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USDL 05-1161

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MAY 2005

Unemployment rates were lower in May than a year earlier in 252 metropolitan areas, higher in 85 areas,

and unchanged in 19 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Ten areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent, while two areas recorded unemployment rates over

10.0 percent. The May unemployment rate for the U.S. was 4.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted. Nonfarm

payroll employment increased in 306 metropolitan areas over the year.

 Corrections to Metropolitan Area Local Area Unemployment Statistics

With this release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) resumes the publication of labor

force, unemployment, and unemployment rate estimates for metropolitan areas and divisions

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. Data for April and May

2005 appear in tables 1 and 2 of this release, and corrected data for January through March

2005 are available on the LAUS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/. As previously

announced, BLS had found errors in some of the employment inputs used in the substate

estimates published earlier this year and decided to conduct a thorough review of all inputs.

That review is now complete. The corrections to the data for January, February, and March

2005 had small to moderate impacts on employment and labor force levels and little impact on

unemployment rates in most areas.

The metropolitan area labor force, unemployment, and unemployment rate data for 2004

presented in this release also reflect the corrections to the inputs. Estimates for 2004 for the

11 metropolitan areas in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont have not yet been

completed and therefore are not published in tables 1 and 2 of this release. Also, the 2004

metropolitan area monthly data will be updated on the LAUS Web site on July 22, when BLS

will release 2004 annual revisions for all 7,200 LAUS areas.

For more information about the corrections or the scheduled release of annual revisions,

please visit the LAUS Web site or call 202-691-6392.
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Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In May, 86 of the 367 metropolitan areas posted unemployment rates below 4.0 percent, while 26 areas

reported unemployment rates of at least 7.0 percent. Honolulu, Hawaii, registered the lowest jobless rate,

2.4 percent, followed closely by Burlington-South Burlington, Vt., and Fargo, N.D.-Minn., 2.6 percent each.

The highest rates in May were recorded in two western agricultural areas with extreme climates: Yuma,

Ariz., 18.2 percent, and El Centro, Calif., 13.1 percent. Overall, 195 areas reported unemployment rates

below the U.S. rate, 156 areas had higher rates, and 16 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the

map.)

Danville, Ill., and Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala., registered the largest over-the-year jobless rate

decreases in May (-2.0 percentage points each), with Monroe, La. (-1.9 points), and El Centro, Calif., and

Mobile, Ala. (-1.8 points each), reporting the next largest rate declines. Thirty-eight additional areas posted

rate decreases of at least 1.0 percentage point from last May. Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., experienced the largest

unemployment rate increase (+1.4 percentage points) from May 2004, followed by Cleveland, Tenn., Jackson, Miss., Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., and Rome, Ga. (+1.1 points each). Warner Robins, Ga., was the

only other metropolitan area that had an over-the-year rate increase of at least 1.0 percentage point.

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

the lowest May 2005 unemployment rates—Birmingham-Hoover, Ala., Orlando, Fla., and WashingtonArlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 3.6 percent each. Six other large areas registered jobless rates

below 4.0 percent in May. The highest unemployment rates among the large areas were reported in

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., 7.2 percent, and Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., 6.4 percent. No other area in

this group had a rate as high as 6.0 percent. Among the 48 large areas for which May 2004 data are

available, 36 posted over-the-year declines in jobless rates, 11 recorded higher rates, and 1 had no change.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., had the largest over-the-year jobless rate decrease (-1.5 percentage

points). Six other large areas posted the next largest rate declines (-1.0 percentage point each). Memphis,

Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., recorded the largest unemployment rate increase from a year ago (+1.1 percentage

points). Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro, Tenn., had the next largest rate increase (+0.8 percentage

point).

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. The Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md., and Santa

Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif., divisions posted the lowest unemployment rates among all the divisions, 3.1 and

3.3 percent, respectively. The highest unemployment rates among the divisions were reported in DetroitLivonia-Dearborn, Mich., 8.5 percent, and Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 7.2 percent. (See

table 2.)

At present, May 2004 data are available for 25 of the 34 metropolitan divisions. Of these areas,

21 recorded over-the-year unemployment rate declines between May 2004 and May 2005, 2 had rate

increases, and 2 reported no change. Jobless rates were down over the year by 1.0 percentage point or

more in six metropolitan divisions. The largest rate decreases occurred in Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall,

Fla. (-1.2 percentage points), and Camden, N.J., New York-Wayne-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J., OaklandFremont-Hayward, Calif., and San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (-1.1 points each). The

two divisions making up the Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., metropolitan area—Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn
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and Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy—experienced the only rate increases from May 2004 (+0.5 percentage point each).

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

division jobless rates were 1.0 percentage point or more. The metropolitan areas that had the largest rate

differences between their divisions in May were Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 7.2 percent, compared with Framingham, Mass., 3.7 percent); DetroitWarren-Livonia, Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 8.5 percent, compared with Warren-Farmington

Hills-Troy, 6.2 percent); and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale, 5.5 percent, compared with Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, 3.3 percent).

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In May 2005, 306 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment,

50 recorded decreases, and 11 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases were

posted in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+79,100), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale,

Ariz. (+64,100), New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+62,600), Las VegasParadise, Nev. (+61,100), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. (+52,200). The largest over-theyear percentage increases in employment were reported in Yuma, Ariz. (+10.5 percent), St. George, Utah

(+8.1 percent), Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+7.6 percent), and El Centro, Calif. (+7.1 percent). (See

table 3.)

The largest over-the-year employment declines were reported in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.

(-11,700), Ocean City, N.J. (-3,700), Rochester, N.Y. (-3,500), and Lansing-East Lansing, Mich.

(-2,400). The largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment were reported in Ocean City,

N.J. (-8.3 percent), Bay City, Mich. (-2.2 percent), Sandusky, Ohio (-2.1 percent), Elmira, N.Y.

(-2.0 percent), and Dalton, Ga. (-1.7 percent).

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 32 of the 35 metropolitan areas with annual average

employment levels above 750,000 in 2004. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment

in these large metropolitan areas were posted in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+7.6 percent), Phoenix-MesaScottsdale, Ariz. (+3.8 percent), Orlando, Fla. (+3.7 percent), Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C.

(+3.6 percent), and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+2.8 percent). Among the

largest areas, the only over-the-year percentage decreases in employment were for Detroit-Warren-Livonia,

Mich. (-0.6 percent), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (-0.2 percent).

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in May 2005 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which are

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

metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year employment increases, 3 recorded decreases, and 1 had no

change. The largest increases over the year in the metropolitan divisions were in Washington-ArlingtonAlexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+68,600), New York-Wayne-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (+49,600),

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+33,800), and Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+28,300). Over-the-year

employment decreases were recorded in Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa. (-10,400), Warren-Farmington HillsTroy, Mich. (-7,900), and Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-3,800). (See table 4.)
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The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment among the metropolitan divisions were

reported in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., and West Palm Beach-Boca RatonBoynton Beach, Fla. (+3.0 percent each), Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla. (+2.7

percent), and Camden, N.J., and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+2.5 percent each). Over-the-year

percentage decreases in employment among the divisions were reported in Newark-Union, N.J.-Pa. (-1.0

percent), Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, Mich. (-0.6 percent), and Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-0.4

percent).

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for June 2005 is scheduled to be issued

on July 22. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for June 2005 is scheduled to

be issued on August 3.
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1

and 2) for 375 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New

England and Town Area (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 have a job from which they were temporarily absent,

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

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

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

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

are currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall

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

Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for all

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

produced using updated time-series models with real-time benchmarking.

Model-based estimation has been 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 which 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 which are submitted by employers who are covered under

state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information

is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark

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

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process

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

the 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, in most instances, from unrounded

data rather than from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insignificant.

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error

measures, including for over-the-month change, are available 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 February 18, 2004. 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

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Alabama ................................................................... 2,130.1 2,127.1 2,136.0 2,134.3 107.0 80.9 108.2 82.9 5.0 3.8 5.1 3.9

Anniston-Oxford .................................................... 53.9 53.6 54.0 53.9 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.1 4.7 3.9 4.8 3.9

Auburn-Opelika ..................................................... 62.7 62.8 62.3 62.7 2.3 1.9 2.3 1.9 3.7 3.0 3.7 3.0

Birmingham-Hoover .............................................. 528.4 525.2 528.4 526.3 22.9 18.6 23.4 19.0 4.3 3.5 4.4 3.6

Decatur ................................................................. 71.8 71.1 72.1 71.4 3.9 2.8 3.9 3.0 5.4 4.0 5.4 4.2

Dothan .................................................................. 65.2 65.5 65.5 66.0 2.8 2.1 2.8 2.2 4.2 3.3 4.3 3.4

Florence-Muscle Shoals ....................................... 65.7 66.2 66.8 66.5 3.8 3.1 4.5 3.2 5.8 4.7 6.8 4.8

Gadsden ............................................................... 46.9 46.3 47.2 47.0 2.7 1.9 2.7 1.9 5.8 4.1 5.7 4.1

Huntsville .............................................................. 190.8 193.1 191.6 193.4 8.1 6.0 8.0 6.2 4.2 3.1 4.2 3.2

Mobile ................................................................... 178.8 180.3 179.0 180.5 10.7 7.5 10.7 7.6 6.0 4.2 6.0 4.2

Montgomery .......................................................... 165.8 165.3 165.7 166.3 8.1 6.2 8.3 6.6 4.9 3.7 5.0 3.9

Tuscaloosa ........................................................... 93.7 96.1 93.7 96.7 4.1 3.0 4.3 3.2 4.4 3.1 4.5 3.3

Alaska ...................................................................... 327.2 335.3 331.5 338.8 25.4 23.7 24.2 21.2 7.8 7.1 7.3 6.3

Anchorage ............................................................ 177.2 182.1 176.8 181.5 11.7 10.7 11.0 9.6 6.6 5.9 6.2 5.3

Fairbanks .............................................................. 43.0 44.4 44.2 45.5 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.4 6.9 6.2 6.3 5.3

Arizona .................................................................... 2,758.1 2,825.0 2,754.8 2,806.3 137.3 132.5 133.7 128.2 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.6

Flagstaff ................................................................ 65.9 67.9 66.5 67.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.1 5.4 5.0 5.1 4.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ..................................... 1,842.1 1,884.2 1,839.3 1,867.4 82.4 78.9 78.5 74.1 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.0

Prescott ................................................................ 86.0 89.4 85.9 88.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.7

Tucson .................................................................. 438.8 447.7 436.4 442.3 20.2 19.7 19.3 18.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2

Yuma .................................................................... 71.0 76.5 73.2 82.2 11.4 11.7 13.8 15.0 16.1 15.2 18.9 18.2

Arkansas ................................................................. 1,303.1 1,341.0 1,305.5 1,351.1 71.4 63.7 73.0 66.1 5.5 4.8 5.6 4.9

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ............................ 206.1 216.4 206.1 218.6 7.4 6.3 7.5 6.8 3.6 2.9 3.6 3.1

Fort Smith ............................................................. 131.5 134.5 131.9 134.8 6.7 5.6 6.8 6.0 5.1 4.2 5.2 4.5

Hot Springs ........................................................... 40.4 42.5 40.7 43.1 2.3 2.0 2.4 2.1 5.7 4.8 5.9 4.9

Jonesboro ............................................................. 56.1 57.4 55.8 57.5 3.1 2.7 3.0 2.7 5.4 4.6 5.4 4.7

Little Rock-North Little Rock ................................. 323.3 329.8 323.9 331.6 16.0 14.2 16.3 14.9 5.0 4.3 5.0 4.5

Pine Bluff .............................................................. 46.3 47.2 46.2 47.3 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.2 7.5 6.7 7.8 6.8

California ................................................................. 17,422.5 17,660.1 17,416.9 17,704.7 1,083.5 925.7 1,045.8 880.9 6.2 5.2 6.0 5.0

Bakersfield ............................................................ 316.2 318.3 321.2 324.3 31.7 27.4 29.0 24.6 10.0 8.6 9.0 7.6

Chico .................................................................... 97.6 98.7 97.3 98.4 7.1 6.3 6.7 5.9 7.3 6.4 6.9 6.0

El Centro ............................................................... 59.4 61.8 61.0 64.3 9.7 9.0 9.1 8.4 16.3 14.5 14.9 13.1

Fresno .................................................................. 409.1 404.8 411.6 410.3 44.4 37.4 40.0 33.0 10.8 9.2 9.7 8.1

Hanford-Corcoran ................................................. 54.6 54.8 54.9 55.0 6.3 5.3 5.6 4.7 11.6 9.6 10.2 8.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,349.3 6,491.9 6,340.3 6,486.7 374.6 320.9 375.9 320.8 5.9 4.9 5.9 4.9

Madera ................................................................. 61.0 61.8 61.6 62.1 6.0 5.0 5.4 4.5 9.8 8.1 8.8 7.2

Merced .................................................................. 97.3 99.1 98.6 100.1 11.5 10.2 10.2 8.9 11.8 10.3 10.3 8.9

Modesto ................................................................ 221.1 226.5 222.3 227.9 22.0 19.6 20.6 17.9 10.0 8.7 9.3 7.8

Napa ..................................................................... 71.4 72.7 72.1 73.3 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.6 4.3 4.0 4.1 3.6

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ......................... 418.1 420.8 415.9 421.3 20.5 17.4 20.3 17.0 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.0

Redding ................................................................ 82.0 84.1 82.5 84.6 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.3 7.6 6.9 7.0 6.2

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ....................... 1,633.8 1,663.5 1,633.6 1,665.4 90.8 79.1 88.9 76.0 5.6 4.8 5.4 4.6

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .............. 994.7 1,006.4 991.3 1,010.0 52.7 45.1 51.5 42.8 5.3 4.5 5.2 4.2

