Labor force statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS): any series, including the national unemployment rate
Use escrito dataset bls.cps
The household survey behind the monthly Employment Situation: the national unemployment rate, labor force participation, the employment-population ratio and their breakdowns by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, education, duration of unemployment and reason. LNS14000000 is the unemployment rate (U-3), seasonally adjusted; LNS11300000 the participation rate; LNS12300000 the employment-population ratio; LNS13327709 the U-6 rate; LNS14000006 the unemployment rate for Black or African American workers; LNS14000009 for Hispanic or Latino workers; LNS14024887 for ages 16 to 24. Find any other series id in bls.ln.series. A slice names its series (at most 25) and years.
Cite as: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Labor Force Statistics (LN), through the BLS Public Data API.
- Publisher
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Tier
- OfficialVerified
- Covers
- 1948–now
- Places
- United States
- Updated
- monthly
- Last modified
- 2026-11-06
- Units
- percent for rates, thousands of persons for levels
- License
- U.S. Government Work (public domain)
- Method
- https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cps/
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| series_id | text | the BLS series id |
| series_title | text | what the series measures, from the survey's series file |
| seasonal | text | S for seasonally adjusted, U for not |
| year | integer | |
| period | text | M01 to M12 a month, M13 an annual average, Q a quarter, S a half |
| date | date | the first day of the period; empty for an annual average |
| value | number | |
| footnote_codes | text | BLS footnote codes, such as P for preliminary |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| series | LNS14000000 Unemployment Rate, LNS11300000 Labor Force Participation Rate, LNS12300000 Employment-Population Ratio, LNS13327709 U-6 unemployment rate |
| year |