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USDL 05-384
For release: 10:00 A.M. EST
Thursday, March 10, 2005
(This release was reissued on Thursday, March 17, to correct errors in the January 2005 labor
force and unemployment data for Puerto Rico in tables 3 and 4. No other data were affected. For
more information, see http://www.bls.gov/lau/note03102005.htm.)
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JANUARY 2005
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed or lower in January, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nine states and the District of Columbia
recorded rate declines over the month, one state had a rate increase, and the remainder were about unChanges in Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Beginning with the release of data for January 2005, a redesigned method for producing labor
force estimates for census regions, divisions, states, and selected substate areas was implemented.
The redesigned method encompasses a number of changes: (1) the introduction of improved timeseries regression models for all states, the District of Columbia, New York City, the Los AngelesLong Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and the respective balances of New York and
California; (2) the introduction of real-time benchmarking to national Current Population Survey
(CPS) estimates of employment and unemployment; and (3) the introduction of time-series regression models for six additional substate areas and their respective balances of state. The estimates
also reflect routine annual updates to population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. More
information on the changes is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area
Unemployment Statistics Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lauschanges2005.htm.
As part of the redesign, model-based error measures on the estimates and on over-the-month
changes are available for the first time for states and divisions. The analysis in this release
incorporates the use of these errors.
Census 2000-based geographic area definitions also have been implemented for substate areas.
The historical series for regions, divisions, states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, New York
City, and the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division have been revised back to
1976. The historical series have been revised back to 1983 for the six new modeled areas—
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. metropolitan division; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio metropolitan
statistical area; Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. metropolitan statistical area; Miami-Miami BeachKendall, Fla. metropolitan division; New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. metropolitan statistical
area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. metropolitan division.
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changed. Over the year, jobless rates were down in 31 states, up in 6 states and the District of Columbia,
and about the same in 13 states. In January, the national unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage
point to 5.2 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia over
the month.
Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
The Northeast had the lowest unemployment rate in January, 4.7 percent, followed by the South,
5.1 percent. The Midwest, at 5.6 percent, and the West, at 5.4 percent, had the highest rates. Jobless
rates in the Northeast and South declined by 0.3 and 0.2 percentage point, respectively, over the month.
Over the year, the Northeast and West registered unemployment rate declines of 1.1 and
0.9 percentage point, respectively. (See table 1.)
Among the nine geographic divisions, the lowest unemployment rates in January were reported in the
Mountain and New England divisions, 4.5 percent each, and the South Atlantic, 4.6 percent. The East
North Central and Pacific divisions recorded the highest jobless rates, 5.9 and 5.8 percent, respectively.
Over the month, the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic divisions registered rate decreases of 0.4 and 0.3
percentage point, respectively. The Middle Atlantic division posted the largest jobless rate decline from
January 2004, 1.2 percentage points. The Mountain, Pacific, and New England divisions followed, with
decreases of 0.9, 0.8, and 0.7 percentage point, respectively.
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
In January, the lowest state unemployment rates were in Hawaii, 3.0 percent, and North Dakota and
Virginia, 3.3 percent each. The states with the highest jobless rates were Alaska, 7.4 percent; Michigan and
Mississippi, 7.1 percent each; and South Carolina, 7.0 percent. The District of Columbia recorded a jobless
rate of 8.2 percent. Three states registered the lowest rates in their revised series in January—Idaho and
Montana, 4.3 percent each, and West Virginia, 4.7 percent. (All state series begin in 1976.) In January,
19 states had unemployment rates that were below the U.S. rate, 8 states and the District of Columbia
reported higher rates, and 23 states had rates that were little different from that of the nation. (See table 3
and chart 1.)
Nine states and the District of Columbia reported over-the-month jobless rate decreases. The largest
declines were in New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania (-0.6 percentage point each) and Colorado and
Maine (-0.5 point each). The District of Columbia also posted a rate decline (-0.6 percentage point) over
the month. Tennessee was the only state to record an over-the-month rate increase (+0.6 percentage point).
Forty states reported January unemployment rates that were little different from those of December.
The states with the largest over-the-year declines in their jobless rates were New Jersey and Oregon
(-1.5 percentage points each), Washington (-1.4 points), New York (-1.3 points), and Arizona (-1.2 points).
Rhode Island was the only other state to register an unemployment rate decline of at least 1.0 percentage
point from January 2004. Mississippi experienced the largest unemployment rate increase from a year earlier
(+1.5 percentage points). The District of Columbia’s jobless rate rose by the next largest amount (+0.7
percentage point).
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
From December to January, total nonfarm employment rose in 29 states and the District of Columbia and
decreased in 21 states. The largest employment gains were reported in Florida (+38,800), Texas (+21,900),
California (+20,000), and Indiana (+15,300). Alaska posted the largest over-the-month percentage increase
in employment (+1.3 percent), followed by Louisiana and West Virginia (+0.6 percent each), Florida,
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Indiana, and Wyoming (+0.5 percent each), and Arizona, Mississippi, and Nebraska (+0.4 percent each).
The largest employment decreases occurred in Kansas (-12,600), Georgia (-11,800), New York (-10,000),
Missouri (-8,500), and Ohio (-8,200). The largest over-the-month percentage employment losses were
reported in Kansas and Montana (-0.9 percent each), followed by Hawaii (-0.7 percent), Vermont (-0.4
percent), and Georgia and Missouri (-0.3 percent each). (See table 5.)
Over the year, employment rose in 49 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 1 state,
Michigan. Florida recorded the largest over-the-year gain in employment (+261,300), followed by California
(+235,800), Texas (+137,700), Virginia (+90,800), and Arizona (+90,700). States reporting over-the-year
employment increases of 2.0 percent or higher were largely concentrated in the Mountain and Pacific geographic divisions. The largest percentage gains were reported in Nevada (+6.3 percent), Arizona (+3.9 percent), Oregon (+3.7 percent), Florida (+3.5 percent), and Montana (+3.2 percent). Michigan recorded the
only decline in employment over the year (-15,200 or -0.3 percent). (See chart 2.)
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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for January 2005 is scheduled to be
issued on March 17. The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for February is
scheduled to be issued on March 31.
Technical Note
This release presents labor force and unemployment data for
census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate
areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
program (tables 1-4). Also presented are nonfarm payroll
employment estimates by state and major industry from the
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6).
The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative
endeavors.
Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS
program
Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are
based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for
the official national estimates obtained from the Current
Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that
is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the
U.S. Census Bureau. The labor force includes both the
employed and the unemployed. Employed persons are those
who did any work at all for pay or profit in the 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 have a job from which they were temporarily
absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labormanagement dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons
are those who did not work at all (in the reference week), have
actively looked for a job (sometime in the 4-week period ending
with the reference week), and are currently available for work;
persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work
to be counted as unemployed.
Method of estimation. Estimates for all census divisions,
states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale metropolitan division, and New York City are produced
using estimating equations based on regression techniques.
This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the
beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including
the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data.
Estimates for the six other areas contained in this release use a
different regression approach. A detailed description of the
estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.
Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the
model-based estimates for the component divisions and then
calculating the unemployment rate.
Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data
shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of
each year, usually implemented with January estimates. The
adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the U.S.
Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and
model reestimation.
Seasonal adjustment. Seasonal adjustment of state and
substate area model employment and unemployment levels is
performed within the modeling procedure. The model
estimation is based on the classical approach to seasonal
adjustment, in which the series is decomposed into trend,
seasonal, irregular, and survey error. This directly yields
seasonally adjusted estimates for employment and
unemployment levels with reliability measures. Labor force
levels and unemployment rates are calculated from these two
estimates. Additionally, measures for the state of California are
derived by summing the seasonally adjusted estimates for the
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and
the balance of California, and the estimates for the State of New
York are the sum of the estimates for New York City and the
balance of New York. Labor force estimates for census regions
are calculated as the sum of the levels of the component
divisions, and the unemployment rate is then calculated. In
most years, historical data for the most recent 5 years are revised
near the beginning of each calendar year, usually coincident
with the release of January estimates.
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 February 18, 2004.
A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available on the
Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/laumsa.htm and also is published
annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
Employment—from the CES program
Definitions . Employment data refer to persons on
establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay
period which 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 2002 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.
Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted
annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks,
derived principally from tax reports which 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.
Seasonal adjustment . Payroll employment data are
seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some
states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is
computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector
series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll
employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of
historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year,
coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.
Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation
procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each
individual state. BLS independently develops a national
employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to
national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger
sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series,
summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can
cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these
statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a “sum-of-states”
employment series, and cautions users that such a series is
subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.
Reliability of the estimates
The estimates presented in this release are based on sample
survey, 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 specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual
items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables
because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,
unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather
than from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences,
however, are generally insignificant.
Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based
error measures for both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally
adjusted data, and for over-the-month change, are available on
the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The
average magnitude of the over-the-month change in a state
unemployment rate that is required in order to be statistically
significant at the 90-percent confidence level is slightly more
than +/- 0.3 percentage point. More details can be found on the
Web site. Measures of nonsampling error are not available, but
additional information on the subject is provided in the BLS
monthly periodical, Employment and Earnings.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state
CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES
data at the total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web site
at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent
benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS Web site
at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
Additional information
More complete information on the technical procedures used
to develop these estimates and additional data appear in
Employment and Earnings, which is available by subscription
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800), and from
the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, August 1997.
Estimates of labor force and unemployment, as well as
nonfarm employment from the CES program, for over 370
metropolitan areas and metropolitan New England City and
Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release,
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment. Estimates
of labor force, employment, and unemployment for all states,
metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a
population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the
administration of various federal economic assistance programs
are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/.
Employment data from the CES program are available at
http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200;
TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA
LABOR FORCE DATA
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted 1
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Number
Census region and
division
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Percent of labor force
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Northeast ...........................
27,467.5
27,629.2
27,648.3
27,575.0
1,583.3
1,363.0
1,381.4
New England ....................
Middle Atlantic ..................
7,553.9
19,913.6
7,500.3
20,128.8
7,496.9
20,151.4
7,493.2
20,081.8
391.9
1,191.4
331.3
1,031.7
323.9
1,057.5
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
1,297.3
5.8
4.9
5.0
4.7
334.3
963.1
5.2
6.0
4.4
5.1
4.3
5.2
4.5
4.8
South .................................
51,492.7
52,030.0
52,103.6
52,247.6
2,773.0
2,740.4
2,768.0
2,677.0
5.4
5.3
5.3
5.1
South Atlantic ...................
East South Central ...........
West South Central ..........
27,110.2
8,353.9
16,028.6
27,463.6
8,363.6
16,202.9
27,510.3
8,362.7
16,230.6
27,570.6
8,390.7
16,286.2
1,320.6
467.9
984.6
1,335.3
461.9
943.2
1,355.7
463.4
949.0
1,272.1
478.3
926.7
4.9
5.6
6.1
4.9
5.5
5.8
4.9
5.5
5.8
4.6
5.7
5.7
Midwest .............................
