For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Monday, March 15, 2021 USDL-21-0435

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — JANUARY 2021

Unemployment rates were lower in January in 33 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 17

states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-eight states and the District had jobless 

rate increases from a year earlier and two states had little change. The national unemployment rate, 6.3 

percent, fell by 0.4 percentage point over the month, but was 2.8 points higher than in January 2020.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 20 states, decreased in 2 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 28 states and the District of Columbia in January 2021. Over the year, nonfarm payroll 

employment decreased in 48 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in 2 states.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unemployment

Hawaii and California had the highest unemployment rates in January, 10.2 percent and 9.0 percent, 

respectively, while South Dakota and Utah had the lowest rates, 3.1 percent each. In total, 26 states had 

unemployment rates lower than the U.S. figure of 6.3 percent, 11 states and the District of Columbia had 

higher rates, and 13 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See 

tables A and 1 and map 1.)

Changes to Employment and Unemployment Data

In accordance with standard practices, historical data in the tables of this news release have been 

revised. For detailed information on changes to the data, see the box notes at the end of the news release.
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In January, Michigan had the largest over-the-month unemployment rate decrease (-2.5 percentage 

points). Four additional states had rate decreases of at least 0.5 percentage point: Kansas (-1.2 points), 

Rhode Island (-0.7 point), Massachusetts (-0.6 point), and Tennessee (-0.5 point). Seventeen states had 

jobless rates that were not notably 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.)

The largest unemployment rate increase from January 2020 occurred in Hawaii (+8.2 percentage points). 

The next largest over-the-year jobless rate increases were in Massachusetts and New York (+5.0

percentage points each), with another 10 states and the District of Columbia experiencing rate increases 

of at least 3.0 points. (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 20 states, decreased in 2 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 28 states and the District of Columbia in January 2021. The largest job gains occurred in 

Minnesota (+51,800), New York (+42,700), and Pennsylvania (+35,700). The largest percentage 

increases occurred in Minnesota (+1.9 percent), New Hampshire (+1.4 percent), and Colorado (+1.2 

percent). Employment decreased in California (-69,900, or -0.4 percent) and South Carolina (-12,900, or 

-0.6 percent). (See tables D and 3.)

Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and was 

essentially unchanged in 2 states. The largest job declines occurred in California (-1,752,800), New 

York (-1,065,200), and Florida (-571,800). The largest percentage decline occurred in Hawaii (-18.4 

percent), followed by Nevada and New York (-10.8 percent each). (See table E and map 2.)

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for January is scheduled to 

be released on Friday, March 19, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 26, 2021, 

at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2020 Annual Averages on March 3, 

2021, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for states, the District of Columbia, and the 

modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of this news release were replaced with data produced 

using a new generation of time-series models. Data were re-estimated back to January 1976 for census 

regions, census 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 were re-estimated back to their series 

beginnings in January 1990 or 1994. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data were 

affected. Information on the changes to model-based estimation is available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/lau/gen-5-changes-in-2021.htm.
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The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2019 and 2020 also incorporated 

updated covariate inputs, while the revisions for all model-based data from April 2010 forward also 

reflected new population controls from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with this news release, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and areas 

presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release have been adjusted to 2020 benchmark levels. Not 

seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2019 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 

2016 were subject to revision. Some not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted series may have 

been revised as far back as 1990. 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on January 2021

Establishment and Household Survey Data

BLS has continued to review all estimation and methodological procedures for the establishment survey, 

which included the review of data, estimation processes, the application of the birth-death model, and 

seasonal adjustment. Business births and deaths cannot be adequately captured by the establishment 

survey as they occur. Therefore, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program uses a model to 

account for the relatively stable net employment change generated by business births and deaths. Due to 

the impact of COVID-19, the relationship between business births and deaths is no longer stable. 

Typically, reports with zero employment are not included in estimation. For the December 2020 

benchmarked and January 2021 preliminary estimates, CES included a portion of these reports in the 

estimates and made modifications to the birth-death model. In addition for both months, the 

establishment survey included a portion of the reports that returned to reporting positive employment 

from reporting zero employment. For more information, see www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for all or any part of the pay period 

including the 12th of the month are counted as employed, even if they were not actually at their jobs. 

Workers who are temporarily or permanently absent from their jobs and are not being paid are not 

counted as employed, even if they are continuing to receive benefits. The length of the reference period 

does vary across the respondents in the establishment survey; one-third of businesses have a weekly pay 

period, slightly over 40 percent a bi-weekly, about 20 percent semi-monthly, and a small amount 

monthly.

For the January 2021 estimates of household employment and unemployment from the Local Area 

Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program, BLS continued to implement level-shift outliers in the 

employment and/or unemployment inputs to the models, based on statistical evaluation of movements in 

each area's inputs. Both the Current Population Survey inputs, which serve as the primary inputs to the 

LAUS models, and the nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment insurance claims covariates 

were examined for outliers. The resulting implementation of level shifts preserved movements in the 
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published estimates that the models otherwise would have discounted, without requiring changes to how 

the models create estimates at other points in the time series.

