Northern Economic Region Not Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Data

Return to not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate by year for Northern Economic Region

2024 to 1990

Note: A change in the way labor force statistics are calculated for sub-state areas makes data prior to 2010 not comparable with later data.

2024

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,446	10,778	10,910	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Employment	9,621	9,843	10,043	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unemployment	825	935	867	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unemployment Rate	7.9%	8.7%	7.9%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

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2023

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	9,864	9,931	9,948	9,803	9,737	9,732	9,615	9,687	9,848	10,207	10,371	10,234	0
Employment	9,145	9,148	9,196	9,117	9,016	8,935	8,916	8,988	9,134	9,479	9,613	9,508	0
Unemployment	719	783	752	686	721	797	699	699	714	728	758	726	0
Unemployment Rate	7.3%	7.9%	7.6%	7.0%	7.4%	8.2%	7.3%	7.2%	7.3%	7.1%	7.3%	7.1%	%

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2022

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	9,727	9,966	9,892	9,797	9,692	9,703	9,421	9,516	9,789	9,813	9,959	9,901	0
Employment	8,896	9,128	9,096	9,036	8,982	8,926	8,729	8,933	9,166	9,215	9,275	9,267	0
Unemployment	831	838	796	761	710	777	692	583	623	598	684	634	0
Unemployment Rate	8.5%	8.4%	8.0%	7.8%	7.3%	8.0%	7.3%	6.1%	6.4%	6.1%	6.9%	6.4%	%

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2021

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	9,689	9,804	9,505	9,673	9,791	9,778	9,793	9,643	9,748	9,944	9,921	9,889	0
Employment	8,831	8,859	8,504	8,639	8,794	8,686	8,819	8,823	8,957	9,150	9,121	9,176	0
Unemployment	858	945	1,001	1,034	997	1,092	974	820	791	794	800	713	0
Unemployment Rate	8.9%	9.6%	10.5%	10.7%	10.2%	11.2%	9.9%	8.5%	8.1%	8.0%	8.1%	7.2%	%

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2020

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,816	10,908	10,781	9,974	9,692	9,966	9,621	9,575	9,611	9,773	9,723	9,960	0
Employment	9,890	9,929	9,691	9,031	8,480	8,613	8,334	8,698	8,712	8,941	8,843	9,153	0
Unemployment	926	979	1,090	943	1,212	1,353	1,287	877	899	832	880	807	0
Unemployment Rate	8.6%	9.0%	10.1%	9.5%	12.5%	13.6%	13.4%	9.2%	9.4%	8.5%	9.1%	8.1%	%

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2019

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,597	10,675	10,681	10,359	10,222	10,339	10,211	10,178	10,278	10,583	10,722	10,733	0
Employment	9,525	9,611	9,638	9,373	9,227	9,166	9,095	9,221	9,362	9,717	9,791	9,865	0
Unemployment	1,072	1,064	1,043	986	995	1,173	1,116	957	916	866	931	868	0
Unemployment Rate	10.1%	10.0%	9.8%	9.5%	9.7%	11.3%	10.9%	9.4%	8.9%	8.2%	8.7%	8.1%	%

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2018

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,531	10,597	10,611	10,329	10,275	10,269	10,278	10,128	10,201	10,652	10,630	10,761	0
Employment	9,416	9,444	9,532	9,274	9,246	9,078	9,221	9,153	9,302	9,762	9,712	9,836	0
Unemployment	1,115	1,153	1,079	1,055	1,029	1,191	1,057	975	899	890	918	925	0
Unemployment Rate	10.6%	10.9%	10.2%	10.2%	10.0%	11.6%	10.3%	9.6%	8.8%	8.4%	8.6%	8.6%	%

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2017

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,860	11,008	10,866	10,670	10,508	10,558	10,276	10,243	10,571	10,707	10,674	10,663	0
Employment	9,630	9,738	9,695	9,476	9,302	9,240	9,032	9,037	9,505	9,697	9,633	9,659	0
Unemployment	1,230	1,270	1,171	1,194	1,206	1,318	1,244	1,206	1,066	1,010	1,041	1,004	0
Unemployment Rate	11.3%	11.5%	10.8%	11.2%	11.5%	12.5%	12.1%	11.8%	10.1%	9.4%	9.8%	9.4%	%

