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.
Caroline County, Maryland. Caroline County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Maryland on its Eastern Shore. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,066. Its county seat is Denton. Caroline County is bordered by Queen Anne's County to the north, Talbot County to the west, Dorchester County to the south, Kent County, Delaware, to the east, and Sussex County, Delaware, to the southeast.