Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT191978000000006A
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 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:20 AM 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 256960
1991-01-01 262137
1992-01-01 269455
1993-01-01 277916
1994-01-01 281738
1995-01-01 287398
1996-01-01 292177
1997-01-01 290458
1998-01-01 292594
1999-01-01 292221
2000-01-01 295943
2001-01-01 300841
2002-01-01 310170
2003-01-01 307332
2004-01-01 310284
2005-01-01 315569
2006-01-01 323973
2007-01-01 329336
2008-01-01 334526
2009-01-01 336605
2010-01-01 341561
2011-01-01 341407
2012-01-01 343067
2013-01-01 351291
2014-01-01 359083
2015-01-01 359866
2016-01-01 372274
2017-01-01 375333
2018-01-01 383146
2019-01-01 393610
2020-01-01 380315
2021-01-01 387680
2022-01-01 398786
2023-01-01 408674
2024-01-01 413159

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