Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Columbia, SC (MSA)

Title Unemployed Persons in Columbia, SC (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT451790000000004
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 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:35 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 12956
1990-02-01 11863
1990-03-01 10162
1990-04-01 10986
1990-05-01 11608
1990-06-01 12999
1990-07-01 11796
1990-08-01 13803
1990-09-01 13249
1990-10-01 12781
1990-11-01 12835
1990-12-01 12088
1991-01-01 13555
1991-02-01 14692
1991-03-01 12603
1991-04-01 12252
1991-05-01 13024
1991-06-01 17332
1991-07-01 14854
1991-08-01 15955
1991-09-01 15789
1991-10-01 15755
1991-11-01 15219
1991-12-01 15296
1992-01-01 16951
1992-02-01 17309
1992-03-01 15499
1992-04-01 14608
1992-05-01 15608
1992-06-01 17655
1992-07-01 17167
1992-08-01 17757
1992-09-01 17348
1992-10-01 16750
1992-11-01 16330
1992-12-01 16167
1993-01-01 18430
1993-02-01 19418
1993-03-01 19035
1993-04-01 19166
1993-05-01 20158
1993-06-01 21955
1993-07-01 19760
1993-08-01 18583
1993-09-01 17203
1993-10-01 16518
1993-11-01 15408
1993-12-01 14657
1994-01-01 16480
1994-02-01 16771
1994-03-01 15464
1994-04-01 14804
1994-05-01 14118
1994-06-01 15566
1994-07-01 14552
1994-08-01 13862
1994-09-01 13146
1994-10-01 12899
1994-11-01 11865
1994-12-01 10524
1995-01-01 12065
1995-02-01 11390
1995-03-01 10819
1995-04-01 11022
1995-05-01 11181
1995-06-01 12482
1995-07-01 12281
1995-08-01 12306
1995-09-01 12160
1995-10-01 12362
1995-11-01 11798
1995-12-01 11615
1996-01-01 12120
1996-02-01 12513
1996-03-01 12403
1996-04-01 11166
1996-05-01 13013
1996-06-01 14016
1996-07-01 14008
1996-08-01 12835
1996-09-01 12913
1996-10-01 12939
1996-11-01 12702
1996-12-01 12344
1997-01-01 13155
1997-02-01 12860
1997-03-01 11569
1997-04-01 9768
1997-05-01 10208
1997-06-01 11573
1997-07-01 10088
1997-08-01 10201
1997-09-01 9188
1997-10-01 7941
1997-11-01 7216
1997-12-01 7029
1998-01-01 8002
1998-02-01 7838
1998-03-01 6606
1998-04-01 6001
1998-05-01 7284
1998-06-01 9206
1998-07-01 9168
1998-08-01 8317
1998-09-01 8711
1998-10-01 8876
1998-11-01 8034
1998-12-01 7692
1999-01-01 8609
1999-02-01 9544
1999-03-01 8733
1999-04-01 8046
1999-05-01 8869
1999-06-01 10537
1999-07-01 9825
1999-08-01 10216
1999-09-01 9893
1999-10-01 9889
1999-11-01 9165
1999-12-01 9097
2000-01-01 12078
2000-02-01 11681
2000-03-01 9734
2000-04-01 8511
2000-05-01 10755
2000-06-01 12344
2000-07-01 12087
2000-08-01 11881
2000-09-01 10085
2000-10-01 9388
2000-11-01 9307
2000-12-01 10790
2001-01-01 12623
2001-02-01 12572
2001-03-01 12447
2001-04-01 11695
2001-05-01 12611
2001-06-01 15143
2001-07-01 14935
2001-08-01 15390
2001-09-01 14626
2001-10-01 14763
2001-11-01 14277
2001-12-01 15521
2002-01-01 15895
2002-02-01 16032
2002-03-01 15402
2002-04-01 14582
2002-05-01 15305
2002-06-01 17616
2002-07-01 16913
2002-08-01 16782
2002-09-01 15434
2002-10-01 15866
2002-11-01 16733
2002-12-01 17142
2003-01-01 18483
2003-02-01 18856
2003-03-01 17513
2003-04-01 16812
2003-05-01 18491
2003-06-01 21479
2003-07-01 20205
2003-08-01 19466
2003-09-01 18833
2003-10-01 19543
2003-11-01 18485
2003-12-01 17812
2004-01-01 19955
2004-02-01 19503
2004-03-01 20316
2004-04-01 18422
2004-05-01 19493
2004-06-01 21967
2004-07-01 21365
2004-08-01 21244
2004-09-01 20511
2004-10-01 20914
2004-11-01 20533
2004-12-01 20302
2005-01-01 21496
2005-02-01 22108
2005-03-01 20106
2005-04-01 18403
2005-05-01 18920
2005-06-01 20989
2005-07-01 20574
2005-08-01 20718
2005-09-01 21298
2005-10-01 21459
2005-11-01 20808
2005-12-01 19555
2006-01-01 20377
2006-02-01 21569
2006-03-01 20515
2006-04-01 18893
2006-05-01 19119
2006-06-01 21652
2006-07-01 21679
2006-08-01 21787
2006-09-01 20475
2006-10-01 20006
2006-11-01 19689
2006-12-01 19003
2007-01-01 20628
