For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, January 24, 2012 USDL-12-0091 

Technical information: 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2011

Regional and state unemployment rates were slightly lower in December. Thirty-seven states and the 

District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases, 3 states posted rate increases, and 10 states 

had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-six states registered 

unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, while four states and the District of Columbia 

experienced increases. The national jobless rate, 8.5 percent, continued to trend down in December and 

was 0.9 percentage point lower than in December 2010. 

In December, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 25 states and the District of Columbia, 

decreased in 24 states, and was unchanged in 1 state. The largest over-the-month increase in 

employment occurred in Texas (+20,200), followed by Indiana (+15,100) and California (+10,700). The 

largest over-the-month decrease in employment occurred in New York (-14,000), followed by Missouri 

(-11,800) and Washington (-11,600). South Dakota experienced the largest over-the-month percentage 

increase in employment (+1.1 percent), followed by North Dakota (+0.9 percent) and Indiana, 

Kentucky, and Utah (+0.5 percent each). Nevada experienced the largest over-the-month percentage 

decline in employment (-0.9 percent), followed by Alaska (-0.5 percent) and Maine, Missouri, and 

Washington (-0.4 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 46 states and the 

District of Columbia and decreased in 4 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in 

North Dakota (+5.7 percent), followed by Utah (+3.0 percent) and Oklahoma (+2.7 percent). The largest 

over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Delaware (-0.7 percent), followed by 

Alaska (-0.5 percent) and Georgia (-0.4 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

The West continued to record the highest regional unemployment rate in December, 9.7 percent, while 

the Midwest and Northeast reported the lowest rates, 7.9 percent each. Three regions experienced 

statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate changes: the Midwest and South (-0.3 

percentage point each) and the West (-0.2 point). Over the year, all four regions registered significant 

rate decreases, the largest of which was in the West (-1.3 percentage points). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific continued to report the highest jobless rate, 10.4 

percent in December. The West North Central again registered the lowest rate, 6.1 percent. Six divisions 

experienced statistically significant unemployment rate decreases over the month. The largest of these 
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occurred in the East South Central (-0.4 percentage point). Seven divisions recorded significant rate 

declines from a year earlier, the largest of which was in the Pacific (-1.3 percentage points). No division 

reported an unemployment rate increase from December 2010. 

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Nevada continued to record the highest unemployment rate among the states, 12.6 percent in December. 

California posted the next highest rate, 11.1 percent. North Dakota again registered the lowest jobless 

rate, 3.3 percent, followed by Nebraska and South Dakota, 4.1 and 4.2 percent, respectively. Twentyfour states reported jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 8.5 percent, 8 states and the 

District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 18 states had rates that were not appreciably 

different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and chart 1.) 

Eighteen states experienced statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate declines in 

December. The largest of these were in Alabama (-0.6 percentage point) and Michigan (-0.5 point). The 

remaining 32 states and the District of Columbia recorded jobless rates that were not measurably 

different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically 

as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Nevada registered the largest jobless rate decrease from December 2010 (-2.3 percentage points). 

Twenty-one additional states reported smaller but also statistically significant decreases over the year. 

The remaining 28 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rates that were not 

appreciably different from those of a year earlier. (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In December, eight states recorded statistically significant changes in employment, five of which were 

increases. The statistically significant job gains occurred in Indiana (+15,100), Kentucky (+8,400), Utah 

(+6,400), South Dakota (+4,600), and North Dakota (+3,800). The statistically significant declines in 

employment occurred in Missouri (-11,800), Washington (-11,600), and Nevada (-9,800). (See tables D 

and 5.) 

Over the year, 28 states experienced statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were 

increases. The largest increase occurred in California (+263,200), followed by Texas (+204,500) and 

Florida (+113,900). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2011 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional 

and State Unemployment 2011 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for January 2012 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 

March 13, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
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Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of 2011 annual average estimates on February 29, the labor force data 

for regions, divisions, states, the District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas 

presented in tables 1-4 of this news release will be revised to incorporate updated inputs, new 

population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new division and national 

control totals. Revised seasonal adjustment factors will be applied to data in tables 1 and 3. 

Both not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted data are subject to revision back to 2007. 

The new population controls will reflect, for the first time, results from the 2010 Census. 

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2012 estimates on March 13, all nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 5 and 6 of this news release will 

be adjusted to 2011 benchmark levels. Seasonally adjusted series will be subject to revision 

from 1990 forward. Not seasonally adjusted payroll data back to April 2010 will be subject to 

revision. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 8.5

Alaska ............................................................ 7.3

California ......................................................... 11.1

Delaware ......................................................... 7.4

District of Columbia .......................................... 10.4

Florida ............................................................ 9.9

Georgia ........................................................... 9.7

Hawaii ............................................................. 6.6

Illinois ............................................................. 9.8

Iowa ................................................................ 5.6

Kansas ........................................................... 6.3

Louisiana ........................................................ 6.8

Maine ............................................................. 7.0

Maryland ......................................................... 6.7

Massachusetts ................................................ 6.8

Minnesota ....................................................... 5.7

Mississippi ...................................................... 10.4

Montana .......................................................... 6.8

Nebraska ........................................................ 4.1

Nevada ............................................................ 12.6

New Hampshire ............................................... 5.1

New Mexico .................................................... 6.6

North Carolina .................................................. 9.9

North Dakota ................................................... 3.3

Oklahoma ....................................................... 6.1

Pennsylvania ................................................... 7.6

Rhode Island ................................................... 10.8

South Dakota .................................................. 4.2

Texas ............................................................. 7.8

Utah ............................................................... 6.0

Vermont .......................................................... 5.1

Virginia ........................................................... 6.2

Wisconsin ....................................................... 7.1

Wyoming ........................................................ 5.8

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., December 2011, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2011

to December 2011, seasonally adjusted

November 2011 December 2011 p

Alabama .................................... 8.7 8.1 -0.6

Arkansas ................................... 7.9 7.7 -.2

California ................................... 11.3 11.1 -.2

Florida ....................................... 10.0 9.9 -.1

Kansas ...................................... 6.5 6.3 -.2

Maryland ................................... 6.9 6.7 -.2

Michigan .................................... 9.8 9.3 -.5

Minnesota .................................. 5.9 5.7 -.2

Montana .................................... 7.1 6.8 -.3

Ohio .......................................... 8.5 8.1 -.4

Pennsylvania .............................. 7.9 7.6 -.3

South Carolina ........................... 9.9 9.5 -.4

Tennessee ................................. 9.1 8.7 -.4

Texas ........................................ 8.1 7.8 -.3

Utah .......................................... 6.4 6.0 -.4

Vermont .................................... 5.3 5.1 -.2

Washington ............................... 8.7 8.5 -.2

Wisconsin ................................. 7.3 7.1 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2010

to December 2011, seasonally adjusted

December 2010 December 2011 p

California ................................... 12.5 11.1 -1.4

Colorado .................................... 8.9 7.9 -1.0

Delaware ................................... 8.5 7.4 -1.1

Florida ....................................... 12.0 9.9 -2.1

Idaho ......................................... 9.7 8.4 -1.3

Kentucky ................................... 10.3 9.1 -1.2

Maryland ................................... 7.4 6.7 -.7

Massachusetts .......................... 8.3 6.8 -1.5

Michigan .................................... 11.1 9.3 -1.8

Minnesota .................................. 6.9 5.7 -1.2

Missouri .................................... 9.6 8.0 -1.6

Nevada ...................................... 14.9 12.6 -2.3

New Mexico ............................... 8.6 6.6 -2.0

North Dakota .............................. 3.8 3.3 -.5

Ohio .......................................... 9.5 8.1 -1.4

Oregon ...................................... 10.6 8.9 -1.7

Pennsylvania .............................. 8.5 7.6 -.9

South Carolina ........................... 10.9 9.5 -1.4

Texas ........................................ 8.3 7.8 -.5

Utah .......................................... 7.5 6.0 -1.5

Vermont .................................... 5.8 5.1 -.7

West Virginia ............................. 9.7 7.9 -1.8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p

Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2011 to

December 2011, seasonally adjusted

November December Over-the-month

2011 2011 p change p

Indiana ...................................... 2,793,800 2,808,900 15,100

Kentucky ................................... 1,800,300 1,808,700 8,400

Missouri .................................... 2,648,200 2,636,400 -11,800

Nevada ...................................... 1,126,600 1,116,800 -9,800

North Dakota .............................. 400,500 404,300 3,800

South Dakota ............................. 406,900 411,500 4,600

Utah .......................................... 1,215,000 1,221,400 6,400

Washington ............................... 2,833,600 2,822,000 -11,600

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2010 to

December 2011, seasonally adjusted

December December Over-the-year

2010 2011 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,375,300 2,412,600 37,300

California ................................... 13,935,800 14,199,000 263,200

Colorado .................................... 2,221,200 2,244,800 23,600

Florida ....................................... 7,177,600 7,291,500 113,900

Idaho ......................................... 604,000 612,100 8,100

Illinois ........................................ 5,623,800 5,676,400 52,600

Kentucky ................................... 1,777,700 1,808,700 31,000

Louisiana ................................... 1,890,400 1,938,000 47,600

Massachusetts .......................... 3,193,800 3,234,500 40,700

Michigan .................................... 3,868,100 3,934,600 66,500

 ................................................ . . .

Minnesota .................................. 2,640,600 2,666,900 26,300

Nebraska ................................... 943,700 956,800 13,100

New Jersey ................................ 3,844,700 3,881,100 36,400

New York ................................... 8,557,900 8,644,400 86,500

North Dakota .............................. 382,400 404,300 21,900

Ohio .......................................... 5,034,200 5,106,600 72,400

Oklahoma .................................. 1,531,200 1,572,800 41,600

Oregon ...................................... 1,608,500 1,626,300 17,800

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,639,900 5,699,100 59,200

South Dakota ............................. 404,800 411,500 6,700

 ................................................ . . .

