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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS)

Publisher
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) open_in_new
License
Public domain
Coverage
1948–2026 · Base Data Commons graph
Updates
Monthly

Source & methodology

Published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and served through the base Google Data Commons graph, which handles the ingestion and standardization. Follow the links for the authoritative definitions and the exact processing code.

Variables (4)

VariableSource table
Population in the Labor Force
Count of person (in labor force).
Population personMeasured countStatistic measured valueemployment status in labor force
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Population With Current Employment
Count of person (employed).
Population personMeasured countStatistic measured valueemployment employed
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Population: Unemployed
Count of person (unemployed).
Population personMeasured countStatistic measured valueemployment unemployed
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Unemployment rate
Unemployment rate of person.
Population personMeasured unemployment rateStatistic measured value
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