USDL 02-561

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Wednesday, October 2, 2002

Technical information:

Employment: (202) 691-6559

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

691-6392

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

Media contact: 691-5902

Unemployment:

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2002

In August, 259 metropolitan areas recorded higher unemployment rates than a year earlier, 62 areas

had lower rates, and 10 areas had rates that were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.

Department of Labor reported today. Seven metropolitan areas had jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent,

of which three were located in California’s agricultural Central Valley and three were along the Mexican

border in other states. Twenty-three areas posted unemployment rates below 3.0 percent, with 10 located

in the Midwest, 7 in the South, and 4 in the Northeast. The national unemployment rate was 5.7 percent,

not seasonally adjusted, in August.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Fifty-three metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates of at least 6.5 percent in August, up from

32 areas a year earlier, while 42 areas had rates below 3.5 percent, down from 70 areas in August 2001.

Yuma, Ariz., where summer jobless rates are roughly double those of the winter, continued to register the

highest unemployment rate, 32.9 percent. The next highest rates were in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas,

and Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif., 12.7 and 12.6 percent, respectively. The lowest jobless rates were

again recorded in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn., 1.8 and 1.9 percent, respectively.

(See table 1 and the map.)

In August, New Bedford, Mass., posted the largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase

(+2.7 percentage points), reflecting increased layoffs in construction and manufacturing. The next largest

rate increases were in Florence, Ala. (+2.3 percentage points), Decatur, Ill. (+2.2 points), and Rocky

Mount, N.C. (+2.1 points). A total of 76 areas had over-the-year rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage

point. The largest jobless rate decreases were in Sumter, S.C. (-1.3 percentage points), and Dubuque,

Iowa, and Kokomo, Ind. (-1.0 point each).

Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 1990 census population of 1 million or more, San Jose, Calif.,

again reported the highest unemployment rate, 7.6 percent, followed by Miami, Fla., 7.4 percent. Three

other areas had rates of 7.0 percent or more. The lowest jobless rate among these large areas was again

in Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., 3.6 percent. Three areas—Hartford, Conn., Minneapolis-St. Paul,

Minn.-Wis., and Orange County, Calif.—registered the next lowest rates, 4.0 percent each. Over the

year, all 51 of these large areas posted rate increases. San Jose, Calif., recorded the largest rate increase

(+1.8 percentage points), followed by Columbus, Ohio, and Dallas and Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
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(+1.6 percentage points each). Fifteen additional areas reported increases of at least 1.0 percentage point

from last August.

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Among the 274 metropolitan areas for which August nonfarm payroll data were available, 168 reported

over-the-year declines in employment, 99 reported increases, and 7 had no change. The largest over-theyear employment decreases were posted in New York, N.Y. (-75,500), Chicago, Ill. (-69,100), Atlanta,

Ga. (-63,400), Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (-43,200), and San Jose, Calif. (-41,700). Much of the

employment decline in New York, N.Y., can be traced to the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist

attacks on the World Trade Center. The numbers reflect both jobs that were lost due to decreased business activity and jobs that were lost due to firms relocating elsewhere. The largest over-the-year percentage

declines in employment were reported in Flint, Mich. (-4.5 percent), Decatur, Ill., and San Jose, Calif.,

(-4.2 percent each), Spokane, Wash. (-4.1 percent), and Cedar Rapids, Iowa (-3.5 percent). (See table 2.)

The largest over-the-year employment increases were recorded in Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.

(+26,000), followed by San Diego, Calif. (+20,300), Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. (+12,500), and Miami, Fla.

(+7,600). The largest percentage increases in employment occurred in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

(+3.5 percent), Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark. (+3.1 percent), and Savannah, Ga. (+2.8 percent).

Over the year, nonfarm employment declined in 30 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average

employment levels above 750,000 in 2001. The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment

in these large metropolitan areas were posted in San Jose, Calif. (-4.2 percent), San Francisco, Calif.

(-3.2 percent), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (-3.1 percent). Among the largest areas, RiversideSan Bernardino, Calif., had the highest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (+2.5 percent),

followed by San Diego, Calif. (+1.7 percent), and Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. (+1.6 percent).

Over the year, employment growth was most prevalent in government, in services, and in finance,

insurance, and real estate with increases in 175, 154, and 111 metropolitan areas, respectively. Manufacturing continued to be the weakest industry division, with 230 metropolitan areas experiencing employment losses over the year.

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for September 2002 is scheduled to

be issued on October 22. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for September

is scheduled to be issued on October 30.
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NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series for states and metropolitan areas,

produced from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program and presented in table 2 of

this news release, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the

release in March 2003 of January 2003 estimates. The NAICS conversion involves major

definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series. After the conversion

to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published. Historical time series

will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process. At the state and metropolitan

area level, the NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover only the all employee series,

which will have a NAICS-based history extending back to January 1990, except for total

nonfarm employment series, which will retain their current beginning dates. There will be no

reconstruction of average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, or other data types; these

series will begin in January 2001 on a NAICS basis.

Completion of the CES sample redesign. March 2003 also will mark the completion

of the CES sample redesign phase-in at the state and metropolitan area level. The redesign

converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample. In March 2003,

at the state and metropolitan area level, the transportation and public utilities; finance, insurance,

and real estate; retail trade; and services industries will be converted to the new sample. All

other private sector industries have already been converted. The final stage of sample redesign

phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and

production worker employment series. New levels for these series are being recomputed from

the NAICS-based probability sample.

Small domain models. With the full implementation of the CES sample redesign at the

state and metropolitan area levels in March 2003, some redistribution of sample from smaller

to larger metropolitan areas will be needed in order to maximize the reliability of the statewide

total nonfarm estimates. In order to sustain the viability of the employment series for smaller

domains, primarily detailed industry series within the smallest metropolitan areas, the Bureau of

Labor Statistics (BLS) has developed a small domain model, based on weighted least squares

regression methodology. The inputs for the model are available sample, time series history, and

additional information from the full state sample. In March 2003, the model will be

implemented as the official estimator for the approximately 10 percent of CES published series

which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates.

Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS

public database at the state and area homepage at http://www.bls.gov/sae/ or by calling

202-691-6559.

Upcoming Changes to State and Metropolitan Area

 Nonfarm Payroll Series in March 2003
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the

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

337 metropolitan areas, including those in Puerto Rico. Nonfarm

payroll employment estimates from t he Current Employment Statistics

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

estimates were previously published in the news release, Regional and

State Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this

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

Federal-State cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS

program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based on

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

estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample

survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor

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

both the employed and the unemployed. Employed persons are those

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

(the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more

without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not working who

have a job from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not

paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or

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

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

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

currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need

not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.

Method of estimation. Effective January 1996, estimates for all

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

metropolitan area, and New York City are produced using estimating

equations based on regression techniques. For all other substate areas,

estimates are prepared through indirect estimation procedures.

Employment estimates, which are based largely on ‘‘place of work’’

estimates from the CES program, are adjusted to refer to place of

residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment estimates are aggregates

of persons previously employed in industries covered by state

unemployment (UI) laws and entrants to the labor force data from the

CPS. The substate estimates of employment and unemployment

which geographically exhaust the entire state, are adjusted

proportionally to ensure that they add to the independently estimated

state totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is

available from BLS upon request.

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown for

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

with January estimates. The adjusted estimates reflect updated

population data from the U.S. Census Bureau and any revisions in the

other data sources. In addition, data for all states, the District of

Columbia, and the two large substate areas noted are adjusted annually

to equal the CPS annual averages, usually effective with January

estimates. All other substate estimates are adjusted to add to the

revised (benchmarked) state estimates.

Employment—from the CES program

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment

payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes

the 12th of the month, except for federal government employment,

which represents the number of persons who occupied positions on the

last day 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 product or activity in accordance with the 1987

Standard Industrial Classification Manual.

Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using

a “link relative” technique in which a ratio (link relative) of currentmonth employment to that of the previous month is computed from a

sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of

employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying the

estimates for the previous month by these ratios.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to

a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from

tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under

state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information

is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the

new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes

the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the monthto-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey

and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling and other types

of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is,

variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire

population is surveyed. Survey data are also subject to nonsampling

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

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample

surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the special

estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not

always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding.

With respect to the LAUS program, unemployment rates are computed,

in most instances, from unrounded data rather than from data that may

be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insignificant.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Measures of sampling

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

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

bulletin, Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment. Error measures cannot be computed for substate areas because of the

special estimation processes used. Measures of nonsampling error for

CPS data are not available, but additional information on the subject

is provided in the BLS monthly periodical, Employment and Earnings.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are not

available for state CES data, but the relatively large size of the samples

maintained by the state agencies and the annual adjustment of

employment estimates to more recent benchmark levels assure a high
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July August July August

2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p

Alabama ................................................................... 2,151.4 2,155.4 2,147.8 2,149.3 117.4 125.9 121.3 128.0 5.5 5.8 5.6 6.0

Anniston ................................................................ 51.9 51.3 51.7 51.2 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6

Auburn-Opelika ..................................................... 49.4 49.4 50.5 49.5 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.1 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.3

Birmingham .......................................................... 476.5 482.6 475.4 483.0 16.0 20.2 17.4 22.1 3.4 4.2 3.7 4.6

Decatur ................................................................. 73.6 72.2 74.1 71.4 4.5 5.2 5.6 4.8 6.1 7.2 7.6 6.8

Dothan .................................................................. 67.4 68.0 67.3 67.9 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1 4.4 4.4 4.8 4.5

Florence ................................................................ 66.2 65.0 65.6 64.3 5.0 6.7 5.0 6.4 7.5 10.3 7.7 10.0

Gadsden ............................................................... 48.6 46.6 48.3 46.5 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.8 7.7 6.6 6.3 6.1

Huntsville .............................................................. 179.5 178.5 177.9 177.8 8.0 9.3 6.3 7.6 4.5 5.2 3.5 4.3

Mobile ................................................................... 275.9 276.2 275.0 276.2 15.2 16.0 16.4 17.3 5.5 5.8 5.9 6.3

Montgomery .......................................................... 165.0 165.8 164.4 166.0 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.9 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.8

Tuscaloosa ........................................................... 83.9 81.5 83.4 82.1 2.7 3.1 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.3 3.9

Alaska ...................................................................... 334.4 343.7 330.1 339.5 17.7 19.7 16.4 19.7 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.8

Anchorage ............................................................ 144.6 149.4 143.2 147.6 5.6 6.5 5.3 6.5 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.4

Arizona .................................................................... 2,434.5 2,508.3 2,443.2 2,522.1 123.1 162.5 128.6 158.0 5.1 6.5 5.3 6.3

Flagstaff ................................................................ 67.1 70.2 65.6 67.5 3.9 4.3 3.0 3.3 5.8 6.1 4.6 4.9

Phoenix-Mesa ....................................................... 1,626.4 1,676.3 1,634.7 1,687.0 63.9 93.4 71.1 92.3 3.9 5.6 4.3 5.5

Tucson .................................................................. 387.9 397.9 390.5 400.6 13.5 19.3 13.7 18.6 3.5 4.9 3.5 4.6

Yuma .................................................................... 69.8 70.5 70.0 73.2 22.9 22.8 23.5 24.1 32.7 32.3 33.6 32.9

Arkansas ................................................................. 1,252.9 1,307.7 1,235.2 1,292.3 71.1 74.5 61.6 62.8 5.7 5.7 5.0 4.9

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ............................ 156.5 168.6 153.9 167.5 4.2 4.3 3.5 3.7 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.2

Fort Smith ............................................................. 98.3 101.4 98.1 99.9 4.2 4.6 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.6 3.9 4.1

