Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Baltimore City, MD

Title Unemployed Persons in Baltimore City, MD
Series ID LAUCN245100000000004A
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 Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:31 PM 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.

Baltimore City, MD constitutes a significant percentage of the state's total statewide employment. This series is calculated in addition to the Baltimore-Columbia-Townson MD (MSA)'s statistics because of it's importance to the state. For more details on non-standard area definitions, visit the additional resources of the Current Employment Statistics.
DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 25725
1991-01-01 32799
1992-01-01 35873
1993-01-01 33647
1994-01-01 29052
1995-01-01 25826
1996-01-01 25816
1997-01-01 28084
1998-01-01 25641
1999-01-01 20432
2000-01-01 16590
2001-01-01 18955
2002-01-01 19641
2003-01-01 20288
2004-01-01 19933
2005-01-01 19071
2006-01-01 17602
2007-01-01 15334
2008-01-01 18779
2009-01-01 29631
2010-01-01 33623
2011-01-01 31442
2012-01-01 29893
2013-01-01 28810
2014-01-01 24895
2015-01-01 22100
2016-01-01 18354
2017-01-01 17665
2018-01-01 16079
2019-01-01 14035
2020-01-01 23914
2021-01-01 18780
2022-01-01 10554
2023-01-01 8197
2024-01-01 12013
2025-01-01 14783

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