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USDL 08-1552
For release: 10:00 A.M. (EDT)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2008
Unemployment rates were higher in September than a year earlier in 349 of the 369 metropolitan
areas, lower in 14 areas, and unchanged in 6 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Ten areas recorded jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, while nine
areas registered rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in September was 6.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 4.5 percent a year earlier.
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
In September, 84 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 7.0 percent, up from 17 areas
a year earlier, while 46 areas posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 133 areas in September 2007.
El Centro, Calif., and neighboring Yuma, Ariz., continued to record the highest unemployment rates,
24.5 and 20.5 percent, respectively. Joblessness in these two areas is typically higher during summer
months due to the effect of extreme heat on agricultural activity. Bismarck, N.D., Casper, Wyo., Logan,
Utah-Idaho, and Sioux Falls, S.D., registered the lowest jobless rates, 2.5 percent each. Overall, 145
areas posted unemployment rates above the U.S. figure of 6.0 percent, 219 areas reported rates below it,
and 5 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the map.)
Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., recorded the largest jobless rate increase from September 2007 (+5.1 percentage points). This area has experienced layoffs in transportation equipment manufacturing for
several months. Rocky Mount, N.C., had the next largest rate increase (+3.9 points), followed closely
by El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz. (+3.8 points each). Seventy-eight additional areas registered
Correction to Data for Montana
Nonfarm payroll employment for August 2008 for the state of Montana published in
table 3 of this news release is different from that originally published on October 21,
2008, in the "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: September 2008"
news release (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/laus_10212008.pdf). Corrected
data were released on October 24, 2008.
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over-the-year unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more, and another 179 areas had
rate increases of 1.0 to 1.9 points. Two Arkansas areas experienced the largest jobless rate decreases
from September 2007: Jonesboro and Hot Springs (-1.0 and -0.8 percentage point, respectively).
Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Riverside-San
Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., reported the highest unemployment rate in September 2008, 9.1 percent, followed by Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., at 8.3 percent. Seven additional large areas posted rates of
7.0 percent or more. Oklahoma City, Okla., registered the lowest jobless rate in September, 3.5 percent,
and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., had the next lowest rate, 4.0 percent.
Forty-seven large areas recorded higher unemployment rates than in September 2007, one reported a
lower rate, and one had no change. The areas with the largest jobless rate increases from a year earlier
were Providence-Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass. (+3.2 percentage points), Riverside-San BernardinoOntario, Calif. (+2.8 points), and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (+2.5 points). Twelve additional large areas posted over-the-year unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or more,
and 28 other areas had rate increases of at least 1.0 point. The only large area to register a jobless rate
decrease from a year earlier was Oklahoma City, Okla. (-0.5 percentage point).
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 September 2008, Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., again registered the highest division jobless rate, 9.6 percent, followed by LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., at 8.5 percent. Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md., continued to report
the lowest unemployment rate among the divisions, 3.4 percent. Nashua, N.H.-Mass., posted the next
lowest rate, 3.9 percent. (See table 2.)
In September, all 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year jobless rate increases. Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., experienced the largest unemployment rate increase (+2.6
percentage points). West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla., registered the next largest
increase (+2.3 percentage points). Two additional divisions reported over-the-year rate increases of
2.0 percentage points or more, and 21 others had increases of at least 1.0 point.
In 6 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 September. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy,
Mass.-N.H., posted the largest rate difference among its divisions, 4.6 percentage points (LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 8.5 percent, compared with Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 3.9 percent).
Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Among the 310 metropolitan areas for which nonfarm payroll data were available in September
2008, 140 areas reported over-the-year employment gains, 164 reported losses, and 6 had no change.
The largest over-the-year employment increase was recorded in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
(+55,700), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+54,300), Washington-ArlingtonAlexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+40,700), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+33,900). The
largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment was reported in Grand Junction, Colo. (+4.2
percent), followed by Laredo, Texas (+3.7 percent), Morgantown, W.Va. (+3.5 percent), McAllenEdinburg-Mission, Texas (+3.3 percent), and Odessa, Texas (+3.0 percent). (See table 3.)
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The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.
(-57,800), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-53,200), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.
(-43,200), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (-33,600), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.
(-32,400), and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (-22,700). The largest over-the-year percentage
decreases in employment were reported in Flint, Mich. (-5.5 percent), Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (-4.1
percent), Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Ariz. (-3.9 percent), Dalton, Ga. (-3.5 percent), Cape Coral-Fort
Myers, Fla. (-3.4 percent), St. George, Utah (-3.3 percent), Hattiesburg, Miss. (-3.2 percent), and
Janesville, Wis., and Naples-Marco Island, Fla. (-3.0 percent each).
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 17 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average
employment levels above 750,000 in 2007. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment were posted in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport
News, Va.-N.C. (+2.2 percent each), San Antonio, Texas (+2.1 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas,
and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+1.9 percent each), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+1.8
percent), and Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C. (+1.6 percent). Among these large areas, 21
reported over-the-year decreases in employment. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in
employment were recorded in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-2.9 percent), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale,
Ariz. (-2.3 percent), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (-1.8 percent), and Riverside-San
Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-1.6 percent).
Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in September 2008 for 32 metropolitan divisions,
which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Fifteen of
the 32 metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment gains while 17 reported losses. The
largest over-the-year employment gain in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving,
Texas (+39,200), followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+35,400),
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+29,700), and New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+23,700).
Of the 17 metropolitan divisions that reported losses, the largest over-the-year employment decrease
occurred in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-33,800), followed by Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif.
(-29,600), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-24,000), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif.
(-23,600), and Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif. (-21,400). (See table 4.)
The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions was
reported in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+2.0 percent), followed by Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
(+1.9 percent), Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+1.7 percent), and Tacoma, Wash., and WashingtonArlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+1.5 percent each). Of the metropolitan divisions that
reported over-the-year declines in employment, the largest decreases were in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn,
Mich. (-4.3 percent), and Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif., Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif., and
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-2.0 percent each).
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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for October is scheduled to be
issued on Friday, November 21. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for
October is scheduled to be issued on Tuesday, December 2.
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Recent Tropical Storms
Hurricane Ike struck the east coast of Texas and portions of coastal Louisiana on
September 13th in the midst of the establishment survey reference period. For the
weather conditions to have affected payroll employment, people would have had to be
off work for the entire pay period and not paid for the time missed. Therefore, it is unlikely the storm had substantial effects on the September state and metropolitan area
employment estimates.
In the Current Population Survey of households, which provides inputs for the
model-based estimation of labor force and unemployment for states and areas included
in this release, people who miss work for weather-related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off.
Hurricane Katrina
For September, 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 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 Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area and 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 September 2008, see
Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita 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 369 metropolitan statistical areas
and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas
(NECTAs), plus 8 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 34
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 LAUS program measures
employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence
basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional
population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are
those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the
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 labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation.
Unemployed persons are those who were not employed
during the reference week (based on the definition above),
had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period
ending with the reference week, and were currently available
for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor
force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The
unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent
of the labor force.
Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District
of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using
time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national
CPS totals. Model-based estimation was extended to the
following areas and their respective balances of state in 2005:
the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division;
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area;
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area;
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division;
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical
Area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan
Division. (Model-based estimation of the New OrleansMetairie-Kenner metropolitan area was suspended following
Hurricane Katrina; the indirect estimation methods described
below will be used for this area until further notice.)
Modeling improves the statistical basis of the estimation for
these areas and provides important tools for analysis, such as
measures of errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all
other substate areas in this release, estimates are prepared
through indirect estimation procedures using a building-block
approach. 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 insurance (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 balanceof-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 model-based estimates reflect updated
population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions
in the other data sources, and model reestimation. All
substate estimates are reestimated and adjusted to add to the
revised model-based 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 surveys, administrative data, and modeling 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 particular estimation
processes used. The sums of individual items may not
always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of
rounding.
Unemployment rates are computed from
unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates
computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables.
Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures 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 metro-
politan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are available
online at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information
on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the
BLS Web site 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. Data
reflect New England City and Town Area (NECTA)
definitions, rather than county-based definitions, in the six
New England States. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available 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 seven substate 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 Internet at http://www.bls.gov/lau/.
Employment data from the CES program are available on the
BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
Information in this release will be made available to
sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:
(202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-8778339.
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
September
August
September
2007
2008p
114.7
2.9
3.0
25.3
3.7
3.2
3.7
2.6
8.0
10.2
9.3
4.4
3.9
3.8
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
4.5
4.4
3.1
4.1
3.9
3.5
5.3
5.2
4.6
4.7
4.9
5.0
5.5
5.7
3.9
5.5
5.4
4.6
3.5
3.5
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.9
4.0
2.7
3.6
3.5
3.0
5.3
5.3
4.5
4.8
5.1
4.9
5.3
5.8
3.9
5.5
5.4
4.5
20.0
10.0
2.2
22.3
11.2
2.5
5.4
5.2
4.5
5.9
5.5
5.2
5.6
5.3
4.7
6.2
5.8
5.3
181.2
3.7
6.6
105.9
5.6
24.9
19.7
119.7
2.4
4.4
68.4
3.6
17.2
13.7
190.9
3.8
6.9
114.4
6.1
27.0
17.4
3.9
3.6
4.7
3.2
3.6
3.7
19.6
5.8
5.1
7.0
5.0
5.5
5.4
22.6
3.9
3.4
4.8
3.3
3.6
3.8
16.7
6.1
5.1
7.3
5.4
5.9
5.7
20.5
73.9
9.0
7.1
2.4
3.2
16.0
3.3
63.0
8.1
6.0
2.0
2.4
13.8
2.9
69.8
8.8
6.9
2.3
3.0
15.3
3.1
62.9
8.1
6.0
2.1
2.4
13.9
2.9
5.4
4.0
5.1
5.6
5.7
4.7
7.5
4.6
3.5
4.3
4.5
4.3
4.0
6.7
5.1
3.9
4.9
5.5
5.3
4.5
6.9
4.6
3.5
4.3
4.7
4.3
4.0
6.5
18,480.1
369.0
106.9
74.1
447.8
60.8
6,582.0
67.4
107.1
240.1
76.5
430.6
87.7
1,827.9
1,073.5
218.2
1,573.8
2,272.6
901.9
138.2
219.5
152.0
269.7
304.5
214.9
196.9
69.8
1,002.6
26.8
6.7
14.7
32.5
4.3
331.0
4.4
8.9
18.9
3.0
22.9
6.0
114.5
57.4
11.4
74.9
104.7
44.1
6.2
9.3
7.2
12.0
23.1
11.8
16.2
5.7
1,420.3
35.1
9.0
21.2
43.3
5.8
498.8
5.9
12.0
25.5
4.1
30.4
8.3
168.1
79.6
14.8
102.5
142.3
59.3
8.6
12.2
9.6
16.4
31.0
15.9
21.0
7.8
985.5
26.3
6.3
14.6
32.1
4.2
326.3
4.2
8.5
18.4
2.9
22.7
5.8
113.1
56.9
10.9
74.7
101.7
43.4
6.0
9.2
6.9
11.7
22.7
11.6
15.9
5.6
1,383.7
34.2
8.7
18.2
42.8
5.6
480.5
5.6
11.7
25.2
4.0
30.1
8.3
165.5
79.5
14.3
100.6
138.6
58.8
8.4
12.2
9.2
15.8
31.0
15.6
21.0
7.8
5.5
7.5
6.4
21.2
7.4
7.3
5.0
6.7
8.7
8.0
4.0
5.4
7.0
6.4
5.4
5.2
4.8
4.7
5.0
4.5
4.2
4.8
4.6
7.8
5.6
8.2
8.0
7.7
9.5
8.4
27.7
9.7
9.4
7.6
8.9
11.2
10.5
5.3
7.1
9.6
9.2
7.4
6.7
6.5
6.2
6.5
6.2
5.5
6.2
6.1
10.2
7.4
10.6
11.1
5.4
7.4
6.1
20.7
7.3
7.1
5.0
6.3
8.3
7.9
3.9
5.3
6.8
6.3
5.4
5.0
4.8
4.5
4.9
4.4
4.3
4.6
4.4
7.6
5.4
8.1
7.9
7.5
9.3
8.1
24.5
9.6
9.3
7.3
8.4
10.9
10.5
5.2
7.0
9.5
9.1
7.4
6.6
6.4
6.1
6.5
6.1
5.6
6.1
5.8
10.2
7.3
10.6
11.2
2,740.0
178.2
318.6
1,395.7
179.8
80.6
121.8
73.5
2,762.1
178.9
316.5
1,401.5
180.0
83.1
124.2
74.3
100.9
5.9
13.5
52.7
5.8
2.5
4.8
3.4
143.1
8.1
19.2
75.7
7.9
3.4
6.6
4.9
103.1
5.9
13.8
54.4
5.8
2.5
4.8
3.4
136.1
7.6
18.4
72.7
7.4
3.2
6.3
4.6
3.7
3.4
4.2
3.8
3.3
3.1
4.0
4.7
5.2
4.6
6.0
5.4
4.4
4.1
5.3
6.6
3.8
3.3
4.3
3.9
3.2
3.1
4.0
4.6
4.9
4.2
5.8
5.2
4.1
3.8
5.1
6.2
1,862.3
473.9
91.7
584.5
310.4
151.9
100.9
1,886.7
480.9
93.0
595.7
312.7
153.1
102.2
85.9
20.2
3.4
27.8
15.3
6.5
6.0
123.3
29.3
4.9
39.7
21.5
9.9
8.7
83.2
19.4
3.2
26.7
14.8
6.3
5.8
111.6
26.6
4.3
35.7
19.3
9.1
7.8
4.6
4.2
3.6
4.7
4.9
4.2
5.9
6.5
6.0
5.2
6.6
6.8
6.3
8.4
4.5
4.1
3.5
4.6
4.8
4.1
5.8
5.9
5.5
4.6
6.0
6.2
6.0
7.6
2007
Alabama ...............................................................
Anniston-Oxford ................................................
Auburn-Opelika .................................................
Birmingham-Hoover ..........................................
Decatur .............................................................
Dothan ..............................................................
Florence-Muscle Shoals ...................................
