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Local Area Unemployment Statistics - New Jersey

Status of the Civilian Labor Force - New Jersey

Civilian Labor Force - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 4,536,585 4,543,195 4,550,569 4,557,454 4,561,990 4,563,335 4,561,427 4,556,810 4,551,022 4,545,581 4,542,865 4,544,433  

2010

 4,549,452 4,555,278 4,559,927 4,562,426 4,562,235 4,559,450 4,555,437 4,551,948 4,549,867 4,549,879 4,551,299 4,553,174  

2011

 4,555,359 4,557,018 4,557,107 4,556,028 4,555,600 4,557,176 4,561,230 4,566,927 4,572,793 4,577,450 4,579,959 4,580,274  

2012

 4,579,827 4,580,547 4,582,440 4,584,234 4,585,463 4,586,476 4,587,732 4,590,156 4,594,086 4,597,516 4,598,151 4,594,449  

2013

 4,594,280 4,584,049 4,574,555 4,567,974 4,563,611 4,559,345 4,552,908 4,542,657 4,529,217 4,516,243 4,507,052 4,502,856  

2014

 4,467,170 4,468,826 4,471,808 4,474,887 4,477,992 4,482,119 4,487,413 4,493,750 4,500,035 4,504,389 4,505,707 4,505,141  

2015

 4,503,943 4,502,699 4,501,330 4,499,255 4,495,686 4,490,405 4,484,685 4,479,699 4,476,163 4,475,218 4,477,163 4,480,476  

2016

 4,483,152 4,484,082 4,482,754 4,480,116 4,477,578 4,475,440 4,473,571 4,472,133 4,471,273 4,470,095 4,468,182 4,465,971  

2017

 4,464,039 4,462,376 4,460,596 4,458,916 4,457,411 4,456,243 4,455,207 4,453,331 4,450,308 4,446,361 4,441,479 4,435,622  

2018

 4,429,810 4,425,461 4,422,938 4,420,992 4,418,909 4,417,050 4,416,691 4,417,547 4,419,916 4,422,755 4,424,320 4,424,774  

2019

 4,434,898 4,444,312 4,451,699 4,449,524 4,447,146 4,443,351 4,445,721 4,456,892 (p)4,475,911        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Employment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 4,200,201 4,183,717 4,170,687 4,161,261 4,153,141 4,144,441 4,134,146 4,122,578 4,111,578 4,102,786 4,098,084 4,098,646  

2010

 4,104,096 4,112,020 4,119,791 4,125,865 4,129,579 4,130,185 4,128,028 4,124,659 4,121,354 4,119,800 4,120,337 4,122,269  

2011

 4,125,018 4,127,495 4,128,833 4,128,987 4,129,075 4,130,621 4,134,490 4,140,177 4,146,653 4,152,800 4,157,197 4,158,972  

2012

 4,158,773 4,157,820 4,155,993 4,153,426 4,151,747 4,152,120 4,154,797 4,159,373 4,164,815 4,169,473 4,172,301 4,172,901  

2013

 4,178,849 4,176,045 4,174,535 4,175,392 4,176,838 4,177,318 4,176,414 4,174,222 4,171,484 4,169,309 4,169,278 4,172,420  

2014

 4,145,028 4,153,001 4,161,622 4,169,393 4,176,500 4,183,543 4,190,050 4,195,985 4,201,222 4,205,462 4,208,297 4,210,147  

2015

 4,211,771 4,213,571 4,216,284 4,219,896 4,223,598 4,226,739 4,229,677 4,232,915 4,237,047 4,242,564 4,248,801 4,254,129  

2016

 4,257,106 4,257,256 4,254,995 4,251,755 4,249,169 4,247,971 4,248,264 4,249,587 4,251,205 4,252,558 4,253,874 4,255,307  

2017

 4,256,780 4,258,006 4,258,093 4,256,977 4,254,993 4,252,278 4,249,003 4,245,120 4,240,875 4,236,595 4,232,318 4,228,671  

2018

 4,226,402 4,226,114 4,227,770 4,230,089 4,232,238 4,234,716 4,238,571 4,242,782 4,247,482 4,251,366 4,252,193 4,252,016  

2019

 4,259,254 4,265,000 4,271,127 4,274,830 4,279,762 4,286,878 4,298,776 4,315,034 (p)4,335,157        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Level - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 336,384 359,478 379,882 396,193 408,849 418,894 427,281 434,232 439,444 442,795 444,781 445,787  

