Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Pennsylvania

Title Unemployed Persons in Pennsylvania
Series ID LAUST420000000000004
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 Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-05-01
Last Updated 2025-07-02 10:11 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
1976-01-01 446288
1976-02-01 458416
1976-03-01 437207
1976-04-01 401146
1976-05-01 377474
1976-06-01 437669
1976-07-01 413772
1976-08-01 387743
1976-09-01 378294
1976-10-01 391743
1976-11-01 399452
1976-12-01 404047
1977-01-01 453285
1977-02-01 468772
1977-03-01 449019
1977-04-01 385165
1977-05-01 347943
1977-06-01 428847
1977-07-01 398736
1977-08-01 400467
1977-09-01 380737
1977-10-01 377775
1977-11-01 373591
1977-12-01 364538
1978-01-01 422148
1978-02-01 427324
1978-03-01 415807
1978-04-01 348438
1978-05-01 318716
1978-06-01 375137
1978-07-01 389157
1978-08-01 354118
1978-09-01 355418
1978-10-01 351647
1978-11-01 350514
1978-12-01 351239
1979-01-01 398267
1979-02-01 416147
1979-03-01 394784
1979-04-01 350353
1979-05-01 322131
1979-06-01 393295
1979-07-01 387299
1979-08-01 375522
1979-09-01 366055
1979-10-01 379960
1979-11-01 367995
1979-12-01 364849
1980-01-01 440100
1980-02-01 432022
1980-03-01 423546
1980-04-01 412128
1980-05-01 435685
1980-06-01 505130
1980-07-01 510030
1980-08-01 474994
1980-09-01 438378
1980-10-01 441680
1980-11-01 423961
1980-12-01 399807
1981-01-01 475248
1981-02-01 472735
1981-03-01 460293
1981-04-01 416139
1981-05-01 428900
1981-06-01 475228
1981-07-01 441304
1981-08-01 426024
1981-09-01 435041
1981-10-01 464520
1981-11-01 474798
1981-12-01 485154
1982-01-01 565134
1982-02-01 576042
1982-03-01 568428
1982-04-01 546307
1982-05-01 542859
1982-06-01 595013
1982-07-01 605118
1982-08-01 587578
1982-09-01 593406
1982-10-01 620172
1982-11-01 643550
1982-12-01 651506
1983-01-01 703719
1983-02-01 700166
1983-03-01 673368
1983-04-01 621081
1983-05-01 602587
1983-06-01 643394
1983-07-01 587679
1983-08-01 561479
1983-09-01 538908
1983-10-01 525600
1983-11-01 501125
1983-12-01 494836
1984-01-01 538120
1984-02-01 526509
1984-03-01 510348
1984-04-01 482384
1984-05-01 465880
1984-06-01 488552
1984-07-01 497423
1984-08-01 468636
1984-09-01 453945
1984-10-01 455956
1984-11-01 447322
1984-12-01 431339
1985-01-01 480382
1985-02-01 487898
1985-03-01 463617
1985-04-01 431776
1985-05-01 432460
1985-06-01 464778
1985-07-01 454327
1985-08-01 410324
1985-09-01 408710
1985-10-01 416608
1985-11-01 405821
1985-12-01 387713
1986-01-01 432594
1986-02-01 460884
1986-03-01 438990
1986-04-01 391394
1986-05-01 396694
1986-06-01 411670
1986-07-01 389816
1986-08-01 353318
1986-09-01 360030
1986-10-01 351699
1986-11-01 346962
1986-12-01 309248
1987-01-01 373041
1987-02-01 371385
1987-03-01 351965
1987-04-01 307998
1987-05-01 315710
1987-06-01 331512
1987-07-01 324155
1987-08-01 298619
1987-09-01 299498
1987-10-01 306111
1987-11-01 299551
1987-12-01 276525
1988-01-01 349370
1988-02-01 343010
1988-03-01 316752
1988-04-01 270528
1988-05-01 292546
1988-06-01 296889
1988-07-01 299443
1988-08-01 275173
1988-09-01 271127
1988-10-01 270844
1988-11-01 269214
1988-12-01 245411
1989-01-01 319835
1989-02-01 305304
1989-03-01 279899
1989-04-01 269429
1989-05-01 275820
1989-06-01 293843
1989-07-01 292207
1989-08-01 262835
1989-09-01 268980
1989-10-01 268055
1989-11-01 284600
1989-12-01 281634
1990-01-01 340087
1990-02-01 338048
1990-03-01 311032
1990-04-01 300434
1990-05-01 302910
1990-06-01 307388
1990-07-01 324932
1990-08-01 297327
1990-09-01 309755
1990-10-01 317483
1990-11-01 341323
1990-12-01 337137
1991-01-01 413899
1991-02-01 439476
1991-03-01 432362
1991-04-01 393878
1991-05-01 411766
1991-06-01 416320
