For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, December 19, 2014 USDL-14-2251 

Technical information: 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — NOVEMBER 2014 

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in November. Forty-one states and the 

District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from October, three states had increases, and six 

states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-three states and the 

District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, four states had increases, and 

three states had no change. The national jobless rate was unchanged from October at 5.8 percent and 

was 1.2 percentage points lower than in November 2013. 

In November 2014, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 37 states and the District of Columbia, 

decreased in 12 states, and was unchanged in Idaho. The largest over-the-month increases in 

employment occurred in California (+90,100), Florida (+41,900), and Texas (+34,800). The largest 

over-the-month decrease in employment occurred in West Virginia (-5,200), followed by Mississippi 

(-4,500) and Kansas (-4,100). The largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment occurred 

in Vermont (+1.2 percent), followed by Hawaii (+0.9 percent) and Delaware, South Carolina, and 

Wisconsin (+0.7 percent each). The largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment occurred 

in West Virginia (-0.7 percent), followed by Mississippi (-0.4 percent) and Kansas, South Dakota, and 

Wyoming (-0.3 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 48 states and the 

District of Columbia and decreased in Alaska (-0.4 percent) and Mississippi (-0.1 percent). The largest 

over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+4.8 percent), followed by Texas (+3.9 

percent) and Utah (+3.4 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In November, the West continued to have the highest regional unemployment rate, 6.4 percent, while the 

Midwest had the lowest rate, 5.4 percent. There were statistically significant over-the-month 

unemployment rate changes in the Midwest and South (-0.2 percentage point each) and Northeast (-0.1 

point). Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in all four regions: the Midwest (-1.5 

percentage points), Northeast (-1.3 points), West (-1.2 points), and South (-0.8 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific had the highest jobless rate, 6.9 percent in November. 

The West North Central again had the lowest rate, 4.3 percent. Over the month, statistically significant 

jobless rate changes occurred in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic (-0.3 percentage point each) and 

the East North Central, East South Central, and West North Central (-0.2 point each). All nine divisions 
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had significant rate declines from a year earlier. The largest of these decreases occurred in the East 

North Central (-1.9 percentage points). 

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Mississippi had the highest unemployment rate among the states in November, 7.3 percent. The District 

of Columbia had a rate of 7.4 percent. North Dakota again had the lowest jobless rate, 2.7 percent. In 

total, 20 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.8 percent, 8 states 

and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 22 states had rates that were not 

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

In November, 22 states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate changes, all of 

which were declines. North Carolina had the largest decrease (-0.5 percentage point), followed by 

Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, and Michigan (-0.4 point each). The remaining 28 states and the District 

of Columbia had jobless rates that were not measurably different from those of a month earlier, though 

some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Twenty-eight states had statistically significant unemployment rate changes over the year, all of which 

were decreases. The largest of these occurred in Illinois (-2.6 percentage points). The remaining 22 

states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different from those of a year 

earlier. (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In November 2014, 20 states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-month 

increases in employment, and 2 states had decreases. The largest significant job gains occurred in 

California (+90,100), Florida (+41,900), and Texas (+34,800). The significant job decreases occurred in 

West Virginia (-5,200) and Mississippi (-4,500). (See tables D and 5.) 

Over the year, 34 states and the District had statistically significant changes in employment, all of which 

were positive. The largest significant over-the-year job increase occurred in Texas (+441,200), followed 

by California (+344,100) and Florida (+229,900). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for November is scheduled 

to be released on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for December is scheduled to be released on 

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 
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 Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Corrections 

This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data in tables D, E, 

5, and 6 and chart 2. A complete list of corrections in this news release and in the CES (state 

and area) database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm. 

 Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of January 2015 estimates on March 17, 2015, all nonfarm payroll 

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

be adjusted to 2014 benchmark levels. Seasonally adjusted series will be subject to revision 

from 1990 forward. Not seasonally adjusted payroll data back to April 2013 will also be subject 

to revision. 

Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2014 Annual Averages on 

March 4, 2015, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for regions, divisions, states, 

the District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1-4 of this news 

release will be replaced with data produced using a new generation of time-series models. Data 

will be re-estimated back to January 1976 for regions, divisions, states, the District of 

Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and 

the balances of California and New York states. Data for the five remaining modeled substate 

and balance-of-state areas will be re-estimated back to their new series beginnings in 1990 or 

1994. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data will be affected. More 

information is available in the “Report on Revision to State and Area Time-Series Models” on 

the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lauschanges2015.htm. 

The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2013 and 2014 also will 

incorporate updated estimation inputs, while the revisions for all model-based data from April 

2010 forward will reflect new population controls from the U.S. Census Bureau. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 5.8

California ......................................................... 7.2

Colorado ......................................................... 4.1

District of Columbia .......................................... 7.4

Georgia ........................................................... 7.2

Hawaii ............................................................. 4.0

Idaho .............................................................. 3.9

Iowa ................................................................ 4.3

Kansas ........................................................... 4.3

Michigan ......................................................... 6.7

Minnesota ....................................................... 3.7

Mississippi ...................................................... 7.3

Montana .......................................................... 4.3

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

Nevada ............................................................ 6.9

New Hampshire ............................................... 4.1

North Dakota ................................................... 2.7

Ohio ............................................................... 5.0

Oklahoma ....................................................... 4.4

Oregon ............................................................ 7.0

Pennsylvania ................................................... 5.1

Rhode Island ................................................... 7.1

South Dakota .................................................. 3.3

Tennessee ...................................................... 6.8

Texas ............................................................. 4.9

Utah ............................................................... 3.6

Vermont .......................................................... 4.3

Virginia ........................................................... 5.0

Wisconsin ....................................................... 5.2

Wyoming ........................................................ 4.5

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., November 2014, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2014

to November 2014, seasonally adjusted

October 2014 November 2014 p

Alabama .................................... 6.3 6.0 -0.3

Arkansas ................................... 6.1 5.8 -.3

Colorado .................................... 4.3 4.1 -.2

Delaware ................................... 6.4 6.0 -.4

Florida ....................................... 6.0 5.8 -.2

Georgia ..................................... 7.6 7.2 -.4

Idaho ......................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

Iowa .......................................... 4.5 4.3 -.2

Kansas ...................................... 4.4 4.3 -.1

Maryland ................................... 6.0 5.6 -.4

Michigan .................................... 7.1 6.7 -.4

Minnesota .................................. 3.9 3.7 -.2

Missouri .................................... 5.9 5.6 -.3

Montana .................................... 4.5 4.3 -.2

Nebraska ................................... 3.4 3.1 -.3

North Carolina ............................ 6.3 5.8 -.5

Ohio .......................................... 5.3 5.0 -.3

Pennsylvania .............................. 5.4 5.1 -.3

Tennessee ................................. 7.1 6.8 -.3

Texas ........................................ 5.1 4.9 -.2

Virginia ...................................... 5.3 5.0 -.3

Wisconsin ................................. 5.4 5.2 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2013

to November 2014, seasonally adjusted

November 2013 November 2014 p

Arkansas ................................... 7.5 5.8 -1.7

California ................................... 8.4 7.2 -1.2

Colorado .................................... 6.3 4.1 -2.2

Connecticut ............................... 7.5 6.5 -1.0

Florida ....................................... 6.5 5.8 -.7

Hawaii ....................................... 4.7 4.0 -.7

Idaho ......................................... 5.7 3.9 -1.8

Illinois ........................................ 9.0 6.4 -2.6

Indiana ...................................... 6.9 5.7 -1.2

Kansas ...................................... 5.0 4.3 -.7

Kentucky ................................... 8.1 6.0 -2.1

Massachusetts .......................... 7.1 5.8 -1.3

Michigan .................................... 8.5 6.7 -1.8

Minnesota .................................. 4.8 3.7 -1.1

Montana .................................... 5.4 4.3 -1.1

Nebraska ................................... 3.7 3.1 -.6

Nevada ...................................... 9.1 6.9 -2.2

New Hampshire .......................... 5.2 4.1 -1.1

New Jersey ................................ 7.4 6.4 -1.0

New York ................................... 7.1 5.9 -1.2

North Carolina ............................ 7.2 5.8 -1.4

Ohio .......................................... 7.2 5.0 -2.2

Oklahoma .................................. 5.5 4.4 -1.1

Pennsylvania .............................. 6.9 5.1 -1.8

Rhode Island .............................. 9.4 7.1 -2.3

Tennessee ................................. 7.9 6.8 -1.1

Texas ........................................ 6.1 4.9 -1.2

Wisconsin ................................. 6.4 5.2 -1.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2014 to

November 2014, seasonally adjusted

October November Over-the-month

2014 2014 p change p

Arizona ........................................ 2,591,700 2,600,900 9,200

Arkansas ..................................... 1,194,300 1,201,900 7,600

California ..................................... 15,560,400 15,650,500 90,100

Delaware ..................................... 443,600 446,800 3,200

District of Columbia ....................... 756,400 760,400 4,000

Florida ......................................... 7,855,100 7,897,000 41,900

Georgia ....................................... 4,152,700 4,163,800 11,100

Hawaii ......................................... 626,600 632,000 5,400

Indiana ......................................... 3,004,900 3,020,000 15,100

Massachusetts ............................. 3,425,000 3,438,500 13,500

 

Michigan ...................................... 4,152,600 4,163,700 11,100

Mississippi ................................... 1,123,700 1,119,200 -4,500

New Mexico ................................. 821,800 825,800 4,000

North Carolina .............................. 4,186,500 4,202,900 16,400

Ohio ............................................ 5,311,300 5,329,200 17,900

Oregon ........................................ 1,731,100 1,742,300 11,200

Rhode Island ................................ 476,900 479,700 2,800

South Carolina .............................. 1,951,200 1,965,400 14,200

Texas .......................................... 11,707,400 11,742,200 34,800

Vermont ....................................... 308,100 311,700 3,600

 

