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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Table

Southeast - Labor Force Statistics

 
Civilian labor force in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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data		 Sep
2020		 Jul
2021		 Aug
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Net
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United States

 160,078 161,347 161,537 161,354 1,276 0.8

South(1)

 59,538.5 60,316.7 60,432.7 60,506.7 968.3 1.6

South Atlantic

 31,425.5 32,118.5 32,215.0 32,266.9 841.5 2.7

Delaware

 490.9 489.1 488.9 (p)488.8 (p)-2.1 (p)-0.4

District of Columbia

 407.9 407.2 409.7 (p)410.8 (p)2.8 (p)0.7

Florida

 10,052.9 10,478.5 10,543.1 (p)10,593.0 (p)540.1 (p)5.4

Georgia

 4,940.9 5,170.5 5,174.2 (p)5,168.2 (p)227.3 (p)4.6

Maryland

 3,009.1 3,135.8 3,142.4 (p)3,143.1 (p)133.9 (p)4.5

North Carolina

 5,007.0 4,999.8 5,011.5 (p)5,021.9 (p)14.9 (p)0.3

South Carolina

 2,422.9 2,402.8 2,404.4 (p)2,405.3 (p)-17.7 (p)-0.7

Virginia

 4,302.4 4,241.8 4,248.1 (p)4,244.2 (p)-58.2 (p)-1.4

West Virginia

 791.4 793.1 792.7 (p)791.8 (p)0.4 (p)0.0

East South Central

 8,843.3 8,804.1 8,804.4 8,792.6 -50.7 -0.6

Alabama

 2,212.7 2,210.7 2,207.6 (p)2,207.6 (p)-5.1 (p)-0.2

Kentucky

 1,979.8 1,980.8 1,985.7 (p)1,987.4 (p)7.5 (p)0.4

Mississippi

 1,261.8 1,278.8 1,277.9 (p)1,275.3 (p)13.5 (p)1.1

Tennessee

 3,389.0 3,333.8 3,333.2 (p)3,322.4 (p)-66.6 (p)-2.0

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployed in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 12,535 8,702 8,384 7,674 -4,861 -38.8

South(1)

 4,233.0 3,039.1 2,944.9 2,829.3 -1,403.7 -33.2

South Atlantic

 2,160.8 1,507.6 1,477.7 1,428.7 -732.1 -33.9

Delaware

 37.5 27.2 26.4 (p)26.1 (p)-11.4 (p)-30.5

District of Columbia

 35.6 27.4 27.6 (p)26.7 (p)-8.9 (p)-25.1

Florida

 719.2 529.9 529.6 (p)517.0 (p)-202.2 (p)-28.1

Georgia

 320.1 193.5 181.6 (p)167.8 (p)-152.2 (p)-47.6

Maryland

 209.1 187.6 188.0 (p)185.6 (p)-23.6 (p)-11.3

North Carolina

 364.3 222.5 216.6 (p)211.5 (p)-152.8 (p)-41.9

South Carolina

 130.4 103.5 101.5 (p)98.2 (p)-32.2 (p)-24.7

Virginia

 282.2 176.2 168.4 (p)159.8 (p)-122.4 (p)-43.4

West Virginia

 62.3 39.9 38.1 (p)36.0 (p)-26.3 (p)-42.2

East South Central

 614.7 394.9 385.5 374.1 -240.5 -39.1

Alabama

 147.3 71.7 69.0 (p)68.5 (p)-78.8 (p)-53.5

Kentucky

 109.0 86.6 85.0 (p)84.7 (p)-24.3 (p)-22.3

Mississippi

 91.4 78.3 77.1 (p)74.0 (p)-17.5 (p)-19.1

Tennessee

 266.9 158.3 154.3 (p)146.9 (p)-120.0 (p)-45.0

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Area

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United States

 7.8 5.4 5.2 4.8 -3.0

South(1)