1991-07-01 410144
1991-08-01 375256
1991-09-01 372065
1991-10-01 380107
1991-11-01 397480
1991-12-01 395293
1992-01-01 475073
1992-02-01 486142
1992-03-01 453555
1992-04-01 414345
1992-05-01 437053
1992-06-01 461263
1992-07-01 455709
1992-08-01 424104
1992-09-01 414163
1992-10-01 396666
1992-11-01 405993
1992-12-01 391406
1993-01-01 452091
1993-02-01 447013
1993-03-01 429061
1993-04-01 397492
1993-05-01 408591
1993-06-01 418712
1993-07-01 421929
1993-08-01 391008
1993-09-01 374198
1993-10-01 378279
1993-11-01 368403
1993-12-01 344472
1994-01-01 433697
1994-02-01 428827
1994-03-01 423106
1994-04-01 380318
1994-05-01 372148
1994-06-01 377879
1994-07-01 389612
1994-08-01 363789
1994-09-01 342170
1994-10-01 330960
1994-11-01 323695
1994-12-01 302554
1995-01-01 379020
1995-02-01 369938
1995-03-01 354620
1995-04-01 347759
1995-05-01 350771
1995-06-01 358528
1995-07-01 370736
1995-08-01 345131
1995-09-01 332623
1995-10-01 314569
1995-11-01 334602
1995-12-01 311514
1996-01-01 408000
1996-02-01 375418
1996-03-01 366819
1996-04-01 328947
1996-05-01 341874
1996-06-01 324371
1996-07-01 347930
1996-08-01 300735
1996-09-01 292854
1996-10-01 287094
1996-11-01 300680
1996-12-01 287003
1997-01-01 356374
1997-02-01 351029
1997-03-01 342116
1997-04-01 302559
1997-05-01 310620
1997-06-01 325802
1997-07-01 330628
1997-08-01 305096
1997-09-01 294307
1997-10-01 270794
1997-11-01 272839
1997-12-01 263204
1998-01-01 325162
1998-02-01 323331
1998-03-01 326695
1998-04-01 251679
1998-05-01 274587
1998-06-01 292476
1998-07-01 299417
1998-08-01 278278
1998-09-01 272390
1998-10-01 261751
1998-11-01 261918
1998-12-01 242495
1999-01-01 309938
1999-02-01 308072
1999-03-01 293476
1999-04-01 253632
1999-05-01 262592
1999-06-01 286452
1999-07-01 298819
1999-08-01 277508
1999-09-01 263728
1999-10-01 244575
1999-11-01 248308
1999-12-01 228584
2000-01-01 287161
2000-02-01 293934
2000-03-01 268977
2000-04-01 223660
2000-05-01 254233
2000-06-01 266933
2000-07-01 273639
2000-08-01 268659
2000-09-01 242127
2000-10-01 233885
2000-11-01 248641
2000-12-01 233410
2001-01-01 306852
2001-02-01 305936
2001-03-01 299937
2001-04-01 260830
2001-05-01 276778
2001-06-01 302185
2001-07-01 305804
2001-08-01 307418
2001-09-01 281330
2001-10-01 299264
2001-11-01 321232
2001-12-01 311785
2002-01-01 393525
2002-02-01 380887
2002-03-01 368423
2002-04-01 331976
2002-05-01 336794
2002-06-01 354481
2002-07-01 354232
2002-08-01 336127
2002-09-01 306702
2002-10-01 309916
2002-11-01 336422
2002-12-01 340214
2003-01-01 395001
2003-02-01 394777
2003-03-01 373304
2003-04-01 337001
2003-05-01 342891
2003-06-01 374240
2003-07-01 370172
2003-08-01 346297
2003-09-01 323201
2003-10-01 315529
2003-11-01 324022
2003-12-01 307429
2004-01-01 380134
2004-02-01 371620
2004-03-01 366442
2004-04-01 309911
2004-05-01 323707
2004-06-01 353470
2004-07-01 351821
2004-08-01 334965
2004-09-01 299590
2004-10-01 304070
2004-11-01 311172
2004-12-01 303244
2005-01-01 352879
2005-02-01 365038
2005-03-01 353839
2005-04-01 291210
2005-05-01 303694
2005-06-01 325524
2005-07-01 327177
2005-08-01 310887
2005-09-01 282963
2005-10-01 277463
2005-11-01 295785
2005-12-01 282105
2006-01-01 329668
2006-02-01 329862
2006-03-01 308182
2006-04-01 284008
2006-05-01 291477
2006-06-01 315589
2006-07-01 329667
2006-08-01 315005
2006-09-01 270155
2006-10-01 252796
2006-11-01 276207
2006-12-01 267263
2007-01-01 328925
2007-02-01 318856
2007-03-01 292836
2007-04-01 264368
2007-05-01 276727
2007-06-01 302690
2007-07-01 314183
2007-08-01 305129
2007-09-01 275267
2007-10-01 270944
2007-11-01 274977
2007-12-01 298065
2008-01-01 350197
2008-02-01 344680
2008-03-01 333351
2008-04-01 292698
2008-05-01 323527
2008-06-01 348886
2008-07-01 367843
