# BLS survey `gp`

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LABSTAT time-series database (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/gp/). Public domain U.S. government data. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Survey documentation: `gp.txt`.

`*_series.parquet` defines each series_id (labels); `*_data_*.parquet` holds series_id, year, period (M01-M12 monthly, Q0x quarterly, A01/M13 annual), value, footnote_codes; other files map codes to labels.

| file | rows | columns |
|---|---|---|
| gp.area | 53 | state_code, area_code, area_name |
| gp.charact | 78 | 0000, 16+; |
| gp.contacts | 5 | Geographic Profile Contacts |
| gp.data.1.AllData | 130904 | series_id, year, period, value, footnote_codes |
| gp.labor.force | 5 | labor_force_code, labor_force_text |
| gp.period | 1 | period, period_abbr, period_name |
| gp.series | 13654 | series_id, area_type_code, state_code, area_code, size_code, labor_force_code, charact_code, begin_year, begin_period, end_year, end_period |
| gp.state | 51 | state_code, state_name |