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USDL 05-165

For release: 10:00 A.M. EST

Wednesday, February 2, 2005

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2004

In December, 257 metropolitan areas recorded lower unemployment rates than a year earlier, 57 areas

had higher rates, and 17 areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.

Department of Labor reported today. Twenty-six metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below

3.0 percent, with 16 of these located in the South. Ten metropolitan areas posted jobless rates of at least

10.0 percent; seven of these were located in California and two were along the Mexican border in other

states. The national unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in December, not seasonally adjusted.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Unemployment rates below 4.0 percent were recorded in 106 metropolitan areas in December, up from

73 areas a year earlier, while rates of at least 7.0 percent were registered in 34 areas, down from 50 areas

in December 2003. As it did in nearly every month of 2004, Bryan-College Station, Texas, posted the

lowest unemployment rate, 1.8 percent in December. The next lowest rates were reported in Charlottesville,

Va., 1.9 percent, Gainesville, Fla., 2.0 percent, and Madison, Wis., 2.1 percent. All four of these areas are

home to major state universities. Yuma, Ariz., an agricultural area, again posted the highest unemployment

rate, 15.3 percent. The next highest rates were recorded in six other agricultural areas, all located in

California: Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, 14.8 percent; Merced and Yuba City, 13.8 percent each; Salinas,

12.9 percent; Fresno, 12.2 percent; and Bakersfield, 11.9 percent. (See table 1 and the map.)

In December, New Bedford, Mass., recorded the largest unemployment rate decrease from a year earlier

(-2.0 percentage points). Four other areas each reported decreases of 1.9 percentage points—Danville, Va.,

Jersey City, N.J., McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, and San Jose, Calif. Sixty-three additional areas had

over-the-year rate decreases of a full percentage point or more. Sumter, S.C., again registered the largest

jobless rate increase from a year ago (+2.4 percentage points). The next largest rate increases were

reported in three Pennsylvania areas—Altoona (+1.8 percentage points), Johnstown (+1.6 points), and

Williamsport (+1.4 points). Seven additional areas had over-the-year increases of at least one percentage

point.

Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 1990 census population of 1 million or more, 44 areas reported

lower jobless rates than in December 2003, 5 posted higher rates, and 2 had rates that were unchanged.

Orange County, Calif., and Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., continued to record the lowest unemployment rates among the large areas, 2.7 and 2.9 percent, respectively. The next lowest jobless rates were

registered in Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N.J., 3.0 percent, and Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz., and San Diego,
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Calif., 3.2 percent each. Detroit, Mich., had the highest rate among the large areas, 6.9 percent, followed by

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio, Memphis, Tenn.-Ark.-Miss., and Portland-Vancouver, Ore.-Wash., 6.1 percent each, and Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y., 6.0 percent. The next highest rates were in the three most

populous metropolitan areas, Chicago, Ill., Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., and New York, N.Y., 5.7 percent each. San Jose, Calif., reported the largest over-the-year jobless rate decrease (-1.9 percentage

points), followed by New York, N.Y., and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (-1.6 points each), and two

areas in New Jersey—Bergen-Passaic and Newark (-1.4 points each). Ten additional areas had over-theyear rate decreases of a full percentage point or more. Pittsburgh, Pa., posted the largest over-the-year

jobless rate increase (+0.5 percentage point) among these areas.

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Among the 274 metropolitan areas for which December 2004 nonfarm payroll data were available, 221

reported over-the-year increases in employment, 50 recorded decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest

over-the-year employment increases were posted in Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (+78,800), PhoenixMesa, Ariz. (+45,600), Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. (+44,600), New York, N.Y. (+39,700), St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

(+38,800), Houston, Texas (+34,900), and Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. (+30,900). The largest overthe-year percentage increases in employment were reported in Provo-Orem, Utah (+5.4 percent), Las

Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. (+5.3 percent), Laredo, Texas (+4.7 percent), Boise City, Idaho (+4.6 percent), Green

Bay, Wis. (+4.5 percent), and Reno, Nev. (+4.1 percent). (See table 2.)

The largest over-the-year employment declines were reported in Detroit, Mich. (-24,600), San Jose,

Calif. (-9,600), Lansing-East Lansing, Mich. (-6,100), Hartford, Conn. (-6,000), Saginaw-Bay City-Midland,

Mich. (-5,500), Rochester, N.Y. (-5,200), and Toledo, Ohio (-4,800). The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment were reported in Bloomington, Ind. (-3.9 percent), Jackson, Mich. (-3.8 percent), Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, Mich. (-3.2 percent), Houma, La., and Lansing-East Lansing, Mich.

(-2.5 percent each), and Iowa City, Iowa (-2.4 percent).

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 35 of the 39 metropolitan areas with annual average

employment levels above 750,000 in 2003. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment

in these large metropolitan areas were posted in Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. (+5.3 percent), St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.

(+3.0 percent), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C. (+2.9 percent), Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.,

and Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va. (+2.8 percent each), Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. (+2.7 percent), Orlando,

Fla. (+2.3 percent), Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wis., and Baltimore, Md. (+2.2 percent each), and Tampa-St.

Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (+2.1 percent). Among the largest areas, Detroit, Mich., had the highest overthe-year percentage decrease in employment (-1.2 percent), followed by San Jose, Calif. (-1.1 percent).

Over the year, employment growth was most widespread in education and health services, with 230 of

274 metropolitan areas experiencing job gains in this industry sector. Many areas also experienced employment growth in leisure and hospitality; construction; and professional and business services. Manufacturing

remained the weakest industry, with 133 metropolitan areas posting employment losses.

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for January 2005 is scheduled to be

issued on March 10. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for January 2005 is

scheduled to be issued on March 17.
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Beginning with the release of data for January 2005 in March, a redesigned method for

producing labor force estimates for census regions, divisions, states, and selected substate

areas will be implemented. The redesigned method encompasses a number of changes:

(1) the introduction of improved time-series regression models for all states, the District of

Columbia, New York City, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division

(currently the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area), and the respective balances of

New York and California; (2) the introduction of real-time benchmarking to national Current

Population Survey (CPS) estimates of employment and unemployment; and (3) the introduction of time-series regression models for six additional substate areas and their respective

balances of state. The estimates also will reflect routine annual updates to population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. More information on the changes is available from the

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics Web site at http://

www.bls.gov/lau/lauschanges2005.htm.

Other changes affecting the estimation methodology for the substate areas include:

(1) implementation of Census 2000-based geographic area definitions; (2) the incorporation

of Census 2000 inputs for estimation; and (3) updates in substate estimation methodology.

All data from January 2000 forward will be revised to incorporate all of these changes. Also,

in order to present a more consistent substate series, the substate data for 1990-99 will be

revised to reflect new area definitions and statewide controls.

In addition to the changes for the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program described

above, both the metropolitan area labor force data presented in table 1 of this news release

and the metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment data presented in table 2 of this release

will be revised to reflect the introduction of newly defined metropolitan areas based on new

standards and the results of Census 2000. Data for the new metropolitan statistical area

designations will be published, along with those for newly created metropolitan divisions,

starting with the January 2005 Metropolitan Area news release on March 17, 2005. Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) and NECTA Divisions will be used

for the six New England states, rather than county-based areas. Compared with the 1990-

census designated areas, these changes will increase the number of metropolitan statistical

areas and metropolitan NECTAs to 375. Both the metropolitan area labor force data and the

nonfarm payroll employment data will be revised back to 1990 to reflect the changes in

metropolitan area designations. More information about the changes to metropolitan areas is

available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Planned Changes in Local Area Unemployment Statistics

 and in Metropolitan Area Designations
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (table 1) for

337 metropolitan areas, including those in Puerto Rico. Nonfarm

payroll employment estimates from t he Current Employment Statistics

(CES) program (table 2) are provided for over 270 of these areas. State

estimates were previously published in the news release, Regional and

State Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this

release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES programs are

both Federal-State cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS

program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based

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

national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey

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

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

includes both the employed and the unemployed. Employed persons

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

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

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

not working who 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 1996, estimates for all

states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area, and New York City are produced using estimating

equations based on regression techniques. 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

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 with January estimates. The adjusted estimates reflect

updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau and any

revisions in the other data sources. In addition, data for all states,

the District of Columbia, and the two large substate areas noted are

adjusted annually to equal the CPS annual averages, usually effective

with January estimates. All other substate estimates are adjusted to

add to the revised (benchmarked) state 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, in most instances, from unrounded

data rather than from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insignificant.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Measures of sampling

error, in the form of the standard errors for state annual average

estimates derived from the CPS, are available in the annual BLS

bulletin, Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment. Error

measures cannot be computed for substate areas because of the special

estimation processes used. Measures of nonsampling error for CPS

data 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, dated June 30, 1996. A detailed list of

the geographic definitions 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

two 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://stats.bls.gov/lau/).

Employment data from the CES program are available at

(http://stats.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

November December November December November December

2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p

Alabama ................................................................... 2,182.9 2,179.8 2,168.7 2,170.5 130.6 115.2 117.7 109.0 6.0 5.3 5.4 5.0

Anniston ................................................................ 54.7 54.7 54.3 54.2 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.7 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.1

Auburn-Opelika ..................................................... 55.4 55.5 54.8 55.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.5

Birmingham .......................................................... 487.1 486.9 487.2 485.7 22.1 20.7 20.4 19.6 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.0

Decatur ................................................................. 72.8 70.1 71.1 70.3 7.0 4.3 4.5 3.9 9.6 6.1 6.4 5.6

Dothan .................................................................. 68.7 68.6 68.4 68.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.1

Florence ................................................................ 63.8 62.6 63.2 62.8 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.3 7.4 6.6 6.7 6.9

Gadsden ............................................................... 47.8 47.9 47.8 47.8 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.9 6.0 6.2 5.8 6.0

Huntsville .............................................................. 188.3 187.5 188.3 187.7 8.9 7.3 8.8 7.2 4.7 3.9 4.7 3.9

Mobile ................................................................... 276.5 283.7 274.8 280.7 17.6 17.0 16.4 15.2 6.4 6.0 6.0 5.4

Montgomery .......................................................... 170.2 170.9 169.1 169.9 9.1 8.7 8.2 8.1 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.8

Tuscaloosa ........................................................... 86.3 87.7 86.1 87.5 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.1

Alaska ...................................................................... 330.8 342.7 330.3 342.1 25.9 24.0 27.7 26.1 7.8 7.0 8.4 7.6

Anchorage ............................................................ 151.7 156.6 151.7 157.5 8.2 7.6 8.5 8.0 5.4 4.9 5.6 5.1

Arizona .................................................................... 2,707.6 2,796.9 2,708.3 2,778.1 128.5 117.7 125.7 103.9 4.7 4.2 4.6 3.7

Flagstaff ................................................................ 69.1 71.5 68.7 70.6 4.0 3.8 4.5 3.9 5.7 5.4 6.5 5.6

Phoenix-Mesa ....................................................... 1,821.3 1,882.4 1,824.1 1,867.9 76.3 67.9 75.7 60.1 4.2 3.6 4.2 3.2

Tucson .................................................................. 430.0 440.9 430.3 440.0 16.0 14.7 15.7 13.3 3.7 3.3 3.6 3.0

Yuma .................................................................... 73.3 75.8 72.4 75.1 14.4 15.1 11.9 11.5 19.7 20.0 16.4 15.3

Arkansas ................................................................. 1,253.5 1,317.2 1,245.4 1,314.4 72.0 65.5 74.9 70.4 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.4