Gadsden ...........................................................
Huntsville ..........................................................
Mobile ...............................................................
Montgomery ......................................................
Tuscaloosa .......................................................
2,183.4
54.5
66.3
536.9
72.7
66.2
69.2
45.5
202.5
184.5
172.6
99.1
2,186.0
55.0
66.7
536.7
73.0
65.7
69.5
45.2
205.6
186.3
173.8
99.0
2,187.4
54.9
66.7
536.8
73.5
66.6
69.3
45.6
203.0
184.9
172.0
99.3
2,169.0
54.7
66.3
532.0
72.8
65.0
68.9
45.0
204.2
184.9
172.7
98.2
86.1
2.1
2.4
19.2
2.6
2.4
3.1
2.0
6.3
7.5
6.7
3.5
116.0
2.9
3.0
25.4
3.6
3.3
3.8
2.6
8.0
10.3
9.4
4.6
77.0
1.9
2.1
17.1
2.3
2.2
2.7
1.8
5.5
6.6
6.0
3.0
Alaska ..................................................................
Anchorage ........................................................
Fairbanks ..........................................................
356.8
186.1
45.9
366.6
193.7
46.7
354.4
189.5
45.5
360.9
193.3
46.4
19.3
9.6
2.1
21.7
10.7
2.4
Arizona ................................................................
Flagstaff ............................................................
Lake Havasu City-Kingman ..............................
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale .................................
Prescott ............................................................
Tucson ..............................................................
Yuma ................................................................
3,020.9
70.5
92.2
2,047.5
98.9
448.4
82.0
3,105.8
73.7
93.6
2,098.8
102.0
464.0
86.8
3,047.4
71.8
92.0
2,061.9
100.0
457.3
81.9
3,142.5
74.0
94.4
2,124.8
103.1
473.5
84.7
118.9
2.5
4.3
65.9
3.5
16.5
16.1
Arkansas .............................................................
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................
Fort Smith .........................................................
Hot Springs .......................................................
Jonesboro .........................................................
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ...............
Pine Bluff ..........................................................
1,367.7
228.8
140.6
43.0
56.4
342.1
44.5
1,380.2
231.3
139.4
45.1
57.3
345.6
44.3
1,373.2
229.0
140.3
42.6
57.2
339.2
44.7
1,381.6
232.2
139.7
45.0
56.3
345.7
44.8
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 ..........................................................
18,242.9
355.2
103.7
69.4
437.0
59.8
6,567.4
65.5
102.8
235.5
75.0
428.3
85.1
1,782.1
1,057.2
217.6
1,546.4
2,235.3
883.5
136.2
218.2
150.2
260.6
297.7
212.7
197.1
71.6
18,530.5
368.1
107.4
76.5
447.6
61.6
6,598.9
66.9
107.8
242.9
76.3
428.7
87.3
1,828.0
1,077.3
220.5
1,581.1
2,278.5
906.1
137.7
220.8
153.9
268.2
304.9
215.6
198.7
70.6
18,262.0
357.7
103.6
70.4
437.2
59.4
6,582.3
66.6
103.0
233.7
75.4
429.6
85.2
1,788.8
1,055.3
216.2
1,543.9
2,236.7
881.1
136.8
216.2
149.1
264.8
298.2
213.0
196.8
71.3
Colorado ..............................................................
Boulder .............................................................
Colorado Springs ..............................................
Denver-Aurora ..................................................
Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................
Grand Junction .................................................
Greeley .............................................................
Pueblo ..............................................................
2,722.8
174.3
317.2
1,385.4
176.8
79.9
119.9
72.6
2,767.0
176.6
318.0
1,402.3
178.4
83.1
123.5
74.0
Connecticut .........................................................
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ...........................
Danbury ............................................................
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ...............
New Haven .......................................................
Norwich-New London .......................................
Waterbury .........................................................
1,883.5
483.2
93.5
589.3
312.1
155.9
100.9
1,912.0
489.3
94.7
601.9
315.5
157.3
103.4
See footnotes at end of table.
September
2008
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008p
August
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
2007
September
2008
2007
2008p
August
2007
September
2008
2007
2008p
August
September
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Delaware ..............................................................
Dover ................................................................
442.0
73.9
449.7
75.4
438.9
73.7
441.9
73.9
14.1
2.4
22.0
3.9
14.0
2.3
20.9
3.4
3.2
3.3
4.9
5.2
3.2
3.1
4.7
4.6
District of Columbia ...........................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria .....................
327.8
2,987.4
337.3
3,054.7
325.4
2,982.6
331.7
3,014.8
18.8
91.7
23.5
124.6
19.3
90.2
23.7
119.4
5.7
3.1
7.0
4.1
5.9
3.0
7.1
4.0
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 ....................
9,162.6
330.9
283.1
249.8
99.7
133.1
671.4
269.3
2,826.3
148.4
135.5
1,101.1
263.1
30.8
87.8
212.1
185.3
67.5
60.2
184.3
1,347.4
9,388.9
334.2
284.9
258.0
100.6
138.2
687.7
273.3
2,888.4
149.8
140.6
1,135.7
270.7
32.0
88.4
216.9
193.6
68.8
61.8
187.7
1,371.0
9,206.8
333.3
283.9
251.7
98.7
137.3
674.4
271.6
2,833.7
149.1
136.5
1,107.1
263.9
30.9
87.7
212.7
187.0
68.0
60.4
189.0
1,352.2
9,367.2
335.1
284.6
256.9
99.6
141.3
689.0
272.8
2,875.1
149.7
140.9
1,130.8
269.7
31.8
87.7
216.8
193.7
69.1
61.2
191.0
1,363.9
405.6
15.2
15.0
11.2
3.1
4.3
28.5
14.0
119.1
8.4
6.9
45.3
12.2
2.1
3.2
8.5
11.5
4.0
4.3
6.4
60.2
643.7
24.5
25.8
18.7
4.8
6.7
45.7
21.5
185.8
12.7
12.0
72.8
19.7
3.3
4.8
13.2
17.9
6.4
6.2
9.9
95.9
409.5
16.1
16.2
11.2
3.0
4.1
27.3
14.1
119.8
8.8
6.9
45.9
12.4
2.2
3.2
8.2
11.9
4.3
4.4
6.2
61.1
638.1
25.1
26.2
18.5
4.8
6.4
43.6
21.4
182.6
12.5
12.0
72.7
19.5
3.3
4.9
13.0
18.0
6.6
6.2
9.6
96.0
4.4
4.6
5.3
4.5
3.1
3.3
4.2
5.2
4.2
5.7
5.1
4.1
4.7
6.8
3.6
4.0
6.2
5.8
7.1
3.5
4.5
6.9
7.3
9.1
7.3
4.8
4.9
6.7
7.9
6.4
8.5
8.6
6.4
7.3
10.4
5.5
6.1
9.2
9.2
10.1
5.3
7.0
4.4
4.8
5.7
4.5
3.0
3.0
4.1
5.2
4.2
5.9
5.0
4.1
4.7
7.0
3.7
3.9
6.4
6.3
7.3
3.3
4.5
6.8
7.5
9.2
7.2
4.8
4.6
6.3
7.9
6.3
8.4
8.5
6.4
7.2
10.3
5.6
6.0
9.3
9.5
10.1
5.0
7.0
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 ..................................................
4,802.9
75.6
105.1
2,727.8
255.1
53.5
128.4
67.6
90.4
30.3
111.0
49.0
178.0
68.0
68.0
4,918.3
76.7
108.9
2,793.6
259.6
54.3
130.3
68.3
93.2
31.3
114.0
50.5
182.8
69.0
69.6
4,826.8
76.1
106.5
2,736.7
256.7
53.2
128.4
68.2
90.7
30.2
111.3
49.2
178.6
68.4
68.4
4,881.4
76.1
108.3
2,768.4
257.4
53.7
129.6
67.7
92.2
31.3
113.3
49.9
181.6
68.2
68.6
216.7
3.9
4.1
119.5
14.7
2.0
6.8
3.0
3.1
1.5
5.5
2.3
7.0
2.7
2.6
311.5
5.1
6.0
174.2
17.2
3.1
8.7
4.6
5.1
2.1
7.4
3.4
10.6
4.0
3.8
218.9
4.0
4.2
120.7
14.3
2.1
6.7
3.3
3.2
1.5
5.5
2.3
6.9
2.8
2.6
320.7
5.2
6.1
179.0
16.7
3.2
8.9
5.0
5.3
2.1
7.7
3.4
10.4
4.1
3.8
4.5
5.1
3.9
4.4
5.8
3.7
5.3
4.5
3.5
5.1
4.9
4.8
3.9
4.0
3.8
6.3
6.6
5.5
6.2
6.6
5.6
6.7
6.7
5.4
6.6
6.5
6.7
5.8
5.7
5.4
4.5
5.3
3.9
4.4
5.6
3.9
5.2
4.8
3.6
5.1
4.9
4.7
3.9
4.0
3.9
6.6
6.9
5.6
6.5
6.5
5.9
6.9
7.5
5.8
6.7
6.8
6.8
5.7
6.1
5.5
Hawaii ..................................................................
Honolulu ...........................................................
641.7
442.9
663.6
456.8
645.0
447.6
663.6
458.1
17.5
11.3
28.6
17.6
19.0
12.0
31.5
19.3
2.7
2.5
4.3
3.9
3.0
2.7
4.7
4.2
Idaho ....................................................................
Boise City-Nampa .............................................
Coeur d’Alene ...................................................
Idaho Falls ........................................................
Lewiston ...........................................................
Pocatello ...........................................................
757.1
295.7
71.1
62.0
28.7
43.6
759.7
292.7
71.1
63.7
28.2
43.2
756.3
293.7
70.5
62.2
29.0
44.4
758.0
291.5
70.5
63.9
28.3
43.7
17.7
7.3
1.5
1.1
0.9
1.3
31.7
13.6
3.1
1.9
1.4
1.8
15.1
6.3
1.4
0.9
0.8
0.9
32.3
14.1
3.2
2.1
1.3
1.8
2.3
2.5
2.1
1.7
3.1
2.9
4.2
4.6
4.4
3.0
4.8
4.2
2.0
2.2
2.0
1.5
2.6
2.0
4.3
4.8
4.5
3.3
4.5
4.2
Illinois ..................................................................
Bloomington-Normal .........................................
Champaign-Urbana ..........................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ..................................
Danville .............................................................
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island .........................
Decatur .............................................................
Kankakee-Bradley ............................................
Peoria ...............................................................
Rockford ...........................................................
Springfield .........................................................
6,717.4
90.3
118.3
4,910.9
38.1
209.4
55.8
56.6
205.5
178.0
119.3
6,761.4
91.0
118.6
4,960.3
38.5
210.9
56.2
57.4
207.9
180.4
118.9
6,715.5
92.5
124.7
4,896.1
38.4
207.3
55.7
56.3
205.7
178.3
115.8
6,691.6
92.3
123.4
4,900.8
38.4
208.2
55.6
56.9
206.8
179.1
115.8
350.4
3.8
5.8
245.5
2.7
8.9
3.6
3.7
9.9
11.3
5.9
490.0
5.3
7.9
349.5
3.4
11.6
4.6
5.2
13.0
17.1
7.9
328.8
3.5
5.6
231.8
2.4
9.1
3.2
3.5
9.1
10.3
5.3
436.7
4.7
7.0
308.3
3.2
10.6
4.1
4.8
11.7
15.7
7.1
5.2
4.3
4.9
5.0
7.1
4.3
6.5
6.6
4.8
6.4
5.0
7.2
5.8
6.6
7.0
8.9
5.5
8.3
9.1
6.2
9.5
6.6
4.9
3.8
4.5
4.7
6.4
4.4
5.7
6.2
4.4
5.8
4.6
6.5
5.1
5.7
6.3
8.4
5.1
7.4
8.5
5.7
8.8
6.1
Indiana .................................................................
Anderson ..........................................................
Bloomington ......................................................
Columbus .........................................................
Elkhart-Goshen .................................................
Evansville .........................................................
Fort Wayne .......................................................
Indianapolis-Carmel ..........................................
Kokomo ............................................................
Lafayette ...........................................................
Michigan City-La Porte .....................................
Muncie ..............................................................
South Bend-Mishawaka ....................................
3,208.0
60.5
91.9
38.5
101.9
182.1
211.8
901.4
45.2
94.7
52.3
54.8
158.5
3,268.6
60.8
96.5
39.4
103.6
183.6
215.5
916.8
45.4
94.6
53.6
55.5
159.4
3,204.5
60.2
96.7
38.2
101.2
181.5
212.2
894.4
45.4
96.0
52.4
55.8
160.6
3,251.5
60.6
97.9
39.1
102.8
182.5
215.0
911.2
44.7
97.1
53.3
56.4
160.4
143.4
3.9
3.6
1.3
4.5
8.2
10.1
36.1
2.2
3.6
2.5
2.8
7.7
205.7
4.6
4.9
2.1
9.2
10.2
13.5
50.8
3.8
4.8
3.3
4.0
11.4
132.4
3.4
3.3
1.2
4.3
7.6
9.3
33.3
2.8
3.4
2.3
2.6
7.3
189.0
4.1
4.4
1.8
9.5
9.2
12.4
46.4
3.4
4.5
3.0
3.7
10.8
4.5
6.4
4.0
3.4
4.4
4.5
4.8
4.0
4.9
3.8
4.8
5.2
4.9
6.3
7.6
5.1
5.3
8.9
5.6
6.2
5.5
8.3
5.1
6.2
7.2
7.1
4.1
5.6
3.4
3.2
4.2
4.2
4.4
3.7
6.1
3.5
4.4
4.6
4.6
5.8
6.7
4.5
4.5
9.3
5.1
5.7
5.1
7.6
4.7
5.6
6.6
6.8
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
2007
September
2008
2007
2008p
August
2007
September
2008
2007
August
2008p
September
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Indiana—Continued
Terre Haute ......................................................
79.1
79.5
79.5
79.6
4.3
5.8
3.7
5.0
5.4
7.3
4.7
6.3
Iowa ......................................................................
Ames ................................................................
