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USDL 07-0420

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JANUARY 2007

Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 179 of the 369 metropolitan areas,

higher in 156 areas, and unchanged in 34 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of

Labor reported today. Fourteen metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent, while 7 areas

recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in January was 5.0 percent, not

seasonally adjusted.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In January, 85 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment rates below 4.0 percent, up from 73 areas

a year earlier, and 46 areas posted rates of at least 7.0 percent, up slightly from 44 areas in January 2006.

Honolulu, Hawaii, had the lowest unemployment rate, 2.0 percent, followed by Logan, Utah-Idaho, 2.3

percent. Three highly agricultural areas registered the highest jobless rates: El Centro, Calif., 14.9 percent,

Merced, Calif., 11.3 percent, and Yuma, Ariz., 11.1 percent. Overall, 190 areas reported unemployment

rates below the U.S. figure of 5.0 percent, 168 areas had higher rates, and 11 areas had the same rate.

(See table 1 and the map.)

Three areas severely affected by Hurricane Katrina recorded the largest over-the-year jobless rate

decreases in January: Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (-10.2 percentage points), Pascagoula, Miss. (-5.1 points),

and New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. (-2.7 points). The hurricane struck in August 2005 and sharply

raised unemployment rates in these areas in subsequent months. Six additional areas had over-the-year

rate decreases of 1.0 percentage point or more in January 2007. El Centro, Calif., registered the largest

unemployment rate increase from a year earlier (+2.0 percentage points). The areas with the next largest

rate increases from January 2006 were Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (+1.7 percentage points) and Janesville, Wis.

(+1.4 points). Six other areas posted rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more.

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, those recording the

lowest jobless rates in January 2007 were Birmingham-Hoover, Ala., and Richmond, Va., 3.2 percent each,

followed closely by 2 Florida areas: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and Orlando-Kissimmee at

3.3 percent each. The large area with the highest rate was Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., 8.0 percent. The

areas with the next highest rates were Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind., 6.4 percent, Providence-Fall

River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass., 6.1 percent, and Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio, 6.0 percent. Twenty-six large

areas experienced lower unemployment rates than in January 2006, 18 registered higher rates, and 5 had no

change. Among these areas, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., reported the largest over-the-year jobless
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rate decrease (-2.7 percentage points). Two Texas areas posted the next largest rate decreases: HoustonSugar Land-Baytown (-1.1 percentage points) and Austin-Round Rock (-0.7 point). Detroit-WarrenLivonia, Mich., and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., recorded the largest rate increases from January 2006

(+0.5 percentage point each).

Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

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

essentially separately identifiable employment centers. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach,

Fla., reported the lowest division unemployment rate in January, 3.2 percent. Bethesda-GaithersburgFrederick, Md., had the next lowest rate, 3.3 percent, followed by Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla., and

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., at 3.4 percent each. Two additional divisions

registered rates below 4.0 percent. The divisions with the highest unemployment rates were Detroit-LivoniaDearborn, Mich., 9.1 percent, and Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 8.7 percent. (See table 2.)

Twenty of the 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year unemployment rate increases in January,

13 posted rate decreases, and 1 had a rate that was unchanged from a year earlier. Brockton-BridgewaterEaston, Mass., and Gary, Ind., registered the largest rate increases (+0.7 percentage point each). The

divisions with the next largest jobless rate increases were Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., and

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, Mass.-N.H. (+0.6 percentage point each). Four other divisions had unemployment rate increases of at least 0.5 percentage point from January 2006. Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas,

registered the largest jobless rate decline from a year earlier (-0.6 percentage point). No other division

posted an over-the-year unemployment rate decrease greater than 0.4 percentage point.

In 6 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest

division unemployment rates were 1.0 percentage point or more in January. The metropolitan areas that

had the widest rate ranges between their divisions were Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 8.7 percent, compared with Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 4.3 percent) and DetroitWarren-Livonia, Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 9.1 percent, compared with Warren-Troy-Farmington

Hills, 7.2 percent).

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In January, 322 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment,

40 reported decreases, and 5 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases were posted

in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+99,100), followed by Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+98,900),

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+95,200), New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-

Pa. (+92,300), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (+80,100). The largest over-the-year

percentage increases in employment were reported in Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss. (+16.0 percent), New OrleansMetairie-Kenner, La. (+11.1 percent), Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, La. (+8.4 percent), Myrtle BeachConway-North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (+7.5 percent), and St. George, Utah (+7.0 percent). (See table 3.)

The largest over-the-year employment declines occurred in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-47,400),

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa. (-3,800), Dayton, Ohio (-2,800), Flint, Mich. (-2,700), ElkhartGoshen, Ind. (-2,000), Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio (-1,900), and Canton-Massillon, Ohio (-1,800). The

largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment were reported in Anderson, Ind. (-3.2 percent),

Mansfield, Ohio (-2.6 percent), Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-2.4 percent), and Weirton-Steubenville,

W.Va.-Ohio (-2.2 percent).
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Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 35 of the 37 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2006. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in

these large metropolitan areas were posted in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+5.4 percent), HoustonSugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+4.2 percent), Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+3.8 percent), Dallas-Fort WorthArlington, Texas (+3.4 percent), San Antonio, Texas (+3.2 percent), and Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord,

N.C.-S.C., and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+3.0 percent each). Among the largest areas, only two

reported decreases in employment: Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-2.4 percent) and Cleveland-ElyriaMentor, Ohio (-0.2 percent).

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in January 2007 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which

are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-nine of the 32

metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment gains, 2 reported losses, and 1 was unchanged.

The largest over-the-year employment increases in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving,

Texas (+78,900), New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+60,900), Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale, Calif. (+53,200), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+44,500). (See table 4.)

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

reported in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+4.0 percent), Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+3.2 percent), San

Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (+2.9 percent), and Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury,

Mass.-N.H. (+2.1 percent). Over-the-year percentage decreases in employment were reported in DetroitLivonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-2.5 percent) and Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-2.3 percent).

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

on Friday, March 30. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for February is

scheduled to be issued on Wednesday, April 4.
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The metropolitan area and division labor force and unemployment estimates presented in

tables 1 and 2 of this release have been revised for 2006 to incorporate updated inputs and

to reflect new state totals. Estimates on the BLS Web site have not been revised and do not

match the estimates for January or December 2006 in this release. Those data will be released

according to the annual processing schedule provided at http://www.bls.gov/lau/launewsl.htm.

In addition, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states, metropolitan areas, and

metropolitan divisions presented in tables 3 and 4 of this release have been revised to reflect

2006 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted data for states, areas, and divisions were

revised back to at least April 2005. In order to incorporate improved procedures for

minimizing series breaks, not seasonally adjusted data for many states and certain areas and

divisions were revised prior to April 2005. For more information on benchmark procedures,

see http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm; for more information on the improved procedures

for minimizing series breaks, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/2006bmk.htm.

Effective with this release, the titles of several metropolitan areas and divisions have been

changed to reflect updates in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, issued on

December 18, 2006. In addition, labor force estimates for two new metropolitan areas

designated in the bulletin, Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Ariz., and Palm Coast, Fla., have been

added to table 1. For specific information on title and definition changes, see the abovementioned bulletin available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm or call (202) 691-6392.

Revisions to Metropolitan Area Employment

and Unemployment Data Series

Hurricane Katrina

For January, BLS and its state partners continued to make modifications to the usual

estimation procedures for the LAUS program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the

labor force statistics in affected areas. These modifications included: (1) modifying the state

population controls to account for displacement due to Katrina; (2) developing labor force

estimates for the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area using an alternative to the

model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force estimates for the parishes within the

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area or cities within those parishes where the

quality of input data was severely compromised by the hurricane.

For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for January 2007, see

Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/

Katrina/home.htm or call (202) 691-6392.
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1

and 2) for 377 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), including those in Puerto

Rico. Estimates for over 30 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also

are presented. Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the

Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are

provided for the same areas. State estimates were previously published

in the news release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment,

and are republished in this release for ease of reference. The LAUS

and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS

program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based

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

national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey

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

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

includes both the employed and the unemployed. Employed persons

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

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

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

not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent,

whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute,

illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who did not work

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

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

were currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.

Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for all

census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los AngelesLong-Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and New York City were

produced using updated time-series models with real-time benchmarking. Model-based estimation was extended to the following areas and

respective balances-of-state: Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,IL Metropolitan

Division; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area;

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; MiamiMiami-Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; New OrleansMetaire-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area; and SeattleBellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. This will improve the

statistical basis of the estimation for these areas and provide important

tools for anlysis, such as measures of errors and seasonally adjusted

series. For all other substate areas, estimates are prepared through

indirect estimation procedures. Employment estimates, which are

based largely on ‘‘place of work’’ estimates from the CES program,

are adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS.

Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons previously

employed in industries covered by state unemployment (UI) laws

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

estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically

exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that

they add to the independently estimated state or balance-of-state

totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available

from BLS upon request.

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown

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

usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted estimates

reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any

revisions in the other data sources, and model reestimation at the state

and selected area level. All substate estimates are adjusted to add

to the revised model-based estimates.

Employment—from the CES program

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment

payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place

of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on

more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are

classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the

2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using

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

a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates

of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying

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

models are used as the official estimators for the approximately

10 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample

for direct sample-based estimates.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually

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

tax reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under

state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information

is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark

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

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process

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

the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey

and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling and other

types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—

that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than

the entire population is surveyed. Survey data are also subject to

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

data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly

derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting

from the special estimation processes used. The sums of individual

items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables

because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,

unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather than

from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences, however,

are generally insignificant.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error

measures, including for over-the-month change, are available for states

on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures

of nonsampling error are not available, but additional information on

the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical, Employment

and Earnings.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state

CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data

at the total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web site at

http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent

benchmark revisions for states is available at http://www.bls.gov/sae.

Area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards

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

Budget on December 18, 2006. A detailed list of the geographic

definitions is available on the Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/

lausmsa.htm and also is published annually in the May issue of

Employment and Earnings.

Additional information

More complete information on the technical procedures used to

develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment

and Earnings, which is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800).

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and

unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and

eight areas are available in the news release, Regional and State

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and

unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas,

counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and other areas

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

Employment data from the CES program are available at

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

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD

message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Alabama ................................................................... 2,154.7 2,244.1 2,231.6 84.1 75.8 79.7 3.9 3.4 3.6

Anniston-Oxford .................................................... 53.7 55.6 55.2 2.1 1.9 1.9 3.9 3.4 3.5

Auburn-Opelika ..................................................... 64.0 67.6 67.5 2.1 2.0 2.2 3.2 3.0 3.2

Birmingham-Hoover .............................................. 532.6 554.4 550.6 19.5 16.4 17.6 3.7 3.0 3.2

Decatur ................................................................. 71.4 75.2 74.0 2.9 3.4 2.6 4.1 4.5 3.5

Dothan .................................................................. 65.1 68.5 68.3 2.3 2.0 2.2 3.5 2.9 3.2

Florence-Muscle Shoals ....................................... 67.8 71.6 71.4 3.1 2.7 2.9 4.5 3.7 4.0

Gadsden ............................................................... 46.3 47.7 47.6 1.9 1.7 1.9 4.1 3.6 3.9

Huntsville .............................................................. 195.2 205.1 204.2 6.5 5.5 5.8 3.3 2.7 2.9

Mobile ................................................................... 180.7 189.4 188.1 7.4 6.3 6.6 4.1 3.3 3.5

Montgomery .......................................................... 169.4 176.3 175.8 6.6 5.8 6.1 3.9 3.3 3.5

Tuscaloosa ........................................................... 97.4 101.7 101.9 3.4 2.8 3.1 3.5 2.8 3.1

Alaska ...................................................................... 341.4 346.7 344.8 26.5 23.7 25.4 7.8 6.8 7.4

Anchorage ............................................................ 188.9 194.6 190.8 12.2 10.9 11.7 6.4 5.6 6.1

Fairbanks .............................................................. 44.0 44.9 44.3 3.0 2.6 2.8 6.8 5.8 6.3

Arizona .................................................................... 2,898.5 3,027.9 3,014.7 129.4 115.7 134.0 4.5 3.8 4.4

Flagstaff ................................................................ 65.7 67.8 66.8 3.4 3.0 3.4 5.2 4.4 5.1

Lake Havasu City-Kingman .................................. 90.9 92.1 93.1 4.2 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.5 5.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ..................................... 1,961.2 2,059.9 2,054.9 79.2 68.5 81.1 4.0 3.3 3.9

Prescott ................................................................ 92.0 96.8 95.4 4.1 3.6 4.4 4.5 3.7 4.6

Tucson .................................................................. 441.7 458.2 453.9 19.6 17.2 20.1 4.4 3.8 4.4

Yuma .................................................................... 74.8 76.7 74.9 7.8 8.7 8.3 10.5 11.4 11.1

Arkansas ................................................................. 1,338.0 1,362.9 1,346.1 75.5 67.4 78.5 5.6 4.9 5.8

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ............................ 221.4 227.8 224.4 7.9 7.3 8.3 3.6 3.2 3.7

Fort Smith ............................................................. 135.1 138.1 137.9 6.3 6.7 7.9 4.6 4.9 5.7

Hot Springs ........................................................... 41.9 42.1 41.4 2.3 2.0 2.3 5.6 4.8 5.6

Jonesboro ............................................................. 56.0 57.6 56.9 3.1 2.8 3.1 5.6 4.8 5.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ................... 331.6 340.4 334.6 16.0 14.3 15.9 4.8 4.2 4.7

Pine Bluff .............................................................. 45.8 45.5 45.3 3.7 3.4 3.9 8.1 7.4 8.5