Salinas .................................................................. 212.7 212.2 215.4 216.0 16.8 14.5 14.0 11.6 7.9 6.8 6.5 5.4

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ......................... 1,477.6 1,499.1 1,473.3 1,501.6 69.2 60.0 68.0 57.2 4.7 4.0 4.6 3.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,159.7 2,172.0 2,150.1 2,173.9 121.7 100.2 116.7 94.8 5.6 4.6 5.4 4.4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ........................ 849.0 840.9 845.5 843.4 58.6 45.4 55.7 42.8 6.9 5.4 6.6 5.1

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .............................. 130.3 131.8 130.6 132.5 5.6 5.0 5.5 4.8 4.3 3.8 4.2 3.6

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta ...................... 215.0 218.4 214.3 219.3 9.3 8.2 8.8 7.7 4.3 3.8 4.1 3.5

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ........................................ 143.5 145.4 145.7 146.9 10.8 9.6 8.8 7.6 7.5 6.6 6.0 5.2

Santa Rosa-Petaluma .......................................... 253.1 255.8 253.2 256.9 12.7 10.9 12.0 10.1 5.0 4.2 4.7 3.9

Stockton ................................................................ 284.5 286.7 291.1 293.4 24.6 21.6 22.6 19.3 8.6 7.5 7.8 6.6

Vallejo-Fairfield ..................................................... 206.1 209.9 205.8 210.2 12.2 11.0 11.7 10.4 5.9 5.2 5.7 4.9

Visalia-Porterville .................................................. 186.9 180.3 187.5 181.8 20.6 17.0 18.2 14.7 11.0 9.4 9.7 8.1

Yuba City .............................................................. 65.4 65.7 66.3 66.7 7.2 6.4 6.6 5.8 10.9 9.7 10.0 8.7

Colorado .................................................................. 2,490.4 2,535.9 2,493.9 2,540.8 137.1 131.9 130.6 127.2 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.0

Boulder ................................................................. 164.1 168.6 165.3 169.5 8.0 7.6 7.6 7.4 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.4

Colorado Springs .................................................. 291.6 300.3 294.2 302.7 16.3 16.6 15.6 15.9 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3

Denver-Aurora ...................................................... 1,277.0 1,299.4 1,283.4 1,310.9 73.4 69.0 69.5 66.4 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.1

Fort Collins-Loveland ............................................ 159.8 163.6 162.4 165.5 7.3 7.2 6.9 7.0 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.2

Grand Junction ..................................................... 68.7 69.2 69.1 69.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6

Greeley ................................................................. 107.7 110.4 108.1 110.5 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9

Pueblo .................................................................. 68.1 69.4 68.3 70.1 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.5 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.5

Connecticut ............................................................. 1,789.1 1,798.3 1,794.8 1,810.3 87.5 87.0 89.9 95.4 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................... 454.2 456.5 456.3 460.3 20.6 20.4 21.3 22.9 4.5 4.5 4.7 5.0

Danbury ................................................................ 88.8 88.8 88.9 89.3 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.1

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................... 560.8 565.3 561.0 568.1 28.9 28.6 29.6 31.3 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.5

New Haven ........................................................... 299.2 299.4 300.1 301.3 14.6 14.7 15.1 16.2 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.4

Norwich-New London ........................................... 145.2 146.1 146.2 147.7 6.4 6.3 6.7 6.9 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.7

Waterbury ............................................................. 99.0 99.6 99.3 100.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.4 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

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Delaware .................................................................. 421.5 428.6 420.6 430.9 16.6 16.2 15.7 16.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8

Dover .................................................................... 69.0 71.7 69.1 71.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.3

District of Columbia ............................................... 296.2 300.0 294.0 295.4 21.7 20.6 22.4 22.8 7.3 6.9 7.6 7.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ......................... 2,786.2 2,856.2 2,802.3 2,882.2 95.5 97.2 101.2 103.0 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6

Florida ...................................................................... 8,317.2 8,577.4 8,373.3 8,651.7 377.8 341.6 380.4 326.0 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.8

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ......................................... 246.3 257.6 247.7 259.3 8.8 8.3 8.9 7.9 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.0

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .............. 230.0 236.2 231.2 238.2 10.0 9.2 10.0 8.8 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.7

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................... 91.4 96.8 93.0 98.4 2.9 2.8 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.3 2.8

Gainesville ............................................................ 127.0 131.2 127.2 132.4 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.0 3.3 3.0 3.5 3.0

Jacksonville .......................................................... 601.9 614.6 607.0 622.5 28.6 25.4 28.5 24.2 4.7 4.1 4.7 3.9

Lakeland ............................................................... 246.7 253.6 248.2 255.2 10.9 10.2 11.2 9.9 4.4 4.0 4.5 3.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................... 2,596.3 2,669.6 2,611.1 2,694.9 131.3 114.3 131.3 108.9 5.1 4.3 5.0 4.0

Naples-Marco Island ............................................. 136.4 142.2 135.7 141.6 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.1 3.4 3.0 3.5 2.9

Ocala .................................................................... 115.8 118.3 116.3 119.3 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.8

Orlando ................................................................. 948.2 986.9 957.8 994.5 42.3 38.1 42.1 35.8 4.5 3.9 4.4 3.6

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ............................. 246.4 253.7 248.4 256.3 10.5 9.8 10.5 9.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.7

Panama City-Lynn Haven ..................................... 77.9 80.3 78.9 81.5 3.4 3.0 3.4 2.9 4.3 3.7 4.3 3.5

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ................................ 194.3 199.6 195.7 201.3 8.2 8.0 8.5 7.6 4.2 4.0 4.3 3.8

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce ..................................... 163.2 169.8 163.2 169.9 7.5 7.4 8.0 7.1 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.2

Punta Gorda ......................................................... 59.9 62.5 60.2 62.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.8

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ................................. 295.1 310.7 296.8 312.2 11.6 10.7 11.4 9.8 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.2

Tallahassee .......................................................... 172.8 174.9 172.8 176.0 6.6 6.0 6.9 6.0 3.8 3.4 4.0 3.4

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ........................ 1,255.3 1,291.2 1,266.9 1,303.2 55.8 51.4 55.8 48.9 4.4 4.0 4.4 3.8

Vero Beach ........................................................... 55.8 56.2 55.8 56.2 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.6 4.7 4.9 5.5 4.7

Georgia .................................................................... 4,348.9 4,444.6 4,371.7 4,480.0 178.4 208.5 189.5 224.4 4.1 4.7 4.3 5.0

Albany ................................................................... 71.4 73.1 71.7 73.8 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.6 4.9 4.9 5.3

Athens-Clarke County .......................................... 94.3 96.2 94.4 97.1 2.8 3.4 3.1 3.8 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ............................ 2,424.8 2,477.5 2,433.5 2,496.1 101.3 115.4 106.1 124.0 4.2 4.7 4.4 5.0

Augusta-Richmond County ................................... 246.2 249.4 247.5 251.4 11.7 13.5 12.5 14.3 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.7

Brunswick ............................................................. 50.2 51.2 50.4 51.8 1.7 2.1 1.8 2.3 3.4 4.1 3.7 4.5

Columbus ............................................................. 121.6 122.5 122.3 123.8 5.5 5.9 5.8 6.4 4.5 4.8 4.7 5.2

Dalton ................................................................... 63.4 64.2 64.0 64.5 2.1 3.0 2.4 2.9 3.3 4.6 3.8 4.5

Gainesville ............................................................ 77.8 79.9 78.8 80.5 2.6 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.3 4.0 3.7 4.3

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ......................................... 26.6 27.1 26.5 27.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 4.3 5.3 5.4 5.8

Macon ................................................................... 106.4 107.6 107.0 108.5 4.5 5.4 5.0 6.0 4.3 5.1 4.6 5.5

Rome .................................................................... 48.0 49.4 47.8 49.4 1.8 2.4 1.9 2.6 3.7 4.8 4.1 5.2

Savannah ............................................................. 153.7 157.7 154.3 159.2 5.7 6.1 5.9 6.9 3.7 3.9 3.8 4.3

Valdosta ................................................................ 61.1 62.7 61.9 63.4 1.7 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.3 4.0

Warner Robins ...................................................... 58.9 60.1 59.3 60.7 1.9 2.5 2.1 2.8 3.2 4.1 3.5 4.5

Hawaii ...................................................................... 615.9 632.2 613.9 623.7 19.8 17.7 18.7 15.3 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.5

Honolulu ............................................................... 432.5 444.4 431.2 438.9 13.5 12.2 12.5 10.5 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.4

Idaho ........................................................................ 697.1 723.8 700.6 726.8 36.8 31.0 30.5 25.0 5.3 4.3 4.4 3.4

Boise City-Nampa ................................................. 265.4 277.2 266.7 276.9 12.4 10.3 10.8 7.6 4.7 3.7 4.1 2.8

Coeur d’Alene ....................................................... 63.2 67.0 64.1 68.0 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 6.3 4.6 4.8 3.8

Idaho Falls ............................................................ 55.7 58.9 56.3 59.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.7

Lewiston ............................................................... 28.8 29.4 28.7 29.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.9

Pocatello ............................................................... 43.6 44.8 43.7 44.9 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.6 5.0 4.1 4.4 3.6

Illinois ...................................................................... 6,346.5 6,457.8 6,361.5 6,458.5 383.9 374.4 384.9 363.1 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.6

Bloomington-Normal ............................................. 85.6 87.0 83.8 86.1 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.0

Champaign-Urbana .............................................. 115.4 119.1 115.4 117.6 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.8

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ...................................... 4,699.3 4,759.3 4,707.1 4,764.2 287.1 287.3 286.8 278.6 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.8

Danville ................................................................. 37.1 37.8 37.2 37.6 3.0 2.4 3.0 2.3 8.1 6.4 8.1 6.1

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ............................. 193.9 195.9 195.7 196.3 10.4 9.1 10.3 9.0 5.4 4.6 5.3 4.6

Decatur ................................................................. 51.2 53.1 51.6 53.0 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.1 6.8 6.0 6.9 5.8

Kankakee-Bradley ................................................ 51.4 52.2 51.7 52.3 3.7 3.3 3.6 3.1 7.2 6.4 6.9 6.0

Peoria ................................................................... 180.9 187.1 182.3 187.6 9.5 8.9 9.6 8.4 5.3 4.7 5.3 4.5

Rockford ............................................................... 161.0 163.9 162.0 164.6 11.8 10.3 11.7 9.8 7.3 6.3 7.2 5.9

Springfield ............................................................. 107.9 110.7 108.8 111.3 5.4 5.0 5.4 4.8 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.3

Indiana ..................................................................... 3,158.3 3,208.0 3,173.5 3,213.3 157.9 169.8 160.0 148.1 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.6

Anderson .............................................................. 63.4 64.1 63.5 64.3 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.4 5.4 5.9 5.5 5.2

Bloomington .......................................................... 95.8 96.0 91.2 91.9 3.9 4.9 4.2 4.3 4.1 5.1 4.5 4.7

Columbus ............................................................. 35.8 37.1 36.0 37.3 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.6 4.2 4.8 4.2 4.4

Elkhart-Goshen ..................................................... 98.6 102.1 100.1 102.1 3.9 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.8

Evansville ............................................................. 179.2 182.0 180.2 183.2 7.8 8.9 8.3 8.2 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.5

Fort Wayne ........................................................... 209.3 209.7 210.4 211.1 10.5 10.9 10.5 9.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.4

Indianapolis .......................................................... 862.7 877.1 869.7 880.9 39.0 42.5 39.1 36.7 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.2

Kokomo ................................................................ 47.5 47.5 47.7 47.7 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.5 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.3

Lafayette ............................................................... 93.4 94.9 92.7 94.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 3.8 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.0

Michigan City-La Porte ......................................... 52.6 53.3 53.1 53.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.7 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.1

Muncie .................................................................. 57.5 57.5 57.7 57.5 3.2 3.8 3.2 3.3 5.6 6.6 5.5 5.7

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Indiana—Continued

South Bend-Mishawaka ........................................ 159.7 164.1 160.0 164.6 7.5 8.2 7.7 7.5 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.5

Terre Haute .......................................................... 81.7 82.0 81.3 81.8 5.6 5.4 5.5 4.9 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.0

Iowa .......................................................................... 1,616.7 1,640.3 1,613.2 1,632.8 76.6 73.3 71.4 72.0 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4

Ames .................................................................... 47.1 47.0 46.5 46.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.3

Cedar Rapids ........................................................ 136.0 137.5 135.8 136.9 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.3 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.6

Des Moines ........................................................... 286.2 293.9 286.9 293.7 13.5 12.1 12.7 12.3 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.2

Dubuque ............................................................... 49.0 48.7 49.1 48.8 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.2 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.6

Iowa City ............................................................... 98.3 98.7 98.4 98.6 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.9

Sioux City ............................................................. 74.3 74.6 73.9 74.0 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.9 5.1 5.3 4.8 5.3

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ............................................ 91.1 92.1 90.5 91.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3

Kansas ..................................................................... 1,453.8 1,464.7 1,450.5 1,462.4 75.4 71.9 76.4 72.5 5.2 4.9 5.3 5.0

Lawrence .............................................................. 63.4 63.3 63.3 63.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8

Topeka .................................................................. 124.8 124.6 123.7 123.9 7.1 6.4 7.1 6.3 5.7 5.1 5.7 5.1

Wichita .................................................................. 302.2 303.4 300.2 302.5 18.1 16.3 17.9 16.3 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.4

Kentucky ................................................................. 1,967.6 1,984.3 1,981.4 1,998.7 102.9 106.7 104.7 112.4 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.6

Bowling Green ...................................................... 57.6 59.1 57.5 58.8 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.9 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.9