Jonesboro ............................................................. 43.0 44.9 42.9 44.6 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.9 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.4

Little Rock-North Little Rock ................................. 305.6 318.7 302.1 315.5 13.9 15.9 12.9 13.5 4.5 5.0 4.3 4.3

Pine Bluff .............................................................. 36.4 37.5 35.7 36.9 3.2 3.6 2.9 3.1 8.8 9.6 8.2 8.4

California ................................................................. 17,515.8 17,750.3 17,535.9 17,621.8 994.6 1,192.7 951.9 1,084.6 5.7 6.7 5.4 6.2

Bakersfield ............................................................ 299.7 303.9 298.8 299.8 28.3 32.2 25.0 27.5 9.4 10.6 8.4 9.2

Chico-Paradise ..................................................... 87.5 89.5 89.1 90.9 6.4 7.0 5.4 5.9 7.4 7.9 6.1 6.5

Fresno .................................................................. 454.9 453.4 453.5 449.7 55.8 57.8 47.3 49.3 12.3 12.7 10.4 11.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach ..................................... 4,891.4 4,952.8 4,909.0 4,875.1 317.2 371.7 304.2 331.1 6.5 7.5 6.2 6.8

Merced .................................................................. 85.8 85.0 85.1 83.7 10.2 11.2 8.3 9.0 11.9 13.2 9.7 10.7

Modesto ................................................................ 215.5 221.0 220.9 223.8 21.0 23.1 16.5 19.1 9.7 10.5 7.5 8.5

Oakland ................................................................ 1,273.8 1,298.5 1,279.3 1,296.9 58.8 80.7 59.6 75.4 4.6 6.2 4.7 5.8

Orange County ..................................................... 1,545.0 1,568.7 1,546.6 1,565.1 52.3 66.4 51.4 62.0 3.4 4.2 3.3 4.0

Redding ................................................................ 75.6 75.5 77.0 76.9 4.7 5.3 4.3 4.9 6.2 7.0 5.6 6.3

Riverside-San Bernardino .................................... 1,576.9 1,638.9 1,569.1 1,625.3 87.2 104.0 85.7 96.9 5.5 6.3 5.5 6.0

Sacramento .......................................................... 840.2 852.1 842.0 851.5 35.6 45.6 33.7 42.3 4.2 5.4 4.0 5.0

Salinas .................................................................. 201.4 201.6 199.1 199.7 12.0 14.1 10.7 12.4 6.0 7.0 5.4 6.2

San Diego ............................................................. 1,430.9 1,478.9 1,433.8 1,475.9 51.1 64.4 50.1 60.1 3.6 4.4 3.5 4.1

San Francisco ....................................................... 996.7 982.7 993.3 974.0 44.1 56.0 44.5 52.6 4.4 5.7 4.5 5.4

San Jose ............................................................... 1,022.4 1,008.7 1,021.2 1,003.7 53.4 79.0 59.3 76.2 5.2 7.8 5.8 7.6

San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles .......... 120.0 122.7 119.1 120.2 3.5 4.2 3.2 3.9 2.9 3.4 2.7 3.2

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc .................... 205.1 206.3 204.4 204.9 5.9 7.3 5.9 7.2 2.9 3.5 2.9 3.5

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ........................................ 144.8 145.9 145.6 145.9 6.7 8.8 6.3 7.9 4.6 6.0 4.3 5.4

Santa Rosa ........................................................... 263.2 265.8 264.2 265.1 8.3 11.6 8.3 11.0 3.2 4.4 3.1 4.2

Stockton-Lodi ........................................................ 267.9 273.1 269.5 272.7 22.8 25.3 19.4 22.1 8.5 9.3 7.2 8.1

Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa ........................................... 272.6 279.4 272.6 278.7 10.9 14.5 10.4 13.5 4.0 5.2 3.8 4.8

Ventura ................................................................. 427.6 428.6 426.2 429.6 21.6 23.1 22.5 24.4 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.7

Visalia-Tulare-Porterville ...................................... 174.7 171.3 171.5 167.6 25.1 24.2 22.3 21.1 14.4 14.1 13.0 12.6

Yolo ...................................................................... 93.5 94.3 93.9 93.8 3.4 4.3 3.2 3.7 3.6 4.6 3.4 4.0

Yuba City .............................................................. 59.8 59.8 60.9 60.8 6.3 7.2 4.9 5.6 10.5 12.0 8.0 9.2

Colorado .................................................................. 2,322.4 2,385.2 2,329.3 2,394.9 87.0 122.9 88.4 118.9 3.7 5.2 3.8 5.0

Boulder-Longmont ................................................ 188.9 192.4 189.2 192.2 7.1 10.3 7.2 10.1 3.8 5.4 3.8 5.2

Colorado Springs .................................................. 266.4 274.6 267.1 275.1 12.4 16.7 12.8 15.6 4.7 6.1 4.8 5.7

Denver .................................................................. 1,164.5 1,191.1 1,171.4 1,194.3 41.4 62.7 43.3 61.5 3.6 5.3 3.7 5.2

Fort Collins-Loveland ............................................ 147.4 152.8 148.7 154.4 5.3 7.0 5.2 6.8 3.6 4.6 3.5 4.4

Grand Junction ..................................................... 58.6 61.8 59.0 62.5 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.8 4.0 4.4 3.8 4.4

Greeley ................................................................. 88.6 94.2 88.3 95.4 3.6 5.1 3.5 5.0 4.1 5.4 3.9 5.2

Pueblo .................................................................. 58.4 59.3 58.7 59.7 3.0 3.7 2.9 3.6 5.1 6.3 4.9 6.0

Connecticut ............................................................. 1,760.1 1,761.7 1,742.8 1,745.6 66.0 71.6 61.3 67.8 3.8 4.1 3.5 3.9

Bridgeport ............................................................. 220.6 217.8 218.6 215.5 10.5 11.1 10.0 10.6 4.8 5.1 4.6 4.9

Danbury ................................................................ 110.8 110.8 109.9 109.6 3.2 3.6 3.1 3.3 2.9 3.3 2.8 3.0

Hartford ................................................................. 599.7 594.5 592.2 587.5 22.7 24.7 21.3 23.8 3.8 4.2 3.6 4.0

New Haven-Meriden ............................................. 283.4 287.2 280.7 285.3 10.6 11.3 9.8 10.8 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.8

New London-Norwich ........................................... 159.6 165.0 158.2 164.6 5.5 5.9 4.6 5.5 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.3

Stamford-Norwalk ................................................. 199.0 198.0 197.2 196.3 5.0 5.5 4.8 5.2 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.7

Waterbury ............................................................. 116.2 117.5 115.8 116.6 6.1 6.4 5.6 6.0 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.1

Delaware .................................................................. 423.3 420.8 421.9 418.0 14.4 16.6 14.7 16.5 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.9

Dover .................................................................... 72.0 72.0 72.2 71.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.7

Wilmington-Newark .............................................. 313.0 314.0 311.2 311.5 11.4 14.0 11.6 13.9 3.6 4.5 3.7 4.5

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July August July August

2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p

District of Columbia ............................................... 288.6 282.2 282.9 274.3 20.8 18.5 19.3 16.4 7.2 6.6 6.8 6.0

Washington ........................................................... 2,806.6 2,852.3 2,774.1 2,818.7 89.3 102.7 92.7 100.7 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.6

Florida ...................................................................... 7,771.4 7,892.4 7,808.3 7,897.0 381.4 433.7 388.8 429.8 4.9 5.5 5.0 5.4

Daytona Beach ..................................................... 198.0 199.0 199.6 199.4 8.4 10.4 8.7 10.2 4.2 5.2 4.3 5.1

Fort Lauderdale .................................................... 821.5 834.3 821.4 828.3 38.6 47.9 41.1 48.5 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.9

Fort Myers-Cape Coral ......................................... 194.4 198.1 195.4 199.6 6.5 8.1 6.8 8.3 3.3 4.1 3.5 4.2

Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie ..................................... 132.1 133.8 134.1 136.7 12.1 11.7 12.9 12.3 9.2 8.7 9.6 9.0

Fort Walton Beach ................................................ 87.7 90.3 87.0 89.2 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.6

Gainesville ............................................................ 107.7 109.9 109.0 107.5 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6

Jacksonville .......................................................... 578.1 595.1 583.3 596.1 24.7 32.2 25.2 29.5 4.3 5.4 4.3 4.9

Lakeland-Winter Haven ........................................ 209.8 208.1 210.7 210.6 17.3 14.9 16.2 15.4 8.3 7.2 7.7 7.3

Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay ............................. 214.9 214.5 216.8 214.7 8.3 11.4 9.2 11.2 3.9 5.3 4.3 5.2

Miami .................................................................... 1,089.2 1,112.1 1,090.0 1,111.8 73.4 80.7 73.9 82.3 6.7 7.3 6.8 7.4

Naples .................................................................. 107.0 114.4 107.6 114.8 5.3 6.0 6.2 6.9 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.0

Ocala .................................................................... 98.8 98.4 100.3 99.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.8

Orlando ................................................................. 919.8 930.2 927.6 933.5 36.5 47.5 38.4 45.7 4.0 5.1 4.1 4.9

Panama City ......................................................... 67.5 68.3 66.2 66.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.5

Pensacola ............................................................. 173.3 174.5 173.9 175.2 9.0 8.3 7.4 6.6 5.2 4.7 4.2 3.7

Punta Gorda ......................................................... 52.2 55.3 51.9 54.9 1.8 2.3 1.7 2.1 3.5 4.1 3.3 3.9

Sarasota-Bradenton ............................................. 292.1 296.6 294.1 295.1 9.3 11.0 9.0 10.6 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.6

Tallahassee .......................................................... 153.3 156.6 153.9 156.8 5.1 6.2 4.8 5.8 3.4 3.9 3.1 3.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ........................ 1,286.9 1,301.5 1,296.2 1,303.1 48.5 57.9 49.5 57.0 3.8 4.4 3.8 4.4

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ............................. 545.7 553.8 552.4 560.0 34.0 35.2 35.8 36.5 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.5

Georgia .................................................................... 4,151.2 4,235.5 4,091.3 4,199.4 178.3 208.0 164.8 198.0 4.3 4.9 4.0 4.7

Albany ................................................................... 54.6 54.5 53.7 54.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1

Athens .................................................................. 73.8 77.1 72.3 75.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.0

Atlanta .................................................................. 2,288.6 2,330.3 2,260.0 2,320.5 83.1 119.3 81.6 114.8 3.6 5.1 3.6 4.9

Augusta-Aiken ...................................................... 208.1 208.6 199.4 206.2 15.6 11.2 10.0 10.6 7.5 5.4 5.0 5.1

Columbus ............................................................. 126.0 128.9 124.5 128.2 7.4 6.8 6.5 7.2 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.6

Macon ................................................................... 144.7 147.1 143.4 145.9 6.2 6.2 5.7 6.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.2

Savannah ............................................................. 135.1 143.9 133.7 143.9 4.8 6.0 4.2 5.5 3.6 4.2 3.2 3.8

Hawaii ...................................................................... 610.5 602.3 606.9 595.7 28.9 27.2 27.4 24.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.2

Honolulu ............................................................... 430.7 423.6 428.7 420.6 17.5 17.0 17.2 15.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8

Idaho ........................................................................ 695.5 700.4 696.1 699.4 30.2 33.1 30.4 33.3 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.8

Boise City ............................................................. 254.2 255.5 253.4 253.8 10.2 11.8 9.9 11.5 4.0 4.6 3.9 4.5

Pocatello ............................................................... 39.9 39.4 39.6 39.0 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.2 4.9 5.6 4.6 5.5

