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USDL 08-0585
For release: 10:00 A.M. (EDT)
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2008
Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in 309 of the 369 metropolitan areas,
lower in 40 areas, and unchanged in 20 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today. Fourteen areas, 12 of which are located in California, recorded jobless rates of at
least 10.0 percent, while 9 areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in
March was 5.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 4.5 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In March, 45 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates of at least 7.0 percent, up from 26 areas
a year earlier, while 69 areas recorded rates below 4.0 percent, down from 128 areas in March 2007. Two
agricultural areas in California again registered the highest rates in March: El Centro, 16.4 percent, and
Merced, 13.7 percent. Iowa City, Iowa, and Midland, Texas, posted the lowest jobless rates, 2.6 percent
each. Overall, 193 areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 5.2 percent, 163 areas had
higher rates, and 13 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the map.)
Two Florida areas, Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Punta Gorda, registered the largest unemployment rate
increases from a year earlier (+3.0 and +2.9 percentage points, respectively). Twenty-one additional areas
recorded rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and another 96 areas had increases of 1.0 to 1.9
points. Two Oklahoma areas, Lawton and Oklahoma City, reported the only jobless rate decreases of 1.0
percentage point or more in March (-1.2 and -1.1 points, respectively).
Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Detroit-WarrenLivonia, Mich., continued to record the highest unemployment rate, 8.1 percent in March. The areas posting
the next highest rates were Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., 7.1 percent, and Providence-Fall RiverWarwick, R.I.-Mass., 6.9 percent. Oklahoma City, Okla., reported the lowest jobless rate among the large
areas, 3.3 percent. Seven additional large areas had rates below 4.0 percent. Forty-four large areas recorded higher unemployment rates than in March 2007, three posted lower rates, and two had no change.
Among the large areas, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., had the largest over-the-year jobless rate
increase (+1.9 percentage points), followed by Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (+1.5 points).
Nineteen additional large areas reported rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more. Oklahoma City,
Okla., registered the largest unemployment rate decrease from a year earlier (-1.1 percentage points). No
other large area had a rate decrease greater than 0.2 percentage point.
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Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metropolitan divisions, which are
essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In March, the division with the highest unemployment
rate again was Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., 9.1 percent. Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich., and
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., recorded the next highest rates, 7.5 and 7.3 percent, respectively.
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md., continued to report the lowest jobless rate among the divisions,
2.7 percent. Five additional divisions registered rates below 4.0 percent. (See table 2.)
In March, 27 of the 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year unemployment rate increases,
2 had rate decreases, and 5 had rates unchanged from a year earlier. The division with the largest jobless
rate increase was West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (+1.5 percentage points). Six additional divisions reported rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more. No division registered a jobless
rate decline from March 2007 greater than 0.2 percentage point.
In 7 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest
division jobless rates were 1.0 percentage point or more in March. The metropolitan area that had the
largest rate difference among its divisions, 3.5 percentage points, was Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.N.H. (Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 7.3 percent, compared with Framingham, Mass., 3.8 percent).
Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the 310 metropolitan areas for which nonfarm payroll data were available in March, 221 metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 82 reported decreases, and
7 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increase was posted in Houston-Sugar LandBaytown, Texas (+80,100), followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
(+65,500), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+58,200), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+35,700).
The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment were reported in Pascagoula, Miss. (+13.9
percent), Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (+5.7 percent), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Wash., and Odessa, Texas
(+5.2 percent each), and Grand Junction, Colo. (+4.4 percent). (See table 3.)
The largest over-the-year decrease in employment occurred in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-45,300),
followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-35,300), Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.
(-21,700), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. (-20,800), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
(-17,300), Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla. (-13,900), and Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Fla. (-13,200). The
largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment was recorded in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla.
(-5.8 percent), followed by Flint, Mich., and Naples-Marco Island, Fla. (-5.3 percent each), BlacksburgChristiansburg-Radford, Va. (-4.8 percent), Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Fla. (-4.3 percent), and SaginawSaginaw Township North, Mich. (-3.5 percent).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 27 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average
employment levels above 750,000 in 2007. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment
in these large metropolitan areas were reported in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+3.2 percent),
Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+2.9 percent), San Antonio, Texas (+2.3 percent), Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue,
Wash. (+2.1 percent), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+2.0 percent). Among the large areas, the
largest over-the-year percentage decreases were reported in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-2.3 percent), Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-1.7 percent), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
(-1.3 percent), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. (-0.8 percent), and Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor,
Ohio, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-0.6 percent each).
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Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in March 2008 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which
are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty of the 32
metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year increases in employment, 11 reported losses, and 1 had no
change. The largest over-the-year increases in nonfarm employment for the metropolitan divisions occurred
in New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+52,200), Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+40,800), SeattleBellevue-Everett, Wash. (+29,400), Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (+24,200), WashingtonArlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+23,900), and San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City,
Calif. (+20,200). The largest over-the-year declines in nonfarm employment were recorded in DetroitLivonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-28,000), Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif. (-21,700), Warren-Troy-Farmington
Hills, Mich. (-17,300), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (-13,600), and Fort Lauderdale-Pompano
Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla. (-9,800). (See table 4.)
The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment among the metropolitan divisions were
reported in Tacoma, Wash. (+2.3 percent); San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (+2.1 percent);
and Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas; Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+2.0
percent each). The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment among metropolitan divisions
were seen in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-3.6 percent), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-1.5
percent), Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif. (-1.4 percent), West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach,
Fla. (-1.3 percent), and Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla. (-1.2 percent).
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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for April is scheduled to be issued on
Friday, May 16. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for April is scheduled to
be issued on Wednesday, May 28.
Hurricane Katrina
For March, BLS and its state partners continued to make modifications to the usual
estimation procedures for the LAUS program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina
on the labor force statistics in affected areas. These modifications included: (1) modifying
modifying the state population controls to account for displacement due to Katrina; (2)
developing labor force estimates for the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area
using an alternative to the model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force estimates
for the months immediately following the hurricane for the parishes within the New OrleansMetairie-Kenner metropolitan area or cities within those parishes, where the quality of input
data was severely compromised by the hurricane.
For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for March 2008, see
Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/
Katrina/home.htm or call (202) 691-6392.
Technical Note
This release presents labor force and unemployment data
from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program
(tables 1 and 2) for 377 metropolitan statistical areas and
metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs),
including those in Puerto Rico. Estimates for over 30 metropolitan
and NECTA divisions also are presented. Nonfarm payroll
employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics
(CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are provided for most of the
same areas. State estimates were previously published in the
news release, Regional and State Employment and
Unemployment, and are republished in this release for ease of
reference. The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state
cooperative endeavors.
Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS
program
Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are
based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for
the official national estimates obtained from the Current
Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that
is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the
U.S. Census Bureau. The labor force includes both the employed
and the unemployed. Employed persons are those who did
any work at all for pay or profit in the survey reference week
(the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours
or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those
not working who had a job from which they were temporarily
absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labormanagement dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons
are those who did not work at all (in the reference week), had
actively looked for a job (sometime in the 4-week period ending
with the survey reference week), and were currently available
for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking
for work to be counted as unemployed.
Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for
all census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New
York City were produced using updated time-series models with
real-time benchmarking. Model-based estimation was extended
to the following areas and respective balances-of-state: ChicagoNaperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division; ClevelandElyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area;
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area;
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; New
Orleans-Metaire-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area; and
Seattle- Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. This will
improve the statistical basis of the estimation for these areas
and provide important tools for anlysis, such as measures of
errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all other substate
areas, estimates are prepared through indirect estimation
procedures. Employment estimates, which are based largely
on “place of work” estimates from the CES program, are adjusted
to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment
estimates are aggregates of persons previously employed in
industries covered by state unemployment (UI) laws and entrants
to the labor force data from the CPS. The substate estimates
of employment and unemployment, which geographically exhaust
the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that they
add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-state
totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is
available from BLS upon request.
Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data
shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end
of each year, usually implemented with January estimates. The
adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the
U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources,
and model reestimation at the state and selected area level. All
substate estimates are adjusted to add to the revised modelbased estimates.
Employment—from the CES program
Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on
establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay
period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted
at their place of work rather than at their place of residence;
those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each
payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal
activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North
American Industry Classification System.
Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated
using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio (link relative)
of current-month employment to that of the previous month
is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both
months. The estimates of employment for the current month
are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous
month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the
official estimators for the approximately 39 percent of CES
published series which have insufficient sample for direct
sample-based estimates.
Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted
annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks,
derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by
employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance
(UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the
monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the
preceding one and also to establish the level of employment
for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process
establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used
to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the
subsequent months.
Reliability of the estimates
The estimates presented in this release are based on sample
survey and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling
and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of
sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance
because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed.
Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as
those which can be introduced into the data collection and
processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from
sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from
the special estimation processes used. The sums of individual
items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables
because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,
unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather
than from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences,
however, are generally insignificant.
Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based
error measures, including for over-the-month change, are
available for states on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/
lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error are not
available, but additional information on the subject is provided
in Employment and Earnings Online at http://www.bls.gov/
opub/ee/home.htm.
Employment estimates . Measures of sampling error for state
CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES
data at the total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web
site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on
recent benchmark revisions for states is available at http://
www.bls.gov/sae/.
Area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the
standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget on November 20, 2007. A detailed
list of the geographic definitions is available on the Internet
at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.
Additional information
More complete information on the technical procedures
used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in
Employment and Earnings Online.
Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force
and unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions,
and eight areas are available in the news release, Regional
and State Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor
force and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor
market areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or
more, and other areas used in the administration of various
federal economic assistance programs are available on the BLS
Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from
the CES program are available at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 6915200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
Feb.
March
Percent of labor force
March
2007
2008p
88.7
2.2
2.5
19.6
2.8
2.5
2.9
2.0
6.3
7.7
7.2
3.6
3.7
3.7
3.4
3.4
3.6
3.3
4.1
4.3
3.1
3.7
3.7
3.2
4.1
3.9
3.7
3.6
5.3
3.9
4.5
4.5
3.1
4.1
4.1
3.5
3.2
3.2
2.8
2.9
3.0
2.9
3.3
3.8
2.5
3.2
3.1
2.9
4.1
3.9
3.8
3.6
3.9
3.8
4.1
4.4
3.1
4.1
4.2
3.6
23.1
10.9
2.5
26.2
12.5
2.9
7.2
6.1
6.1
7.7
6.5
6.6
6.6
5.7
5.6
7.4
6.4
6.3
121.8
3.0
5.0
73.8
4.0
18.1
7.2
104.8
2.6
4.0
63.2
3.4
15.5
6.8
119.8
2.8
4.9
73.3
4.0
17.7
7.0
3.6
4.0
4.3
3.2
3.6
3.5
8.6
4.0
4.3
5.4
3.5
4.0
4.0
9.0
3.5
3.7
4.3
3.1
3.5
3.4
8.9
3.9
4.0
5.2
3.5
4.0
3.9
8.8
80.1
9.6
8.3
2.6
3.3
17.0
3.7
77.0
9.6
7.0
2.5
3.1
16.3
3.4
71.2
8.2
7.4
2.3
2.9
15.1
3.4
68.3
8.4
6.1
2.2
2.8
14.5
3.1
5.9
4.2
6.0
6.2
5.8
5.1
8.2
5.7
4.2
5.1
5.8
5.5
4.9
7.7
5.2
3.6
5.3
5.4
5.1
4.5
7.4
5.0
3.7
4.5
5.0
4.9
4.3
7.0
18,299.2
352.6
105.5
67.7
433.2
59.6
6,590.9
63.5
105.7
235.1
74.1
429.2
86.1
1,800.2
1,069.3
205.1
1,548.1
2,246.6
890.0
137.8
218.1
149.6
264.6
301.1
211.8
194.0
71.0
970.1
31.1
7.3
9.4
40.9
6.1
295.3
5.4
12.1
21.5
3.1
20.1
7.0
96.5
56.9
21.3
66.1
95.6
41.2
5.7
10.2
11.3
11.4
25.2
11.0
21.2
7.5
1,115.4
35.3
8.2
12.1
45.8
6.5
339.6
6.2
14.1
25.1
3.4
23.4
8.4
121.0
66.0
23.1
77.9
105.3
45.7
6.6
11.1
12.0
13.1
29.5
12.9
22.1
8.6
930.0
30.0
7.1
8.8
37.8
5.3
287.1
5.2
11.2
20.5
2.9
18.9
6.8
93.6
54.3
18.3
64.2
92.8
39.6
5.5
9.5
10.2
11.0
23.9
10.6
19.7
7.2
1,177.0
38.1
8.7
11.1
48.2
6.8
361.8
6.7
14.5
26.7
3.6
23.9
8.7
127.1
69.2
23.0
81.7
113.1
48.7
7.0
11.5
12.5
13.8
30.9
13.6
23.5
9.1
5.4
9.1
7.0
14.4
9.8
10.7
4.5
8.5
12.0
9.4
4.3
4.7
8.4
5.4
5.4
10.7
4.3
4.3
4.7
4.2
4.7
7.7
4.4
8.7
5.3
11.2
10.9
6.1
10.0
7.8
17.3
10.6
11.0
5.2
9.6
13.4
10.8
4.7
5.5
9.8
6.7
6.2
11.4
5.0
4.7
5.2
4.8
5.1
8.0
5.0
9.9
6.1
11.5
12.3
5.1
8.8
6.9
13.6
9.1
9.3
4.4
8.5
11.2
8.9
4.0
4.4
8.1
5.2
5.1
9.2
4.2
4.2
4.5
4.1
4.4
7.0
4.2
8.2
5.0
10.4
10.4
6.4
10.8
8.2
16.4
11.1
11.4
5.5
10.6
13.7
11.3
4.8
5.6
10.1
7.1
6.5
11.2
5.3
5.0
5.5
5.1
5.3
8.3
5.2
10.3
6.4
12.1
12.8
2,665.0
174.9
309.9
1,356.1
170.6
76.9
116.9
72.3
2,744.7
179.4
320.8
1,400.2
176.9
81.0
120.5
74.5
107.1
6.0
13.7
55.7
6.4
2.7
5.3
3.7
129.6
7.2
17.5
66.6
7.6
3.2
6.4
4.5
102.0
5.8
13.4
52.9
6.1
2.5
5.1
3.5
129.8
7.2
18.0
67.1
7.5
3.1
6.1
4.5
4.0
3.4
4.4
4.1
3.8
3.5
4.6
5.3
4.7
4.0
5.5
4.8
4.3
4.0
5.2
6.0
3.8
3.3
4.3
3.9
3.6
3.3
4.3
4.8
4.7
4.0
5.6
4.8
4.2
3.9
5.1
6.0
1,849.1
469.7
91.2
582.5
308.2
149.6
100.8
1,874.6
476.7
92.5
593.0
310.2
150.6
103.0
89.0
19.8
3.4
29.3
15.2
6.9
6.3
102.4
23.3
4.1
32.9
17.5
7.8
7.7
80.7
18.0
3.1
26.7
13.9
6.2
5.8
103.6
23.6
4.0
33.5
17.7
7.9
7.9
4.8
4.2
3.8
5.1
4.9
4.6
6.3
5.5
4.9
4.4
5.6
5.6
5.2
7.5
4.4
3.8
3.4
4.6
4.5
4.1
5.7
5.5
4.9
4.4
5.7
5.7
5.2
7.6
2007
Alabama ...............................................................