Tennessee ................................. 2,616,900 2,648,000 31,100

Texas ........................................ 10,444,700 10,649,200 204,500

Utah .......................................... 1,185,400 1,221,400 36,000

Vermont .................................... 298,600 303,000 4,400

Virginia ...................................... 3,626,500 3,663,100 36,600

Washington ............................... 2,781,600 2,822,000 40,400

West Virginia ............................. 744,500 754,500 10,000

Wyoming ................................... 284,300 290,700 6,400

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment 

data for census regions and divisions, states, and selected 

substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics 

(LAUS) program (tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm 

payroll employment estimates by state and major industry 

sector from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are both 

federal-state cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures 

employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence 

basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional 

population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are 

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

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

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

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

were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such 

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

Unemployed persons are those who were not employed 

during the reference week (based on the definition above), 

had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period 

ending with the reference week, and were currently available 

for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be 

looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor 

force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The 

unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent 

of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 

states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long 

Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and 

the balances of California and New York State are produced 

using estimating equations based on regression techniques. 

This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at 

the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, 

including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment 

insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state of California 

are derived by summing the estimates for the Los AngelesLong Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance 

of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are 

derived by summing the estimates for New York City and the 

balance of New York State. Estimates for all nine census 

divisions and the five additional substate areas contained in 

this release (the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and DetroitWarren-Livonia metropolitan areas and the Chicago-JolietNaperville, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective 

balances of state are based on a similar regression approach 

that does not incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for 

census regions are obtained by summing the model-based 

estimates for the component divisions and then calculating 

the unemployment rate. Each month, census division estimates are controlled to national totals; state estimates are then 

controlled to their respective division totals. Substate and 

balance-of-state estimates for the five areas noted above are 

controlled to their respective state totals. Estimates for Puerto 

Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to 

the CPS. A detailed description of the estimation procedures 

is available from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

for prior years reflect adjustments made at the end of each 

year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data 

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

sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical 

data for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted 

and not seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of 

each calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates. 

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 

2010. These are seasonally adjusted data that have 

incorporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting 

in estimates that are less volatile than those previously 

produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson 

Trend Filter (H13). The H13 uses a filtering procedure, based 

on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations 

from the seasonally adjusted series, leaving the trend. The 

same process is used on both historical and current year 

estimates. For more information about the smoothing technique, see the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm. 

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 December 

1, 2009. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available 

on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

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. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In 

some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll 

employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of 

historical data for the most recent 5 years are made once a 

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to 

these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-ofstates" employment series, and cautions users that such a 

series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error 

structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, 

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation 

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced 

into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates 

not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to 

additional errors resulting from the specific estimation 

processes used. The sums of individual items may not always 

equal the totals shown in the same tables because of 

rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program 

introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among 

these were the development of model-based error measures 

for the monthly estimates and the estimates of over-themonth changes. The introductory section of this release 

preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the direction 

of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates 

and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their 

statistical significance. The remainder of the analysis in the 

release takes statistical significance into consideration. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures for seasonally adjusted and not 

seasonally adjusted data and for over-the-month and overthe-year changes are available online at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent 

confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS 

unemployment rates are statistically significant. The average 

magnitude of the current year over-the-month change in a 

state unemployment rate that is required for statistical 

significance at the 90-percent confidence level is just over 0.2 

percentage point; the average amount of the current over-theyear change in a state rate for significance is about 0.9 point. 

More details can be found on the Web site. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available, but additional 

information on the subject is provided in Employment and 

Earnings Online at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector level and 

for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. BLS uses 

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether 

changes in CES employment levels are statistically 

significant. Information on recent benchmark revisions for 

states is available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information 

More complete information on the technical procedures 

used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in 

Employment and Earnings Online. 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm employment from the 

CES program, for 380 metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available 

in the news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,300 subnational areas are 

available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment 

data from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas 

are available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Northeast ........................... 28,145.6 28,166.5 28,198.7 28,217.8 2,373.6 2,272.9 2,240.3 2,225.0 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.9

 New England .................... 7,777.6 7,731.6 7,749.6 7,762.0 642.6 587.1 569.5 559.7 8.3 7.6 7.3 7.2

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,368.0 20,434.9 20,449.1 20,455.9 1,731.1 1,685.8 1,670.8 1,665.3 8.5 8.2 8.2 8.1

South ................................. 55,272.3 55,614.9 55,654.7 55,680.7 5,127.5 4,998.2 4,814.8 4,690.9 9.3 9.0 8.7 8.4

 South Atlantic ................... 29,282.4 29,415.9 29,434.6 29,458.4 2,904.8 2,759.6 2,659.5 2,612.8 9.9 9.4 9.0 8.9

 East South Central ........... 8,587.4 8,717.3 8,703.7 8,683.5 827.1 843.5 809.0 773.8 9.6 9.7 9.3 8.9

 West South Central .......... 17,402.6 17,481.7 17,516.3 17,538.9 1,395.6 1,395.1 1,346.3 1,304.3 8.0 8.0 7.7 7.4

Midwest ............................. 34,415.9 34,378.6 34,358.5 34,358.3 3,002.2 2,933.7 2,814.0 2,727.9 8.7 8.5 8.2 7.9

 East North Central ............ 23,483.6 23,358.8 23,332.0 23,316.4 2,226.8 2,207.1 2,121.0 2,051.4 9.5 9.4 9.1 8.8

 West North Central ........... 10,932.3 11,019.8 11,026.5 11,041.8 775.4 726.6 693.0 676.5 7.1 6.6 6.3 6.1

West ................................... 35,681.1 35,595.4 35,667.3 35,723.4 3,929.7 3,650.7 3,538.9 3,477.9 11.0 10.3 9.9 9.7

 Mountain ........................... 11,031.9 10,989.1 11,014.3 11,041.5 1,050.7 956.4 927.4 913.1 9.5 8.7 8.4 8.3

 Pacific ............................... 24,649.2 24,606.3 24,653.0 24,681.9 2,879.0 2,694.3 2,611.5 2,564.8 11.7 10.9 10.6 10.4

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census

division model-based estimates.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The States (including the

District of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New

England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and

Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,

Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West

Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and

Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and

Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and

Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona,

Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;

and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following

calendar year.

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted 1

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Northeast ........................... 28,123.6 28,136.5 28,031.7 28,082.5 2,328.5 2,149.8 2,278.3 2,143.6 8.3 7.6 8.1 7.6

 New England .................... 7,770.4 7,745.6 7,741.9 7,725.2 626.7 530.0 615.2 533.0 8.1 6.8 7.9 6.9

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,353.1 20,390.9 20,289.8 20,357.3 1,701.9 1,619.7 1,663.0 1,610.6 8.4 7.9 8.2 7.9

South ................................. 55,257.3 55,582.3 55,094.5 55,458.5 5,096.3 4,518.6 4,976.2 4,512.0 9.2 8.1 9.0 8.1

 South Atlantic ................... 29,240.1 29,358.9 29,156.5 29,324.4 2,906.6 2,521.1 2,831.9 2,559.9 9.9 8.6 9.7 8.7

 East South Central ........... 8,602.3 8,693.9 8,584.8 8,654.2 812.8 743.3 800.1 723.8 9.4 8.5 9.3 8.4

 West South Central .......... 17,414.8 17,529.5 17,353.1 17,479.9 1,376.9 1,254.2 1,344.2 1,228.3 7.9 7.2 7.7 7.0

Midwest ............................. 34,398.9 34,276.4 34,234.0 34,190.9 2,921.0 2,556.4 2,877.3 2,608.3 8.5 7.5 8.4 7.6

 East North Central ............ 23,484.2 23,282.3 23,370.2 23,205.2 2,173.3 1,930.2 2,127.3 1,946.8 9.3 8.3 9.1 8.4

 West North Central ........... 10,914.7 10,994.1 10,863.9 10,985.7 747.7 626.2 750.0 661.5 6.9 5.7 6.9 6.0

West ................................... 35,709.0 35,687.9 35,574.9 35,640.8 3,918.0 3,388.3 3,845.3 3,428.1 11.0 9.5 10.8 9.6

 Mountain ........................... 11,044.0 11,040.4 10,994.0 11,027.6 1,041.3 887.7 1,025.0 901.9 9.4 8.0 9.3 8.2

 Pacific ............................... 24,665.1 24,647.5 24,580.9 24,613.2 2,876.7 2,500.6 2,820.3 2,526.2 11.7 10.1 11.5 10.3

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census

division model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions

and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year are

subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Alabama ................................................... 2,114.7 2,154.3 2,147.0 2,137.5 193.2 201.0 187.5 174.1 9.1 9.3 8.7 8.1

Alaska ....................................................... 363.0 368.3 368.8 369.1 28.8 27.3 26.9 27.0 7.9 7.4 7.3 7.3

Arizona ..................................................... 3,172.8 3,154.0 3,154.5 3,158.5 304.4 282.5 275.0 274.1 9.6 9.0 8.7 8.7

Arkansas ................................................... 1,361.0 1,358.2 1,364.9 1,368.0 107.2 111.8 108.5 105.3 7.9 8.2 7.9 7.7

California .................................................. 18,150.8 18,130.3 18,182.4 18,218.8 2,272.5 2,122.3 2,057.8 2,021.2 12.5 11.7 11.3 11.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,891.3 4,860.4 4,862.8 4,865.7 636.1 594.2 579.8 574.6 13.0 12.2 11.9 11.8

Colorado ................................................... 2,668.4 2,697.6 2,715.3 2,727.3 238.0 219.8 216.3 216.0 8.9 8.1 8.0 7.9

Connecticut ............................................... 1,896.6 1,881.0 1,887.6 1,891.0 171.4 163.9 159.2 154.5 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.2

Delaware .................................................. 422.6 426.5 427.8 429.1 35.8 33.7 32.6 31.9 8.5 7.9 7.6 7.4