34,342.8
34,515.2
34,504.9
34,539.7
1,969.2
1,975.3
1,942.1
1,925.9
5.7
5.7
5.6
5.6
East North Central ............
West North Central ...........
23,540.4
10,802.4
23,663.8
10,851.5
23,647.2
10,857.7
23,693.6
10,846.2
1,440.8
528.3
1,445.1
530.2
1,416.7
525.4
1,390.1
535.9
6.1
4.9
6.1
4.9
6.0
4.8
5.9
4.9
West ...................................
33,443.4
33,820.5
33,846.7
33,844.6
2,098.1
1,902.7
1,883.7
1,819.2
6.3
5.6
5.6
5.4
Mountain ...........................
Pacific ...............................
9,973.6
23,469.9
10,120.0
23,700.5
10,130.7
23,716.0
10,154.0
23,690.5
543.4
1,554.7
484.8
1,417.9
478.8
1,404.9
455.6
1,363.6
5.4
6.6
4.8
6.0
4.7
5.9
4.5
5.8
1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census
division model-based estimates.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The States (including the
District of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New
England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West
Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and
Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and
Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and
Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;
and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Data
have been revised to incorporate new estimation methods and updated
Census-2000 population controls.
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted 1
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
Census region and
division
Number
December
January
December
Percent of labor force
January
2003
2004
2004
2005p
Northeast ...........................
27,336.3
27,602.5
27,355.4
27,378.9
1,454.1
1,297.9
1,749.1
New England ....................
Middle Atlantic ..................
7,521.1
19,815.3
7,477.2
20,125.3
7,518.4
19,837.0
7,436.0
19,942.9
365.8
1,088.3
298.3
999.6
440.1
1,309.0
2003
2004
2004
2005p
December
January
2003
2004
2004
2005p
1,460.6
5.3
4.7
6.4
5.3
384.0
1,076.6
4.9
5.5
4.0
5.0
5.9
6.6
5.2
5.4
South .................................
51,297.9
52,037.6
51,226.8
51,847.5
2,603.0
2,624.7
2,947.6
2,852.5
5.1
5.0
5.8
5.5
South Atlantic ...................
East South Central ...........
West South Central ..........
26,966.8
8,362.7
15,968.3
27,440.0
8,381.6
16,216.0
26,983.0
8,295.1
15,948.7
27,369.5
8,311.6
16,166.4
1,233.5
447.4
922.0
1,283.5
438.6
902.6
1,396.4
506.7
1,044.5
1,343.0
520.6
988.9
4.6
5.4
5.8
4.7
5.2
5.6
5.2
6.1
6.5
4.9
6.3
6.1
Midwest .............................
34,153.9
34,399.4
34,105.7
34,205.7
1,851.1
1,857.0
2,195.7
2,157.1
5.4
5.4
6.4
6.3
East North Central ............
West North Central ...........
23,424.1
10,729.9
23,591.3
10,808.1
23,373.2
10,732.5
23,462.0
10,743.6
1,349.5
501.6
1,352.8
504.2
1,594.5
601.2
1,545.8
611.3
5.8
4.7
5.7
4.7
6.8
5.6
6.6
5.7
West ...................................
33,327.3
33,833.1
33,380.1
33,683.6
2,005.3
1,817.3
2,251.0
1,973.7
6.0
5.4
6.7
5.9
Mountain ...........................
Pacific ...............................
9,926.8
23,400.5
10,126.8
23,706.3
9,939.8
23,440.2
10,092.3
23,591.3
510.2
1,495.2
461.0
1,356.3
585.3
1,665.7
497.7
1,476.0
5.1
6.4
4.6
5.7
5.9
7.1
4.9
6.3
1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census
division model-based estimates. The composition of the regions and
divisions is described in table 1.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data have been revised to
incorporate new estimation methods and updated Census-2000
population controls.
LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
State and area
Number
Percent of labor force
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Alabama ...............................................
Alaska ...................................................
Arizona .................................................
Arkansas ...............................................
California ..............................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1
Colorado ...............................................
Connecticut ...........................................
Delaware ..............................................
District of Columbia ..............................
Florida ...................................................
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 ..........
2,141.1
332.2
2,744.9
1,290.6
17,462.2
4,776.6
2,500.1
1,800.9
421.9
298.6
8,295.7
1,101.0
2,154.9
333.9
2,798.3
1,317.7
17,648.0
4,842.2
2,539.8
1,794.1
423.8
301.0
8,473.4
1,112.8
2,156.2
334.2
2,796.7
1,321.5
17,630.4
4,842.2
2,544.0
1,791.5
424.0
302.7
8,480.8
1,113.9
2,161.7
334.8
2,800.9
1,319.7
17,607.4
4,818.5
2,540.1
1,782.6
426.6
305.6
8,508.3
1,115.3
122.5
25.7
145.6
73.2
1,143.0
318.5
145.7
93.3
17.0
22.5
403.5
64.5
116.0
25.2
129.6
73.3
1,056.4
313.7
136.4
82.7
17.5
26.3
395.6
59.4
114.9
25.3
125.8
73.4
1,050.6
312.8
136.9
79.9
17.6
26.7
390.5
59.3
113.8
24.7
116.2
70.8
1,016.5
293.0
124.1
84.5
18.2
24.9
367.6
54.8
5.7
7.7
5.3
5.7
6.5
6.7
5.8
5.2
4.0
7.5
4.9
5.9
5.4
7.6
4.6
5.6
6.0
6.5
5.4
4.6
4.1
8.7
4.7
5.3
5.3
7.6
4.5
5.6
6.0
6.5
5.4
4.5
4.2
8.8
4.6
5.3
5.3
7.4
4.1
5.4
5.8
6.1
4.9
4.7
4.3
8.2
4.3
4.9
Georgia .................................................
Hawaii ...................................................
Idaho .....................................................
Illinois ....................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ...............
Indiana ..................................................
Iowa ......................................................
Kansas ..................................................
Kentucky ...............................................
Louisiana ..............................................
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 2 .......
Maine ....................................................
4,355.5
613.7
696.1
6,383.7
3,973.0
3,171.7
1,620.7
1,456.8
1,978.0
2,047.0
613.0
696.0
4,418.5
618.2
706.6
6,410.5
3,986.9
3,170.8
1,626.1
1,466.7
1,966.6
2,071.7
613.8
702.7
4,422.1
618.3
707.2
6,409.2
3,988.3
3,171.1
1,628.0
1,468.3
1,967.7
2,069.9
614.1
702.9
4,445.2
621.5
714.5
6,454.3
3,996.2
3,184.6
1,624.3
1,464.9
1,972.4
2,089.1
622.6
698.8
191.7
22.1
35.2
411.3
255.5
168.2
75.1
81.4
112.3
119.6
30.5
32.5
212.5
18.9
31.5
389.3
237.4
162.7
81.3
77.7
91.9
119.3
26.7
32.5
212.7
18.8
31.0
386.4
232.5
163.5
81.9
77.5
91.9
117.9
26.6
32.7
213.6
18.4
30.4
360.5
221.9
173.2
82.5
76.7
97.4
116.9
35.7
28.6
4.4
3.6
5.1
6.4
6.4
5.3
4.6
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.0
4.7
4.8
3.1
4.5
6.1
6.0
5.1
5.0
5.3
4.7
5.8
4.3
4.6
4.8
3.0
4.4
6.0
5.8
5.2
5.0
5.3
4.7
5.7
4.3
4.6
4.8
3.0
4.3
5.6
5.6
5.4
5.1
5.2
4.9
5.6
5.7
4.1
Maryland ...............................................
Massachusetts ......................................
Michigan ...............................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ...................
Minnesota .............................................
Mississippi ............................................
Missouri ................................................
Montana ................................................
Nebraska ..............................................
Nevada .................................................
New Hampshire ....................................
2,881.9
3,402.0
5,061.1
2,202.0
2,931.1
1,322.1
3,014.6
476.2
981.2
1,164.5
720.2
2,886.8
3,386.4
5,097.8
2,210.3
2,961.5
1,340.7
3,041.8
487.7
987.4
1,188.0
724.7
2,884.7
3,385.1
5,092.9
2,210.1
2,966.3
1,337.3
3,040.3
488.0
988.0
1,190.0
725.5
2,893.4
3,371.8
5,089.2
2,172.8
2,962.6
1,345.1
3,025.2
488.4
983.7
1,194.3
727.3
122.7
190.8
348.1
147.1
147.2
74.4
162.5
21.2
38.5
55.2
30.0
120.8
161.6
376.5
166.3
131.3
92.5
177.8
21.3
36.8
48.1
24.6
119.4
159.9
384.5
167.7
135.3
89.0
173.9
21.3
37.6
47.5
24.5
120.0
161.0
359.4
153.1
129.0
94.8
182.2
21.2
38.9
46.8
25.2
4.3
5.6
6.9
6.7
5.0
5.6
5.4
4.5
3.9
4.7
4.2
4.2
4.8
7.4
7.5
4.4
6.9
5.8
4.4
3.7
4.0
3.4
4.1
4.7
7.5
7.6
4.6
6.7
5.7
4.4
3.8
4.0
3.4
4.1
4.8
7.1
7.0
4.4
7.1
6.0
4.3
4.0
3.9
3.5
New Jersey ...........................................
New Mexico ..........................................
New York ..............................................
New York City ..................................
North Carolina ......................................
North Dakota ........................................
Ohio ......................................................
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 ................
Oklahoma .............................................
Oregon ..................................................
Pennsylvania ........................................
Rhode Island ........................................
4,375.2
903.8
9,330.5
3,721.1
4,246.4
352.8
5,875.6
1,112.9
1,708.9
1,849.6
6,220.3
562.7
4,392.4
918.3
9,372.7
3,716.6
4,264.7
355.6
5,890.8
1,088.1
1,713.7
1,861.7
6,320.2
561.0
4,389.6
919.5
9,392.8
3,731.0
4,264.2
356.6
5,887.1
1,084.5
1,711.3
1,858.4
6,325.7
560.1
4,391.5
921.6
9,353.8
3,707.7
4,286.3
355.0
5,889.6
1,084.8
1,719.7
1,852.2
6,338.8
558.6
234.2
53.0
591.5
295.8
250.5
12.2
360.8
66.0
88.3
145.3
340.4
30.6
191.4
51.2
507.6
235.7
227.6
12.1
361.7
63.6
80.0
133.6
355.1
27.2
186.0
51.1
521.4
245.9
227.2
12.7
357.3
63.1
76.3
130.2
357.5
26.7
173.1
48.1
467.6
217.6
214.7
11.6
348.0
62.9
79.4
118.1
324.1
24.8
5.4
5.9
6.3
7.9
5.9
3.5
6.1
5.9
5.2
7.9
5.5
5.4
4.4
5.6
5.4
6.3
5.3
3.4
6.1
5.8
4.7
7.2
5.6
4.8
4.2
5.6
5.6
6.6
5.3
3.6
6.1
5.8
4.5
7.0
5.7
4.8
3.9
5.2
5.0
5.9
5.0
3.3
5.9
5.8
4.6
6.4
5.1
4.4
South Carolina ......................................