Anniston-Oxford ................................................
Auburn-Opelika .................................................
Birmingham-Hoover ..........................................
Decatur .............................................................
Dothan ..............................................................
Florence-Muscle Shoals ...................................
Gadsden ...........................................................
Huntsville ..........................................................
Mobile ...............................................................
Montgomery ......................................................
Tuscaloosa .......................................................
2,165.1
54.5
64.5
535.8
71.5
66.1
68.0
45.6
199.5
184.0
169.6
99.3
2,185.1
54.8
66.6
536.4
73.4
66.3
69.4
45.5
204.3
185.2
173.0
99.9
2,168.6
54.5
64.8
535.4
71.6
66.4
68.4
45.8
199.7
184.8
169.8
99.2
2,190.4
54.9
66.9
537.6
73.4
66.1
69.4
45.6
204.9
186.2
173.4
100.0
80.9
2.0
2.2
18.1
2.6
2.2
2.8
2.0
6.1
6.8
6.3
3.2
89.8
2.1
2.5
19.5
3.9
2.6
3.1
2.1
6.4
7.7
7.0
3.5
69.7
1.7
1.8
15.6
2.2
1.9
2.3
1.7
5.0
5.9
5.3
2.9
Alaska ..................................................................
Anchorage ........................................................
Fairbanks ..........................................................
348.4
193.0
45.1
350.7
194.0
45.0
347.8
192.1
45.3
353.0
194.8
45.5
24.9
11.7
2.7
26.9
12.6
3.0
Arizona ................................................................
Flagstaff ............................................................
Lake Havasu City-Kingman ..............................
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale .................................
Prescott ............................................................
Tucson ..............................................................
Yuma ................................................................
3,006.6
68.5
91.9
2,036.7
96.6
459.2
75.8
3,063.2
70.0
93.2
2,078.8
99.9
458.8
79.9
3,011.6
69.0
92.6
2,041.0
97.0
457.7
76.3
3,066.9
70.3
93.4
2,081.5
100.1
459.0
79.5
108.1
2.8
4.0
65.5
3.5
16.2
6.5
Arkansas .............................................................
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................
Fort Smith .........................................................
Hot Springs .......................................................
Jonesboro .........................................................
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ...............
Pine Bluff ..........................................................
1,356.9
227.1
138.0
42.4
56.6
334.9
45.1
1,349.9
227.0
136.6
42.6
56.3
334.9
43.6
1,365.3
228.3
138.8
42.9
56.8
337.5
45.4
1,364.5
228.2
137.6
42.9
56.9
336.3
44.1
California .............................................................
Bakersfield ........................................................
Chico ................................................................
El Centro ...........................................................
Fresno ..............................................................
Hanford-Corcoran .............................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ...............
Madera .............................................................
Merced ..............................................................
Modesto ............................................................
Napa .................................................................
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura .....................
Redding ............................................................
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ...................
Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ..........
Salinas ..............................................................
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos .....................
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont .....................
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ....................
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ..........................
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta ..................
Santa Cruz-Watsonville ....................................
Santa Rosa-Petaluma ......................................
Stockton ............................................................
Vallejo-Fairfield .................................................
Visalia-Porterville ..............................................
Yuba City ..........................................................
18,073.3
343.3
103.6
65.4
416.5
56.8
6,524.2
62.9
100.7
229.1
72.4
429.2
83.7
1,796.5
1,055.0
198.4
1,538.9
2,223.9
876.5
135.9
213.7
145.8
259.9
289.8
210.2
190.1
69.4
18,233.8
353.0
105.2
69.7
433.1
59.0
6,575.9
64.1
105.3
232.9
73.4
425.4
85.7
1,793.9
1,064.7
202.2
1,541.9
2,237.7
885.1
137.3
216.0
149.4
263.4
299.1
210.5
192.2
70.4
18,092.2
339.6
103.5
64.6
416.3
57.0
6,527.6
61.6
100.1
229.1
72.9
432.3
84.1
1,800.7
1,057.2
199.2
1,541.2
2,226.2
877.7
136.4
216.3
145.2
260.3
291.9
210.9
190.2
69.7
Colorado ..............................................................
Boulder .............................................................
Colorado Springs ..............................................
Denver-Aurora ..................................................
Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................
Grand Junction .................................................
Greeley .............................................................
Pueblo ..............................................................
2,664.8
174.6
309.0
1,355.6
170.3
76.7
117.2
71.3
2,738.9
178.7
319.9
1,392.6
176.6
80.9
121.5
74.3
Connecticut .........................................................
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ...........................
Danbury ............................................................
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ...............
New Haven .......................................................
Norwich-New London .......................................
Waterbury .........................................................
1,837.3
465.8
90.1
578.7
307.4
148.7
100.6
1,866.4
474.0
91.7
589.2
310.8
150.2
102.3
2007
2008
2007
2008p
March
2008
2008
See footnotes at end of table.
Feb.
2007
2007
2008p
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
2007
Feb.
March
2008
2007
2008p
2007
Percent of labor force
March
2008
2007
Feb.
2008p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Delaware ..............................................................
Dover ................................................................
439.7
74.7
442.0
74.9
442.6
75.1
445.0
75.2
16.5
2.6
18.4
3.0
15.5
2.4
17.6
2.8
3.7
3.5
4.2
4.0
3.5
3.2
4.0
3.7
District of Columbia ...........................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria .....................
323.5
2,956.5
329.0
2,984.2
324.0
2,968.5
333.0
3,003.4
18.4
92.7
19.1
100.0
17.4
85.6
21.5
102.3
5.7
3.1
5.8
3.3
5.4
2.9
6.4
3.4
Florida ..................................................................
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice .............................
Cape Coral-Fort Myers .....................................
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ..........
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ...............
Gainesville ........................................................
Jacksonville ......................................................
Lakeland-Winter Haven ....................................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ..........
Naples-Marco Island .........................................
Ocala ................................................................
Orlando-Kissimmee ..........................................
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville .........................
Palm Coast .......................................................
Panama City-Lynn Haven .................................
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................
Port St. Lucie ....................................................
Punta Gorda .....................................................
Sebastian-Vero Beach ......................................
Tallahassee ......................................................
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ....................
9,045.8
332.3
290.8
247.4
94.9
132.9
653.6
265.9
2,802.7
155.5
134.1
1,074.4
258.3
30.2
83.2
204.4
184.6
68.8
60.1
183.5
1,323.8
9,148.6
324.8
285.3
249.1
97.0
136.3
663.8
268.1
2,824.2
151.6
136.4
1,097.1
260.6
31.0
85.3
209.5
187.0
68.0
60.8
185.9
1,340.6
9,108.2
334.9
293.0
249.8
96.6
133.2
659.6
268.6
2,810.0
157.5
135.1
1,081.0
259.7
30.6
85.0
206.5
186.2
69.4
60.7
184.7
1,336.9
9,184.5
327.5
286.6
250.8
98.4
136.8
669.1
269.3
2,820.4
152.6
137.6
1,103.0
262.9
31.2
86.7
210.8
188.7
68.6
61.4
187.3
1,344.2
319.0
11.1
10.3
9.2
2.7
3.6
23.2
10.1
95.3
4.8
5.4
36.5
10.2
1.7
3.1
7.1
7.9
2.8
2.8
5.3
48.8
413.5
16.2
17.7
12.3
3.5
4.2
29.3
12.8
115.1
7.3
7.9
47.2
13.2
2.3
3.8
8.9
10.9
4.4
3.6
6.2
64.7
312.3
11.1
10.2
8.9
2.6
3.6
22.4
9.9
93.7
4.7
5.2
35.8
10.0
1.7
2.8
7.1
7.7
2.8
2.7
5.2
47.7
435.1
17.4
18.7
13.0
3.5
4.3
30.7
13.5
120.9
7.7
8.3
49.9
13.8
2.4
3.7
9.2
11.6
4.7
3.8
6.5
68.2
3.5
3.3
3.5
3.7
2.9
2.7
3.5
3.8
3.4
3.1
4.0
3.4
3.9
5.8
3.7
3.5
4.3
4.0
4.6
2.9
3.7
4.5
5.0
6.2
5.0
3.6
3.1
4.4
4.8
4.1
4.8
5.8
4.3
5.1
7.5
4.4
4.2
5.8
6.5
6.0
3.3
4.8
3.4
3.3
3.5
3.6
2.7
2.7
3.4
3.7
3.3
3.0
3.9
3.3
3.8
5.6
3.3
3.4
4.1
4.0
4.4
2.8
3.6
4.7
5.3
6.5
5.2
3.6
3.2
4.6
5.0
4.3
5.0
6.0
4.5
5.3
7.8
4.3
4.4
6.2
6.9
6.2
3.5
5.1
Georgia ................................................................
Albany ...............................................................
Athens-Clarke County ......................................
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ........................
Augusta-Richmond County ...............................
Brunswick .........................................................
Columbus .........................................................
Dalton ...............................................................
Gainesville ........................................................
Hinesville-Fort Stewart .....................................
Macon ...............................................................
Rome ................................................................
Savannah .........................................................
Valdosta ............................................................
Warner Robins ..................................................
4,779.1
75.7
103.9
2,710.7
255.1
52.6
128.6
68.0
88.5
30.0
111.3
49.2
177.5
67.8
68.0
4,845.8
75.5
106.0
2,756.5
256.1
53.2
128.7
68.8
91.1
30.4
112.1
49.4
179.3
68.7
69.2
4,792.4
75.8
103.9
2,718.6
256.0
52.7
128.3
68.2
89.0
30.2
110.8
49.5
178.0
67.8
68.2
4,883.9
75.9
106.1
2,781.5
258.4
53.1
129.0
69.2
91.7
30.8
112.7
49.6
181.1
68.9
69.7
205.6
3.6
3.6
112.9
13.8
1.9
6.9
2.8
3.0
1.5
5.4
2.1
6.1
2.4
2.4
254.4
4.2
4.6
139.4
14.0
2.4
7.1
4.3
4.0
1.6
6.2
2.9
8.0
3.0
3.1
194.5
3.5
3.5
106.5
12.6
1.8
6.3
2.9
2.8
1.4
5.0
2.4
5.7
2.3
2.2
256.8
4.1
4.6
141.4
13.6
2.3
7.0
4.4
4.1
1.6
6.2
2.7
8.0
3.0
3.0
4.3
4.8
3.5
4.2
5.4
3.6
5.4
4.2
3.4
4.9
4.8
4.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
5.3
5.5
4.3
5.1
5.5
4.5
5.5
6.3
4.4
5.2
5.5
5.8
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.1
4.6
3.4
3.9
4.9
3.3
4.9
4.3
3.2
4.5
4.5
4.9
3.2
3.4
3.3
5.3
5.5
4.3
5.1
5.3
4.4
5.4
6.4
4.4
5.0
5.5
5.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
Hawaii ..................................................................
Honolulu ...........................................................
650.4
451.4
648.4
449.4
653.6
453.8
659.0
456.5
14.3
9.7
19.6
12.5
15.5
10.4
19.6
12.3
2.2
2.1
3.0
2.8
2.4
2.3
3.0
2.7
Idaho ....................................................................
Boise City-Nampa .............................................
Coeur d’Alene ...................................................
Idaho Falls ........................................................
Lewiston ...........................................................
Pocatello ...........................................................
745.6
295.3
67.5
60.3
29.3
44.7
750.5
295.8
71.7
61.0
29.4
43.3
747.7
296.7
68.0
61.1
30.1
44.8
751.5
295.3
71.3
62.0
29.5
43.3
27.3
9.2
3.1
1.8
1.3
1.6
28.9
10.8
3.5
1.7
1.4
1.6
25.9
8.6
2.8
1.6
1.1
1.5
28.8
10.8
3.3
1.7
1.3
1.6
3.7
3.1
4.6
2.9
4.4
3.5
3.8
3.6
4.9
2.8
4.9
3.6
3.5
2.9
4.2
2.6
3.8
3.3
3.8
3.6
4.6
2.7
4.6
3.6
Illinois ..................................................................
Bloomington-Normal .........................................
Champaign-Urbana ..........................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ..................................
Danville .............................................................
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island .........................
Decatur .............................................................
Kankakee-Bradley ............................................
Peoria ...............................................................
Rockford ...........................................................
Springfield .........................................................
6,623.1
90.5
121.3
4,865.4
37.6
203.4
53.3
55.1
199.9
172.9
113.0
6,759.5
92.6
123.8
4,959.9
38.1
205.6
54.8
56.9
204.0
177.5
115.0
6,627.9
90.5
121.7
4,863.7
37.6
204.3
53.7
55.1
200.4
173.8
113.4
6,770.3
92.5
123.7
4,961.9
38.2
206.2
54.9
57.1
206.0
179.3
115.7
343.3
3.7
5.3
240.0
2.5
10.1
3.3
4.0
9.9
11.2
5.7
404.7
4.6
6.4
284.2
2.8
10.7
3.6
4.8
11.4
14.0
6.2
308.8
3.2
4.6
220.6
2.2
9.1
2.9
3.6
8.5
10.3
4.9
386.6
4.0
5.7
276.4
2.6
9.8
3.4
4.4
10.4
14.1
5.7
5.2
4.1
4.4
4.9
6.6
5.0
6.1
7.2
4.9
6.5
5.0
6.0
4.9
5.2
5.7
7.5
5.2
6.6
8.4
5.6
7.9
5.4
4.7
3.5
3.8
4.5
5.8
4.5
5.4
6.5
4.2
5.9
4.3
5.7
4.3
4.6
5.6
6.9
4.7
6.1
7.7
5.0
7.9
5.0
Indiana .................................................................
Anderson ..........................................................
Bloomington ......................................................
Columbus .........................................................
Elkhart-Goshen .................................................
Evansville .........................................................
Fort Wayne .......................................................
Indianapolis-Carmel ..........................................
Kokomo ............................................................
Lafayette ...........................................................
Michigan City-La Porte .....................................
Muncie ..............................................................
South Bend-Mishawaka ....................................
3,195.9
61.0
96.9
38.2
101.0
181.0
213.1
883.2
45.4
96.3
52.4
56.2
159.9
3,190.5
59.3
97.1
37.9
100.0
180.5
210.8
889.9
44.8
96.1
52.4
55.5
159.4
3,206.4
61.2
96.3
38.4
101.4
181.8
213.6
889.7
45.6
96.1
52.5
56.2
160.0
3,207.4
60.0
96.9
38.3
100.6
181.5
211.5
895.7
45.0
96.7
52.8
56.1
160.7
169.4
4.5
4.7
1.7
5.2
9.6
11.0
39.6
2.8
4.3
3.3
3.4
9.0
167.5
4.0
5.0
1.6
5.3
8.8
11.0
39.9
3.0
4.4
3.2
3.3
8.9
156.4
4.1
4.2
1.5
4.8
8.8
10.5
37.5
2.6
4.0
3.0
3.1
8.6
179.1
4.4
4.6
1.7
5.9
9.0
13.6
42.9
3.2
4.8
3.4
3.8
9.7
5.3
7.4
4.8
4.6
5.1
5.3
5.2
4.5
6.2
4.5
6.3
6.0
5.6
5.3
6.8
5.2
4.1
5.3
4.9
5.2
4.5
6.7
4.6
6.2
5.9
5.6
4.9
6.7
4.4
3.9
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.2
5.7
4.1
5.8
5.5
5.4
5.6
7.3
4.8
4.6
5.8
5.0
6.4
4.8
7.2
5.0
6.3
6.8
6.0
See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
2007
Feb.
