Lamar County, AL Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1990 | 7,001 | - | 8.1 | - |
| 1991 | 6,995 | -0.1 | 9.9 | 1.8 |
| 1992 | 7,026 | 0.5 | 9.3 | -0.5 |
| 1993 | 7,060 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 0.6 |
| 1994 | 7,069 | 0.1 | 6.1 | -3.8 |
| 1995 | 7,469 | 5.7 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
| 1996 | 7,423 | -0.6 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 7,135 | -3.9 | 7.6 | 1.7 |
| 1998 | 6,926 | -2.9 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| 1999 | 6,610 | -4.6 | 8.6 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 7,036 | 6.4 | 6.2 | -2.4 |
| 2001 | 6,734 | -4.3 | 7.4 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 6,416 | -4.7 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 6,095 | -5.0 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 5,833 | -4.3 | 7.3 | -0.6 |
| 2005 | 5,768 | -1.1 | 4.8 | -2.5 |
| 2006 | 5,755 | -0.2 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| 2007 | 5,516 | -4.1 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 5,208 | -5.6 | 7.3 | 1.8 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 7,089 | - | 10.3 | - |
| Feb | 7,048 | - | 9.0 | - |
| Mar | 7,028 | - | 7.6 | - |
| Apr | 7,049 | - | 7.4 | - |
| May | 7,045 | - | 6.1 | - |
| Jun | 7,031 | - | 7.4 | - |
| Jul | 7,010 | - | 10.4 | - |
| Aug | 6,892 | - | 7.7 | - |
| Sep | 6,972 | - | 7.5 | - |
| Oct | 6,967 | - | 7.6 | - |
| Nov | 6,958 | - | 7.4 | - |
| Dec | 6,927 | - | 7.9 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 6,775 | -4.4 | 14.1 | 3.8 |
| Feb | 7,045 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 1.2 |
| Mar | 7,043 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 6,975 | -1.0 | 10.1 | 2.6 |
| May | 6,968 | -1.1 | 10.4 | 4.3 |
| Jun | 6,944 | -1.2 | 10.8 | 3.4 |
| Jul | 6,951 | -0.8 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 6,985 | 1.3 | 9.5 | 1.8 |
| Sep | 7,017 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 7,066 | 1.4 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 7,077 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 7,090 | 2.4 | 9.1 | 1.3 |
| 1992-Jan | 7,059 | 4.2 | 8.2 | -5.9 |
| Feb | 7,022 | -0.3 | 8.9 | -1.3 |
| Mar | 7,049 | 0.1 | 7.8 | -2.3 |
| Apr | 6,965 | -0.1 | 8.3 | -1.8 |
| May | 7,027 | 0.8 | 7.8 | -2.5 |
| Jun | 7,094 | 2.2 | 9.7 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 6,844 | -1.5 | 12.4 | 1.7 |
| Aug | 7,036 | 0.7 | 8.1 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 6,936 | -1.2 | 11.0 | 2.8 |
| Oct | 7,077 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 3.4 |
| Nov | 7,065 | -0.2 | 10.0 | 1.8 |
| Dec | 7,140 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| 1993-Jan | 6,987 | -1.0 | 10.7 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 6,972 | -0.7 | 10.6 | 1.6 |
| Mar | 7,047 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 7,101 | 2.0 | 9.3 | 1.0 |
| May | 7,093 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 1.5 |
| Jun | 7,049 | -0.6 | 11.3 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 7,070 | 3.3 | 13.5 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 7,093 | 0.8 | 10.0 | 1.9 |
| Sep | 7,073 | 2.0 | 8.8 | -2.2 |
| Oct | 7,024 | -0.7 | 9.5 | -1.2 |
| Nov | 7,097 | 0.5 | 8.2 | -1.8 |
| Dec | 7,115 | -0.4 | 7.2 | -2.0 |
| 1994-Jan | 7,125 | 2.0 | 7.3 | -3.4 |
| Feb | 7,110 | 2.0 | 7.5 | -3.1 |
| Mar | 7,102 | 0.8 | 6.1 | -4.2 |
| Apr | 6,986 | -1.6 | 6.2 | -3.1 |
| May | 6,974 | -1.7 | 5.7 | -3.6 |
| Jun | 7,072 | 0.3 | 8.0 | -3.3 |
| Jul | 7,052 | -0.3 | 6.0 | -7.4 |
| Aug | 6,950 | -2.0 | 5.9 | -4.2 |
| Sep | 7,023 | -0.7 | 5.2 | -3.6 |
| Oct | 7,022 | 0.0 | 5.5 | -4.0 |
| Nov | 7,254 | 2.2 | 4.8 | -3.3 |
| Dec | 7,160 | 0.6 | 4.8 | -2.4 |
| 1995-Jan | 7,287 | 2.3 | 5.0 | -2.4 |
| Feb | 7,317 | 2.9 | 5.1 | -2.4 |
| Mar | 7,364 | 3.7 | 5.0 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 7,451 | 6.7 | 4.9 | -1.3 |
| May | 7,439 | 6.7 | 4.2 | -1.5 |
| Jun | 7,570 | 7.0 | 5.5 | -2.5 |
| Jul | 7,644 | 8.4 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 7,429 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 1.5 |
| Sep | 7,488 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 7,571 | 7.8 | 4.5 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 7,514 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 7,555 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| 1996-Jan | 7,457 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Feb | 7,420 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 1.4 |