 7.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 -2.4

South Atlantic

 6.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 -2.5

Delaware

 7.6 5.6 5.4 (p)5.3 (p)-2.3

District of Columbia

 8.7 6.7 6.7 (p)6.5 (p)-2.2

Florida

 7.2 5.1 5.0 (p)4.9 (p)-2.3

Georgia

 6.5 3.7 3.5 (p)3.2 (p)-3.3

Maryland

 7.0 6.0 6.0 (p)5.9 (p)-1.1

North Carolina

 7.3 4.4 4.3 (p)4.2 (p)-3.1

South Carolina

 5.4 4.3 4.2 (p)4.1 (p)-1.3

Virginia

 6.6 4.2 4.0 (p)3.8 (p)-2.8

West Virginia

 7.9 5.0 4.8 (p)4.6 (p)-3.3

East South Central

 7.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 -2.7

Alabama

 6.7 3.2 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)-3.6

Kentucky

 5.5 4.4 4.3 (p)4.3 (p)-1.2

Mississippi

 7.2 6.1 6.0 (p)5.8 (p)-1.4

Tennessee

 7.9 4.7 4.6 (p)4.4 (p)-3.5

Footnotes
(1) The South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Unemployment rates in the Southeast by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Alabama

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville

 7.7 4.2 (p)4.1    

Auburn-Opelika

 5.7 2.8 (p)2.9    

Birmingham-Hoover

 6.6 3.1 (p)3.1    

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley

 5.9 2.7 (p)2.8    

Decatur

 5.0 2.6 (p)2.6    

Dothan

 6.1 3.2 (p)3.3    

Florence-Muscle Shoals

 6.1 3.6 (p)3.5    

Gadsden

 8.3 4.0 (p)4.0    

Huntsville

 5.2 2.5 (p)2.6    

Mobile

 9.8 4.8 (p)4.8    

Montgomery

 8.6 4.3 (p)4.2    

Tuscaloosa

 7.7 3.9 (p)3.7    

Florida

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

 6.1 4.8 (p)4.6    

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

 4.2 4.0 (p)3.8    

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

 6.3 5.2 (p)4.9    

Gainesville

 4.5 4.5 (p)4.2    

Homosassa Springs

 6.9 6.5 (p)6.3    

Jacksonville

 5.2 4.5 (p)4.3    

Lakeland-Winter Haven

 7.8 6.0 (p)5.6    

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 9.6 5.7 (p)5.6    

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach(1)

 7.7 5.1 (p)4.9    

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

 12.6 6.5 6.7 (p)5.6 (p)-7.0

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach(1)

