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USDL 05-2115

For release: 10:00 A.M. EST

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2005

Unemployment rates were lower in September than a year earlier in 207 of the 367 metropolitan areas,

higher in 128 areas, and unchanged in 32 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of

Labor reported today. Thirteen metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent, while 7 areas

recorded rates of 10.0 percent or more. Five of these seven were metropolitan areas in Louisiana and

Mississippi affected by Hurricane Katrina. The national unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, not seasonally

adjusted, down from 5.1 percent a year earlier.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

The metropolitan area data for September are the first from the Local Area Unemployment

Statistics (LAUS) program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast

on August 29 with catastrophic effects in parts of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. September

metropolitan area data from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey reflecting Katrina’s

impact were released previously on October 21, with the publication of the September Regional and

State Employment and Unemployment news release (USDL 05-1978), available on the Internet at

http://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm.

For the September LAUS estimates, BLS and its state partners made a number of modifications to the standard estimating procedures to better reflect the employment and unemployment

situation. These included: (1) allowing the state labor force estimates for Louisiana and Mississippi

to reflect the effects of Katrina by overriding the built-in feature of the methodology that smoothes

over large shifts in key inputs—unemployment insurance claims and nonfarm wage and salary employment; (2) developing labor force estimates for the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., metropolitan area using an alternative to the model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force

estimates for the parishes within the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., metropolitan area or cities

within those parishes where the quality of input data was severely compromised by the hurricane.

For the September CES estimates, several modifications to the usual estimation procedures

were adopted to better reflect employment in Katrina-affected areas. The changes included:

(1) modification of procedures to impute employment counts for survey nonrespondents in the

most heavily impacted areas; (2) adjustments to sample weights for sample units in the more

broadly defined disaster area to compensate for lower-than-average survey response rates; and

(3) modification of the adjustment procedure for the business net birth/death estimator to reflect
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likely changes in business birth/death patterns in the disaster areas. (See table A on page 5 for

employment estimates for metropolitan areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.)

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the September data collection period. As a result, response rates for the CES survey were lower than normal in some areas. However, because the

reference period occurred before Hurricane Rita struck, the impact of this storm on measures of

employment was negligible.

For more information on LAUS and CES procedures and estimates for September 2005,

see Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/

katrina/home.htm or call (202) 691-6392 for information about the LAUS program, and (202)

691-6559 for information about the CES survey.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In September, 93 metropolitan areas registered unemployment rates below 4.0 percent, up from 74 areas

a year earlier, while 31 areas reported unemployment rates of at least 7.0 percent, up slightly from 27 areas

in September 2004. Bismarck, N.D., Fargo, N.D.-Minn., and Idaho Falls, Idaho, recorded the lowest

unemployment rates in September 2005, 2.4 percent each. The highest unemployment rates were posted by

two Mississippi areas hit by Hurricane Katrina—Gulfport-Biloxi, 23.5 percent, and Pascagoula, 21.8 percent.

Overall, 190 areas registered unemployment rates below the U.S. rate of 4.8 percent, 161 areas had higher

rates, and 16 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the map.)

The largest over-the-year jobless rate decreases for September were reported in three Florida areas

affected by hurricanes in 2004—Vero Beach (-4.8 percentage points), Punta Gorda (-3.1 points), and Port

St. Lucie-Fort Pierce (-3.0 points). Forty-six additional areas recorded over-the-year rate decreases of at

least 1.0 percentage point. The largest unemployment rate increases from last September were posted in

metropolitan areas in Louisiana and Mississippi. All eight areas in Louisiana and three of the four areas in

Mississippi had rate increases ranging from 2.1 to 18.3 percentage points. The largest of these were in

Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (+18.3 percentage points), Pascagoula, Miss. (+15.4 points), and New OrleansMetairie-Kenner, La. (+10.6 points). Seven additional metropolitan areas in other states registered overthe-year unemployment rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage point.

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Washington-ArlingtonAlexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., reported the lowest unemployment rate in September, 3.2 percent,

followed by Orlando, Fla., 3.4 percent. The highest jobless rates among the large areas were recorded in

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., 14.8 percent, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., 6.3 percent, and

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, Texas, 6.2 percent. Twenty-nine large metropolitan areas registered lower

unemployment rates than a year earlier, 14 recorded higher rates, and 6 had no change. The largest overthe-year jobless rate decrease was posted in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-1.5 percentage

points), followed by Birmingham-Hoover, Ala., and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. (-1.2 points

each). Three additional large areas had rate declines of at least 1.0 percentage point from last September.

The largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase was reported by New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La.

(+10.6 percentage points). No other large area had a rate increase greater than 0.9 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. The two divisions in the Washington-ArlingtonAlexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., metropolitan area reported the lowest unemployment rates in

September—Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md., and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-

W.Va., 2.8 and 3.3 percent, respectively. The next lowest rates were in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano BeachDeerfield Beach, Fla., 3.5 percent, and Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif., 3.6 percent. Two additional
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divisions registered rates below 4.0 percent. The highest unemployment rates among the divisions continued

to be reported in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., 7.8 percent, and Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-

N.H., 7.6 percent. (See table 2.)

In September, jobless rates were lower over the year in 29 of the 34 metropolitan divisions, unchanged

in 3 divisions, and slightly higher in 2 divisions. Unemployment rates were down by 1.0 percentage point or

more in five of the metropolitan divisions. The largest rate decreases occurred in Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale, Calif. (-1.8 percentage points), and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (-1.4

points). None of the divisions reported a rate increase from a year earlier greater than 0.2 percentage point.

In 4 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the range between the highest and lowest division unemployment rates was 1.0 percentage point or more. The metropolitan areas that had the widest

rate ranges among their divisions were Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (Lawrence-Methuen-Salem,

Mass.-N.H., 7.6 percent, compared with Framingham, Mass., 3.8 percent), and Detroit-Warren-Livonia,

Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 7.8 percent, compared with Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, 5.3 percent).

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In September 2005, 304 metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll

employment, 56 reported decreases, and 7 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment gains

were posted in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+79,400), New York-Northern

New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+72,200), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+72,000), Miami-Fort

Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. (+71,500), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (+64,500), and Las

Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+60,800). The largest percentage increases in employment were reported in St.

George, Utah (+8.2 percent), Yuma, Ariz. (+7.9 percent), Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (+7.8 percent), El Centro,

Calif., and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+7.4 percent each), and Bellingham, Wash. (+6.2 percent). The

impact of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in late August, caused large employment decreases

in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (-232,000), and Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (-30,500). (See table A on

page 5 for employment data in all Hurricane Katrina-affected areas.) The largest over-the-year percentage

declines in employment were posted in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (-38.0 percent), Gulfport-Biloxi,

Miss. (-26.7 percent), Pascagoula, Miss. (-11.1 percent), Hattiesburg, Miss. (-4.9 percent), Danville, Va.

(-3.4 percent), and Bangor, Maine (-2.5 percent).

Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 33 of the 35 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2004. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these

large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+7.4 percent), Orlando, Fla. (+4.8 percent),

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+4.3 percent), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. (+3.1 percent),

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+2.8 percent), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater,

Fla. (+2.6 percent), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C. (+2.5 percent), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. (+2.3 percent), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+2.2 percent). Of the largest 35

metropolitan areas, only Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-1.0 percent), and Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio

(-0.2 percent), reported over-the-year percentage decreases in employment.

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in September 2005 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which

are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-nine of the 32

metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment increases, while 3 reported decreases. The largest

increase over the year in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-

Md.-W.Va. (+66,400), followed by New York-Wayne-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (+57,400), Chicago-
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Naperville-Joliet, Ill. (+44,800), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (+34,800). Over-the-year

employment losses were recorded in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., and Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy,

Mich. (-10,300 each), and Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa. (-7,300).

The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment among the metropolitan divisions were

reported in Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla. (+4.0 percent), West Palm Beach-Boca

Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla. (+3.9 percent), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+2.9

percent), and Camden, N.J. (+2.8 percent). Over-the-year percentage decreases in employment among the

divisions were reported for Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-1.2 percent), Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy,

Mich. (-0.8 percent), and Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa. (-0.7 percent).

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for October is scheduled to be issued

on November 22. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for October is scheduled

to be issued on November 30.
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Table A. Employment in states and metropolitan areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, not seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Change from September 2004 

 to September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005 p Number Percent

Alabama.................................... 1,905.3 1,928.4 1,908.8 1,933.6 24.8 1.3

 Mobile....................................... 169.8 174.9 169.8 174.9 5.1 3.0

Louisiana.................................... 1,912.2 1,920.9 1,916.4 1,686.6 -229.8 -12.0

 Alexandria.................................. 60.1 59.4 60.3 60.4 .1 .2

 Baton Rouge.............................. 340.9 339.4 343.4 342.6 -.8 -.2

 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux...... 82.3 82.6 82.0 83.2 1.2 1.5

 Lafayette................................. 132.8 133.0 132.8 133.3 .5 .4

 Lake Charles.............................. 87.7 89.8 86.8 89.8 3.0 3.5

 Monroe.................................... 79.5 78.3 79.6 78.3 -1.3 -1.6

 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner...... 612.0 615.6 610.4 378.4 -232.0 -38.0

 Shreveport-Bossier City............... 169.3 170.6 170.0 171.1 1.1 .6

Mississippi................................. 1,123.7 1,135.3 1,132.1 1,079.3 -52.8 -4.7

 Gulfport-Biloxi........................... 115.1 114.0 114.3 83.8 -30.5 -26.7

 Hattiesburg.............................. 54.4 55.2 55.4 52.7 -2.7 -4.9

 Jackson.................................... 256.6 258.2 258.0 255.7 -2.3 -.9

 Pascagoula.............................. 53.5 57.2 54.0 48.0 -6.0 -11.1

 1 Metropolitan areas containing one or more counties designated by FEMA as disaster counties.

 p = preliminary.

State and area August September
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1

and 2) for 375 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), including those in Puerto

Rico. Estimates for over 30 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also

are presented. Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the

Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are

provided for the same areas. State estimates were previously published

in the news release, Regional and State Employment andUnemployment,

and are republished in this release for ease of reference. The LAUS

and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS

program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based

on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the official

national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey

(CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau

of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The labor force

includes both the employed and the unemployed. Employed persons

are those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the survey

reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or worked

15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those

not working who have 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 did not work

at all (in the reference week), have actively looked for a job (sometime

in the 4-week period ending with the survey 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. Effective January 2005, estimates for all

census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los AngelesLong-Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City were

produced using updated time-series models with real-time benchmarking. Model-based estimation was extended to the following areas and

respective balances-of-state: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,IL Metropolitan

Division; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area;

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; MiamiMiami-Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; New OrleansMetaire-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area; and SeattleBellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. This will improve the

statistical basis of the estimation for these areas and provide important

tools for anlysis, such as measures of errors and seasonally adjusted

series. For all other substate areas, estimates are prepared through

indirect estimation procedures. Employment estimates, which are

based largely on ‘‘place of work’’ estimates from the CES program,

are adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS.

Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons previously

employed in industries covered by state unemployment (UI) laws

and entrants to the labor force data from the CPS. The substate

estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically

exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that

they add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-state

totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available

from BLS upon request.

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown

for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year,

usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted estimates

reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any

revisions in the other data sources, and model reestimation at the state

and selected area level. All substate estimates are adjusted to add

to the revised 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 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 currentmonth 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

10 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 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.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey

and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling and other

types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—

that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than

the entire population is surveyed. Survey data are also subject to

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the

data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly

derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting

from the special estimation processes used. The sums of individual

items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables

because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,

unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather than

from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences, however,

are generally insignificant.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error

measures, including for over-the-month change, are available for states

on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures

of nonsampling error are not available, but additional information on

the subject is provided in 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 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 February 18, 2004. A detailed list of the geographic

definitions is available on the Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/

lausmsa.htm and also is published annually in the May issue of

Employment and Earnings.

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).

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and

unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and

eight areas are available in the news release, Regional and State

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and

unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas,

counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and other areas

used in the administration of various federal economic assistance programs are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau.

Employment data from the CES program are available at

http://www.bls.gov/sae/.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD

message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Alabama ................................................................... 2,159.7 2,155.7 2,148.4 2,169.9 129.2 90.2 117.5 85.2 6.0 4.2 5.5 3.9

Anniston-Oxford .................................................... 55.0 53.8 54.6 54.3 3.2 2.2 2.9 2.1 5.8 4.1 5.3 3.8

Auburn-Opelika ..................................................... 63.1 62.8 63.0 63.2 2.9 2.1 2.6 1.9 4.6 3.3 4.1 3.0

Birmingham-Hoover .............................................. 534.0 532.6 531.5 536.4 28.5 20.6 25.7 19.1 5.3 3.9 4.8 3.6

Decatur ................................................................. 72.1 72.2 71.8 72.8 4.5 3.2 4.3 2.9 6.2 4.4 6.0 4.0

Dothan .................................................................. 65.9 66.9 65.3 66.7 3.4 2.3 3.1 2.3 5.1 3.5 4.7 3.4

Florence-Muscle Shoals ....................................... 66.9 67.2 67.0 67.3 4.6 3.1 4.3 2.9 6.8 4.7 6.3 4.3

Gadsden ............................................................... 47.7 46.8 47.4 47.1 3.3 2.0 2.9 1.9 6.8 4.3 6.2 4.0

Huntsville .............................................................. 193.7 195.8 192.9 197.5 9.3 6.6 8.4 6.1 4.8 3.4 4.3 3.1

Mobile ................................................................... 180.4 182.6 179.5 184.0 12.9 8.5 11.7 9.6 7.1 4.7 6.5 5.2

Montgomery .......................................................... 167.6 169.4 166.8 171.2 10.1 7.0 9.0 6.5 6.0 4.1 5.4 3.8

Tuscaloosa ........................................................... 94.9 97.5 95.1 97.9 5.3 3.6 4.6 3.2 5.6 3.7 4.9 3.2

Alaska ...................................................................... 337.7 347.3 332.4 344.5 21.9 19.7 21.5 20.6 6.5 5.7 6.5 6.0

Anchorage ............................................................ 174.8 180.3 175.7 182.6 10.2 9.3 10.1 9.8 5.9 5.2 5.8 5.4