| Mar | 7,486 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 7,332 | -1.6 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| May | 7,359 | -1.1 | 5.1 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 7,344 | -3.0 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 7,514 | -1.7 | 7.8 | 2.1 |
| Aug | 7,389 | -0.5 | 5.2 | -2.1 |
| Sep | 7,495 | 0.1 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 7,498 | -1.0 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 7,420 | -1.3 | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 7,366 | -2.5 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| 1997-Jan | 7,216 | -3.2 | 7.0 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 7,224 | -2.6 | 8.3 | 1.9 |
| Mar | 7,271 | -2.9 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 7,219 | -1.5 | 5.9 | 0.6 |
| May | 7,188 | -2.3 | 6.9 | 1.8 |
| Jun | 7,205 | -1.9 | 8.6 | 2.2 |
| Jul | 7,061 | -6.0 | 9.4 | 1.6 |
| Aug | 6,941 | -6.1 | 8.9 | 3.7 |
| Sep | 6,972 | -7.0 | 8.3 | 3.1 |
| Oct | 7,118 | -5.1 | 7.5 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 7,079 | -4.6 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 7,122 | -3.3 | 7.7 | 2.4 |
| 1998-Jan | 7,374 | 2.2 | 6.1 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 7,144 | -1.1 | 8.5 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 7,258 | -0.2 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 7,252 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| May | 7,276 | 1.2 | 5.7 | -1.2 |
| Jun | 6,983 | -3.1 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 6,637 | -6.0 | 9.0 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 6,551 | -5.6 | 8.5 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 6,653 | -4.6 | 7.6 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 6,618 | -7.0 | 6.8 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 6,681 | -5.6 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 6,688 | -6.1 | 5.6 | -2.1 |
| 1999-Jan | 6,587 | -10.7 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 6,606 | -7.5 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 6,742 | -7.1 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 6,715 | -7.4 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
| May | 6,582 | -9.5 | 8.1 | 2.4 |
| Jun | 6,546 | -6.3 | 10.9 | 2.2 |
| Jul | 6,603 | -0.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 |
| Aug | 6,387 | -2.5 | 12.4 | 3.9 |
| Sep | 6,550 | -1.5 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 6,612 | -0.1 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 6,686 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Dec | 6,704 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 2.2 |
| 2000-Jan | 7,242 | 9.9 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 7,153 | 8.3 | 6.8 | -1.6 |
| Mar | 7,165 | 6.3 | 5.8 | -1.3 |
| Apr | 6,990 | 4.1 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| May | 6,984 | 6.1 | 5.7 | -2.4 |
| Jun | 6,938 | 6.0 | 6.2 | -4.7 |
| Jul | 6,999 | 6.0 | 6.7 | -3.6 |
| Aug | 6,939 | 8.6 | 7.4 | -5.0 |
| Sep | 6,942 | 6.0 | 6.0 | -2.6 |
| Oct | 7,034 | 6.4 | 5.8 | -2.1 |
| Nov | 7,021 | 5.0 | 5.3 | -2.1 |
| Dec | 7,025 | 4.8 | 5.8 | -1.9 |
| 2001-Jan | 7,048 | -2.7 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| Feb | 6,991 | -2.3 | 6.4 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 6,953 | -3.0 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 6,954 | -0.5 | 5.6 | -1.1 |
| May | 7,006 | 0.3 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 6,664 | -3.9 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 6,403 | -8.5 | 10.9 | 4.1 |
| Aug | 6,598 | -4.9 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 6,553 | -5.6 | 7.6 | 1.5 |
| Oct | 6,606 | -6.1 | 8.1 | 2.2 |
| Nov | 6,512 | -7.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 |
| Dec | 6,524 | -7.1 | 8.3 | 2.5 |
| 2002-Jan | 6,337 | -10.1 | 9.1 | 2.8 |
| Feb | 6,364 | -9.0 | 8.1 | 1.6 |
| Mar | 6,478 | -6.8 | 7.6 | 1.3 |
| Apr | 6,575 | -5.5 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| May | 6,516 | -7.0 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 6,457 | -3.1 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 6,403 | 0.0 | 7.8 | -3.1 |