Elizabethtown ....................................................... 52.4 52.3 52.5 52.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.6

Lexington-Fayette ................................................. 226.4 228.3 226.8 229.2 9.0 9.6 9.5 10.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.4

Louisville ............................................................... 598.8 606.9 605.2 611.7 30.4 32.7 31.1 33.3 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.4

Owensboro ........................................................... 54.9 55.5 55.2 55.8 2.6 3.0 2.8 3.2 4.8 5.4 5.1 5.8

Louisiana ................................................................. 2,045.4 2,092.3 2,049.0 2,109.7 103.1 95.1 110.0 106.7 5.0 4.5 5.4 5.1

Alexandria ............................................................. 64.3 65.5 64.5 66.3 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.3 4.8 4.5 5.2 5.0

Baton Rouge ......................................................... 349.8 355.8 346.8 354.9 18.9 16.3 19.8 18.0 5.4 4.6 5.7 5.1

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ........................... 91.5 94.0 91.3 94.9 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.4

Lafayette ............................................................... 120.2 123.6 120.4 124.2 4.7 4.4 5.1 5.2 3.9 3.6 4.3 4.1

Lake Charles ........................................................ 91.2 92.9 90.5 93.8 4.7 4.2 5.0 4.6 5.1 4.5 5.6 4.9

Monroe ................................................................. 84.9 85.7 84.1 85.6 6.5 4.3 6.1 4.6 7.6 5.0 7.3 5.4

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .............................. 613.9 616.5 619.6 626.0 23.2 24.9 26.2 29.9 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.8

Shreveport-Bossier City ........................................ 172.5 180.4 174.3 180.3 9.2 8.4 9.7 9.2 5.3 4.7 5.5 5.1

Maine ....................................................................... 690.3 697.8 696.0 706.4 33.2 35.8 29.8 33.9 4.8 5.1 4.3 4.8

Bangor .................................................................. 71.6 71.0 71.2 71.2 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.2 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.5

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................... 55.7 56.5 55.8 56.5 2.5 2.9 2.2 2.7 4.5 5.1 4.0 4.9

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ....................... 200.0 205.0 201.2 206.7 6.8 7.6 6.3 7.4 3.4 3.7 3.1 3.6

Maryland .................................................................. 2,854.3 2,891.4 2,875.3 2,934.1 112.3 118.0 116.6 119.5 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1

Baltimore-Towson ................................................. 1,349.2 1,356.1 1,355.3 1,373.1 56.2 58.9 58.7 60.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4

Cumberland .......................................................... 45.2 44.9 45.7 45.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.7

Hagerstown-Martinsburg ...................................... 114.4 116.9 116.3 117.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.8

Salisbury ............................................................... 59.0 60.8 60.6 62.2 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.8 4.5 4.8 4.3 4.5

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3,376.0 3,351.3 3,381.9 3,357.3 172.1 151.1 172.4 150.9 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.5

Barnstable Town ................................................... - 130.4 - 135.1 - 5.8 - 5.4 - 4.4 - 4.0

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................... - 2,433.9 - 2,430.7 - 103.3 - 105.0 - 4.2 - 4.3

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ............................. - 72.8 - 73.1 - 4.3 - 4.2 - 5.9 - 5.7

New Bedford ......................................................... - 82.8 - 82.6 - 5.3 - 4.9 - 6.4 - 5.9

Pittsfield ................................................................ - 38.1 - 38.3 - 1.6 - 1.6 - 4.3 - 4.1

Springfield ............................................................. - 341.5 - 342.1 - 16.8 - 17.1 - 4.9 - 5.0

Worcester ............................................................. - 286.6 - 287.5 - 13.5 - 13.6 - 4.7 - 4.7

Michigan .................................................................. 4,990.2 5,069.3 5,071.3 5,131.6 312.9 337.3 346.7 355.7 6.3 6.7 6.8 6.9

Ann Arbor ............................................................. 187.2 194.1 186.9 192.0 6.8 7.9 8.5 9.1 3.6 4.1 4.6 4.7

Battle Creek .......................................................... 71.9 74.1 73.8 75.4 4.6 4.6 5.3 5.2 6.5 6.2 7.1 6.9

Bay City ................................................................ 56.3 56.8 57.4 57.5 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.3 7.2 7.1 7.6 7.4

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,167.8 2,160.7 2,192.1 2,191.8 130.1 153.8 145.8 157.3 6.0 7.1 6.7 7.2

Flint ....................................................................... 209.9 216.2 214.4 218.2 15.8 16.4 17.8 17.9 7.5 7.6 8.3 8.2

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ....................................... 394.2 407.7 403.0 411.1 24.8 23.0 28.3 26.1 6.3 5.7 7.0 6.3

Holland-Grand Haven ........................................... 131.2 135.4 134.4 137.9 6.5 6.6 7.6 7.5 4.9 4.8 5.6 5.4

Jackson ................................................................ 78.5 79.6 80.0 80.9 5.4 4.9 6.2 5.7 6.9 6.2 7.8 7.0

Kalamazoo-Portage .............................................. 169.1 175.2 172.4 176.1 9.4 9.2 10.8 10.5 5.6 5.2 6.2 6.0

Lansing-East Lansing ........................................... 249.3 257.3 249.3 254.9 12.2 13.3 14.3 16.0 4.9 5.2 5.7 6.3

Monroe ................................................................. 76.2 78.6 77.9 79.8 4.3 4.5 4.9 5.0 5.6 5.8 6.3 6.3

Muskegon-Norton Shores ..................................... 88.0 89.9 90.4 91.7 6.4 6.0 7.2 6.8 7.3 6.7 8.0 7.4

Niles-Benton Harbor ............................................. 77.3 79.1 78.8 79.6 5.4 5.1 6.1 5.9 7.0 6.5 7.8 7.4

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ....................... 99.7 101.6 101.2 102.8 8.2 7.8 8.9 8.4 8.3 7.7 8.8 8.2

Minnesota ................................................................ 2,937.8 2,959.5 2,943.7 2,969.8 134.4 121.5 122.5 113.9 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.8

Duluth ................................................................... 144.7 145.6 144.9 146.0 9.0 7.7 7.9 7.2 6.3 5.3 5.4 4.9

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ....................... 1,838.7 1,852.4 1,840.2 1,854.6 79.0 70.1 75.3 67.9 4.3 3.8 4.1 3.7

Rochester ............................................................. 103.0 104.6 102.8 104.7 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.4

St. Cloud ............................................................... 104.3 105.5 104.2 105.5 4.8 5.4 4.1 4.9 4.6 5.2 3.9 4.7

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Mississippi .............................................................. 1,315.2 1,334.3 1,328.0 1,352.6 66.6 84.3 80.6 98.8 5.1 6.3 6.1 7.3

Gulfport-Biloxi ....................................................... 119.3 118.8 120.4 120.1 5.1 6.6 6.2 7.8 4.3 5.6 5.1 6.5

Hattiesburg ........................................................... 61.8 62.3 62.0 63.2 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.8 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.0

Jackson ................................................................ 258.6 259.7 261.0 262.5 10.9 14.3 13.3 16.2 4.2 5.5 5.1 6.2

Pascagoula ........................................................... 69.3 70.3 69.9 71.2 3.6 4.3 4.3 4.9 5.2 6.1 6.1 6.9

Missouri ................................................................... 3,022.6 3,018.2 3,029.0 3,035.5 154.5 162.5 164.7 163.4 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.4

Columbia .............................................................. 90.6 91.7 91.0 92.6 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.7

Jefferson City ........................................................ 79.3 79.3 79.6 79.7 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.6 4.3 4.0 4.5

Joplin .................................................................... 83.6 84.0 83.5 84.2 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.8 4.9 5.2 4.9

Kansas City .......................................................... 1,028.8 1,031.8 1,027.7 1,033.2 57.1 57.2 60.2 58.0 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.6

St. Joseph ............................................................. 65.6 65.3 65.7 65.6 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 5.1 6.1 5.6 5.9

St. Louis1 .............................................................. 1,444.1 1,447.4 1,449.2 1,454.2 77.4 80.3 82.8 80.2 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.5

Springfield ............................................................. 210.1 212.2 209.8 214.2 8.5 9.1 9.4 9.5 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4

Montana ................................................................... 482.2 490.1 482.3 491.3 22.0 21.9 18.7 19.2 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.9

Billings .................................................................. 82.4 84.1 87.4 82.9 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.8 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.3

Great Falls ............................................................ 39.1 40.8 40.3 40.4 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.6 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.9

Missoula ............................................................... 57.5 57.9 59.7 58.2 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.5

Nebraska ................................................................. 981.2 986.9 986.5 990.6 34.3 37.0 37.2 39.5 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.0

Lincoln .................................................................. 166.8 168.6 167.2 169.7 5.3 5.9 5.7 6.3 3.1 3.5 3.4 3.7

Omaha-Council Bluffs ........................................... 442.0 445.9 443.6 446.4 17.6 19.4 18.6 20.3 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.5

Nevada ..................................................................... 1,170.7 1,214.0 1,170.0 1,209.2 52.9 48.1 48.7 44.9 4.5 4.0 4.2 3.7

Carson City ........................................................... 27.2 27.5 27.3 27.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.1

Las Vegas-Paradise ............................................. 822.7 861.9 821.6 858.8 37.3 33.4 34.5 31.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 3.7

Reno-Sparks ......................................................... 206.9 211.2 207.7 210.6 8.8 8.2 8.1 7.5 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.5

New Hampshire ....................................................... 717.6 728.3 719.3 730.6 29.0 25.2 28.0 25.3 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.5

Manchester ........................................................... - 106.6 - 106.3 - 3.6 - 3.6 - 3.4 - 3.4

Portsmouth ........................................................... - 43.8 - 44.1 - 1.4 - 1.4 - 3.3 - 3.2

Rochester-Dover .................................................. - 81.5 - 82.0 - 2.7 - 2.7 - 3.3 - 3.3

New Jersey .............................................................. 4,361.0 4,387.2 4,363.1 4,397.2 216.1 172.9 204.9 166.6 5.0 3.9 4.7 3.8

Atlantic City ........................................................... 132.8 133.1 134.1 134.7 7.6 6.3 7.0 5.9 5.7 4.7 5.2 4.4

Ocean City ............................................................ 53.2 55.7 57.0 57.9 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.9 8.2 6.5 5.9 5.0

Trenton-Ewing ...................................................... 189.7 192.2 189.4 193.0 7.8 6.3 7.8 6.2 4.1 3.3 4.1 3.2

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .................................. 68.1 69.2 68.7 69.4 4.9 3.8 4.3 3.6 7.1 5.5 6.2 5.2

New Mexico ............................................................. 905.2 936.5 904.9 934.7 50.7 54.8 51.0 54.3 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8

Albuquerque ......................................................... 389.3 403.5 388.6 401.5 19.5 21.4 19.8 21.4 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.3

Farmington ........................................................... 53.1 55.7 53.1 55.7 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.2 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8

Las Cruces ........................................................... 82.2 85.5 82.6 85.7 5.4 5.9 5.3 5.9 6.6 6.9 6.5 6.8

Santa Fe ............................................................... 75.1 78.3 75.3 78.0 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.6

New York ................................................................. 9,258.5 9,336.2 9,247.5 9,361.7 541.5 437.6 506.2 444.8 5.8 4.7 5.5 4.8

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................... 447.2 455.0 447.6 457.7 18.9 16.4 17.5 16.7 4.2 3.6 3.9 3.6

Binghamton .......................................................... 122.3 122.0 122.4 122.7 6.6 5.5 6.1 5.5 5.4 4.5 5.0 4.5

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ............................................ 580.4 578.4 581.5 585.0 35.4 29.7 31.7 29.7 6.1 5.1 5.4 5.1

Elmira ................................................................... 40.3 39.7 40.5 40.0 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.1 6.1 5.3 5.8 5.3

Glens Falls ............................................................ 64.7 66.2 65.9 67.4 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.7 5.1 4.5 4.3 4.1

Ithaca .................................................................... 54.8 55.8 54.1 55.2 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.7 3.4 2.8 3.5 3.0

Kingston ................................................................ 91.6 94.0 91.3 93.8 4.1 3.5 4.0 3.6 4.5 3.7 4.4 3.9

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ....... 9,024.5 9,077.7 8,997.9 9,084.9 513.4 407.0 486.4 410.9 5.7 4.5 5.4 4.5

 New York City .................................................... 3,699.1 3,713.3 3,673.2 3,705.9 263.2 201.4 246.1 205.3 7.1 5.4 6.7 5.5

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .................. 317.6 322.9 317.5 324.2 13.9 11.8 13.4 12.3 4.4 3.6 4.2 3.8

Rochester ............................................................. 523.9 522.2 526.3 525.2 28.4 23.5 26.4 23.8 5.4 4.5 5.0 4.5

Syracuse ............................................................... 325.0 329.1 326.2 330.8 17.2 15.3 17.1 15.6 5.3 4.6 5.2 4.7

Utica-Rome ........................................................... 139.4 140.6 139.9 141.3 7.7 6.9 6.9 6.6 5.5 4.9 4.9 4.7

North Carolina ......................................................... 4,233.2 4,278.3 4,250.6 4,312.9 229.2 217.3 235.0 215.6 5.4 5.1 5.5 5.0

Asheville ............................................................... 194.8 198.1 195.3 200.0 8.0 8.2 8.2 8.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0

Burlington ............................................................. 69.4 69.6 69.5 70.3 4.2 3.9 4.3 4.0 6.1 5.5 6.2 5.6

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ................................. 769.0 789.5 772.6 799.2 42.6 39.0 43.5 38.6 5.5 4.9 5.6 4.8

Durham ................................................................. 239.8 241.7 241.2 243.7 10.2 10.0 10.6 9.9 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.1