California ................................................................. 17,756.4 18,040.8 18,036.1 946.5 825.2 959.0 5.3 4.6 5.3

Bakersfield ............................................................ 331.4 343.6 342.5 28.7 25.9 29.4 8.7 7.5 8.6

Chico .................................................................... 99.8 102.4 102.2 7.2 6.0 7.3 7.2 5.9 7.1

El Centro ............................................................... 63.0 66.2 66.4 8.2 9.8 9.9 12.9 14.9 14.9

Fresno .................................................................. 404.5 415.7 417.7 38.4 33.3 38.5 9.5 8.0 9.2

Hanford-Corcoran ................................................. 53.6 55.4 56.0 5.7 4.5 5.7 10.6 8.1 10.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,466.6 6,513.4 6,491.5 309.0 254.2 297.5 4.8 3.9 4.6

Madera ................................................................. 61.8 63.8 64.4 5.0 4.4 5.1 8.2 6.9 7.9

Merced .................................................................. 97.7 101.7 102.4 11.2 9.6 11.5 11.5 9.5 11.3

Modesto ................................................................ 224.6 227.6 227.5 19.7 17.6 20.4 8.8 7.7 9.0

Napa ..................................................................... 69.4 71.9 71.9 3.2 2.8 3.2 4.6 3.9 4.5

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ......................... 421.3 428.9 429.5 19.4 18.3 20.5 4.6 4.3 4.8

Redding ................................................................ 83.5 85.0 85.6 6.7 5.5 6.9 8.0 6.5 8.1

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ....................... 1,758.9 1,799.1 1,805.5 84.8 83.2 93.7 4.8 4.6 5.2

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .............. 1,037.9 1,052.8 1,058.6 51.5 47.0 56.2 5.0 4.5 5.3

Salinas .................................................................. 195.8 195.7 198.4 21.0 18.3 21.4 10.7 9.4 10.8

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ......................... 1,508.8 1,530.9 1,525.0 61.9 57.2 65.9 4.1 3.7 4.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,166.8 2,218.2 2,211.8 96.9 82.5 96.1 4.5 3.7 4.3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ........................ 851.1 869.6 872.1 42.2 35.4 40.9 5.0 4.1 4.7

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .............................. 132.0 133.6 134.2 5.7 5.0 5.8 4.3 3.8 4.3

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta ...................... 209.2 212.1 211.3 9.8 8.8 10.1 4.7 4.1 4.8

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ........................................ 142.0 146.4 147.1 10.6 8.8 11.0 7.5 6.0 7.5

Santa Rosa-Petaluma .......................................... 254.1 260.7 261.9 11.2 9.5 11.4 4.4 3.6 4.3

Stockton ................................................................ 283.4 288.6 291.0 23.4 21.4 24.6 8.3 7.4 8.5

Vallejo-Fairfield ..................................................... 210.3 215.3 214.3 11.1 9.6 11.0 5.3 4.4 5.1

Visalia-Porterville .................................................. 184.4 191.5 194.8 18.7 17.0 19.3 10.1 8.9 9.9

Yuba City .............................................................. 66.1 67.5 68.5 6.8 6.0 7.1 10.2 8.8 10.3

Colorado .................................................................. 2,576.0 2,680.5 2,648.0 129.0 103.4 120.6 5.0 3.9 4.6

Boulder ................................................................. 167.1 177.5 174.2 7.2 5.7 6.7 4.3 3.2 3.9

Colorado Springs .................................................. 304.0 313.9 309.4 15.7 13.2 15.3 5.2 4.2 4.9

Denver-Aurora ...................................................... 1,317.3 1,370.9 1,348.4 67.1 54.1 62.7 5.1 3.9 4.7

Fort Collins-Loveland ............................................ 164.1 172.3 168.2 7.8 6.0 7.1 4.7 3.5 4.2

Grand Junction ..................................................... 71.2 76.8 75.8 3.5 2.6 3.1 4.9 3.4 4.1

Greeley ................................................................. 111.5 116.8 116.3 6.1 4.9 5.9 5.5 4.2 5.1

Pueblo .................................................................. 69.1 72.2 71.6 4.7 3.6 4.2 6.7 5.0 5.9

Connecticut ............................................................. 1,816.2 1,852.2 1,843.0 89.5 68.3 91.6 4.9 3.7 5.0

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................... 461.1 471.7 467.4 20.6 15.2 20.4 4.5 3.2 4.4

Danbury ................................................................ 89.7 91.9 90.8 3.4 2.5 3.5 3.8 2.7 3.8

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................... 570.6 580.3 578.8 29.2 22.4 30.1 5.1 3.9 5.2

New Haven ........................................................... 302.4 309.5 306.8 15.1 12.0 15.9 5.0 3.9 5.2

Norwich-New London ........................................... 149.0 149.9 150.3 7.2 5.6 7.3 4.8 3.7 4.8

Waterbury ............................................................. 99.2 101.4 101.4 6.5 4.8 6.5 6.5 4.7 6.4

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Delaware .................................................................. 435.3 444.9 443.6 17.3 13.3 16.9 4.0 3.0 3.8

Dover .................................................................... 73.0 74.8 74.6 2.6 2.0 2.6 3.6 2.7 3.5

District of Columbia ............................................... 310.1 317.8 315.9 17.8 19.7 19.7 5.7 6.2 6.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ......................... 2,913.4 2,992.7 2,979.3 91.9 87.8 100.2 3.2 2.9 3.4

Florida ...................................................................... 8,774.7 9,131.6 9,059.7 291.7 273.8 312.0 3.3 3.0 3.4

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ......................................... 276.1 290.9 289.8 7.4 7.8 9.4 2.7 2.7 3.3

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .............. 240.9 251.0 247.9 8.0 7.8 9.1 3.3 3.1 3.7

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................... 95.0 99.0 98.1 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.7

Gainesville ............................................................ 128.3 132.6 132.2 3.4 3.1 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.7

Jacksonville .......................................................... 629.6 662.4 652.6 20.9 19.9 22.9 3.3 3.0 3.5

Lakeland ............................................................... 262.9 273.2 271.5 9.1 8.6 9.8 3.5 3.1 3.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .............. 2,716.4 2,808.5 2,790.4 94.7 87.1 93.2 3.5 3.1 3.3

Naples-Marco Island ............................................. 151.6 157.4 157.2 4.2 4.0 4.6 2.7 2.5 3.0

Ocala .................................................................... 127.9 134.7 133.5 4.3 4.3 5.1 3.4 3.2 3.9

Orlando-Kissimmee .............................................. 1,024.6 1,075.7 1,063.7 32.5 30.4 35.3 3.2 2.8 3.3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ............................. 256.2 262.6 260.5 8.3 8.4 9.9 3.2 3.2 3.8

Palm Coast ........................................................... 29.9 32.7 33.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 4.0 4.3 5.0

Panama City-Lynn Haven ..................................... 81.8 85.2 84.4 3.2 2.8 3.2 3.9 3.3 3.8

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ................................ 200.0 205.0 202.9 6.4 6.0 7.0 3.2 2.9 3.5

Port St. Lucie ........................................................ 177.7 184.1 182.1 6.7 6.7 7.7 3.8 3.6 4.2

Punta Gorda ......................................................... 67.0 69.4 69.2 2.3 2.2 2.8 3.4 3.2 4.0

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ................................. 324.1 340.4 336.1 9.6 9.0 11.1 3.0 2.6 3.3

Sebastian-Vero Beach .......................................... 58.8 61.0 60.5 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.7 3.9 4.5

Tallahassee .......................................................... 176.9 184.3 180.8 5.1 4.6 5.3 2.9 2.5 2.9

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ........................ 1,292.3 1,341.2 1,331.2 44.3 40.3 47.5 3.4 3.0 3.6

Georgia .................................................................... 4,669.6 4,834.1 4,814.9 221.5 210.7 226.0 4.7 4.4 4.7

Albany ................................................................... 75.2 77.2 76.6 4.1 3.7 4.1 5.4 4.9 5.3

Athens-Clarke County .......................................... 100.7 106.3 105.4 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ............................ 2,628.0 2,725.6 2,715.5 125.2 116.0 123.8 4.8 4.3 4.6

Augusta-Richmond County ................................... 254.0 259.2 259.4 14.4 14.8 15.4 5.7 5.7 5.9

Brunswick ............................................................. 52.9 54.4 54.3 2.2 2.0 2.2 4.1 3.7 4.1

Columbus ............................................................. 128.8 132.2 132.0 6.7 7.3 7.7 5.2 5.5 5.8

Dalton ................................................................... 67.5 70.0 69.5 3.0 3.1 3.2 4.4 4.5 4.6

Gainesville ............................................................ 84.0 89.0 88.3 3.4 3.0 3.3 4.0 3.4 3.7

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ......................................... 29.0 30.6 30.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 5.0 5.1 5.4

Macon ................................................................... 110.7 113.0 112.6 5.6 5.7 6.1 5.0 5.0 5.4

Rome .................................................................... 50.8 53.1 53.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 4.4 3.9 4.3

Savannah ............................................................. 168.7 177.5 176.3 6.5 6.5 7.0 3.8 3.7 4.0

Valdosta ................................................................ 66.2 68.4 68.2 2.8 2.6 2.7 4.2 3.8 4.0

Warner Robins ...................................................... 64.7 67.7 67.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 4.2 3.8 4.0

Hawaii ...................................................................... 638.6 649.6 648.3 14.0 10.5 13.5 2.2 1.6 2.1

Honolulu ............................................................... 445.5 456.1 453.4 9.6 7.1 9.1 2.1 1.6 2.0

Idaho ........................................................................ 730.2 754.3 745.7 34.3 24.1 31.1 4.7 3.2 4.2

Boise City-Nampa ................................................. 283.7 300.1 299.1 11.1 8.0 10.6 3.9 2.7 3.5

Coeur d’Alene ....................................................... 66.8 70.0 69.2 3.9 2.9 3.5 5.8 4.1 5.1

Idaho Falls ............................................................ 55.9 57.0 57.4 2.2 1.4 2.0 3.9 2.4 3.4

Lewiston ............................................................... 29.4 29.3 29.3 1.6 1.2 1.5 5.4 4.0 5.0

Pocatello ............................................................... 43.8 45.1 41.7 2.0 1.5 2.0 4.6 3.4 4.7

Illinois ...................................................................... 6,482.3 6,698.0 6,653.1 356.7 261.5 345.8 5.5 3.9 5.2

Bloomington-Normal ............................................. 87.7 92.7 88.7 3.7 2.5 3.4 4.2 2.7 3.9

Champaign-Urbana .............................................. 115.9 124.6 118.6 5.3 3.7 5.3 4.5 3.0 4.4

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ...................................... 4,758.0 4,914.6 4,900.5 254.2 192.5 248.5 5.3 3.9 5.1

Danville ................................................................. 37.9 38.3 37.8 2.5 1.8 2.4 6.6 4.6 6.4

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ............................. 203.8 208.1 204.4 10.5 7.9 9.9 5.2 3.8 4.9

Decatur ................................................................. 53.3 55.3 54.2 3.4 2.4 3.3 6.4 4.3 6.0

Kankakee-Bradley ................................................ 54.4 56.0 55.5 3.9 2.7 3.9 7.2 4.9 7.0

Peoria ................................................................... 195.6 203.1 198.9 9.7 7.0 9.6 5.0 3.5 4.8

Rockford ............................................................... 168.4 174.2 171.8 11.7 8.2 11.2 6.9 4.7 6.5

Springfield ............................................................. 113.6 116.5 114.2 5.7 4.3 5.6 5.0 3.7 4.9

Indiana ..................................................................... 3,217.1 3,278.7 3,266.0 172.4 153.0 187.9 5.4 4.7 5.8

Anderson .............................................................. 63.0 63.1 62.8 4.3 3.5 5.0 6.8 5.5 7.9

Bloomington .......................................................... 96.2 98.2 97.0 5.1 4.0 5.1 5.3 4.1 5.2

Columbus ............................................................. 37.8 39.0 38.7 1.8 1.4 1.9 4.8 3.6 4.9

Elkhart-Goshen ..................................................... 103.6 104.4 104.7 4.6 5.5 6.4 4.4 5.2 6.1

Evansville ............................................................. 183.2 187.2 186.0 9.1 8.6 10.2 5.0 4.6 5.5

Fort Wayne ........................................................... 214.0 219.0 218.3 10.8 10.0 12.2 5.0 4.6 5.6

Indianapolis-Carmel .............................................. 882.1 906.0 899.2 41.6 36.8 43.5 4.7 4.1 4.8

Kokomo ................................................................ 47.0 47.3 47.3 3.3 2.6 3.2 7.0 5.4 6.8

Lafayette ............................................................... 95.7 96.1 97.0 4.5 3.7 4.7 4.7 3.9 4.9

Michigan City-La Porte ......................................... 53.1 53.9 53.6 3.4 3.0 3.6 6.4 5.6 6.7

Muncie .................................................................. 57.0 58.0 56.8 3.7 3.0 3.8 6.6 5.2 6.6

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Indiana—Continued

South Bend-Mishawaka ........................................ 160.6 165.6 163.3 8.7 8.3 10.0 5.4 5.0 6.1

Terre Haute .......................................................... 80.7 82.2 82.0 5.5 4.6 5.6 6.9 5.6 6.8

Iowa .......................................................................... 1,639.2 1,673.1 1,650.4 78.9 61.8 71.9 4.8 3.7 4.4

Ames .................................................................... 47.1 49.0 47.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 3.1 2.4 2.8

Cedar Rapids ........................................................ 138.8 143.4 141.3 6.6 5.6 6.1 4.7 3.9 4.3

Des Moines-West Des Moines ............................. 299.1 307.6 304.5 12.6 10.3 11.8 4.2 3.4 3.9

