News

Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 

United States 

Department 

of Labor 

Technical information: 

 Employment: (202) 691-6559 USDL 08-0937 

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

 Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 

http://www.bls.gov/lau/ For release: 10:00 A.M. (EDT) 

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Tuesday, July 8, 2008 

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MAY 2008 

Unemployment rates were higher in May than a year earlier in 328 of the 369 metropolitan areas, 

lower in 30 areas, and unchanged in 11 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of 

Labor reported today. Six areas reported jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, while 16 areas registered 

rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in May was 5.2 percent, not seasonally 

adjusted, up from 4.3 percent a year earlier. 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In May, 40 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 7.0 percent, up from 16 areas a year 

earlier, while 89 areas posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 164 areas in May 2007. El Centro, 

Calif., continued to have the highest unemployment rate, 19.2 percent, followed by the adjacent area of 

Yuma, Ariz., at 17.6 percent. Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Logan, Utah-Idaho, registered the lowest jobless 

rates, 1.9 and 2.1 percent, respectively. Overall, 155 areas recorded unemployment rates above the U.S. 

figure of 5.2 percent, 199 areas had lower rates, and 15 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the 

map.) 

The areas reporting the largest jobless rate increases from May 2007 were Flint, Mich. (+3.4 percentage points), Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla. (+3.2 points), and Monroe, Mich. (+3.1 points). Twentyfive additional areas registered over-the-year unemployment rate increases of 2.0 percentage points or 

more, and another 151 areas had increases of 1.0 to 1.9 points. Lawton, Okla., experienced the largest 

jobless rate decrease from a year earlier (-1.0 percentage point). 

 

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Detroit-WarrenLivonia, Mich., recorded the highest unemployment rate, 8.9 percent in May. The large area with the 

lowest jobless rate was New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., at 3.3 percent. Forty-six large areas posted 

higher unemployment rates than in May 2007 and three reported lower rates. Riverside-San BernardinoOntario, Calif., and Providence-Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass., registered the largest over-the-year 

jobless rate increases (+2.2 and +2.1 percentage points, respectively). Twenty-four additional large 

areas had unemployment rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more. Oklahoma City, Okla., 

recorded the largest jobless rate decrease from a year earlier (-0.9 percentage point). 
2

Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metropolitan divisions, which 

are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In May, the two divisions that comprise the 

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., metropolitan area posted the highest unemployment rates: DetroitLivonia-Dearborn, 10.2 percent, and Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, 8.0 percent. Lawrence-MethuenSalem, Mass.-N.H., posted the next highest rate, 7.1 percent. Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md., 

continued to report the lowest jobless rate among the divisions, 3.0 percent. (See table 2.) 

For the first time since August 2002, all metropolitan divisions registered over-the-year unemployment rate increases. In May 2008, Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., experienced the largest jobless rate 

increase (+2.1 percentage points). Fourteen other divisions had over-the-year rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more. 

In 7 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest 

division unemployment rates were 1.0 percentage point or more in May. The metropolitan area that had 

the largest rate difference among its divisions, 3.4 percentage points, was Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, 

Mass.-N.H. (Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 7.1 percent, compared with Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 

3.7 percent). 

 

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Among the 310 metropolitan areas for which nonfarm payroll data were available in May, 202 

metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 103 reported decreases, and 5 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increase was recorded in DallasFort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+66,100), followed by Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+58,300), 

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+39,800), Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, 

Wash. (+28,300), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+26,500), and AtlantaSandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (+22,900). The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment 

were reported in Pascagoula, Miss. (+5.0 percent), Grand Junction, Colo. (+4.9 percent), Odessa, Texas 

(+3.7 percent), Greenville, N.C. (+3.4 percent), Longview, Texas (+3.3 percent), and Durham, N.C. 

(+3.2 percent). (See table 3.) 

 The largest over-the-year decrease in employment was recorded in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. 

(-47,400), followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-27,800), Riverside-San BernardinoOntario, Calif. (-22,600), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (-20,300), and Miami-Fort LauderdalePompano Beach, Fla. (-16,500). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment was 

recorded in Flint, Mich. (-6.0 percent), followed by Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla. (-5.3 percent), NaplesMarco Island, Fla. (-4.6 percent), Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Fla. (-3.7 percent), and Saginaw-Saginaw 

Township North, Mich. (-3.3 percent). 

 Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 25 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual 

average employment levels above 750,000 in 2007. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in 

employment in these large metropolitan areas were recorded in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas 

(+2.3 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+2.2 percent 

each), San Antonio, Texas (+1.9 percent), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C. (+1.7 percent), and 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+1.6 percent). Among the large areas, the largest over-the-year 

percentage decrease was recorded in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-2.4 percent), followed by 
3

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-1.8 percent), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (-1.5 

percent), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla., and St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. (-0.7 percent each). 

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

 Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in May 2008 for 32 metropolitan divisions, 

which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Eighteen of 

the 32 metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year increases in employment, 12 reported losses, and 2 

had no change. The largest over-the-year increases in nonfarm employment for the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+46,700), New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. 

(+40,900), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+25,800), and Seattle-BellevueEverett, Wash. (+21,700). The largest over-the-year declines in nonfarm employment were reported in 

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-26,600), Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif. (-21,000), and WarrenTroy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-20,800). (See table 4.) 

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

were reported in Tacoma, Wash. (+2.3 percent), Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Fort Worth-Arlington, 

Texas (+2.2 percent each), San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (+1.8 percent), and SeattleBellevue-Everett, Wash. (+1.5 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment 

among metropolitan divisions were reported in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-3.3 percent), WarrenTroy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-1.7 percent), Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif. (-1.4 percent), and 

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif. (-1.2 percent). 

_____________________ 

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

on Friday, July 18. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for June is 

scheduled to be issued on Wednesday, July 30. 

Hurricane Katrina 

For May, BLS and its state partners continued to make modifications to the usual estimation procedures for the LAUS program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the labor force statistics in 

affected areas. These modifications included: (1) modifying the state population controls to account for 

displacement due to Katrina; (2) developing labor force estimates for the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 

metropolitan area using an alternative to the model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force 

estimates for the months immediately following the hurricane for the parishes within the New OrleansMetairie-Kenner metropolitan area and cities within those parishes, where the quality of input data was 

severely compromised by the hurricane. 

For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for May 2008, see Hurricane 

Information: Katrina and Rita on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/Katrina/home.htm or call 

(202) 691-6392. 
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment 

data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

program (tables 1 and 2) for 377 metropolitan statistical areas 

and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas 

(NECTAs), including those in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 

over 30 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are 

presented. Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 

4) are provided for most of the same areas. State estimates 

were previously published in the news release, Regional and 

State Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in 

this release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES 

programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data 

are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used 

for the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that 

is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the 

U.S. Census Bureau. The labor force includes both the 

employed and the unemployed. Employed persons are those 

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

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

worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or 

farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they 

were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such 

reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. 

Unemployed persons are those who did not work at all (in the 

reference week), had actively looked for a job (sometime in 

the 4-week period ending with the survey reference week), 

and were currently available for work; persons on layoff 

expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted 

as unemployed. 

Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for all census divisions, states, the District of 

Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City were produced using 

updated time-series models with real-time benchmarking. 

Model-based estimation was extended to the following areas 

and respective balances-of-state: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, 

IL Metropolitan Division; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 

Metropolitan Statistical Area; Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 

Metropolitan Statistical Area; Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, 

FL Metropolitan Division; New Orleans-Metaire-Kenner, LA 

Metropolitan Statistical Area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, 

WA Metropolitan Division. This will improve the statistical 

basis of the estimation for these areas and provide important 

tools for analysis, such as measures of errors and seasonally 

adjusted series. For all other substate areas, estimates are 

prepared through indirect estimation procedures. Employment estimates, which are based largely on “place of work” 

estimates from the CES program, are adjusted to refer to 

place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment 

estimates are aggregates of persons previously employed in 

industries covered by state unemployment (UI) laws and 

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

estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that they add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-state totals. A detailed description 

of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon 

request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end 

of each year, usually implemented with January estimates. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from 

the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data 

sources, and model reestimation at the state and selected area 

level. All substate estimates are adjusted to add to the revised 

model-based estimates. 

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the 

pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are 

counted at their place of work rather than at their place of 

residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are 

counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis 

of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. The employment data are 

estimated using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio 

(link relative) of current-month employment to that of the 

previous month is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for 

the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates 

for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models 

are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 

percent of CES published series which have insufficient 

sample for direct sample-based estimates. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to 

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of 

employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the 

benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, 

and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month 

changes in the level for the subsequent months. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 
sample survey and administrative data and thus are subject to 

sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a 

measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs 

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population 

is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling 

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

collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly 

derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors 

resulting from the special estimation processes used. The 

sums of individual items may not always equal the totals 

shown in the same tables because of rounding. With respect 

to the LAUS program, unemployment rates are computed 

from unrounded data rather than from data that may be 

displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally 

insignificant. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures, including for over-the-month change, 

are available for states on the BLS Web site at http://www. 

bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error are 

not available, but additional information on the subject is provided in Employment and Earnings Online at http://www.bls. 

gov/opub/ee/home.htm. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error 

for state CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are available 

on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is 

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

Area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect 

the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on November 20, 2007. A detailed 

list of the geographic definitions is available on the Internet at 

http:// www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Additional information 

More complete information on the technical procedures 

used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in 

Employment and Earnings Online. 

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor 

force and unemployment data for states, census regions and 

divisions, and eight areas are available in the news release,

Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a 

population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the 

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

gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES program are 

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

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 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

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Alabama ............................................................... 2,159.7 2,186.0 2,168.0 2,195.2 59.8 75.9 63.6 91.9 2.8 3.5 2.9 4.2

Anniston-Oxford ................................................ 54.2 54.8 54.3 54.9 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.8 3.4 3.0 4.1

Auburn-Opelika ................................................. 65.0 66.7 65.2 67.1 1.6 2.1 1.7 2.6 2.4 3.2 2.6 3.9

Birmingham-Hoover .......................................... 531.1 537.0 532.3 538.4 13.2 16.7 13.9 19.9 2.5 3.1 2.6 3.7

Decatur ............................................................. 71.5 73.3 72.1 73.6 1.9 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.6 3.4 2.7 4.1

Dothan .............................................................. 66.5 65.8 66.7 66.4 1.6 2.2 1.7 2.6 2.4 3.3 2.5 4.0

Florence-Muscle Shoals ................................... 67.4 69.2 67.8 69.6 2.0 2.4 2.3 3.1 3.0 3.5 3.3 4.5

Gadsden ........................................................... 45.1 45.3 45.2 45.7 1.5 1.7 1.5 2.1 3.2 3.8 3.3 4.5

Huntsville .......................................................... 199.5 205.2 199.8 205.6 4.3 5.2 4.6 6.4 2.1 2.5 2.3 3.1

Mobile ............................................................... 182.4 185.9 182.7 186.5 5.1 6.5 5.4 7.8 2.8 3.5 3.0 4.2

Montgomery ...................................................... 170.0 173.3 170.6 174.0 4.7 6.2 5.0 7.5 2.7 3.6 2.9 4.3

Tuscaloosa ....................................................... 99.2 99.5 98.8 100.1 2.3 2.9 2.4 3.9 2.4 3.0 2.5 3.9

Alaska .................................................................. 346.3 354.0 350.8 360.0 21.9 24.9 20.4 24.1 6.3 7.0 5.8 6.7

Anchorage ........................................................ 191.2 195.1 190.8 195.0 10.5 11.9 9.7 11.6 5.5 6.1 5.1 6.0

Fairbanks .......................................................... 45.2 46.2 45.7 46.9 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.6 5.3 5.8 4.8 5.6

Arizona ................................................................ 3,001.7 3,053.7 3,002.0 3,057.6 101.3 111.1 98.6 125.5 3.4 3.6 3.3 4.1

Flagstaff ............................................................ 69.7 71.1 70.1 71.6 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.5 3.2 3.4 2.9 3.5

Lake Havasu City-Kingman .............................. 91.6 92.4 91.7 92.4 3.7 4.4 3.6 4.8 4.0 4.8 3.9 5.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................. 2,034.7 2,070.4 2,034.2 2,069.6 60.0 66.7 55.2 72.5 2.9 3.2 2.7 3.5

Prescott ............................................................ 97.3 100.3 96.8 100.2 3.2 3.6 2.9 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.8

Tucson .............................................................. 455.9 458.3 453.9 456.6 14.9 16.3 13.5 17.6 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.8

Yuma ................................................................ 75.4 79.0 78.1 83.7 8.7 8.9 13.4 14.8 11.5 11.2 17.2 17.6

Arkansas ............................................................. 1,367.3 1,374.1 1,368.9 1,388.7 68.9 62.2 70.1 69.2 5.0 4.5 5.1 5.0

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................ 228.0 230.7 228.9 233.3 8.0 8.1 8.5 9.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.0

Fort Smith ......................................................... 138.7 138.3 139.6 139.9 7.0 5.9 7.2 6.7 5.0 4.3 5.1 4.8

Hot Springs ....................................................... 43.2 43.6 42.9 44.1 2.3 2.0 2.4 2.2 5.2 4.5 5.6 5.1

Jonesboro ......................................................... 56.8 57.2 56.8 57.9 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.7 5.0 4.3 5.1 4.7

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ............... 339.0 340.6 341.0 345.1 14.7 13.4 15.2 15.1 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4

Pine Bluff .......................................................... 45.4 44.5 45.1 44.9 3.2 2.8 3.2 3.1 7.0 6.3 7.1 6.9

California ............................................................. 18,025.8 18,303.1 18,051.0 18,367.5 905.7 1,116.1 876.2 1,189.5 5.0 6.1 4.9 6.5