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ............................ 169.6 182.1 168.4 181.5 4.8 4.4 5.1 4.4 2.8 2.4 3.0 2.4

Fort Smith ............................................................. 98.1 101.4 97.3 101.4 5.1 4.6 5.2 4.6 5.2 4.5 5.3 4.5

Jonesboro ............................................................. 44.5 45.7 44.4 45.6 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.0 5.1 4.3 5.6 4.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock ................................. 306.8 322.7 303.3 323.9 15.8 14.1 14.7 14.4 5.1 4.4 4.8 4.5

Pine Bluff .............................................................. 35.9 38.5 35.8 38.2 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 8.5 8.1 8.7 8.5

California ................................................................. 17,514.5 17,801.2 17,437.1 17,684.0 1,130.1 1,015.3 1,077.3 959.5 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.4

Bakersfield ............................................................ 300.5 311.3 300.0 305.1 36.7 37.0 38.1 36.2 12.2 11.9 12.7 11.9

Chico-Paradise ..................................................... 91.9 93.4 91.6 92.7 6.8 6.5 7.2 6.5 7.4 7.0 7.9 7.0

Fresno .................................................................. 448.8 453.3 447.4 449.5 62.4 56.4 60.9 54.9 13.9 12.4 13.6 12.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach ..................................... 4,795.1 4,891.1 4,769.8 4,872.8 324.4 294.6 305.5 275.3 6.8 6.0 6.4 5.7

Merced .................................................................. 90.8 93.7 90.0 92.8 12.7 12.1 13.2 12.8 14.0 12.9 14.6 13.8

Modesto ................................................................ 214.6 218.3 212.9 215.8 24.0 23.0 23.2 22.8 11.2 10.5 10.9 10.5

Oakland ................................................................ 1,267.1 1,282.2 1,261.7 1,273.4 73.2 61.3 66.7 54.9 5.8 4.8 5.3 4.3

Orange County ..................................................... 1,594.3 1,613.5 1,591.8 1,607.6 56.9 48.0 51.5 43.4 3.6 3.0 3.2 2.7

Redding ................................................................ 83.9 84.6 83.6 84.3 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.3 7.4 7.3 7.9 7.5

Riverside-San Bernardino .................................... 1,710.6 1,763.8 1,705.0 1,756.2 98.6 90.1 88.3 81.6 5.8 5.1 5.2 4.6

Sacramento .......................................................... 884.3 890.7 881.8 886.4 47.1 43.2 44.7 40.5 5.3 4.8 5.1 4.6

Salinas .................................................................. 196.6 196.5 192.6 191.0 18.2 16.8 26.6 24.6 9.2 8.5 13.8 12.9

San Diego ............................................................. 1,497.6 1,529.5 1,495.0 1,520.9 60.4 54.0 54.4 48.2 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.2

San Francisco ....................................................... 898.9 914.4 897.4 906.9 45.7 38.6 41.4 32.5 5.1 4.2 4.6 3.6

San Jose ............................................................... 884.0 863.5 876.6 855.8 64.4 44.0 57.6 39.8 7.3 5.1 6.6 4.7

San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles .......... 121.3 122.3 119.8 121.9 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc .................... 212.9 220.0 211.0 216.5 9.1 8.6 9.1 8.8 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.1

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ........................................ 138.7 140.7 137.2 138.1 10.9 10.3 12.3 11.5 7.9 7.3 9.0 8.3

Santa Rosa ........................................................... 257.3 262.2 255.9 259.7 11.8 10.2 11.3 9.4 4.6 3.9 4.4 3.6

Stockton-Lodi ........................................................ 278.2 286.5 277.6 283.6 28.3 27.0 27.9 26.6 10.2 9.4 10.0 9.4

Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa ........................................... 282.7 288.1 281.5 284.7 15.8 14.9 15.1 14.0 5.6 5.2 5.4 4.9

Ventura ................................................................. 433.6 438.2 430.7 434.8 23.9 21.3 22.1 19.7 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.5

Visalia-Tulare-Porterville ...................................... 175.9 178.2 175.1 175.5 27.2 26.3 28.2 25.9 15.5 14.8 16.1 14.8

Yolo ...................................................................... 98.8 101.8 99.2 101.9 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.1

Yuba City .............................................................. 59.7 57.7 58.2 56.4 8.0 7.6 8.1 7.8 13.5 13.1 13.9 13.8

Colorado .................................................................. 2,495.5 2,541.7 2,479.5 2,536.0 144.1 126.3 141.1 127.6 5.8 5.0 5.7 5.0

Boulder-Longmont1 .............................................. 178.4 180.6 176.7 179.3 9.1 8.0 8.7 7.8 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.4

Colorado Springs .................................................. 286.4 293.4 283.8 292.9 16.9 15.8 16.6 15.3 5.9 5.4 5.9 5.2

Denver1 ................................................................ 1,267.5 1,297.6 1,255.5 1,292.0 76.5 65.1 75.2 66.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.1

Fort Collins-Loveland ............................................ 156.4 156.5 153.9 154.4 8.5 7.4 8.4 7.7 5.4 4.7 5.5 5.0

Grand Junction ..................................................... 68.2 69.2 67.3 68.9 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.9 5.4 4.7 5.7 5.7

Greeley ................................................................. 102.3 103.4 99.8 101.0 6.5 6.1 6.5 6.3 6.4 5.9 6.6 6.3

Pueblo .................................................................. 63.5 64.3 63.1 63.9 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.5 7.2 6.9 7.3 7.1

Connecticut ............................................................. 1,791.8 1,786.2 1,782.9 1,782.7 87.7 75.4 89.1 70.0 4.9 4.2 5.0 3.9

Bridgeport ............................................................. 228.9 227.4 228.4 227.1 13.9 11.3 13.8 10.4 6.1 5.0 6.0 4.6

Danbury ................................................................ 116.8 118.6 117.4 119.6 3.9 3.3 3.9 3.0 3.3 2.8 3.3 2.5

Hartford ................................................................. 606.1 599.9 602.6 598.8 31.6 27.9 32.6 26.0 5.2 4.7 5.4 4.3

New Haven-Meriden ............................................. 290.3 287.4 288.2 286.8 14.0 12.3 14.0 11.3 4.8 4.3 4.9 3.9

New London-Norwich ........................................... 167.5 168.0 166.3 167.1 7.2 6.2 7.4 5.8 4.3 3.7 4.4 3.5

Stamford-Norwalk ................................................. 193.3 194.7 192.6 193.6 6.2 5.1 6.2 4.7 3.2 2.6 3.2 2.4

Waterbury ............................................................. 118.1 117.3 117.4 117.1 7.7 6.5 7.9 6.1 6.5 5.5 6.7 5.2

Delaware .................................................................. 423.0 428.7 418.6 421.5 16.6 15.6 16.5 15.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.6

Dover .................................................................... 77.9 78.8 76.8 77.3 2.8 2.2 2.8 2.1 3.6 2.8 3.6 2.7

Wilmington-Newark .............................................. 309.9 313.2 307.9 308.8 13.1 12.6 13.4 12.2 4.2 4.0 4.4 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

November December November December November December

2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p

District of Columbia ............................................... 300.8 305.3 295.7 306.9 20.9 26.6 19.5 26.5 6.9 8.7 6.6 8.7

Washington ........................................................... 2,854.0 2,928.9 2,837.3 2,916.0 93.6 91.3 88.3 85.8 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.9

Florida ...................................................................... 8,212.3 8,474.5 8,189.4 8,453.0 397.5 369.7 362.8 345.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.1

Daytona Beach ..................................................... 220.7 229.5 220.3 229.7 11.2 10.5 10.3 10.3 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.5

Fort Lauderdale .................................................... 881.2 909.6 881.1 909.6 45.7 39.0 41.6 36.9 5.2 4.3 4.7 4.1

Fort Myers-Cape Coral ......................................... 219.4 231.5 220.3 232.0 8.2 8.4 7.4 7.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3

Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie ..................................... 147.8 153.1 147.0 151.1 9.3 11.0 7.8 9.3 6.3 7.2 5.3 6.2

Fort Walton Beach ................................................ 90.3 94.6 90.3 93.9 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.6

Gainesville ............................................................ 116.5 120.9 115.7 120.2 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.0

Jacksonville .......................................................... 596.4 615.4 594.1 612.8 29.8 27.2 27.5 25.6 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.2

Lakeland-Winter Haven ........................................ 220.0 226.8 219.5 226.5 12.1 12.3 10.7 11.2 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.9

Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay ............................. 225.5 233.6 224.9 232.4 10.4 9.5 9.5 8.8 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.8

Miami .................................................................... 1,105.0 1,127.3 1,097.6 1,120.6 74.8 64.2 68.5 60.4 6.8 5.7 6.2 5.4

Naples .................................................................. 123.7 129.1 124.2 129.8 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.0

Ocala .................................................................... 107.2 109.8 106.9 109.3 4.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.0 3.5

Orlando ................................................................. 982.9 1,013.4 978.6 1,010.9 45.9 41.0 41.8 38.7 4.7 4.0 4.3 3.8

Panama City ......................................................... 70.5 72.2 70.0 72.0 4.1 3.3 4.2 3.6 5.9 4.5 6.0 5.1

Pensacola ............................................................. 180.9 191.3 180.7 190.2 6.7 9.8 6.4 8.7 3.7 5.1 3.6 4.6

Punta Gorda ......................................................... 52.7 55.9 52.5 55.7 2.1 3.2 1.9 2.8 4.0 5.8 3.7 5.0

Sarasota-Bradenton ............................................. 310.1 322.0 311.0 321.3 9.9 9.6 9.4 8.6 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.7

Tallahassee .......................................................... 157.5 163.8 157.0 163.2 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.4 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ........................ 1,337.0 1,375.9 1,330.2 1,372.7 55.0 49.2 50.7 48.1 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.5

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ............................. 588.1 603.0 589.0 604.8 30.4 29.2 26.9 26.9 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.4

Georgia .................................................................... 4,471.1 4,455.6 4,453.6 4,464.9 182.9 181.2 179.1 184.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1

Albany ................................................................... 58.1 57.5 57.8 57.8 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.7 4.2 4.7 4.4 4.6

Athens .................................................................. 80.6 79.7 79.7 79.7 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9

Atlanta .................................................................. 2,465.9 2,461.2 2,461.3 2,465.0 104.1 100.6 101.2 102.8 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2

Augusta-Aiken ...................................................... 219.7 225.8 217.8 225.2 9.8 11.8 9.6 11.2 4.5 5.2 4.4 5.0

Columbus ............................................................. 133.5 132.2 132.9 131.2 6.7 7.4 6.5 6.5 5.0 5.6 4.9 5.0

Macon ................................................................... 165.1 164.6 164.9 164.8 6.2 6.5 6.0 6.6 3.8 4.0 3.6 4.0

Savannah ............................................................. 152.7 152.5 152.8 153.2 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.4

Hawaii ...................................................................... 627.7 637.5 628.4 634.8 27.6 21.6 25.1 17.2 4.4 3.4 4.0 2.7

Honolulu ............................................................... 443.7 449.2 444.3 448.4 18.1 13.8 16.4 11.1 4.1 3.1 3.7 2.5

Idaho ........................................................................ 693.4 708.6 691.6 704.3 32.6 33.9 37.1 31.0 4.7 4.8 5.4 4.4

Boise City ............................................................. 248.1 256.2 248.4 254.6 11.4 11.6 12.0 9.8 4.6 4.5 4.8 3.8