2008-08-01 373065
2008-09-01 323182
2008-10-01 340379
2008-11-01 366131
2008-12-01 406679
2009-01-01 504805
2009-02-01 542348
2009-03-01 533586
2009-04-01 486502
2009-05-01 526693
2009-06-01 547838
2009-07-01 559411
2009-08-01 544511
2009-09-01 496202
2009-10-01 482909
2009-11-01 475443
2009-12-01 489843
2010-01-01 580838
2010-02-01 592659
2010-03-01 559336
2010-04-01 497998
2010-05-01 519622
2010-06-01 516861
2010-07-01 537679
2010-08-01 528791
2010-09-01 467822
2010-10-01 468206
2010-11-01 480104
2010-12-01 475837
2011-01-01 532777
2011-02-01 521704
2011-03-01 494034
2011-04-01 450688
2011-05-01 473226
2011-06-01 516494
2011-07-01 525168
2011-08-01 527513
2011-09-01 474805
2011-10-01 464441
2011-11-01 457243
2011-12-01 463534
2012-01-01 517508
2012-02-01 512707
2012-03-01 485876
2012-04-01 444263
2012-05-01 479231
2012-06-01 522724
2012-07-01 538927
2012-08-01 527057
2012-09-01 457587
2012-10-01 460528
2012-11-01 453310
2012-12-01 473307
2013-01-01 541895
2013-02-01 508053
2013-03-01 471186
2013-04-01 430258
2013-05-01 445360
2013-06-01 481772
2013-07-01 487468
2013-08-01 474817
2013-09-01 420030
2013-10-01 418853
2013-11-01 400703
2013-12-01 391882
2014-01-01 437786
2014-02-01 446611
2014-03-01 425701
2014-04-01 357200
2014-05-01 386270
2014-06-01 391937
2014-07-01 424785
2014-08-01 403381
2014-09-01 334296
2014-10-01 332484
2014-11-01 326082
2014-12-01 330616
2015-01-01 395522
2015-02-01 385676
2015-03-01 367260
2015-04-01 321138
2015-05-01 356751
2015-06-01 363474
2015-07-01 386691
2015-08-01 368497
2015-09-01 319829
2015-10-01 316975
2015-11-01 317213
2015-12-01 315464
2016-01-01 369669
2016-02-01 375854
2016-03-01 364978
2016-04-01 328452
2016-05-01 334120
2016-06-01 361998
2016-07-01 383656
2016-08-01 383491
2016-09-01 330526
2016-10-01 325585
2016-11-01 303542
2016-12-01 306705
2017-01-01 365549
2017-02-01 366458
2017-03-01 338730
2017-04-01 297735
2017-05-01 306643
2017-06-01 330019
2017-07-01 351650
2017-08-01 358140
2017-09-01 292000
2017-10-01 286099
2017-11-01 289822
2017-12-01 288750
2018-01-01 337668
2018-02-01 337158
2018-03-01 302825
2018-04-01 264603
2018-05-01 259204
2018-06-01 304428
2018-07-01 317389
2018-08-01 314330
2018-09-01 253457
2018-10-01 253861
2018-11-01 243032
2018-12-01 257623
2019-01-01 314913
2019-02-01 308491
2019-03-01 291801
2019-04-01 240553
2019-05-01 259391
2019-06-01 287285
2019-07-01 319747
2019-08-01 321923
2019-09-01 254104
2019-10-01 264896
2019-11-01 255347
2019-12-01 266773
2020-01-01 309717
2020-02-01 303663
2020-03-01 341948
2020-04-01 947056
2020-05-01 832122
2020-06-01 778067
2020-07-01 738660
2020-08-01 615297
2020-09-01 554340
2020-10-01 485672
2020-11-01 475477
2020-12-01 504525
2021-01-01 482762
2021-02-01 467661
2021-03-01 426268
2021-04-01 393247
2021-05-01 390614
2021-06-01 426070
2021-07-01 416279
2021-08-01 406086
2021-09-01 311160
2021-10-01 305884
2021-11-01 261237
2021-12-01 233760
2022-01-01 304058
2022-02-01 292727
2022-03-01 268927
2022-04-01 243059
2022-05-01 258960
2022-06-01 295898
2022-07-01 300392
2022-08-01 330321
2022-09-01 230998
2022-10-01 241063
2022-11-01 229356
2022-12-01 221588
2023-01-01 267252
2023-02-01 276211
2023-03-01 242847
2023-04-01 199265
2023-05-01 224418
2023-06-01 251084
2023-07-01 258287
2023-08-01 295170
2023-09-01 216166
2023-10-01 227715
2023-11-01 211162
2023-12-01 214268
2024-01-01 251760
2024-02-01 266421
2024-03-01 237206
2024-04-01 201078
2024-05-01 218739
2024-06-01 256909
2024-07-01 281594
2024-08-01 295364
2024-09-01 208839
2024-10-01 224111
2024-11-01 216174
2024-12-01 213178
2025-01-01 276483
2025-02-01 274812
2025-03-01 255390
2025-04-01 229923
2025-05-01 243591

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