The official unemployment rate for the nation is the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force (the sum of the employed and unemployed). Some have argued, however, that these unemployment measures are too restricted, and that they do not adequately capture the breadth of labor market problems.For this reason, economists at BLS developed a set of alternative measures of labor underutilization. In other words, the labor force level is the number of people who are either working or actively seeking work. 2  The national unemployment rate. 3  Perhaps the most widely known labor market indicator, this statistic reflects the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force.
Crofton is a census-designated place and planned community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located just west of the state capital Annapolis. Crofton is located 24 miles (39 km) south of Baltimore, 9.8 miles (15.8 km) west of Annapolis, and 24 miles (39 km) east-northeast of Washington, D.C. The community was established in 1964. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 27,348.
Local FIRST LEGO League Team Third in the State. Garrett County's NeXT GEN Team 3659 received the Third Place Champions Award at the Maryland State FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championship on February 25, 2017 in Catonsville, MD. . Apr 11, 2017 at 2:37pm, Public Information Office.