Pocatello ............................................................... 40.9 41.4 40.1 41.2 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.7 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.2

Illinois ...................................................................... 6,358.6 6,434.0 6,332.0 6,408.7 404.7 372.7 405.6 363.3 6.4 5.8 6.4 5.7

Bloomington-Normal ............................................. 93.9 96.0 92.8 95.6 2.4 3.9 2.6 3.7 2.6 4.0 2.8 3.9

Champaign-Urbana .............................................. 101.8 104.0 102.1 103.2 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.2

Chicago ................................................................ 4,254.8 4,289.0 4,246.0 4,280.9 277.4 250.0 275.9 242.5 6.5 5.8 6.5 5.7

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ............................. 187.0 188.1 186.7 187.3 10.4 9.0 10.0 9.0 5.6 4.8 5.3 4.8

Decatur ................................................................. 55.6 56.4 55.2 56.0 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 6.7 6.1 6.5 5.9

Kankakee .............................................................. 52.6 53.9 52.6 53.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.1 7.5 7.5 8.0 7.6

Peoria-Pekin ......................................................... 179.5 184.6 178.7 183.6 9.1 9.2 9.5 8.9 5.1 5.0 5.3 4.8

Rockford ............................................................... 194.6 195.4 193.7 195.1 15.7 13.8 16.0 13.8 8.1 7.1 8.3 7.1

Springfield ............................................................. 104.8 107.0 104.4 106.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.1

Indiana ..................................................................... 3,187.0 3,165.0 3,169.3 3,151.2 152.4 157.2 158.3 158.5 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0

Bloomington .......................................................... 69.7 69.8 68.9 65.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.8 2.7 3.1

Elkhart-Goshen ..................................................... 98.6 97.6 97.8 97.3 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.5

Evansville-Henderson ........................................... 165.0 164.5 162.9 163.7 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.7 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1

Fort Wayne ........................................................... 268.0 265.7 267.0 265.1 14.2 13.9 14.6 14.1 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.3

Gary ...................................................................... 306.8 299.0 307.3 299.6 17.1 15.6 18.8 15.8 5.6 5.2 6.1 5.3

Indianapolis .......................................................... 907.5 897.1 903.8 892.8 41.4 43.7 41.6 42.6 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.8

Kokomo ................................................................ 50.7 50.5 50.3 50.0 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4

Lafayette ............................................................... 95.0 95.9 94.0 95.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1

Muncie .................................................................. 60.1 58.5 59.7 58.2 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.5 4.9 5.6 5.3 6.0

South Bend ........................................................... 137.5 138.2 136.8 138.1 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5

Terre Haute .......................................................... 74.2 74.6 73.9 74.3 3.9 4.4 4.2 4.4 5.2 5.9 5.6 5.9

Iowa .......................................................................... 1,605.5 1,630.5 1,598.0 1,627.7 67.0 72.0 72.7 77.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.7

Cedar Rapids ........................................................ 117.0 115.9 116.5 116.2 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.6 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.8

Des Moines ........................................................... 271.1 282.3 271.9 281.2 9.7 10.7 10.2 10.9 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9

Dubuque ............................................................... 50.0 51.1 50.3 51.4 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.6 3.7 3.8 4.4 5.1

Iowa City ............................................................... 78.4 77.1 78.0 76.7 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.9 3.3 3.9 3.2 3.8

Sioux City ............................................................. 63.2 63.4 62.5 62.9 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.7 5.1 5.6 5.3 6.0

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ............................................ 71.3 74.3 71.7 74.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8

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

November December November December November December

2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p

Kansas ..................................................................... 1,444.1 1,477.2 1,433.4 1,467.8 74.4 67.6 70.1 61.8 5.2 4.6 4.9 4.2

Lawrence .............................................................. 59.2 62.0 59.1 61.4 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.4 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0

Topeka .................................................................. 90.6 93.5 90.1 92.7 4.8 5.2 4.6 4.7 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.1

Wichita .................................................................. 286.9 295.8 284.6 292.6 19.1 15.9 17.3 14.0 6.7 5.4 6.1 4.8

Kentucky ................................................................. 1,965.7 1,982.9 1,957.4 1,974.6 110.2 84.0 108.2 83.2 5.6 4.2 5.5 4.2

Lexington .............................................................. 255.6 264.4 254.3 262.1 9.7 7.9 9.4 7.3 3.8 3.0 3.7 2.8

Louisville ............................................................... 555.7 557.0 552.4 554.1 30.1 23.9 27.1 23.1 5.4 4.3 4.9 4.2

Owensboro ........................................................... 48.9 49.4 48.7 49.0 2.6 2.1 2.6 2.2 5.3 4.3 5.4 4.5

Louisiana ................................................................. 2,044.6 2,066.8 2,031.3 2,065.7 121.7 113.6 124.8 114.0 6.0 5.5 6.1 5.5

Alexandria ............................................................. 60.8 61.2 59.9 60.8 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.6 5.1 4.3 5.1 4.3

Baton Rouge ......................................................... 314.7 316.8 311.3 316.2 18.5 17.2 18.8 17.1 5.9 5.4 6.0 5.4

Houma .................................................................. 99.8 99.3 99.4 99.2 3.5 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.5 4.2 3.6 4.1

Lafayette ............................................................... 181.0 184.0 178.7 183.7 9.2 8.0 9.2 8.1 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.4

Lake Charles ........................................................ 87.6 90.9 87.1 91.3 4.9 4.3 5.0 4.4 5.6 4.7 5.7 4.8

Monroe ................................................................. 73.9 74.1 73.3 74.4 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.9 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.3

New Orleans ......................................................... 607.0 612.1 601.9 611.9 33.7 31.7 33.7 30.8 5.6 5.2 5.6 5.0

Shreveport-Bossier City ........................................ 183.4 184.4 182.9 185.6 11.5 10.6 12.1 10.5 6.2 5.7 6.6 5.7

Maine ....................................................................... 694.2 700.3 691.9 697.8 35.3 31.9 34.9 32.5 5.1 4.5 5.0 4.7

Bangor .................................................................. 54.9 56.0 54.7 55.1 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.4

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................... 55.9 57.1 55.7 56.5 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.2 4.7 4.0 4.5 4.0

Portland ................................................................ 145.0 148.0 144.6 146.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7

Maryland .................................................................. 2,907.0 2,962.0 2,884.5 2,928.2 127.9 115.4 123.8 109.0 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.7

Baltimore .............................................................. 1,342.1 1,365.2 1,331.2 1,347.0 67.2 60.6 64.0 56.6 5.0 4.4 4.8 4.2

Cumberland .......................................................... 44.5 43.4 44.4 42.7 2.9 2.5 3.3 2.7 6.5 5.8 7.5 6.4

Hagerstown .......................................................... 70.9 71.2 70.1 70.5 2.7 2.4 3.0 2.4 3.9 3.3 4.3 3.3

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3,390.8 3,384.5 3,384.3 3,373.2 178.5 141.1 183.1 139.1 5.3 4.2 5.4 4.1

Barnstable-Yarmouth ............................................ 82.8 81.6 81.8 81.0 3.9 3.3 4.5 3.8 4.8 4.1 5.5 4.7

Boston .................................................................. 1,853.7 1,850.0 1,848.6 1,841.7 87.4 66.7 86.4 63.9 4.7 3.6 4.7 3.5

Brockton ............................................................... 142.4 141.5 142.3 141.4 7.8 6.6 8.0 6.5 5.5 4.7 5.6 4.6

Fitchburg-Leominster ............................................ 71.1 71.8 71.0 71.8 5.2 4.4 5.3 4.3 7.4 6.1 7.5 6.0

Lawrence .............................................................. 212.2 209.7 211.0 208.1 16.8 13.3 16.5 12.5 7.9 6.3 7.8 6.0

Lowell ................................................................... 179.1 178.1 178.2 177.4 10.7 8.4 10.4 8.0 6.0 4.7 5.8 4.5

New Bedford ......................................................... 83.2 82.4 83.7 82.3 5.9 4.9 6.9 5.1 7.1 5.9 8.2 6.2

Pittsfield ................................................................ 41.3 41.3 41.2 41.5 2.1 1.6 2.3 1.8 5.1 4.0 5.6 4.3

Springfield ............................................................. 295.6 298.1 294.2 296.3 16.5 13.0 17.1 13.3 5.6 4.4 5.8 4.5

Worcester ............................................................. 265.5 267.2 266.0 268.0 15.0 11.9 15.4 11.8 5.7 4.5 5.8 4.4

Michigan .................................................................. 5,083.9 5,094.4 5,027.3 5,039.1 352.5 333.0 358.2 348.9 6.9 6.5 7.1 6.9

Ann Arbor ............................................................. 321.8 326.3 317.9 323.5 12.3 12.4 12.5 13.1 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1

Benton Harbor ...................................................... 82.4 82.9 81.4 81.9 6.0 5.4 6.1 5.9 7.3 6.6 7.5 7.2

Detroit ................................................................... 2,241.9 2,251.1 2,220.3 2,223.6 156.0 150.0 157.2 153.9 7.0 6.7 7.1 6.9

Flint ....................................................................... 188.0 187.1 185.6 186.3 17.0 15.7 17.0 16.6 9.1 8.4 9.2 8.9

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland ........................ 612.6 616.5 607.4 612.4 44.7 37.7 43.5 39.2 7.3 6.1 7.2 6.4

Jackson ................................................................ 80.5 78.5 80.0 77.5 5.9 5.0 6.1 5.2 7.4 6.4 7.6 6.7

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek ....................................... 237.2 237.8 232.0 234.3 14.6 13.9 14.8 14.8 6.1 5.8 6.4 6.3

Lansing-East Lansing ........................................... 255.1 252.6 250.6 248.3 11.6 15.7 12.1 13.2 4.5 6.2 4.8 5.3

Saginaw-Bay City-Midland ................................... 198.6 194.4 196.4 191.7 15.9 14.1 15.9 14.8 8.0 7.2 8.1 7.7

Minnesota ................................................................ 2,929.9 2,963.0 2,900.8 2,941.1 134.4 113.0 140.8 123.7 4.6 3.8 4.9 4.2

Duluth-Superior .................................................... 132.8 136.1 132.4 135.3 7.1 5.7 7.2 6.2 5.3 4.2 5.4 4.6

Minneapolis-St.Paul .............................................. 1,841.9 1,877.1 1,822.2 1,859.4 82.0 69.5 80.4 69.8 4.4 3.7 4.4 3.8

Rochester ............................................................. 83.7 86.0 83.4 85.2 3.2 2.6 3.3 2.7 3.8 3.0 3.9 3.2

St. Cloud ............................................................... 107.2 109.0 107.0 108.7 4.5 3.7 5.5 4.7 4.2 3.4 5.2 4.4

Mississippi .............................................................. 1,314.6 1,330.7 1,316.7 1,331.4 67.1 79.1 67.1 78.4 5.1 5.9 5.1 5.9

Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula ................................... 174.5 178.5 175.6 179.3 7.0 8.0 6.8 7.1 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.0

Hattiesburg ........................................................... 55.8 56.7 56.2 57.0 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.0 3.5 3.8 3.2 3.5

Jackson ................................................................ 242.2 246.7 243.4 245.8 8.2 11.4 7.7 10.3 3.4 4.6 3.2 4.2

Missouri ................................................................... 3,033.5 3,047.6 3,022.4 3,037.2 154.3 167.5 157.9 162.9 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.4