Cedar Rapids ....................................................
Des Moines-West Des Moines .........................
Dubuque ...........................................................
Iowa City ...........................................................
Sioux City .........................................................
Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................
1,652.4
46.9
140.9
310.8
51.3
88.4
76.6
91.8
1,683.6
47.2
145.2
316.4
52.1
89.8
76.3
93.6
1,665.0
48.6
142.5
310.4
52.2
90.3
76.5
94.3
1,684.3
49.0
145.8
314.9
52.4
90.6
75.8
95.6
58.8
1.3
5.2
10.4
1.9
2.6
2.7
3.2
71.2
1.6
6.5
12.6
2.1
3.1
3.0
3.8
59.2
1.3
5.3
10.7
1.9
2.5
2.6
3.3
65.4
1.3
5.7
11.6
2.0
2.6
2.7
3.5
3.6
2.8
3.7
3.3
3.7
2.9
3.5
3.5
4.2
3.3
4.5
4.0
4.1
3.4
3.9
4.0
3.6
2.7
3.7
3.4
3.6
2.8
3.4
3.5
3.9
2.7
3.9
3.7
3.7
2.8
3.5
3.7
Kansas .................................................................
Lawrence ..........................................................
Topeka ..............................................................
Wichita ..............................................................
1,469.2
60.3
119.5
311.5
1,493.2
61.2
122.6
313.0
1,475.5
62.5
119.7
311.8
1,495.9
62.9
121.9
314.5
59.7
2.1
5.4
12.4
70.0
2.5
6.4
14.3
58.6
2.1
5.3
12.2
72.1
2.6
6.7
14.8
4.1
3.5
4.5
4.0
4.7
4.1
5.2
4.6
4.0
3.4
4.4
3.9
4.8
4.2
5.5
4.7
Kentucky .............................................................
Bowling Green ..................................................
Elizabethtown ...................................................
Lexington-Fayette .............................................
Louisville-Jefferson County ..............................
Owensboro .......................................................
2,035.6
62.7
54.3
235.9
626.8
56.2
2,045.7
63.7
53.8
237.1
634.5
56.2
2,043.9
63.9
54.8
236.8
629.3
56.7
2,045.6
64.5
53.9
237.3
633.5
56.0
104.2
2.6
2.5
9.4
29.4
2.7
133.3
3.4
3.6
12.5
42.1
3.7
103.6
2.7
2.6
9.7
29.0
2.7
136.9
3.5
3.6
12.8
44.1
3.5
5.1
4.1
4.6
4.0
4.7
4.8
6.5
5.3
6.6
5.3
6.6
6.6
5.1
4.3
4.8
4.1
4.6
4.8
6.7
5.5
6.7
5.4
7.0
6.3
Louisiana .............................................................
Alexandria .........................................................
Baton Rouge .....................................................
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux .......................
Lafayette ...........................................................
Lake Charles ....................................................
Monroe .............................................................
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ..........................
Shreveport-Bossier City ....................................
1,999.7
68.2
364.0
101.8
132.6
93.7
80.6
507.4
176.9
2,063.2
68.6
371.7
105.0
135.6
95.3
81.6
528.8
186.9
2,001.7
68.0
363.7
101.9
131.6
92.8
80.9
505.2
179.9
2,052.4
67.5
373.0
104.1
134.2
94.2
80.6
527.7
184.2
80.7
2.8
14.7
2.8
3.9
3.8
4.0
18.4
8.4
102.7
3.4
18.4
3.4
4.7
4.5
4.7
24.9
10.6
77.6
2.6
14.0
2.8
3.8
3.6
3.7
17.9
8.0
106.9
3.0
20.0
5.9
4.5
4.2
4.2
27.8
9.6
4.0
4.1
4.0
2.8
2.9
4.0
4.9
3.6
4.7
5.0
5.0
5.0
3.2
3.5
4.7
5.7
4.7
5.7
3.9
3.9
3.9
2.7
2.9
3.9
4.5
3.5
4.5
5.2
4.5
5.4
5.6
3.3
4.4
5.2
5.3
5.2
Maine ...................................................................
Bangor ..............................................................
Lewiston-Auburn ...............................................
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ...................
717.1
69.5
57.5
210.2
726.6
71.1
58.2
212.0
705.0
70.1
57.1
205.2
710.7
71.4
57.7
206.9
28.8
3.0
2.4
6.7
34.1
3.5
3.0
7.7
30.2
3.1
2.6
7.1
35.1
3.6
3.0
8.3
4.0
4.3
4.2
3.2
4.7
5.0
5.1
3.6
4.3
4.4
4.5
3.5
4.9
5.1
5.3
4.0
Maryland ..............................................................
Baltimore-Towson .............................................
Cumberland ......................................................
Hagerstown-Martinsburg ..................................
Salisbury ...........................................................
2,985.1
1,399.6
48.2
120.5
64.2
3,038.9
1,418.1
48.9
122.7
65.8
2,979.0
1,396.6
48.4
120.6
63.8
2,992.5
1,400.2
48.8
121.8
65.0
105.9
52.8
2.3
5.2
2.4
135.7
67.9
2.5
6.2
3.3
102.7
50.5
2.1
4.9
2.4
133.6
66.2
2.4
6.1
3.5
3.5
3.8
4.8
4.3
3.8
4.5
4.8
5.2
5.1
5.1
3.4
3.6
4.4
4.1
3.8
4.5
4.7
5.0
5.0
5.4
Massachusetts ....................................................
Barnstable Town ...............................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ...............................
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner .........................
New Bedford .....................................................
Pittsfield ............................................................
Springfield .........................................................
Worcester .........................................................
3,434.0
149.0
2,492.3
71.7
83.5
40.3
339.7
290.1
3,456.2
148.6
2,520.6
72.0
83.6
40.3
340.6
289.7
3,393.3
137.4
2,469.5
71.4
83.6
38.5
341.2
288.7
3,397.0
136.9
2,483.7
71.0
83.3
38.4
340.3
286.1
145.3
5.1
98.1
4.1
4.8
1.5
16.7
13.6
175.3
6.3
119.6
4.8
5.9
1.8
20.1
16.2
148.7
5.5
101.4
3.9
4.8
1.5
16.8
13.7
181.0
6.8
123.6
4.8
6.3
1.9
19.9
16.5
4.2
3.4
3.9
5.7
5.7
3.7
4.9
4.7
5.1
4.3
4.7
6.7
7.0
4.4
5.9
5.6
4.4
4.0
4.1
5.5
5.7
4.0
4.9
4.8
5.3
5.0
5.0
6.7
7.5
4.9
5.9
5.8
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 ...................
5,032.7
186.8
70.0
55.4
2,152.4
205.5
412.6
136.7
76.9
176.5
244.8
76.8
90.8
82.8
96.1
4,983.8
183.8
68.1
54.5
2,153.5
198.1
408.0
134.2
75.3
173.9
239.6
76.3
90.4
81.0
93.4
5,008.6
188.2
69.2
54.9
2,138.1
205.1
411.6
137.1
76.6
176.6
248.9
76.6
90.5
81.1
96.0
4,917.9
181.9
67.2
53.5
2,121.8
195.1
403.8
133.0
74.4
172.7
240.4
75.2
89.1
80.3
92.5
349.7
9.2
4.6
3.4
168.6
16.1
23.7
7.2
5.7
9.4
13.7
5.0
6.4
5.1
6.5
421.0
11.8
5.5
4.2
190.2
20.9
30.0
9.6
6.9
12.3
17.1
7.6
8.2
6.7
8.0
348.0
9.3
4.6
3.4
166.4
16.4
23.8
7.5
5.7
9.6
14.0
4.7
6.4
5.1
6.6
406.1
11.8
5.5
4.2
175.5
21.1
30.0
9.6
6.9
12.5
17.1
7.1
8.2
6.8
8.2
6.9
4.9
6.5
6.1
7.8
7.9
5.8
5.3
7.5
5.3
5.6
6.5
7.1
6.1
6.7
8.4
6.4
8.0
7.7
8.8
10.5
7.4
7.2
9.2
7.1
7.1
10.0
9.1
8.3
8.5
6.9
4.9
6.7
6.3
7.8
8.0
5.8
5.5
7.4
5.4
5.6
6.1
7.1
6.3
6.9
8.3
6.5
8.2
7.8
8.3
10.8
7.4
7.2
9.3
7.2
7.1
9.5
9.2
8.4
8.9
Minnesota ............................................................
Duluth ...............................................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ...................
Rochester .........................................................
St. Cloud ...........................................................
2,942.4
144.4
1,858.3
105.7
106.6
2,960.9
145.5
1,864.0
106.1
106.6
2,936.3
145.8
1,852.4
105.0
106.7
2,942.2
146.1
1,845.7
105.1
106.9
124.1
7.3
76.8
3.8
4.3
170.8
9.5
105.2
5.0
6.1
133.4
7.5
83.7
4.1
4.6
168.6
9.0
105.3
5.0
6.0
4.2
5.1
4.1
3.6
4.0
5.8
6.5
5.6
4.7
5.7
4.5
5.1
4.5
3.9
4.3
5.7
6.2
5.7
4.7
5.6
Mississippi ..........................................................
Gulfport-Biloxi ...................................................
Hattiesburg .......................................................
1,304.6
112.9
66.1
1,327.1
114.0
65.8
1,314.9
112.9
66.7
1,319.1
112.9
65.5
79.8
5.6
3.3
102.2
7.1
4.4
79.8
5.7
3.2
97.9
6.9
4.2
6.1
4.9
4.9
7.7
6.3
6.6
6.1
5.0
4.9
7.4
6.1
6.4
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
2007
September
2008
2007
2008p
August
2007
September
2008
2007
2008p
August
September
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Mississippi—Continued
Jackson ............................................................
Pascagoula .......................................................
259.8
69.2
262.6
71.3
259.1
69.3
260.0
70.8
13.0
3.9
16.6
5.2
13.2
3.8
16.1
5.0
5.0
5.6
6.3
7.2
5.1
5.5
6.2
7.0
Missouri ...............................................................
Columbia ..........................................................
Jefferson City ....................................................
Joplin ................................................................
Kansas City ......................................................
St. Joseph .........................................................
St. Louis1 ..........................................................
Springfield .........................................................
3,026.2
90.5
77.4
83.9
1,047.5
68.0
1,454.1
219.9
3,013.2
90.2
76.6
83.0
1,046.3
67.2
1,437.5
220.3
3,025.8
92.5
77.1
84.2
1,037.6
67.6
1,447.3
221.3
2,992.3
91.8
76.0
83.6
1,036.2
66.9
1,428.3
219.8
158.3
3.5
3.5
4.0
52.8
3.0
82.0
9.1
197.5
4.2
4.3
4.8
65.4
3.6
104.2
11.8
155.8
3.6
3.2
4.0
52.7
3.0
78.2
9.6
186.2
4.1
3.9
4.5
63.4
3.5
96.9
11.7
5.2
3.9
4.5
4.8
5.0
4.5
5.6
4.2
6.6
4.7
5.6
5.8
6.3
5.4
7.3
5.4
5.1
3.9
4.2
4.7
5.1
4.4
5.4
4.3
6.2
4.5
5.1
5.4
6.1
5.3
6.8
5.3
Montana ...............................................................
Billings ..............................................................
Great Falls ........................................................
Missoula ...........................................................
508.7
88.6
39.3
59.8
513.4
88.1
40.0
58.5
500.5
86.0
39.2
58.3
505.8
87.0
39.8
58.1
13.2
1.8
1.0
1.5
19.4
2.8
1.5
2.2
12.0
1.7
1.0
1.4
19.3
2.7
1.5
2.2
2.6
2.1
2.6
2.5
3.8
3.2
3.7
3.8
2.4
1.9
2.5
2.4
3.8
3.1
3.8
3.8
Nebraska .............................................................
Lincoln ..............................................................
Omaha-Council Bluffs .......................................
983.4
167.1
449.6
999.5
169.2
454.3
979.3
167.2
446.1
990.8
168.9
449.6
28.7
4.6
14.7
32.6
5.1
16.4
27.1
4.3
14.0
31.4
5.1
15.7
2.9
2.7
3.3
3.3
3.0
3.6
2.8
2.6
3.1
3.2
3.0
3.5
Nevada .................................................................
Carson City .......................................................
Las Vegas-Paradise .........................................
Reno-Sparks .....................................................
1,335.8
28.5
950.9
227.2
1,407.2
29.9
1,003.1
235.3
1,346.3
28.7
958.1
229.3
1,411.8
30.0
1,006.5
236.2
64.8
1.4
47.3
9.8
97.6
2.0
70.9
15.6
66.8
1.4
48.7
10.2
102.2
2.2
74.2
16.3
4.9
4.9
5.0
4.3
6.9
6.8
7.1
6.6
5.0
5.0
5.1
4.5
7.2
7.3
7.4
6.9
New Hampshire ...................................................
Manchester .......................................................
Portsmouth .......................................................
Rochester-Dover ..............................................
745.6
107.0
45.5
81.4
754.4
108.0
46.3
83.7
735.4
106.9
44.9
82.0
741.7
107.6
45.3
83.4
24.9
3.6
1.3
2.7
30.8
4.5
1.7
3.4
23.2
3.3
1.4
2.6
28.7
4.4
1.6
3.0
3.3
3.4
3.0
3.3
4.1
4.2
3.7
4.0
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.9
4.0
3.5
3.6
New Jersey ..........................................................
Atlantic City-Hammonton ..................................
Ocean City ........................................................
Trenton-Ewing ..................................................
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ..............................
4,475.2
139.0
68.2
195.8
67.1
4,563.1
142.1
69.6
199.4
69.5
4,441.6
136.1
60.6
194.7
67.8
4,511.4
139.1
61.9
197.3
69.5
182.5
7.2
2.4
7.2
4.0
262.1
9.5
3.4
10.6
5.7
180.6
7.3
2.5
7.2
4.0
251.3
9.5
3.4
10.0
5.6
4.1
5.2
3.6
3.7
6.0
5.7
6.7
4.8
5.3
8.2
4.1
5.4
4.1
3.7
5.8
5.6
6.8
5.5
5.1
8.0
New Mexico .........................................................