2007-02-01 19702
2007-03-01 18403
2007-04-01 16464
2007-05-01 16376
2007-06-01 18971
2007-07-01 19490
2007-08-01 19038
2007-09-01 18256
2007-10-01 18223
2007-11-01 17739
2007-12-01 18440
2008-01-01 18887
2008-02-01 17851
2008-03-01 18233
2008-04-01 16506
2008-05-01 20070
2008-06-01 22678
2008-07-01 24298
2008-08-01 25232
2008-09-01 23972
2008-10-01 25899
2008-11-01 25812
2008-12-01 27601
2009-01-01 29919
2009-02-01 30783
2009-03-01 31259
2009-04-01 29392
2009-05-01 32144
2009-06-01 35063
2009-07-01 34591
2009-08-01 35332
2009-09-01 34257
2009-10-01 35503
2009-11-01 35084
2009-12-01 34775
2010-01-01 36510
2010-02-01 36053
2010-03-01 34763
2010-04-01 32048
2010-05-01 33798
2010-06-01 35688
2010-07-01 36250
2010-08-01 36142
2010-09-01 33806
2010-10-01 33971
2010-11-01 34223
2010-12-01 33540
2011-01-01 32961
2011-02-01 33651
2011-03-01 32675
2011-04-01 31583
2011-05-01 33893
2011-06-01 37237
2011-07-01 36704
2011-08-01 35445
2011-09-01 33703
2011-10-01 32638
2011-11-01 30490
2011-12-01 30823
2012-01-01 30950
2012-02-01 31618
2012-03-01 30082
2012-04-01 28117
2012-05-01 30454
2012-06-01 32912
2012-07-01 32281
2012-08-01 30514
2012-09-01 27681
2012-10-01 28105
2012-11-01 27047
2012-12-01 27459
2013-01-01 28897
2013-02-01 27109
2013-03-01 25499
2013-04-01 23245
2013-05-01 24707
2013-06-01 27786
2013-07-01 26450
2013-08-01 25692
2013-09-01 23514
2013-10-01 23105
2013-11-01 20993
2013-12-01 20193
2014-01-01 20982
2014-02-01 20212
2014-03-01 20471
2014-04-01 17816
2014-05-01 19960
2014-06-01 22857
2014-07-01 24525
2014-08-01 24432
2014-09-01 22700
2014-10-01 22695
2014-11-01 22235
2014-12-01 21646
2015-01-01 23678
2015-02-01 22958
2015-03-01 21522
2015-04-01 19895
2015-05-01 21797
2015-06-01 22641
2015-07-01 22707
2015-08-01 21189
2015-09-01 19615
2015-10-01 20633
2015-11-01 19182
2015-12-01 19383
2016-01-01 20127
2016-02-01 19837
2016-03-01 19481
2016-04-01 16884
2016-05-01 16817
2016-06-01 19798
2016-07-01 19403
2016-08-01 18495
2016-09-01 17066
2016-10-01 16793
2016-11-01 15450
2016-12-01 15889
2017-01-01 17873
2017-02-01 17222
2017-03-01 15219
2017-04-01 12997
2017-05-01 14138
2017-06-01 16713
2017-07-01 16674
2017-08-01 17343
2017-09-01 15413
2017-10-01 15943
2017-11-01 15670
2017-12-01 15572
2018-01-01 16468
2018-02-01 15081
2018-03-01 12934
2018-04-01 9430
2018-05-01 10625
2018-06-01 13794
2018-07-01 13872
2018-08-01 13035
2018-09-01 11290
2018-10-01 11976
2018-11-01 11206
2018-12-01 11733
2019-01-01 13625
2019-02-01 12602
2019-03-01 12182
2019-04-01 9517
2019-05-01 10054
2019-06-01 11466
2019-07-01 10712
2019-08-01 9271
2019-09-01 6897
2019-10-01 8676
2019-11-01 8707
2019-12-01 9272
2020-01-01 11249
2020-02-01 11508
2020-03-01 12480
2020-04-01 30255
2020-05-01 28179
2020-06-01 27262
2020-07-01 25803
2020-08-01 21591
2020-09-01 20370
2020-10-01 18971
2020-11-01 18254
2020-12-01 18514
2021-01-01 18352
2021-02-01 17813
2021-03-01 16032
2021-04-01 13576
2021-05-01 13116
2021-06-01 16626
2021-07-01 16031
2021-08-01 15001
2021-09-01 12302
2021-10-01 12167
2021-11-01 11675
2021-12-01 11408
2022-01-01 13971
2022-02-01 14091
2022-03-01 11954
2022-04-01 9909
2022-05-01 11377
2022-06-01 13615
2022-07-01 13055
2022-08-01 13205
2022-09-01 11613
2022-10-01 12617
2022-11-01 11109
2022-12-01 11120
2023-01-01 13038
2023-02-01 13434
2023-03-01 11824
2023-04-01 8716
2023-05-01 10507
2023-06-01 12608
2023-07-01 11884
2023-08-01 10719
2023-09-01 10910
2023-10-01 12843
2023-11-01 12177
2023-12-01 12698
2024-01-01 14557
2024-02-01 15721
2024-03-01 14829
2024-04-01 13202
2024-05-01 15979
2024-06-01 19394
2024-07-01 20212
2024-08-01 20316
2024-09-01 17362
2024-10-01 18211
2024-11-01 17569
2024-12-01 16247
2025-01-01 17110
2025-02-01 18436
2025-03-01 16756
2025-04-01 15650
2025-05-01 15536

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