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Resident Labor Force in Greater Philadelphia

 

January 2011

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington and Trenton-Ewing Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Civilian labor force 3.17 million
Number of employed persons 2.88 million
Number of unemployed persons 291,400
Unemployment rate 9.2%
U.S. unemployment rate 9.6%
Labor force participation rate (2010q4) 62.6%

Note: All figures are seasonally adjusted numbers.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), January 2011. State and local unemployment rates. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, January 2011. Third District Data; Federal Reserve Bank seasonally adjusts the BLS data. IHS Global Insight, 2010. Metropolitan Statistical Area Forecasts, Fall 2010.



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