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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		 Dec
2018		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Dec 2018 to
Dec 2019
Net
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United States

 163,111 164,401 164,347 164,556 1,445 0.9

South(1)

 59,938.8 60,898.0 61,021.9 61,129.6 1,190.8 2.0

South Atlantic

 31,930.3 32,492.7 32,556.2 32,614.6 684.2 2.1

Delaware

 483.4 489.9 491.0 (p)492.0 (p)8.6 (p)1.8

District of Columbia

 403.5 411.4 412.2 (p)413.4 (p)9.8 (p)2.4

Florida

 10,291.3 10,465.4 10,491.6 (p)10,511.0 (p)219.7 (p)2.1

Georgia

 5,115.9 5,119.6 5,125.7 (p)5,133.6 (p)17.7 (p)0.3

Maryland

 3,194.2 3,267.7 3,278.6 (p)3,288.3 (p)94.1 (p)2.9

North Carolina

 4,988.2 5,128.7 5,130.0 (p)5,130.8 (p)142.6 (p)2.9

South Carolina

 2,330.2 2,381.3 2,382.7 (p)2,384.9 (p)54.8 (p)2.4

Virginia

 4,339.0 4,427.7 4,440.8 (p)4,454.9 (p)115.9 (p)2.7

West Virginia

 784.6 801.0 803.5 (p)805.7 (p)21.1 (p)2.7

East South Central

 8,797.5 8,992.9 9,001.4 9,009.9 212.4 2.4

Alabama

 2,204.3 2,264.1 2,265.4 (p)2,266.2 (p)61.9 (p)2.8

Kentucky

 2,062.6 2,077.0 2,082.4 (p)2,087.4 (p)24.7 (p)1.2

Mississippi

 1,275.0 1,289.8 1,290.2 (p)1,288.3 (p)13.3 (p)1.0

Tennessee

 3,255.7 3,362.0 3,363.6 (p)3,368.1 (p)112.4 (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.
 
Unemployed in the Southeast, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
Area

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United States

 6,286 5,857 5,811 5,753 -533 -8.5

South(1)

 2,183.2 2,101.6 2,091.4 2,073.7 -109.5 -5.0

South Atlantic

 1,116.9 1,082.5 1,057.3 1,031.7 -85.2 -7.6

Delaware

 17.2 17.9 18.7 (p)19.1 (p)1.9 (p)11.3

District of Columbia

 21.6 22.0 21.9 (p)22.0 (p)0.4 (p)1.8

Florida

 344.7 330.6 322.5 (p)311.3 (p)-33.4 (p)-9.7

Georgia

 191.7 172.1 166.9 (p)162.5 (p)-29.2 (p)-15.2

Maryland

 118.6 118.6 116.6 (p)113.8 (p)-4.8 (p)-4.0

North Carolina

 185.9 204.2 197.5 (p)191.0 (p)5.1 (p)2.7

South Carolina

 75.2 62.4 58.0 (p)55.3 (p)-19.9 (p)-26.5

Virginia

 121.5 116.6 116.0 (p)116.4 (p)-5.1 (p)-4.2

West Virginia

 40.4 38.1 39.3 (p)40.2 (p)-0.2 (p)-0.5

East South Central

 340.1 338.4 338.2 336.5 -3.6 -1.0

Alabama

 83.5 63.3 61.9 (p)61.5 (p)-22.1 (p)-26.4

Kentucky

 88.7 90.2 90.9 (p)90.5 (p)1.8 (p)2.0

Mississippi

 59.8 70.8 72.8 (p)72.9 (p)13.1 (p)22.0

Tennessee

 108.1 114.1 112.6 (p)111.7 (p)3.6 (p)3.3

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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Dec 2019

United States

 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 -0.4

South(1)

 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 -0.2

South Atlantic

 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.2 -0.3

Delaware

 3.6 3.7 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)0.3

District of Columbia

 5.4 5.4 5.3 (p)5.3 (p)-0.1

Florida

 3.3 3.2 3.1 (p)3.0 (p)-0.3

Georgia

 3.7 3.4 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)-0.5

Maryland

 3.7 3.6 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)-0.2

North Carolina

 3.7 4.0 3.8 (p)3.7 (p)0.0

South Carolina

 3.2 2.6 2.4 (p)2.3 (p)-0.9

Virginia

 2.8 2.6 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)-0.2

West Virginia

 5.1 4.8 4.9 (p)5.0 (p)-0.1

East South Central

 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 -0.2

Alabama

 3.8 2.8 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)-1.1

Kentucky

 4.3 4.3 4.4 (p)4.3 (p)0.0

Mississippi

 4.7 5.5 5.6 (p)5.7 (p)1.0

Tennessee

 3.3 3.4 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.0

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 by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), not seasonally adjusted (in percent)
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
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Alabama