Illinois ...................................................................... 6,455.1 6,386.6 6,367.1 6,290.9 353.8 432.3 346.9 390.2 5.5 6.8 5.4 6.2

Bloomington-Normal ............................................. 91.1 90.3 90.8 89.1 2.2 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.9 2.2 2.6

Champaign-Urbana .............................................. 99.7 97.8 96.6 95.8 3.2 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.7 2.8 3.1

Chicago ................................................................ 4,311.6 4,271.6 4,260.4 4,213.9 234.4 300.3 236.0 273.6 5.4 7.0 5.5 6.5

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ............................. 188.2 190.4 185.7 188.2 7.1 8.9 7.1 8.1 3.8 4.7 3.8 4.3

Decatur ................................................................. 58.9 57.5 57.5 56.0 3.7 5.0 3.5 4.6 6.3 8.7 6.1 8.3

Kankakee .............................................................. 52.5 53.7 51.7 52.3 2.9 4.0 2.9 3.6 5.5 7.4 5.6 6.8

Peoria-Pekin ......................................................... 186.8 182.5 184.7 180.3 8.2 9.5 7.8 8.8 4.4 5.2 4.2 4.9

Rockford ............................................................... 201.9 201.0 197.5 196.3 13.8 15.4 13.6 13.9 6.8 7.7 6.9 7.1

Springfield ............................................................. 107.8 108.4 112.3 111.1 4.2 5.5 4.1 4.9 3.9 5.1 3.7 4.4

Indiana ..................................................................... 3,157.1 3,194.0 3,124.5 3,170.5 144.3 165.2 135.4 158.1 4.6 5.2 4.3 5.0

Bloomington .......................................................... 58.9 60.5 58.0 59.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7

Elkhart-Goshen ..................................................... 97.3 98.8 94.8 98.5 5.7 4.6 4.8 4.5 5.9 4.6 5.0 4.5

Evansville-Henderson ........................................... 162.7 161.5 159.6 159.5 6.5 7.0 5.9 6.8 4.0 4.3 3.7 4.3

Fort Wayne ........................................................... 267.6 273.1 262.9 268.0 14.9 15.4 12.8 13.6 5.6 5.6 4.8 5.1

Gary ...................................................................... 296.2 296.2 292.2 293.0 15.0 19.1 14.7 18.0 5.1 6.4 5.0 6.1

Indianapolis .......................................................... 879.3 897.7 874.4 896.3 29.6 42.3 30.2 42.8 3.4 4.7 3.5 4.8

Kokomo ................................................................ 50.5 49.7 50.4 49.5 3.1 2.5 3.1 2.5 6.1 5.0 6.1 5.1

Lafayette ............................................................... 90.1 92.3 89.1 91.0 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.6

Muncie .................................................................. 58.5 60.2 58.5 59.5 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.2 4.6 5.7 4.7 5.4

South Bend ........................................................... 138.0 137.4 136.7 137.4 7.1 7.5 6.3 6.9 5.1 5.4 4.6 5.0

Terre Haute .......................................................... 69.9 72.1 69.5 71.1 3.5 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.9 6.0 5.3 5.8

Iowa .......................................................................... 1,602.8 1,641.8 1,599.0 1,631.6 47.2 57.1 48.9 55.2 2.9 3.5 3.1 3.4

Cedar Rapids ........................................................ 114.6 116.3 115.3 116.0 3.0 4.4 3.2 5.0 2.7 3.8 2.8 4.3

Des Moines ........................................................... 265.0 275.5 265.4 273.6 5.7 8.3 6.0 7.9 2.2 3.0 2.3 2.9

Dubuque ............................................................... 48.1 49.4 48.4 49.1 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.4 3.4 3.1 3.8 2.8

Iowa City ............................................................... 69.8 73.0 70.4 72.9 1.9 2.1 1.7 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.9

Sioux City ............................................................. 64.7 66.3 64.1 65.6 2.0 2.6 2.0 2.3 3.1 3.8 3.1 3.5

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ............................................ 67.2 67.5 67.2 67.3 2.2 2.8 2.3 2.5 3.3 4.2 3.4 3.8

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July August July August

2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p

Kansas ..................................................................... 1,401.7 1,475.4 1,377.1 1,450.3 58.6 67.2 57.1 63.3 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.4

Lawrence .............................................................. 54.2 56.6 54.2 56.0 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.3

Topeka .................................................................. 90.8 94.3 89.8 93.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.9

Wichita .................................................................. 282.2 293.3 277.7 290.2 11.2 16.3 11.0 16.2 4.0 5.6 4.0 5.6

Kentucky ................................................................. 2,002.2 2,027.5 1,970.0 1,998.5 117.4 107.4 101.2 94.9 5.9 5.3 5.1 4.7

Lexington .............................................................. 263.1 271.2 260.8 267.5 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.0 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.4

Louisville ............................................................... 570.8 584.2 560.7 578.0 26.5 28.2 23.4 26.5 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.6

Owensboro ........................................................... 50.2 51.7 50.1 51.8 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.6 5.4 4.8 5.4 4.9

Louisiana ................................................................. 2,094.0 2,055.2 2,060.7 2,023.8 125.8 122.1 115.2 120.0 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.9

Alexandria ............................................................. 61.4 60.4 60.1 59.3 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.7

Baton Rouge ......................................................... 316.8 311.0 310.4 305.1 17.9 17.4 16.2 17.1 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.6

Houma .................................................................. 97.2 96.0 95.8 94.1 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.7

Lafayette ............................................................... 184.1 180.0 181.4 178.2 10.0 9.8 9.1 9.5 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.3

Lake Charles ........................................................ 91.9 89.8 91.0 88.5 6.2 5.3 5.6 5.1 6.8 5.9 6.2 5.7

Monroe ................................................................. 75.2 73.9 74.2 72.2 4.3 3.6 4.1 3.5 5.7 4.9 5.6 4.9

New Orleans ......................................................... 621.6 607.7 614.8 598.3 32.2 31.8 31.1 31.8 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.3

Shreveport-Bossier City ........................................ 190.5 186.3 187.8 183.7 11.7 12.1 10.4 12.0 6.1 6.5 5.5 6.5

Maine ....................................................................... 703.2 706.7 699.6 702.5 23.4 24.1 23.4 22.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2

Bangor .................................................................. 52.7 52.9 51.9 52.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................... 53.3 52.9 52.9 52.7 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.4

Portland ................................................................ 143.3 144.9 141.9 143.4 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1

Maryland .................................................................. 2,901.4 2,960.8 2,864.8 2,929.2 120.6 125.0 117.4 122.6 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2

Baltimore .............................................................. 1,357.1 1,386.9 1,341.8 1,372.7 65.7 66.5 63.4 65.3 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

Cumberland .......................................................... 44.6 43.9 44.1 43.5 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.5 6.7 5.9 6.3 5.8

Hagerstown .......................................................... 70.6 70.8 68.7 70.4 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.7 3.9 4.1 3.5 3.9

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3,345.2 3,426.7 3,336.8 3,414.9 133.7 173.8 126.7 170.4 4.0 5.1 3.8 5.0

Barnstable-Yarmouth ............................................ 88.0 91.0 87.0 89.9 2.3 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.6 3.0 2.4 2.9

Boston .................................................................. 1,856.9 1,891.0 1,853.2 1,883.9 66.9 88.1 64.3 86.2 3.6 4.7 3.5 4.6

Brockton ............................................................... 130.5 133.9 130.2 133.5 6.0 7.4 5.4 7.2 4.6 5.5 4.2 5.4

Fitchburg-Leominster ............................................ 66.7 68.8 66.9 68.8 3.7 5.3 3.7 5.1 5.6 7.7 5.5 7.4

Lawrence .............................................................. 218.4 223.6 218.6 222.8 12.1 16.0 13.1 16.5 5.6 7.2 6.0 7.4

Lowell ................................................................... 177.5 182.1 178.4 182.7 8.3 11.4 8.3 11.3 4.6 6.3 4.6 6.2

New Bedford ......................................................... 80.0 82.4 78.8 82.5 5.0 5.5 4.3 6.7 6.2 6.7 5.4 8.1

Pittsfield ................................................................ 39.8 41.2 39.3 40.7 1.6 2.1 1.5 1.9 4.0 5.0 3.7 4.7

Springfield ............................................................. 278.6 288.3 278.0 288.0 11.7 14.6 10.8 14.2 4.2 5.1 3.9 4.9

Worcester ............................................................. 252.9 262.3 251.8 261.4 11.1 14.7 10.7 14.7 4.4 5.6 4.3 5.6

Michigan .................................................................. 5,256.4 5,265.5 5,208.2 5,189.7 310.2 379.5 261.4 300.5 5.9 7.2 5.0 5.8

Ann Arbor ............................................................. 313.6 316.6 312.2 313.4 11.1 14.7 9.4 10.7 3.5 4.6 3.0 3.4

Benton Harbor ...................................................... 85.1 86.2 85.6 85.2 5.2 6.0 4.4 4.8 6.1 7.0 5.1 5.7

Detroit ................................................................... 2,349.3 2,353.1 2,323.4 2,316.0 139.9 175.4 117.6 137.7 6.0 7.5 5.1 5.9

Flint ....................................................................... 194.2 189.1 191.1 183.8 17.5 20.3 15.2 15.8 9.0 10.7 8.0 8.6

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland ........................ 636.5 643.4 631.1 632.9 37.9 48.5 32.2 39.4 5.9 7.5 5.1 6.2

Jackson ................................................................ 82.3 83.3 82.1 82.2 4.7 6.2 4.2 5.0 5.7 7.5 5.2 6.1

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek ....................................... 240.8 243.3 240.8 241.7 13.9 15.1 10.7 12.4 5.8 6.2 4.5 5.1

Lansing-East Lansing ........................................... 249.8 247.1 246.7 243.6 10.3 11.5 8.1 9.2 4.1 4.7 3.3 3.8

Saginaw-Bay City-Midland ................................... 206.2 200.9 202.9 199.6 11.1 14.6 10.2 12.1 5.4 7.3 5.0 6.1

Minnesota ................................................................ 2,861.5 2,894.6 2,846.4 2,874.9 99.6 117.0 94.6 112.8 3.5 4.0 3.3 3.9

Duluth-Superior .................................................... 130.1 130.9 128.3 129.8 7.2 5.8 6.0 5.5 5.6 4.4 4.7 4.3

Minneapolis-St.Paul .............................................. 1,786.7 1,841.0 1,777.6 1,821.2 57.8 74.7 57.3 73.1 3.2 4.1 3.2 4.0

Rochester ............................................................. 79.7 81.0 78.9 81.5 2.0 2.8 1.9 2.8 2.5 3.4 2.4 3.5

St. Cloud ............................................................... 101.2 100.9 100.2 100.4 3.5 4.2 3.4 4.0 3.5 4.1 3.3 4.0

Mississippi .............................................................. 1,304.0 1,320.3 1,290.2 1,298.1 70.7 86.3 73.8 81.0 5.4 6.5 5.7 6.2

Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula ................................... 176.3 178.0 174.8 174.6 7.2 9.2 7.6 8.5 4.1 5.1 4.3 4.9

Hattiesburg ........................................................... 52.7 51.9 52.2 51.3 1.7 2.5 1.8 2.4 3.2 4.8 3.5 4.7

Jackson ................................................................ 238.1 233.5 233.8 229.7 8.2 10.5 8.3 9.8 3.5 4.5 3.5 4.2

Missouri ................................................................... 3,015.3 3,005.7 2,963.7 2,946.4 147.3 163.6 144.3 142.3 4.9 5.4 4.9 4.8

Columbia .............................................................. 89.5 87.9 88.5 86.9 1.7 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.0 2.1

Joplin .................................................................... 86.1 84.0 83.9 81.7 4.1 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.5 5.0 5.4

Kansas City .......................................................... 1,024.3 1,067.2 1,014.8 1,050.9 45.1 56.5 46.8 52.1 4.4 5.3 4.6 5.0

St. Joseph ............................................................. 52.7 51.2 52.5 50.5 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.5 4.8 5.2 5.5 4.9

St. Louis LMA ....................................................... 1,381.2 1,380.7 1,355.2 1,355.3 73.3 85.3 69.9 71.4 5.3 6.2 5.2 5.3

Springfield ............................................................. 174.3 180.3 171.6 175.3 5.9 7.4 6.1 6.9 3.4 4.1 3.6 3.9

Montana ................................................................... 475.4 481.8 469.9 477.4 18.8 19.3 17.4 15.0 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.1

Billings .................................................................. 72.9 74.8 72.3 75.7 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.0 3.0 3.4 3.0 2.6

Great Falls ............................................................ 37.0 37.0 36.4 36.3 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.2

Missoula ............................................................... 54.0 57.0 54.0 56.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5 3.2 3.4 2.9 2.6

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July August July August

2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p

Nebraska ................................................................. 948.1 971.0 932.6 951.8 32.3 37.1 27.3 30.6 3.4 3.8 2.9 3.2

Lincoln .................................................................. 148.0 150.5 147.7 148.5 4.9 5.4 4.1 4.5 3.3 3.6 2.7 3.0

Omaha .................................................................. 403.1 411.7 399.2 404.0 13.7 16.8 12.6 14.2 3.4 4.1 3.2 3.5

Nevada ..................................................................... 1,036.6 1,065.2 1,030.2 1,051.4 54.6 58.5 53.9 52.8 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.0

Las Vegas ............................................................. 810.7 839.1 808.7 829.8 44.1 48.3 43.7 43.7 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.3

Reno ..................................................................... 186.0 190.6 184.7 188.0 7.3 8.4 7.3 7.7 3.9 4.4 4.0 4.1

New Hampshire ....................................................... 702.1 724.9 697.9 721.9 24.6 29.1 26.5 32.8 3.5 4.0 3.8 4.5

Manchester ........................................................... 111.3 112.2 110.7 111.9 3.8 4.5 4.4 5.2 3.4 4.0 4.0 4.6

Nashua ................................................................. 109.2 112.8 109.7 113.4 4.6 5.9 5.3 6.8 4.2 5.2 4.8 6.0

Portsmouth-Rochester .......................................... 133.9 137.8 132.3 136.0 4.1 5.8 3.8 5.6 3.0 4.2 2.9 4.1

New Jersey .............................................................. 4,242.8 4,329.4 4,202.7 4,276.5 198.3 255.9 183.1 225.9 4.7 5.9 4.4 5.3

Atlantic-Cape May ................................................ 181.1 186.8 178.9 183.6 9.8 11.2 8.4 9.8 5.4 6.0 4.7 5.3

Bergen-Passaic .................................................... 659.8 666.0 652.5 658.8 32.8 40.5 30.3 35.5 5.0 6.1 4.6 5.4

Jersey City ............................................................ 282.1 291.2 277.6 287.4 19.8 24.0 17.8 20.8 7.0 8.3 6.4 7.2

Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon ........................... 662.8 681.8 658.5 674.3 24.7 34.5 23.7 31.2 3.7 5.1 3.6 4.6

Monmouth-Ocean ................................................. 553.5 570.9 548.3 563.1 22.3 30.0 20.4 25.7 4.0 5.3 3.7 4.6

Newark ................................................................. 1,023.1 1,041.4 1,012.7 1,027.8 49.1 64.3 45.9 57.2 4.8 6.2 4.5 5.6

Trenton ................................................................. 178.5 179.9 177.6 177.9 6.8 9.9 6.5 8.7 3.8 5.5 3.7 4.9

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .................................. 62.4 62.3 61.3 61.9 5.2 5.3 4.4 4.6 8.3 8.4 7.2 7.4

New Mexico ............................................................. 843.6 867.0 835.4 856.8 42.5 56.6 38.5 51.9 5.0 6.5 4.6 6.1

Albuquerque ......................................................... 372.1 386.9 366.8 379.9 15.1 22.1 14.2 20.9 4.1 5.7 3.9 5.5

Las Cruces ........................................................... 69.2 72.6 70.8 73.7 4.7 5.7 4.0 4.8 6.8 7.9 5.7 6.6

Santa Fe ............................................................... 77.2 80.1 75.8 78.4 1.9 2.5 1.8 2.4 2.4 3.1 2.4 3.1

New York ................................................................. 8,996.1 9,165.9 8,925.7 9,102.2 436.7 556.4 435.6 517.2 4.9 6.1 4.9 5.7

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................... 449.3 460.8 448.8 460.8 13.3 16.3 12.7 14.4 3.0 3.5 2.8 3.1

Binghamton .......................................................... 121.6 122.7 120.3 122.2 5.4 7.1 5.0 6.4 4.4 5.8 4.1 5.2

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ............................................ 559.3 569.2 555.4 565.0 31.9 34.8 29.3 30.9 5.7 6.1 5.3 5.5

Dutchess County .................................................. 122.5 124.9 121.8 124.7 4.1 5.2 4.0 4.7 3.4 4.2 3.3 3.8

Elmira ................................................................... 42.5 42.9 42.3 42.6 2.3 2.9 2.2 2.5 5.5 6.7 5.2 6.0

Glens Falls ............................................................ 62.8 63.6 62.7 63.5 1.9 2.4 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.8 3.3 3.4

Jamestown ........................................................... 67.1 67.8 66.4 67.4 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.4 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.0

Nassau-Suffolk ..................................................... 1,427.4 1,467.2 1,415.5 1,453.6 51.5 68.0 51.4 62.2 3.6 4.6 3.6 4.3

New York .............................................................. 4,205.4 4,274.0 4,168.1 4,243.8 236.8 313.1 245.7 300.5 5.6 7.3 5.9 7.1

 New York City .................................................... 3,544.1 3,594.9 3,512.0 3,571.1 212.9 283.5 222.2 273.5 6.0 7.9 6.3 7.7

Newburgh ............................................................. 181.6 186.3 179.5 184.8 7.2 8.5 6.9 7.6 3.9 4.5 3.8 4.1

Rochester ............................................................. 566.5 573.4 562.0 568.0 25.5 33.5 24.2 29.2 4.5 5.8 4.3 5.1

Syracuse ............................................................... 361.5 366.7 357.6 363.7 16.3 18.8 15.3 16.5 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.5

Utica-Rome ........................................................... 142.8 145.1 141.1 143.8 6.5 7.2 5.9 6.4 4.5 5.0 4.2 4.4

North Carolina ......................................................... 4,040.9 4,029.8 4,023.0 4,003.9 239.3 281.8 229.0 251.4 5.9 7.0 5.7 6.3

Asheville ............................................................... 111.2 112.0 110.6 111.8 4.4 5.0 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.5 3.6 3.8

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill ................................ 819.6 821.2 809.1 821.8 46.3 54.0 43.5 50.1 5.6 6.6 5.4 6.1

Fayetteville ........................................................... 119.9 116.7 119.4 115.8 6.7 8.1 6.5 7.0 5.6 6.9 5.4 6.0

Goldsboro ............................................................. 50.3 49.4 49.8 49.0 3.5 3.6 2.5 2.8 7.0 7.3 5.1 5.6

Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point .......... 649.1 648.4 639.7 638.5 38.6 46.0 35.3 38.6 6.0 7.1 5.5 6.0

Greenville ............................................................. 68.7 68.6 68.9 68.3 4.5 5.0 4.3 4.4 6.5 7.3 6.2 6.5

Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir .................................... 185.8 183.3 186.2 182.2 14.6 16.5 14.0 13.9 7.9 9.0 7.5 7.6

Jacksonville .......................................................... 48.7 49.0 49.6 49.5 2.0 2.9 2.1 2.7 4.1 6.0 4.2 5.5

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill ................................. 664.4 677.0 658.7 669.0 23.0 36.5 24.8 34.7 3.5 5.4 3.8 5.2

Rocky Mount ......................................................... 68.1 68.3 68.5 67.2 5.3 7.1 5.1 6.4 7.7 10.3 7.4 9.5

Wilmington ............................................................ 118.6 119.4 118.5 119.2 5.3 7.7 5.8 7.1 4.5 6.5 4.9 5.9

North Dakota ........................................................... 349.3 347.6 348.0 345.6 8.8 11.0 9.1 10.2 2.5 3.2 2.6 3.0

Bismarck ............................................................... 55.9 56.2 55.5 55.7 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.3 2.1 2.7 2.0 2.4

Fargo-Moorhead ................................................... 106.6 107.1 106.7 107.0 1.7 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.6 1.9

Grand Forks .......................................................... 52.6 51.9 53.1 52.6 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.1 3.2 3.8 3.6 4.0

Ohio ......................................................................... 5,987.9 6,029.6 5,948.4 5,969.3 269.0 354.2 245.0 313.6 4.5 5.9 4.1 5.3

Akron .................................................................... 370.1 375.5 369.1 371.9 15.3 19.4 15.1 18.2 4.1 5.2 4.1 4.9

Canton-Massillon .................................................. 211.0 214.1 209.9 212.6 8.2 11.1 7.9 10.4 3.9 5.2 3.8 4.9

Cincinnati .............................................................. 887.0 890.7 879.6 883.6 36.2 42.6 34.2 40.8 4.1 4.8 3.9 4.6

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria ........................................ 1,150.2 1,162.5 1,147.0 1,154.7 52.9 73.4 53.3 68.6 4.6 6.3 4.6 5.9

Columbus ............................................................. 894.9 903.8 890.1 898.6 24.9 41.2 25.2 40.0 2.8 4.6 2.8 4.4

Dayton-Springfield ................................................ 487.8 489.8 486.3 485.2 22.2 29.4 20.7 25.6 4.6 6.0 4.3 5.3

Hamilton-Middletown ............................................ 196.4 196.6 196.3 195.8 6.6 9.1 6.4 8.4 3.4 4.6 3.2 4.3

Lima ...................................................................... 78.9 78.2 77.3 76.7 4.7 5.7 3.6 4.1 6.0 7.3 4.6 5.4

Mansfield .............................................................. 87.0 86.5 86.2 85.6 6.0 6.0 4.8 5.8 6.9 7.0 5.5 6.8

Steubenville-Weirton ............................................ 56.6 55.9 56.4 55.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6

Toledo ................................................................... 328.2 333.0 324.0 327.5 17.6 26.4 14.3 19.1 5.4 7.9 4.4 5.8

Youngstown-Warren ............................................. 285.9 280.8 280.7 277.3 20.6 21.5 15.1 17.2 7.2 7.6 5.4 6.2

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July August July August

2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p

Oklahoma ................................................................ 1,689.4 1,714.4 1,672.8 1,692.5 64.8 72.4 62.7 67.3 3.8 4.2 3.7 4.0

Enid ...................................................................... 26.7 26.9 26.1 26.2 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5

Lawton .................................................................. 41.3 42.2 41.1 41.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.8

Oklahoma City ...................................................... 560.1 569.0 555.4 561.2 23.2 22.2 22.5 20.8 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.7

Tulsa ..................................................................... 427.4 438.0 423.9 432.2 13.8 19.9 14.2 19.6 3.2 4.6 3.4 4.5

Oregon ..................................................................... 1,816.1 1,814.2 1,818.0 1,829.3 112.3 128.0 113.6 121.5 6.2 7.1 6.2 6.6

Corvallis ................................................................ 39.8 39.2 39.6 39.6 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.5 2.9 3.7 3.0 3.7