The "Frequently asked questions" document at www.bls.gov/covid19/employment-situation-covid19-

faq-january-2021.htm extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey on 

the national estimates for January 2021. Despite the considerable decline in its degree relative to prior 

months, this misclassification continued to be widespread geographically, with BLS analysis indicating 

that most states again were affected to at least some extent. However, according to usual practice, the 

data from the household survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data integrity, no ad hoc actions 

are taken to reclassify survey responses. Hence, the household survey estimates of employed and 

unemployed people that serve as the primary inputs to the state models were affected to varying degrees 

by the misclassification, which in turn affected the official LAUS estimates for January 2021.

Household data for Puerto Rico are not modeled, but rather are derived from a monthly household 

survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Due to the effects of the pandemic and efforts to 

contain the virus, Puerto Rico had not been able to conduct its household survey for March or April 

2020. Since data collection resumed effective May 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Labor has 

reported a misclassification in its household survey similar in nature to the misclassification in the 

Current Population Survey.
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 6.3

Alabama ........................................................... 4.3

Arkansas .......................................................... 4.6

California .......................................................... 9.0

Connecticut ....................................................... 8.1

District of Columbia ........................................... 8.4

Florida .............................................................. 4.8

Georgia ............................................................ 5.1

Hawaii .............................................................. 10.2

Idaho ................................................................ 3.4

Illinois ............................................................... 7.7

Indiana ............................................................. 4.2

Iowa ................................................................. 3.5

Kansas ............................................................. 3.5

Kentucky .......................................................... 5.3

Louisiana .......................................................... 7.6

Maine ............................................................... 5.2

Massachusetts ................................................... 7.8

Minnesota ......................................................... 4.5

Missouri ............................................................ 4.3

Montana ............................................................ 4.0

Nebraska .......................................................... 3.2

Nevada ............................................................. 8.1

New Hampshire ................................................. 3.6

New Jersey ....................................................... 7.9

New Mexico ....................................................... 8.7

New York .......................................................... 8.8

North Dakota ..................................................... 4.5

Ohio ................................................................. 5.3

Oklahoma .......................................................... 4.3

Pennsylvania ..................................................... 7.3

South Carolina .................................................. 5.3

South Dakota .................................................... 3.1

Tennessee ........................................................ 5.1

Utah ................................................................. 3.1

Vermont ............................................................ 3.2

Virginia ............................................................. 5.3

Wisconsin ......................................................... 3.8

Wyoming .......................................................... 5.1

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., January 2021, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2020

to January 2021, seasonally adjusted

December 2020 January 2021 p

Alabama ..................................... 4.7 4.3 -0.4

Arkansas .................................... 4.9 4.6 -.3

California .................................... 9.3 9.0 -.3

Colorado ..................................... 6.9 6.6 -.3

District of Columbia ..................... 8.8 8.4 -.4

Florida ........................................ 5.1 4.8 -.3

Georgia ...................................... 5.3 5.1 -.2

Idaho .......................................... 3.8 3.4 -.4

Illinois ......................................... 8.0 7.7 -.3

Indiana ....................................... 4.6 4.2 -.4

Iowa ........................................... 3.7 3.5 -.2

Kansas ....................................... 4.7 3.5 -1.2

Kentucky .................................... 5.6 5.3 -.3

Louisiana .................................... 7.9 7.6 -.3

Maryland ..................................... 6.8 6.4 -.4

Massachusetts ............................. 8.4 7.8 -.6

Michigan ..................................... 8.2 5.7 -2.5

Minnesota ................................... 4.7 4.5 -.2

Montana ...................................... 4.2 4.0 -.2

Nebraska .................................... 3.4 3.2 -.2

New Hampshire ........................... 3.8 3.6 -.2

North Carolina ............................. 6.1 5.9 -.2

North Dakota ............................... 4.7 4.5 -.2

Ohio ........................................... 5.6 5.3 -.3

Rhode Island ............................... 7.9 7.2 -.7

South Carolina ............................ 5.6 5.3 -.3

South Dakota .............................. 3.3 3.1 -.2

Tennessee .................................. 5.6 5.1 -.5

Utah ........................................... 3.3 3.1 -.2

Vermont ...................................... 3.5 3.2 -.3

Virginia ....................................... 5.6 5.3 -.3

Washington ................................. 6.3 6.0 -.3

West Virginia .............................. 6.7 6.5 -.2

Wisconsin ................................... 4.0 3.8 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2020

