Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Pennsylvania

Title Civilian Labor Force in Pennsylvania
Series ID LAUST420000000000006A
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 1:07 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 5135350
1977-01-01 5210584
1978-01-01 5302803
1979-01-01 5377512
1980-01-01 5436045
1981-01-01 5451476
1982-01-01 5444963
1983-01-01 5418680
1984-01-01 5429744
1985-01-01 5475437
1986-01-01 5540488
1987-01-01 5570035
1988-01-01 5657846
1989-01-01 5740285
1990-01-01 5794580
1991-01-01 5833194
1992-01-01 5883297
1993-01-01 5888471
1994-01-01 5888712
1995-01-01 5898354
1996-01-01 5981116
1997-01-01 6057322
1998-01-01 6058069
1999-01-01 6088433
2000-01-01 6108174
2001-01-01 6188792
2002-01-01 6228440
2003-01-01 6171869
2004-01-01 6232546
2005-01-01 6282162
2006-01-01 6328844
2007-01-01 6384094
2008-01-01 6484086
2009-01-01 6434166
2010-01-01 6363081
2011-01-01 6386783
2012-01-01 6463889
2013-01-01 6446218
2014-01-01 6428660
2015-01-01 6476250
2016-01-01 6521627
2017-01-01 6494133
2018-01-01 6512770
2019-01-01 6573565
2020-01-01 6500777
2021-01-01 6439411
2022-01-01 6478983
2023-01-01 6558918
2024-01-01 6571898
2025-01-01 6541604

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