Unemployment Rate Map Archive
The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program provides estimated labor force, employment, unemployment and unemployment rates for the United States, Ohio, metropolitan areas, former economic development regions, counties and selected cities.
- About Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment provides basic information on labor force data. Concepts & Methodology offer non-technical explanations of terms and procedures used to develop local area employment and unemployment statistics at the national, state and local levels.
*Rate maps for prior months and years are included as originally published and have not been revised. Current unemployment rates by county can be found using the Data Search tool.
Annual Average
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Monthly Rate Maps
About Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment
Data Source
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) is a federal-state program that gathers data on labor force, employment and unemployment at the state and sub-state levels. Concepts and Methodology offer non-technical explanations of terms and procedures used to develop local area employment and unemployment statistics at the national, state and local levels.
Level of Detail
Total labor force, employment, unemployment and unemployment rates.
Frequency
Monthly estimates are generally available near the end of month following month of reference. Annual Averages are published mid-year following the benchmark period.
Time Period Covered
Monthly and annual averages.
Geographic Areas
Civilian Labor Force Estimates are prepared for the United States, Ohio, Ohio counties and cities with populations of 25,000 or more, and Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
Labor force data for major metropolitan areas are also available in the Labor Market Review.
Uses
General indicator of economic conditions, economic research, plant location and fund allocation.
Limitations
National estimates are based on a monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households. State estimates are time-series model estimates. County estimates are based on a building block method with estimates adjusted to add to state totals. Seasonally adjusted data are available only for the state and the nation.