Bakersfield ........................................................ 346.5 356.9 351.4 356.7 29.2 34.5 26.8 33.8 8.4 9.7 7.6 9.5

Chico ................................................................ 103.1 106.6 102.2 107.2 6.8 7.9 6.4 8.1 6.6 7.4 6.2 7.5

El Centro ........................................................... 65.5 70.5 66.1 70.7 10.9 14.5 10.8 13.6 16.7 20.6 16.4 19.2

Fresno .............................................................. 427.1 438.9 424.9 440.7 37.6 43.5 34.2 42.5 8.8 9.9 8.0 9.7

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................. 57.5 59.6 59.5 60.0 5.1 6.1 4.7 5.7 8.9 10.2 7.9 9.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ............... 6,496.4 6,571.6 6,490.1 6,559.2 278.9 353.3 276.2 395.4 4.3 5.4 4.3 6.0

Madera ............................................................. 63.1 64.0 64.5 65.4 5.2 6.1 4.6 6.0 8.2 9.6 7.1 9.1

Merced .............................................................. 100.2 105.0 101.4 106.4 10.6 12.8 9.6 12.4 10.6 12.2 9.5 11.7

Modesto ............................................................ 227.8 233.4 228.5 236.0 20.5 24.8 19.2 25.4 9.0 10.6 8.4 10.8

Napa ................................................................. 73.9 75.2 74.6 76.6 2.8 3.3 2.6 3.5 3.7 4.4 3.5 4.5

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ..................... 429.8 430.2 430.1 432.0 18.6 22.4 18.3 24.2 4.3 5.2 4.3 5.6

Redding ............................................................ 83.7 86.6 83.5 86.5 6.3 7.9 5.7 7.9 7.5 9.1 6.8 9.1

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ................... 1,784.6 1,800.6 1,783.3 1,810.5 93.5 124.5 93.3 134.1 5.2 6.9 5.2 7.4

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .......... 1,046.5 1,064.6 1,047.0 1,068.2 52.4 64.6 50.7 68.6 5.0 6.1 4.8 6.4

Salinas .............................................................. 210.5 213.7 212.8 216.7 15.2 16.8 12.0 14.6 7.2 7.9 5.7 6.7

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ..................... 1,526.7 1,549.2 1,527.7 1,556.5 63.4 78.5 63.4 85.0 4.2 5.1 4.1 5.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ..................... 2,201.9 2,246.6 2,206.6 2,257.7 90.7 107.9 89.6 118.5 4.1 4.8 4.1 5.2

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara .................... 869.3 888.8 871.1 895.0 39.0 46.2 38.3 50.1 4.5 5.2 4.4 5.6

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .......................... 137.1 138.3 136.9 139.9 5.3 6.7 5.1 7.2 3.9 4.9 3.7 5.2

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................. 218.9 220.5 220.0 222.7 8.6 10.1 8.1 10.3 4.0 4.6 3.7 4.6

Santa Cruz-Watsonville .................................... 147.6 150.7 149.2 152.9 9.5 10.9 7.6 9.4 6.4 7.2 5.1 6.1

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...................................... 260.6 265.2 261.5 267.9 10.8 13.1 10.4 13.7 4.1 4.9 4.0 5.1

Stockton ............................................................ 290.1 299.0 295.2 306.1 23.3 28.6 21.7 29.0 8.0 9.6 7.4 9.5

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................. 210.4 211.9 210.4 212.0 10.4 12.8 10.2 13.7 4.9 6.0 4.8 6.5

Visalia-Porterville .............................................. 196.4 197.8 199.8 202.0 18.6 20.5 16.7 19.2 9.5 10.3 8.4 9.5

Yuba City .......................................................... 69.6 69.9 69.9 70.6 7.0 8.2 6.4 8.3 10.1 11.7 9.1 11.7

Colorado .............................................................. 2,661.1 2,742.9 2,670.8 2,746.3 90.5 116.9 89.0 127.8 3.4 4.3 3.3 4.7

Boulder ............................................................. 174.6 180.3 175.1 179.7 5.1 6.5 4.9 7.1 2.9 3.6 2.8 3.9

Colorado Springs .............................................. 309.7 319.4 312.2 320.6 12.0 16.2 11.7 17.3 3.9 5.1 3.8 5.4

Denver-Aurora .................................................. 1,358.3 1,406.6 1,366.4 1,405.5 47.3 61.1 46.1 66.7 3.5 4.3 3.4 4.7

Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................ 172.5 177.7 174.2 178.8 5.3 6.6 5.1 7.0 3.1 3.7 2.9 3.9

Grand Junction ................................................. 77.2 81.2 77.9 81.9 2.2 2.7 2.1 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.7 3.6

Greeley ............................................................. 117.0 119.4 118.0 121.3 4.3 5.4 4.2 5.8 3.7 4.5 3.6 4.8

Pueblo .............................................................. 71.8 74.3 72.3 74.7 3.1 4.0 3.0 4.3 4.3 5.4 4.2 5.8

Connecticut ......................................................... 1,847.0 1,867.1 1,857.1 1,885.1 77.3 84.6 80.6 100.3 4.2 4.5 4.3 5.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ........................... 469.0 475.4 473.1 480.3 17.3 19.5 18.6 23.7 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.9

Danbury ............................................................ 91.0 92.3 92.2 93.4 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.9 3.2 3.5 3.3 4.2

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ............... 580.8 589.1 582.2 593.1 25.3 27.0 26.1 32.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 5.4

New Haven ....................................................... 309.0 310.0 309.9 312.7 13.8 14.7 14.1 17.3 4.5 4.7 4.6 5.5

Norwich-New London ....................................... 148.7 150.1 150.2 153.2 5.8 6.7 6.0 8.0 3.9 4.4 4.0 5.2

Waterbury ......................................................... 100.6 101.9 100.6 102.4 5.6 6.5 5.6 7.2 5.6 6.3 5.6 7.1

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

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Delaware .............................................................. 441.7 446.0 440.2 444.0 15.1 16.7 12.8 16.8 3.4 3.7 2.9 3.8

Dover ................................................................ 75.1 75.3 74.7 74.8 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.8 3.5 3.7 2.8 3.7

District of Columbia ........................................... 324.0 329.6 323.2 329.5 16.5 17.6 17.4 21.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 6.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ..................... 2,958.7 3,001.1 2,973.4 3,021.7 81.3 91.2 84.6 106.3 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.5

Florida .................................................................. 9,074.0 9,183.3 9,119.1 9,256.7 315.2 434.0 322.3 489.2 3.5 4.7 3.5 5.3

Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice ............................. 330.5 327.6 331.5 329.1 11.6 17.4 11.8 19.2 3.5 5.3 3.5 5.8

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ..................................... 289.0 283.6 288.0 283.3 10.7 18.3 11.3 20.2 3.7 6.5 3.9 7.1

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .......... 248.0 250.8 248.5 253.3 9.0 12.6 9.2 14.6 3.6 5.0 3.7 5.8

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ............... 96.3 97.7 97.7 99.0 2.5 3.3 2.6 3.8 2.6 3.4 2.6 3.8

Gainesville ........................................................ 134.2 138.3 133.7 137.6 3.4 4.2 3.7 5.3 2.6 3.0 2.7 3.8

Jacksonville ...................................................... 659.0 668.5 665.5 677.6 22.4 30.1 22.9 34.4 3.4 4.5 3.4 5.1

Lakeland-Winter Haven .................................... 267.5 267.1 269.1 269.4 9.8 13.1 10.1 15.1 3.7 4.9 3.7 5.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .......... 2,799.6 2,833.4 2,814.9 2,855.6 95.2 128.7 95.8 140.4 3.4 4.5 3.4 4.9

Naples-Marco Island ......................................... 154.6 150.6 152.7 150.3 4.7 7.4 5.2 8.6 3.1 4.9 3.4 5.7

Ocala ................................................................ 133.7 137.1 134.5 138.3 5.1 8.2 5.4 9.2 3.8 6.0 4.0 6.7

Orlando-Kissimmee .......................................... 1,082.8 1,104.1 1,089.9 1,115.4 36.6 48.9 37.0 55.7 3.4 4.4 3.4 5.0

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ......................... 259.1 262.2 260.3 264.9 10.2 13.4 10.4 15.0 3.9 5.1 4.0 5.7

Palm Coast ....................................................... 30.5 31.1 30.7 31.6 1.8 2.4 1.8 2.6 5.8 7.6 5.7 8.3

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................. 84.9 85.8 86.7 86.7 2.7 3.5 2.7 3.9 3.2 4.1 3.1 4.5

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................ 206.3 210.6 207.9 212.5 6.8 8.9 7.1 10.4 3.3 4.2 3.4 4.9

Port St. Lucie .................................................... 184.0 188.0 184.3 189.9 7.9 11.2 8.3 13.1 4.3 6.0 4.5 6.9

Punta Gorda ..................................................... 68.1 68.1 68.2 68.4 2.9 4.7 3.0 5.1 4.3 6.9 4.5 7.4

Sebastian-Vero Beach ...................................... 60.1 60.9 60.2 61.2 2.7 3.6 2.9 4.4 4.5 6.0 4.9 7.2

Tallahassee ...................................................... 185.4 186.7 183.4 185.5 5.2 6.2 5.4 7.6 2.8 3.3 3.0 4.1

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater .................... 1,330.7 1,339.4 1,338.0 1,348.4 47.8 66.2 49.0 75.2 3.6 4.9 3.7 5.6

Georgia ................................................................ 4,776.4 4,879.4 4,791.3 4,892.5 191.1 244.5 194.7 274.6 4.0 5.0 4.1 5.6

Albany ............................................................... 75.7 75.9 75.8 75.9 3.5 3.9 3.7 4.4 4.6 5.1 4.9 5.8

Athens-Clarke County ...................................... 104.2 106.0 104.3 106.3 3.6 4.4 3.7 5.1 3.4 4.1 3.6 4.8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ........................ 2,697.6 2,778.6 2,703.5 2,784.3 105.4 136.6 107.3 153.2 3.9 4.9 4.0 5.5

Augusta-Richmond County ............................... 257.7 259.9 256.9 259.9 12.3 13.1 12.3 14.7 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.6

Brunswick ......................................................... 52.9 53.9 53.3 54.1 1.7 2.3 1.8 2.6 3.2 4.2 3.3 4.7

Columbus ......................................................... 127.2 128.5 128.1 129.2 5.9 6.5 6.0 7.3 4.6 5.1 4.7 5.7

Dalton ............................................................... 68.2 68.6 68.1 69.0 2.8 3.9 2.7 4.5 4.2 5.7 3.9 6.5

Gainesville ........................................................ 89.6 91.4 90.2 91.7 2.8 3.8 3.0 4.3 3.1 4.2 3.3 4.7

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ..................................... 29.8 30.5 30.0 30.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 4.6 4.9 4.6 5.4

Macon ............................................................... 111.3 112.4 111.5 112.8 4.9 5.9 5.0 6.7 4.4 5.2 4.5 5.9

Rome ................................................................ 49.2 49.8 49.2 50.1 2.2 2.6 2.2 3.0 4.5 5.2 4.5 6.1

Savannah ......................................................... 177.5 181.9 178.3 182.3 5.7 8.0 5.9 8.8 3.2 4.4 3.3 4.8

Valdosta ............................................................ 68.7 68.8 69.3 69.0 2.2 3.0 2.3 3.4 3.2 4.3 3.3 4.9

Warner Robins .................................................. 67.8 69.5 68.1 69.6 2.2 2.9 2.3 3.3 3.3 4.2 3.4 4.7

Hawaii .................................................................. 650.5 664.6 647.7 662.0 15.6 21.3 15.2 22.4 2.4 3.2 2.3 3.4

Honolulu ........................................................... 450.1 459.8 449.7 459.4 10.6 13.7 10.1 14.3 2.3 3.0 2.3 3.1

Idaho .................................................................... 747.4 748.2 751.3 752.8 22.1 25.2 15.7 22.6 3.0 3.4 2.1 3.0

Boise City-Nampa ............................................. 294.9 292.2 295.2 292.7 7.6 9.4 5.9 9.0 2.6 3.2 2.0 3.1

Coeur d’Alene ................................................... 68.6 70.5 69.8 71.0 2.2 2.8 1.5 2.4 3.2 4.0 2.2 3.3

Idaho Falls ........................................................ 61.1 60.9 61.9 62.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.2 2.1 2.3 1.4 1.9

Lewiston ........................................................... 28.5 30.3 28.6 29.9 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.0 3.6 3.8 2.8 3.2

Pocatello ........................................................... 42.7 43.3 42.6 43.7 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.3 3.0 3.1 2.2 2.9

Illinois .................................................................. 6,632.7 6,775.4 6,648.5 6,797.8 311.9 363.0 306.7 421.3 4.7 5.4 4.6 6.2

Bloomington-Normal ......................................... 90.4 92.9 90.1 91.7 3.1 3.7 3.0 4.0 3.4 4.0 3.4 4.4

Champaign-Urbana .......................................... 122.3 124.6 122.1 123.5 4.5 5.3 4.4 6.0 3.7 4.3 3.6 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................. 4,860.5 4,965.2 4,865.6 4,993.7 227.4 262.8 223.4 313.2 4.7 5.3 4.6 6.3

Danville ............................................................. 37.8 38.5 37.9 38.6 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.6 5.7 6.3 5.7 6.8

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ......................... 203.6 206.6 204.2 207.0 8.3 8.9 7.7 9.3 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.5

Decatur ............................................................. 54.1 55.5 54.4 55.6 2.8 3.1 2.9 3.4 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.2

Kankakee-Bradley ............................................ 55.1 56.9 55.2 56.7 3.4 4.0 3.2 4.1 6.2 7.0 5.7 7.2

Peoria ............................................................... 201.0 207.2 202.3 206.8 8.1 9.4 7.8 9.8 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.8