Virginia ........................................ 3,772,900 3,784,800 11,900

West Virginia ................................ 777,200 772,000 -5,200

Wisconsin .................................... 2,875,000 2,895,900 20,900

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2013 to

November 2014, seasonally adjusted

November November Over-the-year

2013 2014 p change p

Alabama ...................................... 1,913,100 1,946,000 32,900

Arizona ........................................ 2,534,200 2,600,900 66,700

Arkansas ..................................... 1,184,300 1,201,900 17,600

California ..................................... 15,306,400 15,650,500 344,100

Colorado ...................................... 2,402,900 2,457,300 54,400

Connecticut .................................. 1,661,400 1,687,100 25,700

Delaware ..................................... 433,600 446,800 13,200

District of Columbia ....................... 747,800 760,400 12,600

Florida ......................................... 7,667,100 7,897,000 229,900

Georgia ....................................... 4,067,600 4,163,800 96,200

 

Hawaii.......................................... 622,300 632,000 9,700

Idaho ........................................... 639,100 650,000 10,900

Indiana ......................................... 2,964,000 3,020,000 56,000

Iowa ............................................ 1,543,000 1,558,700 15,700

Kentucky ...................................... 1,839,900 1,878,600 38,700

Louisiana ..................................... 1,963,400 1,985,200 21,800

Massachusetts ............................. 3,378,900 3,438,500 59,600

Michigan ...................................... 4,124,400 4,163,700 39,300

Minnesota .................................... 2,799,800 2,854,000 54,200

Missouri ....................................... 2,750,700 2,792,900 42,200

 

Montana ...................................... 449,900 456,100 6,200

Nevada ........................................ 1,189,700 1,216,800 27,100

New Mexico ................................. 811,100 825,800 14,700

New York ..................................... 8,959,000 9,042,800 83,800

North Carolina .............................. 4,096,500 4,202,900 106,400

North Dakota ................................ 451,600 473,400 21,800

Ohio ............................................ 5,264,000 5,329,200 65,200

Oklahoma .................................... 1,643,500 1,677,000 33,500

Oregon ........................................ 1,691,500 1,742,300 50,800

South Carolina .............................. 1,916,500 1,965,400 48,900

 

Tennessee ................................... 2,772,800 2,826,700 53,900

Texas .......................................... 11,301,000 11,742,200 441,200

Utah ............................................ 1,303,400 1,347,400 44,000

Washington .................................. 3,004,700 3,087,400 82,700

Wisconsin .................................... 2,841,300 2,895,900 54,600

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

for census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate 

areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 

and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state 

cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The 

universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 

years of age and over. Employed persons are those who did any 

work at all for pay or profit in the reference week (the week 

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

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

working who had a job from which they were temporarily 

absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as bad weather, 

labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed

persons are those who were not employed during the reference 

week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for 

a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference 

week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff 

expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of 

unemployed as a percent of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 states, 

the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale metropolitan division, New York City, and the 

balances of California and New York State are produced using 

estimating equations based on regression techniques. This 

method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the 

beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, 

including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment 

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

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

California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are derived 

by summing the estimates for New York City and the balance 

of New York State. Estimates for all nine census divisions and 

the five additional substate areas contained in this release (the 

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and Detroit-Warren-Livonia 

metropolitan areas and the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, MiamiMiami Beach-Kendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 

metropolitan divisions) and their respective balances of state 

are based on a similar regression approach that does not 

incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for census regions are 

obtained by summing the model-based estimates for the 

component divisions and then calculating the unemployment 

rate. Each month, census division estimates are controlled to 

national totals; state estimates are then controlled to their 

respective division totals. Substate and balance-of-state 

estimates for the five areas noted above are controlled to their 

respective state totals. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived 

from a monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A 

detailed description of the estimation procedures is available 

from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

for prior years reflect adjustments made at the end of each year. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from 

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

sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical data 

for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted and not 

seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each 

calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates. 

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 

2010. These are seasonally adjusted data that have 

incorporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting 

in estimates that are less volatile than those previously 

produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson 

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

on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations from 

the seasonally adjusted series, leaving the trend. The same 

process is used on both historical and current year estimates. 

For more information about the smoothing technique, see the 

BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the standards and definitions established by the 

U.S. Office of Management and Budget on December 1, 2009. 

A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of currentmonth weighted employment to that of the previous-month 
weighted employment is computed from a sample of 

establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of 

employment for the current month are then obtained by 

multiplying these ratios by the previous month’s employment 

estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for 

data series where the sample size meets certain statistical 

criteria. 

For some employment series, relatively small sample 

sizes limit the reliability of the weighted link-relative 

estimates. In these cases, BLS uses the CES small domain 

model (SDM) to generate employment estimates. The SDM 

combines the direct sample estimates (described above) and 

forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease the 

volatility of the estimates. For more detailed information about 

the CES small domain model, refer to the BLS Handbook of 

Methods. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking 

process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is 

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

the subsequent months. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

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

employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of 

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

coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. 

The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals 

shown in the same tables because of rounding. Unemployment 

rates are computed from un-rounded data and thus may differ 

slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed 

in the tables. 

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program 

introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among 

these were the development of model-based error measures for 

the monthly estimates and the estimates of over-the-month 

changes. The introductory section of this release preserves the 

long-time practice of highlighting the direction of the 

movements in regional and state unemployment rates and state 

nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical 

significance. The remainder of the analysis in the release takes 

statistical significance into consideration. 

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

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

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

confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS 

unemployment rates are statistically significant. The average 

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

unemployment rate that is required for statistical significance 

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

point; the average amount of the current over-the-year change 

in a state rate for significance is about 0.9 point. More details 

can be found on the website. Measures of nonsampling error 

are not available. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are 

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

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes 

in CES employment levels are statistically significant. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 380 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the 

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,400 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Northeast ........................... 28,211.1 28,142.2 28,205.9 28,244.2 2,003.0 1,711.8 1,677.4 1,628.1 7.1 6.1 5.9 5.8

 New England .................... 7,681.5 7,750.6 7,776.8 7,809.2 536.5 463.6 459.9 454.1 7.0 6.0 5.9 5.8

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,529.6 20,391.5 20,429.2 20,435.0 1,466.5 1,248.2 1,217.5 1,174.0 7.1 6.1 6.0 5.7

South ................................. 56,512.7 56,820.6 56,919.8 56,934.0 3,707.5 3,526.8 3,436.9 3,294.9 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.8

 South Atlantic ................... 29,943.4 30,217.6 30,253.7 30,236.6 1,973.0 1,964.8 1,909.6 1,813.5 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.0

 East South Central ........... 8,469.5 8,370.5 8,363.7 8,347.3 638.7 589.3 564.3 539.6 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.5

 West South Central .......... 18,099.7 18,232.5 18,302.4 18,350.1 1,095.8 972.7 963.0 941.7 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.1

Midwest ............................. 34,258.7 34,393.4 34,495.8 34,553.6 2,352.8 1,967.6 1,921.8 1,853.1 6.9 5.7 5.6 5.4

 East North Central ............ 23,249.1 23,282.7 23,359.2 23,401.4 1,816.9 1,443.3 1,421.7 1,376.5 7.8 6.2 6.1 5.9

 West North Central ........... 11,009.6 11,110.7 11,136.6 11,152.2 535.9 524.4 500.1 476.6 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3

West ................................... 36,003.5 36,280.4 36,414.6 36,533.6 2,731.0 2,368.7 2,359.6 2,352.9 7.6 6.5 6.5 6.4

 Mountain ........................... 11,067.7 11,162.0 11,185.3 11,221.4 739.1 623.2 604.6 595.1 6.7 5.6 5.4 5.3

 Pacific ............................... 24,935.8 25,118.3 25,229.3 25,312.2 1,991.9 1,745.5 1,755.0 1,757.8 8.0 6.9 7.0 6.9

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

calendar year.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

October November October November October November

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

Northeast ........................... 28,176.3 28,287.2 28,175.9 28,228.9 1,993.8 1,531.8 1,888.8 1,534.1 7.1 5.4 6.7 5.4

 New England .................... 7,667.1 7,796.2 7,680.7 7,832.8 517.5 409.6 504.5 422.3 6.7 5.3 6.6 5.4

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,509.2 20,491.0 20,495.2 20,396.1 1,476.4 1,122.2 1,384.2 1,111.8 7.2 5.5 6.8 5.5

South ................................. 56,507.1 57,108.0 56,541.8 56,890.0 3,780.0 3,183.0 3,541.2 3,084.4 6.7 5.6 6.3 5.4

 South Atlantic ................... 29,943.4 30,333.1 29,919.0 30,145.7 2,038.0 1,772.7 1,901.2 1,692.4 6.8 5.8 6.4 5.6

 East South Central ........... 8,492.2 8,399.7 8,481.1 8,361.4 643.8 512.4 595.8 503.7 7.6 6.1 7.0 6.0

 West South Central .......... 18,071.5 18,375.1 18,141.7 18,382.8 1,098.3 897.9 1,044.2 888.3 6.1 4.9 5.8 4.8

Midwest ............................. 34,220.3 34,636.2 34,283.7 34,547.2 2,260.6 1,712.3 2,200.0 1,681.8 6.6 4.9 6.4 4.9

 East North Central ............ 23,239.2 23,476.0 23,276.3 23,404.7 1,760.4 1,296.7 1,710.5 1,253.9 7.6 5.5 7.3 5.4

 West North Central ........... 10,981.2 11,160.3 11,007.4 11,142.4 500.3 415.5 489.4 427.9 4.6 3.7 4.4 3.8

West ................................... 36,015.1 36,584.7 36,045.0 36,630.8 2,738.4 2,252.9 2,640.8 2,330.1 7.6 6.2 7.3 6.4

 Mountain ........................... 11,075.2 11,239.8 11,081.3 11,272.9 742.4 561.1 703.5 588.5 6.7 5.0 6.3 5.2

 Pacific ............................... 24,939.9 25,344.9 24,963.6 25,357.9 1,995.9 1,691.8 1,937.4 1,741.6 8.0 6.7 7.8 6.9