| Aug | 6,347 | -3.8 | 7.2 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 6,414 | -2.1 | 7.0 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 6,382 | -3.4 | 7.2 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 6,361 | -2.3 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 6,354 | -2.6 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| 2003-Jan | 6,275 | -1.0 | 8.0 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 6,206 | -2.5 | 7.8 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 6,227 | -3.9 | 7.0 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 6,178 | -6.0 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| May | 6,125 | -6.0 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 6,082 | -5.8 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Jul | 6,061 | -5.3 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 6,065 | -4.4 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
| Sep | 6,069 | -5.4 | 7.9 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 6,023 | -5.6 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 5,943 | -6.6 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 5,884 | -7.4 | 7.6 | -1.7 |
| 2004-Jan | 5,770 | -8.0 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 5,742 | -7.5 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 5,867 | -5.8 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 5,857 | -5.2 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| May | 5,907 | -3.6 | 6.9 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 5,883 | -3.3 | 8.4 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 5,791 | -4.5 | 8.0 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 5,812 | -4.2 | 7.3 | -1.5 |
| Sep | 5,819 | -4.1 | 6.5 | -1.4 |
| Oct | 5,862 | -2.7 | 6.3 | -2.0 |
| Nov | 5,855 | -1.5 | 6.1 | -2.3 |
| Dec | 5,834 | -0.8 | 5.9 | -1.7 |
| 2005-Jan | 5,730 | -0.7 | 6.3 | -2.6 |
| Feb | 5,740 | 0.0 | 6.0 | -2.9 |
| Mar | 5,777 | -1.5 | 5.0 | -2.7 |
| Apr | 5,751 | -1.8 | 4.3 | -2.9 |
| May | 5,750 | -2.7 | 4.3 | -2.7 |
| Jun | 5,697 | -3.2 | 5.4 | -2.9 |
| Jul | 5,699 | -1.6 | 5.2 | -2.8 |
| Aug | 5,730 | -1.4 | 4.6 | -2.8 |
| Sep | 5,851 | 0.5 | 4.1 | -2.4 |
| Oct | 5,829 | -0.6 | 4.2 | -2.1 |
| Nov | 5,830 | -0.4 | 3.9 | -2.2 |
| Dec | 5,836 | 0.0 | 4.2 | -1.7 |
| 2006-Jan | 5,755 | 0.4 | 4.3 | -2.0 |
| Feb | 5,855 | 2.0 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
| Mar | 5,920 | 2.5 | 3.9 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 5,738 | -0.2 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| May | 5,715 | -0.6 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 5,725 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 5,724 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 5,764 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 5,803 | -0.8 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 5,736 | -1.6 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 5,689 | -2.4 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 5,631 | -3.5 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| 2007-Jan | 5,529 | -3.9 | 6.0 | 1.6 |
| Feb | 5,527 | -5.6 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 5,569 | -5.9 | 5.3 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 5,567 | -3.0 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
| May | 5,635 | -1.4 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 5,499 | -3.9 | 6.2 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 5,508 | -3.8 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 5,460 | -5.3 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 5,517 | -4.9 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Oct | 5,495 | -4.2 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 5,468 | -3.9 | 5.3 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 5,416 | -3.8 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
| 2008-Jan | 5,360 | -3.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 5,352 | -3.2 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 5,332 | -4.3 | 6.2 | 0.9 |
| Apr | 5,213 | -6.4 | 5.4 | 0.7 |
| May | 5,212 | -7.5 | 6.7 | 1.6 |
| Jun | 5,236 | -4.8 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 5,124 | -7.0 | 8.0 | 1.7 |
| Aug | 5,131 | -6.0 | 7.5 | 1.8 |
| Sep | 5,179 | -6.1 | 7.2 | 1.9 |
| Oct | 5,160 | -6.1 | 7.9 | 2.8 |
| Nov | 5,127 | -6.2 | 9.1 | 3.7 |
| Dec | 5,071 | -6.4 | 9.3 | 4.0 |
| 2009-Jan | 4,920 | -8.2 | 12.2 | 6.0 |
| Feb | 4,880 | -8.8 | 14.8 | 8.6 |
| Mar | 4,926 | -7.6 | 13.1 | 6.9 |
| Apr | 4,865 | -6.7 | 13.4 | 7.9 |
| May | 4,859 | -6.8 | 13.8 | 7.1 |
| Jun | 4,924 | -6.0 | 15.5 | 7.7 |
| Jul | 4,725 | -7.8 | 15.7 | 7.6 |
| Aug | 4,695 | -8.5 | 15.5 | 7.9 |
| Sep | 4,666 | -9.9 | 14.8 | 7.7 |
| Oct | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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