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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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2023		 Sep
2023		 Oct
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Oct 2023
Net
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United States

 164,646 167,839 167,929 167,728 3,082 1.9

South(1)

 61,831.0 63,148.2 63,272.9 63,350.6 1,519.6 2.5

South Atlantic

 32,893.8 33,633.7 33,720.3 33,768.8 875.0 2.7

Delaware

 495.4 505.5 507.8 (p)509.3 (p)13.9 (p)2.8

District of Columbia

 387.8 393.2 394.8 (p)396.7 (p)8.9 (p)2.3

Florida

 10,840.4 11,120.9 11,153.4 (p)11,173.8 (p)333.4 (p)3.1

Georgia

 5,232.6 5,322.1 5,339.3 (p)5,349.1 (p)116.5 (p)2.2

Maryland

 3,167.6 3,200.1 3,196.9 (p)3,197.3 (p)29.8 (p)0.9

North Carolina

 5,162.7 5,246.4 5,264.5 (p)5,272.6 (p)109.9 (p)2.1

South Carolina

 2,371.2 2,455.4 2,461.5 (p)2,465.0 (p)93.8 (p)4.0

Virginia

 4,457.7 4,601.6 4,610.9 (p)4,615.2 (p)157.5 (p)3.5

West Virginia

 784.1 786.4 789.1 (p)790.5 (p)6.4 (p)0.8

East South Central

 8,886.4 8,978.5 8,978.4 8,980.0 93.6 1.1

Alabama

 2,283.2 2,307.6 2,310.0 (p)2,313.0 (p)29.8 (p)1.3

Kentucky

 2,040.5 2,049.0 2,045.1 (p)2,040.6 (p)0.1 (p)0.0

Mississippi

 1,241.6 1,240.2 1,236.1 (p)1,232.8 (p)-8.8 (p)-0.7

Tennessee

 3,321.6 3,380.8 3,386.4 (p)3,393.0 (p)71.4 (p)2.2

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

 6,053 6,355 6,360 6,506 453 7.5

South(1)

 2,108.6 2,022.0 2,055.4 2,096.9 -11.7 -0.6

South Atlantic

 1,049.5 961.8 978.2 1,003.4 -46.1 -4.4

Delaware

 23.1 20.8 21.0 (p)21.4 (p)-1.7 (p)-7.2

District of Columbia

 16.3 19.5 19.6 (p)19.9 (p)3.6 (p)22.1

Florida

 297.3 302.9 309.4 (p)318.0 (p)20.7 (p)7.0

Georgia

 162.8 174.1 179.0 (p)183.0 (p)20.1 (p)12.3

Maryland

 102.9 54.8 52.7 (p)55.4 (p)-47.5 (p)-46.1

North Carolina

 202.5 173.5 176.6 (p)179.4 (p)-23.1 (p)-11.4

South Carolina

 78.1 73.0 71.6 (p)71.9 (p)-6.2 (p)-7.9

Virginia

 139.8 113.1 116.5 (p)122.7 (p)-17.1 (p)-12.2

West Virginia

 32.3 28.3 30.3 (p)32.0 (p)-0.3 (p)-0.9

East South Central

 307.3 275.6 283.8 292.0 -15.3 -5.0

Alabama

 60.4 48.6 50.2 (p)52.2 (p)-8.2 (p)-13.6

Kentucky

 80.8 82.0 84.8 (p)85.5 (p)4.7 (p)5.9

Mississippi

 50.3 39.2 39.6 (p)40.2 (p)-10.1 (p)-20.1

Tennessee

 116.0 105.1 108.4 (p)113.5 (p)-2.5 (p)-2.1

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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Oct 2022 to
Oct 2023

United States

 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 0.2

South(1)

 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 -0.1

South Atlantic

 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 -0.2

Delaware

 4.7 4.1 4.1 (p)4.2 (p)-0.5

District of Columbia

 4.2 5.0 5.0 (p)5.0 (p)0.8

Florida

 2.7 2.7 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)0.1

Georgia

 3.1 3.3 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)0.3

Maryland

 3.2 1.7 1.6 (p)1.7 (p)-1.5

North Carolina

 3.9 3.3 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)-0.5

South Carolina

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

Virginia

 3.1 2.5 2.5 (p)2.7 (p)-0.4

West Virginia

 4.1 3.6 3.8 (p)4.0 (p)-0.1

East South Central

 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.3 -0.2

Alabama

 2.6 2.1 2.2 (p)2.3 (p)-0.3

Kentucky

 4.0 4.0 4.1 (p)4.2 (p)0.2

Mississippi

 4.1 3.2 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)-0.8

Tennessee

 3.5 3.1 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)-0.2

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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Oct 2023