Fayetteville ........................................................... 139.6 140.7 140.0 140.9 7.6 8.0 7.9 7.9 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.6

Goldsboro ............................................................. 51.5 52.1 51.6 51.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.1

Greensboro-High Point ......................................... 356.6 358.4 356.7 361.9 19.4 18.1 19.7 18.1 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.0

Greenville ............................................................. 80.2 83.2 80.8 83.6 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.9

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................... 178.8 179.1 179.0 180.1 11.6 10.8 11.8 11.0 6.5 6.0 6.6 6.1

Jacksonville .......................................................... 55.5 56.2 55.6 56.6 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.3

Raleigh-Cary ......................................................... 479.4 486.7 482.1 492.2 20.3 19.8 21.1 19.4 4.2 4.1 4.4 3.9

Rocky Mount ......................................................... 68.5 68.2 68.8 68.1 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.8 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.0

Wilmington ............................................................ 154.0 159.2 155.4 161.3 6.8 6.5 7.0 6.6 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.1

Winston-Salem ..................................................... 228.9 234.1 228.9 236.0 11.3 10.7 11.7 10.5 5.0 4.6 5.1 4.4

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

North Dakota ........................................................... 350.9 353.9 355.0 357.4 11.8 12.2 10.8 11.4 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.2

Bismarck ............................................................... 57.6 59.3 58.1 59.6 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.6 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.8

Fargo .................................................................... 111.7 113.6 112.0 114.2 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.6

Grand Forks .......................................................... 54.4 55.4 54.4 55.0 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.9 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.4

Ohio ......................................................................... 5,837.9 5,902.1 5,861.8 5,920.5 350.5 350.7 338.1 339.1 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7

Akron .................................................................... 371.1 376.3 370.9 374.9 21.6 22.1 20.4 20.9 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.6

Canton-Massillon .................................................. 202.7 207.4 203.3 207.5 13.5 13.4 12.7 12.8 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.2

Cincinnati-Middletown .......................................... 1,072.8 1,088.3 1,081.2 1,094.1 55.0 57.5 54.2 56.7 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.2

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ....................................... 1,100.1 1,096.0 1,104.5 1,103.3 63.2 60.3 64.0 61.3 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.6

Columbus ............................................................. 905.0 918.5 909.7 920.2 47.6 49.0 46.1 47.7 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.2

Dayton .................................................................. 424.9 427.0 424.3 426.6 25.4 25.7 24.4 25.1 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.9

Lima ...................................................................... 52.3 52.8 52.0 52.5 3.3 3.7 3.1 3.1 6.4 7.1 6.0 5.9

Mansfield .............................................................. 62.6 62.9 63.1 62.8 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.9 7.1 6.7 6.7 6.2

Sandusky .............................................................. 41.5 42.0 44.9 44.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.5 6.5 6.8 5.5 5.7

Springfield ............................................................. 70.6 69.8 70.6 70.2 4.8 4.4 4.5 4.3 6.8 6.3 6.3 6.1

Toledo ................................................................... 334.8 336.6 335.7 337.6 23.3 22.0 22.2 21.2 7.0 6.5 6.6 6.3

Weirton-Steubenville ............................................ 58.8 58.6 59.1 59.1 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.7 7.6 6.8 7.7 6.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ........................... 276.5 277.2 277.7 279.1 19.2 18.6 18.1 17.8 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.4

Oklahoma ................................................................ 1,703.7 1,718.7 1,706.7 1,722.5 78.0 71.4 81.8 77.5 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.5

Lawton .................................................................. 46.0 47.1 46.6 47.0 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.2 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.7

Oklahoma City ...................................................... 573.0 583.3 574.4 584.5 23.7 22.7 25.1 24.8 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.2

Tulsa ..................................................................... 441.1 441.6 441.6 443.2 21.0 18.6 21.8 20.1 4.8 4.2 4.9 4.5

Oregon ..................................................................... 1,849.9 1,866.9 1,847.1 1,859.0 138.0 123.5 131.9 114.5 7.5 6.6 7.1 6.2

Bend ..................................................................... 70.4 72.7 70.2 72.7 4.5 4.2 4.3 3.8 6.4 5.8 6.2 5.2

Corvallis ................................................................ 42.5 42.1 42.4 42.2 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.9 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.5

Eugene-Springfield ............................................... 173.5 175.5 173.2 174.7 12.8 11.5 12.3 10.8 7.4 6.6 7.1 6.2

Medford ................................................................ 98.5 100.1 98.1 99.4 7.0 6.4 6.6 5.9 7.1 6.4 6.8 5.9

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ............................ 1,093.7 1,106.0 1,089.5 1,097.2 78.9 68.6 74.7 64.4 7.2 6.2 6.9 5.9

Salem ................................................................... 181.7 182.9 182.8 183.8 13.8 12.5 13.2 11.5 7.6 6.8 7.2 6.3

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 6,193.2 6,263.0 6,226.2 6,328.2 321.9 287.1 331.7 298.2 5.2 4.6 5.3 4.7

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................... 401.2 404.9 403.8 409.9 20.2 17.9 20.6 18.4 5.0 4.4 5.1 4.5

Altoona ................................................................. 64.5 65.7 65.5 66.8 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 4.9 4.9 5.0 4.9

Erie ....................................................................... 138.9 141.3 139.6 142.9 8.6 7.0 8.4 7.1 6.2 4.9 6.0 5.0

Harrisburg-Carlisle ................................................ 276.2 278.9 278.6 282.8 11.7 10.2 12.3 11.0 4.2 3.6 4.4 3.9

Johnstown ............................................................ 66.7 67.6 67.0 68.6 4.2 3.8 4.4 3.8 6.4 5.6 6.5 5.5

Lancaster .............................................................. 262.2 267.9 265.0 270.8 9.6 8.6 10.1 9.4 3.7 3.2 3.8 3.5

Lebanon ................................................................ 68.7 70.0 69.2 70.9 2.7 2.2 2.7 2.4 3.9 3.1 3.9 3.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ........................ 2,896.0 2,924.4 2,892.0 2,942.3 145.1 125.2 147.7 130.2 5.0 4.3 5.1 4.4

Pittsburgh ............................................................. 1,203.1 1,206.3 1,208.2 1,220.7 64.7 57.6 66.5 59.9 5.4 4.8 5.5 4.9

Reading ................................................................ 194.5 198.7 196.5 201.2 10.1 8.8 10.3 9.3 5.2 4.4 5.3 4.6

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ....................................... 273.9 275.6 274.6 278.0 16.6 14.5 17.1 14.9 6.0 5.3 6.2 5.3

State College ........................................................ 72.6 73.6 73.3 74.7 2.8 2.4 3.0 2.7 3.8 3.2 4.1 3.6

Williamsport .......................................................... 59.9 60.6 60.1 61.0 3.4 2.9 3.6 3.2 5.7 4.8 5.9 5.2

York-Hanover ....................................................... 213.3 217.5 214.5 220.0 9.4 8.5 9.7 8.9 4.4 3.9 4.5 4.1

Rhode Island ........................................................... 558.1 562.6 557.7 564.0 28.0 25.6 29.0 23.1 5.0 4.6 5.2 4.1

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ............................ 693.8 697.0 694.1 698.2 36.4 33.3 37.0 30.1 5.2 4.8 5.3 4.3

South Carolina ........................................................ 2,034.7 2,068.5 2,050.6 2,078.7 127.9 126.7 131.9 124.4 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.0

Anderson .............................................................. 83.3 84.5 83.5 84.8 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.7 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.8

Charleston-North Charleston ................................ 287.4 295.9 290.5 298.5 13.8 13.8 14.6 13.6 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.6

Columbia .............................................................. 348.2 353.6 350.3 354.6 18.1 18.2 19.2 18.2 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.1

Florence ................................................................ 95.2 97.2 95.9 97.6 7.1 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.4 8.0 7.9 7.9

Greenville ............................................................. 293.3 295.2 294.9 296.1 17.1 15.7 17.6 15.4 5.8 5.3 6.0 5.2

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach .......... 117.5 122.2 120.2 123.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.4

Spartanburg .......................................................... 130.3 131.3 131.0 132.1 9.3 9.1 9.5 9.1 7.1 6.9 7.3 6.9

Sumter .................................................................. 45.3 45.8 45.6 45.9 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.7 7.3 8.2 7.2 8.0

South Dakota .......................................................... 425.6 428.8 429.2 430.6 13.8 15.6 14.7 16.7 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.9

Rapid City ............................................................. 63.8 65.4 64.7 66.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.9

Sioux Falls ............................................................ 118.8 122.1 119.0 121.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.4

Tennessee ............................................................... 2,889.8 2,879.7 2,889.5 2,890.1 145.9 160.8 137.3 164.3 5.0 5.6 4.8 5.7

Chattanooga ......................................................... 247.6 248.2 247.8 249.2 10.2 11.7 10.0 12.1 4.1 4.7 4.0 4.8

Clarksville ............................................................. 101.9 102.2 102.9 102.7 5.0 5.6 5.2 6.0 4.9 5.5 5.0 5.9

Cleveland .............................................................. 53.3 52.5 53.5 52.9 2.5 2.9 2.4 3.0 4.7 5.5 4.5 5.6

Jackson ................................................................ 53.6 53.2 53.8 53.5 2.8 3.0 2.7 3.1 5.2 5.7 5.1 5.8

Johnson City ......................................................... 94.6 95.2 94.6 95.5 4.9 5.0 4.5 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.7 5.5

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ........................................ 140.6 139.6 140.2 140.6 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.6 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.4

Knoxville ............................................................... 333.4 334.8 335.1 335.8 12.7 14.9 12.3 15.1 3.8 4.4 3.7 4.5

Memphis ............................................................... 591.6 592.5 591.2 594.4 31.9 36.6 31.4 38.2 5.4 6.2 5.3 6.4

Morristown ............................................................ 62.1 62.6 62.1 63.0 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.6 5.6 5.7 5.2 5.7

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro ...................... 726.9 727.6 727.5 729.4 30.5 33.5 28.4 34.6 4.2 4.6 3.9 4.7

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Texas ....................................................................... 10,961.3 11,161.8 10,958.0 11,175.4 639.6 589.6 646.6 596.9 5.8 5.3 5.9 5.3

Abilene .................................................................. 79.5 82.2 79.6 82.5 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.6 4.7 4.3 4.8 4.4

Amarillo ................................................................. 128.3 130.8 128.6 130.8 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.9

Austin-Round Rock ............................................... 773.3 796.1 773.7 798.0 37.6 34.6 37.7 35.2 4.9 4.3 4.9 4.4

Beaumont-Port Arthur ........................................... 178.9 180.8 178.7 180.4 14.3 12.5 14.8 12.7 8.0 6.9 8.3 7.0

Brownsville-Harlingen ........................................... 142.3 145.9 141.9 145.7 11.9 11.1 11.8 10.9 8.3 7.6 8.3 7.5

College Station-Bryan ........................................... 102.6 104.7 102.4 104.7 4.3 4.0 4.4 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.3 4.0

Corpus Christi ....................................................... 197.5 198.6 196.5 197.9 12.4 11.3 13.2 11.6 6.3 5.7 6.7 5.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 2,943.0 2,998.5 2,948.5 3,003.3 166.9 154.8 168.5 156.0 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.2

El Paso ................................................................. 287.8 294.0 288.6 294.7 21.2 21.4 21.5 21.5 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.3

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ............................. 2,554.6 2,589.7 2,554.6 2,597.2 154.5 139.0 157.8 142.0 6.0 5.4 6.2 5.5

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................... 143.9 149.5 144.4 149.7 7.9 7.7 8.0 7.9 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.3

Laredo .................................................................. 83.2 85.3 83.1 85.7 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.3 6.7 6.2 6.6 6.2

Longview .............................................................. 98.6 102.0 98.7 101.9 5.7 5.2 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.1 5.9 5.1

Lubbock ................................................................ 140.1 142.6 140.3 142.6 6.0 5.7 6.1 5.8 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.1

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr ....................................... 252.2 262.4 251.2 262.2 21.6 20.1 21.1 19.9 8.6 7.7 8.4 7.6

Midland ................................................................. 63.9 65.2 64.1 65.3 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.6 4.3 3.8 4.5 4.0

Odessa ................................................................. 61.2 61.7 61.5 61.7 3.6 2.9 3.6 3.0 5.8 4.8 5.9 4.9

San Angelo ........................................................... 53.1 54.2 52.9 54.0 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.4 4.6 4.3 4.8 4.4

San Antonio .......................................................... 877.0 895.3 878.9 897.7 47.3 43.3 47.7 44.0 5.4 4.8 5.4 4.9

Sherman-Denison ................................................. 56.7 58.2 56.5 58.1 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.0 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.2

Texarkana ............................................................. 61.2 63.1 61.1 63.0 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3 5.5 5.0 5.6 5.2

Tyler ...................................................................... 93.1 95.8 92.9 95.7 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.7 5.1 4.7 5.0 5.0

Victoria .................................................................. 55.7 56.6 55.9 56.9 3.1 2.7 3.2 2.8 5.5 4.8 5.7 4.9

Waco .................................................................... 109.8 112.2 109.5 111.7 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.0

Wichita Falls ......................................................... 74.0 75.9 74.0 75.9 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.5 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.6

Utah .......................................................................... 1,190.9 1,223.8 1,195.2 1,231.2 61.2 58.3 61.1 58.1 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.7

Logan .................................................................... 60.8 61.9 60.5 61.7 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7

Ogden-Clearfield .................................................. 234.8 240.2 236.9 242.8 12.1 11.7 12.0 11.6 5.1 4.9 5.1 4.8

