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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Labor
Sub-Agency	US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Category	Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
Date Released	1976
Date Updated	Monthly
Time Period	Estimates are based on several sources (including CPS and CES)
Frequency	Monthly
Description	The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	State and area labor force statistics, Sub-State statistics, Unemployment statistics, state and area, Metropolitan areas
Unique ID	330

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.bls.gov/lau/#data
Agency Program Page	http://www.bls.gov/lau/
Agency Data Series Page	http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=la

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	State and area labor force statistics, Sub-State statistics, Unemployment statistics, state and area, Metropolitan areas
Granularity	States, Metro Areas, smaller areas
Geographic Coverage	States, Metro Areas, smaller areas

Data Description

Collection Mode	http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=la

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.bls.gov/lau/
Additional Metadata	ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.txt

Statistical Information

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