2010

 445,356 443,258 440,136 436,561 432,656 429,265 427,409 427,289 428,513 430,079 430,962 430,905  

2011

 430,341 429,523 428,274 427,041 426,525 426,555 426,740 426,750 426,140 424,650 422,762 421,302  

2012

 421,054 422,727 426,447 430,808 433,716 434,356 432,935 430,783 429,271 428,043 425,850 421,548  

2013

 415,431 408,004 400,020 392,582 386,773 382,027 376,494 368,435 357,733 346,934 337,774 330,436  

2014

 322,142 315,825 310,186 305,494 301,492 298,576 297,363 297,765 298,813 298,927 297,410 294,994  

2015

 292,172 289,128 285,046 279,359 272,088 263,666 255,008 246,784 239,116 232,654 228,362 226,347  

2016

 226,046 226,826 227,759 228,361 228,409 227,469 225,307 222,546 220,068 217,537 214,308 210,664  

2017

 207,259 204,370 202,503 201,939 202,418 203,965 206,204 208,211 209,433 209,766 209,161 206,951  

2018

 203,408 199,347 195,168 190,903 186,671 182,334 178,120 174,765 172,434 171,389 172,127 172,758  

2019

 175,644 179,312 180,572 174,694 167,384 156,473 146,945 141,858 (p)140,754        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Rate - Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 7.4 7.9 8.3 8.7 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.5 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.8  

2010

 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5  

2011

 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2  

2012

 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2  

2013

 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.5 7.3  

2014

 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5  

2015

 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1  

2016

 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7  

2017

 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7  

2018

 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9  

2019

 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 (p)3.1        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Civilian Labor Force - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 4,502,539 4,530,299 4,534,698 4,547,009 4,555,142 4,615,728 4,633,870 4,583,022 4,518,694 4,526,984 4,533,942 4,525,810 4,550,645

2010

 4,518,682 4,534,321 4,548,793 4,569,810 4,560,800 4,594,818 4,619,484 4,583,768 4,523,356 4,528,964 4,538,572 4,542,589 4,555,330

2011

 4,519,207 4,541,084 4,554,081 4,545,120 4,555,198 4,598,582 4,619,615 4,592,987 4,552,859 4,569,948 4,566,790 4,567,795 4,565,272

2012

 4,534,225 4,568,971 4,574,565 4,564,459 4,586,458 4,647,868 4,652,390 4,600,392 4,564,678 4,593,560 4,586,509 4,582,310 4,588,033

2013

 4,570,862 4,568,820 4,549,790 4,540,431 4,565,666 4,621,677 4,623,634 4,571,135 4,506,715 4,496,553 4,488,352 4,479,075 4,548,560

2014

 4,432,756 4,462,199 4,472,344 4,445,567 4,478,367 4,526,429 4,564,649 4,524,046 4,467,495 4,497,686 4,489,634 4,483,285 4,487,038

2015

 4,474,867 4,487,747 4,484,166 4,478,845 4,511,132 4,538,981 4,556,780 4,504,885 4,437,060 4,465,398 4,462,402 4,465,751 4,489,001

2016

 4,440,624 4,474,232 4,483,631 4,466,997 4,471,230 4,518,260 4,543,276 4,500,035 4,451,047 4,460,350 4,443,094 4,443,493 4,474,689

2017

 4,430,366 4,456,642 4,453,574 4,447,016 4,450,316 4,501,955 4,523,393 4,480,439 4,435,312 4,429,013 4,422,044 4,412,231 4,453,525

2018

 4,392,534 4,429,034 4,413,614 4,398,322 4,409,315 4,476,647 4,495,703 4,432,697 4,383,803 4,412,319 4,409,867 4,421,437 4,422,942

2019

 4,429,139 4,458,265 4,450,721 4,401,625 4,424,044 4,481,379 4,537,085 4,526,095 (p)4,510,317        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Employment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 4,141,862 4,139,619 4,135,482 4,161,322 4,154,921 4,188,434 4,186,660 4,155,953 4,090,065 4,099,839 4,112,974 4,095,703 4,138,570