Albuquerque .....................................................
Farmington .......................................................
Las Cruces .......................................................
Santa Fe ...........................................................
940.5
404.9
55.9
86.7
79.9
961.1
411.1
58.4
89.5
80.7
943.6
405.8
57.1
87.8
79.5
956.7
409.5
58.6
89.9
79.7
32.4
14.2
1.9
3.1
2.2
45.0
19.9
2.6
4.2
3.2
31.2
13.9
1.7
3.0
2.1
36.6
16.7
2.0
3.4
2.6
3.4
3.5
3.3
3.5
2.7
4.7
4.8
4.5
4.7
4.0
3.3
3.4
2.9
3.4
2.7
3.8
4.1
3.4
3.8
3.3
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 .......................................................
9,599.0
458.7
122.5
580.8
41.2
71.5
52.9
91.8
9,361.7
3,861.3
328.1
533.6
331.6
144.3
9,705.2
461.3
123.0
587.7
41.3
71.4
53.4
92.8
9,507.8
3,917.3
332.0
530.6
334.4
144.8
9,481.9
450.4
122.4
574.3
41.0
67.3
55.8
90.8
9,281.9
3,841.6
322.1
524.9
327.7
139.6
9,598.8
454.3
123.3
582.4
41.5
68.2
56.3
91.6
9,414.0
3,897.0
326.5
525.5
332.1
141.5
431.6
17.1
4.9
25.9
1.7
2.5
1.8
4.0
420.0
205.3
12.9
22.1
13.0
5.3
542.6
23.0
6.8
35.2
2.3
3.5
2.5
5.3
535.5
229.8
18.1
30.1
18.9
7.6
423.4
17.3
5.0
25.6
1.8
2.5
1.9
3.9
408.0
193.8
13.4
22.6
13.5
5.5
542.2
23.6
7.0
35.3
2.4
3.7
2.5
5.4
521.2
224.1
18.8
31.2
19.5
7.9
4.5
3.7
4.0
4.5
4.2
3.5
3.4
4.3
4.5
5.3
3.9
4.1
3.9
3.7
5.6
5.0
5.5
6.0
5.7
4.8
4.7
5.7
5.6
5.9
5.4
5.7
5.6
5.2
4.5
3.8
4.1
4.5
4.3
3.7
3.3
4.3
4.4
5.0
4.2
4.3
4.1
4.0
5.6
5.2
5.7
6.1
5.9
5.4
4.5
5.8
5.5
5.7
5.7
5.9
5.9
5.6
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 .................................................
4,525.2
205.1
70.1
840.3
255.6
145.4
52.0
363.7
87.3
172.1
59.4
544.9
69.2
176.9
233.4
4,592.1
207.6
69.8
856.5
257.2
146.9
53.6
366.6
89.2
171.5
62.1
553.4
71.1
180.3
240.4
4,529.0
207.0
69.7
840.3
256.4
146.7
52.2
363.1
87.8
171.9
59.4
544.4
69.0
176.6
234.7
4,573.6
207.3
69.7
853.5
256.6
147.8
53.5
364.5
88.8
170.9
62.0
549.8
70.3
178.3
238.5
210.6
7.0
3.6
40.7
9.9
7.7
2.4
17.8
4.6
10.1
2.5
19.3
4.3
6.8
10.6
312.0
11.4
5.1
60.8
14.0
10.3
3.6
26.1
6.6
14.4
3.7
29.8
7.0
10.9
15.8
198.0
6.9
3.2
38.6
9.3
7.2
2.3
16.5
4.1
9.4
2.4
18.6
3.9
6.6
10.0
300.3
10.8
4.9
58.2
13.4
10.0
3.4
25.0
6.2
13.9
3.6
28.9
6.7
10.7
15.1
4.7
3.4
5.1
4.8
3.9
5.3
4.6
4.9
5.2
5.9
4.3
3.5
6.3
3.9
4.5
6.8
5.5
7.4
7.1
5.4
7.0
6.7
7.1
7.4
8.4
5.9
5.4
9.9
6.1
6.6
4.4
3.3
4.6
4.6
3.6
4.9
4.4
4.5
4.7
5.5
4.0
3.4
5.7
3.7
4.3
6.6
5.2
7.1
6.8
5.2
6.7
6.3
6.9
7.0
8.1
5.8
5.3
9.6
6.0
6.3
North Dakota .......................................................
Bismarck ...........................................................
Fargo ................................................................
Grand Forks ......................................................
373.1
64.0
121.0
55.4
381.3
65.7
122.7
57.1
367.7
61.9
119.9
56.5
374.5
63.6
121.4
57.8
11.0
1.7
3.1
1.8
12.4
1.9
3.8
2.3
9.3
1.4
2.9
1.6
10.7
1.6
3.4
1.9
3.0
2.6
2.5
3.3
3.2
2.8
3.1
4.1
2.5
2.2
2.4
2.8
2.8
2.5
2.8
3.4
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
September
August
September
2007
2008p
416.2
25.8
14.9
70.8
75.2
58.9
32.0
4.1
5.0
3.5
5.0
26.5
3.6
21.2
5.5
5.2
5.6
5.0
6.0
4.8
5.8
6.1
6.2
5.2
6.1
5.9
6.2
6.0
7.1
6.7
7.3
6.4
7.4
6.2
7.5
7.8
7.6
6.7
7.5
8.7
6.6
7.8
5.5
5.2
5.7
5.0
5.9
4.8
5.8
6.1
6.3
5.3
5.8
5.9
5.7
5.9
6.9
6.6
7.2
6.3
6.9
6.1
7.5
7.8
8.1
8.0
7.1
7.8
6.4
7.5
70.3
1.9
23.0
17.5
61.8
1.6
19.9
15.6
4.2
4.0
4.2
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.8
3.8
4.1
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.5
3.4
3.5
3.6
122.0
5.9
2.0
12.0
8.0
71.3
12.0
92.1
3.8
1.6
8.7
5.2
53.1
9.1
115.1
5.9
1.8
12.2
7.1
65.3
10.9
5.0
4.6
4.4
5.2
5.6
5.0
5.1
6.2
6.8
4.7
6.6
7.6
6.1
6.0
4.8
4.5
3.9
4.9
5.0
4.6
4.7
5.9
6.8
4.2
6.7
6.7
5.6
5.5
275.1
17.8
2.6
6.5
10.3
3.8
9.3
2.4
127.0
53.3
8.4
13.5
2.5
2.7
8.5
377.9
25.7
3.6
8.3
14.7
4.9
12.8
3.4
177.7
69.1
11.9
18.8
3.4
3.6
12.2
254.6
16.8
2.4
6.1
9.4
3.3
8.4
2.3
122.5
47.3
7.9
12.2
2.2
2.5
7.7
336.7
23.1
3.3
7.3
13.2
4.0
11.6
3.0
165.2
60.4
11.0
16.7
3.1
3.3
10.8
4.3
4.3
3.9
4.6
3.6
5.6
3.4
3.4
4.3
4.4
4.2
4.8
3.4
4.6
3.8
5.8
6.1
5.4
5.8
5.0
7.0
4.6
4.5
5.9
5.6
5.8
6.6
4.6
6.0
5.3
4.1
4.1
3.8
4.3
3.3
4.9
3.2
3.1
4.2
3.9
3.9
4.4
3.0
4.3
3.4
5.2
5.5
5.0
5.2
4.6
5.8
4.2
4.0
5.5
4.9
5.4
5.9
4.1
5.5
4.7
572.4
703.2
29.9
38.1
51.0
60.2
26.4
34.0
47.3
56.6
5.2
5.3
8.8
8.5
4.6
4.8
8.3
8.0
2,137.9
85.2
313.2
369.5
95.5
315.1
133.1
132.1
45.3
2,152.9
84.9
314.9
368.3
96.5
319.2
133.3
136.3
44.7
127.0
5.2
15.2
20.0
6.1
17.1
6.2
7.9
3.3
168.2
6.8
20.7
25.6
8.3
21.5
9.2
11.1
4.1
127.1
5.2
15.1
19.9
6.1
17.0
6.5
7.9
3.3
157.9
6.0
19.1
23.7
7.8
20.0
9.2
10.0
3.9
5.9
6.1
4.8
5.4
6.4
5.5
4.5
6.0
7.2
7.7
7.9
6.4
6.8
8.5
6.7
6.5
8.1
9.0
5.9
6.1
4.8
5.4
6.4
5.4
4.9
6.0
7.3
7.3
7.1
6.1
6.4
8.1
6.3
6.9
7.3
8.8
452.2
70.5
128.7
443.4
67.1
127.8
446.4
67.3
129.0
12.1
1.7
2.8
14.0
2.0
3.3
11.8
1.8
3.0
12.8
1.9
3.3
2.7
2.5
2.2
3.1
2.8
2.5
2.7
2.7
2.3
2.9
2.9
2.5
3,042.0
262.5
109.6
54.8
56.4
98.3
144.7
358.5
619.7
64.1
796.1
3,050.0
264.4
109.6
54.8
56.7
99.0
146.7
358.9
619.0
64.3
799.6
3,056.6
264.1
110.6
55.2
56.6
99.6
144.6
359.8
622.0
64.4
797.1
3,053.0
265.1
110.5
54.9
56.6
99.8
146.0
359.2
619.3
64.3
798.0
142.9
10.6
5.5
2.6
2.8
4.4
6.1
13.0
31.8
3.0
31.7
202.0
15.4
7.6
3.7
3.9
6.1
8.8
19.3
43.8
4.6
45.5
144.6
10.8
5.8
2.6
2.8
4.4
6.0
13.1
32.5
3.1
31.9
212.0
16.0
8.2
3.8
4.0
6.3
8.6
20.2
45.1
4.8
48.4
4.7
4.1
5.0
4.7
4.9
4.5
4.2
3.6
5.1
4.7
4.0
6.6
5.8
6.9
6.7
6.8
6.1
6.0
5.4
7.1
7.1
5.7
4.7
4.1
5.2
4.7
4.9
4.4
4.2
3.6
5.2
4.8
4.0
6.9
6.0
7.4
6.9
7.1
6.4
5.9
5.6
7.3
7.4
6.1
11,463.0
80.1
128.7
849.3
177.2
141.5
11,785.4
81.5
129.8
870.3
181.9
145.4
11,542.1
80.6
128.6
853.7
179.6
141.6
11,798.0
81.6
129.5
866.4
182.3
145.5
495.8
2.9
4.4
31.1
9.7
8.3
603.7
3.4
4.9
39.3
12.2
10.8
502.0
3.0
4.4
31.8
9.8
8.3
616.4
3.4
5.0
40.4
12.9
10.9
4.3
3.6
3.4
3.7
5.5
5.9
5.1
4.2
3.8
4.5
6.7
7.5
4.3
3.7
3.5
3.7
5.5
5.9
5.2
4.2
3.9
4.7
7.1
7.5
2007
Ohio .....................................................................
Akron ................................................................
Canton-Massillon ..............................................
Cincinnati-Middletown ......................................
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ...................................
Columbus .........................................................
Dayton ..............................................................
Lima ..................................................................
Mansfield ..........................................................
Sandusky ..........................................................
Springfield .........................................................
Toledo ...............................................................
Weirton-Steubenville ........................................
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman .......................
6,013.7
388.0
205.2
1,126.0
1,110.3
966.1
426.8
52.2
62.4
45.0
71.1
339.7
56.9
278.8
6,059.5
392.2
208.6
1,136.0
1,102.3
983.1
429.6
53.1
62.3
45.5
71.2
342.3
57.1
285.7
5,983.3
389.5
205.0
1,123.2
1,095.3
959.0
426.9
52.0
61.7
43.1
70.8
341.6
57.2
278.1
5,998.1
391.3
206.6
1,128.2
1,084.0
972.9
427.8
52.4
62.0
43.6
70.2
338.9
56.8
283.8
330.9
20.2
11.6
56.0
66.4
46.2
24.6
3.2
3.9
2.3
4.3
20.2
3.5
16.7
432.4
26.3
15.2
72.2
81.4
60.6
32.4
4.2
4.7
3.0
5.3
29.9
3.8
22.4
328.6
20.3
11.7
55.7
64.5
46.3
24.6
3.2
3.9
2.3
4.1
20.0
3.2
16.5
Oklahoma ............................................................
Lawton ..............................................................
Oklahoma City ..................................................
Tulsa .................................................................
1,722.9
46.1
567.6
449.6
1,745.5
46.0
565.6
438.2
1,729.0
46.3
570.3
444.4
1,752.5
45.8
569.1
433.9
72.1
1.9
23.6
17.9
66.5
1.7
21.5
16.7
Oregon .................................................................
Bend .................................................................
Corvallis ............................................................
Eugene-Springfield ...........................................
Medford ............................................................
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ........................
Salem ...............................................................
1,940.2
84.6
41.7
178.9
101.9
1,149.2
196.8
1,973.7
87.9
42.3
182.1
104.2
1,171.6
199.8
1,936.9
83.7
41.7
178.1
104.1
1,147.9
195.0
1,963.6
86.7
42.1
181.7
105.6
1,166.3
197.1
97.4
3.9
1.8
9.4
5.7
57.1
10.1
Pennsylvania .......................................................
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ...........................
Altoona .............................................................
Erie ...................................................................
Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................
Johnstown ........................................................
Lancaster ..........................................................
Lebanon ............................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ....................
Pittsburgh .........................................................
Reading ............................................................
Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ...................................
State College ....................................................
Williamsport ......................................................
York-Hanover ...................................................
6,329.7
417.1
65.2
140.7
285.1
67.8
269.4
72.1
2,956.6
1,212.0
201.2
278.5
72.0
58.2
225.4
6,489.1
422.6
66.6
142.9
292.2
69.2
280.4
75.0
3,009.7
1,233.5
206.5
286.7
74.1
59.8
230.6
6,281.9
414.4
64.5
139.5
281.0
67.4
267.6
71.7
2,934.4
1,199.1
199.9
276.9
73.4
58.4
224.6
6,429.0
418.9
65.7
141.1
287.0
68.0
277.8
74.2
2,980.1
1,222.9
204.6
282.6
75.3
60.1
228.8
Rhode Island .......................................................
Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................
578.8
713.0
578.3
710.3
577.4
710.2
South Carolina ....................................................
Anderson ..........................................................
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville .......
Columbia ..........................................................
Florence ............................................................
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ......
Spartanburg ......................................................
Sumter ..............................................................
2,145.9
84.6
315.6
369.4
95.8
311.1
137.9
131.6
45.6
2,184.6
85.7
320.4
373.2
97.8
320.3
141.2
137.3
45.6
South Dakota ......................................................
Rapid City .........................................................
Sioux Falls ........................................................
448.3
70.2
127.5
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 .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
September
2008
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008p
August
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
September
August
September
2007
2008p
4.5
10.6
167.3
19.9
143.9
8.3
5.1
4.8
5.6
22.5
2.4
2.6
2.3
47.6
3.1
3.1
5.0
2.6
5.5
4.0
4.0
4.4
4.2
5.8
4.3
4.5
4.7
3.9
3.7
6.5
2.9
3.5
3.7
4.1
4.8
4.6
4.2
3.7
4.3
4.1
4.4
5.1
5.1
6.4
5.0
5.2
5.9
4.4
4.1
7.8
3.1
3.7
4.3
5.0
5.2
4.8
5.0
4.3
4.8
4.9
3.7
4.4
4.3
5.8
4.3
4.6
4.6
4.0
3.6
6.3
3.0
3.4
3.7
4.1
4.7
4.6
4.2
3.8
4.2
4.1
4.2
5.2
5.3
6.6
5.1
5.4
5.6
4.4
4.0
7.9
3.2
3.8
4.4
5.0
5.3
4.9
5.1
4.4
4.8
5.2
35.8
1.3
7.7
5.5
1.7
15.6
45.4
1.7
9.3
6.9
2.9
19.5
3.0
2.3
3.3
2.8
3.0
2.9
3.8
2.9
4.0
3.6
5.2
3.8
2.6
2.0
2.9
2.4
2.7
2.6
3.3
2.5
3.5
3.0
4.7
3.2
15.1
4.4
12.6
3.7
17.2
5.0
3.2
3.0
4.2
3.8
3.6
3.3
4.9
4.5
128.5
3.6
2.8
3.2
1.7
4.3
20.8
4.9
27.9
2.1
193.0
5.1
4.3
4.2
2.8
6.2
32.7
7.2
41.2
3.1
123.2
2.8
2.4
3.4
1.5
3.9
20.2
4.9
26.6
2.0
173.3
4.3
3.6
4.0
2.4
5.3
29.6
6.4
36.6
2.9
3.2
4.6
2.7
6.5
2.8
3.5
3.2
3.1
3.4
3.3
4.6
6.4
4.1
8.2
4.3
5.0
5.0
4.5
4.8
4.6
3.0
3.6
2.3
6.6
2.4
3.2
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.1
4.2
5.4
3.4
7.8
3.5
4.3
4.6
4.0
4.4
4.3
3,496.7
107.8
124.3
124.7
44.7
58.4
131.0
1,868.2
234.8
66.3
126.9
145.4
4.3
5.3
5.6
2.7
2.6
5.4
66.3
10.5
2.9
7.0
198.8
6.0
7.1
6.8
4.1
3.8
7.4
91.1
14.2
4.0
9.9
143.3
4.1
5.1
5.3
2.8
2.4
5.3
71.5
9.9
2.3
5.6
186.8
5.6
6.6
6.2
3.8
3.3
6.7
93.1
12.9
2.9
7.2
4.3
4.0
4.3
4.6
6.1
4.4
4.3
3.7
4.6
4.4
5.7
5.7
5.5
5.7
5.5
9.1
6.2
5.6
4.9
6.1
6.0
7.9
4.2
3.9
4.2
4.3
6.3
4.1
4.2
3.9
4.3
3.5
4.4
5.3
5.2
5.3
4.9
8.4
5.7
5.2
5.0
5.5
4.3
5.7
810.4
140.3
134.1
63.0
80.3
68.1
808.2
138.9
133.7
64.5
79.4
69.6
37.1
6.0
6.5
2.2
3.9
3.5
30.9
4.7
6.8
1.7
4.0
3.6
32.3
5.1
5.9
1.9
3.5
3.2
30.0
4.5
6.6
1.7
3.9
3.5
4.6
4.3
4.9
3.6
4.9
5.1
3.8
3.4
5.1
2.7
5.0
5.2
4.0
3.7
4.4
3.1
4.4
4.7
3.7
3.2
5.0
2.6
4.9
5.0
3,100.5
121.7
89.1
57.3
169.5
83.3
73.6
336.0
794.1
92.7
98.3
65.5
74.3
3,088.1
121.5
90.0
56.5
169.4
84.0
74.6
336.2
798.0
92.8
98.8
65.7
74.7
3,086.9
120.3
89.3
56.9
168.9
82.9
73.9
334.9
790.4
92.0
97.4
64.9
74.0
144.2
5.5
3.9
2.6
7.7
4.4
2.8
11.9
42.0
4.1
5.9
2.7
3.2
146.8
5.2
3.7
2.8
7.9
5.6
3.1
12.1
41.9
4.1
5.7
2.9
3.3
134.2
5.1
3.6
2.3
7.3
4.2
2.7
11.4
39.1
3.9
5.3
2.7
2.9
134.9
4.8
3.4
2.3
7.3
5.3
2.9
11.4
38.4
3.8
5.3
2.7
3.1
4.7
4.5
4.3
4.6
4.5
5.2
3.8
3.5
5.2
4.4
5.9
4.1
4.2
4.7
4.3
4.1
4.9
4.7
6.7
4.2
3.6
5.3
4.4
5.9
4.4
4.5
4.3
4.2
4.0
4.1
4.3
5.0
3.6
3.4
4.9
4.2
5.3
4.0
3.8
4.4
4.0
3.8
4.1
4.3
6.4
3.9
3.4
4.9
4.1
5.4
4.1
4.1
296.1
40.4
42.5
288.7
39.3
41.8
293.6
39.7
41.8
7.1
0.9
1.3
9.8
1.3
1.8
6.6
0.9
1.2
7.8
1.0
1.5
2.4
2.3
3.1
3.3
3.2
4.2
2.3
2.2
2.9
2.6
2.5
3.6
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 .....................................................
97.5
196.5
3,107.7
288.0
2,739.3
151.4
87.6
105.3
140.1
265.3
71.7
67.0
52.3
925.0
55.3
61.2
95.7
57.4
113.4
73.2
102.0
200.9
3,178.4
298.4
2,809.4
154.8
91.0
108.7
138.9
279.8
73.1
69.1
52.9
950.8
57.5
63.5
98.4
57.9
115.5
75.5
103.3
198.1
3,116.7
294.3
2,751.1
152.3
87.9
106.2
138.9
268.9
72.3
67.5
52.5
929.6
55.9
61.9
96.6
57.7
113.7
74.4
106.4
201.7
3,165.7
300.9
2,808.3
155.3
91.1
108.9
138.7
283.5
72.7
68.9
52.7
950.6
57.5
64.3
98.1
57.9
115.3
75.5
3.9
8.7
131.5
16.7
116.8
6.9
4.1
4.2
5.1
17.2
2.1
2.3
1.9
38.2
2.7
2.8
4.0
2.1
4.9
3.0
4.5
10.3
163.5
19.2
140.6
8.1
5.3
4.8
5.7
21.9
2.3
2.6
2.3
47.3
3.0
3.0
4.9
2.5
5.5
3.7
3.9
8.8
134.5
16.9
118.5
7.0
4.1
4.2
5.0
16.8
2.1
2.3
1.9
38.3
2.7
2.9
4.0
2.2
4.8
3.0
Utah ......................................................................
Logan ................................................................
Ogden-Clearfield ..............................................
Provo-Orem ......................................................
St. George ........................................................
Salt Lake City ...................................................
1,369.5
65.4
264.2
226.4
63.6
606.3
1,393.3
67.3
267.9
227.2
63.4
615.6
1,376.0
67.7
263.5
230.4
63.9
604.2
1,390.1
69.1
265.9
229.1
63.1
613.9
40.4
1.5
8.7
6.3
1.9
17.5
53.3
2.0
10.8
8.1
3.3
23.1
Vermont ...............................................................
Burlington-South Burlington ..............................
355.4
113.0
355.1
113.4
353.2
112.6
353.5
112.9
11.5
3.3
Virginia ................................................................
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford .................
Charlottesville ...................................................
Danville .............................................................
Harrisonburg .....................................................
Lynchburg .........................................................
Richmond .........................................................
Roanoke ...........................................................
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News .............
Winchester ........................................................
4,065.6
76.9
103.6
49.9
62.8
121.7
644.6
156.0
823.4
65.6
4,170.0
78.4
105.4
51.3
65.9
125.7
657.9
159.1
852.4
67.9
4,058.4
78.0
105.9
51.2
64.4
122.0
641.0
155.6
816.1
65.4
4,130.1
79.7
106.7
50.9
66.6
124.9
649.6
157.3
839.2
66.7
Washington .........................................................
Bellingham ........................................................
Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland ..............................
Longview ..........................................................
Mount Vernon-Anacortes ..................................
Olympia ............................................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue .................................
Spokane ...........................................................
Wenatchee .......................................................
Yakima ..............................................................
3,404.4
105.6
122.2
119.8
43.5
59.0
126.6
1,815.1
227.0
64.8
122.6
3,480.8
109.0
124.6
123.1
44.6
60.6
131.1
1,855.3
231.7
65.9
125.6
3,430.2
104.8
122.3
122.0
43.9
58.7
127.2
1,827.3
232.9
65.8
126.3
West Virginia .......................................................
Charleston ........................................................
Huntington-Ashland ..........................................
Morgantown ......................................................
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ...........................
Wheeling ...........................................................
811.7
141.9
133.0
62.1
80.2
68.1
808.0
139.6
133.0
62.6
79.5
69.5
Wisconsin ............................................................
Appleton ...........................................................
Eau Claire .........................................................
Fond du Lac ......................................................
Green Bay ........................................................
Janesville ..........................................................
La Crosse .........................................................
Madison ............................................................
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis .....................
Oshkosh-Neenah ..............................................
Racine ..............................................................
Sheboygan .......................................................
Wausau ............................................................
3,099.3
123.0
90.0
56.3
171.1
84.5
74.7
336.6
802.0
93.0
99.5
66.7
75.4
Wyoming .............................................................
Casper ..............................................................
Cheyenne .........................................................
290.1
39.7
41.8
2007
2008
2007
2008p
September
2008
2008
See footnotes at end of table.
August
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
Percent of labor force
State and area
August
Puerto Rico .........................................................
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian .....................
Fajardo .............................................................
Guayama ..........................................................
Mayaguez .........................................................
Ponce ...............................................................
San German-Cabo Rojo ...................................
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ...........................
Yauco ...............................................................
September
2007
2008
2007
2008p
1,377.6
113.7
29.4
27.1
37.4
91.5
52.4
930.9
38.1
1,366.0
113.7
28.9
27.7
37.8
90.6
52.1
916.4
39.2
1,362.7
111.4
29.1
26.6
37.0
90.7
52.7
921.8
37.9
1,362.7
112.8
28.3
27.9
37.2
91.0
52.1
914.8
38.8
p = preliminary.
1
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
August
2007
165.6
15.4
4.4
4.1
4.9
11.5
6.7
103.9
6.0
September
2008
171.9
15.6
4.2
4.4
5.2
11.8
6.9
108.4
6.0
2007
150.8
13.8
4.0
3.8
4.4
10.5
6.0
95.0
5.4
2008p
162.9
14.6
4.1
4.3
4.8
11.2
6.6
102.9
5.6
August
September
2007
2008
2007
2008p
12.0
13.5
15.0
15.3
13.1
12.5
12.7
11.2
15.7
12.6
13.7
14.6
15.8
13.9
13.0
13.2
11.8
15.4
11.1
12.4
13.7
14.3
11.8
11.6
11.3
10.3
14.1
12.0
12.9
14.3
15.3
13.0
12.3
12.6
11.2
14.3
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
Percent of labor force
State, area, and division
August
2007
California .............................................................. 18,242.9
September
2008
2007
2008p
August
September
2007
2008
2007
August
September
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 .........
6,567.4
4,939.4
1,628.0
2,235.3
1,282.7
952.6
18,530.5
6,598.9
4,958.3
1,640.6
2,278.5
1,300.2
978.2
18,262.0
6,582.3
4,953.1
1,629.1
2,236.7
1,283.5
953.2
18,480.1
6,582.0
4,944.3
1,637.7
2,272.6
1,297.2
975.3
1,002.6
331.0
262.2
68.8
104.7
64.2
40.5
1,420.3
498.8
402.6
96.2
142.3
88.7
53.6
985.5
326.3
257.6
68.7
101.7
62.9
38.9
1,383.7
480.5
386.4
94.1
138.6
87.1
51.5
5.5
5.0
5.3
4.2
4.7
5.0
4.3
7.7
7.6
8.1
5.9
6.2
6.8
5.5
5.4
5.0
5.2
4.2
4.5
4.9
4.1
7.5
7.3
7.8
5.7
6.1
6.7
5.3
District of Columbia ..........................................
327.8
2,987.4
634.0
2,353.4
337.3
3,054.7
645.4
2,409.3
325.4
2,982.6
634.2
2,348.4
331.7
3,014.8
635.9
2,379.0
18.8
91.7
17.1
74.6
23.5
124.6
21.3
103.4
19.3
90.2
17.0
73.2
23.7
119.4
21.6
97.8
5.7
3.1
2.7
3.2
7.0
4.1
3.3
4.3
5.9
3.0
2.7
3.1
7.1
4.0
3.4
4.1
Florida ....................................................................