Rockford ........................................................... 174.4 179.6 175.1 179.4 9.7 12.8 9.2 13.3 5.5 7.1 5.3 7.4

Springfield ......................................................... 114.3 116.7 114.8 116.6 4.7 5.3 4.7 5.9 4.1 4.5 4.1 5.1

Indiana ................................................................. 3,203.6 3,208.3 3,212.8 3,238.7 143.0 149.9 135.8 164.3 4.5 4.7 4.2 5.1

Anderson .......................................................... 60.9 59.8 61.1 59.9 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.7 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.2

Bloomington ...................................................... 96.7 97.4 91.7 92.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.6

Columbus ......................................................... 38.1 38.3 38.2 38.5 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5 3.5 3.7 3.3 4.0

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................. 101.6 99.8 102.1 101.2 4.3 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.2 5.0 4.0 5.9

Evansville ......................................................... 179.8 182.0 180.6 183.9 8.3 7.9 8.3 8.8 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.8

Fort Wayne ....................................................... 213.1 210.7 214.7 214.0 9.7 10.4 9.3 10.7 4.5 4.9 4.3 5.0

Indianapolis-Carmel .......................................... 891.4 899.0 898.1 908.8 35.0 37.2 33.2 40.9 3.9 4.1 3.7 4.5

Kokomo ............................................................ 45.7 44.7 45.6 45.1 2.7 3.0 2.3 3.1 5.9 6.7 5.0 7.0

Lafayette ........................................................... 96.7 96.9 95.5 97.5 3.7 3.9 3.5 4.1 3.8 4.1 3.7 4.2

Michigan City-La Porte ..................................... 52.4 52.5 52.7 53.0 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.8 5.1 5.1 4.6 5.3

Muncie .............................................................. 56.3 55.9 56.3 56.4 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.3 5.1 5.6 4.9 5.9

South Bend-Mishawaka .................................... 159.6 159.7 159.4 160.2 7.8 8.0 7.4 9.2 4.9 5.0 4.6 5.7

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

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Indiana—Continued

Terre Haute ...................................................... 79.8 78.9 79.8 79.1 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.9 5.5 5.5 5.2 6.1

Iowa ...................................................................... 1,653.8 1,670.5 1,652.9 1,673.6 59.9 58.6 55.6 58.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5

Ames ................................................................ 48.5 49.1 47.5 48.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8

Cedar Rapids .................................................... 142.0 143.3 141.2 143.3 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4

Des Moines-West Des Moines ......................... 306.8 311.7 306.6 311.4 10.1 10.4 9.8 10.6 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.4

Dubuque ........................................................... 51.9 52.1 51.9 52.0 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.9 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.7

Iowa City ........................................................... 90.0 90.9 89.8 90.8 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6

Sioux City ......................................................... 77.0 75.9 76.8 76.1 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.5 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.3

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................ 93.1 94.3 92.1 93.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.5

Kansas ................................................................. 1,473.0 1,478.5 1,470.7 1,487.9 54.3 53.9 57.1 65.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.4

Lawrence .......................................................... 62.9 62.3 62.9 63.2 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.6 3.5 3.2 3.5 4.0

Topeka .............................................................. 120.1 120.4 119.7 121.4 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.8 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.8

Wichita .............................................................. 311.2 313.8 309.3 315.9 11.7 10.9 12.0 13.6 3.8 3.5 3.9 4.3

Kentucky ............................................................. 2,033.8 2,036.8 2,047.1 2,052.2 105.8 111.2 108.4 125.3 5.2 5.5 5.3 6.1

Bowling Green .................................................. 63.3 64.1 63.7 64.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.5 4.4 4.5 4.6 5.4

Elizabethtown ................................................... 54.3 53.9 54.6 54.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.2 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.9

Lexington-Fayette ............................................. 236.6 236.4 237.7 237.5 9.6 9.9 9.8 12.0 4.0 4.2 4.1 5.1

Louisville-Jefferson County .............................. 624.4 628.3 630.2 633.1 30.1 33.3 30.0 35.7 4.8 5.3 4.8 5.6

Owensboro ....................................................... 55.9 55.6 56.3 56.1 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.1 4.8 4.6 5.0 5.5

Louisiana ............................................................. 1,985.3 2,010.3 1,995.5 2,007.7 66.2 69.6 75.5 73.7 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.7

Alexandria ......................................................... 67.3 67.1 67.6 66.9 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.4 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.7

Baton Rouge ..................................................... 361.3 363.0 363.2 363.0 11.9 12.3 13.6 13.1 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.6

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ....................... 101.1 101.6 102.5 102.2 2.4 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.7

Lafayette ........................................................... 130.1 132.8 131.2 132.8 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.7 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.8

Lake Charles .................................................... 93.8 92.6 94.6 92.6 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.6

Monroe ............................................................. 80.1 79.9 80.3 79.6 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.3 4.1 3.9 4.5 4.1

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .......................... 504.7 513.6 507.5 511.5 15.3 15.9 17.6 17.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.3

Shreveport-Bossier City .................................... 178.4 181.1 179.2 180.8 6.8 7.4 7.7 7.6 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.2

Maine ................................................................... 695.4 700.9 700.1 705.6 34.2 35.4 31.6 36.7 4.9 5.1 4.5 5.2

Bangor .............................................................. 70.6 71.8 70.4 71.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.5 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.9

Lewiston-Auburn ............................................... 57.1 57.3 57.1 57.3 2.7 2.9 2.5 3.0 4.7 5.0 4.4 5.2

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ................... 202.7 203.4 203.5 205.0 7.1 7.5 6.7 8.1 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.9

Maryland .............................................................. 2,950.3 2,980.0 2,968.8 3,014.5 96.6 102.0 98.4 116.0 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.8

Baltimore-Towson ............................................. 1,383.5 1,398.9 1,391.3 1,414.6 46.8 49.6 47.8 57.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 4.1

Cumberland ...................................................... 47.9 48.5 48.3 49.1 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.9

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................. 120.1 121.5 121.3 122.8 5.0 6.1 5.0 6.6 4.1 5.0 4.1 5.4

Salisbury ........................................................... 63.3 63.9 64.2 65.1 2.4 2.8 2.4 3.0 3.9 4.4 3.8 4.6

Massachusetts .................................................... 3,380.7 3,375.4 3,394.5 3,375.6 145.1 132.8 147.4 157.8 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.7

Barnstable Town ............................................... 127.7 126.9 132.8 131.5 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.3 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.8

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................... 2,465.2 2,472.3 2,469.5 2,467.4 96.3 88.9 101.4 108.3 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.4

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ......................... 71.8 71.4 72.3 71.4 4.0 3.6 3.8 4.2 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.8

New Bedford ..................................................... 84.0 83.1 84.2 83.3 5.1 5.0 4.7 5.4 6.1 6.1 5.6 6.4

Pittsfield ............................................................ 38.2 38.1 38.7 38.3 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.7 4.6 4.0 4.2 4.5

Springfield ......................................................... 343.7 341.1 344.6 341.2 16.5 15.0 16.7 17.8 4.8 4.4 4.9 5.2

Worcester ......................................................... 289.1 287.6 290.5 287.9 13.4 12.2 13.8 14.6 4.6 4.2 4.7 5.1

Michigan .............................................................. 4,965.4 4,915.1 5,019.9 5,005.9 335.3 326.8 336.3 416.2 6.8 6.6 6.7 8.3

Ann Arbor ......................................................... 189.2 187.3 187.1 186.0 8.2 7.8 8.5 11.1 4.3 4.2 4.5 6.0

Battle Creek ...................................................... 70.2 68.2 71.2 69.2 4.6 4.0 4.7 5.2 6.6 5.9 6.6 7.5

Bay City ............................................................ 54.6 54.3 55.3 55.2 3.6 3.6 3.6 4.4 6.6 6.6 6.4 8.0

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ..................................... 2,115.7 2,080.9 2,136.1 2,129.8 147.5 143.9 152.4 189.5 7.0 6.9 7.1 8.9

Flint ................................................................... 208.5 202.1 210.8 205.7 16.2 18.8 16.3 22.9 7.8 9.3 7.7 11.1

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ................................... 408.1 408.6 415.4 416.1 22.9 21.7 23.5 28.2 5.6 5.3 5.7 6.8

Holland-Grand Haven ....................................... 135.7 135.4 136.3 136.3 6.9 7.0 7.1 9.3 5.1 5.2 5.2 6.8

Jackson ............................................................ 77.1 75.8 78.0 76.8 5.6 5.0 5.7 6.3 7.3 6.5 7.3 8.3

Kalamazoo-Portage .......................................... 175.2 175.4 176.3 175.5 9.1 8.6 9.3 11.2 5.2 4.9 5.2 6.4

Lansing-East Lansing ....................................... 249.7 249.2 250.8 253.4 13.6 12.7 13.5 18.1 5.4 5.1 5.4 7.1

Monroe ............................................................. 77.2 77.1 77.7 77.9 4.5 4.9 4.4 6.9 5.8 6.4 5.7 8.8

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................. 88.7 89.1 89.9 90.5 5.9 5.8 6.3 7.5 6.6 6.5 7.0 8.3

Niles-Benton Harbor ......................................... 78.0 80.4 79.4 81.6 5.1 4.7 5.1 6.1 6.5 5.9 6.4 7.5

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ................... 96.5 94.2 96.9 95.5 6.6 6.8 6.5 8.7 6.8 7.3 6.8 9.1

Minnesota ............................................................ 2,915.7 2,936.5 2,920.3 2,946.2 136.9 145.2 120.7 146.6 4.7 4.9 4.1 5.0

Duluth ............................................................... 143.5 144.9 144.3 145.7 8.4 8.3 7.2 8.4 5.9 5.8 5.0 5.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ................... 1,837.0 1,852.7 1,838.4 1,855.9 77.8 82.6 72.9 88.0 4.2 4.5 4.0 4.7

Rochester ......................................................... 103.5 105.2 103.4 105.0 4.2 4.5 3.8 4.5 4.1 4.2 3.6 4.3

St. Cloud ........................................................... 107.4 109.1 107.1 109.1 5.4 5.9 4.4 5.6 5.0 5.4 4.1 5.1

Mississippi .......................................................... 1,301.6 1,329.7 1,307.1 1,342.5 76.4 74.0 78.9 92.3 5.9 5.6 6.0 6.9

Gulfport-Biloxi ................................................... 111.1 114.5 112.5 115.0 5.9 5.4 5.8 6.2 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.3

Hattiesburg ....................................................... 66.2 67.6 66.2 67.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.5

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

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Mississippi—Continued

Jackson ............................................................ 259.4 262.6 260.7 264.0 12.8 12.0 12.6 14.2 5.0 4.6 4.9 5.4

Pascagoula ....................................................... 67.7 70.7 67.9 71.0 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 5.7 4.9 5.5 5.7

Missouri ............................................................... 3,020.7 3,005.9 3,023.6 3,033.8 132.1 147.7 134.5 172.5 4.4 4.9 4.4 5.7

Columbia .......................................................... 92.9 92.7 92.7 93.4 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.7 2.9 3.3 3.2 4.0

Jefferson City .................................................... 77.1 76.6 77.4 77.3 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.4

Joplin ................................................................ 83.6 83.5 83.6 84.3 3.3 3.5 3.5 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.1 5.1

Kansas City ...................................................... 1,034.4 1,036.6 1,031.8 1,042.5 45.7 48.1 47.1 57.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 5.5

St. Joseph ......................................................... 67.7 68.4 67.7 68.6 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.7

St. Louis1 .......................................................... 1,441.2 1,437.1 1,443.7 1,446.5 66.5 76.9 67.5 86.7 4.6 5.3 4.7 6.0

Springfield ......................................................... 219.3 219.9 219.2 221.6 7.4 8.3 8.0 10.1 3.4 3.8 3.6 4.6

Montana ............................................................... 499.6 504.2 500.9 504.0 15.6 19.6 12.8 18.8 3.1 3.9 2.6 3.7

Billings .............................................................. 87.0 87.6 87.1 87.9 2.0 2.6 1.8 2.6 2.3 2.9 2.1 2.9

Great Falls ........................................................ 39.7 39.3 39.6 39.4 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.4 2.9 3.5 2.4 3.5

Missoula ........................................................... 59.5 58.4 59.1 58.5 1.7 2.2 1.4 2.1 2.9 3.7 2.4 3.6

Nebraska ............................................................. 979.7 994.5 986.8 999.6 26.4 30.5 29.7 31.3 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.1

Lincoln .............................................................. 168.0 171.2 168.5 171.8 4.2 4.8 4.9 5.0 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9

Omaha-Council Bluffs ....................................... 447.8 454.2 448.5 455.5 13.8 15.4 14.8 15.7 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.4

Nevada ................................................................. 1,321.9 1,384.1 1,324.6 1,390.9 59.5 78.4 56.6 82.5 4.5 5.7 4.3 5.9

Carson City ....................................................... 28.4 29.5 28.4 29.6 1.4 1.9 1.3 1.9 5.1 6.4 4.6 6.4

Las Vegas-Paradise ......................................... 946.1 990.1 947.8 993.9 41.8 54.4 40.3 58.2 4.4 5.5 4.2 5.9

Reno-Sparks ..................................................... 222.6 233.3 223.0 233.7 10.0 14.0 9.3 14.3 4.5 6.0 4.2 6.1

New Hampshire ................................................... 731.2 739.7 733.5 741.6 27.0 28.5 25.8 28.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.8

Manchester ....................................................... 106.8 108.4 106.5 107.8 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.7

Portsmouth ....................................................... 43.8 44.7 44.1 44.9 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3

Rochester-Dover .............................................. 82.1 84.2 82.3 84.4 2.8 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.6