District of Columbia .................................. 331.2 333.3 334.1 335.5 31.9 36.6 35.4 34.8 9.6 11.0 10.6 10.4

Florida ....................................................... 9,280.1 9,229.3 9,229.5 9,233.1 1,110.6 955.5 926.7 912.9 12.0 10.4 10.0 9.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,300.8 1,298.6 1,302.0 1,308.4 174.5 140.8 133.1 133.5 13.4 10.8 10.2 10.2

Georgia ..................................................... 4,685.7 4,742.5 4,747.1 4,750.8 487.9 482.4 467.1 459.3 10.4 10.2 9.8 9.7

Hawaii ....................................................... 630.7 633.9 634.6 633.6 40.0 41.2 41.5 41.9 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.6

Idaho ......................................................... 758.9 759.2 760.9 762.5 73.4 66.4 65.0 64.1 9.7 8.8 8.5 8.4

Illinois ........................................................ 6,666.1 6,627.2 6,627.0 6,624.0 613.4 668.7 660.4 647.3 9.2 10.1 10.0 9.8

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,109.5 4,104.0 4,103.9 4,103.4 380.2 434.0 430.0 418.4 9.3 10.6 10.5 10.2

Indiana ...................................................... 3,126.1 3,145.1 3,158.9 3,176.1 296.1 283.6 285.3 284.8 9.5 9.0 9.0 9.0

Iowa .......................................................... 1,675.6 1,657.0 1,656.8 1,659.0 102.6 98.7 94.7 93.5 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.6

Kansas ...................................................... 1,500.6 1,509.4 1,511.8 1,512.6 102.7 100.7 97.9 95.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.3

Kentucky ................................................... 2,091.1 2,097.2 2,093.3 2,087.2 214.7 202.0 196.8 190.7 10.3 9.6 9.4 9.1

Louisiana .................................................. 2,089.2 2,042.9 2,047.9 2,047.1 160.0 142.3 140.6 140.2 7.7 7.0 6.9 6.8

Maine ........................................................ 698.5 694.8 695.5 697.6 52.5 50.7 49.0 48.7 7.5 7.3 7.0 7.0

Maryland ................................................... 2,979.5 2,992.7 2,997.8 3,001.0 219.7 216.3 206.2 201.3 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.7

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,499.9 3,491.0 3,495.3 3,496.6 291.7 253.4 244.1 239.3 8.3 7.3 7.0 6.8

Michigan ................................................... 4,745.9 4,676.0 4,657.5 4,645.8 528.7 496.3 456.5 431.5 11.1 10.6 9.8 9.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,046.4 2,024.1 2,012.8 2,009.9 249.2 244.9 225.0 211.8 12.2 12.1 11.2 10.5

Minnesota ................................................. 2,964.2 2,977.1 2,969.7 2,965.5 204.8 192.2 176.6 167.9 6.9 6.5 5.9 5.7

Mississippi ................................................ 1,320.6 1,354.0 1,352.4 1,349.2 134.7 144.1 142.5 139.8 10.2 10.6 10.5 10.4

Missouri .................................................... 3,000.9 3,053.4 3,056.9 3,067.4 287.4 260.8 250.0 245.2 9.6 8.5 8.2 8.0

Montana .................................................... 497.6 502.5 502.0 501.9 36.8 38.1 35.9 34.1 7.4 7.6 7.1 6.8

Nebraska .................................................. 976.3 999.7 1,001.9 1,004.5 42.4 42.0 40.9 41.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1

Nevada ..................................................... 1,334.6 1,317.2 1,318.5 1,317.3 198.2 176.4 171.8 166.3 14.9 13.4 13.0 12.6

New Hampshire ........................................ 743.7 744.6 746.7 747.5 41.8 39.7 38.7 38.3 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.1

New Jersey ............................................... 4,472.5 4,542.2 4,552.3 4,554.6 407.3 415.0 413.2 410.7 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0

New Mexico .............................................. 956.5 932.4 935.9 939.9 82.6 61.5 61.3 62.0 8.6 6.6 6.5 6.6

New York .................................................. 9,574.9 9,540.6 9,549.5 9,555.3 788.1 756.6 759.5 768.2 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.0

New York City ...................................... 3,977.3 3,991.3 3,999.1 4,003.8 352.0 350.0 357.3 362.2 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.0

North Carolina .......................................... 4,461.7 4,506.2 4,503.2 4,507.5 437.2 467.8 451.6 446.4 9.8 10.4 10.0 9.9

North Dakota ............................................ 371.0 378.4 379.9 380.9 14.3 13.3 12.8 12.5 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.3

Ohio .......................................................... 5,893.9 5,853.3 5,830.5 5,809.2 560.0 525.8 495.8 469.3 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.1

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,085.3 1,090.6 1,092.3 1,092.5 99.1 87.1 84.3 81.1 9.1 8.0 7.7 7.4

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,749.4 1,744.8 1,752.9 1,758.8 119.2 105.9 106.7 107.5 6.8 6.1 6.1 6.1

Oregon ...................................................... 1,991.7 1,999.4 1,996.3 1,994.7 210.8 189.7 181.2 177.9 10.6 9.5 9.1 8.9

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,326.2 6,354.7 6,353.3 6,350.7 535.3 512.8 499.3 485.3 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.6

Rhode Island ............................................ 577.3 561.6 562.7 564.2 66.2 58.7 59.2 60.8 11.5 10.4 10.5 10.8

South Carolina .......................................... 2,164.1 2,169.7 2,165.3 2,162.1 236.0 228.0 214.0 206.5 10.9 10.5 9.9 9.5

South Dakota ............................................ 445.3 448.9 450.0 451.3 20.8 20.3 19.4 19.1 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2

Tennessee ................................................ 3,063.1 3,112.4 3,111.1 3,109.0 286.9 296.9 282.6 269.3 9.4 9.5 9.1 8.7

Texas ........................................................ 12,209.4 12,340.0 12,361.5 12,378.8 1,010.7 1,037.3 997.1 959.4 8.3 8.4 8.1 7.8

Utah .......................................................... 1,356.1 1,336.6 1,336.0 1,340.5 101.9 93.9 85.8 80.3 7.5 7.0 6.4 6.0

Vermont .................................................... 361.2 362.8 363.2 362.1 21.0 20.3 19.1 18.3 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.1

Virginia ...................................................... 4,182.6 4,243.6 4,251.0 4,259.5 276.1 272.8 264.2 262.5 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.2

Washington ............................................... 3,529.6 3,485.0 3,482.4 3,480.3 328.5 316.1 304.2 297.4 9.3 9.1 8.7 8.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,494.3 1,504.9 1,505.6 1,501.5 136.6 127.4 123.3 118.0 9.1 8.5 8.2 7.9

West Virginia ............................................ 778.9 778.3 778.4 779.7 75.6 63.6 61.4 61.7 9.7 8.2 7.9 7.9

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,044.7 3,057.0 3,055.5 3,054.2 227.7 234.1 223.9 215.8 7.5 7.7 7.3 7.1

Wyoming ................................................... 291.1 292.4 293.5 294.2 18.5 16.8 17.0 16.9 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.8

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,276.2 1,277.3 1,275.0 1,289.3 200.1 206.1 199.8 189.4 15.7 16.1 15.7 14.7

1 Metropolitan division. 2 Metropolitan statistical area. p = preliminary.

 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. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS Web site at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 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 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p 2010 2011 2010 2011p

Alabama ................................................... 2,122.3 2,145.3 2,115.6 2,132.0 190.8 170.7 186.2 159.7 9.0 8.0 8.8 7.5

Alaska ....................................................... 359.4 365.9 359.7 365.3 28.0 26.0 29.1 28.0 7.8 7.1 8.1 7.7

Arizona ..................................................... 3,178.4 3,159.7 3,165.6 3,158.8 303.9 266.3 292.6 273.3 9.6 8.4 9.2 8.7

Arkansas ................................................... 1,355.4 1,365.8 1,350.5 1,354.6 100.5 98.0 105.1 100.7 7.4 7.2 7.8 7.4

California .................................................. 18,148.4 18,186.4 18,098.1 18,172.2 2,267.6 1,978.4 2,226.8 1,987.1 12.5 10.9 12.3 10.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,903.3 4,865.2 4,895.3 4,865.3 632.5 558.6 617.9 563.7 12.9 11.5 12.6 11.6

Colorado ................................................... 2,673.1 2,727.3 2,656.2 2,719.3 238.0 212.5 231.8 214.8 8.9 7.8 8.7 7.9

Connecticut ............................................... 1,895.2 1,891.3 1,882.8 1,878.1 166.7 149.3 162.0 142.3 8.8 7.9 8.6 7.6

Delaware .................................................. 422.7 428.8 422.5 430.2 34.1 29.6 34.5 30.7 8.1 6.9 8.2 7.1

District of Columbia .................................. 330.8 332.1 327.5 333.0 33.1 33.8 30.1 33.9 10.0 10.2 9.2 10.2

Florida ....................................................... 9,265.1 9,211.6 9,252.6 9,197.7 1,116.6 907.0 1,082.3 893.1 12.1 9.8 11.7 9.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,291.6 1,305.2 1,303.8 1,311.2 163.2 123.4 171.2 135.2 12.6 9.5 13.1 10.3

Georgia ..................................................... 4,689.6 4,746.5 4,694.0 4,757.2 483.4 438.3 476.9 449.5 10.3 9.2 10.2 9.4

Hawaii ....................................................... 630.7 633.7 628.4 629.1 41.2 41.7 36.2 39.0 6.5 6.6 5.8 6.2

Idaho ......................................................... 757.3 760.8 754.9 759.9 72.7 63.8 73.2 64.7 9.6 8.4 9.7 8.5

Illinois ........................................................ 6,664.2 6,614.1 6,643.8 6,592.8 603.2 621.0 586.0 613.4 9.1 9.4 8.8 9.3