Fairbanks .............................................................. 44.8 46.5 43.7 45.7 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.3 5.4 4.6 5.5 5.0

Arizona .................................................................... 2,779.0 2,842.4 2,788.2 2,854.4 142.1 137.8 138.6 148.4 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.2

Flagstaff ................................................................ 68.7 69.6 68.4 69.4 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.6 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ..................................... 1,852.0 1,895.1 1,857.0 1,903.2 82.5 78.6 82.1 87.0 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.6

Prescott ................................................................ 88.9 90.2 88.9 91.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4

Tucson .................................................................. 435.8 442.7 441.8 448.5 20.2 20.2 20.4 22.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.0

Yuma .................................................................... 75.1 80.9 74.1 78.2 14.9 15.5 12.8 14.2 19.8 19.2 17.2 18.2

Arkansas ................................................................. 1,315.0 1,362.9 1,314.3 1,358.2 69.8 65.6 66.2 70.4 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ............................ 209.2 221.1 210.1 221.6 6.9 6.4 7.0 7.3 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.3

Fort Smith ............................................................. 132.7 135.5 133.0 135.8 6.3 5.7 6.3 6.5 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.8

Hot Springs ........................................................... 41.4 43.8 41.3 43.3 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.3 5.5 4.6 5.3 5.3

Jonesboro ............................................................. 56.3 58.6 55.8 58.2 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.9 5.2 4.7 4.9 5.0

Little Rock-North Little Rock ................................. 329.3 337.5 326.7 334.4 15.6 14.7 15.2 16.2 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.8

Pine Bluff .............................................................. 46.2 47.7 46.2 47.3 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.6 7.8 7.3 7.1 7.6

California ................................................................. 17,613.2 18,012.3 17,553.4 17,896.7 1,044.7 926.1 998.0 863.3 5.9 5.1 5.7 4.8

Bakersfield ............................................................ 323.0 331.4 320.6 326.4 27.1 24.8 26.0 23.3 8.4 7.5 8.1 7.1

Chico .................................................................... 98.4 101.6 97.6 101.2 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.6 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.6

El Centro ............................................................... 59.8 64.1 60.1 64.2 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.3 19.6 17.9 19.0 17.7

Fresno .................................................................. 422.7 428.1 417.0 417.9 35.1 32.0 34.5 30.7 8.3 7.5 8.3 7.3

Hanford-Corcoran ................................................. 54.9 55.9 54.2 54.9 4.9 4.3 4.6 4.1 8.9 7.7 8.4 7.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,396.2 6,533.6 6,397.3 6,502.7 383.3 306.6 368.4 277.3 6.0 4.7 5.8 4.3

Madera ................................................................. 67.1 67.9 67.4 68.3 4.6 4.2 4.3 3.9 6.8 6.3 6.3 5.7

Merced .................................................................. 99.4 102.9 99.3 102.5 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.8 8.6 8.2 8.0 7.6

Modesto ................................................................ 233.9 239.6 227.4 233.9 17.2 16.8 17.1 16.3 7.3 7.0 7.5 7.0

Napa ..................................................................... 73.5 74.7 74.2 75.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.7

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ......................... 413.8 421.2 411.8 419.0 22.6 21.1 21.7 20.3 5.5 5.0 5.3 4.8

Redding ................................................................ 84.0 86.3 83.7 85.8 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 6.5 6.3 6.2 5.9

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ....................... 1,645.7 1,697.8 1,646.6 1,694.7 95.7 91.4 90.8 86.3 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.1

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .............. 1,002.9 1,031.8 1,000.2 1,026.6 50.9 47.7 48.5 45.4 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.4

Salinas .................................................................. 218.3 219.6 215.8 216.8 12.5 11.6 11.7 10.7 5.7 5.3 5.4 4.9

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ......................... 1,497.5 1,538.4 1,487.6 1,526.1 69.0 66.7 66.2 63.1 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,180.0 2,233.6 2,168.8 2,219.0 118.0 109.1 110.6 102.3 5.4 4.9 5.1 4.6

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ........................ 856.9 865.2 849.2 857.6 53.3 47.1 50.7 44.6 6.2 5.4 6.0 5.2

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .............................. 129.9 133.0 130.6 133.5 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.8

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta ...................... 217.0 221.3 213.2 218.0 9.1 8.7 9.0 8.6 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.9

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ........................................ 146.7 150.2 146.2 148.6 8.1 7.5 7.9 7.1 5.5 5.0 5.4 4.8

Santa Rosa-Petaluma .......................................... 260.2 261.5 260.1 261.7 12.2 11.5 11.3 10.6 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.1

Stockton ................................................................ 286.5 293.3 286.6 291.5 21.7 20.4 20.6 19.5 7.6 6.9 7.2 6.7

Vallejo-Fairfield ..................................................... 209.7 215.5 209.3 215.2 11.8 11.5 11.0 10.8 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.0

Visalia-Porterville .................................................. 180.8 182.0 179.9 178.2 18.0 15.4 17.5 14.8 10.0 8.5 9.7 8.3

Yuba City .............................................................. 67.7 69.9 66.5 68.6 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.0 8.1 7.5 7.8 7.3

Colorado .................................................................. 2,547.2 2,556.5 2,544.3 2,557.0 131.7 122.1 130.2 124.9 5.2 4.8 5.1 4.9

Boulder ................................................................. 165.3 167.1 168.7 169.7 7.7 7.2 7.9 7.3 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.3

Colorado Springs .................................................. 301.0 302.0 300.3 300.5 16.4 15.3 16.1 15.6 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.2

Denver-Aurora ...................................................... 1,308.8 1,307.9 1,308.5 1,310.7 70.9 64.6 70.0 66.6 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.1

Fort Collins-Loveland ............................................ 164.9 166.1 166.0 166.9 7.0 6.8 7.0 6.9 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.1

Grand Junction ..................................................... 69.4 69.8 69.5 69.7 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.4

Greeley ................................................................. 109.2 111.5 110.3 112.5 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.7

Pueblo .................................................................. 68.3 69.2 69.2 69.8 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.6 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.5

Connecticut ............................................................. 1,818.5 1,840.6 1,778.6 1,810.8 86.7 97.5 77.8 89.2 4.8 5.3 4.4 4.9

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................... 465.0 470.2 453.0 461.5 20.5 23.3 18.3 21.2 4.4 5.0 4.0 4.6

Danbury ................................................................ 89.6 90.9 88.2 89.2 3.3 3.8 3.0 3.4 3.7 4.1 3.4 3.8

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................... 566.5 573.2 556.0 565.7 28.6 31.7 25.9 29.0 5.0 5.5 4.7 5.1

New Haven ........................................................... 302.7 306.3 295.3 301.4 14.6 16.9 13.0 15.4 4.8 5.5 4.4 5.1

Norwich-New London ........................................... 151.3 154.8 146.6 150.4 6.4 7.4 5.8 6.8 4.2 4.8 4.0 4.5

Waterbury ............................................................. 100.0 101.4 98.2 100.2 5.9 6.7 5.5 6.3 5.9 6.6 5.6 6.3

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Delaware .................................................................. 424.9 439.0 417.7 435.5 18.2 18.2 16.2 17.8 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.1

Dover .................................................................... 69.4 72.0 68.4 71.5 2.6 2.8 2.2 2.7 3.8 3.9 3.2 3.7

District of Columbia ............................................... 300.6 303.5 297.0 297.7 24.4 18.5 24.0 17.1 8.1 6.1 8.1 5.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ......................... 2,818.1 2,911.5 2,788.6 2,889.2 104.8 103.1 96.5 92.5 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2

Florida ...................................................................... 8,436.4 8,760.7 8,432.7 8,757.9 415.6 335.3 406.3 323.8 4.9 3.8 4.8 3.7

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ......................................... 247.0 260.6 247.9 261.1 9.8 7.9 10.5 7.7 4.0 3.0 4.2 3.0

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .............. 233.6 241.6 233.4 241.4 10.6 8.4 10.9 8.2 4.5 3.5 4.7 3.4

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................... 95.3 100.2 94.0 99.2 3.3 2.7 3.0 2.7 3.5 2.7 3.2 2.7

Gainesville ............................................................ 127.6 131.9 129.1 134.0 4.8 3.9 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.0 3.4 2.8

Jacksonville .......................................................... 617.5 634.2 614.9 634.0 30.6 24.3 28.4 23.3 5.0 3.8 4.6 3.7

Lakeland ............................................................... 248.5 256.3 249.3 256.7 14.1 11.1 13.5 10.8 5.7 4.3 5.4 4.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................... 2,626.9 2,735.4 2,624.7 2,728.6 140.2 114.3 136.1 108.8 5.3 4.2 5.2 4.0

Naples-Marco Island ............................................. 135.2 142.5 136.0 143.1 6.7 5.4 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.8 4.7 3.7

Ocala .................................................................... 118.0 121.6 117.6 122.1 5.6 4.5 5.3 4.3 4.7 3.7 4.5 3.5

Orlando ................................................................. 968.3 1,018.5 967.6 1,019.4 45.0 35.8 43.1 34.4 4.6 3.5 4.5 3.4

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ............................. 253.3 262.2 252.8 261.9 11.2 9.3 11.7 8.9 4.4 3.5 4.6 3.4

Panama City-Lynn Haven ..................................... 79.8 83.9 79.2 83.8 3.4 2.7 3.2 2.7 4.3 3.2 4.1 3.2

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ................................ 199.3 204.1 198.5 204.6 9.1 7.4 8.4 7.2 4.5 3.6 4.2 3.5

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce ..................................... 165.3 171.6 167.1 172.1 10.0 7.9 12.6 7.7 6.1 4.6 7.5 4.5

Punta Gorda ......................................................... 60.2 62.7 61.5 63.2 2.8 2.3 4.2 2.3 4.6 3.6 6.8 3.7

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ................................. 300.3 313.6 299.9 314.3 12.7 9.9 12.5 10.0 4.2 3.1 4.2 3.2

Tallahassee .......................................................... 173.1 176.9 174.6 179.3 7.3 6.0 6.7 5.8 4.2 3.4 3.8 3.2

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ........................ 1,276.6 1,318.6 1,273.5 1,317.4 59.9 49.1 56.4 48.0 4.7 3.7 4.4 3.6

Vero Beach ........................................................... 56.0 56.2 57.2 55.9 3.9 2.8 5.5 2.7 7.0 4.9 9.6 4.8

Georgia .................................................................... 4,398.3 4,526.8 4,382.7 4,539.0 215.1 235.4 200.8 243.9 4.9 5.2 4.6 5.4

Albany ................................................................... 72.5 73.7 72.0 73.7 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.3 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.8

Athens-Clarke County .......................................... 95.0 97.9 94.9 98.0 3.5 4.0 3.2 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.3 4.2

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ............................ 2,456.8 2,527.7 2,451.7 2,537.4 121.2 130.4 111.9 136.2 4.9 5.2 4.6 5.4

Augusta-Richmond County ................................... 246.1 253.6 244.3 252.7 14.3 15.7 13.4 15.9 5.8 6.2 5.5 6.3

Brunswick ............................................................. 50.7 52.6 49.9 52.3 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.4 4.2 4.5 4.1 4.6

Columbus ............................................................. 123.3 126.2 123.4 126.8 6.6 7.4 6.2 7.6 5.4 5.9 5.0 6.0

Dalton ................................................................... 63.5 65.5 63.7 65.5 2.7 3.3 2.6 3.3 4.2 5.0 4.1 5.0

Gainesville ............................................................ 78.1 80.9 78.1 81.1 3.2 3.4 2.9 3.7 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.5

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ......................................... 26.9 27.7 26.9 28.1 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.9 5.6 6.3 6.1 6.6

Macon ................................................................... 106.7 108.6 106.1 109.0 5.4 6.1 5.3 6.4 5.1 5.7 5.0 5.8

Rome .................................................................... 48.7 49.7 48.8 49.8 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.2

Savannah ............................................................. 155.7 161.6 154.8 161.3 6.6 7.3 6.1 7.4 4.2 4.5 3.9 4.6

Valdosta ................................................................ 61.7 63.4 61.5 63.4 2.2 2.7 2.1 2.8 3.6 4.2 3.5 4.5

Warner Robins ...................................................... 59.5 62.1 59.7 62.3 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.9 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.7

Hawaii ...................................................................... 615.6 637.8 610.9 640.1 19.6 17.1 20.4 19.2 3.2 2.7 3.3 3.0

Honolulu ............................................................... 429.9 445.8 427.9 448.2 13.2 11.6 14.1 13.2 3.1 2.6 3.3 3.0

Idaho ........................................................................ 708.6 740.8 703.4 733.6 29.8 25.2 27.2 21.0 4.2 3.4 3.9 2.9

Boise City-Nampa ................................................. 268.0 280.6 265.4 277.4 10.8 9.2 10.2 7.6 4.0 3.3 3.8 2.8

Coeur d’Alene ....................................................... 64.4 70.1 64.2 68.6 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.0 4.3 3.3 4.1 2.9

Idaho Falls ............................................................ 57.0 59.9 56.5 59.6 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.5 3.4 2.6 3.2 2.4

Lewiston ............................................................... 28.0 28.9 28.1 28.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.1

Pocatello ............................................................... 42.2 44.3 43.3 45.2 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.3 4.8 3.6 3.9 2.9

Illinois ...................................................................... 6,417.9 6,506.3 6,379.9 6,496.3 390.1 367.5 363.7 353.4 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.4

Bloomington-Normal ............................................. 84.1 86.4 85.1 88.1 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.1 4.4 4.0 4.1 3.5

Champaign-Urbana .............................................. 113.1 116.9 112.8 117.6 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.2 4.3 3.7

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ...................................... 4,748.8 4,771.7 4,716.3 4,754.1 282.2 275.7 267.9 272.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7

Danville ................................................................. 37.4 38.3 37.1 38.3 3.1 2.5 2.7 2.1 8.3 6.5 7.4 5.6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ............................. 199.4 202.1 195.4 201.5 10.4 9.0 9.8 9.4 5.2 4.5 5.0 4.7

Decatur ................................................................. 52.7 54.5 51.7 54.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.0 7.6 6.4 6.7 5.5

Kankakee-Bradley ................................................ 52.4 53.7 51.5 53.4 3.9 3.3 3.5 2.9 7.4 6.1 6.8 5.5

