Labor force & unemployment

Description

This data pertains to workers who reside in the geographic area selected. The labor force includes all civilian, non-institutionalized people classified as employed or unemployed. People who are not collecting unemployment benefits are not included in the labor force.  The unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployed members of the total civilian labor force within the given geographic area. Data are not available for towns with population under 1,000. The data is not seasonally adjusted.

Note: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the requirement to be actively seeking work to qualify for unemployment benefits was waived. This caused the labor force to shrink as many individuals were no longer counted as unemployed. This also caused the unemployment rate to appear lower during some periods than would be expected based on the number of lost jobs. 

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