Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT413890000000004A
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 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:14 AM 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 36753
1991-01-01 45155
1992-01-01 58149
1993-01-01 53161
1994-01-01 40388
1995-01-01 35456
1996-01-01 42439
1997-01-01 42733
1998-01-01 44927
1999-01-01 47093
2000-01-01 48748
2001-01-01 64764
2002-01-01 83338
2003-01-01 88782
2004-01-01 77228
2005-01-01 64933
2006-01-01 57909
2007-01-01 57128
2008-01-01 68408
2009-01-01 121800
2010-01-01 121987
2011-01-01 108242
2012-01-01 95557
2013-01-01 82672
2014-01-01 72471
2015-01-01 63053
2016-01-01 57983
2017-01-01 50146
2018-01-01 49701
2019-01-01 47177
2020-01-01 102088
2021-01-01 66821
2022-01-01 49614
2023-01-01 48535
2024-01-01 55576

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