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 2025-12-01
Last Updated 2026-02-06 7:14 PM CST
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 301755
2016-02-01 301757
2016-03-01 303825
2016-04-01 301866
2016-05-01 302688
2016-06-01 305746
2016-07-01 307712
2016-08-01 306757
2016-09-01 303750
2016-10-01 306189
2016-11-01 305930
2016-12-01 305566
2017-01-01 301328
2017-02-01 301233
2017-03-01 303504
2017-04-01 303972
2017-05-01 304307
2017-06-01 308079
2017-07-01 310978
2017-08-01 309221
2017-09-01 306813
2017-10-01 306112
2017-11-01 305878
2017-12-01 305512
2018-01-01 299011
2018-02-01 299811
2018-03-01 301132
2018-04-01 300250
2018-05-01 301486
2018-06-01 306243
2018-07-01 307827
2018-08-01 304865
2018-09-01 301354
2018-10-01 303043
2018-11-01 302900
2018-12-01 303521
2019-01-01 297663
2019-02-01 297862
2019-03-01 299447
2019-04-01 298169
2019-05-01 299824
2019-06-01 305285
2019-07-01 307261
2019-08-01 306128
2019-09-01 302796
2019-10-01 305196
2019-11-01 304677
2019-12-01 304146
2020-01-01 297492
2020-02-01 297902
2020-03-01 299947
2020-04-01 283105
2020-05-01 283359
2020-06-01 289738
2020-07-01 290969
2020-08-01 289346
2020-09-01 288051
2020-10-01 288800
2020-11-01 286745
2020-12-01 286240
2021-01-01 281396
2021-02-01 280186
2021-03-01 281586
2021-04-01 280150
2021-05-01 279079
2021-06-01 283272
2021-07-01 283772
2021-08-01 280591
2021-09-01 277996
2021-10-01 278863
2021-11-01 278656
2021-12-01 277803
2022-01-01 276210
2022-02-01 275801
2022-03-01 276388
2022-04-01 274415
2022-05-01 274083
2022-06-01 277888
2022-07-01 279342
2022-08-01 278827
2022-09-01 275312
2022-10-01 276556
2022-11-01 275667
2022-12-01 275324
2023-01-01 273334
2023-02-01 273092
2023-03-01 274726
2023-04-01 274382
2023-05-01 274358
2023-06-01 278214
2023-07-01 280896
2023-08-01 279465
2023-09-01 276838
2023-10-01 278442
2023-11-01 279780
2023-12-01 278364
2024-01-01 280911
2024-02-01 280967
2024-03-01 282443
2024-04-01 281132
2024-05-01 280852
2024-06-01 284682
2024-07-01 287738
2024-08-01 285509
2024-09-01 281912
2024-10-01 282823
2024-11-01 281936
2024-12-01 281687
2025-01-01 281836
2025-02-01 279623
2025-03-01 280430
2025-04-01 280351
2025-05-01 280050
2025-06-01 284378
2025-07-01 286141
2025-08-01 284192
2025-09-01 282479
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 283156
2025-12-01 280992

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