Eugene-Springfield ............................................... 164.3 163.3 165.7 166.6 11.0 10.4 11.5 10.2 6.7 6.4 6.9 6.1

Medford-Ashland .................................................. 91.3 91.4 92.8 93.0 6.1 6.4 5.5 5.7 6.7 7.0 5.9 6.1

Portland-Vancouver .............................................. 1,079.9 1,082.5 1,079.6 1,090.1 65.6 81.6 67.5 76.7 6.1 7.5 6.3 7.0

Salem ................................................................... 177.1 177.4 177.2 178.3 11.0 11.2 10.5 10.2 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.7

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 6,199.1 6,220.1 6,152.4 6,195.8 303.5 345.6 292.7 325.7 4.9 5.6 4.8 5.3

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................... 333.4 333.4 331.7 332.0 14.8 18.6 15.4 17.7 4.4 5.6 4.6 5.3

Altoona ................................................................. 66.4 65.5 64.8 64.9 4.7 3.7 3.5 3.3 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.0

Erie ....................................................................... 142.5 145.1 141.7 144.8 8.7 10.2 7.9 9.3 6.1 7.1 5.6 6.4

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle ................................ 362.8 365.3 361.9 364.6 13.1 14.0 13.2 13.3 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.7

Johnstown ............................................................ 104.8 103.5 103.3 102.5 6.9 7.2 6.1 6.6 6.5 7.0 5.9 6.4

Lancaster .............................................................. 256.1 261.1 254.7 260.6 8.4 9.8 8.5 9.2 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.5

Philadelphia .......................................................... 2,581.5 2,599.8 2,565.5 2,584.0 120.2 149.5 117.9 141.6 4.7 5.8 4.6 5.5

Pittsburgh ............................................................. 1,203.1 1,208.8 1,192.0 1,201.9 52.1 62.8 50.9 59.9 4.3 5.2 4.3 5.0

Reading ................................................................ 190.1 193.4 188.3 192.7 10.3 11.8 9.2 11.1 5.4 6.1 4.9 5.7

Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton ..................... 314.3 312.2 311.0 311.3 17.5 18.2 16.8 16.9 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.4

Sharon .................................................................. 60.2 59.3 59.3 58.4 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.3 5.2 4.4 4.7 4.0

State College ........................................................ 65.8 66.8 65.8 67.6 1.8 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.8 3.4 2.8 3.3

Williamsport .......................................................... 58.6 58.8 58.2 58.9 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.4 5.6 6.2 5.7 5.7

York ...................................................................... 201.7 200.0 200.5 199.6 10.7 10.4 10.1 9.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8

Rhode Island ........................................................... 509.3 514.3 506.9 515.0 25.2 22.0 23.0 23.9 5.0 4.3 4.5 4.6

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ............................ 578.1 585.6 576.6 587.1 29.6 27.5 26.3 28.5 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.8

South Carolina ........................................................ 1,985.7 2,041.1 1,963.4 2,029.0 122.2 116.8 117.5 115.4 6.2 5.7 6.0 5.7

Charleston-North Charleston ................................ 277.9 289.2 276.1 288.7 12.3 11.9 11.1 11.1 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.8

Columbia .............................................................. 278.9 286.4 273.4 284.5 9.9 9.8 9.6 10.0 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5

Florence ................................................................ 62.2 64.2 62.4 64.6 3.7 4.3 3.7 4.3 6.0 6.6 5.9 6.7

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson ........................ 501.0 520.0 503.0 521.7 24.3 28.6 27.5 28.2 4.8 5.5 5.5 5.4

Myrtle Beach ......................................................... 108.0 112.0 105.0 109.1 4.1 3.6 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.2 4.0 3.4

Sumter .................................................................. 48.0 50.0 47.6 49.0 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.4 8.0 7.3 8.3 7.0

South Dakota .......................................................... 418.7 424.5 413.6 418.5 13.7 11.6 13.3 10.0 3.3 2.7 3.2 2.4

Rapid City ............................................................. 50.5 51.9 50.2 50.5 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.0 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.0

Sioux Falls ............................................................ 108.0 111.6 106.5 110.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8

Tennessee ............................................................... 2,849.8 2,909.1 2,843.8 2,891.2 138.8 150.5 131.2 136.5 4.9 5.2 4.6 4.7

Chattanooga ......................................................... 231.9 238.7 230.2 237.6 7.9 9.1 8.1 9.0 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.8

Clarksville-Hopkinsville ......................................... 91.6 95.1 90.0 93.4 4.8 5.2 4.0 4.4 5.2 5.5 4.4 4.7

Jackson ................................................................ 59.7 60.6 59.6 60.3 3.0 3.4 3.0 3.3 5.0 5.6 5.0 5.5

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol ............................. 226.0 230.5 227.2 229.2 11.5 13.8 11.5 12.5 5.1 6.0 5.1 5.5

Knoxville ............................................................... 366.5 375.8 363.8 371.7 12.1 12.0 11.6 11.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.0

Memphis ............................................................... 571.9 577.7 573.6 575.8 24.1 30.2 25.8 29.0 4.2 5.2 4.5 5.0

Nashville ............................................................... 679.4 701.7 677.9 696.9 23.4 28.5 23.8 27.1 3.4 4.1 3.5 3.9

Texas ....................................................................... 10,603.5 10,817.9 10,539.0 10,747.4 571.6 712.5 548.7 673.3 5.4 6.6 5.2 6.3

Abilene .................................................................. 57.8 57.0 57.2 56.3 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5 4.2 4.4 4.0 4.4

Amarillo ................................................................. 112.7 112.7 111.6 112.1 3.9 4.3 3.6 4.2 3.5 3.8 3.2 3.8

Austin-San Marcos ............................................... 757.7 773.2 759.7 774.8 34.3 45.5 35.2 43.0 4.5 5.9 4.6 5.6

Beaumont-Port Arthur ........................................... 179.4 180.9 178.3 178.5 17.4 16.2 16.1 15.2 9.7 8.9 9.0 8.5

Brazoria ................................................................ 107.7 112.4 107.0 110.5 7.5 9.4 7.0 8.7 7.0 8.4 6.6 7.8

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito ........................ 136.4 136.4 133.5 137.5 15.4 13.5 12.0 14.9 11.3 9.9 9.0 10.8

Bryan-College Station ........................................... 75.3 76.5 75.1 74.7 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.0

Corpus Christi ....................................................... 177.1 179.9 175.0 177.4 11.5 12.1 10.3 11.2 6.5 6.7 5.9 6.3

Dallas .................................................................... 2,033.2 2,078.1 2,023.7 2,067.8 107.6 149.6 110.3 144.2 5.3 7.2 5.4 7.0

El Paso ................................................................. 287.6 288.0 286.5 285.6 25.1 25.6 24.1 24.1 8.7 8.9 8.4 8.4

Fort Worth-Arlington ............................................. 948.6 964.8 941.9 956.8 43.0 61.9 41.2 57.4 4.5 6.4 4.4 6.0

Galveston-Texas City ........................................... 120.5 122.7 119.3 121.2 8.3 10.3 8.3 9.7 6.9 8.4 6.9 8.0

Houston ................................................................ 2,238.7 2,291.0 2,229.0 2,279.0 108.1 141.8 104.2 135.0 4.8 6.2 4.7 5.9

Killeen-Temple ...................................................... 117.5 119.8 116.9 118.9 5.5 6.5 5.3 6.0 4.7 5.4 4.6 5.0

Laredo .................................................................. 75.2 78.0 74.5 77.2 5.8 6.1 4.9 5.2 7.7 7.8 6.6 6.7

Longview-Marshall ................................................ 103.7 104.4 102.5 103.3 6.0 7.5 5.6 7.0 5.8 7.2 5.5 6.8

Lubbock ................................................................ 127.7 130.8 126.8 129.9 4.2 4.8 3.4 4.1 3.3 3.7 2.7 3.1

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................... 204.0 212.0 201.9 210.4 28.9 28.7 26.3 26.7 14.1 13.5 13.0 12.7

Odessa-Midland ................................................... 121.7 124.2 120.7 123.8 5.7 7.8 5.3 7.5 4.7 6.3 4.4 6.1

San Angelo ........................................................... 50.5 51.5 50.3 51.6 1.5 2.0 1.5 1.9 3.0 3.8 2.9 3.7

San Antonio .......................................................... 803.2 818.7 799.4 813.2 35.7 45.1 33.7 42.5 4.4 5.5 4.2 5.2

Sherman-Denison ................................................. 50.9 50.6 50.7 49.8 2.9 3.6 3.2 3.3 5.7 7.1 6.4 6.6

Texarkana ............................................................. 55.8 56.2 55.2 55.6 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.9 4.9 5.5 4.6 5.2

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

July August July August July August

2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p 2001 2002 2001 2002p

Texas–Continued

Tyler ...................................................................... 92.2 95.0 92.6 95.0 4.0 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.5

Victoria .................................................................. 44.9 45.3 44.1 45.0 2.0 2.6 2.0 2.4 4.5 5.8 4.5 5.4

Waco .................................................................... 102.0 101.9 101.0 100.7 4.7 5.3 4.1 4.9 4.6 5.2 4.1 4.8

Wichita Falls ......................................................... 64.6 65.5 63.4 64.5 2.5 3.8 2.3 3.6 3.9 5.9 3.7 5.5

Utah .......................................................................... 1,128.9 1,157.4 1,126.1 1,153.8 51.9 62.6 53.6 61.5 4.6 5.4 4.8 5.3

Provo-Orem .......................................................... 172.0 175.2 172.0 175.3 7.0 8.9 7.1 8.8 4.1 5.1 4.2 5.0

Salt Lake City-Ogden ........................................... 720.6 741.2 718.9 736.1 33.2 40.6 34.7 40.0 4.6 5.5 4.8 5.4

Vermont ................................................................... 337.7 350.6 336.7 349.6 11.4 12.8 11.0 13.1 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.7

Burlington ............................................................. 104.1 108.4 103.4 107.9 2.6 3.2 2.7 3.5 2.5 3.0 2.7 3.3

Virginia .................................................................... 3,748.3 3,851.8 3,721.5 3,815.5 139.1 158.4 141.7 161.1 3.7 4.1 3.8 4.2

Charlottesville ....................................................... 77.2 80.6 76.8 79.1 1.7 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.8

Danville ................................................................. 57.6 58.0 57.6 57.8 5.4 5.6 5.0 4.8 9.5 9.6 8.6 8.3

Lynchburg ............................................................. 105.9 108.5 105.0 106.5 4.2 6.0 4.8 6.0 3.9 5.5 4.5 5.7

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News ................. 770.8 798.1 768.3 795.7 28.9 33.5 30.1 34.4 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.3

Richmond-Petersburg ........................................... 537.9 552.1 534.8 547.7 19.9 22.0 22.7 23.8 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.3

Roanoke ............................................................... 131.4 133.7 130.0 132.9 3.7 4.6 3.7 5.3 2.8 3.4 2.9 4.0

Washington ............................................................. 3,049.4 3,089.3 2,984.6 3,043.1 188.7 212.2 178.6 202.7 6.2 6.9 6.0 6.7

Bellingham ............................................................ 83.1 82.8 81.2 81.4 5.4 4.9 5.1 4.6 6.6 5.9 6.2 5.6

Bremerton ............................................................. 94.2 96.3 92.4 95.6 5.7 5.8 5.1 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.7

Olympia ................................................................ 100.0 103.6 97.8 101.8 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.2

Richland-Kennewick-Pasco .................................. 99.6 106.1 94.4 100.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 6.8 6.3 6.2 5.6

