Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT361538000000004A
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 2:51 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 31346
1991-01-01 41644
1992-01-01 44486
1993-01-01 39774
1994-01-01 35062
1995-01-01 30771
1996-01-01 29323
1997-01-01 31377
1998-01-01 31402
1999-01-01 30527
2000-01-01 24539
2001-01-01 27453
2002-01-01 32770
2003-01-01 34644
2004-01-01 34304
2005-01-01 30785
2006-01-01 29003
2007-01-01 27166
2008-01-01 34104
2009-01-01 49692
2010-01-01 50221
2011-01-01 46895
2012-01-01 49233
2013-01-01 44498
2014-01-01 35001
2015-01-01 30567
2016-01-01 28677
2017-01-01 29533
2018-01-01 25092
2019-01-01 23389
2020-01-01 51146
2021-01-01 29579
2022-01-01 19861
2023-01-01 20221
2024-01-01 21720
2025-01-01 22882

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