HEADWATERS ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Dataset Name: 		BLS
Dataset Type: 		ACCESS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 
This dataset contains the labor force, employed, unemployed and unemployment rate for counties, states and the US.

DATA SOURCE(S):  		
Date of Original Source Data:	2004

DATASET EXTENT:  		United States 
TABLES CODES AND VALUES: 

ITEM		ITEM DESCRIPTION
fips		5 digit county fips – NOTE that the BLS uses different codes and 			although the fips codes look like they match those of Census and 			BEA, there may be differences.

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 
The dataset was downloaded from the BLS FTP and/or web site.

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S): 
Name: 		U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Abbr. Name:		BLS
Address:			Local Area Unemployment Statistics Information and Analysis
			Suite 4675
			2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE	
			Washington, DC 20212-0001

Phone: 			(202) 691-6392
Fax: 			(202) 691-6459		
Email Form:		http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/forms/lau?/lau/home.htm
Web site: 	  	http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
          
HEADWATERS ECONOMICS CONTACT: 
Name:			Headwaters Economics Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:		HEGDL
Address:		Headwaters Economics
                       	Mail: P.O. Box 7059, 
				Bozeman MT 59771 
                        
Web site:		http://www.headwaterseconomics.org
Contact Person:  	Jeff van den Noort
Phone:   		(406)599-1653
Email:   		jeff at headwaterseconomics.org