Peoria ................................................................... 186.0 192.9 184.4 192.2 10.5 9.4 9.6 8.2 5.6 4.9 5.2 4.3

Rockford ............................................................... 164.9 170.1 162.0 168.0 12.6 10.7 11.3 9.4 7.6 6.3 7.0 5.6

Springfield ............................................................. 112.5 117.1 108.4 113.5 6.2 5.4 5.6 4.7 5.5 4.6 5.2 4.1

Indiana ..................................................................... 3,180.8 3,217.5 3,161.6 3,222.7 162.1 168.1 150.0 157.5 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.9

Anderson .............................................................. 63.1 64.3 63.2 64.1 3.7 4.3 3.4 3.9 5.9 6.7 5.4 6.0

Bloomington .......................................................... 90.7 91.4 95.4 97.1 4.0 4.8 3.7 4.4 4.4 5.3 3.9 4.5

Columbus ............................................................. 36.7 37.7 36.3 37.6 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.6 4.0 4.4 3.8 4.3

Elkhart-Goshen ..................................................... 102.3 103.6 100.6 102.8 4.0 4.6 3.9 4.5 3.9 4.5 3.8 4.4

Evansville ............................................................. 181.8 184.8 179.5 184.4 8.4 9.1 7.8 8.5 4.6 4.9 4.3 4.6

Fort Wayne ........................................................... 210.8 213.2 207.9 211.7 10.5 10.5 9.9 10.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7

Indianapolis .......................................................... 875.8 885.8 862.9 878.1 40.4 41.6 38.0 39.6 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.5

Kokomo ................................................................ 47.4 47.5 47.0 47.3 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.7 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.6

Lafayette ............................................................... 89.9 91.8 93.6 96.3 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.2

Michigan City-La Porte ......................................... 52.9 52.9 52.9 53.4 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.3

Muncie .................................................................. 55.0 54.8 56.6 57.0 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.2 6.1 6.4 5.5 5.6

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Indiana—Continued

South Bend-Mishawaka ........................................ 159.7 163.9 160.8 164.2 7.6 8.0 7.2 7.7 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.7

Terre Haute .......................................................... 79.9 81.3 80.9 82.0 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.1 7.1 6.6 6.2 6.2

Iowa .......................................................................... 1,625.1 1,647.5 1,621.9 1,649.9 75.7 65.1 74.7 69.1 4.7 4.0 4.6 4.2

Ames .................................................................... 45.0 46.1 46.9 48.4 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.6 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.2

Cedar Rapids ........................................................ 136.2 137.7 135.7 139.1 6.7 5.5 6.7 6.1 4.9 4.0 5.0 4.4

Des Moines ........................................................... 294.0 297.7 289.4 297.1 12.8 10.8 12.7 12.0 4.3 3.6 4.4 4.0

Dubuque ............................................................... 49.1 49.9 49.3 49.6 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.0 4.2 3.8 4.3 4.1

Iowa City ............................................................... 97.3 99.4 98.3 100.2 3.3 2.7 3.3 2.9 3.4 2.7 3.3 2.9

Sioux City ............................................................. 74.2 74.4 74.1 74.3 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.5 5.0 4.4 5.1 4.7

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ............................................ 89.6 91.0 91.4 91.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.8 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.2

Kansas ..................................................................... 1,466.3 1,460.7 1,460.0 1,459.3 82.3 74.0 78.4 71.8 5.6 5.1 5.4 4.9

Lawrence .............................................................. 62.4 62.2 63.6 64.3 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.4 4.5 4.0 4.1 3.8

Topeka .................................................................. 125.7 124.4 124.5 123.1 8.0 6.6 7.6 6.7 6.3 5.3 6.1 5.5

Wichita .................................................................. 306.7 302.4 304.8 300.0 19.3 18.0 18.3 17.4 6.3 5.9 6.0 5.8

Kentucky ................................................................. 1,977.3 1,998.5 1,964.8 2,012.8 96.4 101.5 87.1 106.9 4.9 5.1 4.4 5.3

Bowling Green ...................................................... 57.7 58.6 58.5 59.5 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.7 4.0 4.4 3.5 4.5

Elizabethtown ....................................................... 52.8 53.2 52.1 53.5 2.5 2.9 2.2 3.1 4.7 5.4 4.3 5.8

Lexington-Fayette ................................................. 226.1 229.8 225.6 230.4 8.8 9.0 7.8 9.7 3.9 3.9 3.4 4.2

Louisville ............................................................... 605.2 615.8 598.9 616.0 28.9 31.3 26.2 32.6 4.8 5.1 4.4 5.3

Owensboro ........................................................... 54.8 55.9 54.3 56.2 2.8 2.9 2.5 3.1 5.1 5.2 4.6 5.4

Louisiana ................................................................. 2,059.6 2,134.4 2,054.5 1,978.7 115.8 128.3 113.4 226.2 5.6 6.0 5.5 11.4

Alexandria ............................................................. 65.3 67.1 64.9 68.5 3.7 4.3 3.6 6.3 5.6 6.4 5.5 9.1

Baton Rouge ......................................................... 353.5 359.3 352.3 377.1 22.0 21.7 21.3 44.9 6.2 6.0 6.1 11.9

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ........................... 94.1 96.6 93.0 99.3 4.7 4.7 4.8 10.7 5.0 4.8 5.2 10.8

Lafayette ............................................................... 122.5 126.3 121.7 130.2 5.5 5.9 5.6 12.2 4.5 4.7 4.6 9.4

Lake Charles ........................................................ 92.4 97.1 91.0 98.0 4.9 5.6 5.0 8.3 5.3 5.7 5.5 8.5

Monroe ................................................................. 84.2 85.7 83.4 85.9 4.7 5.3 4.6 7.3 5.6 6.2 5.5 8.5

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner1 ............................ 603.7 633.8 606.7 437.6 27.0 36.8 25.8 65.0 4.5 5.8 4.2 14.8

Shreveport-Bossier City ........................................ 177.3 183.6 176.3 183.6 10.4 11.3 10.2 14.5 5.9 6.1 5.8 7.9

Maine ....................................................................... 715.8 729.4 699.5 717.3 27.3 30.3 27.5 33.4 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.7

Bangor .................................................................. 70.3 71.0 71.4 70.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.7

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................... 55.8 57.2 55.4 57.2 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.8 3.9 4.5 4.0 4.9

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ....................... 209.0 215.4 203.5 210.6 6.3 6.9 6.5 8.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.8

Maryland .................................................................. 2,895.8 2,978.2 2,870.2 2,944.5 121.9 128.7 110.9 113.6 4.2 4.3 3.9 3.9

Baltimore-Towson ................................................. 1,350.2 1,383.9 1,339.6 1,368.5 62.6 65.7 56.4 57.5 4.6 4.7 4.2 4.2

Cumberland .......................................................... 43.9 45.5 44.5 45.1 2.6 3.0 2.3 2.6 6.0 6.5 5.3 5.8

Hagerstown-Martinsburg ...................................... 115.2 118.8 114.9 118.0 4.7 4.8 4.1 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.9

Salisbury ............................................................... 62.2 63.6 61.5 62.3 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.5 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.0

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3,425.0 3,409.3 3,360.5 3,363.1 168.1 140.5 160.0 157.5 4.9 4.1 4.8 4.7

Barnstable Town ................................................... 151.9 151.2 140.7 140.8 5.4 4.6 5.1 5.2 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................... 2,464.4 2,460.3 2,421.3 2,428.9 119.0 98.5 112.4 109.8 4.8 4.0 4.6 4.5

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ............................. 74.0 73.6 73.1 73.3 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.3 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.9

New Bedford ......................................................... 84.2 84.1 83.1 83.3 5.2 4.6 5.0 5.1 6.2 5.5 6.0 6.2

Pittsfield ................................................................ 40.1 39.8 38.5 38.6 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 4.1 3.4 4.0 3.8

Springfield ............................................................. 342.0 340.9 340.3 340.7 18.2 16.2 17.2 17.6 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.2

Worcester ............................................................. 290.8 289.6 287.9 288.2 15.0 12.5 14.0 13.6 5.2 4.3 4.9 4.7

Michigan .................................................................. 5,106.4 5,148.6 5,069.0 5,119.3 339.0 323.7 333.3 302.2 6.6 6.3 6.6 5.9

Ann Arbor ............................................................. 186.6 190.3 187.2 192.6 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.0

Battle Creek .......................................................... 73.1 73.3 72.8 73.2 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.3 6.1 5.9 6.1 5.9

Bay City ................................................................ 57.3 56.5 56.6 56.3 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.3 6.7 6.0 6.7 5.8

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,224.5 2,247.4 2,208.2 2,221.7 161.4 158.4 159.4 141.1 7.3 7.0 7.2 6.3

Flint ....................................................................... 210.5 210.2 211.3 212.6 15.9 15.4 15.6 14.6 7.6 7.3 7.4 6.9

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ....................................... 400.4 403.4 396.7 399.5 25.0 22.1 24.5 21.6 6.3 5.5 6.2 5.4

Holland-Grand Haven ........................................... 133.5 134.0 133.5 133.7 6.6 6.1 6.6 6.0 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.5

Jackson ................................................................ 79.2 79.9 78.6 79.8 5.5 5.0 5.2 4.8 6.9 6.2 6.6 6.0

Kalamazoo-Portage .............................................. 171.9 173.9 171.7 174.4 9.7 8.7 9.6 8.5 5.6 5.0 5.6 4.9

Lansing-East Lansing ........................................... 247.8 250.5 249.3 257.9 13.4 13.8 13.4 14.0 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4

Monroe ................................................................. 77.8 78.2 77.3 78.2 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.3 5.7 6.0 5.6 5.6

Muskegon-Norton Shores ..................................... 90.1 90.8 89.0 89.3 6.4 5.6 6.1 5.4 7.1 6.2 6.9 6.0

Niles-Benton Harbor ............................................. 78.7 78.4 78.4 78.1 5.6 5.0 5.4 4.8 7.2 6.4 6.9 6.1

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ....................... 101.3 100.6 99.7 100.0 7.9 6.9 7.8 6.8 7.8 6.9 7.8 6.8

Minnesota ................................................................ 2,979.4 2,967.4 2,953.4 2,938.6 130.0 99.7 128.3 106.2 4.4 3.4 4.3 3.6

Duluth ................................................................... 146.5 144.6 145.7 144.4 7.6 5.9 7.2 6.2 5.2 4.1 4.9 4.3

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ....................... 1,863.5 1,863.9 1,850.0 1,843.6 80.6 61.8 81.1 67.0 4.3 3.3 4.4 3.6

Rochester ............................................................. 105.7 106.8 103.7 103.6 4.0 3.1 4.0 3.2 3.8 2.9 3.8 3.1

St. Cloud ............................................................... 103.9 103.1 104.0 103.7 4.3 3.4 4.2 3.5 4.1 3.3 4.1 3.4

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Mississippi .............................................................. 1,330.9 1,348.3 1,328.1 1,283.7 87.5 94.9 82.1 117.3 6.6 7.0 6.2 9.1

Gulfport-Biloxi ....................................................... 120.9 120.0 119.5 105.9 6.3 7.0 6.2 24.9 5.2 5.9 5.2 23.5

Hattiesburg ........................................................... 62.1 63.0 62.4 59.2 3.6 4.1 3.2 4.9 5.8 6.5 5.1 8.3

Jackson ................................................................ 260.2 261.8 260.6 249.6 13.9 15.7 14.0 14.7 5.3 6.0 5.4 5.9

Pascagoula ........................................................... 69.7 72.6 69.6 69.1 4.5 4.7 4.4 15.1 6.4 6.5 6.4 21.8

Missouri ................................................................... 3,043.6 3,015.8 3,016.9 3,004.3 181.3 134.3 170.8 137.4 6.0 4.5 5.7 4.6

Columbia .............................................................. 89.6 90.1 90.6 90.7 3.6 2.6 3.5 2.7 4.0 2.9 3.9 3.0

Jefferson City ........................................................ 79.9 79.7 78.8 78.6 3.8 3.0 3.3 2.8 4.7 3.8 4.2 3.5

Joplin .................................................................... 84.4 83.4 84.2 83.3 4.7 3.4 4.3 3.4 5.6 4.1 5.1 4.1

Kansas City .......................................................... 1,043.5 1,034.5 1,029.9 1,026.5 65.4 52.0 61.7 52.3 6.3 5.0 6.0 5.1

St. Joseph ............................................................. 65.5 65.0 65.1 64.0 4.1 3.0 3.9 3.0 6.2 4.6 5.9 4.7

St. Louis2 .............................................................. 1,464.1 1,462.0 1,444.6 1,452.7 92.0 71.1 85.7 69.7 6.3 4.9 5.9 4.8

Springfield ............................................................. 213.4 213.5 210.7 212.5 10.1 7.3 9.7 7.6 4.7 3.4 4.6 3.6

Montana ................................................................... 491.3 501.1 481.6 492.2 17.9 19.2 16.9 17.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.6

Billings .................................................................. 82.6 84.6 80.9 83.3 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.6 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.1

Great Falls ............................................................ 38.4 40.5 38.5 39.9 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.9

Missoula ............................................................... 56.7 58.3 57.2 58.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3

Nebraska ................................................................. 989.5 981.6 978.2 976.6 35.7 35.8 34.5 34.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6

Lincoln .................................................................. 165.8 166.3 166.8 165.5 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.6 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.4

Omaha-Council Bluffs ........................................... 443.1 446.6 438.2 439.8 18.6 18.4 18.1 18.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1

Nevada ..................................................................... 1,179.9 1,225.1 1,182.6 1,229.9 48.1 49.0 48.0 50.5 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1

Carson City ........................................................... 27.4 27.3 27.1 27.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4

Las Vegas-Paradise ............................................. 828.0 869.1 832.2 873.5 34.7 35.0 34.8 36.3 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.2

Reno-Sparks ......................................................... 209.6 213.2 209.3 213.5 7.6 7.8 7.4 8.0 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.8

New Hampshire ....................................................... 731.4 750.8 718.2 737.8 26.3 25.8 23.4 26.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6

Manchester ........................................................... 105.6 109.3 104.4 107.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5