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ....................................... 1,368.2 1,381.4 1,351.3 1,370.5 71.8 91.5 69.2 88.4 5.3 6.6 5.1 6.5

Spokane ............................................................... 206.8 204.9 203.5 202.4 13.1 13.2 11.9 12.8 6.3 6.4 5.9 6.3

Tacoma ................................................................. 331.7 340.3 325.1 339.2 20.9 25.1 19.7 23.9 6.3 7.4 6.1 7.1

Yakima .................................................................. 116.7 115.2 109.9 111.0 10.6 9.6 10.2 10.2 9.1 8.3 9.3 9.2

West Virginia ........................................................... 847.6 823.8 842.3 816.0 40.3 50.1 37.6 45.3 4.8 6.1 4.5 5.6

Charleston ............................................................ 142.0 135.7 141.6 134.7 5.3 6.5 5.2 6.3 3.7 4.8 3.6 4.6

Huntington-Ashland .............................................. 140.9 138.1 139.2 135.8 9.3 8.2 8.8 7.5 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.5

Parkersburg-Marietta ............................................ 78.2 77.3 77.4 77.1 3.2 4.4 3.2 4.0 4.1 5.7 4.1 5.2

Wheeling ............................................................... 75.8 75.6 75.7 75.0 3.0 4.5 3.0 3.7 4.0 5.9 4.0 4.9

Wisconsin ................................................................ 3,060.7 3,116.6 3,024.3 3,089.6 140.6 146.7 125.1 146.8 4.6 4.7 4.1 4.7

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah .................................. 233.5 235.3 231.3 234.4 8.4 9.8 7.6 10.2 3.6 4.2 3.3 4.3

Eau Claire ............................................................. 84.4 85.9 83.8 84.2 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.3

Green Bay ............................................................ 141.1 143.4 139.5 142.8 5.5 6.0 5.1 6.2 3.9 4.2 3.7 4.3

Janesville-Beloit .................................................... 81.5 83.2 79.0 80.6 7.4 6.7 4.1 4.7 9.1 8.0 5.2 5.9

Kenosha ............................................................... 81.2 83.2 81.0 83.6 5.0 5.0 3.7 4.4 6.1 6.0 4.5 5.2

La Crosse ............................................................. 73.5 75.4 72.6 74.4 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.7

Madison ................................................................ 277.0 284.1 273.3 281.7 5.7 7.2 5.1 7.0 2.1 2.5 1.9 2.5

Milwaukee-Waukesha .......................................... 825.9 843.4 816.9 839.9 42.9 45.9 39.6 47.7 5.2 5.4 4.8 5.7

Racine .................................................................. 95.5 97.1 94.3 96.5 7.3 6.6 6.7 6.6 7.6 6.8 7.1 6.9

Sheboygan ........................................................... 66.0 64.8 64.2 63.9 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.7 4.5 4.3 3.4 4.2

Wausau ................................................................ 75.9 77.5 75.4 76.8 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.9 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.8

Wyoming ................................................................. 278.4 277.3 276.6 274.9 9.9 9.0 9.6 8.7 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.1

Casper .................................................................. 35.2 34.9 35.1 35.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7

Cheyenne ............................................................. 42.7 43.0 43.0 42.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.0

Puerto Rico ............................................................. 1,273.0 1,351.8 1,295.0 1,359.7 138.1 174.0 166.4 178.7 10.8 12.9 12.8 13.1

Aguadilla ............................................................... 46.4 48.3 46.9 48.3 8.0 8.9 9.2 9.3 17.3 18.4 19.6 19.3

Arecibo ................................................................. 49.3 54.8 50.9 54.3 6.8 9.9 8.3 9.7 13.8 18.0 16.3 17.8

Caguas ................................................................. 118.8 124.6 120.2 125.2 11.6 14.8 13.9 14.7 9.7 11.9 11.5 11.7

Mayaguez ............................................................. 88.0 91.8 90.2 92.1 12.8 13.2 14.3 14.2 14.5 14.4 15.8 15.4

Ponce ................................................................... 105.1 115.1 108.4 115.5 13.6 17.2 17.0 17.7 12.9 15.0 15.7 15.3

San Juan-Bayamon .............................................. 708.4 751.4 719.2 756.2 60.9 75.9 74.4 76.6 8.6 10.1 10.3 10.1

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. All estimates

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

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

Employment and Earnings. 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

July August Change: August 2001 to August 2002p

 2001 2002 2001 2002p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 1,905.0 1,884.6 1,905.9 1,887.0 -18.9 -1.0

Birmingham ........................................................................ 483.7 484.9 482.9 483.4 .5 .1

Huntsville ............................................................................ 185.4 182.1 186.1 183.4 -2.7 -1.5

Mobile ................................................................................. 231.0 229.1 230.1 228.6 -1.5 -.7

Montgomery ........................................................................ 164.9 164.7 164.5 164.4 -.1 -.1

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 82.0 79.1 81.8 79.4 -2.4 -2.9

Alaska .................................................................................... 311.6 313.4 311.5 314.0 2.5 .8

Anchorage .......................................................................... 141.5 143.5 141.9 143.9 2.0 1.4

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,221.6 2,196.0 2,239.4 2,221.6 -17.8 -.8

Phoenix-Mesa ..................................................................... 1,567.2 1,546.4 1,578.1 1,564.1 -14.0 -.9

Tucson ................................................................................ 338.7 333.3 342.7 337.7 -5.0 -1.5

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,143.2 1,139.5 1,152.2 1,146.6 -5.6 -.5

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 159.1 163.2 159.4 164.4 5.0 3.1

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 100.6 98.6 101.8 98.8 -3.0 -2.9

Little Rock-North Little Rock ............................................... 313.1 309.3 314.4 310.6 -3.8 -1.2

Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 35.7 34.6 35.6 34.7 -.9 -2.5

California ............................................................................... 14,656.4 14,598.2 14,676.5 14,611.1 -65.4 -.4

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 195.6 199.4 197.7 199.2 1.5 .8

Fresno ................................................................................ 306.9 310.1 308.2 311.3 3.1 1.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach ................................................... 4,065.5 4,036.7 4,064.8 4,036.4 -28.4 -.7

Modesto .............................................................................. 150.8 153.4 157.8 157.8 .0 .0

Oakland .............................................................................. 1,054.0 1,049.4 1,056.5 1,051.1 -5.4 -.5

Orange County ................................................................... 1,413.9 1,414.4 1,414.4 1,412.9 -1.5 -.1

Riverside-San Bernardino .................................................. 1,026.6 1,053.2 1,022.1 1,048.1 26.0 2.5

Sacramento ........................................................................ 736.1 732.7 738.0 733.6 -4.4 -.6

Salinas ................................................................................ 130.1 129.6 130.1 130.6 .5 .4

San Diego ........................................................................... 1,216.2 1,239.5 1,218.0 1,238.3 20.3 1.7

San Francisco ..................................................................... 1,069.0 1,033.4 1,063.7 1,029.9 -33.8 -3.2

San Jose ............................................................................. 1,012.7 965.6 1,003.1 961.4 -41.7 -4.2

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc .................................. 165.5 165.9 165.7 166.1 .4 .2

Santa Rosa ......................................................................... 187.4 185.8 188.0 186.3 -1.7 -.9

Stockton-Lodi ...................................................................... 192.2 194.0 195.6 196.5 .9 .5

Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa ......................................................... 178.5 179.5 178.4 179.3 .9 .5

Ventura ............................................................................... 281.2 280.6 279.5 281.5 2.0 .7

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,241.1 2,188.8 2,242.0 2,193.4 -48.6 -2.2

Boulder-Longmont .............................................................. 188.5 183.9 188.4 183.5 -4.9 -2.6

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 247.5 244.8 247.3 245.7 -1.6 -.6

Denver ................................................................................ 1,191.9 1,165.5 1,190.1 1,164.2 -25.9 -2.2

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,677.3 1,669.6 1,670.5 1,665.8 -4.7 -.3

Bridgeport ........................................................................... 184.9 181.0 183.7 179.3 -4.4 -2.4

Danbury .............................................................................. 87.4 86.6 87.0 86.1 -.9 -1.0

Hartford ............................................................................... 613.0 601.1 606.6 595.4 -11.2 -1.8

New Haven-Meriden ........................................................... 261.6 262.9 259.9 261.2 1.3 .5

New London-Norwich ......................................................... 144.1 147.1 143.5 146.9 3.4 2.4

Stamford-Norwalk ............................................................... 210.0 206.9 208.4 204.8 -3.6 -1.7

Waterbury ........................................................................... 84.7 84.9 84.7 84.5 -.2 -.2

Delaware ................................................................................ 423.2 420.6 420.9 419.6 -1.3 -.3

Dover .................................................................................. 55.3 56.0 55.3 55.7 .4 .7

Wilmington-Newark ............................................................ 328.0 327.7 326.1 326.3 .2 .1

District of Columbia ............................................................. 661.6 657.4 660.1 655.8 -4.3 -.7

Washington PMSA ............................................................. 2,803.7 2,787.2 2,794.0 2,776.8 -17.2 -.6

Florida .................................................................................... 7,090.7 7,118.2 7,180.5 7,198.2 17.7 .2

Daytona Beach ................................................................... 158.6 157.0 160.3 158.4 -1.9 -1.2

Fort Lauderdale .................................................................. 692.6 691.9 691.6 688.9 -2.7 -.4

Fort Myers-Cape Coral ....................................................... 174.1 175.6 175.5 177.6 2.1 1.2

Gainesville .......................................................................... 118.7 118.7 120.7 120.6 -.1 -.1

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 563.5 569.9 569.6 576.4 6.8 1.2

Lakeland-Winter Haven ...................................................... 181.3 181.3 184.0 184.3 .3 .2

Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay ........................................... 190.2 185.9 191.4 187.0 -4.4 -2.3

Miami .................................................................................. 1,019.9 1,029.1 1,019.7 1,027.3 7.6 .7

Orlando ............................................................................... 900.7 896.2 909.0 904.9 -4.1 -.5

Pensacola ........................................................................... 152.6 153.1 154.8 155.9 1.1 .7

Sarasota-Bradenton ........................................................... 278.9 280.1 282.2 280.8 -1.4 -.5

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 158.1 159.7 159.5 160.9 1.4 .9

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,221.1 1,218.2 1,232.3 1,226.9 -5.4 -.4

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ........................................... 501.4 505.6 507.7 513.0 5.3 1.0

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

July August Change: August 2001 to August 2002p

 2001 2002 2001 2002p Number Percent

Georgia .................................................................................. 3,947.9 3,856.3 3,946.8 3,855.2 -91.6 -2.3

Albany ................................................................................. 57.0 54.8 57.0 55.3 -1.7 -3.0

Athens ................................................................................ 72.8 73.1 72.4 72.3 -.1 -.1

Atlanta ................................................................................ 2,192.9 2,127.8 2,188.6 2,125.2 -63.4 -2.9

Augusta-Aiken .................................................................... 194.6 193.0 194.3 193.0 -1.3 -.7

Columbus ........................................................................... 118.3 118.3 118.9 118.1 -.8 -.7

Macon ................................................................................. 147.8 147.4 148.9 147.7 -1.2 -.8

Savannah ........................................................................... 135.6 138.7 136.3 140.1 3.8 2.8

Hawaii .................................................................................... 551.2 545.6 551.8 544.3 -7.5 -1.4

Honolulu ............................................................................. 408.5 402.8 408.7 402.9 -5.8 -1.4

Idaho ...................................................................................... 572.6 568.3 576.3 568.3 -8.0 -1.4

Boise City ........................................................................... 230.7 231.1 231.8 230.8 -1.0 -.4

Illinois .................................................................................... 6,039.8 5,951.5 6,014.9 5,930.8 -84.1 -1.4