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Alabama ................................................... 2,117.6 2,119.1 2,117.7 2,109.1 131.8 140.6 133.4 125.9 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.0

Alaska ....................................................... 364.0 366.4 366.5 366.0 23.6 24.9 24.7 24.1 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.6

Arizona ..................................................... 3,000.3 3,034.3 3,049.9 3,078.8 232.7 209.9 206.7 208.0 7.8 6.9 6.8 6.8

Arkansas ................................................... 1,326.4 1,300.0 1,307.5 1,315.6 99.5 81.0 79.1 76.9 7.5 6.2 6.1 5.8

California .................................................. 18,557.2 18,668.6 18,757.5 18,822.2 1,564.0 1,361.9 1,361.2 1,355.2 8.4 7.3 7.3 7.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,952.4 5,016.3 5,018.7 5,017.5 464.2 399.6 400.1 399.8 9.4 8.0 8.0 8.0

Colorado ................................................... 2,749.4 2,802.5 2,804.9 2,806.5 174.5 131.4 121.0 114.4 6.3 4.7 4.3 4.1

Connecticut ............................................... 1,847.9 1,875.6 1,886.3 1,898.8 138.7 119.8 121.5 122.6 7.5 6.4 6.4 6.5

Delaware .................................................. 442.0 453.3 454.5 454.1 28.0 29.4 29.0 27.2 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.0

District of Columbia .................................. 367.7 373.8 378.8 381.6 28.6 28.8 28.7 28.1 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.4

Florida ....................................................... 9,418.6 9,637.9 9,659.5 9,660.8 609.0 590.6 578.9 556.2 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,278.8 1,296.8 1,299.6 1,304.2 95.0 85.6 83.9 83.4 7.4 6.6 6.5 6.4

Georgia ..................................................... 4,738.5 4,762.5 4,762.8 4,755.6 359.4 378.2 364.3 343.6 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.2

Hawaii ....................................................... 652.4 665.8 667.7 669.8 30.7 27.8 27.6 27.0 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0

Idaho ......................................................... 775.4 775.9 774.4 772.9 44.3 34.7 32.0 30.1 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.9

Illinois ........................................................ 6,538.1 6,499.3 6,530.5 6,547.0 585.8 427.5 428.9 421.0 9.0 6.6 6.6 6.4

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,120.6 4,082.0 4,110.6 4,120.2 366.2 255.4 257.9 253.4 8.9 6.3 6.3 6.1

Indiana ...................................................... 3,183.0 3,231.8 3,246.0 3,258.3 220.9 184.6 183.5 186.4 6.9 5.7 5.7 5.7

Iowa .......................................................... 1,672.9 1,707.4 1,711.4 1,713.7 70.7 77.7 76.7 73.9 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.3

Kansas ...................................................... 1,477.7 1,495.5 1,495.3 1,495.7 74.0 70.9 66.4 63.7 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.3

Kentucky ................................................... 2,046.8 2,002.2 1,996.9 1,993.6 165.2 134.2 124.5 119.8 8.1 6.7 6.2 6.0

Louisiana .................................................. 2,095.3 2,146.6 2,165.3 2,179.8 116.8 129.7 134.6 142.0 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.5

Maine ........................................................ 708.6 704.2 703.8 702.4 45.6 40.6 40.8 40.2 6.4 5.8 5.8 5.7

Maryland ................................................... 3,109.8 3,103.1 3,100.1 3,096.0 192.7 194.2 184.8 174.6 6.2 6.3 6.0 5.6

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,483.3 3,531.7 3,546.0 3,563.6 248.1 213.3 211.2 207.8 7.1 6.0 6.0 5.8

Michigan ................................................... 4,692.4 4,732.5 4,737.8 4,735.2 396.7 342.5 334.7 319.4 8.5 7.2 7.1 6.7

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,032.1 2,006.2 2,012.9 2,007.3 182.2 167.2 166.4 159.4 9.0 8.3 8.3 7.9

Minnesota ................................................. 2,972.0 2,983.4 2,988.3 2,990.2 141.2 122.4 116.7 110.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.7

Mississippi ................................................ 1,269.6 1,249.3 1,250.1 1,246.5 101.7 96.4 95.1 90.6 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.3

Missouri .................................................... 3,017.4 3,047.4 3,057.9 3,062.5 184.0 192.2 180.5 170.2 6.1 6.3 5.9 5.6

Montana .................................................... 513.0 520.2 520.3 519.9 27.9 23.9 23.4 22.6 5.4 4.6 4.5 4.3

Nebraska .................................................. 1,020.4 1,019.6 1,021.4 1,021.9 37.6 36.3 34.4 31.4 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.1

Nevada ..................................................... 1,365.6 1,367.8 1,368.5 1,369.1 124.9 100.1 96.8 94.6 9.1 7.3 7.1 6.9

New Hampshire ........................................ 741.0 739.0 739.7 742.2 38.5 32.1 30.8 30.1 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.1

New Jersey ............................................... 4,498.0 4,504.0 4,529.1 4,542.7 333.4 294.5 298.4 291.9 7.4 6.5 6.6 6.4

New Mexico .............................................. 923.7 919.6 922.4 925.5 62.1 60.7 59.7 59.0 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4

New York .................................................. 9,602.7 9,529.9 9,539.6 9,526.1 686.3 586.4 572.3 559.8 7.1 6.2 6.0 5.9

New York City ...................................... 4,053.7 4,092.0 4,100.7 4,103.8 333.3 276.9 262.6 258.4 8.2 6.8 6.4 6.3

North Carolina .......................................... 4,665.2 4,645.5 4,647.0 4,633.5 333.8 310.3 294.2 270.7 7.2 6.7 6.3 5.8

North Dakota ............................................ 402.3 413.1 415.5 417.8 10.9 11.5 11.6 11.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7

Ohio .......................................................... 5,759.9 5,727.5 5,737.8 5,740.8 417.2 318.6 305.2 286.9 7.2 5.6 5.3 5.0

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,048.6 1,057.0 1,052.4 1,048.9 79.5 70.8 66.8 62.4 7.6 6.7 6.3 5.9

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,822.1 1,781.5 1,790.2 1,796.3 99.5 83.6 81.2 78.9 5.5 4.7 4.5 4.4

Oregon ...................................................... 1,921.1 1,948.0 1,956.7 1,962.3 139.7 136.9 137.5 137.2 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.0

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,427.4 6,347.6 6,363.3 6,367.6 445.4 360.4 344.9 322.5 6.9 5.7 5.4 5.1

Rhode Island ............................................ 551.0 555.8 555.4 553.4 51.6 42.3 40.9 39.3 9.4 7.6 7.4 7.1

South Carolina .......................................... 2,170.2 2,182.7 2,192.2 2,197.8 147.3 144.4 146.6 146.2 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.7

South Dakota ............................................ 448.5 450.6 451.3 452.7 16.1 15.5 14.8 14.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

Tennessee ................................................ 3,036.5 3,004.0 3,001.7 2,998.9 239.9 219.7 212.0 202.6 7.9 7.3 7.1 6.8

Texas ........................................................ 12,856.9 13,005.4 13,039.2 13,059.5 777.9 679.4 669.1 643.3 6.1 5.2 5.1 4.9

Utah .......................................................... 1,432.7 1,435.5 1,436.3 1,436.8 57.8 50.6 51.6 51.4 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.6

Vermont .................................................... 350.3 350.2 350.9 351.8 15.2 15.4 15.5 15.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.3

Virginia ...................................................... 4,234.4 4,264.8 4,262.7 4,256.3 223.9 234.2 226.9 213.2 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.0

Washington ............................................... 3,451.1 3,476.3 3,489.0 3,502.5 233.2 198.2 208.8 215.5 6.8 5.7 6.0 6.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,535.6 1,554.7 1,560.2 1,563.9 81.9 74.7 74.6 73.6 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7

West Virginia ............................................ 790.0 797.3 796.8 792.1 48.6 52.7 51.9 49.7 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.3

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,072.2 3,086.8 3,098.9 3,112.3 197.9 169.4 166.8 162.5 6.4 5.5 5.4 5.2

Wyoming ................................................... 306.6 310.9 311.2 311.3 13.7 14.5 14.6 13.9 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.5

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,195.1 1,142.8 1,143.8 1,143.9 181.5 161.4 160.5 160.6 15.2 14.1 14.0 14.0

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

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

a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

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

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

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

October November October November October November

2013 2014 2013 2014p 2013 2014 2013 2014p 2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama ................................................... 2,126.1 2,129.3 2,123.3 2,108.6 132.9 124.0 122.2 115.4 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.5

Alaska ....................................................... 361.5 364.2 361.7 362.5 22.3 21.6 22.7 22.6 6.2 5.9 6.3 6.2

Arizona ..................................................... 3,003.4 3,074.2 3,004.3 3,117.4 240.2 203.2 220.8 211.9 8.0 6.6 7.3 6.8

Arkansas ................................................... 1,321.9 1,314.1 1,324.8 1,320.1 93.9 67.6 91.3 69.4 7.1 5.1 6.9 5.3

California .................................................. 18,554.7 18,842.7 18,573.0 18,847.4 1,581.6 1,313.9 1,529.5 1,345.1 8.5 7.0 8.2 7.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,967.1 5,019.4 4,964.6 5,023.8 476.1 395.1 452.9 398.9 9.6 7.9 9.1 7.9

Colorado ................................................... 2,757.4 2,817.9 2,752.8 2,808.5 173.4 105.0 168.2 112.7 6.3 3.7 6.1 4.0

Connecticut ............................................... 1,848.4 1,900.1 1,845.8 1,908.8 137.0 119.1 129.2 118.3 7.4 6.3 7.0 6.2

Delaware .................................................. 440.6 453.9 442.8 452.9 28.3 27.4 25.8 22.7 6.4 6.0 5.8 5.0

