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Civilian Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment by Place of Residence (LAUS) - Select Cities - 20091
 
Item Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Avg
    
Annapolis
  Labor Force 21,276 21,242 21,287 21,293 21,411 21,571 21,622 21,340 21,244 21,370 21,294 21,174 21,343
    Employment 20,061 19,933 20,009 20,084 20,060 20,144 20,236 19,988 19,885 19,966 19,967 19,840 20,014
    Unemployment 1,215 1,309 1,278 1,209 1,351 1,427 1,386 1,352 1,359 1,404 1,327 1,334 1,329
      Rate 5.7 6.2 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.2
Bowie
  Labor Force 30,953 30,975 31,087 31,063 31,161 31,287 31,616 31,163 30,701 31,004 31,045 30,830 31,074
    Employment 29,612 29,546 29,702 29,660 29,546 29,585 29,984 29,579 29,150 29,414 29,533 29,299 29,551
    Unemployment 1,341 1,429 1,385 1,403 1,615 1,702 1,632 1,584 1,551 1,590 1,512 1,531 1,523
      Rate 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.5 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9
College Park
  Labor Force 14,284 14,359 14,287 14,282 14,272 14,563 14,682 14,385 14,244 14,487 14,423 14,177 14,370
    Employment 13,423 13,393 13,463 13,445 13,393 13,411 13,592 13,407 13,214 13,333 13,387 13,281 13,395
    Unemployment 861 966 824 837 879 1,152 1,090 978 1,030 1,154 1,036 896 975
      Rate 6.0 6.7 5.8 5.9 6.2 7.9 7.4 6.8 7.2 8.0 7.2 6.3 6.8
Frederick
  Labor Force 32,330 32,344 32,419 32,264 32,434 32,739 33,229 32,534 32,239 32,379 32,428 32,297 32,470
    Employment 30,306 30,121 30,229 30,196 30,154 30,343 30,748 30,287 29,955 30,051 30,157 29,981 30,211
    Unemployment 2,024 2,223 2,190 2,068 2,280 2,396 2,481 2,247 2,284 2,328 2,271 2,316 2,259
      Rate 6.3 6.9 6.8 6.4 7.0 7.3 7.5 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.0
Gaithersburg
  Labor Force 33,180 33,145 33,227 33,151 33,306 33,626 34,007 33,433 33,113 33,285 33,328 33,162 33,330
    Employment 31,609 31,415 31,528 31,495 31,450 31,647 32,070 31,590 31,243 31,342 31,453 31,270 31,509
    Unemployment 1,571 1,730 1,699 1,656 1,856 1,979 1,937 1,843 1,870 1,943 1,875 1,892 1,821
      Rate 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.5
Hagerstown
  Labor Force 19,080 18,955 19,159 19,104 19,319 19,325 19,193 19,211 18,984 19,003 18,994 18,987 19,109
    Employment 17,195 16,948 16,973 17,068 17,106 17,173 17,258 17,114 17,025 16,994 17,043 16,980 17,073
    Unemployment 1,885 2,007 2,186 2,036 2,213 2,152 1,935 2,097 1,959 2,009 1,951 2,007 2,036
      Rate 9.9 10.6 11.4 10.7 11.5 11.1 10.1 10.9 10.3 10.6 10.3 10.6 10.7
Rockville
  Labor Force 32,094 32,070 32,094 32,050 32,192 32,584 32,868 32,337 32,075 32,202 32,182 31,903 32,221
    Employment 30,653 30,465 30,574 30,543 30,499 30,691 31,101 30,634 30,299 30,396 30,502 30,325 30,557
    Unemployment 1,441 1,605 1,520 1,507 1,693 1,893 1,767 1,703 1,776 1,806 1,680 1,578 1,664
      Rate 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.7 5.3 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.2
Salisbury
  Labor Force 14,747 14,913 14,956 15,050 15,299 15,467 15,554 15,132 15,015 14,869 14,825 14,667 15,042
    Employment 13,521 13,634 13,687 13,860 14,074 14,182 14,291 13,900 13,837 13,638 13,538 13,336 13,792
    Unemployment 1,226 1,279 1,269 1,190 1,225 1,285 1,263 1,232 1,178 1,231 1,287 1,331 1,250
      Rate 8.3 8.6 8.5 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.1 7.8 8.3 8.7 9.1 8.3
 
NOTE: These data are not seasonally adjusted.  They are estimates relating to the week of the 12th of the month.  The count is of persons by place of residence.
1 Estimates are revised to the 2012 benchmark from the Current Population Survey.  Published April 2013

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