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Keep up-to-date with current county monthly workforce patterns and trends using the CV APIGateway. Automatically updated with multi-sourced demographic-economic data, the APIGateway Integrated Profile (IP) provides monthly workforce updates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Employment and Wages (place of work data) and Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAU - place of residence data). This section is focused on data and analytical tools to examine county workforce trends and patterns using the Local Area Unemployment Statistics data.

A unique and important property of the LAU data is that they are the only source of semi-official data available on a national scale for each/all counties and larger places providing current and monthly data on unemployment and the unemployment rate. The next runner-up to these estimates are the ACS 5 year estimates that are a) for a five year period and b) at least 3 years old (to the mid-point of the estimate period) when they become available. These highly perishable and time-sensitive economic measures are important to understanding the relative and absolute strength or weakness of workforce conditions and the employment sector on a local and regional basis.

The table presented below is a section taken from the APIGateway IP for Santa Clara County, CA (San Jose-Cupertino metro). The monthly/annual LAU data shown in the table are available for each/all counties. The APIGateway IP shows these four workforce series from 2011 forward. It auto-updates monthly with only a two-month lag to the reference time period. View a series as a chart: click a link in the table. Optionally set a wider time interval.
Santa Clara County, CA Monthly Labor Force Characteristics
Labor ForceJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
  .. 2011 885,176 886,935 890,310 886,194 884,929 892,066 894,323 896,361 899,826 903,815 901,359 903,297 893,716
  .. 2012 900,140 906,369 909,893 904,306 903,270 910,884 914,296 914,252 914,903 921,317 914,593 917,563 910,983
  .. 2013 917,515 926,578 924,236 922,312 923,224 928,893 929,117 930,370 932,198 923,395   ..   ..   ..
EmploymentJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
  .. 2011 792,291 796,365 800,561 800,461 799,462 801,226 803,136 806,906 812,138 817,722 818,783 823,917 806,081
  .. 2012 818,775 825,567 829,724 830,482 828,114 830,571 832,471 835,061 841,568 847,953 843,865 848,043 834,350
  .. 2013 844,487 858,009 858,115 862,536 865,844 865,863 863,120 867,692 873,180 864,542   ..   ..   ..
UnemploymentJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
  .. 2011 92,885 90,570 89,749 85,733 85,467 90,840 91,187 89,455 87,688 86,093 82,576 79,380 87,635
  .. 2012 81,365 80,802 80,169 73,824 75,156 80,313 81,825 79,191 73,335 73,364 70,728 69,520 76,633
  .. 2013 73,028 68,569 66,121 59,776 57,380 63,030 65,997 62,678 59,018 58,853   ..   ..   ..
UnemploymentRateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
  .. 2011 10.5 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.7 10.2 10.2 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.2 8.8 9.8
  .. 2012 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.2 8.3 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.6 8.4
  .. 2013 8.0 7.4 7.2 6.5 6.2 6.8 7.1 6.7 6.3 6.4   ..   ..   ..

Using GIS Resources for Visual Pattern Analysis
Separate from the APIGateway IP, the 2008-2012 annual time series data have been integrated into a U.S. by county shapefile. The graphic shown below illustrates how these tools can be used to examine the change in employment conditions by county since the recession started. This view shows the change in the unemployment rate from 2008 to 2012. Counties with red coloring experienced/are experiencing/ a 3-percent or more increase in the unemployment rate in 2012 compared to 2008. Using this measure alone, it is easy to see the extent to which the economy in many areas is still struggling to compensate for the recession impact and exactly which county/regional areas are impacted and how much. While one county might be prospering, many adjacent or nearby counties are not. See zoom-in to Santa Clara county area, below in this section.

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Use the interactive table below to examine this same set of annual workforce data 2008-2012. Click ShowAll button below table and then FindInName with default value "Santa Clara" to view the 5-year series for the same scope of subject matter as shown above in monthly form. The interactive table provides a convenient structure to view, rank, compare counties using these measures.

County Workforce Patterns: 2008-2012 -- Interactive Table
  Click column header to sort; click again to sort other direction.
  See usage notes below table. See related Ranking Tables Main Page


Usage Notes
  • Use FindInName to find a county by name.
      - Click ShowAll button first.
      - Key in any part of name and click FindInName button.
      - Search will filter for any name (column 2) with that exact, case sensitive, spelling.
  • Selected columns buttons
      - Click 2009 to view 2009 items.
      - Click 2010 to view 2010 items.
      - Click 2011 to view 2011 items.
      - Click 2012 to view 2012 items.
      - Click URSeries to view 2008-2012 unemployment rate.
  • Click ShowAll button between specific queries.
  • Some Alaska county geography changed in 2010 affecting estimates; not reflected in table.

San Francisco Area Zoom-in
View illustrates using identify tool to show mini-profile of Santa Clara county. Labels show county name and 2010 annual average unemployment rate.

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