Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976-1989

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
BLS_all_archived_counties7689aa (UNOFFICIAL).xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 2.5 MB 07/29/2021 03:09:PM
Historical Comparability.pdf application/pdf 164.7 KB 07/29/2021 03:15:PM
Local Area Unemployment.pdf application/pdf 463.1 KB 03/14/2026 03:56:PM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976-1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-03-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E146501V2

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976-1989
Summary:  View help for Summary This file contains county-level statistics on counts for individuals in the labor force, individuals employed, individuals unemployed, and the unemployment rate. 

I received these data via email from Brian Hannon of the BLS. His email included the following:

"[U]nofficial archived county data for 1976–89 that are not considered to be comparable to the more recent data.  The attached Word document (‘Historical Comparability.docx,’ which is somewhat dated) discusses some of the various sources of non-comparability with respect to the official county series.  The attached ‘all_archived_counties7689aa (UNOFFICIAL).xlsx’ file contains the archived county annual average data, as last published, from 1976 through 1989.  These data are no longer official, and they are not strictly comparable to the current series available from 1990 forward.  Archived annual averages are probably less problematic for comparisons to the current series than monthly data."

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Microdata: Yes
Level of Analysis: Local - county
Variables Present: yes
File Layout: .csv
Codebook: No
Methods: Partial
Weights (with appropriate documentation): No
Publications: Yes
Aggregate Data: No

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms unemployment; unemployment rate; employment
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1976 – 1989


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