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Civilian Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment - Maryland Monthly Labor Review - November 2008
 

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Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment
By Place of Residence
November 2008
 
Area Civilian Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment
Rate
Nov
2008		 Oct
2008r		 Nov
2007		 Nov
2008		 Oct
2008r		 Nov
2007		 Nov
2008		 Oct
2008r		 Nov
2007		 Nov
2008		 Oct
2008r		 Nov
2007
       
Seasonally Adjusted
Maryland 2,995,512 3,000,803 2,991,048 2,837,689 2,852,437 2,883,674 157,823 148,366 107,374 5.3  4.9 3.6
United States* 154,616,000 155,038,000 153,828,000 144,285,000 144,958,000 146,647,000 10,331,000 10,080,000 7,181,000 6.7  6.5 4.7
   
Not Seasonally Adjusted
    
Maryland 2,987,602 3,003,659 2,988,240 2,833,812 2,858,084 2,886,993 153,790 145,575 101,247 5.1  4.8 3.4 
    
Baltimore-
Towson
MSA		 1,402,275 1,408,965 1,403,938 1,325,974 1,337,273 1,354,191 76,301 71,692 49,747 5.4  5.1 3.5 
Baltimore
City		 277,763 278,388 275,875 255,180 257,354 260,610 22,583 21,034 15,265 8.1  7.6 5.5 
Anne
Arundel		 280,172 281,971 281,473 267,554 269,834 273,248 12,618 12,137 8,225 4.5  4.3 2.9 
Baltimore 430,523 432,701 431,012 407,419 410,891 416,089 23,104 21,810 14,923 5.4  5.0 3.5 
Carroll 95,315 95,578 95,490 90,979 91,754 92,915 4,336 3,824 2,575 4.5  4.0 2.7 
Harford 133,577 134,058 133,783 126,903 127,984 129,603 6,674 6,074 4,180 5.0  4.5 3.1 
Howard 158,825 160,059 160,176 153,114 154,419 156,372 5,711 5,640 3,804 3.6  3.5 2.4 
Queen
Anne's		 26,101 26,209 26,129 24,826 25,037 25,354 1,275 1,172 775 4.9  4.5 3.0 
         
Washington-
Arlington-
Alexandria,
DC-VA-
MD-WV Metro
Division		 573,405 576,881 574,614 544,383 548,393 554,705 29,022 28,488 19,909 5.1  4.9 3.5 
Calvert 47,567 47,801 47,712 45,586 45,921 46,450 1,981 1,880 1,262 4.2  3.9 2.6 
Charles 75,420 75,827 75,636 72,129 72,660 73,497 3,291 3,167 2,139 4.4  4.2 2.8 
Prince
George's		 450,418 453,252 451,266 426,668 429,811 434,758 23,750 23,441 16,508 5.3  5.2 3.7 
       
Bethesda-
Frederick-
Gaithersburg
Metro Division		 633,764 637,961 636,345 609,664 614,296 619,952 24,100 23,665 16,393 3.8  3.7 2.6 
Frederick 123,166 123,858 123,255 117,915 118,811 119,905 5,251 5,047 3,350 4.3  4.1 2.7 
Montgomery 510,598 514,103 513,090 491,749 495,485 500,047 18,849 18,618 13,043 3.7  3.6 2.5 
     
Cumberland
MD-WV MSA		 49,301 49,424 48,724 46,556 46,782 46,624 2,745 2,642 2,100 5.6  5.3 4.3 
Allegany 35,677 35,731 35,237 33,484 33,616 33,682 2,193 2,115 1,555 6.1  5.9 4.4 
      
Hagerstown-
Martinsburg
MD-WV MSA		 122,361 122,475 120,361 114,870 115,591 115,547 7,491 6,884 4,814 6.1  5.6 4.0 
Washington 69,122 69,146 68,023 64,516 64,830 65,345 4,606 4,316 2,678 6.7  6.2 3.9 
    
Salisbury
MD MSA		 64,510 64,224 63,323 59,975 60,291 60,698 4,535 3,933 2,625 7.0  6.1 4.1 
Somerset 11,390 11,356 11,216 10,519 10,574 10,646 871 782 570 7.6  6.9 5.1 
Wicomico 53,120 52,868 52,107 49,456 49,717 50,052 3,664 3,151 2,055 6.9  6.0 3.9 
       
Balance
of State		 208,848 210,752 206,761 195,816 199,385 198,421 13,032 11,367 8,340 6.2  5.4 4.0 
Caroline 16,508 16,595 16,018 15,452 15,653 15,351 1,056 942 667 6.4  5.7 4.2 
Cecil 51,054 51,289 51,374 47,998 48,205 49,451 3,056 3,084 1,923 6.0  6.0 3.7 
Dorchester 17,030 17,102 16,816 15,630 15,964 15,867 1,400 1,138 949 8.2  6.7 5.6 
Garrett 16,639 16,811 16,276 15,743 16,070 15,672 896 741 604 5.4  4.4 3.7 
Kent 11,305 11,462 11,030 10,723 10,885 10,688 582 577 342 5.1  5.0 3.1 
St. Mary's 51,230 51,577 50,433 49,073 49,533 49,037 2,157 2,044 1,396 4.2  4.0 2.8 
Talbot 18,976 19,252 18,677 18,023 18,388 18,107 953 864 570 5.0  4.5 3.1 
Worcester 26,106 26,664 26,137 23,174 24,687 24,248 2,932 1,977 1,889 11.2  7.4 7.2 
       
United States 154,624,000 155,012,000 154,035,000 144,609,000 145,543,000 147,118,000 10,015,000 9,469,000 6,917,000 6.5  6.1     4.5 
 

r - revised

*Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

NOTE: Figures may not add due to rounding. These are estimates relating to the week of the 12th of each month. The count is of persons not jobs.

 
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