Dubuque ............................................................... 51.3 54.0 53.3 2.8 2.0 2.6 5.4 3.7 4.8

Iowa City ............................................................... 85.2 91.3 89.1 3.0 2.3 2.6 3.5 2.5 2.9

Sioux City ............................................................. 74.7 75.7 74.8 3.7 2.9 3.4 4.9 3.8 4.5

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ............................................ 92.3 93.6 92.4 4.2 3.4 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.2

Kansas ..................................................................... 1,451.6 1,470.9 1,470.8 71.7 60.2 68.1 4.9 4.1 4.6

Lawrence .............................................................. 60.2 63.3 62.7 2.4 2.2 2.5 4.0 3.5 3.9

Topeka .................................................................. 120.2 121.0 123.6 6.5 5.7 6.4 5.4 4.7 5.2

Wichita .................................................................. 304.3 312.4 317.5 15.8 12.8 14.4 5.2 4.1 4.5

Kentucky ................................................................. 2,001.3 2,061.3 2,043.0 132.3 104.3 128.4 6.6 5.1 6.3

Bowling Green ...................................................... 60.8 64.5 63.1 3.4 2.7 3.2 5.7 4.2 5.0

Elizabethtown ....................................................... 53.9 55.5 55.2 3.3 2.6 3.2 6.1 4.8 5.8

Lexington-Fayette ................................................. 228.8 238.0 235.1 11.4 9.1 10.5 5.0 3.8 4.5

Louisville-Jefferson County .................................. 613.2 636.0 635.8 38.2 30.3 40.4 6.2 4.8 6.4

Owensboro ........................................................... 55.6 57.2 56.6 3.7 2.7 3.2 6.6 4.8 5.6

Louisiana ................................................................. 1,952.7 1,994.6 1,966.3 102.8 71.7 85.9 5.3 3.6 4.4

Alexandria ............................................................. 67.6 68.9 67.7 2.8 2.3 2.8 4.2 3.4 4.1

Baton Rouge ......................................................... 363.2 365.3 358.0 17.7 12.5 14.4 4.9 3.4 4.0

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ........................... 95.4 101.3 99.4 3.8 2.4 2.9 4.0 2.4 2.9

Lafayette ............................................................... 129.0 131.8 129.0 4.6 3.2 3.8 3.6 2.4 3.0

Lake Charles ........................................................ 92.7 93.4 91.8 4.1 2.9 3.6 4.4 3.2 3.9

Monroe ................................................................. 81.8 82.2 80.5 3.5 2.9 3.8 4.3 3.6 4.8

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .............................. 471.6 500.2 494.1 33.9 19.2 22.2 7.2 3.8 4.5

Shreveport-Bossier City ........................................ 181.5 180.6 179.2 7.6 6.9 9.7 4.2 3.8 5.4

Maine ....................................................................... 695.3 713.6 708.7 36.4 32.4 37.1 5.2 4.5 5.2

Bangor .................................................................. 71.0 72.3 72.4 3.5 3.3 3.9 5.0 4.6 5.3

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................... 57.0 58.2 58.5 2.9 2.6 2.9 5.0 4.4 5.0

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ....................... 201.9 207.9 206.4 7.5 6.8 7.5 3.7 3.2 3.6

Maryland .................................................................. 2,953.3 3,032.9 3,019.5 120.4 109.1 132.1 4.1 3.6 4.4

Baltimore-Towson ................................................. 1,383.5 1,418.8 1,410.4 59.1 53.2 64.1 4.3 3.7 4.5

Cumberland .......................................................... 48.7 49.7 49.6 3.3 2.7 3.3 6.7 5.4 6.7

Hagerstown-Martinsburg ...................................... 120.2 122.6 123.1 5.4 5.0 5.8 4.5 4.0 4.7

Salisbury ............................................................... 61.9 65.4 64.9 3.1 2.8 3.6 5.0 4.3 5.6

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3,362.7 3,425.4 3,405.8 180.6 167.3 202.7 5.4 4.9 6.0

Barnstable Town ................................................... 126.5 129.0 126.5 8.3 7.3 9.5 6.6 5.7 7.5

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................... 2,448.9 2,494.3 2,482.0 116.9 109.8 130.0 4.8 4.4 5.2

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ............................. 72.8 73.3 73.5 4.9 4.8 5.6 6.8 6.5 7.6

New Bedford ......................................................... 84.7 86.0 86.3 7.0 6.0 8.1 8.2 7.0 9.4

Pittsfield ................................................................ 38.7 39.7 39.7 2.0 1.8 2.3 5.2 4.6 5.9

Springfield ............................................................. 341.9 348.1 346.5 20.8 18.5 23.1 6.1 5.3 6.7

Worcester ............................................................. 289.8 293.9 294.9 15.7 14.7 18.0 5.4 5.0 6.1

Michigan .................................................................. 5,021.8 5,100.3 5,033.6 366.0 351.5 388.2 7.3 6.9 7.7

Ann Arbor ............................................................. 190.9 194.2 189.5 8.6 8.6 9.1 4.5 4.4 4.8

Battle Creek .......................................................... 71.5 72.3 71.0 5.0 4.7 5.1 7.0 6.5 7.3

Bay City ................................................................ 55.2 55.9 54.9 4.2 3.8 4.2 7.6 6.8 7.7

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,145.0 2,181.9 2,166.1 161.6 156.8 173.3 7.5 7.2 8.0

Flint ....................................................................... 213.8 214.0 210.5 17.7 16.5 18.7 8.3 7.7 8.9

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ....................................... 407.2 413.7 408.7 24.4 24.0 26.0 6.0 5.8 6.4

Holland-Grand Haven ........................................... 136.3 139.6 137.4 7.4 7.5 8.1 5.5 5.4 5.9

Jackson ................................................................ 78.1 79.0 77.4 5.6 5.8 6.1 7.1 7.3 7.8

Kalamazoo-Portage .............................................. 174.5 177.0 173.9 10.0 9.8 10.7 5.8 5.6 6.1

Lansing-East Lansing ........................................... 252.3 254.5 252.0 15.6 14.2 16.5 6.2 5.6 6.5

Monroe ................................................................. 79.1 78.3 78.1 5.4 4.8 5.9 6.8 6.1 7.5

Muskegon-Norton Shores ..................................... 89.6 90.3 89.1 6.3 6.1 6.5 7.0 6.7 7.3

Niles-Benton Harbor ............................................. 78.0 79.6 77.6 5.7 5.6 6.0 7.3 7.0 7.8

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ....................... 98.6 99.5 97.8 7.9 6.9 7.6 8.0 6.9 7.7

Minnesota ................................................................ 2,911.6 2,958.1 2,944.4 144.2 124.9 157.6 5.0 4.2 5.4

Duluth ................................................................... 142.2 144.0 143.1 8.8 7.2 9.4 6.2 5.0 6.6

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ....................... 1,828.8 1,859.6 1,840.6 78.8 71.2 86.3 4.3 3.8 4.7

Rochester ............................................................. 103.4 104.6 104.5 4.5 3.8 4.8 4.3 3.6 4.6

St. Cloud ............................................................... 104.3 107.0 106.0 5.9 4.9 6.3 5.6 4.6 5.9

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Mississippi .............................................................. 1,295.3 1,326.4 1,305.7 105.3 83.6 87.4 8.1 6.3 6.7

Gulfport-Biloxi ....................................................... 109.2 113.3 110.4 18.7 7.7 7.6 17.1 6.8 6.9

Hattiesburg ........................................................... 64.3 66.9 65.0 3.7 3.2 3.4 5.7 4.8 5.2

Jackson ................................................................ 260.2 265.8 261.6 14.8 13.3 13.8 5.7 5.0 5.3

Pascagoula ........................................................... 69.5 68.1 66.8 8.2 4.5 4.5 11.8 6.6 6.7

Missouri ................................................................... 2,981.6 3,046.1 3,032.1 154.1 139.6 154.2 5.2 4.6 5.1

Columbia .............................................................. 89.6 94.8 91.9 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.4

Jefferson City ........................................................ 77.5 78.6 78.6 3.3 3.0 3.2 4.3 3.8 4.0

Joplin .................................................................... 83.6 84.6 84.7 3.6 3.3 3.6 4.3 3.9 4.2

Kansas City .......................................................... 1,022.2 1,041.9 1,042.9 54.4 48.7 51.8 5.3 4.7 5.0

St. Joseph ............................................................. 65.5 67.2 68.1 3.2 2.8 3.0 4.9 4.1 4.4

St. Louis1 .............................................................. 1,441.6 1,471.5 1,461.2 77.6 66.9 78.3 5.4 4.5 5.4

Springfield ............................................................. 214.2 220.7 220.4 8.6 7.6 8.4 4.0 3.4 3.8

Montana ................................................................... 480.4 490.9 490.3 21.7 14.4 18.5 4.5 2.9 3.8

Billings .................................................................. 82.3 84.2 84.1 2.9 1.8 2.4 3.5 2.2 2.8

Great Falls ............................................................ 38.3 39.2 39.8 1.6 1.1 1.4 4.2 2.8 3.5

Missoula ............................................................... 56.0 58.9 58.2 2.4 1.6 2.1 4.3 2.8 3.6

Nebraska ................................................................. 960.5 973.4 970.9 35.2 25.6 36.5 3.7 2.6 3.8

Lincoln .................................................................. 163.4 165.8 164.5 5.5 3.8 5.7 3.4 2.3 3.5

Omaha-Council Bluffs ........................................... 436.0 444.6 444.6 18.0 12.9 18.2 4.1 2.9 4.1

Nevada ..................................................................... 1,251.3 1,322.9 1,326.3 55.7 55.7 65.2 4.5 4.2 4.9

Carson City ........................................................... 27.1 28.2 28.1 1.5 1.4 1.8 5.6 4.9 6.2

Las Vegas-Paradise ............................................. 894.0 946.7 950.5 37.5 39.6 44.7 4.2 4.2 4.7

Reno-Sparks ......................................................... 212.9 226.0 225.0 10.1 8.8 11.3 4.8 3.9 5.0

New Hampshire ....................................................... 729.9 739.5 740.0 27.7 24.2 31.3 3.8 3.3 4.2

Manchester ........................................................... 106.6 106.9 107.2 4.0 3.5 4.5 3.8 3.3 4.2

Portsmouth ........................................................... 43.1 44.9 44.9 1.6 1.4 1.6 3.6 3.0 3.6

Rochester-Dover .................................................. 79.7 83.0 81.9 3.0 2.5 3.2 3.8 3.0 3.9

New Jersey .............................................................. 4,472.5 4,528.8 4,499.3 228.7 174.5 213.8 5.1 3.9 4.8

Atlantic City ........................................................... 137.0 137.6 137.0 8.9 7.9 9.4 6.5 5.7 6.9

Ocean City ............................................................ 52.3 55.5 53.1 5.8 4.4 5.6 11.0 7.9 10.5

Trenton-Ewing ...................................................... 199.1 203.4 203.9 8.9 6.9 8.5 4.5 3.4 4.2

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .................................. 70.7 71.1 71.2 5.6 4.4 5.7 8.0 6.2 8.0

New Mexico ............................................................. 911.3 940.8 927.1 43.1 31.1 36.2 4.7 3.3 3.9

Albuquerque ......................................................... 394.6 406.8 402.8 17.1 12.8 14.9 4.3 3.2 3.7

Farmington ........................................................... 53.5 55.9 55.1 2.6 1.8 2.1 5.0 3.2 3.8

Las Cruces ........................................................... 82.8 86.9 84.1 4.5 3.2 3.9 5.5 3.7 4.7

Santa Fe ............................................................... 74.7 77.2 75.4 2.9 2.1 2.4 3.9 2.7 3.2

New York ................................................................. 9,443.8 9,485.4 9,473.7 489.0 362.9 465.9 5.2 3.8 4.9

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................... 453.7 454.6 452.7 19.7 15.3 19.8 4.3 3.4 4.4

Binghamton .......................................................... 123.5 123.7 123.5 6.6 4.9 6.4 5.4 4.0 5.1

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ............................................ 583.2 579.6 581.7 33.3 26.0 31.5 5.7 4.5 5.4

Elmira ................................................................... 41.4 40.4 40.7 2.2 1.7 2.2 5.3 4.3 5.3

Glens Falls ............................................................ 66.5 66.1 66.9 3.7 2.8 3.6 5.5 4.2 5.4

Ithaca .................................................................... 54.0 55.6 54.0 2.0 1.6 2.0 3.7 2.9 3.8

Kingston ................................................................ 91.2 92.3 91.9 4.4 3.2 4.1 4.8 3.5 4.4

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ....... 9,229.8 9,308.0 9,278.1 467.6 345.8 437.8 5.1 3.7 4.7

 New York City .................................................... 3,790.8 3,807.6 3,823.7 213.6 153.7 200.9 5.6 4.0 5.3

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .................. 324.9 327.0 325.9 14.2 11.0 14.0 4.4 3.4 4.3

Rochester ............................................................. 534.3 532.0 529.6 26.8 20.5 25.9 5.0 3.9 4.9

Syracuse ............................................................... 330.0 329.4 327.1 17.6 13.3 16.6 5.3 4.0 5.1

Utica-Rome ........................................................... 141.5 141.3 140.6 7.7 5.7 7.4 5.4 4.0 5.3

North Carolina ......................................................... 4,362.0 4,520.0 4,477.0 212.5 211.7 225.7 4.9 4.7 5.0

Asheville ............................................................... 199.6 207.9 203.9 8.3 7.3 8.3 4.2 3.5 4.0

Burlington ............................................................. 68.4 70.8 70.5 3.9 3.6 4.0 5.6 5.1 5.6