March
2008
2007
2008p
2007
Percent of labor force
March
2008
2007
Feb.
2008p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Indiana—Continued
Terre Haute ......................................................
80.1
79.2
80.1
79.3
5.1
5.0
4.7
5.2
6.4
6.3
5.8
6.6
Iowa ......................................................................
Ames ................................................................
Cedar Rapids ....................................................
Des Moines-West Des Moines .........................
Dubuque ...........................................................
Iowa City ...........................................................
Sioux City .........................................................
Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................
1,651.3
48.6
142.8
307.3
51.9
89.8
76.8
93.4
1,658.8
48.9
141.4
310.6
52.0
90.1
75.4
94.1
1,651.6
48.0
142.2
305.6
51.8
89.5
76.5
92.6
1,663.4
48.8
142.2
310.9
52.0
90.1
75.7
94.0
71.8
1.4
6.4
12.3
2.6
2.7
3.1
3.8
69.5
1.4
5.7
12.1
2.4
2.6
2.9
3.7
66.9
1.3
5.8
11.2
2.4
2.5
3.1
3.6
65.5
1.3
5.3
11.3
2.3
2.3
2.9
3.5
4.3
2.9
4.5
4.0
5.0
3.0
4.1
4.0
4.2
2.8
4.1
3.9
4.7
2.8
3.9
3.9
4.1
2.7
4.0
3.7
4.7
2.8
4.1
3.9
3.9
2.7
3.7
3.6
4.3
2.6
3.8
3.7
Kansas .................................................................
Lawrence ..........................................................
Topeka ..............................................................
Wichita ..............................................................
1,472.4
62.9
120.2
310.2
1,472.4
62.5
120.0
313.6
1,472.0
62.9
119.5
310.0
1,482.6
62.5
120.7
313.8
65.2
2.5
6.4
13.2
59.4
2.3
5.6
11.8
58.8
2.3
5.3
12.2
64.7
2.4
6.0
13.0
4.4
4.0
5.3
4.3
4.0
3.7
4.7
3.8
4.0
3.7
4.4
3.9
4.4
3.9
5.0
4.1
Kentucky .............................................................
Bowling Green ..................................................
Elizabethtown ...................................................
Lexington-Fayette .............................................
Louisville-Jefferson County ..............................
Owensboro .......................................................
2,029.2
62.9
54.5
233.8
621.7
56.0
2,022.5
63.6
53.8
234.3
622.9
56.4
2,038.2
63.0
54.6
235.1
623.4
56.0
2,026.6
63.6
53.7
233.8
625.9
55.8
134.6
3.6
3.4
11.8
37.0
3.5
125.2
3.3
3.2
11.2
35.0
3.3
120.4
3.1
2.9
10.4
36.1
2.9
124.1
3.2
3.1
11.0
35.1
2.9
6.6
5.6
6.3
5.0
5.9
6.3
6.2
5.1
6.0
4.8
5.6
5.8
5.9
4.9
5.4
4.4
5.8
5.2
6.1
5.1
5.9
4.7
5.6
5.2
Louisiana .............................................................
Alexandria .........................................................
Baton Rouge .....................................................
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux .......................
Lafayette ...........................................................
Lake Charles ....................................................
Monroe .............................................................
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ..........................
Shreveport-Bossier City ....................................
1,960.2
66.1
356.2
99.7
128.3
92.5
79.6
497.3
175.4
1,975.4
67.0
356.5
100.5
131.0
91.3
79.1
502.6
178.8
1,983.2
67.0
361.0
101.0
129.9
93.3
79.9
504.6
177.3
2,001.5
67.5
360.5
102.1
132.1
92.2
79.8
509.0
180.5
69.3
2.3
12.4
2.5
3.3
3.0
3.3
16.1
7.0
69.7
2.3
12.3
2.5
3.3
3.3
3.1
15.6
7.3
69.8
2.4
12.7
2.6
3.4
3.1
3.3
16.2
6.9
86.4
2.9
15.3
3.3
4.3
3.8
3.8
19.5
9.2
3.5
3.5
3.5
2.5
2.5
3.2
4.2
3.2
4.0
3.5
3.5
3.4
2.5
2.6
3.6
3.9
3.1
4.1
3.5
3.5
3.5
2.6
2.6
3.3
4.1
3.2
3.9
4.3
4.3
4.2
3.2
3.2
4.2
4.8
3.8
5.1
Maine ...................................................................
Bangor ..............................................................
Lewiston-Auburn ...............................................
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ...................
695.6
71.1
57.2
202.3
696.4
71.5
57.6
201.9
697.1
71.0
57.3
202.8
700.1
71.8
57.7
203.1
38.3
4.0
3.1
7.9
39.8
3.8
3.2
8.4
35.7
3.7
2.9
7.5
40.8
3.9
3.3
8.8
5.5
5.6
5.5
3.9
5.7
5.3
5.6
4.2
5.1
5.3
5.1
3.7
5.8
5.5
5.8
4.3
Maryland ..............................................................
Baltimore-Towson .............................................
Cumberland ......................................................
Hagerstown-Martinsburg ..................................
Salisbury ...........................................................
2,954.5
1,385.5
48.2
119.8
62.6
2,970.7
1,392.3
49.0
120.7
63.6
2,967.3
1,391.5
48.2
120.2
63.4
2,983.2
1,401.1
49.0
120.9
64.0
116.1
55.5
3.3
6.2
3.2
112.0
53.5
2.9
6.4
3.2
103.0
49.4
2.6
5.6
2.7
109.8
53.3
2.8
6.3
3.1
3.9
4.0
6.8
5.2
5.1
3.8
3.8
6.0
5.3
5.0
3.5
3.5
5.4
4.7
4.2
3.7
3.8
5.8
5.2
4.8
Massachusetts ....................................................
Barnstable Town ...............................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ...............................
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner .........................
New Bedford .....................................................
Pittsfield ............................................................
Springfield .........................................................
Worcester .........................................................
3,393.0
124.6
2,474.2
72.6
85.6
39.0
344.4
290.8
3,384.6
123.1
2,477.0
72.0
84.3
38.8
342.5
290.3
3,397.5
125.4
2,476.5
72.6
85.0
38.8
345.3
291.5
3,393.4
123.9
2,484.4
72.1
84.1
38.7
343.3
290.9
173.7
8.1
113.7
4.7
7.0
2.1
19.8
15.7
167.6
8.2
109.1
4.5
6.9
1.9
19.4
15.4
163.4
7.5
105.7
4.5
6.3
2.0
18.7
14.7
163.9
7.8
106.5
4.5
6.5
1.9
18.9
15.1
5.1
6.5
4.6
6.5
8.2
5.3
5.8
5.4
5.0
6.7
4.4
6.3
8.2
5.0
5.7
5.3
4.8
6.0
4.3
6.2
7.4
5.1
5.4
5.0
4.8
6.3
4.3
6.2
7.8
5.0
5.5
5.2
Michigan ..............................................................
Ann Arbor .........................................................
Battle Creek ......................................................
Bay City ............................................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia .....................................
Flint ...................................................................
Grand Rapids-Wyoming ...................................
Holland-Grand Haven .......................................
Jackson ............................................................
Kalamazoo-Portage ..........................................
Lansing-East Lansing .......................................
Monroe .............................................................
Muskegon-Norton Shores .................................
Niles-Benton Harbor .........................................
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ...................
5,007.9
191.4
70.2
55.2
2,131.7
212.1
411.9
136.5
78.1
177.5
252.2
77.6
89.1
78.3
98.3
4,960.5
188.7
68.4
54.3
2,115.2
205.6
410.9
135.5
76.5
176.0
250.1
76.6
89.1
80.3
95.3
5,016.6
191.6
70.3
55.1
2,140.7
211.0
411.5
136.7
78.3
177.8
251.9
78.3
89.1
78.5
98.1
4,966.9
188.5
68.7
54.6
2,113.6
205.4
411.6
135.8
76.6
177.3
250.7
77.3
89.5
80.8
95.8
365.1
8.8
5.0
4.1
152.7
19.3
25.5
8.0
6.1
10.5
14.9
5.0
6.5
6.0
7.5
384.3
9.3
5.1
4.2
161.9
19.1
26.8
8.8
6.3
11.0
15.8
5.8
7.0
6.3
7.7
366.7
8.8
5.0
4.0
158.2
18.0
25.2
7.9
6.1
10.3
14.7
5.1
6.4
5.7
7.3
390.6
9.3
4.8
4.3
171.7
21.8
25.8
8.4
6.1
10.5
15.3
5.8
6.8
5.9
8.1
7.3
4.6
7.2
7.5
7.2
9.1
6.2
5.9
7.8
5.9
5.9
6.4
7.3
7.6
7.6
7.7
4.9
7.4
7.7
7.7
9.3
6.5
6.5
8.3
6.3
6.3
7.6
7.9
7.8
8.1
7.3
4.6
7.2
7.3
7.4
8.6
6.1
5.7
7.8
5.8
5.8
6.5
7.2
7.2
7.5
7.9
4.9
7.0
7.8
8.1
10.6
6.3
6.1
7.9
5.9
6.1
7.5
7.6
7.3
8.5
Minnesota ............................................................
Duluth ...............................................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ...................
Rochester .........................................................
St. Cloud ...........................................................
2,910.0
144.2
1,833.8
102.8
107.0
2,900.9
144.0
1,836.9
103.9
107.2
2,914.7
143.6
1,834.7
103.1
107.9
2,920.3
144.9
1,846.6
104.5
108.5
147.2
8.9
81.5
4.6
6.0
149.6
9.0
83.9
4.6
6.1
144.4
8.7
80.9
4.5
5.8
156.3
9.2
88.9
4.8
6.3
5.1
6.2
4.4
4.4
5.6
5.2
6.2
4.6
4.4
5.7
5.0
6.0
4.4
4.4
5.4
5.4
6.4
4.8
4.6
5.8
Mississippi ..........................................................
Gulfport-Biloxi ...................................................
Hattiesburg .......................................................
1,305.6
111.5
65.8
1,311.5
112.7
66.3
1,306.2
111.6
65.6
1,325.8
113.7
67.0
86.2
6.7
3.3
77.9
5.6
3.1
81.9
6.3
3.3
78.7
5.6
3.2
6.6
6.0
5.0
5.9
5.0
4.7
6.3
5.7
5.0
5.9
4.9
4.7
See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
2007
Feb.
March
2008
2007
2008p
2007
Percent of labor force
March
2008
2007
Feb.
2008p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Mississippi—Continued
Jackson ............................................................
Pascagoula .......................................................
259.0
68.3
258.9
69.8
260.2
68.8
259.8
70.2
14.0
4.3
12.1
3.8
14.0
4.2
12.5
3.7
5.4
6.3
4.7
5.4
5.4
6.1
4.8
5.3
Missouri ...............................................................
Columbia ..........................................................
Jefferson City ....................................................
Joplin ................................................................
Kansas City ......................................................
St. Joseph .........................................................
St. Louis1 ..........................................................
Springfield .........................................................
3,015.9
92.9
77.6
84.3
1,033.2
68.4
1,440.1
218.6
3,003.1
92.7
77.4
83.9
1,032.8
68.3
1,427.6
220.7
3,022.1
93.3
77.5
84.3
1,033.2
68.5
1,439.1
220.4
3,014.9
93.1
77.5
84.1
1,038.2
68.4
1,439.3
221.5
164.1
3.7
3.7
4.0
54.3
3.4
81.1
9.5
181.0
3.9
3.7
4.2
55.2
3.6
89.2
10.9
146.1
3.2
3.1
3.7
49.5
3.0
72.4
8.5
182.5
4.0
3.8
4.4
57.5
3.7
92.1
10.8
5.4
4.0
4.7
4.7
5.3
5.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
4.3
4.8
5.0
5.3
5.3
6.2
5.0
4.8
3.4
4.0
4.4
4.8
4.4
5.0
3.9
6.1
4.3
4.9
5.2
5.5
5.4
6.4
4.9
Montana ...............................................................
Billings ..............................................................
Great Falls ........................................................
Missoula ...........................................................
494.8
85.6
39.0
59.0
498.0
86.0
39.6
58.1
498.2
86.1
39.2
59.3
501.7
86.2
39.4
58.2
19.2
2.4
1.5
2.1
21.0
2.6
1.5
2.4
18.3
2.2
1.3
2.0
21.9
2.7
1.5
2.4
3.9
2.8
3.7
3.6
4.2
3.1
3.9
4.1
3.7
2.6
3.4
3.3
4.4
3.1
3.9
4.1
Nebraska .............................................................
Lincoln ..............................................................
Omaha-Council Bluffs .......................................
973.8
167.9
446.5
980.0
169.2
449.1
976.2
167.8
445.3
986.5
170.3
450.3
31.7
5.0
16.4
31.4
4.8
15.8
28.4
4.4
14.5
31.7
5.0
16.0
3.3
3.0
3.7
3.2
2.9
3.5
2.9
2.6
3.3
3.2
2.9
3.6
Nevada .................................................................
Carson City .......................................................
Las Vegas-Paradise .........................................
Reno-Sparks .....................................................
1,320.7
28.5
945.0
222.8
1,375.6
29.1
984.0
232.3
1,321.6
28.5
945.9
222.9
1,381.3
29.5
987.8
232.9
60.1
1.6
41.1
10.7
78.6
2.0
53.5
14.5
58.3
1.5
40.5
10.1
80.5
2.0
55.4
14.5
4.5
5.6
4.3
4.8
5.7
6.9
5.4
6.2
4.4
5.2
4.3
4.5
5.8
6.9
5.6
6.2
New Hampshire ...................................................
Manchester .......................................................
Portsmouth .......................................................
Rochester-Dover ..............................................
734.2
106.9
43.7
82.2
737.2
107.9
44.4
83.5
735.9
107.2
43.8
82.1
740.2
108.6
44.5
83.9
31.0
4.3
1.7
3.3
31.4
4.5
1.7
3.4
29.0
4.1
1.5
3.1
31.5
4.6
1.6
3.3
4.2
4.1
3.8
4.0
4.3
4.2
3.9
4.1
3.9
3.8
3.5
3.8
4.3
4.2
3.7
4.0
New Jersey ..........................................................
Atlantic City-Hammonton ..................................
Ocean City ........................................................
Trenton-Ewing ..................................................
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ..............................
4,456.1
134.9
50.8
196.9
69.2
4,486.3
135.1
51.2
198.8
69.5
4,461.4
135.2
51.0
196.8
69.1
4,481.7
134.7
51.2
198.3
69.0
207.4
9.1
5.4
8.1
5.4
238.2
9.3
5.7
9.3
5.7
195.6
8.5
4.7
7.7
4.8
230.8
8.9
5.4
9.1
5.4
4.7
6.7
10.6
4.1
7.8
5.3
6.9
11.2
4.7
8.2
4.4
6.3
9.2
3.9
7.0
5.1
6.6
10.6
4.6
7.9
New Mexico .........................................................