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2016

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	11,357	11,304	11,438	11,100	10,981	10,879	10,391	10,472	10,773	10,953	10,939	11,089	0
Employment	10,232	10,104	10,221	9,865	9,734	9,486	9,118	9,246	9,627	9,767	9,808	9,961	0
Unemployment	1,125	1,200	1,217	1,235	1,247	1,393	1,273	1,226	1,146	1,186	1,131	1,128	0
Unemployment Rate	9.9%	10.6%	10.6%	11.1%	11.4%	12.8%	12.3%	11.7%	10.6%	10.8%	10.3%	10.2%	%

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2015

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	11,351	11,468	11,564	11,215	11,265	11,271	11,081	11,232	11,064	11,150	11,240	11,160	0
Employment	10,168	10,207	10,346	10,006	10,007	9,973	9,878	10,170	10,013	10,121	10,179	10,124	0
Unemployment	1,183	1,261	1,218	1,209	1,258	1,298	1,203	1,062	1,051	1,029	1,061	1,036	0
Unemployment Rate	10.4%	11.0%	10.5%	10.8%	11.2%	11.5%	10.9%	9.5%	9.5%	9.2%	9.4%	9.3%	%

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2014

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	11,260	11,393	11,515	11,410	11,390	11,438	11,390	11,355	11,369	11,555	11,641	11,514	0
Employment	9,925	9,981	10,127	10,143	10,067	10,058	10,068	10,141	10,194	10,475	10,557	10,475	0
Unemployment	1,335	1,412	1,388	1,267	1,323	1,380	1,322	1,214	1,175	1,080	1,084	1,039	0
Unemployment Rate	11.9%	12.4%	12.1%	11.1%	11.6%	12.1%	11.6%	10.7%	10.3%	9.3%	9.3%	9.0%	%

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2013

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,993	11,076	11,173	11,081	11,150	11,257	11,139	11,131	11,353	11,532	11,459	11,392	0
Employment	9,652	9,680	9,857	9,826	9,825	9,813	9,841	9,887	10,058	10,236	10,158	10,167	0
Unemployment	1,341	1,396	1,316	1,255	1,325	1,444	1,298	1,244	1,295	1,296	1,301	1,225	0
Unemployment Rate	12.2%	12.6%	11.8%	11.3%	11.9%	12.8%	11.7%	11.2%	11.4%	11.2%	11.4%	10.8%	%

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2012

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	11,125	11,320	11,358	11,144	11,142	11,234	11,076	11,016	11,162	11,331	11,258	11,247	0
Employment	9,800	9,946	9,971	9,866	9,815	9,803	9,757	9,793	9,940	10,150	10,071	10,018	0
Unemployment	1,325	1,374	1,387	1,278	1,327	1,431	1,319	1,223	1,222	1,181	1,187	1,229	0
Unemployment Rate	11.9%	12.1%	12.2%	11.5%	11.9%	12.7%	11.9%	11.1%	10.9%	10.4%	10.5%	10.9%	%

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2011

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	11,066	11,136	11,188	11,097	11,022	11,141	10,849	10,934	11,052	11,130	11,061	11,252	0
Employment	9,770	9,777	9,857	9,814	9,750	9,737	9,520	9,687	9,768	9,867	9,805	9,997	0
Unemployment	1,296	1,359	1,331	1,283	1,272	1,404	1,329	1,247	1,284	1,263	1,256	1,255	0
Unemployment Rate	11.7%	12.2%	11.9%	11.6%	11.5%	12.6%	12.2%	11.4%	11.6%	11.3%	11.4%	11.2%	%