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 89.2 88.7 90.1 88.8 -1.3 -1.4

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 104.1 102.3 102.4 102.0 -.4 -.4

Chicago .............................................................................. 4,250.0 4,180.4 4,233.7 4,164.6 -69.1 -1.6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 184.0 183.4 183.0 183.0 .0 .0

Decatur ............................................................................... 57.8 55.5 57.0 54.6 -2.4 -4.2

Kankakee ............................................................................ 44.0 44.6 43.9 44.2 .3 .7

Peoria-Pekin ....................................................................... 176.7 172.8 176.8 172.5 -4.3 -2.4

Rockford ............................................................................. 179.3 178.3 177.2 177.1 -.1 -.1

Springfield ........................................................................... 115.2 115.5 121.8 120.4 -1.4 -1.1

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,911.1 2,875.0 2,925.2 2,888.4 -36.8 -1.3

Bloomington ........................................................................ 61.3 61.8 61.0 61.0 .0 .0

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 118.2 119.3 117.7 120.6 2.9 2.5

Evansville-Henderson ......................................................... 160.2 155.7 159.8 155.5 -4.3 -2.7

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 264.9 265.7 266.0 265.1 -.9 -.3

Gary .................................................................................... 257.8 249.8 257.3 249.9 -7.4 -2.9

Indianapolis ........................................................................ 885.1 876.1 889.6 880.1 -9.5 -1.1

Kokomo .............................................................................. 49.7 48.6 50.1 48.6 -1.5 -3.0

Lafayette ............................................................................. 92.4 92.9 92.9 92.7 -.2 -.2

Muncie ................................................................................ 55.7 55.6 56.3 55.5 -.8 -1.4

South Bend ......................................................................... 133.6 130.6 135.0 132.6 -2.4 -1.8

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 66.8 67.0 67.1 67.0 -.1 -.1

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,458.5 1,452.2 1,459.5 1,452.4 -7.1 -.5

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 120.0 117.2 120.8 116.6 -4.2 -3.5

Des Moines ......................................................................... 289.3 291.5 290.5 290.1 -.4 -.1

Dubuque ............................................................................. 50.2 50.6 50.5 50.2 -.3 -.6

Iowa City ............................................................................. 71.5 73.0 72.5 73.1 .6 .8

Sioux City ........................................................................... 65.7 65.2 65.3 65.1 -.2 -.3

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 71.3 69.3 71.5 69.6 -1.9 -2.7

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,344.4 1,350.1 1,345.7 1,349.2 3.5 .3

Lawrence ............................................................................ 48.2 48.2 48.9 47.7 -1.2 -2.5

Topeka ................................................................................ 104.3 102.9 104.3 102.7 -1.6 -1.5

Wichita ................................................................................ 285.5 277.1 284.6 276.1 -8.5 -3.0

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,803.4 1,820.6 1,813.1 1,832.1 19.0 1.0

Lexington ............................................................................ 283.8 285.1 284.6 285.8 1.2 .4

Louisville ............................................................................. 583.8 582.1 581.9 583.6 1.7 .3

Owensboro ......................................................................... 44.9 45.6 45.3 45.9 .6 1.3

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,925.4 1,912.3 1,923.1 1,915.7 -7.4 -.4

Alexandria ........................................................................... 55.9 56.4 55.8 56.4 .6 1.1

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 307.6 308.0 305.2 307.7 2.5 .8

Houma ................................................................................ 80.9 80.9 81.0 80.6 -.4 -.5

Lafayette ............................................................................. 169.4 168.0 169.9 169.8 -.1 -.1

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 86.1 86.6 86.7 87.1 .4 .5

Monroe ............................................................................... 73.8 74.4 73.8 74.1 .3 .4

New Orleans ....................................................................... 623.4 620.4 621.3 619.9 -1.4 -.2

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 177.2 175.7 177.2 175.7 -1.5 -.8

Maine ..................................................................................... 620.2 621.2 619.6 620.5 .9 .1

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................................. 44.7 44.6 44.9 44.8 -.1 -.2

Portland .............................................................................. 157.4 161.1 157.7 159.8 2.1 1.3

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

July August Change: August 2001 to August 2002p

 2001 2002 2001 2002p Number Percent

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,466.7 2,428.4 2,459.0 2,428.0 -31.0 -1.3

Baltimore PMSA ................................................................. 1,253.1 1,240.3 1,252.9 1,238.5 -14.4 -1.1

Baltimore City ..................................................................... 407.6 401.4 405.4 396.4 -9.0 -2.2

Suburban Maryland-D.C. .................................................... 913.8 897.2 912.3 900.3 -12.0 -1.3

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,327.8 3,281.6 3,321.2 3,270.8 -50.4 -1.5

Barnstable-Yarmouth .......................................................... 74.1 74.5 73.5 73.9 .4 .5

Boston ................................................................................ 2,046.2 2,014.2 2,040.8 2,008.1 -32.7 -1.6

Brockton ............................................................................. 98.0 97.3 98.2 97.4 -.8 -.8

Fitchburg-Leominster .......................................................... 51.4 50.9 51.6 51.0 -.6 -1.2

Lawrence ............................................................................ 163.4 160.3 163.0 159.8 -3.2 -2.0

Lowell ................................................................................. 130.3 128.5 130.8 129.1 -1.7 -1.3

New Bedford ....................................................................... 65.6 65.6 64.7 64.4 -.3 -.5

Pittsfield .............................................................................. 43.7 43.6 43.2 43.2 .0 .0

Springfield ........................................................................... 257.6 258.1 257.2 258.0 .8 .3

Worcester ........................................................................... 233.8 234.1 232.6 233.2 .6 .3

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,542.4 4,503.1 4,556.2 4,515.2 -41.0 -.9

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 281.8 282.4 283.1 283.1 .0 .0

Benton Harbor .................................................................... 71.0 71.8 72.4 72.0 -.4 -.6

Detroit ................................................................................. 2,122.2 2,095.7 2,129.6 2,103.9 -25.7 -1.2

Flint ..................................................................................... 163.0 156.0 162.9 155.5 -7.4 -4.5

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland ...................................... 579.1 577.9 581.9 578.9 -3.0 -.5

Jackson .............................................................................. 64.0 63.6 64.2 64.0 -.2 -.3

Kalamazoo-Battle Creek ..................................................... 211.9 214.2 214.3 214.0 -.3 -.1

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 234.1 230.9 233.6 230.1 -3.5 -1.5

Saginaw-Bay City-Midland ................................................. 180.3 172.8 178.7 174.2 -4.5 -2.5

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,678.4 2,660.6 2,673.2 2,650.3 -22.9 -.9

Duluth-Superior .................................................................. 116.2 116.0 116.1 115.4 -.7 -.6

Minneapolis-St. Paul ........................................................... 1,748.8 1,736.2 1,750.1 1,732.1 -18.0 -1.0

Rochester ........................................................................... 87.8 87.2 87.6 87.5 -.1 -.1

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 93.1 91.4 92.8 91.2 -1.6 -1.7

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,129.2 1,126.8 1,135.8 1,132.4 -3.4 -.3

Jackson .............................................................................. 233.4 232.6 232.1 232.9 .8 .3

Missouri ................................................................................. 2,716.3 2,662.9 2,711.7 2,664.6 -47.1 -1.7

Kansas City ........................................................................ 984.2 991.5 985.1 985.5 .4 .0

St. Louis .............................................................................. 1,316.4 1,298.6 1,311.4 1,298.5 -12.9 -1.0

Springfield ........................................................................... 166.7 169.8 166.3 166.9 .6 .4

Montana ................................................................................. 394.7 397.8 397.1 400.6 3.5 .9

Billings ................................................................................ 67.5 69.1 68.2 69.4 1.2 1.8

Missoula ............................................................................. 49.9 50.7 50.5 51.0 .5 1.0

Nebraska ............................................................................... 910.2 905.3 910.4 904.5 -5.9 -.6

Lincoln ................................................................................ 155.7 154.3 157.4 154.7 -2.7 -1.7

Omaha ................................................................................ 426.6 423.7 426.4 421.5 -4.9 -1.1

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,053.6 1,067.8 1,059.6 1,073.7 14.1 1.3

Las Vegas ........................................................................... 775.3 788.5 781.8 794.3 12.5 1.6

Reno ................................................................................... 197.9 199.2 198.6 199.7 1.1 .6

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 627.4 628.6 626.2 626.8 .6 .1

Manchester ......................................................................... 107.8 105.2 107.3 104.6 -2.7 -2.5

Nashua ............................................................................... 99.2 98.9 99.5 98.7 -.8 -.8

Portsmouth-Rochester ........................................................ 126.7 126.0 126.1 125.4 -.7 -.6

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,036.4 4,018.1 4,015.8 4,003.1 -12.7 -.3

Atlantic-Cape May .............................................................. 204.5 207.2 204.2 205.9 1.7 .8

Bergen-Passaic .................................................................. 665.1 655.7 660.3 653.1 -7.2 -1.1

Camden .............................................................................. 503.4 501.7 502.9 501.7 -1.2 -.2

Jersey City .......................................................................... 255.4 257.0 253.0 256.9 3.9 1.5

Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon ......................................... 673.2 674.7 670.0 670.3 .3 .0

Monmouth-Ocean ............................................................... 413.5 416.1 412.1 414.9 2.8 .7

Newark ............................................................................... 1,017.7 1,008.8 1,010.8 1,002.0 -8.8 -.9

Trenton ............................................................................... 221.7 217.0 221.4 216.5 -4.9 -2.2

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 59.3 58.4 59.1 58.7 -.4 -.7

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

July August Change: August 2001 to August 2002p

 2001 2002 2001 2002p Number Percent

New Mexico ........................................................................... 753.2 759.3 757.7 762.8 5.1 0.7

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 358.2 359.8 358.4 358.5 .1 .0

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 54.8 56.1 57.8 58.7 .9 1.6

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 77.5 78.3 77.1 78.1 1.0 1.3

New York ............................................................................... 8,640.1 8,562.1 8,614.0 8,534.9 -79.1 -.9

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 459.1 460.8 460.9 463.1 2.2 .5

Binghamton ........................................................................ 116.7 113.9 115.8 113.9 -1.9 -1.6

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 552.0 550.4 552.6 550.8 -1.8 -.3

Dutchess County ................................................................ 117.4 116.7 117.4 117.1 -.3 -.3

Elmira ................................................................................. 42.8 41.4 42.9 42.1 -.8 -1.9

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 54.9 54.8 54.7 54.8 .1 .2

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................... 1,223.6 1,225.5 1,219.0 1,220.9 1.9 .2

New York PMSA ................................................................. 4,270.9 4,186.8 4,241.0 4,165.5 -75.5 -1.8

New York City ..................................................................... 3,712.8 3,626.7 3,684.2 3,608.0 -76.2 -2.1

Newburgh ........................................................................... 133.6 134.2 132.9 133.8 .9 .7

Rochester ........................................................................... 550.8 540.0 548.0 537.7 -10.3 -1.9

Rockland County ................................................................ 110.7 111.2 111.0 111.3 .3 .3

Syracuse ............................................................................. 350.7 347.3 348.2 346.9 -1.3 -.4

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 135.4 134.4 134.5 133.9 -.6 -.4

Westchester County ........................................................... 423.6 424.0 421.7 422.4 .7 .2

North Carolina ....................................................................... 3,835.6 3,824.3 3,877.8 3,874.3 -3.5 -.1

Asheville ............................................................................. 110.0 111.2 110.9 112.3 1.4 1.3

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill .............................................. 827.3 826.8 830.9 838.3 7.4 .9

