Indicators / United States / Jobs and pay
Labor force
people · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via economicdata.dev · residents working or looking for work
- Middle county, 2025
- 11.7K people
- States with a figure
- 52 2025
- Counties with a figure
- 3,221 2025
Show the numbers (36 rows)
| Year | Middle county |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11706.0 |
| 2024 | 11671.2 |
| 2023 | 11524.6 |
| 2022 | 11380.2 |
| 2021 | 11243.5 |
| 2020 | 11376.3 |
| 2019 | 11405.8 |
| 2018 | 11420.8 |
| 2017 | 11400.3 |
| 2016 | 11419.8 |
| 2015 | 11380.7 |
| 2014 | 11311.8 |
| 2013 | 11416.9 |
| 2012 | 11616.7 |
| 2011 | 11666.9 |
| 2010 | 11831.3 |
| 2009 | 12216.3 |
| 2008 | 12247.1 |
| 2007 | 12155.8 |
| 2006 | 12159.3 |
| 2005 | 12088.4 |
| 2004 | 12016.5 |
| 2003 | 12039.6 |
| 2002 | 11901.3 |
| 2001 | 11736.5 |
| 2000 | 11707.2 |
| 1999 | 11421.5 |
| 1998 | 11391.7 |
| 1997 | 11394.3 |
| 1996 | 11252.4 |
| 1995 | 11145.7 |
| 1994 | 10941.5 |
| 1993 | 10718.2 |
| 1992 | 10514.3 |
| 1991 | 10344.1 |
| 1990 | 10247.3 |
Every state, 2025
| Rank | State | Labor force | 1 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 19.8M people | +0.7% | +4.6% | +5.2% |
| 2 | Texas | 15.9M people | +1.6% | +13.9% | +21.9% |
| 3 | Florida | 11.1M people | 0.0% | +10.5% | +15.8% |
| 4 | New York | 10.0M people | +0.8% | +4.6% | +2.8% |
| 5 | Illinois | 6.6M people | −0.8% | +4.2% | +0.4% |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 6.5M people | −0.5% | +0.6% | +1.0% |
| 7 | Ohio | 6.0M people | +0.3% | +3.8% | +3.9% |
| 8 | Georgia | 5.4M people | 0.0% | +6.7% | +14.5% |
| 9 | North Carolina | 5.3M people | +0.1% | +9.7% | +12.6% |
| 10 | Michigan | 5.0M people | −0.6% | +3.5% | +5.3% |
| 11 | New Jersey | 4.9M people | +0.1% | +5.6% | +6.7% |
| 12 | Virginia | 4.5M people | −0.5% | +4.6% | +7.1% |
| 13 | Washington | 4.1M people | +0.3% | +3.8% | +14.1% |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 3.9M people | +0.6% | +5.4% | +9.0% |
| 15 | Arizona | 3.8M people | +1.5% | +9.4% | +22.1% |
| 16 | Tennessee | 3.5M people | +2.0% | +7.1% | +14.6% |
| 17 | Indiana | 3.5M people | +1.0% | +5.4% | +7.3% |
| 18 | Colorado | 3.3M people | −0.2% | +5.8% | +15.6% |
| 19 | Maryland | 3.2M people | −0.3% | −0.2% | +2.0% |
| 20 | Minnesota | 3.2M people | +1.1% | +1.7% | +5.2% |
| 21 | Missouri | 3.2M people | +0.8% | +4.7% | +3.8% |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 3.1M people | −0.7% | +0.6% | +0.8% |
| 23 | South Carolina | 2.6M people | +1.8% | +11.4% | +16.4% |
| 24 | Alabama | 2.4M people | +0.9% | +5.4% | +9.6% |
| 25 | Oregon | 2.2M people | +1.0% | +5.2% | +12.0% |
| 26 | Kentucky | 2.1M people | +1.0% | +5.2% | +6.8% |
| 27 | Louisiana | 2.1M people | +0.4% | +2.3% | −2.4% |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 2.0M people | +0.9% | +9.7% | +10.6% |
| 29 | Connecticut | 1.9M people | +0.2% | +3.2% | +1.8% |
| 30 | Utah | 1.8M people | +0.8% | +11.8% | +25.9% |
| 31 | Iowa | 1.7M people | +1.7% | +4.4% | +1.9% |
| 32 | Nevada | 1.7M people | +1.8% | +10.8% | +19.8% |
| 33 | Kansas | 1.6M people | +1.5% | +4.7% | +4.9% |
| 34 | Arkansas | 1.4M people | +1.8% | +7.2% | +7.7% |
| 35 | Mississippi | 1.3M people | +1.6% | +3.8% | +2.8% |
| 36 | Puerto Rico | 1.2M people | +0.9% | – | +10.0% |
| 37 | Nebraska | 1.1M people | +1.9% | +5.2% | +8.3% |
