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State Monthly Employment and Unemployment Trends -- latest official estimates for December 2009 with projections to December 2010
National Employment/Unemployment Overview Print View Analyzing Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization Six alternative measures of labor underutilization have long been available on a monthly basis from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the U.S. published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The official measure of unemployment (referred to as U-3 in the U-1 to U-6 range of alternative measures) includes all jobless persons who are available to take a job and have actively sought work in the past four weeks. Other measures are provide more narrowly (U-1 and U-2) and broadly (U-4 through U-6) defined measures. The interactive ranking table presented below provides 1) the most recent estimates of labor force characteristics (updated monthly), 2) 2008 annual average U-alternative measures (six columns) and 3) 2009 annual average U-alternative measures (six columns). The 2009 annual average U-alternative measures are new as of February 2010. Use tools and resources described in this section, updated monthly, to learn about employment and unemployment trends in your states/regions of interest. What trends will change when and where? How will this impact you? Ranking Table Linked to Google Charting Click on a state name link to view a time series chart view of the unemployment in that state. The Google charting tool is linked to other Proximity ranking tables. See Google Charting Tools for more information. Monthly Projections through 2010; Annual Projections to 2020 Proximity develops county-level current demographic estimates and annual demographic projections to 2020 (through 2010 for monthly series). Updated monthly, these estimates and projections provide a continuously refreshed view of what is changing, where and by how much. See details describing the CTD1 data and updates. December 2009 State Employment-Unemployment Characteristics Interactive ranking table -- click column header to sort; click again to sort other direction. Drag column separator to change column width See related Ranking Tables Main Page Column headers ... CNPop 12/09 - Civilian Non-institutional population (CNPop) - Dec 2009 CLF 12/09 - Civilian Labor Force (CLF)- Dec 2009 CLF% 12/09 - CLF as percent of CNPop - Dec 2009 Emp 12/09 - Employment - Dec 2009 Emp% 12/09 - Employment as percent of CNPop - Dec 2009 UnEmp 12/09 - Unemployed - Dec 2009 UnEmp% 12/09 - Unemployed as percent of CLF - Dec 2009 (above items are seasonally adjusted values) 2008 annual average U1.08 - U1 unemployment rate U2.08 - U2 unemployment rate U3.08 - U3 unemployment rate U4.08 - U4 unemployment rate U5.08 - U5 unemployment rate U6.08 - U6 unemployment rate 2009 annual average U1.09 - U1 unemployment rate U2.09 - U2 unemployment rate U3.09 - U3 unemployment rate U4.09 - U4 unemployment rate U5.09 - U5 unemployment rate U6.09 - U6 unemployment rate Employment and Unemployment Data Development and Concepts Civilian labor force. Included are all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population classified as either employed or unemployed. Employed persons. These are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job. Unemployed persons. Included are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed. Unemployment rate. The ratio of unemployed to the civilian labor force expressed as a percent [i.e., 100 times (unemployed/labor force)]. Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization U-1 -- persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the CLF U-2 -- job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the CLF U-3 -- total unemployed, as a percent of the CLF (this is the definition used for the official unemployment rate) U-4 -- total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the CLF plus discouraged workers U-5 -- total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the CLF plus all marginally attached workers U-6 -- total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the CLF plus all marginally attached workers Additional Information Proximity develops geodemographic-economic data and analytical tools and helps organizations knit together and use diverse data in a decision-making and analytical framework. We develop custom demographic/economic estimates and projections, develop geographic and geocoded address files, and assist with impact and geospatial analyses. Wide-ranging organizations use our tools (software, data, methodologies) to analyze their own data integrated with other data. Contact Proximity (888-364-7656) with questions about data covered in this section or to discuss custom estimates, projections or analyses for your areas of interest. |
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