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ................................. 807.1 838.9 832.9 38.9 38.7 40.2 4.8 4.6 4.8

Durham ................................................................. 249.4 260.1 258.1 9.7 9.8 10.2 3.9 3.7 4.0

Fayetteville ........................................................... 146.9 150.9 151.6 7.7 8.4 8.5 5.3 5.5 5.6

Goldsboro ............................................................. 51.1 52.9 52.6 2.4 2.4 2.5 4.8 4.6 4.7

Greensboro-High Point ......................................... 363.9 374.8 370.1 17.5 17.8 19.0 4.8 4.7 5.1

Greenville ............................................................. 83.6 88.7 88.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.2

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................... 176.9 178.6 177.8 10.6 10.8 11.3 6.0 6.0 6.4

Jacksonville .......................................................... 56.6 60.7 59.9 2.6 2.6 2.7 4.6 4.4 4.5

Raleigh-Cary ......................................................... 511.4 536.7 531.2 19.0 18.9 19.8 3.7 3.5 3.7

Rocky Mount ......................................................... 69.0 70.9 70.0 4.4 4.3 4.5 6.4 6.1 6.5

Wilmington ............................................................ 164.7 175.8 173.4 6.9 7.1 7.8 4.2 4.0 4.5

Winston-Salem ..................................................... 234.6 240.5 239.0 10.0 10.1 10.8 4.3 4.2 4.5

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

North Dakota ........................................................... 346.3 355.4 354.1 13.7 11.2 14.2 4.0 3.2 4.0

Bismarck ............................................................... 57.8 59.5 59.8 2.1 1.7 2.2 3.6 2.9 3.7

Fargo .................................................................... 111.7 117.0 116.3 3.7 3.2 4.1 3.3 2.7 3.5

Grand Forks .......................................................... 54.4 56.6 56.1 2.3 1.9 2.4 4.2 3.3 4.2

Ohio ......................................................................... 5,828.3 5,966.2 5,908.2 352.8 321.0 365.3 6.1 5.4 6.2

Akron .................................................................... 376.6 390.5 385.2 22.6 20.6 22.8 6.0 5.3 5.9

Canton-Massillon .................................................. 200.2 204.0 201.4 13.2 12.0 13.2 6.6 5.9 6.6

Cincinnati-Middletown .......................................... 1,088.1 1,118.5 1,100.8 60.3 54.0 60.1 5.5 4.8 5.5

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ....................................... 1,071.9 1,085.3 1,084.2 61.0 57.0 65.5 5.7 5.3 6.0

Columbus ............................................................. 919.1 951.9 934.5 46.7 42.5 45.7 5.1 4.5 4.9

Dayton .................................................................. 423.4 430.4 427.4 28.2 24.3 29.8 6.7 5.7 7.0

Lima ...................................................................... 52.1 52.2 52.0 3.1 3.4 3.5 6.0 6.5 6.7

Mansfield .............................................................. 61.9 62.7 61.8 4.1 4.0 4.5 6.6 6.3 7.3

Sandusky .............................................................. 40.4 41.3 41.1 3.1 2.7 3.3 7.6 6.6 8.0

Springfield ............................................................. 69.5 70.9 70.4 4.4 4.0 4.6 6.3 5.7 6.6

Toledo ................................................................... 336.6 342.7 341.7 24.2 20.3 26.7 7.2 5.9 7.8

Weirton-Steubenville ............................................ 56.1 56.7 55.0 4.5 4.0 3.9 8.1 7.0 7.0

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ........................... 277.1 281.0 276.5 19.0 17.2 19.8 6.9 6.1 7.2

Oklahoma ................................................................ 1,693.0 1,731.5 1,713.3 75.0 64.7 74.6 4.4 3.7 4.4

Lawton .................................................................. 44.9 45.5 44.9 2.1 1.8 2.1 4.6 4.0 4.6

Oklahoma City ...................................................... 567.7 582.7 576.3 24.4 21.0 24.5 4.3 3.6 4.2

Tulsa ..................................................................... 443.2 452.3 447.3 19.0 16.0 18.2 4.3 3.5 4.1

Oregon ..................................................................... 1,862.7 1,903.2 1,905.7 113.8 98.2 114.8 6.1 5.2 6.0

Bend ..................................................................... 76.8 79.9 80.3 4.6 3.6 4.5 5.9 4.5 5.6

Corvallis ................................................................ 42.6 43.3 42.9 2.2 1.7 2.0 5.2 3.8 4.7

Eugene-Springfield ............................................... 176.4 179.5 179.7 10.6 9.3 11.0 6.0 5.2 6.1

Medford ................................................................ 99.0 103.4 101.4 6.6 5.5 6.7 6.7 5.3 6.6

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ............................ 1,112.1 1,138.7 1,137.0 61.3 52.0 61.2 5.5 4.6 5.4

Salem ................................................................... 181.4 185.5 186.2 11.5 10.1 11.7 6.3 5.4 6.3

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 6,226.1 6,329.0 6,294.6 321.0 261.3 334.4 5.2 4.1 5.3

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................... 409.4 417.6 417.5 21.0 16.7 21.4 5.1 4.0 5.1

Altoona ................................................................. 63.8 64.8 65.0 3.4 2.7 3.5 5.3 4.2 5.4

Erie ....................................................................... 139.3 140.8 139.9 8.4 6.6 8.4 6.0 4.7 6.0

Harrisburg-Carlisle ................................................ 277.3 283.8 282.2 11.2 9.4 12.2 4.1 3.3 4.3

Johnstown ............................................................ 67.1 68.2 68.5 4.2 3.4 4.3 6.3 5.0 6.3

Lancaster .............................................................. 263.0 269.4 266.6 10.1 8.5 11.4 3.8 3.1 4.3

Lebanon ................................................................ 70.2 71.5 71.3 2.6 2.2 3.0 3.8 3.0 4.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ........................ 2,935.2 2,986.5 2,968.2 141.0 116.8 143.8 4.8 3.9 4.8

Pittsburgh ............................................................. 1,188.3 1,205.9 1,198.7 65.0 51.1 65.4 5.5 4.2 5.5

Reading ................................................................ 199.4 203.5 202.8 9.8 7.8 10.3 4.9 3.9 5.1

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ....................................... 276.1 279.7 278.1 16.4 12.9 16.9 5.9 4.6 6.1

State College ........................................................ 68.9 74.8 71.3 3.0 2.7 3.3 4.3 3.6 4.6

Williamsport .......................................................... 58.9 59.5 59.5 3.7 2.9 3.8 6.2 4.9 6.4

York-Hanover ....................................................... 220.0 224.1 223.5 9.3 7.5 9.8 4.2 3.3 4.4

Rhode Island ........................................................... 572.4 580.6 578.9 33.9 26.9 31.7 5.9 4.6 5.5

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ............................ 707.3 717.4 714.9 44.6 36.0 43.3 6.3 5.0 6.1

South Carolina ........................................................ 2,077.2 2,140.9 2,137.9 137.3 136.8 145.1 6.6 6.4 6.8

Anderson .............................................................. 83.7 86.0 85.7 5.7 5.4 5.7 6.8 6.3 6.7

Charleston-North Charleston ................................ 296.0 309.2 311.0 15.2 14.9 15.9 5.1 4.8 5.1

Columbia .............................................................. 360.3 374.0 373.9 19.7 20.0 21.7 5.5 5.3 5.8

Florence ................................................................ 93.8 95.0 94.8 7.3 6.7 7.2 7.8 7.1 7.6

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley .................................... 303.4 313.9 313.3 17.4 17.1 18.3 5.7 5.4 5.9

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach .......... 119.4 128.9 128.8 8.7 7.6 8.9 7.3 5.9 6.9

Spartanburg .......................................................... 133.2 136.2 136.2 9.2 8.5 9.2 6.9 6.3 6.8

Sumter .................................................................. 46.1 46.1 46.4 3.6 3.6 3.9 7.9 7.9 8.4

South Dakota .......................................................... 418.0 431.0 426.0 16.1 14.0 17.0 3.9 3.2 4.0

Rapid City ............................................................. 62.4 64.4 64.0 2.4 2.0 2.4 3.8 3.1 3.8

Sioux Falls ............................................................ 118.5 123.6 122.8 3.9 3.4 4.2 3.3 2.8 3.4

Tennessee ............................................................... 2,931.9 3,021.1 3,002.4 168.0 136.4 160.5 5.7 4.5 5.3

Chattanooga ......................................................... 251.8 262.5 261.8 11.9 10.0 11.5 4.7 3.8 4.4

Clarksville ............................................................. 105.2 109.2 108.8 6.1 5.2 6.1 5.8 4.8 5.6

Cleveland .............................................................. 53.4 55.5 55.2 3.0 2.4 2.8 5.6 4.3 5.1

Jackson ................................................................ 53.9 56.1 55.5 3.1 2.8 3.2 5.7 4.9 5.8

Johnson City ......................................................... 95.1 98.2 96.8 5.1 4.3 4.8 5.4 4.4 5.0

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ........................................ 142.2 144.5 144.6 7.3 6.0 7.1 5.1 4.2 4.9

Knoxville ............................................................... 340.0 351.9 348.4 15.4 12.5 14.6 4.5 3.6 4.2

Memphis ............................................................... 600.9 619.4 612.0 35.9 31.7 34.7 6.0 5.1 5.7

Morristown ............................................................ 64.0 65.6 65.4 4.2 3.2 4.1 6.6 4.9 6.2

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin ..... 753.1 781.1 770.8 33.4 28.3 32.4 4.4 3.6 4.2

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Texas ....................................................................... 11,329.9 11,592.7 11,526.7 609.0 474.4 546.5 5.4 4.1 4.7

Abilene .................................................................. 81.4 82.1 81.8 3.5 2.7 3.2 4.3 3.3 3.9

Amarillo ................................................................. 129.0 130.3 130.0 4.9 4.0 4.7 3.8 3.1 3.6

Austin-Round Rock ............................................... 814.3 843.9 841.0 36.9 27.8 32.3 4.5 3.3 3.8

Beaumont-Port Arthur ........................................... 180.5 181.9 181.8 12.8 9.3 10.4 7.1 5.1 5.7

Brownsville-Harlingen ........................................... 144.3 144.4 144.9 10.3 8.4 9.6 7.2 5.8 6.6

College Station-Bryan ........................................... 100.2 106.6 102.3 4.5 3.3 4.0 4.5 3.1 4.0

Corpus Christi ....................................................... 198.1 202.4 201.6 10.6 8.8 9.8 5.3 4.3 4.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 3,057.2 3,139.1 3,120.6 157.4 124.9 144.9 5.1 4.0 4.6

El Paso ................................................................. 293.4 297.8 295.4 19.8 17.8 19.7 6.7 6.0 6.7

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ............................. 2,668.3 2,741.5 2,723.0 152.2 109.2 124.6 5.7 4.0 4.6

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................... 150.4 152.6 151.7 8.4 6.9 7.6 5.6 4.5 5.0

Laredo .................................................................. 87.8 90.4 89.7 5.1 3.9 4.7 5.8 4.3 5.2

Longview .............................................................. 103.3 105.2 104.3 5.1 4.0 4.8 4.9 3.8 4.6

Lubbock ................................................................ 140.8 145.9 145.3 5.7 4.5 5.4 4.0 3.1 3.7

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................... 271.7 273.7 273.5 21.9 18.9 21.1 8.1 6.9 7.7

Midland ................................................................. 68.4 71.4 71.0 2.4 1.9 2.3 3.5 2.7 3.2

Odessa ................................................................. 64.6 67.5 67.0 2.7 2.0 2.4 4.1 3.0 3.6

San Angelo ........................................................... 53.5 54.0 54.0 2.3 1.8 2.2 4.3 3.3 4.1

San Antonio .......................................................... 910.7 932.5 927.0 44.7 35.2 40.9 4.9 3.8 4.4

Sherman-Denison ................................................. 56.8 57.6 57.3 2.9 2.3 2.7 5.2 4.0 4.7

Texarkana ............................................................. 62.3 63.1 62.3 3.2 3.0 3.3 5.2 4.7 5.3

Tyler ...................................................................... 96.5 98.6 97.9 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.8 5.1 4.7

Victoria .................................................................. 57.3 58.4 58.3 2.6 2.0 2.3 4.6 3.4 4.0

Waco .................................................................... 112.4 114.0 112.9 5.6 4.3 5.0 5.0 3.8 4.4

Wichita Falls ......................................................... 75.4 75.9 75.7 3.3 2.8 3.3 4.4 3.7 4.3

Utah .......................................................................... 1,273.7 1,334.6 1,323.5 46.2 30.0 38.2 3.6 2.2 2.9

Logan .................................................................... 62.9 65.6 64.8 1.8 1.1 1.5 2.8 1.7 2.3

Ogden-Clearfield .................................................. 245.9 255.1 252.7 9.6 6.1 7.8 3.9 2.4 3.1

Provo-Orem .......................................................... 211.2 222.5 220.8 7.3 4.6 5.9 3.4 2.1 2.7

St. George ............................................................ 58.4 62.5 61.8 2.1 1.5 1.9 3.5 2.4 3.1

Salt Lake City ....................................................... 567.2 594.9 588.9 19.7 12.9 16.2 3.5 2.2 2.8

Vermont ................................................................... 356.1 364.6 359.9 15.1 12.9 17.0 4.2 3.5 4.7

Burlington-South Burlington .................................. 111.4 115.3 113.0 4.2 3.5 4.5 3.7 3.1 4.0

Virginia .................................................................... 3,927.6 4,028.7 4,019.9 125.3 109.1 128.4 3.2 2.7 3.2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ..................... 75.3 78.3 78.1 2.8 2.2 2.7 3.7 2.8 3.4