South Dakota ........................................
Tennessee ............................................
Texas ....................................................
Utah ......................................................
Vermont ................................................
Virginia ..................................................
Washington ...........................................
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 ................
West Virginia ........................................
Wisconsin .............................................
Wyoming ...............................................
2,027.4
426.9
2,917.6
10,984.2
1,197.1
353.1
3,791.0
3,196.3
1,322.8
789.8
3,074.7
279.3
2,061.3
429.5
2,902.8
11,082.8
1,208.1
354.0
3,831.7
3,261.7
1,339.5
785.5
3,065.7
284.0
2,061.6
430.1
2,902.7
11,093.9
1,208.6
354.7
3,830.8
3,271.4
1,341.8
784.5
3,070.8
283.8
2,072.4
429.6
2,913.8
11,152.0
1,209.2
353.1
3,847.1
3,252.2
1,334.0
788.7
3,077.5
283.8
133.3
15.2
159.2
701.0
65.3
15.1
144.7
219.0
74.5
43.0
165.0
11.0
144.7
14.8
155.0
656.9
61.1
12.1
136.2
192.6
66.8
39.3
140.2
11.2
142.7
15.1
155.2
654.5
60.4
12.7
134.1
193.4
66.6
38.5
144.6
10.6
144.7
15.4
173.3
660.7
58.7
12.4
127.2
178.1
60.9
37.3
148.7
9.7
6.6
3.6
5.5
6.4
5.5
4.3
3.8
6.9
5.6
5.4
5.4
3.9
7.0
3.5
5.3
5.9
5.1
3.4
3.6
5.9
5.0
5.0
4.6
3.9
6.9
3.5
5.3
5.9
5.0
3.6
3.5
5.9
5.0
4.9
4.7
3.7
7.0
3.6
5.9
5.9
4.9
3.5
3.3
5.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
3.4
Puerto Rico ...........................................
1,364.5
1,381.7
1,387.1
c1,383.8
158.4
147.0
152.3
c153.6
11.6
10.6
11.0
c11.1
p = preliminary.
c = corrected.
1
Metropolitan division.
Metropolitan statistical area.
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.
2
04-03, dated February 18, 2004, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/
lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
Estimates for the latest month are revised the following month, and at least 3
years of estimates are subject to revision at the end of the year, to incorporate
updated inputs and reestimation. Data have been revised to incorporate new
estimation methods and updated Census-2000 population controls.
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployed
Civilian labor force
State and area
Number
December
January
December
January
December
January
2004
2005p
2003
2004
2004
2005p
111.7
25.3
115.5
72.9
996.6
291.3
133.3
69.1
16.2
27.1
379.0
61.4
127.1
28.6
153.4
83.1
1,213.2
327.5
160.3
100.7
18.6
22.0
407.0
61.7
118.3
27.7
121.1
80.8
1,095.1
303.7
135.3
92.7
20.0
23.0
371.4
53.9
5.5
7.8
4.9
5.5
6.3
6.3
5.8
4.8
3.4
6.7
4.5
5.5
5.2
7.6
4.1
5.5
5.7
6.0
5.2
3.9
3.8
9.0
4.5
5.5
6.0
8.7
5.6
6.5
6.9
6.9
6.4
5.6
4.4
7.5
4.9
5.6
5.5
8.4
4.3
6.2
6.2
6.3
5.4
5.3
4.7
7.7
4.4
4.8
176.7
21.3
35.0
390.6
242.6
157.5
75.2
75.2
110.1
109.6
28.4
32.7
211.2
16.9
30.8
367.1
221.2
157.0
83.0
68.7
90.1
111.3
26.7
30.8
198.0
20.9
44.2
440.4
267.7
182.8
90.1
88.3
124.4
131.8
31.2
38.4
222.2
17.7
38.6
393.1
233.2
190.8
98.4
84.8
110.0
129.6
37.8
34.2
4.0
3.5
5.1
6.2
6.1
5.0
4.6
5.2
5.6
5.4
4.7
4.7
4.7
2.7
4.4
5.7
5.5
5.0
5.1
4.7
4.6
5.4
4.4
4.4
4.5
3.4
6.4
7.0
6.8
5.8
5.6
6.1
6.3
6.5
5.2
5.6
5.0
2.8
5.4
6.1
5.9
6.1
6.1
5.8
5.6
6.3
6.2
5.0
2,872.6
3,350.7
5,042.8
2,153.5
2,935.9
1,334.9
2,999.3
482.4
972.8
1,191.1
724.0
116.9
177.5
320.8
131.6
136.4
68.8
152.6
21.4
35.9
53.9
28.4
116.9
141.4
360.9
154.9
127.3
85.0
162.9
21.6
35.8
45.9
22.0
134.6
211.0
386.9
160.0
170.8
81.8
176.2
26.7
43.3
61.8
33.3
133.8
181.7
400.2
169.2
152.2
103.1
199.0
26.3
44.4
52.6
28.6
4.1
5.2
6.4
6.0
4.7
5.2
5.1
4.5
3.7
4.7
4.0
4.1
4.2
7.1
7.0
4.3
6.3
5.4
4.5
3.6
3.9
3.0
4.7
6.2
7.7
7.3
5.9
6.2
5.9
5.7
4.4
5.3
4.6
4.7
5.4
7.9
7.9
5.2
7.7
6.6
5.5
4.6
4.4
4.0
4,353.5
897.3
9,307.2
3,724.6
4,224.5
345.2
5,822.5
1,093.6
1,698.6
1,837.3
6,176.4
566.9
4,360.1
912.0
9,305.0
3,700.3
4,254.5
345.6
5,826.2
1,066.9
1,706.5
1,834.3
6,277.9
559.0
218.7
48.6
564.7
280.4
237.7
11.5
330.8
60.3
86.7
135.9
304.9
27.5
170.3
47.0
502.8
235.8
224.5
11.9
335.3
58.3
76.2
124.5
326.5
23.7
260.9
55.1
657.3
314.6
268.4
14.9
405.9
69.8
97.2
158.8
390.8
38.6
194.8
49.2
519.4
230.3
234.2
14.4
397.3
69.1
88.8
131.8
362.4
31.5
5.0
5.4
6.1
7.6
5.6
3.3
5.7
5.5
5.1
7.4
4.9
4.9
3.9
5.1
5.4
6.3
5.3
3.4
5.7
5.4
4.4
6.7
5.2
4.2
6.0
6.1
7.1
8.4
6.4
4.3
7.0
6.4
5.7
8.6
6.3
6.8
4.5
5.4
5.6
6.2
5.5
4.2
6.8
6.5
5.2
7.2
5.8
5.6
2,046.8
424.9
2,905.9
11,128.1
1,209.2
353.3
3,816.3
3,276.6
1,347.2
782.6
3,063.9
282.3
2,010.0
419.7
2,892.2
10,959.1
1,195.3
351.9
3,778.9
3,199.9
1,326.2
781.1
3,050.4
276.7
2,049.4
420.4
2,882.3
11,103.7
1,202.8
350.0
3,824.1
3,244.9
1,338.2
777.8
3,047.6
280.1
125.7
14.9
150.8
655.6
59.8
13.9
134.6
223.1
74.5
40.1
149.9
12.3
141.1
14.8
151.8
642.3
55.9
11.3
131.0
193.1
63.7
36.6
132.4
11.0
140.0
17.7
173.4
732.4
69.4
18.0
157.1
244.1
79.0
50.8
178.5
14.4
152.5
18.2
189.2
689.7
61.8
15.2
140.5
203.6
63.6
45.5
164.5
12.8
6.3
3.5
5.2
6.0
5.0
3.9
3.6
7.0
5.6
5.1
4.9
4.4
6.9
3.5
5.2
5.8
4.6
3.2
3.4
5.9
4.7
4.7
4.3
3.9
7.0
4.2
6.0
6.7
5.8
5.1
4.2
7.6
6.0
6.5
5.9
5.2
7.4
4.3
6.6
6.2
5.1
4.3
3.7
6.3
4.8
5.8
5.4
4.6
1,383.5
1,353.6
c1,373.0
137.1
136.0
153.0
c148.4
10.1
9.8
11.3
c10.8
2003
2004
2004
2005p
2003
Alabama ...............................................
Alaska ...................................................
Arizona .................................................
Arkansas ...............................................
California ..............................................
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1
Colorado ...............................................
Connecticut ...........................................
Delaware ..............................................
District of Columbia ..............................
Florida ...................................................
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 ..........
2,148.0
329.1
2,736.8
1,278.7
17,415.3
4,779.4
2,491.3
1,793.2
421.3
291.6
8,242.1
1,099.4
2,163.4
331.6
2,797.4
1,315.9
17,626.4
4,859.1
2,540.3
1,776.7
424.8
302.1
8,488.3
1,121.5
2,127.7
329.5
2,747.4
1,269.3
17,457.9
4,773.9
2,492.4
1,793.2
421.4
294.1
8,248.6
1,100.4
2,143.0
331.4
2,792.9
1,295.4
17,558.4
4,803.0
2,521.8
1,765.1
425.0
298.9
8,434.8
1,112.9
117.7
25.6
134.2
70.1
1,089.3
302.1
145.0
85.8
14.3
19.5
368.0
60.1
Georgia .................................................
Hawaii ...................................................
Idaho .....................................................
Illinois ....................................................
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ...............
Indiana ..................................................
Iowa ......................................................
Kansas ..................................................
Kentucky ...............................................
Louisiana ..............................................
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 2 .......
Maine ....................................................
4,365.1
615.9
693.4
6,348.8
3,954.4
3,144.9
1,620.4
1,451.6
1,983.5
2,027.3
606.8
691.7
4,449.9
620.0
705.9
6,405.4
3,987.4
3,156.6
1,626.3
1,459.7
1,971.6
2,059.2
611.5
695.2
4,354.8
615.7
693.3
6,335.7
3,954.4
3,140.0
1,616.3
1,455.1
1,961.2
2,021.7
603.0
687.9
4,432.4
622.5
709.4
6,398.1
3,965.2
3,147.4
1,612.7
1,457.0
1,951.4
2,060.7
611.1
687.2
Maryland ...............................................
Massachusetts ......................................
Michigan ...............................................
Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ...................
Minnesota .............................................
Mississippi ............................................
Missouri ................................................
Montana ................................................
Nebraska ..............................................
Nevada .................................................
New Hampshire ....................................
