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Tract-Level Data for 2020
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Description of data structure
Group Identifiers
- cat: category (i.e., gender)
- grp: group (i.e., men or women)
- fips: 11-digit FIPS code, identifying census tract
Statistics available
- Statistics for each year/month are provided in different columns, identified by YYYY_MM
- Civilian Non-Institutionalized Population (column name = cnip_YYYY_MM): this is essentially an estimate of the population size, reflecting the baseline definition in the BLS data.
- Labor Force Participants (laborforce_YYYY_MM): number of people who either have a job or are actively looking for work
- Employed People (employed_YYYY_MM): number of people with a job
- If the filename ends with _prelim, that means that the most recent month’s data is preliminary, i.e., it does not account for county-level LAUS data.
- If the filename ends with _final, that means it includes the final estimate for the most recent month.
- Older months always show final estimates, in either type of data file.
State-Level Data, 2010-Current
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13 MB ZIP file
Description of data structure
Group Identifiers
- month: year and month, identified by YYYY_MM
- state: state or USA
- cat: category (i.e., gender)
- grp: group (i.e., men or women)
Statistics available
- cnip: Civilian Non-Institutionalized Population (see above).
- laborforce: Labor Force Participants (see above).
- employed: Employed People (see above).
- If the filename ends with _prelim, that means that the most recent month’s data is preliminary, i.e., it does not account for county-level LAUS data.
- If the filename ends with _final, that means it includes the final estimate for the most recent month. Older months always show final estimates, in either type of data file.