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2010

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,885	11,011	11,082	11,120	10,976	10,926	10,784	10,934	11,019	11,263	11,296	11,212	0
Employment	9,635	9,640	9,707	9,810	9,663	9,546	9,493	9,712	9,831	10,094	10,072	10,020	0
Unemployment	1,250	1,371	1,375	1,310	1,313	1,380	1,291	1,222	1,188	1,169	1,224	1,192	0
Unemployment Rate	11.5%	12.5%	12.4%	11.8%	12.0%	12.6%	12.0%	11.2%	10.8%	10.4%	10.8%	10.6%	%

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2009

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	12,550	12,538	12,442	12,333	12,166	12,173	12,002	12,023	11,886	12,306	12,366	12,263	12,254
Employment	11,554	11,439	11,319	11,227	11,014	10,967	10,874	10,942	10,808	11,217	11,281	11,208	11,154
Unemployment	996	1,099	1,123	1,106	1,152	1,206	1,128	1,081	1,078	1,089	1,085	1,055	1,100
Unemployment Rate	7.9%	8.8%	9.0%	9.0%	9.5%	9.9%	9.4%	9.0%	9.1%	8.8%	8.8%	8.6%	9.0%

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2008

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	12,063	12,076	12,160	11,859	11,750	11,882	11,677	12,064	11,902	12,459	12,484	12,625	12,083
Employment	11,105	11,067	11,156	10,910	10,739	10,824	10,671	11,149	11,012	11,636	11,661	11,792	11,143
Unemployment	958	1,009	1,004	949	1,011	1,058	1,006	915	890	823	823	833	940
Unemployment Rate	7.9%	8.4%	8.3%	8.0%	8.6%	8.9%	8.6%	7.6%	7.5%	6.6%	6.6%	6.6%	7.8%

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2007

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	11,471	11,428	11,488	11,226	11,112	11,035	10,976	11,129	11,413	11,880	11,948	11,882	11,416
Employment	10,478	10,421	10,518	10,241	10,071	9,940	9,924	10,186	10,474	10,938	11,008	10,996	10,433
Unemployment	993	1,007	970	985	1,041	1,095	1,052	943	939	942	940	886	983
Unemployment Rate	8.7%	8.8%	8.4%	8.8%	9.4%	9.9%	9.6%	8.5%	8.2%	7.9%	7.9%	7.5%	8.6%

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2006

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,840	10,910	10,906	10,807	10,796	10,816	10,684	10,888	10,994	11,259	11,379	11,423	10,976
Employment	9,704	9,705	9,759	9,674	9,667	9,613	9,547	9,862	9,980	10,270	10,371	10,503	9,888
Unemployment	1,136	1,205	1,147	1,133	1,129	1,203	1,137	1,026	1,014	989	1,008	920	1,088
Unemployment Rate	10.5%	11.0%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	11.1%	10.6%	9.4%	9.2%	8.8%	8.9%	8.1%	9.9%

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2005

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,797	10,808	10,805	10,725	10,594	10,726	10,408	10,394	10,617	11,096	11,030	11,010	10,751
Employment	9,607	9,544	9,592	9,534	9,375	9,418	9,217	9,282	9,427	9,907	9,847	9,884	9,553
Unemployment	1,190	1,264	1,213	1,191	1,219	1,308	1,191	1,112	1,190	1,189	1,183	1,126	1,198
Unemployment Rate	11.0%	11.7%	11.2%	11.1%	11.5%	12.2%	11.4%	10.7%	11.2%	10.7%	10.7%	10.2%	11.1%

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2004

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,679	10,616	10,687	10,600	10,380	10,345	10,201	10,044	10,200	10,696	10,733	10,863	10,504
Employment	9,426	9,336	9,359	9,362	9,120	8,974	8,970	8,928	9,052	9,550	9,603	9,766	9,287
Unemployment	1,253	1,280	1,328	1,238	1,260	1,371	1,231	1,116	1,148	1,146	1,130	1,097	1,217
Unemployment Rate	11.7%	12.1%	12.4%	11.7%	12.1%	13.3%	12.1%	11.1%	11.3%	10.7%	10.5%	10.1%	11.6%