Columbia .............................................................. 90.7 90.6 90.6 91.3 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.1 2.4

Joplin .................................................................... 86.1 84.9 85.5 84.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.2

Kansas City .......................................................... 1,028.0 1,031.2 1,026.3 1,024.4 58.0 59.1 56.7 55.3 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4

St. Joseph ............................................................. 53.5 53.8 53.1 53.8 2.8 3.7 2.9 3.6 5.3 6.9 5.4 6.7

St. Louis1 .............................................................. 1,397.4 1,425.6 1,400.3 1,423.1 78.5 85.5 78.0 80.2 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.6

Springfield ............................................................. 181.1 183.2 181.2 182.5 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Montana ................................................................... 474.3 485.6 472.5 481.0 22.6 20.6 24.9 19.9 4.8 4.2 5.3 4.1

Billings .................................................................. 72.8 76.4 72.8 74.9 2.6 2.4 2.9 2.2 3.5 3.1 4.0 3.0

Great Falls ............................................................ 36.7 36.4 36.6 36.2 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.4 4.7 4.0 4.8 3.8

Missoula ............................................................... 58.4 60.7 58.0 59.8 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.0 3.7 3.4 4.3 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

November December November December November December

2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p

Nebraska ................................................................. 981.0 993.3 973.4 984.4 35.1 32.6 36.3 32.9 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.3

Lincoln .................................................................. 154.4 157.7 153.8 155.4 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.0 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.2

Omaha .................................................................. 414.5 419.4 411.8 417.5 16.7 17.1 17.1 17.1 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1

Nevada ..................................................................... 1,149.6 1,191.0 1,144.7 1,192.4 54.2 42.2 51.8 43.4 4.7 3.5 4.5 3.6

Las Vegas ............................................................. 916.1 954.6 912.3 955.4 44.0 34.0 41.4 33.8 4.8 3.6 4.5 3.5

Reno ..................................................................... 202.3 209.1 202.2 209.9 7.9 6.3 8.1 7.0 3.9 3.0 4.0 3.3

New Hampshire ....................................................... 726.6 731.2 723.2 727.9 30.4 23.1 28.6 22.4 4.2 3.2 4.0 3.1

Manchester ........................................................... 121.3 121.1 121.0 119.9 4.9 3.8 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.2 3.8 3.1

Nashua ................................................................. 112.9 111.6 111.8 110.9 6.0 4.3 5.4 4.0 5.3 3.9 4.8 3.6

Portsmouth-Rochester .......................................... 139.3 141.5 138.4 140.3 5.4 4.4 5.1 4.2 3.9 3.1 3.7 3.0

New Jersey .............................................................. 4,383.3 4,414.1 4,387.0 4,404.6 232.6 185.4 230.0 172.1 5.3 4.2 5.2 3.9

Atlantic-Cape May ................................................ 180.5 180.8 179.4 180.8 14.2 12.0 14.7 12.0 7.8 6.6 8.2 6.6

Bergen-Passaic .................................................... 681.4 686.1 682.9 685.2 35.8 27.5 34.8 25.3 5.3 4.0 5.1 3.7

Jersey City ............................................................ 286.5 291.1 285.8 289.5 20.8 15.9 19.7 14.5 7.2 5.5 6.9 5.0

Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon ........................... 662.5 674.0 663.2 671.1 29.1 22.3 28.2 20.2 4.4 3.3 4.3 3.0

Monmouth-Ocean ................................................. 575.5 583.8 576.8 583.3 28.5 23.0 28.8 21.4 4.9 3.9 5.0 3.7

Newark ................................................................. 1,073.2 1,074.1 1,073.5 1,071.2 58.0 45.5 57.0 41.8 5.4 4.2 5.3 3.9

Trenton ................................................................. 191.2 193.5 191.7 193.1 8.1 6.5 8.0 6.1 4.2 3.4 4.2 3.2

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .................................. 66.7 66.4 66.4 65.5 5.0 4.2 5.3 4.4 7.4 6.4 8.0 6.7

New Mexico ............................................................. 906.2 914.4 901.0 910.5 56.4 45.4 53.1 43.5 6.2 5.0 5.9 4.8

Albuquerque ......................................................... 395.0 400.8 392.9 399.0 21.8 17.9 19.6 16.7 5.5 4.5 5.0 4.2

Las Cruces ........................................................... 79.9 81.3 79.1 80.6 5.5 4.4 5.7 4.7 6.9 5.4 7.2 5.8

Santa Fe ............................................................... 82.6 84.0 82.3 84.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 2.4 3.7 3.0 3.4 2.9

New York ................................................................. 9,294.9 9,325.1 9,283.4 9,352.9 576.7 446.6 575.9 486.4 6.2 4.8 6.2 5.2

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................... 467.7 469.6 466.5 470.0 18.1 16.4 18.9 17.9 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.8

Binghamton .......................................................... 122.9 121.5 122.9 122.0 6.9 5.6 7.1 6.5 5.6 4.6 5.8 5.3

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ............................................ 575.7 567.8 573.8 568.3 37.1 32.4 37.2 34.3 6.4 5.7 6.5 6.0

Dutchess County .................................................. 131.7 133.6 131.5 133.4 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.6

Elmira ................................................................... 42.6 41.5 42.5 41.3 2.9 2.1 2.8 2.1 6.7 5.1 6.5 5.2

Glens Falls ............................................................ 60.1 61.6 59.9 61.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 5.2 5.2 5.6 5.7

Jamestown ........................................................... 64.6 63.5 64.3 63.7 4.3 3.4 4.3 3.6 6.6 5.4 6.7 5.7

Nassau-Suffolk ..................................................... 1,488.7 1,492.5 1,490.1 1,495.2 60.6 54.0 60.6 54.5 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.6

New York .............................................................. 4,358.2 4,404.4 4,359.9 4,428.6 323.6 225.9 318.9 250.6 7.4 5.1 7.3 5.7

 New York City .................................................... 3,667.2 3,710.2 3,668.8 3,734.5 295.8 201.9 292.5 227.1 8.1 5.4 8.0 6.1

Newburgh ............................................................. 193.9 196.1 193.6 196.1 9.4 8.8 9.0 8.5 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.3

Rochester ............................................................. 575.5 563.6 570.0 559.8 33.3 28.0 32.7 30.0 5.8 5.0 5.7 5.4

Syracuse ............................................................... 371.6 370.7 369.8 370.7 22.1 19.2 22.2 20.7 5.9 5.2 6.0 5.6

Utica-Rome ........................................................... 144.0 142.7 143.7 143.5 7.8 6.3 9.0 7.2 5.4 4.4 6.3 5.0

North Carolina ......................................................... 4,257.0 4,197.4 4,214.4 4,171.9 266.8 209.6 249.2 209.0 6.3 5.0 5.9 5.0

Asheville ............................................................... 122.5 122.7 120.9 122.0 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.3

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill ................................ 883.8 895.9 876.1 887.5 61.8 47.9 55.8 46.3 7.0 5.3 6.4 5.2

Fayetteville ........................................................... 130.9 128.1 130.3 127.8 7.0 5.7 6.2 5.7 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.5

Goldsboro ............................................................. 51.8 50.5 51.5 50.5 2.9 2.3 2.7 2.4 5.5 4.5 5.3 4.7

Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point .......... 689.1 678.7 682.2 676.6 42.3 32.7 39.3 31.6 6.1 4.8 5.8 4.7

Greenville ............................................................. 73.4 72.9 72.4 72.3 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.1 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.6

Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir .................................... 176.1 165.3 174.0 163.5 15.2 11.4 13.9 11.0 8.6 6.9 8.0 6.7

Jacksonville .......................................................... 52.0 51.3 51.7 51.1 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.3 5.5 4.7 5.1 4.6

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill ................................. 720.3 721.0 713.8 717.5 30.9 24.1 28.0 23.6 4.3 3.3 3.9 3.3

Rocky Mount ......................................................... 70.6 68.8 70.1 68.4 6.1 5.3 5.6 4.9 8.6 7.7 8.0 7.2

Wilmington ............................................................ 128.2 125.9 127.2 125.0 6.5 4.8 6.3 5.2 5.0 3.8 4.9 4.1

North Dakota ........................................................... 342.6 348.3 340.2 347.5 11.8 10.4 12.8 11.6 3.5 3.0 3.8 3.3

Bismarck ............................................................... 55.1 57.1 55.1 57.1 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.8 3.4 2.8 3.6 3.1

Fargo-Moorhead ................................................... 108.4 111.4 108.0 111.0 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.8 2.5

Grand Forks .......................................................... 55.9 57.3 55.4 56.7 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.8 3.1 2.7 3.4 3.1

Ohio ......................................................................... 5,926.4 c5899.9 5,897.4 c5834.4 332.3 c357.4 338.9 c323.6 5.6 c6.1 5.7 c5.5

Akron .................................................................... 380.0 376.4 381.0 375.0 19.9 20.8 20.6 19.3 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.1

Canton-Massillon .................................................. 205.6 205.2 205.0 203.5 12.9 12.7 13.2 11.7 6.3 6.2 6.4 5.7

Cincinnati .............................................................. 883.8 887.7 878.1 878.5 42.6 45.0 41.1 39.6 4.8 5.1 4.7 4.5

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria ........................................ 1,131.0 1,120.5 1,127.7 1,108.8 70.0 72.3 72.4 67.2 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.1

Columbus ............................................................. 897.9 895.6 891.5 883.4 39.6 45.1 38.2 38.5 4.4 5.0 4.3 4.4

Dayton-Springfield ................................................ 474.2 467.5 470.3 462.8 26.3 29.3 26.3 25.6 5.6 6.3 5.6 5.5

Hamilton-Middletown ............................................ 207.8 204.5 207.0 203.1 8.5 9.0 8.4 7.7 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.8

Lima ...................................................................... 76.8 77.2 76.6 76.4 3.9 4.3 4.2 3.7 5.1 5.6 5.5 4.9

Mansfield .............................................................. 82.9 81.7 82.3 80.6 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.5 7.8 7.7 7.9 6.8

Steubenville-Weirton ............................................ 54.4 55.4 54.1 54.9 3.7 4.5 3.7 4.3 6.7 8.1 6.9 7.8

Toledo ................................................................... 323.1 316.0 320.9 311.8 21.9 21.2 21.6 19.5 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.3

Youngstown-Warren ............................................. 276.2 274.2 276.6 271.0 18.2 21.2 19.5 18.7 6.6 7.7 7.0 6.9

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

November December November December November December

2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p

Oklahoma ................................................................ 1,695.5 1,719.7 1,678.2 1,705.5 92.3 75.8 91.7 70.8 5.4 4.4 5.5 4.2

Enid ...................................................................... 26.3 26.2 25.9 25.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 3.7 2.9 3.7 2.9

Lawton .................................................................. 43.0 43.5 42.6 43.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7

Oklahoma City ...................................................... 574.3 595.4 572.4 594.4 27.2 23.4 26.6 22.3 4.7 3.9 4.6 3.7

Tulsa ..................................................................... 425.0 428.2 419.6 424.4 25.9 19.2 24.9 17.9 6.1 4.5 5.9 4.2

Oregon ..................................................................... 1,847.1 1,862.7 1,841.9 1,850.2 134.7 125.7 135.3 121.2 7.3 6.7 7.3 6.5

Corvallis ................................................................ 42.7 43.1 42.4 42.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.3

Eugene-Springfield ............................................... 172.0 174.1 172.9 174.5 12.1 11.3 11.8 10.8 7.0 6.5 6.8 6.2

