Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT114790000000006A
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.

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 2362688
1991-01-01 2391465
1992-01-01 2425402
1993-01-01 2423388
1994-01-01 2465912
1995-01-01 2477414
1996-01-01 2472517
1997-01-01 2483997
1998-01-01 2515359
1999-01-01 2574360
2000-01-01 2656846
2001-01-01 2704888
2002-01-01 2735560
2003-01-01 2756114
2004-01-01 2803173
2005-01-01 2879158
2006-01-01 2944429
2007-01-01 2984778
2008-01-01 3052232
2009-01-01 3074177
2010-01-01 3110097
2011-01-01 3144776
2012-01-01 3186122
2013-01-01 3215463
2014-01-01 3225554
2015-01-01 3235100
2016-01-01 3326123
2017-01-01 3404807
2018-01-01 3438359
2019-01-01 3501317
2020-01-01 3422494
2021-01-01 3389934
2022-01-01 3445335
2023-01-01 3507105
2024-01-01 3535131
2025-01-01 3517623

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