2,867.2
3,400.1
5,036.2
2,198.6
2,916.5
1,324.5
2,998.1
470.7
974.9
1,159.1
718.1
2,873.2
3,370.8
5,089.9
2,207.6
2,945.4
1,340.7
3,020.2
482.7
982.0
1,187.9
721.6
2,869.6
3,398.0
5,024.5
2,189.2
2,918.6
1,314.0
3,002.9
472.1
974.8
1,165.3
720.4
New Jersey ...........................................
New Mexico ..........................................
New York ..............................................
New York City ..................................
North Carolina ......................................
North Dakota ........................................
Ohio ......................................................
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 ................
Oklahoma .............................................
Oregon ..................................................
Pennsylvania ........................................
Rhode Island ........................................
4,359.1
903.2
9,266.6
3,698.2
4,225.3
346.3
5,839.4
1,098.9
1,705.3
1,840.9
6,189.5
564.8
4,397.0
921.1
9,395.1
3,738.6
4,255.9
349.6
5,875.5
1,076.9
1,712.8
1,851.8
6,333.2
559.6
South Carolina ......................................
South Dakota ........................................
Tennessee ............................................
Texas ....................................................
Utah ......................................................
Vermont ................................................
Virginia ..................................................
Washington ...........................................
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 ................
West Virginia ........................................
Wisconsin .............................................
Wyoming ...............................................
2,004.6
422.0
2,906.8
10,957.0
1,194.3
353.1
3,762.7
3,199.3
1,326.9
787.0
3,054.8
278.0
Puerto Rico ...........................................
1,362.6
p = preliminary.
c = corrected.
1
Percent of labor force
Metropolitan division.
2 Metropolitan statistical area.
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.
2004
04-03, dated February 18, 2004, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/
lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. Estimates
for the latest month are revised the following month, and at least 3 years of
estimates are subject to revision at the end of the year, to incorporate updated
inputs and reestimation. Data have been revised to incorporate new estimation
methods and updated Census-2000 population controls.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
Total1
State
Construction
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Alabama ...............................
Alaska ...................................
Arizona .................................
Arkansas ...............................
California ..............................
1,886.8
304.2
2,333.3
1,152.3
14,429.7
1,912.8
304.0
2,413.0
1,162.9
14,656.4
1,914.4
304.3
2,414.8
1,164.1
14,645.5
1,918.5
308.2
2,424.0
1,166.0
14,665.5
102.5
17.3
183.0
50.9
821.6
106.3
17.9
197.1
52.2
865.8
106.5
18.0
198.0
52.1
870.3
106.7
18.0
199.5
51.9
870.8
(2)
(2)
175.3
203.5
1,532.0
(2)
(2)
175.6
204.2
1,533.9
(2)
(2)
175.4
203.9
1,535.1
(2)
(2)
176.2
203.6
1,538.3
Colorado ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Delaware 3 ...........................
District of Columbia 3 ...........
Florida ..................................
2,157.6
1,642.1
421.2
668.7
7,386.1
2,196.2
1,664.5
427.0
673.1
7,585.6
2,203.4
1,664.6
429.0
673.8
7,608.6
2,203.1
1,661.2
429.9
675.0
7,647.4
150.0
63.4
25.6
12.3
471.4
154.0
68.1
26.7
12.2
501.6
156.2
68.1
27.0
12.0
504.9
155.7
67.7
27.6
11.9
511.3
153.7
197.3
(2)
(2)
384.5
154.6
197.7
(2)
(2)
386.0
154.8
197.9
(2)
(2)
385.3
155.1
197.6
(2)
(2)
387.6
Georgia ................................
Hawaii 3 ................................
Idaho ....................................
Illinois ....................................
Indiana ..................................
3,877.9
573.9
576.4
5,798.6
2,909.1
3,900.1
591.4
591.0
5,806.3
2,946.2
3,906.6
591.3
591.5
5,812.7
2,943.6
3,894.8
587.4
590.9
5,805.3
2,958.9
199.7
28.4
38.2
270.2
146.1
198.8
30.5
40.5
267.3
149.6
198.5
30.6
40.7
265.9
149.3
197.9
30.5
40.8
263.1
151.7
(2)
15.4
61.0
699.1
570.4
(2)
15.5
60.9
699.2
574.4
(2)
15.6
61.0
699.7
575.0
(2)
15.7
60.7
694.6
575.1
Iowa ......................................
Kansas ..................................
Kentucky ...............................
Louisiana ..............................
Maine ....................................
1,447.6
1,305.4
1,790.2
1,916.8
610.4
1,461.8
1,332.7
1,800.7
1,920.3
615.7
1,461.8
1,334.2
1,802.7
1,916.9
616.2
1,458.2
1,321.6
1,806.3
1,927.6
615.7
67.2
62.7
84.1
119.1
31.1
68.6
65.0
83.9
116.8
30.8
69.5
65.3
84.9
116.7
31.0
68.2
62.3
85.3
118.5
31.2
220.9
174.3
264.7
153.5
63.4
224.7
178.2
264.7
151.7
63.3
224.2
178.5
264.2
151.3
63.0
224.5
180.0
265.1
151.7
62.5
Maryland 3 ............................
Massachusetts ......................
Michigan ...............................
Minnesota .............................
Mississippi ............................
2,507.5
3,165.1
4,396.2
2,656.8
1,119.8
2,535.5
3,186.6
4,390.1
2,691.4
1,129.9
2,540.9
3,188.1
4,386.8
2,697.0
1,127.6
2,538.6
3,191.2
4,381.0
2,691.4
1,132.4
174.2
136.1
190.3
123.7
49.0
179.7
139.3
190.1
128.1
49.5
179.5
139.8
188.3
127.8
49.3
179.5
140.8
191.1
126.1
48.9
143.5
313.9
705.0
340.2
179.0
142.1
312.9
685.3
346.9
178.9
142.2
312.7
690.4
347.9
178.9
140.8
312.5
682.4
346.2
178.7
Missouri ...............................
Montana ................................
Nebraska 3 ...........................
Nevada .................................
New Hampshire ....................
2,682.2
402.9
917.7
1,119.6
620.2
2,698.2
416.9
923.9
1,180.0
631.0
2,706.6
419.4
926.1
1,187.1
632.7
2,698.1
415.6
929.5
1,190.4
634.8
135.9
23.3
48.5
107.4
28.8
139.5
25.7
47.0
124.4
30.1
139.7
25.8
47.5
125.6
30.1
136.0
25.2
47.0
127.0
30.0
311.5
19.0
101.6
2
( )
79.7
313.3
18.8
100.2
2
( )
81.0
314.7
19.2
100.5
2
( )
81.0
310.5
19.2
98.9
2
( )
81.0
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
New York ..............................
North Carolina ......................
North Dakota ........................
3,979.7
782.7
8,404.8
3,799.8
334.1
4,028.4
796.9
8,483.6
3,851.2
338.3
4,032.2
799.1
8,491.5
3,856.7
337.9
4,030.0
799.8
8,481.5
3,857.4
338.2
163.0
48.8
316.8
213.9
16.4
170.0
50.6
319.7
218.7
17.0
170.3
51.5
320.1
219.8
16.9
167.6
51.8
319.7
222.7
16.8
343.0
35.9
602.0
578.6
23.7
337.6
36.5
589.8
580.9
24.6
337.0
36.5
589.8
579.0
24.4
335.5
36.1
587.9
576.1
24.4
Ohio ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
Oregon .................................
Pennsylvania ........................
Rhode Island ........................
5,393.4
1,460.9
1,563.1
5,612.6
485.9
5,418.1
1,478.1
1,614.0
5,662.4
489.3
5,414.6
1,483.8
1,616.2
5,665.9
490.2
5,406.4
1,483.5
1,620.6
5,676.7
491.5
234.9
62.2
77.8
246.9
21.1
236.9
62.3
84.3
249.3
20.9
236.8
63.3
84.2
249.3
21.0
235.4
63.4
84.9
249.3
20.8
823.5
(2)
195.0
691.9
57.1
826.6
(2)
201.7
690.2
56.6
827.8
(2)
201.8
689.2
56.4
824.8
(2)
202.2
688.1
56.4
South Carolina ......................
South Dakota ........................
Tennessee ............................
Texas ....................................
Utah ......................................
1,816.4
380.0
2,676.2
9,414.8
1,087.3
1,820.5
384.7
2,714.3
9,526.8
1,113.2
1,819.5
384.4
2,716.4
9,530.6
1,116.1
1,823.9
383.6
2,710.2
9,552.5
1,119.8
113.4
19.5
116.9
547.5
69.4
111.6
19.5
117.6
542.9
73.2
110.9
19.9
118.4
542.9
73.1
112.0
19.7
120.0
543.9
74.0
(2)
(2)
(2)
888.9
112.7
(2)
(2)
(2)
889.3
116.0
(2)
(2)
(2)
887.3
116.7
(2)
(2)
(2)
887.5
117.3
Vermont ................................
Virginia ..................................
Washington ...........................
West Virginia ........................
Wisconsin .............................
Wyoming ...............................
300.2
3,537.5
2,665.2
732.0
2,784.6
253.4
305.4
3,621.3
2,717.8
737.5
2,819.3
257.3
306.6
3,623.5
2,722.4
736.8
2,812.1
257.7
305.3
3,628.3
2,723.9
741.1
2,816.7
259.0
16.1
225.2
157.8
34.2
125.8
19.2
16.7
234.8
165.0
34.4
125.8
19.0
16.7
236.5
165.1
34.4
125.8
19.0
16.7
239.4
164.0
35.2
127.2
19.0
36.7
298.5
262.5
63.5
499.2
(2)
37.1
299.5
265.1
62.7
504.0
(2)
37.1
299.7
265.7
62.5
503.0
(2)
37.0
299.3
268.4
62.7
503.1
(2)
See footnotes at end of table.
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Manufacturing
Jan.
2005p
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted—Continued
(In thousands)
Trade, transportation, and utilities
State
Financial activities
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Alabama ...............................
Alaska ...................................
Arizona .................................
Arkansas ...............................
California ..............................
375.2
61.2
(2)
241.1
2,723.5
375.8
62.4
(2)
241.7
2,780.8
375.9
62.6
(2)
242.5
2,778.9
378.0
62.3
(2)
241.8
2,773.4
96.4
14.4
161.8
50.6
894.1
96.2
14.9
165.1
51.1
913.5
96.0
14.6
165.4
51.2
916.4
95.4
14.7
165.5
51.3
917.8
(2)
23.2
327.1
107.4
2,069.5
(2)
23.3
342.3
108.2
2,128.3
(2)
23.3
343.1
108.4
2,130.4
(2)
23.3
339.5
110.3
2,131.9
Colorado ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Delaware 3 ...........................
District of Columbia 3 ...........
Florida ..................................
404.3
305.5
80.1
(2)
1,482.9
409.2
312.9
81.8
(2)
1,506.0
410.0
311.7
82.5
(2)
1,508.2
410.8
309.7
81.4
(2)
1,518.9
154.0
140.8
44.5
(2)
494.4
157.5
140.4
44.7
(2)
505.0
158.6
140.8
44.7
(2)
507.1
156.7
140.5
44.6
(2)
507.9
293.0
196.6
60.5
141.6
1,251.9
303.5
200.1
62.3
142.9
1,314.2
305.0
199.5
62.9
143.8
1,324.7
305.0
197.8
63.3
142.0
1,338.5
Georgia ................................