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,099.0 4,079.8 4,078.6 4,075.1 365.2 397.9 351.0 378.8 8.9 9.8 8.6 9.3

Indiana ...................................................... 3,128.3 3,163.3 3,098.2 3,164.1 292.7 275.4 283.8 275.0 9.4 8.7 9.2 8.7

Iowa .......................................................... 1,673.5 1,661.6 1,673.7 1,659.4 98.3 86.0 104.1 97.0 5.9 5.2 6.2 5.8

Kansas ...................................................... 1,502.6 1,512.4 1,493.7 1,502.6 102.0 91.2 94.9 88.0 6.8 6.0 6.4 5.9

Kentucky ................................................... 2,092.9 2,087.3 2,088.0 2,076.5 208.3 179.9 206.9 179.0 10.0 8.6 9.9 8.6

Louisiana .................................................. 2,090.5 2,055.4 2,068.8 2,024.0 153.1 132.9 147.9 129.8 7.3 6.5 7.2 6.4

Maine ........................................................ 695.2 691.7 693.6 695.3 52.5 46.6 51.9 48.6 7.6 6.7 7.5 7.0

Maryland ................................................... 2,974.5 2,992.3 2,958.3 2,983.1 218.3 189.0 208.3 192.9 7.3 6.3 7.0 6.5

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,499.1 3,488.0 3,488.3 3,483.3 281.9 221.9 279.2 228.0 8.1 6.4 8.0 6.5

Michigan ................................................... 4,751.8 4,645.6 4,722.6 4,636.1 511.0 389.1 501.0 416.6 10.8 8.4 10.6 9.0

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,043.8 1,994.7 2,027.8 2,005.5 237.0 190.0 224.7 195.0 11.6 9.5 11.1 9.7

Minnesota ................................................. 2,965.9 2,961.0 2,939.9 2,950.1 195.4 155.8 200.3 168.5 6.6 5.3 6.8 5.7

Mississippi ................................................ 1,319.5 1,344.1 1,324.9 1,345.9 129.3 130.7 130.1 133.3 9.8 9.7 9.8 9.9

Missouri .................................................... 2,991.5 3,037.5 2,978.6 3,052.6 280.8 229.0 275.2 235.0 9.4 7.5 9.2 7.7

Montana .................................................... 494.4 498.3 491.3 496.1 36.6 32.7 37.0 33.4 7.4 6.6 7.5 6.7

Nebraska .................................................. 973.4 998.2 972.3 999.3 39.0 36.1 40.1 41.0 4.0 3.6 4.1 4.1

Nevada ..................................................... 1,330.8 1,314.3 1,328.0 1,310.8 191.9 159.8 195.5 162.6 14.4 12.2 14.7 12.4

New Hampshire ........................................ 741.7 745.5 739.5 743.4 41.0 36.2 39.4 36.4 5.5 4.9 5.3 4.9

New Jersey ............................................... 4,468.1 4,538.5 4,459.5 4,534.2 400.0 401.8 388.9 394.0 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.7

New Mexico .............................................. 959.5 943.2 956.1 944.6 80.4 59.3 78.8 60.9 8.4 6.3 8.2 6.4

New York .................................................. 9,555.9 9,517.5 9,525.8 9,500.9 782.9 750.5 764.5 759.6 8.2 7.9 8.0 8.0

New York City ...................................... 3,973.7 3,994.5 3,964.0 3,985.5 354.0 362.0 339.6 351.6 8.9 9.1 8.6 8.8

North Carolina .......................................... 4,464.9 4,497.7 4,428.9 4,478.1 442.7 427.6 428.6 440.0 9.9 9.5 9.7 9.8

North Dakota ............................................ 364.9 374.7 365.1 374.2 12.5 10.7 14.0 12.2 3.4 2.9 3.8 3.2

Ohio .......................................................... 5,899.1 5,810.6 5,874.2 5,773.4 547.2 442.8 542.1 441.7 9.3 7.6 9.2 7.6

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,079.4 1,085.9 1,068.3 1,075.1 93.0 75.0 90.5 74.2 8.6 6.9 8.5 6.9

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,756.6 1,763.9 1,742.2 1,754.0 118.0 102.6 115.3 105.2 6.7 5.8 6.6 6.0

Oregon ...................................................... 1,997.0 1,994.1 1,981.3 1,983.6 209.4 166.7 205.0 175.8 10.5 8.4 10.3 8.9

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,329.1 6,334.9 6,304.5 6,322.2 518.9 467.5 509.7 457.1 8.2 7.4 8.1 7.2

Rhode Island ............................................ 579.1 567.4 576.5 566.0 63.9 59.0 62.6 60.3 11.0 10.4 10.9 10.7

South Carolina .......................................... 2,150.0 2,144.3 2,145.9 2,139.1 236.2 198.9 233.2 203.3 11.0 9.3 10.9 9.5

South Dakota ............................................ 442.9 448.8 440.5 447.5 19.8 17.5 21.5 19.8 4.5 3.9 4.9 4.4

Tennessee ................................................ 3,067.6 3,117.2 3,056.4 3,099.8 284.3 261.9 277.0 251.9 9.3 8.4 9.1 8.1

Texas ........................................................ 12,212.3 12,344.4 12,191.6 12,347.3 1,005.2 920.7 975.9 892.6 8.2 7.5 8.0 7.2

Utah .......................................................... 1,359.7 1,342.7 1,352.8 1,346.0 99.5 76.2 97.7 75.5 7.3 5.7 7.2 5.6

Vermont .................................................... 360.1 361.7 361.2 359.0 20.6 17.1 20.0 17.4 5.7 4.7 5.5 4.9

Virginia ...................................................... 4,165.4 4,230.1 4,153.3 4,231.9 271.0 242.1 265.0 257.0 6.5 5.7 6.4 6.1

Washington ............................................... 3,529.6 3,467.3 3,513.4 3,463.0 330.6 287.8 323.3 296.2 9.4 8.3 9.2 8.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,486.9 1,486.6 1,486.7 1,488.3 137.6 117.2 129.6 110.9 9.3 7.9 8.7 7.5

West Virginia ............................................ 777.2 775.6 773.6 774.1 71.1 54.8 73.0 59.6 9.1 7.1 9.4 7.7

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,040.9 3,048.7 3,031.4 3,038.7 219.3 202.0 214.4 200.1 7.2 6.6 7.1 6.6

Wyoming ................................................... 290.9 294.2 289.0 292.2 18.4 17.0 18.4 16.8 6.3 5.8 6.4 5.7

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,296.9 1,284.9 1,276.6 1,288.1 199.7 195.0 187.1 170.4 15.4 15.2 14.7 13.2

1 Metropolitan division. 2 Metropolitan statistical area. p = preliminary.

 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. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS Web site at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,866.0 1,870.1 1,872.1 1,873.2 84.1 81.3 79.2 80.4 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.1 331.2 327.9 326.4 15.7 16.0 15.7 15.5 13.0 12.4 10.3 10.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,375.3 2,424.2 2,420.3 2,412.6 107.6 115.7 111.3 110.6 148.2 153.2 152.4 151.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167.6 1,170.6 1,176.1 1,175.6 47.3 48.2 47.7 47.6 159.0 153.7 154.8 155.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,935.8 14,163.6 14,188.3 14,199.0 550.3 568.8 566.8 571.6 1,245.4 1,252.2 1,243.5 1,241.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,221.2 2,252.1 2,249.2 2,244.8 113.4 108.0 108.3 108.9 124.1 125.1 124.6 125.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,618.8 1,628.6 1,627.2 1,627.8 48.6 50.6 49.1 49.1 168.1 167.2 167.3 165.8

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.7 412.7 410.4 410.9 19.5 19.1 18.5 18.4 25.5 25.9 25.7 25.5

District of Columbia2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714.1 714.4 718.1 721.2 10.3 10.9 11.1 10.9 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,177.6 7,273.2 7,284.2 7,291.5 332.4 326.5 331.1 331.4 303.5 307.9 308.6 309.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,823.7 3,797.6 3,806.1 3,809.8 140.4 131.9 130.9 134.0 346.8 346.4 347.4 347.7

Hawaii2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.3 597.6 597.5 596.4 28.9 28.9 27.8 28.6 – – – –

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.0 610.2 610.0 612.1 31.3 30.4 31.2 31.4 52.8 54.5 54.6 54.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,623.8 5,685.5 5,680.5 5,676.4 191.5 201.1 199.2 194.9 560.4 571.5 570.4 572.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,791.2 2,793.2 2,793.8 2,808.9 112.7 121.3 122.7 126.3 448.2 454.4 452.8 456.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,469.1 1,486.1 1,487.1 1,482.4 59.5 63.5 63.5 62.6 199.9 206.9 207.7 208.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,320.1 1,328.1 1,330.9 1,332.8 54.0 54.2 54.7 56.6 158.4 163.5 163.7 164.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,777.7 1,797.6 1,800.3 1,808.7 63.7 64.6 62.5 63.1 211.7 217.8 216.2 217.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,890.4 1,933.4 1,937.4 1,938.0 121.9 124.5 123.6 120.8 137.1 145.0 144.1 144.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.6 596.4 596.2 593.7 25.0 24.8 24.8 24.8 51.1 50.6 50.7 50.8

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,513.4 2,533.0 2,535.5 2,538.6 143.3 140.0 141.4 139.5 112.5 112.6 110.9 110.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,193.8 3,240.4 3,240.7 3,234.5 104.3 108.6 106.8 106.7 255.7 260.3 259.2 260.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,868.1 3,929.2 3,930.5 3,934.6 124.5 127.4 127.4 125.5 478.3 500.3 500.5 504.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,640.6 2,673.1 2,659.0 2,666.9 82.9 86.1 84.9 83.2 293.5 296.6 295.5 297.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,097.2 1,101.9 1,103.5 1,099.9 49.4 47.3 47.4 47.4 134.6 132.9 132.2 133.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,640.2 2,650.7 2,648.2 2,636.4 104.4 102.6 100.8 100.0 243.2 253.5 253.0 250.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.3 434.8 432.3 432.3 22.3 22.8 21.9 22.6 16.5 16.1 16.2 16.1

