-01 391635
2017-11-01 394052
2017-12-01 392880
2018-01-01 394246
2018-02-01 399605
2018-03-01 398980
2018-04-01 397489
2018-05-01 395827
2018-06-01 399273
2018-07-01 404162
2018-08-01 389717
2018-09-01 391225
2018-10-01 394119
2018-11-01 395462
2018-12-01 396421
2019-01-01 395293
2019-02-01 400374
2019-03-01 403021
2019-04-01 398630
2019-05-01 398888
2019-06-01 401663
2019-07-01 408645
2019-08-01 399475
2019-09-01 401443
2019-10-01 399356
2019-11-01 404054
2019-12-01 400886
2020-01-01 405498
2020-02-01 407632
2020-03-01 404815
2020-04-01 389675
2020-05-01 373927
2020-06-01 378332
2020-07-01 382885
2020-08-01 382368
2020-09-01 380183
2020-10-01 381179
2020-11-01 379727
2020-12-01 376044
2021-01-01 370434
2021-02-01 374070
2021-03-01 374526
2021-04-01 372214
2021-05-01 373851
2021-06-01 382144
2021-07-01 389849
2021-08-01 381998
2021-09-01 381689
2021-10-01 382805
2021-11-01 386562
2021-12-01 380692
2022-01-01 383232
2022-02-01 389789
2022-03-01 393072
2022-04-01 390059
2022-05-01 391441
2022-06-01 396009
2022-07-01 403507
2022-08-01 397160
2022-09-01 395168
2022-10-01 392586
2022-11-01 391905
2022-12-01 392373
2023-01-01 397419
2023-02-01 400247
2023-03-01 401526
2023-04-01 398273
2023-05-01 402228
2023-06-01 406424
2023-07-01 412059
2023-08-01 406940
2023-09-01 408996
2023-10-01 410381
2023-11-01 411939
2023-12-01 411135
2024-01-01 412795
2024-02-01 415516
2024-03-01 420143
2024-04-01 414648
2024-05-01 411832
2024-06-01 417730
2024-07-01 423899
2024-08-01 414427
2024-09-01 413934
2024-10-01 414714
2024-11-01 417042
2024-12-01 417094
2025-01-01 420553
2025-02-01 425768
2025-03-01 424053
2025-04-01 418667
2025-05-01 414064

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