Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT421090000000006A
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 10:15 AM 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 352052
1991-01-01 354574
1992-01-01 356141
1993-01-01 354143
1994-01-01 352885
1995-01-01 352937
1996-01-01 358716
1997-01-01 366140
1998-01-01 368603
1999-01-01 373668
2000-01-01 386459
2001-01-01 393929
2002-01-01 398219
2003-01-01 399262
2004-01-01 403097
2005-01-01 409240
2006-01-01 416367
2007-01-01 419853
2008-01-01 425612
2009-01-01 425356
2010-01-01 418811
2011-01-01 422662
2012-01-01 429846
2013-01-01 429961
2014-01-01 429873
2015-01-01 435117
2016-01-01 432049
2017-01-01 431756
2018-01-01 434821
2019-01-01 441134
2020-01-01 438320
2021-01-01 440210
2022-01-01 443646
2023-01-01 449431
2024-01-01 452536

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