2010

 4,052,972 4,068,665 4,087,942 4,140,829 4,138,961 4,165,950 4,166,870 4,157,177 4,108,747 4,120,632 4,120,385 4,128,327 4,121,455

2011

 4,068,804 4,089,475 4,113,430 4,131,373 4,136,695 4,162,510 4,171,440 4,168,968 4,133,394 4,158,493 4,164,702 4,162,287 4,138,464

2012

 4,099,975 4,124,344 4,141,634 4,145,347 4,161,179 4,200,067 4,188,142 4,169,037 4,155,736 4,185,440 4,172,617 4,176,309 4,159,986

2013

 4,125,773 4,144,438 4,153,333 4,171,119 4,180,900 4,219,808 4,223,556 4,201,346 4,155,601 4,154,410 4,176,528 4,179,118 4,173,828

2014

 4,098,609 4,117,713 4,140,826 4,169,540 4,184,056 4,228,623 4,233,196 4,210,649 4,176,522 4,216,400 4,212,278 4,214,077 4,183,541

2015

 4,162,503 4,180,105 4,193,993 4,220,183 4,236,357 4,267,953 4,271,011 4,253,639 4,206,575 4,245,982 4,251,198 4,260,399 4,229,158

2016

 4,208,724 4,233,633 4,242,875 4,246,671 4,251,181 4,285,135 4,293,133 4,268,527 4,230,805 4,253,414 4,256,102 4,254,540 4,252,062

2017

 4,208,321 4,232,585 4,249,081 4,257,265 4,253,941 4,294,980 4,291,329 4,256,772 4,228,483 4,235,687 4,232,380 4,229,598 4,247,535

2018

 4,174,549 4,209,751 4,210,872 4,223,424 4,238,084 4,279,899 4,287,286 4,246,668 4,218,915 4,258,129 4,264,090 4,263,131 4,239,567

2019

 4,226,152 4,250,763 4,268,472 4,272,445 4,291,959 4,347,761 4,379,482 4,370,560 (p)4,365,279        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Level - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 360,677 390,680 399,216 385,687 400,221 427,294 447,210 427,069 428,629 427,145 420,968 430,107 412,075

2010

 465,710 465,656 460,851 428,981 421,839 428,868 452,614 426,591 414,609 408,332 418,187 414,262 433,875

2011

 450,403 451,609 440,651 413,747 418,503 436,072 448,175 424,019 419,465 411,455 402,088 405,508 426,808

2012

 434,250 444,627 432,931 419,112 425,279 447,801 464,248 431,355 408,942 408,120 413,892 406,001 428,047

2013

 445,089 424,382 396,457 369,312 384,766 401,869 400,078 369,789 351,114 342,143 311,824 299,957 374,732

2014

 334,147 344,486 331,518 276,027 294,311 297,806 331,453 313,397 290,973 281,286 277,356 269,208 303,497

2015

 312,364 307,642 290,173 258,662 274,775 271,028 285,769 251,246 230,485 219,416 211,204 205,352 259,843

2016

 231,900 240,599 240,756 220,326 220,049 233,125 250,143 231,508 220,242 206,936 186,992 188,953 222,627

2017

 222,045 224,057 204,493 189,751 196,375 206,975 232,064 223,667 206,829 193,326 189,664 182,633 205,990

2018

 217,985 219,283 202,742 174,898 171,231 196,748 208,417 186,029 164,888 154,190 145,777 158,306 183,375

2019

 202,987 207,502 182,249 129,180 132,085 133,618 157,603 155,535 (p)145,038        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary
Unemployment Rate - Not Seasonally Adjusted
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg

2009

 8.0 8.6 8.8 8.5 8.8 9.3 9.7 9.3 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.5 9.1

2010

 10.3 10.3 10.1 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.8 9.3 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.5

2011

 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.1 9.2 9.5 9.7 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.9 9.3

2012

 9.6 9.7 9.5 9.2 9.3 9.6 10.0 9.4 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.3

2013

 9.7 9.3 8.7 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.7 8.1 7.8 7.6 6.9 6.7 8.2

2014

 7.5 7.7 7.4 6.2 6.6 6.6 7.3 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.8

2015

 7.0 6.9 6.5 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.3 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.6 5.8

2016

 5.2 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.3 5.0

2017

 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.6

2018

 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.0 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.6 4.1

2019

 4.6 4.7 4.1 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.4 (p)3.2        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).