District of Columbia .................................. 367.0 382.8 365.9 381.0 32.9 27.6 25.9 26.7 9.0 7.2 7.1 7.0

Florida ....................................................... 9,415.5 9,681.4 9,411.4 9,630.6 635.3 562.5 599.4 541.2 6.7 5.8 6.4 5.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,289.2 1,308.2 1,281.1 1,313.6 104.5 84.5 88.3 82.0 8.1 6.5 6.9 6.2

Georgia ..................................................... 4,734.0 4,767.1 4,743.9 4,754.2 374.4 341.7 343.8 316.8 7.9 7.2 7.2 6.7

Hawaii ....................................................... 646.6 663.3 653.4 670.0 31.6 27.7 30.7 27.0 4.9 4.2 4.7 4.0

Idaho ......................................................... 776.0 776.2 774.7 770.5 41.7 24.7 42.2 29.1 5.4 3.2 5.4 3.8

Illinois ........................................................ 6,529.3 6,576.8 6,547.7 6,552.6 569.3 410.3 558.3 391.0 8.7 6.2 8.5 6.0

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,092.0 4,124.7 4,111.8 4,109.7 349.5 247.2 340.4 232.3 8.5 6.0 8.3 5.7

Indiana ...................................................... 3,184.0 3,272.6 3,192.5 3,267.9 218.8 174.3 213.7 188.4 6.9 5.3 6.7 5.8

Iowa .......................................................... 1,673.7 1,717.8 1,677.8 1,715.2 66.7 66.7 65.7 66.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

Kansas ...................................................... 1,472.9 1,493.2 1,479.9 1,498.3 71.6 55.9 67.3 59.7 4.9 3.7 4.5 4.0

Kentucky ................................................... 2,041.7 1,994.0 2,045.8 2,000.0 162.1 106.4 154.5 116.1 7.9 5.3 7.6 5.8

Louisiana .................................................. 2,103.9 2,187.6 2,102.8 2,186.0 120.2 130.2 105.8 138.3 5.7 5.9 5.0 6.3

Maine ........................................................ 709.8 706.1 706.3 697.3 42.0 35.9 44.2 37.6 5.9 5.1 6.3 5.4

Maryland ................................................... 3,115.1 3,103.7 3,111.0 3,094.3 200.8 165.8 184.1 164.0 6.4 5.3 5.9 5.3

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,469.7 3,542.3 3,483.7 3,575.9 238.6 181.0 232.1 187.3 6.9 5.1 6.7 5.2

Michigan ................................................... 4,696.8 4,755.0 4,686.0 4,719.3 384.7 304.7 356.3 269.2 8.2 6.4 7.6 5.7

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,038.4 2,036.2 2,029.4 1,996.5 181.9 164.9 166.6 139.9 8.9 8.1 8.2 7.0

Minnesota ................................................. 2,965.3 2,997.5 2,973.2 2,989.3 126.2 95.9 127.1 95.2 4.3 3.2 4.3 3.2

Mississippi ................................................ 1,272.5 1,256.0 1,268.4 1,241.5 103.9 91.4 92.9 79.6 8.2 7.3 7.3 6.4

Missouri .................................................... 3,003.7 3,056.9 3,011.6 3,052.6 176.8 147.5 171.5 156.5 5.9 4.8 5.7 5.1

Montana .................................................... 509.6 517.7 510.4 516.8 26.1 19.6 26.9 21.6 5.1 3.8 5.3 4.2

Nebraska .................................................. 1,017.5 1,023.6 1,019.2 1,019.6 35.8 28.3 33.7 25.6 3.5 2.8 3.3 2.5

Nevada ..................................................... 1,365.6 1,368.4 1,365.9 1,372.4 127.9 91.1 120.4 95.0 9.4 6.7 8.8 6.9

New Hampshire ........................................ 736.8 740.1 739.5 744.0 37.0 26.7 36.5 28.8 5.0 3.6 4.9 3.9

New Jersey ............................................... 4,491.2 4,545.5 4,486.2 4,535.6 336.8 283.8 310.2 268.6 7.5 6.2 6.9 5.9

New Mexico .............................................. 925.4 928.7 928.7 934.2 61.9 55.0 58.9 57.8 6.7 5.9 6.3 6.2

New York .................................................. 9,600.4 9,564.8 9,577.9 9,494.8 703.8 548.0 654.8 552.4 7.3 5.7 6.8 5.8

New York City ...................................... 4,059.0 4,125.4 4,048.2 4,109.6 354.6 263.3 322.8 270.7 8.7 6.4 8.0 6.6

North Carolina .......................................... 4,684.7 4,680.4 4,678.2 4,624.5 339.4 258.2 325.5 246.3 7.2 5.5 7.0 5.3

North Dakota ............................................ 400.0 417.5 397.8 414.3 8.1 8.7 9.2 9.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4

Ohio .......................................................... 5,767.8 5,763.2 5,777.4 5,747.9 407.2 263.4 398.8 258.6 7.1 4.6 6.9 4.5

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,044.2 1,041.5 1,046.6 1,044.6 74.3 56.6 75.4 56.7 7.1 5.4 7.2 5.4

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,821.5 1,805.7 1,831.9 1,807.5 103.2 74.7 95.6 75.8 5.7 4.1 5.2 4.2

Oregon ...................................................... 1,921.0 1,966.2 1,927.7 1,968.6 134.7 126.1 131.9 131.8 7.0 6.4 6.8 6.7

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,417.6 6,380.7 6,431.0 6,365.7 435.8 290.4 419.3 290.8 6.8 4.6 6.5 4.6

Rhode Island ............................................ 552.6 555.7 555.4 555.0 49.7 35.1 48.6 36.7 9.0 6.3 8.7 6.6

South Carolina .......................................... 2,170.6 2,196.3 2,157.3 2,184.9 153.1 138.9 141.5 138.7 7.1 6.3 6.6 6.3

South Dakota ............................................ 448.1 453.8 447.9 453.2 15.1 12.6 15.0 14.4 3.4 2.8 3.3 3.2

Tennessee ................................................ 3,051.9 3,020.4 3,043.6 3,011.3 244.8 190.5 226.1 192.6 8.0 6.3 7.4 6.4

Texas ........................................................ 12,824.2 13,067.7 12,882.2 13,069.2 781.1 625.4 751.5 604.8 6.1 4.8 5.8 4.6

Utah .......................................................... 1,431.7 1,444.5 1,437.8 1,442.2 58.4 49.5 52.8 47.5 4.1 3.4 3.7 3.3

Vermont .................................................... 349.7 351.9 350.1 351.8 13.2 11.9 14.0 13.6 3.8 3.4 4.0 3.9

Virginia ...................................................... 4,225.0 4,269.4 4,219.8 4,238.5 228.4 206.3 211.2 192.6 5.4 4.8 5.0 4.5

Washington ............................................... 3,456.1 3,508.5 3,447.8 3,509.4 225.7 202.5 222.7 215.1 6.5 5.8 6.5 6.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,520.3 1,558.6 1,529.8 1,556.4 83.9 70.6 79.3 70.6 5.5 4.5 5.2 4.5

West Virginia ............................................ 790.8 798.2 788.6 784.8 45.4 44.3 44.1 43.3 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,061.2 3,108.4 3,072.7 3,117.0 180.3 143.9 183.5 146.8 5.9 4.6 6.0 4.7

Wyoming ................................................... 306.1 312.3 306.7 310.8 12.8 13.0 13.2 13.0 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,189.7 1,145.1 1,196.4 1,149.8 175.2 155.9 168.6 155.6 14.7 13.6 14.1 13.5

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

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

a monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

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

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

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913.1 1,940.2 1,940.5 1,946.0 78.3 81.6 82.8 82.7 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.6 335.1 335.8 337.4 17.2 16.2 16.0 16.8 17.0 16.0 15.6 16.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,534.2 2,577.8 2,591.7 2,600.9 124.5 116.3 118.1 119.9 154.5 155.5 154.9 154.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184.3 1,194.5 1,194.3 1,201.9 46.3 48.8 48.8 50.2 151.8 155.0 155.8 157.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,306.4 15,526.1 15,560.4 15,650.5 651.6 677.8 679.5 692.4 1,254.7 1,251.0 1,248.2 1,255.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,402.9 2,461.4 2,459.8 2,457.3 128.9 134.8 137.1 135.7 134.2 139.0 139.8 140.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,661.4 1,678.2 1,682.5 1,687.1 55.2 57.3 57.2 56.9 162.3 163.4 163.2 163.0

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.6 442.0 443.6 446.8 20.6 22.2 22.0 21.4 25.2 25.3 25.0 25.3

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.8 756.8 756.4 760.4 13.6 14.0 14.3 14.4 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,667.1 7,822.9 7,855.1 7,897.0 385.5 415.4 420.9 420.4 325.6 329.8 328.8 332.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,067.6 4,138.3 4,152.7 4,163.8 151.9 155.0 156.6 154.3 358.6 365.3 365.6 367.0

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.3 628.7 626.6 632.0 30.7 31.4 30.7 30.0 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.1 644.2 650.0 650.0 33.3 33.2 34.6 34.6 59.9 59.9 58.7 58.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,826.0 5,858.3 5,856.1 5,858.4 193.4 204.0 203.3 205.4 577.6 572.6 573.4 577.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,964.0 2,996.4 3,004.9 3,020.0 125.1 127.9 126.8 128.3 498.6 517.6 520.3 522.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543.0 1,557.1 1,556.9 1,558.7 69.6 72.0 73.7 73.2 216.2 214.3 213.4 213.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384.9 1,388.1 1,396.5 1,392.4 57.7 58.5 58.6 59.1 162.9 159.9 160.4 158.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,839.9 1,862.4 1,873.3 1,878.6 66.5 63.1 63.2 64.1 228.2 230.4 230.9 230.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,963.4 1,987.7 1,987.8 1,985.2 132.3 141.5 140.2 137.2 145.7 146.2 147.5 147.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.7 611.8 610.1 609.6 25.6 26.2 25.3 26.0 50.7 51.2 51.2 51.2