Albuquerque .....................................................
Farmington .......................................................
Las Cruces .......................................................
Santa Fe ...........................................................
938.4
405.8
55.5
87.0
78.5
942.5
406.4
56.7
87.9
78.8
938.8
406.4
55.5
87.0
78.4
943.6
406.9
57.1
88.2
78.7
35.8
14.8
2.0
3.9
2.4
32.8
13.9
1.7
3.5
2.3
32.6
13.3
1.7
3.6
2.2
34.8
14.7
1.8
3.7
2.4
3.8
3.6
3.5
4.5
3.1
3.5
3.4
3.0
4.0
2.9
3.5
3.3
3.1
4.1
2.8
3.7
3.6
3.1
4.2
3.0
New York .............................................................
Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................
Binghamton ......................................................
Buffalo-Niagara Falls ........................................
Elmira ...............................................................
Glens Falls ........................................................
Ithaca ................................................................
Kingston ............................................................
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ...
New York City ................................................
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ..............
Rochester .........................................................
Syracuse ...........................................................
Utica-Rome .......................................................
9,472.2
452.7
123.3
575.9
40.9
66.0
56.6
91.3
9,277.4
3,836.1
322.8
529.8
327.1
140.6
9,496.1
452.4
123.2
577.7
41.2
66.5
56.4
91.2
9,317.1
3,842.8
323.0
528.2
329.2
141.3
9,469.3
452.0
122.9
575.0
40.8
65.4
56.2
91.5
9,287.3
3,837.9
322.6
527.1
325.8
140.4
9,493.3
452.4
123.2
577.8
41.1
66.2
56.4
90.9
9,314.9
3,839.7
322.9
527.7
329.0
141.2
459.3
20.0
6.5
31.1
2.1
3.7
1.9
4.1
425.2
192.2
14.2
26.2
16.8
7.6
474.3
23.2
7.0
36.3
2.3
4.3
2.0
5.0
438.9
168.3
16.4
29.9
18.9
8.6
416.5
18.1
6.0
28.0
2.0
3.3
1.8
3.8
392.7
174.8
13.2
23.6
15.0
6.8
480.2
23.1
7.1
35.8
2.3
4.2
2.2
4.8
442.4
178.1
16.3
30.2
18.8
8.4
4.8
4.4
5.3
5.4
5.2
5.6
3.3
4.5
4.6
5.0
4.4
4.9
5.1
5.4
5.0
5.1
5.7
6.3
5.5
6.5
3.5
5.4
4.7
4.4
5.1
5.7
5.7
6.1
4.4
4.0
4.9
4.9
4.8
5.0
3.3
4.1
4.2
4.6
4.1
4.5
4.6
4.8
5.1
5.1
5.7
6.2
5.5
6.3
3.9
5.2
4.7
4.6
5.0
5.7
5.7
5.9
North Carolina .....................................................
Asheville ...........................................................
Burlington .........................................................
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord .............................
Durham .............................................................
Fayetteville .......................................................
Goldsboro .........................................................
Greensboro-High Point .....................................
Greenville .........................................................
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ................................
Jacksonville ......................................................
Raleigh-Cary .....................................................
Rocky Mount .....................................................
Wilmington ........................................................
Winston-Salem .................................................
4,487.9
202.2
69.0
830.2
252.8
148.4
52.7
363.6
87.0
173.6
58.6
531.8
69.4
171.5
236.3
4,500.1
204.8
69.1
835.7
254.9
147.0
53.1
362.2
87.4
171.1
60.8
543.6
69.0
172.8
235.7
4,500.5
203.5
69.2
834.3
253.5
147.9
52.5
364.0
87.1
173.5
58.6
533.7
69.4
173.7
236.5
4,515.6
204.9
69.2
839.7
255.3
146.7
53.3
363.2
88.0
171.6
61.1
543.7
69.0
173.9
236.5
219.9
8.1
3.7
39.2
10.1
8.3
2.5
19.0
4.6
10.7
2.7
19.9
4.3
7.4
10.7
244.2
9.4
3.9
44.9
11.0
8.3
2.7
20.0
4.7
11.3
3.1
22.6
5.0
8.9
12.1
198.2
7.2
3.4
35.9
9.1
7.5
2.2
16.7
4.1
9.8
2.4
18.0
4.0
6.4
9.7
235.8
9.0
3.8
43.8
10.6
8.0
2.6
19.3
5.0
11.0
2.9
21.9
5.0
8.3
11.6
4.9
4.0
5.4
4.7
4.0
5.6
4.7
5.2
5.3
6.1
4.6
3.7
6.2
4.3
4.5
5.4
4.6
5.7
5.4
4.3
5.7
5.1
5.5
5.4
6.6
5.2
4.2
7.3
5.2
5.1
4.4
3.6
4.9
4.3
3.6
5.1
4.2
4.6
4.7
5.6
4.1
3.4
5.8
3.7
4.1
5.2
4.4
5.4
5.2
4.2
5.4
4.9
5.3
5.7
6.4
4.8
4.0
7.3
4.8
4.9
North Dakota .......................................................
Bismarck ...........................................................
Fargo ................................................................
Grand Forks ......................................................
358.3
61.1
116.8
56.0
361.4
62.4
118.8
56.5
360.3
61.3
117.1
56.2
365.3
62.8
119.1
57.0
13.8
2.2
3.9
2.2
14.1
2.4
3.9
2.2
14.0
2.1
4.1
2.3
14.5
2.4
4.0
2.3
3.9
3.5
3.4
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.3
3.8
3.9
3.5
3.5
4.0
4.0
3.7
3.4
4.1
See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
Feb.
March
Percent of labor force
March
2007
2008p
361.9
22.8
13.4
58.4
68.0
47.2
28.8
3.5
4.4
3.3
4.4
24.2
3.9
18.8
6.0
5.8
6.5
5.4
6.1
4.8
6.0
6.7
6.8
7.3
6.3
6.5
6.9
6.7
6.0
5.7
6.4
5.2
6.4
4.8
5.9
6.5
6.7
7.4
6.3
7.1
6.8
6.9
5.6
5.5
6.0
4.9
5.7
4.6
5.6
6.2
6.5
6.5
5.9
6.9
6.3
6.3
6.1
5.9
6.6
5.2
6.3
4.9
6.7
6.7
7.2
8.1
6.2
7.2
6.9
6.8
74.5
2.0
25.0
18.1
55.5
1.5
18.1
14.1
4.7
4.8
4.7
4.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.5
4.3
4.5
4.4
4.1
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.3
121.9
6.8
1.9
10.9
7.7
64.7
12.2
106.5
4.2
1.9
10.2
6.3
57.8
11.3
123.1
6.7
1.9
11.3
8.1
65.5
12.2
6.0
5.7
4.9
6.0
6.7
5.4
6.4
6.3
8.2
4.4
6.0
7.6
5.6
6.5
5.6
5.2
4.5
5.6
6.3
5.0
6.0
6.3
7.9
4.5
6.2
7.9
5.6
6.4
299.6
19.8
3.0
7.2
10.8
3.9
9.8
2.8
130.7
57.5
9.3
15.0
2.7
3.3
9.4
351.0
24.2
3.6
8.7
12.8
4.5
11.2
3.1
151.7
66.6
10.9
18.1
3.2
4.0
10.9
279.8
18.5
2.8
6.9
10.4
3.5
9.1
2.6
124.2
52.6
8.7
14.0
2.7
3.1
8.6
330.6
23.1
3.4
8.3
12.1
4.2
10.6
2.8
145.3
62.2
10.4
17.2
3.1
3.8
10.0
4.8
4.8
4.8
5.2
3.9
5.7
3.7
3.9
4.5
4.9
4.6
5.5
3.7
5.7
4.2
5.6
5.9
5.5
6.2
4.6
6.7
4.2
4.3
5.2
5.6
5.4
6.5
4.3
6.8
4.9
4.5
4.5
4.4
5.0
3.7
5.2
3.4
3.6
4.2
4.4
4.3
5.1
3.6
5.2
3.9
5.3
5.6
5.3
6.0
4.3
6.3
4.0
3.9
4.9
5.2
5.2
6.2
4.2
6.4
4.5
568.4
702.4
31.5
41.2
37.9
47.5
28.4
38.7
38.1
48.2
5.5
5.8
6.7
6.8
5.0
5.5
6.7
6.9
2,119.2
85.0
310.4
366.5
93.0
311.0
127.9
133.1
45.9
2,126.4
84.7
312.3
369.0
95.6
315.3
129.7
133.4
44.2
131.8
5.5
14.7
19.6
6.5
17.1
7.6
8.4
3.4
123.8
5.2
14.3
18.0
6.1
15.4
8.4
7.5
3.3
114.6
4.8
13.1
17.8
5.7
15.1
6.2
7.2
3.0
118.0
5.0
14.0
17.8
5.9
14.8
7.4
7.2
3.2
6.2
6.4
4.8
5.3
7.1
5.5
6.1
6.3
7.4
5.9
6.2
4.6
4.9
6.4
4.9
6.6
5.7
7.6
5.4
5.6
4.2
4.9
6.1
4.8
4.9
5.4
6.5
5.5
5.9
4.5
4.8
6.1
4.7
5.7
5.4
7.3
436.7
65.6
128.4
437.6
65.3
126.8
439.9
66.3
129.0
15.4
2.2
3.9
13.4
2.0
3.5
15.1
2.1
3.9
13.2
1.9
3.5
3.5
3.4
3.1
3.1
3.0
2.7
3.4
3.2
3.1
3.0
2.9
2.7
2,998.8
260.3
110.3
55.0
55.6
98.5
143.6
351.3
609.0
64.4
775.5
3,024.0
262.7
109.5
54.5
56.6
99.3
143.8
354.4
613.2
64.4
786.2
3,009.2
261.2
109.7
55.1
56.0
98.6
144.0
352.1
611.1
64.5
778.0
3,033.0
264.2
109.6
54.5
56.6
99.6
144.3
355.7
615.1
64.4
791.0
147.9
10.5
6.0
2.6
3.0
4.4
6.6
13.6
32.5
3.7
31.3
174.3
13.8
6.7
3.1
3.5
5.5
7.3
16.6
37.0
4.2
37.3
139.2
9.9
5.3
2.5
2.8
4.3
6.1
12.6
31.2
3.4
29.2
177.5
14.4
6.7
3.2
3.5
5.5
7.3
16.6
37.9
4.2
38.5
4.9
4.0
5.4
4.8
5.4
4.5
4.6
3.9
5.3
5.7
4.0
5.8
5.3
6.1
5.7
6.1
5.5
5.1
4.7
6.0
6.6
4.7
4.6
3.8
4.8
4.6
5.0
4.3
4.2
3.6
5.1
5.2
3.8
5.9
5.4
6.2
5.8
6.2
5.5
5.1
4.7
6.2
6.5
4.9
11,418.1
80.1
128.0
838.7
180.4
144.0
11,501.1
80.3
128.1
855.2
178.0
142.4
11,422.1
79.8
127.7
841.7
180.4
143.8
11,590.6
80.7
128.7
860.7
179.2
143.3
527.7
3.1
4.6
31.7
9.6
9.3
492.2
2.8
4.1
31.0
9.8
8.4
479.1
2.8
4.3
29.2
8.6
8.2
488.9
2.9
4.0
31.4
9.6
8.4
4.6
3.8
3.6
3.8
5.3
6.4
4.3
3.5
3.2
3.6
5.5
5.9
4.2
3.5
3.3
3.5
4.8
5.7
4.2
3.5
3.1
3.6
5.4
5.8
2007
Ohio .....................................................................
Akron ................................................................
Canton-Massillon ..............................................
Cincinnati-Middletown ......................................
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ...................................
Columbus .........................................................
Dayton ..............................................................
Lima ..................................................................
Mansfield ..........................................................
Sandusky ..........................................................
Springfield .........................................................
Toledo ...............................................................
Weirton-Steubenville ........................................
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman .......................
5,906.7
384.0
202.8
1,105.8
1,085.1
941.7
424.4
51.8
62.2
40.4
70.3
335.0
56.3
276.4
5,903.3
384.2
202.7
1,105.0
1,072.2
951.5
423.1
51.3
61.3
40.2
70.5
334.7
56.5
275.1
5,929.8
384.5
203.2
1,112.0
1,086.3
945.5
425.6
51.9
62.0
40.9
70.9
338.5
56.4
276.8
5,936.1
387.4
204.4
1,114.7
1,073.2
959.8
426.6
51.8
61.4
41.1
70.6
336.1
56.7
277.2
353.1
22.4
13.3
59.9
66.7
45.4
25.4
3.5
4.2
3.0
4.4
21.7
3.9
18.5
352.3
22.1
13.0
57.1
68.3
45.7
25.1
3.3
4.1
3.0
4.4
23.6
3.9
18.9
331.5
21.1
12.2
54.3
62.0
43.4
23.9
3.2
4.0
2.7
4.2
23.2
3.6
17.5
Oklahoma ............................................................
Lawton ..............................................................
Oklahoma City ..................................................
Tulsa .................................................................
1,720.8
45.3
566.8
441.5
1,703.4
44.9
549.9
430.1
1,724.9
45.1
568.2
442.8
1,713.3
45.1
552.8
430.8
80.3
2.2
26.8
19.5
59.6
1.6
19.2
15.1
Oregon .................................................................
Bend .................................................................
Corvallis ............................................................
Eugene-Springfield ...........................................
Medford ............................................................
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ........................
Salem ...............................................................
1,909.8
80.4
42.5
181.6
100.7
1,143.3
187.8
1,927.3
83.6
42.6
181.0
101.9
1,154.3
188.9
1,914.0
80.9
42.8
181.4
101.0
1,143.8
188.9
1,945.0
84.5
43.2
182.8
103.1
1,163.6
191.4
113.7
4.6
2.1
10.9
6.7
61.7
11.9
Pennsylvania .......................................................
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ...........................
Altoona .............................................................
Erie ...................................................................
Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................
Johnstown ........................................................
Lancaster ..........................................................
Lebanon ............................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ....................
Pittsburgh .........................................................
Reading ............................................................
Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ...................................
State College ....................................................
Williamsport ......................................................
York-Hanover ...................................................
6,227.9
409.4
63.6
138.1
278.0
67.3
263.1
71.1
2,934.4
1,182.1
200.1
274.5
72.5
59.1
221.3
6,276.9
413.0
64.2
140.2
280.2
67.7
266.7
72.1
2,945.9
1,186.8
200.8
276.7
74.1
59.2
223.4
6,245.0
412.1
63.8
138.6
279.1
67.3
265.3
71.3
2,937.0
1,184.8
200.9
275.4
72.9
59.1
222.4
6,277.4
413.8
64.3
139.5
280.6
67.5
266.4
71.9
2,948.3
1,191.1
200.2
277.2
74.3
59.0
223.4
Rhode Island .......................................................
Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................
575.5
711.2
568.1
701.6
572.1
709.0
South Carolina ....................................................
Anderson ..........................................................
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville .......
Columbia ..........................................................