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville

 4.2 2.8 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)-1.2

Auburn-Opelika

 3.2 2.1 2.2 (p)2.2 (p)-1.0

Birmingham-Hoover

 3.2 2.2 2.2 (p)2.2 (p)-1.0

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley

 3.4 2.2 2.3 (p)2.4 (p)-1.0

Decatur

 3.2 2.2 2.2 (p)2.3 (p)-0.9

Dothan

 3.7 2.4 2.5 (p)2.6 (p)-1.1

Florence-Muscle Shoals

 4.0 2.7 2.7 (p)3.0 (p)-1.0

Gadsden

 3.7 2.8 2.7 (p)2.8 (p)-0.9

Huntsville

 3.1 2.0 2.1 (p)2.1 (p)-1.0

Mobile

 4.2 3.0 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)-1.0

Montgomery

 3.6 2.4 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)-1.1

Tuscaloosa

 3.2 2.2 2.3 (p)2.3 (p)-0.9

Florida

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

 3.1 2.8 2.6 (p)2.5 (p)-0.6

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

 2.9 2.3 2.3 (p)2.3 (p)-0.6

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

 3.5 3.2 3.1 (p)3.0 (p)-0.5

Gainesville

 3.0 2.8 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)-0.5

Homosassa Springs

 4.9 4.1 4.1 (p)4.0 (p)-0.9

Jacksonville

 3.1 2.8 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)-0.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven

 3.7 3.4 3.2 (p)3.0 (p)-0.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 3.3 2.9 2.7 (p)2.2 (p)-1.1

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach(1)

 3.1 2.8 2.6 (p)2.5 (p)-0.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

 3.5 2.9 2.7 (p)1.8 (p)-1.7

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

 3.2 3.0 2.8 (p)2.7 (p)-0.5

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island

 3.1 2.9 2.7 (p)2.5 (p)-0.6

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton

 3.2 2.8 2.7 (p)2.6 (p)-0.6

Ocala

 3.9 3.4 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)-0.7

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

 3.0 2.7 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)-0.5

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

 3.2 2.9 2.8 (p)2.7 (p)-0.5

Panama City

 6.0 3.0 2.8 (p)2.9 (p)-3.1

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

 3.2 2.8 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)-0.5

Port St. Lucie

 3.7 3.3 3.1 (p)3.0 (p)-0.7

Punta Gorda

 3.8 3.3 3.2 (p)3.0 (p)-0.8

Tallahassee

 3.2 2.9 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)-0.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 3.2 2.9 2.7 (p)2.6 (p)-0.6

Sebastian-Vero Beach

 3.8 3.4 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)-0.7

Sebring

 4.5 4.1 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)-0.7

The Villages

 4.8 4.0 4.1 (p)4.0 (p)-0.8

Georgia

Albany

 4.6 3.7 3.4 (p)3.6 (p)-1.0

Athens-Clarke County

 3.4 2.8 2.4 (p)2.5 (p)-0.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 3.5 2.9 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)-0.8

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 3.9 3.0 2.8 (p)2.9 (p)-1.0

Brunswick

 3.7 3.1 2.7 (p)2.8 (p)-0.9

Columbus, GA-AL

 4.3 3.5 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)-1.0

Dalton

 4.9 4.4 3.6 (p)4.7 (p)-0.2

Gainesville

 2.9 2.4 2.1 (p)2.2 (p)-0.7

Hinesville

 3.9 3.4 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)-0.7

Macon

 4.0 3.3 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)-1.0

Rome

 4.4 3.3 3.1 (p)3.7 (p)-0.7

Savannah

 3.4 2.9 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)-0.7

Valdosta

 3.7 3.2 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)-0.7

Warner Robins

 3.8 3.2 2.7 (p)2.8 (p)-1.0

Kentucky

Bowling Green

 3.4 3.6 3.5 (p)3.9 (p)0.5

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox

 3.8 3.7 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.0

Lexington-Fayette

 3.0 2.9 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)0.0

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 3.5 3.3 3.4 (p)3.3 (p)-0.2

Owensboro

 3.5 3.3 3.4 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

Mississippi

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula

 5.0 5.2 5.5 (p)5.4 (p)0.4

Hattiesburg

 4.0 4.4 4.6 (p)4.4 (p)0.4

Jackson

 4.1 4.5 4.8 (p)4.5 (p)0.4

North Carolina

Asheville

 3.0 2.9 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)-0.3

Burlington

 3.5 3.5 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 3.4 3.2 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)-0.3