Provo-Orem .......................................................... 194.2 202.4 192.5 200.8 9.2 8.9 9.3 8.8 4.7 4.4 4.8 4.4

St. George ............................................................ 49.6 54.2 50.3 54.7 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 4.3 3.9 4.2 3.8

Salt Lake City ....................................................... 527.0 544.4 528.4 548.8 28.5 26.4 28.4 26.7 5.4 4.8 5.4 4.9

Vermont ................................................................... 351.1 349.1 350.5 348.8 14.8 13.1 12.7 10.5 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.0

Burlington-South Burlington .................................. - 111.6 - 112.0 - 3.5 - 3.0 - 3.1 - 2.6

Virginia .................................................................... 3,788.5 3,883.1 3,816.2 3,917.2 129.3 131.3 140.7 139.7 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.6

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ..................... 77.3 76.4 74.7 75.3 3.0 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.9 3.6 4.4 4.0

Charlottesville ....................................................... 92.6 94.8 93.7 95.1 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.0

Danville ................................................................. 52.5 52.7 52.6 53.0 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 6.8 7.4 7.6 7.7

Harrisonburg ......................................................... 63.3 65.2 62.6 64.3 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.7 3.0 3.0

Lynchburg ............................................................. 113.0 114.5 113.1 115.1 4.6 4.3 5.0 4.6 4.0 3.7 4.4 4.0

Richmond ............................................................. 597.6 611.9 602.7 619.7 21.2 21.7 23.3 23.1 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.7

Roanoke ............................................................... 146.6 149.9 147.8 151.1 5.2 5.0 5.6 5.3 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.5

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ................. 770.7 782.5 777.8 791.2 28.8 30.9 31.4 32.8 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1

Winchester ............................................................ 59.7 61.2 60.5 61.9 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9

Washington ............................................................. 3,208.2 3,247.4 3,213.5 3,260.4 200.6 176.2 191.7 176.0 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.4

Bellingham ............................................................ 100.1 104.0 100.8 104.4 5.8 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.8 5.0 5.2 4.7

Bremerton-Silverdale ............................................ 120.3 123.4 120.4 122.8 7.2 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.2

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco .................................. 114.3 117.5 115.0 118.0 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.2

Longview .............................................................. 43.7 44.2 43.5 44.1 3.8 3.3 3.5 3.0 8.6 7.5 8.0 6.8

Mount Vernon-Anacortes ...................................... 55.1 57.3 54.9 57.1 3.9 3.4 3.5 3.2 7.1 6.0 6.3 5.5

Olympia ................................................................ 121.0 125.3 120.6 124.5 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.0 5.8 5.2 5.3 4.8

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,693.5 1,704.8 1,695.0 1,719.4 95.1 80.7 95.7 88.0 5.6 4.7 5.6 5.1

Spokane ............................................................... 225.0 227.9 225.1 227.2 14.5 13.1 13.3 12.1 6.5 5.7 5.9 5.3

Wenatchee ........................................................... 55.2 56.1 56.1 56.6 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.4 7.3 6.6 7.0 6.1

Yakima .................................................................. 115.6 114.4 115.8 114.8 10.4 9.3 9.6 8.3 9.0 8.1 8.3 7.2

West Virginia ........................................................... 786.4 795.3 791.3 793.1 43.1 41.6 41.8 34.2 5.5 5.2 5.3 4.3

Charleston ............................................................ 138.3 140.3 139.2 139.5 7.0 7.4 6.9 6.1 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.4

Huntington-Ashland .............................................. 129.5 131.1 130.2 130.3 7.3 7.2 7.4 6.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.2

Morgantown .......................................................... 57.2 58.9 57.6 58.8 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.8 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.0

Parkersburg-Marietta ............................................ 80.1 80.9 80.3 80.4 4.6 5.0 4.6 4.3 5.8 6.1 5.8 5.4

Wheeling ............................................................... 67.2 68.4 67.7 68.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.5 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.1

Wisconsin ................................................................ 3,046.0 3,031.8 3,049.6 3,032.4 158.1 143.6 146.7 138.8 5.2 4.7 4.8 4.6

Appleton ............................................................... 120.4 120.4 120.3 120.1 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3

Eau Claire ............................................................. 87.3 85.5 86.9 85.3 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.3

Fond du Lac .......................................................... 56.6 57.4 56.6 57.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3

Green Bay ............................................................ 170.1 170.5 170.2 169.7 8.3 7.8 7.7 7.5 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4

Janesville .............................................................. 83.5 85.0 83.8 84.5 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.2 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.0

La Crosse ............................................................. 73.8 74.3 74.1 74.3 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.8 4.2 3.7 3.9 3.7

Madison ................................................................ 330.1 330.1 330.5 328.1 10.9 10.4 10.8 10.6 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ......................... 796.6 792.7 794.6 792.5 45.7 38.7 43.5 39.7 5.7 4.9 5.5 5.0

Oshkosh-Neenah .................................................. 91.9 93.2 91.7 92.8 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.4

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

Wisconsin—Continued

Racine .................................................................. 100.3 98.9 100.3 98.9 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.8 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.9

Sheboygan ........................................................... 63.9 63.8 64.0 63.8 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.5 4.6 3.9 4.4 3.9

Wausau ................................................................ 74.2 73.5 73.9 73.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.1 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.3

Wyoming ................................................................. 278.2 281.7 278.7 283.3 10.9 10.7 10.1 10.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.9

Casper .................................................................. 39.6 41.1 39.0 40.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6

Cheyenne ............................................................. 42.5 43.1 41.9 42.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.4

Puerto Rico ............................................................. 1,370.0 1,375.6 1,364.4 1,411.9 150.2 156.5 147.3 154.1 11.0 11.4 10.8 10.9

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ......................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

Fajardo ................................................................. - - - - - - - - - - - -

Guayama .............................................................. - - - - - - - - - - - -

Mayaguez ............................................................. - - - - - - - - - - - -

Ponce ................................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

San German-Cabo Rojo ....................................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

Yauco ................................................................... - - - - - - - - - - - -

p = preliminary. 

 - Data not available. 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. 04-03, dated February

18, 2004, 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.

Estimates for the latest month are revised the following month, and at least 3 years

of estimates are subject to revision at the end of the year, to incorporate updated

inputs and reestimation.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p 2004 2005 2004 2005p

California .............................................................. 17,422.5 17,660.1 17,416.9 17,704.7 1,083.5 925.7 1,045.8 880.9 6.2 5.2 6.0 5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,349.3 6,491.9 6,340.3 6,486.7 374.6 320.9 375.9 320.8 5.9 4.9 5.9 4.9

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 4,777.7 4,895.0 4,770.1 4,886.0 308.5 265.6 311.1 267.3 6.5 5.4 6.5 5.5

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................ 1,571.5 1,597.0 1,570.2 1,600.7 66.1 55.3 64.9 53.4 4.2 3.5 4.1 3.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,159.7 2,172.0 2,150.1 2,173.9 121.7 100.2 116.7 94.8 5.6 4.6 5.4 4.4

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ............................... 1,249.0 1,255.1 1,244.2 1,257.7 72.6 60.2 69.8 57.0 5.8 4.8 5.6 4.5

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 910.7 916.9 905.9 916.1 49.1 40.0 46.8 37.8 5.4 4.4 5.2 4.1

District of Columbia .......................................... 296.2 300.0 294.0 295.4 21.7 20.6 22.4 22.8 7.3 6.9 7.6 7.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 2,786.2 2,856.2 2,802.3 2,882.2 95.5 97.2 101.2 103.0 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6

 Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 3 .................. 613.3 621.0 616.8 628.8 17.7 18.8 19.0 19.4 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,172.9 2,235.2 2,185.4 2,253.3 77.8 78.4 82.2 83.5 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.7

Florida .................................................................... 8,317.2 8,577.4 8,373.3 8,651.7 377.8 341.6 380.4 326.0 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................... 2,596.3 2,669.6 2,611.1 2,694.9 131.3 114.3 131.3 108.9 5.1 4.3 5.0 4.0

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield

Beach ............................................................. 908.6 931.3 915.1 939.7 42.6 37.6 42.3 35.6 4.7 4.0 4.6 3.8

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,096.6 1,130.9 1,101.8 1,142.3 60.2 50.9 60.4 48.7 5.5 4.5 5.5 4.3

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 591.1 607.4 594.1 612.9 28.5 25.8 28.6 24.5 4.8 4.3 4.8 4.0

Illinois .................................................................... 6,346.5 6,457.8 6,361.5 6,458.5 383.9 374.4 384.9 363.1 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.6

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ................................... 4,699.3 4,759.3 4,707.1 4,764.2 287.1 287.3 286.8 278.6 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.8

 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ................................... 3,956.3 4,004.3 3,955.8 4,002.5 246.0 248.4 246.0 243.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1

 Gary 3 ................................................................ 321.9 324.2 324.7 326.8 18.7 18.7 18.9 16.3 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.0

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 421.1 430.7 426.6 435.0 22.3 20.2 21.8 19.1 5.3 4.7 5.1 4.4

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,376.0 3,351.3 3,381.9 3,357.3 172.1 151.1 172.4 150.9 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.5

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................ — 2,433.9 — 2,430.7 — 103.3 — 105.0 — 4.2 — 4.3

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................ — 1,468.2 — 1,464.6 — 59.2 — 60.7 — 4.0 — 4.1

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ — 122.3 — 122.5 — 6.0 — 6.1 — 4.9 — 5.0

 Framingham ...................................................... — 141.8 — 141.6 — 5.1 — 5.2 — 3.6 — 3.7

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ — 118.4 — 118.6 — 5.2 — 5.2 — 4.4 — 4.4

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. — 68.7 — 69.1 — 4.9 — 5.0 — 7.2 — 7.2

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ — 150.8 — 150.9 — 7.4 — 7.4 — 4.9 — 4.9

 Lynn-Peabody-Salem ........................................ — 125.9 — 126.0 — 5.9 — 6.0 — 4.7 — 4.8

 Nashua 2 ........................................................... — 176.9 — 176.8 — 6.8 — 6.8 — 3.8 — 3.8

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. — 60.9 — 60.8 — 2.8 — 2.7 — 4.6 — 4.4

Michigan ............................................................... 4,990.2 5,069.3 5,071.3 5,131.6 312.9 337.3 346.7 355.7 6.3 6.7 6.8 6.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,167.8 2,160.7 2,192.1 2,191.8 130.1 153.8 145.8 157.3 6.0 7.1 6.7 7.2

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 901.4 898.9 909.8 909.9 65.0 76.5 73.0 77.4 7.2 8.5 8.0 8.5

 Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy ........................... 1,266.4 1,261.8 1,282.4 1,281.9 65.1 77.3 72.9 79.9 5.1 6.1 5.7 6.2

New York .............................................................. 9,258.5 9,336.2 9,247.5 9,361.7 541.5 437.6 506.2 444.8 5.8 4.7 5.5 4.8

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,024.5 9,077.7 8,997.9 9,084.9 513.4 407.0 486.4 410.9 5.7 4.5 5.4 4.5

 Edison 3 ............................................................. 1,149.5 1,158.3 1,151.4 1,163.3 51.7 41.5 49.3 40.3 4.5 3.6 4.3 3.5

 Nassau-Suffolk .................................................. 1,439.7 1,456.7 1,442.3 1,466.0 64.5 54.4 62.1 57.0 4.5 3.7 4.3 3.9

 New York-Wayne-White Plains 2 ....................... 5,363.3 5,394.5 5,334.2 5,387.6 345.2 267.4 325.0 271.5 6.4 5.0 6.1 5.0

 Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,072.0 1,068.3 1,070.0 1,068.0 52.1 43.7 50.0 42.0 4.9 4.1 4.7 3.9

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,193.2 6,263.0 6,226.2 6,328.2 321.9 287.1 331.7 298.2 5.2 4.6 5.3 4.7

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 2,896.0 2,924.4 2,892.0 2,942.3 145.1 125.2 147.7 130.2 5.0 4.3 5.1 4.4

 Camden 3 .......................................................... 641.6 654.0 642.2 655.4 31.7 24.5 30.2 23.8 4.9 3.7 4.7 3.6

 Philadelphia ....................................................... 1,906.9 1,920.4 1,904.8 1,935.7 99.0 86.6 103.7 92.3 5.2 4.5 5.4 4.8

 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 347.6 349.9 345.0 351.2 14.4 14.1 13.8 14.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0

Texas ...................................................................... 10,961.3 11,161.8 10,958.0 11,175.4 639.6 589.6 646.6 596.9 5.8 5.3 5.9 5.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 2,943.0 2,998.5 2,948.5 3,003.3 166.9 154.8 168.5 156.0 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.2

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 1,971.4 2,008.5 1,974.8 2,011.2 114.4 105.0 115.4 105.6 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.3

 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 971.6 990.0 973.7 992.1 52.5 49.8 53.2 50.4 5.4 5.0 5.5 5.1

Washington ......................................................... 3,208.2 3,247.4 3,213.5 3,260.4 200.6 176.2 191.7 176.0 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,693.5 1,704.8 1,695.0 1,719.4 95.1 80.7 95.7 88.0 5.6 4.7 5.6 5.1

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,326.6 1,332.0 1,328.9 1,348.4 68.3 57.1 70.7 65.9 5.1 4.3 5.3 4.9

 Tacoma .............................................................. 366.9 372.8 366.1 371.0 26.8 23.6 25.0 22.1 7.3 6.3 6.8 6.0

p = preliminary. 

