Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT372586000000006A
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 2:50 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 169644
1991-01-01 171829
1992-01-01 174228
1993-01-01 173450
1994-01-01 175007
1995-01-01 177406
1996-01-01 179873
1997-01-01 180936
1998-01-01 177499
1999-01-01 178997
2000-01-01 188362
2001-01-01 187881
2002-01-01 182660
2003-01-01 181127
2004-01-01 179653
2005-01-01 178228
2006-01-01 178951
2007-01-01 175096
2008-01-01 175819
2009-01-01 176501
2010-01-01 177264
2011-01-01 173843
2012-01-01 172628
2013-01-01 169143
2014-01-01 165501
2015-01-01 165361
2016-01-01 165511
2017-01-01 168434
2018-01-01 168584
2019-01-01 169482
2020-01-01 164056
2021-01-01 166064
2022-01-01 172678
2023-01-01 172751
2024-01-01 170027
2025-01-01 168789

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