Alabama

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville

 2.9 2.7 2.8 (p)2.6 (p)-0.3

Auburn-Opelika

 2.2 2.3 2.2 (p)2.1 (p)-0.1

Birmingham-Hoover

 2.3 2.3 2.3 (p)2.2 (p)-0.1

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley

 2.2 2.2 2.2 (p)2.1 (p)-0.1

Decatur

 2.0 2.1 2.0 (p)1.9 (p)-0.1

Dothan

 2.5 2.5 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)0.0

Florence-Muscle Shoals

 2.5 2.7 2.6 (p)2.6 (p)0.1

Gadsden

 2.9 2.7 2.8 (p)2.7 (p)-0.2

Huntsville

 2.0 2.0 2.0 (p)2.0 (p)0.0

Mobile

 3.1 3.0 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)-0.1

Montgomery

 2.8 2.5 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)-0.3

Tuscaloosa

 2.5 2.4 2.4 (p)2.3 (p)-0.2

Florida

Cape Coral-Fort Myers

 4.1 3.3 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)-0.9

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin

 2.3 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8 (p)0.5

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach

 3.0 3.5 3.5 (p)3.5 (p)0.5

Gainesville

 2.7 3.3 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.7

Homosassa Springs

 3.9 4.8 4.7 (p)4.6 (p)0.7

Jacksonville

 2.6 3.2 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)0.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven

 3.3 4.0 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)0.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach

 2.5 2.6 2.5 (p)2.5 (p)0.0

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach(1)

 2.6 3.1 3.0 (p)3.0 (p)0.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall(1)

