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Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2019

Unemployment rates were lower in December in 11 states, higher in 4 states, and stable in 35 states and 

the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eight states had jobless rate 

decreases from a year earlier, 1 state had an increase, and 41 states and the District had little or no 

change. The national unemployment rate, 3.5 percent, was unchanged over the month but was 0.4 

percentage point lower than in December 2018.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 3 states in December 2019 and was essentially unchanged in 

47 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 26 states added nonfarm payroll jobs and 24 states 

and the District were essentially unchanged.

This news release presents statistics from two monthly programs. The civilian labor force and 

unemployment data are modeled based largely on a survey of households. These data pertain to 

individuals by where they reside. The employment data are from an establishment survey that measures 

nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. These data pertain to jobs on payrolls defined by 

where the establishments are located. For more information about the concepts and statistical 

methodologies used by these two programs, see the Technical Note. 

Unemployment

South Carolina, Utah, and Vermont had the lowest unemployment rates in December, 2.3 percent each. 

The rates in Colorado (2.5 percent), Florida (3.0 percent), Georgia (3.2 percent), Illinois (3.7 percent), 

Oregon (3.7 percent), South Carolina (2.3 percent), Utah (2.3 percent), and Washington (4.3 percent) set 

new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) Alaska had the highest jobless rate, 6.1 percent. In 

total, 15 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 3.5 percent, 12 states and the 

District of Columbia had higher rates, and 23 states had rates that were not appreciably different from 

that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

Nevada and Oregon had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decreases in December (-0.2 

percentage point each). Louisiana and Pennsylvania had the largest rate increases (+0.2 percentage point 

each). Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not notably different 
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from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the 

significant changes. (See table B.)

Alabama and Colorado had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases (-1.1 percentage 

points each). The only rate increase from December 2018 occurred in Mississippi (+1.0 percentage 

point). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in three states in December 2019. The job gains occurred in 

Texas (+29,800, or +0.2 percent), Washington (+10,900, or +0.3 percent), and Arkansas (+5,400, or 

+0.4 percent). (See table 3.) 

Twenty-six states had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in December. The largest 

job gains occurred in Texas (+342,800), California (+310,300), and Florida (+212,000). The largest 

percentage gains occurred in Utah (+3.1 percent), Idaho (+2.9 percent), and Arizona (+2.8 percent). (See 

table D and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2019 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2019 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and Unemployment news 

release for January 2020 is scheduled to be released on Monday, March 16, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. 

(EDT).

Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2019 Annual Averages on Wednesday, 

March 4, 2020, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for the states, the District of Columbia, 

and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be revised to 

incorporate updated inputs, new population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new 

census division and national control totals. Data in table 1 will be re-seasonally adjusted as well. Both 

not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted data are subject to revision back to 2015. 

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2020 estimates on March 16, 2020, all nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be 

adjusted to 2019 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2018 and 

seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 2015 are subject to revision. Some not seasonally 

adjusted and seasonally adjusted series may be revised as far back as 1990.
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 3.5

Alabama ........................................................... 2.7

Alaska .............................................................. 6.1

Arizona ............................................................. 4.6

California .......................................................... 3.9

Colorado ........................................................... 2.5

District of Columbia ........................................... 5.3

Florida .............................................................. 3.0

Hawaii .............................................................. 2.6

Idaho ................................................................ 2.9

Iowa ................................................................. 2.7

Kentucky .......................................................... 4.3

Louisiana .......................................................... 4.9

Maine ............................................................... 2.9

Massachusetts ................................................... 2.8

Mississippi ........................................................ 5.7

Nebraska .......................................................... 3.1

New Hampshire ................................................. 2.6

New Mexico ....................................................... 4.7

New York .......................................................... 4.0

North Dakota ..................................................... 2.4

Ohio ................................................................. 4.2

Pennsylvania ..................................................... 4.5

South Carolina .................................................. 2.3

Utah ................................................................. 2.3

Vermont ............................................................ 2.3

Virginia ............................................................. 2.6

Washington ....................................................... 4.3

West Virginia .................................................... 5.0

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., December 2019, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2019

to December 2019, seasonally adjusted

November 2019 December 2019 p

Arizona ....................................... 4.7 4.6 -0.1

Florida ........................................ 3.1 3.0 -.1

Georgia ...................................... 3.3 3.2 -.1

Louisiana .................................... 4.7 4.9 .2

Maryland ..................................... 3.6 3.5 -.1

Nevada ....................................... 4.0 3.8 -.2

New Jersey ................................. 3.4 3.5 .1

North Carolina ............................. 3.8 3.7 -.1

North Dakota ............................... 2.5 2.4 -.1

Oregon ....................................... 3.9 3.7 -.2

Pennsylvania ............................... 4.3 4.5 .2

South Carolina ............................ 2.4 2.3 -.1

South Dakota .............................. 3.1 3.2 .1

Utah ........................................... 2.4 2.3 -.1

Washington ................................. 4.4 4.3 -.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2018

to December 2019, seasonally adjusted

December 2018 December 2019 p

Alabama ..................................... 3.8 2.7 -1.1

California .................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

Colorado ..................................... 3.6 2.5 -1.1

Georgia ...................................... 3.7 3.2 -.5

Maine ......................................... 3.5 2.9 -.6

Mississippi .................................. 4.7 5.7 1.0

South Carolina ............................ 3.2 2.3 -.9

Utah ........................................... 3.2 2.3 -.9

Vermont ...................................... 2.6 2.3 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2018 to

December 2019, seasonally adjusted

December December

2018 2019 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,057,600 2,103,300 45,700 2.2

Arizona ....................................... 2,891,000 2,971,800 80,800 2.8

Arkansas .................................... 1,269,400 1,287,700 18,300 1.4

California .................................... 17,302,200 17,612,500 310,300 1.8

Colorado ..................................... 2,746,900 2,803,500 56,600 2.1

Florida ........................................ 8,892,000 9,104,000 212,000 2.4

Georgia ...................................... 4,587,000 4,653,700 66,700 1.5

Idaho .......................................... 742,300 763,900 21,600 2.9

Illinois ......................................... 6,148,300 6,193,300 45,000 .7

Kansas ....................................... 1,423,300 1,443,400 20,100 1.4

 

Maryland ..................................... 2,759,700 2,790,700 31,000 1.1

Massachusetts ............................. 3,649,200 3,694,000 44,800 1.2

Nebraska .................................... 1,023,800 1,039,500 15,700 1.5

Nevada ....................................... 1,412,700 1,440,100 27,400 1.9

New Jersey ................................. 4,179,100 4,218,100 39,000 .9

New Mexico ................................. 846,200 861,800 15,600 1.8

New York .................................... 9,714,600 9,821,800 107,200 1.1

North Carolina ............................. 4,499,700 4,593,600 93,900 2.1

Oregon ....................................... 1,920,900 1,957,700 36,800 1.9

Rhode Island ............................... 497,700 506,300 8,600 1.7

 

South Carolina ............................ 2,166,500 2,193,700 27,200 1.3

Tennessee .................................. 3,087,300 3,136,500 49,200 1.6

Texas .......................................... 12,633,900 12,976,700 342,800 2.7

Utah ........................................... 1,540,300 1,588,200 47,900 3.1

Virginia ....................................... 4,008,600 4,053,800 45,200 1.1

Washington ................................. 3,444,200 3,528,400 84,200 2.4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 and 2). Also presented are nonfarm payroll

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 

4). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state 

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program 

measures employed people and unemployed people on a placeof-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian 

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

Employed people are those who did any work at all for pay or 

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in 

a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job 

from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, 

for such reasons as bad weather, labor-management dispute, 

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

the reference week (based on the definition above), had actively 

looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be 

counted as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the sum of 

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state 

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

the balance of New York State. Estimates for the five additional 

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Miami-Miami BeachKendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) 

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

respective census division totals. Substate and balance-of-state 

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

model-based estimates to the U.S. totals is called real-time 

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

data sources, and model re-estimation. In most years, historical 

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

beginning of each calendar year, prior to the release of January 

estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of timesseries models in early 2015, historical data were re-estimated 

back to the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

X-11 type of seasonal adjustment filter. The adjusted data then 

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

(RKHS) filter. The smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates of 

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

 During estimation for the current year, the smoothedseasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are created 

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations that were issued by the U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018. A 

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; 

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 
possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

very small or highly variable. In these cases, a model-based 

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to 

measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the 

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/benchmark.pdf.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

to historical data for the most recent five years are made once a 

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

the current month, to develop sample-based seasonal factors.

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

the current month’s preliminary estimate as well as the previous 

month’s final estimate in order to incorporate real-time 

estimates. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a "sum-of-states" 

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are 

subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is 

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be 

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

significantly different from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent 

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The underlying standard error 

measures for over-the-month and over-the-year changes in state 

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

levels are available at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. 

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed people, unemployed people, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,000 subnational areas 

are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data 

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this 

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay 

Service: (800) 877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204,278 2,264,142 2,265,356 2,266,198 83,509 63,284 61,941 61,458 3.8 2.8 2.7 2.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,292 349,040 347,997 347,109 23,052 21,494 21,345 21,186 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,486,462 3,580,568 3,592,243 3,600,776 171,467 172,781 170,105 166,155 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353,091 1,363,801 1,365,868 1,368,565 49,698 47,795 48,562 48,776 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,507,556 19,442,217 19,492,179 19,544,474 802,594 765,422 761,754 757,717 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,156,894 5,119,815 5,138,141 5,155,719 242,097 227,248 228,093 226,877 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,128,678 3,164,855 3,170,618 3,176,599 113,534 83,532 82,362 80,220 3.6 2.6 2.6 2.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920,729 1,917,262 1,923,760 1,927,671 73,416 69,478 71,048 71,984 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483,403 489,930 490,992 491,958 17,197 17,930 18,699 19,135 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,518 411,401 412,179 413,358 21,611 22,027 21,901 22,006 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,291,323 10,465,402 10,491,615 10,511,038 344,711 330,625 322,533 311,306 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,384,230 1,437,953 1,441,950 1,441,245 48,764 44,362 43,728 39,960 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,115,906 5,119,637 5,125,727 5,133,559 191,709 172,052 166,852 162,533 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,697 661,375 662,768 664,533 17,649 17,688 17,520 17,541 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862,394 884,656 886,763 889,092 23,758 25,734 25,879 25,769 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,470,478 6,505,066 6,496,435 6,479,970 276,474 250,959 246,023 240,061 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,737,744 3,749,754 3,743,489 3,733,179 137,831 133,292 130,946 126,367 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,392,278 3,383,700 3,384,206 3,386,154 117,390 108,052 108,359 108,356 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691,576 1,748,589 1,757,864 1,763,275 40,369 45,096 46,204 47,179 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,486,355 1,488,664 1,493,101 1,496,270 49,663 46,708 46,927 47,207 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,062,639 2,076,970 2,082,363 2,087,383 88,684 90,192 90,870 90,478 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,099,773 2,095,272 2,098,869 2,102,200 102,675 94,149 98,698 103,426 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698,314 690,859 691,089 691,998 24,427 19,526 19,446 19,746 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,194,248 3,267,707 3,278,600 3,288,322 118,586 118,629 116,550 113,807 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,833,225 3,845,561 3,849,729 3,856,457 119,697 111,331 110,503 109,477 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,903,093 4,957,310 4,955,544 4,956,384 196,327 202,307 196,892 191,395 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,131,582 2,163,860 2,163,442 2,164,767 85,886 90,352 87,023 84,814 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,076,979 3,125,415 3,130,699 3,132,198 87,942 100,820 101,835 102,372 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274,954 1,289,839 1,290,153 1,288,294 59,759 70,834 72,791 72,892 4.7 5.5 5.6 5.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,053,973 3,110,075 3,124,219 3,128,928 94,247 95,366 98,277 101,913 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529,658 533,942 535,334 536,741 19,693 17,962 18,230 18,432 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022,388 1,042,550 1,044,638 1,046,290 28,157 32,444 32,763 32,272 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514,144 1,551,746 1,557,770 1,562,408 67,310 63,000 61,655 59,474 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763,611 774,535 776,030 777,801 18,377 19,936 19,997 20,087 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,424,774 4,501,654 4,528,364 4,554,687 172,758 144,965 152,170 161,255 3.9 3.2 3.4 3.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944,874 966,260 966,781 966,624 47,059 46,514 46,188 45,837 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,611,875 9,530,050 9,540,727 9,549,675 372,701 378,954 379,187 377,395 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,123,186 4,088,933 4,086,248 4,079,170 165,240 166,220 165,081 159,797 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,988,182 5,128,664 5,129,991 5,130,786 185,924 204,167 197,451 191,019 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402,945 403,980 404,554 405,273 10,295 9,999 10,029 9,836 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,757,507 5,830,838 5,833,874 5,838,717 267,121 246,037 247,111 242,609 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035,955 1,040,089 1,040,573 1,042,568 52,820 43,581 42,917 41,806 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,837,373 1,853,492 1,851,391 1,846,283 57,502 60,794 62,642 62,990 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,110,888 2,116,517 2,115,440 2,114,935 89,857 85,710 83,287 79,272 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,450,360 6,515,976 6,534,275 6,551,585 270,501 271,518 281,888 292,675 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,234 556,343 557,453 558,519 22,181 19,863 19,591 19,406 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,330,171 2,381,283 2,382,705 2,384,934 75,244 62,377 58,030 55,295 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,932 468,817 469,780 470,455 13,565 14,235 14,586 14,951 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,255,650 3,361,966 3,363,560 3,368,072 108,137 114,108 112,572 111,690 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,920,780 14,099,774 14,148,208 14,188,089 516,371 477,979 486,015 490,306 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580,097 1,610,853 1,617,037 1,622,735 49,822 41,046 39,178 37,921 3.2 2.5 2.4 2.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345,571 344,373 343,092 342,146 9,043 7,716 7,806 7,881 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,338,981 4,427,692 4,440,830 4,454,888 121,477 116,617 116,043 116,367 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,822,984 3,922,090 3,940,096 3,956,849 170,401 178,182 174,884 169,028 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,695,942 1,734,953 1,743,610 1,749,504 56,024 51,546 48,902 46,847 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,574 801,019 803,527 805,706 40,396 38,059 39,285 40,190 5.1 4.8 4.9 5.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,125,569 3,121,772 3,121,119 3,120,013 93,589 102,866 104,367 105,461 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,204 290,243 291,447 292,408 11,912 10,959 10,901 10,718 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,079,144 1,079,789 1,071,501 1,062,679 91,644 82,894 84,724 89,123 8.5 7.7 7.9 8.4

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

November December Number Percent of labor force

2018 2019 2018 2019p

November December November December

2018 2019 2018 2019p 2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,205,363 2,258,828 2,199,965 2,252,513 73,717 55,676 77,928 57,084 3.3 2.5 3.5 2.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353,278 342,474 351,704 341,376 22,657 20,627 22,693 20,753 6.4 6.0 6.5 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,512,594 3,622,092 3,510,545 3,612,137 166,722 156,929 173,271 153,861 4.7 4.3 4.9 4.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,351,062 1,367,798 1,344,510 1,363,533 43,405 43,750 48,618 46,448 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,562,413 19,616,815 19,533,844 19,588,361 760,287 719,542 794,295 719,072 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,175,675 5,202,390 5,165,908 5,194,767 234,405 221,083 235,902 208,041 4.5 4.2 4.6 4.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,133,401 3,182,392 3,136,729 3,181,390 111,166 79,530 118,956 75,357 3.5 2.5 3.8 2.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920,441 1,934,414 1,916,138 1,918,550 60,478 63,642 61,246 61,610 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482,804 492,766 483,727 492,487 14,349 18,138 14,782 17,425 3.0 3.7 3.1 3.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402,811 415,128 401,943 414,297 20,563 20,540 19,759 20,444 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,293,133 10,477,386 10,284,492 10,463,470 335,916 287,798 338,922 265,350 3.3 2.7 3.3 2.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,386,673 1,430,239 1,403,293 1,426,150 45,184 38,792 49,482 25,207 3.3 2.7 3.5 1.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,111,058 5,125,408 5,123,539 5,145,931 176,023 139,265 189,782 149,262 3.4 2.7 3.7 2.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,100 668,016 676,173 668,675 18,287 16,996 15,385 15,243 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861,411 886,751 860,899 889,472 22,900 25,144 24,640 25,659 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,468,774 6,448,014 6,449,049 6,384,505 259,018 218,269 285,488 220,590 4.0 3.4 4.4 3.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,728,038 3,708,581 3,718,529 3,675,020 123,652 116,772 132,494 104,056 3.3 3.1 3.6 2.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,387,893 3,366,205 3,366,433 3,352,305 111,876 106,195 113,727 101,464 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691,018 1,768,803 1,688,961 1,752,493 31,556 41,096 42,521 50,748 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,490,418 1,504,465 1,487,183 1,496,669 44,166 42,716 46,484 42,889 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,054,178 2,087,751 2,053,820 2,085,841 72,305 80,523 78,868 80,676 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,098,944 2,110,527 2,083,413 2,091,614 90,359 102,257 91,047 103,412 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693,756 687,509 691,825 689,157 23,036 18,439 23,188 19,639 3.3 2.7 3.4 2.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,191,352 3,292,102 3,184,211 3,287,685 109,903 104,754 110,035 98,267 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,823,218 3,837,569 3,821,194 3,849,752 98,823 88,787 101,990 91,543 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,893,580 4,933,486 4,896,726 4,932,803 166,773 157,409 201,376 174,820 3.4 3.2 4.1 3.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,129,400 2,148,122 2,139,584 2,160,849 78,916 72,509 91,163 79,904 3.7 3.4 4.3 3.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,073,359 3,130,497 3,082,219 3,119,177 69,288 89,608 98,693 108,919 2.3 2.9 3.2 3.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274,959 1,284,490 1,278,260 1,281,471 53,790 70,280 60,187 67,402 4.2 5.5 4.7 5.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,039,341 3,127,518 3,046,032 3,097,174 75,593 93,521 93,192 105,566 2.5 3.0 3.1 3.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527,399 536,751 525,061 535,304 18,980 18,321 20,496 19,412 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020,931 1,045,850 1,018,612 1,041,475 23,458 28,996 27,381 28,039 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,518,855 1,571,659 1,518,338 1,565,827 64,041 54,543 64,928 52,035 4.2 3.5 4.3 3.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761,578 775,189 759,790 776,513 16,449 17,694 15,969 17,729 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,409,867 4,562,145 4,421,437 4,585,378 145,777 150,144 158,306 165,220 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952,647 971,039 953,970 968,900 46,012 44,663 46,133 43,457 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,576,358 9,510,615 9,583,357 9,477,621 339,417 345,362 371,398 350,924 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.7

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,113,737 4,059,085 4,120,012 4,031,220 154,052 151,397 163,831 127,159 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,992,016 5,110,118 4,966,260 5,078,529 180,250 173,545 185,156 169,153 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398,404 401,983 397,048 400,858 8,348 8,419 9,532 8,846 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,754,616 5,821,691 5,739,445 5,807,136 243,308 220,831 274,826 219,006 4.2 3.8 4.8 3.8

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030,378 1,037,367 1,018,535 1,031,269 45,012 34,197 50,491 36,128 4.4 3.3 5.0 3.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845,292 1,842,382 1,831,981 1,822,098 53,190 63,398 55,288 58,024 2.9 3.4 3.0 3.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117,387 2,109,316 2,104,382 2,097,247 85,731 65,158 89,585 60,847 4.0 3.1 4.3 2.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,437,401 6,544,150 6,430,281 6,532,299 233,777 279,665 247,993 297,499 3.6 4.3 3.9 4.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,933 562,904 556,929 561,942 21,567 18,038 20,988 17,992 3.9 3.2 3.8 3.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318,289 2,370,350 2,324,318 2,371,383 68,439 51,232 77,078 55,936 3.0 2.2 3.3 2.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461,667 471,441 459,874 468,381 12,749 14,944 13,849 16,384 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,255,813 3,355,736 3,245,759 3,358,778 98,204 102,908 97,655 104,990 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,961,940 14,264,714 13,975,415 14,228,471 485,960 476,916 501,787 470,429 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,584,804 1,634,892 1,584,918 1,633,854 44,023 30,829 45,909 33,942 2.8 1.9 2.9 2.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,435 339,844 343,727 339,321 8,218 7,330 7,821 7,087 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,319,915 4,441,393 4,313,833 4,447,462 108,524 108,770 112,968 109,243 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,828,288 3,972,004 3,833,104 3,972,769 169,864 157,340 182,795 154,954 4.4 4.0 4.8 3.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693,502 1,751,913 1,693,796 1,741,945 61,951 40,637 57,609 38,632 3.7 2.3 3.4 2.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781,723 803,794 777,812 799,727 35,750 39,018 37,917 39,591 4.6 4.9 4.9 5.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116,247 3,102,403 3,106,624 3,091,105 77,545 90,865 86,683 98,595 2.5 2.9 2.8 3.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,088 294,086 286,957 291,756 11,587 10,532 11,527 10,487 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066,244 1,045,943 1,083,677 1,044,531 81,077 88,581 92,102 95,369 7.6 8.5 8.5 9.1

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057.6 2,095.7 2,099.6 2,103.3 92.2 93.8 94.8 96.2 270.3 272.4 272.7 271.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.1 329.6 328.6 329.2 16.5 16.8 16.6 16.7 12.7 12.3 11.2 12.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,891.0 2,952.0 2,966.6 2,971.8 166.9 176.8 177.3 178.9 173.0 180.2 179.9 179.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269.4 1,282.1 1,282.3 1,287.7 50.6 53.9 53.4 52.8 163.1 163.8 163.3 163.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,302.2 17,575.9 17,599.9 17,612.5 871.1 902.4 901.5 902.4 1,332.8 1,343.3 1,344.8 1,344.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746.9 2,792.7 2,802.1 2,803.5 172.0 172.8 173.7 174.6 149.4 150.0 149.9 150.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696.8 1,698.7 1,700.3 1,700.4 61.4 57.5 57.4 58.0 160.4 161.7 161.8 161.1

Delaware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.2 469.5 469.7 470.4 23.1 23.3 23.1 22.8 27.2 27.5 27.5 27.4

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.1 801.8 804.6 804.0 15.5 15.8 15.8 15.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,892.0 9,077.8 9,088.0 9,104.0 549.5 571.5 571.9 575.0 377.4 384.1 383.8 383.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,587.0 4,638.8 4,649.8 4,653.7 202.4 205.3 207.5 207.8 410.0 410.8 410.8 409.9

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.2 662.1 661.0 664.2 36.3 37.8 37.8 37.8 14.1 13.8 14.0 14.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742.3 758.7 760.7 763.9 49.6 51.4 51.5 52.1 67.9 70.5 69.8 69.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,148.3 6,198.7 6,185.3 6,193.3 224.2 224.6 222.8 223.0 589.9 590.2 588.9 588.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,161.1 3,161.1 3,164.9 3,165.5 147.0 152.4 152.5 153.9 544.3 534.8 537.4 536.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,593.4 1,596.4 1,594.1 1,591.0 76.9 80.4 79.9 81.4 228.1 228.1 227.9 226.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423.3 1,438.8 1,440.0 1,443.4 61.7 62.0 62.4 63.1 167.0 165.8 167.2 167.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,940.0 1,964.5 1,959.0 1,953.6 79.5 79.2 79.2 79.0 254.7 253.7 255.8 256.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982.2 1,989.3 1,993.8 1,991.2 146.5 140.0 139.6 139.5 135.0 138.0 139.4 140.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.9 633.3 632.8 635.3 27.0 30.0 29.9 30.1 52.9 53.4 53.5 53.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,759.7 2,771.9 2,784.2 2,790.7 164.1 165.6 166.4 166.8 109.0 108.7 108.5 108.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,649.2 3,693.6 3,699.0 3,694.0 155.5 156.9 156.3 156.3 243.7 243.6 243.3 241.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,432.2 4,422.3 4,447.2 4,451.7 174.6 173.2 172.7 172.9 634.2 607.0 626.8 628.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,961.1 2,969.8 2,967.2 2,967.4 128.7 129.9 125.3 125.1 322.1 322.4 319.7 318.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162.6 1,170.8 1,170.1 1,168.7 43.0 44.0 43.7 43.4 146.8 147.1 147.3 148.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,894.1 2,921.6 2,922.7 2,914.2 120.3 124.1 124.5 124.3 276.3 275.1 277.3 276.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.3 484.6 485.4 485.0 28.5 29.1 29.1 29.0 20.4 20.3 20.5 20.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023.8 1,036.7 1,036.7 1,039.5 53.2 55.5 54.5 54.6 99.5 100.4 100.2 100.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412.7 1,438.7 1,443.6 1,440.1 95.3 103.3 104.7 102.0 59.0 60.9 60.9 61.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.7 689.7 687.6 690.1 26.9 29.4 29.2 28.9 70.8 69.6 69.4 69.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,179.1 4,205.7 4,211.6 4,218.1 161.2 164.8 163.2 162.6 249.2 250.4 253.4 252.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846.2 860.1 862.4 861.8 47.3 52.1 52.2 52.4 26.9 27.6 27.8 27.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,714.6 9,810.8 9,826.7 9,821.8 403.1 401.8 401.4 402.5 444.7 436.2 439.1 437.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,499.7 4,589.7 4,593.3 4,593.6 219.6 219.8 219.8 219.8 474.2 471.9 472.2 472.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.6 435.2 436.9 436.9 26.7 28.0 27.7 28.2 25.8 26.3 26.2 25.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,583.3 5,591.3 5,600.8 5,610.6 224.7 212.4 212.3 215.7 703.2 699.8 700.4 701.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696.2 1,694.6 1,692.7 1,691.4 84.1 83.3 82.9 82.8 138.6 135.2 134.4 134.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.9 1,953.1 1,956.9 1,957.7 105.8 109.0 110.8 110.9 197.7 201.8 203.6 203.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,030.7 6,061.0 6,073.1 6,063.4 260.1 260.9 258.4 256.8 570.8 563.3 565.6 565.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.7 505.7 506.2 506.3 19.5 19.7 19.2 19.2 39.8 38.9 39.1 39.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166.5 2,186.5 2,192.2 2,193.7 100.7 102.8 103.4 104.2 250.5 255.8 256.5 255.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.6 449.6 449.7 449.5 23.8 23.9 23.9 24.2 45.5 45.7 45.4 45.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,087.3 3,124.6 3,134.5 3,136.5 127.1 125.0 124.2 124.2 353.3 353.3 357.0 359.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,633.9 12,913.9 12,946.9 12,976.7 753.6 798.2 805.7 809.5 899.6 910.9 917.5 917.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540.3 1,580.1 1,585.5 1,588.2 104.4 111.5 112.7 113.4 135.1 138.3 138.0 138.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.6 316.9 316.2 315.5 14.7 14.5 14.3 14.1 30.2 30.0 29.9 30.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,008.6 4,031.6 4,048.6 4,053.8 197.5 198.7 198.3 198.5 244.0 244.4 248.5 247.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,444.2 3,504.7 3,517.5 3,528.4 220.9 224.4 226.7 227.9 295.3 297.6 299.3 300.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730.4 732.6 730.2 727.5 47.5 46.2 45.7 44.1 47.8 47.6 47.4 47.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,984.5 2,982.4 2,981.7 2,991.5 124.0 127.7 127.9 128.0 477.5 469.4 470.5 473.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.9 287.4 286.9 285.8 22.1 20.8 20.3 20.0 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871.7 874.2 872.9 871.3 26.9 27.0 26.5 25.8 72.7 73.3 73.3 73.3

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 35.7 35.8 35.9 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

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

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2018

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2019

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2019

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2019p

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2018

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2019

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2019

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.1 384.0 383.9 386.2 96.9 97.8 97.6 97.6 246.0 257.9 259.4 261.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 65.5 65.5 65.3 11.4 11.3 11.5 11.8 26.9 26.8 27.2 27.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.0 549.0 551.3 554.2 221.0 225.7 225.3 224.8 436.7 442.4 448.6 443.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.5 254.4 254.8 255.7 60.9 62.2 61.4 61.3 145.7 146.9 147.6 150.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,056.7 3,062.1 3,059.0 3,058.8 834.0 848.1 847.7 847.0 2,696.6 2,758.2 2,761.6 2,768.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.5 474.9 478.0 479.8 168.5 172.2 173.1 170.5 434.5 454.4 456.3 456.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.1 293.3 292.7 291.6 127.0 127.4 127.2 127.6 219.5 219.5 221.4 222.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 79.8 80.9 81.1 47.0 48.2 48.4 48.4 63.6 62.5 61.6 62.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 33.1 33.4 33.4 29.6 30.0 29.9 30.2 168.8 172.1 172.3 172.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,798.7 1,814.6 1,815.4 1,816.5 589.8 598.7 598.6 597.6 1,388.8 1,419.6 1,420.5 1,424.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953.3 958.5 962.4 963.7 250.5 249.5 251.3 251.6 705.2 703.0 700.6 702.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.8 118.6 119.1 119.4 29.1 28.8 28.7 28.8 82.8 83.8 83.8 84.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.7 145.0 144.9 145.7 36.7 38.2 38.5 38.8 96.0 102.3 103.2 103.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223.2 1,225.1 1,220.3 1,218.6 405.2 406.9 407.2 407.0 956.0 960.7 955.4 957.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.5 591.3 592.8 594.9 138.4 141.0 139.9 139.3 344.2 350.8 348.3 348.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.0 312.7 311.9 310.7 109.3 109.0 107.8 107.7 143.0 142.2 141.3 140.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.0 268.4 267.8 268.1 77.4 77.5 77.3 77.9 182.2 185.6 185.4 186.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.5 411.2 407.2 404.1 92.8 95.7 95.0 94.9 215.4 220.8 217.5 214.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.8 380.8 380.6 379.1 91.8 90.4 91.3 90.6 213.0 216.2 216.5 214.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.8 119.9 119.9 120.4 32.1 32.3 32.1 32.4 69.8 69.7 68.7 68.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.0 467.9 469.5 469.3 142.1 143.4 143.2 143.7 455.5 457.3 461.7 462.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.0 580.0 580.2 581.0 219.8 223.3 224.0 223.2 588.3 595.3 595.7 592.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.4 795.4 793.7 797.7 220.2 225.2 225.4 226.4 662.0 657.6 663.2 660.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.1 537.0 537.5 539.0 183.7 186.8 186.7 186.3 375.6 374.1 374.5 374.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.2 235.9 235.6 235.4 44.1 45.4 45.6 45.4 112.1 109.4 108.8 107.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.1 543.7 542.6 541.4 173.3 176.6 177.2 177.0 388.0 391.4 391.7 387.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 96.6 97.1 96.6 25.4 26.5 26.3 26.2 44.1 44.9 45.0 44.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.4 200.0 200.6 200.5 74.6 75.5 75.7 75.6 119.5 121.3 122.1 122.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.3 259.2 258.5 256.0 69.2 72.3 72.4 73.0 196.1 201.6 205.6 206.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.1 141.1 140.3 140.6 34.3 33.8 33.6 33.4 83.5 85.6 85.6 85.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.4 890.6 893.5 894.7 248.9 246.6 247.2 246.8 672.3 673.0 671.8 674.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.5 138.1 138.1 138.1 34.3 35.2 35.1 35.6 107.0 109.2 110.6 110.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565.1 1,579.5 1,575.1 1,574.1 715.6 714.5 715.1 712.1 1,342.2 1,370.1 1,372.6 1,374.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839.5 859.1 858.7 857.6 241.7 250.0 250.4 251.6 634.8 651.0 650.3 643.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 91.9 92.8 92.1 24.2 24.0 24.5 24.4 35.0 36.0 36.0 35.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027.0 1,022.8 1,023.8 1,024.5 307.0 309.0 308.2 309.9 732.9 735.5 738.2 738.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.6 305.8 306.2 306.3 78.9 78.6 78.6 79.1 188.6 190.5 188.6 187.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.6 356.2 354.2 355.5 102.0 103.2 103.2 103.5 249.4 254.3 255.6 254.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.9 1,133.5 1,133.4 1,132.0 327.7 332.1 331.9 332.5 803.9 817.4 823.1 817.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.2 79.1 80.4 80.2 35.3 36.6 35.9 35.9 69.2 69.9 69.2 69.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.7 416.8 415.5 417.9 103.9 105.3 104.8 104.8 299.0 291.4 295.5 294.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.6 89.9 90.4 89.9 29.2 29.0 29.1 29.0 33.9 34.4 34.1 33.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.8 636.6 639.0 640.9 164.5 168.5 168.7 168.2 419.9 427.4 428.0 427.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,509.7 2,536.9 2,547.8 2,559.4 781.5 809.4 811.6 818.3 1,745.4 1,795.4 1,792.9 1,803.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.8 293.2 294.5 294.9 88.7 90.9 91.1 91.2 217.1 225.0 224.7 225.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.7 54.3 54.2 54.1 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.4 29.2 30.0 30.1 30.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.7 653.6 654.0 654.8 205.2 208.9 211.0 212.5 750.5 755.9 759.0 760.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.5 649.2 648.6 651.3 159.7 167.3 167.3 166.7 427.8 439.1 441.1 443.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.3 130.9 131.2 131.5 29.1 28.8 29.5 29.1 68.9 68.7 67.6 67.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.4 548.6 547.5 548.2 154.2 152.3 153.1 153.2 325.2 326.6 326.4 325.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.9 53.6 53.4 52.7 11.0 11.3 11.3 11.2 19.4 18.7 18.5 18.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.9 167.7 167.8 168.1 42.6 43.3 43.3 43.4 124.6 122.9 121.6 120.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.1 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

Dec.

2019p

Dec.

2018

Oct.

2019

Nov.

2019

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2019p

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2018

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2019

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2019

Dec.

2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.9 249.9 249.8 250.5 209.4 217.5 217.0 217.1 385.2 390.2 391.9 391.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 50.4 50.0 49.8 36.1 36.3 36.5 35.9 80.4 80.4 80.3 80.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.6 468.5 472.1 474.8 330.9 335.2 336.2 338.4 414.3 415.4 416.2 417.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.9 194.2 195.5 197.5 120.5 123.3 123.2 123.3 212.8 213.2 212.9 212.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,757.2 2,836.1 2,850.1 2,855.3 2,004.7 2,035.7 2,035.1 2,032.7 2,601.4 2,635.5 2,638.3 2,641.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.9 350.3 353.4 355.6 345.2 347.4 347.6 347.0 444.0 453.5 453.3 453.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.9 344.9 346.1 347.0 160.5 161.8 160.7 159.4 237.0 235.3 235.3 235.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.7 83.1 83.1 83.8 52.4 54.2 54.2 54.3 67.4 68.5 68.5 68.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 131.9 132.1 131.8 80.1 81.8 82.6 81.9 237.7 237.5 238.5 238.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328.5 1,379.5 1,381.4 1,382.6 1,240.1 1,275.2 1,279.6 1,288.0 1,115.5 1,127.9 1,129.6 1,129.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591.0 613.2 616.0 616.4 497.8 515.0 514.0 514.4 696.1 701.1 701.8 702.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.3 87.7 87.7 87.8 125.1 125.9 126.4 127.7 126.1 128.0 125.7 126.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.9 108.2 109.0 109.4 79.1 78.3 78.3 79.0 126.0 127.4 127.4 127.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942.2 956.1 955.0 959.3 623.7 637.4 637.4 640.6 826.4 839.1 839.4 839.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.4 490.8 491.6 490.7 308.9 305.8 305.6 304.0 429.0 430.1 432.4 433.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.7 234.8 235.3 234.3 145.0 144.2 144.1 145.3 260.3 263.0 263.2 262.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.1 200.7 200.4 201.5 131.4 138.0 138.0 137.9 258.1 262.8 263.1 262.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.1 292.3 293.2 293.4 197.7 202.6 202.5 203.4 313.5 311.6 311.4 311.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.9 326.5 326.5 326.0 237.2 238.9 240.6 241.8 327.3 325.9 325.6 325.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 126.4 126.4 126.3 68.2 69.5 69.6 71.2 100.2 100.1 100.2 100.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.7 479.9 480.9 483.4 284.8 285.4 290.1 292.1 506.6 510.6 511.3 511.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.9 824.0 826.4 825.8 370.2 374.7 377.0 378.0 457.3 459.1 459.3 458.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677.3 670.9 672.4 672.9 434.6 447.3 445.2 445.3 605.5 612.7 613.3 614.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.0 541.7 540.7 539.1 277.7 287.2 291.3 292.5 424.5 426.2 426.5 426.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.6 146.5 146.6 147.1 137.9 140.4 140.3 140.5 242.0 242.8 242.9 242.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.3 493.0 492.7 491.0 310.9 314.2 314.3 313.5 432.0 434.0 433.0 433.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.1 78.2 78.7 78.6 66.7 65.5 66.0 66.3 90.9 91.3 90.9 91.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.1 157.2 157.4 158.1 92.7 95.7 95.2 96.6 173.6 175.8 175.8 175.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.2 144.0 144.8 145.0 357.2 358.9 358.7 359.2 161.4 165.4 165.0 165.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 130.3 130.3 130.6 73.6 71.9 71.5 72.8 89.6 88.5 88.2 88.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714.4 721.6 722.6 722.8 393.1 409.7 414.0 417.4 603.4 601.0 600.2 601.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 141.2 142.4 142.8 100.7 102.1 102.0 101.4 185.8 188.1 187.5 187.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,094.4 2,138.7 2,144.3 2,146.2 963.4 974.8 981.5 983.3 1,488.8 1,498.3 1,497.6 1,496.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612.1 626.5 625.5 625.9 507.9 529.4 532.5 538.1 730.3 734.5 734.6 733.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 66.1 66.6 66.3 39.5 39.5 39.7 40.0 82.6 82.3 82.5 82.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943.4 951.7 951.4 954.8 570.8 582.9 586.9 587.8 778.2 782.3 781.5 780.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.9 240.2 240.2 241.0 174.8 171.4 171.9 172.6 346.5 345.6 346.9 346.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.1 306.6 308.2 307.3 213.6 216.0 216.2 218.2 297.8 300.6 299.4 299.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,292.7 1,293.0 1,294.3 1,295.0 576.1 571.4 577.6 577.8 701.4 709.1 709.1 709.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.4 110.3 110.9 110.6 57.3 60.0 60.0 60.3 61.3 61.2 61.3 61.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.0 259.3 259.4 258.8 266.1 269.9 271.5 272.1 370.5 375.6 375.9 376.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 74.3 74.4 74.0 48.0 48.2 48.2 48.8 80.0 80.2 80.2 80.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.5 440.0 441.3 441.2 346.9 360.5 362.2 362.8 436.4 441.4 441.2 440.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,714.8 1,765.7 1,773.3 1,773.1 1,373.1 1,415.7 1,414.5 1,415.6 1,957.0 1,969.2 1,971.2 1,971.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.1 216.4 217.5 218.1 154.7 158.3 159.3 159.7 251.1 253.6 254.2 254.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.9 66.6 67.0 66.7 38.4 39.3 38.7 38.7 56.7 55.5 55.5 55.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.5 554.6 557.3 560.2 410.8 424.3 427.0 428.2 724.0 718.0 719.5 718.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.0 514.7 517.5 518.1 347.8 352.9 355.6 355.9 582.5 585.3 585.1 586.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.3 130.0 129.7 129.3 73.9 75.3 74.8 75.0 150.6 151.8 151.5 151.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.0 459.5 460.4 461.0 289.9 285.7 286.3 289.9 406.0 405.4 403.6 404.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 27.1 27.5 27.5 35.8 36.3 36.6 37.2 69.0 69.1 68.9 68.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.4 121.6 122.2 121.5 76.9 79.4 79.6 79.7 202.6 202.8 202.4 202.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.8 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

November December November December November December

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,064.4 2,113.2 2,066.6 2,112.9 10.0 9.8 9.9 9.5 90.4 94.7 91.1 95.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.8 314.6 313.7 313.4 12.5 13.3 13.0 13.4 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,936.5 3,012.5 2,934.6 3,019.0 13.5 13.8 13.5 13.6 166.6 177.7 166.8 178.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276.7 1,291.0 1,273.3 1,292.0 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.6 51.1 54.0 50.2 52.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,440.7 17,764.8 17,449.8 17,761.1 23.1 23.4 23.1 23.3 874.8 904.7 859.4 889.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,750.4 2,813.7 2,765.8 2,821.5 28.7 28.3 29.0 27.8 171.7 174.7 170.7 173.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,714.2 1,719.1 1,713.3 1,717.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 61.7 59.0 59.4 56.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.6 472.8 465.8 471.9 – – – – 23.1 23.4 23.3 23.0

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.4 808.3 795.0 805.7 – – – – 15.4 15.8 15.3 15.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,954.8 9,171.1 8,989.9 9,204.0 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.9 548.9 575.3 550.8 575.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,611.1 4,684.7 4,616.2 4,685.6 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 200.5 207.6 201.5 206.9

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664.8 668.7 667.7 673.0 – – – – 36.1 38.1 36.8 38.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.0 763.3 740.0 761.1 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.3 50.5 52.1 48.2 50.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,205.9 6,248.1 6,183.8 6,228.0 8.0 7.4 7.7 7.1 231.4 228.2 216.4 214.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,188.6 3,200.0 3,182.2 3,185.7 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1 147.1 154.7 145.0 152.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,606.7 1,612.3 1,597.8 1,596.0 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.3 82.8 83.9 73.4 77.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440.3 1,456.8 1,435.5 1,457.0 6.8 7.1 6.8 7.0 62.0 63.2 60.7 62.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,959.1 1,981.4 1,960.2 1,972.3 10.3 8.4 10.3 8.0 79.1 80.1 78.8 78.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,001.7 2,012.2 1,991.0 1,999.3 35.7 36.4 35.4 36.9 150.0 140.9 145.2 138.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628.7 632.2 624.4 630.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 28.8 30.6 26.3 29.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,771.2 2,804.5 2,771.0 2,805.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 164.2 167.5 163.3 166.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,678.0 3,728.7 3,664.8 3,708.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 161.6 160.8 154.2 155.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,468.3 4,485.5 4,447.3 4,467.7 7.2 7.3 6.9 6.9 173.5 175.8 168.5 167.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,975.9 2,983.3 2,956.7 2,961.0 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.2 128.6 126.5 121.6 117.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173.6 1,181.4 1,169.0 1,174.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.6 43.3 43.9 43.1 43.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,911.5 2,946.3 2,906.2 2,924.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.1 121.2 126.8 119.9 124.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.7 484.9 478.3 482.9 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.1 29.0 30.0 27.2 28.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031.0 1,044.1 1,027.2 1,043.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 53.7 55.5 51.8 53.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,416.8 1,453.6 1,419.5 1,446.4 14.6 13.9 14.6 13.6 93.0 104.8 96.1 102.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.7 690.9 687.9 693.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 27.5 30.0 26.6 28.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,212.6 4,243.8 4,213.9 4,251.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 164.2 166.9 161.6 162.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851.6 868.6 851.5 866.3 25.1 26.2 25.7 26.3 47.6 52.8 47.3 52.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,810.1 9,930.5 9,799.9 9,903.7 5.6 5.7 5.2 5.3 408.5 407.0 395.6 395.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,540.4 4,632.0 4,530.1 4,620.4 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5 220.7 220.7 219.1 219.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.1 441.0 435.2 437.8 21.3 20.5 21.6 20.4 27.6 28.1 24.6 26.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,617.1 5,641.2 5,599.6 5,630.0 12.5 12.5 12.2 12.1 224.7 215.0 216.4 209.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,711.8 1,709.5 1,708.6 1,703.1 54.2 50.1 55.5 48.6 83.1 83.2 84.0 82.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931.2 1,966.9 1,926.6 1,963.2 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.1 105.3 110.9 103.5 107.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,085.9 6,140.9 6,075.6 6,108.0 29.3 30.0 29.2 29.2 263.4 262.1 254.0 250.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.7 510.8 499.3 507.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 19.9 20.0 19.7 19.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,168.0 2,203.7 2,173.1 2,203.2 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.6 101.2 103.2 100.7 104.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.3 449.9 442.8 447.5 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 23.4 24.5 22.6 23.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,126.2 3,176.0 3,117.0 3,166.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.4 128.4 124.9 126.8 124.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,704.1 13,042.2 12,711.0 13,055.2 255.1 252.6 257.4 247.0 751.7 810.2 751.3 808.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544.2 1,598.5 1,549.1 1,599.5 9.6 10.0 9.5 9.7 104.9 114.8 102.2 111.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.3 317.9 322.5 321.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 15.4 15.0 14.4 13.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,035.7 4,075.7 4,025.6 4,071.2 7.9 8.2 7.8 8.2 198.4 198.6 196.3 196.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,446.5 3,533.4 3,444.5 3,531.0 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 217.1 225.6 216.0 223.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.5 739.8 736.0 732.4 22.3 21.5 22.9 21.2 48.7 48.2 47.2 43.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,999.7 3,008.0 2,987.9 2,999.3 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 124.2 129.5 118.3 122.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.0 282.8 286.0 282.5 20.8 20.0 20.8 19.8 22.1 20.6 21.2 18.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877.4 882.7 896.7 894.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 26.4 26.9 29.2 27.9

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 35.9 34.3 36.0 – – – – 2.4 3.0 2.4 3.0

