This system provides labor force data for individual cities from a database of Local Area Unemployment Statistics data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It will display data on the number of employed residents, the size of the labor force, and the unemployment rate during a selected month in two selected years between 1990 and 2006. It contains data for all of the U.S. principal cities and metropolitan areas for which BLS publishes the data. This means that the definition of "Suburbs" for those metropolitan areas where BLS does not publish some principal city data will differ from the definition used in SOCDS Census data tables.
*As of September 2006, SOCDS presents metropolitan area employment data according to the core based statistical area definition established by the Census in December 2003. Micropolitan area data are not included.
To retrieve a city's data, first choose
its State or Core Based Statistical Area
or to select the Frames version of the Current Labor Force Data tables for faster access click on:
Click here to download a summary report on employment, labor force, and the unemployment rate in the 50 largest cities for December 2000 and December 2007 in Adobe Acrobat format.
Send comments or report errors to: John_I._Carruthers@hud.gov