Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT114790000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2025-12-01
Last Updated 2026-02-06 7:30 PM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

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 62953
1990-02-01 64327
1990-03-01 60790
1990-04-01 60441
1990-05-01 66396
1990-06-01 75653
1990-07-01 76503
1990-08-01 81825
1990-09-01 83910
1990-10-01 81301
1990-11-01 88206
1990-12-01 86087
1991-01-01 98435
1991-02-01 106576
1991-03-01 104267
1991-04-01 96595
1991-05-01 106078
1991-06-01 114272
1991-07-01 110634
1991-08-01 110458
1991-09-01 110204
1991-10-01 110664
1991-11-01 109046
1991-12-01 110494
1992-01-01 125994
1992-02-01 130916
1992-03-01 127409
1992-04-01 115606
1992-05-01 123450
1992-06-01 133813
1992-07-01 128113
1992-08-01 123487
1992-09-01 123922
1992-10-01 117286
1992-11-01 116344
1992-12-01 109616
1993-01-01 121288
1993-02-01 121945
1993-03-01 114337
1993-04-01 106509
1993-05-01 110190
1993-06-01 121049
1993-07-01 118733
1993-08-01 115322
1993-09-01 108714
1993-10-01 108534
1993-11-01 101546
1993-12-01 95837
1994-01-01 110958
1994-02-01 109961
1994-03-01 105642
1994-04-01 95340
1994-05-01 96218
1994-06-01 104673
1994-07-01 101670
1994-08-01 101413
1994-09-01 98946
1994-10-01 99899
1994-11-01 95382
1994-12-01 89464
1995-01-01 106385
1995-02-01 101294
1995-03-01 98977
1995-04-01 99302
1995-05-01 100717
1995-06-01 109584
1995-07-01 106105
1995-08-01 104265
1995-09-01 102721
1995-10-01 97920
1995-11-01 95744
1995-12-01 90351
1996-01-01 98062
1996-02-01 101507
1996-03-01 97967
1996-04-01 90804
1996-05-01 97940
1996-06-01 101460
1996-07-01 100923
1996-08-01 94760
1996-09-01 93684
1996-10-01 91304
1996-11-01 89249
1996-12-01 85277
1997-01-01 97219
1997-02-01 96255
1997-03-01 92552
1997-04-01 84543
1997-05-01 84905
1997-06-01 92721
1997-07-01 88832
1997-08-01 89079
1997-09-01 85993
1997-10-01 83836
1997-11-01 79974
1997-12-01 77496
1998-01-01 85973
1998-02-01 88187
1998-03-01 83224
1998-04-01 68782
1998-05-01 72809
1998-06-01 82475
1998-07-01 79222
1998-08-01 77434
1998-09-01 76838
1998-10-01 73322
1998-11-01 67946
1998-12-01 60750
1999-01-01 71226
1999-02-01 73857
1999-03-01 66852
1999-04-01 63437
1999-05-01 64056
1999-06-01 71952
1999-07-01 70820
1999-08-01 68191
1999-09-01 65430
1999-10-01 63128
1999-11-01 59669
1999-12-01 54651
2000-01-01 75779
2000-02-01 77557
2000-03-01 74472
2000-04-01 62577
2000-05-01 72342
2000-06-01 79223
2000-07-01 77215
2000-08-01 77070
2000-09-01 70856
2000-10-01 68531
2000-11-01 67859
2000-12-01 64576
2001-01-01 77187
2001-02-01 81446
2001-03-01 80813
2001-04-01 74581
2001-05-01 79143
2001-06-01 94030
2001-07-01 92441
2001-08-01 100264
2001-09-01 98397
2001-10-01 107674
2001-11-01 108487
2001-12-01 103588
2002-01-01 117425
2002-02-01 118216
2002-03-01 115623
2002-04-01 108333
2002-05-01 108191
2002-06-01 117767
2002-07-01 113539
2002-08-01 112299
2002-09-01 102234
2002-10-01 100750
2002-11-01 102857
2002-12-01 99320
2003-01-01 112044
2003-02-01 114931
2003-03-01 109693
2003-04-01 101671
2003-05-01 105540
2003-06-01 121052
2003-07-01 112000
2003-08-01 107374
2003-09-01 101289
2003-10-01 98980
2003-11-01 100209
2003-12-01 93313
2004-01-01 108363
2004-02-01 106355
2004-03-01 107129
2004-04-01 95644
2004-05-01 100182
2004-06-01 114308
2004-07-01 111457
2004-08-01 106206
2004-09-01 98048
2004-10-01 99380
2004-11-01 100701
2004-12-01 96214
2005-01-01 107416
2005-02-01 110949
2005-03-01 104388
2005-04-01 96879
2005-05-01 100800
2005-06-01 109527
2005-07-01 103769
2005-08-01 99750
2005-09-01 93896
2005-10-01 90595
2005-11-01 91992
2005-12-01 82663
2006-01-01 92160
2006-02-01 93620
2006-03-01 88792
2006-04-01 84892
2006-05-01 88775
2006-06-01 102224
2006-07-01 104009
2006-08-01 97981
2006-09-01 91678
2006-10-01 86943
2006-11-01 88618
2006-12-01 83905
2007-01-01 97031
2007-02-01 92983
2007-03-01 86177
2007-04-01 79793
2007-05-01 82910
2007-06-01 96241
2007-07-01 94840
2007-08-01 89735
2007-09-01 87836
