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BLS Local — LAUS State & County Unemployment

BLS Local — LAUS State & County Unemployment MCP Connector for Claude

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Explore the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. Get granular unemployment insights spanning across every US State, County, and Metropolitan Area.

1 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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While other tools look at the USA as a whole, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) MCP provides hyper-localized focus.

Included granularity

  • State Level — Compare California vs Texas.
  • County Level — Compare Miami-Dade vs Cook County.
  • Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
unemployment-dataregional-statisticsdemographicseconomic-trendsgeographic-datapublic-api

1 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

query_bls

Use this instead of specific endpoints if you intimately know the underlying numerical code. Up to 50 concurrent lookbacks allowed. Generic BLS v2 api timeseries query. Requires explicit BLS Series IDs

See how to talk to your AI agent using BLS Local — LAUS State & County Unemployment.

What's the unemployment rate like in Florida right now?

Florida currently reports an unemployment rate of 2.9%, significantly below the 3.7% national average.

Identify which MSAs (Metros) have the lowest and highest rates.

Metros with the lowest unemployment include places like Fargo, ND (1.7%), while high-rate metros include El Centro, CA hovering near 15%.

How did New York perform post-pandemic on employment?

New York struggled initially hitting double digits, but successfully cooled the unemployment readings down to near 4.3% presently, driven by tech and services rebounds.

Yes, LAUS captures more than 3,100 specific county data-series actively every month.

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