Durham-Chapel Hill

 3.3 3.2 3.0 (p)2.9 (p)-0.4

Fayetteville

 5.0 4.8 4.6 (p)4.4 (p)-0.6

Goldsboro

 4.1 3.9 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)-0.6

Greensboro-High Point

 3.9 3.8 3.6 (p)3.5 (p)-0.4

Greenville

 3.9 4.0 3.7 (p)3.6 (p)-0.3

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

 3.5 3.5 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Jacksonville

 4.7 4.4 4.0 (p)4.0 (p)-0.7

New Bern

 4.2 3.7 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)-0.8

Raleigh

 3.3 3.1 3.0 (p)2.9 (p)-0.4

Rocky Mount

 4.8 4.9 4.5 (p)4.3 (p)-0.5

Wilmington

 3.7 3.2 3.1 (p)3.0 (p)-0.7

Winston-Salem

 3.5 3.4 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

South Carolina

Charleston-North Charleston

 2.8 1.8 1.8 (p)2.0 (p)-0.8

Columbia

 3.2 2.0 2.0 (p)2.2 (p)-1.0

Florence

 3.7 2.3 2.3 (p)2.5 (p)-1.2

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin

 3.0 1.9 2.0 (p)2.1 (p)-0.9

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort

 3.0 1.9 1.9 (p)2.1 (p)-0.9

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

 4.9 3.0 3.0 (p)3.5 (p)-1.4

Spartanburg

 3.0 1.9 2.0 (p)2.1 (p)-0.9

Sumter

 3.7 2.5 2.6 (p)3.0 (p)-0.7

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 3.1 3.0 2.9 (p)3.3 (p)0.2

Clarksville, TN-KY

 3.5 4.1 3.8 (p)3.7 (p)0.2

Cleveland

 3.0 3.2 3.1 (p)3.3 (p)0.3

Jackson

 3.2 3.3 3.2 (p)3.1 (p)-0.1

Johnson City

 3.4 3.3 3.3 (p)3.4 (p)0.0

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

 3.3 3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.1

Knoxville

 2.8 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9 (p)0.1

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 3.7 3.8 3.9 (p)3.9 (p)0.2

Morristown

 3.3 3.5 3.4 (p)3.5 (p)0.2

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin

 2.3 2.6 2.4 (p)2.4 (p)0.1

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

 149,865 151,553 151,814 (p)151,961 (p)2,096 (p)1.4

Alabama

 2,057.6 2,095.7 2,099.6 (p)2,103.3 (p)45.7 (p)2.2

Delaware

 464.2 469.5 469.7 (p)470.4 (p)6.2 (p)1.3

District of Columbia

 793.1 801.8 804.6 (p)804.0 (p)10.9 (p)1.4

Florida

 8,892.0 9,077.8 9,088.0 (p)9,104.0 (p)212.0 (p)2.4

Georgia

 4,587.0 4,638.8 4,649.8 (p)4,653.7 (p)66.7 (p)1.5

Kentucky

 1,940.0 1,964.5 1,959.0 (p)1,953.6 (p)13.6 (p)0.7

Maryland

 2,759.7 2,771.9 2,784.2 (p)2,790.7 (p)31.0 (p)1.1

Mississippi

 1,162.6 1,170.8 1,170.1 (p)1,168.7 (p)6.1 (p)0.5

North Carolina

 4,499.7 4,589.7 4,593.3 (p)4,593.6 (p)93.9 (p)2.1

South Carolina

 2,166.5 2,186.5 2,192.2 (p)2,193.7 (p)27.2 (p)1.3

Tennessee

 3,087.3 3,124.6 3,134.5 (p)3,136.5 (p)49.2 (p)1.6

Virginia

 4,008.6 4,031.6 4,048.6 (p)4,053.8 (p)45.2 (p)1.1

West Virginia

 730.4 732.6 730.2 (p)727.5 (p)-2.9 (p)-0.4

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.