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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Year	Period	labor force	employment	unemployment	unemployment rate
Series Id: LAUMT22353806 (k) Not Seasonally Adjusted Area: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area Area Type: Metropolitan areas State/Region/Division: Louisiana
1998	Jan	615534	583536	31998	5.2
1998	Feb	617553	590114	27439	4.4
1998	Mar	624658	596741	27917	4.5
1998	Apr	629947	603130	26817	4.3
1998	May	638402	607777	30625	4.8
1998	Jun	647827	605695	42132	6.5
1998	Jul	643889	601385	42504	6.6
1998	Aug	624872	588713	36159	5.8
1998	Sep	627590	593647	33943	5.4
1998	Oct	628228	596808	31420	5.0
1998	Nov	630217	599496	30721	4.9
1998	Dec	625134	596980	28154	4.5
1998	Annual	629488	597002	32486	5.2
1999	Jan	620426	589597	30829	5.0
1999	Feb	622636	594893	27743	4.5
1999	Mar	625338	601505	23833	3.8
1999	Apr	625628	602707	22921	3.7
1999	May	629482	605552	23930	3.8
1999	Jun	640653	605498	35155	5.5
1999	Jul	635180	601038	34142	5.4
1999	Aug	618085	587868	30217	4.9
1999	Sep	619393	590359	29034	4.7
1999	Oct	624923	595755	29168	4.7
1999	Nov	627018	599731	27287	4.4
1999	Dec	619778	595508	24270	3.9
1999	Annual	625712	597501	28211	4.5
2000	Jan	620611	589889	30722	5.0
2000	Feb	623042	595723	27319	4.4
2000	Mar	627733	602470	25263	4.0
2000	Apr	627799	605953	21846	3.5
2000	May	635037	607529	27508	4.3
2000	Jun	642926	606008	36918	5.7
2000	Jul	634123	598668	35455	5.6
2000	Aug	617869	585551	32318	5.2
2000	Sep	616047	587988	28059	4.6
2000	Oct	620728	591455	29273	4.7
2000	Nov	624252	594097	30155	4.8
2000	Dec	619977	592541	27436	4.4
2000	Annual	625845	596489	29356	4.7
2001	Jan	616790	584015	32775	5.3
2001	Feb	616812	588587	28225	4.6
2001	Mar	622415	596420	25995	4.2
2001	Apr	621260	597335	23925	3.9
2001	May	625863	599504	26359	4.2
2001	Jun	634689	598733	35956	5.7
2001	Jul	627411	593782	33629	5.4
2001	Aug	608130	577099	31031	5.1
2001	Sep	612469	583271	29198	4.8
2001	Oct	613574	581585	31989	5.2
2001	Nov	617609	583492	34117	5.5
2001	Dec	609963	577457	32506	5.3
2001	Annual	618915	588440	30475	4.9
2002	Jan	600712	564646	36066	6.0
2002	Feb	604861	572939	31922	5.3
2002	Mar	607169	577753	29416	4.8
2002	Apr	609078	581049	28029	4.6
2002	May	616204	584603	31601	5.1
2002	Jun	624288	583744	40544	6.5
2002	Jul	617856	581066	36790	6.0
2002	Aug	601684	567040	34644	5.8
2002	Sep	605284	574829	30455	5.0
2002	Oct	605985	574030	31955	5.3
2002	Nov	610593	577128	33465	5.5
2002	Dec	602612	571266	31346	5.2
2002	Annual	608860	575841	33019	5.4
2003	Jan	599608	565566	34042	5.7
2003	Feb	604409	572458	31951	5.3
2003	Mar	608559	578365	30194	5.0
2003	Apr	609531	581060	28471	4.7
2003	May	615968	583265	32703	5.3
2003	Jun	624812	582557	42255	6.8
2003	Jul	618079	578835	39244	6.3
2003	Aug	600270	564566	35704	5.9
2003	Sep	601284	570308	30976	5.2
2003	Oct	604259	573974	30285	5.0
2003	Nov	611257	579711	31546	5.2
2003	Dec	603915	574895	29020	4.8
2003	Annual	608496	575463	33033	5.4
2004	Jan	600253	566758	33495	5.6
2004	Feb	602679	573985	28694	4.8
2004	Mar	606808	580177	26631	4.4
2004	Apr	608535	584066	24469	4.0
2004	May	616137	587520	28617	4.6
2004	Jun	624585	588348	36237	5.8
2004	Jul	622384	589165	33219	5.3
2004	Aug	604536	575201	29335	4.9
2004	Sep	607407	579399	28008	4.6
2004	Oct	612281	582869	29412	4.8
2004	Nov	620207	589500	30707	5.0
2004	Dec	613399	584513	28886	4.7
2004	Annual	611601	581792	29809	4.9
2005	Jan	609169	575245	33924	5.6
2005	Feb	612162	581985	30177	4.9
2005	Mar	616109	589832	26277	4.3
2005	Apr	620319	596484	23835	3.8
2005	May	628762	600807	27955	4.4
2005	Jun	636886	601293	35593	5.6
2005	Jul	635588	601931	33657	5.3
2005	Aug	619773	589342	30431	4.9
2005	Sep	542453	460147	82306	15.2
2005	Oct	504802	426802	78000	15.5
2005	Nov	515451	433484	81967	15.9
2005	Dec	478624	439823	38801	8.1
2005	Annual	585008(q)	541431(q)	43577(q)	7.4(q)
2006	Jan	465018	434698	30320	6.5
2006	Feb	468249	444183	24066	5.1
2006	Mar	476110	453925	22185	4.7
2006	Apr	478196	459022	19174	4.0
2006	May	482163	462157	20006	4.1
2006	Jun	494278	469849	24429	4.9
2006	Jul	493099	473759	19340	3.9
2006	Aug	489684	469955	19729	4.0
2006	Sep	489518	469493	20025	4.1
2006	Oct	500032	481233	18799	3.8
2006	Nov	503276	484584	18692	3.7
2006	Dec	501725	484549	17176	3.4
2006	Annual	486779	465617	21162	4.3
2007	Jan	497370	477247	20123	4.0
2007	Feb	497300	481181	16119	3.2
2007	Mar	504630	488389	16241	3.2
2007	Apr	504654	489332	15322	3.0
2007	May	507548	489990	17558	3.5
2007	Jun	515130	493696	21434	4.2
2007	Jul	515940	496733	19207	3.7
2007	Aug	507385	489001	18384	3.6
2007	Sep	505181	487266	17915	3.5
2007	Oct	510874	495474	15400	3.0
2007	Nov	513246	497160	16086	3.1
2007	Dec	510266	493194	17072	3.3
2007	Annual	507461	489889	17572	3.5
2008	Jan	505027	484368	20659	4.1
2008	Feb	502551	486949	15602	3.1
2008	Mar	508007	488552	19455	3.8
2008	Apr	513585	497656	15929	3.1
2008	May	511521	494526	16995	3.3
2008	Jun	525276	502175	23101	4.4
2008	Jul	526495	504961	21534	4.1
2008	Aug	528798	503892	24906	4.7
2008	Sep	527935	499781	28154	5.3
2008	Oct	532555	504770	27785	5.2
2008	Nov	526544	500871	25673	4.9
2008	Dec	526418(p)	498121(p)	28297(p)	5.4(p)
k : Estimates are not model-based as of Sept. 2005 and are published with the other metropolitan areas. q : Annual average is average of 12 months developed using two different methodologies. p : Preliminary.

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