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2003

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,854	10,754	10,761	10,772	10,694	10,227	10,213	10,341	10,463	10,777	10,698	10,802	10,613
Employment	9,771	9,616	9,615	9,591	9,482	8,913	8,962	9,134	9,257	9,601	9,509	9,671	9,427
Unemployment	1,083	1,138	1,146	1,181	1,212	1,314	1,251	1,207	1,206	1,176	1,189	1,131	1,186
Unemployment Rate	10.0%	10.6%	10.6%	11.0%	11.3%	12.8%	12.2%	11.7%	11.5%	10.9%	11.1%	10.5%	11.2%

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2002

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,714	10,843	11,211	10,617	10,569	10,352	10,787	10,691	10,579	10,723	10,683	10,644	10,700
Employment	9,725	9,828	10,077	9,517	9,473	9,199	9,714	9,673	9,551	9,727	9,681	9,654	9,651
Unemployment	989	1,015	1,134	1,100	1,096	1,153	1,073	1,018	1,028	996	1,002	990	1,049
Unemployment Rate	9.2%	9.4%	10.1%	10.4%	10.4%	11.1%	9.9%	9.5%	9.7%	9.3%	9.4%	9.3%	9.8%

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2001

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	10,351	10,622	10,698	10,449	10,348	10,095	10,082	10,400	10,351	10,744	10,600	10,431	10,431
Employment	9,409	9,658	9,738	9,489	9,353	9,040	9,152	9,518	9,480	9,897	9,731	9,583	9,504
Unemployment	942	964	960	960	995	1,055	930	882	871	847	869	848	927
Unemployment Rate	9.1%	9.1%	9.0%	9.2%	9.6%	10.5%	9.2%	8.5%	8.4%	7.9%	8.2%	8.1%	8.9%

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2000

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	9,923	10,015	10,063	9,893	10,003	9,886	9,829	10,030	10,201	10,284	10,277	10,314	10,060
Employment	9,114	9,129	9,166	9,006	9,013	8,834	8,890	9,067	9,241	9,444	9,412	9,494	9,151
Unemployment	809	886	897	887	990	1,052	939	963	960	840	865	820	909
Unemployment Rate	8.2%	8.8%	8.9%	9.0%	9.9%	10.6%	9.6%	9.6%	9.4%	8.2%	8.4%	8.0%	9.0%

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1999

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,764	8,881	8,861	8,650	8,328	8,199	8,171	7,836	7,937	7,987	8,033	8,220	8,323
Employment	7,915	7,990	7,998	7,747	7,332	7,097	7,130	6,950	7,071	7,199	7,206	7,478	7,427
Unemployment	849	891	863	903	996	1,102	1,041	886	866	788	827	742	896
Unemployment Rate	9.7%	10.0%	9.7%	10.4%	12.0%	13.4%	12.7%	11.3%	10.9%	9.9%	10.3%	9.0%	10.8%

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1998

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	9,003	9,006	8,973	8,946	8,723	8,876	8,827	8,790	8,850	8,940	8,889	8,978	8,901
Employment	8,373	8,296	8,242	8,240	7,890	7,902	7,954	7,974	7,997	8,182	8,098	8,224	8,115
Unemployment	630	710	731	706	833	974	873	816	853	758	791	754	786
Unemployment Rate	7.0%	7.9%	8.1%	7.9%	9.5%	11.0%	9.9%	9.3%	9.6%	8.5%	8.9%	8.4%	8.8%

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1997

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,681	8,674	8,745	8,539	8,622	8,690	8,877	8,662	8,780	8,777	8,584	8,914	8,712
Employment	7,910	7,826	7,839	7,659	7,688	7,681	7,917	7,850	7,972	8,122	8,002	8,357	7,901
Unemployment	771	848	906	880	934	1,009	960	812	808	655	582	557	811
Unemployment Rate	8.9%	9.8%	10.4%	10.3%	10.8%	11.6%	10.8%	9.4%	9.2%	7.5%	6.8%	6.2%	9.3%

