Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Raleigh, NC (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Raleigh, NC (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT373958000000006A
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 317817
1991-01-01 326732
1992-01-01 339117
1993-01-01 348223
1994-01-01 360462
1995-01-01 373484
1996-01-01 397956
1997-01-01 417482
1998-01-01 430978
1999-01-01 445268
2000-01-01 454731
2001-01-01 468592
2002-01-01 471317
2003-01-01 482163
2004-01-01 489747
2005-01-01 506520
2006-01-01 533060
2007-01-01 549817
2008-01-01 570038
2009-01-01 576223
2010-01-01 594352
2011-01-01 600038
2012-01-01 616298
2013-01-01 621285
2014-01-01 632251
2015-01-01 648131
2016-01-01 685089
2017-01-01 706919
2018-01-01 723228
2019-01-01 739809
2020-01-01 722336
2021-01-01 758002
2022-01-01 810419
2023-01-01 835602
2024-01-01 850040
2025-01-01 861140

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