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,605.0 2,610.5 2,613.3 2,617.1 151.9 152.4 152.5 152.8 105.3 103.0 103.5 103.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,378.9 3,423.4 3,425.0 3,438.5 122.6 123.8 125.0 124.6 250.7 248.4 248.1 249.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,124.4 4,143.0 4,152.6 4,163.7 131.8 138.3 135.9 137.5 564.1 568.4 570.7 573.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,799.8 2,837.5 2,847.4 2,854.0 105.1 110.5 111.3 107.8 310.1 317.8 320.4 321.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,120.5 1,124.4 1,123.7 1,119.2 53.3 50.6 50.2 49.1 137.8 141.5 142.0 141.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,750.7 2,786.4 2,788.4 2,792.9 109.8 109.4 109.7 109.7 253.1 255.0 256.2 259.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.9 457.9 455.1 456.1 23.7 23.5 23.0 23.2 18.4 19.3 19.4 19.3

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983.3 989.2 991.9 989.5 46.7 46.1 45.9 44.8 95.6 97.9 97.8 97.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189.7 1,221.3 1,214.4 1,216.8 58.4 64.3 61.8 61.5 41.0 42.1 42.1 42.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.5 648.1 646.7 648.6 22.7 21.7 22.2 23.0 65.9 65.9 65.6 66.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,947.9 3,956.2 3,952.7 3,959.4 136.6 128.8 125.2 130.4 244.3 243.2 243.4 242.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.1 817.1 821.8 825.8 42.6 42.4 42.9 43.2 28.6 26.5 26.9 26.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,959.0 9,049.1 9,045.6 9,042.8 320.3 331.7 326.6 322.5 452.0 443.0 444.0 445.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,096.5 4,166.7 4,186.5 4,202.9 173.2 179.5 180.5 182.3 442.1 447.5 449.0 452.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.6 470.6 471.2 473.4 32.8 37.2 37.3 38.1 25.8 25.4 25.3 25.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,264.0 5,306.3 5,311.3 5,329.2 184.2 187.1 183.3 182.8 663.9 677.9 677.9 682.3

Oklahoma2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643.5 1,670.1 1,673.6 1,677.0 77.6 77.0 78.2 79.0 – – – –

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,691.5 1,723.7 1,731.1 1,742.3 75.1 74.3 74.4 75.8 175.8 179.4 181.9 182.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,765.1 5,789.7 5,798.1 5,798.3 228.5 232.7 233.2 235.8 563.0 559.4 561.0 563.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.9 479.1 476.9 479.7 16.1 17.1 16.4 16.7 40.7 40.8 40.9 41.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916.5 1,945.6 1,951.2 1,965.4 82.4 83.2 83.2 83.0 227.7 233.2 234.8 235.9

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.1 421.2 422.5 421.1 21.3 21.7 22.4 21.4 41.4 42.8 42.9 43.2

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,772.8 2,817.6 2,828.6 2,826.7 109.4 114.5 115.9 117.2 322.1 326.1 328.4 328.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,301.0 11,673.2 11,707.4 11,742.2 615.5 648.9 659.2 662.8 875.2 885.8 887.4 891.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,303.4 1,339.5 1,349.3 1,347.4 75.4 82.0 84.6 83.0 120.4 121.7 120.8 121.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6 307.2 308.1 311.7 14.4 14.6 13.6 14.7 31.2 31.7 32.0 31.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,769.2 3,776.5 3,772.9 3,784.8 178.6 180.3 181.5 179.9 229.5 231.9 230.6 231.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,004.7 3,070.7 3,080.6 3,087.4 148.5 157.6 158.0 161.3 285.1 287.2 288.5 288.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.8 776.5 777.2 772.0 33.5 31.4 31.6 29.7 48.6 49.1 49.4 49.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,841.3 2,867.9 2,875.0 2,895.9 99.1 103.7 104.1 106.5 462.5 466.2 471.9 474.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.1 294.0 296.5 295.5 21.0 22.1 21.8 20.7 9.8 9.9 10.0 9.9

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925.7 923.2 923.6 927.5 29.1 31.3 31.4 31.3 76.4 74.7 75.1 75.1

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.4 38.6 38.3 37.8 – – – – – – – –

1

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

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

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.5 370.1 369.6 372.0 94.6 93.7 92.9 92.9 217.6 226.7 227.3 228.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 65.3 66.0 65.7 12.1 11.7 11.7 12.0 29.8 30.2 30.3 30.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.3 489.5 489.7 494.0 189.7 194.0 194.5 195.3 370.5 385.0 389.2 390.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.4 243.7 242.9 244.9 49.7 49.8 49.7 50.2 130.4 131.1 130.6 130.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,841.1 2,847.3 2,860.1 2,879.1 778.9 777.3 776.6 780.8 2,364.1 2,454.6 2,465.3 2,483.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.6 425.7 423.5 426.5 150.8 148.7 148.8 149.5 379.2 388.2 385.9 382.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.4 306.8 308.6 310.6 132.1 129.9 129.5 130.2 205.6 206.8 207.8 210.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.1 79.1 79.8 81.0 44.6 45.6 46.0 46.5 60.6 63.4 63.6 65.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 30.2 31.0 32.0 28.9 28.7 28.9 29.0 156.1 158.6 160.0 161.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,593.4 1,634.9 1,638.3 1,651.0 516.2 522.2 523.0 528.8 1,133.6 1,167.9 1,171.5 1,174.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.9 869.4 878.2 882.5 231.9 232.8 231.6 232.8 593.0 618.5 623.0 620.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 118.3 117.9 118.0 27.3 27.8 27.5 28.2 80.0 82.3 82.6 84.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.9 130.1 130.7 130.7 30.6 31.7 31.9 31.9 76.7 75.3 76.6 76.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,172.5 1,171.7 1,171.0 1,162.3 369.8 369.8 368.3 368.8 888.4 909.7 909.5 910.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.9 571.6 574.4 577.8 130.5 130.5 131.1 133.0 315.1 317.0 316.3 322.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.1 312.2 315.9 315.1 103.4 104.6 104.4 104.9 132.6 135.2 134.5 135.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.7 261.1 263.1 261.4 76.6 76.3 76.1 75.5 166.2 168.5 169.0 169.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.1 373.1 374.7 377.0 88.9 86.3 86.9 86.1 205.7 210.2 216.4 216.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.3 391.9 395.0 395.2 95.5 95.8 95.8 96.3 208.2 216.5 215.4 216.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.4 119.5 119.7 119.2 32.1 32.5 32.6 32.7 59.9 62.3 62.2 62.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.7 447.7 448.8 451.4 146.5 150.9 149.6 149.6 419.6 421.7 424.8 426.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560.9 568.8 568.4 569.9 206.9 209.3 208.8 211.4 510.3 522.8 521.7 523.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748.2 757.0 760.5 759.1 201.4 197.7 197.6 197.8 606.4 608.9 614.7 619.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.0 514.1 519.8 516.4 181.3 178.3 177.6 180.7 344.9 358.9 357.6 359.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.2 217.9 218.1 217.0 43.6 43.3 42.9 44.3 98.5 101.6 99.8 98.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.5 516.2 517.1 516.1 165.4 168.8 168.8 169.6 352.3 362.5 362.3 364.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.4 92.8 92.2 92.9 23.4 24.3 24.3 24.2 39.1 40.7 41.4 40.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.4 205.8 206.5 204.5 71.7 72.8 72.8 73.2 108.8 107.3 107.9 108.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.1 231.0 230.1 229.6 56.2 57.9 58.0 57.7 150.7 158.0 158.5 162.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.6 140.3 139.2 139.3 35.3 35.9 35.5 35.8 71.1 71.8 72.7 71.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.5 845.3 846.7 850.0 252.7 251.0 252.9 253.3 631.4 645.6 642.2 644.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.2 138.4 138.5 140.9 34.1 35.9 36.2 35.5 97.7 96.1 97.3 97.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545.1 1,550.7 1,552.2 1,555.3 681.6 684.8 683.2 680.7 1,211.2 1,241.6 1,246.1 1,247.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.5 775.6 777.3 781.5 205.8 215.4 213.9 213.6 563.4 594.3 594.1 600.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 111.1 109.7 110.6 23.4 24.3 24.1 24.0 34.5 33.6 33.8 33.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986.8 988.6 990.2 992.3 281.8 278.8 280.5 280.9 695.3 703.8 706.3 710.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.5 300.8 302.3 302.4 81.0 84.2 83.9 84.0 181.8 180.9 181.7 184.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.4 325.9 325.7 329.0 90.7 90.5 90.8 91.1 212.2 218.3 220.9 222.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105.9 1,113.9 1,119.5 1,120.0 312.6 316.7 315.7 313.2 756.2 757.7 758.7 758.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 74.5 74.4 75.1 32.1 33.3 33.6 33.1 59.1 61.1 60.0 61.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.3 368.9 369.2 371.2 95.8 95.1 94.8 95.8 240.4 250.8 252.7 257.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.4 84.5 84.0 83.9 30.0 30.1 29.8 29.9 29.7 30.1 30.3 30.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.2 594.8 598.5 596.5 138.2 140.8 141.0 141.1 358.9 372.4 376.0 375.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,272.6 2,348.1 2,364.7 2,362.2 682.6 710.2 714.7 714.0 1,478.6 1,539.4 1,532.0 1,545.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.0 256.5 260.6 257.3 74.5 75.3 75.3 75.7 176.9 179.4 180.2 181.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 55.5 55.7 55.6 12.1 12.4 12.6 12.5 26.5 26.5 26.7 26.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.0 637.3 638.6 643.0 193.1 196.3 195.6 196.2 669.1 662.9 657.7 663.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.6 572.8 575.0 576.1 151.1 152.4 153.9 154.6 362.3 371.2 370.4 372.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.1 134.2 135.1 134.7 29.5 30.4 30.6 30.9 65.5 71.2 71.0 69.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517.4 522.8 525.6 526.0 161.6 158.2 160.3 161.5 303.0 304.7 303.1 307.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 56.8 57.5 56.4 11.3 11.5 11.5 11.4 18.5 18.6 18.8 19.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.0 175.2 175.8 179.1 44.2 43.4 43.3 43.4 115.7 115.5 116.5 116.1

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 – – – – – – – –

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Nov.

