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Unemployed people in Laurel, MD

Unemployed people in Laurel, MD was 764 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 28.4% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 10 cities in 2025.

2025, persons764
Change on 2024+28.4%
Rank9th of 10Cities in Maryland ranked
Series high1,5692020
Series low4142023

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Unemployed people in Laurel, MD, 2010 to 2025

2505007501,0001,2501,5001,7502010201320162019202220252010: 1,052 persons2011: 1,022 persons2012: 1,038 persons2013: 949 persons2014: 802 persons2015: 726 persons2016: 643 persons2017: 656 persons2018: 652 persons2019: 631 persons2020: 1,569 persons2021: 1,189 persons2022: 572 persons2023: 414 persons2024: 595 persons2025: 764 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 16 values
Periodpersons
2025764
2024595
2023414
2022572
20211,189
20201,569
2019631
2018652
2017656
2016643
2015726
2014802
2013949
20121,038
20111,022
20101,052

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Laurel, MD, 2010 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Laurel, MD, 2010 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/laurel-md. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Laurel, MD, 2010 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/laurel-md.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Laurel, MD, 2010 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/laurel-md (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the unemployed people in Laurel, MD?

Unemployed people in Laurel, MD was 764 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 28.4% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 10 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Laurel, MD?

1,569 in 2020, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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