Portsmouth ........................................................... 44.6 45.8 43.6 45.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.4

Rochester-Dover .................................................. 80.0 82.5 80.3 82.6 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.5

New Jersey .............................................................. 4,417.5 4,479.3 4,361.8 4,458.2 199.7 181.3 186.6 182.8 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.1

Atlantic City ........................................................... 139.0 141.0 135.8 138.8 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.6 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.8

Ocean City ............................................................ 70.1 71.1 63.4 64.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.7

Trenton-Ewing ...................................................... 191.7 195.3 189.4 194.8 7.7 7.1 7.2 7.2 4.0 3.6 3.8 3.7

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .................................. 69.2 70.6 69.1 70.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 6.0 5.8 5.6 5.6

New Mexico ............................................................. 912.9 940.6 913.0 940.1 50.7 49.1 50.0 50.7 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.4

Albuquerque ......................................................... 391.7 403.6 391.8 404.4 20.5 20.0 20.3 20.8 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.1

Farmington ........................................................... 53.4 55.5 54.1 56.5 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.1 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.5

Las Cruces ........................................................... 82.6 86.1 83.8 86.8 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.9 5.5 5.9 5.7

Santa Fe ............................................................... 76.7 79.7 75.9 78.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.3

New York ................................................................. 9,455.3 9,485.4 9,308.1 9,441.2 509.5 432.5 492.2 477.8 5.4 4.6 5.3 5.1

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................... 459.8 467.3 449.9 460.4 17.4 16.9 16.9 18.2 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.9

Binghamton .......................................................... 122.2 122.1 122.3 123.1 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.9 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.8

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ............................................ 591.9 592.5 582.3 588.1 31.4 29.5 29.7 30.8 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.2

Elmira ................................................................... 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.1 5.4 4.7 5.3 5.1

Glens Falls ............................................................ 71.1 72.6 66.9 69.1 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.1

Ithaca .................................................................... 52.7 53.3 54.1 55.2 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.8 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.2

Kingston ................................................................ 92.4 93.3 90.8 92.6 4.4 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.7 3.9 4.6 4.2

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ....... 9,149.9 9,199.4 9,033.8 9,181.2 492.4 413.3 470.3 449.0 5.4 4.5 5.2 4.9

 New York City .................................................... 3,729.7 3,722.3 3,699.8 3,747.3 251.4 191.6 241.2 222.1 6.7 5.1 6.5 5.9

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .................. 326.3 329.9 318.7 325.7 13.4 12.8 13.2 13.8 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.2

Rochester ............................................................. 536.5 531.3 527.1 526.4 25.8 23.7 25.3 25.5 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.8

Syracuse ............................................................... 331.8 334.4 327.6 333.2 16.3 15.0 15.9 16.1 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.8

Utica-Rome ........................................................... 145.2 145.8 141.6 143.0 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.7 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.7

North Carolina ......................................................... 4,276.2 4,363.8 4,248.9 4,342.3 226.0 239.9 200.8 219.2 5.3 5.5 4.7 5.0

Asheville ............................................................... 197.0 201.0 195.5 200.1 7.7 8.8 7.0 7.9 3.9 4.4 3.6 3.9

Burlington ............................................................. 69.9 70.3 69.6 70.3 4.2 4.5 3.8 4.1 6.0 6.4 5.4 5.9

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ................................. 777.6 805.5 779.5 806.9 42.3 43.1 37.9 40.5 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.0

Durham ................................................................. 243.6 246.8 241.3 246.6 10.5 11.4 8.8 10.1 4.3 4.6 3.7 4.1

Fayetteville ........................................................... 137.8 140.7 139.3 141.7 7.6 9.0 6.6 8.3 5.5 6.4 4.8 5.9

Goldsboro ............................................................. 51.5 52.6 51.0 52.1 2.6 3.0 2.3 2.6 5.1 5.7 4.5 5.1

Greensboro-High Point ......................................... 360.1 365.1 356.4 363.2 19.5 20.1 17.3 18.5 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.1

Greenville ............................................................. 81.0 82.5 81.5 83.2 4.8 5.3 4.1 4.7 5.9 6.4 5.0 5.6

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................... 180.3 182.2 179.5 181.8 11.8 12.2 11.0 11.6 6.5 6.7 6.1 6.4

Jacksonville .......................................................... 55.9 57.8 55.1 56.9 2.9 3.2 2.5 2.9 5.1 5.5 4.5 5.0

Raleigh-Cary ......................................................... 486.7 501.8 482.8 498.0 20.5 21.6 18.2 19.8 4.2 4.3 3.8 4.0

Rocky Mount ......................................................... 69.0 69.0 68.2 68.5 5.0 5.1 4.4 4.6 7.2 7.4 6.4 6.8

Wilmington ............................................................ 158.1 162.0 155.8 160.6 6.6 7.1 5.8 6.5 4.2 4.4 3.7 4.0

Winston-Salem ..................................................... 230.7 237.1 229.7 237.8 11.0 11.5 9.7 10.4 4.8 4.8 4.2 4.4

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

North Dakota ........................................................... 364.5 364.4 356.1 356.5 11.6 11.1 9.7 10.0 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.8

Bismarck ............................................................... 60.4 61.6 58.6 59.3 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.4

Fargo .................................................................... 115.7 116.0 114.1 113.6 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4

Grand Forks .......................................................... 54.8 55.0 55.1 55.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.9

Ohio ......................................................................... 5,935.3 5,979.1 5,873.0 5,936.6 343.6 334.0 342.0 330.5 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.6

Akron .................................................................... 372.9 377.7 372.7 377.1 20.8 20.5 21.2 20.5 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.4

Canton-Massillon .................................................. 206.3 209.9 204.8 208.6 12.5 12.5 12.6 12.2 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.8

Cincinnati-Middletown .......................................... 1,093.7 1,109.8 1,084.1 1,105.3 55.9 57.4 54.6 57.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ....................................... 1,117.7 1,096.4 1,094.7 1,080.6 64.6 60.7 62.8 59.9 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.5

Columbus ............................................................. 928.6 943.4 914.2 931.9 48.0 48.2 48.9 47.9 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.1

Dayton .................................................................. 430.4 431.1 426.7 429.1 25.5 25.0 25.5 24.7 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.7

Lima ...................................................................... 52.4 53.5 52.0 52.9 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.1 6.3 5.7 6.3 5.8

Mansfield .............................................................. 63.4 63.9 62.9 63.3 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.9 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.2

Sandusky .............................................................. 46.0 46.7 44.6 45.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.4

Springfield ............................................................. 70.7 70.9 69.6 70.3 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.2 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.0

Toledo ................................................................... 335.9 342.3 336.4 342.5 21.9 21.1 21.1 20.7 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.1

Weirton-Steubenville ............................................ 57.6 57.5 57.1 58.0 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.5 7.8 7.3 7.0 7.7

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ........................... 283.4 280.0 280.3 279.4 18.7 17.5 18.3 16.9 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.0

Oklahoma ................................................................ 1,699.9 1,736.3 1,703.8 1,727.1 73.9 72.8 74.9 81.9 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.7

Lawton .................................................................. 46.0 47.7 46.1 47.2 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.4 4.1 4.4 4.3 5.2

Oklahoma City ...................................................... 570.9 590.9 576.1 588.4 22.6 23.4 23.4 26.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.5

Tulsa ..................................................................... 439.2 453.1 437.8 446.6 19.6 18.7 19.6 20.9 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.7

Oregon ..................................................................... 1,871.3 1,887.0 1,854.6 1,865.9 132.0 118.9 122.1 103.0 7.1 6.3 6.6 5.5

Bend ..................................................................... 72.8 75.3 71.6 73.8 4.3 4.0 4.1 3.5 5.9 5.4 5.7 4.8

Corvallis ................................................................ 41.9 42.4 41.1 41.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 5.5 5.3 5.3 4.9

Eugene-Springfield ............................................... 171.7 172.5 171.3 171.0 12.5 11.2 11.7 9.7 7.3 6.5 6.8 5.7

Medford ................................................................ 98.6 99.7 99.9 100.6 7.0 6.3 6.1 5.2 7.1 6.3 6.1 5.2

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ............................ 1,095.6 1,110.1 1,085.6 1,101.3 76.8 68.2 70.2 59.8 7.0 6.1 6.5 5.4

Salem ................................................................... 191.4 191.3 188.3 187.5 13.3 12.2 12.2 10.3 7.0 6.3 6.5 5.5

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 6,343.3 6,369.4 6,279.8 6,320.3 338.3 303.0 318.7 279.0 5.3 4.8 5.1 4.4

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................... 406.3 414.1 404.4 409.3 21.0 19.1 19.9 17.6 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.3

Altoona ................................................................. 67.2 66.6 66.2 66.2 3.3 3.0 3.5 2.9 5.0 4.5 5.3 4.3

Erie ....................................................................... 142.4 144.0 141.4 142.4 8.4 7.3 7.9 6.6 5.9 5.1 5.6 4.7

Harrisburg-Carlisle ................................................ 286.2 287.8 280.9 283.6 12.3 11.1 11.5 10.3 4.3 3.8 4.1 3.6

Johnstown ............................................................ 68.2 68.1 67.4 67.6 4.7 4.0 4.3 3.5 6.9 5.9 6.4 5.1

Lancaster .............................................................. 273.6 274.4 268.8 271.0 10.4 9.6 9.5 8.9 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.3

Lebanon ................................................................ 71.3 71.6 70.2 70.6 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.2 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.1

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ........................ 2,927.6 2,964.0 2,903.2 2,956.2 150.9 137.1 142.7 132.6 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.5

Pittsburgh ............................................................. 1,226.0 1,228.7 1,213.8 1,217.8 68.3 61.8 63.3 56.2 5.6 5.0 5.2 4.6

Reading ................................................................ 199.5 202.8 198.3 202.0 10.0 9.1 9.5 8.9 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.4

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ....................................... 282.2 279.7 278.2 276.9 17.7 14.6 16.9 13.2 6.3 5.2 6.1 4.8

State College ........................................................ 71.7 72.2 72.8 73.3 3.1 2.5 2.9 2.4 4.3 3.5 4.0 3.2

Williamsport .......................................................... 61.4 61.2 60.9 60.9 3.5 3.0 3.5 2.8 5.7 4.8 5.7 4.5

York-Hanover ....................................................... 219.9 222.3 217.0 221.4 9.8 9.1 8.9 8.0 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.6

Rhode Island ........................................................... 566.7 580.7 560.0 580.7 28.0 29.5 24.4 31.4 4.9 5.1 4.4 5.4

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ............................ 701.1 714.9 694.2 715.4 35.5 36.7 32.3 39.9 5.1 5.1 4.7 5.6

South Carolina ........................................................ 2,063.3 2,092.1 2,040.1 2,085.6 143.9 132.7 136.5 138.6 7.0 6.3 6.7 6.6

Anderson .............................................................. 84.0 85.4 83.3 85.6 6.1 5.8 5.7 6.3 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.3

Charleston-North Charleston ................................ 294.2 304.4 290.4 303.1 16.5 15.8 15.5 16.4 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.4

Columbia .............................................................. 351.5 357.1 348.1 356.8 21.1 19.5 20.3 20.9 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.8

Florence ................................................................ 95.6 97.4 94.6 96.9 8.0 8.0 7.7 8.0 8.4 8.2 8.2 8.2

Greenville ............................................................. 295.4 300.1 294.3 300.5 19.2 16.6 17.9 17.9 6.5 5.5 6.1 6.0

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach .......... 123.3 126.1 119.9 122.7 6.1 5.6 6.0 6.0 4.9 4.4 5.0 4.9

Spartanburg .......................................................... 131.4 132.9 130.2 133.6 10.9 9.0 9.9 9.6 8.3 6.7 7.6 7.2

Sumter .................................................................. 46.0 46.5 45.6 46.6 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.1 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.9

South Dakota .......................................................... 434.6 436.3 427.6 428.9 14.2 15.2 13.3 14.9 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.5

Rapid City ............................................................. 68.8 69.9 66.1 66.6 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.4

Sioux Falls ............................................................ 119.7 121.2 119.4 120.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0

Tennessee ............................................................... 2,905.4 2,908.2 2,901.1 2,910.4 157.2 155.5 148.8 141.6 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.9

Chattanooga ......................................................... 248.7 251.3 249.2 252.3 11.2 11.8 10.8 11.2 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.5

Clarksville ............................................................. 102.9 104.5 102.7 104.5 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.3

Cleveland .............................................................. 53.4 52.7 53.3 52.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.6

Jackson ................................................................ 53.9 53.7 53.8 53.7 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.0

Johnson City ......................................................... 95.2 95.6 95.4 95.8 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.2 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.4

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ........................................ 142.3 141.8 140.9 141.1 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.4 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.5

Knoxville ............................................................... 336.1 337.8 335.9 338.8 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8

Memphis ............................................................... 596.6 599.3 595.6 596.7 36.9 38.2 35.2 32.6 6.2 6.4 5.9 5.5

Morristown ............................................................ 61.8 63.4 62.2 63.3 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.0 6.0 5.4 5.5 4.8

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro ...................... 733.2 736.1 732.2 738.5 31.2 31.1 30.2 29.1 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Texas ....................................................................... 11,044.9 11,259.5 11,041.8 11,247.7 664.2 580.0 638.1 644.6 6.0 5.2 5.8 5.7

Abilene .................................................................. 79.3 83.1 81.0 83.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.5

Amarillo ................................................................. 128.5 131.9 128.0 130.5 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.4 4.4 3.9 4.2 4.2

Austin-Round Rock ............................................... 779.5 805.0 779.0 798.2 38.9 34.8 37.5 38.2 5.0 4.3 4.8 4.8

Beaumont-Port Arthur ........................................... 178.6 179.4 178.8 180.2 15.2 12.7 14.5 13.9 8.5 7.1 8.1 7.7

Brownsville-Harlingen ........................................... 141.6 145.4 141.4 144.4 11.7 10.0 11.4 10.8 8.3 6.9 8.0 7.5

College Station-Bryan ........................................... 98.5 101.2 103.0 105.5 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.5

Corpus Christi ....................................................... 197.0 197.6 197.9 197.9 13.5 11.5 13.1 12.2 6.9 5.8 6.6 6.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 2,966.3 3,030.7 2,966.7 3,021.1 172.2 151.3 166.6 168.2 5.8 5.0 5.6 5.6