Charlottesville ....................................................... 99.2 103.6 102.7 2.9 2.2 2.7 2.9 2.1 2.6

Danville ................................................................. 52.0 52.3 52.3 3.4 3.2 4.0 6.5 6.1 7.6

Harrisonburg ......................................................... 62.2 66.2 66.3 1.8 1.4 1.7 2.9 2.0 2.6

Lynchburg ............................................................. 117.9 122.0 121.3 4.1 3.7 4.4 3.5 3.0 3.6

Richmond ............................................................. 620.4 636.3 635.1 21.0 18.0 20.6 3.4 2.8 3.2

Roanoke ............................................................... 151.4 155.3 155.2 4.6 4.2 4.9 3.0 2.7 3.1

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ................. 788.2 805.5 802.2 28.3 24.2 27.6 3.6 3.0 3.4

Winchester ............................................................ 63.2 66.0 65.9 1.8 1.8 2.1 2.9 2.8 3.3

Washington ............................................................. 3,292.0 3,353.8 3,335.7 180.2 166.3 195.3 5.5 5.0 5.9

Bellingham ............................................................ 103.2 106.8 106.7 5.0 4.7 5.7 4.8 4.4 5.4

Bremerton-Silverdale ............................................ 123.3 124.7 123.3 5.8 5.5 6.7 4.7 4.4 5.4

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco .................................. 110.5 111.4 112.2 8.3 7.7 8.9 7.5 6.9 7.9

Longview .............................................................. 43.3 43.7 44.0 3.0 2.7 3.3 7.0 6.2 7.5

Mount Vernon-Anacortes ...................................... 56.0 56.7 56.9 3.4 2.9 3.6 6.0 5.1 6.3

Olympia ................................................................ 124.2 127.4 126.7 6.0 5.7 6.8 4.8 4.5 5.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,760.0 1,792.7 1,778.0 80.2 77.0 86.8 4.6 4.3 4.9

Spokane ............................................................... 227.6 235.5 232.7 13.2 11.9 14.7 5.8 5.1 6.3

Wenatchee ........................................................... 55.2 57.0 56.3 3.8 3.4 4.3 6.8 6.0 7.6

Yakima .................................................................. 112.8 113.7 114.6 10.6 9.9 11.1 9.4 8.7 9.7

West Virginia ........................................................... 785.0 811.4 797.6 41.1 37.2 38.6 5.2 4.6 4.8

Charleston ............................................................ 135.9 139.1 136.9 6.3 5.7 5.7 4.7 4.1 4.2

Huntington-Ashland .............................................. 130.0 134.9 132.4 7.0 6.3 6.7 5.4 4.7 5.1

Morgantown .......................................................... 58.0 62.4 59.5 2.3 1.9 1.8 4.0 3.0 3.1

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ............................... 77.7 81.1 79.7 4.6 4.0 4.4 5.9 5.0 5.5

Wheeling ............................................................... 68.0 68.8 67.7 4.3 3.5 3.8 6.3 5.1 5.6

Wisconsin ................................................................ 3,019.7 3,080.4 3,060.4 153.8 140.1 168.5 5.1 4.5 5.5

Appleton ............................................................... 120.0 122.5 121.4 5.8 5.3 6.3 4.9 4.3 5.2

Eau Claire ............................................................. 86.6 90.5 88.3 4.4 4.1 4.9 5.0 4.5 5.6

Fond du Lac .......................................................... 55.8 56.3 55.7 2.8 2.6 3.1 5.0 4.6 5.6

Green Bay ............................................................ 168.5 170.4 169.1 8.6 7.6 9.0 5.1 4.5 5.3

Janesville .............................................................. 82.8 83.8 83.3 4.5 4.0 5.7 5.4 4.8 6.8

La Crosse ............................................................. 73.1 74.8 73.8 3.4 2.9 3.7 4.6 3.8 5.0

Madison ................................................................ 330.8 341.0 333.5 11.5 11.0 13.1 3.5 3.2 3.9

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ......................... 782.9 798.3 792.2 38.2 35.9 40.8 4.9 4.5 5.1

Oshkosh-Neenah .................................................. 91.4 93.0 91.9 4.2 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.3 5.0

Racine .................................................................. 98.0 99.5 99.1 6.0 5.3 6.1 6.1 5.4 6.2

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Wisconsin—Continued

Sheboygan ........................................................... 64.5 64.7 64.7 2.6 2.4 2.9 4.0 3.7 4.5

Wausau ................................................................ 74.8 76.2 75.5 3.3 3.0 3.7 4.4 4.0 5.0

Wyoming ................................................................. 275.1 285.8 282.5 11.2 9.0 10.5 4.1 3.1 3.7

Casper .................................................................. 39.9 41.3 40.8 1.5 1.2 1.4 3.7 2.9 3.4

Cheyenne ............................................................. 41.7 42.2 42.2 1.9 1.7 2.0 4.6 4.1 4.7

Puerto Rico ............................................................. 1,385.1 1,406.6 1,416.1 159.8 133.6 140.3 11.5 9.5 9.9

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ......................... 116.1 112.3 114.6 17.1 12.7 13.6 14.7 11.3 11.9

Fajardo ................................................................. 28.2 28.0 28.7 4.0 3.4 3.5 14.3 12.2 12.2

Guayama .............................................................. 26.7 27.5 27.7 4.5 3.6 3.7 16.8 13.2 13.5

Mayaguez ............................................................. 37.1 37.8 38.2 5.1 4.0 4.2 13.7 10.6 11.1

Ponce ................................................................... 94.6 96.2 96.4 10.9 9.1 9.6 11.5 9.5 10.0

San German-Cabo Rojo ....................................... 53.1 54.2 54.4 6.5 5.3 5.9 12.3 9.8 10.9

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................... 926.5 951.7 954.8 97.0 83.5 87.2 10.5 8.8 9.1

Yauco ................................................................... 39.8 39.9 40.2 5.8 4.8 5.2 14.5 11.9 12.9

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico

are derived from a monthly household survey similiar to the

Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on

Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated

December 18, 2006, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/

lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and

Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are

Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs),

while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the

state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock

Island, Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio, are the

exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio,

respectively, for operational reasons. Data for 2006 have been

revised to incorporate updated inputs and adjustments to new

state controls.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Jan.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

California .......................................................................... 17,756.4 18,040.8 18,036.1 946.5 825.2 959.0 5.3 4.6 5.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ............................... 6,466.6 6,513.4 6,491.5 309.0 254.2 297.5 4.8 3.9 4.6

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ............................... 4,856.6 4,873.8 4,856.1 252.6 203.3 238.5 5.2 4.2 4.9

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................ 1,609.9 1,639.6 1,635.3 56.3 51.0 59.1 3.5 3.1 3.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ..................................... 2,166.8 2,218.2 2,211.8 96.9 82.5 96.1 4.5 3.7 4.3

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ........................................... 1,255.2 1,280.6 1,278.8 58.2 50.2 58.3 4.6 3.9 4.6

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ..................... 911.6 937.6 933.1 38.6 32.3 37.8 4.2 3.4 4.0

District of Columbia ...................................................... 310.1 317.8 315.9 17.8 19.7 19.7 5.7 6.2 6.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 .................................. 2,913.4 2,992.7 2,979.3 91.9 87.8 100.2 3.2 2.9 3.4

 Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick 3 .............................. 633.9 650.0 648.9 19.1 17.4 21.3 3.0 2.7 3.3

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ............................... 2,279.5 2,342.7 2,330.5 72.8 70.4 78.9 3.2 3.0 3.4

Florida ................................................................................ 8,774.7 9,131.6 9,059.7 291.7 273.8 312.0 3.3 3.0 3.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .......................... 2,716.4 2,808.5 2,790.4 94.7 87.1 93.2 3.5 3.1 3.3

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach ....... 954.3 990.1 978.0 31.2 26.6 30.8 3.3 2.7 3.2

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .......................................... 1,142.8 1,175.3 1,177.3 41.6 40.6 39.6 3.6 3.5 3.4

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............ 619.3 643.2 635.0 21.8 20.0 22.8 3.5 3.1 3.6

Illinois ................................................................................ 6,482.3 6,698.0 6,653.1 356.7 261.5 345.8 5.5 3.9 5.2

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ............................................... 4,758.0 4,914.6 4,900.5 254.2 192.5 248.5 5.3 3.9 5.1

 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ............................................... 3,984.0 4,118.8 4,113.1 211.4 157.3 202.0 5.3 3.8 4.9

 Gary 3 ............................................................................ 330.2 337.5 337.6 18.4 16.4 21.4 5.6 4.9 6.3

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 .................................... 443.8 458.3 449.8 24.3 18.7 25.1 5.5 4.1 5.6

Massachusetts ............................................................... 3,362.7 3,425.4 3,405.8 180.6 167.3 202.7 5.4 4.9 6.0

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ............................................ 2,448.9 2,494.3 2,482.0 116.9 109.8 130.0 4.8 4.4 5.2

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................ 1,473.4 1,504.2 1,494.4 66.5 63.4 74.2 4.5 4.2 5.0

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................ 124.0 126.8 126.3 7.2 6.8 8.3 5.8 5.4 6.5

 Framingham .................................................................. 144.4 146.0 144.9 6.2 5.7 6.9 4.3 3.9 4.7

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ............................ 119.4 121.4 121.3 5.9 5.4 6.5 5.0 4.5 5.3

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .......................................... 69.7 70.5 70.2 5.7 5.4 6.1 8.1 7.7 8.7

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ........................................ 150.3 152.4 152.4 8.0 7.6 9.0 5.3 5.0 5.9

 Nashua 2 ....................................................................... 178.1 180.0 180.8 7.1 6.1 7.8 4.0 3.4 4.3

 Peabody ........................................................................ 126.8 129.2 128.2 6.8 6.3 7.4 5.3 4.9 5.8

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ............................................. 62.9 63.9 63.6 3.6 3.1 3.9 5.7 4.9 6.2

Michigan ........................................................................... 5,021.8 5,100.3 5,033.6 366.0 351.5 388.2 7.3 6.9 7.7

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ..................................................... 2,145.0 2,181.9 2,166.1 161.6 156.8 173.3 7.5 7.2 8.0

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ............................................... 887.2 898.8 895.0 77.1 73.2 81.3 8.7 8.1 9.1

 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ....................................... 1,257.8 1,283.1 1,271.1 84.5 83.6 92.1 6.7 6.5 7.2

New York .......................................................................... 9,443.8 9,485.4 9,473.7 489.0 362.9 465.9 5.2 3.8 4.9

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 ................ 9,229.8 9,308.0 9,278.1 467.6 345.8 437.8 5.1 3.7 4.7

 Edison 3 ......................................................................... 1,181.5 1,198.4 1,189.8 56.3 41.9 51.8 4.8 3.5 4.4

 Nassau-Suffolk .............................................................. 1,465.2 1,485.7 1,470.8 62.3 47.4 59.6 4.3 3.2 4.1

 New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 ................................... 5,488.9 5,519.6 5,519.2 293.7 214.1 274.7 5.4 3.9 5.0

 Newark-Union 3 ............................................................. 1,094.2 1,104.3 1,098.3 55.4 42.4 51.7 5.1 3.8 4.7

Pennsylvania ................................................................... 6,226.1 6,329.0 6,294.6 321.0 261.3 334.4 5.2 4.1 5.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ................................. 2,935.2 2,986.5 2,968.2 141.0 116.8 143.8 4.8 3.9 4.8

 Camden 3 ...................................................................... 663.9 675.4 673.5 33.3 25.5 31.3 5.0 3.8 4.6

 Philadelphia ................................................................... 1,915.2 1,948.5 1,933.8 92.7 79.3 97.7 4.8 4.1 5.1

 Wilmington 3 .................................................................. 356.1 362.6 360.9 15.0 12.0 14.8 4.2 3.3 4.1

Texas .................................................................................. 11,329.9 11,592.7 11,526.7 609.0 474.4 546.5 5.4 4.1 4.7

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................................. 3,057.2 3,139.1 3,120.6 157.4 124.9 144.9 5.1 4.0 4.6

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................ 2,046.2 2,106.5 2,096.4 106.8 83.7 95.5 5.2 4.0 4.6

 Fort Worth-Arlington ...................................................... 1,011.0 1,032.6 1,024.2 50.5 41.2 49.4 5.0 4.0 4.8

Washington ..................................................................... 3,292.0 3,353.8 3,335.7 180.2 166.3 195.3 5.5 5.0 5.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................. 1,760.0 1,792.7 1,778.0 80.2 77.0 86.8 4.6 4.3 4.9

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................ 1,384.8 1,408.9 1,397.5 60.1 58.7 64.7 4.3 4.2 4.6

 Tacoma .......................................................................... 375.2 383.8 380.5 20.1 18.4 22.2 5.4 4.8 5.8

the first city in their title. Metropolitan divisions are listed under

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

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

based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01,

dated December 18, 2006, and are available at http://www.bls.

gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and

Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan

New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in

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

or more states. They are listed under the state that corresponds to to new state controls.

their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one

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

under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Three sets of

metropolitan areas and divisions have similar or identical titles.