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943.7 962.5 958.1 956.8 41.8 42.2 42.3 41.2 91.4 93.9 93.9 93.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,112.7 1,121.8 1,126.6 1,116.8 56.8 54.6 57.5 55.5 36.6 35.7 35.7 35.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.0 631.9 634.6 634.4 20.9 20.4 20.6 21.6 66.1 66.2 65.6 65.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,844.7 3,870.7 3,880.7 3,881.1 127.0 130.5 130.5 127.7 255.6 248.1 246.8 246.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796.9 805.7 804.2 804.0 43.9 40.2 38.9 37.9 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,557.9 8,634.4 8,658.4 8,644.4 296.3 309.3 313.9 302.5 454.0 450.4 449.8 449.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,856.9 3,873.0 3,880.9 3,876.5 170.9 170.9 171.3 170.9 431.7 431.8 431.4 431.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.4 398.9 400.5 404.3 20.9 25.9 25.6 26.0 23.4 23.3 23.5 23.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,034.2 5,107.5 5,109.9 5,106.6 163.4 174.9 171.2 168.6 621.0 633.8 638.7 639.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,531.2 1,570.4 1,571.6 1,572.8 68.1 73.5 71.9 71.0 126.0 134.4 135.4 136.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,608.5 1,625.0 1,623.9 1,626.3 67.7 69.4 70.2 70.8 164.1 165.7 163.2 163.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,639.9 5,694.9 5,692.6 5,699.1 218.0 222.3 220.6 223.6 562.5 573.5 572.0 574.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.2 460.1 459.3 458.7 15.1 15.6 16.5 16.0 40.5 40.0 39.8 40.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,812.3 1,822.8 1,831.9 1,832.2 78.8 75.2 75.8 75.9 209.5 218.5 219.6 221.1

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.8 406.8 406.9 411.5 20.9 21.1 20.8 21.2 37.1 38.4 38.7 38.0

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616.9 2,646.5 2,651.1 2,648.0 106.7 111.6 112.4 113.9 294.1 301.6 301.2 301.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,444.7 10,608.5 10,629.0 10,649.2 597.1 588.9 590.5 590.8 812.2 831.6 835.2 837.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185.4 1,219.1 1,215.0 1,221.4 64.8 67.4 64.7 66.4 112.4 117.9 117.4 117.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.6 303.9 303.7 303.0 13.0 13.5 12.9 13.5 31.3 31.4 31.3 31.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,626.5 3,655.8 3,655.3 3,663.1 181.4 180.3 180.4 178.9 229.2 231.7 229.7 228.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,781.6 2,827.3 2,833.6 2,822.0 137.6 137.3 137.7 138.5 257.4 268.3 269.8 272.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744.5 753.9 755.5 754.5 29.3 33.3 33.9 32.3 48.8 49.5 49.3 49.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,736.3 2,754.8 2,741.2 2,739.5 89.6 86.4 83.9 85.8 433.9 442.9 439.9 443.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.3 289.7 290.6 290.7 22.7 23.0 23.1 22.4 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.9

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.2 915.4 921.7 919.8 28.5 30.1 30.6 30.4 85.2 80.2 80.5 81.7

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 42.6 42.8 42.6 – – – – – – – –

1 Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.

2 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be

separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will

be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Trade, transportation, and utilities Financial activities Professional and business services

Dec.

2010

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2011

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2011

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2010

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2011

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2011

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2010

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2011

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2011

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.7 368.0 368.0 364.4 91.3 92.1 91.8 92.5 210.4 216.1 217.5 218.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 64.4 64.4 63.8 15.6 15.0 15.1 14.9 26.4 27.0 26.9 26.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.6 475.0 479.1 472.7 161.2 162.5 163.8 164.7 341.2 338.6 340.9 343.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 232.5 233.3 235.2 49.0 50.3 50.6 50.2 120.7 120.4 121.6 120.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,621.4 2,645.6 2,661.8 2,657.6 761.6 757.9 759.9 759.3 2,106.1 2,163.5 2,156.1 2,169.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.5 402.9 399.4 399.8 142.4 140.5 140.3 138.9 328.4 338.6 340.5 338.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.5 293.1 292.7 295.2 135.5 132.7 132.1 131.2 192.2 195.6 195.8 195.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 72.1 72.5 72.7 42.3 43.0 43.0 43.2 54.7 53.6 52.6 52.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 26.2 26.5 26.5 26.1 26.9 27.1 26.9 149.9 152.4 153.6 154.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454.0 1,480.9 1,489.8 1,491.2 469.1 470.5 476.6 477.8 1,042.3 1,062.6 1,062.7 1,057.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.3 812.1 814.3 813.9 201.3 192.3 192.8 192.0 529.4 535.9 541.8 542.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.9 109.0 108.6 108.0 27.0 27.3 27.5 27.2 72.7 74.8 75.2 74.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.1 123.5 123.5 124.6 28.9 29.1 28.8 28.8 73.4 73.8 73.3 74.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124.6 1,142.3 1,140.4 1,139.1 358.0 358.1 356.5 354.9 809.5 830.5 830.9 829.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.0 533.8 534.0 536.3 129.1 131.4 130.4 130.6 286.6 284.1 283.7 288.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.2 305.2 306.1 305.9 101.1 98.3 99.0 98.8 122.7 124.3 123.9 123.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 247.1 248.9 247.8 69.9 67.7 67.5 66.4 143.5 150.0 152.5 151.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.9 360.1 361.7 365.1 85.7 83.1 83.0 82.8 184.2 192.9 195.1 196.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.7 369.8 371.9 374.6 92.8 97.0 97.8 97.6 192.5 194.6 195.8 196.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.7 118.5 117.6 117.5 31.1 32.0 32.1 32.2 55.9 56.1 56.3 55.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.4 442.4 443.0 441.8 141.5 140.3 141.2 140.9 388.6 398.6 397.6 395.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.4 550.9 551.9 554.2 207.7 209.9 209.2 209.3 458.3 479.5 479.2 474.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.2 712.6 715.4 714.8 186.1 188.7 187.3 188.1 521.7 546.4 548.8 552.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.5 496.8 495.1 496.3 169.9 172.3 171.5 171.9 316.6 325.2 323.4 326.6

Mississippi1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.1 215.9 216.0 215.5 – – – – 94.9 100.7 100.8 98.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.4 511.5 511.5 508.0 163.7 160.4 160.0 160.3 315.3 321.1 324.8 322.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.9 88.9 89.2 89.0 21.2 21.2 20.8 20.7 39.3 39.1 39.6 39.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.7 201.9 201.7 201.5 68.1 68.1 68.4 68.5 103.4 114.2 111.5 109.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.4 205.7 208.6 206.1 50.8 46.8 46.5 47.2 138.7 141.8 141.1 141.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.6 129.7 132.6 133.2 35.6 35.8 35.5 35.3 65.5 67.8 68.0 67.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.9 823.3 830.5 826.4 257.6 255.1 256.8 258.6 584.7 596.7 597.5 599.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 137.3 137.1 138.9 32.3 34.6 35.3 35.1 91.7 92.5 92.4 91.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454.4 1,454.6 1,467.1 1,465.9 668.9 676.2 677.4 672.7 1,109.7 1,140.8 1,145.3 1,147.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708.5 714.8 719.5 717.7 201.0 201.3 200.3 200.0 490.0 498.9 497.9 494.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.1 86.9 87.4 87.8 20.4 20.6 20.4 20.5 28.7 30.9 31.3 32.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941.8 957.5 961.6 961.2 271.0 274.9 273.9 272.3 627.9 643.0 642.3 637.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.9 281.1 281.6 282.3 80.2 81.3 80.8 80.6 171.1 178.8 177.2 177.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.2 312.3 312.9 313.2 91.9 94.3 93.0 92.9 184.3 185.8 185.4 185.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084.9 1,096.2 1,097.9 1,098.3 312.1 313.5 313.0 310.6 690.4 694.7 693.7 695.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 75.7 75.4 74.7 30.1 29.4 29.7 30.0 52.9 53.8 54.0 54.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.3 350.8 354.1 353.2 98.2 97.3 98.0 97.9 221.9 222.1 221.2 220.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 82.0 81.9 82.8 28.3 28.0 27.9 28.8 27.6 29.1 29.2 29.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.5 550.4 556.1 552.4 136.8 138.5 138.2 137.4 308.1 311.8 310.4 314.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,062.2 2,111.1 2,107.8 2,108.0 620.8 632.4 636.7 638.8 1,290.6 1,342.3 1,342.1 1,343.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 236.0 234.6 235.4 67.3 67.8 67.9 67.8 155.6 164.8 166.3 166.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 56.9 56.9 57.4 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.0 23.3 25.5 25.6 25.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.4 625.4 629.4 629.8 177.4 179.0 179.8 180.0 654.3 665.3 663.0 668.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.6 530.8 532.2 527.0 135.8 136.4 136.2 135.5 330.8 343.9 345.8 343.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 136.3 136.5 135.8 28.0 27.6 27.6 27.8 61.1 63.1 63.0 63.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.4 513.2 510.6 513.3 155.2 152.6 152.4 152.1 268.6 268.2 267.2 264.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 52.4 53.0 52.8 10.9 10.7 10.8 10.8 17.6 17.7 18.3 18.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.8 166.5 164.3 161.0 44.0 45.1 45.4 44.8 108.8 106.5 109.3 111.0

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.4 – – – – – – – –

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot

be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Dec.

