{"meta":{"dataset":"unemployment","title":"County and state unemployment: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, annual averages and latest month","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753061","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753061","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753058","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, County and state unemployment: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, annual averages and latest month, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753061, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). County and state unemployment: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, annual averages and latest month (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753061","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are statistical estimates of the labor market, kept for research and marketing planning. They say nothing about whether any worker has a legal claim; rights and deadlines are for your own counsel.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/unemployment/changes.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/unemployment/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"changes":[{"id":"unemployment-2026-10-29-first","date":"2026-10-29","title":"County unemployment first published","summary":"County and state unemployment rates, unemployed, employed and labor force: annual averages 2015-2025 and the last 13 months (through 2026-09), from BLS LAUS.","source":{"label":"BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics flat files","url":"https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/"},"dataset":"unemployment"},{"id":"unemployment-2026-10-28","date":"2026-10-28","title":"BLS LAUS files re-read","summary":"County and state unemployment rates, unemployed, employed and labor force: annual averages 2015-2025 and the last 13 months (through 2026-09), from BLS LAUS.","source":{"label":"BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics flat files","url":"https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/"},"dataset":"unemployment"}]}