For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the

metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the

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

Ill.-Ind.-Wis., metropolitan areas, the division titles are similiar but

include only Massachusetts and Illinois, respectively. Data for 2006

have been revised to incorporate updated inputs and adjustments
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 1,979.2 2,004.4 1,944.9 1,980.8 35.9 1.8

Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 52.1 52.5 50.9 51.7 .8 1.6

Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 53.0 54.7 52.1 54.2 2.1 4.0

Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 525.6 534.6 518.1 525.8 7.7 1.5

Decatur ............................................................................... 58.0 58.2 56.7 57.6 .9 1.6

Dothan ................................................................................ 62.4 63.3 60.6 62.4 1.8 3.0

Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 56.7 58.3 55.5 57.5 2.0 3.6

Gadsden ............................................................................. 38.8 37.6 37.9 38.5 .6 1.6

Huntsville ............................................................................ 202.2 206.7 198.7 203.9 5.2 2.6

Mobile ................................................................................. 179.8 183.0 176.2 180.2 4.0 2.3

Montgomery ........................................................................ 177.4 179.3 174.0 177.3 3.3 1.9

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 95.2 97.8 94.4 96.9 2.5 2.6

Alaska .................................................................................... 297.1 302.8 291.4 296.3 4.9 1.7

Anchorage .......................................................................... 163.5 166.3 158.5 161.5 3.0 1.9

Fairbanks ............................................................................ 36.7 36.9 35.0 35.5 .5 1.4

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,604.6 2,725.2 2,562.0 2,680.8 118.8 4.6

Flagstaff .............................................................................. 62.5 63.4 60.4 62.0 1.6 2.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................................... 1,860.5 1,959.1 1,829.6 1,928.5 98.9 5.4

Prescott .............................................................................. 62.2 65.3 61.0 63.5 2.5 4.1

Tucson ................................................................................ 378.8 391.0 371.4 383.3 11.9 3.2

Yuma .................................................................................. 55.0 55.1 54.5 53.9 -.6 -1.1

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,194.7 1,209.7 1,178.3 1,188.1 9.8 .8

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 204.1 208.1 200.9 204.1 3.2 1.6

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 121.1 124.0 121.0 122.8 1.8 1.5

Hot Springs ......................................................................... 37.6 38.5 38.1 37.9 -.2 -.5

Jonesboro ........................................................................... 48.9 49.7 47.8 48.9 1.1 2.3

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ................................. 338.9 345.7 334.0 339.0 5.0 1.5

Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 39.9 39.3 39.6 39.1 -.5 -1.3

California ............................................................................... 15,110.9 15,335.3 14,755.6 15,046.2 290.6 2.0

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 229.0 237.3 227.1 234.1 7.0 3.1

Chico .................................................................................. 74.7 76.9 73.2 75.3 2.1 2.9

El Centro ............................................................................. 44.5 46.4 44.2 45.3 1.1 2.5

Fresno ................................................................................ 301.6 303.8 293.8 300.8 7.0 2.4

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................................... 34.2 34.5 32.9 33.9 1.0 3.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,630.6 5,695.3 5,519.6 5,599.7 80.1 1.5

Madera ............................................................................... 33.8 35.8 33.8 35.9 2.1 6.2

Merced ................................................................................ 58.5 60.9 56.5 59.6 3.1 5.5

Modesto .............................................................................. 160.7 160.2 156.0 157.3 1.3 .8

Napa ................................................................................... 61.4 63.4 59.4 62.0 2.6 4.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ....................................... 296.7 302.4 292.2 297.6 5.4 1.8

Redding .............................................................................. 65.0 66.5 63.3 64.9 1.6 2.5

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ..................................... 1,264.4 1,296.0 1,249.9 1,283.3 33.4 2.7

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................ 898.6 913.6 888.0 903.4 15.4 1.7

Salinas ................................................................................ 128.2 128.8 124.4 126.4 2.0 1.6

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ....................................... 1,303.9 1,313.7 1,277.8 1,291.0 13.2 1.0

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 2,007.0 2,047.3 1,962.8 2,009.7 46.9 2.4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ...................................... 887.0 908.9 872.3 898.0 25.7 2.9

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................ 102.6 104.2 100.4 102.6 2.2 2.2

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................................... 174.0 173.9 169.2 170.9 1.7 1.0

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ...................................................... 94.3 98.0 92.6 96.3 3.7 4.0

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................ 188.0 192.7 184.1 190.6 6.5 3.5

Stockton .............................................................................. 208.8 211.4 203.9 208.1 4.2 2.1

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................................... 131.0 133.0 127.5 130.1 2.6 2.0

Visalia-Porterville ................................................................ 111.1 115.5 109.0 113.9 4.9 4.5

Yuba City ............................................................................ 40.3 41.7 40.0 41.5 1.5 3.8

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,276.6 2,320.5 2,221.1 2,267.1 46.0 2.1

Boulder .............................................................................. 162.2 168.3 157.5 163.9 6.4 4.1

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 257.9 261.0 252.3 254.1 1.8 .7

Denver-Aurora .................................................................... 1,212.1 1,232.5 1,182.1 1,201.2 19.1 1.6

Fort Collins-Loveland .......................................................... 132.2 134.8 127.8 130.0 2.2 1.7

Grand Junction ................................................................... 58.0 61.3 56.2 59.6 3.4 6.0

Greeley ............................................................................... 78.9 81.3 76.6 79.5 2.9 3.8

Pueblo ................................................................................ 56.4 58.0 54.8 56.8 2.0 3.6

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,692.8 1,709.8 1,648.5 1,665.5 17.0 1.0

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................................. 418.4 423.9 408.4 412.4 4.0 1.0

Danbury .............................................................................. 70.5 71.0 68.4 68.8 .4 .6

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................................. 553.2 558.3 541.2 545.2 4.0 .7

New Haven ......................................................................... 278.8 280.7 270.2 271.8 1.6 .6

Norwich-New London ......................................................... 136.6 136.2 133.8 134.1 .3 .2

Waterbury ........................................................................... 69.3 70.3 66.8 68.7 1.9 2.8

Delaware ................................................................................ 439.2 442.3 425.6 428.8 3.2 .8

Dover .................................................................................. 66.0 66.1 63.6 64.5 .9 1.4

District of Columbia ............................................................. 688.7 696.8 675.4 683.9 8.5 1.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ....................................... 2,967.9 3,012.7 2,908.5 2,958.3 49.8 1.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

Florida .................................................................................... 8,014.6 8,157.0 7,887.6 8,039.1 151.5 1.9

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ....................................................... 230.8 239.3 229.4 237.4 8.0 3.5

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................ 174.2 177.2 172.4 175.3 2.9 1.7

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................................. 87.1 88.5 86.0 87.5 1.5 1.7

Gainesville .......................................................................... 133.0 134.3 131.4 134.3 2.9 2.2

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 620.6 638.8 612.2 629.1 16.9 2.8

Lakeland ............................................................................. 219.0 223.2 216.6 221.8 5.2 2.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................ 2,433.7 2,470.2 2,390.4 2,430.7 40.3 1.7

Naples-Marco Island ........................................................... 135.2 139.1 134.8 139.3 4.5 3.3

Ocala .................................................................................. 103.7 107.6 103.8 106.7 2.9 2.8

Orlando-Kissimmee ............................................................ 1,065.2 1,100.9 1,055.5 1,085.4 29.9 2.8

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ........................................... 217.5 217.6 214.9 215.5 .6 .3

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................................... 75.0 76.8 74.0 75.8 1.8 2.4

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent .............................................. 174.3 173.7 171.1 172.1 1.0 .6

Port St. Lucie ...................................................................... 132.7 135.3 132.0 133.8 1.8 1.4

Punta Gorda ....................................................................... 45.4 45.6 44.6 45.3 .7 1.6

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ............................................... 306.0 312.6 300.0 308.4 8.4 2.8

Sebastian-Vero Beach ........................................................ 49.6 49.6 48.6 49.1 .5 1.0

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 177.5 180.3 174.1 177.0 2.9 1.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,301.3 1,326.7 1,285.5 1,312.0 26.5 2.1

Georgia .................................................................................. 4,078.0 4,138.3 4,018.0 4,074.8 56.8 1.4

Albany ................................................................................. 64.9 65.4 63.8 64.3 .5 .8

Athens-Clarke County ........................................................ 81.1 83.1 79.0 81.1 2.1 2.7

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta .......................................... 2,391.6 2,434.0 2,355.0 2,395.4 40.4 1.7

Augusta-Richmond County ................................................. 217.2 216.0 213.1 213.8 .7 .3

Brunswick ........................................................................... 44.4 45.8 44.8 45.5 .7 1.6

Columbus ........................................................................... 123.3 123.3 121.6 121.8 .2 .2

Dalton ................................................................................. 78.4 80.0 77.8 78.4 .6 .8

Gainesville .......................................................................... 72.4 74.9 70.1 73.2 3.1 4.4

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ....................................................... 17.7 18.4 17.5 18.1 .6 3.4

Macon ................................................................................. 102.1 101.1 100.1 99.5 -.6 -.6

Rome .................................................................................. 43.6 45.3 43.4 44.6 1.2 2.8

Savannah ........................................................................... 153.4 159.4 152.3 156.5 4.2 2.8

Valdosta .............................................................................. 55.0 56.1 54.2 55.3 1.1 2.0

Warner Robins .................................................................... 55.0 57.5 54.7 56.7 2.0 3.7

Hawaii .................................................................................... 618.9 631.7 600.2 617.4 17.2 2.9

Honolulu ............................................................................. 456.3 465.4 440.0 453.6 13.6 3.1

Idaho ...................................................................................... 625.0 651.4 607.9 632.4 24.5 4.0

Boise City-Nampa ............................................................... 262.8 279.2 256.8 271.3 14.5 5.6

Coeur d’Alene ..................................................................... 52.9 55.6 51.2 53.5 2.3 4.5

Idaho Falls .......................................................................... 49.5 50.4 48.2 49.8 1.6 3.3

Lewiston ............................................................................. 28.1 27.5 27.1 27.1 .0 .0

Pocatello ............................................................................. 39.2 40.2 38.0 39.3 1.3 3.4

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,938.4 6,000.8 5,774.8 5,840.9 66.1 1.1

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 91.2 92.5 87.1 88.2 1.1 1.3

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 114.0 115.1 106.5 108.6 2.1 2.0

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................... 4,527.0 4,572.9 4,401.0 4,446.8 45.8 1.0

Danville ............................................................................... 32.0 31.5 31.3 31.0 -.3 -1.0

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 189.1 189.2 183.4 184.4 1.0 .5

Decatur ............................................................................... 54.8 55.6 53.0 53.9 .9 1.7

Kankakee-Bradley .............................................................. 43.4 44.4 42.5 43.6 1.1 2.6

Peoria ................................................................................. 182.4 185.7 178.3 181.5 3.2 1.8

Rockford ............................................................................. 155.5 159.0 151.4 155.1 3.7 2.4

Springfield ........................................................................... 112.4 112.4 109.3 109.6 .3 .3

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,994.0 3,006.4 2,911.1 2,921.6 10.5 .4

Anderson ............................................................................ 44.1 43.4 43.1 41.7 -1.4 -3.2

Bloomington ........................................................................ 83.3 84.0 80.8 81.3 .5 .6

Columbus ........................................................................... 44.2 45.2 43.1 43.8 .7 1.6

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 132.4 130.2 130.2 128.2 -2.0 -1.5

Evansville ........................................................................... 182.3 182.0 176.8 177.6 .8 .5

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 218.3 220.6 212.6 215.4 2.8 1.3

Indianapolis-Carmel ............................................................ 897.3 911.2 875.1 889.0 13.9 1.6

Kokomo .............................................................................. 47.9 48.0 46.7 46.8 .1 .2

Lafayette ............................................................................. 95.1 93.9 92.4 93.1 .7 .8

Michigan City-La Porte ....................................................... 47.1 47.0 46.1 46.0 -.1 -.2

Muncie ................................................................................ 54.8 55.2 53.1 52.8 -.3 -.6

South Bend-Mishawaka ...................................................... 146.4 147.7 140.8 142.4 1.6 1.1

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 74.5 75.2 72.3 73.4 1.1 1.5

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,504.3 1,523.1 1,462.9 1,482.3 19.4 1.3

Ames .................................................................................. 47.6 48.6 45.9 46.7 .8 1.7

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 133.3 136.7 130.1 134.7 4.6 3.5

Des Moines-West Des Moines ........................................... 310.7 318.3 304.3 313.8 9.5 3.1

Dubuque ............................................................................. 55.2 57.8 53.5 56.6 3.1 5.8

Iowa City ............................................................................. 87.5 91.5 83.6 89.1 5.5 6.6

Sioux City ........................................................................... 73.1 73.4 70.9 72.0 1.1 1.6

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 89.6 89.2 86.6 87.9 1.3 1.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,355.9 1,383.7 1,316.4 1,350.6 34.2 2.6

Lawrence ............................................................................ 52.1 53.1 48.9 50.6 1.7 3.5

Topeka ................................................................................ 111.0 110.3 107.3 109.8 2.5 2.3

Wichita ................................................................................ 292.5 301.3 285.3 297.0 11.7 4.1

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,848.2 1,866.1 1,810.2 1,826.5 16.3 .9

Bowling Green .................................................................... 61.0 62.7 58.8 61.0 2.2 3.7

Elizabethtown ..................................................................... 47.3 48.7 47.4 48.0 .6 1.3

Lexington-Fayette ............................................................... 252.6 256.3 246.3 251.6 5.3 2.2

Louisville-Jefferson County ................................................ 615.9 627.8 600.9 615.7 14.8 2.5

Owensboro ......................................................................... 50.6 51.5 49.8 50.9 1.1 2.2

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,817.6 1,898.2 1,789.8 1,880.9 91.1 5.1

Alexandria ........................................................................... 64.8 65.8 63.1 65.0 1.9 3.0

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 364.0 367.5 356.1 363.6 7.5 2.1

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ......................................... 87.2 93.7 85.5 92.7 7.2 8.4

Lafayette ............................................................................. 142.4 147.2 140.4 144.9 4.5 3.2

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 90.0 91.4 88.6 90.6 2.0 2.3

Monroe ............................................................................... 80.2 80.0 78.0 78.3 .3 .4