9,162.6
2,826.3
9,388.9
2,888.4
9,206.8
2,833.7
9,367.2
2,875.1
405.6
119.1
643.7
185.8
409.5
119.8
638.1
182.6
4.4
4.2
6.9
6.4
4.4
4.2
6.8
6.3
996.2
1,192.0
638.1
1,014.2
1,217.0
657.2
1,003.5
1,187.0
643.2
1,010.8
1,208.7
655.7
38.6
49.1
31.4
62.1
75.2
48.5
39.4
48.3
32.1
61.5
73.1
48.0
3.9
4.1
4.9
6.1
6.2
7.4
3.9
4.1
5.0
6.1
6.0
7.3
Illinois ....................................................................
6,717.4
4,910.9
4,119.5
330.0
461.5
6,761.4
4,960.3
4,157.7
336.9
465.7
6,715.5
4,896.1
4,106.8
328.7
460.7
6,691.6
4,900.8
4,104.1
335.9
460.8
350.4
245.5
206.3
15.5
23.6
490.0
349.5
296.6
20.6
32.2
328.8
231.8
196.4
14.0
21.4
436.7
308.3
260.7
18.5
29.1
5.2
5.0
5.0
4.7
5.1
7.2
7.0
7.1
6.1
6.9
4.9
4.7
4.8
4.3
4.7
6.5
6.3
6.4
5.5
6.3
Massachusetts ...................................................
3,434.0
2,492.3
1,509.0
125.0
146.5
121.6
70.4
152.3
177.2
127.5
63.0
3,456.2
2,520.6
1,527.0
126.1
148.2
122.1
70.8
153.5
181.1
128.4
63.2
3,393.3
2,469.5
1,493.4
123.9
145.0
120.4
69.3
150.9
178.0
126.1
62.7
3,397.0
2,483.7
1,502.9
124.1
145.8
120.7
69.8
151.6
180.0
126.3
62.6
145.3
98.1
56.3
6.1
4.8
5.0
4.5
6.7
6.3
5.5
2.8
175.3
119.6
68.0
7.3
6.0
6.3
5.9
8.3
7.7
6.5
3.6
148.7
101.4
59.7
6.1
5.2
5.0
4.5
6.7
5.7
5.7
2.8
181.0
123.6
71.8
7.4
6.2
6.3
5.9
8.4
7.0
6.9
3.6
4.2
3.9
3.7
4.9
3.3
4.1
6.4
4.4
3.6
4.3
4.5
5.1
4.7
4.5
5.8
4.0
5.2
8.3
5.4
4.2
5.1
5.7
4.4
4.1
4.0
5.0
3.6
4.1
6.5
4.4
3.2
4.6
4.5
5.3
5.0
4.8
6.0
4.3
5.2
8.5
5.6
3.9
5.4
5.7
Michigan ...............................................................
5,032.7
2,152.4
883.2
1,269.3
4,983.8
2,153.5
877.7
1,275.8
5,008.6
2,138.1
877.9
1,260.2
4,917.9
2,121.8
865.6
1,256.2
349.7
168.6
81.8
86.7
421.0
190.2
91.4
98.9
348.0
166.4
78.6
87.7
406.1
175.5
83.3
92.2
6.9
7.8
9.3
6.8
8.4
8.8
10.4
7.7
6.9
7.8
9.0
7.0
8.3
8.3
9.6
7.3
New York ..............................................................
9,599.0
9,361.7
1,202.4
1,503.4
5,569.1
1,086.9
9,705.2
9,507.8
1,222.1
1,522.3
5,655.8
1,107.6
9,481.9
9,281.9
1,186.9
1,479.2
5,533.9
1,081.9
9,598.8
9,414.0
1,202.9
1,496.3
5,617.1
1,097.7
431.6
420.0
44.1
56.9
274.4
44.6
542.6
535.5
64.7
78.6
328.2
64.0
423.4
408.0
43.5
57.2
262.7
44.6
542.2
521.2
61.8
78.4
319.7
61.2
4.5
4.5
3.7
3.8
4.9
4.1
5.6
5.6
5.3
5.2
5.8
5.8
4.5
4.4
3.7
3.9
4.7
4.1
5.6
5.5
5.1
5.2
5.7
5.6
Pennsylvania .......................................................
6,329.7
2,956.6
655.2
1,947.9
353.5
6,489.1
3,009.7
670.0
1,979.3
360.5
6,281.9
2,934.4
653.0
1,926.7
354.8
6,429.0
2,980.1
663.8
1,958.6
357.7
275.1
127.0
27.1
87.3
12.5
377.9
177.7
39.1
119.5
19.1
254.6
122.5
27.2
82.6
12.6
336.7
165.2
37.7
109.5
18.1
4.3
4.3
4.1
4.5
3.5
5.8
5.9
5.8
6.0
5.3
4.1
4.2
4.2
4.3
3.6
5.2
5.5
5.7
5.6
5.1
Texas ...................................................................... 11,463.0
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 ..........................................
3,107.7
2,077.7
1,030.0
11,785.4
3,178.4
2,124.4
1,054.0
11,542.1
3,116.7
2,081.8
1,034.9
11,798.0
3,165.7
2,112.7
1,053.0
495.8
131.5
88.6
42.8
603.7
163.5
111.2
52.2
502.0
134.5
91.1
43.4
616.4
167.3
114.0
53.3
4.3
4.2
4.3
4.2
5.1
5.1
5.2
5.0
4.3
4.3
4.4
4.2
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.1
Washington .........................................................
3,404.4
1,815.1
1,432.8
382.3
3,480.8
1,855.3
1,458.8
396.5
3,430.2
1,827.3
1,440.4
386.8
3,496.7
1,868.2
1,468.7
399.5
145.4
66.3
48.3
18.0
198.8
91.1
66.0
25.1
143.3
71.5
54.1
17.3
186.8
93.1
69.6
23.5
4.3
3.7
3.4
4.7
5.7
4.9
4.5
6.3
4.2
3.9
3.8
4.5
5.3
5.0
4.7
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)
August
Change from September 2007 to
September 2008 p
September
State and area
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Alabama .................................................................................
Anniston-Oxford ..................................................................
Auburn-Opelika ...................................................................
Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................
Decatur ...............................................................................
Dothan ................................................................................
Florence-Muscle Shoals .....................................................
Huntsville ............................................................................
Mobile .................................................................................
Montgomery ........................................................................
Tuscaloosa .........................................................................
2,005.0
53.0
55.5
531.4
58.4
62.7
57.5
209.9
182.2
180.2
97.7
2,009.4
53.5
56.6
532.3
58.6
62.4
57.9
214.6
183.6
181.2
98.0
2,013.6
53.5
56.3
532.9
59.4
63.1
57.8
211.2
183.4
180.1
98.5
Alaska ....................................................................................
Anchorage ..........................................................................
340.2
172.0
341.7
173.6
Arizona ..................................................................................
Flagstaff ..............................................................................
Lake Havasu City-Kingman ................................................
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ...................................................
Prescott ..............................................................................
Tucson ................................................................................
Yuma ..................................................................................
2,653.4
65.2
54.0
1,903.5
65.6
376.3
51.4
Arkansas ...............................................................................
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ..........................................
Fort Smith ...........................................................................
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway .................................
Number
Percent
2,011.9
53.8
56.7
532.4
58.9
62.4
58.2
215.0
184.0
181.7
98.6
-1.7
.3
.4
-.5
-.5
-.7
.4
3.8
.6
1.6
.1
-0.1
.6
.7
-.1
-.8
-1.1
.7
1.8
.3
.9
.1
332.2
172.2
333.9
173.3
1.7
1.1
.5
.6
2,603.3
65.1
51.5
1,862.9
64.0
370.4
51.1
2,670.4
66.2
53.7
1,911.2
65.5
381.9
52.2
2,611.2
64.8
51.6
1,868.0
63.9
373.7
51.2
-59.2
-1.4
-2.1
-43.2
-1.6
-8.2
-1.0
-2.2
-2.1
-3.9
-2.3
-2.4
-2.1
-1.9
1,197.9
206.8
125.7
346.2
1,200.2
208.1
125.6
348.5
1,211.3
208.7
126.9
348.7
1,213.8
210.5
127.1
349.8
2.5
1.8
.2
1.1
.2
.9
.2
.3
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 ................................................................
15,132.2
236.4
76.8
307.0
5,595.2
59.4
163.7
64.2
294.8
66.3
1,254.8
904.2
129.3
1,310.1
2,036.6
909.8
103.8
173.3
96.0
188.7
213.3
127.7
112.4
15,049.4
239.1
77.1
304.7
5,543.8
60.3
162.6
63.5
286.1
65.4
1,236.7
892.9
130.6
1,304.5
2,021.8
910.1
102.1
171.8
96.5
189.4
212.5
125.7
110.9
15,193.2
239.0
76.9
306.5
5,628.3
59.5
162.9
64.3
295.3
66.6
1,262.0
903.9
129.3
1,308.3
2,042.5
908.1
103.7
172.7
95.9
191.8
214.5
128.1
113.9
15,103.5
241.7
77.1
305.9
5,575.1
60.4
161.4
63.6
288.3
66.0
1,242.3
892.9
130.6
1,303.2
2,026.0
908.8
102.4
172.4
96.3
191.1
213.3
125.7
111.6
-89.7
2.7
.2
-.6
-53.2
.9
-1.5
-.7
-7.0
-.6
-19.7
-11.0
1.3
-5.1
-16.5
.7
-1.3
-.3
.4
-.7
-1.2
-2.4
-2.3
-.6
1.1
.3
-.2
-.9
1.5
-.9
-1.1
-2.4
-.9
-1.6
-1.2
1.0
-.4
-.8
.1
-1.3
-.2
.4
-.4
-.6
-1.9
-2.0
Colorado ................................................................................
Boulder ..............................................................................
Colorado Springs ................................................................
Denver-Aurora ....................................................................
Fort Collins-Loveland ..........................................................
Grand Junction ...................................................................
Greeley ...............................................................................
Pueblo ................................................................................
2,350.6
164.2
263.6
1,253.0
139.0
63.4
82.0
58.3
2,378.3
166.8
264.3
1,266.1
139.8
66.3
83.6
59.0
2,352.2
167.6
263.6
1,253.4
140.5
63.9
83.4
58.8
2,376.3
169.7
263.9
1,264.4
141.2
66.6
84.9
59.3
24.1
2.1
.3
11.0
.7
2.7
1.5
.5
1.0
1.3
.1
.9
.5
4.2
1.8
.9
Connecticut ...........................................................................
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk .............................................
Danbury ..............................................................................
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford .................................
New Haven .........................................................................
Norwich-New London .........................................................
Waterbury ...........................................................................
1,689.8
421.5
69.5
551.2
272.6
138.7
66.3
1,692.9
423.2
70.2
558.9
272.4
138.9
67.3
1,704.0
421.7
69.8
558.5
277.9
137.4
68.2
1,703.9
424.7
70.5
566.0
277.2
137.5
68.3
-.1
3.0
.7
7.5
-.7
.1
.1
.0
.7
1.0
1.3
-.3
.1
.1
Delaware ................................................................................
Dover ..................................................................................
439.5
65.3
440.1
65.2
437.8
66.0
439.2
65.4
1.4
-.6
.3
-.9
District of Columbia .............................................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria .......................................
696.3
2,980.8
717.9
3,025.7
690.7
2,992.3
704.4
3,033.0
13.7
40.7
2.0
1.4
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 ............................
7,992.9
294.7
223.8
171.4
87.0
132.2
631.7
213.4
2,414.7
7,879.7
285.8
214.9
169.8
84.5
133.6
624.0
208.3
2,390.3
7,984.7
293.6
222.3
171.6
85.4
135.8
630.7
213.9
2,420.8
7,865.0
285.5
214.7
168.7
83.7
137.1
625.9
208.2
2,388.4
-119.7
-8.1
-7.6
-2.9
-1.7
1.3
-4.8
-5.7
-32.4
-1.5
-2.8
-3.4
-1.7
-2.0
1.0
-.8
-2.7
-1.3
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)
August
Change from September 2007 to
September 2008 p
September
State and area
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 ......................................
126.6
105.3
1,097.3
212.1
78.0
175.8
132.0
176.1
1,297.0
122.4
103.2
1,097.1
209.8
76.0
174.2
132.2
174.2
1,276.4
125.7
105.0
1,096.1
210.9
77.2
175.4
131.8
179.7
1,292.5
Georgia ..................................................................................
Albany .................................................................................
Athens-Clarke County ........................................................
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ..........................................
Augusta-Richmond County .................................................
Columbus ...........................................................................
Dalton .................................................................................
Gainesville ..........................................................................
Macon .................................................................................
Savannah ...........................................................................
Valdosta ..............................................................................
Warner Robins ....................................................................
4,160.0
64.9
82.8
2,469.9
215.6
122.1
78.1
77.6
100.5
161.7
56.2
58.8
4,125.9
64.1
84.1
2,450.5
216.1
121.1
76.5
78.0
100.3
160.8
55.8
58.6
Hawaii ....................................................................................
Honolulu .............................................................................
617.5
448.6
Idaho ......................................................................................
Boise City-Nampa ...............................................................
Coeur d’Alene .....................................................................
Number
Percent
121.9
103.1
1,092.8
208.7
75.3
173.9
131.9
177.5
1,269.8
-3.8
-1.9
-3.3
-2.2
-1.9
-1.5
.1
-2.2
-22.7
-3.0
-1.8
-.3
-1.0
-2.5
-.9
.1
-1.2
-1.8
4,154.3
64.7
83.7
2,466.9
217.0
121.6
78.2
77.4
100.3
161.6
56.2
58.9
4,101.1
63.7
84.2
2,433.3
215.5
120.8
75.5
77.4
100.0
160.3
55.2
58.2
-53.2
-1.0
.5
-33.6
-1.5
-.8
-2.7
.0
-.3
-1.3
-1.0
-.7
-1.3
-1.5
.6
-1.4
-.7
-.7
-3.5
.0
-.3
-.8
-1.8
-1.2
618.5
449.3
622.4
454.9
621.1
452.8
-1.3
-2.1
-.2
-.5
666.4
278.5
59.3
659.3
275.8
59.0
667.5
278.1
58.5
658.6
274.6
58.8
-8.9
-3.5
.3
-1.3
-1.3
.5
Illinois ....................................................................................
Bloomington-Normal ...........................................................