 — Data not available 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. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004, 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 the first city in their title. Metropolitan divisions

are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state,

and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their

metropolitan areas are listed. Estimates for the latest month are revised the

following month, and at least 3 years of estimates are subject to revision at the end

of the year, to incorporate updated inputs and reestimation. Two sets of

metropolitan areas and divisions have similar or identical titles. For

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

the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,Ill.-Ind.-Wis. metropolitan area, the division title

includes only Illinois.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 1,898.1 1,931.1 1,903.0 1,933.3 30.3 1.6

Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 51.0 51.2 50.8 51.5 .7 1.4

Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 50.5 51.3 50.1 51.2 1.1 2.2

Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 509.3 512.7 509.8 513.3 3.5 .7

Decatur ............................................................................... 56.4 56.7 56.6 56.6 .0 .0

Dothan ................................................................................ 60.3 61.5 60.3 61.8 1.5 2.5

Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 52.7 54.0 53.2 54.2 1.0 1.9

Gadsden ............................................................................. 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.8 .6 1.6

Huntsville ............................................................................ 191.5 197.3 192.7 197.2 4.5 2.3

Mobile ................................................................................. 170.2 175.7 170.5 176.0 5.5 3.2

Montgomery ........................................................................ 168.0 170.4 167.9 171.0 3.1 1.8

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 89.5 94.0 89.4 94.2 4.8 5.4

Alaska .................................................................................... 295.2 299.4 306.3 310.9 4.6 1.5

Anchorage .......................................................................... 157.5 161.1 161.0 164.2 3.2 2.0

Fairbanks ............................................................................ 36.1 37.1 38.1 38.6 .5 1.3

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,371.9 2,463.3 2,373.1 2,465.4 92.3 3.9

Flagstaff .............................................................................. 59.4 62.3 60.3 62.9 2.6 4.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................................... 1,673.5 1,738.2 1,675.8 1,739.9 64.1 3.8

Prescott .............................................................................. 55.8 58.4 56.0 58.5 2.5 4.5

Tucson ................................................................................ 360.6 373.1 360.3 373.2 12.9 3.6

Yuma .................................................................................. 47.1 52.2 46.5 51.4 4.9 10.5

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,157.7 1,171.0 1,161.9 1,174.7 12.8 1.1

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 187.4 193.4 187.6 194.6 7.0 3.7

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 116.6 118.2 117.1 118.2 1.1 .9

Hot Springs ......................................................................... 36.8 38.3 37.2 38.8 1.6 4.3

Jonesboro ........................................................................... 48.6 48.5 48.4 48.4 .0 .0

Little Rock-North Little Rock ............................................... 326.3 328.0 327.8 329.1 1.3 .4

Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 40.8 40.8 40.6 40.6 .0 .0

California ............................................................................... 14,465.8 14,716.9 14,542.2 14,779.4 237.2 1.6

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 211.2 215.8 212.2 216.6 4.4 2.1

Chico .................................................................................. 71.9 72.6 72.3 72.8 .5 .7

El Centro ............................................................................. 41.0 43.4 41.1 44.0 2.9 7.1

Fresno ................................................................................ 285.0 289.6 288.2 292.5 4.3 1.5

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................................... 32.6 33.9 32.9 34.0 1.1 3.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,454.6 5,503.2 5,473.3 5,516.3 43.0 .8

Madera ............................................................................... 33.1 33.9 33.7 33.9 .2 .6

Merced ................................................................................ 56.3 58.6 57.4 59.2 1.8 3.1

Modesto .............................................................................. 151.1 156.5 152.2 157.0 4.8 3.2

Napa ................................................................................... 60.2 60.7 61.1 61.2 .1 .2

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ....................................... 286.1 286.9 286.5 288.1 1.6 .6

Redding .............................................................................. 63.5 65.0 64.7 66.0 1.3 2.0

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ..................................... 1,148.2 1,170.9 1,154.4 1,173.0 18.6 1.6

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................ 854.8 864.7 857.2 869.4 12.2 1.4

Salinas ................................................................................ 126.3 126.5 127.2 127.6 .4 .3

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ....................................... 1,257.1 1,272.6 1,261.5 1,277.7 16.2 1.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 1,955.5 1,969.9 1,962.4 1,977.4 15.0 .8

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ...................................... 858.0 856.1 862.0 860.5 -1.5 -.2

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................ 99.8 100.4 100.3 100.9 .6 .6

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................................... 169.4 171.7 169.8 172.7 2.9 1.7

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ...................................................... 92.7 95.0 94.5 96.1 1.6 1.7

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................ 183.6 185.1 185.2 186.7 1.5 .8

Stockton .............................................................................. 200.0 204.3 201.9 205.5 3.6 1.8

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................................... 124.0 127.2 124.6 127.1 2.5 2.0

Visalia-Porterville ................................................................ 105.0 104.4 105.3 104.8 -.5 -.5

Yuba City ............................................................................ 38.7 39.8 39.0 40.2 1.2 3.1

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,166.3 2,209.4 2,172.4 2,218.5 46.1 2.1

Boulder .............................................................................. 157.5 161.5 158.8 162.4 3.6 2.3

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 246.1 252.1 248.4 254.5 6.1 2.5

Denver-Aurora .................................................................... 1,161.3 1,179.2 1,169.1 1,191.6 22.5 1.9

Fort Collins-Loveland .......................................................... 126.9 129.6 129.7 131.7 2.0 1.5

Grand Junction ................................................................... 55.1 55.5 55.6 55.9 .3 .5

Greeley ............................................................................... 73.6 77.0 74.5 77.8 3.3 4.4

Pueblo ................................................................................ 54.7 55.9 55.1 56.7 1.6 2.9

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,645.9 1,667.6 1,658.1 1,679.6 21.5 1.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................................. 407.5 408.9 411.3 412.1 .8 .2

Danbury .............................................................................. 68.8 68.5 69.0 68.7 -.3 -.4

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................................. 537.7 543.1 539.9 544.5 4.6 .9

New Haven ......................................................................... 271.9 271.2 273.7 272.1 -1.6 -.6

Norwich-New London ......................................................... 132.7 133.8 134.5 134.8 .3 .2

Waterbury ........................................................................... 68.5 69.2 69.0 69.9 .9 1.3

Delaware ................................................................................ 418.6 428.6 425.1 434.3 9.2 2.2

Dover .................................................................................. 61.0 64.4 62.0 64.6 2.6 4.2

District of Columbia ............................................................. 673.8 679.5 673.9 680.3 6.4 .9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ....................................... 2,829.6 2,913.3 2,853.8 2,932.9 79.1 2.8

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, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Florida .................................................................................... 7,522.2 7,739.6 7,525.5 7,741.0 215.5 2.9

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ....................................................... 204.1 212.7 203.9 212.2 8.3 4.1

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................ 165.2 168.7 165.0 168.9 3.9 2.4

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................................. 83.5 88.2 84.6 88.8 4.2 5.0

Gainesville .......................................................................... 130.5 133.9 129.1 133.3 4.2 3.3

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 580.7 593.7 582.1 596.5 14.4 2.5

Lakeland ............................................................................. 200.4 205.5 200.2 205.2 5.0 2.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................................. 2,294.6 2,349.8 2,298.1 2,350.3 52.2 2.3

Naples-Marco Island ........................................................... 122.3 126.9 121.0 125.8 4.8 4.0

Ocala .................................................................................. 92.3 93.9 92.2 94.1 1.9 2.1

Orlando ............................................................................... 968.6 1,009.8 972.5 1,008.8 36.3 3.7

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ........................................... 203.8 209.5 204.4 209.9 5.5 2.7

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................................... 71.1 73.2 71.6 73.7 2.1 2.9

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent .............................................. 166.1 169.3 165.5 169.5 4.0 2.4

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce ................................................... 118.2 123.1 117.5 122.6 5.1 4.3

Punta Gorda ....................................................................... 40.0 41.7 40.3 41.5 1.2 3.0

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ............................................... 300.1 315.5 299.9 314.6 14.7 4.9

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 169.7 171.5 168.3 170.7 2.4 1.4

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,273.1 1,307.6 1,275.9 1,308.5 32.6 2.6

Vero Beach ......................................................................... 45.7 45.4 45.2 45.1 -.1 -.2

Georgia .................................................................................. 3,891.2 3,907.9 3,900.8 3,918.4 17.6 .5

Albany ................................................................................. 63.4 64.2 63.5 64.3 .8 1.3

Athens-Clarke County ........................................................ 76.7 77.0 76.2 77.0 .8 1.0

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta .......................................... 2,259.4 2,272.2 2,265.9 2,278.4 12.5 .6

Augusta-Richmond County ................................................. 214.0 213.1 214.8 213.7 -1.1 -.5

Brunswick ........................................................................... 43.0 42.9 42.9 43.2 .3 .7

Columbus ........................................................................... 119.8 119.0 120.1 119.5 -.6 -.5

Dalton ................................................................................. 76.7 75.5 77.1 75.8 -1.3 -1.7

Gainesville .......................................................................... 68.1 68.8 68.8 69.0 .2 .3

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ....................................................... 16.7 16.7 16.4 16.6 .2 1.2

Macon ................................................................................. 102.0 101.0 101.7 101.0 -.7 -.7

Rome .................................................................................. 42.6 42.9 42.1 42.5 .4 1.0

Savannah ........................................................................... 143.9 145.6 144.5 146.3 1.8 1.2

Valdosta .............................................................................. 52.5 52.9 52.7 53.1 .4 .8

Warner Robins .................................................................... 50.7 50.8 51.0 51.0 .0 .0

Hawaii .................................................................................... 577.9 595.5 581.9 597.4 15.5 2.7

Honolulu ............................................................................. 426.0 438.8 429.3 441.3 12.0 2.8

Idaho ...................................................................................... 581.6 598.5 588.9 606.0 17.1 2.9

Boise City-Nampa ............................................................... 240.1 248.5 242.3 251.0 8.7 3.6

Coeur d’Alene ..................................................................... 48.1 51.5 49.9 52.8 2.9 5.8

Idaho Falls .......................................................................... 48.3 50.9 49.0 51.7 2.7 5.5

Lewiston ............................................................................. 26.3 26.6 26.5 26.8 .3 1.1

Pocatello ............................................................................. 37.8 38.6 37.8 38.8 1.0 2.6

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,787.5 5,825.4 5,838.9 5,873.2 34.3 .6

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 90.8 89.0 88.2 88.4 .2 .2

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 113.1 113.7 112.9 112.4 -.5 -.4

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................... 4,382.3 4,414.8 4,429.0 4,458.7 29.7 .7

Danville ............................................................................... 31.6 32.0 31.9 32.1 .2 .6

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 182.4 181.9 184.6 183.6 -1.0 -.5

Decatur ............................................................................... 53.8 54.5 54.1 54.7 .6 1.1

Kankakee-Bradley .............................................................. 42.5 42.4 43.1 42.7 -.4 -.9

Peoria ................................................................................. 173.8 175.6 175.5 177.1 1.6 .9

Rockford ............................................................................. 152.9 153.4 154.3 154.9 .6 .4

Springfield ........................................................................... 109.9 110.3 111.0 111.5 .5 .5

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,933.9 2,970.9 2,951.6 2,985.6 34.0 1.2

Anderson ............................................................................ 45.3 45.6 45.5 45.8 .3 .7

Bloomington ........................................................................ 83.6 82.2 79.0 78.2 -.8 -1.0

Columbus ........................................................................... 41.7 42.9 42.0 43.0 1.0 2.4

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 126.8 130.6 129.2 130.5 1.3 1.0

Evansville ........................................................................... 177.8 178.8 177.9 179.7 1.8 1.0

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 212.6 212.0 214.2 213.7 -.5 -.2

Indianapolis ........................................................................ 877.1 888.4 886.1 891.9 5.8 .7

Kokomo .............................................................................. 49.1 48.5 49.6 48.8 -.8 -1.6

Lafayette ............................................................................. 92.4 93.2 91.1 92.3 1.2 1.3

Michigan City-La Porte ....................................................... 46.4 46.9 47.2 47.1 -.1 -.2

Muncie ................................................................................ 55.4 54.6 55.6 54.9 -.7 -1.3

South Bend-Mishawaka ...................................................... 144.5 146.8 144.5 147.6 3.1 2.1

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 75.4 75.4 74.8 75.3 .5 .7

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,460.0 1,474.1 1,469.3 1,484.1 14.8 1.0

Ames .................................................................................. 47.6 46.9 46.9 46.4 -.5 -1.1

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 129.6 131.3 130.1 132.0 1.9 1.5

Des Moines ......................................................................... 297.3 306.2 300.0 309.1 9.1 3.0

Dubuque ............................................................................. 53.0 52.0 53.4 52.9 -.5 -.9

Iowa City ............................................................................. 85.7 85.9 86.2 86.6 .4 .5

Sioux City ........................................................................... 71.4 71.0 71.7 71.2 -.5 -.7

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 87.5 88.0 87.5 88.9 1.4 1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,328.2 1,345.3 1,336.3 1,354.2 17.9 1.3

Lawrence ............................................................................ 52.9 52.5 53.3 53.4 .1 .2

Topeka ................................................................................ 112.7 113.0 112.5 113.5 1.0 .9

Wichita ................................................................................ 284.0 286.8 284.1 288.2 4.1 1.4

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,798.0 1,816.3 1,804.6 1,824.7 20.1 1.1

Bowling Green .................................................................... 56.5 57.7 56.0 57.0 1.0 1.8

Elizabethtown ..................................................................... 46.1 45.8 46.1 46.1 .0 .0

Lexington-Fayette ............................................................... 244.0 246.1 244.5 246.0 1.5 .6

Louisville ............................................................................. 600.1 604.7 602.4 607.7 5.3 .9

Owensboro ......................................................................... 50.1 50.3 50.1 50.3 .2 .4

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,928.4 1,936.6 1,928.7 1,936.7 8.0 .4

Alexandria ........................................................................... 60.8 60.1 61.2 60.6 -.6 -1.0