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................ 450.9 497.1 446.4 495.8 49.4 11.1

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 177.8 177.7 175.7 175.7 .0 .0

Maine ..................................................................................... 617.8 620.0 592.1 594.9 2.8 .5

Bangor ................................................................................ 67.6 66.0 64.6 63.8 -.8 -1.2

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................................. 49.2 49.4 47.6 48.2 .6 1.3

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ..................................... 195.6 197.0 187.9 188.9 1.0 .5

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,597.1 2,620.1 2,522.5 2,546.4 23.9 .9

Baltimore-Towson .............................................................. 1,311.1 1,321.7 1,274.2 1,283.7 9.5 .7

Cumberland ........................................................................ 40.0 40.2 38.6 39.2 .6 1.6

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................................... 103.8 103.1 101.4 102.6 1.2 1.2

Salisbury ............................................................................. 56.7 57.5 53.7 55.6 1.9 3.5

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,258.3 3,289.4 3,158.0 3,196.4 38.4 1.2

Barnstable Town ................................................................. 96.4 96.3 91.8 91.8 .0 .0

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................ 2,468.4 2,494.6 2,398.5 2,427.6 29.1 1.2

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ........................................... 51.6 51.8 50.4 50.5 .1 .2

New Bedford ....................................................................... 67.2 68.5 64.8 66.0 1.2 1.9

Pittsfield .............................................................................. 36.7 37.9 35.7 37.0 1.3 3.6

Springfield ........................................................................... 300.9 302.4 290.5 294.3 3.8 1.3

Worcester ........................................................................... 248.2 252.2 242.7 247.3 4.6 1.9

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,427.2 4,371.3 4,266.0 4,209.7 -56.3 -1.3

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 206.8 206.7 200.0 199.5 -.5 -.3

Battle Creek ........................................................................ 62.1 61.7 60.0 59.7 -.3 -.5

Bay City .............................................................................. 39.5 38.7 37.4 37.4 .0 .0

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,071.4 2,014.7 1,992.8 1,945.4 -47.4 -2.4

Flint ..................................................................................... 158.4 155.2 152.1 149.4 -2.7 -1.8

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ..................................................... 399.2 396.0 384.3 385.8 1.5 .4

Holland-Grand Haven ......................................................... 118.3 117.9 113.8 114.5 .7 .6

Jackson .............................................................................. 60.8 59.8 58.6 57.8 -.8 -1.4

Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................ 147.7 147.5 143.5 143.2 -.3 -.2

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 229.7 231.1 225.2 225.1 -.1 .0

Monroe ............................................................................... 44.8 43.5 43.5 42.7 -.8 -1.8

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................................... 66.3 65.8 64.6 64.1 -.5 -.8

Niles-Benton Harbor ........................................................... 65.3 64.4 62.2 61.8 -.4 -.6

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ..................................... 92.2 92.6 89.5 89.4 -.1 -.1

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,768.9 2,782.0 2,701.9 2,721.2 19.3 .7

Duluth ................................................................................. 131.9 132.8 128.5 129.5 1.0 .8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ..................................... 1,798.2 1,809.5 1,754.2 1,766.8 12.6 .7

Rochester ........................................................................... 106.0 107.6 104.3 106.0 1.7 1.6

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 99.8 102.2 97.2 99.7 2.5 2.6

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,132.0 1,160.2 1,116.2 1,145.5 29.3 2.6

Gulfport-Biloxi ..................................................................... 93.0 108.2 91.6 106.3 14.7 16.0

Hattiesburg ......................................................................... 59.3 61.3 58.3 59.7 1.4 2.4

Jackson .............................................................................. 261.1 264.7 256.9 262.2 5.3 2.1

Pascagoula ......................................................................... 56.6 55.5 55.3 54.9 -.4 -.7

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,771.5 2,807.7 2,706.5 2,736.8 30.3 1.1

Columbia ............................................................................ 92.3 94.1 87.4 89.3 1.9 2.2

Jefferson City ...................................................................... 78.5 79.1 77.1 78.0 .9 1.2

Joplin .................................................................................. 77.8 79.3 77.0 77.9 .9 1.2

Kansas City ....................................................................... 992.3 1,007.7 970.7 987.0 16.3 1.7

St. Joseph ........................................................................... 55.3 57.5 54.8 57.1 2.3 4.2

St. Louis 1 ........................................................................... 1,351.1 1,364.7 1,319.5 1,332.9 13.4 1.0

Springfield .......................................................................... 195.2 199.0 189.9 195.2 5.3 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

Montana ................................................................................. 426.8 436.1 414.6 424.0 9.4 2.3

Billings ................................................................................ 77.2 78.4 75.0 76.1 1.1 1.5

Great Falls .......................................................................... 34.3 35.1 33.5 34.7 1.2 3.6

Missoula ............................................................................. 55.8 57.8 53.7 55.4 1.7 3.2

Nebraska ............................................................................... 945.6 959.5 924.5 944.1 19.6 2.1

Lincoln ................................................................................ 171.7 173.0 167.6 168.6 1.0 .6

Omaha-Council Bluffs ......................................................... 458.7 464.6 446.7 456.9 10.2 2.3

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,261.5 1,307.4 1,239.7 1,285.9 46.2 3.7

Carson City ......................................................................... 32.9 33.1 31.9 32.2 .3 .9

Las Vegas-Paradise ........................................................... 903.3 937.1 891.4 924.9 33.5 3.8

Reno-Sparks ....................................................................... 221.3 228.8 214.8 222.4 7.6 3.5

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 648.2 649.1 625.2 632.5 7.3 1.2

Manchester ......................................................................... 101.6 100.9 98.7 98.4 -.3 -.3

Portsmouth ......................................................................... 54.7 56.7 52.8 55.2 2.4 4.5

Rochester-Dover ................................................................ 57.0 57.5 53.2 54.5 1.3 2.4

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,091.9 4,122.8 3,984.6 4,021.6 37.0 .9

Atlantic City ......................................................................... 151.4 150.6 147.9 146.4 -1.5 -1.0

Ocean City .......................................................................... 39.2 40.5 35.6 36.6 1.0 2.8

Trenton-Ewing .................................................................... 242.1 247.7 237.0 244.3 7.3 3.1

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 63.7 64.4 62.4 62.7 .3 .5

New Mexico ........................................................................... 824.5 845.5 809.2 828.7 19.5 2.4

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 387.0 397.0 381.5 390.9 9.4 2.5

Farmington ......................................................................... 49.5 51.6 48.6 50.5 1.9 3.9

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 67.3 68.6 64.3 65.8 1.5 2.3

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 62.5 63.3 60.4 61.7 1.3 2.2

New York ............................................................................... 8,706.0 8,772.4 8,401.3 8,506.7 105.4 1.3

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 451.1 453.1 436.0 438.1 2.1 .5

Binghamton ........................................................................ 114.3 115.5 110.8 112.1 1.3 1.2

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 555.4 552.0 534.2 538.7 4.5 .8

Elmira ................................................................................. 41.3 40.7 40.3 39.8 -.5 -1.2

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 52.8 53.1 51.5 52.8 1.3 2.5

Ithaca .................................................................................. 64.0 64.1 60.2 60.6 .4 .7

Kingston .............................................................................. 64.4 65.8 62.1 63.7 1.6 2.6

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ..................... 8,502.0 8,603.0 8,255.8 8,348.1 92.3 1.1

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................ 257.8 259.9 249.2 252.2 3.0 1.2

Rochester ........................................................................... 523.4 521.1 504.0 504.3 .3 .1

Syracuse ............................................................................. 325.3 325.4 313.7 314.5 .8 .3

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 133.8 133.6 128.8 129.1 .3 .2

North Carolina ....................................................................... 3,986.1 4,088.2 3,921.8 4,019.2 97.4 2.5

Asheville ............................................................................. 169.1 174.1 165.8 169.7 3.9 2.4

Burlington ........................................................................... 59.0 60.1 57.6 59.4 1.8 3.1

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................................... 811.1 837.0 801.7 825.9 24.2 3.0

Durham ............................................................................... 276.7 286.1 273.4 282.7 9.3 3.4

Fayetteville ......................................................................... 125.6 126.8 123.9 127.1 3.2 2.6

Goldsboro ........................................................................... 43.5 44.2 42.8 43.8 1.0 2.3

Greensboro-High Point ....................................................... 365.8 373.1 361.0 365.6 4.6 1.3

Greenville ........................................................................... 72.1 76.0 71.3 75.3 4.0 5.6

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................................. 165.0 163.8 162.5 162.2 -.3 -.2

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 43.1 45.1 41.8 44.4 2.6 6.2

Raleigh-Cary ....................................................................... 476.7 495.5 469.2 487.7 18.5 3.9

Rocky Mount ....................................................................... 64.7 64.6 62.7 63.1 .4 .6

Wilmington .......................................................................... 136.8 143.3 133.7 140.5 6.8 5.1

Winston-Salem ................................................................... 215.0 217.4 211.3 214.8 3.5 1.7

North Dakota ......................................................................... 350.8 359.9 341.1 350.2 9.1 2.7

Bismarck ............................................................................. 57.9 59.4 56.8 58.0 1.2 2.1

Fargo .................................................................................. 115.3 119.5 112.3 116.0 3.7 3.3

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 53.6 55.4 51.9 53.5 1.6 3.1

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,491.3 5,491.9 5,326.3 5,321.3 -5.0 -.1

Akron .................................................................................. 342.2 344.6 330.4 335.4 5.0 1.5

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 174.9 172.7 169.7 167.9 -1.8 -1.1

Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................ 1,048.7 1,048.0 1,017.3 1,018.3 1.0 .1

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ..................................................... 1,085.3 1,081.4 1,053.6 1,051.7 -1.9 -.2

Columbus ........................................................................... 940.5 946.6 911.9 918.0 6.1 .7

Dayton ................................................................................ 413.0 411.1 401.9 399.1 -2.8 -.7

Lima .................................................................................... 57.8 56.2 56.6 55.5 -1.1 -1.9

Mansfield ............................................................................ 59.5 58.5 58.1 56.6 -1.5 -2.6

Sandusky ............................................................................ 36.6 36.7 35.7 35.7 .0 .0

Springfield ........................................................................... 52.8 52.8 51.7 51.5 -.2 -.4

Toledo ................................................................................. 337.2 336.0 326.7 325.6 -1.1 -.3

Weirton-Steubenville .......................................................... 48.9 47.1 46.3 45.3 -1.0 -2.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ......................................... 246.7 243.7 238.9 235.1 -3.8 -1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,549.4 1,570.3 1,516.2 1,539.5 23.3 1.5

Lawton ................................................................................ 41.0 41.5 40.6 40.7 .1 .2

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 569.2 577.7 555.1 568.2 13.1 2.4

Tulsa ................................................................................... 421.0 430.7 415.1 422.6 7.5 1.8

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,694.7 1,722.3 1,648.2 1,681.6 33.4 2.0

Bend ................................................................................... 66.6 70.1 65.4 69.1 3.7 5.7

Corvallis .............................................................................. 38.6 39.3 37.4 38.5 1.1 2.9

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 154.7 156.0 149.9 152.3 2.4 1.6

Medford .............................................................................. 84.8 86.6 80.2 82.4 2.2 2.7

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton .......................................... 1,012.1 1,035.6 987.2 1,013.0 25.8 2.6

Salem ................................................................................. 147.9 150.1 144.1 147.7 3.6 2.5

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,771.5 5,825.8 5,621.0 5,682.0 61.0 1.1

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 341.1 346.9 332.7 339.9 7.2 2.2

Altoona ............................................................................... 62.3 62.6 60.6 61.8 1.2 2.0

Erie ..................................................................................... 133.8 134.4 130.1 130.7 .6 .5

Harrisburg-Carlisle .............................................................. 327.7 333.8 321.4 326.6 5.2 1.6

Johnstown .......................................................................... 61.4 61.9 59.5 61.0 1.5 2.5

Lancaster ............................................................................ 236.1 239.1 230.3 232.7 2.4 1.0

Lebanon .............................................................................. 49.4 49.8 48.4 48.9 .5 1.0

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ...................................... 2,821.0 2,842.6 2,747.6 2,774.1 26.5 1.0

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,141.2 1,149.3 1,110.1 1,121.4 11.3 1.0

Reading .............................................................................. 173.8 176.4 169.7 172.7 3.0 1.8

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ..................................................... 262.4 264.2 255.3 257.0 1.7 .7

State College ...................................................................... 73.9 75.2 68.0 70.4 2.4 3.5

Williamsport ........................................................................ 53.9 53.9 52.3 52.8 .5 1.0

York-Hanover ..................................................................... 181.0 183.0 177.0 179.8 2.8 1.6

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 496.1 501.0 475.5 482.2 6.7 1.4

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 589.2 592.1 565.8 570.4 4.6 .8

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,884.7 1,923.8 1,859.5 1,891.3 31.8 1.7

Anderson ............................................................................ 63.3 64.4 62.6 63.1 .5 .8

Charleston-North Charleston .............................................. 281.9 290.6 278.0 288.5 10.5 3.8

Columbia ............................................................................ 358.8 367.8 354.4 362.1 7.7 2.2

Florence .............................................................................. 86.4 88.1 86.5 86.6 .1 .1

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley .................................................. 306.5 314.0 303.2 308.5 5.3 1.7

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach ........................ 112.8 122.2 111.0 119.3 8.3 7.5

Spartanburg ........................................................................ 124.0 127.2 124.1 125.3 1.2 1.0

Sumter ................................................................................ 40.2 39.8 39.9 39.4 -.5 -1.3

South Dakota ........................................................................ 393.5 403.5 383.8 392.4 8.6 2.2

