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 LAUMT114790000000004A
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 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:53 PM CDT
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 74033
1991-01-01 107310
1992-01-01 122996
1993-01-01 112000
1994-01-01 100797
1995-01-01 101114
1996-01-01 95245
1997-01-01 87784
1998-01-01 76414
1999-01-01 66106
2000-01-01 72338
2001-01-01 91504
2002-01-01 109713
2003-01-01 106508
2004-01-01 103666
2005-01-01 99385
2006-01-01 91966
2007-01-01 88729
2008-01-01 114477
2009-01-01 186464
2010-01-01 196074
2011-01-01 189387
2012-01-01 180194
2013-01-01 176192
2014-01-01 160740
2015-01-01 141171
2016-01-01 125409
2017-01-01 122101
2018-01-01 110734
2019-01-01 104180
2020-01-01 217857
2021-01-01 154607
2022-01-01 96800
2023-01-01 89680
2024-01-01 108533
2025-01-01 134412

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