Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT421090000000004
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2026-03-01
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.

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 18824
1990-02-01 20518
1990-03-01 18460
1990-04-01 17446
1990-05-01 18166
1990-06-01 17630
1990-07-01 19452
1990-08-01 18073
1990-09-01 17364
1990-10-01 18551
1990-11-01 19469
1990-12-01 19969
1991-01-01 24062
1991-02-01 25207
1991-03-01 25001
1991-04-01 22459
1991-05-01 23851
1991-06-01 24219
1991-07-01 24169
1991-08-01 22098
1991-09-01 20988
1991-10-01 21739
1991-11-01 22558
1991-12-01 21933
1992-01-01 27901
1992-02-01 29337
1992-03-01 26702
1992-04-01 24992
1992-05-01 26692
1992-06-01 28032
1992-07-01 28624
1992-08-01 26740
1992-09-01 25844
1992-10-01 24221
1992-11-01 24637
1992-12-01 23033
1993-01-01 27062
1993-02-01 25967
1993-03-01 24775
1993-04-01 22945
1993-05-01 22755
1993-06-01 23379
1993-07-01 24547
1993-08-01 23081
1993-09-01 21071
1993-10-01 20901
1993-11-01 20615
1993-12-01 18989
1994-01-01 24706
1994-02-01 25286
1994-03-01 24643
1994-04-01 21784
1994-05-01 21067
1994-06-01 21701
1994-07-01 23092
1994-08-01 20875
1994-09-01 19233
1994-10-01 18667
1994-11-01 17948
1994-12-01 16450
1995-01-01 21278
1995-02-01 20932
1995-03-01 20916
1995-04-01 20258
1995-05-01 20181
1995-06-01 20789
1995-07-01 21914
1995-08-01 20312
1995-09-01 18303
1995-10-01 17206
1995-11-01 17984
1995-12-01 17857
1996-01-01 27096
1996-02-01 23794
1996-03-01 22592
1996-04-01 20124
1996-05-01 20901
1996-06-01 19544
1996-07-01 21648
1996-08-01 18555
1996-09-01 17610
1996-10-01 17427
1996-11-01 17266
1996-12-01 16333
1997-01-01 21452
1997-02-01 20733
1997-03-01 19864
1997-04-01 17476
1997-05-01 17958
1997-06-01 18804
1997-07-01 19694
1997-08-01 18279
1997-09-01 16985
1997-10-01 16033
1997-11-01 14851
1997-12-01 14177
1998-01-01 18461
1998-02-01 18466
1998-03-01 18361
1998-04-01 15361
1998-05-01 16516
1998-06-01 17029
1998-07-01 18123
1998-08-01 16676
1998-09-01 16628
1998-10-01 15881
1998-11-01 15357
1998-12-01 13930
1999-01-01 18186
1999-02-01 17937
1999-03-01 16737
1999-04-01 14918
1999-05-01 15147
1999-06-01 16626
1999-07-01 17536
1999-08-01 16368
1999-09-01 15199
1999-10-01 14301
1999-11-01 13928
1999-12-01 12508
2000-01-01 16581
2000-02-01 17047
2000-03-01 15400
2000-04-01 12680
2000-05-01 14302
2000-06-01 14743
2000-07-01 15617
2000-08-01 15212
2000-09-01 13527
2000-10-01 12733
2000-11-01 13464
2000-12-01 12226
2001-01-01 16513
2001-02-01 16670
2001-03-01 16158
2001-04-01 14020
2001-05-01 15298
2001-06-01 17039
2001-07-01 17738
2001-08-01 18574
2001-09-01 16905
2001-10-01 18711
2001-11-01 19645
2001-12-01 19133
2002-01-01 24607
2002-02-01 23741
2002-03-01 22807
2002-04-01 20697
2002-05-01 20968
2002-06-01 21992
2002-07-01 22375
2002-08-01 21186
2002-09-01 19506
2002-10-01 19673
2002-11-01 21477
2002-12-01 21428
2003-01-01 24886
2003-02-01 25547
2003-03-01 24543
2003-04-01 22081
2003-05-01 22145
2003-06-01 23680
2003-07-01 24040
2003-08-01 22525
2003-09-01 21350
2003-10-01 20367
2003-11-01 20668
2003-12-01 19402
2004-01-01 24113
2004-02-01 23476
2004-03-01 23363
2004-04-01 19787
2004-05-01 20498
2004-06-01 22088
2004-07-01 22404
2004-08-01 21187
2004-09-01 19129
2004-10-01 19227
2004-11-01 19288
2004-12-01 18637
2005-01-01 22359
2005-02-01 23169
2005-03-01 22419
2005-04-01 18532
2005-05-01 19162
2005-06-01 20559
2005-07-01 21060
2005-08-01 20048
2005-09-01 18238
2005-10-01 17821
2005-11-01 19092
2005-12-01 18228
2006-01-01 21500
2006-02-01 21821
2006-03-01 20353
2006-04-01 19096
2006-05-01 19549
2006-06-01 20805
2006-07-01 21854
2006-08-01 20742
2006-09-01 17763
2006-10-01 16351
2006-11-01 17618
2006-12-01 17056
2007-01-01 21365
2007-02-01 20907
2007-03-01 19168
2007-04-01 17603
2007-05-01 18135
2007-06-01 19450
2007-07-01 20546
2007-08-01 19574
2007-09-01 17990