| 38 | Idaho | 1.0M people | +1.1% | +11.7% | +26.1% |
| 39 | New Mexico | 985.7K people | +0.4% | +5.9% | +4.8% |
| 40 | West Virginia | 781.6K people | −1.0% | +0.6% | −1.3% |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 775.8K people | +0.7% | +2.0% | +3.6% |
| 42 | Maine | 709.1K people | +0.4% | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 43 | Hawaii | 687.9K people | +0.8% | +3.3% | +0.7% |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 593.3K people | −0.1% | +4.1% | +5.0% |
| 45 | Montana | 577.8K people | +0.1% | +6.3% | +11.0% |
| 46 | Delaware | 515.8K people | +1.0% | +6.0% | +11.6% |
| 47 | South Dakota | 491.8K people | +1.4% | +5.8% | +9.3% |
| 48 | North Dakota | 431.1K people | +1.5% | +5.3% | +4.3% |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 412.5K people | −0.2% | +6.6% | +8.1% |
| 50 | Alaska | 365.9K people | +1.5% | +5.9% | +1.2% |
| 51 | Vermont | 349.1K people | −1.2% | +2.9% | −0.8% |
| 52 | Wyoming | 289.0K people | −1.1% | −1.6% | −3.9% |
Rank 1 is the highest value. States are the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands where they have a figure.
Highest and lowest counties, 2025
| Highest | State | Labor force |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | California | 5.1M people |
| Cook County | Illinois | 2.8M people |
| Harris County | Texas | 2.5M people |
| Maricopa County | Arizona | 2.5M people |
| San Diego County | California | 1.7M people |
| Orange County | California | 1.6M people |
| Dallas County | Texas | 1.4M people |
| Miami-Dade County | Florida | 1.4M people |
| King County | Washington | 1.4M people |
| Kings County | New York | 1.3M people |
| Lowest | State | Labor force |
|---|---|---|
| Kenedy County | Texas | 97.5 people |
| King County | Texas | 146.3 people |
| Arthur County | Nebraska | 209.5 people |
| McPherson County | Nebraska | 229.6 people |
| McMullen County | Texas | 230.9 people |
| Petroleum County | Montana | 246.3 people |
| Blaine County | Nebraska | 248.6 people |
| Borden County | Texas | 272.3 people |
| Esmeralda County | Nevada | 273.5 people |
| Loving County | Texas | 283.9 people |
Every county's figure is on its own page, in its profile table, with its rank among all counties and within its state.
Get this data
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curl https://visualizedata.org/data/us-indicators/us-labor-force.jsonEvery place from economicdata.dev (live, no key; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, this exact version):
curl "https://api.economicdata.dev/v1/laus@2026-10-26.1d9b973c73/download/laus.parquet"Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (U.S. public domain): LAUS, annual average labor force.
- Read through economicdata.dev, dataset laus, version 2026-10-26.1d9b973c73; its 2 input files from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics are named with their sha256 in this page's data, and the site's checks recompute every figure from them.
- BLS publishes each month about seven weeks after it ends, and revises the past year each March; economicdata.dev re-reads it daily.
- 4 areas in the source are not places in the geo registry and are left out: us-county-02201, us-county-02232, us-county-02261, us-county-02280 (Connecticut's former counties, retired Alaska and South Dakota codes, the Virgin Islands).
- Built 2026-10-27.