Rapid City ........................................................................... 58.8 60.1 57.5 58.6 1.1 1.9

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 129.1 132.1 125.4 128.9 3.5 2.8

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,788.3 2,816.5 2,727.1 2,754.7 27.6 1.0

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 245.3 249.0 238.1 245.8 7.7 3.2

Clarksville ........................................................................... 83.6 85.2 82.3 83.8 1.5 1.8

Cleveland ............................................................................ 42.4 43.0 41.1 42.1 1.0 2.4

Jackson .............................................................................. 62.0 62.7 60.1 61.2 1.1 1.8

Johnson City ....................................................................... 80.8 81.9 78.8 79.9 1.1 1.4

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ...................................................... 122.5 123.2 120.9 121.8 .9 .7

Knoxville ............................................................................. 330.9 337.1 325.3 331.5 6.2 1.9

Memphis ............................................................................. 639.0 648.3 627.8 637.0 9.2 1.5

Morristown .......................................................................... 52.0 52.3 51.1 51.4 .3 .6

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin ........................ 753.2 764.3 736.9 748.8 11.9 1.6

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,968.8 10,231.6 9,806.6 10,061.1 254.5 2.6

Abilene ................................................................................ 65.3 66.2 64.2 65.2 1.0 1.6

Amarillo ............................................................................... 109.1 111.3 108.0 110.1 2.1 1.9

Austin-Round Rock ............................................................. 706.9 740.0 696.4 730.3 33.9 4.9

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 158.7 163.3 157.3 161.9 4.6 2.9

Brownsville-Harlingen ......................................................... 119.3 122.4 119.4 121.4 2.0 1.7

College Station-Bryan ......................................................... 90.8 93.1 85.2 88.3 3.1 3.6

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 171.0 176.8 169.2 175.0 5.8 3.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,830.1 2,925.0 2,782.6 2,877.8 95.2 3.4

El Paso ............................................................................... 266.0 270.0 261.2 265.5 4.3 1.6

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ........................................... 2,412.8 2,508.7 2,373.6 2,472.7 99.1 4.2

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................................. 117.4 119.8 115.7 117.8 2.1 1.8

Laredo ................................................................................ 83.7 86.9 82.0 85.1 3.1 3.8

Longview ............................................................................ 91.0 93.4 90.0 91.8 1.8 2.0

Lubbock .............................................................................. 128.3 132.6 125.1 130.6 5.5 4.4

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................................. 202.0 207.2 201.0 205.5 4.5 2.2

Midland ............................................................................... 62.0 64.5 60.5 63.5 3.0 5.0

Odessa ............................................................................... 55.9 59.1 55.4 58.1 2.7 4.9

San Angelo ......................................................................... 44.3 45.3 44.0 44.8 .8 1.8

San Antonio ........................................................................ 799.3 823.5 786.9 812.2 25.3 3.2

Sherman-Denison ............................................................... 44.6 45.1 43.5 44.5 1.0 2.3

Texarkana ........................................................................... 55.8 56.3 55.0 55.3 .3 .5

Tyler .................................................................................... 91.6 92.2 89.7 92.2 2.5 2.8

Victoria ................................................................................ 49.2 50.9 48.6 50.4 1.8 3.7

Waco .................................................................................. 105.8 108.2 104.2 106.4 2.2 2.1

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 62.3 63.0 61.5 62.3 .8 1.3

See footnotes at end of table.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,185.3 1,237.9 1,162.9 1,215.5 52.6 4.5

Logan .................................................................................. 51.2 53.1 50.2 51.7 1.5 3.0

Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................ 191.6 197.8 188.1 194.4 6.3 3.3

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 177.8 187.3 175.0 184.0 9.0 5.1

St. George .......................................................................... 49.4 53.4 48.9 52.3 3.4 7.0

Salt Lake City ..................................................................... 608.9 635.7 597.5 623.8 26.3 4.4

Vermont ................................................................................. 313.6 314.9 305.2 306.2 1.0 .3

Burlington-South Burlington ................................................ 115.4 115.5 111.5 111.7 .2 .2

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,725.8 3,768.5 3,654.1 3,697.7 43.6 1.2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................................... 70.9 72.9 68.8 71.3 2.5 3.6

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 96.7 101.4 95.9 99.0 3.1 3.2

Danville ............................................................................... 45.5 40.9 42.6 41.9 -.7 -1.6

Harrisonburg ....................................................................... 62.2 66.3 61.6 65.5 3.9 6.3

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 107.9 110.2 105.2 107.3 2.1 2.0

Richmond ........................................................................... 623.1 635.7 612.3 624.6 12.3 2.0

Roanoke ............................................................................. 162.4 165.0 159.6 162.6 3.0 1.9

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............................... 765.0 773.7 747.8 758.6 10.8 1.4

Winchester .......................................................................... 57.4 59.5 56.3 58.6 2.3 4.1

Washington ........................................................................... 2,835.2 2,899.6 2,775.5 2,841.9 66.4 2.4

Bellingham .......................................................................... 82.5 84.6 80.0 83.7 3.7 4.6

Bremerton-Silverdale .......................................................... 86.4 87.4 85.1 85.0 -.1 -.1

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco ................................................ 86.5 87.6 84.6 87.0 2.4 2.8

Longview ............................................................................ 37.4 38.2 36.9 37.8 .9 2.4

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................................... 45.6 46.4 44.9 46.0 1.1 2.4

Olympia .............................................................................. 98.0 100.4 95.9 98.8 2.9 3.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,676.7 1,723.0 1,642.0 1,691.7 49.7 3.0

Spokane ............................................................................. 211.6 217.6 205.6 211.4 5.8 2.8

Wenatchee ......................................................................... 37.8 39.1 36.4 37.9 1.5 4.1

Yakima ................................................................................ 75.8 78.6 74.7 77.4 2.7 3.6

West Virginia ......................................................................... 758.4 765.6 738.2 744.7 6.5 .9

Charleston .......................................................................... 149.5 150.6 146.3 148.2 1.9 1.3

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 120.5 121.6 117.2 118.7 1.5 1.3

Morgantown ........................................................................ 59.6 61.8 56.8 58.8 2.0 3.5

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ............................................. 73.7 74.5 71.2 72.5 1.3 1.8

Wheeling ............................................................................. 68.6 68.6 66.7 67.0 .3 .4

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,876.3 2,879.6 2,790.0 2,793.1 3.1 .1

Appleton ............................................................................. 118.0 120.0 115.5 117.4 1.9 1.6

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 81.8 83.4 78.6 80.4 1.8 2.3

Fond du Lac ........................................................................ 48.6 48.6 47.3 47.2 -.1 -.2

Green Bay .......................................................................... 170.3 170.8 166.1 167.2 1.1 .7

Janesville ............................................................................ 70.0 70.2 68.4 67.9 -.5 -.7

La Crosse ........................................................................... 73.9 74.7 71.6 72.5 .9 1.3

Madison .............................................................................. 355.3 353.9 338.9 341.5 2.6 .8

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ....................................... 850.4 857.8 830.0 841.1 11.1 1.3

Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................ 92.6 93.3 90.6 90.9 .3 .3

Racine ................................................................................ 80.9 80.6 78.3 79.5 1.2 1.5

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 64.4 63.6 62.8 62.9 .1 .2

Wausau .............................................................................. 74.1 74.3 71.9 72.5 .6 .8

Wyoming ............................................................................... 267.4 278.5 262.4 272.0 9.6 3.7

Casper ................................................................................ 38.1 39.7 37.5 38.6 1.1 2.9

Cheyenne ........................................................................... 42.5 42.9 41.6 42.5 .9 2.2

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,092.1 1,048.3 1,042.5 1,030.9 -11.6 -1.1

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ....................................... 53.8 49.8 51.3 49.4 -1.9 -3.7

Fajardo ............................................................................... 18.1 16.5 17.0 16.7 -.3 -1.8

Guayama ............................................................................ 19.2 18.9 18.2 18.6 .4 2.2

Mayaguez ........................................................................... 42.5 40.8 40.2 40.2 .0 .0

Ponce ................................................................................. 72.4 69.5 69.6 67.7 -1.9 -2.7

San German-Cabo Rojo ..................................................... 24.8 23.8 23.4 22.9 -.5 -2.1

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................................. 812.8 778.0 775.6 761.6 -14.0 -1.8

Yauco ................................................................................. 16.4 15.5 15.2 15.0 -.2 -1.3

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 44.5 45.7 44.1 45.4 1.3 2.9

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

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect

2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are

based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated December 18,

2006, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of

Employment and Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New

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

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

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

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

Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational reasons. 
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

December January Change from January 2006 to

January 2007 p

2005 2006 2006 2007p Number Percent

California ............................................................................... 15,110.9 15,335.3 14,755.6 15,046.2 290.6 2.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,630.6 5,695.3 5,519.6 5,599.7 80.1 1.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale .................................. 4,112.3 4,155.2 4,030.8 4,084.0 53.2 1.3

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................... 1,518.3 1,540.1 1,488.8 1,515.7 26.9 1.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 2,007.0 2,047.3 1,962.8 2,009.7 46.9 2.4

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward .............................................. 1,049.5 1,064.4 1,026.0 1,046.2 20.2 2.0

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................ 957.5 982.9 936.8 963.5 26.7 2.9

District of Columbia ............................................................. 688.7 696.8 675.4 683.9 8.5 1.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................... 2,967.9 3,012.7 2,908.5 2,958.3 49.8 1.7

Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick 2 ................................. 578.7 585.5 565.3 572.8 7.5 1.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................. 2,389.2 2,427.1 2,343.2 2,385.5 42.3 1.8

Florida .................................................................................... 8,014.6 8,157.0 7,887.6 8,039.1 151.5 1.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................ 2,433.7 2,470.2 2,390.4 2,430.7 40.3 1.7

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach .......... 789.1 800.3 774.7 788.9 14.2 1.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ............................................. 1,054.8 1,070.2 1,034.8 1,050.1 15.3 1.5

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............... 589.8 599.7 580.9 591.7 10.8 1.9

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,938.4 6,000.8 5,774.8 5,840.9 66.1 1.1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ................................................. 4,527.0 4,572.9 4,401.0 4,446.8 45.8 1.0

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................. 3,850.1 3,891.4 3,744.3 3,782.9 38.6 1.0

Gary 2 ............................................................................... 282.2 282.7 273.6 276.6 3.0 1.1

Lake County-Kenosha County 1 ....................................... 394.7 398.8 383.1 387.3 4.2 1.1

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,258.3 3,289.4 3,158.0 3,196.4 38.4 1.2

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 .............................................. 2,468.4 2,494.6 2,398.5 2,427.6 29.1 1.2

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................... 1,679.1 1,706.6 1,633.2 1,661.4 28.2 1.7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................... 91.5 92.9 88.8 90.0 1.2 1.4

Framingham ..................................................................... 157.6 157.5 153.0 153.0 .0 .0

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ............................... 77.8 78.9 75.9 77.5 1.6 2.1

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ........................................... 118.9 119.8 115.9 117.5 1.6 1.4

Nashua 1 .......................................................................... 135.7 135.2 131.1 132.4 1.3 1.0

Peabody ........................................................................... 103.6 105.1 100.5 101.6 1.1 1.1

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,427.2 4,371.3 4,266.0 4,209.7 -56.3 -1.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,071.4 2,014.7 1,992.8 1,945.4 -47.4 -2.4

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn .................................................. 833.0 811.4 804.7 784.8 -19.9 -2.5

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills .......................................... 1,238.4 1,203.3 1,188.1 1,160.6 -27.5 -2.3

New York ............................................................................... 8,706.0 8,772.4 8,401.3 8,506.7 105.4 1.3

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 .................. 8,502.0 8,603.0 8,255.8 8,348.1 92.3 1.1

Edison 2 ............................................................................ 1,026.3 1,035.6 998.1 1,006.6 8.5 .9

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................. 1,268.3 1,277.9 1,211.0 1,227.9 16.9 1.4

New York-White Plains-Wayne 1 ...................................... 5,171.0 5,242.8 5,030.6 5,091.5 60.9 1.2

Newark-Union 2 ................................................................ 1,039.0 1,046.7 1,016.1 1,022.1 6.0 .6

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,771.5 5,825.8 5,621.0 5,682.0 61.0 1.1

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ................................... 2,821.0 2,842.6 2,747.6 2,774.1 26.5 1.0

Camden 2 ......................................................................... 545.8 554.3 532.0 541.8 9.8 1.8

Philadelphia ...................................................................... 1,919.2 1,930.4 1,869.5 1,884.9 15.4 .8

Wilmington 2 ..................................................................... 356.0 357.9 346.1 347.4 1.3 .4

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,968.8 10,231.6 9,806.6 10,061.1 254.5 2.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,830.1 2,925.0 2,782.6 2,877.8 95.2 3.4

Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................... 1,996.7 2,073.2 1,963.1 2,042.0 78.9 4.0

Fort Worth-Arlington ......................................................... 833.4 851.8 819.5 835.8 16.3 2.0

Washington ........................................................................... 2,835.2 2,899.6 2,775.5 2,841.9 66.4 2.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,676.7 1,723.0 1,642.0 1,691.7 49.7 3.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................... 1,405.5 1,446.0 1,377.1 1,421.6 44.5 3.2

Tacoma ............................................................................. 271.2 277.0 264.9 270.1 5.2 2.0

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states. 2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect

2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are based

on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated December 18, 2006,

and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of

Employment and Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New

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

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

appears first in their titles. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like

Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are

listed. 
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, January 2007

NOTE: Map includes data for 369 metropolitan

areas based on Office of Managementand Budget Bulletin No. 07-01.

(U.S. rate = 5.0 percent)

Above U.S. averageU.S. average or below