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point ........................... 642.3 637.6 644.6 640.2 -4.4 -.7

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill ............................................... 687.2 687.6 688.1 686.6 -1.5 -.2

North Dakota ......................................................................... 327.3 327.1 327.6 327.5 -.1 .0

Bismarck ............................................................................. 52.0 52.5 51.8 52.5 .7 1.4

Fargo-Moorhead ................................................................. 102.6 102.8 102.7 102.9 .2 .2

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 47.3 46.3 47.6 47.0 -.6 -1.3

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,561.5 5,508.4 5,552.0 5,501.5 -50.5 -.9

Akron .................................................................................. 324.0 324.5 323.8 323.5 -.3 -.1

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 187.4 187.3 186.9 187.1 .2 .1

Cincinnati ............................................................................ 886.6 877.4 885.8 876.7 -9.1 -1.0

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria ...................................................... 1,158.3 1,148.4 1,159.0 1,148.7 -10.3 -.9

Columbus ........................................................................... 892.7 883.8 890.7 882.9 -7.8 -.9

Dayton-Springfield .............................................................. 474.9 468.9 476.9 470.0 -6.9 -1.4

Hamilton-Middletown .......................................................... 131.1 129.2 131.5 129.5 -2.0 -1.5

Lima .................................................................................... 78.9 76.7 78.7 77.4 -1.3 -1.7

Mansfield ............................................................................ 80.2 79.8 81.3 79.6 -1.7 -2.1

Steubenville-Weirton .......................................................... 49.5 50.1 49.5 49.3 -.2 -.4

Toledo ................................................................................. 321.1 316.6 321.7 319.9 -1.8 -.6

Youngstown-Warren ........................................................... 238.0 232.7 239.5 234.3 -5.2 -2.2

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,498.8 1,508.7 1,503.9 1,512.3 8.4 .6

Enid .................................................................................... 23.7 23.5 23.5 23.3 -.2 -.9

Lawton ................................................................................ 38.5 39.3 39.2 39.6 .4 1.0

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 536.0 540.3 538.1 542.1 4.0 .7

Tulsa ................................................................................... 406.2 406.6 407.1 407.2 .1 .0

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,584.4 1,574.5 1,587.6 1,577.3 -10.3 -.6

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 140.8 140.9 139.9 140.8 .9 .6

Medford-Ashland ................................................................ 73.2 73.7 73.5 73.7 .2 .3

Portland-Vancouver ............................................................ 958.0 941.9 954.9 941.7 -13.2 -1.4

Salem ................................................................................. 137.0 138.0 138.6 139.3 .7 .5

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,696.5 5,634.8 5,682.0 5,619.4 -62.6 -1.1

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 290.7 286.4 290.4 286.1 -4.3 -1.5

Altoona ............................................................................... 60.8 60.6 60.7 60.5 -.2 -.3

Erie ..................................................................................... 132.2 133.1 132.7 133.6 .9 .7

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle .............................................. 366.5 366.6 367.0 366.5 -.5 -.1

Johnstown .......................................................................... 87.9 85.8 87.2 85.3 -1.9 -2.2

Lancaster ............................................................................ 226.5 228.7 226.3 228.8 2.5 1.1

Philadelphia PMSA ............................................................. 2,399.9 2,374.5 2,391.4 2,365.0 -26.4 -1.1

Philadelphia City ................................................................. 687.0 683.7 685.8 679.7 -6.1 -.9

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,136.6 1,127.6 1,131.0 1,122.6 -8.4 -.7

Reading .............................................................................. 169.2 170.1 169.3 170.1 .8 .5

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton ...................................... 282.9 279.5 281.8 279.7 -2.1 -.7

Sharon ................................................................................ 50.8 50.2 50.3 49.5 -.8 -1.6

State College ...................................................................... 67.8 68.1 68.1 69.1 1.0 1.5

Williamsport ........................................................................ 55.0 54.7 54.8 54.8 .0 .0

York .................................................................................... 168.8 166.8 168.9 167.1 -1.8 -1.1

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

July August Change: August 2001 to August 2002p

 2001 2002 2001 2002p Number Percent

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 474.7 477.9 479.1 481.5 2.4 0.5

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 527.8 530.0 531.8 533.8 2.0 .4

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,824.2 1,811.0 1,829.0 1,824.1 -4.9 -.3

Charleston-North Charleston .............................................. 246.7 250.8 250.6 253.1 2.5 1.0

Columbia ............................................................................ 292.4 292.7 292.4 293.8 1.4 .5

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson ...................................... 474.2 476.5 482.3 483.9 1.6 .3

South Dakota ........................................................................ 383.9 384.0 384.6 382.5 -2.1 -.5

Rapid City ........................................................................... 53.0 53.8 53.0 52.5 -.5 -.9

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 116.8 119.0 116.4 118.1 1.7 1.5

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,692.4 2,690.2 2,709.0 2,702.6 -6.4 -.2

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 232.2 232.6 232.3 232.7 .4 .2

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol ........................................... 195.1 192.6 198.3 194.5 -3.8 -1.9

Knoxville ............................................................................. 344.9 347.0 345.5 346.3 .8 .2

Memphis ............................................................................. 592.8 582.2 598.2 588.1 -10.1 -1.7

Nashville ............................................................................. 679.3 683.5 683.9 687.4 3.5 .5

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,450.2 9,379.9 9,497.1 9,409.1 -88.0 -.9

Abilene ................................................................................ 54.1 53.0 53.9 52.9 -1.0 -1.9

Amarillo ............................................................................... 97.7 96.3 97.6 96.7 -.9 -.9

Austin-San Marcos ............................................................. 665.6 664.2 671.4 669.8 -1.6 -.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 155.4 156.8 157.2 156.2 -1.0 -.6

Brazoria .............................................................................. 76.6 78.1 77.1 77.7 .6 .8

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito ...................................... 110.0 111.1 111.2 111.0 -.2 -.2

Bryan-College Station ......................................................... 73.5 74.2 74.4 73.1 -1.3 -1.7

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 158.9 159.6 159.6 159.4 -.2 -.1

Dallas .................................................................................. 1,986.5 1,973.5 1,990.6 1,975.9 -14.7 -.7

El Paso ............................................................................... 253.6 251.4 255.6 252.4 -3.2 -1.3

Ft. Worth-Arlington ............................................................. 798.3 789.7 802.8 793.2 -9.6 -1.2

Galveston-Texas City ......................................................... 87.3 86.7 87.3 86.8 -.5 -.6

Houston .............................................................................. 2,108.9 2,109.7 2,119.9 2,117.9 -2.0 -.1

Killeen-Temple .................................................................... 102.7 103.1 103.4 103.5 .1 .1

Laredo ................................................................................ 68.9 70.8 69.4 71.2 1.8 2.6

Longview-Marshall .............................................................. 92.1 90.6 92.5 90.8 -1.7 -1.8

Lubbock .............................................................................. 121.3 122.7 122.5 123.4 .9 .7

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................................. 156.2 162.1 158.4 164.0 5.6 3.5

Odessa-Midland ................................................................. 104.5 104.1 104.7 104.5 -.2 -.2

San Angelo ......................................................................... 44.3 44.7 44.8 45.1 .3 .7

San Antonio ........................................................................ 727.7 727.9 732.1 729.7 -2.4 -.3

Sherman-Denison ............................................................... 44.4 43.3 44.4 43.2 -1.2 -2.7

Texarkana ........................................................................... 52.5 51.4 52.5 51.4 -1.1 -2.1

Tyler .................................................................................... 83.8 85.4 84.8 85.7 .9 1.1

Victoria ................................................................................ 37.6 36.9 37.5 36.9 -.6 -1.6

Waco .................................................................................. 99.3 98.0 99.8 98.0 -1.8 -1.8

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 60.3 59.4 60.2 59.2 -1.0 -1.7

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,073.9 1,056.3 1,078.4 1,059.0 -19.4 -1.8

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 150.7 147.1 152.0 148.1 -3.9 -2.6

Salt Lake City-Ogden ......................................................... 716.4 706.7 717.7 706.2 -11.5 -1.6

Vermont ................................................................................. 292.3 291.6 292.5 291.3 -1.2 -.4

Barre-Montpelier ................................................................. 33.9 34.4 33.6 34.4 .8 2.4

Burlington ........................................................................... 107.6 107.7 106.9 106.7 -.2 -.2

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,517.6 3,490.2 3,516.6 3,487.8 -28.8 -.8

Bristol .................................................................................. 38.7 38.8 39.0 38.9 -.1 -.3

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 84.9 85.6 84.9 85.1 .2 .2

Danville ............................................................................... 44.1 43.0 44.8 44.1 -.7 -1.6

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 99.5 97.7 99.1 97.0 -2.1 -2.1

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News ............................... 706.2 709.7 709.5 712.7 3.2 .5

Northern Virginia ................................................................. 1,173.8 1,159.0 1,167.7 1,153.8 -13.9 -1.2

Richmond-Petersburg ......................................................... 558.2 557.0 557.1 555.2 -1.9 -.3

Roanoke ............................................................................. 144.7 142.4 144.5 142.4 -2.1 -1.5

Washington ........................................................................... 2,699.4 2,649.6 2,695.8 2,645.7 -50.1 -1.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ..................................................... 1,400.1 1,357.5 1,398.1 1,354.9 -43.2 -3.1

Spokane ............................................................................. 196.8 189.6 197.4 189.4 -8.0 -4.1

Tacoma ............................................................................... 245.8 242.9 243.8 244.0 .2 .1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

July August Change: August 2001 to August 2002p

 2001 2002 2001 2002p Number Percent

West Virginia ......................................................................... 737.5 728.3 737.6 728.8 -8.8 -1.2

Charleston .......................................................................... 137.8 135.6 137.6 135.0 -2.6 -1.9

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 122.2 121.5 121.9 120.7 -1.2 -1.0

Parkersburg-Marietta .......................................................... 69.5 69.0 69.0 69.1 .1 .1

Wheeling ............................................................................. 67.0 66.8 67.1 67.1 .0 .0

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,835.3 2,846.2 2,839.5 2,850.5 11.0 .4

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................ 207.7 204.9 208.2 206.0 -2.2 -1.1

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 76.5 76.7 75.9 75.8 -.1 -.1

Green Bay .......................................................................... 146.8 146.3 146.6 147.1 .5 .3

Janesville-Beloit .................................................................. 68.5 69.8 69.9 70.0 .1 .1

Kenosha ............................................................................. 52.7 53.2 53.9 54.4 .5 .9

La Crosse ........................................................................... 72.4 73.1 72.2 72.8 .6 .8

Madison .............................................................................. 294.1 295.5 293.4 296.6 3.2 1.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha ........................................................ 857.8 858.4 858.2 859.6 1.4 .2

Racine ................................................................................ 81.7 82.4 81.6 82.6 1.0 1.2

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 64.1 62.1 63.6 61.9 -1.7 -2.7

Wausau .............................................................................. 69.6 70.4 69.9 70.6 .7 1.0

Wyoming ............................................................................... 252.9 254.0 254.0 255.7 1.7 .7

Casper ................................................................................ 32.8 32.8 33.0 33.3 .3 .9

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,003.6 998.2 991.0 993.8 2.8 .3

Caguas ............................................................................... 72.4 70.5 71.2 70.5 -.7 -1.0

Mayaguez ........................................................................... 68.6 68.1 68.8 67.0 -1.8 -2.6

Ponce ................................................................................. 78.5 80.9 78.1 80.1 2.0 2.6

San Juan-Bayamon ............................................................ 641.8 640.2 634.6 640.2 5.6 .9

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 45.2 43.4 44.6 43.3 -1.3 -2.9

p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected

from March 2001 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark

month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.