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 346.8 345.5 344.8 344.2 -.6 -.2

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ......................................... 82.3 82.1 82.1 82.5 .4 .5

Lafayette ............................................................................. 133.3 133.3 133.9 133.4 -.5 -.4

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 88.5 88.0 88.1 88.8 .7 .8

Monroe ............................................................................... 79.8 80.5 79.8 80.3 .5 .6

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................ 619.0 622.0 618.2 621.0 2.8 .5

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 168.7 172.8 171.0 172.2 1.2 .7

Maine ..................................................................................... 604.4 608.9 616.6 621.0 4.4 .7

Bangor ................................................................................ 65.6 65.2 65.9 65.9 .0 .0

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................................. 47.5 48.1 48.0 48.1 .1 .2

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ..................................... 189.4 194.5 192.6 197.1 4.5 2.3

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,500.3 2,554.5 2,524.0 2,577.5 53.5 2.1

Baltimore-Towson .............................................................. 1,258.5 1,274.5 1,267.0 1,281.3 14.3 1.1

Cumberland ........................................................................ 39.1 39.1 39.8 39.2 -.6 -1.5

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................................... 97.0 98.9 97.9 99.6 1.7 1.7

Salisbury ............................................................................. 52.6 54.1 53.3 54.3 1.0 1.9

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,172.3 3,193.8 3,195.8 3,217.4 21.6 .7

Barnstable Town ................................................................. 97.0 98.1 101.9 102.8 .9 .9

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................ 2,397.0 2,414.7 2,408.2 2,424.9 16.7 .7

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ........................................... 51.6 51.8 52.4 52.5 .1 .2

New Bedford ....................................................................... 63.0 63.2 63.1 63.5 .4 .6

Pittsfield .............................................................................. 35.5 36.0 36.1 36.4 .3 .8

Springfield ........................................................................... 295.0 295.9 297.0 297.9 .9 .3

Worcester ........................................................................... 242.9 243.8 244.7 246.2 1.5 .6

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,394.3 4,363.4 4,447.6 4,422.4 -25.2 -.6

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 205.0 204.6 201.4 201.5 .1 .0

Battle Creek ........................................................................ 63.6 63.4 64.9 64.6 -.3 -.5

Bay City .............................................................................. 40.3 39.1 40.9 40.0 -.9 -2.2

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,056.3 2,035.9 2,080.0 2,068.3 -11.7 -.6

Flint ..................................................................................... 161.0 160.0 162.8 161.5 -1.3 -.8

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ..................................................... 384.2 387.0 389.0 390.7 1.7 .4

Holland-Grand Haven ......................................................... 114.4 114.2 116.1 116.6 .5 .4

Jackson .............................................................................. 62.6 61.6 63.3 63.0 -.3 -.5

Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................ 144.2 145.0 145.8 145.7 -.1 -.1

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 234.3 232.9 231.7 229.3 -2.4 -1.0

Monroe ............................................................................... 44.1 43.9 45.1 45.1 .0 .0

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................................... 65.8 65.2 67.0 66.6 -.4 -.6

Niles-Benton Harbor ........................................................... 64.2 63.9 65.1 64.2 -.9 -1.4

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ..................................... 94.2 93.7 95.0 94.7 -.3 -.3

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,668.5 2,694.8 2,705.6 2,734.7 29.1 1.1

Duluth ................................................................................. 128.3 129.8 130.6 132.0 1.4 1.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ..................................... 1,732.2 1,747.4 1,751.6 1,767.7 16.1 .9

Rochester ........................................................................... 101.1 102.6 102.2 103.7 1.5 1.5

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 96.4 96.8 97.4 97.9 .5 .5

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,129.9 1,141.7 1,129.5 1,139.8 10.3 .9

Gulfport-Biloxi ..................................................................... 114.1 113.8 114.5 114.0 -.5 -.4

Hattiesburg ......................................................................... 54.9 55.7 54.6 56.2 1.6 2.9

Jackson .............................................................................. 256.8 259.0 257.2 259.6 2.4 .9

Pascagoula ......................................................................... 53.8 55.4 53.8 55.8 2.0 3.7

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,707.0 2,728.0 2,717.7 2,741.8 24.1 .9

Columbia ............................................................................ 87.3 89.4 88.0 90.4 2.4 2.7

Jefferson City ...................................................................... 78.5 79.1 79.1 79.3 .2 .3

Joplin .................................................................................. 75.7 77.2 75.7 77.3 1.6 2.1

Kansas City ....................................................................... 970.7 980.6 974.7 986.5 11.8 1.2

St. Joseph ........................................................................... 54.1 54.0 54.3 54.4 .1 .2

St. Louis 1 ........................................................................... 1,326.2 1,335.6 1,332.9 1,343.7 10.8 .8

Springfield .......................................................................... 183.6 187.4 183.6 189.2 5.6 3.1

See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Montana ................................................................................. 409.0 413.0 414.5 419.9 5.4 1.3

Billings ................................................................................ 73.1 73.8 73.6 74.3 .7 1.0

Great Falls .......................................................................... 33.4 34.8 33.7 34.8 1.1 3.3

Missoula ............................................................................. 53.6 54.0 54.8 55.1 .3 .5

Nebraska ............................................................................... 920.4 933.7 930.2 942.0 11.8 1.3

Lincoln ................................................................................ 166.8 170.3 168.7 172.5 3.8 2.3

Omaha-Council Bluffs ......................................................... 442.4 452.5 447.5 455.8 8.3 1.9

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,140.4 1,213.7 1,148.3 1,223.6 75.3 6.6

Carson City ......................................................................... 31.8 32.8 32.2 33.2 1.0 3.1

Las Vegas-Paradise ........................................................... 803.9 863.5 808.4 869.5 61.1 7.6

Reno-Sparks ....................................................................... 206.0 215.0 208.1 217.3 9.2 4.4

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 620.7 631.0 629.4 638.6 9.2 1.5

Manchester ......................................................................... 98.9 99.7 99.2 100.1 .9 .9

Portsmouth ......................................................................... 53.6 54.4 54.8 55.5 .7 1.3

Rochester-Dover ................................................................ 55.2 55.2 55.7 56.1 .4 .7

New Jersey ............................................................................ 3,970.7 4,035.4 4,016.8 4,063.7 46.9 1.2

Atlantic City ......................................................................... 148.0 148.1 150.5 150.8 .3 .2

Ocean City .......................................................................... 39.2 39.9 44.4 40.7 -3.7 -8.3

Trenton-Ewing .................................................................... 230.7 234.7 231.9 236.8 4.9 2.1

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 61.9 63.0 62.8 63.5 .7 1.1

New Mexico ........................................................................... 790.0 805.3 793.8 810.2 16.4 2.1

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 370.3 376.5 372.1 378.9 6.8 1.8

Farmington ......................................................................... 47.6 49.1 48.0 49.5 1.5 3.1

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 62.6 64.1 62.7 64.2 1.5 2.4

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 60.4 61.4 60.8 62.0 1.2 2.0

New York ............................................................................... 8,390.8 8,480.9 8,488.4 8,562.2 73.8 .9

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 441.5 448.4 447.0 453.7 6.7 1.5

Binghamton ........................................................................ 112.5 112.1 114.2 113.5 -.7 -.6

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 542.6 542.5 552.2 552.4 .2 .0

Elmira ................................................................................. 39.9 39.0 40.4 39.6 -.8 -2.0

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 51.6 52.5 53.8 54.5 .7 1.3

Ithaca .................................................................................. 62.9 63.9 62.4 63.6 1.2 1.9

Kingston .............................................................................. 65.3 67.0 65.5 67.1 1.6 2.4

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ..................... 8,230.6 8,309.0 8,303.6 8,366.2 62.6 .8

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................ 249.4 253.3 251.8 255.8 4.0 1.6

Rochester ........................................................................... 504.4 503.6 513.0 509.5 -3.5 -.7

Syracuse ............................................................................. 316.7 320.4 320.7 323.9 3.2 1.0

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 130.1 130.9 132.5 132.6 .1 .1

North Carolina ....................................................................... 3,818.9 3,879.9 3,850.5 3,902.7 52.2 1.4

Asheville ............................................................................. 163.3 166.3 164.4 167.7 3.3 2.0

Burlington ........................................................................... 59.8 60.4 60.1 60.6 .5 .8

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................................... 765.9 794.0 772.8 800.8 28.0 3.6

Durham ............................................................................... 265.0 268.0 267.5 269.1 1.6 .6

Fayetteville ......................................................................... 118.4 119.6 119.3 119.3 .0 .0

Goldsboro ........................................................................... 43.2 43.8 43.4 43.6 .2 .5

Greensboro-High Point ....................................................... 354.8 359.3 356.5 361.1 4.6 1.3

Greenville ........................................................................... 68.3 71.3 68.9 71.4 2.5 3.6

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................................. 165.6 167.3 166.6 167.3 .7 .4

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 41.1 41.5 41.3 41.8 .5 1.2

Raleigh-Cary ....................................................................... 440.5 450.4 444.7 454.0 9.3 2.1

Rocky Mount ....................................................................... 62.5 62.7 63.1 62.5 -.6 -1.0

Wilmington .......................................................................... 125.8 130.7 127.6 132.1 4.5 3.5

Winston-Salem ................................................................... 206.6 213.7 207.1 214.6 7.5 3.6

North Dakota ......................................................................... 337.1 342.9 342.0 347.5 5.5 1.6

Bismarck ............................................................................. 55.3 56.7 56.0 57.2 1.2 2.1

Fargo .................................................................................. 109.6 111.5 110.5 112.6 2.1 1.9

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 50.6 52.2 50.9 51.9 1.0 2.0

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,394.8 5,419.2 5,438.1 5,460.2 22.1 .4

Akron .................................................................................. 330.1 332.0 330.9 332.1 1.2 .4

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 175.1 177.9 176.6 179.3 2.7 1.5

Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................ 1,022.3 1,026.7 1,029.6 1,035.0 5.4 .5

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ..................................................... 1,067.8 1,068.5 1,077.1 1,077.2 .1 .0

Columbus ........................................................................... 909.7 914.3 916.9 919.4 2.5 .3

Dayton ................................................................................ 413.2 411.2 413.7 412.0 -1.7 -.4

Lima .................................................................................... 58.0 57.3 57.9 57.9 .0 .0

Mansfield ............................................................................ 59.2 59.1 60.0 59.4 -.6 -1.0

Sandusky ............................................................................ 38.0 37.9 42.4 41.5 -.9 -2.1

Springfield ........................................................................... 53.2 52.0 53.5 52.7 -.8 -1.5

Toledo ................................................................................. 330.7 330.8 333.0 333.4 .4 .1

Weirton-Steubenville .......................................................... 49.8 49.6 49.8 50.4 .6 1.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ......................................... 241.2 240.3 244.3 243.4 -.9 -.4

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Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,472.9 1,500.2 1,479.8 1,505.3 25.5 1.7

Lawton ................................................................................ 40.6 41.2 41.1 41.2 .1 .2

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 542.6 551.6 544.3 554.9 10.6 1.9

Tulsa ................................................................................... 398.4 399.8 398.9 402.6 3.7 .9

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,580.4 1,633.5 1,593.5 1,642.3 48.8 3.1

Bend ................................................................................... 58.8 61.2 59.3 62.2 2.9 4.9

Corvallis .............................................................................. 37.8 37.8 38.0 38.1 .1 .3

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 143.0 146.3 144.6 146.9 2.3 1.6

Medford .............................................................................. 77.9 80.0 78.2 80.2 2.0 2.6

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton .......................................... 941.3 965.0 947.7 966.4 18.7 2.0

Salem ................................................................................. 139.6 142.5 140.9 143.5 2.6 1.8

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,634.0 5,697.6 5,673.5 5,737.9 64.4 1.1

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 329.2 332.5 332.9 336.0 3.1 .9

Altoona ............................................................................... 61.9 62.4 63.0 63.3 .3 .5

Erie ..................................................................................... 130.6 133.5 131.7 134.6 2.9 2.2

Harrisburg-Carlisle .............................................................. 322.5 324.4 325.8 327.4 1.6 .5

Johnstown .......................................................................... 59.5 60.3 59.8 61.2 1.4 2.3

Lancaster ............................................................................ 231.8 234.0 232.9 235.3 2.4 1.0

Lebanon .............................................................................. 47.2 47.8 47.3 48.2 .9 1.9

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ...................................... 2,741.0 2,775.1 2,753.8 2,787.0 33.2 1.2

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,134.2 1,136.8 1,144.4 1,146.3 1.9 .2

Reading .............................................................................. 165.2 168.5 167.1 170.1 3.0 1.8

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ..................................................... 255.3 256.8 256.7 258.2 1.5 .6

State College ...................................................................... 72.8 73.5 73.4 74.1 .7 1.0

Williamsport ........................................................................ 53.9 54.5 54.0 54.5 .5 .9

York-Hanover ..................................................................... 171.4 174.6 172.8 175.9 3.1 1.8

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 485.7 491.5 494.4 498.5 4.1 .8

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 579.5 582.5 588.8 590.1 1.3 .2

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,834.9 1,824.3 1,846.1 1,832.3 -13.8 -.7

Anderson ............................................................................ 63.1 63.4 63.3 63.6 .3 .5

Charleston-North Charleston .............................................. 272.2 278.4 274.7 280.8 6.1 2.2

Columbia ............................................................................ 344.3 346.9 345.4 347.6 2.2 .6

Florence .............................................................................. 88.8 89.4 88.8 89.6 .8 .9

Greenville ........................................................................... 292.6 293.7 294.0 294.4 .4 .1

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach ........................ 112.8 116.7 115.5 118.5 3.0 2.6

Spartanburg ........................................................................ 121.8 121.8 122.3 122.4 .1 .1