Medford-Ashland .................................................. 96.9 101.1 97.4 100.1 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.7

Portland-Vancouver .............................................. 1,087.7 1,090.6 1,085.8 1,086.8 80.9 69.8 79.3 66.2 7.4 6.4 7.3 6.1

Salem ................................................................... 181.3 181.7 179.1 179.3 13.1 12.7 13.2 12.4 7.3 7.0 7.4 6.9

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 6,149.4 6,312.2 6,122.1 6,298.4 304.3 323.5 288.2 320.6 4.9 5.1 4.7 5.1

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................... 329.2 337.2 326.4 336.4 16.9 18.0 15.9 17.6 5.1 5.3 4.9 5.2

Altoona ................................................................. 65.1 67.6 65.0 67.6 2.8 3.7 2.9 4.2 4.3 5.5 4.4 6.2

Erie ....................................................................... 140.0 143.4 139.2 142.7 8.4 8.8 8.3 8.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.2

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle ................................ 360.4 369.9 360.0 368.4 11.8 12.5 11.2 11.9 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.2

Johnstown ............................................................ 101.2 104.2 101.2 105.4 6.1 7.4 6.3 8.2 6.1 7.1 6.2 7.8

Lancaster .............................................................. 256.5 263.5 256.5 261.0 8.5 8.8 8.1 8.9 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.4

Philadelphia .......................................................... 2,625.5 2,657.1 2,618.8 2,660.6 134.7 125.9 124.4 116.3 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.4

Pittsburgh ............................................................. 1,173.0 1,207.6 1,166.9 1,206.6 57.7 61.6 55.4 63.1 4.9 5.1 4.7 5.2

Reading ................................................................ 184.6 188.1 184.2 187.4 9.7 9.3 8.8 9.2 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.9

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton ..................... 309.2 318.6 307.0 316.9 16.3 20.2 16.0 20.1 5.3 6.3 5.2 6.4

Sharon .................................................................. 57.8 58.6 57.0 58.1 2.6 3.4 2.5 3.2 4.4 5.8 4.4 5.4

State College ........................................................ 70.7 74.6 69.2 72.8 2.0 2.6 2.1 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.1 3.8

Williamsport .......................................................... 57.7 59.6 57.0 59.9 3.2 3.9 3.2 4.3 5.5 6.5 5.7 7.1

York ...................................................................... 197.4 201.5 196.9 200.9 8.5 8.4 8.0 8.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1

Rhode Island ........................................................... 574.6 565.3 574.7 565.6 26.0 21.9 28.2 24.7 4.5 3.9 4.9 4.4

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ............................ 646.5 638.3 648.6 639.3 31.2 26.5 34.9 29.5 4.8 4.2 5.4 4.6

South Carolina ........................................................ 1,998.8 2,068.7 1,979.9 2,047.8 133.5 133.9 125.8 130.3 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4

Charleston-North Charleston ................................ 291.8 309.4 289.8 305.8 12.7 13.4 12.1 13.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3

Columbia .............................................................. 284.6 303.0 284.4 302.2 11.2 12.4 10.9 12.2 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.0

Florence ................................................................ 64.0 68.1 63.6 68.1 5.3 5.8 5.3 6.0 8.3 8.5 8.3 8.8

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson ........................ 502.8 521.2 502.7 518.6 29.1 29.6 27.8 29.2 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.6

Myrtle Beach ......................................................... 110.7 117.1 109.6 114.8 6.0 6.0 6.8 7.1 5.4 5.1 6.2 6.2

Sumter .................................................................. 46.3 45.2 45.7 44.9 3.5 4.4 3.2 4.3 7.5 9.6 7.1 9.5

South Dakota .......................................................... 426.1 424.9 420.8 419.9 15.3 13.0 16.9 14.8 3.6 3.1 4.0 3.5

Rapid City ............................................................. 50.1 51.0 50.0 50.3 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.7 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.5

Sioux Falls ............................................................ 113.5 114.4 111.9 112.4 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.7 3.3 3.1

Tennessee ............................................................... 2,930.0 2,962.1 2,893.3 2,926.4 176.4 151.0 160.0 141.0 6.0 5.1 5.5 4.8

Chattanooga ......................................................... 240.8 243.5 239.9 242.1 9.2 8.7 8.7 8.6 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6

Clarksville-Hopkinsville ......................................... 92.7 97.9 91.7 97.0 4.9 4.4 4.3 3.8 5.3 4.5 4.7 3.9

Jackson ................................................................ 59.5 60.0 58.5 59.4 3.6 3.0 3.2 2.7 6.1 5.0 5.4 4.6

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol ............................. 233.1 233.9 231.5 231.7 13.6 11.2 13.2 10.4 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.5

Knoxville ............................................................... 381.2 388.5 378.4 384.4 14.7 13.4 13.8 12.8 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.3

Memphis ............................................................... 585.1 591.2 578.6 585.9 39.6 37.9 35.2 35.9 6.8 6.4 6.1 6.1

Nashville ............................................................... 694.1 702.7 686.2 696.0 33.4 27.4 29.3 24.4 4.8 3.9 4.3 3.5

Texas ....................................................................... 10,970.8 11,041.6 10,935.9 11,069.2 698.7 602.5 658.3 592.3 6.4 5.5 6.0 5.4

Abilene .................................................................. 62.4 63.2 62.3 63.6 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.0 3.9 3.1 3.7 3.1

Amarillo ................................................................. 120.5 122.0 120.4 122.8 4.3 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.3 2.9

Austin-San Marcos ............................................... 777.2 779.8 770.8 774.8 40.2 32.7 36.9 31.3 5.2 4.2 4.8 4.0

Beaumont-Port Arthur ........................................... 184.2 184.0 183.6 185.0 17.0 15.0 16.7 14.9 9.2 8.1 9.1 8.0

Brazoria ................................................................ 115.2 116.7 114.1 116.9 9.8 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.4 8.0 7.4

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito ........................ 145.7 144.4 145.3 144.8 16.5 13.4 16.2 13.5 11.3 9.3 11.1 9.3

Bryan-College Station ........................................... 86.3 88.7 85.5 88.4 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.6 2.2 1.7 2.0 1.8

Corpus Christi ....................................................... 183.0 183.4 182.4 183.9 11.5 11.3 11.0 11.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1

Dallas .................................................................... 2,041.3 2,048.2 2,035.7 2,048.8 133.2 116.3 124.9 111.7 6.5 5.7 6.1 5.5

El Paso ................................................................. 300.4 298.8 299.1 299.7 27.2 22.3 25.2 23.2 9.0 7.5 8.4 7.7

Fort Worth-Arlington ............................................. 963.3 969.9 960.7 971.4 56.2 50.4 52.9 48.2 5.8 5.2 5.5 5.0

Galveston-Texas City ........................................... 126.5 128.3 126.0 128.9 10.3 9.3 9.6 9.2 8.1 7.3 7.6 7.1

Houston ................................................................ 2,334.8 2,361.3 2,326.8 2,371.9 154.0 135.2 143.1 131.4 6.6 5.7 6.1 5.5

Killeen-Temple ...................................................... 124.3 125.2 124.0 125.3 6.6 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.3 4.2 4.7 4.2

Laredo .................................................................. 85.5 88.8 85.9 89.8 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.3 6.5 5.7 6.5 5.9

Longview-Marshall ................................................ 108.3 109.7 107.8 109.6 6.4 5.4 6.0 5.2 5.9 4.9 5.6 4.7

Lubbock ................................................................ 133.0 135.4 132.1 135.4 4.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.9

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................... 238.0 240.3 240.5 244.6 32.1 26.3 32.5 28.3 13.5 10.9 13.5 11.6

Odessa-Midland ................................................... 129.0 130.0 128.4 130.0 6.7 5.3 6.2 5.0 5.2 4.1 4.8 3.8

San Angelo ........................................................... 52.3 54.0 52.4 54.2 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.6 3.6 3.1 3.5 2.9

San Antonio .......................................................... 831.5 842.8 829.0 845.7 44.5 39.2 41.0 37.7 5.4 4.7 4.9 4.5

Sherman-Denison ................................................. 52.5 52.2 52.0 52.5 3.9 2.9 3.7 2.9 7.3 5.5 7.1 5.5

Texarkana ............................................................. 57.9 60.5 57.8 60.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 5.1 4.7 5.0 4.6

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

November December November December November December

2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p 2003 2004 2003 2004p

Texas—Continued

Tyler ...................................................................... 99.4 100.2 98.4 101.3 5.6 3.9 4.6 4.5 5.6 3.9 4.7 4.4

Victoria .................................................................. 45.5 46.6 45.1 46.6 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.9 4.8 4.2 4.6 4.0

Waco .................................................................... 106.0 106.7 105.6 106.9 5.1 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.8 4.1 4.5 3.9

Wichita Falls ......................................................... 65.5 66.2 65.2 66.4 2.9 2.3 2.6 2.2 4.5 3.5 4.1 3.4

Utah .......................................................................... 1,196.2 1,227.0 1,189.0 1,211.5 58.1 51.4 54.4 47.3 4.9 4.2 4.6 3.9

Provo-Orem .......................................................... 186.6 194.6 184.9 192.5 7.2 6.6 6.7 5.8 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.0

Salt Lake City-Ogden ........................................... 753.8 763.5 747.0 754.2 37.7 32.7 34.7 29.7 5.0 4.3 4.6 3.9

Vermont ................................................................... 351.4 353.3 351.9 355.3 15.5 11.1 15.4 11.4 4.4 3.1 4.4 3.2

Burlington ............................................................. 108.9 110.6 108.1 110.3 4.0 2.7 3.8 2.7 3.7 2.4 3.5 2.5

Virginia .................................................................... 3,772.7 3,841.1 3,752.9 3,817.3 136.6 121.0 132.7 116.1 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.0

Charlottesville ....................................................... 78.4 78.7 77.6 78.2 2.2 1.6 2.1 1.5 2.8 2.0 2.7 1.9

Danville ................................................................. 57.5 58.0 57.8 57.8 4.3 4.4 5.3 4.2 7.6 7.6 9.2 7.3

Lynchburg ............................................................. 104.5 104.8 103.4 103.7 4.9 3.7 4.7 3.5 4.7 3.6 4.6 3.4

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News ................. 796.1 810.1 792.6 806.4 32.7 32.8 31.3 31.9 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0

Richmond-Petersburg ........................................... 535.9 546.8 531.5 540.9 21.4 20.4 20.1 19.4 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.6

Roanoke ............................................................... 128.1 129.5 127.1 128.1 4.2 3.4 4.0 3.3 3.3 2.7 3.1 2.6

Washington ............................................................. 3,135.9 3,226.4 3,155.5 3,261.8 225.7 181.2 228.3 189.4 7.2 5.6 7.2 5.8

Bellingham ............................................................ 90.7 94.8 91.1 96.9 5.1 4.5 5.2 4.8 5.6 4.7 5.7 4.9

Bremerton ............................................................. 102.9 108.0 103.6 109.3 5.9 5.3 5.8 5.4 5.7 4.9 5.6 4.9

Olympia ................................................................ 110.5 114.7 111.9 116.8 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.7 5.3 4.7

Richland-Kennewick-Pasco .................................. 103.0 105.2 102.4 106.0 8.8 6.9 8.9 7.7 8.6 6.6 8.7 7.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ....................................... 1,398.6 1,433.2 1,413.0 1,449.3 93.6 71.5 91.8 70.5 6.7 5.0 6.5 4.9

