The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the: labor force, employment, unemployment and persons not in the labor force.

Additional facts from data.gov

Dataset Summary

• Date Released: 1929
• Date Updated: Monthly
• Time Period: Week that includes the 12th day of the month
• Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog
• Frequency: Monthly
• Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical

Contributing Agency Information

• Citation: http://www.bls.gov/cps/#data
• Agency Program Page: http://www.bls.gov/cps/
• Agency Data Series Page: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ln

Miscellaneous Facts

• Additional Metadata: http://www.bls.gov/cps/#data

This is the original data as harvested from data.gov

Data Summary

• Data Collection Instrument: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm
• Data Dictionary/Variable List: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ln
• Technical Documentation: http://www.bls.gov/cps/
• Granularity: US
• Unit of Analysis: Household survey, National Labor force statistics, National Demographic labor force data, National Employment by demographics, Educational attainment, Usual weekly earnings, Earnings by demographics, unemplyment statistics, Employment and earnings.
• Geographic Coverage: US
• Unit of Analysis: http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homtoc.htm

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