The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program is a federal-state cooperative effort which produces monthly estimates of produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for approximately 7,000 areas including Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities. This dataset includes data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To only see data for Connecticut, create a filter where "State name" is equal to "Connecticut". For more information on the LAUS program and data visit: https://www.bls.gov/lau/ For more information from the CT Department of Labor visit: https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/LAUS/default.asp
This dataset has the following 11 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State FIPS code | st_fips | text | State FIPS code | 02 01 08 06 15 view top 100 |
| State abbreviation | st_abbr | text | State abbreviation | AK AL AZ CA CO view top 100 |
| State name | st_name | text | State name | Alaska Alabama Colorado California Hawaii view top 100 |
| Series ID | series_id | text | Series ID | LAUST010000000000003 LAUST010000000000004 LAUST010000000000005 LAUST010000000000006 LAUST010000000000007 view top 100 |
| Metric code | metric_num | text | Metric code | 03 04 05 06 07 view top 100 |
| Year | year | text | Year | 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 view top 100 |
| Period code | period | text | Period code | M01 M02 M03 M04 M05 view top 100 |
| Period name | period_name | text | Period name | Apr 1976 Apr 1977 Apr 1978 Apr 1979 Apr 1980 view top 100 |
| Metric name | metric_name | text | Metric name | employment labor force unemployment unemployment rate employment-population ratio view top 100 |
| Value | value | number | Value | 4.3 4.7 5.3 5 4.5 view top 100 |
| Update date | update_date | calendar_date | Update date | 1976-01-01T00:00:00.000 1976-02-01T00:00:00.000 1976-03-01T00:00:00.000 1976-04-01T00:00:00.000 1976-05-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |