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Civilian Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment by Place of Residence (LAUS) - Select Cities - 20111
 
Item Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Avg
 
Annapolis
  Labor Force 22,482 22,480 22,540 22,360 22,485 22,662 22,717 22,664 22,598 22,743 22,722 22,724 22,598
    Employment 20,843 20,837 21,068 21,109 21,180 21,176 21,289 21,190 21,193 21,405 21,443 21,423 21,180
    Unemployment 1,639 1,643 1,472 1,251 1,305 1,486 1,428 1,474 1,405 1,338 1,279 1,301 1,418
      Rate 7.3 7.3 6.5 5.6 5.8 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.3
Bowie
  Labor Force 31,321 31,348 31,536 31,466 31,506 31,718 31,983 31,763 31,688 31,759 31,682 31,616 31,616
    Employment 29,444 29,526 29,796 29,716 29,702 29,740 30,084 29,829 29,818 30,002 30,050 29,998 29,809
    Unemployment 1,877 1,822 1,740 1,750 1,804 1,978 1,899 1,934 1,870 1,757 1,632 1,618 1,807
      Rate 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.7
College Park
  Labor Force 15,594 15,589 15,642 15,606 15,786 16,009 16,159 15,951 15,916 15,986 15,887 15,706 15,820
    Employment 14,470 14,510 14,642 14,603 14,596 14,615 14,784 14,658 14,653 14,743 14,767 14,742 14,649
    Unemployment 1,124 1,079 1,000 1,003 1,190 1,394 1,375 1,293 1,263 1,243 1,120 964 1,171
      Rate 7.2 6.9 6.4 6.4 7.5 8.7 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.0 6.1 7.4
Frederick
  Labor Force 35,899 35,727 35,884 35,635 35,825 36,081 36,390 35,878 35,791 35,938 35,783 35,795 35,886
    Employment 33,242 33,111 33,395 33,270 33,392 33,495 33,839 33,398 33,424 33,671 33,605 33,566 33,451
    Unemployment 2,657 2,616 2,489 2,365 2,433 2,586 2,551 2,480 2,367 2,267 2,178 2,229 2,435
      Rate 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.8
Gaithersburg
  Labor Force 33,695 33,614 33,795 33,585 33,799 34,120 34,422 33,933 33,996 34,109 33,935 33,830 33,903
    Employment 31,798 31,673 31,945 31,825 31,942 32,040 32,369 31,947 31,973 32,209 32,146 32,108 31,998
    Unemployment 1,897 1,941 1,850 1,760 1,857 2,080 2,053 1,986 2,023 1,900 1,789 1,722 1,905
      Rate 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.5 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.6
Hagerstown
  Labor Force 19,476 19,366 19,413 19,313 19,465 19,515 19,659 19,598 19,538 19,417 19,446 19,504 19,476
    Employment 17,012 16,933 17,133 17,165 17,188 17,137 17,385 17,355 17,396 17,453 17,593 17,577 17,277
    Unemployment 2,464 2,433 2,280 2,148 2,277 2,378 2,274 2,243 2,142 1,964 1,853 1,927 2,199
      Rate 12.7 12.6 11.7 11.1 11.7 12.2 11.6 11.4 11.0 10.1 9.5 9.9 11.3
Laurel
  Labor Force 16,085 16,161 16,257 16,167 16,183 16,334 16,511 16,367 16,315 16,350 16,327 16,316 16,281
    Employment 15,142 15,184 15,323 15,282 15,274 15,294 15,471 15,340 15,334 15,429 15,453 15,427 15,329
    Unemployment 943 977 934 885 909 1,040 1,040 1,027 981 921 874 889 952
      Rate 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.6 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.8
Rockville
  Labor Force 32,159 31,940 32,195 31,950 32,204 32,494 32,715 32,307 32,354 32,489 32,229 32,213 32,271
    Employment 30,413 30,294 30,554 30,439 30,551 30,645 30,960 30,556 30,580 30,806 30,746 30,710 30,605
    Unemployment 1,746 1,646 1,641 1,511 1,653 1,849 1,755 1,751 1,774 1,683 1,483 1,503 1,666
      Rate 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.7 5.2
Salisbury
  Labor Force 15,517 15,731 15,922 15,834 15,968 16,133 16,046 15,844 15,980 15,740 15,634 15,551 15,825
    Employment 13,776 14,026 14,329 14,297 14,413 14,465 14,373 14,160 14,374 14,168 14,008 13,950 14,195
    Unemployment 1,741 1,705 1,593 1,537 1,555 1,668 1,673 1,684 1,606 1,572 1,626 1,601 1,630
      Rate 11.2 10.8 10.0 9.7 9.7 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.1 10.0 10.4 10.3 10.3
 
NOTE: These data are not seasonally adjusted. They are estimates relating to the week of the 12th of the month. The count is of persons by place of residence.
1 Estimates are revised to the 2012 benchmark from the Current Population Survey.  Published April 2013

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