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

November December November December November December

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.8 273.3 271.5 273.0 388.4 391.3 390.1 395.3 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8 61.9 62.8 62.2 62.8 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.4 180.0 173.8 180.0 554.6 567.6 555.1 572.8 47.7 47.2 48.2 47.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.2 163.1 163.6 164.4 257.1 258.6 256.5 259.4 11.4 10.9 11.2 10.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328.8 1,340.9 1,327.6 1,339.3 3,139.1 3,147.0 3,166.1 3,168.9 553.1 571.1 553.8 566.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.9 150.4 150.1 150.9 482.7 485.5 484.5 490.6 74.9 74.9 74.5 74.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.9 161.6 160.5 161.3 304.2 300.9 308.2 303.2 32.3 32.6 32.5 32.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 27.5 27.3 27.4 80.8 82.5 81.1 83.0 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 33.5 33.7 33.6 33.8 19.8 20.7 20.0 20.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.5 384.3 378.6 384.3 1,834.7 1,852.3 1,852.3 1,872.1 142.4 137.4 142.3 137.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.7 409.9 411.0 410.2 966.8 978.1 970.9 983.6 116.6 116.4 113.7 114.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 14.1 14.2 14.2 123.5 120.8 124.1 121.8 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 70.2 68.0 70.0 145.5 147.4 144.8 147.6 8.6 8.4 8.6 8.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591.5 590.7 591.6 589.7 1,247.0 1,246.1 1,258.9 1,254.6 93.3 91.8 93.6 93.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.5 537.9 544.4 536.4 611.9 605.3 609.2 607.1 28.9 27.5 28.8 28.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.2 228.0 227.9 226.2 318.8 317.8 319.3 316.3 21.6 20.6 21.6 20.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.3 168.2 167.9 167.9 275.4 272.2 273.6 273.1 18.6 18.5 18.7 18.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.0 256.6 256.1 257.9 412.2 415.7 415.6 413.8 21.9 21.4 21.8 21.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.3 138.8 134.6 139.4 383.8 386.0 384.0 384.7 23.3 22.6 23.2 21.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 54.5 53.2 54.1 121.1 121.7 121.7 123.3 6.9 7.6 6.9 7.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.5 109.0 109.5 108.7 476.5 479.1 481.5 484.0 36.9 36.0 36.4 34.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.6 243.2 244.3 242.0 589.1 589.6 594.6 595.5 92.7 95.1 92.1 94.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.5 627.8 636.6 630.5 810.3 807.5 810.9 815.7 55.9 57.6 55.5 57.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.2 319.5 320.8 316.9 545.0 547.5 547.7 550.5 49.1 44.9 49.5 44.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.3 147.8 147.3 148.7 237.0 240.1 237.4 240.6 11.0 10.9 10.9 10.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.7 277.3 277.5 277.1 552.7 551.9 552.6 550.8 50.4 48.8 50.5 48.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 20.8 20.6 20.8 95.9 98.0 96.7 98.0 6.1 5.9 6.2 5.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.7 100.6 99.6 100.5 204.1 204.4 205.0 205.1 17.5 17.1 17.5 17.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 60.9 58.7 61.1 264.6 266.3 268.0 264.7 15.5 15.8 15.3 15.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.0 69.5 71.0 69.8 142.9 142.9 143.1 144.1 12.3 12.5 12.3 12.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.2 253.4 249.9 253.3 913.2 915.4 920.7 924.7 68.9 65.6 67.6 64.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.7 26.9 27.7 139.9 140.8 139.4 140.9 12.0 11.6 11.9 11.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.1 438.9 444.0 436.8 1,608.1 1,612.2 1,615.2 1,622.8 278.6 284.4 275.0 277.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.3 475.0 475.7 473.8 854.3 873.8 861.6 879.0 80.5 83.2 80.5 85.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 26.4 26.0 25.9 94.8 94.1 95.2 93.7 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702.0 699.4 705.1 703.9 1,049.6 1,047.0 1,053.1 1,051.9 70.0 70.0 69.5 70.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.3 135.3 139.1 134.9 307.9 312.8 307.1 313.0 19.6 19.1 19.8 19.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.0 202.3 195.9 201.3 361.5 361.5 361.2 365.3 34.4 34.2 34.4 33.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.3 566.4 572.1 566.9 1,155.5 1,162.8 1,162.2 1,168.8 86.3 88.4 85.0 88.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 39.2 39.9 39.3 79.6 82.1 80.4 82.6 6.1 6.3 5.9 6.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.2 256.9 251.2 256.4 417.7 422.5 421.4 427.9 28.1 27.2 28.4 27.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 45.5 45.4 45.5 88.9 90.6 89.1 90.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.2 358.3 353.5 359.3 648.5 653.8 648.2 656.4 46.3 48.8 45.7 47.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896.3 919.1 901.3 919.7 2,558.1 2,597.9 2,566.4 2,619.1 205.0 202.5 205.5 203.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.1 137.6 135.3 138.3 294.9 299.8 297.8 302.4 39.8 41.2 41.0 42.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.4 30.1 30.3 30.3 54.4 54.8 55.1 55.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.0 248.5 245.2 248.3 672.1 667.8 678.3 675.0 65.6 63.7 65.0 63.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.4 298.2 293.8 299.5 651.6 659.6 653.4 663.5 137.1 145.8 138.2 146.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.0 47.5 47.8 47.4 133.7 135.6 133.4 136.2 8.0 7.6 8.1 7.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.4 470.9 475.3 472.1 553.6 559.9 554.0 560.2 48.0 48.8 48.3 49.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 10.4 10.3 10.3 52.5 53.4 53.4 53.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 74.0 74.1 74.7 173.9 170.6 178.4 175.4 17.5 18.2 17.9 18.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

November December November December November December

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.4 97.7 96.9 97.5 246.1 260.4 245.6 260.6 249.6 252.8 249.0 252.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.6 25.7 26.2 25.8 25.8 50.9 50.2 50.9 49.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.7 226.2 222.5 226.5 446.4 457.3 445.5 452.1 458.9 477.0 459.4 479.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 61.3 61.1 61.3 146.0 148.7 144.5 149.5 193.7 197.0 192.9 198.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837.4 849.8 837.1 850.3 2,714.6 2,781.1 2,709.1 2,781.3 2,763.7 2,866.5 2,774.1 2,872.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.9 173.0 170.2 171.5 435.9 459.2 435.6 457.0 342.9 356.2 343.0 357.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0 127.4 127.1 127.7 222.8 222.5 220.2 223.8 340.6 351.2 341.0 351.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 48.3 47.1 48.4 65.9 63.7 64.9 63.3 81.5 83.4 82.2 84.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 29.8 29.5 30.2 167.6 173.1 169.1 172.9 135.3 136.3 133.4 134.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.2 600.5 593.8 601.6 1,401.8 1,434.5 1,403.3 1,439.4 1,330.2 1,390.1 1,337.7 1,391.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.5 251.9 251.5 252.5 710.0 708.6 712.1 708.9 595.8 622.0 595.2 621.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 29.0 29.3 29.0 83.3 84.0 83.2 84.4 87.0 88.5 87.0 88.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.6 38.4 36.7 38.7 96.5 103.3 95.1 102.1 106.5 109.8 106.5 109.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.8 406.6 404.7 406.8 975.4 972.3 957.9 956.7 950.5 965.9 946.9 964.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 140.4 138.1 139.2 348.4 352.1 346.2 349.4 487.4 498.0 489.5 494.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.4 107.9 109.6 108.1 142.5 142.8 142.4 139.6 237.8 238.6 238.2 237.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.4 77.3 77.2 77.9 183.5 187.1 183.0 187.2 202.7 201.8 202.5 203.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 94.8 93.0 94.9 222.8 224.4 224.7 222.7 283.7 295.8 285.7 296.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.9 91.7 92.1 91.0 215.4 219.5 214.4 216.1 322.1 328.5 320.8 326.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.9 31.9 31.9 32.1 70.4 69.1 69.3 68.0 128.8 127.8 128.3 126.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.0 143.5 142.0 143.6 454.7 463.5 454.3 461.1 480.9 487.1 481.0 488.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.3 223.2 219.9 222.9 591.2 601.0 585.5 590.1 812.7 838.1 809.4 832.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.6 224.7 220.1 226.5 670.4 673.5 662.9 661.0 682.6 679.0 681.6 677.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.5 186.8 183.8 186.3 382.0 377.6 377.5 375.0 548.5 543.9 543.6 539.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 45.8 44.2 45.4 114.1 110.6 114.4 109.3 147.4 147.7 146.5 148.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.5 176.7 172.5 176.4 389.1 395.0 389.2 388.2 484.4 497.7 482.6 491.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 26.5 25.8 26.6 43.5 44.7 43.3 43.9 77.1 78.8 77.5 78.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 75.3 74.7 75.7 120.6 123.0 119.4 123.0 157.0 158.3 155.9 159.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.4 72.7 69.4 73.2 198.1 207.8 195.2 205.4 143.1 145.6 143.6 145.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 33.5 34.4 33.6 83.5 86.0 83.7 85.7 127.8 131.6 127.3 130.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.3 246.6 249.2 247.3 685.0 680.1 677.3 677.9 720.4 729.1 722.8 730.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 35.3 34.6 36.0 106.6 110.6 107.0 109.9 142.2 143.5 142.1 144.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.9 714.0 716.6 712.2 1,355.9 1,383.8 1,348.4 1,379.9 2,120.4 2,184.9 2,130.6 2,181.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.1 249.5 240.7 251.0 642.8 656.2 635.2 644.0 617.1 630.8 617.0 630.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 24.6 24.2 24.5 34.8 36.0 34.3 35.1 64.2 66.8 64.7 66.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.5 306.7 306.2 309.1 741.9 745.5 732.6 737.2 953.5 962.0 949.6 961.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 78.5 79.2 79.3 191.9 190.5 188.7 186.6 238.5 241.3 238.1 242.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.0 103.0 102.0 103.7 251.6 255.0 248.2 252.7 299.1 311.0 299.4 309.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.2 332.2 328.7 333.6 811.9 832.5 803.5 816.9 1,306.6 1,316.9 1,307.4 1,311.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 35.7 35.2 35.6 69.6 70.2 69.1 69.5 109.7 113.7 109.4 112.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 104.4 103.4 104.2 298.6 300.1 300.8 297.9 257.3 261.8 257.0 260.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 29.0 29.2 29.0 33.5 34.2 34.0 33.8 73.4 74.9 74.2 74.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.7 168.2 164.6 168.2 425.9 435.5 427.7 435.3 440.3 446.9 439.1 444.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783.9 813.6 783.2 821.1 1,761.2 1,804.8 1,750.1 1,806.0 1,718.5 1,782.7 1,720.6 1,778.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.4 91.6 88.9 91.3 218.0 225.7 216.4 223.9 210.0 222.5 208.2 220.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 11.4 11.7 11.4 28.8 30.2 28.7 30.0 66.9 67.4 67.4 67.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.3 211.2 205.2 212.9 756.9 763.7 751.4 761.3 549.4 563.0 543.8 562.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 166.9 159.0 165.8 428.4 443.5 425.8 441.5 502.5 522.0 503.3 521.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 29.4 29.1 29.1 70.0 67.9 68.6 67.4 129.5 130.9 129.6 130.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.5 153.2 154.0 153.2 325.3 329.2 324.1 324.7 462.2 465.2 463.2 465.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 11.2 11.0 11.2 19.0 18.3 19.0 17.7 28.2 27.5 28.0 27.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 43.4 43.0 43.8 124.4 123.3 129.2 124.8 119.4 124.2 122.7 125.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.8 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