New Jersey .......................................................... 4,439.0 4,483.2 4,445.1 4,502.6 179.7 213.4 179.7 235.5 4.0 4.8 4.0 5.2

Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................. 134.9 134.3 135.9 136.4 7.6 8.2 7.7 8.8 5.7 6.1 5.6 6.4

Ocean City ........................................................ 52.5 52.9 56.6 57.1 3.9 4.5 3.2 3.9 7.4 8.6 5.7 6.9

Trenton-Ewing .................................................. 195.7 198.5 195.5 198.0 7.0 8.4 7.0 9.6 3.6 4.3 3.6 4.8

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .............................. 68.6 68.5 69.1 69.2 4.3 4.9 4.2 5.1 6.3 7.1 6.0 7.4

New Mexico ......................................................... 937.1 947.0 937.2 945.9 32.2 32.6 31.9 34.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.7

Albuquerque ..................................................... 405.8 409.0 405.1 407.9 13.3 13.8 13.2 15.0 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.7

Farmington ....................................................... 55.5 57.4 55.8 57.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2

Las Cruces ....................................................... 87.3 88.7 87.3 88.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

Santa Fe ........................................................... 78.0 78.5 77.8 78.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.1

New York ............................................................. 9,418.1 9,504.0 9,440.8 9,532.2 391.5 432.1 394.9 471.8 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.9

Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................ 448.5 451.0 450.1 453.1 16.7 19.7 16.3 21.7 3.7 4.4 3.6 4.8

Binghamton ...................................................... 122.4 122.9 123.2 123.5 5.4 5.9 5.1 6.3 4.4 4.8 4.1 5.1

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ........................................ 569.3 575.7 572.2 581.0 26.8 31.2 24.9 33.7 4.7 5.4 4.4 5.8

Elmira ............................................................... 40.4 41.0 40.7 40.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.2 4.4 4.7 4.5 5.3

Glens Falls ........................................................ 65.1 66.1 66.9 67.3 3.0 3.5 2.6 3.4 4.6 5.3 3.9 5.1

Ithaca ................................................................ 56.1 56.5 55.6 55.9 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.2 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.9

Kingston ............................................................ 91.5 91.9 91.2 91.8 3.4 4.1 3.5 4.7 3.7 4.4 3.9 5.1

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ... 9,243.4 9,331.5 9,246.2 9,349.2 370.0 411.9 381.0 456.0 4.0 4.4 4.1 4.9

 New York City ................................................ 3,812.3 3,852.0 3,808.3 3,843.3 171.0 172.5 177.5 185.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.8

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .............. 321.6 323.9 322.6 326.0 11.9 14.3 12.4 16.8 3.7 4.4 3.8 5.1

Rochester ......................................................... 524.0 526.3 527.1 528.6 22.3 26.0 21.8 28.2 4.2 4.9 4.1 5.3

Syracuse ........................................................... 324.6 327.8 326.1 329.7 13.8 15.6 13.3 17.2 4.2 4.8 4.1 5.2

Utica-Rome ....................................................... 139.3 140.7 140.3 141.6 6.0 7.2 5.6 7.4 4.3 5.1 4.0 5.2

North Carolina ..................................................... 4,489.1 4,534.6 4,520.3 4,559.8 197.4 232.6 207.4 262.2 4.4 5.1 4.6 5.8

Asheville ........................................................... 202.5 206.3 204.8 208.4 6.8 8.5 7.3 9.9 3.4 4.1 3.6 4.8

Burlington ......................................................... 69.1 69.4 69.4 69.6 3.3 3.8 3.5 4.2 4.8 5.4 5.0 6.0

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................. 832.6 843.5 839.4 849.4 36.3 43.6 38.8 49.6 4.4 5.2 4.6 5.8

Durham ............................................................. 251.9 256.1 252.5 257.6 9.0 10.4 9.5 12.0 3.6 4.1 3.8 4.7

Fayetteville ....................................................... 147.2 147.4 147.9 148.1 7.2 7.8 7.5 8.9 4.9 5.3 5.1 6.0

Goldsboro ......................................................... 52.3 53.1 52.7 53.5 2.2 2.6 2.3 3.0 4.1 5.0 4.4 5.6

Greensboro-High Point ..................................... 362.4 364.5 364.0 364.7 16.5 19.4 17.4 21.8 4.6 5.3 4.8 6.0

Greenville ......................................................... 86.6 88.7 87.2 89.4 4.2 5.0 4.5 5.8 4.9 5.6 5.1 6.5

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ................................ 172.2 171.5 172.9 172.3 9.9 10.8 10.0 12.1 5.8 6.3 5.8 7.0

Jacksonville ...................................................... 59.0 61.1 59.5 61.7 2.3 2.9 2.4 3.4 3.9 4.8 4.1 5.4

Raleigh-Cary ..................................................... 531.9 546.5 536.5 548.5 17.7 21.8 18.9 25.3 3.3 4.0 3.5 4.6

Rocky Mount ..................................................... 69.2 69.5 69.4 69.9 4.1 5.2 4.2 5.9 5.9 7.5 6.0 8.4

Wilmington ........................................................ 174.3 175.6 175.9 177.6 6.1 7.9 6.6 9.1 3.5 4.5 3.8 5.1

Winston-Salem ................................................. 235.1 237.3 235.8 237.4 9.6 11.6 10.3 13.0 4.1 4.9 4.3 5.5

North Dakota ....................................................... 363.4 368.8 366.8 375.0 12.3 12.2 10.5 11.1 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.9

Bismarck ........................................................... 61.7 63.3 62.0 64.3 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.6

Fargo ................................................................ 117.9 120.2 118.6 121.4 3.6 3.7 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.8

Grand Forks ...................................................... 56.1 57.5 55.8 57.7 2.1 2.2 1.7 2.0 3.8 3.8 3.1 3.4

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Ohio ..................................................................... 5,938.4 5,957.8 5,963.0 5,995.9 327.2 329.3 312.2 356.6 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.9

Akron ................................................................ 385.6 388.6 384.8 388.8 21.1 19.8 19.5 20.5 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.3

Canton-Massillon .............................................. 203.9 204.8 204.9 206.5 12.1 11.8 11.1 12.3 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.9

Cincinnati-Middletown ...................................... 1,114.1 1,119.4 1,120.1 1,127.6 54.3 52.1 52.6 58.8 4.9 4.7 4.7 5.2

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ................................... 1,089.2 1,089.7 1,095.7 1,097.8 59.1 67.9 60.8 79.1 5.4 6.2 5.5 7.2

Columbus ......................................................... 949.5 963.5 952.7 968.3 44.3 43.1 42.6 47.1 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.9

Dayton .............................................................. 424.9 427.8 425.5 429.0 24.0 26.5 23.3 28.6 5.7 6.2 5.5 6.7

Lima .................................................................. 51.8 51.6 51.6 51.8 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.3 6.2 5.9 5.8 6.3

Mansfield .......................................................... 61.7 61.6 62.0 62.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 4.2 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.7

Sandusky .......................................................... 41.2 41.2 43.5 43.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.5 6.1 6.3 5.0 5.7

Springfield ......................................................... 71.0 70.7 71.1 71.1 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.1 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.8

Toledo ............................................................... 336.0 336.7 336.8 337.0 20.2 21.5 19.0 22.1 6.0 6.4 5.6 6.6

Weirton-Steubenville ........................................ 56.5 57.0 57.1 57.4 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.8 6.0 6.2 5.7 6.5

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ....................... 276.9 278.4 278.9 280.6 17.0 16.9 16.3 17.8 6.2 6.1 5.8 6.3

Oklahoma ............................................................ 1,726.5 1,718.2 1,731.7 1,735.4 68.2 49.4 76.1 61.2 3.9 2.9 4.4 3.5

Lawton .............................................................. 45.4 45.1 45.3 45.5 1.9 1.3 2.0 1.6 4.1 2.9 4.5 3.5

Oklahoma City .................................................. 568.3 557.3 568.4 563.3 22.8 16.0 25.3 19.8 4.0 2.9 4.4 3.5

Tulsa ................................................................. 442.9 430.8 444.6 434.9 16.7 12.5 18.6 15.4 3.8 2.9 4.2 3.5

Oregon ................................................................. 1,910.4 1,940.7 1,913.1 1,939.1 97.0 107.1 90.9 102.5 5.1 5.5 4.8 5.3

Bend ................................................................. 81.1 84.6 81.7 84.9 3.7 5.7 3.5 5.2 4.6 6.7 4.3 6.1

Corvallis ............................................................ 42.5 42.9 42.5 42.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5

Eugene-Springfield ........................................... 180.5 182.4 180.0 182.6 9.2 9.8 8.4 9.6 5.1 5.4 4.7 5.2

Medford ............................................................ 100.5 103.0 100.7 102.7 5.5 7.2 5.1 6.8 5.5 7.0 5.0 6.7

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ........................ 1,138.7 1,161.4 1,139.0 1,156.9 53.6 58.0 51.6 57.3 4.7 5.0 4.5 5.0

Salem ............................................................... 188.4 190.4 189.0 190.4 10.2 10.7 9.4 10.1 5.4 5.6 5.0 5.3

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,210.0 6,308.0 6,254.6 6,386.4 243.4 298.2 259.8 321.9 3.9 4.7 4.2 5.0

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ........................... 408.9 413.8 412.5 419.1 16.4 21.0 17.1 22.7 4.0 5.1 4.2 5.4

Altoona ............................................................. 63.7 64.7 64.5 65.8 2.4 3.0 2.4 3.2 3.7 4.6 3.8 4.8

Erie ................................................................... 138.2 140.4 139.4 141.6 6.0 7.3 6.1 7.5 4.4 5.2 4.4 5.3

Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................ 277.2 282.3 280.6 286.7 8.9 11.1 9.6 12.4 3.2 3.9 3.4 4.3

Johnstown ........................................................ 66.6 67.3 67.1 68.1 3.1 3.7 3.2 3.9 4.7 5.5 4.8 5.7

Lancaster .......................................................... 264.2 268.9 266.8 273.8 7.8 9.6 8.5 10.7 2.9 3.6 3.2 3.9

Lebanon ............................................................ 70.7 72.3 71.6 73.5 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington .................... 2,922.2 2,959.3 2,924.4 2,977.4 113.9 135.8 120.3 150.3 3.9 4.6 4.1 5.0

Pittsburgh ......................................................... 1,177.7 1,196.0 1,189.6 1,211.4 45.2 53.7 48.4 58.3 3.8 4.5 4.1 4.8

Reading ............................................................ 199.6 200.7 200.6 203.4 7.4 9.4 8.2 10.5 3.7 4.7 4.1 5.1

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ................................... 274.3 277.8 275.3 280.7 12.4 15.6 13.0 16.6 4.5 5.6 4.7 5.9

State College .................................................... 73.5 75.2 73.4 75.5 2.1 2.7 2.2 3.0 2.9 3.6 3.0 3.9

Williamsport ...................................................... 58.5 58.9 58.6 59.6 2.6 3.1 2.7 3.4 4.5 5.3 4.6 5.7

York-Hanover ................................................... 220.3 224.3 222.3 227.0 7.4 9.3 8.0 10.1 3.4 4.2 3.6 4.5

Rhode Island ....................................................... 571.9 568.3 572.1 566.9 28.0 34.1 27.0 40.7 4.9 6.0 4.7 7.2

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................ 707.2 700.5 705.9 697.4 36.4 41.9 33.6 48.2 5.2 6.0 4.8 6.9

South Carolina .................................................... 2,125.4 2,135.9 2,134.0 2,160.1 111.2 117.2 109.1 132.3 5.2 5.5 5.1 6.1

Anderson .......................................................... 85.0 84.6 85.0 85.4 4.7 4.6 4.7 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.5 6.1

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ....... 312.1 313.1 313.9 318.6 12.1 13.4 11.8 15.5 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.9

Columbia .......................................................... 366.1 369.1 367.8 372.2 16.8 17.1 16.4 20.3 4.6 4.6 4.5 5.5

Florence ............................................................ 94.5 95.9 95.2 96.3 5.6 5.9 5.4 6.4 5.9 6.2 5.6 6.7

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................ 310.8 317.3 311.9 319.8 14.3 14.6 14.2 16.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.2

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ...... 131.1 133.3 132.7 135.8 5.6 7.1 5.3 7.6 4.3 5.3 4.0 5.6

Spartanburg ...................................................... 132.5 133.8 132.1 135.0 7.0 7.5 6.8 8.4 5.3 5.6 5.1 6.2

Sumter .............................................................. 45.7 44.2 45.6 45.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.6 6.5 7.0 6.3 8.0

South Dakota ...................................................... 440.4 444.4 444.4 447.0 12.7 11.3 12.4 12.5 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.8

Rapid City ......................................................... 66.5 66.9 67.2 67.6 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.8

Sioux Falls ........................................................ 127.6 130.1 127.8 129.6 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.5

Tennessee ........................................................... 2,992.5 3,042.4 3,011.3 3,045.7 122.8 155.6 123.4 180.9 4.1 5.1 4.1 5.9

Chattanooga ..................................................... 259.7 264.4 260.7 263.7 9.3 11.8 9.3 13.7 3.6 4.5 3.6 5.2

Clarksville ......................................................... 108.3 109.7 109.0 110.1 4.9 6.2 5.1 7.1 4.5 5.6 4.7 6.4

Cleveland .......................................................... 54.4 54.6 54.9 55.2 2.2 2.9 2.2 3.4 4.1 5.4 3.9 6.1

Jackson ............................................................ 55.7 56.8 56.2 57.0 2.5 3.0 2.6 3.6 4.5 5.3 4.6 6.4

Johnson City ..................................................... 98.5 100.4 98.1 99.3 3.9 4.8 3.9 5.8 4.0 4.8 3.9 5.8

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol .................................... 143.0 144.5 143.7 145.6 5.6 6.4 5.7 8.0 3.9 4.4 4.0 5.5

Knoxville ........................................................... 351.9 358.3 354.8 358.5 11.3 14.6 11.3 17.5 3.2 4.1 3.2 4.9

Memphis ........................................................... 610.1 617.7 615.0 619.8 27.8 33.9 28.2 39.7 4.6 5.5 4.6 6.4

Morristown ........................................................ 64.1 64.5 64.2 64.7 2.7 3.5 2.7 4.2 4.3 5.4 4.2 6.4

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin 773.7 794.1 781.8 794.7 26.8 34.2 27.6 40.8 3.5 4.3 3.5 5.1

Texas ................................................................... 11,398.2 11,628.8 11,407.6 11,675.1 454.3 448.8 455.6 500.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.3

Abilene .............................................................. 79.5 80.9 79.9 81.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5

Amarillo ............................................................. 129.7 129.2 128.0 129.5 4.2 3.6 4.0 4.1 3.2 2.8 3.1 3.1

Austin-Round Rock ........................................... 841.4 860.0 842.3 862.3 27.3 28.5 27.7 31.9 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.7

Beaumont-Port Arthur ....................................... 178.8 179.9 178.9 180.8 8.6 9.1 8.7 10.2 4.8 5.0 4.8 5.6

Brownsville-Harlingen ....................................... 143.5 143.6 141.8 144.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 8.6 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.9

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

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Texas—Continued

College Station-Bryan ....................................... 102.6 105.6 102.4 105.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.4

Corpus Christi ................................................... 197.1 199.3 196.9 200.1 8.0 7.7 8.0 8.6 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................. 3,069.3 3,133.4 3,072.2 3,149.7 121.2 122.1 122.4 137.2 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.4

El Paso ............................................................. 290.8 295.6 290.4 296.8 16.4 14.8 16.1 16.2 5.6 5.0 5.5 5.5

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ......................... 2,696.7 2,765.4 2,704.4 2,776.3 105.8 104.3 106.6 117.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.2

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ................................ 150.3 153.0 150.3 153.6 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.8 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.4

Laredo .............................................................. 86.9 90.0 87.4 90.2 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.8

Longview .......................................................... 104.7 107.3 104.4 107.7 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.8

Lubbock ............................................................ 138.3 139.3 138.0 139.4 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.7 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.4

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................ 272.5 276.7 269.7 277.1 16.8 15.8 15.9 16.9 6.2 5.7 5.9 6.1

Midland ............................................................. 70.8 72.3 70.7 72.5 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.7

Odessa ............................................................. 65.7 68.4 66.0 68.6 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.1 3.1 2.8 3.2 3.1

San Angelo ....................................................... 53.0 53.0 52.7 52.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.6

San Antonio ...................................................... 917.2 937.4 920.1 941.1 33.6 33.9 33.8 37.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0

Sherman-Denison ............................................. 55.4 57.3 55.5 57.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.6 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.6

Texarkana ......................................................... 61.8 62.6 62.2 63.0 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.7 4.6 3.9 4.5 4.3

Tyler .................................................................. 95.7 97.1 95.6 97.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.3

Victoria .............................................................. 57.2 57.7 57.6 57.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.5

Waco ................................................................ 112.1 113.8 112.1 114.2 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.9

Wichita Falls ..................................................... 73.3 74.4 73.3 74.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8

Utah ...................................................................... 1,342.3 1,375.0 1,349.1 1,383.3 31.5 40.7 31.5 41.4 2.3 3.0 2.3 3.0

Logan ................................................................ 66.0 67.0 65.7 67.8 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.2 1.7 2.1

Ogden-Clearfield .............................................. 257.5 263.8 260.6 267.0 6.4 8.0 6.3 8.1 2.5 3.0 2.4 3.0

Provo-Orem ...................................................... 225.2 229.2 223.3 225.8 5.0 6.4 5.0 6.5 2.2 2.8 2.2 2.9

St. George ........................................................ 62.3 64.3 62.8 64.7 1.5 2.3 1.6 2.4 2.4 3.5 2.5 3.7

Salt Lake City ................................................... 592.4 609.8 594.5 610.5 13.7 17.7 13.9 18.2 2.3 2.9 2.3 3.0

Vermont ............................................................... 351.3 348.7 350.9 349.2 16.1 17.5 12.4 16.0 4.6 5.0 3.5 4.6

Burlington-South Burlington .............................. 111.8 110.9 112.0 111.4 4.0 4.5 3.3 4.4 3.6 4.1 3.0 3.9

Virginia ................................................................ 4,028.0 4,104.1 4,053.2 4,133.3 109.1 134.9 113.5 156.0 2.7 3.3 2.8 3.8

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................. 79.2 79.0 77.7 77.0 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.1

Charlottesville ................................................... 105.3 107.2 105.9 107.7 2.3 2.8 2.3 3.4 2.2 2.7 2.2 3.1

Danville ............................................................. 50.5 51.0 51.0 51.4 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.6 5.6 6.3 5.9 7.1

Harrisonburg ..................................................... 64.9 66.4 64.0 65.7 1.6 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.4 2.9 2.5 3.5

Lynchburg ......................................................... 120.7 123.7 121.4 124.4 3.7 4.2 3.9 4.9 3.1 3.4 3.2 4.0

Richmond ......................................................... 637.2 650.5 639.8 655.9 17.6 22.7 18.2 26.4 2.8 3.5 2.8 4.0

Roanoke ........................................................... 154.5 156.6 155.8 158.0 4.3 5.2 4.5 6.1 2.8 3.3 2.9 3.8

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............. 809.5 827.4 817.2 837.5 22.8 28.8 23.8 32.8 2.8 3.5 2.9 3.9

Winchester ........................................................ 65.4 67.1 66.0 67.4 1.9 2.4 1.9 2.7 2.9 3.6 2.8 4.0

Washington ......................................................... 3,363.0 3,445.2 3,379.3 3,435.6 143.9 157.2 143.2 176.1 4.3 4.6 4.2 5.1

Bellingham ........................................................ 105.1 109.3 105.5 108.7 4.3 4.9 4.1 5.3 4.1 4.5 3.9 4.9

Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................ 121.5 123.9 121.2 123.5 5.1 5.9 5.0 6.4 4.2 4.7 4.2 5.2

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland .............................. 115.5 120.1 117.6 119.5 5.9 6.0 5.2 6.4 5.1 5.0 4.5 5.4

Longview .......................................................... 43.1 44.3 43.3 44.3 2.6 3.4 2.5 3.6 6.0 7.6 5.8 8.2

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................. 56.9 58.8 57.2 58.7 2.6 3.0 2.6 3.3 4.6 5.2 4.5 5.6

Olympia ............................................................ 126.6 131.1 126.6 130.3 5.3 6.2 5.2 6.7 4.2 4.7 4.1 5.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................. 1,807.6 1,846.6 1,819.5 1,844.0 66.1 67.3 70.1 82.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.4

Spokane ........................................................... 232.4 236.6 231.7 235.5 10.1 12.0 9.4 12.5 4.3 5.1 4.1 5.3

Wenatchee ....................................................... 57.1 59.2 57.6 59.4 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.7 5.1 5.4 4.9 6.3

Yakima .............................................................. 115.0 117.4 116.4 117.1 7.0 8.1 6.7 8.6 6.1 6.9 5.8 7.4

West Virginia ....................................................... 805.7 815.7 810.3 818.3 36.4 41.9 34.8 42.0 4.5 5.1 4.3 5.1

Charleston ........................................................ 139.0 141.1 140.3 141.5 5.8 6.3 5.5 6.2 4.1 4.4 3.9 4.4

Huntington-Ashland .......................................... 132.4 133.7 132.6 134.2 6.2 6.4 6.1 7.0 4.7 4.8 4.6 5.2

Morgantown ...................................................... 62.1 63.5 62.3 63.7 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.3 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.6

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ........................... 79.4 80.2 79.7 80.2 3.9 4.1 3.7 4.2 4.9 5.1 4.6 5.2

Wheeling ........................................................... 68.7 69.1 68.5 68.9 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.6 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.3

Wisconsin ............................................................ 3,070.5 3,070.8 3,068.8 3,071.8 161.1 135.0 144.0 129.3 5.2 4.4 4.7 4.2

Appleton ........................................................... 121.1 120.5 121.1 120.5 6.0 5.1 5.4 4.7 5.0 4.3 4.5 3.9

Eau Claire ......................................................... 90.6 90.5 90.3 89.9 4.7 3.9 4.1 3.3 5.2 4.3 4.6 3.7

Fond du Lac ...................................................... 55.9 56.2 55.8 56.2 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.2 4.9 4.1 4.5 4.0

Green Bay ........................................................ 169.1 167.4 168.4 167.6 8.8 7.2 7.8 7.0 5.2 4.3 4.6 4.2

Janesville .......................................................... 83.6 82.4 84.0 82.7 4.5 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.1

La Crosse ......................................................... 75.0 74.3 75.0 74.4 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.7 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.6

Madison ............................................................ 332.9 334.0 332.7 333.6 12.3 10.5 12.0 10.5 3.7 3.1 3.6 3.2

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ..................... 795.2 785.3 792.3 783.7 41.9 33.7 39.3 34.7 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.4

Oshkosh-Neenah .............................................. 92.5 91.6 92.2 91.7 4.5 3.7 4.2 3.7 4.9 4.0 4.6 4.0

Racine .............................................................. 99.0 97.3 98.4 97.0 6.7 5.2 5.6 4.9 6.7 5.3 5.7 5.1

Sheboygan ....................................................... 64.7 64.3 64.9 64.4 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.5 4.2 3.8 4.1 3.9

Wausau ............................................................ 74.7 74.3 74.6 74.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.3

Wyoming ............................................................. 284.6 288.7 285.6 288.3 9.0 7.9 8.6 8.3 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.9

Casper .............................................................. 40.4 40.6 39.8 39.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.8

Cheyenne ......................................................... 42.1 42.3 41.8 41.9 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.6

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

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Puerto Rico ......................................................... 1,412.1 1,355.5 1,403.4 1,375.0 137.4 131.8 148.1 156.1 9.7 9.7 10.6 11.4

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ..................... 117.5 110.4 117.3 112.6 12.8 11.7 13.6 13.5 10.9 10.6 11.6 12.0

Fajardo ............................................................. 29.6 28.5 29.0 28.9 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.8 11.8 11.5 12.8 13.2

Guayama .......................................................... 27.2 27.1 27.2 27.6 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.2 13.1 13.8 13.9 15.1

Mayaguez ......................................................... 38.1 37.3 38.0 38.0 4.2 4.0 4.5 4.7 11.1 10.6 11.8 12.4

Ponce ............................................................... 93.0 91.8 92.9 93.1 9.4 9.1 10.1 10.7 10.1 9.9 10.9 11.4

San German-Cabo Rojo ................................... 53.9 52.5 53.8 53.0 5.8 5.3 6.0 6.2 10.8 10.1 11.1 11.6

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ........................... 954.6 911.9 948.4 924.0 86.2 83.1 93.7 99.4 9.0 9.1 9.9 10.8

Yauco ............................................................... 39.0 38.2 38.9 39.0 4.8 4.8 5.2 5.4 12.4 12.6 13.4 13.9

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

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

monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,

dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/

lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England

City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.

Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state

that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and

Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they are listed under

Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational reasons. Estimates for the latest

month are subject to revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

California .............................................................. 18,025.8 18,303.1 18,051.0 18,367.5 905.7 1,116.1 876.2 1,189.5 5.0 6.1 4.9 6.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,496.4 6,571.6 6,490.1 6,559.2 278.9 353.3 276.2 395.4 4.3 5.4 4.3 6.0

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 4,869.9 4,943.5 4,870.2 4,925.5 222.2 281.2 219.1 317.2 4.6 5.7 4.5 6.4

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................ 1,626.5 1,628.1 1,619.9 1,633.7 56.7 72.1 57.1 78.2 3.5 4.4 3.5 4.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,201.9 2,246.6 2,206.6 2,257.7 90.7 107.9 89.6 118.5 4.1 4.8 4.1 5.2

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ............................... 1,267.0 1,283.9 1,269.3 1,289.8 55.7 67.5 55.0 74.1 4.4 5.3 4.3 5.7

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 934.8 962.7 937.3 967.9 35.0 40.3 34.7 44.4 3.7 4.2 3.7 4.6

District of Columbia .......................................... 324.0 329.6 323.2 329.5 16.5 17.6 17.4 21.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 6.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 2,958.7 3,001.1 2,973.4 3,021.7 81.3 91.2 84.6 106.3 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.5

 Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 3 .................. 628.8 633.3 632.1 639.8 15.4 16.2 16.6 18.9 2.5 2.6 2.6 3.0

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,329.9 2,367.7 2,341.4 2,381.8 65.8 75.0 68.0 87.3 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.7

Florida .................................................................... 9,074.0 9,183.3 9,119.1 9,256.7 315.2 434.0 322.3 489.2 3.5 4.7 3.5 5.3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .............. 2,799.6 2,833.4 2,814.9 2,855.6 95.2 128.7 95.8 140.4 3.4 4.5 3.4 4.9

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield

Beach ............................................................. 980.7 991.4 990.0 1,001.3 30.8 41.5 31.5 47.9 3.1 4.2 3.2 4.8

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,184.4 1,201.4 1,187.3 1,207.1 41.5 56.3 40.5 57.2 3.5 4.7 3.4 4.7

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 634.4 640.7 637.5 647.2 22.8 30.9 23.8 35.3 3.6 4.8 3.7 5.4

Illinois .................................................................... 6,632.7 6,775.4 6,648.5 6,797.8 311.9 363.0 306.7 421.3 4.7 5.4 4.6 6.2

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ................................... 4,860.5 4,965.2 4,865.6 4,993.7 227.4 262.8 223.4 313.2 4.7 5.3 4.6 6.3

 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ................................... 4,078.7 4,172.4 4,080.2 4,198.2 190.3 223.4 188.8 272.1 4.7 5.4 4.6 6.5

 Gary 3 ................................................................ 330.9 331.6 331.8 334.8 15.6 15.7 14.5 16.9 4.7 4.7 4.4 5.0

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 450.9 461.2 453.6 460.6 21.5 23.7 20.1 24.2 4.8 5.1 4.4 5.3

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,380.7 3,375.4 3,394.5 3,375.6 145.1 132.8 147.4 157.8 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................ 2,465.2 2,472.3 2,469.5 2,467.4 96.3 88.9 101.4 108.3 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.4

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................ 1,490.1 1,495.6 1,491.6 1,490.8 54.5 49.4 59.1 62.8 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.2

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 124.0 124.0 124.2 124.0 5.9 5.5 6.1 6.6 4.8 4.4 4.9 5.3

 Framingham ...................................................... 144.8 145.4 145.0 145.2 4.9 4.5 5.0 5.5 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.8

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ 119.7 120.1 120.7 120.7 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.5 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.6

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. 69.0 68.3 69.4 68.7 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.9 6.7 6.2 6.5 7.1

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 151.2 150.9 151.5 150.4 6.7 6.1 6.8 7.2 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.8

 Nashua 2 ........................................................... 178.4 179.9 178.2 179.5 6.5 6.7 6.2 6.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7

 Peabody ............................................................ 125.5 125.1 126.0 125.3 5.4 4.9 5.7 6.0 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.8

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. 62.6 62.8 62.8 62.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.1 4.6 4.4 4.5 5.0

Michigan ............................................................... 4,965.4 4,915.1 5,019.9 5,005.9 335.3 326.8 336.3 416.2 6.8 6.6 6.7 8.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,115.7 2,080.9 2,136.1 2,129.8 147.5 143.9 152.4 189.5 7.0 6.9 7.1 8.9

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 869.0 850.3 874.6 871.6 67.7 67.0 70.8 89.3 7.8 7.9 8.1 10.2

 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ........................... 1,246.6 1,230.6 1,261.6 1,258.2 79.8 76.9 81.6 100.2 6.4 6.3 6.5 8.0

New York .............................................................. 9,418.1 9,504.0 9,440.8 9,532.2 391.5 432.1 394.9 471.8 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.9

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,243.4 9,331.5 9,246.2 9,349.2 370.0 411.9 381.0 456.0 4.0 4.4 4.1 4.9

 Edison-New Brunswick 3 ................................... 1,185.1 1,196.4 1,188.9 1,201.9 42.9 52.2 43.0 57.7 3.6 4.4 3.6 4.8

 Nassau-Suffolk .................................................. 1,472.3 1,481.6 1,475.8 1,492.9 48.6 58.4 50.9 68.1 3.3 3.9 3.4 4.6

 New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 ....................... 5,501.0 5,559.5 5,497.0 5,557.2 234.2 248.9 242.6 272.4 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.9

 Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,085.0 1,094.0 1,084.5 1,097.1 44.3 52.4 44.5 57.8 4.1 4.8 4.1 5.3

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,210.0 6,308.0 6,254.6 6,386.4 243.4 298.2 259.8 321.9 3.9 4.7 4.2 5.0

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 2,922.2 2,959.3 2,924.4 2,977.4 113.9 135.8 120.3 150.3 3.9 4.6 4.1 5.0

 Camden 3 .......................................................... 654.8 664.2 654.4 666.3 26.6 30.7 26.7 34.6 4.1 4.6 4.1 5.2

 Philadelphia ....................................................... 1,908.5 1,933.6 1,913.6 1,951.3 74.4 91.1 82.0 100.8 3.9 4.7 4.3 5.2

 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 358.9 361.5 356.4 359.8 12.9 14.0 11.5 14.9 3.6 3.9 3.2 4.2

Texas ...................................................................... 11,398.2 11,628.8 11,407.6 11,675.1 454.3 448.8 455.6 500.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 3,069.3 3,133.4 3,072.2 3,149.7 121.2 122.1 122.4 137.2 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.4

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 2,051.1 2,094.8 2,053.6 2,103.6 81.4 83.0 82.1 92.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.4

 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 1,018.2 1,038.6 1,018.6 1,046.1 39.8 39.2 40.3 45.2 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.3

Washington ......................................................... 3,363.0 3,445.2 3,379.3 3,435.6 143.9 157.2 143.2 176.1 4.3 4.6 4.2 5.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,807.6 1,846.6 1,819.5 1,844.0 66.1 67.3 70.1 82.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.4

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,425.8 1,451.3 1,438.3 1,449.7 48.4 46.6 53.3 59.3 3.4 3.2 3.7 4.1

 Tacoma .............................................................. 381.8 395.3 381.2 394.4 17.7 20.7 16.8 22.7 4.6 5.2 4.4 5.7

p = preliminary. 1 These 11 areas contain all of the 34 metropolitan divisions. 2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states. 3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01, dated November 20, 2007, and are

available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England

states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas

in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states.

They are listed under the state that corresponds to the first city in their title.

Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in

more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states

under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Three sets of metropolitan areas

and divisions have similar or identical titles. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,

D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H., and Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.,

metropolitan areas, the division titles are similar but include only Massachusetts and

Illinois, respectively. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2007 to

May 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 2,002.8 2,016.4 2,010.6 2,019.1 8.5 0.4

Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 53.1 53.4 53.2 53.2 .0 .0

Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 54.9 56.3 55.1 56.5 1.4 2.5

Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 531.1 532.3 533.1 533.2 .1 .0

Decatur ............................................................................... 58.1 59.0 58.6 59.2 .6 1.0

Dothan ................................................................................ 63.8 63.2 63.8 63.3 -.5 -.8

Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 56.8 58.0 57.0 58.0 1.0 1.8

Huntsville ............................................................................ 208.9 213.5 209.3 213.9 4.6 2.2

Mobile ................................................................................. 182.6 183.8 183.1 184.4 1.3 .7

Montgomery ........................................................................ 179.3 181.2 180.1 181.3 1.2 .7

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 99.1 99.0 98.7 99.2 .5 .5

Alaska .................................................................................... 309.8 312.5 322.4 324.1 1.7 .5

Anchorage .......................................................................... 166.5 167.8 170.3 171.2 .9 .5

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,676.0 2,670.2 2,680.6 2,663.5 -17.1 -.6

Flagstaff .............................................................................. 65.5 65.2 65.9 65.6 -.3 -.5

Lake Havasu City-Kingman ................................................ 54.7 53.7 54.7 53.2 -1.5 -2.7

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................................... 1,914.6 1,911.6 1,919.3 1,907.8 -11.5 -.6

Prescott .............................................................................. 65.1 65.7 65.0 65.5 .5 .8

Tucson ................................................................................ 386.8 380.5 386.2 378.7 -7.5 -1.9

Yuma .................................................................................. 53.7 55.1 52.2 53.6 1.4 2.7

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,208.0 1,210.1 1,211.5 1,214.2 2.7 .2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 207.9 210.0 208.7 210.5 1.8 .9

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 124.8 126.1 126.1 126.5 .4 .3

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ................................. 345.4 348.8 346.2 349.3 3.1 .9

California ............................................................................... 15,111.8 15,146.7 15,200.0 15,183.1 -16.9 -.1

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 239.7 242.6 240.8 243.0 2.2 .9

Chico .................................................................................. 76.6 78.1 76.5 78.4 1.9 2.5

Fresno ................................................................................ 308.0 309.8 308.5 310.5 2.0 .6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,628.3 5,607.2 5,641.5 5,613.7 -27.8 -.5

Merced ................................................................................ 58.7 59.7 59.6 60.2 .6 1.0

Modesto .............................................................................. 158.5 158.1 159.0 158.0 -1.0 -.6

Napa ................................................................................... 63.3 63.2 63.9 64.0 .1 .2

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ....................................... 295.9 291.5 297.9 291.8 -6.1 -2.0

Redding .............................................................................. 64.7 65.6 65.5 65.7 .2 .3

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ..................................... 1,271.9 1,253.4 1,278.2 1,255.6 -22.6 -1.8

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................ 900.3 901.1 906.8 901.8 -5.0 -.6

Salinas ................................................................................ 127.5 129.4 128.5 129.9 1.4 1.1

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ....................................... 1,302.5 1,304.4 1,310.7 1,307.5 -3.2 -.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 2,017.6 2,036.3 2,034.8 2,040.6 5.8 .3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ...................................... 901.3 911.7 909.2 915.9 6.7 .7

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................ 105.6 105.0 105.8 105.8 .0 .0

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................................... 173.1 173.9 175.2 174.6 -.6 -.3

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ...................................................... 96.9 97.5 98.0 98.3 .3 .3

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................ 190.5 191.1 192.3 192.8 .5 .3

Stockton .............................................................................. 209.8 212.9 210.2 212.7 2.5 1.2

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................................... 127.7 125.9 128.3 125.2 -3.1 -2.4

Visalia-Porterville ................................................................ 113.0 112.9 113.9 113.7 -.2 -.2

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,313.7 2,354.5 2,328.0 2,362.6 34.6 1.5

Boulder .............................................................................. 166.0 168.7 167.2 169.6 2.4 1.4

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 258.9 261.8 262.1 264.2 2.1 .8

Denver-Aurora .................................................................... 1,230.4 1,250.2 1,244.0 1,260.3 16.3 1.3

Fort Collins-Loveland .......................................................... 135.7 138.1 137.8 140.2 2.4 1.7

Grand Junction ................................................................... 61.9 64.8 62.7 65.8 3.1 4.9

Greeley ............................................................................... 81.6 83.5 82.7 84.1 1.4 1.7

Pueblo ................................................................................ 58.0 59.2 58.8 59.8 1.0 1.7

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,689.4 1,700.9 1,705.7 1,711.9 6.2 .4

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................................. 417.9 423.6 423.1 426.8 3.7 .9

Danbury .............................................................................. 69.4 70.5 70.8 71.3 .5 .7

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................................. 554.9 564.0 558.5 566.1 7.6 1.4

New Haven ......................................................................... 277.8 277.5 279.7 279.3 -.4 -.1

Norwich-New London ......................................................... 134.6 135.6 136.3 138.3 2.0 1.5

Waterbury ........................................................................... 68.4 69.0 68.5 68.8 .3 .4

Delaware ................................................................................ 434.1 434.6 440.0 438.4 -1.6 -.4

Dover .................................................................................. 66.1 65.8 66.9 66.2 -.7 -1.0

District of Columbia ............................................................. 693.1 702.8 691.0 702.7 11.7 1.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ....................................... 2,979.5 3,007.7 2,998.9 3,025.4 26.5 .9

Florida .................................................................................... 8,099.3 8,030.2 8,096.0 8,007.6 -88.4 -1.1

Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice ............................................... 301.2 291.3 300.3 289.3 -11.0 -3.7

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ....................................................... 236.2 223.7 233.4 221.0 -12.4 -5.3

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................ 174.8 172.6 174.1 171.9 -2.2 -1.3

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................................. 86.0 85.2 86.4 85.5 -.9 -1.0

Gainesville .......................................................................... 135.4 137.6 134.1 135.5 1.4 1.0

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 634.9 632.6 637.1 633.7 -3.4 -.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven ...................................................... 218.0 213.6 218.5 212.8 -5.7 -2.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................ 2,443.1 2,432.0 2,447.4 2,430.9 -16.5 -.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2007 to

May 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Florida—Continued 

Naples-Marco Island ........................................................... 136.3 129.7 134.0 127.9 -6.1 -4.6

Ocala .................................................................................. 106.6 105.7 106.6 105.2 -1.4 -1.3

Orlando-Kissimmee ............................................................ 1,106.0 1,110.7 1,107.1 1,110.0 2.9 .3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ........................................... 213.7 212.0 213.3 211.9 -1.4 -.7

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................................... 76.9 76.6 78.2 76.5 -1.7 -2.2

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent .............................................. 174.7 175.8 175.2 175.1 -.1 -.1

Port St. Lucie ...................................................................... 135.2 134.9 134.7 134.0 -.7 -.5

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 181.5 180.8 177.9 176.9 -1.0 -.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,313.4 1,298.5 1,312.0 1,291.7 -20.3 -1.5

Georgia .................................................................................. 4,140.4 4,167.0 4,158.9 4,176.4 17.5 .4

Albany ................................................................................. 64.9 64.8 64.8 64.6 -.2 -.3

Athens-Clarke County ........................................................ 82.3 83.1 82.3 83.2 .9 1.1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta .......................................... 2,443.7 2,472.9 2,455.8 2,478.7 22.9 .9

Augusta-Richmond County ................................................. 219.3 220.2 218.7 219.5 .8 .4

Columbus ........................................................................... 121.2 121.1 122.4 121.7 -.7 -.6

Dalton ................................................................................. 79.0 77.8 79.1 78.0 -1.1 -1.4

Gainesville .......................................................................... 76.9 77.4 77.3 77.7 .4 .5

Macon ................................................................................. 100.8 100.3 101.2 100.7 -.5 -.5

Savannah ........................................................................... 161.6 162.6 162.9 163.3 .4 .2

Valdosta .............................................................................. 57.0 56.7 57.4 57.0 -.4 -.7

Warner Robins .................................................................... 58.6 59.3 59.0 59.7 .7 1.2

Hawaii .................................................................................... 618.2 623.6 626.7 630.4 3.7 .6

Honolulu ............................................................................. 449.6 453.8 457.3 460.2 2.9 .6

Idaho ...................................................................................... 650.0 651.5 660.0 656.8 -3.2 -.5

