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Employment

By Census regions (Person)

Frequency

2022 (most recent) Employment in the United States By Census regions:

Highest: South region (59,663,443)
Lowest: Northeast region (27,708,088)

Data table

Year	Midwest region	West region	South region	Northeast region
2022	33,633,370	37,762,095	59,663,443	27,708,088
2021	32,924,556	36,230,596	57,564,754	26,825,069
2020	32,049,688	34,954,641	55,335,793	26,113,208
2019	34,010,199	37,331,807	58,245,307	28,218,584
2018	33,774,051	36,749,418	57,276,592	27,927,448
2017	33,532,064	36,156,306	56,379,439	27,676,367
2016	33,158,143	35,478,044	55,332,527	26,980,634
2015	32,788,492	34,705,691	54,272,969	26,787,760
2014	32,366,181	33,939,087	53,539,092	26,474,587
2013	31,817,131	33,179,890	52,713,910	26,194,101
2012	31,651,242	32,649,772	52,156,970	26,069,213
2011	31,403,837	32,116,667	51,251,363	25,916,993
2010	31,211,629	31,891,806	50,440,559	25,849,819
2009	31,349,596	32,176,116	50,094,324	25,974,663
2008	32,755,234	33,449,366	51,888,880	26,766,866
2007	33,035,658	33,469,083	51,945,113	26,706,281
2006	32,927,035	32,944,020	51,272,939	26,585,354
2005	32,464,732	32,206,104	50,043,945	26,286,132
2004	32,206,055	31,469,323	48,992,295	25,946,231
2003	32,086,494	30,898,467	48,270,258	25,689,302
2002	32,125,039	30,720,726	47,803,225	25,806,793
2001	32,575,681	30,744,712	47,862,499	25,795,105
2000	32,763,997	30,511,723	47,784,600	25,844,529
1999	32,557,363	29,862,088	47,076,175	25,650,288
1998	32,237,974	29,232,696	46,296,511	25,389,402
1997	31,961,394	28,442,777	45,446,313	25,139,175
1996	31,522,555	27,540,324	44,479,225	24,605,753
1995	31,146,571	27,028,810	43,692,356	24,195,617
1994	30,558,846	26,476,586	42,847,215	24,019,008
1993	29,737,432	25,737,207	41,626,068	23,828,629
1992	29,139,386	25,368,451	40,783,551	23,692,982
1991	28,716,917	25,201,365	40,224,613	23,882,525
1990	28,858,253	25,388,056	40,186,797	24,437,562
1989	29,054,879	24,525,072	39,418,399	24,364,899
1988	28,477,944	23,764,918	38,631,228	24,163,635
1987	27,861,538	23,020,967	37,791,870	23,804,500
1986	27,262,355	22,278,329	36,819,572	23,292,461
1985	26,737,980	21,667,357	36,147,313	22,808,991
1984	26,317,539	21,117,030	35,338,275	22,307,831
1983	25,468,305	20,197,118	33,733,362	21,552,974
1982	25,398,904	19,791,375	33,097,748	21,364,781
1981	26,039,919	19,773,598	33,018,462	21,625,493
1980	26,038,680	19,443,385	32,326,414	21,501,530
1979	26,555,957	19,026,425	31,834,369	21,502,673
1978	26,123,687	18,150,311	30,845,173	20,974,305
1977	25,253,922	17,055,410	29,521,864	20,283,046
1976	24,430,088	16,107,980	28,410,831	19,784,335

Sources

Agency	US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Source	BLS LabStat Public Databases
Last updated at USAFacts	August 28, 2023
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