2013

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.6 225.6 225.2 225.1 184.5 191.8 193.4 193.1 376.8 379.8 378.1 378.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 47.1 46.5 46.9 33.6 31.6 32.5 32.1 82.0 80.6 81.0 80.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.3 394.0 395.7 396.6 278.0 287.3 291.0 290.8 408.1 411.9 412.6 411.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.4 176.0 176.5 177.1 106.6 108.8 109.2 109.4 215.7 214.5 214.6 215.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,332.8 2,399.1 2,402.2 2,409.8 1,689.2 1,720.4 1,729.6 1,745.2 2,378.8 2,376.3 2,372.8 2,375.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 303.4 302.8 303.0 291.5 309.6 309.3 305.0 406.3 409.7 412.1 413.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.9 328.7 331.1 331.0 149.4 153.5 154.6 154.7 235.0 237.1 235.8 235.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.3 71.7 71.8 72.0 44.5 44.4 45.1 45.4 64.5 64.7 65.0 64.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.8 128.6 127.9 127.8 68.0 69.5 69.5 69.4 238.9 240.4 238.9 239.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.0 1,149.5 1,158.1 1,156.8 1,052.5 1,073.8 1,084.3 1,092.7 1,077.2 1,074.8 1,076.9 1,080.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.2 517.3 518.2 518.7 417.9 431.3 432.1 435.2 678.9 681.4 678.4 682.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 80.6 80.6 81.0 111.4 112.9 115.0 114.6 125.8 126.4 124.6 127.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 95.4 95.7 95.8 63.0 65.1 66.1 65.8 119.6 119.0 120.7 120.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.6 885.4 888.9 889.1 549.1 547.5 548.8 550.7 830.0 834.6 831.6 831.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.1 443.1 443.9 445.7 293.5 296.2 297.7 296.2 422.4 427.0 428.5 427.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.1 228.0 230.5 230.8 138.9 138.5 135.4 137.7 256.8 265.4 262.7 262.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.7 192.6 194.1 192.1 120.3 119.1 122.2 122.3 258.5 257.8 258.5 258.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.4 262.3 264.7 265.8 177.9 187.6 188.8 188.7 337.4 338.9 338.1 339.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.3 295.9 297.0 296.2 218.7 224.3 221.3 221.6 338.9 333.3 332.9 332.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 124.7 124.8 125.0 62.6 64.8 64.5 63.8 99.9 100.0 99.5 99.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.7 427.3 428.9 428.7 256.0 259.5 259.8 258.1 503.0 502.0 499.5 500.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.7 751.1 750.9 754.8 338.5 339.3 339.0 340.3 438.8 439.7 440.9 441.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.0 636.9 639.6 642.2 399.1 402.9 401.3 402.3 599.5 596.4 596.8 594.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.5 501.8 506.9 508.2 251.8 255.4 252.8 258.9 414.6 419.8 418.7 420.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 135.9 136.8 137.1 125.1 127.1 128.5 126.3 246.0 246.4 245.7 245.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.3 444.9 445.5 445.2 284.1 295.5 295.8 293.1 451.7 456.7 457.0 458.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 70.5 70.3 70.6 59.7 61.1 60.8 61.1 89.3 90.5 88.1 88.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.7 148.8 149.6 149.3 86.1 85.7 85.8 86.7 169.4 169.8 170.4 169.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.3 118.9 118.2 119.9 329.3 332.8 331.0 329.2 151.0 153.6 151.9 152.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.7 117.1 117.4 117.0 67.2 68.1 66.4 68.2 89.7 89.0 89.8 89.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636.6 647.9 649.6 645.5 354.6 344.3 345.2 343.7 615.8 616.2 614.2 614.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.3 127.9 128.3 129.3 87.7 87.2 87.8 89.1 192.8 192.6 193.0 192.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,809.5 1,846.6 1,835.1 1,841.8 842.2 858.6 868.7 860.6 1,442.2 1,437.7 1,436.8 1,434.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.0 572.3 578.2 575.6 437.4 438.7 444.2 445.1 719.7 710.0 713.6 715.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 59.8 60.5 60.9 40.4 41.4 41.8 41.4 80.2 80.5 80.6 80.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.1 888.6 889.6 888.6 512.0 514.0 524.2 530.3 756.6 764.5 757.0 755.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.4 234.0 234.5 234.9 155.3 161.4 159.6 158.1 347.5 348.4 347.6 348.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.4 251.9 254.3 254.8 179.6 183.3 183.6 185.3 290.6 297.9 297.0 298.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163.0 1,171.0 1,168.8 1,166.9 539.9 537.1 542.8 543.4 717.2 719.5 714.3 714.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 105.8 105.0 105.3 54.4 54.9 55.0 55.8 60.1 60.0 59.9 59.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.7 224.4 226.7 226.0 228.3 235.5 235.4 238.6 352.7 354.0 354.5 356.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 67.5 67.6 67.7 44.4 43.1 43.8 43.4 77.5 78.8 78.9 78.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.0 400.7 401.7 401.4 292.2 303.3 301.9 300.0 418.8 415.5 415.1 418.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,497.5 1,547.2 1,555.8 1,563.0 1,161.2 1,197.5 1,201.3 1,207.3 1,822.7 1,857.2 1,851.3 1,854.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.2 175.8 179.6 178.9 126.5 129.6 130.0 130.4 227.0 233.3 233.5 233.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 63.1 63.5 63.7 35.9 34.5 34.6 37.2 54.9 54.0 54.6 54.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.9 511.6 514.3 513.1 373.2 369.2 369.7 374.2 709.9 708.8 707.9 708.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.3 448.9 447.7 449.8 289.0 297.4 302.9 302.3 544.6 555.5 555.3 551.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.9 128.8 129.4 129.4 74.1 77.0 76.6 74.3 154.9 156.0 154.8 155.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.7 431.7 432.6 433.8 263.0 271.4 272.6 273.2 415.9 418.9 415.1 419.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.0 27.1 27.5 35.9 33.5 34.2 35.8 71.9 71.5 72.6 72.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.3 124.5 123.4 125.0 79.3 79.7 80.2 80.1 241.4 241.6 240.1 239.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.1 11.0 11.1 10.9 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

October November October November October November

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,915.5 1,946.7 1,920.7 1,954.4 11.9 12.2 12.1 12.2 80.0 83.9 77.6 82.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.9 329.9 324.5 323.5 17.7 18.8 17.4 18.4 18.7 17.3 16.1 15.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,542.6 2,610.0 2,567.5 2,634.4 13.4 13.7 13.2 13.8 123.9 121.2 124.6 120.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189.4 1,204.7 1,191.7 1,210.1 9.6 10.0 9.6 10.0 46.5 49.5 46.1 50.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,327.4 15,662.8 15,426.8 15,778.3 31.0 32.4 30.7 32.2 654.5 694.2 656.2 697.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,408.5 2,464.6 2,417.4 2,468.3 31.5 35.1 31.3 35.5 133.6 140.9 131.3 138.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,669.8 1,695.3 1,680.0 1,705.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 56.8 60.7 56.7 58.5

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.3 444.7 436.5 449.1 – – – – 20.4 22.0 21.0 21.9

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751.3 762.0 750.8 763.4 – – – – 13.8 14.4 13.6 14.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,657.9 7,865.3 7,736.9 7,959.7 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.9 386.4 425.8 390.8 423.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,070.4 4,169.2 4,093.8 4,192.6 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.9 150.5 157.9 152.4 155.6

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621.7 629.3 632.2 638.3 – – – – 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.0 658.0 643.6 653.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.1 36.3 36.8 34.9 36.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,875.0 5,915.2 5,885.4 5,920.7 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.1 205.1 220.5 200.2 214.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,988.6 3,047.9 2,999.1 3,052.1 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.2 130.2 135.3 128.8 132.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,560.8 1,576.6 1,561.8 1,579.1 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 73.8 78.9 72.7 76.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394.5 1,408.4 1,400.4 1,408.0 10.6 11.3 10.6 11.2 60.5 61.1 59.1 60.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841.9 1,878.2 1,850.8 1,890.3 17.4 17.7 17.5 17.3 71.6 64.8 68.4 65.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,973.1 1,995.8 1,979.6 1,998.3 54.1 53.8 53.4 52.8 137.5 141.2 132.3 136.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.5 620.5 607.5 613.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 27.6 27.2 26.5 27.0

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,613.5 2,632.2 2,622.8 2,636.6 – – – – 153.1 155.1 155.0 155.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,408.0 3,466.2 3,403.9 3,464.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 130.0 132.2 127.2 129.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,170.2 4,208.1 4,166.0 4,206.0 8.3 9.4 8.2 9.2 143.8 150.8 137.4 144.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,826.4 2,876.7 2,818.4 2,869.7 7.2 7.8 7.1 7.7 115.5 122.3 110.2 112.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.8 1,127.9 1,127.2 1,126.0 9.2 9.5 9.3 9.7 54.7 50.1 53.4 49.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,763.9 2,815.7 2,772.4 2,815.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2 112.6 113.8 110.7 111.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.0 461.5 450.1 458.0 9.6 9.9 9.7 9.7 26.0 25.7 24.2 24.1