Spokane ............................................................... 219.5 225.6 221.4 229.3 13.7 11.0 14.9 12.8 6.3 4.9 6.7 5.6

Tacoma ................................................................. 359.9 372.3 364.0 376.9 26.5 21.8 26.2 21.7 7.4 5.9 7.2 5.8

Yakima .................................................................. 106.6 108.2 106.4 110.2 12.4 10.7 13.8 12.5 11.6 9.9 13.0 11.3

West Virginia ........................................................... 778.1 796.3 778.0 796.4 39.4 34.3 41.5 37.1 5.1 4.3 5.3 4.7

Charleston ............................................................ 125.6 128.5 125.6 129.0 5.0 4.9 5.4 5.5 4.0 3.8 4.3 4.3

Huntington-Ashland .............................................. 135.4 137.0 135.2 136.2 7.6 7.0 7.7 6.8 5.6 5.1 5.7 5.0

Parkersburg-Marietta ............................................ 77.0 77.7 76.3 76.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2

Wheeling ............................................................... 72.6 74.3 72.1 73.6 3.2 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.4 5.0 4.6 5.5

Wisconsin ................................................................ 3,071.5 3,112.9 3,065.1 3,092.2 143.6 130.3 149.8 128.3 4.7 4.2 4.9 4.2

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah .................................. 233.8 238.1 233.0 237.1 9.6 8.7 9.8 8.3 4.1 3.6 4.2 3.5

Eau Claire ............................................................. 87.9 90.2 88.2 89.2 3.6 3.4 4.2 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.7 4.3

Green Bay ............................................................ 148.1 154.5 147.9 154.3 6.2 5.9 6.3 5.7 4.2 3.8 4.3 3.7

Janesville-Beloit .................................................... 78.7 79.1 78.7 78.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.1 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3

Kenosha ............................................................... 84.2 85.2 83.4 84.6 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 5.0 4.9 5.2 4.9

La Crosse ............................................................. 76.3 78.0 75.8 77.1 2.7 2.4 3.1 2.6 3.5 3.1 4.1 3.3

Madison ................................................................ 290.2 297.4 290.3 295.1 6.8 6.5 6.8 6.1 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha .......................................... 819.5 836.1 817.6 830.5 43.9 38.9 42.0 34.5 5.4 4.7 5.1 4.1

Racine .................................................................. 92.9 93.8 92.7 92.7 6.3 5.6 6.5 5.5 6.7 6.0 7.0 5.9

Sheboygan ........................................................... 63.8 66.5 64.1 65.8 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.1 4.3 3.5 4.1 3.1

Wausau ................................................................ 77.5 79.1 77.0 78.3 2.7 2.6 3.0 2.6 3.5 3.2 3.9 3.3

Wyoming ................................................................. 280.5 279.3 279.5 278.3 11.5 9.4 12.5 9.9 4.1 3.4 4.5 3.6

Casper .................................................................. 37.4 37.1 37.7 37.1 1.7 1.2 1.8 1.3 4.5 3.2 4.8 3.4

Cheyenne ............................................................. 44.7 44.7 44.8 44.7 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.0 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.4

Puerto Rico ............................................................. 1,390.0 1,412.3 1,394.6 1,423.9 167.3 140.3 140.3 139.9 12.0 9.9 10.1 9.8

Aguadilla ............................................................... 50.3 50.9 50.4 50.7 7.4 6.8 6.4 6.8 14.7 13.4 12.7 13.4

Arecibo ................................................................. 56.6 57.2 56.9 57.5 8.0 6.5 7.0 6.5 14.1 11.3 12.3 11.2

Caguas ................................................................. 127.3 129.3 129.0 130.5 14.4 12.5 12.0 12.4 11.3 9.7 9.3 9.5

Mayaguez ............................................................. 90.5 91.5 90.9 93.1 12.6 10.9 10.5 10.8 13.9 11.9 11.5 11.6

Ponce ................................................................... 107.8 108.3 107.3 109.5 16.3 13.6 13.3 13.4 15.1 12.5 12.4 12.3

San Juan-Bayamon .............................................. 789.3 804.6 792.0 813.7 78.8 65.2 66.3 65.5 10.0 8.1 8.4 8.0

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions. p = preliminary. c = corrected.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a

monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. All estimates

are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information

becomes available. Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of

Employment and Earnings. 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change December 2003 to

 December 2004p

2003 2004 2003 2004p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 1,885.0 1,906.7 1,886.1 1,907.2 21.1 1.1

Birmingham ........................................................................ 479.3 481.2 480.4 482.5 2.1 .4

Huntsville ............................................................................ 190.1 191.7 190.2 192.5 2.3 1.2

Mobile ................................................................................. 224.7 232.4 224.4 231.8 7.4 3.3

Montgomery ........................................................................ 164.8 166.5 164.7 166.6 1.9 1.2

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 82.4 84.0 82.3 84.3 2.0 2.4

Alaska .................................................................................... 291.9 295.1 290.2 292.8 2.6 .9

Anchorage .......................................................................... 143.4 144.8 143.4 144.8 1.4 1.0

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,338.5 2,407.8 2,348.9 2,413.5 64.6 2.8

Phoenix-Mesa ..................................................................... 1,653.7 1,705.0 1,662.2 1,707.8 45.6 2.7

Tucson ................................................................................ 353.7 360.3 355.2 362.7 7.5 2.1

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,154.5 1,162.5 1,153.5 1,161.2 7.7 .7

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 176.3 180.0 175.8 180.0 4.2 2.4

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 100.6 99.5 100.3 99.8 -.5 -.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock ............................................... 318.9 320.6 318.0 320.8 2.8 .9

Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 36.2 36.9 36.1 36.5 .4 1.1

California ............................................................................... 14,534.6 14,690.6 14,541.6 14,694.5 152.9 1.1

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 208.4 211.2 207.8 211.6 3.8 1.8

Fresno ................................................................................ 316.4 320.0 315.2 318.6 3.4 1.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach ................................................... 4,018.9 4,048.9 4,017.9 4,043.8 25.9 .6

Modesto .............................................................................. 151.7 154.0 151.3 153.2 1.9 1.3

Oakland .............................................................................. 1,025.7 1,036.9 1,026.4 1,038.6 12.2 1.2

Orange County ................................................................... 1,441.7 1,451.1 1,444.3 1,455.3 11.0 .8

Riverside-San Bernardino .................................................. 1,100.8 1,130.1 1,103.0 1,133.9 30.9 2.8

Sacramento ........................................................................ 759.3 759.6 758.9 760.6 1.7 .2

Salinas ................................................................................ 130.4 128.8 129.7 128.2 -1.5 -1.2

San Diego ........................................................................... 1,252.9 1,272.1 1,256.1 1,274.6 18.5 1.5

San Francisco ..................................................................... 949.7 959.7 951.3 961.7 10.4 1.1

San Jose ............................................................................. 849.2 839.2 848.5 838.9 -9.6 -1.1

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc .................................. 167.9 171.7 167.7 170.9 3.2 1.9

Santa Rosa ......................................................................... 180.6 182.7 179.8 182.2 2.4 1.3

Stockton-Lodi ...................................................................... 199.4 204.1 199.5 203.4 3.9 2.0

Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa ......................................................... 183.3 184.9 183.0 184.3 1.3 .7

Ventura ............................................................................... 286.1 286.6 285.1 286.7 1.6 .6

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,159.3 2,192.9 2,167.1 2,207.7 40.6 1.9

Boulder-Longmont ............................................................. 158.4 158.5 158.8 159.1 .3 .2

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 239.0 242.0 239.5 244.1 4.6 1.9

Denver ............................................................................... 1,143.5 1,158.8 1,142.5 1,160.8 18.3 1.6

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,657.7 1,664.2 1,660.9 1,669.0 8.1 .5

Bridgeport ........................................................................... 185.8 185.0 186.4 185.5 -.9 -.5

Danbury .............................................................................. 89.9 91.2 90.9 92.0 1.1 1.2

Hartford ............................................................................... 600.6 592.0 598.7 592.7 -6.0 -1.0

New Haven-Meriden ........................................................... 259.5 256.6 259.2 257.7 -1.5 -.6

New London-Norwich ......................................................... 145.8 146.3 145.4 146.3 .9 .6

Stamford-Norwalk ............................................................... 197.6 198.8 197.9 199.1 1.2 .6

Waterbury ........................................................................... 83.5 82.9 83.0 83.0 .0 .0

Delaware ................................................................................ 418.9 426.9 418.6 428.2 9.6 2.3

Dover .................................................................................. 60.1 61.4 59.8 62.1 2.3 3.8

Wilmington-Newark ............................................................ 324.7 330.7 325.4 331.9 6.5 2.0

District of Columbia ............................................................. 667.8 676.4 669.2 677.4 8.2 1.2

Washington PMSA ............................................................. 2,865.1 2,939.8 2,863.7 2,942.5 78.8 2.8

Florida .................................................................................... 7,392.2 7,561.5 7,440.2 7,612.6 172.4 2.3

Daytona Beach ................................................................... 173.0 178.4 174.7 180.2 5.5 3.1

Fort Lauderdale .................................................................. 727.1 745.4 734.3 752.4 18.1 2.5

Fort Myers-Cape Coral ....................................................... 192.9 200.0 195.6 202.4 6.8 3.5

Gainesville .......................................................................... 127.5 130.6 127.6 130.8 3.2 2.5

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 568.2 580.4 571.0 583.4 12.4 2.2

Lakeland-Winter Haven ...................................................... 190.7 194.6 192.0 196.4 4.4 2.3

Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay ........................................... 194.7 199.8 196.1 200.6 4.5 2.3

Miami .................................................................................. 1,014.4 1,030.6 1,018.1 1,035.8 17.7 1.7

Orlando ............................................................................... 941.2 961.9 945.8 968.0 22.2 2.3

Pensacola ........................................................................... 159.3 163.3 160.2 164.3 4.1 2.6

Sarasota-Bradenton ........................................................... 289.1 297.0 292.3 299.3 7.0 2.4

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 161.0 164.5 161.9 166.0 4.1 2.5

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,239.8 1,263.0 1,243.3 1,269.5 26.2 2.1

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ........................................... 535.2 543.4 542.0 551.1 9.1 1.7

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Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change December 2003 to

 December 2004p

2003 2004 2003 2004p Number Percent

Georgia .................................................................................. 3,896.3 3,936.7 3,899.8 3,943.9 44.1 1.1

Albany ................................................................................. 57.5 57.5 57.4 57.8 .4 .7

Athens ................................................................................ 74.4 75.0 74.1 74.9 .8 1.1

Atlanta ................................................................................ 2,177.8 2,200.4 2,179.3 2,204.5 25.2 1.2

Augusta-Aiken .................................................................... 203.5 206.2 203.3 206.7 3.4 1.7

Columbus ........................................................................... 118.7 117.9 118.4 118.0 -.4 -.3

Macon ................................................................................. 151.7 152.5 152.0 152.8 .8 .5

Savannah ........................................................................... 142.6 144.0 142.9 144.5 1.6 1.1

Hawaii .................................................................................... 576.1 596.7 581.1 599.8 18.7 3.2

Honolulu ............................................................................. 426.8 440.3 430.3 443.3 13.0 3.0

Idaho ...................................................................................... 576.8 597.0 576.3 593.9 17.6 3.1

Boise City ........................................................................... 232.3 243.6 233.3 244.0 10.7 4.6

