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Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (LAUS)

LAUS data are produced from a monthly household survey of a sample of the total working-age civilian population. This is used in conjunction with CES and Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims data to compute local area employment, unemployment, and labor force statistics.

Current Labor Force Statistics (Published On: 11/19/2009)

Current labor force statistics including the unemployment rate for Delaware and local areas (January 2009 - October 2009).

Unemployment Rate (graph): (Published On: 11/19/2009)

Unemployment Rate (graph) Delaware and U.S.A. (October 2008 - October 2009)

Annual Unemployment Rate (graph) (Published On: 6/8/2009)

1990 to 2008 annual unemployment rates for Delaware and U.S.A.

Annual Labor Force Series - Delaware (1976 - 2008) (Published On: 4/16/2009)

Includes totals for the civilian labor force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and the unemployment rate.

Annual Labor Force Series - New Castle County (1990 - 2008) (Published On: 4/17/2009)

Includes totals for the civilian labor force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and the unemployment rate.

Annual Labor Force Series - Kent County (1990 - 2008) (Published On: 4/17/2009)

Includes totals for the civilian labor force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and the unemployment rate.

Annual Labor Force Series - Sussex County (1990 - 2008) (Published On: 4/17/2009)

Includes totals for the civilian labor force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and the unemployment rate.

Comparative Annual Unemployment Rates (2007 - 2008) (Published On: 4/16/2009)

In 2008 Delaware's annual average unemployment rate was 4.8%, 18th lowest in the Nation.