El Paso ................................................................. 287.7 298.8 290.8 300.8 22.0 20.5 21.5 21.9 7.6 6.9 7.4 7.3

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ............................. 2,571.5 2,622.9 2,570.9 2,636.8 162.2 137.3 155.7 162.2 6.3 5.2 6.1 6.2

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................... 146.5 150.3 146.2 150.0 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.7 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.8

Laredo .................................................................. 82.4 85.4 83.4 86.2 5.5 4.9 5.3 5.2 6.7 5.7 6.3 6.1

Longview .............................................................. 100.6 103.1 100.6 102.8 5.8 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.8 4.8 5.6 5.3

Lubbock ................................................................ 140.5 142.6 141.2 142.3 6.6 5.9 6.1 6.1 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.3

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr ....................................... 252.4 260.0 252.3 261.5 22.1 18.9 21.0 20.3 8.8 7.3 8.3 7.8

Midland ................................................................. 64.2 65.6 64.4 65.0 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.7 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.2

Odessa ................................................................. 61.7 62.1 61.5 61.8 3.7 3.0 3.5 3.1 6.0 4.8 5.6 5.0

San Angelo ........................................................... 53.2 55.2 53.0 55.0 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.5 5.0 4.3 4.7 4.6

San Antonio .......................................................... 887.2 906.5 884.6 902.9 49.4 43.8 47.5 47.5 5.6 4.8 5.4 5.3

Sherman-Denison ................................................. 56.9 58.9 57.4 58.8 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.2 5.9 4.9 5.7 5.4

Texarkana ............................................................. 61.0 62.9 61.2 63.4 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.5 5.7 5.0 5.6 5.6

Tyler ...................................................................... 94.5 96.8 94.6 96.4 4.9 4.5 4.7 5.1 5.2 4.7 5.0 5.3

Victoria .................................................................. 56.4 57.5 56.1 56.8 3.3 2.8 3.2 3.0 5.9 4.9 5.6 5.3

Waco .................................................................... 110.3 113.3 110.6 112.3 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.2

Wichita Falls ......................................................... 73.7 75.5 74.3 75.4 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.7 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.9

Utah .......................................................................... 1,212.6 1,253.1 1,207.6 1,245.7 64.3 57.3 58.8 55.0 5.3 4.6 4.9 4.4

Logan .................................................................... 59.8 62.3 61.0 63.5 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.6

Ogden-Clearfield .................................................. 240.5 246.1 237.2 243.2 13.0 11.6 11.7 11.3 5.4 4.7 4.9 4.7

Provo-Orem .......................................................... 195.2 203.4 197.6 205.7 9.7 8.7 8.8 8.3 5.0 4.3 4.5 4.1

St. George ............................................................ 51.1 55.1 51.4 55.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 4.5 3.8 4.0 3.7

Salt Lake City ....................................................... 539.7 559.3 533.6 550.1 29.6 26.0 27.2 24.9 5.5 4.6 5.1 4.5

Vermont ................................................................... 357.2 357.2 352.6 356.1 10.8 10.1 10.7 11.6 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.3

Burlington-South Burlington .................................. 115.0 114.3 113.1 114.5 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.3

Virginia .................................................................... 3,838.3 3,962.9 3,796.7 3,942.8 143.4 146.7 128.9 137.9 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.5

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ..................... 76.0 78.1 75.5 78.4 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.8 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.5

Charlottesville ....................................................... 92.5 95.7 93.4 95.6 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.2 2.8 3.0

Danville ................................................................. 51.8 51.2 52.4 53.0 4.2 4.4 3.6 4.6 8.2 8.6 6.8 8.7

Harrisonburg ......................................................... 61.6 64.4 62.2 65.2 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.8 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.8

Lynchburg ............................................................. 112.7 116.0 112.6 116.5 4.8 4.9 4.3 5.0 4.3 4.2 3.8 4.3

Richmond ............................................................. 598.7 624.0 596.0 622.4 24.2 24.7 22.0 23.5 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.8

Roanoke ............................................................... 148.4 152.9 145.7 153.0 5.5 5.4 4.9 5.1 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ................. 789.7 808.2 775.7 799.0 33.3 34.7 30.5 32.8 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.1

Winchester ............................................................ 60.3 63.5 59.4 62.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.7 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6

Washington ............................................................. 3,226.8 3,318.1 3,224.8 3,303.8 184.7 181.7 172.0 168.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1

Bellingham ............................................................ 100.3 104.8 96.9 102.6 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.6 5.7 5.0 5.1 4.5

Bremerton-Silverdale ............................................ 120.1 125.2 118.3 124.0 6.7 6.7 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.1 4.8

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco .................................. 117.0 120.2 116.6 120.4 6.4 7.2 5.4 6.3 5.5 6.0 4.6 5.2

Longview .............................................................. 43.0 43.4 42.4 43.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 8.2 7.6 7.2 6.5

Mount Vernon-Anacortes ...................................... 58.2 59.9 56.4 58.3 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.8 6.2 5.6 5.4 4.9

Olympia ................................................................ 119.6 124.8 118.6 123.6 6.6 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.6

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,685.5 1,741.0 1,686.9 1,730.2 86.2 84.8 89.1 86.5 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.0

Spokane ............................................................... 218.7 226.1 220.5 227.0 13.4 13.2 11.6 11.6 6.1 5.8 5.3 5.1

Wenatchee ........................................................... 61.5 62.6 65.3 65.9 4.2 3.9 2.7 2.7 6.8 6.2 4.2 4.1

Yakima .................................................................. 124.8 123.4 127.5 124.4 9.2 9.6 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.8 5.4 5.5

West Virginia ........................................................... 791.5 802.5 784.0 802.3 39.8 41.3 33.1 38.8 5.0 5.1 4.2 4.8

Charleston ............................................................ 139.8 141.0 137.6 139.9 6.7 7.2 5.6 6.7 4.8 5.1 4.1 4.8

Huntington-Ashland .............................................. 130.6 130.2 129.8 130.4 7.0 7.0 6.1 6.9 5.4 5.4 4.7 5.3

Morgantown .......................................................... 57.2 58.8 57.3 60.4 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.4

Parkersburg-Marietta ............................................ 79.9 80.8 79.3 80.6 4.5 4.6 4.0 4.4 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.4

Wheeling ............................................................... 68.2 69.2 67.3 68.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.3

Wisconsin ................................................................ 3,093.0 3,057.8 3,060.0 3,047.3 140.5 130.1 124.8 121.5 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0

Appleton ............................................................... 123.0 121.8 121.8 121.0 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.7

Eau Claire ............................................................. 86.2 84.8 86.5 85.2 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.1 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6

Fond du Lac .......................................................... 58.4 58.2 57.5 57.3 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.1 4.4 4.2 3.7 3.7

Green Bay ............................................................ 174.0 168.8 171.7 168.8 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.7 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.0

Janesville .............................................................. 84.4 84.9 83.7 84.8 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.6

La Crosse ............................................................. 74.7 73.7 74.9 73.7 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4

Madison ................................................................ 335.0 335.6 330.9 334.1 10.5 10.1 9.5 9.7 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ......................... 806.4 797.2 799.9 791.2 42.5 38.5 37.8 36.0 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.5

Oshkosh-Neenah .................................................. 93.2 94.2 93.1 93.7 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.8

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Wisconsin—Continued

Racine .................................................................. 101.7 100.0 100.1 98.7 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.2

Sheboygan ........................................................... 66.8 64.4 64.4 64.0 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.6

Wausau ................................................................ 75.2 74.1 74.3 73.6 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5

Wyoming ................................................................. 285.8 288.5 283.6 286.2 9.4 9.4 10.0 9.6 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.3

Casper .................................................................. 40.1 40.7 40.0 40.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.2

Cheyenne ............................................................. 42.6 42.6 42.3 41.9 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.7 4.1 3.8 4.4 4.0

Puerto Rico ............................................................. 1,382.1 1,428.4 1,381.8 1,442.8 157.8 160.3 134.7 153.7 11.4 11.2 9.8 10.6

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ......................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

Fajardo ................................................................. - - - - - - - - - - - -

Guayama .............................................................. - - - - - - - - - - - -

Mayaguez ............................................................. - - - - - - - - - - - -

Ponce ................................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

San German-Cabo Rojo ....................................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

Yauco ................................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

p = preliminary. 

 - Data not available. 1 Estimates are not model-based as of September 2005. 2 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 similiar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions

are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 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. 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.

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.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division 1

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

August September August September August September

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

California .............................................................. 17,613.2 18,012.3 17,553.4 17,896.7 1,044.7 926.1 998.0 863.3 5.9 5.1 5.7 4.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,396.2 6,533.6 6,397.3 6,502.7 383.3 306.6 368.4 277.3 6.0 4.7 5.8 4.3

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 4,804.3 4,893.3 4,813.8 4,871.5 316.9 243.8 305.2 218.1 6.6 5.0 6.3 4.5

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................ 1,591.9 1,640.3 1,583.5 1,631.2 66.4 62.8 63.2 59.2 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,180.0 2,233.6 2,168.8 2,219.0 118.0 109.1 110.6 102.3 5.4 4.9 5.1 4.6

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ............................... 1,259.4 1,293.2 1,253.7 1,286.7 70.4 65.3 66.2 61.4 5.6 5.0 5.3 4.8

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 920.6 940.3 915.1 932.3 47.7 43.8 44.4 40.8 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.4

District of Columbia .......................................... 300.6 303.5 297.0 297.7 24.4 18.5 24.0 17.1 8.1 6.1 8.1 5.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 2,818.1 2,911.5 2,788.6 2,889.2 104.8 103.1 96.5 92.5 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2

 Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 3 .................. 614.4 632.1 609.5 627.2 19.0 20.5 17.4 17.7 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.8

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,203.7 2,279.5 2,179.1 2,262.0 85.7 82.7 79.2 74.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.3

Florida .................................................................... 8,436.4 8,760.7 8,432.7 8,757.9 415.6 335.3 406.3 323.8 4.9 3.8 4.8 3.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................... 2,626.9 2,735.4 2,624.7 2,728.6 140.2 114.3 136.1 108.8 5.3 4.2 5.2 4.0

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield

Beach ............................................................. 914.0 961.0 922.7 962.5 44.4 34.6 41.9 33.7 4.9 3.6 4.5 3.5

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,115.2 1,154.5 1,103.3 1,143.7 63.1 53.7 61.1 49.7 5.7 4.6 5.5 4.3

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 597.7 619.9 598.8 622.4 32.7 26.1 33.1 25.4 5.5 4.2 5.5 4.1

Illinois .................................................................... 6,417.9 6,506.3 6,379.9 6,496.3 390.1 367.5 363.7 353.4 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.4

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ................................... 4,748.8 4,771.7 4,716.3 4,754.1 282.2 275.7 267.9 272.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.7

 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ................................... 3,990.6 3,996.3 3,966.0 3,980.4 240.9 236.9 230.6 237.5 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.0

 Gary 3 ................................................................ 323.1 325.5 322.1 328.0 18.5 18.3 16.8 16.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.1

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 435.1 449.9 428.2 445.7 22.8 20.5 20.5 18.2 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.1

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,425.0 3,409.3 3,360.5 3,363.1 168.1 140.5 160.0 157.5 4.9 4.1 4.8 4.7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................ 2,464.4 2,460.3 2,421.3 2,428.9 119.0 98.5 112.4 109.8 4.8 4.0 4.6 4.5

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................ 1,488.2 1,482.0 1,458.3 1,460.5 68.8 56.1 65.2 63.7 4.6 3.8 4.5 4.4

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 124.3 123.9 122.5 122.8 6.8 5.7 6.4 6.3 5.5 4.6 5.3 5.2

 Framingham ...................................................... 144.5 143.9 141.5 141.7 5.9 4.8 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.3 3.9 3.8

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ 120.1 120.4 118.2 118.8 6.1 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.3 4.8 4.7

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. 70.7 70.2 69.6 69.6 5.7 4.7 5.6 5.3 8.1 6.7 8.1 7.6

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 152.5 152.3 150.4 150.7 8.4 6.9 8.0 7.4 5.5 4.5 5.3 4.9

 Lynn-Peabody-Salem ........................................ 128.5 127.5 125.6 125.6 6.8 5.5 6.6 6.2 5.3 4.3 5.2 5.0

 Nashua 2 ........................................................... 174.2 178.9 174.1 178.2 7.4 7.0 6.5 7.2 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.0

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. 61.5 61.2 61.0 60.9 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.8 5.0 4.2 4.8 4.6

Michigan ............................................................... 5,106.4 5,148.6 5,069.0 5,119.3 339.0 323.7 333.3 302.2 6.6 6.3 6.6 5.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,224.5 2,247.4 2,208.2 2,221.7 161.4 158.4 159.4 141.1 7.3 7.0 7.2 6.3

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 925.7 935.0 921.0 924.0 82.3 81.9 81.4 72.0 8.9 8.8 8.8 7.8

 Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy ........................... 1,298.8 1,312.3 1,287.2 1,297.7 79.1 76.5 78.0 69.1 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.3

New York .............................................................. 9,455.3 9,485.4 9,308.1 9,441.2 509.5 432.5 492.2 477.8 5.4 4.6 5.3 5.1

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,149.9 9,199.4 9,033.8 9,181.2 492.4 413.3 470.3 449.0 5.4 4.5 5.2 4.9

 Edison 3 ............................................................. 1,170.6 1,190.2 1,150.7 1,179.2 48.5 44.1 44.9 44.3 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.8

 Nassau-Suffolk .................................................. 1,483.7 1,495.3 1,452.4 1,476.4 64.5 60.2 63.1 63.2 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.3

 New York-Wayne-White Plains 2 ....................... 5,419.9 5,432.9 5,365.9 5,447.3 330.0 263.5 315.8 295.4 6.1 4.8 5.9 5.4

 Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,075.6 1,081.1 1,064.8 1,078.3 49.5 45.5 46.6 46.1 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.3

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,343.3 6,369.4 6,279.8 6,320.3 338.3 303.0 318.7 279.0 5.3 4.8 5.1 4.4

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 2,927.6 2,964.0 2,903.2 2,956.2 150.9 137.1 142.7 132.6 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.5

