Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in New Orleans-Metairie, LA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT223538000000006A
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 2:52 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 517857
1991-01-01 529092
1992-01-01 526861
1993-01-01 527927
1994-01-01 536478
1995-01-01 536981
1996-01-01 540815
1997-01-01 541652
1998-01-01 544340
1999-01-01 539881
2000-01-01 536696
2001-01-01 529542
2002-01-01 520737
2003-01-01 517763
2004-01-01 516035
2005-01-01 .
2006-01-01 .
2007-01-01 406685
2008-01-01 430637
2009-01-01 439874
2010-01-01 462753
2011-01-01 463745
2012-01-01 466258
2013-01-01 470489
2014-01-01 479667
2015-01-01 484878
2016-01-01 488066
2017-01-01 483659
2018-01-01 483797
2019-01-01 485347
2020-01-01 472248
2021-01-01 468827
2022-01-01 469734
2023-01-01 468063
2024-01-01 467130
2025-01-01 468167

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