Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)

Title Civilian Labor Force in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT482642000000006A
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 10:07 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 2042304
1991-01-01 2089543
1992-01-01 2141659
1993-01-01 2175172
1994-01-01 2213809
1995-01-01 2243607
1996-01-01 2265313
1997-01-01 2314924
1998-01-01 2378200
1999-01-01 2410643
2000-01-01 2398127
2001-01-01 2443774
2002-01-01 2508463
2003-01-01 2551308
2004-01-01 2573498
2005-01-01 2630739
2006-01-01 2689653
2007-01-01 2736576
2008-01-01 2807389
2009-01-01 2870250
2010-01-01 2990391
2011-01-01 3046634
2012-01-01 3111475
2013-01-01 3178426
2014-01-01 3238678
2015-01-01 3255483
2016-01-01 3343679
2017-01-01 3374682
2018-01-01 3421827
2019-01-01 3468794
2020-01-01 3468699
2021-01-01 3511131
2022-01-01 3601335
2023-01-01 3736245
2024-01-01 3835585

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