Boise City-Nampa ............................................................... 275.4 275.1 277.9 276.8 -1.1 -.4

Coeur d’Alene ..................................................................... 54.9 57.2 56.6 58.3 1.7 3.0

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,960.7 5,977.1 6,018.2 6,025.7 7.5 .1

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 91.4 91.7 91.4 91.5 .1 .1

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 114.6 114.2 114.6 113.8 -.8 -.7

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................... 4,532.6 4,545.2 4,580.2 4,585.1 4.9 .1

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 187.5 188.1 190.1 190.4 .3 .2

Decatur ............................................................................... 55.1 55.3 55.3 55.7 .4 .7

Peoria ................................................................................. 187.1 188.3 189.3 190.0 .7 .4

Rockford ............................................................................. 161.4 160.5 163.4 162.6 -.8 -.5

Springfield ........................................................................... 111.9 111.9 113.1 112.8 -.3 -.3

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,989.2 2,989.5 3,010.1 3,006.9 -3.2 -.1

Bloomington ........................................................................ 84.3 85.5 79.4 79.9 .5 .6

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 130.5 127.3 131.9 128.0 -3.9 -3.0

Evansville ........................................................................... 177.5 181.3 178.7 182.6 3.9 2.2

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 218.3 215.2 220.9 219.1 -1.8 -.8

Indianapolis-Carmel ............................................................ 913.3 921.2 925.6 931.0 5.4 .6

Lafayette ............................................................................. 96.3 96.8 95.0 97.0 2.0 2.1

Muncie ................................................................................ 54.7 54.2 54.8 54.7 -.1 -.2

South Bend-Mishawaka ...................................................... 144.1 144.2 144.2 144.0 -.2 -.1

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 74.3 73.4 74.7 73.5 -1.2 -1.6

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,516.7 1,528.5 1,533.2 1,543.0 9.8 .6

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 137.5 138.2 138.1 139.2 1.1 .8

Des Moines-West Des Moines ........................................... 320.4 324.0 324.5 326.9 2.4 .7

Dubuque ............................................................................. 55.8 55.6 56.7 56.3 -.4 -.7

Iowa City ............................................................................. 91.1 91.4 91.9 92.1 .2 .2

Sioux City ........................................................................... 74.7 73.3 75.3 74.3 -1.0 -1.3

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 89.7 90.4 89.9 90.9 1.0 1.1

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,378.0 1,387.5 1,387.2 1,394.0 6.8 .5

Topeka ................................................................................ 110.6 110.7 111.4 111.7 .3 .3

Wichita ................................................................................ 301.5 304.4 302.7 305.7 3.0 1.0

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,865.0 1,881.5 1,881.6 1,888.4 6.8 .4

Bowling Green .................................................................... 62.2 63.2 62.7 63.6 .9 1.4

Lexington-Fayette ............................................................... 257.4 257.4 258.7 257.2 -1.5 -.6

Louisville-Jefferson County ................................................ 623.9 628.4 632.4 634.3 1.9 .3

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,912.0 1,947.4 1,920.2 1,945.6 25.4 1.3

Alexandria ........................................................................... 65.3 65.2 65.6 65.3 -.3 -.5

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 370.2 373.0 371.3 373.6 2.3 .6

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ......................................... 94.9 95.8 96.5 96.4 -.1 -.1

Lafayette ............................................................................. 149.5 152.3 150.1 152.0 1.9 1.3

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 93.4 92.5 94.1 92.7 -1.4 -1.5

Monroe ............................................................................... 78.8 79.1 78.7 79.1 .4 .5

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................ 515.4 526.9 517.2 525.2 8.0 1.5

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 178.4 182.2 179.0 182.2 3.2 1.8

Maine ..................................................................................... 604.5 606.8 618.3 619.5 1.2 .2

Bangor ................................................................................ 65.8 66.1 66.5 66.8 .3 .5

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ..................................... 191.6 192.1 195.5 196.2 .7 .4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2007 to

May 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,597.6 2,628.4 2,621.9 2,648.7 26.8 1.0

Baltimore-Towson .............................................................. 1,315.4 1,325.4 1,325.6 1,333.6 8.0 .6

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................................... 102.0 102.1 102.7 102.7 .0 .0

Salisbury ............................................................................. 56.3 56.5 56.5 56.6 .1 .2

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,262.9 3,287.1 3,296.7 3,311.6 14.9 .5

Barnstable Town ................................................................. 96.2 95.9 101.3 101.1 -.2 -.2

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................ 2,474.8 2,497.7 2,493.4 2,513.1 19.7 .8

New Bedford ....................................................................... 66.9 66.5 67.8 67.3 -.5 -.7

Springfield ........................................................................... 298.6 298.1 301.7 300.4 -1.3 -.4

Worcester ........................................................................... 247.8 248.1 250.7 250.2 -.5 -.2

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,262.5 4,191.7 4,325.9 4,255.9 -70.0 -1.6

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 201.4 198.8 198.3 196.1 -2.2 -1.1

Battle Creek ........................................................................ 59.6 57.7 60.5 58.7 -1.8 -3.0

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 1,969.7 1,919.3 1,995.1 1,947.7 -47.4 -2.4

Flint ..................................................................................... 150.8 141.6 152.6 143.5 -9.1 -6.0

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ..................................................... 392.0 391.7 399.5 399.4 -.1 .0

Holland-Grand Haven ......................................................... 114.3 112.6 113.8 112.4 -1.4 -1.2

Jackson .............................................................................. 58.3 57.4 59.4 58.2 -1.2 -2.0

Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................ 146.7 146.2 147.6 146.3 -1.3 -.9

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 227.0 225.5 228.5 225.9 -2.6 -1.1

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................................... 64.6 64.7 65.6 65.8 .2 .3

Niles-Benton Harbor ........................................................... 63.4 65.3 64.5 66.4 1.9 2.9

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ..................................... 89.8 86.3 90.2 87.2 -3.0 -3.3

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,744.3 2,761.3 2,793.8 2,800.5 6.7 .2

Duluth ................................................................................. 131.8 133.2 135.1 135.4 .3 .2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ..................................... 1,785.2 1,799.0 1,811.5 1,819.8 8.3 .5

Rochester ........................................................................... 105.9 107.4 107.4 108.5 1.1 1.0

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 102.5 103.8 104.3 105.2 .9 .9

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,153.8 1,159.1 1,156.3 1,158.4 2.1 .2

Gulfport-Biloxi ..................................................................... 108.5 111.4 110.0 111.4 1.4 1.3

Hattiesburg ......................................................................... 61.3 61.9 61.2 61.1 -.1 -.2

Jackson .............................................................................. 260.6 262.5 261.5 261.9 .4 .2

Pascagoula ......................................................................... 56.4 59.1 56.2 59.0 2.8 5.0

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,804.4 2,804.7 2,825.6 2,817.8 -7.8 -.3

Columbia ............................................................................ 93.6 94.7 94.0 95.1 1.1 1.2

Jefferson City ...................................................................... 79.3 79.8 80.2 80.3 .1 .1

Joplin .................................................................................. 79.6 80.7 80.2 81.0 .8 1.0

Kansas City ....................................................................... 1,013.4 1,019.9 1,019.6 1,021.5 1.9 .2

St. Joseph ........................................................................... 59.3 60.6 59.7 60.5 .8 1.3

St. Louis 1 ........................................................................... 1,360.5 1,354.9 1,373.5 1,364.5 -9.0 -.7

Springfield .......................................................................... 201.1 204.5 202.1 204.9 2.8 1.4

Montana ................................................................................. 440.0 446.1 447.8 452.7 4.9 1.1

Billings ................................................................................ 79.6 82.0 80.8 82.7 1.9 2.4

Missoula ............................................................................. 57.2 57.2 57.8 57.9 .1 .2

Nebraska ............................................................................... 957.8 971.6 968.6 979.0 10.4 1.1

Lincoln ................................................................................ 173.1 175.6 174.4 176.9 2.5 1.4

Omaha-Council Bluffs ......................................................... 462.8 467.2 467.2 471.3 4.1 .9

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,294.1 1,289.1 1,303.9 1,295.0 -8.9 -.7

Las Vegas-Paradise ........................................................... 930.3 927.5 936.5 931.8 -4.7 -.5

Reno-Sparks ....................................................................... 222.7 221.8 224.7 222.6 -2.1 -.9

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 638.7 650.8 648.9 658.8 9.9 1.5

Manchester ......................................................................... 100.2 101.4 101.3 101.9 .6 .6

Portsmouth ......................................................................... 54.3 55.5 55.6 56.4 .8 1.4

Rochester-Dover ................................................................ 56.7 58.1 57.5 58.7 1.2 2.1

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,050.1 4,058.7 4,100.6 4,090.3 -10.3 -.3

Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................................... 149.1 147.8 151.2 150.6 -.6 -.4

Trenton-Ewing .................................................................... 237.2 239.4 239.3 239.0 -.3 -.1

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 62.2 61.3 63.0 61.7 -1.3 -2.1

New Mexico ........................................................................... 840.5 850.2 845.8 855.1 9.3 1.1

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 395.3 398.0 397.6 399.7 2.1 .5

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 68.6 69.7 68.6 69.6 1.0 1.5

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 64.5 65.0 64.8 65.1 .3 .5

New York ............................................................................... 8,677.6 8,741.5 8,772.9 8,815.7 42.8 .5

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 445.6 446.9 451.1 451.2 .1 .0

Binghamton ........................................................................ 114.0 114.3 115.9 116.0 .1 .1

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 541.0 545.0 550.7 553.6 2.9 .5

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 52.3 53.0 55.0 54.8 -.2 -.4

Ithaca .................................................................................. 64.9 65.3 64.6 64.8 .2 .3

Kingston .............................................................................. 65.3 65.3 65.3 65.3 .0 .0

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ..................... 8,532.0 8,586.4 8,607.9 8,647.7 39.8 .5

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................ 253.8 254.4 256.7 257.0 .3 .1

Rochester ........................................................................... 511.8 512.2 519.8 517.2 -2.6 -.5

Syracuse ............................................................................. 320.5 323.2 325.2 326.8 1.6 .5

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 131.9 132.3 134.2 134.3 .1 .1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2007 to

May 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

North Carolina ....................................................................... 4,126.3 4,185.9 4,164.5 4,206.0 41.5 1.0

Asheville ............................................................................. 175.3 180.2 177.6 182.2 4.6 2.6

Burlington ........................................................................... 61.0 61.7 61.4 61.9 .5 .8

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................................... 856.8 873.4 864.9 879.3 14.4 1.7

Durham ............................................................................... 285.5 293.4 286.5 295.8 9.3 3.2

Fayetteville ......................................................................... 128.2 129.8 129.1 130.4 1.3 1.0

Greensboro-High Point ....................................................... 372.5 377.6 374.8 378.1 3.3 .9

Greenville ........................................................................... 76.3 79.1 77.0 79.6 2.6 3.4

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................................. 163.0 164.0 164.3 164.8 .5 .3

Raleigh-Cary ....................................................................... 509.3 528.9 515.4 531.5 16.1 3.1

Rocky Mount ....................................................................... 64.7 64.9 65.0 65.1 .1 .2

Wilmington .......................................................................... 147.4 149.4 149.1 151.4 2.3 1.5

Winston-Salem ................................................................... 219.3 223.5 220.2 223.9 3.7 1.7

North Dakota ......................................................................... 356.1 361.0 362.5 365.8 3.3 .9

Bismarck ............................................................................. 59.4 60.6 60.2 61.1 .9 1.5

Fargo .................................................................................. 117.1 119.0 119.1 120.3 1.2 1.0

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 53.4 54.6 53.7 54.8 1.1 2.0

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,414.3 5,404.1 5,469.4 5,451.5 -17.9 -.3

Akron .................................................................................. 337.8 339.4 339.6 341.1 1.5 .4

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 172.5 172.0 174.9 174.1 -.8 -.5

Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................ 1,043.5 1,045.1 1,054.8 1,053.7 -1.1 -.1

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ..................................................... 1,069.4 1,064.2 1,079.2 1,072.5 -6.7 -.6

Columbus ........................................................................... 938.7 946.2 947.0 953.4 6.4 .7

Dayton ................................................................................ 403.7 400.5 406.5 402.1 -4.4 -1.1

Lima .................................................................................... 55.7 55.3 55.8 55.7 -.1 -.2

Mansfield ............................................................................ 57.2 56.8 57.7 57.4 -.3 -.5

Springfield ........................................................................... 52.6 52.3 53.0 52.8 -.2 -.4

Toledo ................................................................................. 327.4 324.0 330.3 325.7 -4.6 -1.4

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ......................................... 239.8 239.6 243.3 241.9 -1.4 -.6

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,561.0 1,585.6 1,572.1 1,594.0 21.9 1.4

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 566.0 574.4 568.6 577.7 9.1 1.6

Tulsa ................................................................................... 424.5 426.9 427.5 428.6 1.1 .3

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,721.0 1,735.3 1,736.3 1,743.0 6.7 .4

Bend ................................................................................... 70.6 72.0 71.9 72.9 1.0 1.4

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 156.3 156.8 156.9 157.4 .5 .3

Medford .............................................................................. 83.2 83.5 84.3 83.9 -.4 -.5

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton .......................................... 1,030.5 1,043.7 1,038.0 1,045.2 7.2 .7

Salem ................................................................................. 150.3 150.9 152.1 151.6 -.5 -.3

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,794.6 5,808.4 5,840.0 5,846.1 6.1 .1

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 343.6 344.3 348.0 347.7 -.3 -.1

Altoona ............................................................................... 62.5 62.7 63.4 63.4 .0 .0

Erie ..................................................................................... 134.0 135.0 135.6 135.7 .1 .1

Harrisburg-Carlisle .............................................................. 330.2 333.1 334.6 336.0 1.4 .4