November December November December November December

2018 2019 2018 2019p

2018 2019 2018 2019p2018 2019 2018 2019p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.5 213.6 204.6 212.4 97.2 101.1 97.8 100.5 390.7 397.1 388.6 394.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 31.9 31.8 31.5 10.7 10.6 10.8 10.7 81.1 80.8 80.7 80.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.7 335.9 329.9 338.9 94.5 99.0 93.7 99.0 430.5 430.8 426.2 430.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.9 121.3 117.3 119.9 53.6 53.5 53.5 53.7 217.1 216.9 216.7 216.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,990.1 2,025.6 2,000.2 2,026.2 574.8 573.4 570.7 573.9 2,641.2 2,681.3 2,628.6 2,669.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331.5 335.2 345.4 346.9 112.1 113.5 113.3 112.6 453.2 462.8 449.5 458.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.0 156.8 157.1 155.4 65.5 64.5 64.4 64.0 243.7 242.1 242.4 240.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 51.5 48.7 50.5 18.8 18.4 18.7 18.3 68.8 70.1 68.7 69.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 82.1 79.5 81.0 76.2 77.9 76.1 78.3 236.8 237.5 237.2 238.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,232.1 1,271.6 1,234.7 1,284.3 358.3 367.1 357.7 365.7 1,135.9 1,152.0 1,132.8 1,146.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.4 509.9 491.6 508.6 157.8 161.2 157.8 162.3 705.6 709.8 701.6 707.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.5 125.7 125.3 128.1 28.2 28.7 28.2 28.6 131.3 130.3 129.9 130.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 74.3 75.5 75.3 25.6 26.2 26.0 26.2 127.5 129.7 127.1 128.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.4 625.7 608.9 626.0 254.5 258.0 256.2 260.2 841.1 855.4 841.0 854.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.6 299.2 301.5 295.9 131.2 130.4 131.5 129.6 443.0 448.3 441.8 447.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.5 139.8 138.9 140.0 57.3 59.5 57.6 59.0 267.2 271.0 266.4 268.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 136.8 129.2 136.2 51.0 53.4 50.5 53.2 266.2 271.2 265.4 270.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.2 200.6 190.6 196.8 65.6 67.5 65.8 66.9 318.3 316.1 317.8 315.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.8 240.4 235.6 240.9 74.4 75.3 74.2 75.4 334.0 332.1 331.5 329.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 60.8 59.3 62.0 22.2 22.6 22.0 22.7 103.5 103.3 103.2 103.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.4 279.2 271.4 279.6 116.5 116.2 115.5 117.2 516.3 522.1 514.8 519.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.2 363.2 354.4 362.0 137.1 140.1 138.0 139.4 471.4 473.3 471.4 472.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.2 428.2 417.3 427.3 165.6 168.9 166.7 167.5 627.5 635.2 620.3 630.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.7 278.4 263.2 277.7 112.6 114.1 112.2 115.1 436.1 437.4 430.4 432.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.7 140.0 136.2 138.6 41.5 41.7 40.9 41.3 245.1 246.1 241.3 241.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.7 308.6 300.8 304.4 114.3 116.0 114.0 116.9 444.1 443.2 442.3 442.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 61.9 63.4 63.3 19.2 18.6 18.8 18.7 92.2 92.4 91.5 91.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.6 92.5 89.7 93.5 36.4 37.0 36.6 37.1 176.5 179.4 175.9 178.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.5 354.6 352.0 354.0 42.1 43.6 41.4 42.7 164.4 167.6 165.2 168.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 66.2 68.9 68.1 25.9 26.0 25.9 26.6 93.0 91.7 93.7 92.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.6 394.4 374.6 397.1 171.9 178.3 173.6 178.3 615.5 612.6 615.2 613.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.5 99.9 99.2 99.8 28.6 28.4 28.1 27.9 190.7 191.8 189.3 190.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943.1 965.3 940.2 961.0 416.9 414.5 417.5 413.1 1,513.0 1,519.8 1,511.6 1,517.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.9 521.4 493.8 522.3 152.9 159.6 153.2 160.3 753.1 756.2 747.8 750.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 39.5 38.8 39.4 15.1 14.7 14.8 15.0 84.2 84.2 85.0 85.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.0 571.2 553.6 570.3 212.8 214.4 213.2 213.5 792.6 797.5 788.1 791.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.3 171.2 171.8 170.3 71.9 74.4 72.1 73.5 353.2 353.1 353.2 352.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.6 210.6 207.4 212.5 64.0 64.8 64.6 64.6 304.3 306.2 302.8 304.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.4 560.5 558.3 560.5 259.1 261.0 259.3 258.5 720.9 728.1 715.9 723.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 57.8 54.0 56.7 23.0 23.4 23.2 23.1 62.0 62.2 62.3 62.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.3 264.1 255.2 261.8 75.3 77.6 75.6 76.7 376.1 381.3 375.0 381.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.5 45.9 44.7 45.9 16.6 17.3 16.2 17.1 81.2 81.5 81.0 81.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.4 359.8 340.2 357.2 120.1 120.4 119.0 119.1 451.0 455.0 447.9 450.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,352.3 1,398.5 1,355.6 1,396.2 436.6 457.5 436.1 456.5 1,985.4 2,002.8 1,983.5 1,999.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.0 154.3 154.4 160.3 41.4 42.8 41.4 41.4 254.1 258.2 254.0 257.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 36.4 40.6 40.8 10.3 9.9 10.1 9.8 59.2 57.7 59.2 57.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.1 418.5 398.8 415.6 200.6 201.7 201.0 200.9 736.4 730.8 732.8 727.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.9 347.3 341.6 350.1 123.2 124.3 123.5 125.5 591.1 593.9 583.7 587.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.9 73.7 72.4 73.3 24.0 23.4 24.1 23.1 154.4 154.1 152.8 153.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.6 275.2 274.9 276.4 153.3 152.3 153.9 154.3 421.8 419.1 417.4 416.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 31.6 32.6 34.1 16.7 16.7 16.4 16.7 70.0 69.6 69.8 69.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 79.8 78.2 80.9 17.8 17.6 18.1 17.9 204.3 204.2 205.3 204.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 4.8 4.5 4.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2018 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

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