Sumter ................................................................................ 39.7 39.3 40.0 39.4 -.6 -1.5

South Dakota ........................................................................ 380.4 385.3 387.9 394.3 6.4 1.6

Rapid City ........................................................................... 57.4 58.7 59.0 60.2 1.2 2.0

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 122.1 125.6 124.1 127.2 3.1 2.5

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,702.8 2,725.9 2,708.5 2,730.7 22.2 .8

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 238.4 240.4 238.3 240.8 2.5 1.0

Clarksville ........................................................................... 80.2 81.5 81.3 81.2 -.1 -.1

Cleveland ............................................................................ 41.2 41.1 41.8 41.5 -.3 -.7

Jackson .............................................................................. 59.7 60.5 59.8 60.8 1.0 1.7

Johnson City ....................................................................... 78.6 81.0 78.6 80.8 2.2 2.8

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ...................................................... 119.7 120.8 120.4 121.3 .9 .7

Knoxville ............................................................................. 321.5 327.1 321.9 327.9 6.0 1.9

Memphis ............................................................................. 615.9 624.4 614.9 624.3 9.4 1.5

Morristown .......................................................................... 49.5 51.4 49.9 51.5 1.6 3.2

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro .................................... 711.3 723.9 711.8 724.7 12.9 1.8

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,477.0 9,592.6 9,505.8 9,625.4 119.6 1.3

Abilene ................................................................................ 62.7 64.7 63.1 64.8 1.7 2.7

Amarillo ............................................................................... 108.1 109.5 108.7 109.6 .9 .8

Austin-Round Rock ............................................................. 665.9 682.6 667.1 684.5 17.4 2.6

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 155.5 157.6 155.4 157.0 1.6 1.0

Brownsville-Harlingen ......................................................... 116.8 119.7 117.0 120.0 3.0 2.6

College Station-Bryan ......................................................... 88.3 89.5 88.3 89.8 1.5 1.7

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 168.3 168.5 167.4 168.1 .7 .4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,691.2 2,730.8 2,699.4 2,736.9 37.5 1.4

El Paso ............................................................................... 257.1 260.2 258.1 261.3 3.2 1.2

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ........................................... 2,286.4 2,311.4 2,287.9 2,319.4 31.5 1.4

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................................. 111.1 114.9 112.0 115.2 3.2 2.9

Laredo ................................................................................ 77.8 79.3 78.1 79.8 1.7 2.2

Longview ............................................................................ 85.0 88.0 85.5 88.1 2.6 3.0

Lubbock .............................................................................. 124.7 126.1 125.3 126.4 1.1 .9

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr ..................................................... 185.1 192.7 185.8 193.9 8.1 4.4

Midland ............................................................................... 56.6 57.4 56.7 57.5 .8 1.4

Odessa ............................................................................... 52.0 52.3 52.2 52.3 .1 .2

San Angelo ......................................................................... 43.4 44.1 43.5 44.3 .8 1.8

San Antonio ........................................................................ 760.6 772.9 764.0 776.4 12.4 1.6

Sherman-Denison ............................................................... 43.6 44.9 43.7 45.0 1.3 3.0

Texarkana ........................................................................... 53.7 54.9 53.9 55.0 1.1 2.0

Tyler .................................................................................... 87.0 88.9 87.1 88.9 1.8 2.1

Victoria ................................................................................ 47.0 47.8 47.2 48.1 .9 1.9

Waco .................................................................................. 102.7 103.8 102.6 103.4 .8 .8

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 60.6 61.8 60.7 61.8 1.1 1.8

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, not seasonally adjusted—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,099.1 1,136.8 1,100.6 1,137.3 36.7 3.3

Logan .................................................................................. 48.5 49.7 48.3 49.5 1.2 2.5

Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................ 183.9 187.3 185.5 188.6 3.1 1.7

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 163.4 170.2 160.9 167.0 6.1 3.8

St. George .......................................................................... 42.7 46.4 43.2 46.7 3.5 8.1

Salt Lake City ..................................................................... 561.1 579.5 560.2 579.1 18.9 3.4

Vermont ................................................................................. 299.8 303.4 302.5 307.1 4.6 1.5

Burlington-South Burlington ................................................ 111.7 113.8 113.4 115.1 1.7 1.5

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,567.4 3,627.1 3,590.2 3,641.2 51.0 1.4

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................................... 72.3 73.3 69.4 69.7 .3 .4

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 90.8 92.6 91.8 92.8 1.0 1.1

Danville ............................................................................... 44.0 43.5 43.7 43.7 .0 .0

Harrisonburg ....................................................................... 61.5 62.9 60.5 62.1 1.6 2.6

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 102.0 103.3 101.8 103.4 1.6 1.6

Richmond ........................................................................... 600.6 613.1 605.5 618.6 13.1 2.2

Roanoke ............................................................................. 156.3 159.8 157.9 160.8 2.9 1.8

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............................... 745.3 753.1 751.9 757.3 5.4 .7

Winchester .......................................................................... 54.3 55.0 54.9 55.8 .9 1.6

Washington ........................................................................... 2,683.9 2,737.5 2,705.9 2,761.8 55.9 2.1

Bellingham .......................................................................... 76.9 80.3 77.9 81.5 3.6 4.6

Bremerton-Silverdale .......................................................... 82.2 84.1 82.9 84.8 1.9 2.3

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco ................................................ 84.4 88.9 85.5 89.7 4.2 4.9

Longview ............................................................................ 36.6 37.0 36.8 37.6 .8 2.2

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................................... 43.2 45.4 43.4 45.9 2.5 5.8

Olympia .............................................................................. 92.7 96.4 93.1 96.7 3.6 3.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,578.5 1,615.8 1,590.4 1,629.7 39.3 2.5

Spokane ............................................................................. 200.0 202.7 201.4 204.6 3.2 1.6

Wenatchee ......................................................................... 35.9 37.7 36.8 38.2 1.4 3.8

Yakima ................................................................................ 75.1 76.3 75.4 77.0 1.6 2.1

West Virginia ......................................................................... 736.9 741.9 742.0 748.7 6.7 .9

Charleston .......................................................................... 148.8 150.0 149.1 150.4 1.3 .9

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 117.1 118.2 117.1 117.8 .7 .6

Morgantown ........................................................................ 56.3 57.9 56.6 58.2 1.6 2.8

Parkersburg-Marietta .......................................................... 73.9 74.1 74.2 74.2 .0 .0

Wheeling ............................................................................. 66.3 67.4 67.2 68.3 1.1 1.6

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,783.7 2,807.3 2,817.5 2,844.5 27.0 1.0

Appleton ............................................................................. 114.3 115.4 115.5 116.6 1.1 1.0

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 78.0 77.4 78.8 78.5 -.3 -.4

Fond du Lac ........................................................................ 47.5 49.2 48.0 49.7 1.7 3.5

Green Bay .......................................................................... 165.5 168.4 167.7 169.7 2.0 1.2

Janesville ............................................................................ 67.9 70.6 68.8 71.0 2.2 3.2

La Crosse ........................................................................... 71.6 73.2 72.8 74.0 1.2 1.6

Madison .............................................................................. 334.1 337.7 337.0 339.2 2.2 .7

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ....................................... 827.6 836.8 834.0 846.5 12.5 1.5

Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................ 89.7 92.5 90.5 93.6 3.1 3.4

Racine ................................................................................ 79.3 78.9 80.3 79.8 -.5 -.6

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 60.7 61.7 61.5 62.3 .8 1.3

Wausau .............................................................................. 69.5 70.4 70.5 70.9 .4 .6

Wyoming ............................................................................... 250.7 255.0 256.5 262.0 5.5 2.1

Casper ................................................................................ 35.7 36.6 36.0 37.5 1.5 4.2

Cheyenne ........................................................................... 40.6 41.0 40.8 41.6 .8 2.0

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,034.4 1,042.4 1,037.2 1,038.7 1.5 .1

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ....................................... 49.1 49.0 49.8 49.1 -.7 -1.4

Fajardo ............................................................................... 16.9 17.9 17.3 17.4 .1 .6

Guayama ............................................................................ 17.1 17.3 17.4 17.0 -.4 -2.3

Mayaguez ........................................................................... 37.7 38.0 38.1 37.5 -.6 -1.6

Ponce ................................................................................. 64.7 65.0 64.9 64.9 .0 .0

San German-Cabo Rojo ..................................................... 22.2 22.0 22.3 21.6 -.7 -3.1

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................................. 778.4 787.1 780.2 785.5 5.3 .7

Yauco ................................................................................. 13.9 14.5 14.1 14.6 .5 3.5

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 42.9 43.0 42.8 43.0 .2 .5

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

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03,

dated February 18, 2004, 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

April May Change from May 2004 to

May 2005 p

2004 2005 2004 2005p Number Percent

California ............................................................................... 14,465.8 14,716.9 14,542.2 14,779.4 237.2 1.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,454.6 5,503.2 5,473.3 5,516.3 43.0 .8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale .................................. 4,000.2 4,026.0 4,009.1 4,032.3 23.2 .6

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................... 1,454.4 1,477.2 1,464.2 1,484.0 19.8 1.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 1,955.5 1,969.9 1,962.4 1,977.4 15.0 .8

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward .............................................. 1,019.3 1,026.0 1,023.8 1,031.7 7.9 .8

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................ 936.2 943.9 938.6 945.7 7.1 .8

District of Columbia ............................................................. 673.8 679.5 673.9 680.3 6.4 .9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................... 2,829.6 2,913.3 2,853.8 2,932.9 79.1 2.8

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 ................................. 553.2 564.3 558.0 568.4 10.4 1.9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................. 2,276.7 2,349.0 2,295.9 2,364.5 68.6 3.0

Florida .................................................................................... 7,522.2 7,739.6 7,525.5 7,741.0 215.5 2.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................................. 2,294.6 2,349.8 2,298.1 2,350.3 52.2 2.3

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach .......... 722.7 742.3 723.2 743.0 19.8 2.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ............................................. 1,024.2 1,044.8 1,027.0 1,043.2 16.2 1.6

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............... 547.7 562.7 547.9 564.1 16.2 3.0

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,787.5 5,825.4 5,838.9 5,873.2 34.3 .6

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ................................................. 4,382.3 4,414.8 4,429.0 4,458.7 29.7 .7

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................. 3,728.2 3,754.2 3,764.2 3,787.8 23.6 .6

Gary 2 ............................................................................... 273.8 275.5 276.8 278.4 1.6 .6

Lake County-Kenosha County 1 ....................................... 380.4 385.1 388.1 392.5 4.4 1.1

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,172.3 3,193.8 3,195.8 3,217.4 21.6 .7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 .............................................. 2,397.0 2,414.7 2,408.2 2,424.9 16.7 .7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................... 1,639.2 1,650.3 1,642.5 1,653.7 11.2 .7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................... 89.0 88.9 89.8 89.8 .0 .0

Framingham ..................................................................... 149.4 151.0 150.4 151.9 1.5 1.0

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ............................... 75.3 75.9 76.3 76.8 .5 .7

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ........................................... 116.7 118.3 117.6 119.2 1.6 1.4

Lynn-Peabody-Salem ....................................................... 100.7 101.4 101.4 102.2 .8 .8

Nashua 1 .......................................................................... 129.1 130.1 130.8 131.0 .2 .2

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,394.3 4,363.4 4,447.6 4,422.4 -25.2 -.6

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,056.3 2,035.9 2,080.0 2,068.3 -11.7 -.6

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn .................................................. 840.5 830.1 845.1 841.3 -3.8 -.4

Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy .......................................... 1,215.8 1,205.8 1,234.9 1,227.0 -7.9 -.6

New York ............................................................................... 8,390.8 8,480.9 8,488.4 8,562.2 73.8 .9

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 .................. 8,230.6 8,309.0 8,303.6 8,366.2 62.6 .8

Edison 2 ............................................................................ 999.2 1,011.3 1,011.7 1,021.5 9.8 1.0

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................. 1,223.2 1,237.5 1,240.3 1,254.0 13.7 1.1

New York-Wayne-White Plains 1 ...................................... 4,982.9 5,042.3 5,018.8 5,068.4 49.6 1.0

Newark-Union 2 ................................................................ 1,025.3 1,017.9 1,032.7 1,022.3 -10.4 -1.0

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,634.0 5,697.6 5,673.5 5,737.9 64.4 1.1

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ................................... 2,741.0 2,775.1 2,753.8 2,787.0 33.2 1.2

Camden 2 ......................................................................... 526.4 542.4 533.0 546.1 13.1 2.5

Philadelphia ...................................................................... 1,870.4 1,883.3 1,873.6 1,888.5 14.9 .8

Wilmington 2 ..................................................................... 344.1 349.4 347.4 352.4 5.0 1.4

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,477.0 9,592.6 9,505.8 9,625.4 119.6 1.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,691.2 2,730.8 2,699.4 2,736.9 37.5 1.4

Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................... 1,900.4 1,929.8 1,905.1 1,933.4 28.3 1.5

Fort Worth-Arlington ......................................................... 790.8 801.0 794.3 803.5 9.2 1.2

Washington ........................................................................... 2,683.9 2,737.5 2,705.9 2,761.8 55.9 2.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,578.5 1,615.8 1,590.4 1,629.7 39.3 2.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................... 1,324.3 1,357.0 1,334.9 1,368.7 33.8 2.5

Tacoma ............................................................................. 254.2 258.8 255.5 261.0 5.5 2.2

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states. 2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03,

dated February 18, 2004, 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, May 2005

NOTE: Map includes data for 367 metropolitan

areas based on Office of Managementand Budget Bulletin No. 04-03.

(U.S. rate = 4.9 percent)

Above U.S. averageU.S. average or below