Florence ............................................................
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ......
Spartanburg ......................................................
Sumter ..............................................................
2,113.0
85.4
308.6
366.5
92.6
310.7
124.6
133.0
46.0
2,106.6
83.7
309.9
365.9
95.1
312.5
126.8
132.0
43.5
South Dakota ......................................................
Rapid City .........................................................
Sioux Falls ........................................................
434.1
64.9
125.8
Tennessee ...........................................................
Chattanooga .....................................................
Clarksville .........................................................
Cleveland ..........................................................
Jackson ............................................................
Johnson City .....................................................
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ....................................
Knoxville ...........................................................
Memphis ...........................................................
Morristown ........................................................
Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin
Texas ...................................................................
Abilene ..............................................................
Amarillo .............................................................
Austin-Round Rock ...........................................
Beaumont-Port Arthur .......................................
Brownsville-Harlingen .......................................
2007
2008
2007
2008p
March
2008
2008
See footnotes at end of table.
Feb.
2007
2007
2008p
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
Feb.
March
Percent of labor force
March
2007
2008p
3.5
8.3
132.1
16.3
113.1
6.8
4.4
3.9
4.6
17.5
1.9
2.1
1.8
36.8
2.6
2.7
4.3
2.0
4.4
2.9
3.8
4.7
4.5
6.5
4.5
4.8
5.2
4.2
3.8
7.3
3.1
3.6
3.9
4.3
4.8
5.3
4.5
3.9
4.3
4.3
3.3
4.3
4.3
5.5
4.2
4.5
5.0
3.8
3.3
6.6
2.6
3.1
3.5
4.0
4.7
4.7
4.4
3.5
3.9
4.0
3.5
4.2
4.1
5.7
4.1
4.4
4.7
3.8
3.8
6.4
2.9
3.3
3.5
4.0
4.4
4.8
4.0
3.6
4.1
3.9
3.3
4.2
4.2
5.5
4.1
4.4
5.0
3.7
3.3
6.4
2.6
3.0
3.5
3.9
4.7
4.3
4.4
3.4
3.9
3.9
33.3
1.3
6.5
5.3
1.6
14.4
48.4
1.8
9.6
8.1
2.6
20.5
2.7
2.1
2.8
2.5
3.0
2.6
3.3
2.5
3.5
3.2
3.8
3.1
2.5
1.9
2.5
2.4
2.6
2.4
3.5
2.7
3.6
3.5
4.0
3.3
17.5
4.6
15.7
4.0
18.4
4.8
4.6
3.8
5.0
4.1
4.4
3.6
5.3
4.4
127.0
3.3
2.5
3.8
1.7
4.3
20.2
5.0
26.2
2.3
154.9
3.4
3.2
3.7
2.2
4.8
25.4
6.1
33.2
2.8
118.2
3.1
2.4
3.3
1.7
4.1
18.9
4.6
24.7
2.2
159.1
3.5
3.3
3.8
2.2
5.0
26.5
6.3
33.9
2.9
3.2
4.2
2.4
7.4
2.6
3.6
3.2
3.2
3.3
3.6
3.8
4.4
3.0
7.3
3.4
3.9
3.9
3.9
4.1
4.2
2.9
3.9
2.3
6.5
2.6
3.4
2.9
3.0
3.0
3.3
3.9
4.5
3.1
7.4
3.3
4.0
4.1
4.0
4.1
4.3
3,466.0
110.0
125.2
120.1
44.6
59.4
132.8
1,853.0
239.2
59.5
119.7
179.0
4.9
6.0
7.5
3.0
3.1
6.2
81.0
13.6
3.7
9.4
183.3
5.5
6.2
7.4
3.6
3.5
6.7
78.0
15.2
4.0
9.8
159.9
4.3
5.3
6.2
2.6
2.7
5.5
75.5
11.2
3.1
8.0
182.4
5.6
6.6
6.8
3.6
3.5
7.1
78.6
14.6
3.7
9.2
5.3
4.6
4.8
6.6
7.0
5.4
4.8
4.5
5.8
6.5
8.1
5.3
5.1
5.0
6.2
8.1
5.9
5.1
4.2
6.4
6.8
8.2
4.7
4.1
4.3
5.4
5.9
4.7
4.3
4.1
4.8
5.4
6.9
5.3
5.1
5.3
5.7
8.1
5.9
5.3
4.2
6.1
6.2
7.7
799.3
138.5
132.8
61.5
79.1
68.2
805.1
138.7
132.9
62.4
79.9
68.0
45.5
7.0
7.5
2.4
4.7
4.1
46.2
6.8
7.1
2.5
4.9
4.2
39.4
6.2
6.8
2.3
4.1
3.7
43.2
6.3
6.8
2.4
4.5
4.1
5.7
5.1
5.7
4.0
5.9
6.0
5.7
4.9
5.4
4.0
6.1
6.1
4.9
4.5
5.1
3.8
5.2
5.5
5.4
4.6
5.1
3.8
5.6
6.0
3,078.2
121.7
90.8
56.3
169.1
83.7
74.9
335.9
793.4
92.8
98.8
64.9
75.0
3,075.9
121.3
90.3
56.2
169.0
84.2
74.9
334.3
794.8
92.6
99.0
65.1
75.4
3,085.7
121.6
90.9
56.5
169.1
83.7
75.1
336.0
794.5
92.7
98.7
65.0
75.1
179.2
6.9
5.0
3.4
9.5
5.2
3.7
14.0
43.5
4.9
6.7
3.2
4.1
178.3
7.0
5.0
3.3
9.6
5.5
3.6
13.9
43.6
4.9
6.8
3.3
4.1
170.9
6.5
5.0
3.2
9.2
5.4
3.5
13.6
41.4
4.7
6.5
3.0
3.8
174.1
6.7
5.0
3.1
9.4
5.2
3.6
14.0
43.1
4.8
6.5
3.2
4.1
5.8
5.7
5.6
6.0
5.6
6.3
4.9
4.2
5.4
5.3
6.8
4.9
5.5
5.8
5.7
5.5
5.8
5.7
6.5
4.8
4.1
5.5
5.3
6.9
5.0
5.4
5.6
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.5
6.4
4.6
4.1
5.2
5.1
6.6
4.7
5.1
5.6
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.6
6.2
4.7
4.2
5.4
5.1
6.6
4.9
5.5
287.9
40.6
42.6
285.6
40.5
42.0
291.1
41.0
43.0
9.8
1.2
1.9
9.7
1.2
1.8
10.0
1.2
1.9
10.9
1.4
1.9
3.5
3.1
4.4
3.4
3.1
4.2
3.5
3.0
4.4
3.8
3.4
4.5
2007
Texas—Continued
College Station-Bryan .......................................
Corpus Christi ...................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ..............................
El Paso .............................................................
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown .........................
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ................................
Laredo ..............................................................
Longview ..........................................................
Lubbock ............................................................
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................
Midland .............................................................
Odessa .............................................................
San Angelo .......................................................
San Antonio ......................................................
Sherman-Denison .............................................
Texarkana .........................................................
Tyler ..................................................................
Victoria ..............................................................
Waco ................................................................
Wichita Falls .....................................................
104.2
197.9
3,071.8
291.9
2,701.0
150.5
89.1
104.6
140.1
274.0
70.2
65.8
52.8
920.6
55.4
62.0
96.5
57.1
111.1
73.7
103.4
196.4
3,101.0
292.5
2,742.6
152.2
88.6
105.7
138.2
272.7
72.0
67.5
52.9
925.4
56.1
61.6
95.9
57.5
112.5
74.1
104.1
198.4
3,074.8
290.3
2,702.6
151.1
89.1
105.3
139.3
271.9
70.6
65.7
52.6
920.6
55.4
62.2
96.4
56.7
111.3
73.9
104.2
198.2
3,114.9
294.7
2,763.2
153.0
89.2
106.9
138.7
275.3
72.3
68.0
53.0
932.6
56.1
62.2
96.8
57.8
113.4
74.4
4.0
9.3
139.5
19.1
122.0
7.3
4.6
4.4
5.3
19.9
2.2
2.4
2.1
39.8
2.6
3.3
4.4
2.2
4.8
3.1
3.4
8.5
132.9
16.1
114.0
6.9
4.4
4.0
4.6
17.9
1.9
2.1
1.9
37.3
2.7
2.9
4.3
2.0
4.4
3.0
3.6
8.4
126.6
16.7
110.9
6.6
4.1
4.0
5.3
17.5
2.0
2.2
1.9
36.9
2.5
3.0
3.9
2.0
4.6
2.9
Utah ......................................................................
Logan ................................................................
Ogden-Clearfield ..............................................
Provo-Orem ......................................................
St. George ........................................................
Salt Lake City ...................................................
1,337.2
65.7
256.0
224.3
61.7
592.8
1,382.6
67.6
263.2
232.2
64.1
614.5
1,339.6
65.6
256.8
224.6
62.2
593.2
1,383.5
67.3
264.4
232.1
64.5
614.1
36.1
1.4
7.1
5.7
1.8
15.5
45.8
1.7
9.3
7.4
2.5
19.2
Vermont ...............................................................
Burlington-South Burlington ..............................
354.1
111.9
350.6
110.7
354.0
111.5
350.0
110.2
16.4
4.2
Virginia ................................................................
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford .................
Charlottesville ...................................................
Danville .............................................................
Harrisonburg .....................................................
Lynchburg .........................................................
Richmond .........................................................
Roanoke ...........................................................
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News .............
Winchester ........................................................
4,011.9
79.2
104.0
50.9
64.8
120.3
638.7
154.1
802.1
64.7
4,066.3
77.9
105.6
51.3
65.5
123.1
644.6
155.7
815.2
66.6
4,035.0
79.5
105.5
51.1
64.9
121.0
639.6
155.4
809.5
65.1
4,108.0
78.5
106.8
51.6
66.3
124.4
651.1
157.7
826.4
67.1
Washington .........................................................
Bellingham ........................................................
Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland ..............................
Longview ..........................................................
Mount Vernon-Anacortes ..................................
Olympia ............................................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue .................................
Spokane ...........................................................
Wenatchee .......................................................
Yakima ..............................................................
3,373.9
105.7
123.0
113.5
43.7
57.1
127.5
1,808.8
234.6
57.3
115.2
3,449.1
109.0
124.1
118.7
44.4
58.8
131.4
1,851.9
237.9
58.6
118.5
3,386.2
105.7
122.8
114.2
43.6
57.3
127.5
1,820.6
233.6
57.6
115.9
West Virginia .......................................................
Charleston ........................................................
Huntington-Ashland ..........................................
Morgantown ......................................................
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ...........................
Wheeling ...........................................................
802.0
138.5
131.7
61.7
78.7
68.5
804.5
137.6
131.8
61.9
79.6
68.0
Wisconsin ............................................................
Appleton ...........................................................
Eau Claire .........................................................
Fond du Lac ......................................................
Green Bay ........................................................
Janesville ..........................................................
La Crosse .........................................................
Madison ............................................................
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis .....................
Oshkosh-Neenah ..............................................
Racine ..............................................................
Sheboygan .......................................................
Wausau ............................................................
3,077.1
121.6
90.4
56.4
169.1
83.6
75.1
334.6
799.3
92.5
99.4
65.2
75.5
Wyoming .............................................................
Casper ..............................................................
Cheyenne .........................................................
282.4
40.1
41.8
2007
2008
2007
2008p
March
2008
2008
See footnotes at end of table.
Feb.
2007
2007
2008p
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State and area
Feb.
Puerto Rico .........................................................
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian .....................
Fajardo .............................................................
Guayama ..........................................................
Mayaguez .........................................................
Ponce ...............................................................
San German-Cabo Rojo ...................................
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ...........................
Yauco ...............................................................
2007
2008
2007
2008p
1,448.7
120.3
30.2
28.1
38.9
95.7
54.9
978.6
40.3
1,374.3
112.0
28.9
27.6
37.4
92.3
53.1
922.6
38.8
1,432.1
118.4
30.1
27.7
38.5
94.7
54.6
969.1
39.5
1,361.9
110.8
28.8
27.2
37.3
91.5
52.4
917.1
38.1
p = preliminary.
1
Feb.
March
Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a
monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area
definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,
dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/
lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England
2007
155.4
14.8
3.9
4.1
4.7
10.7
6.4
97.2
5.6
Percent of labor force
March
2008
145.4
13.0
3.7
4.1
4.3
9.9
5.7
92.0
5.2
2007
143.9
13.4
3.6
3.8
4.4
10.0
6.0
90.2
5.1
Feb.
2008p
125.5
11.2
3.2
3.6
3.8
8.6
5.0
79.2
4.6
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
10.7
12.3
12.9
14.6
12.1
11.2
11.7
9.9
13.8
10.6
11.6
12.9
14.9
11.6
10.7
10.8
10.0
13.5
10.0
11.3
12.0
13.6
11.4
10.5
11.0
9.3
13.0
9.2
10.1
11.1
13.3
10.1
9.4
9.6
8.6
12.0
City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.
Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state
that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and
Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they are listed under
Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational reasons. Estimates for the latest
month are subject to revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division 1
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
State, area, and division
Feb.
2007
California .............................................................. 18,073.3
Feb.
March
2008
2007
2008p
2007
Percent of labor force
March
2008
2007
Feb.
March
2008p
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ...................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ...................
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont .........................
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ...............................
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City .........
6,524.2
4,883.3
1,641.0
2,223.9
1,279.4
944.5
18,233.8
6,575.9
4,954.2
1,621.7
2,237.7
1,281.2
956.6
18,092.2
6,527.6
4,887.6
1,640.0
2,226.2
1,282.0
944.3
18,299.2
6,590.9
4,962.3
1,628.5
2,246.6
1,285.7
960.9
970.1
295.3
236.5
58.8
95.6
58.5
37.0
1,115.4
339.6
269.1
70.4
105.3
66.0
39.3
930.0
287.1
229.9
57.2
92.8
56.6
36.2
1,177.0
361.8
287.5
74.2
113.1
70.6
42.5
5.4
4.5
4.8
3.6
4.3
4.6
3.9
6.1
5.2
5.4
4.3
4.7
5.2
4.1
5.1
4.4
4.7
3.5
4.2
4.4
3.8
6.4
5.5
5.8
4.6
5.0
5.5
4.4
District of Columbia ..........................................
323.5
2,956.5
631.8
2,324.7
329.0
2,984.2
631.4
2,352.8
324.0
2,968.5
633.3
2,335.2
333.0
3,003.4
632.4
2,370.9
18.4
92.7
18.6
74.1
19.1
100.0
17.8
82.1
17.4
85.6
16.5
69.1
21.5
102.3
17.1
85.2
5.7
3.1
2.9
3.2
5.8
3.3
2.8
3.5
5.4
2.9
2.6
3.0
6.4
3.4
2.7
3.6
Florida ....................................................................
9,045.8
2,802.7
9,148.6
2,824.2
9,108.2
2,810.0
9,184.5
2,820.4
319.0
95.3
413.5
115.1
312.3
93.7
435.1
120.9
3.5
3.4
4.5
4.1
3.4
3.3
4.7
4.3
982.3
1,185.1
635.3
992.3
1,192.3
639.6
989.6
1,180.9
639.5
994.5
1,183.8
642.0
31.2
40.9
23.1
39.8
45.3
30.0
30.3
40.9
22.5
42.4
46.4
32.1
3.2
3.5
3.6
4.0
3.8
4.7
3.1
3.5
3.5
4.3
3.9
5.0
Illinois ....................................................................
