Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Baltimore City, MD

Title Civilian Labor Force in Baltimore City, MD
Series ID LAUCN245100000000006A
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 337842
1991-01-01 336392
1992-01-01 334722
1993-01-01 330004
1994-01-01 320308
1995-01-01 313158
1996-01-01 308871
1997-01-01 307289
1998-01-01 298109
1999-01-01 288523
2000-01-01 280104
2001-01-01 280388
2002-01-01 275376
2003-01-01 275608
2004-01-01 273591
2005-01-01 274072
2006-01-01 277168
2007-01-01 279064
2008-01-01 283770
2009-01-01 285196
2010-01-01 296834
2011-01-01 295823
2012-01-01 298050
2013-01-01 298182
2014-01-01 295703
2015-01-01 295986
2016-01-01 304226
2017-01-01 305326
2018-01-01 302327
2019-01-01 302100
2020-01-01 289839
2021-01-01 280834
2022-01-01 276599
2023-01-01 276806
2024-01-01 282138
2025-01-01 282250

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