Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Baltimore City, MD

Title Civilian Labor Force in Baltimore City, MD
Series ID MDBALT5LFN
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 1990-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-06-03 1:15 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.

For more details, see the release's frequently asked questions.

Baltimore City, MD constitutes a significant percentage of the state's total statewide employment. This series is calculated in addition to the Baltimore-Columbia-Townson MD (MSA)'s statistics because of it's importance to the state. For more details on non-standard area definitions, visit the additional resources of the Current Employment Statistics.
DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 333425
1990-02-01 335924
1990-03-01 336809
1990-04-01 333857
1990-05-01 336542
1990-06-01 341272
1990-07-01 344220
1990-08-01 341711
1990-09-01 337283
1990-10-01 338771
1990-11-01 337757
1990-12-01 336526
1991-01-01 329369
1991-02-01 330315
1991-03-01 333098
1991-04-01 331841
1991-05-01 335468
1991-06-01 341185
1991-07-01 344434
1991-08-01 339054
1991-09-01 337402
1991-10-01 339192
1991-11-01 338543
1991-12-01 336801
1992-01-01 328753
1992-02-01 328477
1992-03-01 330262
1992-04-01 330830
1992-05-01 333695
1992-06-01 341060
1992-07-01 345388
1992-08-01 342258
1992-09-01 334580
1992-10-01 334561
1992-11-01 334275
1992-12-01 332526
1993-01-01 322892
1993-02-01 323581
1993-03-01 325109
1993-04-01 323801
1993-05-01 328706
1993-06-01 335530
1993-07-01 339146
1993-08-01 336211
1993-09-01 330546
1993-10-01 332594
1993-11-01 331953
1993-12-01 329975
1994-01-01 316540
1994-02-01 315001
1994-03-01 315932
1994-04-01 316668
1994-05-01 320250
1994-06-01 324630
1994-07-01 327697
1994-08-01 325327
1994-09-01 320881
1994-10-01 321222
1994-11-01 320900
1994-12-01 318655
1995-01-01 310048
1995-02-01 308223
1995-03-01 311030
1995-04-01 311886
1995-05-01 312406
1995-06-01 315946
1995-07-01 319183
1995-08-01 315791
1995-09-01 312932
1995-10-01 317297
1995-11-01 312851
1995-12-01 310302
1996-01-01 298414
1996-02-01 300939
1996-03-01 304551
1996-04-01 304941
1996-05-01 309169
1996-06-01 313268
1996-07-01 317660
1996-08-01 312179
1996-09-01 310692
1996-10-01 313528
1996-11-01 312310
1996-12-01 308802
1997-01-01 301609
1997-02-01 301458
1997-03-01 305590
1997-04-01 304197
1997-05-01 307337
1997-06-01 311988
1997-07-01 312805
1997-08-01 310458
1997-09-01 312049
1997-10-01 307681
1997-11-01 306989
1997-12-01 305306
1998-01-01 302148
1998-02-01 296067
1998-03-01 298475
1998-04-01 294591
1998-05-01 296706
1998-06-01 301088
1998-07-01 304890
1998-08-01 300916
1998-09-01 294955
1998-10-01 297718
1998-11-01 295974
1998-12-01 293772
1999-01-01 286030
1999-02-01 286144
1999-03-01 286871
1999-04-01 286289
1999-05-01 288889
1999-06-01 292601
1999-07-01 294567
1999-08-01 290454
1999-09-01 286345
1999-10-01 288998
1999-11-01 288236
1999-12-01 286844
2000-01-01 276198
2000-02-01 275940
2000-03-01 278809
2000-04-01 277641
2000-05-01 278031
2000-06-01 281995
2000-07-01 283226
2000-08-01 281601
2000-09-01 280049
2000-10-01 282642
2000-11-01 282116
2000-12-01 282998
2001-01-01 279319
2001-02-01 277915
2001-03-01 280481
2001-04-01 277990
2001-05-01 277525
2001-06-01 281647
2001-07-01 284079
2001-08-01 280763
2001-09-01 279278
2001-10-01 281821
2001-11-01 281722
2001-12-01 282105
2002-01-01 273488
2002-02-01 274773
2002-03-01 275645
2002-04-01 273228
2002-05-01 274303
2002-06-01 277929
2002-07-01 279960
2002-08-01 276585
2002-09-01 274349
2002-10-01 275460
2002-11-01 274545
2002-12-01 274247
2003-01-01 274160
2003-02-01 273200
2003-03-01 274498
2003-04-01 274013
2003-05-01 274285
2003-06-01 277978
2003-07-01 278175
2003-08-01 277035
2003-09-01 274861
2003-10-01 276474
2003-11-01 276862
2003-12-01 275764
2004-01-01 273143
2004-02-01 271149
2004-03-01 272716
2004-04-01 270860
2004-05-01 271309
2004-06-01 275500
2004-07-01 277410
2004-08-01 274985
2004-09-01 272069
2004-10-01 274528
2004-11-01 274872
2004-12-01 274553
2005-01-01 269636
2005-02-01 269794
2005-03-01 270555
2005-04-01 271165
2005-05-01 272533
2005-06-01 276278
2005-07-01 279017
2005-08-01 276698
2005-09-01 274901
2005-10-01 276679
2005-11-01 275948
2005-12-01 275663
2006-01-01 272464
2006-02-01 273095
2006-03-01 274811
2006-04-01 274874
2006-05-01 275979
2006-06-01 280021