 Camden 3 .......................................................... 646.8 664.9 640.4 664.5 29.3 26.1 27.4 26.6 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.0

 Philadelphia ....................................................... 1,938.0 1,945.8 1,921.6 1,937.5 105.1 94.9 99.8 90.5 5.4 4.9 5.2 4.7

 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 342.7 353.3 341.2 354.1 16.5 16.0 15.5 15.5 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.4

Texas ...................................................................... 11,044.9 11,259.5 11,041.8 11,247.7 664.2 580.0 638.1 644.6 6.0 5.2 5.8 5.7

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 2,966.3 3,030.7 2,966.7 3,021.1 172.2 151.3 166.6 168.2 5.8 5.0 5.6 5.6

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 1,987.0 2,030.3 1,987.0 2,022.8 117.8 102.3 114.2 114.1 5.9 5.0 5.7 5.6

 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 979.3 1,000.4 979.7 998.3 54.4 49.0 52.5 54.1 5.6 4.9 5.4 5.4

Washington ......................................................... 3,226.8 3,318.1 3,224.8 3,303.8 184.7 181.7 172.0 168.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,685.5 1,741.0 1,686.9 1,730.2 86.2 84.8 89.1 86.5 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.0

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,323.0 1,366.8 1,324.8 1,356.5 61.4 61.4 67.5 65.8 4.6 4.5 5.1 4.9

 Tacoma .............................................................. 362.5 374.1 362.1 373.7 24.8 23.4 21.6 20.7 6.8 6.3 6.0 5.5

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. 3 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Two sets of

metropolitan areas and divisions have similar or identical titles. For

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the titles are identical. For

the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,Ill.-Ind.-Wis. metropolitan area, the division title

includes only Illinois.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 1,905.3 1,928.4 1,908.8 1,933.6 24.8 1.3

Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 51.3 50.5 51.3 50.9 -.4 -.8

Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 50.2 50.1 50.5 50.4 -.1 -.2

Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 510.4 512.1 510.3 514.2 3.9 .8

Decatur ............................................................................... 55.7 56.6 55.7 57.0 1.3 2.3

Dothan ................................................................................ 60.1 62.0 60.1 61.8 1.7 2.8

Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 53.2 54.1 53.4 54.0 .6 1.1

Gadsden ............................................................................. 38.2 38.0 38.0 38.2 .2 .5

Huntsville ............................................................................ 193.6 196.9 193.9 198.2 4.3 2.2

Mobile ................................................................................. 169.8 174.9 169.8 174.9 5.1 3.0

Montgomery ........................................................................ 167.8 172.0 168.1 173.4 5.3 3.2

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 89.9 93.4 90.9 94.0 3.1 3.4

Alaska .................................................................................... 325.4 330.1 319.6 324.7 5.1 1.6

Anchorage .......................................................................... 165.4 169.1 165.7 169.4 3.7 2.2

Fairbanks ............................................................................ 39.0 40.0 38.9 39.8 .9 2.3

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,358.8 2,456.3 2,389.4 2,484.9 95.5 4.0

Flagstaff .............................................................................. 61.0 63.3 61.6 63.7 2.1 3.4

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................................... 1,665.2 1,737.1 1,683.9 1,755.9 72.0 4.3

Prescott .............................................................................. 56.7 58.7 57.2 60.0 2.8 4.9

Tucson ................................................................................ 353.6 367.0 361.3 372.1 10.8 3.0

Yuma .................................................................................. 46.7 50.6 48.0 51.8 3.8 7.9

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,157.3 1,169.1 1,170.9 1,183.4 12.5 1.1

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 187.6 193.5 190.8 197.1 6.3 3.3

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 117.0 116.5 118.4 118.6 .2 .2

Hot Springs ......................................................................... 37.1 38.8 37.4 38.7 1.3 3.5

Jonesboro ........................................................................... 47.9 48.6 48.1 49.1 1.0 2.1

Little Rock-North Little Rock ............................................... 329.6 329.2 330.6 329.9 -.7 -.2

Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 39.6 40.2 40.6 40.4 -.2 -.5

California ............................................................................... 14,535.8 14,769.4 14,598.9 14,820.4 221.5 1.5

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 208.8 216.1 211.0 216.9 5.9 2.8

Chico .................................................................................. 71.7 73.5 71.9 74.0 2.1 2.9

El Centro ............................................................................. 40.0 43.0 40.8 43.8 3.0 7.4

Fresno ................................................................................ 288.2 291.0 288.8 290.3 1.5 .5

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................................... 33.7 34.9 34.1 35.1 1.0 2.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,416.8 5,485.1 5,436.6 5,501.1 64.5 1.2

Madera ............................................................................... 33.7 34.1 33.7 34.8 1.1 3.3

Merced ................................................................................ 57.3 59.0 57.8 59.8 2.0 3.5

Modesto .............................................................................. 161.2 163.5 156.5 160.3 3.8 2.4

Napa ................................................................................... 61.4 61.5 62.0 62.1 .1 .2

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ....................................... 283.5 284.8 283.7 285.3 1.6 .6

Redding .............................................................................. 64.9 65.9 65.3 66.2 .9 1.4

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ..................................... 1,143.5 1,166.4 1,154.3 1,176.4 22.1 1.9

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................ 853.5 867.7 857.3 870.8 13.5 1.6

Salinas ................................................................................ 127.6 128.4 127.0 128.1 1.1 .9

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ....................................... 1,259.5 1,276.6 1,259.7 1,276.9 17.2 1.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 1,953.0 1,980.6 1,960.2 1,985.9 25.7 1.3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ...................................... 862.9 860.3 860.7 860.9 .2 .0

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................ 97.6 99.1 98.3 99.6 1.3 1.3

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................................... 168.6 171.1 168.3 171.1 2.8 1.7

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ...................................................... 92.4 95.2 93.4 96.2 2.8 3.0

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................ 186.3 184.9 187.1 186.0 -1.1 -.6

Stockton .............................................................................. 203.0 206.3 204.1 207.2 3.1 1.5

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................................... 125.5 126.9 126.3 128.2 1.9 1.5

Visalia-Porterville ................................................................ 102.8 104.6 103.6 104.5 .9 .9

Yuba City ............................................................................ 38.4 40.8 39.1 41.2 2.1 5.4

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,195.3 2,236.7 2,196.8 2,238.5 41.7 1.9

Boulder .............................................................................. 155.4 160.4 159.5 163.6 4.1 2.6

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 251.0 254.8 250.8 254.8 4.0 1.6

Denver-Aurora .................................................................... 1,177.2 1,195.7 1,177.0 1,198.2 21.2 1.8

Fort Collins-Loveland .......................................................... 129.8 132.6 130.8 133.2 2.4 1.8

Grand Junction ................................................................... 55.1 56.0 55.5 56.3 .8 1.4

Greeley ............................................................................... 74.8 77.5 76.2 78.7 2.5 3.3

Pueblo ................................................................................ 54.2 55.8 55.1 56.5 1.4 2.5

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,642.6 1,661.7 1,655.9 1,673.3 17.4 1.1

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................................. 407.4 409.7 411.4 413.3 1.9 .5

Danbury .............................................................................. 67.0 67.7 68.7 68.4 -.3 -.4

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................................. 530.7 533.9 539.7 542.0 2.3 .4

New Haven ......................................................................... 267.9 268.4 270.3 271.9 1.6 .6

Norwich-New London ......................................................... 135.9 138.2 135.5 137.1 1.6 1.2

Waterbury ........................................................................... 68.0 68.2 69.5 69.5 .0 .0

Delaware ................................................................................ 427.5 434.6 428.1 434.1 6.0 1.4

Dover .................................................................................. 62.0 63.2 62.6 63.4 .8 1.3

District of Columbia ............................................................. 674.7 686.2 670.8 680.7 9.9 1.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ....................................... 2,851.9 2,935.5 2,860.3 2,939.7 79.4 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Florida .................................................................................... 7,496.8 7,756.5 7,498.2 7,773.2 275.0 3.7

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ....................................................... 200.8 210.1 201.1 211.7 10.6 5.3

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................ 164.0 168.8 163.7 168.3 4.6 2.8

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................................. 85.4 89.0 84.4 88.2 3.8 4.5

Gainesville .......................................................................... 127.9 131.4 130.1 133.8 3.7 2.8

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 584.9 599.1 584.8 599.6 14.8 2.5

Lakeland ............................................................................. 198.4 203.7 199.7 204.7 5.0 2.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................................. 2,265.5 2,351.0 2,293.0 2,364.5 71.5 3.1

Naples-Marco Island ........................................................... 118.6 124.8 119.2 125.0 5.8 4.9

Ocala .................................................................................. 92.0 94.6 92.2 95.0 2.8 3.0

Orlando ............................................................................... 973.0 1,017.4 975.4 1,022.6 47.2 4.8

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ........................................... 205.7 212.0 204.7 211.6 6.9 3.4

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................................... 71.4 74.9 71.2 74.9 3.7 5.2

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent .............................................. 166.4 169.5 166.4 170.0 3.6 2.2

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce ................................................... 117.3 122.3 116.6 122.8 6.2 5.3

Punta Gorda ....................................................................... 39.5 41.1 39.6 41.3 1.7 4.3

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ............................................... 299.4 312.8 299.3 312.3 13.0 4.3

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 166.5 169.0 168.7 171.5 2.8 1.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,273.1 1,304.1 1,274.6 1,308.0 33.4 2.6

Vero Beach ......................................................................... 44.1 44.3 44.0 44.3 .3 .7

Georgia .................................................................................. 3,917.3 3,948.8 3,898.2 3,943.0 44.8 1.1

Albany ................................................................................. 63.7 64.0 63.4 63.7 .3 .5

Athens-Clarke County ........................................................ 77.0 77.5 77.0 77.8 .8 1.0

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta .......................................... 2,284.5 2,299.0 2,274.3 2,297.2 22.9 1.0

Augusta-Richmond County ................................................. 212.0 213.8 211.2 213.1 1.9 .9

Brunswick ........................................................................... 43.2 43.8 42.1 43.3 1.2 2.9

Columbus ........................................................................... 120.9 120.8 120.7 121.0 .3 .2

Dalton ................................................................................. 76.3 76.5 76.0 76.5 .5 .7

Gainesville .......................................................................... 68.1 69.1 68.1 69.3 1.2 1.8

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ....................................................... 16.8 16.9 16.7 17.0 .3 1.8

Macon ................................................................................. 101.6 100.6 100.2 100.5 .3 .3

Rome .................................................................................. 42.6 42.7 42.9 42.9 .0 .0

Savannah ........................................................................... 145.7 147.9 144.3 147.3 3.0 2.1

Valdosta .............................................................................. 52.8 53.1 52.6 53.0 .4 .8

Warner Robins .................................................................... 51.4 52.2 51.5 52.3 .8 1.6

Hawaii .................................................................................... 579.2 596.2 582.7 598.4 15.7 2.7

Honolulu ............................................................................. 425.5 438.2 429.0 440.3 11.3 2.6

Idaho ...................................................................................... 596.3 618.2 600.4 621.9 21.5 3.6

Boise City-Nampa ............................................................... 244.2 252.2 245.2 254.1 8.9 3.6

Coeur d’Alene ..................................................................... 50.9 54.9 51.1 55.1 4.0 7.8

Idaho Falls .......................................................................... 50.1 52.7 49.9 52.6 2.7 5.4

Lewiston ............................................................................. 26.3 26.6 26.6 26.9 .3 1.1

Pocatello ............................................................................. 36.6 38.0 38.2 39.8 1.6 4.2

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,845.5 5,887.5 5,843.1 5,903.3 60.2 1.0

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 87.6 86.6 89.6 88.9 -.7 -.8

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 109.1 108.9 109.7 109.9 .2 .2

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................... 4,443.6 4,477.3 4,438.6 4,489.7 51.1 1.2

Danville ............................................................................... 31.7 32.0 32.1 32.2 .1 .3

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 185.3 184.7 183.5 183.4 -.1 -.1

Decatur ............................................................................... 54.2 54.9 54.1 54.7 .6 1.1

Kankakee-Bradley .............................................................. 43.0 42.8 42.8 42.9 .1 .2

Peoria ................................................................................. 176.2 177.9 176.5 177.3 .8 .5

Rockford ............................................................................. 155.5 156.0 154.8 155.5 .7 .5

Springfield ........................................................................... 113.5 114.4 110.3 111.1 .8 .7

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,924.0 2,944.5 2,972.7 2,992.5 19.8 .7

Anderson ............................................................................ 44.1 44.9 45.6 45.1 -.5 -1.1

Bloomington ........................................................................ 77.2 76.8 83.8 83.5 -.3 -.4

Columbus ........................................................................... 42.3 43.4 42.9 43.6 .7 1.6

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 130.8 130.9 130.7 131.2 .5 .4

Evansville ........................................................................... 177.9 179.4 178.9 180.7 1.8 1.0

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 212.0 213.7 213.4 214.6 1.2 .6

Indianapolis ........................................................................ 882.5 887.2 887.6 890.7 3.1 .3

Kokomo .............................................................................. 48.5 48.3 49.0 48.4 -.6 -1.2

Lafayette ............................................................................. 87.3 88.8 92.9 94.4 1.5 1.6

Michigan City-La Porte ....................................................... 46.5 46.3 47.4 46.9 -.5 -1.1

Muncie ................................................................................ 51.9 51.2 55.2 54.5 -.7 -1.3

South Bend-Mishawaka ...................................................... 141.8 145.2 146.3 146.9 .6 .4

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 72.4 73.7 75.3 75.7 .4 .5

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,448.2 1,466.5 1,466.1 1,486.0 19.9 1.4

Ames .................................................................................. 44.1 44.9 46.8 47.7 .9 1.9

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 128.3 129.4 129.6 130.9 1.3 1.0

Des Moines ......................................................................... 302.2 305.9 301.5 305.3 3.8 1.3

Dubuque ............................................................................. 52.2 53.0 53.2 52.8 -.4 -.8

Iowa City ............................................................................. 82.4 84.9 85.1 86.5 1.4 1.6

Sioux City ........................................................................... 70.5 70.8 71.2 71.3 .1 .1

