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Current Population Survey (Household Survey)

The Current Population Survey (Household Survey) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, persons not in the labor force, hours of work, earnings, and other demographic and labor force characteristics.
Numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the current population (household) and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are:
The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self- employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.
The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not.
The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age.
The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll are counted separately for each appearance.

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All, None	Series ID	Title	Start	End	Freq.	Units	Seas. Adj.	Start	End
	UEMP15OV	Civilians Unemployed - 15 Weeks & Over	1948-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	1964-02-06	Current
	UEMP5TO14	Civilians Unemployed for 5-14 Weeks	1948-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	1964-02-06	Current
	UEMPLT5	Civilians Unemployed - Less Than 5 Weeks	1948-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	1964-02-06	Current
	UEMP27OV	Civilians Unemployed for 27 Weeks and Over	1948-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	1966-02-08	Current
	UEMP15T26	Civilians Unemployed for 15-26 Weeks	1948-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	1982-02-05	Current
	UEMPMED	Median Duration of Unemployment	1967-07	2013-04	M	Weeks	SA	1982-02-05	Current
	CNP16OV	Civilian Noninstitutional Population	1948-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	NSA	1996-12-06	Current
	U1RATE	Persons Unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force	1948-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-03-04	Current
	U1RATENSA	Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force	1948-01	2013-04	M	%	NSA	2011-03-04	Current
	U2RATE	Unemployment Rate - Job Losers	1967-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-03-04	Current
	U2RATENSA	Unemployment Rate - Job Losers	1967-01	2013-04	M	%	NSA	2011-03-04	Current
	U4RATE	Special Unemployment Rate: Unemployed and Discouraged Workers	1994-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-03-04	Current
	U4RATENSA	Special Unemployment Rate: Unemployed and Discouraged Workers	1994-01	2013-04	M	%	NSA	2011-03-04	Current
	U5RATE	Special Unemployment Rate: Unemployed and Marginally Attached Workers	1994-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-03-04	Current
	U5RATENSA	Special Unemployment Rate: Unemployed and Marginally Attached Workers	1994-01	2013-04	M	%	NSA	2011-03-04	Current
	U6RATE	Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons	1994-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-03-04	Current
	U6RATENSA	Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons	1994-01	2013-04	M	%	NSA	2011-03-04	Current
	LNS12005977	Number At Work 1-34 Hours, Usually Work Part Time Noneconomic Reasons	1955-05	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS12032194	Employment Level - Part-Time for Economic Reasons, All Industries	1955-05	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS12032195	Employment Level - Part-Time for Economic Reasons, Slack Work or Business Conditions, All Industries	1955-05	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS12032196	Employment Level - Part-Time for Economic Reasons, Could Only Find Part-Time Work, All Industries	1955-05	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS13023557	Unemployment Level - Reentrants to Labor Force	1967-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS13023569	Unemployment Level - New Entrants	1967-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS13023621	Unemployment Level - Job Losers	1967-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS13023705	Unemployment Level - Job Leavers	1967-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000003	Unemployment Rate - White	1954-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000006	Unemployment Rate - Black or African American	1972-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000009	Unemployment Rate - Hispanic or Latino	1973-03	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000012	Unemployment Rate - 16 to 19 years	1948-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000025	Unemployment Rate - 20 years and over, Men	1948-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000026	Unemployment Rate - 20 years and over, Women	1948-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14000048	Unemployment Rate - 25 years and over	1948-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14027659	Unemployment Rate - Less than a High School Diploma, 25 years and over	1992-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14027660	Unemployment Rate - High School Graduates, No College, 25 years and over	1992-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14027662	Unemployment Rate - Bachelor's degree and higher, 25 years and over	1992-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS14027689	Unemployment Rate - Some College or Associate Degree, 25 years and over	1992-01	2013-04	M	%	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNS15000000	Not in Labor Force	1975-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNU04032183	Unemployment Rate - Asian	2000-01	2013-04	M	%	NSA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNU05026642	Not in Labor Force, Searched For Work and Available	1994-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	NSA	2011-05-06	Current
	LNU05026645	Not in Labor Force, Searched For Work and Available, Discouraged Reasons For Not Currently Looking	1994-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	NSA	2011-05-06	Current
	NILFWJN	Not in Labor Force, Want a Job Now	1994-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	SA	2011-08-05	Current
	NILFWJNN	Not in Labor Force, Want a Job Now	1994-01	2013-04	M	Thous. of Persons	NSA	2011-08-05	Current

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