2007-10-01 87004
2007-11-01 84531
2007-12-01 85666
2008-01-01 98433
2008-02-01 96258
2008-03-01 97642
2008-04-01 89148
2008-05-01 104755
2008-06-01 118167
2008-07-01 123793
2008-08-01 125135
2008-09-01 122107
2008-10-01 128364
2008-11-01 130695
2008-12-01 139227
2009-01-01 166385
2009-02-01 179029
2009-03-01 179006
2009-04-01 170705
2009-05-01 184167
2009-06-01 199019
2009-07-01 197018
2009-08-01 192927
2009-09-01 193440
2009-10-01 195598
2009-11-01 189789
2009-12-01 190481
2010-01-01 213412
2010-02-01 209948
2010-03-01 207346
2010-04-01 188031
2010-05-01 191370
2010-06-01 199757
2010-07-01 201291
2010-08-01 197069
2010-09-01 189735
2010-10-01 186694
2010-11-01 188095
2010-12-01 180134
2011-01-01 196062
2011-02-01 192921
2011-03-01 188767
2011-04-01 176322
2011-05-01 185301
2011-06-01 202193
2011-07-01 198814
2011-08-01 196728
2011-09-01 193974
2011-10-01 187197
2011-11-01 176998
2011-12-01 177371
2012-01-01 189311
2012-02-01 191845
2012-03-01 184140
2012-04-01 167205
2012-05-01 177403
2012-06-01 191609
2012-07-01 191521
2012-08-01 184252
2012-09-01 173907
2012-10-01 173350
2012-11-01 167120
2012-12-01 170663
2013-01-01 188721
2013-02-01 182820
2013-03-01 175196
2013-04-01 163599
2013-05-01 176167
2013-06-01 191931
2013-07-01 185682
2013-08-01 178319
2013-09-01 173720
2013-10-01 182111
2013-11-01 162248
2013-12-01 153790
2014-01-01 168298
2014-02-01 172125
2014-03-01 169784
2014-04-01 146778
2014-05-01 160830
2014-06-01 168882
2014-07-01 174013
2014-08-01 170028
2014-09-01 156840
2014-10-01 152336
2014-11-01 148686
2014-12-01 140280
2015-01-01 157981
2015-02-01 152907
2015-03-01 146577
2015-04-01 133512
2015-05-01 146320
2015-06-01 149395
2015-07-01 148174
2015-08-01 140352
2015-09-01 134956
2015-10-01 134710
2015-11-01 128519
2015-12-01 120643
2016-01-01 131624
2016-02-01 129422
2016-03-01 127920
2016-04-01 113217
2016-05-01 116902
2016-06-01 132130
2016-07-01 132899
2016-08-01 130256
2016-09-01 127941
2016-10-01 128483
2016-11-01 119266
2016-12-01 114815
2017-01-01 132753
2017-02-01 131304
2017-03-01 123733
2017-04-01 110660
2017-05-01 118905
2017-06-01 128688
2017-07-01 130500
2017-08-01 127958
2017-09-01 119601
2017-10-01 117698
2017-11-01 115861
2017-12-01 107678
2018-01-01 124272
2018-02-01 122201
2018-03-01 117661
2018-04-01 101516
2018-05-01 105056
2018-06-01 122471
2018-07-01 117293
2018-08-01 112583
2018-09-01 103508
2018-10-01 103965
2018-11-01 99253
2018-12-01 99153
2019-01-01 126849
2019-02-01 113882
2019-03-01 109519
2019-04-01 90977
2019-05-01 99368
2019-06-01 111569
2019-07-01 113926
2019-08-01 108015
2019-09-01 97247
2019-10-01 97201
2019-11-01 93613
2019-12-01 88230
2020-01-01 105458
2020-02-01 101605
2020-03-01 122732
2020-04-01 309890
2020-05-01 299944
2020-06-01 307343
2020-07-01 290568
2020-08-01 249983
2020-09-01 229745
2020-10-01 211769
2020-11-01 201733
2020-12-01 183702
2021-01-01 183628
2021-02-01 181011
2021-03-01 176476
2021-04-01 164471
2021-05-01 163708
2021-06-01 184137
2021-07-01 173862
2021-08-01 163471
2021-09-01 132480
2021-10-01 121000
2021-11-01 104038
2021-12-01 96901
2022-01-01 110072
2022-02-01 103979
2022-03-01 99163
2022-04-01 84962
2022-05-01 93695
2022-06-01 106589
2022-07-01 103146
2022-08-01 106071
2022-09-01 91473
2022-10-01 93374
2022-11-01 87777
2022-12-01 77315
2023-01-01 93142
2023-02-01 92860
2023-03-01 86899
2023-04-01 70696
2023-05-01 82181
2023-06-01 90872
2023-07-01 91676
2023-08-01 98521
2023-09-01 92794
2023-10-01 95385
2023-11-01 88991
2023-12-01 86029
2024-01-01 100823
2024-02-01 106580
2024-03-01 101749
2024-04-01 89293
2024-05-01 99334
2024-06-01 117161
2024-07-01 123122
2024-08-01 122377
2024-09-01 107006
2024-10-01 108419
2024-11-01 107504
2024-12-01 96034
2025-01-01 111407
2025-02-01 121469
2025-03-01 126770
2025-04-01 120567
2025-05-01 127664
2025-06-01 141747
2025-07-01 143978
2025-08-01 151503
2025-09-01 143375
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 159380
2025-12-01 133530

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