Hawaii 3 ................................
Idaho ....................................
Illinois ....................................
Indiana ..................................
826.1
109.4
116.3
1,176.1
574.2
825.6
114.3
118.4
1,180.3
575.7
825.4
114.4
119.0
1,180.9
575.6
824.7
113.3
117.7
1,172.9
579.3
216.7
(2)
(2)
399.6
140.2
218.4
(2)
(2)
399.5
140.5
219.4
(2)
(2)
399.5
141.4
222.3
(2)
(2)
398.5
140.6
503.1
(2)
71.0
785.8
258.8
516.7
(2)
73.8
796.8
269.7
519.2
(2)
73.5
799.3
269.6
521.0
(2)
74.8
794.1
270.4
Iowa ......................................
Kansas ..................................
Kentucky ...............................
Louisiana ..............................
Maine ....................................
303.8
261.7
371.3
381.0
124.6
307.8
258.7
373.2
380.9
126.5
308.0
258.8
372.7
380.6
126.7
306.1
258.9
375.3
382.8
126.6
95.9
(2)
87.3
102.1
35.3
97.0
(2)
86.0
102.9
34.4
97.4
(2)
86.1
103.0
34.5
97.8
(2)
85.7
103.2
34.5
107.1
(2)
157.7
183.4
49.6
106.0
(2)
165.1
182.1
49.5
105.2
(2)
166.0
181.9
49.3
105.7
(2)
164.4
185.6
49.0
Maryland 3 ............................
Massachusetts ......................
Michigan ...............................
Minnesota .............................
Mississippi ............................
466.9
573.9
811.4
517.1
220.2
468.3
573.4
808.4
527.0
220.1
470.9
572.8
808.7
528.9
220.0
470.2
575.2
816.4
529.0
220.4
155.7
220.6
216.9
176.9
(2)
156.0
219.0
218.7
174.6
(2)
155.8
219.4
218.7
175.1
(2)
157.2
219.3
218.3
177.4
(2)
368.9
443.2
580.7
296.9
(2)
377.3
452.9
587.3
303.6
(2)
377.5
454.6
584.6
303.1
(2)
378.0
454.4
573.1
299.2
(2)
Missouri ...............................
Montana ................................
Nebraska 3 ...........................
Nevada .................................
New Hampshire ....................
531.2
85.8
194.1
200.2
138.4
535.9
85.9
198.4
208.4
140.8
539.5
86.0
198.3
210.7
140.9
534.2
86.1
198.2
209.1
140.8
162.1
20.8
62.6
60.1
36.8
165.3
21.0
63.2
61.6
38.2
165.8
21.2
63.4
62.8
38.2
165.5
21.0
63.4
63.2
39.2
302.9
31.8
93.4
128.1
56.0
300.9
33.2
94.3
135.7
56.5
302.6
33.0
94.3
137.7
56.2
300.8
32.1
94.4
139.2
55.4
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
New York ..............................
North Carolina ......................
North Dakota ........................
872.2
137.1
1,469.8
720.9
72.1
877.8
137.7
1,493.3
725.9
72.3
878.1
137.8
1,494.2
725.3
72.5
882.3
138.0
1,483.1
724.5
72.5
275.4
34.5
698.1
(2)
18.6
280.2
34.9
704.8
(2)
18.6
280.8
35.0
706.2
(2)
18.7
280.5
35.2
703.9
(2)
18.8
579.8
88.6
1,045.6
423.3
23.7
584.2
91.5
1,059.3
437.0
23.9
585.0
92.1
1,060.3
436.9
23.9
578.2
91.7
1,056.9
432.8
23.9
Ohio ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
Oregon .................................
Pennsylvania ........................
Rhode Island ........................
1,038.9
277.5
316.7
1,114.7
80.8
1,038.3
274.3
323.4
1,125.8
79.4
1,037.8
275.2
324.5
1,127.1
79.3
1,034.2
275.9
327.7
1,127.0
78.9
312.3
84.2
95.7
337.6
34.0
312.6
84.6
97.2
335.1
34.0
313.5
84.7
97.6
335.5
34.4
313.7
84.4
98.0
335.0
35.0
618.6
159.4
172.3
624.3
52.3
632.7
163.8
179.8
638.8
54.4
630.0
165.1
180.0
641.2
54.6
627.3
164.3
180.0
644.9
55.0
South Carolina ......................
South Dakota ........................
Tennessee ............................
Texas ....................................
Utah ......................................
351.1
76.6
583.7
1,929.2
216.4
352.8
76.8
588.0
1,953.3
221.0
354.2
77.2
585.9
1,954.3
221.7
356.2
77.4
584.6
1,958.5
223.7
92.3
27.7
141.2
591.3
(2)
93.5
28.2
142.8
598.5
(2)
93.5
28.2
143.1
599.5
(2)
93.1
28.5
144.0
600.5
(2)
(2)
(2)
295.8
1,073.2
136.3
(2)
(2)
305.4
1,094.6
139.2
(2)
(2)
306.1
1,090.2
139.9
(2)
(2)
305.5
1,094.2
140.4
Vermont ................................
Virginia ..................................
Washington ...........................
West Virginia ........................
Wisconsin .............................
Wyoming ...............................
(2)
642.8
510.0
136.6
536.6
48.8
(2)
652.9
525.9
137.4
544.2
49.7
(2)
652.6
528.9
137.4
543.9
49.8
(2)
655.6
527.1
138.3
541.8
49.5
(2)
186.9
152.0
30.6
157.8
(2)
(2)
189.8
152.0
30.4
157.0
(2)
(2)
190.1
152.4
30.3
157.4
(2)
(2)
190.3
151.6
30.5
156.9
(2)
20.9
561.4
294.5
58.7
248.1
15.4
21.3
589.5
305.7
57.6
253.3
15.5
21.2
589.1
305.6
57.7
249.9
15.2
21.3
590.5
306.3
58.2
248.9
15.1
See footnotes at end of table.
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Professional and business services
Jan.
2005p
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted—Continued
(In thousands)
Education and health services
State
Leisure and hospitality
Government
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Jan.
2004
Nov.
2004
Dec.
2004
Jan.
2005p
Alabama ...............................
Alaska ...................................
Arizona .................................
Arkansas ...............................
California ..............................
(2)
34.2
253.9
141.0
1,552.0
(2)
34.8
265.6
144.2
1,570.4
(2)
35.0
266.4
144.7
1,571.1
(2)
35.2
268.7
144.5
1,574.8
158.0
29.5
238.2
90.0
1,428.0
160.8
29.9
245.1
90.7
1,455.8
160.4
29.9
245.6
90.9
1,454.0
161.7
30.3
247.0
91.9
1,468.8
358.6
82.4
394.4
199.6
2,396.7
360.2
81.0
409.5
201.9
2,387.3
359.9
81.1
405.6
201.6
2,380.8
360.1
82.0
407.3
202.0
2,383.2
Colorado ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Delaware 3 ...........................
District of Columbia 3 ...........
Florida ..................................
215.9
(2)
51.3
(2)
905.2
220.8
(2)
52.4
(2)
930.2
221.3
(2)
52.9
(2)
933.4
222.0
(2)
53.2
(2)
934.7
247.7
126.7
39.6
51.0
841.4
252.6
128.3
40.8
51.5
865.2
253.2
128.1
40.8
51.8
869.1
255.5
128.8
41.8
52.7
870.5
356.5
243.1
57.6
230.6
1,060.2
361.7
241.8
58.9
231.5
1,079.4
362.0
242.0
58.6
230.9
1,076.8
361.6
242.5
59.1
231.6
1,079.5
Georgia ................................
Hawaii 3 ................................
Idaho ....................................
Illinois ....................................
Indiana ..................................
(2)
66.6
(2)
724.7
364.7
(2)
68.3
(2)
733.7
374.3
(2)
68.6
(2)
731.5
374.3
(2)
69.0
(2)
729.4
372.8
356.0
101.9
55.5
503.2
272.0
357.7
105.1
55.7
509.1
275.2
357.2
105.5
55.7
509.1
275.1
359.6
106.2
55.8
513.9
279.7
631.3
119.3
112.6
850.4
426.4
644.7
122.4
115.6
840.8
428.7
643.5
120.2
115.3
838.2
425.2
641.6
117.0
114.4
845.6
430.0
Iowa ......................................
Kansas ..................................
Kentucky ...............................
Louisiana ..............................
Maine ....................................
190.7
(2)
229.0
249.6
109.9
192.2
(2)
231.7
252.7
112.4
192.4
(2)
232.3
252.1
112.3
192.4
(2)
232.1
252.3
112.5
(2)
108.7
159.6
201.6
58.4
(2)
112.1
160.7
204.8
60.3
(2)
112.2
161.7
204.3
61.1
(2)
111.9
162.6
206.2
60.5
244.1
250.0
310.7
380.5
104.3
244.2
253.7
308.5
382.6
105.4
243.4
254.0
308.2
381.4
105.4
243.1
248.7
309.6
382.2
105.1
Maryland 3 ............................
Massachusetts ......................
Michigan ...............................
Minnesota .............................
Mississippi ............................
345.6
578.6
549.6
372.4
(2)
350.0
583.5
554.2
379.8
(2)
350.7
584.2
552.8
382.0
(2)
349.2
584.7
554.9
378.7
(2)
222.0
289.1
402.9
232.6
124.4
229.2
294.1
403.8
237.1
125.4
231.0
293.7
402.5
237.6
124.6
232.2
295.9
402.9
237.5
125.6
469.3
406.9
683.7
411.3
241.1
461.4
405.6
689.1
411.3
243.5
461.6
405.2
688.0
411.1
242.9
462.8
405.3
688.4
414.0
244.1
Missouri ...............................
Montana ................................
Nebraska 3 ...........................
Nevada .................................
New Hampshire ....................
355.0
53.3
124.6
2
( )
(2)
358.6
54.7
127.4
2
( )
(2)
359.9
54.8
127.6
2
( )
(2)
363.2
54.8
128.7
2
( )
(2)
266.7
52.7
77.1
308.5
62.8
267.0
56.9
78.0
314.9
64.4
266.7
58.3
78.4
315.7
64.9
264.1
57.0
81.3
318.0
65.4
428.5
85.5
159.8
136.1
89.8
428.8
87.7
159.6
140.6
90.2
428.2
87.9
159.9
140.9
90.8
432.0
87.2
160.3
141.2
93.1
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
New York ..............................
North Carolina ......................
North Dakota ........................
