Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Reading, PA (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Reading, PA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT423974000000004A
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 2:49 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 9393
1991-01-01 11134
1992-01-01 11588
1993-01-01 10007
1994-01-01 8819
1995-01-01 8551
1996-01-01 8172
1997-01-01 7908
1998-01-01 8139
1999-01-01 7738
2000-01-01 7767
2001-01-01 9422
2002-01-01 11672
2003-01-01 11490
2004-01-01 10193
2005-01-01 9797
2006-01-01 9076
2007-01-01 9073
2008-01-01 11218
2009-01-01 17832
2010-01-01 17531
2011-01-01 16032
2012-01-01 15705
2013-01-01 14469
2014-01-01 11837
2015-01-01 10819
2016-01-01 10637
2017-01-01 10018
2018-01-01 9239
2019-01-01 9342
2020-01-01 19873
2021-01-01 12950
2022-01-01 8843
2023-01-01 8132
2024-01-01 8520
2025-01-01 9738

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