Table Data - Unemployed Persons in Wisconsin

Title Unemployed Persons in Wisconsin
Series ID LAUST550000000000004
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 2026-03-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:13 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 138805
1976-02-01 147338
1976-03-01 142688
1976-04-01 123796
1976-05-01 106197
1976-06-01 128859
1976-07-01 121117
1976-08-01 116688
1976-09-01 103157
1976-10-01 98329
1976-11-01 104732
1976-12-01 105254
1977-01-01 122752
1977-02-01 135901
1977-03-01 137002
1977-04-01 113273
1977-05-01 102053
1977-06-01 127762
1977-07-01 111212
1977-08-01 105276
1977-09-01 97514
1977-10-01 91385
1977-11-01 93749
1977-12-01 89129
1978-01-01 119301
1978-02-01 129070
1978-03-01 126268
1978-04-01 108773
1978-05-01 99174
1978-06-01 121248
1978-07-01 116588
1978-08-01 107053
1978-09-01 97269
1978-10-01 94338
1978-11-01 98902
1978-12-01 104275
1979-01-01 115063
1979-02-01 126963
1979-03-01 122328
1979-04-01 104553
1979-05-01 91019
1979-06-01 113264
1979-07-01 102169
1979-08-01 98263
1979-09-01 86109
1979-10-01 87762
1979-11-01 96666
1979-12-01 104581
1980-01-01 136582
1980-02-01 152299
1980-03-01 157608
1980-04-01 161446
1980-05-01 170295
1980-06-01 188644
1980-07-01 183368
1980-08-01 196508
1980-09-01 181785
1980-10-01 178750
1980-11-01 180860
1980-12-01 178501
1981-01-01 203879
1981-02-01 210727
1981-03-01 206107
1981-04-01 177477
1981-05-01 173235
1981-06-01 191887
1981-07-01 181199
1981-08-01 174333
1981-09-01 166628
1981-10-01 174495
1981-11-01 185511
1981-12-01 199303
1982-01-01 222764
1982-02-01 242482
1982-03-01 251023
1982-04-01 246905
1982-05-01 242945
1982-06-01 265042
1982-07-01 259441
1982-08-01 252499
1982-09-01 244530
1982-10-01 245755
1982-11-01 260003
1982-12-01 272694
1983-01-01 292948
1983-02-01 298872
1983-03-01 287531
1983-04-01 256229
1983-05-01 239987
1983-06-01 255299
1983-07-01 229304
1983-08-01 222318
1983-09-01 200717
1983-10-01 191189
1983-11-01 188322
1983-12-01 186411
1984-01-01 200260
1984-02-01 206414
1984-03-01 199161
1984-04-01 183055
1984-05-01 174301
1984-06-01 183338
1984-07-01 175004
1984-08-01 163872
1984-09-01 150329
1984-10-01 149370
1984-11-01 147692
1984-12-01 157352
1985-01-01 185330
1985-02-01 192865
1985-03-01 193959
1985-04-01 178538
1985-05-01 168983
1985-06-01 181831
1985-07-01 170973
1985-08-01 159152
1985-09-01 152836
1985-10-01 152487
1985-11-01 156129
1985-12-01 160703
1986-01-01 175572
1986-02-01 198083
1986-03-01 188601
1986-04-01 173316
1986-05-01 166196
1986-06-01 179048
1986-07-01 162865
1986-08-01 152755
1986-09-01 146034
1986-10-01 141597
1986-11-01 144898
1986-12-01 145366
1987-01-01 172798
1987-02-01 183911
1987-03-01 175290
1987-04-01 147693
1987-05-01 140933
1987-06-01 149439
1987-07-01 136331
1987-08-01 128804
1987-09-01 119579
1987-10-01 119434
1987-11-01 121357
1987-12-01 116408
1988-01-01 137428
1988-02-01 144712
1988-03-01 138243
1988-04-01 116007
1988-05-01 108379
1988-06-01 114401
1988-07-01 105923
1988-08-01 100688
1988-09-01 90752
1988-10-01 83930
1988-11-01 94490
1988-12-01 99269
1989-01-01 125629
1989-02-01 133240
1989-03-01 128576
1989-04-01 116209
1989-05-01 108048
1989-06-01 124731
1989-07-01 112071
1989-08-01 101670
1989-09-01 95619
1989-10-01 90443
1989-11-01 99786
1989-12-01 101694
1990-01-01 126818
1990-02-01 131816
1990-03-01 125358
1990-04-01 112908
1990-05-01 97823
1990-06-01 112397
1990-07-01 108586
1990-08-01 109223
1990-09-01 101396
1990-10-01 101080
1990-11-01 115011
1990-12-01 124957
1991-01-01 152628
1991-02-01 173330
1991-03-01 173985
1991-04-01 149196
1991-05-01 141378
1991-06-01 155006
1991-07-01 139881
1991-08-01 129023
1991-09-01 118332
1991-10-01 115666
1991-11-01 119961