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990.5 999.4 989.1 996.1 – – – – 48.1 47.5 47.4 45.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.7 1,227.2 1,203.2 1,230.7 15.1 14.8 15.3 14.8 61.8 64.0 60.2 64.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647.2 652.8 646.0 651.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 23.0 23.4 23.0 23.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,964.0 3,979.6 3,980.7 3,995.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 141.8 132.6 139.1 135.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816.6 826.2 815.7 829.8 26.4 28.0 26.2 28.3 43.7 43.4 42.7 43.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,022.5 9,131.2 9,059.4 9,148.2 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.4 337.6 347.4 333.4 337.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,124.6 4,220.4 4,132.3 4,237.1 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.7 176.8 185.2 177.0 186.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.8 478.8 456.4 478.9 27.0 34.4 27.4 35.2 36.1 40.5 33.2 38.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,320.9 5,361.3 5,314.1 5,372.9 12.8 13.5 12.8 13.7 199.1 197.3 190.5 190.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,648.3 1,685.1 1,658.1 1,690.2 59.9 61.9 59.8 62.0 77.8 80.2 78.2 79.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704.2 1,750.1 1,707.1 1,757.3 7.9 8.4 7.7 8.1 79.2 78.2 76.5 76.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,809.3 5,860.6 5,830.8 5,860.9 35.5 38.4 36.0 38.1 239.8 244.7 234.8 242.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.2 483.9 478.2 484.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 17.4 17.8 17.2 17.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919.2 1,961.8 1,923.9 1,974.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 83.1 84.1 82.7 82.9

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.1 425.9 418.7 422.2 – – – – 22.8 24.2 22.2 22.2

Tennessee1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,782.7 2,845.3 2,805.3 2,860.6 – – – – 110.8 118.4 110.6 119.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,331.6 11,767.3 11,378.2 11,826.1 295.0 327.1 291.7 323.8 625.8 665.6 615.0 662.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,312.1 1,359.2 1,317.4 1,360.8 12.3 12.9 12.2 13.0 77.5 87.1 77.3 84.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.2 313.4 310.7 314.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 15.8 15.4 15.3 15.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,784.1 3,796.9 3,797.0 3,810.3 10.0 9.9 10.1 9.9 177.9 182.5 179.3 179.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,026.0 3,104.2 3,023.3 3,108.0 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.4 154.6 164.9 149.0 161.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771.1 784.0 774.0 780.9 31.3 33.7 32.0 33.5 37.0 34.4 35.7 32.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,870.1 2,912.3 2,864.9 2,921.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 106.1 113.7 103.4 111.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.7 297.9 290.3 293.0 27.0 27.1 26.9 27.1 22.4 23.2 21.7 21.5

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.7 922.3 933.9 933.8 – – – – 28.8 31.4 29.0 30.8

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 38.0 38.4 38.0 – – – – 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

October November October November October November

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.8 257.4 250.6 258.0 371.8 370.3 378.3 376.5 22.3 22.3 22.4 22.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 12.0 10.1 9.8 63.0 64.1 62.1 63.7 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 155.2 154.7 155.0 483.6 490.8 498.3 503.7 40.5 41.0 41.2 41.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.1 156.8 151.9 157.3 244.3 242.2 245.9 247.6 14.0 13.5 14.1 13.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255.0 1,255.7 1,249.7 1,250.3 2,824.5 2,875.5 2,905.1 2,946.2 457.1 476.7 465.2 478.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 140.2 134.6 140.4 421.7 423.5 427.8 431.0 68.7 68.1 69.9 68.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.3 163.8 162.1 163.1 300.7 308.2 309.3 316.7 31.6 31.4 31.6 31.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 25.4 25.4 25.5 78.3 79.8 79.7 82.6 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 29.2 31.5 29.8 32.5 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.1 330.2 326.0 332.4 1,580.9 1,629.8 1,616.3 1,675.1 134.4 135.3 133.8 136.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.1 365.1 358.4 366.2 852.6 879.9 866.8 895.9 101.7 105.1 102.5 105.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 13.8 13.7 13.8 118.0 117.7 120.4 119.6 8.5 8.1 8.8 8.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 60.0 60.1 59.0 131.1 131.4 132.5 132.6 9.2 9.3 9.2 9.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.9 574.9 577.9 577.7 1,172.5 1,175.3 1,199.0 1,187.5 98.1 96.3 98.7 97.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.1 518.7 498.2 520.8 572.9 577.6 584.5 587.4 35.3 34.2 35.4 34.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.8 212.9 216.3 213.3 312.2 315.6 318.2 319.7 25.7 25.2 25.8 25.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.5 160.6 163.2 159.8 262.9 262.5 267.5 264.6 27.6 28.6 27.7 28.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.4 230.7 227.9 230.9 366.4 374.6 372.7 382.0 26.0 26.6 26.0 27.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.8 148.5 147.2 148.6 386.4 392.6 394.6 398.8 24.4 23.6 25.1 24.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 51.3 51.4 51.9 120.6 121.5 122.5 123.1 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.4 103.2 104.4 102.3 451.4 451.0 461.3 461.3 38.6 35.6 38.7 35.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 248.6 250.5 249.5 561.8 571.0 570.6 578.6 86.2 93.6 86.7 94.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.1 572.6 565.8 575.7 749.4 762.7 762.0 771.6 56.0 56.2 56.3 56.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.4 321.2 310.0 321.0 516.5 519.8 523.1 525.6 53.4 54.6 54.6 54.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.7 142.2 138.3 142.0 218.7 217.0 223.0 219.7 12.8 12.3 12.7 12.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.9 257.7 252.5 258.1 518.8 519.2 527.3 524.1 58.8 56.7 58.5 57.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 19.6 18.7 19.6 91.8 93.1 93.6 94.5 6.9 7.0 6.8 7.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 97.4 95.8 97.3 202.9 206.4 205.3 207.4 17.2 17.1 17.1 17.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 42.3 41.0 42.5 227.6 232.7 235.5 237.6 12.9 13.1 12.8 13.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 65.8 65.9 66.2 136.8 140.0 140.2 142.4 11.9 12.1 12.0 11.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 244.6 246.0 244.7 834.4 848.9 849.2 865.8 73.2 72.1 76.0 72.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 27.4 28.6 27.1 136.5 138.6 139.0 142.2 12.3 13.2 12.8 13.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.1 446.8 452.1 446.0 1,538.7 1,559.4 1,575.1 1,586.7 263.6 259.6 263.7 261.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.4 450.8 443.5 452.2 761.1 777.9 775.7 792.5 70.2 74.9 69.9 75.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 25.8 25.9 26.0 104.0 110.6 105.8 112.1 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.7 678.8 664.2 683.5 989.2 992.1 1,009.9 1,012.1 74.1 72.2 74.4 72.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 142.3 136.7 141.6 295.7 301.8 301.4 306.5 21.6 20.9 21.7 21.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.3 182.2 175.8 181.9 324.1 328.9 330.6 336.4 32.8 32.8 33.1 32.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.2 562.1 563.8 562.3 1,106.2 1,124.7 1,128.8 1,145.0 88.0 85.0 89.4 86.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.6 41.0 40.8 41.4 74.6 75.1 75.5 76.2 8.8 8.7 8.9 8.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.9 234.4 228.6 236.7 364.4 370.4 369.9 375.8 26.3 25.7 26.3 26.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 43.2 41.6 43.4 83.1 84.3 83.9 84.9 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.8 328.9 322.3 328.8 584.8 597.6 596.8 607.5 43.4 42.8 44.0 43.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875.3 887.8 874.4 891.1 2,262.7 2,365.0 2,310.7 2,399.1 202.1 208.9 201.8 212.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.7 121.7 121.3 122.3 249.1 260.6 253.4 263.5 33.2 34.7 33.1 35.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 32.1 31.5 32.0 55.8 55.9 56.9 57.1 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.9 231.5 229.9 231.3 645.4 639.8 653.9 654.1 70.6 69.7 70.0 69.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.3 291.3 285.3 288.3 558.7 575.3 566.7 585.4 106.7 109.5 107.0 110.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 49.3 48.7 49.2 135.3 135.9 137.8 137.4 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.4 471.5 460.8 472.5 525.4 531.9 531.7 539.7 47.0 46.5 47.2 47.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 10.3 10.0 10.1 54.8 56.5 55.7 56.5 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 74.9 76.4 75.2 177.3 174.3 182.8 181.0 18.9 19.4 19.1 19.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