2007-10-01 17599
2007-11-01 17986
2007-12-01 19405
2008-01-01 23605
2008-02-01 23785
2008-03-01 23247
2008-04-01 20576
2008-05-01 22689
2008-06-01 24079
2008-07-01 24986
2008-08-01 25372
2008-09-01 22360
2008-10-01 23314
2008-11-01 25003
2008-12-01 27637
2009-01-01 34755
2009-02-01 37535
2009-03-01 37101
2009-04-01 34329
2009-05-01 37007
2009-06-01 38730
2009-07-01 39473
2009-08-01 38601
2009-09-01 36019
2009-10-01 35737
2009-11-01 35044
2009-12-01 36158
2010-01-01 42023
2010-02-01 42359
2010-03-01 40746
2010-04-01 36532
2010-05-01 37523
2010-06-01 37588
2010-07-01 39066
2010-08-01 38194
2010-09-01 34227
2010-10-01 33935
2010-11-01 34849
2010-12-01 34178
2011-01-01 38859
2011-02-01 38361
2011-03-01 35994
2011-04-01 33220
2011-05-01 34772
2011-06-01 37200
2011-07-01 37963
2011-08-01 37605
2011-09-01 34621
2011-10-01 34269
2011-11-01 33122
2011-12-01 33493
2012-01-01 37533
2012-02-01 37485
2012-03-01 35631
2012-04-01 33021
2012-05-01 35187
2012-06-01 37699
2012-07-01 39214
2012-08-01 37781
2012-09-01 33595
2012-10-01 33836
2012-11-01 32713
2012-12-01 33340
2013-01-01 38193
2013-02-01 37104
2013-03-01 33983
2013-04-01 31088
2013-05-01 32256
2013-06-01 33967
2013-07-01 34104
2013-08-01 32776
2013-09-01 30335
2013-10-01 29311
2013-11-01 27525
2013-12-01 27167
2014-01-01 30024
2014-02-01 31081
2014-03-01 29765
2014-04-01 25263
2014-05-01 27235
2014-06-01 27080
2014-07-01 29343
2014-08-01 27951
2014-09-01 23652
2014-10-01 23512
2014-11-01 22729
2014-12-01 22698
2015-01-01 27360
2015-02-01 26992
2015-03-01 25680
2015-04-01 22322
2015-05-01 24451
2015-06-01 24465
2015-07-01 26179
2015-08-01 24571
2015-09-01 21473
2015-10-01 21024
2015-11-01 20517
2015-12-01 20017
2016-01-01 23725
2016-02-01 24669
2016-03-01 23925
2016-04-01 21572
2016-05-01 21640
2016-06-01 23314
2016-07-01 24879
2016-08-01 25666
2016-09-01 22983
2016-10-01 21570
2016-11-01 19918
2016-12-01 19761
2017-01-01 24285
2017-02-01 24614
2017-03-01 23084
2017-04-01 20191
2017-05-01 21008
2017-06-01 22152
2017-07-01 23803
2017-08-01 24448
2017-09-01 20037
2017-10-01 19608
2017-11-01 19677
2017-12-01 19093
2018-01-01 23230
2018-02-01 23522
2018-03-01 21663
2018-04-01 19116
2018-05-01 18629
2018-06-01 21272
2018-07-01 22418
2018-08-01 22232
2018-09-01 18307
2018-10-01 18165
2018-11-01 17081
2018-12-01 17774
2019-01-01 21779
2019-02-01 21516
2019-03-01 20633
2019-04-01 17114
2019-05-01 18047
2019-06-01 19378
2019-07-01 21752
2019-08-01 21979
2019-09-01 17642
2019-10-01 18129
2019-11-01 17245
2019-12-01 18705
2020-01-01 21025
2020-02-01 20600
2020-03-01 23711
2020-04-01 67203
2020-05-01 59470
2020-06-01 57142
2020-07-01 52389
2020-08-01 44208
2020-09-01 36728
2020-10-01 32226
2020-11-01 31893
2020-12-01 33164
2021-01-01 33126
2021-02-01 32495
2021-03-01 30093
2021-04-01 28305
2021-05-01 28368
2021-06-01 31078
2021-07-01 29962
2021-08-01 28549
2021-09-01 22772
2021-10-01 22321
2021-11-01 19306
2021-12-01 16911
2022-01-01 22046
2022-02-01 20693
2022-03-01 19254
2022-04-01 17259
2022-05-01 17950
2022-06-01 20287
2022-07-01 20384
2022-08-01 21752
2022-09-01 16131
2022-10-01 16661
2022-11-01 15933
2022-12-01 15242
2023-01-01 19220
2023-02-01 19521
2023-03-01 17804
2023-04-01 14887
2023-05-01 16488
2023-06-01 18909
2023-07-01 19203
2023-08-01 21527
2023-09-01 17174
2023-10-01 17713
2023-11-01 16665
2023-12-01 16540
2024-01-01 19907
2024-02-01 20379
2024-03-01 18072
2024-04-01 15591
2024-05-01 16740
2024-06-01 19539
2024-07-01 21377
2024-08-01 21557
2024-09-01 16745
2024-10-01 17465
2024-11-01 17224
2024-12-01 16820
2025-01-01 20807
2025-02-01 21147
2025-03-01 19900
2025-04-01 17916
2025-05-01 19277
2025-06-01 21350
2025-07-01 22811
2025-08-01 25194
2025-09-01 22156
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 19286
2025-12-01 18078
2026-01-01 20993
2026-02-01 22398
2026-03-01 20750

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