1991-12-01 126317
1992-01-01 149682
1992-02-01 162825
1992-03-01 152554
1992-04-01 132112
1992-05-01 130898
1992-06-01 156262
1992-07-01 144040
1992-08-01 137652
1992-09-01 128877
1992-10-01 116773
1992-11-01 114757
1992-12-01 119788
1993-01-01 142490
1993-02-01 152546
1993-03-01 140724
1993-04-01 125040
1993-05-01 119483
1993-06-01 132428
1993-07-01 118486
1993-08-01 110954
1993-09-01 98553
1993-10-01 99920
1993-11-01 106721
1993-12-01 114645
1994-01-01 148136
1994-02-01 159328
1994-03-01 152107
1994-04-01 129405
1994-05-01 112241
1994-06-01 129482
1994-07-01 121191
1994-08-01 112783
1994-09-01 99172
1994-10-01 94527
1994-11-01 95248
1994-12-01 95962
1995-01-01 119856
1995-02-01 125537
1995-03-01 128339
1995-04-01 115871
1995-05-01 101922
1995-06-01 113634
1995-07-01 105676
1995-08-01 97114
1995-09-01 91423
1995-10-01 90478
1995-11-01 96278
1995-12-01 98294
1996-01-01 127353
1996-02-01 133070
1996-03-01 128133
1996-04-01 110930
1996-05-01 103305
1996-06-01 112234
1996-07-01 107983
1996-08-01 93571
1996-09-01 83157
1996-10-01 79221
1996-11-01 87497
1996-12-01 95937
1997-01-01 123282
1997-02-01 131404
1997-03-01 128268
1997-04-01 106916
1997-05-01 95902
1997-06-01 113862
1997-07-01 104124
1997-08-01 95316
1997-09-01 87315
1997-10-01 79586
1997-11-01 84287
1997-12-01 89053
1998-01-01 110975
1998-02-01 117953
1998-03-01 117696
1998-04-01 86880
1998-05-01 85088
1998-06-01 108526
1998-07-01 99801
1998-08-01 93581
1998-09-01 85660
1998-10-01 83935
1998-11-01 88180
1998-12-01 90651
1999-01-01 110154
1999-02-01 120245
1999-03-01 108406
1999-04-01 94416
1999-05-01 82788
1999-06-01 97351
1999-07-01 90138
1999-08-01 80639
1999-09-01 69429
1999-10-01 70654
1999-11-01 78625
1999-12-01 83053
2000-01-01 104898
2000-02-01 117957
2000-03-01 119423
2000-04-01 100018
2000-05-01 94040
2000-06-01 113792
2000-07-01 106363
2000-08-01 99075
2000-09-01 86196
2000-10-01 78762
2000-11-01 89371
2000-12-01 100021
2001-01-01 129019
2001-02-01 141888
2001-03-01 146528
2001-04-01 133025
2001-05-01 118324
2001-06-01 140992
2001-07-01 130842
2001-08-01 128592
2001-09-01 116692
2001-10-01 127389
2001-11-01 138712
2001-12-01 146419
2002-01-01 177762
2002-02-01 190753
2002-03-01 188004
2002-04-01 168210
2002-05-01 149570
2002-06-01 169791
2002-07-01 158258
2002-08-01 152945
2002-09-01 135724
2002-10-01 133541
2002-11-01 146621
2002-12-01 155274
2003-01-01 183679
2003-02-01 195958
2003-03-01 194124
2003-04-01 177978
2003-05-01 168143
2003-06-01 194832
2003-07-01 175921
2003-08-01 167813
2003-09-01 152433
2003-10-01 143054
2003-11-01 147086
2003-12-01 148887
2004-01-01 175399
2004-02-01 181984
2004-03-01 183202
2004-04-01 156817
2004-05-01 147184
2004-06-01 163568
2004-07-01 149575
2004-08-01 139547
2004-09-01 126947
2004-10-01 124900
2004-11-01 130069
2004-12-01 132623
2005-01-01 156082
2005-02-01 172057
2005-03-01 161235
2005-04-01 146933
2005-05-01 138664
2005-06-01 152432
2005-07-01 142827
2005-08-01 132409
2005-09-01 127092
2005-10-01 121890
2005-11-01 134499
2005-12-01 134391
2006-01-01 151137
2006-02-01 167832
2006-03-01 159861
2006-04-01 148766
2006-05-01 135120
2006-06-01 152643
2006-07-01 148829
2006-08-01 135091
2006-09-01 127694
2006-10-01 122310
2006-11-01 133588
2006-12-01 137629
2007-01-01 164196
2007-02-01 170429
2007-03-01 162659
2007-04-01 152861
2007-05-01 141756
2007-06-01 160518
2007-07-01 152541
2007-08-01 145268
2007-09-01 135666
2007-10-01 129152
2007-11-01 131543
2007-12-01 134641
2008-01-01 152114
2008-02-01 154570
2008-03-01 150659
2008-04-01 127477
2008-05-01 128614
2008-06-01 152963
2008-07-01 150312
2008-08-01 150880
2008-09-01 143707
2008-10-01 150410
2008-11-01 168700
2008-12-01 192098
2009-01-01 243247
2009-02-01 278633
2009-03-01 289352