6,623.1
4,865.4
4,087.4
330.9
447.1
6,759.5
4,959.9
4,176.3
328.3
455.3
6,627.9
4,863.7
4,084.0
331.5
448.2
6,770.3
4,961.9
4,172.7
330.3
458.9
343.3
240.0
194.8
19.3
25.8
404.7
284.2
235.7
18.8
29.7
308.8
220.6
178.8
18.1
23.7
386.6
276.4
229.6
18.7
28.1
5.2
4.9
4.8
5.8
5.8
6.0
5.7
5.6
5.7
6.5
4.7
4.5
4.4
5.5
5.3
5.7
5.6
5.5
5.7
6.1
Massachusetts ...................................................
3,393.0
2,474.2
1,496.0
124.3
145.1
120.2
69.2
151.7
178.2
126.4
63.2
3,384.6
2,477.0
1,498.8
124.5
145.4
120.3
68.9
151.5
178.8
125.7
63.2
3,397.5
2,476.5
1,496.6
124.7
145.4
120.2
69.5
152.0
178.7
126.2
63.2
3,393.4
2,484.4
1,502.8
125.2
145.9
120.7
69.1
151.9
179.6
125.9
63.3
173.7
113.7
64.3
7.1
5.9
6.0
5.2
7.8
7.5
6.4
3.4
167.6
109.1
61.1
7.0
5.7
5.8
5.0
7.5
7.5
6.1
3.5
163.4
105.7
59.3
6.7
5.5
5.5
5.1
7.3
7.0
6.0
3.3
163.9
106.5
59.2
6.8
5.5
5.8
5.0
7.3
7.6
6.0
3.4
5.1
4.6
4.3
5.7
4.1
5.0
7.5
5.1
4.2
5.1
5.4
5.0
4.4
4.1
5.6
3.9
4.8
7.3
4.9
4.2
4.8
5.5
4.8
4.3
4.0
5.3
3.8
4.5
7.3
4.8
3.9
4.7
5.2
4.8
4.3
3.9
5.4
3.8
4.8
7.3
4.8
4.2
4.7
5.4
Michigan ...............................................................
5,007.9
2,131.7
876.8
1,255.0
4,960.5
2,115.2
864.2
1,250.9
5,016.6
2,140.7
879.2
1,261.6
4,966.9
2,113.6
864.4
1,249.2
365.1
152.7
69.3
83.3
384.3
161.9
73.5
88.4
366.7
158.2
71.8
86.5
390.6
171.7
78.3
93.4
7.3
7.2
7.9
6.6
7.7
7.7
8.5
7.1
7.3
7.4
8.2
6.9
7.9
8.1
9.1
7.5
New York ..............................................................
9,472.2
9,277.4
1,185.9
1,468.3
5,532.3
1,090.8
9,496.1
9,317.1
1,192.7
1,478.2
5,550.3
1,095.9
9,469.3
9,287.3
1,189.1
1,471.6
5,535.4
1,091.3
9,493.3
9,314.9
1,193.9
1,480.3
5,547.2
1,093.4
459.3
425.2
50.3
59.6
264.9
50.3
474.3
438.9
59.0
68.7
253.4
57.9
416.5
392.7
47.2
54.1
243.5
47.9
480.2
442.4
56.5
67.4
262.1
56.4
4.8
4.6
4.2
4.1
4.8
4.6
5.0
4.7
4.9
4.6
4.6
5.3
4.4
4.2
4.0
3.7
4.4
4.4
5.1
4.7
4.7
4.6
4.7
5.2
Pennsylvania .......................................................
6,227.9
2,934.4
658.7
1,916.1
359.6
6,276.9
2,945.9
665.6
1,921.5
358.8
6,245.0
2,937.0
659.0
1,917.2
360.9
6,277.4
2,948.3
664.6
1,922.6
361.1
299.6
130.7
30.7
85.5
14.5
351.0
151.7
35.1
101.5
15.2
279.8
124.2
28.6
82.2
13.4
330.6
145.3
33.2
97.6
14.5
4.8
4.5
4.7
4.5
4.0
5.6
5.2
5.3
5.3
4.2
4.5
4.2
4.3
4.3
3.7
5.3
4.9
5.0
5.1
4.0
Texas ...................................................................... 11,418.1
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ......................
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 3 ..................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ..............
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield
Beach .............................................................
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ..............................
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ...................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ...................................
Gary 3 ................................................................
Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................
Framingham ......................................................
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 ..............................
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................
Nashua 2 ...........................................................
Peabody ............................................................
Taunton-Norton-Raynham .................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia .........................................
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ...................................
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ...........................
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 ....
Edison-New Brunswick 3 ...................................
Nassau-Suffolk ..................................................
New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 .......................
Newark-Union 3 .................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 .....................
Camden 3 ..........................................................
Philadelphia .......................................................
Wilmington 3 ......................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ..................................
Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................
Fort Worth-Arlington ..........................................
3,071.8
2,051.6
1,020.2
11,501.1
3,101.0
2,076.7
1,024.3
11,422.1
3,074.8
2,054.8
1,020.0
11,590.6
3,114.9
2,083.0
1,031.9
527.7
139.5
93.2
46.3
492.2
132.9
90.1
42.8
479.1
126.6
84.6
41.9
488.9
132.1
89.5
42.6
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.2
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.2
4.2
4.3
4.1
Washington .........................................................
3,373.9
1,808.8
1,423.4
385.4
3,449.1
1,851.9
1,456.1
395.8
3,386.2
1,820.6
1,435.9
384.7
3,466.0
1,853.0
1,453.6
399.4
179.0
81.0
61.0
20.0
183.3
78.0
56.0
22.1
159.9
75.5
57.6
17.9
182.4
78.6
55.1
23.5
5.3
4.5
4.3
5.2
5.3
4.2
3.8
5.6
4.7
4.1
4.0
4.7
5.3
4.2
3.8
5.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue .....................................
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ....................................
Tacoma ..............................................................
p = preliminary.
1 These 11 areas contain all of the 34 metropolitan divisions.
2
Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.
All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of
Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01, dated November 20, 2007, and are
available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England
states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas
in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states.
They are listed under the state that corresponds to the first city in their title.
3
Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in
more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states
under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Three sets of metropolitan areas
and divisions have similar or identical titles. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,
D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H., and Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.,
metropolitan areas, the division titles are similar but include only Massachusetts and
Illinois, respectively. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the
following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area
(Numbers in thousands)
February
State and area
Change from March 2007 to
March 2008 p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Alabama .................................................................................
Anniston-Oxford ..................................................................
Auburn-Opelika ...................................................................
Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................
Decatur ...............................................................................
Dothan ................................................................................
Florence-Muscle Shoals .....................................................
Huntsville ............................................................................
Mobile .................................................................................
Montgomery ........................................................................
Tuscaloosa .........................................................................
1,987.3
52.7
53.6
529.4
57.5
62.8
56.6
206.3
182.1
176.7
98.1
2,004.2
53.2
55.8
529.6
57.9
62.6
57.5
211.4
182.6
180.0
98.5
2,004.4
53.1
54.5
532.7
58.0
63.5
57.4
208.0
184.1
178.3
98.5
Alaska ....................................................................................
Anchorage ..........................................................................
303.0
163.0
304.7
164.4
Arizona ..................................................................................
Flagstaff ..............................................................................
Lake Havasu City-Kingman ................................................
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ...................................................
Prescott ..............................................................................
Tucson ................................................................................
Yuma ..................................................................................
2,668.5
63.6
54.6
1,908.3
64.2
387.5
55.6
Arkansas ...............................................................................
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ..........................................
Fort Smith ...........................................................................
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway .................................
Number
Percent
2,015.6
53.3
56.4
532.0
59.0
62.9
57.9
212.7
184.0
180.9
99.0
11.2
.2
1.9
-.7
1.0
-.6
.5
4.7
-.1
2.6
.5
0.6
.4
3.5
-.1
1.7
-.9
.9
2.3
-.1
1.5
.5
305.8
164.0
307.2
165.3
1.4
1.3
.5
.8
2,669.3
63.9
53.6
1,909.3
65.8
381.2
57.0
2,686.3
64.6
55.4
1,921.2
64.8
388.7
56.0
2,678.8
64.4
54.0
1,916.9
65.9
381.2
57.1
-7.5
-.2
-1.4
-4.3
1.1
-7.5
1.1
-.3
-.3
-2.5
-.2
1.7
-1.9
2.0
1,193.3
206.4
123.4
341.2
1,198.2
208.1
124.6
345.3
1,207.8
208.7
125.1
344.7
1,207.2
209.0
126.1
348.0
-.6
.3
1.0
3.3
.0
.1
.8
1.0
California ...............................................................................
Bakersfield ..........................................................................
Chico ..................................................................................
Fresno ................................................................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana .................................
Merced ................................................................................
Modesto ..............................................................................
Napa ...................................................................................
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura .......................................
Redding ..............................................................................
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario .....................................
Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................
Salinas ................................................................................
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos .......................................
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont .......................................
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ......................................
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta ....................................
Santa Cruz-Watsonville ......................................................
Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................
Stockton ..............................................................................
Vallejo-Fairfield ...................................................................
Visalia-Porterville ................................................................
15,047.2
236.3
75.9
302.8
5,615.7
58.0
157.5
61.4
295.4
63.6
1,267.4
895.9
126.8
1,297.1
2,012.9
898.6
102.9
172.1
94.9
187.2
207.7
125.5
112.6
15,066.1
240.5
76.8
306.0
5,577.1
58.7
157.1
62.1
291.0
64.6
1,252.7
900.1
129.6
1,297.4
2,028.8
906.9
104.1
173.6
96.6
189.6
212.1
124.6
112.5
15,151.5
237.7
76.3
306.0
5,644.1
58.3
158.8
62.1
297.3
64.2
1,275.0
902.8
126.9
1,305.1
2,024.3
904.6
104.0
173.5
95.2
188.7
210.2
126.8
113.6
15,134.9
241.5
77.0
308.4
5,608.8
59.0
157.9
62.7
291.7
64.9
1,253.3
903.6
129.0
1,303.4
2,035.9
911.8
104.7
174.3
97.1
190.6
213.0
125.3
113.2
-16.6
3.8
.7
2.4
-35.3
.7
-.9
.6
-5.6
.7
-21.7
.8
2.1
-1.7
11.6
7.2
.7
.8
1.9
1.9
2.8
-1.5
-.4
-.1
1.6
.9
.8
-.6
1.2
-.6
1.0
-1.9
1.1
-1.7
.1
1.7
-.1
.6
.8
.7
.5
2.0
1.0
1.3
-1.2
-.4
Colorado ................................................................................
Boulder ..............................................................................
Colorado Springs ................................................................
Denver-Aurora ....................................................................
Fort Collins-Loveland ..........................................................
Grand Junction ...................................................................
Greeley ...............................................................................
Pueblo ................................................................................
2,280.5
163.9
254.8
1,209.0
131.3
60.4
79.8
57.8
2,327.2
166.5
259.4
1,232.0
136.0
63.4
82.7
58.6
2,306.3
165.6
257.6
1,221.4
133.1
61.4
81.0
58.2
2,344.8
167.8
261.3
1,241.1
136.8
64.1
83.0
58.9
38.5
2.2
3.7
19.7
3.7
2.7
2.0
.7
1.7
1.3
1.4
1.6
2.8
4.4
2.5
1.2
Connecticut ...........................................................................
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk .............................................
Danbury ..............................................................................
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford .................................
New Haven .........................................................................
Norwich-New London .........................................................
Waterbury ...........................................................................
1,668.4
412.1
68.2
548.7
275.0
133.1
68.1
1,681.0
417.5
69.1
556.0
275.0
133.9
68.1
1,671.9
413.8
68.9
550.2
273.8
133.9
68.0
1,683.4
419.0
69.8
558.5
273.0
134.2
68.4
11.5
5.2
.9
8.3
-.8
.3
.4
.7
1.3
1.3
1.5
-.3
.2
.6
Delaware ................................................................................
Dover ..................................................................................
425.1
64.8
428.0
64.9
430.4
65.3
431.3
65.3
.9
.0
.2
.0
District of Columbia .............................................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria .......................................
690.3
2,949.1
697.6
2,975.6
693.1
2,972.9
698.7
2,995.4
5.6
22.5
.8
.8
Florida ....................................................................................
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice ...............................................
Cape Coral-Fort Myers .......................................................
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin .................................
Gainesville ..........................................................................
Jacksonville ........................................................................
Lakeland-Winter Haven ......................................................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................
8,077.4
303.7
238.6
174.2
84.7
134.8
629.4
217.0
2,447.4
8,041.3
290.9
225.2
172.4
85.0
137.4
630.6
214.4
2,437.2
8,141.6
306.0
240.0
176.2
86.2
135.1
635.2
218.9
2,463.7
8,063.7
292.8
226.1
173.1
86.2
137.6
634.6
215.7
2,442.9
-77.9
-13.2
-13.9
-3.1
.0
2.5
-.6
-3.2
-20.8
-1.0
-4.3
-5.8
-1.8
.0
1.9
-.1
-1.5
-.8
See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
February
State and area
Change from March 2007 to
March 2008 p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Florida—Continued
Naples-Marco Island ...........................................................
Ocala ..................................................................................
Orlando-Kissimmee ............................................................
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ...........................................
Panama City-Lynn Haven ...................................................
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ..............................................
Port St. Lucie ......................................................................
Tallahassee ........................................................................
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ......................................
137.2
106.9
1,098.8
213.1
75.1
173.5
135.9
179.5
1,306.4
131.1
105.7
1,102.2
211.5
75.9
175.8
134.6
180.4
1,296.2
139.0
107.9
1,104.4
214.1
77.1
174.6
137.2
180.8
1,318.5
Georgia ..................................................................................
Albany .................................................................................
Athens-Clarke County ........................................................
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ..........................................
Augusta-Richmond County .................................................
Columbus ...........................................................................
Dalton .................................................................................
Gainesville ..........................................................................
Macon .................................................................................
Savannah ...........................................................................
Valdosta ..............................................................................
Warner Robins ....................................................................
4,114.8
64.8
81.8
2,432.8
214.2
121.0
78.3
75.2
100.0
160.4
56.2
58.4
4,151.1
64.4
82.9
2,462.3
216.9
121.2
77.5
76.9
100.2
161.0
56.4
59.1
Hawaii ....................................................................................
Honolulu .............................................................................
623.0
454.2
Idaho ......................................................................................
Boise City-Nampa ...............................................................
Coeur d’Alene .....................................................................