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1996

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,900	9,188	9,323	9,094	8,853	8,861	9,039	8,634	8,602	8,694	8,552	8,775	8,877
Employment	7,938	8,066	8,251	7,992	7,606	7,653	7,946	7,835	7,747	7,968	7,878	8,069	7,913
Unemployment	962	1,122	1,072	1,102	1,247	1,208	1,093	799	855	726	674	706	964
Unemployment Rate	10.8%	12.2%	11.5%	12.1%	14.1%	13.6%	12.1%	9.3%	9.9%	8.4%	7.9%	8.0%	10.9%

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1995

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,822	8,780	8,759	8,509	8,482	8,843	8,766	8,630	8,683	8,868	8,923	8,954	8,751
Employment	7,909	7,838	7,870	7,645	7,526	7,716	7,722	7,747	7,810	8,038	8,068	8,143	7,836
Unemployment	913	942	889	864	956	1,127	1,044	883	873	830	855	811	915
Unemployment Rate	10.3%	10.7%	10.1%	10.2%	11.3%	12.7%	11.9%	10.2%	10.1%	9.4%	9.6%	9.1%	10.5%

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1994

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,958	8,998	9,050	8,765	8,688	8,936	8,827	8,820	8,874	8,917	8,833	8,932	8,883
Employment	8,070	8,045	8,076	7,804	7,761	7,937	7,917	7,961	8,053	8,094	8,063	8,198	7,998
Unemployment	888	953	974	961	927	999	910	859	821	823	770	734	885
Unemployment Rate	9.9%	10.6%	10.8%	11.0%	10.7%	11.2%	10.3%	9.7%	9.3%	9.2%	8.7%	8.2%	10.0%

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1993

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,171	8,542	8,654	8,353	8,344	8,777	8,395	8,301	8,129	8,439	8,505	8,403	8,418
Employment	7,366	7,620	7,739	7,429	7,324	7,605	7,470	7,404	7,299	7,597	7,723	7,676	7,521
Unemployment	805	922	915	924	1,020	1,172	925	897	830	842	782	727	897
Unemployment Rate	9.9%	10.8%	10.6%	11.1%	12.2%	13.4%	11.0%	10.8%	10.2%	10.0%	9.2%	8.7%	10.7%

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1992

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,105	8,120	8,160	8,103	8,044	8,201	8,142	8,066	7,946	8,190	8,400	8,419	8,159
Employment	7,157	7,132	7,249	7,140	6,989	6,999	7,129	7,155	7,049	7,363	7,546	7,587	7,209
Unemployment	948	988	911	963	1,055	1,202	1,013	911	897	827	854	832	950
Unemployment Rate	11.7%	12.2%	11.2%	11.9%	13.1%	14.7%	12.4%	11.3%	11.3%	10.1%	10.2%	9.9%	11.6%

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1991

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	8,150	8,361	8,439	8,541	8,569	8,656	8,391	8,316	8,308	8,302	8,145	8,207	8,365
Employment	7,513	7,600	7,676	7,760	7,683	7,636	7,440	7,521	7,457	7,452	7,380	7,370	7,540
Unemployment	637	761	763	781	886	1,020	951	795	851	850	765	837	825
Unemployment Rate	7.8%	9.1%	9.0%	9.1%	10.3%	11.8%	11.3%	9.6%	10.2%	10.2%	9.4%	10.2%	9.9%

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1990

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Labor Force	7,669	7,656	7,731	7,780	8,122	8,641	8,482	8,497	8,224	8,270	8,133	8,231	8,120
Employment	6,916	6,973	7,020	6,960	7,184	7,755	7,711	7,802	7,575	7,705	7,605	7,661	7,406
Unemployment	753	683	711	820	938	886	771	695	649	565	528	570	714
Unemployment Rate	9.8%	8.9%	9.2%	10.5%	11.5%	10.3%	9.1%	8.2%	7.9%	6.8%	6.5%	6.9%	8.8%

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