The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1990    
 
 
    May 2026
Persons
Name May 2026 Apr 2026 May 2025
Allegany County
24,484 24,630 24,824
Anne Arundel County
316,330 319,298 316,428
Baltimore County
443,904 446,797 443,746
Baltimore City
281,278 282,850 280,341
Calvert County
47,564 48,115 48,608
Caroline County
16,454 15,720 16,345
Carroll County
95,704 95,851 95,795
Cecil County
52,619 52,620 52,273
Charles County
85,400 86,724 88,229
Dorchester County
16,301 15,651 16,098
Frederick County
153,362 153,569 156,697
Garrett County
13,834 13,648 13,713
Harford County
141,696 142,732 141,621
Howard County
182,251 183,730 182,350
Kent County
9,451 9,014 9,469
Montgomery County
550,902 557,306 564,629
Prince George's County
485,583 493,214 501,545
Queen Anne's County
29,131 29,065 29,137
Somerset County
9,930 9,690 9,847
St. Mary's County
57,343 57,606 58,508
Talbot County
18,039 17,768 17,747
Washington County
70,831 70,508 70,892
Wicomico County
54,137 54,033 53,618
Worcester County
28,054 25,796 27,640
   

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