Number
Percent
131.6
106.5
1,108.8
213.0
77.4
176.4
135.6
181.5
1,301.2
-7.4
-1.4
4.4
-1.1
.3
1.8
-1.6
.7
-17.3
-5.3
-1.3
.4
-.5
.4
1.0
-1.2
.4
-1.3
4,130.9
64.7
81.6
2,444.8
215.9
121.3
78.3
75.6
99.7
161.0
56.1
58.8
4,161.3
64.6
82.7
2,471.2
218.0
121.1
77.6
77.2
100.4
161.8
56.4
59.4
30.4
-.1
1.1
26.4
2.1
-.2
-.7
1.6
.7
.8
.3
.6
.7
-.2
1.3
1.1
1.0
-.2
-.9
2.1
.7
.5
.5
1.0
627.6
457.7
626.6
457.2
630.8
459.8
4.2
2.6
.7
.6
635.5
273.5
52.8
638.8
270.4
56.6
642.3
276.3
54.1
643.2
271.9
57.2
.9
-4.4
3.1
.1
-1.6
5.7
Illinois ....................................................................................
Bloomington-Normal ...........................................................
Champaign-Urbana ............................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ....................................................
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ...........................................
Decatur ...............................................................................
Peoria .................................................................................
Rockford .............................................................................
Springfield ...........................................................................
5,845.5
90.7
112.3
4,450.3
183.7
53.3
182.9
157.6
109.2
5,885.2
91.2
112.9
4,480.8
185.3
54.5
185.3
158.8
110.0
5,903.2
91.0
113.6
4,489.7
186.4
54.4
185.1
159.8
110.6
5,924.5
91.3
113.2
4,505.8
186.8
54.5
186.8
159.0
110.5
21.3
.3
-.4
16.1
.4
.1
1.7
-.8
-.1
.4
.3
-.4
.4
.2
.2
.9
-.5
-.1
Indiana ...................................................................................
Bloomington ........................................................................
Elkhart-Goshen ...................................................................
Evansville ...........................................................................
Fort Wayne .........................................................................
Indianapolis-Carmel ............................................................
Lafayette .............................................................................
Muncie ................................................................................
South Bend-Mishawaka ......................................................
Terre Haute ........................................................................
2,924.6
82.9
127.0
175.6
215.0
890.3
94.3
53.4
141.9
73.2
2,948.8
84.1
126.4
177.5
213.9
905.2
94.9
53.2
143.2
72.9
2,965.4
83.1
129.0
178.3
217.1
905.0
95.2
54.3
143.0
74.1
2,966.5
84.4
127.3
179.5
212.7
912.1
95.7
53.7
143.9
73.1
1.1
1.3
-1.7
1.2
-4.4
7.1
.5
-.6
.9
-1.0
.0
1.6
-1.3
.7
-2.0
.8
.5
-1.1
.6
-1.3
Iowa ........................................................................................
Cedar Rapids ......................................................................
Des Moines-West Des Moines ...........................................
Dubuque .............................................................................
Iowa City .............................................................................
Sioux City ...........................................................................
Waterloo-Cedar Falls ..........................................................
1,485.7
135.1
314.0
54.4
89.1
73.5
88.2
1,497.2
135.4
319.6
55.1
89.9
72.3
89.6
1,496.4
135.5
316.0
54.8
89.7
73.5
88.2
1,508.1
136.6
321.5
55.3
90.4
72.9
89.8
11.7
1.1
5.5
.5
.7
-.6
1.6
.8
.8
1.7
.9
.8
-.8
1.8
Kansas ...................................................................................
Topeka ................................................................................
Wichita ................................................................................
1,351.9
108.1
295.7
1,371.1
109.3
302.0
1,372.9
110.0
300.1
1,382.8
110.5
303.5
9.9
.5
3.4
.7
.5
1.1
Kentucky ...............................................................................
Bowling Green ....................................................................
Lexington-Fayette ...............................................................
Louisville-Jefferson County ................................................
1,830.9
60.7
251.4
611.7
1,855.5
62.5
253.7
620.5
1,849.8
61.3
253.9
615.0
1,870.1
62.7
255.1
626.4
20.3
1.4
1.2
11.4
1.1
2.3
.5
1.9
Louisiana ...............................................................................
Alexandria ...........................................................................
Baton Rouge .......................................................................
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux .........................................
Lafayette .............................................................................
Lake Charles ......................................................................
Monroe ...............................................................................
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................
Shreveport-Bossier City ......................................................
1,895.4
64.1
365.5
93.9
146.4
92.3
78.5
508.5
176.1
1,935.3
65.2
369.9
95.3
150.8
91.9
78.7
521.1
180.6
1,915.5
65.0
369.5
94.8
147.7
93.0
78.7
515.2
177.5
1,945.8
65.4
371.8
96.3
151.8
92.4
79.0
525.0
181.6
30.3
.4
2.3
1.5
4.1
-.6
.3
9.8
4.1
1.6
.6
.6
1.6
2.8
-.6
.4
1.9
2.3
Maine .....................................................................................
Bangor ................................................................................
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford .....................................
596.2
65.1
189.0
597.1
64.9
189.6
599.1
65.2
190.1
599.3
65.5
190.1
.2
.3
.0
.0
.5
.0
See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
February
State and area
Change from March 2007 to
March 2008 p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Maryland ................................................................................
Baltimore-Towson ..............................................................
Hagerstown-Martinsburg ....................................................
Salisbury .............................................................................
2,552.7
1,293.0
100.5
55.1
2,585.5
1,305.7
100.8
55.5
2,586.3
1,309.0
101.4
56.1
Massachusetts ......................................................................
Barnstable Town .................................................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................
New Bedford .......................................................................
Springfield ...........................................................................
Worcester ...........................................................................
3,206.1
90.7
2,436.4
66.2
293.1
245.0
3,233.2
90.5
2,460.1
65.7
293.3
246.1
Michigan ................................................................................
Ann Arbor ...........................................................................
Battle Creek ........................................................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia .......................................................
Flint .....................................................................................
Grand Rapids-Wyoming .....................................................
Holland-Grand Haven .........................................................
Jackson ..............................................................................
Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................
Lansing-East Lansing .........................................................
Muskegon-Norton Shores ...................................................
Niles-Benton Harbor ...........................................................
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North .....................................
4,213.0
200.1
58.2
1,951.3
148.9
387.7
112.0
57.9
145.4
224.5
63.6
61.8
89.3
Minnesota ..............................................................................
Duluth .................................................................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington .....................................
Rochester ...........................................................................
St. Cloud .............................................................................
Number
Percent
2,611.2
1,317.9
101.4
56.3
24.9
8.9
.0
.2
1.0
.7
.0
.4
3,221.1
91.9
2,446.3
66.2
294.2
245.9
3,248.6
91.4
2,471.9
65.6
294.4
247.0
27.5
-.5
25.6
-.6
.2
1.1
.9
-.5
1.0
-.9
.1
.4
4,160.7
199.0
57.0
1,910.4
144.8
387.6
110.6
56.8
145.2
223.8
64.0
64.1
86.7
4,234.0
201.7
58.6
1,955.4
149.8
389.4
113.1
58.3
146.8
225.8
63.9
62.5
89.7
4,161.6
198.4
57.4
1,910.1
141.8
389.3
111.5
56.9
146.4
224.4
64.3
64.7
86.6
-72.4
-3.3
-1.2
-45.3
-8.0
-.1
-1.6
-1.4
-.4
-1.4
.4
2.2
-3.1
-1.7
-1.6
-2.0
-2.3
-5.3
.0
-1.4
-2.4
-.3
-.6
.6
3.5
-3.5
2,711.9
130.2
1,767.1
104.0
100.7
2,725.4
131.9
1,776.7
105.9
102.4
2,722.2
130.8
1,772.1
104.6
101.6
2,739.7
132.5
1,785.4
106.5
103.1
17.5
1.7
13.3
1.9
1.5
.6
1.3
.8
1.8
1.5
Mississippi ............................................................................
Gulfport-Biloxi .....................................................................
Hattiesburg .........................................................................
Jackson ..............................................................................
Pascagoula .........................................................................
1,144.5
107.8
60.4
258.4
56.5
1,150.6
111.0
61.5
262.1
58.9
1,148.3
108.6
60.5
260.7
51.9
1,157.7
111.6
61.9
262.0
59.1
9.4
3.0
1.4
1.3
7.2
.8
2.8
2.3
.5
13.9
Missouri ................................................................................
Columbia ............................................................................
Jefferson City ......................................................................
Joplin ..................................................................................
Kansas City .......................................................................
St. Joseph ...........................................................................
St. Louis 1 ...........................................................................
Springfield ..........................................................................
2,741.7
91.7
78.2
78.9
991.6
58.6
1,331.2
196.6
2,759.3
93.5
79.2
79.8
1,007.7
59.2
1,335.4
201.2
2,785.3
93.4
79.2
79.8
1,007.1
59.6
1,348.3
200.7
2,778.4
94.1
79.6
80.2
1,014.9
59.8
1,342.9
203.2
-6.9
.7
.4
.4
7.8
.2
-5.4
2.5
-.2
.7
.5
.5
.8
.3
-.4
1.2
Montana .................................................................................
Billings ................................................................................
Missoula .............................................................................
430.2
77.7
56.2
438.1
79.4
56.2
436.4
79.0
57.1
442.2
80.1
56.8
5.8
1.1
-.3
1.3
1.4
-.5
Nebraska ...............................................................................
Lincoln ................................................................................
Omaha-Council Bluffs .........................................................
940.7
170.8
454.7
958.5
173.4
461.2
947.4
171.7
457.1
963.3
175.1
463.2
15.9
3.4
6.1
1.7
2.0
1.3
Nevada ...................................................................................
Las Vegas-Paradise ...........................................................
Reno-Sparks .......................................................................
1,283.1
923.9
220.8
1,284.8
925.6
220.7
1,290.7
927.9
222.2
1,286.8
925.5
221.1
-3.9
-2.4
-1.1
-.3
-.3
-.5
New Hampshire .....................................................................
Manchester .........................................................................
Portsmouth .........................................................................
Rochester-Dover ................................................................
633.9
99.3
53.7
56.4
642.2
100.4
54.8
57.1
635.8
99.6
53.9
56.2
645.1
101.2
54.9
57.6
9.3
1.6
1.0
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.9
2.5
New Jersey ............................................................................
Atlantic City-Hammonton ....................................................
Trenton-Ewing ....................................................................
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................
3,989.4
146.0
234.8
61.5
4,003.2
145.7
237.1
60.9
4,020.6
147.4
235.8
61.7
4,029.5
147.0
237.8
61.2
8.9
-.4
2.0
-.5
.2
-.3
.8
-.8
New Mexico ...........................................................................
Albuquerque .......................................................................
Las Cruces .........................................................................
Santa Fe .............................................................................
833.9
391.6
67.8
64.5
839.7
394.0
69.1
65.4
842.3
395.9
68.6
65.0
847.6
397.2
69.7
65.9
5.3
1.3
1.1
.9
.6
.3
1.6
1.4
New York ...............................................................................
Albany-Schenectady-Troy ..................................................
Binghamton ........................................................................
Buffalo-Niagara Falls ..........................................................
Glens Falls ..........................................................................
Ithaca ..................................................................................
Kingston ..............................................................................
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island .....................
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................
Rochester ...........................................................................
Syracuse .............................................................................
Utica-Rome .........................................................................
8,571.5
441.5
112.4
537.5
52.0
64.5
63.7
8,412.3
250.5
508.1
316.7
130.2
8,650.6
442.5
113.2
539.8
52.7
64.9
63.9
8,483.9
251.4
508.2
320.2
131.4
8,627.9
444.2
112.9
541.2
51.8
64.2
64.4
8,473.7
251.8
509.5
318.1
131.2
8,698.2
444.8
113.5
542.3
52.7
64.9
64.0
8,539.2
252.1
510.2
321.3
131.8
70.3
.6
.6
1.1
.9
.7
-.4
65.5
.3
.7
3.2
.6
.8
.1
.5
.2
1.7
1.1
-.6
.8
.1
.1
1.0
.5
See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
February
State and area
Change from March 2007 to
March 2008 p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
North Carolina .......................................................................
Asheville .............................................................................
Burlington ...........................................................................
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ...............................................
Durham ...............................................................................
Fayetteville .........................................................................
Greensboro-High Point .......................................................
Greenville ...........................................................................
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ..................................................
Raleigh-Cary .......................................................................
Rocky Mount .......................................................................
Wilmington ..........................................................................
Winston-Salem ...................................................................
4,076.8
172.6
59.9
844.1
283.3
127.5
368.0
75.9
162.6
502.8
64.5
142.7
217.9
4,141.6
178.1
61.0
860.6
290.4
128.6
373.1
78.2
162.7
523.3
64.3
146.0
220.5
4,117.2
174.9
60.6
853.3
285.6
127.9
371.6
76.6
163.7
507.4
64.8
145.8
219.3
North Dakota .........................................................................
Bismarck .............................................................................
Fargo ..................................................................................
Grand Forks ........................................................................
349.6
58.7
115.6
53.1
356.3
59.5
117.7
54.1
Ohio .......................................................................................
Akron ..................................................................................
Canton-Massillon ................................................................
Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor .....................................................
Columbus ...........................................................................
Dayton ................................................................................
Lima ....................................................................................
Mansfield ............................................................................
Springfield ...........................................................................
Toledo .................................................................................
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman .........................................
5,321.0
333.1
169.0
1,022.7
1,052.6
922.5
399.2
55.1
57.2
51.6
322.5
235.7
Oklahoma ..............................................................................
Oklahoma City ....................................................................
Tulsa ...................................................................................
Number
Percent
4,162.8
178.8
61.4
867.8
292.2
128.9
376.0
78.4
163.8
525.5
64.3
147.9
222.4
45.6
3.9
.8
14.5
6.6
1.0
4.4
1.8
.1
18.1
-.5
2.1
3.1
1.1
2.2
1.3
1.7
2.3
.8
1.2
2.3
.1
3.6
-.8
1.4
1.4
352.6
59.1
116.2
53.3
358.6
60.4
118.3
54.2
6.0
1.3
2.1
.9
1.7
2.2
1.8
1.7
5,325.1
334.7
169.5
1,030.0
1,049.1
934.4
399.0
54.6
56.3
51.5
320.8
235.2
5,369.0
334.8
170.6
1,035.7
1,061.5
929.5
402.4
55.4
57.1
52.2
324.8
237.5
5,361.6
336.1
170.4
1,037.2
1,055.2
939.4
397.4
55.0
56.2
51.8
321.0
236.9
-7.4
1.3
-.2
1.5
-6.3
9.9
-5.0
-.4
-.9
-.4
-3.8
-.6
-.1
.4
-.1
.1
-.6
1.1
-1.2
-.7
-1.6
-.8
-1.2
-.3
1,543.8
560.4
420.7
1,569.7
566.8
423.2
1,565.2
567.7
426.3
1,580.9
570.4
426.0
15.7
2.7
-.3
1.0
.5
-.1
Oregon ...................................................................................
Bend ...................................................................................
Eugene-Springfield .............................................................
Medford ..............................................................................
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ..........................................
Salem .................................................................................
1,704.5
69.2
155.2
82.0
1,022.8
149.0
1,721.4
70.6
155.4
82.6
1,034.5
150.3
1,717.7
70.4
155.9
82.8
1,029.6
150.5
1,728.1
71.3
155.9
83.1
1,038.5
150.9
10.4
.9
.0
.3
8.9
.4
.6
1.3
.0
.4
.9
.3
Pennsylvania .........................................................................
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton .............................................