2009-04-01 274128
2009-05-01 275033
2009-06-01 298253
2009-07-01 289187
2009-08-01 279382
2009-09-01 265547
2009-10-01 263529
2009-11-01 264755
2009-12-01 274815
2010-01-01 303312
2010-02-01 307772
2010-03-01 299884
2010-04-01 268299
2010-05-01 250933
2010-06-01 264126
2010-07-01 256207
2010-08-01 246416
2010-09-01 228668
2010-10-01 223849
2010-11-01 229844
2010-12-01 230754
2011-01-01 254481
2011-02-01 260967
2011-03-01 252376
2011-04-01 234096
2011-05-01 229213
2011-06-01 251252
2011-07-01 239512
2011-08-01 228123
2011-09-01 216472
2011-10-01 207389
2011-11-01 201767
2011-12-01 207515
2012-01-01 229486
2012-02-01 241092
2012-03-01 233267
2012-04-01 211018
2012-05-01 210030
2012-06-01 232990
2012-07-01 226675
2012-08-01 211065
2012-09-01 186646
2012-10-01 181538
2012-11-01 187430
2012-12-01 204021
2013-01-01 238090
2013-02-01 242267
2013-03-01 229450
2013-04-01 210213
2013-05-01 204222
2013-06-01 224502
2013-07-01 213123
2013-08-01 196753
2013-09-01 184198
2013-10-01 179713
2013-11-01 178561
2013-12-01 178464
2014-01-01 195211
2014-02-01 206574
2014-03-01 200460
2014-04-01 168455
2014-05-01 162840
2014-06-01 175747
2014-07-01 170565
2014-08-01 155255
2014-09-01 138562
2014-10-01 133417
2014-11-01 135948
2014-12-01 138677
2015-01-01 161610
2015-02-01 167236
2015-03-01 159264
2015-04-01 138479
2015-05-01 140839
2015-06-01 147315
2015-07-01 138891
2015-08-01 123147
2015-09-01 113615
2015-10-01 113227
2015-11-01 119785
2015-12-01 125672
2016-01-01 142548
2016-02-01 149817
2016-03-01 144796
2016-04-01 128089
2016-05-01 113008
2016-06-01 135088
2016-07-01 125727
2016-08-01 116942
2016-09-01 104424
2016-10-01 102790
2016-11-01 101355
2016-12-01 106537
2017-01-01 125822
2017-02-01 134418
2017-03-01 118484
2017-04-01 100760
2017-05-01 94078
2017-06-01 115158
2017-07-01 108432
2017-08-01 102598
2017-09-01 86623
2017-10-01 79250
2017-11-01 81318
2017-12-01 85523
2018-01-01 103250
2018-02-01 114719
2018-03-01 111483
2018-04-01 94107
2018-05-01 86883
2018-06-01 112771
2018-07-01 100229
2018-08-01 91437
2018-09-01 74558
2018-10-01 75063
2018-11-01 77217
2018-12-01 86001
2019-01-01 112003
2019-02-01 113418
2019-03-01 114574
2019-04-01 96075
2019-05-01 94549
2019-06-01 115273
2019-07-01 110006
2019-08-01 102661
2019-09-01 86059
2019-10-01 80628
2019-11-01 83347
2019-12-01 89089
2020-01-01 110839
2020-02-01 109062
2020-03-01 120785
2020-04-01 427501
2020-05-01 324256
2020-06-01 283107
2020-07-01 247172
2020-08-01 189621
2020-09-01 165325
2020-10-01 139047
2020-11-01 137192
2020-12-01 143683
2021-01-01 153804
2021-02-01 160612
2021-03-01 152495
2021-04-01 132526
2021-05-01 117449
2021-06-01 140143
2021-07-01 124635
2021-08-01 113054
2021-09-01 90156
2021-10-01 78276
2021-11-01 73443
2021-12-01 76740
2022-01-01 106281
2022-02-01 112367
2022-03-01 105137
2022-04-01 87906
2022-05-01 79774
2022-06-01 100309
2022-07-01 94224
2022-08-01 91035
2022-09-01 74659
2022-10-01 67974
2022-11-01 67819
2022-12-01 67824
2023-01-01 89067
2023-02-01 99724
2023-03-01 94609
2023-04-01 80159
2023-05-01 84069
2023-06-01 102997
2023-07-01 95674
2023-08-01 99801
2023-09-01 82642
2023-10-01 76844
2023-11-01 74847
2023-12-01 79058
2024-01-01 93104
2024-02-01 110451
2024-03-01 110058
2024-04-01 92398
2024-05-01 88531
2024-06-01 106104
2024-07-01 104764
2024-08-01 94561
2024-09-01 80918
2024-10-01 79065
2024-11-01 84767
2024-12-01 89160
2025-01-01 109435
2025-02-01 120343
2025-03-01 116700
2025-04-01 99995
2025-05-01 93847
2025-06-01 104353
2025-07-01 102330
2025-08-01 97420
2025-09-01 83065
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 90358
2025-12-01 94795
2026-01-01 119238
2026-02-01 134989
2026-03-01 126161

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