 2.4 1.9 1.5 (p)1.6 (p)-0.8

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

 2.7 3.3 3.3 (p)3.2 (p)0.5

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island

 3.0 3.3 3.3 (p)3.1 (p)0.1

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton

 2.8 3.3 3.4 (p)3.3 (p)0.5

Ocala

 3.2 3.9 3.9 (p)3.8 (p)0.6

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford

 2.7 3.2 3.1 (p)3.1 (p)0.4

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville

 2.7 3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)0.5

Panama City

 2.4 2.8 2.8 (p)2.9 (p)0.5

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent

 2.7 3.2 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.5

Port St. Lucie

 3.0 3.6 3.5 (p)3.5 (p)0.5

Punta Gorda

 4.2 3.8 3.8 (p)3.6 (p)-0.6

Tallahassee

 2.8 3.3 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

 2.6 3.2 3.2 (p)3.2 (p)0.6

Sebastian-Vero Beach

 3.1 4.0 4.0 (p)3.8 (p)0.7

Sebring

 4.0 4.8 4.7 (p)4.5 (p)0.5

The Villages

 3.7 4.6 4.8 (p)4.4 (p)0.7

Georgia

Albany

 3.8 4.3 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)0.2

Athens-Clarke County

 3.1 3.8 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)0.3

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell

 2.9 3.7 3.4 (p)3.4 (p)0.5

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 3.6 4.0 3.8 (p)3.8 (p)0.2

Brunswick

 3.2 3.7 3.1 (p)3.2 (p)0.0

Columbus, GA-AL

 3.7 4.1 3.7 (p)3.7 (p)0.0

Dalton

 4.6 4.5 3.9 (p)4.0 (p)-0.6

Gainesville

 2.5 3.1 2.6 (p)2.7 (p)0.2

Hinesville

 3.3 3.9 3.5 (p)3.4 (p)0.1

Macon

 3.6 4.3 3.9 (p)3.9 (p)0.3

Rome

 3.2 3.9 3.3 (p)3.3 (p)0.1

Savannah

 2.9 3.5 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)0.2

Valdosta

 3.4 4.2 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.4

Warner Robins

 3.4 3.8 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)-0.1

Kentucky

Bowling Green

 3.7 4.2 4.0 (p)3.6 (p)-0.1

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox

 4.0 4.3 4.3 (p)3.9 (p)-0.1

Lexington-Fayette

 3.2 3.6 3.5 (p)3.1 (p)-0.1

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 3.2 3.8 3.7 (p)3.4 (p)0.2

Owensboro

 4.2 4.3 4.3 (p)4.1 (p)-0.1

Mississippi

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula

 3.6 3.9 3.1 (p)2.7 (p)-0.9

Hattiesburg

 3.1 3.5 2.8 (p)2.5 (p)-0.6

Jackson

 3.1 3.5 2.7 (p)2.4 (p)-0.7

North Carolina

Asheville

 3.1 2.9 2.6 (p)2.8 (p)-0.3

Burlington

 3.7 3.7 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)-0.4

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 3.5 3.3 3.0 (p)3.2 (p)-0.3

Durham-Chapel Hill

 3.3 3.2 2.8 (p)2.9 (p)-0.4

Fayetteville

 5.1 4.9 4.3 (p)4.5 (p)-0.6

Goldsboro

 4.1 4.0 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)-0.4

Greensboro-High Point

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

Greenville

 4.0 4.3 3.6 (p)3.8 (p)-0.2

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton

 3.6 3.4 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)-0.3

Jacksonville

 4.4 4.2 3.8 (p)3.9 (p)-0.5

New Bern

 3.9 3.5 3.2 (p)3.4 (p)-0.5

Raleigh

 3.2 3.2 2.9 (p)3.0 (p)-0.2

Rocky Mount

 5.4 5.0 4.5 (p)4.5 (p)-0.9

Wilmington

 3.4 3.4 3.0 (p)3.1 (p)-0.3

Winston-Salem

 3.6 3.5 3.1 (p)3.3 (p)-0.3

South Carolina

Charleston-North Charleston

 2.9 2.1 2.2 (p)2.5 (p)-0.4

Columbia

 3.1 2.3 2.5 (p)2.9 (p)-0.2

Florence

 3.3 2.5 2.7 (p)3.1 (p)-0.2

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin

 3.0 2.2 2.4 (p)2.9 (p)-0.1

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort

 3.1 2.3 2.5 (p)2.8 (p)-0.3

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

 3.9 3.0 3.1 (p)3.4 (p)-0.5

Spartanburg

 3.3 2.5 2.5 (p)3.0 (p)-0.3

Sumter

 3.9 2.9 3.2 (p)3.7 (p)-0.2

Tennessee

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 3.3 3.4 3.3 (p)3.5 (p)0.2

Clarksville, TN-KY

 4.0 4.2 4.2 (p)4.5 (p)0.5

Cleveland

 3.6 3.6 3.7 (p)3.8 (p)0.2

Jackson

 3.4 3.3 3.4 (p)3.6 (p)0.2

Johnson City

 3.5 3.4 3.6 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

 3.5 3.4 3.5 (p)3.6 (p)0.1

Knoxville

 3.2 3.1 3.2 (p)3.3 (p)0.1

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 4.2 4.4 4.1 (p)4.2 (p)0.0

Morristown

 3.6 3.4 3.6 (p)3.7 (p)0.1

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin

 2.7 2.7 2.8 (p)2.9 (p)0.2

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

 154,006 156,476 (p)156,773 (p)156,923 (p)2,917 (p)1.9

Alabama

 2,125.0 2,156.9 2,156.2 (p)2,151.5 (p)26.5 (p)1.2

Delaware

 476.6 483.6 487.6 (p)486.6 (p)10.0 (p)2.1

District of Columbia

 767.2 777.1 780.0 (p)780.0 (p)12.8 (p)1.7

Florida

 9,545.6 9,776.8 9,795.6 (p)9,824.0 (p)278.4 (p)2.9

Georgia

 4,843.9 4,925.6 4,938.4 (p)4,937.3 (p)93.4 (p)1.9

Kentucky

 1,982.2 2,025.6 2,032.9 (p)2,034.4 (p)52.2 (p)2.6

Maryland

 2,715.3 2,753.3 2,770.3 (p)2,759.2 (p)43.9 (p)1.6

Mississippi

 1,172.1 1,168.1 1,174.1 (p)1,172.5 (p)0.4 (p)0.0

North Carolina

 4,841.8 4,938.3 4,946.1 (p)4,938.4 (p)96.6 (p)2.0

South Carolina

 2,264.8 2,304.9 2,307.9 (p)2,314.0 (p)49.2 (p)2.2

Tennessee

 3,277.5 3,320.5 3,323.7 (p)3,317.6 (p)40.1 (p)1.2

Virginia

 4,106.1 4,157.8 4,164.5 (p)4,164.5 (p)58.4 (p)1.4

West Virginia

 696.1 705.5 706.5 (p)706.2 (p)10.1 (p)1.5

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.