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ANNISTON-OXFORD MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	45,094	45,700	45,998	46,226	46,221	46,940	46,030
Employment	42,983	43,432	43,919	44,301	44,150	44,182	43,828
Unemployment	2,111	2,268	2,079	1,925	2,071	2,758	2,202
Unemployment Rate	4.7	5.0	4.5	4.2	4.5	5.9	4.8
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

AUBURN-OPELIKA MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	72,685	74,098	74,342	74,832	74,319	75,487	74,294
Employment	69,981	71,305	71,662	72,513	71,790	71,950	71,534
Unemployment	2,704	2,793	2,680	2,319	2,529	3,537	2,760
Unemployment Rate	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.1	3.4	4.7	3.7
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

BIRMINGHAM-HOOVER MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	529,794	537,036	538,033	541,806	543,101	548,975	539,791
Employment	510,239	516,767	519,396	524,731	524,926	524,390	520,075
Unemployment	19,555	20,269	18,637	17,075	18,175	24,585	19,716
Unemployment Rate	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.2	3.3	4.5	3.7
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

DAPHNE-FAIRHOPE-FOLEY MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	88,942	90,682	93,054	94,607	95,399	98,375	93,510
Employment	85,381	87,014	89,763	91,701	92,316	94,198	90,062
Unemployment	3,561	3,668	3,291	2,906	3,083	4,177	3,448
Unemployment Rate	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.0	3.2	4.2	3.7
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

DECATUR MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	67,911	68,641	69,080	69,311	69,518	70,744	69,201
Employment	65,192	65,802	66,515	66,988	67,049	67,457	66,501
Unemployment	2,719	2,839	2,565	2,323	2,469	3,287	2,700
Unemployment Rate	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.4	3.6	4.6	3.9
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

DOTHAN MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	60,599	61,575	61,948	62,401	62,469	63,308	62,051
Employment	57,994	58,883	59,515	60,161	60,077	60,121	59,459
Unemployment	2,605	2,692	2,433	2,240	2,392	3,187	2,592
Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.4	3.9	3.6	3.8	5.0	4.2
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

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FLORENCE-MUSCLE SHOALS MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	63,407	64,249	64,707	65,342	64,974	66,160	64,807
Employment	60,416	61,273	62,008	62,844	62,338	62,532	61,902
Unemployment	2,991	2,976	2,699	2,498	2,636	3,628	2,905
Unemployment Rate	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.8	4.1	5.5	4.5
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

GADSDEN MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	42,272	42,813	43,120	43,349	43,378	43,898	43,138
Employment	40,460	40,904	41,385	41,777	41,705	41,661	41,315
Unemployment	1,812	1,909	1,735	1,572	1,673	2,237	1,823
Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.9	5.1	4.2
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

HUNTSVILLE MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	215,251	219,821	220,191	221,779	220,327	224,174	220,257
Employment	207,445	211,688	212,745	215,043	213,162	214,397	212,413
Unemployment	7,806	8,133	7,446	6,736	7,165	9,777	7,844
Unemployment Rate	3.6	3.7	3.4	3.0	3.3	4.4	3.6
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

MOBILE MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	184,627	186,007	186,454	188,708	187,778	189,962	187,257
Employment	175,446	176,516	177,803	180,761	179,520	179,061	178,185
Unemployment	9,181	9,491	8,651	7,947	8,258	10,901	9,072
Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.2	4.4	5.7	4.8
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

MONTGOMERY MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	170,257	172,088	172,142	172,700	173,357	175,533	172,679
Employment	163,510	165,015	165,629	166,748	167,075	167,137	165,852
Unemployment	6,747	7,073	6,513	5,952	6,282	8,396	6,827
Unemployment Rate	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.4	3.6	4.8	4.0
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

TUSCALOOSA MSA	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	AVG
Civilian Labor Force	112,586	114,163	114,919	115,286	115,082	116,095	114,689
Employment	108,170	109,624	110,728	111,565	110,542	110,187	110,136
Unemployment	4,416	4,539	4,191	3,721	4,540	5,908	4,553
Unemployment Rate	3.9	4.0	3.6	3.2	3.9	5.1	4.0
Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2017 benchmark.

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