October November October November October November

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.7 93.4 95.0 93.3 220.2 229.5 219.3 230.4 224.5 226.1 225.6 227.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 11.7 11.9 11.8 29.4 30.1 29.2 29.5 47.3 46.4 47.3 46.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.4 194.1 190.4 196.1 375.1 392.1 376.2 396.8 379.8 398.7 382.1 400.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.8 49.6 49.7 50.1 129.1 132.4 130.1 130.0 174.3 178.2 175.0 178.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782.3 777.8 778.1 780.1 2,377.1 2,483.8 2,373.4 2,492.2 2,350.7 2,424.5 2,352.6 2,433.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.2 148.2 150.7 148.9 380.6 388.0 381.8 384.2 290.3 303.5 293.8 304.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.4 129.4 132.3 130.3 207.0 210.2 207.2 212.0 328.4 333.5 330.2 335.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 46.0 44.4 46.4 59.6 63.8 61.7 66.3 70.0 71.9 70.4 72.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 29.0 29.0 29.1 155.5 160.5 156.2 161.9 129.4 131.2 129.6 130.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517.4 526.1 517.0 530.3 1,134.7 1,173.3 1,145.6 1,184.4 1,137.8 1,163.6 1,145.9 1,168.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.7 233.1 233.6 234.7 595.5 626.8 597.8 624.7 516.3 522.6 517.8 523.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.3 27.7 27.4 28.3 80.3 82.8 80.2 84.1 79.5 80.8 80.3 81.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 32.2 30.5 32.0 78.0 77.5 77.0 76.0 92.6 96.5 92.3 96.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.7 367.7 368.9 368.1 908.9 923.7 899.1 920.8 886.6 894.6 892.3 899.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 131.5 129.4 132.1 317.4 325.2 318.7 327.5 448.6 449.7 449.4 450.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 104.1 103.4 104.9 135.1 137.9 133.2 137.2 232.1 235.4 232.0 236.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 76.0 76.5 75.6 166.1 170.5 167.8 170.8 190.0 194.6 190.2 193.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.9 86.8 89.0 86.3 202.9 216.4 208.3 220.2 259.5 265.5 259.8 266.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 96.3 96.1 96.8 209.6 215.5 209.0 217.0 293.4 300.6 293.5 299.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.9 32.7 32.1 32.7 61.7 63.5 60.5 62.9 124.3 126.1 124.2 126.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.8 149.9 146.4 149.5 419.3 428.1 420.1 427.2 424.5 431.7 426.7 433.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.5 209.7 206.8 210.2 515.3 529.6 514.3 527.8 744.0 759.9 746.9 765.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.6 197.6 200.4 196.9 615.5 623.2 613.0 625.9 643.4 647.1 644.9 650.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.4 178.0 180.4 179.7 352.0 363.8 346.7 361.4 499.7 509.9 502.3 511.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 43.2 43.8 43.9 97.4 100.3 99.0 99.4 136.9 139.0 136.6 138.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.8 168.8 165.4 169.5 354.5 365.1 354.7 367.1 435.4 449.5 438.7 448.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 24.0 23.4 24.3 40.2 42.2 39.0 40.9 69.6 70.6 70.2 71.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 73.1 71.6 73.2 109.1 109.5 108.5 108.5 148.2 150.8 148.9 150.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 58.3 56.7 58.0 150.8 161.0 152.5 163.7 112.6 118.5 114.3 119.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 35.4 35.1 35.6 71.2 71.8 71.6 71.8 117.3 118.3 118.2 118.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.7 252.2 252.9 253.4 640.3 649.8 637.0 649.6 636.1 653.8 643.3 652.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 36.0 34.3 35.7 98.2 97.1 97.9 97.5 124.4 129.2 124.0 130.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.5 684.9 681.2 680.8 1,218.9 1,252.8 1,218.5 1,254.3 1,834.8 1,867.2 1,847.1 1,882.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.9 213.7 204.4 211.9 567.4 601.9 565.0 602.2 570.4 580.9 570.1 581.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3 24.0 23.4 24.0 34.6 33.9 34.6 33.2 59.5 60.5 59.8 61.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.8 280.4 281.6 280.0 705.7 719.7 702.1 718.8 885.5 895.7 893.3 898.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 83.9 81.1 84.0 182.9 184.5 183.0 184.7 227.7 234.8 228.3 236.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.2 91.3 90.5 91.0 212.4 223.1 211.5 222.1 247.4 257.7 248.2 258.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.1 316.2 314.0 314.5 761.8 768.7 759.1 762.0 1,178.7 1,183.6 1,183.3 1,187.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 33.5 32.1 33.1 60.4 61.6 60.2 61.9 107.5 107.1 107.8 107.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 95.0 95.9 95.8 240.1 256.9 239.1 259.2 222.1 227.3 223.2 227.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 29.7 29.8 29.7 29.8 30.1 29.4 29.8 68.5 67.8 68.8 68.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.5 141.4 138.3 141.3 360.9 378.7 366.9 382.9 400.6 404.9 402.6 405.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.3 716.8 684.1 716.6 1,485.4 1,554.8 1,488.2 1,557.1 1,508.0 1,566.2 1,507.5 1,574.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 75.6 74.2 75.8 180.5 183.4 179.5 182.8 174.4 180.7 176.9 182.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.6 12.1 12.5 27.1 27.2 26.7 26.8 62.5 64.4 62.6 64.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.3 196.5 193.0 195.8 674.0 663.5 674.9 667.9 504.1 520.2 507.6 519.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 154.5 151.4 155.3 366.8 375.0 363.3 374.0 444.5 452.0 445.8 454.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 30.5 29.3 30.8 65.6 71.3 66.2 70.4 127.8 130.1 128.0 130.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.8 159.2 161.4 160.9 305.4 311.1 304.3 310.1 429.5 434.5 431.0 436.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.3 18.4 19.0 18.1 18.8 27.4 27.7 27.4 27.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 43.3 43.9 43.5 115.5 115.3 117.1 116.9 124.6 125.9 125.2 126.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

October November October November October November

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.3 191.8 181.0 189.9 80.0 79.9 79.1 80.8 379.0 379.9 379.7 381.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.0 29.3 29.3 28.1 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.5 83.5 82.5 83.2 82.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.0 287.4 276.2 288.3 86.5 89.9 87.4 91.9 422.7 425.9 423.2 427.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 110.3 105.6 109.1 43.2 43.0 42.9 43.3 219.6 219.2 220.8 220.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686.5 1,733.6 1,678.3 1,734.6 520.3 518.7 521.1 519.4 2,388.4 2,389.9 2,416.4 2,413.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.5 298.0 281.1 294.1 97.7 97.4 98.0 97.6 415.9 421.7 417.1 424.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.4 154.7 146.8 152.3 61.4 62.7 61.3 62.7 239.2 240.1 241.9 242.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 44.8 42.5 43.3 19.7 20.0 19.9 19.6 65.3 65.8 66.2 66.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.1 70.9 68.5 69.7 69.5 69.4 69.0 69.3 238.1 237.4 237.1 238.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037.2 1,064.3 1,047.5 1,082.7 306.6 313.2 308.5 318.5 1,094.8 1,097.8 1,099.9 1,101.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.8 431.0 415.1 432.6 155.7 155.4 155.7 156.3 683.6 683.2 684.7 688.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.4 114.5 111.6 114.7 26.7 26.2 27.0 26.4 126.5 126.7 131.9 131.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 65.1 60.1 62.9 21.5 21.4 21.2 21.3 122.5 123.4 121.7 122.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551.9 554.6 543.0 545.0 252.2 252.9 251.1 251.7 842.2 844.6 845.4 847.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.5 299.3 290.3 293.1 119.7 125.0 120.1 123.7 437.8 444.1 437.2 442.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.0 136.2 134.6 133.8 57.4 58.4 58.2 58.4 263.5 269.4 265.0 270.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.9 122.8 119.3 121.3 52.2 55.2 52.5 55.5 265.4 265.2 266.0 266.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.6 188.6 174.8 186.0 64.9 65.4 65.1 65.2 339.3 341.1 341.3 342.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.8 220.3 217.7 220.1 66.3 65.6 65.9 65.5 344.0 337.8 344.8 338.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.6 65.1 56.1 56.7 20.6 20.2 20.6 20.3 103.2 102.7 103.4 102.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.9 258.4 246.7 250.3 110.1 110.5 111.0 111.2 510.4 508.7 512.5 509.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340.0 344.2 324.4 328.2 124.6 126.0 125.1 126.9 448.0 450.3 450.4 453.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.2 404.9 386.0 389.4 171.3 169.6 171.6 171.2 616.6 614.0 620.4 615.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.0 254.6 242.0 248.3 118.4 119.6 119.1 118.7 421.9 425.1 422.9 428.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 127.3 124.0 125.1 38.4 37.7 38.5 37.8 249.0 249.3 248.6 248.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.5 298.0 279.9 289.9 116.0 114.8 116.6 114.8 460.4 467.8 463.9 470.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 59.4 55.8 57.1 17.6 19.0 17.7 18.7 91.1 91.0 91.0 91.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.5 86.9 84.5 85.0 37.6 37.8 37.7 38.2 171.9 172.9 172.3 173.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.6 333.0 328.9 328.3 33.9 34.9 32.5 33.9 153.3 154.6 153.5 154.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 67.1 61.6 62.4 24.7 25.4 24.4 25.4 92.8 92.4 93.0 93.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.0 341.2 341.6 330.6 164.6 159.8 165.5 161.7 624.4 623.2 628.7 627.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.7 88.1 86.1 87.0 27.8 29.3 27.8 29.1 196.1 195.9 196.3 195.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845.6 869.5 830.5 848.6 388.9 391.1 388.7 390.8 1,450.4 1,446.9 1,463.9 1,455.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.7 445.4 430.9 437.9 151.0 155.2 149.9 155.8 734.2 728.9 740.4 735.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 41.6 40.4 41.2 16.3 17.4 16.4 17.6 83.0 83.4 82.7 83.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.8 524.1 497.1 512.4 214.4 216.8 213.6 218.2 772.8 770.7 774.6 773.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.4 158.8 154.5 156.9 58.4 60.6 58.3 60.4 353.7 355.4 355.1 356.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.6 182.9 176.3 181.0 58.8 62.6 58.9 62.7 294.5 302.0 298.0 305.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.0 544.1 526.1 526.9 252.8 261.5 254.9 259.5 732.2 731.6 740.6 736.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 55.7 51.9 53.4 22.5 22.8 22.4 22.6 60.9 60.4 61.2 60.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.0 233.6 222.9 231.5 71.9 70.3 71.7 70.9 357.9 360.4 359.8 363.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 43.5 42.2 41.5 15.9 16.6 15.9 16.7 78.6 80.2 78.7 79.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.9 300.3 289.9 298.3 104.9 106.6 105.1 105.6 428.1 425.7 428.8 427.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152.4 1,191.2 1,149.7 1,193.6 400.5 407.8 399.1 405.1 1,838.1 1,876.1 1,856.0 1,890.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.2 127.5 122.4 126.4 36.7 37.3 36.3 37.3 230.7 237.7 230.8 237.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 33.2 32.4 33.2 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.6 57.9 57.7 58.0 58.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.1 369.2 361.5 363.4 194.1 197.9 194.2 197.5 717.7 716.2 722.6 722.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.6 299.7 282.1 295.3 112.1 113.3 111.3 113.9 550.6 562.2 555.2 563.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 76.7 73.4 73.8 55.2 55.7 55.2 55.5 157.1 156.9 158.1 158.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.5 273.0 253.9 263.7 140.2 140.2 138.6 141.2 428.8 426.5 428.7 433.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 33.1 31.1 30.9 11.6 12.3 11.5 12.2 73.1 73.6 72.8 73.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.5 80.0 79.7 80.3 18.0 17.9 18.2 18.0 242.6 239.9 242.5 241.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonaNovember 2014

(U.S. rate = 5.8 percent)