# Dataset

### Components

* Provides data on unemployment trends spanning pre-COVID, COVID, and post-pandemic periods, including employment characteristics such as armed employment, civilian employment, and labor force composition across various industries in specific areas.
* Additionally supplemented with monthly updates sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to track ongoing changes in unemployment patterns.
* Includes metadata mapping that links attribute names to zip codes, cities, counties, and Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs).

### Schema Overview

<table><thead><tr><th width="228">Field Name</th><th width="142">Field Type</th><th width="584">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>COUNTY_NAME</td><td>String</td><td>County name</td></tr><tr><td>COUNTY_FIPS_CODE</td><td>String</td><td>Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code for counties</td></tr><tr><td>STATE_CODE</td><td>String</td><td>State code</td></tr><tr><td>YEAR</td><td>Integer</td><td>Year</td></tr><tr><td>MONTH_NAME</td><td>String</td><td>Month Name</td></tr><tr><td>MONTH_NUMBER</td><td>Integer</td><td>Month Number</td></tr><tr><td>RT_UNEMPLOYMENT</td><td>Float</td><td>Rate of unemployment</td></tr></tbody></table>


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