Johnstown .......................................................................... 61.4 61.3 62.0 61.8 -.2 -.3

Lancaster ............................................................................ 237.3 239.7 238.8 241.5 2.7 1.1

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ...................................... 2,812.3 2,823.9 2,826.9 2,835.2 8.3 .3

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,141.8 1,150.2 1,156.4 1,159.6 3.2 .3

Reading .............................................................................. 175.2 173.6 175.5 174.1 -1.4 -.8

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ..................................................... 262.4 262.1 263.8 263.5 -.3 -.1

State College ...................................................................... 75.3 76.4 75.3 76.1 .8 1.1

Williamsport ........................................................................ 53.7 53.4 53.8 53.6 -.2 -.4

York-Hanover ..................................................................... 182.2 183.7 184.1 184.9 .8 .4

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 493.2 483.6 499.4 487.3 -12.1 -2.4

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 583.1 573.4 590.1 577.9 -12.2 -2.1

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,944.6 1,966.8 1,958.0 1,974.6 16.6 .8

Anderson ............................................................................ 64.7 64.4 64.8 64.5 -.3 -.5

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ......................... 299.2 301.0 301.5 304.5 3.0 1.0

Columbia ............................................................................ 365.8 372.0 368.4 371.6 3.2 .9

Florence .............................................................................. 89.4 91.9 90.3 91.5 1.2 1.3

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley .................................................. 317.2 326.8 319.0 327.0 8.0 2.5

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ........................ 127.4 129.8 129.5 131.9 2.4 1.9

Spartanburg ........................................................................ 126.0 127.3 125.8 127.6 1.8 1.4

South Dakota ........................................................................ 401.6 407.4 411.6 416.1 4.5 1.1

Rapid City ........................................................................... 60.0 60.4 61.7 62.1 .4 .6

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 131.8 134.4 134.5 136.3 1.8 1.3

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,791.9 2,793.8 2,801.9 2,798.2 -3.7 -.1

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 247.2 248.3 247.4 247.7 .3 .1

Clarksville ........................................................................... 85.0 85.6 85.5 85.8 .3 .4

Jackson .............................................................................. 62.1 63.0 62.4 63.1 .7 1.1

Johnson City ....................................................................... 82.0 83.0 81.2 81.6 .4 .5

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ...................................................... 121.8 122.2 122.3 122.6 .3 .2

Knoxville ............................................................................. 336.3 338.9 337.4 339.3 1.9 .6

Memphis ............................................................................. 640.7 640.3 642.5 640.7 -1.8 -.3

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin ........................ 754.8 766.4 758.4 767.1 8.7 1.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2007 to

May 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Texas ..................................................................................... 10,303.8 10,581.5 10,365.1 10,616.0 250.9 2.4

Abilene ................................................................................ 65.2 66.7 66.0 66.9 .9 1.4

Amarillo ............................................................................... 113.1 113.4 112.1 113.8 1.7 1.5

Austin-Round Rock ............................................................. 755.5 774.1 759.5 776.3 16.8 2.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 164.8 165.2 165.6 165.7 .1 .1

Brownsville-Harlingen ......................................................... 124.6 125.5 123.6 125.7 2.1 1.7

College Station-Bryan ......................................................... 91.2 94.1 91.6 94.1 2.5 2.7

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 176.1 178.4 176.7 179.2 2.5 1.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,925.9 2,996.3 2,942.8 3,008.9 66.1 2.2

El Paso ............................................................................... 270.7 277.3 272.1 278.1 6.0 2.2

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ........................................... 2,526.8 2,597.3 2,547.4 2,605.7 58.3 2.3

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................................. 121.0 123.6 121.4 124.2 2.8 2.3

Laredo ................................................................................ 85.1 88.2 86.1 86.6 .5 .6

Longview ............................................................................ 95.5 98.1 95.3 98.4 3.1 3.3

Lubbock .............................................................................. 127.9 129.4 128.1 129.6 1.5 1.2

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................................. 212.1 216.8 211.5 217.0 5.5 2.6

Midland ............................................................................... 65.6 67.1 65.5 67.5 2.0 3.1

Odessa ............................................................................... 58.6 61.3 59.1 61.3 2.2 3.7

San Antonio ........................................................................ 829.2 848.5 836.4 852.0 15.6 1.9

Texarkana ........................................................................... 55.9 57.1 56.4 57.2 .8 1.4

Tyler .................................................................................... 93.0 94.1 93.2 94.5 1.3 1.4

Waco .................................................................................. 108.4 110.7 109.2 111.1 1.9 1.7

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 62.2 63.4 62.5 63.7 1.2 1.9

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,247.6 1,270.7 1,250.2 1,268.2 18.0 1.4

Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................ 201.2 204.2 203.7 205.7 2.0 1.0

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 190.4 192.4 187.9 187.8 -.1 -.1

St. George .......................................................................... 53.4 54.4 53.3 54.5 1.2 2.3

Salt Lake City ..................................................................... 634.8 648.0 635.5 645.8 10.3 1.6

Vermont ................................................................................. 302.7 303.9 308.3 308.2 -.1 .0

Burlington-South Burlington ................................................ 113.1 113.1 114.8 114.9 .1 .1

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,751.3 3,771.4 3,777.6 3,784.9 7.3 .2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................................... 72.6 72.2 70.6 70.2 -.4 -.6

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 102.4 103.3 103.1 103.5 .4 .4

Harrisonburg ....................................................................... 64.3 65.2 63.2 64.2 1.0 1.6

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 108.1 110.3 108.4 110.6 2.2 2.0

Richmond ........................................................................... 630.7 637.4 634.5 641.4 6.9 1.1

Roanoke ............................................................................. 162.8 163.5 164.1 164.6 .5 .3

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............................... 773.4 782.0 780.5 790.8 10.3 1.3

Winchester .......................................................................... 58.6 59.6 59.0 60.0 1.0 1.7

Washington ........................................................................... 2,909.8 2,951.6 2,940.7 2,972.4 31.7 1.1

Bellingham .......................................................................... 84.1 86.8 85.0 87.0 2.0 2.4

Bremerton-Silverdale .......................................................... 85.8 86.3 86.1 86.8 .7 .8

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland ................................................ 90.0 93.8 91.6 94.4 2.8 3.1

Olympia .............................................................................. 101.2 103.6 101.7 103.8 2.1 2.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,722.5 1,756.5 1,739.5 1,767.8 28.3 1.6

Spokane ............................................................................. 218.5 219.1 219.5 220.4 .9 .4

Yakima ................................................................................ 78.1 79.2 78.8 79.9 1.1 1.4

West Virginia ......................................................................... 756.6 760.1 761.6 764.3 2.7 .4

Charleston .......................................................................... 149.9 151.4 151.3 152.2 .9 .6

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 119.5 120.6 120.0 120.9 .9 .8

Morgantown ........................................................................ 61.2 62.5 61.2 62.6 1.4 2.3

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ............................................. 72.9 73.3 73.6 73.5 -.1 -.1

Wheeling ............................................................................. 68.2 68.1 68.2 68.1 -.1 -.1

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,862.0 2,852.5 2,904.0 2,887.9 -16.1 -.6

Appleton ............................................................................. 118.1 118.3 119.9 120.1 .2 .2

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 83.5 83.9 84.5 84.6 .1 .1

Green Bay .......................................................................... 168.8 168.9 170.8 171.0 .2 .1

Janesville ............................................................................ 69.9 68.9 70.9 69.0 -1.9 -2.7

La Crosse ........................................................................... 74.9 74.2 75.9 75.5 -.4 -.5

Madison .............................................................................. 345.3 348.5 349.0 351.7 2.7 .8

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ....................................... 853.3 851.5 861.9 857.6 -4.3 -.5

Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................ 93.1 93.0 93.9 94.2 .3 .3

Racine ................................................................................ 79.4 79.2 80.6 80.0 -.6 -.7

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 63.6 63.5 64.9 64.4 -.5 -.8

Wausau .............................................................................. 72.6 72.0 73.4 72.9 -.5 -.7

Wyoming ............................................................................... 280.6 289.5 289.0 296.7 7.7 2.7

Cheyenne ........................................................................... 43.4 44.4 44.4 45.2 .8 1.8

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,029.8 1,010.0 1,034.0 1,009.9 -24.1 -2.3

Ponce ................................................................................. 65.6 66.8 66.3 67.1 .8 1.2

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................................. 768.8 753.8 771.6 754.5 -17.1 -2.2

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 45.6 46.4 46.5 46.3 -.2 -.4

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

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,

dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town

Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan

areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their

titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville, W. Va.-Ohio,

are the exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for

operational reasons. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American IndustryClassification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and

tabulation ofeconomic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. For more details, see

http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm. 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

April May Change from May 2007 to

May 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

California ............................................................................... 15,111.8 15,146.7 15,200.0 15,183.1 -16.9 -0.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,628.3 5,607.2 5,641.5 5,613.7 -27.8 -.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale .................................. 4,112.4 4,113.7 4,123.7 4,116.9 -6.8 -.2

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................... 1,515.9 1,493.5 1,517.8 1,496.8 -21.0 -1.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 2,017.6 2,036.3 2,034.8 2,040.6 5.8 .3

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward .............................................. 1,041.9 1,037.1 1,050.4 1,038.3 -12.1 -1.2

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................ 975.7 999.2 984.4 1,002.3 17.9 1.8

District of Columbia ............................................................. 693.1 702.8 691.0 702.7 11.7 1.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................... 2,979.5 3,007.7 2,998.9 3,025.4 26.5 .9

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 ................................. 574.3 574.9 578.7 579.4 .7 .1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................. 2,405.2 2,432.8 2,420.2 2,446.0 25.8 1.1

Florida .................................................................................... 8,099.3 8,030.2 8,096.0 8,007.6 -88.4 -1.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................ 2,443.1 2,432.0 2,447.4 2,430.9 -16.5 -.7

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach .......... 791.4 787.6 794.4 786.0 -8.4 -1.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ............................................. 1,062.3 1,060.9 1,064.6 1,061.8 -2.8 -.3

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............... 589.4 583.5 588.4 583.1 -5.3 -.9

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,960.7 5,977.1 6,018.2 6,025.7 7.5 .1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ................................................. 4,532.6 4,545.2 4,580.2 4,585.1 4.9 .1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................. 3,852.2 3,861.4 3,890.2 3,892.4 2.2 .1

Gary 2 ............................................................................... 283.0 284.3 285.8 287.1 1.3 .5

Lake County-Kenosha County 1 ....................................... 397.4 399.5 404.3 405.6 1.3 .3

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,262.9 3,287.1 3,296.7 3,311.6 14.9 .5

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 .............................................. 2,474.8 2,497.7 2,493.4 2,513.1 19.7 .8

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................... 1,696.7 1,717.2 1,705.2 1,723.7 18.5 1.1

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................... 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.2 .5 .6

Framingham ..................................................................... 156.4 158.3 158.0 160.1 2.1 1.3

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ............................... 77.5 77.9 79.6 79.6 .0 .0

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ........................................... 119.1 119.5 120.5 120.2 -.3 -.2

Nashua 1 .......................................................................... 132.4 133.2 134.3 134.3 .0 .0

Peabody ........................................................................... 100.5 100.5 101.8 101.9 .1 .1

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,262.5 4,191.7 4,325.9 4,255.9 -70.0 -1.6

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 1,969.7 1,919.3 1,995.1 1,947.7 -47.4 -2.4

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn .................................................. 791.4 760.8 795.4 768.8 -26.6 -3.3

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills .......................................... 1,178.3 1,158.5 1,199.7 1,178.9 -20.8 -1.7

New York ............................................................................... 8,677.6 8,741.5 8,772.9 8,815.7 42.8 .5

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 .................. 8,532.0 8,586.4 8,607.9 8,647.7 39.8 .5

Edison-New Brunswick2 ................................................... 1,033.5 1,034.8 1,049.2 1,045.7 -3.5 -.3

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................. 1,263.0 1,266.0 1,277.6 1,282.7 5.1 .4

New York-White Plains-Wayne 1 ...................................... 5,203.1 5,253.2 5,238.8 5,279.7 40.9 .8

Newark-Union 2 ................................................................ 1,032.4 1,032.4 1,042.3 1,039.6 -2.7 -.3

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,794.6 5,808.4 5,840.0 5,846.1 6.1 .1

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ................................... 2,812.3 2,823.9 2,826.9 2,835.2 8.3 .3

Camden 2 ......................................................................... 537.4 543.0 542.9 546.8 3.9 .7

Philadelphia ...................................................................... 1,921.1 1,927.7 1,927.1 1,933.8 6.7 .3

Wilmington 2 ..................................................................... 353.8 353.2 356.9 354.6 -2.3 -.6

Texas ..................................................................................... 10,303.8 10,581.5 10,365.1 10,616.0 250.9 2.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,925.9 2,996.3 2,942.8 3,008.9 66.1 2.2

Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................... 2,063.3 2,114.5 2,075.6 2,122.3 46.7 2.2

Fort Worth-Arlington ......................................................... 862.6 881.8 867.2 886.6 19.4 2.2

Washington ........................................................................... 2,909.8 2,951.6 2,940.7 2,972.4 31.7 1.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,722.5 1,756.5 1,739.5 1,767.8 28.3 1.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................... 1,443.0 1,470.1 1,458.2 1,479.9 21.7 1.5

Tacoma ............................................................................. 279.5 286.4 281.3 287.9 6.6 2.3

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states. 2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,

dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town

Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan

areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their

titles. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are

totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Data reflect

the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry,

replacing NAICS 2002. For more details, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm. 
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, May 2008

NOTE: Map includes data for 369 metropolitan

areas based on Office of Managementand Budget Bulletin No. 08-01.

(U.S. rate = 5.2 percent)

Above U.S. averageU.S. average or below