Altoona ...............................................................................
Erie .....................................................................................
Harrisburg-Carlisle ..............................................................
Johnstown ..........................................................................
Lancaster ............................................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ......................................
Pittsburgh ...........................................................................
Reading ..............................................................................
Scranton—Wilkes-Barre .....................................................
State College ......................................................................
Williamsport ........................................................................
York-Hanover .....................................................................
5,690.8
337.0
61.1
131.3
325.2
60.7
232.6
2,771.8
1,119.4
172.3
256.8
72.9
53.2
176.6
5,722.3
338.5
61.6
132.7
328.3
61.1
235.5
2,789.8
1,128.9
172.2
258.7
74.6
52.9
181.8
5,742.4
341.8
61.6
132.4
327.7
61.2
235.1
2,791.2
1,131.5
173.6
259.5
73.5
53.5
181.4
5,756.7
342.2
62.1
133.0
330.5
61.2
237.1
2,804.5
1,139.4
172.6
260.6
75.2
53.0
182.9
14.3
.4
.5
.6
2.8
.0
2.0
13.3
7.9
-1.0
1.1
1.7
-.5
1.5
.2
.1
.8
.5
.9
.0
.9
.5
.7
-.6
.4
2.3
-.9
.8
Rhode Island .........................................................................
Providence-Fall River-Warwick ..........................................
483.5
572.4
477.6
566.3
485.9
575.1
477.0
565.9
-8.9
-9.2
-1.8
-1.6
South Carolina ......................................................................
Anderson ............................................................................
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville .........................
Columbia ............................................................................
Florence ..............................................................................
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ..................................................
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ........................
Spartanburg ........................................................................
1,916.2
64.3
291.7
361.8
86.6
312.4
118.2
124.4
1,934.7
63.4
297.8
368.7
90.7
321.5
120.9
125.9
1,939.6
64.5
295.4
363.7
87.7
315.0
122.9
125.9
1,949.6
64.0
298.9
369.6
91.0
323.3
124.8
126.8
10.0
-.5
3.5
5.9
3.3
8.3
1.9
.9
.5
-.8
1.2
1.6
3.8
2.6
1.5
.7
South Dakota ........................................................................
Rapid City ...........................................................................
Sioux Falls ..........................................................................
392.8
58.1
129.1
400.6
59.0
132.4
396.4
58.7
130.5
403.2
60.0
133.6
6.8
1.3
3.1
1.7
2.2
2.4
Tennessee .............................................................................
Chattanooga .......................................................................
Clarksville ...........................................................................
Jackson ..............................................................................
Johnson City .......................................................................
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ......................................................
Knoxville .............................................................................
Memphis .............................................................................
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin ........................
2,753.7
245.1
85.1
61.2
81.1
120.6
332.5
632.1
747.8
2,763.4
245.9
84.4
62.1
81.7
120.9
335.7
636.6
759.4
2,784.0
247.1
85.2
62.2
81.5
121.5
335.4
638.1
755.6
2,783.2
247.3
85.4
62.7
82.4
121.9
338.1
639.6
766.5
-.8
.2
.2
.5
.9
.4
2.7
1.5
10.9
.0
.1
.2
.8
1.1
.3
.8
.2
1.4
See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
February
State and area
Change from March 2007 to
March 2008 p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Texas .....................................................................................
Abilene ................................................................................
Amarillo ...............................................................................
Austin-Round Rock .............................................................
Beaumont-Port Arthur .........................................................
Brownsville-Harlingen .........................................................
College Station-Bryan .........................................................
Corpus Christi .....................................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................
El Paso ...............................................................................
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ...........................................
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ..................................................
Laredo ................................................................................
Longview ............................................................................
Lubbock ..............................................................................
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ..................................................
Midland ...............................................................................
Odessa ...............................................................................
San Antonio ........................................................................
Texarkana ...........................................................................
Tyler ....................................................................................
Waco ..................................................................................
Wichita Falls .......................................................................
10,206.6
65.0
110.3
743.5
164.1
122.9
91.3
174.2
2,889.5
267.0
2,495.0
119.4
85.8
93.7
127.9
209.0
64.2
57.9
820.1
55.5
92.2
106.1
61.6
10,446.3
66.3
111.8
766.9
163.9
123.8
92.8
176.3
2,958.4
274.6
2,581.7
122.7
86.9
96.8
128.3
214.0
66.6
60.8
839.8
56.6
93.2
109.8
62.9
10,301.8
65.2
110.9
751.5
165.7
124.3
92.3
176.6
2,917.2
269.0
2,518.9
121.1
86.8
95.6
127.9
210.1
64.9
58.1
826.4
56.2
93.0
107.1
62.5
Utah ........................................................................................
Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................
Provo-Orem ........................................................................
St. George ..........................................................................
Salt Lake City .....................................................................
1,226.7
197.1
187.3
52.1
628.6
1,255.5
200.2
191.3
53.5
643.4
Vermont .................................................................................
Burlington-South Burlington ................................................
306.8
113.2
Virginia ..................................................................................
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ...................................
Charlottesville .....................................................................
Harrisonburg .......................................................................
Lynchburg ...........................................................................
Richmond ...........................................................................
Roanoke .............................................................................
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ...............................
Winchester ..........................................................................
Number
Percent
10,511.0
66.6
112.7
773.3
164.8
124.8
93.0
177.7
2,975.4
276.1
2,599.0
123.4
87.5
97.6
129.0
215.3
67.1
61.1
845.3
57.0
94.0
110.4
63.2
209.2
1.4
1.8
21.8
-.9
.5
.7
1.1
58.2
7.1
80.1
2.3
.7
2.0
1.1
5.2
2.2
3.0
18.9
.8
1.0
3.3
.7
2.0
2.1
1.6
2.9
-.5
.4
.8
.6
2.0
2.6
3.2
1.9
.8
2.1
.9
2.5
3.4
5.2
2.3
1.4
1.1
3.1
1.1
1,238.5
199.3
188.7
52.9
632.4
1,265.0
202.3
192.4
54.2
646.5
26.5
3.0
3.7
1.3
14.1
2.1
1.5
2.0
2.5
2.2
307.2
113.4
306.4
112.9
306.8
113.1
.4
.2
.1
.2
3,705.7
72.1
100.5
64.1
106.9
627.8
160.9
759.3
57.3
3,724.7
68.6
101.9
64.8
109.0
629.7
161.9
766.1
58.7
3,737.1
72.4
102.2
64.2
107.7
630.2
162.7
767.6
57.8
3,748.5
68.9
102.6
65.0
109.9
633.5
163.2
774.7
59.0
11.4
-3.5
.4
.8
2.2
3.3
.5
7.1
1.2
.3
-4.8
.4
1.2
2.0
.5
.3
.9
2.1
Washington ...........................................................................
Bellingham ..........................................................................
Bremerton-Silverdale ..........................................................
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland ................................................
Olympia ..............................................................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ...................................................
Spokane .............................................................................
Yakima ................................................................................
2,873.7
82.9
84.8
87.3
99.6
1,709.1
213.9
76.5
2,927.1
85.8
85.7
92.6
103.1
1,747.2
216.4
79.2
2,891.4
83.6
85.7
88.9
100.7
1,716.8
216.1
77.5
2,940.4
86.3
86.2
93.5
103.8
1,752.5
217.6
79.7
49.0
2.7
.5
4.6
3.1
35.7
1.5
2.2
1.7
3.2
.6
5.2
3.1
2.1
.7
2.8
West Virginia .........................................................................
Charleston ..........................................................................
Huntington-Ashland ............................................................
Morgantown ........................................................................
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna .............................................
Wheeling .............................................................................
741.5
147.7
117.1
60.2
71.1
66.9
745.3
148.8
118.9
61.2
72.5
66.8
752.0
150.2
119.5
60.7
72.5
67.4
753.6
150.6
120.3
61.9
73.2
66.8
1.6
.4
.8
1.2
.7
-.6
.2
.3
.7
2.0
1.0
-.9
Wisconsin ..............................................................................
Appleton .............................................................................
Eau Claire ...........................................................................
Green Bay ..........................................................................
Janesville ............................................................................
La Crosse ...........................................................................
Madison ..............................................................................
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis .......................................
Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................
Racine ................................................................................
Sheboygan .........................................................................
Wausau ..............................................................................
2,810.0
116.2
81.8
165.7
68.3
73.4
340.8
843.0
91.5
78.8
62.7
71.9
2,812.2
116.4
82.2
166.3
68.4
73.4
343.0
841.5
91.9
78.1
62.7
71.5
2,830.0
116.8
81.9
166.6
69.0
73.8
342.3
846.0
92.4
79.2
63.2
72.2
2,825.1
116.6
82.7
166.8
68.7
73.8
344.2
844.7
92.3
78.7
63.0
71.8
-4.9
-.2
.8
.2
-.3
.0
1.9
-1.3
-.1
-.5
-.2
-.4
-.2
-.2
1.0
.1
-.4
.0
.6
-.2
-.1
-.6
-.3
-.6
Wyoming ...............................................................................
Cheyenne ...........................................................................
276.9
42.9
285.8
44.1
280.3
43.2
287.8
44.4
7.5
1.2
2.7
2.8
Puerto Rico ...........................................................................
Ponce .................................................................................
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo .............................................
1,025.1
65.4
766.0
1,011.9
66.6
756.5
1,030.0
65.9
769.6
1,013.9
66.5
757.3
-16.1
.6
-12.3
-1.6
.9
-1.6
Virgin Islands ........................................................................
45.7
46.3
45.9
46.4
.5
1.1
1
p
Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current
benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.
Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,
dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.
Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town
Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan
areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their
titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville, W. Va.-Ohio,
are the exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for
operational reasons. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North
American IndustryClassification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and
tabulation ofeconomic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. For more details, see
http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division
(Numbers in thousands)
February
State, area, and division
Change from March 2007 to
March 2008 p
March
2007
2008
2007
2008p
California ...............................................................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana .................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ..................................
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ...............................................
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont .......................................
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ..............................................
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................
15,047.2
5,615.7
4,103.5
1,512.2
2,012.9
1,039.5
973.4
15,066.1
5,577.1
4,088.8
1,488.3
2,028.8
1,036.0
992.8
15,151.5
5,644.1
4,127.2
1,516.9
2,024.3
1,047.1
977.2
District of Columbia .............................................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 ....................................
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 .................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 ..................................
690.3
2,949.1
566.8
2,382.3
697.6
2,975.6
567.8
2,407.8
Florida ....................................................................................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach ..........
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................................
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ...............
8,077.4
2,447.4
794.1
1,063.4
589.9
Illinois ....................................................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 .................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ..................................................
Gary 2 ...............................................................................
Lake County-Kenosha County 1 .......................................
Number
Percent
15,134.9
5,608.8
4,113.6
1,495.2
2,035.9
1,038.5
997.4
-16.6
-35.3
-13.6
-21.7
11.6
-8.6
20.2
-0.1
-.6
-.3
-1.4
.6
-.8
2.1
693.1
2,972.9
572.3
2,400.6
698.7
2,995.4
570.9
2,424.5
5.6
22.5
-1.4
23.9
.8
.8
-.2
1.0
8,041.3
2,437.2
786.4
1,064.9
585.9
8,141.6
2,463.7
799.1
1,070.5
594.1
8,063.7
2,442.9
789.3
1,067.2
586.4
-77.9
-20.8
-9.8
-3.3
-7.7
-1.0
-.8
-1.2
-.3
-1.3
5,845.5
4,450.3
3,788.0
276.5
385.9
5,885.2
4,480.8
3,813.2
278.1
389.5
5,903.2
4,489.7
3,819.9
280.2
389.8
5,924.5
4,505.8
3,832.9
280.5
392.4
21.3
16.1
13.0
.3
2.6
.4
.4
.3
.1
.7
Massachusetts ......................................................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 ..............................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ...............................................
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ...........................................
Framingham .....................................................................
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ...............................
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ...........................................
Nashua 1 ..........................................................................
Peabody ...........................................................................
3,206.1
2,436.4
1,671.4
87.6
153.4
76.5
117.3
130.6
99.3
3,233.2
2,460.1
1,694.1
88.4
155.6
77.3
117.8
131.4
99.1
3,221.1
2,446.3
1,677.2
88.7
154.4
76.9
117.9
131.3
99.3
3,248.6
2,471.9
1,701.4
89.4
156.4
77.4
118.1
131.9
99.3
27.5
25.6
24.2
.7
2.0
.5
.2
.6
.0
.9
1.0
1.4
.8
1.3
.7
.2
.5
.0
Michigan ................................................................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia .......................................................
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ..................................................
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ..........................................
4,213.0
1,951.3
786.6
1,164.7
4,160.7
1,910.4
759.5
1,150.9
4,234.0
1,955.4
786.0
1,169.4
4,161.6
1,910.1
758.0
1,152.1
-72.4
-45.3
-28.0
-17.3
-1.7
-2.3
-3.6
-1.5
New York ...............................................................................
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 ..................
Edison-New Brunswick2 ...................................................
Nassau-Suffolk .................................................................
New York-White Plains-Wayne 1 ......................................
Newark-Union 2 ................................................................
8,571.5
8,412.3
1,012.9
1,232.0
5,147.7
1,019.7
8,650.6
8,483.9
1,014.4
1,246.9
5,201.5
1,021.1
8,627.9
8,473.7
1,022.7
1,244.7
5,180.8
1,025.5
8,698.2
8,539.2
1,025.0
1,256.1
5,233.0
1,025.1
70.3
65.5
2.3
11.4
52.2
-.4
.8
.8
.2
.9
1.0
.0
Pennsylvania .........................................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ...................................
Camden 2 .........................................................................
Philadelphia ......................................................................
Wilmington 2 .....................................................................
5,690.8
2,771.8
531.1
1,893.4
347.3
5,722.3
2,789.8
535.6
1,905.6
348.6
5,742.4
2,791.2
534.8
1,904.9
351.5
5,756.7
2,804.5
539.9
1,913.5
351.1
14.3
13.3
5.1
8.6
-.4
.2
.5
1.0
.5
-.1
Texas .....................................................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................
Dallas-Plano-Irving ...........................................................
Fort Worth-Arlington .........................................................
10,206.6
2,889.5
2,037.4
852.1
10,446.3
2,958.4
2,087.1
871.3
10,301.8
2,917.2
2,057.5
859.7
10,511.0
2,975.4
2,098.3
877.1
209.2
58.2
40.8
17.4
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
Washington ...........................................................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ...................................................
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ...................................................
Tacoma .............................................................................
2,873.7
1,709.1
1,433.2
275.9
2,927.1
1,747.2
1,463.6
283.6
2,891.4
1,716.8
1,438.6
278.2
2,940.4
1,752.5
1,468.0
284.5
49.0
35.7
29.4
6.3
1.7
2.1
2.0
2.3
1
2
p
Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states.
All of the area is in one or more adjacent states.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current
benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.
Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,
dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.
Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town
Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan
areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their
titles. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are
totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Data reflect
the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry,
replacing NAICS 2002. For more details, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm.
and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01.
areas based on Office of Management
NOTE: Map includes data for 369 metropolitan
(U.S. rate = 5.2 percent)
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,
not seasonally adjusted, March 2008
U.S. average or below
Above U.S. average