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

Title Unemployed Persons in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT421090000000004A
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 10:18 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 18660
1991-01-01 23190
1992-01-01 26396
1993-01-01 23007
1994-01-01 21288
1995-01-01 19828
1996-01-01 20241
1997-01-01 18026
1998-01-01 16732
1999-01-01 15783
2000-01-01 14461
2001-01-01 17200
2002-01-01 21705
2003-01-01 22603
2004-01-01 21100
2005-01-01 20057
2006-01-01 19542
2007-01-01 19144
2008-01-01 23888
2009-01-01 36707
2010-01-01 37602
2011-01-01 35790
2012-01-01 35586
2013-01-01 32317
2014-01-01 26694
2015-01-01 23754
2016-01-01 22798
2017-01-01 21833
2018-01-01 20283
2019-01-01 19495
2020-01-01 39973
2021-01-01 26693
2022-01-01 18503
2023-01-01 17868
2024-01-01 17591

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