541.0
100.9
1,506.9
436.3
48.1
551.8
104.2
1,533.7
451.5
48.9
553.2
104.2
1,534.2
454.2
48.8
555.6
104.6
1,537.7
455.6
48.8
322.1
82.3
655.4
340.9
30.2
332.6
82.5
667.9
348.7
31.0
332.3
82.9
668.0
349.7
30.8
333.5
83.3
674.1
347.9
30.9
626.6
196.3
1,483.2
646.0
74.7
639.2
200.0
1,485.1
650.4
74.9
640.8
200.2
1,488.5
650.5
74.8
641.3
200.4
1,484.9
653.6
75.7
Ohio ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
Oregon .................................
Pennsylvania ........................
Rhode Island ........................
739.5
178.1
188.3
985.9
91.7
748.4
180.1
196.0
1,003.9
93.5
749.1
179.9
196.8
1,004.6
93.7
753.4
180.7
194.0
1,009.5
94.2
493.7
127.8
152.7
472.6
49.4
493.1
129.6
159.4
479.7
50.4
492.7
130.2
159.0
480.1
50.6
490.7
132.2
159.1
480.3
50.8
800.5
296.0
267.1
744.6
65.5
799.0
306.4
271.7
747.5
66.1
797.4
306.3
271.4
746.1
65.3
797.1
304.8
274.1
747.9
65.6
South Carolina ......................
South Dakota ........................
Tennessee ............................
Texas ....................................
Utah ......................................
179.5
56.3
(2)
1,133.8
121.0
168.4
56.9
(2)
1,154.0
125.3
167.3
56.8
(2)
1,157.0
126.2
168.0
56.8
(2)
1,159.0
125.6
197.0
40.5
250.7
873.3
100.5
204.8
41.4
255.9
890.3
102.9
205.6
41.5
256.7
890.3
103.4
210.4
40.9
258.1
894.5
104.8
324.3
74.6
412.7
1,645.9
197.0
331.5
74.7
412.3
1,663.5
199.3
330.6
74.6
412.6
1,664.7
199.4
328.8
75.1
414.3
1,666.3
199.7
Vermont ................................
Virginia ..................................
Washington ...........................
West Virginia ........................
Wisconsin .............................
Wyoming ...............................
(2)
375.0
315.5
109.0
370.9
(2)
(2)
384.1
321.8
113.3
380.6
(2)
(2)
385.3
322.3
112.1
381.7
(2)
(2)
383.5
323.6
111.6
381.1
(2)
(2)
316.5
252.2
67.8
248.7
31.3
(2)
325.2
254.8
67.6
250.4
31.8
(2)
324.5
255.4
68.2
249.3
32.1
(2)
324.2
255.4
69.1
251.1
32.4
52.0
644.2
521.2
142.7
409.9
64.1
53.0
655.1
525.3
142.8
414.1
64.4
52.9
655.9
524.7
142.6
412.3
64.5
53.0
653.7
524.0
144.3
419.0
64.8
1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except
public administration, not shown separately.
2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal
component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot
be separated with sufficient precision.
3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect
2004 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data
from January 2000 for most states are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the
current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted
(In thousands)
Total
State
December
2003
2004
Natural resources and mining
January
2004
2005p
December
2003
Alabama ............................... 1,891.8 1,927.5 1,862.7 1,904.9
Alaska ...................................
288.5
293.2
283.3
288.6
Arizona ................................. 2,363.2 2,451.0 2,308.5 2,408.0
Arkansas ............................... 1,158.4 1,171.6 1,135.2 1,151.6
California .............................. 14,538.5 14,755.9 14,231.3 14,507.4
2004
Construction
January
2004
December
2005p
2003
2004
Manufacturing
January
2004
December
2005p
January
2003
2004
2004
2005p
12.5
9.7
8.0
7.2
22.7
12.8
10.0
8.8
7.5
22.9
12.2
9.4
7.8
7.0
21.5
12.8
9.8
8.8
7.2
21.8
101.7
15.5
181.7
50.2
814.7
106.4
15.9
198.7
51.7
863.5
99.6
13.7
178.3
47.8
792.0
104.7
14.2
196.4
49.7
840.7
290.1
5.8
175.4
204.3
1,527.6
293.8
5.8
176.4
204.3
1,528.6
286.5
10.6
174.5
202.7
1,508.4
292.3
10.5
175.9
203.1
1,519.4
Colorado ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Delaware .............................
District of Columbia ..............
Florida ...................................
2,175.5
1,665.7
422.9
669.5
7,414.3
2,223.1
1,686.3
432.6
676.6
7,695.0
2,121.6
1,616.6
410.7
657.9
7,343.8
2,174.8
1,638.1
419.8
665.1
7,610.2
13.5
.7
(1)
(1)
7.2
15.3
.7
(1)
(1)
6.8
13.2
.6
(1)
(1)
7.2
15.0
.6
(1)
(1)
6.7
147.2
63.3
25.6
12.4
464.3
153.4
68.0
27.2
12.0
507.5
140.1
57.5
24.4
11.9
463.5
146.7
61.8
26.4
11.5
505.2
154.0
198.4
34.9
2.5
384.3
155.7
199.0
34.9
2.5
387.1
152.3
197.0
34.3
2.4
382.9
154.2
197.7
33.2
2.4
386.9
Georgia .................................
Hawaii ..................................
Idaho ....................................
Illinois ....................................
Indiana ..................................
3,892.1
581.9
578.2
5,851.7
2,933.2
3,932.2
598.6
593.6
5,862.8
2,972.6
3,818.2
568.9
558.3
5,666.8
2,851.2
3,853.5
583.9
574.9
5,694.4
2,913.6
12.4
(1)
3.6
9.3
7.0
12.0
(1)
4.1
9.1
6.9
12.3
(1)
3.6
8.6
6.8
12.0
(1)
3.8
8.6
6.8
199.1
28.3
37.1
270.1
144.7
197.2
30.5
39.9
263.2
147.8
193.7
27.6
33.6
238.8
131.4
192.7
30.0
36.4
236.3
140.9
447.4
15.5
60.9
702.1
569.3
441.3
15.5
61.1
699.5
575.5
442.2
15.3
60.2
691.7
565.0
436.3
15.5
60.1
690.6
570.8
Iowa ......................................
Kansas ..................................
Kentucky ...............................
Louisiana ..............................
Maine ....................................
1,461.3
1,325.2
1,805.8
1,927.4
614.0
1,473.4
1,343.5
1,818.2
1,930.7
620.3
1,417.8
1,289.9
1,760.1
1,893.7
588.4
1,431.4
1,309.6
1,782.1
1,912.3
594.3
2.0
6.8
19.5
45.8
2.7
2.1
7.6
19.7
44.8
2.8
1.6
6.6
19.1
44.9
2.7
1.7
7.5
19.7
44.2
2.7
66.0
60.7
83.8
117.6
30.3
67.8
63.6
85.2
117.2
30.3
57.5
57.4
77.5
116.9
28.0
59.0
57.4
80.2
117.0
28.0
220.6
174.7
267.1
155.7
64.6
224.1
178.7
266.0
152.0
64.1
218.8
173.0
264.4
151.5
62.4
222.5
178.4
265.9
150.3
62.0
Maryland ...............................
Massachusetts ......................
Michigan ...............................
Minnesota .............................
Mississippi ............................
2,519.8
3,201.3
4,456.3
2,679.1
1,123.2
2,565.1
3,222.0
4,423.1
2,711.7
1,133.5
2,448.7
3,101.4
4,299.2
2,598.2
1,108.3
2,490.1
3,135.7
4,294.3
2,639.2
1,122.3
(1)
1.9
7.9
5.6
8.9
(1)
2.0
7.8
5.6
8.5
(1)
1.7
7.4
5.6
8.6
(1)
1.9
7.5
5.4
8.5
173.6
135.8
190.2
121.4
49.2
179.7
139.9
184.4
122.4
49.3
166.4
122.5
166.8
105.5
47.2
172.5
130.3
169.2
107.9
47.3
143.8
316.4
712.5
340.4
179.4
142.4
313.8
694.8
346.7
179.3
141.9
312.5
698.6
335.4
177.9
139.7
312.7
676.8
342.4
177.2
Missouri ...............................
Montana ................................
Nebraska ..............................
Nevada .................................
New Hampshire ....................
2,698.5
403.9
923.9
1,119.9
629.4
2,726.7
419.5
933.8
1,192.0
638.6
2,629.6
390.5
901.8
1,101.5
608.0
2,653.1
404.4
915.0
1,174.3
625.5
4.5
6.7
)
9.2
.9
4.7
7.8
( )
10.1
1.0
4.6
6.6
)
9.0
.8
1
4.6
7.9
( )
10.1
.9
133.3
21.9
47.3
105.4
29.4
136.8
25.2
46.4
125.1
30.1
126.2
19.8
43.6
102.8
26.4
126.6
22.1
42.9
122.7
28.0
314.3
19.0
102.5
44.4
80.2
316.7
19.3
100.9
46.8
81.3
309.1
18.6
101.0
44.0
79.5
309.6
18.9
98.6
46.4
80.9
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
New York ..............................
North Carolina ......................
North Dakota ........................
4,027.9
787.4
8,548.2
3,822.9
337.2
4,067.8
803.7
8,604.6
3,881.3
340.5
3,905.8
769.8
8,233.1
3,739.7
326.5
3,969.8
785.4
8,322.5
3,813.1
332.4
1.6
14.8
5.4
7.0
3.3
1.6
15.5
5.7
6.4
3.6
1.5
14.4
4.7
6.8
3.2
1.4
15.4
5.0
6.2
3.5
162.0
47.7
319.6
213.3
15.1
170.5
51.2
320.2
220.0
15.5
151.0
46.7
285.6
206.0
13.1
156.8
49.4
288.5
216.6
13.7
346.3
35.9
603.3
579.6
23.7
338.3
35.9
591.8
581.8
24.7
338.1
35.0
593.5
574.9
23.2
332.7
35.0
579.4
574.1
24.3
Ohio ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
Oregon ..................................
Pennsylvania ........................
Rhode Island ........................
5,450.7
1,470.6
1,583.8
5,671.2
492.4
5,472.0
1,493.3
1,628.4
5,715.0
496.1
5,277.0
1,439.8
1,530.6
5,507.1
473.2
5,313.8
1,463.3
1,593.2
5,570.8
480.7
11.6
29.9
9.3
17.9
.2
11.4
31.6
9.7
18.4
.2
11.3
29.6
8.8
17.2
.2
11.2
31.4
9.7
17.7
.1
232.8
62.3
78.1
241.9
21.5
235.8
62.0
83.3
244.3
21.1
208.5
59.7
72.4
223.4
18.6
212.5
60.5
80.7
227.8
18.8
830.7
142.1
194.0
696.9
58.2
830.8
142.4
200.2
691.0
57.1
817.4
141.3
190.9
687.1
56.7
821.4
141.8
198.3
682.6
56.1
South Carolina ......................
South Dakota ........................
Tennessee ............................
Texas ....................................