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 84.6 85.6 87.8 86.5 -1.3 -1.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,312.0 1,322.8 1,329.1 1,342.6 13.5 1.0

Lawrence ............................................................................ 50.1 50.6 52.5 54.1 1.6 3.0

Topeka ................................................................................ 110.6 111.2 111.0 111.6 .6 .5

Wichita ................................................................................ 281.2 279.9 284.5 283.8 -.7 -.2

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,799.0 1,818.6 1,808.7 1,830.4 21.7 1.2

Bowling Green .................................................................... 56.2 57.0 57.7 57.6 -.1 -.2

Elizabethtown ..................................................................... 46.5 46.4 46.0 46.2 .2 .4

Lexington-Fayette ............................................................... 243.8 246.6 245.3 246.8 1.5 .6

Louisville ............................................................................. 602.6 609.7 603.2 609.8 6.6 1.1

Owensboro ......................................................................... 49.6 50.5 49.6 50.7 1.1 2.2

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,912.2 1,920.9 1,916.4 1,686.6 -229.8 -12.0

Alexandria ........................................................................... 60.1 59.4 60.3 60.4 .1 .2

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 340.9 339.4 343.4 342.6 -.8 -.2

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ......................................... 82.3 82.6 82.0 83.2 1.2 1.5

Lafayette ............................................................................. 132.8 133.0 132.8 133.3 .5 .4

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 87.7 89.8 86.8 89.8 3.0 3.5

Monroe ............................................................................... 79.5 78.3 79.6 78.3 -1.3 -1.6

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................ 612.0 615.6 610.4 378.4 -232.0 -38.0

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 169.3 170.6 170.0 171.1 1.1 .6

Maine ..................................................................................... 626.7 630.2 625.0 628.2 3.2 .5

Bangor ................................................................................ 64.1 63.8 66.8 65.1 -1.7 -2.5

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................................. 47.5 47.9 48.4 48.9 .5 1.0

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ..................................... 197.8 202.1 197.0 200.1 3.1 1.6

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,545.6 2,592.6 2,530.7 2,586.7 56.0 2.2

Baltimore-Towson .............................................................. 1,272.4 1,288.5 1,269.9 1,286.2 16.3 1.3

Cumberland ........................................................................ 38.7 38.8 39.0 39.0 .0 .0

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................................... 98.0 99.5 98.3 99.7 1.4 1.4

Salisbury ............................................................................. 52.7 53.5 53.6 54.1 .5 .9

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,180.1 3,200.8 3,204.7 3,223.2 18.5 .6

Barnstable Town ................................................................. 113.1 114.5 106.6 107.7 1.1 1.0

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................ 2,384.4 2,404.6 2,412.8 2,432.6 19.8 .8

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ........................................... 51.3 51.9 52.2 52.7 .5 1.0

New Bedford ....................................................................... 62.8 63.4 63.7 64.3 .6 .9

Pittsfield .............................................................................. 37.1 37.3 36.5 36.9 .4 1.1

Springfield ........................................................................... 291.3 292.8 297.1 297.8 .7 .2

Worcester ........................................................................... 241.8 243.4 245.9 247.6 1.7 .7

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,370.5 4,323.4 4,429.1 4,391.1 -38.0 -.9

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 197.5 198.8 202.0 204.8 2.8 1.4

Battle Creek ........................................................................ 63.2 62.4 64.2 63.3 -.9 -1.4

Bay City .............................................................................. 40.4 39.4 40.4 39.8 -.6 -1.5

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,043.5 2,021.8 2,063.1 2,042.5 -20.6 -1.0

Flint ..................................................................................... 156.6 154.0 161.1 159.7 -1.4 -.9

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ..................................................... 381.5 380.2 385.3 383.3 -2.0 -.5

Holland-Grand Haven ......................................................... 113.5 111.7 116.3 114.2 -2.1 -1.8

Jackson .............................................................................. 61.7 61.9 62.4 62.4 .0 .0

Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................ 141.4 142.6 145.4 146.1 .7 .5

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 225.5 224.0 231.7 234.6 2.9 1.3

Monroe ............................................................................... 44.1 42.9 44.6 43.9 -.7 -1.6

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................................... 66.0 66.2 66.3 65.9 -.4 -.6

Niles-Benton Harbor ........................................................... 63.5 62.9 65.0 63.8 -1.2 -1.8

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ..................................... 94.1 93.0 94.2 93.6 -.6 -.6

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,688.8 2,730.2 2,697.3 2,731.4 34.1 1.3

Duluth ................................................................................. 129.5 130.5 130.9 132.0 1.1 .8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ..................................... 1,736.7 1,761.6 1,748.4 1,768.3 19.9 1.1

Rochester ........................................................................... 103.1 105.1 102.7 103.6 .9 .9

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 95.2 95.6 97.2 98.0 .8 .8

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,123.7 1,135.3 1,132.1 1,079.3 -52.8 -4.7

Gulfport-Biloxi ..................................................................... 115.1 114.0 114.3 83.8 -30.5 -26.7

Hattiesburg ......................................................................... 54.4 55.2 55.4 52.7 -2.7 -4.9

Jackson .............................................................................. 256.6 258.2 258.0 255.7 -2.3 -.9

Pascagoula ......................................................................... 53.5 57.2 54.0 48.0 -6.0 -11.1

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,679.1 2,709.8 2,712.6 2,742.1 29.5 1.1

Columbia ............................................................................ 84.6 86.5 87.6 88.6 1.0 1.1

Jefferson City ...................................................................... 77.6 78.3 78.6 79.0 .4 .5

Joplin .................................................................................. 75.1 75.2 76.9 77.0 .1 .1

Kansas City ....................................................................... 962.7 972.7 969.3 981.4 12.1 1.2

St. Joseph ........................................................................... 52.9 53.2 53.7 53.5 -.2 -.4

St. Louis 1 ........................................................................... 1,319.7 1,329.1 1,330.6 1,340.3 9.7 .7

Springfield .......................................................................... 182.9 185.8 184.8 189.1 4.3 2.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Montana ................................................................................. 418.5 426.3 419.0 427.0 8.0 1.9

Billings ................................................................................ 74.0 75.5 73.7 75.3 1.6 2.2

Great Falls .......................................................................... 33.0 34.7 33.7 34.6 .9 2.7

Missoula ............................................................................. 53.7 54.9 55.1 56.4 1.3 2.4

Nebraska ............................................................................... 925.3 931.5 928.7 940.3 11.6 1.2

Lincoln ................................................................................ 167.0 169.0 169.7 170.8 1.1 .6

Omaha-Council Bluffs ......................................................... 447.5 454.5 447.0 453.8 6.8 1.5

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,159.6 1,232.3 1,174.9 1,246.6 71.7 6.1

Carson City ......................................................................... 32.2 32.9 32.2 33.0 .8 2.5

Las Vegas-Paradise ........................................................... 815.1 877.3 827.1 887.9 60.8 7.4

Reno-Sparks ....................................................................... 210.8 219.5 213.0 221.6 8.6 4.0

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 630.6 646.6 634.1 647.8 13.7 2.2

Manchester ......................................................................... 98.9 101.1 99.6 102.0 2.4 2.4

Portsmouth ......................................................................... 56.1 56.8 55.5 57.5 2.0 3.6

Rochester-Dover ................................................................ 52.9 53.2 55.2 55.4 .2 .4

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,009.9 4,059.6 4,015.0 4,063.4 48.4 1.2

Atlantic City ......................................................................... 153.8 154.1 152.7 153.3 .6 .4

Ocean City .......................................................................... 57.8 58.4 51.8 52.0 .2 .4

Trenton-Ewing .................................................................... 231.2 234.1 231.8 235.1 3.3 1.4

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 61.4 62.2 63.4 63.9 .5 .8

New Mexico ........................................................................... 791.1 807.0 797.5 814.6 17.1 2.1

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 371.3 377.5 373.0 380.0 7.0 1.9

Farmington ......................................................................... 47.4 48.7 48.4 50.0 1.6 3.3

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 61.7 63.7 63.4 64.9 1.5 2.4

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 61.6 63.3 60.8 62.7 1.9 3.1

New York ............................................................................... 8,422.4 8,506.8 8,462.6 8,542.2 79.6 .9

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 442.9 450.2 445.6 451.5 5.9 1.3

Binghamton ........................................................................ 110.3 110.2 113.5 113.1 -.4 -.4

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 544.3 545.4 550.6 551.0 .4 .1

Elmira ................................................................................. 39.4 39.0 39.7 39.5 -.2 -.5

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 56.8 58.1 54.3 55.5 1.2 2.2

Ithaca .................................................................................. 58.6 59.4 61.8 62.9 1.1 1.8

Kingston .............................................................................. 62.6 64.1 63.8 64.9 1.1 1.7

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ..................... 8,252.6 8,329.3 8,278.0 8,350.2 72.2 .9

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................ 250.2 252.6 250.4 253.8 3.4 1.4

Rochester ........................................................................... 505.8 502.0 510.1 505.6 -4.5 -.9

Syracuse ............................................................................. 315.8 319.2 320.3 323.7 3.4 1.1

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 133.4 133.8 133.3 133.5 .2 .2

North Carolina ....................................................................... 3,851.7 3,895.1 3,880.2 3,911.4 31.2 .8

Asheville ............................................................................. 164.4 166.5 165.2 167.2 2.0 1.2

Burlington ........................................................................... 59.8 59.3 60.4 60.0 -.4 -.7

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................................... 771.1 795.9 784.2 803.5 19.3 2.5

Durham ............................................................................... 267.3 268.5 269.0 271.1 2.1 .8

Fayetteville ......................................................................... 116.1 117.0 119.5 119.0 -.5 -.4

Goldsboro ........................................................................... 43.4 43.4 43.8 43.9 .1 .2

Greensboro-High Point ....................................................... 356.2 359.5 357.4 360.3 2.9 .8

Greenville ........................................................................... 68.7 69.1 70.4 70.9 .5 .7

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................................. 166.0 166.7 167.2 167.6 .4 .2

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 41.2 42.2 41.2 42.0 .8 1.9

Raleigh-Cary ....................................................................... 444.4 458.1 446.6 456.8 10.2 2.3

Rocky Mount ....................................................................... 63.0 62.2 63.3 62.7 -.6 -.9

Wilmington .......................................................................... 128.3 131.2 128.2 130.9 2.7 2.1

Winston-Salem ................................................................... 207.2 212.8 209.4 215.5 6.1 2.9

North Dakota ......................................................................... 335.6 340.0 343.3 348.9 5.6 1.6

Bismarck ............................................................................. 55.1 57.0 55.7 57.3 1.6 2.9

Fargo .................................................................................. 109.4 110.8 111.4 113.2 1.8 1.6

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 49.3 50.0 51.6 52.1 .5 1.0

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,421.4 5,431.7 5,443.4 5,450.6 7.2 .1

Akron .................................................................................. 326.0 327.5 330.1 330.5 .4 .1

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 176.8 178.3 177.1 178.5 1.4 .8

Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................ 1,025.5 1,031.5 1,028.1 1,034.1 6.0 .6

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ..................................................... 1,078.1 1,074.4 1,082.2 1,080.1 -2.1 -.2

Columbus ........................................................................... 919.1 924.0 913.8 920.9 7.1 .8

Dayton ................................................................................ 411.9 407.9 413.0 410.2 -2.8 -.7

Lima .................................................................................... 57.1 57.9 57.4 57.8 .4 .7

Mansfield ............................................................................ 59.2 59.3 59.3 59.1 -.2 -.3

Sandusky ............................................................................ 43.0 43.3 41.8 41.9 .1 .2

Springfield ........................................................................... 52.4 51.9 52.1 52.2 .1 .2

Toledo ................................................................................. 327.6 331.7 333.0 335.2 2.2 .7

Weirton-Steubenville .......................................................... 47.5 47.1 47.9 47.2 -.7 -1.5

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ......................................... 244.2 239.7 244.6 241.7 -2.9 -1.2

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,464.1 1,491.7 1,479.8 1,503.5 23.7 1.6

Lawton ................................................................................ 40.2 40.8 40.4 41.0 .6 1.5

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 540.2 549.7 548.3 556.4 8.1 1.5

Tulsa ................................................................................... 397.8 403.0 399.4 405.5 6.1 1.5

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,597.4 1,649.0 1,612.4 1,660.9 48.5 3.0

Bend ................................................................................... 61.1 64.0 60.9 63.4 2.5 4.1

Corvallis .............................................................................. 36.3 36.8 36.6 36.7 .1 .3

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 142.0 144.0 143.9 145.4 1.5 1.0

Medford .............................................................................. 77.5 79.6 80.1 81.9 1.8 2.2

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton .......................................... 946.7 966.9 955.1 976.9 21.8 2.3

Salem ................................................................................. 143.1 144.6 145.0 146.3 1.3 .9

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,613.6 5,689.5 5,669.3 5,739.6 70.3 1.2

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 326.0 332.6 331.1 334.6 3.5 1.1

Altoona ............................................................................... 62.8 62.3 62.7 62.8 .1 .2

Erie ..................................................................................... 131.0 132.8 132.8 134.1 1.3 1.0

Harrisburg-Carlisle .............................................................. 325.3 327.7 325.5 327.6 2.1 .6

Johnstown .......................................................................... 58.9 59.3 59.4 60.1 .7 1.2

Lancaster ............................................................................ 232.2 233.8 234.2 235.6 1.4 .6

Lebanon .............................................................................. 47.2 47.6 47.6 47.9 .3 .6

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ...................................... 2,724.7 2,756.8 2,749.1 2,778.7 29.6 1.1

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,127.8 1,132.9 1,138.3 1,139.3 1.0 .1

Reading .............................................................................. 164.7 168.5 167.7 170.8 3.1 1.8

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ..................................................... 255.8 255.4 256.6 257.1 .5 .2

State College ...................................................................... 69.2 70.2 72.0 72.6 .6 .8

Williamsport ........................................................................ 53.7 53.9 54.3 54.5 .2 .4

York-Hanover ..................................................................... 172.0 174.2 173.6 177.2 3.6 2.1

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 489.6 495.7 493.8 499.3 5.5 1.1

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 578.6 583.3 586.3 591.1 4.8 .8

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,833.5 1,836.2 1,836.4 1,841.9 5.5 .3

