Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in New Jersey

Title Civilian Labor Force in New Jersey
Series ID LAUST340000000000006A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-04-16 1:08 PM 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
1976-01-01 3321131
1977-01-01 3386590
1978-01-01 3461135
1979-01-01 3560961
1980-01-01 3583732
1981-01-01 3607497
1982-01-01 3635940
1983-01-01 3695308
1984-01-01 3800210
1985-01-01 3823473
1986-01-01 3888814
1987-01-01 3940888
1988-01-01 3954498
1989-01-01 3976203
1990-01-01 4053479
1991-01-01 4060770
1992-01-01 4064349
1993-01-01 4037852
1994-01-01 4063016
1995-01-01 4112929
1996-01-01 4181706
1997-01-01 4248300
1998-01-01 4230400
1999-01-01 4279606
2000-01-01 4284409
2001-01-01 4294647
2002-01-01 4354232
2003-01-01 4358194
2004-01-01 4365437
2005-01-01 4407346
2006-01-01 4460951
2007-01-01 4458637
2008-01-01 4521751
2009-01-01 4572772
2010-01-01 4586241
2011-01-01 4598213
2012-01-01 4628608
2013-01-01 4594340
2014-01-01 4573112
2015-01-01 4596855
2016-01-01 4612876
2017-01-01 4612037
2018-01-01 4607436
2019-01-01 4693206
2020-01-01 4643700
2021-01-01 4674518
2022-01-01 4771781
2023-01-01 4879285
2024-01-01 4899384
2025-01-01 4905633

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