Utah ......................................
1,818.2
379.5
2,702.4
9,465.3
1,099.2
1,822.6
384.6
2,742.2
9,585.9
1,130.0
1,781.8
369.7
2,637.4
9,304.2
1,072.3
1,791.4
374.5
2,671.4
9,443.6
1,108.2
5.0
.8
4.2
149.6
6.8
4.3
.8
4.2
154.4
7.4
5.1
.7
4.0
149.3
6.7
4.3
.7
4.0
153.8
7.3
113.0
18.5
116.6
543.7
68.8
110.2
18.9
118.8
538.2
73.3
110.8
16.4
111.3
534.4
63.9
109.3
16.7
113.5
532.6
68.9
269.2
37.6
412.7
889.8
113.4
268.0
39.3
413.7
888.1
117.1
267.1
37.6
406.7
882.8
111.8
266.1
38.9
409.3
884.0
116.2
Vermont ................................
Virginia ..................................
Washington ...........................
West Virginia ........................
Wisconsin .............................
Wyoming ...............................
307.9
3,558.4
2,685.7
737.3
2,800.1
250.4
312.4
3,645.6
2,733.2
742.3
2,822.4
256.0
298.7
3,483.3
2,614.0
716.2
2,718.1
243.9
303.8
3,581.1
2,677.3
726.9
2,755.0
249.8
.9
10.3
8.6
22.2
3.7
19.2
.9
10.3
9.0
24.6
3.5
21.4
.8
10.0
8.2
22.4
3.1
18.9
.8
10.1
8.8
24.5
2.9
21.4
15.8
222.8
156.4
33.6
123.4
18.7
16.7
235.9
161.8
34.2
123.0
18.3
14.1
215.3
147.3
29.1
110.4
16.5
15.0
230.6
153.7
31.4
112.0
16.8
37.0
299.3
262.7
63.1
496.8
9.7
37.5
300.8
264.5
62.6
501.1
9.8
36.2
297.3
257.5
63.0
493.5
9.2
36.6
298.7
263.8
62.3
498.8
9.5
Puerto Rico ...........................
1,073.3
1,062.1
1,025.1
1,035.4
75.4
67.2
67.3
65.9
122.4
117.4
117.6
116.1
See footnotes at end of table.
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ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted—Continued
(In thousands)
Trade, transportation, and utilities
State
December
January
Information
December
Financial activities
January
December
January
2003
2004
2004
2005p
Alabama ...............................
Alaska ...................................
Arizona .................................
Arkansas ...............................
California ..............................
383.1
59.6
469.0
246.3
2,823.3
386.5
60.9
488.8
247.1
2,863.8
371.0
57.0
453.6
237.6
2,702.1
377.1
58.6
476.1
239.1
2,755.9
31.7
6.9
49.5
20.6
477.8
31.0
6.9
46.4
20.2
479.1
31.3
6.8
48.5
20.4
485.6
30.9
6.8
46.2
20.5
476.3
96.7
14.4
162.4
51.3
894.9
96.1
14.5
166.5
51.4
917.9
95.6
13.9
160.3
50.2
886.6
Colorado ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Delaware .............................
District of Columbia ..............
Florida ...................................
418.3
318.1
83.3
29.2
1,525.2
421.1
325.4
84.2
28.8
1,560.3
401.7
304.9
78.6
27.8
1,482.4
407.6
311.7
79.8
27.5
1,516.9
83.7
39.5
7.2
23.8
171.3
78.8
39.3
7.1
23.1
169.8
82.7
39.2
7.3
24.3
168.1
77.8
39.2
6.2
22.8
169.6
155.9
142.0
44.2
30.5
494.9
158.2
141.0
44.5
30.4
507.4
Georgia .................................
Hawaii ..................................
Idaho ....................................
Illinois ....................................
Indiana ..................................
851.4
112.2
119.3
1,217.3
591.1
853.2
118.3
121.0
1,216.1
590.6
817.4
109.3
113.9
1,164.7
566.6
818.8
113.9
115.7
1,165.9
573.9
119.5
10.1
9.3
126.2
41.3
117.8
11.2
10.1
119.1
40.6
118.4
10.2
9.2
122.2
40.8
117.2
11.3
10.0
117.7
40.4
217.2
28.8
27.6
401.7
140.9
Iowa ......................................
Kansas ..................................
Kentucky ...............................
Louisiana ..............................
Maine ....................................
310.0
268.9
382.7
390.2
129.4
313.9
264.1
381.9
388.1
131.5
299.5
259.0
367.2
376.6
121.3
302.6
256.7
371.5
378.5
123.4
33.7
42.9
29.1
29.0
11.6
33.9
41.4
28.4
28.7
11.9
33.3
42.9
28.9
29.1
11.6
33.6
41.3
28.2
28.8
11.9
Maryland ...............................
Massachusetts ......................
Michigan ...............................
Minnesota .............................
Mississippi ............................
483.8
593.5
841.8
532.2
225.2
488.0
593.9
832.1
541.7
224.5
460.6
568.2
796.9
511.5
217.7
464.4
570.1
804.6
522.0
219.8
51.5
89.2
69.9
61.4
15.0
51.4
85.9
66.7
59.1
14.1
50.3
87.4
68.8
60.6
14.9
Missouri ...............................
Montana ................................
Nebraska ..............................
Nevada .................................
New Hampshire ....................
547.3
87.0
199.4
207.9
144.7
550.9
87.9
203.4
216.0
146.6
525.1
83.9
192.3
197.9
137.1
531.2
84.7
197.4
206.1
139.8
65.0
7.6
21.7
15.2
12.3
63.7
7.7
21.8
14.6
12.9
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
New York ..............................
North Carolina ......................
North Dakota ........................
904.4
140.6
1,538.7
739.0
74.1
906.5
141.8
1,550.2
741.0
74.1
866.8
135.9
1,457.4
710.2
71.3
878.7
136.5
1,475.8
717.2
71.8
101.2
15.3
276.3
73.7
7.7
Ohio ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
Oregon ..................................
Pennsylvania ........................
Rhode Island ........................
1,078.6
285.4
326.5
1,156.7
84.3
1,073.9
282.0
334.9
1,161.7
82.8
1,026.0
274.6
311.7
1,108.6
79.7
1,022.3
272.8
322.7
1,119.9
78.6
South Carolina ......................
South Dakota ........................
Tennessee ............................
Texas ....................................
Utah ......................................
357.4
78.0
598.1
1,980.0
223.4
360.7
78.7
606.0
2,004.6
229.3
345.9
75.2
575.9
1,915.0
214.6
Vermont ................................
Virginia ..................................
Washington ...........................
West Virginia ........................
Wisconsin .............................
Wyoming ...............................
61.1
669.2
527.0
140.2
557.7
49.1
61.1
674.2
541.5
140.7
557.1
50.1
Puerto Rico ...........................
196.9
193.2
See footnotes at end of table.
December
2004
2004
2005p
95.1
14.3
164.2
50.9
912.3
188.9
22.3
329.3
105.3
2,085.0
202.6
22.7
343.8
107.9
2,141.5
187.5
21.7
319.0
105.2
2,028.0
200.9
21.9
335.2
107.3
2,103.5
153.5
140.1
44.1
30.0
490.5
157.1
139.8
44.1
30.3
504.2
292.2
198.3
60.8
143.3
1,239.8
304.5
200.6
63.2
144.8
1,328.8
283.0
191.2
59.8
137.7
1,234.1
296.0
193.4
62.4
139.8
1,322.2
220.4
28.8
28.4
400.5
141.4
214.9
28.5
26.9
396.7
138.6
218.5
28.8
28.0
396.7
140.1
498.5
71.1
70.3
789.2
257.4
519.9
72.1
73.3
806.9
270.3
493.2
69.4
67.1
758.5
248.9
509.0
71.1
71.6
778.4
262.6
95.9
69.7
87.9
102.4
35.3
97.5
70.4
86.2
103.2
34.6
95.3
68.8
86.5
101.7
34.9
97.2
70.0
84.8
103.0
34.1
107.1
124.7
162.7
185.3
49.5
105.9
129.4
168.2
183.2
49.1
104.1
120.2
153.7
181.8
47.8
103.2
126.2
160.7
185.0
47.5
50.5
85.6
66.2
58.2
14.2
156.5
221.6
217.4
175.9
46.0
156.6
219.5
218.3
175.2
45.8
153.8
218.8
214.5
174.9
45.5
155.9
219.0
216.5
176.1
45.9
368.6
445.4
584.2
300.6
81.3
380.5
457.0
581.4
304.4
84.7
357.6
431.7
563.3
288.7
80.2
370.1
443.2
559.6
293.3
84.1
65.1
7.6
21.3
14.9
12.1
63.5
7.7
21.7
14.5
12.7
162.9
20.7
62.8
60.0
36.8
166.0
21.2
63.3
63.1
38.3
160.1
20.7
62.2
59.5
36.7
164.8
20.9
63.1
62.6
39.1
302.8
32.0
93.5
126.3
56.0
303.6
32.7
95.5
137.3
56.6
296.5
30.4
90.8
128.0
54.3
295.9
30.9
92.9
139.1
54.7
97.4
14.0
274.2
70.3
7.8
100.1
14.9
266.6
73.0
7.6
96.0
13.9
266.8
70.0
7.7
275.8
34.4
702.8
191.3
18.5
281.1
35.0
708.4
192.8
18.8
273.1
34.3
692.0
189.4
18.5
278.9
34.9
699.7
193.3
18.6
587.6
88.7
1,060.4
422.3
23.6
585.1
92.3
1,069.4
436.0
23.8
564.0
87.0
1,017.8
413.0
22.9
567.6
89.9
1,033.8
430.1
23.4
94.6
32.2
33.1
115.4
10.9
92.6
30.9
33.0
110.9
10.9
93.4
31.6
32.7
113.9
11.1
92.1
30.5
32.8
110.0
11.0
313.8
84.0
96.4
338.0
34.1
313.8
84.9
97.6
335.4
34.4
309.8
83.1
94.1
335.9
33.8
311.7
84.2
96.7
333.1
34.7
615.8
157.7
173.7
626.7
52.0
631.3
163.9
180.5
642.9
55.3
600.5
154.2
165.5
609.1
49.9
616.6
159.2
173.1
629.8
52.8
352.1
75.9
575.8
1,945.4
220.8
26.9
6.9
51.4
229.4
30.6
25.9
6.8
49.8
226.8
30.6
26.8
6.8
50.1
227.6
29.4
26.3
6.7
48.5
225.6
29.9
91.9
28.0
142.0
590.6
64.9
92.7
28.2
143.7
600.6
65.5
90.3
27.7
140.6
586.5
63.7
92.5
28.3
142.8
596.0
65.1
191.2
23.9
295.5
1,074.0
136.4
187.5
23.3
308.0
1,092.4
140.9
185.1
22.9
288.5
1,053.1
132.2
182.3
22.5
301.1
1,076.8
137.3
57.9
635.8
501.9
134.7
529.5
47.5
58.5
651.2
519.5
136.3
534.8
48.4
6.5
101.5
93.6
12.0
51.0
4.3
6.3
100.8
92.4
12.0
50.6
4.3
6.4
101.1
91.7
11.8
50.2
4.3
6.2
100.9
92.2
12.0
50.5
4.3
13.5
186.7
152.1
30.8
157.8
10.2
13.5
190.2
152.2
30.3
157.4
10.6
13.3
184.8
149.9
30.3
156.7
10.2
13.3
189.4
150.0
30.0
156.6
10.4
20.7
562.6
293.4
58.7
247.1
14.9
21.3
588.9
306.2
58.3
249.3
14.8
20.0
551.7
286.2
57.3
240.0
14.3
20.5
580.0
299.3
57.3
240.8
14.4
183.3
187.9
22.5
23.4
21.5
23.0
47.9
46.7
46.1
46.1
105.5
102.1
100.8
102.4
2004
2004
2003
2004
2004
2005p
January
2003
2003
2005p
Professional and business services
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted—Continued
(In thousands)
Education and health services
State
December
January
Leisure and hospitality
December
Other services
January
December
January
2003
2004
2004
2005p
2003
2004
2004
2005p
Alabama ...............................