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,875.7 5,889.3 5,869.2 5,881.5 12.3 .2

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 92.1 91.0 91.3 90.9 -.4 -.4

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 106.6 106.7 107.2 106.2 -1.0 -.9

Chicago .............................................................................. 4,124.8 4,139.8 4,126.1 4,137.5 11.4 .3

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 178.8 179.0 179.2 178.4 -.8 -.4

Decatur ............................................................................... 54.3 54.5 54.2 54.4 .2 .4

Kankakee ............................................................................ 43.4 43.3 43.3 43.4 .1 .2

Peoria-Pekin ....................................................................... 168.5 170.6 168.1 170.4 2.3 1.4

Rockford ............................................................................. 170.3 170.2 170.0 169.9 -.1 -.1

Springfield ........................................................................... 110.4 111.0 110.4 110.9 .5 .5

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,930.5 2,947.5 2,928.4 2,943.9 15.5 .5

Bloomington ........................................................................ 72.7 73.9 72.2 69.4 -2.8 -3.9

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 121.4 121.0 121.2 120.7 -.5 -.4

Evansville-Henderson ......................................................... 162.0 162.5 160.5 162.3 1.8 1.1

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 264.9 265.6 265.0 265.7 .7 .3

Gary .................................................................................... 263.6 261.5 263.3 261.8 -1.5 -.6

Indianapolis ........................................................................ 893.8 893.8 893.6 892.7 -.9 -.1

Kokomo .............................................................................. 50.3 50.3 50.0 49.9 -.1 -.2

Lafayette ............................................................................. 97.0 98.7 96.4 98.0 1.6 1.7

Muncie ................................................................................ 56.8 55.2 56.3 55.0 -1.3 -2.3

South Bend ......................................................................... 133.6 135.9 133.3 136.0 2.7 2.0

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 70.3 71.1 70.2 71.2 1.0 1.4

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,461.9 1,472.3 1,456.4 1,468.7 12.3 .8

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 119.1 117.5 118.1 117.1 -1.0 -.8

Des Moines ......................................................................... 288.8 300.2 288.6 298.3 9.7 3.4

Dubuque ............................................................................. 52.7 53.4 52.6 53.0 .4 .8

Iowa City ............................................................................ 79.3 77.6 79.0 77.1 -1.9 -2.4

Sioux City ........................................................................... 62.6 62.1 61.9 61.3 -.6 -1.0

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 73.9 77.0 74.1 76.4 2.3 3.1

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,326.0 1,351.3 1,324.3 1,349.8 25.5 1.9

Lawrence ............................................................................ 51.6 52.2 51.7 52.0 .3 .6

Topeka ................................................................................ 100.3 99.0 100.1 98.9 -1.2 -1.2

Wichita ................................................................................ 275.5 276.9 275.4 276.3 .9 .3

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,805.1 1,819.0 1,802.9 1,817.2 14.3 .8

Lexington ............................................................................ 279.5 283.6 279.9 284.1 4.2 1.5

Louisville ............................................................................. 564.9 566.1 565.7 566.4 .7 .1

Owensboro ......................................................................... 44.3 44.2 44.0 43.9 -.1 -.2

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,921.2 1,924.8 1,917.5 1,923.1 5.6 .3

Alexandria ........................................................................... 57.5 57.6 57.4 57.3 -.1 -.2

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 311.1 310.8 308.6 309.1 .5 .2

Houma ................................................................................ 84.9 82.9 85.2 83.1 -2.1 -2.5

Lafayette ............................................................................. 170.3 173.0 170.0 172.6 2.6 1.5

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 84.8 87.8 84.8 88.0 3.2 3.8

Monroe ............................................................................... 74.2 73.8 73.9 73.8 -.1 -.1

New Orleans ....................................................................... 617.2 618.1 615.1 617.4 2.3 .4

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 173.4 173.1 173.2 174.4 1.2 .7

Maine ..................................................................................... 613.2 619.1 612.6 618.9 6.3 1.0

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................................. 47.7 48.7 47.4 48.1 .7 1.5

Portland .............................................................................. 161.6 164.5 161.3 163.0 1.7 1.1

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Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change December 2003 to

 December 2004p

2003 2004 2003 2004p Number Percent

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,513.1 2,564.7 2,513.0 2,568.6 55.6 2.2

Baltimore PMSA ................................................................. 1,258.2 1,282.7 1,258.0 1,285.1 27.1 2.2

Baltimore City ..................................................................... 389.3 396.9 391.0 398.4 7.4 1.9

Suburban Maryland-D.C. .................................................... 951.2 975.6 954.2 978.8 24.6 2.6

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,203.5 3,209.0 3,201.7 3,207.9 6.2 .2

Barnstable-Yarmouth .......................................................... 65.2 64.1 64.1 63.7 -.4 -.6

Boston ................................................................................ 1,935.8 1,938.2 1,934.0 1,936.1 2.1 .1

Brockton ............................................................................. 101.8 101.4 101.9 101.9 .0 .0

Fitchburg-Leominster .......................................................... 51.9 52.6 51.7 52.8 1.1 2.1

Lawrence ............................................................................ 154.4 154.0 154.2 153.7 -.5 -.3

Lowell ................................................................................. 124.5 124.4 123.9 124.3 .4 .3

New Bedford ....................................................................... 65.2 65.3 65.0 65.3 .3 .5

Pittsfield .............................................................................. 43.0 43.2 42.8 43.4 .6 1.4

Springfield ........................................................................... 258.6 261.8 257.2 260.5 3.3 1.3

Worcester ........................................................................... 232.8 235.1 233.1 236.4 3.3 1.4

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,458.6 4,415.6 4,428.9 4,381.0 -47.9 -1.1

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 296.6 296.8 294.7 296.1 1.4 .5

Benton Harbor .................................................................... 69.6 69.9 69.1 69.3 .2 .3

Detroit ................................................................................. 2,066.8 2,048.6 2,057.1 2,032.5 -24.6 -1.2

Flint ..................................................................................... 162.9 160.5 161.4 159.8 -1.6 -1.0

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland ...................................... 565.4 568.6 565.6 567.7 2.1 .4

Jackson .............................................................................. 63.1 61.1 63.0 60.6 -2.4 -3.8

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek ..................................................... 213.8 212.5 210.0 210.2 .2 .1

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 244.8 234.9 241.3 235.2 -6.1 -2.5

Saginaw-Bay City-Midland ................................................. 173.7 169.3 172.9 167.4 -5.5 -3.2

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,681.8 2,707.2 2,670.7 2,693.7 23.0 .9

Duluth-Superior .................................................................. 117.0 119.1 117.0 118.4 1.4 1.2

Minneapolis-St. Paul ........................................................... 1,748.8 1,763.7 1,744.9 1,761.2 16.3 .9

Rochester ........................................................................... 89.5 91.1 90.0 91.0 1.0 1.1

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 96.2 97.6 96.2 97.4 1.2 1.2

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,125.6 1,135.5 1,125.9 1,133.4 7.5 .7

Jackson .............................................................................. 235.4 238.8 235.2 237.3 2.1 .9

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,709.7 2,750.1 2,700.1 2,747.3 47.2 1.7

Kansas City ....................................................................... 946.4 950.7 945.4 949.5 4.1 .4

St. Louis ............................................................................. 1,302.6 1,342.6 1,304.1 1,342.9 38.8 3.0

Springfield .......................................................................... 172.4 174.6 171.8 173.9 2.1 1.2

Montana ................................................................................. 403.0 410.4 402.5 409.1 6.6 1.6

Billings ................................................................................ 70.2 72.7 70.1 72.3 2.2 3.1

Missoula ............................................................................. 54.9 56.3 54.1 55.6 1.5 2.8

Nebraska ............................................................................... 912.2 919.2 909.5 917.5 8.0 .9

Lincoln ................................................................................ 158.7 160.0 158.5 159.2 .7 .4

Omaha ................................................................................ 428.4 426.8 425.6 427.7 2.1 .5

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,114.4 1,167.5 1,115.3 1,169.0 53.7 4.8

Las Vegas ........................................................................... 840.4 884.3 840.9 885.5 44.6 5.3

Reno ................................................................................... 205.1 213.4 205.2 213.6 8.4 4.1

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 623.7 634.6 627.6 637.3 9.7 1.5

Manchester ......................................................................... 111.1 111.1 111.9 111.4 -.5 -.4

Nashua ............................................................................... 96.5 96.2 96.6 96.6 .0 .0

Portsmouth-Rochester ........................................................ 126.3 128.3 126.4 128.1 1.7 1.3

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,029.2 4,102.8 4,036.4 4,112.6 76.2 1.9

Atlantic-Cape May .............................................................. 192.0 194.3 190.2 195.1 4.9 2.6

Bergen-Passaic .................................................................. 661.0 673.5 664.0 676.4 12.4 1.9

Camden .............................................................................. 530.0 536.2 532.3 539.0 6.7 1.3

Jersey City .......................................................................... 250.6 258.6 250.8 258.4 7.6 3.0

Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon ......................................... 645.5 663.2 647.3 663.9 16.6 2.6

Monmouth-Ocean ............................................................... 411.7 421.2 412.7 422.5 9.8 2.4

Newark ............................................................................... 1,024.4 1,036.5 1,026.2 1,039.2 13.0 1.3

Trenton ............................................................................... 228.9 233.3 229.8 233.5 3.7 1.6

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 61.9 62.2 61.2 61.6 .4 .7

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Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change December 2003 to

 December 2004p

2003 2004 2003 2004p Number Percent

New Mexico ........................................................................... 784.1 800.2 786.1 802.4 16.3 2.1

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 364.2 372.3 365.7 373.9 8.2 2.2

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 63.0 64.9 62.7 64.7 2.0 3.2

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 79.7 80.9 79.9 81.1 1.2 1.5

New York ............................................................................... 8,514.4 8,569.5 8,527.3 8,586.3 59.0 .7

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 466.0 470.9 465.4 471.1 5.7 1.2

Binghamton ........................................................................ 114.6 114.7 114.5 114.9 .4 .3

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 554.0 552.1 553.4 552.1 -1.3 -.2

Dutchess County ................................................................ 123.8 126.3 124.0 126.3 2.3 1.9

Elmira ................................................................................. 41.7 41.1 41.6 41.4 -.2 -.5

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 51.3 52.8 51.3 52.4 1.1 2.1

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................... 1,244.9 1,257.6 1,249.6 1,262.8 13.2 1.1

New York PMSA ................................................................. 4,128.7 4,167.4 4,147.4 4,187.1 39.7 1.0

New York City ..................................................................... 3,562.2 3,594.4 3,577.4 3,611.2 33.8 .9

Newburgh ........................................................................... 139.7 142.0 140.4 142.5 2.1 1.5

Rochester ........................................................................... 543.0 538.6 539.6 534.4 -5.2 -1.0

Rockland County ................................................................ 117.7 119.6 118.9 120.5 1.6 1.3

Syracuse ............................................................................. 350.7 353.9 350.0 353.3 3.3 .9

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 133.8 134.3 132.9 134.4 1.5 1.1

Westchester County ........................................................... 423.7 427.2 426.1 429.2 3.1 .7

North Carolina ....................................................................... 3,839.1 3,910.2 3,827.1 3,902.6 75.5 2.0

Asheville ............................................................................. 113.9 115.7 113.0 116.0 3.0 2.7

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill .............................................. 832.9 859.0 833.6 857.7 24.1 2.9

