Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT361538000000006A
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.

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 590762
1991-01-01 587115
1992-01-01 584822
1993-01-01 580764
1994-01-01 579216
1995-01-01 575005
1996-01-01 577453
1997-01-01 588637
1998-01-01 584223
1999-01-01 577397
2000-01-01 576201
2001-01-01 568922
2002-01-01 581762
2003-01-01 581395
2004-01-01 582789
2005-01-01 583861
2006-01-01 583548
2007-01-01 575455
2008-01-01 583271
2009-01-01 585256
2010-01-01 574439
2011-01-01 566758
2012-01-01 569870
2013-01-01 569349
2014-01-01 554873
2015-01-01 555979
2016-01-01 570729
2017-01-01 571249
2018-01-01 570337
2019-01-01 571483
2020-01-01 563887
2021-01-01 555469
2022-01-01 557284
2023-01-01 564711
2024-01-01 560168
2025-01-01 562766

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