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# State Employment and Unemployment Archived News Releases

## Archived News Releases | State Employment and Unemployment

The State Employment and Unemployment news release presents data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics and State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings programs.

Effective with the January 2017 publication on Monday, March 13, 2017, this news release was renamed "State Employment and Unemployment." The Regional Unemployment section of the summary was omitted, as were the previous table 1 and table 2. The state data tables were renumbered 1 through 4 accordingly. The purpose of these changes was to focus the analysis on the geography that is most relevant to data users and for which both household and payroll estimates are produced. Civilian labor force and unemployment data for the four census regions and nine geographic divisions will continue to be available in the BLS database and updated shortly after each release is published.

#### Caution

Data in archived news releases may have been revised in subsequent releases. The latest data, including any revisions, may be obtained from the databases accessible on the program homepages:
                  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics: databases
                  - State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings: databases

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##### Links to archive copies of State Employment and Unemployment news releases

#### Current Edition of State Employment and Unemployment

                - The current edition of the Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release is always posted at  www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm .

#### 2024 State Employment and Unemployment

                - March 2024 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - February 2024 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - January 2024 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### 2023 State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2023 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - November 2023 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - October 2023 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - February 2023 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - January 2023 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### 2022 State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2022 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - October 2022 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - February 2022 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - January 2022 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### 2021 State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2021 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - March 2021 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - February 2021 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - January 2021 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### 2020 State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2020 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - February 2020 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                - January 2020 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### 2019 State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2019 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - January 2019 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### 2018 State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2018 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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#### 2017 State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2016 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2016 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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#### 2015 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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                - January 2015 ( HTML ) ( PDF )

#### >2014 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2013 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2013 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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                - October 2013 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
                -   September 2013 — Not published  [*]
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#### 2012 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2012 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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#### 2011 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2011 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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#### 2010 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2009 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 2009 ( HTML ) ( PDF )
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#### 2008 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2007 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2006 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2005 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2004 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2003 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2002 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2001 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 2000 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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#### 1999 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 1999
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                - March 1999
                - February 1999
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#### 1998 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 1998
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                - September 1998
                - August 1998
                - July 1998
                - June 1998
                - May 1998
                - April 1998
                - March 1998
                - February 1998
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#### 1997 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 1997
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                - August 1997
                - July 1997
                - June 1997
                - May 1997
                - April 1997
                - March 1997
                - February 1997
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#### 1996 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

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                - March 1996
                - February 1996
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#### 1995 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 1995
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                - August 1995
                - July 1995
                - June 1995
                - May 1995
                - April 1995
                - March 1995
                - February 1995
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#### 1994 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 1994
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                - October 1994
                - September 1994
                - August 1994
                - July 1994
                - June 1994
                - May 1994
                - April 1994
                - March 1994
                - February 1994
                - January 1994

#### 1993 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment

                - December 1993

(*) The September 2013 news releases for Regional and State Employment and Unemployment and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment were not published. Instead, final September data were included in the October news releases published on November 22, 2013 (Regional and State Employment and Unemployment) and December 5, 2013 (Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment).

 

**Last Modified Date: **March 25, 2024

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