Anderson ............................................................................ 63.1 63.4 63.4 63.8 .4 .6

Charleston-North Charleston .............................................. 275.4 281.7 275.3 282.3 7.0 2.5

Columbia ............................................................................ 343.5 345.9 344.3 347.6 3.3 1.0

Florence .............................................................................. 87.8 88.3 88.2 89.0 .8 .9

Greenville ........................................................................... 291.9 294.8 295.0 296.7 1.7 .6

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach ........................ 118.1 119.8 116.0 117.3 1.3 1.1

Spartanburg ........................................................................ 120.8 122.2 121.7 123.6 1.9 1.6

Sumter ................................................................................ 39.8 39.7 39.7 39.9 .2 .5

South Dakota ........................................................................ 390.1 396.0 388.5 393.4 4.9 1.3

Rapid City ........................................................................... 62.8 63.9 60.1 61.5 1.4 2.3

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 123.1 126.6 124.0 127.0 3.0 2.4

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,699.1 2,724.8 2,717.2 2,742.3 25.1 .9

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 238.9 241.2 239.7 242.2 2.5 1.0

Clarksville ........................................................................... 81.1 82.4 81.3 82.7 1.4 1.7

Cleveland ............................................................................ 41.1 41.1 41.1 41.2 .1 .2

Jackson .............................................................................. 59.9 60.3 60.3 60.6 .3 .5

Johnson City ....................................................................... 78.9 80.6 79.5 80.9 1.4 1.8

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ...................................................... 121.5 121.7 121.4 121.5 .1 .1

Knoxville ............................................................................. 322.4 327.5 323.8 328.5 4.7 1.5

Memphis ............................................................................. 617.5 623.3 619.9 629.8 9.9 1.6

Morristown .......................................................................... 49.1 51.7 50.1 51.8 1.7 3.4

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro .................................... 717.0 727.5 719.4 730.3 10.9 1.5

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,476.2 9,592.1 9,522.9 9,655.3 132.4 1.4

Abilene ................................................................................ 62.2 64.5 63.8 65.4 1.6 2.5

Amarillo ............................................................................... 107.2 108.7 107.2 109.3 2.1 2.0

Austin-Round Rock ............................................................. 668.7 680.9 670.6 683.4 12.8 1.9

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 153.6 153.9 154.9 155.4 .5 .3

Brownsville-Harlingen ......................................................... 115.5 118.7 116.1 119.1 3.0 2.6

College Station-Bryan ......................................................... 83.3 85.1 88.1 89.9 1.8 2.0

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 165.6 165.7 167.2 167.3 .1 .1

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,703.0 2,728.4 2,712.4 2,745.4 33.0 1.2

El Paso ............................................................................... 255.2 262.8 258.9 266.7 7.8 3.0

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ........................................... 2,287.1 2,318.1 2,294.7 2,336.7 42.0 1.8

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................................. 112.6 114.1 113.1 115.1 2.0 1.8

Laredo ................................................................................ 76.5 79.0 77.7 80.5 2.8 3.6

Longview ............................................................................ 86.1 88.2 86.7 88.6 1.9 2.2

Lubbock .............................................................................. 123.4 124.1 125.5 126.1 .6 .5

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr ..................................................... 181.8 189.9 183.9 192.5 8.6 4.7

Midland ............................................................................... 56.4 57.2 57.0 57.3 .3 .5

Odessa ............................................................................... 51.9 52.1 52.1 52.5 .4 .8

San Angelo ......................................................................... 43.1 44.3 43.5 45.1 1.6 3.7

San Antonio ........................................................................ 764.0 774.0 764.7 777.4 12.7 1.7

Sherman-Denison ............................................................... 43.2 45.3 44.0 45.1 1.1 2.5

Texarkana ........................................................................... 52.9 54.3 53.5 55.0 1.5 2.8

Tyler .................................................................................... 87.5 89.2 88.1 89.4 1.3 1.5

Victoria ................................................................................ 46.9 47.9 47.1 47.9 .8 1.7

Waco .................................................................................. 101.9 103.8 102.9 104.0 1.1 1.1

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 59.6 60.5 60.7 61.4 .7 1.2

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,103.7 1,143.3 1,117.0 1,157.0 40.0 3.6

Logan .................................................................................. 47.1 48.7 49.2 50.8 1.6 3.3

Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................ 185.3 188.9 185.3 189.4 4.1 2.2

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 161.1 167.2 166.4 173.2 6.8 4.1

St. George .......................................................................... 43.1 46.5 44.0 47.6 3.6 8.2

Salt Lake City ..................................................................... 566.6 585.6 568.6 586.9 18.3 3.2

Vermont ................................................................................. 298.5 303.6 306.2 310.7 4.5 1.5

Burlington-South Burlington ................................................ 112.7 113.3 114.3 115.8 1.5 1.3

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,588.1 3,631.4 3,608.8 3,651.0 42.2 1.2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................................... 70.7 71.7 71.7 73.1 1.4 2.0

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 89.9 92.1 92.7 93.1 .4 .4

Danville ............................................................................... 42.5 41.0 44.5 43.0 -1.5 -3.4

Harrisonburg ....................................................................... 59.5 61.3 61.3 63.2 1.9 3.1

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 101.2 102.6 103.1 104.3 1.2 1.2

Richmond ........................................................................... 596.3 615.0 603.8 619.3 15.5 2.6

Roanoke ............................................................................. 157.9 161.1 157.3 162.7 5.4 3.4

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............................... 756.4 764.7 755.2 763.2 8.0 1.1

Winchester .......................................................................... 54.4 56.7 54.4 56.9 2.5 4.6

Washington ........................................................................... 2,704.6 2,778.3 2,727.5 2,783.0 55.5 2.0

Bellingham .......................................................................... 76.1 80.6 75.4 80.1 4.7 6.2

Bremerton-Silverdale .......................................................... 83.0 86.1 82.7 86.2 3.5 4.2

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco ................................................ 86.4 90.0 86.4 90.3 3.9 4.5

Longview ............................................................................ 36.3 37.1 36.6 37.8 1.2 3.3

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................................... 44.4 46.3 44.3 46.3 2.0 4.5

Olympia .............................................................................. 92.3 95.9 92.8 96.5 3.7 4.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,592.5 1,644.0 1,605.2 1,639.8 34.6 2.2

Spokane ............................................................................. 196.6 202.1 201.2 205.7 4.5 2.2

Wenatchee ......................................................................... 37.7 39.1 37.6 39.1 1.5 4.0

Yakima ................................................................................ 76.1 76.0 77.0 77.5 .5 .6

West Virginia ......................................................................... 739.2 745.0 741.1 746.9 5.8 .8

Charleston .......................................................................... 149.0 148.9 148.3 147.9 -.4 -.3

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 117.0 115.9 117.8 116.3 -1.5 -1.3

Morgantown ........................................................................ 55.6 56.9 56.3 58.6 2.3 4.1

Parkersburg-Marietta .......................................................... 73.1 73.2 73.6 73.5 -.1 -.1

Wheeling ............................................................................. 67.3 67.6 67.1 67.1 .0 .0

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,832.7 2,849.9 2,833.6 2,850.8 17.2 .6

Appleton ............................................................................. 117.6 117.5 117.2 117.1 -.1 -.1

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 77.2 77.7 78.3 78.2 -.1 -.1

Fond du Lac ........................................................................ 49.1 49.9 49.1 49.5 .4 .8

Green Bay .......................................................................... 170.0 167.1 169.0 168.0 -1.0 -.6

Janesville ............................................................................ 68.5 70.4 68.6 70.8 2.2 3.2

La Crosse ........................................................................... 72.5 72.5 73.6 72.9 -.7 -1.0

Madison .............................................................................. 338.0 343.7 336.8 343.8 7.0 2.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ....................................... 837.1 844.1 838.5 839.9 1.4 .2

Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................ 91.3 94.0 92.2 93.9 1.7 1.8

Racine ................................................................................ 80.5 79.8 80.2 79.3 -.9 -1.1

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 63.9 62.6 62.1 62.1 .0 .0

Wausau .............................................................................. 71.1 71.7 71.1 71.1 .0 .0

Wyoming ............................................................................... 262.6 269.9 260.2 268.9 8.7 3.3

Casper ................................................................................ 36.8 38.0 36.6 38.0 1.4 3.8

Cheyenne ........................................................................... 41.2 42.2 41.0 41.5 .5 1.2

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,031.2 992.9 1,037.5 995.5 -42.0 -4.0

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ....................................... 49.9 46.4 50.6 46.0 -4.6 -9.1

Fajardo ............................................................................... 16.8 16.7 16.8 16.6 -.2 -1.2

Guayama ............................................................................ 17.4 15.6 17.9 15.6 -2.3 -12.8

Mayaguez ........................................................................... 41.7 36.5 41.9 36.8 -5.1 -12.2

Ponce ................................................................................. 63.7 61.0 64.1 61.1 -3.0 -4.7

San German-Cabo Rojo ..................................................... 21.9 20.1 22.2 20.2 -2.0 -9.0

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................................. 779.5 755.8 782.8 756.5 -26.3 -3.4

Yauco ................................................................................. 14.5 13.6 14.5 13.7 -.8 -5.5

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 43.0 43.5 42.1 42.9 .8 1.9

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions. p = 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. 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. 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

August September Change from September 2004 to

September 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

California ............................................................................... 14,535.8 14,769.4 14,598.9 14,820.4 221.5 1.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,416.8 5,485.1 5,436.6 5,501.1 64.5 1.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale .................................. 3,956.8 3,998.9 3,976.1 4,010.9 34.8 .9

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................... 1,461.0 1,486.2 1,462.5 1,490.2 27.7 1.9

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 1,953.0 1,980.6 1,960.2 1,985.9 25.7 1.3

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward .............................................. 1,018.0 1,034.5 1,022.3 1,040.0 17.7 1.7

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................ 935.0 946.1 937.9 945.9 8.0 .9

District of Columbia ............................................................. 674.7 686.2 670.8 680.7 9.9 1.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................... 2,851.9 2,935.5 2,860.3 2,939.7 79.4 2.8

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 ................................. 561.2 571.4 559.0 572.0 13.0 2.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................. 2,290.8 2,364.1 2,301.3 2,367.7 66.4 2.9

Florida .................................................................................... 7,496.8 7,756.5 7,498.2 7,773.2 275.0 3.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................................. 2,265.5 2,351.0 2,293.0 2,364.5 71.5 3.1

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach .......... 714.9 750.4 725.3 754.4 29.1 4.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ............................................. 1,008.9 1,039.1 1,025.5 1,046.5 21.0 2.0

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............... 541.7 561.5 542.2 563.6 21.4 3.9

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,845.5 5,887.5 5,843.1 5,903.3 60.2 1.0

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ................................................. 4,443.6 4,477.3 4,438.6 4,489.7 51.1 1.2

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................. 3,779.1 3,806.6 3,768.2 3,813.0 44.8 1.2

Gary 2 ............................................................................... 271.6 273.1 278.4 279.8 1.4 .5

Lake County-Kenosha County 1 ....................................... 393.1 397.6 391.9 396.9 5.0 1.3

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,180.1 3,200.8 3,204.7 3,223.2 18.5 .6

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 .............................................. 2,384.4 2,404.6 2,412.8 2,432.6 19.8 .8

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................... 1,632.6 1,647.2 1,637.3 1,651.0 13.7 .8

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................... 88.8 89.4 89.9 90.8 .9 1.0

Framingham ..................................................................... 151.2 152.6 151.9 153.2 1.3 .9

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ............................... 75.5 75.8 76.5 77.1 .6 .8

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ........................................... 116.7 118.1 118.3 119.6 1.3 1.1

Lynn-Peabody-Salem ....................................................... 101.3 101.9 101.0 102.0 1.0 1.0

Nashua 1 .......................................................................... 126.4 128.4 130.9 132.7 1.8 1.4

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,370.5 4,323.4 4,429.1 4,391.1 -38.0 -.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,043.5 2,021.8 2,063.1 2,042.5 -20.6 -1.0

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn .................................................. 831.0 819.7 841.6 831.3 -10.3 -1.2

Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy .......................................... 1,212.5 1,202.1 1,221.5 1,211.2 -10.3 -.8

New York ............................................................................... 8,422.4 8,506.8 8,462.6 8,542.2 79.6 .9

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 .................. 8,252.6 8,329.3 8,278.0 8,350.2 72.2 .9

Edison 2 ............................................................................ 1,017.9 1,029.7 1,012.6 1,023.3 10.7 1.1

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................. 1,232.1 1,243.4 1,238.5 1,249.8 11.3 .9

New York-Wayne-White Plains 1 ...................................... 4,982.7 5,041.6 5,002.6 5,060.0 57.4 1.1

Newark-Union 2 ................................................................ 1,019.9 1,014.6 1,024.4 1,017.1 -7.3 -.7

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,613.6 5,689.5 5,669.3 5,739.6 70.3 1.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ................................... 2,724.7 2,756.8 2,749.1 2,778.7 29.6 1.1

Camden 2 ......................................................................... 529.7 544.2 531.8 546.7 14.9 2.8

Philadelphia ...................................................................... 1,852.8 1,863.0 1,871.2 1,879.8 8.6 .5

Wilmington 2 ..................................................................... 342.7 349.6 346.3 352.2 5.9 1.7

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,476.2 9,592.1 9,522.9 9,655.3 132.4 1.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,703.0 2,728.4 2,712.4 2,745.4 33.0 1.2

Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................... 1,910.2 1,927.1 1,916.6 1,940.4 23.8 1.2

Fort Worth-Arlington ......................................................... 792.8 801.3 795.8 805.0 9.2 1.2

Washington ........................................................................... 2,704.6 2,778.3 2,727.5 2,783.0 55.5 2.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,592.5 1,644.0 1,605.2 1,639.8 34.6 2.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................... 1,338.9 1,383.0 1,346.6 1,375.1 28.5 2.1

Tacoma ............................................................................. 253.6 261.0 258.6 264.7 6.1 2.4

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states. 2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states. p = 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. 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. 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.
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, September 2005

NOTE: Map includes data for 367 metropolitan

areas based on Office of Managementand Budget Bulletin No. 04-03.

(U.S. rate = 4.8 percent)

Above U.S. averageU.S. average or below