2010

Oct.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.2 213.6 214.7 216.4 169.9 168.4 170.0 170.2 383.9 376.1 374.9 375.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 44.2 43.7 44.0 33.1 33.4 33.5 33.3 85.0 84.6 84.2 84.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.6 364.6 363.0 362.2 256.0 264.6 260.3 262.6 410.2 415.1 415.3 411.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.3 168.6 170.6 170.8 103.8 105.1 105.9 105.4 216.2 220.0 219.7 219.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,813.0 1,846.6 1,855.0 1,855.6 1,511.1 1,534.2 1,541.5 1,538.1 2,374.5 2,425.9 2,429.5 2,431.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.1 275.7 275.9 275.2 268.1 279.5 278.5 278.3 391.9 391.9 391.5 391.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.2 316.9 316.8 317.3 137.2 137.0 138.0 138.8 242.6 242.4 242.3 242.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 66.1 66.1 66.6 42.3 43.8 43.5 43.5 64.3 63.1 62.9 62.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 109.4 110.6 113.3 59.2 59.9 60.4 60.4 248.4 245.8 245.4 245.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090.0 1,110.4 1,119.6 1,117.3 931.5 971.4 958.6 961.9 1,105.2 1,097.8 1,095.1 1,097.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.6 495.9 496.2 497.1 375.9 375.3 377.4 375.4 668.2 649.1 647.6 648.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.2 78.8 79.4 79.1 101.6 104.2 103.8 103.9 124.3 124.6 124.7 124.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.5 85.4 85.9 86.4 59.2 61.0 60.6 60.3 118.3 118.3 117.6 116.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.9 859.5 859.8 860.6 519.6 521.7 523.3 522.9 851.9 842.3 842.6 843.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.4 426.7 427.1 426.5 267.9 274.3 276.2 274.5 431.9 421.1 419.5 422.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.8 218.8 218.8 219.0 130.8 133.6 132.9 130.4 253.7 250.7 250.5 249.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.2 184.2 185.6 185.9 113.6 114.9 112.9 112.9 258.6 258.6 257.3 259.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.2 255.8 257.9 256.9 170.1 177.4 177.6 180.3 331.2 325.7 326.2 327.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.6 291.2 291.8 292.0 196.1 202.1 202.1 202.2 362.0 360.6 361.2 361.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.0 121.9 122.6 123.4 60.9 62.1 61.2 60.7 101.3 99.4 99.9 98.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.8 411.1 411.6 413.9 227.2 226.5 227.8 230.1 497.9 499.1 496.8 501.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671.7 677.0 676.5 674.1 308.6 309.8 314.9 313.7 437.4 434.4 432.6 432.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.4 638.3 636.6 637.1 371.7 366.5 366.1 367.0 624.3 616.9 615.0 611.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.1 469.5 470.3 472.2 231.4 240.0 236.4 235.3 416.1 411.2 407.5 410.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 138.9 139.6 139.1 121.1 117.5 118.4 118.5 247.3 247.8 248.0 246.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.7 412.3 410.5 406.8 270.9 269.6 270.3 268.6 447.1 445.5 444.0 445.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 64.3 64.2 64.9 56.7 60.0 59.3 58.3 88.9 90.5 89.4 89.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 137.5 136.9 137.9 81.1 82.9 80.9 80.7 169.4 167.8 168.2 168.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.1 106.2 105.8 104.1 310.7 324.6 325.4 320.6 151.3 146.5 145.9 146.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.5 112.3 112.3 111.7 66.0 70.8 70.4 69.8 96.9 96.1 96.3 97.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.3 624.2 623.2 623.5 334.2 334.0 336.2 336.1 628.4 623.0 623.0 625.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.4 127.2 126.8 126.6 83.8 84.9 85.8 85.2 197.9 197.1 195.7 196.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,723.6 1,739.1 1,744.2 1,752.0 742.6 757.7 764.9 754.2 1,484.7 1,484.8 1,479.9 1,482.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.9 540.8 543.9 543.9 391.9 402.4 403.4 403.7 694.2 682.3 682.9 684.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 55.9 56.1 56.2 35.2 35.1 35.7 36.5 80.1 79.1 79.2 79.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849.2 870.9 871.7 873.8 478.6 480.1 477.0 476.6 778.5 768.3 768.7 771.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.0 208.5 209.5 209.3 138.9 144.9 145.1 142.7 334.6 336.6 337.8 340.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.5 238.1 240.6 238.4 162.3 169.5 168.4 171.1 298.7 292.3 291.6 293.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147.7 1,164.9 1,167.4 1,167.6 500.8 515.7 512.8 511.4 751.4 730.3 730.6 731.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 103.1 102.5 102.0 50.0 50.1 49.4 49.9 61.0 59.9 59.6 59.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.2 217.9 218.3 217.7 209.6 211.3 214.8 216.6 334.1 332.4 332.1 329.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 66.1 66.0 66.0 43.6 42.2 42.8 44.0 78.8 77.7 77.4 79.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.2 382.6 382.2 380.8 261.1 266.0 266.3 264.9 431.8 438.9 439.7 438.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406.6 1,443.0 1,444.3 1,443.5 1,019.0 1,047.5 1,056.1 1,060.2 1,860.8 1,796.0 1,795.2 1,805.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.4 160.4 159.4 159.6 110.6 113.3 114.3 116.1 215.3 215.3 214.1 214.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 60.4 60.4 60.3 33.3 34.1 34.4 33.7 53.8 53.9 53.9 53.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.4 463.5 462.2 464.0 331.4 336.7 335.4 338.6 698.9 705.6 707.2 706.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.8 388.3 388.0 389.4 266.3 273.1 277.1 273.7 543.4 535.3 533.8 529.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.2 123.8 123.6 125.3 73.5 72.6 73.4 73.7 150.8 149.3 149.0 148.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.9 430.1 429.1 428.1 254.2 259.8 260.0 253.9 419.1 409.6 406.6 408.8

Wyoming1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 32.3 32.4 31.7 32.2 72.2 74.9 74.5 74.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.8 114.8 115.7 115.6 70.9 69.4 69.3 69.4 260.6 268.1 271.2 269.8

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.4 13.1 12.2 12.0 12.2

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot

be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

November December November December November December

2010 2011 2010 2011p

2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,878.4 1,883.1 1,870.6 1,877.5 12.1 12.6 12.3 12.6 85.8 79.5 83.8 80.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.9 317.4 313.4 313.1 15.8 16.6 15.7 16.3 14.7 14.4 13.4 13.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,401.9 2,448.2 2,407.7 2,445.2 10.8 11.0 10.9 11.1 111.9 113.1 108.0 111.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,178.6 1,184.4 1,172.1 1,179.8 10.5 10.8 10.8 11.0 47.4 47.8 46.5 46.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,034.8 14,305.6 14,055.1 14,320.1 27.5 28.4 26.3 26.9 562.5 578.2 549.8 571.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,231.5 2,258.4 2,243.4 2,267.8 25.6 28.7 25.6 29.0 115.6 110.5 111.4 107.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,638.8 1,644.5 1,637.6 1,646.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 51.0 51.4 49.3 49.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.8 413.3 416.4 413.5 – – – – 19.9 19.1 19.8 18.7

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717.2 720.2 713.1 720.1 – – – – 10.6 11.2 10.2 10.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,219.6 7,320.1 7,244.3 7,358.9 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.7 334.4 330.0 332.8 331.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,858.6 3,834.2 3,840.9 3,826.9 9.4 9.0 9.2 8.8 145.4 133.1 140.0 133.7

Hawaii1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.1 601.0 597.4 603.5 – – – – 29.0 28.0 28.9 28.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.3 614.9 605.0 612.9 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.5 32.6 32.8 30.1 30.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,685.3 5,737.3 5,663.1 5,715.7 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.4 208.6 210.7 191.0 194.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,836.1 2,829.7 2,805.8 2,822.5 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 119.6 127.9 109.7 123.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,496.2 1,509.2 1,482.8 1,495.9 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 66.0 66.7 58.1 61.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,338.9 1,348.5 1,330.1 1,342.5 8.5 9.3 8.6 9.3 55.4 56.1 51.2 53.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,797.7 1,817.4 1,791.3 1,823.1 22.9 22.9 22.8 22.5 70.4 64.7 64.3 63.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,899.4 1,946.7 1,899.3 1,946.7 52.1 55.6 52.3 56.2 121.6 123.7 121.8 120.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.9 600.9 597.3 597.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 26.2 25.6 24.5 24.3

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,540.3 2,559.4 2,529.3 2,554.0 – – – – 145.0 143.9 143.3 139.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,220.0 3,271.3 3,212.8 3,253.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 109.9 111.4 103.6 106.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,928.2 3,987.5 3,900.6 3,968.4 7.2 7.8 7.1 7.3 130.2 134.7 121.6 122.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675.5 2,684.4 2,642.6 2,668.1 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.0 88.7 89.6 78.5 78.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098.0 1,107.1 1,099.2 1,101.9 8.8 9.1 8.9 9.0 49.1 47.2 48.7 46.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667.6 2,670.0 2,656.5 2,652.6 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.2 107.0 102.7 102.1 97.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.7 434.1 428.5 432.4 8.0 8.2 7.8 8.0 24.2 23.1 20.7 20.9

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951.4 965.7 949.4 962.6 – – – – 42.7 43.0 40.5 39.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116.6 1,132.7 1,120.7 1,124.2 12.5 12.9 12.4 12.9 57.9 57.9 55.9 54.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628.9 637.6 630.6 637.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 22.0 21.4 20.5 21.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,889.1 3,919.0 3,877.7 3,914.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 133.8 135.4 129.4 130.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.5 809.8 802.2 809.6 19.0 20.7 18.7 21.1 45.7 39.6 44.1 38.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,689.7 8,770.2 8,659.0 8,747.0 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.1 316.3 321.5 292.3 298.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,893.6 3,917.2 3,885.9 3,904.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.5 175.8 173.4 170.2 170.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.8 405.5 385.7 407.7 12.7 17.7 13.0 18.1 22.2 26.2 19.1 24.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,097.0 5,168.9 5,077.7 5,150.5 11.5 11.7 11.5 11.5 175.9 180.6 159.8 165.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540.5 1,585.5 1,543.2 1,584.9 45.2 49.7 45.4 50.5 68.0 72.1 68.0 71.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622.5 1,642.2 1,616.5 1,634.0 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.5 68.6 72.0 66.6 69.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,705.4 5,753.5 5,681.5 5,740.3 29.2 34.2 28.7 34.0 226.0 227.1 213.6 219.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.3 465.0 461.6 462.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 16.2 17.2 15.2 16.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,815.4 1,838.5 1,816.9 1,834.7 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1 79.1 75.9 78.9 76.1

