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

Field Name	Field Type	Description
COUNTY_NAME	String	County name
COUNTY_FIPS_CODE	String	Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code for counties
STATE_CODE	String	State code
YEAR	Integer	Year
MONTH_NAME	String	Month Name
MONTH_NUMBER	Integer	Month Number
RT_UNEMPLOYMENT	Float	Rate of unemployment