by Lee Li | Apr 23, 2025 | Research & Analysis
On April 18, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the 2024 annual Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) for all counties across the United States. While this new data does not affect the designation of rural areas, the updated national unemployment...
by Lee Li | Dec 20, 2024 | Research & Analysis
On December 14, 2024, the Census Bureau released the 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, which include updated unemployment rates for each census tract and the nation, reshaping targeted employment areas (TEA) in urban cities. Following the...
by Lee Li | Apr 24, 2024 | Research & Analysis
Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest 2023 annual data for Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) by county. While the new LAUS data does not change rural areas, this data release is still particularly important for the EB-5...
by Lee Li | Dec 8, 2023 | Research & Analysis
Yesterday, on December 7, 2023, the Census Bureau released the 2018-2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. This development is particularly important for the EB-5 industry because the ACS data released yesterday includes the latest unemployment...
by Lee Li | Aug 9, 2023 | Research & Analysis
(Click here to read and download the full report in PDF format) On July 21, 2023, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published revised delineations for the country’s Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs).[1] First the first time in the past 3 years, OMB...