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.7 408.5 402.7 408.9 – – – – 22.0 21.5 19.2 19.4

Tennessee1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,652.3 2,680.3 2,644.4 2,675.6 – – – – 109.9 115.4 106.4 113.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,492.2 10,719.4 10,512.9 10,718.0 215.8 258.1 219.1 260.2 580.6 595.5 591.0 584.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,197.5 1,228.2 1,199.1 1,235.4 11.0 11.6 10.8 11.8 67.4 67.0 64.4 66.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.2 306.5 306.3 310.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 14.0 13.9 12.6 13.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,666.5 3,687.2 3,644.5 3,680.1 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.4 184.0 183.0 182.8 180.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,798.3 2,854.9 2,790.3 2,830.6 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.7 140.3 140.2 133.2 134.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758.4 764.8 751.1 761.2 31.0 33.2 31.0 32.4 35.1 35.3 29.3 32.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,767.6 2,771.8 2,747.2 2,749.7 3.1 3.2 2.7 2.8 97.7 89.1 83.7 79.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.3 288.9 282.6 289.0 26.3 28.5 26.5 28.9 23.7 24.1 21.9 21.6

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922.9 927.2 932.4 934.6 – – – – 28.5 30.0 27.9 29.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 42.7 43.8 42.7 – – – – 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction for states with this footnote.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

November December November December November December

2010 2011 2010 2011p

2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.1 238.4 235.0 238.6 364.0 372.6 366.0 370.7 23.8 23.3 23.9 23.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 7.2 6.7 5.2 61.7 62.4 61.8 62.2 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.4 152.5 148.9 152.0 473.9 485.2 480.9 485.0 36.1 36.7 36.2 37.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.3 155.3 159.1 155.0 239.2 236.9 239.2 239.5 15.6 15.6 15.6 15.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,245.5 1,244.8 1,245.7 1,241.2 2,673.8 2,714.0 2,697.3 2,734.6 438.9 462.2 442.5 465.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.5 125.4 125.1 126.0 401.6 406.6 406.8 411.1 70.9 68.2 70.2 68.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.3 167.3 168.6 166.3 295.6 298.3 299.3 304.9 31.7 32.0 31.7 32.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 26.2 26.1 26.1 74.6 73.6 75.3 74.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 27.1 26.8 27.3 27.2 18.7 18.5 18.7 18.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.5 308.6 304.4 310.0 1,471.5 1,504.9 1,489.2 1,526.9 136.0 130.2 133.9 130.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.6 346.1 345.5 346.5 822.5 828.0 825.0 831.6 101.7 97.0 101.5 97.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.0 13.1 12.9 13.0 109.4 109.8 110.9 110.9 11.3 10.8 11.4 11.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 55.1 53.3 55.2 122.2 125.8 122.3 126.8 9.5 9.2 9.5 9.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.8 573.6 563.6 575.8 1,148.5 1,161.8 1,155.4 1,170.0 101.5 97.1 101.0 97.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447.5 453.5 447.8 456.0 548.8 542.7 550.4 547.3 35.1 34.4 35.3 34.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.2 209.8 200.8 209.4 305.9 310.9 306.3 311.0 28.0 27.0 27.9 27.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.2 164.8 159.1 165.1 253.4 252.5 256.3 253.4 30.3 27.3 30.3 27.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.3 217.1 212.5 218.1 364.1 366.8 366.5 371.8 26.1 26.2 26.1 26.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.1 145.5 138.2 145.2 369.8 375.2 373.5 380.4 28.2 28.8 28.3 29.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 51.5 51.9 51.6 121.2 122.1 122.2 123.0 9.2 8.7 9.1 8.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.4 111.6 113.3 111.5 450.7 451.8 454.3 455.7 43.7 44.9 43.7 45.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.6 259.8 256.1 260.8 554.4 562.1 562.5 570.3 85.9 87.9 85.8 87.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.3 506.8 482.9 510.6 721.7 728.4 724.0 731.5 54.5 54.5 54.0 54.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.0 297.8 293.0 296.6 502.6 503.7 502.0 503.7 54.5 53.3 54.3 53.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.4 132.5 135.1 133.5 215.4 217.9 217.8 219.2 12.6 12.4 12.6 12.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.0 254.5 245.6 253.3 516.4 519.1 519.0 519.4 58.0 53.0 57.8 53.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.7 16.4 16.7 16.3 88.4 90.6 88.5 90.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 94.5 92.9 95.5 201.4 204.7 203.5 206.4 16.8 17.3 16.8 17.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 35.7 36.4 35.6 210.8 211.3 212.6 210.9 12.6 12.5 12.7 12.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.3 65.8 66.2 65.5 134.2 134.2 135.8 136.3 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.5 249.7 258.3 249.4 822.4 845.4 832.7 851.9 78.9 73.5 78.5 73.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 29.4 29.0 29.1 135.9 139.5 136.9 142.2 14.5 14.1 14.3 14.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.4 452.1 455.0 450.3 1,488.8 1,500.3 1,508.2 1,520.1 253.4 250.6 254.3 250.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.2 432.8 433.5 433.6 719.2 730.9 726.5 735.8 69.0 68.1 69.2 68.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.7 23.8 23.6 23.9 82.4 88.3 83.9 89.8 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.3 642.1 623.3 641.5 963.5 979.3 970.2 990.1 76.9 78.0 77.3 78.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.4 135.8 126.9 137.6 280.5 285.7 282.5 287.9 24.8 23.9 24.7 23.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.4 165.0 164.2 163.0 317.8 320.0 321.8 321.8 32.5 33.8 32.7 33.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.0 573.7 563.5 575.6 1,108.5 1,120.7 1,120.1 1,133.7 92.8 95.2 92.2 95.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 40.4 40.9 40.6 75.8 77.2 76.8 77.4 10.5 10.4 10.5 10.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.1 220.0 209.6 221.2 350.4 357.8 353.3 359.3 25.4 26.0 25.5 26.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 38.9 37.3 38.2 81.9 82.9 82.7 83.9 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.0 302.4 295.2 302.1 566.0 563.8 569.8 564.3 44.8 43.5 45.4 44.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.2 838.1 814.1 839.1 2,084.9 2,141.2 2,116.5 2,163.9 194.5 187.1 194.2 186.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.6 118.5 113.3 118.8 235.6 240.4 237.1 242.5 29.4 30.5 29.2 30.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 31.8 31.9 32.0 57.4 58.3 57.6 59.1 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 231.0 230.3 229.1 636.9 641.1 640.7 645.0 77.2 72.0 76.3 72.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.4 271.2 257.3 271.9 524.6 540.3 532.4 539.7 103.5 103.4 103.3 103.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 49.5 48.9 49.1 137.8 139.3 138.4 139.1 10.8 11.0 10.7 10.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.5 442.2 433.7 443.2 521.2 524.9 523.9 530.0 47.0 47.7 47.0 46.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.9 50.8 52.5 51.8 53.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.0 80.8 85.1 81.6 171.7 165.5 179.9 169.6 18.6 19.5 19.8 20.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