Champaign-Urbana ............................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ....................................................
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ...........................................
Decatur ...............................................................................
Peoria .................................................................................
Rockford .............................................................................
Springfield ...........................................................................
6,013.6
89.8
108.3
4,593.6
191.0
55.5
188.4
162.2
115.2
6,002.7
90.3
107.7
4,585.0
190.9
55.5
189.9
162.0
114.5
6,024.3
92.3
114.6
4,587.8
189.1
55.8
188.7
163.4
111.9
6,010.6
92.9
114.3
4,587.3
190.2
55.7
190.7
162.6
112.6
-13.7
.6
-.3
-.5
1.1
-.1
2.0
-.8
.7
-.2
.7
-.3
.0
.6
-.2
1.1
-.5
.6
Indiana ...................................................................................
Bloomington ........................................................................
Elkhart-Goshen ...................................................................
Evansville ...........................................................................
Fort Wayne .........................................................................
Indianapolis-Carmel ............................................................
Lafayette .............................................................................
Muncie ................................................................................
South Bend-Mishawaka ......................................................
Terre Haute ........................................................................
2,992.3
79.7
130.5
179.8
216.4
923.9
93.7
52.9
142.3
73.5
2,972.9
82.7
125.7
179.5
216.2
923.3
91.9
52.4
139.9
72.3
3,021.1
85.7
130.4
180.9
219.1
925.5
96.3
54.8
146.5
75.1
3,001.9
85.1
125.1
180.5
218.5
927.3
96.0
54.0
143.0
73.8
-19.2
-.6
-5.3
-.4
-.6
1.8
-.3
-.8
-3.5
-1.3
-.6
-.7
-4.1
-.2
-.3
.2
-.3
-1.5
-2.4
-1.7
Iowa ........................................................................................
Cedar Rapids ......................................................................
Des Moines-West Des Moines ...........................................
Dubuque .............................................................................
Iowa City .............................................................................
Sioux City ...........................................................................
Waterloo-Cedar Falls ..........................................................
1,507.5
136.3
323.2
54.8
88.2
74.4
87.8
1,512.4
137.6
324.4
55.0
88.3
73.3
88.5
1,527.3
137.7
323.8
56.2
91.0
74.8
90.7
1,533.2
139.2
324.5
55.7
90.1
73.6
91.0
5.9
1.5
.7
-.5
-.9
-1.2
.3
.4
1.1
.2
-.9
-1.0
-1.6
.3
Kansas ...................................................................................
Topeka ................................................................................
Wichita ................................................................................
1,367.9
109.2
300.2
1,374.5
110.8
298.3
1,391.0
110.8
305.0
1,393.1
111.2
303.7
2.1
.4
-1.3
.2
.4
-.4
Kentucky ...............................................................................
Bowling Green ....................................................................
Lexington-Fayette ...............................................................
Louisville-Jefferson County ................................................
1,871.5
61.9
256.1
627.4
1,878.6
62.7
256.9
629.2
1,877.9
62.8
256.8
631.3
1,872.1
63.4
257.4
627.0
-5.8
.6
.6
-4.3
-.3
1.0
.2
-.7
Louisiana ...............................................................................
Alexandria ...........................................................................
Baton Rouge .......................................................................
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux .........................................
Lafayette .............................................................................
Lake Charles ......................................................................
Monroe ...............................................................................
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................
Shreveport-Bossier City1 ....................................................
1,924.6
65.6
371.0
95.4
150.2
92.7
78.6
516.3
180.4
1,943.3
65.1
372.1
97.6
152.3
93.0
78.7
528.5
182.9
1,933.1
65.6
373.7
95.9
150.2
92.5
79.8
517.5
180.4
1,938.8
65.0
373.4
94.8
151.9
92.4
78.7
525.9
182.3
5.7
-.6
-.3
-1.1
1.7
-.1
-1.1
8.4
1.9
.3
-.9
-.1
-1.1
1.1
-.1
-1.4
1.6
1.1
Maine .....................................................................................
Bangor ................................................................................
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford .....................................
629.5
64.5
199.6
627.1
64.7
199.9
628.8
66.3
197.6
626.1
66.4
198.4
-2.7
.1
.8
-.4
.2
.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)
August
Change from September 2007 to
September 2008 p
September
State and area
2007
2008
2007
2008p
Maryland ................................................................................
Baltimore-Towson ..............................................................
Hagerstown-Martinsburg ....................................................
Salisbury .............................................................................
2,620.7
1,321.4
102.2
55.8
2,645.7
1,326.5
102.6
55.5
2,618.6
1,322.0
102.5
56.1
Massachusetts ......................................................................
Barnstable Town .................................................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................
New Bedford .......................................................................
Springfield ...........................................................................
Worcester ...........................................................................
3,283.2
113.6
2,475.7
65.1
293.4
245.9
3,289.3
112.6
2,491.8
64.8
292.8
243.9
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 .....................................
4,246.7
194.2
58.5
1,954.7
145.6
389.8
112.4
57.5
144.5
218.9
65.3
67.1
88.2
Minnesota ..............................................................................
Duluth .................................................................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington .....................................
Rochester ...........................................................................
St. Cloud .............................................................................
Number
Percent
2,646.8
1,330.4
103.3
56.3
28.2
8.4
.8
.2
1.1
.6
.8
.4
3,299.9
105.1
2,494.2
67.1
298.9
249.2
3,308.5
104.5
2,513.5
66.3
298.0
246.0
8.6
-.6
19.3
-.8
-.9
-3.2
.3
-.6
.8
-1.2
-.3
-1.3
4,171.9
193.3
57.5
1,896.3
138.4
389.2
110.5
56.5
142.8
215.4
65.1
65.6
86.0
4,297.2
200.3
59.0
1,966.0
148.2
396.8
115.2
58.1
148.6
227.5
66.2
66.7
89.7
4,214.2
197.0
58.0
1,908.2
140.0
396.5
113.0
57.2
146.9
222.7
65.7
66.6
87.3
-83.0
-3.3
-1.0
-57.8
-8.2
-.3
-2.2
-.9
-1.7
-4.8
-.5
-.1
-2.4
-1.9
-1.6
-1.7
-2.9
-5.5
-.1
-1.9
-1.5
-1.1
-2.1
-.8
-.1
-2.7
2,787.0
133.3
1,800.9
108.2
102.8
2,777.3
133.2
1,801.3
109.1
102.0
2,787.9
135.4
1,805.2
108.1
103.4
2,769.8
134.7
1,792.4
108.5
102.8
-18.1
-.7
-12.8
.4
-.6
-.6
-.5
-.7
.4
-.6
Mississippi ............................................................................
Gulfport-Biloxi .....................................................................
Hattiesburg .........................................................................
Jackson ..............................................................................
Pascagoula .........................................................................
1,152.5
111.2
61.1
261.7
57.9
1,147.2
110.6
59.7
261.3
59.1
1,160.1
111.6
62.0
262.3
58.5
1,149.0
110.4
60.0
260.7
59.3
-11.1
-1.2
-2.0
-1.6
.8
-1.0
-1.1
-3.2
-.6
1.4
Missouri ................................................................................
Columbia ............................................................................
Jefferson City ......................................................................
Joplin ..................................................................................
Kansas City .......................................................................
St. Joseph ...........................................................................
St. Louis 2 ...........................................................................
Springfield ..........................................................................
2,788.9
90.1
78.5
78.8
1,018.4
58.7
1,354.8
198.9
2,769.0
91.0
78.5
79.1
1,012.6
58.7
1,341.9
201.5
2,817.4
93.7
79.7
80.6
1,022.3
59.5
1,365.6
203.3
2,801.8
94.2
79.6
81.5
1,017.1
59.6
1,353.3
204.5
-15.6
.5
-.1
.9
-5.2
.1
-12.3
1.2
-.6
.5
-.1
1.1
-.5
.2
-.9
.6
Montana .................................................................................
Billings ................................................................................
Missoula .............................................................................
455.4
81.6
59.2
c457.9
83.1
58.0
450.5
81.2
57.9
456.6
82.6
57.7
6.1
1.4
-.2
1.4
1.7
-.3
Nebraska ...............................................................................
Lincoln ................................................................................
Omaha-Council Bluffs .........................................................
967.3
173.4
468.1
973.7
174.9
470.2
969.2
175.1
468.0
978.6
176.8
470.4
9.4
1.7
2.4
1.0
1.0
.5
Nevada ...................................................................................
Las Vegas-Paradise ...........................................................
Reno-Sparks .......................................................................
1,287.9
920.4
225.3
1,279.1
920.2
220.3
1,291.7
923.4
226.5
1,284.1
924.1
221.7
-7.6
.7
-4.8
-.6
.1
-2.1
New Hampshire .....................................................................
Manchester .........................................................................
Portsmouth .........................................................................
Rochester-Dover ................................................................
653.5
100.3
57.6
54.2
660.8
100.4
58.4
56.1
659.7
101.6
57.3
56.7
661.7
101.9
57.6
57.9
2.0
.3
.3
1.2
.3
.3
.5
2.1
New Jersey ............................................................................
Atlantic City-Hammonton ....................................................
Trenton-Ewing ....................................................................
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................
4,079.4
153.6
236.6
60.6
4,064.9
153.9
236.1
59.4
4,073.3
151.7
237.2
62.1
4,060.3
152.7
236.8
60.7
-13.0
1.0
-.4
-1.4
-.3
.7
-.2
-2.3
New Mexico ...........................................................................
Albuquerque .......................................................................
Las Cruces .........................................................................
Santa Fe .............................................................................
844.3
396.0
67.9
66.9
849.2
394.9
69.0
66.3
850.4
396.9
68.7
66.6
854.3
396.2
70.1
66.0
3.9
-.7
1.4
-.6
.5
-.2
2.0
-.9
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 .........................................................................
8,716.2
447.3
112.6
544.6
58.5
59.8
63.7
8,556.1
254.4
513.3
323.6
135.5
8,749.9
448.0
112.4
547.3
57.7
59.9
63.9
8,587.5
255.1
506.2
323.0
134.7
8,752.3
449.1
115.0
550.6
55.4
64.5
64.5
8,581.5
254.6
515.3
326.0
133.2
8,770.0
449.5
114.6
552.7
55.5
64.7
64.3
8,601.7
255.0
510.0
326.3
133.6
17.7
.4
-.4
2.1
.1
.2
-.2
20.2
.4
-5.3
.3
.4
.2
.1
-.3
.4
.2
.3
-.3
.2
.2
-1.0
.1
.3
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)
August
Change from September 2007 to
September 2008 p
September
State and area
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 ...................................................................
4,159.4
177.8
61.8
861.0
288.7
126.0
372.7
76.9
162.8
521.6
64.5
149.3
216.5
4,170.4
179.9
61.1
875.0
292.5
127.8
375.4
78.5
161.3
532.6
65.1
152.1
224.4
4,184.7
179.9
61.8
864.7
291.1
127.9
373.8
78.1
163.6
522.0
64.8
149.5
218.7
North Dakota .........................................................................
Bismarck .............................................................................
Fargo ..................................................................................
Grand Forks ........................................................................
353.5
59.8
117.7
51.7
358.5
61.1
118.6
52.8
Ohio .......................................................................................
Akron ..................................................................................
Canton-Massillon ................................................................
Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor .....................................................
Columbus ...........................................................................
Dayton ................................................................................
Lima ....................................................................................
Mansfield ............................................................................
Springfield ...........................................................................
Toledo .................................................................................
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman .........................................
5,435.8
339.3
172.7
1,049.4
1,073.9
947.9
402.4
55.5
57.5
52.0
329.1
239.0
Oklahoma ..............................................................................
Oklahoma City ....................................................................
Tulsa ...................................................................................
Number
Percent
4,183.3
180.9
61.6
878.2
293.8
129.6
376.0
78.8
161.9
531.7
64.7
151.2
224.1
-1.4
1.0
-.2
13.5
2.7
1.7
2.2
.7
-1.7
9.7
-.1
1.7
5.4
0.0
.6
-.3
1.6
.9
1.3
.6
.9
-1.0
1.9
-.2
1.1
2.5
363.7
60.3
120.5
54.6
367.7
61.6
121.4
55.5
4.0
1.3
.9
.9
1.1
2.2
.7
1.6
5,414.1
338.9
173.0
1,048.4
1,068.5
954.0
398.3
56.1
56.7
51.7
322.6
240.6
5,449.6
342.5
173.4
1,050.4
1,073.6
945.0
404.8
55.9
57.1
52.4
333.0
240.4
5,430.0
341.1
172.9
1,046.8
1,065.8
951.9
399.9
55.9
56.5
51.6
325.3
242.1
-19.6
-1.4
-.5
-3.6
-7.8
6.9
-4.9
.0
-.6
-.8
-7.7
1.7
-.4
-.4
-.3
-.3
-.7
.7
-1.2
.0
-1.1
-1.5
-2.3
.7
1,565.7
564.3
428.3
1,577.0
572.2
425.7
1,579.3
570.6
427.4
1,590.3
579.2
425.3
11.0
8.6
-2.1
.7
1.5
-.5
Oregon ...................................................................................
Bend ...................................................................................
Eugene-Springfield .............................................................
Medford ..............................................................................
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ..........................................
Salem .................................................................................
1,733.7
73.8
154.2
83.6
1,033.9
154.2
1,727.3
74.2
153.6
83.0
1,035.6
154.3
1,742.4
73.2
154.6
86.2
1,040.6
155.5
1,729.6
73.2
153.6
85.0
1,039.9
155.5
-12.8
.0
-1.0
-1.2
-.7
.0
-.7
.0
-.6
-1.4
-.1
.0
Pennsylvania .........................................................................
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton .............................................
Altoona ...............................................................................
Erie .....................................................................................
Harrisburg-Carlisle ..............................................................
Johnstown ..........................................................................
Lancaster ............................................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ......................................
Pittsburgh ...........................................................................
Reading ..............................................................................
Scranton—Wilkes-Barre .....................................................
State College ......................................................................
Williamsport ........................................................................
York-Hanover .....................................................................
