American Context

DATA SOURCE · BLS-LAUS

BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

BLS Public Data API requires known series IDs; the API is not a full dataset catalog.

Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Department of Labor

  • Active
  • Primary government
  • API

Corpus snapshot

As of May 31, 2026, 11:56 PM UTC

Live counts from the American Context database. Counts reflect what has been ingested as of the timestamp above — not necessarily every record held by the upstream source.

Metric observations

212

metric_observation

Source releases

2

tracked in source_release

Most recent release

BLS LAUS state annual labor force 2024

Release date
Dec 31, 2024
Retrieved
May 6, 2026, 09:15 PM UTC
Dataset
labor-force
License
https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Release source ↗

Recent releases

  • May 6, 2026, 08:52 PM UTCBLS LAUS state annual labor force 2024labor-force

What we ingest

Active datasets that flow into the American Context corpus.

DatasetGeographyTimeCadenceCaveats
LAUS annual state labor force statistics
labor-force

Active slice loads annual-average state-level LAUS measures from the official BLS Public Data API for unemployment rate, unemployed count, employed count, and civilian labor force count.

stateyear—
  • · Active pilot is not-seasonally-adjusted annual averages only.
  • · Monthly, county, metro, and seasonally adjusted slices require separate schema and acquisition validation.
  • · Source-native state geography is the BLS LAUS area code (for example ST0600000000000 for California); state abbreviations are retained only as metadata and planner filters.
  • · Canonical state access requires exact geo_crosswalk rows from BLS area code to geo_unit.
  • · The API path uses a stable source-current release revision key because the BLS Public Data API does not expose source-native LAUS release/vintage metadata.

How American Context connects this

  • ›A labor-market observation is tied to a geography.labor_market_observation_in_geo
  • ›A labor-market observation is tied to a time period.labor_market_observation_in_period

Coverage and limits

  • ·BLS Public Data API requires known series IDs; the API is not a full dataset catalog.
  • ·BLS bulk time-series files are the authoritative full-backfill path, but local plain HTTP probes returned 403 and need production downloader validation before activation.
  • ·LAUS measures are place-of-residence labor-force estimates, not payroll employment by worksite.

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