Alaska ...................................
Arizona .................................
Arkansas ...............................
California ..............................
189.3
34.2
254.2
142.4
1,564.4
195.5
35.0
267.2
145.8
1,583.4
188.0
33.8
253.6
140.1
1,535.8
193.9
34.7
268.3
144.1
1,562.0
154.3
26.6
237.7
86.1
1,411.7
158.3
27.3
246.5
88.8
1,448.6
151.2
24.9
234.7
84.2
1,380.9
155.9
25.8
244.5
86.8
1,430.2
82.0
11.1
89.7
40.9
501.8
80.8
11.7
90.1
41.2
506.0
81.1
10.6
87.8
40.5
494.4
Colorado ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Delaware .............................
District of Columbia ..............
Florida ...................................
216.1
270.3
51.7
91.4
907.2
222.9
274.3
53.2
93.7
939.5
214.7
264.4
51.0
89.7
900.7
221.4
268.9
52.8
91.9
930.5
247.9
124.1
37.9
50.4
829.2
256.0
127.3
39.7
51.8
867.7
244.8
117.9
35.5
48.0
832.0
255.2
120.9
38.3
50.0
860.9
86.1
62.3
18.8
57.5
315.2
87.6
63.2
18.6
59.2
323.2
Georgia .................................
Hawaii ..................................
Idaho ....................................
Illinois ....................................
Indiana ..................................
402.9
67.2
64.1
728.7
367.8
411.6
69.2
67.0
735.7
379.6
400.8
65.5
63.2
719.7
365.3
407.9
68.2
66.1
725.3
374.0
348.9
102.2
53.4
494.0
266.5
354.7
106.0
54.2
503.8
272.9
340.6
100.9
52.5
473.9
255.0
345.5
105.6
53.2
487.1
265.7
155.7
24.6
18.0
256.9
107.7
Iowa ......................................
Kansas ..................................
Kentucky ...............................
Louisiana ..............................
Maine ....................................
194.5
159.1
229.4
250.7
109.9
196.5
162.6
233.4
253.2
112.9
191.2
157.5
227.7
248.7
108.4
192.9
161.7
231.1
253.2
110.9
122.2
106.8
154.2
198.6
52.2
126.5
111.0
159.3
203.2
53.4
117.3
103.0
149.0
195.1
48.1
121.2
107.6
154.0
201.3
49.7
Maryland ...............................
Massachusetts ......................
Michigan ...............................
Minnesota .............................
Mississippi ............................
345.0
589.4
553.5
374.0
118.3
352.8
594.6
558.2
384.6
121.4
343.3
573.5
545.9
369.6
118.3
347.5
578.2
551.8
376.7
121.2
214.0
277.2
391.0
226.1
121.7
223.4
285.6
393.2
230.9
123.4
203.9
263.4
375.3
217.8
119.8
Missouri ...............................
Montana ................................
Nebraska ..............................
Nevada .................................
New Hampshire ....................
356.7
54.1
125.6
77.5
94.3
363.5
55.3
128.9
82.3
96.6
352.2
53.5
124.7
77.2
93.6
360.5
54.9
127.5
81.9
96.0
255.0
50.2
75.2
303.7
58.9
262.4
55.7
77.0
314.8
61.1
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
New York ..............................
North Carolina ......................
North Dakota ........................
544.8
102.0
1,531.6
438.3
48.3
556.9
105.2
1,557.0
457.8
48.9
537.4
101.6
1,490.4
432.7
47.9
553.1
105.1
1,522.0
452.9
48.7
314.0
80.7
644.8
334.8
29.4
Ohio ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
Oregon ..................................
Pennsylvania ........................
Rhode Island ........................
747.2
175.7
193.6
997.2
93.7
759.2
181.3
199.0
1,017.1
95.4
734.7
176.7
187.0
973.6
90.8
749.6
180.4
193.8
995.3
93.1
South Carolina ......................
South Dakota ........................
Tennessee ............................
Texas ....................................
Utah ......................................
179.6
56.8
317.5
1,137.0
123.3
168.5
57.2
324.1
1,161.0
127.7
178.3
56.1
313.6
1,124.8
121.4
Vermont ................................
Virginia ..................................
Washington ...........................
West Virginia ........................
Wisconsin .............................
Wyoming ...............................
53.3
378.5
318.3
110.8
371.5
21.1
54.7
388.5
324.3
113.0
384.0
21.9
Puerto Rico ...........................
101.8
100.7
1
p
Government
December
2004
2004
2005p
79.9
11.1
88.6
40.9
500.9
361.5
82.4
406.3
203.8
2,414.6
363.7
82.5
417.8
205.7
2,400.6
358.7
80.9
390.4
199.5
2,396.0
361.4
80.9
403.8
202.0
2,384.4
86.0
61.5
18.6
57.2
317.8
87.3
62.0
18.4
59.0
321.7
360.6
248.7
58.5
228.5
1,075.7
369.6
247.5
60.0
230.3
1,096.9
349.6
242.3
57.1
228.9
1,064.6
356.5
242.1
58.2
229.9
1,085.4
153.5
24.1
18.2
257.7
110.1
154.9
23.8
17.7
254.8
106.1
151.4
23.5
17.9
255.6
109.6
639.1
121.9
114.6
856.2
439.5
650.6
122.9
116.3
851.2
436.9
629.8
118.4
110.4
837.2
426.7
644.2
116.0
112.1
832.2
428.8
56.4
53.2
77.8
70.7
19.8
56.2
53.9
78.5
72.4
19.8
55.9
52.1
76.8
70.1
19.6
55.7
53.1
78.1
72.0
19.6
252.9
257.7
311.6
381.4
108.7
249.0
260.8
311.4
384.7
109.9
243.3
249.4
309.3
377.3
103.6
241.8
249.7
307.9
379.0
104.5
214.7
273.4
380.9
224.5
122.5
115.6
116.5
179.4
119.8
37.4
115.7
115.8
177.3
119.4
37.3
111.7
114.2
175.5
117.0
37.5
113.9
114.1
175.6
117.5
36.9
467.4
414.4
708.5
421.7
240.8
474.6
414.0
708.9
421.7
245.2
459.2
407.5
686.2
411.6
240.7
460.9
407.2
685.6
415.2
244.7
242.6
49.0
72.9
303.1
57.8
247.5
53.8
77.2
314.4
60.7
118.6
16.7
34.3
31.1
20.7
120.1
17.8
34.6
37.5
20.2
116.8
16.3
34.2
31.4
20.6
118.4
17.3
34.5
37.8
20.3
438.1
88.0
161.6
139.2
95.2
438.3
88.9
162.0
144.4
93.9
431.3
84.1
158.8
133.7
89.1
430.5
85.3
159.2
138.7
92.4
321.5
81.4
661.8
337.8
30.6
298.1
79.1
608.7
320.2
28.5
308.7
79.9
627.3
325.3
29.7
154.1
28.2
351.8
162.4
15.3
156.2
28.7
356.0
168.5
15.1
150.9
27.9
345.0
163.0
14.8
155.8
28.4
350.0
166.9
14.9
636.1
199.1
1,513.5
661.2
78.2
652.7
202.7
1,509.9
668.9
77.6
624.8
193.0
1,471.4
650.5
75.5
640.1
197.0
1,474.2
660.5
76.1
479.3
124.5
150.4
460.1
47.2
482.0
128.1
155.6
468.1
48.7
457.4
121.5
144.9
439.6
43.6
459.9
125.3
152.7
449.2
46.0
225.9
73.6
56.9
260.2
23.4
226.7
74.0
58.1
263.9
23.4
222.7
73.0
55.4
257.6
22.7
224.5
73.6
57.8
261.0
23.2
820.4
303.2
271.8
760.2
66.9
814.5
312.2
276.5
761.3
66.8
795.3
294.5
267.2
741.1
66.1
792.0
303.6
274.9
744.4
66.3
167.0
56.7
320.3
1,151.9
125.9
186.5
37.7
245.0
855.4
100.2
200.6
39.1
252.7
873.6
103.3
181.0
36.4
234.8
839.3
98.4
194.9
37.4
242.4
859.0
103.1
66.0
15.8
101.7
352.1
32.1
66.7
16.3
102.3
357.9
32.8
65.0
15.6
100.8
351.2
31.8
65.7
15.9
101.3
356.5
32.5
331.5
75.5
417.7
1,663.7
199.3
337.5
76.0
418.9
1,688.3
202.1
326.4
74.3
411.1
1,640.2
198.4
330.9
74.8
412.4
1,662.0
201.2
51.9
376.4
312.9
108.5
368.6
21.2
53.5
385.1
321.9
111.0
379.1
21.8
33.7
303.0
247.6
66.0
237.9
28.5
34.3
311.9
250.7
67.0
240.3
29.3
35.5
292.4
239.6
64.1
230.3
28.1
35.9
301.0
243.3
66.4
236.6
28.7
10.3
175.3
98.4
55.1
133.0
9.6
10.3
179.7
100.4
55.0
134.8
9.8
10.1
176.0
97.1
54.6
132.6
9.5
10.1
181.3
99.3
54.5
131.4
9.6
55.1
649.2
527.6
144.8
420.2
65.1
55.8
664.4
530.2
144.6
421.3
65.7
52.5
642.5
521.7
140.4
403.2
64.2
53.4
652.8
525.5
141.2
411.5
64.5
95.8
96.6
72.1
72.0
69.9
70.1
21.2
22.6
20.3
22.3
307.6
316.8
302.5
305.0
Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
= preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2004
2004
2004
2005p
January
2003
2003
benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2003 for most states are subject to revision.
Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when
new information becomes available.