5,778.5
342.2
62.9
133.4
332.3
60.7
238.6
2,797.6
1,144.4
172.8
259.8
72.1
52.6
182.0
5,775.2
341.1
62.5
133.3
333.0
60.6
239.8
2,796.7
1,149.0
171.7
261.8
72.4
52.4
182.2
5,816.2
346.0
62.9
134.5
332.2
61.5
239.8
2,810.8
1,152.4
174.0
263.1
74.7
53.6
184.7
5,810.2
345.1
62.5
134.3
331.8
60.9
241.2
2,809.5
1,159.4
172.7
262.7
74.8
53.5
184.2
-6.0
-.9
-.4
-.2
-.4
-.6
1.4
-1.3
7.0
-1.3
-.4
.1
-.1
-.5
-.1
-.3
-.6
-.1
-.1
-1.0
.6
.0
.6
-.7
-.2
.1
-.2
-.3
Rhode Island .........................................................................
Providence-Fall River-Warwick ..........................................
492.6
580.8
479.8
567.9
496.0
585.0
482.8
572.9
-13.2
-12.1
-2.7
-2.1
South Carolina ......................................................................
Anderson ............................................................................
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville .........................
Columbia ............................................................................
Florence ..............................................................................
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ..................................................
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ........................
Spartanburg ........................................................................
1,969.7
64.3
301.5
368.4
90.7
316.6
134.7
124.6
1,964.9
63.3
301.2
367.2
91.1
322.3
135.9
127.5
1,963.4
64.8
300.3
370.0
90.9
322.6
129.9
125.4
1,950.5
63.5
298.4
365.2
90.9
324.2
128.4
128.0
-12.9
-1.3
-1.9
-4.8
.0
1.6
-1.5
2.6
-.7
-2.0
-.6
-1.3
.0
.5
-1.2
2.1
South Dakota ........................................................................
Rapid City ...........................................................................
Sioux Falls ..........................................................................
415.5
64.7
134.5
421.4
65.7
137.3
411.3
61.8
135.0
417.3
62.6
137.5
6.0
.8
2.5
1.5
1.3
1.9
Tennessee .............................................................................
Chattanooga .......................................................................
Clarksville ...........................................................................
Jackson ..............................................................................
Johnson City .......................................................................
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ......................................................
Knoxville .............................................................................
Memphis .............................................................................
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin ........................
2,810.2
247.9
85.6
62.3
80.9
122.8
339.5
644.8
768.9
2,791.3
246.9
84.9
62.6
81.2
123.3
339.0
638.1
769.7
2,820.5
248.9
86.0
62.7
82.1
122.3
340.8
647.7
769.5
2,796.5
248.4
85.6
62.6
82.2
122.8
339.8
639.4
767.8
-24.0
-.5
-.4
-.1
.1
.5
-1.0
-8.3
-1.7
-.9
-.2
-.5
-.2
.1
.4
-.3
-1.3
-.2
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)
August
Change from September 2007 to
September 2008 p
September
State and area
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 .......................................................................
10,369.5
65.6
112.2
758.8
162.2
122.8
86.3
175.6
2,954.5
268.3
2,561.6
121.6
85.9
96.0
129.5
207.5
66.1
59.6
834.4
55.7
93.1
109.5
62.1
10,612.9
66.6
113.0
776.7
164.8
124.3
89.8
178.0
3,013.3
276.8
2,617.1
123.8
88.2
98.5
128.0
214.3
67.8
61.7
851.9
57.4
94.6
111.3
63.6
10,419.6
66.1
112.1
763.6
164.4
122.9
91.8
176.8
2,964.1
274.1
2,571.0
122.0
85.9
96.6
128.3
209.9
66.7
60.0
838.0
56.5
93.5
110.0
63.2
Utah ........................................................................................
Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................
Provo-Orem ........................................................................
St. George ..........................................................................
Salt Lake City .....................................................................
1,254.2
203.5
188.4
53.6
642.0
1,255.5
202.7
186.3
52.3
644.7
Vermont .................................................................................
Burlington-South Burlington ................................................
302.3
112.3
Virginia ..................................................................................
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ...................................
Charlottesville .....................................................................
Harrisonburg .......................................................................
Lynchburg ...........................................................................
Richmond ...........................................................................
Roanoke .............................................................................
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ...............................
Winchester ..........................................................................
Number
Percent
10,657.9
67.0
113.2
778.2
165.2
125.3
94.1
179.2
3,018.4
280.1
2,626.7
124.6
89.1
98.8
128.6
216.8
67.9
61.8
855.4
57.7
94.7
111.6
63.6
238.3
.9
1.1
14.6
.8
2.4
2.3
2.4
54.3
6.0
55.7
2.6
3.2
2.2
.3
6.9
1.2
1.8
17.4
1.2
1.2
1.6
.4
2.3
1.4
1.0
1.9
.5
2.0
2.5
1.4
1.8
2.2
2.2
2.1
3.7
2.3
.2
3.3
1.8
3.0
2.1
2.1
1.3
1.5
.6
1,264.1
203.2
193.0
54.3
641.4
1,265.4
202.2
191.2
52.5
643.9
1.3
-1.0
-1.8
-1.8
2.5
.1
-.5
-.9
-3.3
.4
302.1
112.0
310.0
114.7
309.4
114.7
-.6
.0
-.2
.0
3,752.3
69.1
99.8
61.9
107.7
632.6
163.0
777.1
57.9
3,772.4
69.2
99.6
63.5
110.2
634.9
164.0
794.0
59.5
3,770.0
71.5
103.2
64.2
109.3
633.1
163.3
775.5
58.3
3,790.4
72.2
102.7
65.3
111.7
634.7
164.2
792.5
59.3
20.4
.7
-.5
1.1
2.4
1.6
.9
17.0
1.0
.5
1.0
-.5
1.7
2.2
.3
.6
2.2
1.7
Washington ...........................................................................
Bellingham ..........................................................................
Bremerton-Silverdale ..........................................................
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland ................................................
Olympia ..............................................................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ...................................................
Spokane .............................................................................
Yakima ................................................................................
2,940.6
84.1
86.5
91.9
101.3
1,744.1
213.5
78.4
2,974.7
85.6
86.7
94.2
103.6
1,786.6
214.2
79.6
2,962.8
84.0
86.4
92.5
101.4
1,752.8
219.1
79.8
2,977.4
85.3
86.3
94.5
103.3
1,786.7
217.7
80.4
14.6
1.3
-.1
2.0
1.9
33.9
-1.4
.6
.5
1.5
-.1
2.2
1.9
1.9
-.6
.8
West Virginia .........................................................................
Charleston ..........................................................................
Huntington-Ashland ............................................................
Morgantown ........................................................................
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna .............................................
Wheeling .............................................................................
758.0
152.0
119.7
60.7
73.5
67.2
758.4
151.3
119.8
61.8
72.9
68.8
761.2
151.3
121.3
62.0
74.1
67.6
762.6
151.4
121.0
64.2
73.2
69.3
1.4
.1
-.3
2.2
-.9
1.7
.2
.1
-.2
3.5
-1.2
2.5
Wisconsin ..............................................................................
Appleton .............................................................................
Eau Claire ...........................................................................
Green Bay ..........................................................................
Janesville ............................................................................
La Crosse ...........................................................................
Madison ..............................................................................
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis .......................................
Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................
Racine ................................................................................
Sheboygan .........................................................................
Wausau ..............................................................................
2,904.0
121.0
83.6
172.0
70.8
74.6
349.2
861.6
93.6
80.5
66.0
73.8
2,887.3
120.5
83.3
171.0
68.5
73.3
349.8
853.1
93.9
79.6
64.8
72.6
2,902.7
119.1
83.9
170.9
70.5
75.0
349.8
860.0
94.1
80.5
64.9
73.3
2,878.4
118.7
83.5
170.6
68.4
74.1
348.5
849.7
93.4
79.1
64.0
72.3
-24.3
-.4
-.4
-.3
-2.1
-.9
-1.3
-10.3
-.7
-1.4
-.9
-1.0
-.8
-.3
-.5
-.2
-3.0
-1.2
-.4
-1.2
-.7
-1.7
-1.4
-1.4
Wyoming ...............................................................................
Cheyenne ...........................................................................
295.3
44.6
303.4
45.4
295.0
44.9
303.7
45.2
8.7
.3
2.9
.7
Puerto Rico ...........................................................................
Ponce .................................................................................
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo .............................................
1,017.0
65.4
761.0
990.9
63.8
741.5
1,022.1
65.7
763.9
995.3
64.6
743.0
-26.8
-1.1
-20.9
-2.6
-1.7
-2.7
Virgin Islands ........................................................................
46.1
46.6
45.9
46.5
.6
1.3
1 The 2007 data for the months of July and August have been corrected in the BLS
news release USDL 08-0977, "Regional State Employment and Unemployment: June
2008," issued on July 18, 2008.
2 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.
p = preliminary.
c = corrected.
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 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.
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)
August
Change from September 2007 to
September 2008 p
September
State, area, and division
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 ........................
15,132.2
5,595.2
4,088.1
1,507.1
2,036.6
1,046.4
990.2
15,049.4
5,543.8
4,068.2
1,475.6
2,021.8
1,025.7
996.1
15,193.2
5,628.3
4,120.8
1,507.5
2,042.5
1,049.1
993.4
District of Columbia .............................................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 ....................................
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 .................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 ..................................
696.3
2,980.8
575.7
2,405.1
717.9
3,025.7
582.2
2,443.5
Florida ....................................................................................
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach ..........
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................................
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ...............
7,992.9
2,414.7
784.8
1,052.6
577.3
Illinois ....................................................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 .................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ..................................................
Gary 2 ...............................................................................
Lake County-Kenosha County 1 .......................................
Number
Percent
15,103.5
5,575.1
4,097.2
1,477.9
2,026.0
1,027.7
998.3
-89.7
-53.2
-23.6
-29.6
-16.5
-21.4
4.9
-0.6
-.9
-.6
-2.0
-.8
-2.0
.5
690.7
2,992.3
577.4
2,414.9
704.4
3,033.0
582.7
2,450.3
13.7
40.7
5.3
35.4
2.0
1.4
.9
1.5
7,879.7
2,390.3
773.8
1,043.5
573.0
7,984.7
2,420.8
784.3
1,060.3
576.2
7,865.0
2,388.4
771.8
1,046.2
570.4
-119.7
-32.4
-12.5
-14.1
-5.8
-1.5
-1.3
-1.6
-1.3
-1.0
6,013.6
4,593.6
3,907.5
282.0
404.0
6,002.7
4,585.0
3,895.5
282.9
406.6
6,024.3
4,587.8
3,898.9
284.1
404.8
6,010.6
4,587.3
3,896.2
285.4
405.7
-13.7
-.5
-2.7
1.3
.9
-.2
.0
-.1
.5
.2
Massachusetts ......................................................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 ..............................................
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ...............................................
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ...........................................
Framingham .....................................................................
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ...............................
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ...........................................
Nashua 1 ..........................................................................
Peabody ...........................................................................
3,283.2
2,475.7
1,702.2
89.4
157.1
78.4
118.6
130.0
101.6
3,289.3
2,491.8
1,720.2
89.6
158.7
78.1
118.3
133.8
101.8
3,299.9
2,494.2
1,708.2
90.3
157.7
79.3
120.0
134.4
101.8
3,308.5
2,513.5
1,726.9
89.8
159.3
78.9
119.8
135.9
101.7
8.6
19.3
18.7
-.5
1.6
-.4
-.2
1.5
-.1
.3
.8
1.1
-.6
1.0
-.5
-.2
1.1
-.1
Michigan ................................................................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia .......................................................
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ..................................................
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ..........................................
4,246.7
1,954.7
775.5
1,179.2
4,171.9
1,896.3
741.2
1,155.1
4,297.2
1,966.0
784.2
1,181.8
4,214.2
1,908.2
750.4
1,157.8
-83.0
-57.8
-33.8
-24.0
-1.9
-2.9
-4.3
-2.0
New York ...............................................................................
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 ..................
Edison-New Brunswick2 ...................................................
Nassau-Suffolk .................................................................
New York-White Plains-Wayne 1 ......................................
Newark-Union 2 ................................................................
8,716.2
8,556.1
1,054.2
1,263.2
5,205.1
1,033.6
8,749.9
8,587.5
1,047.9
1,271.6
5,237.0
1,031.0
8,752.3
8,581.5
1,045.0
1,269.2
5,231.3
1,036.0
8,770.0
8,601.7
1,040.3
1,272.9
5,255.0
1,033.5
17.7
20.2
-4.7
3.7
23.7
-2.5
.2
.2
-.4
.3
.5
-.2
Pennsylvania .........................................................................
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ...................................
Camden 2 .........................................................................
Philadelphia ......................................................................
Wilmington 2 .....................................................................
5,778.5
2,797.6
538.5
1,907.9
351.2
5,775.2
2,796.7
538.9
1,905.6
352.2
5,816.2
2,810.8
540.5
1,916.2
354.1
5,810.2
2,809.5
539.8
1,915.4
354.3
-6.0
-1.3
-.7
-.8
.2
-.1
.0
-.1
.0
.1
Texas .....................................................................................
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................
Dallas-Plano-Irving ...........................................................
Fort Worth-Arlington .........................................................
10,369.5
2,954.5
2,082.0
872.5
10,612.9
3,013.3
2,125.2
888.1
10,419.6
2,964.1
2,087.9
876.2
10,657.9
3,018.4
2,127.1
891.3
238.3
54.3
39.2
15.1
2.3
1.8
1.9
1.7
Washington ...........................................................................
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ...................................................
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ...................................................
Tacoma .............................................................................
2,940.6
1,744.1
1,464.4
279.7
2,974.7
1,786.6
1,501.4
285.2
2,962.8
1,752.8
1,468.9
283.9
2,977.4
1,786.7
1,498.6
288.1
14.6
33.9
29.7
4.2
.5
1.9
2.0
1.5
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.
NOTE: Map includes data for 369 metropolitan areas based
on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 0801. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs),
while areas in other states are county-based.
(U.S. rate = 6.0 percent)
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,
not seasonally adjusted, September 2008
U.S. average or below
Above U.S. average