2006-07-01 282690
2006-08-01 279731
2006-09-01 277088
2006-10-01 278883
2006-11-01 278122
2006-12-01 278259
2007-01-01 278462
2007-02-01 276390
2007-03-01 277679
2007-04-01 276209
2007-05-01 276629
2007-06-01 281153
2007-07-01 283886
2007-08-01 280169
2007-09-01 278890
2007-10-01 280160
2007-11-01 280173
2007-12-01 278966
2008-01-01 279175
2008-02-01 277674
2008-03-01 280270
2008-04-01 280031
2008-05-01 282100
2008-06-01 285926
2008-07-01 289107
2008-08-01 286888
2008-09-01 284276
2008-10-01 287394
2008-11-01 286365
2008-12-01 286031
2009-01-01 282878
2009-02-01 281965
2009-03-01 283258
2009-04-01 283276
2009-05-01 284088
2009-06-01 288358
2009-07-01 290432
2009-08-01 287737
2009-09-01 284597
2009-10-01 285911
2009-11-01 285894
2009-12-01 283963
2010-01-01 293622
2010-02-01 292426
2010-03-01 296510
2010-04-01 296038
2010-05-01 295775
2010-06-01 299286
2010-07-01 300912
2010-08-01 300578
2010-09-01 296390
2010-10-01 297215
2010-11-01 296996
2010-12-01 296260
2011-01-01 293199
2011-02-01 292591
2011-03-01 294938
2011-04-01 294341
2011-05-01 295391
2011-06-01 298061
2011-07-01 299529
2011-08-01 297645
2011-09-01 295059
2011-10-01 297086
2011-11-01 295937
2011-12-01 296100
2012-01-01 294247
2012-02-01 294946
2012-03-01 296548
2012-04-01 295162
2012-05-01 296729
2012-06-01 299613
2012-07-01 302252
2012-08-01 299604
2012-09-01 297704
2012-10-01 300929
2012-11-01 299026
2012-12-01 299832
2013-01-01 298618
2013-02-01 297674
2013-03-01 298577
2013-04-01 297755
2013-05-01 298844
2013-06-01 301964
2013-07-01 302645
2013-08-01 298878
2013-09-01 296627
2013-10-01 296512
2013-11-01 295810
2013-12-01 294277
2014-01-01 292478
2014-02-01 292895
2014-03-01 294916
2014-04-01 294060
2014-05-01 295634
2014-06-01 298257
2014-07-01 300263
2014-08-01 297920
2014-09-01 294050
2014-10-01 296487
2014-11-01 296121
2014-12-01 295354
2015-01-01 293799
2015-02-01 293903
2015-03-01 295005
2015-04-01 295004
2015-05-01 297229
2015-06-01 298334
2015-07-01 300432
2015-08-01 298002
2015-09-01 292966
2015-10-01 296087
2015-11-01 295505
2015-12-01 295563
2016-01-01 301567
2016-02-01 301568
2016-03-01 303634
2016-04-01 301678
2016-05-01 302500
2016-06-01 305413
2016-07-01 307326
2016-08-01 306392
2016-09-01 303535
2016-10-01 305985
2016-11-01 305736
2016-12-01 305373
2017-01-01 301132
2017-02-01 301035
2017-03-01 303310
2017-04-01 303777
2017-05-01 304110
2017-06-01 307712
2017-07-01 310519
2017-08-01 308811
2017-09-01 306611
2017-10-01 305904
2017-11-01 305676
2017-12-01 305313
2018-01-01 298787
2018-02-01 299591
2018-03-01 300915
2018-04-01 300031
2018-05-01 301262
2018-06-01 305778
2018-07-01 307328
2018-08-01 304411
2018-09-01 301034
2018-10-01 302817
2018-11-01 302674
2018-12-01 303293
2019-01-01 297479
2019-02-01 297678
2019-03-01 299267
2019-04-01 297982
2019-05-01 299632
2019-06-01 304839
2019-07-01 306783
2019-08-01 305685
2019-09-01 302421
2019-10-01 305003
2019-11-01 304488
2019-12-01 303953
2020-01-01 297301
2020-02-01 297713
2020-03-01 299746
2020-04-01 282843
2020-05-01 283091
2020-06-01 289366
2020-07-01 290457
2020-08-01 288841
2020-09-01 287644
2020-10-01 288559
2020-11-01 286505
2020-12-01 286001
2021-01-01 282101
2021-02-01 280858
2021-03-01 282331
2021-04-01 280865
2021-05-01 279622
2021-06-01 283717
2021-07-01 284194
2021-08-01 280881
2021-09-01 278519
2021-10-01 279536
2021-11-01 279068
2021-12-01 278310
2022-01-01 276683
2022-02-01 276260
2022-03-01 276773
2022-04-01 274890
2022-05-01 274552
2022-06-01 278108
2022-07-01 279495
2022-08-01 279119
2022-09-01 275594
2022-10-01 276662
2022-11-01 275736
2022-12-01 275324
2023-01-01 273568
2023-02-01 273280
2023-03-01 274885
2023-04-01 274744
2023-05-01 274614
2023-06-01 278248
2023-07-01 280910
2023-08-01 279383
2023-09-01 276572
2023-10-01 278196
2023-11-01 279341
2023-12-01 277935
2024-01-01 280189
2024-02-01 280119
2024-03-01 281566
2024-04-01 280315
2024-05-01 279906
2024-06-01 283657
2024-07-01 286677
2024-08-01 284403
2024-09-01 281250
2024-10-01 283144
2024-11-01 282257
2024-12-01 282167
2025-01-01 282578
2025-02-01 281354
2025-03-01 282291
2025-04-01 280918
2025-05-01 280341
2025-06-01 283299
2025-07-01 284879
2025-08-01 284532
2025-09-01 282525
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 281435
2025-12-01 280599
2026-01-01 281583
2026-02-01 283915
2026-03-01 283927
2026-04-01 282960

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