November December November December November December

2010 2011 2010 2011p

2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.7 92.1 91.3 92.5 212.2 219.0 209.9 217.7 218.1 216.7 216.1 216.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 14.9 15.4 14.7 25.7 26.3 25.5 25.7 43.0 43.7 42.4 43.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.6 164.3 162.9 166.4 342.0 344.1 345.7 348.1 352.9 367.0 353.0 365.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 50.3 49.4 50.6 119.0 121.0 120.3 120.4 169.1 172.4 168.2 171.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758.2 759.3 765.6 763.4 2,113.8 2,173.7 2,124.5 2,188.5 1,824.9 1,874.3 1,828.8 1,872.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.9 139.3 143.2 139.6 330.3 341.8 329.2 339.2 270.1 277.3 270.7 276.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.7 132.2 135.9 131.6 194.5 197.2 193.6 196.8 316.2 320.5 315.0 320.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 42.8 42.1 43.0 55.4 53.5 56.1 53.8 65.8 66.4 65.7 66.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 27.2 26.3 27.0 151.5 154.2 150.1 154.3 113.1 113.3 111.0 113.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.1 475.5 469.3 478.0 1,046.9 1,063.5 1,047.6 1,063.2 1,091.3 1,125.7 1,098.5 1,126.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.7 193.7 202.1 192.7 533.4 546.2 530.1 543.2 494.0 500.8 493.9 500.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 27.5 27.1 27.3 72.6 75.2 73.2 74.9 77.0 79.3 77.5 79.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 29.0 29.1 29.0 73.4 73.1 72.1 73.4 86.0 86.8 86.6 87.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.7 355.8 359.8 356.7 813.0 838.3 812.3 832.7 851.4 867.0 847.6 864.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.9 131.2 130.0 131.5 291.5 288.3 285.4 287.2 434.6 433.0 433.5 432.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2 99.1 101.8 99.5 126.2 125.7 122.1 123.2 218.7 223.8 218.4 223.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 67.6 70.2 66.7 144.6 154.1 143.9 152.1 184.0 187.3 182.3 187.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.5 82.8 85.8 82.9 185.6 199.3 189.4 202.3 253.0 258.9 252.4 258.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.9 97.9 92.9 97.8 193.2 195.9 192.6 196.1 275.2 293.4 274.2 292.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 32.0 31.1 32.2 56.7 56.5 55.5 54.9 120.7 123.8 120.8 124.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.8 141.2 141.6 141.0 390.3 399.7 388.0 394.8 406.7 414.1 404.6 414.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.3 207.4 206.7 208.4 463.8 486.1 460.8 476.8 681.7 686.9 680.5 682.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.5 187.4 186.7 188.7 533.7 559.4 524.3 555.5 632.6 645.4 630.7 642.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.8 170.9 169.6 171.6 323.4 327.8 318.3 328.4 466.2 474.6 462.9 473.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.5 44.8 44.7 45.4 95.4 101.6 95.2 98.9 134.6 140.3 135.3 139.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.0 159.8 164.5 161.1 318.9 326.3 315.8 323.0 411.3 413.2 411.9 410.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1 20.7 21.4 20.9 38.7 39.7 38.7 38.9 64.9 64.7 64.9 65.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 68.4 68.1 68.5 103.2 111.5 103.7 110.2 137.6 138.4 137.1 138.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 46.8 51.2 47.7 137.2 142.5 139.3 141.6 101.2 106.2 101.7 104.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 35.4 35.4 35.1 66.1 69.0 66.2 68.1 111.8 113.6 111.0 112.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.9 255.9 256.3 257.3 589.9 602.9 583.7 597.9 616.7 629.6 615.4 628.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 35.1 32.2 35.0 92.5 92.5 92.0 92.0 122.1 128.3 123.6 127.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.7 677.5 669.9 673.8 1,122.7 1,157.3 1,118.4 1,156.0 1,762.2 1,787.8 1,754.5 1,784.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.8 200.6 201.9 200.9 491.3 499.6 491.6 495.6 541.6 548.6 539.6 546.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.5 20.4 20.6 20.6 28.7 31.4 28.6 32.0 55.3 56.1 55.4 56.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.6 273.6 272.2 273.5 636.2 650.5 629.9 639.7 861.7 885.1 859.5 884.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 81.1 80.7 81.1 171.6 177.7 171.0 177.2 206.2 211.4 206.2 210.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.9 93.0 92.5 93.5 182.5 185.0 183.8 185.2 233.6 244.2 233.0 242.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.2 312.8 313.3 311.8 693.4 697.6 689.8 695.0 1,167.7 1,188.6 1,159.5 1,179.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 29.7 30.2 30.1 54.1 55.2 53.2 54.7 103.7 104.8 103.5 103.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 97.5 97.5 97.2 222.0 225.0 225.5 224.2 215.3 219.2 216.3 218.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 27.8 28.2 28.7 26.8 28.7 27.4 28.9 65.3 66.6 65.5 66.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 138.9 137.6 138.2 315.9 318.4 317.2 323.8 380.5 385.3 378.8 383.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.9 639.8 623.7 641.9 1,302.4 1,355.0 1,292.7 1,345.7 1,417.0 1,452.3 1,411.5 1,448.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 68.0 68.2 68.6 156.3 166.7 156.5 167.5 158.3 162.6 158.7 163.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 12.1 12.5 12.1 23.5 25.8 23.5 25.5 60.4 61.2 60.1 60.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.3 179.3 176.2 178.8 664.0 667.8 652.7 667.1 465.0 470.3 464.0 470.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 136.4 136.4 136.1 333.7 348.4 330.3 343.3 380.3 391.7 381.3 392.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 27.7 28.2 28.0 61.7 63.8 61.8 64.1 122.8 125.2 121.7 125.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.4 152.0 155.1 152.0 272.7 270.8 268.3 264.0 420.1 431.8 422.5 430.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.8 17.1 18.1 17.0 17.7 26.7 26.4 26.7 26.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 45.5 44.6 45.4 108.7 109.4 109.8 112.0 115.4 118.1 116.2 119.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

November December November December November December

2010 2011 2010 2011p

2010 2011 2010 2011p2010 2011 2010 2011p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.1 168.6 165.9 166.1 79.5 81.5 79.4 80.8 387.0 378.8 387.0 378.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 29.3 29.0 29.2 11.6 11.0 11.2 11.2 86.2 85.1 85.9 85.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.8 258.9 255.0 261.4 87.3 86.4 85.7 85.2 425.2 429.0 420.5 421.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.2 103.9 99.9 101.3 45.6 45.6 42.8 44.6 221.0 224.8 220.3 223.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,492.6 1,529.6 1,503.7 1,530.6 483.3 482.6 481.1 479.8 2,413.8 2,458.5 2,389.8 2,446.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.6 267.9 270.9 281.6 92.3 93.2 93.1 92.2 400.1 399.5 397.2 397.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.5 134.8 133.0 134.4 60.4 60.4 61.1 60.6 250.3 249.8 249.5 249.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 42.0 40.1 41.1 19.9 19.6 19.9 20.0 65.5 64.1 65.3 63.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 60.8 59.0 60.2 64.2 64.2 63.2 63.9 245.1 242.9 246.1 243.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920.5 949.4 930.6 961.1 312.3 308.5 310.6 312.1 1,129.7 1,118.1 1,121.9 1,113.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.9 374.4 369.1 368.3 154.2 152.5 152.5 151.5 675.8 653.4 672.0 652.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.7 103.6 101.7 104.0 26.7 26.7 26.5 26.8 130.4 127.0 127.3 127.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 58.3 57.4 58.4 21.1 21.4 21.1 21.2 120.7 119.6 119.9 118.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.0 516.2 508.8 512.2 251.9 249.8 252.9 251.0 867.3 857.5 861.1 852.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.3 272.1 261.7 268.2 105.8 105.3 105.6 105.2 447.3 434.6 439.7 430.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 130.4 128.5 128.2 56.6 55.7 56.8 55.3 261.5 257.9 260.0 255.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.1 112.3 111.4 110.7 51.7 51.5 51.9 51.3 268.3 265.7 264.9 265.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.9 177.0 166.3 176.4 71.4 70.9 71.2 71.0 335.5 330.8 334.0 330.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.4 200.1 194.5 200.5 66.5 64.7 66.4 64.3 366.4 365.9 364.6 363.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 54.3 53.8 53.6 20.0 19.6 19.9 19.5 105.9 104.0 105.8 102.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 222.0 218.9 221.5 114.7 120.3 114.4 120.0 510.6 509.9 507.2 510.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.8 305.8 293.9 298.6 116.3 120.9 116.2 119.8 446.1 441.9 445.6 440.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.0 356.7 360.4 355.8 167.6 170.0 166.4 170.0 647.9 636.4 642.5 629.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.9 228.7 222.3 226.0 114.8 114.7 114.6 115.0 429.4 417.0 421.0 414.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.9 117.5 118.2 115.7 34.3 34.1 34.8 34.3 249.0 249.7 247.9 247.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.0 266.5 262.2 259.8 117.2 115.7 117.2 115.9 458.4 454.9 456.3 454.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 55.7 55.5 57.0 17.1 16.5 16.9 16.5 90.9 91.1 90.0 90.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.6 80.1 79.2 78.9 37.3 37.0 36.9 37.4 171.5 170.8 170.7 169.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.8 322.4 309.5 319.3 34.1 34.7 33.6 34.5 155.3 149.8 155.4 149.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 64.7 62.4 66.2 20.8 20.9 20.2 20.1 100.7 100.3 100.6 101.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.3 326.6 323.5 325.2 160.3 161.9 158.6 162.2 644.0 636.6 639.9 636.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.9 83.7 82.5 83.9 28.0 27.9 28.8 27.4 202.7 199.0 200.1 198.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730.1 751.5 726.3 737.8 370.4 363.2 367.0 364.8 1,512.0 1,502.8 1,507.9 1,505.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.0 396.8 380.9 392.3 156.5 155.5 155.2 154.6 715.5 705.3 711.6 701.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 35.4 34.6 35.9 16.2 16.9 16.6 17.4 82.9 82.0 83.1 82.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.3 465.3 465.8 463.7 210.9 214.2 214.4 216.0 797.2 788.5 793.8 786.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.6 144.3 137.4 141.1 60.3 58.6 59.5 58.0 341.7 345.2 340.9 346.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.3 165.9 157.9 166.4 57.4 58.0 56.7 56.9 305.7 298.5 300.7 295.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.5 495.7 484.3 494.6 251.1 255.3 250.3 255.0 774.0 752.6 766.2 746.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 47.7 47.0 46.8 22.0 21.6 22.1 21.3 62.0 60.6 62.0 60.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.7 208.0 197.8 204.5 68.7 67.9 68.0 69.0 341.4 337.1 340.5 334.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 41.5 41.0 41.3 15.6 15.7 15.6 15.7 79.9 78.4 79.2 79.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.1 264.5 257.2 261.0 100.6 101.7 99.6 100.8 439.0 446.4 437.2 444.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,001.4 1,042.5 1,003.5 1,044.4 362.8 377.0 363.0 376.0 1,896.7 1,832.8 1,883.6 1,827.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.8 110.1 109.4 114.8 34.0 34.8 33.8 34.7 219.5 218.0 217.7 216.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 30.6 35.6 36.1 9.7 10.0 10.0 9.9 57.2 56.9 56.4 56.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.0 326.4 318.3 324.8 185.4 185.7 182.9 184.7 711.0 720.1 709.9 717.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.0 270.4 260.3 267.5 102.8 102.9 102.0 102.5 553.4 544.1 548.2 534.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.8 72.5 72.2 72.4 54.9 55.3 55.1 55.5 153.9 152.0 153.8 151.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.0 248.2 242.0 241.4 138.9 141.4 140.0 141.5 433.0 420.5 428.3 417.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 27.9 30.0 29.9 11.5 11.8 11.4 11.7 73.5 75.8 73.6 75.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 69.4 71.6 70.1 15.8 15.7 15.8 16.1 262.8 273.3 261.7 270.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.5 2.6 1.9 2.1 1.8 13.4 12.1 12.9 12.0

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2010 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, sea

December 2011

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