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Labor force and unemployment estimates for States and local areas are developed by State employment security agencies to measure local labor market conditions under a Federal-State cooperative program. The Department of Labor develops the concepts, definitions and technicalprocedures which are used by State agencies for the preparation of labor force and unemployment estimates. These estimates are derived from a variety of sources including unemployment insurance claims and ratios reflecting historical relationships between covered unemployment and covered employment, and between entrants into the labor force and the experienced unemployed and experienced labor force.