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point ........................... 636.4 642.8 634.9 642.0 7.1 1.1

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill ............................................... 688.2 701.9 687.3 704.3 17.0 2.5

North Dakota ......................................................................... 337.8 339.5 336.6 338.5 1.9 .6

Bismarck ............................................................................. 53.8 54.8 53.9 54.8 .9 1.7

Fargo-Moorhead ................................................................. 107.9 108.4 107.4 107.9 .5 .5

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 52.4 52.1 51.9 51.7 -.2 -.4

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,429.6 5,419.1 5,424.2 5,415.4 -8.8 -.2

Akron .................................................................................. 329.4 328.5 330.4 329.4 -1.0 -.3

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 178.6 179.7 178.3 179.6 1.3 .7

Cincinnati ............................................................................ 877.9 883.3 876.8 883.2 6.4 .7

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria ...................................................... 1,121.2 1,120.5 1,120.2 1,117.2 -3.0 -.3

Columbus ........................................................................... 882.0 883.4 880.8 880.9 .1 .0

Dayton-Springfield .............................................................. 457.9 452.5 455.8 453.7 -2.1 -.5

Hamilton-Middletown .......................................................... 137.9 136.5 137.8 136.9 -.9 -.7

Lima .................................................................................... 78.1 78.5 78.0 78.9 .9 1.2

Mansfield ............................................................................ 76.2 75.7 76.1 75.8 -.3 -.4

Steubenville-Weirton .......................................................... 49.3 48.7 48.2 48.5 .3 .6

Toledo ................................................................................. 312.2 308.7 311.9 307.1 -4.8 -1.5

Youngstown-Warren ........................................................... 231.9 230.0 232.2 230.3 -1.9 -.8

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,456.3 1,475.9 1,454.3 1,478.9 24.6 1.7

Enid .................................................................................... 22.8 22.5 22.7 22.3 -.4 -1.8

Lawton ................................................................................ 39.5 38.7 39.4 39.0 -.4 -1.0

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 534.2 545.2 535.5 547.2 11.7 2.2

Tulsa ................................................................................... 383.1 382.8 380.2 381.7 1.5 .4

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,584.2 1,620.8 1,581.7 1,616.5 34.8 2.2

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 143.4 145.7 144.3 146.3 2.0 1.4

Medford-Ashland ................................................................ 76.5 80.0 76.8 79.3 2.5 3.3

Portland-Vancouver ............................................................ 931.4 943.0 929.8 941.8 12.0 1.3

Salem ................................................................................. 139.3 140.3 138.6 139.6 1.0 .7

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,647.9 5,711.9 5,632.0 5,702.4 70.4 1.3

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 288.5 290.0 287.2 290.0 2.8 1.0

Altoona ............................................................................... 62.1 62.5 61.9 62.1 .2 .3

Erie ..................................................................................... 131.7 132.5 131.2 131.4 .2 .2

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle .............................................. 369.6 371.8 369.4 371.4 2.0 .5

Johnstown .......................................................................... 87.2 87.3 87.2 87.3 .1 .1

Lancaster ............................................................................ 229.7 231.1 229.1 230.8 1.7 .7

Philadelphia PMSA ............................................................. 2,437.4 2,441.6 2,442.7 2,448.3 5.6 .2

Philadelphia City ................................................................. 683.9 682.1 683.5 683.4 -.1 .0

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,114.5 1,124.1 1,110.5 1,120.1 9.6 .9

Reading .............................................................................. 166.7 167.2 166.8 167.2 .4 .2

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton ...................................... 282.8 282.5 280.7 281.0 .3 .1

Sharon ................................................................................ 50.2 49.3 49.7 48.9 -.8 -1.6

State College ...................................................................... 73.8 75.9 71.9 74.0 2.1 2.9

Williamsport ........................................................................ 54.7 55.0 53.9 55.3 1.4 2.6

York .................................................................................... 169.0 169.6 168.9 169.5 .6 .4

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Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change December 2003 to

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2003 2004 2003 2004p Number Percent

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 491.9 495.8 491.9 496.0 4.1 0.8

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 542.9 544.8 543.2 545.7 2.5 .5

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,824.4 1,853.4 1,823.7 1,851.5 27.8 1.5

Charleston-North Charleston .............................................. 261.0 266.9 260.4 266.5 6.1 2.3

Columbia ............................................................................ 300.4 307.0 300.8 309.3 8.5 2.8

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson ...................................... 476.0 475.4 477.7 477.3 -.4 -.1

South Dakota ........................................................................ 380.9 383.8 380.1 381.8 1.7 .4

Rapid City ........................................................................... 50.5 51.2 50.8 51.3 .5 1.0

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 118.9 119.1 117.7 118.3 .6 .5

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,700.3 2,715.3 2,709.4 2,722.9 13.5 .5

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 236.1 238.0 236.8 238.3 1.5 .6

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol ........................................... 201.2 201.3 201.5 201.7 .2 .1

Knoxville ............................................................................. 359.9 363.8 360.2 363.5 3.3 .9

Memphis ............................................................................. 594.6 595.5 594.8 595.7 .9 .2

Nashville ............................................................................. 691.3 697.7 691.8 698.6 6.8 1.0

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,431.4 9,552.6 9,441.8 9,567.2 125.4 1.3

Abilene ................................................................................ 57.2 58.1 57.2 58.3 1.1 1.9

Amarillo ............................................................................... 101.0 102.2 101.2 102.8 1.6 1.6

Austin-San Marcos ............................................................. 658.1 665.2 656.1 662.2 6.1 .9

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 156.8 158.2 156.6 159.2 2.6 1.7

Brazoria .............................................................................. 78.7 80.5 78.5 80.3 1.8 2.3

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito ...................................... 114.9 116.4 115.2 116.7 1.5 1.3

Bryan-College Station ......................................................... 82.3 84.7 81.8 84.1 2.3 2.8

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 161.0 160.9 161.4 161.3 -.1 -.1

Dallas .................................................................................. 1,912.5 1,930.9 1,917.7 1,935.7 18.0 .9

El Paso ............................................................................... 257.6 259.0 258.1 258.3 .2 .1

Ft. Worth-Arlington ............................................................. 779.7 787.5 781.6 789.4 7.8 1.0

Galveston-Texas City ......................................................... 88.4 90.2 88.7 90.6 1.9 2.1

Houston .............................................................................. 2,106.1 2,137.2 2,109.0 2,143.9 34.9 1.7

Killeen-Temple .................................................................... 105.3 106.7 105.9 106.7 .8 .8

Laredo ................................................................................ 76.8 80.2 77.3 80.9 3.6 4.7

Longview-Marshall .............................................................. 93.6 95.5 93.6 95.4 1.8 1.9

Lubbock .............................................................................. 122.7 124.9 122.2 124.8 2.6 2.1

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................................. 179.8 186.6 181.4 187.8 6.4 3.5

Odessa-Midland ................................................................. 107.4 108.6 107.1 108.7 1.6 1.5

San Angelo ......................................................................... 44.2 45.5 44.1 45.7 1.6 3.6

San Antonio ........................................................................ 727.4 738.2 727.9 739.2 11.3 1.6

Sherman-Denison ............................................................... 44.2 44.8 44.0 44.8 .8 1.8

Texarkana ........................................................................... 53.6 55.3 53.8 55.5 1.7 3.2

Tyler .................................................................................... 86.2 88.5 86.5 88.7 2.2 2.5

Victoria ................................................................................ 37.0 38.0 36.8 38.1 1.3 3.5

Waco .................................................................................. 101.1 102.1 101.2 102.3 1.1 1.1

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 59.0 60.1 59.0 60.2 1.2 2.0

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,090.0 1,124.6 1,094.6 1,129.7 35.1 3.2

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 157.1 165.2 157.8 166.4 8.6 5.4

Salt Lake City-Ogden ......................................................... 713.9 729.6 716.6 732.9 16.3 2.3

Vermont ................................................................................. 301.0 303.7 304.9 308.0 3.1 1.0

Barre-Montpelier ................................................................. 34.8 35.1 34.6 35.0 .4 1.2

Burlington ........................................................................... 110.2 112.2 110.1 112.4 2.3 2.1

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,550.6 3,628.6 3,547.5 3,626.9 79.4 2.2

Bristol .................................................................................. 39.4 39.9 39.6 39.8 .2 .5

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 87.8 88.2 87.8 88.4 .6 .7

Danville ............................................................................... 46.1 46.3 45.9 46.6 .7 1.5

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 100.1 100.6 99.7 100.5 .8 .8

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News ............................... 743.0 750.8 744.9 754.0 9.1 1.2

Northern Virginia ................................................................. 1,219.6 1,255.8 1,226.6 1,263.9 37.3 3.0

Richmond-Petersburg ......................................................... 567.1 575.5 566.8 575.0 8.2 1.4

Roanoke ............................................................................. 143.7 145.0 143.8 144.3 .5 .3

Washington ........................................................................... 2,692.9 2,759.5 2,686.4 2,751.3 64.9 2.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ..................................................... 1,350.9 1,380.8 1,353.2 1,377.9 24.7 1.8

Spokane ............................................................................. 201.3 205.3 200.1 203.8 3.7 1.8

Tacoma ............................................................................... 253.5 260.7 253.8 260.5 6.7 2.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change December 2003 to

 December 2004p

2003 2004 2003 2004p Number Percent

West Virginia ......................................................................... 729.3 740.9 728.5 740.6 12.1 1.7

Charleston .......................................................................... 133.8 134.6 134.0 134.5 .5 .4

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 123.4 124.1 123.6 124.0 .4 .3

Parkersburg-Marietta .......................................................... 70.8 71.2 70.5 70.8 .3 .4

Wheeling ............................................................................. 67.0 67.6 66.6 66.8 .2 .3

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,805.0 2,872.8 2,793.9 2,857.1 63.2 2.3

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................ 204.1 207.6 203.2 207.4 4.2 2.1

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 78.5 80.7 78.3 79.7 1.4 1.8

Green Bay .......................................................................... 151.3 157.4 150.9 157.7 6.8 4.5

Janesville-Beloit .................................................................. 67.8 67.8 67.8 67.3 -.5 -.7

Kenosha ............................................................................. 54.5 54.7 53.8 54.3 .5 .9

La Crosse ........................................................................... 74.1 75.7 73.4 74.9 1.5 2.0

Madison .............................................................................. 302.9 308.8 302.8 307.2 4.4 1.5

Milwaukee-Waukesha ........................................................ 835.2 851.9 834.1 852.4 18.3 2.2

Racine ................................................................................ 78.9 79.8 78.5 79.1 .6 .8

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 61.2 63.9 61.6 63.7 2.1 3.4

Wausau .............................................................................. 70.6 72.2 70.0 71.6 1.6 2.3

Wyoming ............................................................................... 250.7 256.1 251.0 256.2 5.2 2.1

Casper ................................................................................ 34.5 35.6 34.7 35.5 .8 2.3

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,004.2 1,020.6 1,021.3 1,034.2 12.9 1.3

Caguas ............................................................................... 70.0 71.0 72.4 71.7 -.7 -1.0

Mayaguez ........................................................................... 64.9 65.1 66.5 66.7 .2 .3

Ponce ................................................................................. 71.2 71.8 72.6 73.1 .5 .7

San Juan-Bayamon ............................................................ 652.4 664.0 662.0 671.7 9.7 1.5

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 41.2 41.2 41.6 41.4 -.2 -.5

p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected

from 2003 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area

definitions are published annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.