 6.6 4.8 (p)4.7    

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island

 5.9 4.4 (p)4.2    

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton

 5.5 4.5 (p)4.4    

Ocala

 6.1 5.5 (p)5.4    

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

 8.7 5.3 (p)5.0    

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

 5.5 4.4 (p)4.3    

Panama City

 4.7 4.3 (p)4.1    

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

 5.1 4.8 (p)4.5    

Port St. Lucie

 6.0 5.0 (p)4.9    

Punta Gorda

 6.0 5.1 (p)5.0    

Tallahassee

 5.2 5.0 (p)4.7    

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 6.0 4.7 (p)4.5    

Sebastian-Vero Beach

 6.3 5.4 (p)5.3    

Sebring

 7.1 6.8 (p)6.5    

The Villages

 6.7 6.5 (p)6.4    

Georgia

Albany

 7.6 4.3 (p)4.2    

Athens-Clarke County

 5.1 2.7 (p)2.8    

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 6.9 3.2 (p)3.1    

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 5.2 3.6 (p)3.5    

Brunswick

 5.8 2.8 (p)3.2    

Columbus, GA-AL

 6.8 3.8 (p)3.8    

Dalton

 5.1 3.4 (p)3.1    

Gainesville

 4.0 2.1 (p)2.2    

Hinesville

 5.7 2.9 (p)3.0    

Macon

 6.8 3.5 (p)3.4    

Rome

 5.3 3.0 (p)2.9    

Savannah

 6.8 3.1 (p)3.1    

Valdosta

 5.8 3.0 (p)3.1    

Warner Robins

 4.8 2.9 (p)2.9    

Kentucky

Bowling Green

 4.5 4.3 (p)3.5    

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox

 5.1 4.9 (p)3.8    

Lexington-Fayette

 4.7 3.9 (p)3.2    

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 5.4 4.5 (p)3.4    

Owensboro

 4.7 4.5 (p)3.6    

Mississippi

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula

 7.5 6.8 (p)6.0    

Hattiesburg

 6.4 6.1 (p)5.4    

Jackson

 6.4 6.1 (p)5.4    

North Carolina

Asheville

 7.1 4.0 (p)3.8    

Burlington

 7.0 4.7 (p)4.5    

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 7.1 4.4 (p)4.3    

Durham-Chapel Hill

 6.1 3.9 (p)3.7    

Fayetteville

 9.4 6.7 (p)6.4    

Goldsboro

 6.4 4.9 (p)4.7    

Greensboro-High Point

 8.2 5.4 (p)5.1    

Greenville

 7.0 4.9 (p)4.7    

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

 7.0 4.3 (p)4.1    

Jacksonville

 6.8 5.2 (p)4.7    

New Bern

 6.3 4.4 (p)4.2    

Raleigh

 6.2 3.9 (p)3.7    

Rocky Mount

 9.7 6.6 (p)6.4    

Wilmington

 6.4 4.0 (p)3.9    

Winston-Salem

 7.0 4.5 (p)4.3    

South Carolina

Charleston-North Charleston

 5.1 3.9 (p)3.8    

Columbia

 4.6 4.0 (p)4.0    

Florence

 5.3 4.6 (p)4.5    

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin

 4.4 3.8 (p)3.7    

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort

 4.0 3.5 (p)3.6    

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC

 6.7 5.2 (p)5.2    

Spartanburg

 5.4 4.5 (p)4.3    

Sumter

 6.1 4.9 (p)4.9    

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 6.2 3.9 (p)3.7    

Clarksville, TN-KY

 7.1 5.1 (p)4.6    

Cleveland

 6.4 4.6 (p)4.1    

Jackson

 7.6 4.7 (p)4.4    

Johnson City

 6.2 4.3 (p)4.1    

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

 6.5 4.5 (p)4.0    

Knoxville

 5.8 3.8 (p)3.5    

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 10.6 6.9 (p)6.1    

Morristown

 6.4 4.5 (p)4.2    

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin

 7.2 3.7 (p)3.5    

Footnotes
(1) Metropolitan Division
(p) Preliminary

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
The State and regional data above are a product of the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, a Federal-State cooperative program in which total employment and unemployment are measured for approximately 7,200 areas.
 
Nonfarm wage and salary employment in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 141,865 146,993 (p)147,359 (p)147,553 (p)5,688 (p)4.0

Alabama

 1,980.1 2,028.8 2,032.8 (p)2,044.2 (p)64.1 (p)3.2

Delaware

 441.9 451.7 451.8 (p)449.3 (p)7.4 (p)1.7

District of Columbia

 735.4 750.4 749.5 (p)752.1 (p)16.7 (p)2.3

Florida

 8,460.8 8,761.7 8,782.2 (p)8,866.7 (p)405.9 (p)4.8

Georgia

 4,383.8 4,564.6 4,563.9 (p)4,578.2 (p)194.4 (p)4.4

Kentucky

 1,842.6 1,860.4 1,878.3 (p)1,882.3 (p)39.7 (p)2.2

Maryland

 2,563.9 2,657.9 2,668.4 (p)2,669.6 (p)105.7 (p)4.1

Mississippi

 1,111.9 1,136.6 1,134.3 (p)1,138.2 (p)26.3 (p)2.4

North Carolina

 4,382.8 4,530.9 4,518.6 (p)4,522.3 (p)139.5 (p)3.2

South Carolina

 2,080.7 2,134.7 2,142.8 (p)2,147.5 (p)66.8 (p)3.2

Tennessee

 2,997.6 3,090.4 3,098.9 (p)3,093.7 (p)96.1 (p)3.2

Virginia

 3,856.0 3,902.7 3,926.3 (p)3,929.0 (p)73.0 (p)1.9

West Virginia

 670.8 690.2 691.8 (p)691.0 (p)20.2 (p)3.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Source: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.