to January 2021, seasonally adjusted

January 2020 January 2021 p

Alabama ..................................... 2.7 4.3 1.6

Alaska ........................................ 5.0 6.6 1.6

Arizona ....................................... 4.8 6.7 1.9

Arkansas .................................... 3.7 4.6 .9

California .................................... 4.2 9.0 4.8

Colorado ..................................... 2.7 6.6 3.9

Connecticut ................................. 3.7 8.1 4.4

Delaware .................................... 4.3 6.0 1.7

District of Columbia ..................... 4.9 8.4 3.5

Florida ........................................ 3.3 4.8 1.5

Georgia ...................................... 3.3 5.1 1.8

Hawaii ........................................ 2.0 10.2 8.2

Idaho .......................................... 2.6 3.4 .8

Illinois ......................................... 3.5 7.7 4.2

Indiana ....................................... 3.2 4.2 1.0

Iowa ........................................... 2.8 3.5 .7

Kentucky .................................... 4.1 5.3 1.2

Louisiana .................................... 5.1 7.6 2.5

Maine ......................................... 3.0 5.2 2.2

Maryland ..................................... 3.4 6.4 3.0

Massachusetts ............................. 2.8 7.8 5.0

Michigan ..................................... 3.7 5.7 2.0

Minnesota ................................... 3.2 4.5 1.3

Mississippi .................................. 5.6 6.4 .8

Missouri ...................................... 3.6 4.3 .7

Montana ...................................... 3.7 4.0 .3

Nebraska .................................... 2.9 3.2 .3

Nevada ....................................... 3.7 8.1 4.4

New Hampshire ........................... 2.6 3.6 1.0

New Jersey ................................. 3.7 7.9 4.2

New Mexico ................................. 5.1 8.7 3.6

New York .................................... 3.8 8.8 5.0

North Carolina ............................. 3.5 5.9 2.4

North Dakota ............................... 2.2 4.5 2.3

Ohio ........................................... 4.5 5.3 .8

Oklahoma .................................... 3.1 4.3 1.2

Oregon ....................................... 3.4 6.2 2.8

Pennsylvania ............................... 4.8 7.3 2.5

Rhode Island ............................... 3.8 7.2 3.4

South Carolina ............................ 2.6 5.3 2.7

Tennessee .................................. 3.7 5.1 1.4

Texas .......................................... 3.6 6.8 3.2

Utah ........................................... 2.4 3.1 .7

Vermont ...................................... 2.5 3.2 .7

Virginia ....................................... 2.5 5.3 2.8

Washington ................................. 4.0 6.0 2.0

West Virginia .............................. 5.0 6.5 1.5

Wisconsin ................................... 3.3 3.8 .5

Wyoming .................................... 4.4 5.1 .7

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2020 to

January 2021, seasonally adjusted

December January

2020 2021 p Level Percent

Arizona ....................................... 2,860,300 2,874,000 13,700 0.5

California .................................... 15,937,900 15,868,000 -69,900 -.4

Colorado ..................................... 2,626,700 2,658,700 32,000 1.2

Idaho .......................................... 776,400 780,900 4,500 .6

Kansas ....................................... 1,354,700 1,364,700 10,000 .7

Kentucky .................................... 1,841,800 1,854,600 12,800 .7

Massachusetts ............................. 3,356,300 3,391,800 35,500 1.1

Michigan ..................................... 4,027,900 4,051,700 23,800 .6

Minnesota ................................... 2,719,600 2,771,400 51,800 1.9

Nevada ....................................... 1,277,500 1,284,900 7,400 .6

 

New Hampshire ........................... 639,300 648,100 8,800 1.4

New York .................................... 8,723,300 8,766,000 42,700 .5

North Dakota ............................... 407,900 410,500 2,600 .6

Ohio ........................................... 5,277,800 5,306,700 28,900 .5

Oklahoma .................................... 1,614,100 1,622,500 8,400 .5

Oregon ....................................... 1,798,200 1,806,500 8,300 .5

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,602,400 5,638,100 35,700 .6

Rhode Island ............................... 457,800 462,300 4,500 1.0

South Carolina ............................ 2,117,300 2,104,400 -12,900 -.6

Texas .......................................... 12,365,200 12,396,000 30,800 .2

Virginia ....................................... 3,881,100 3,895,200 14,100 .4

Wisconsin ................................... 2,831,100 2,842,200 11,100 .4

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2020 to

January 2021, seasonally adjusted

January January

2020 2021 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,087,500 2,013,400 -74,100 -3.5

Alaska ........................................ 329,400 303,900 -25,500 -7.7

Arizona ....................................... 2,988,500 2,874,000 -114,500 -3.8

Arkansas .................................... 1,293,400 1,259,800 -33,600 -2.6

California .................................... 17,620,800 15,868,000 -1,752,800 -9.9

Colorado ..................................... 2,819,500 2,658,700 -160,800 -5.7

Connecticut ................................. 1,698,000 1,570,700 -127,300 -7.5

Delaware .................................... 467,900 444,500 -23,400 -5.0

District of Columbia ..................... 804,700 733,000 -71,700 -8.9

Florida ........................................ 9,063,000 8,491,200 -571,800 -6.3

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,663,200 4,448,100 -215,100 -4.6

Hawaii ........................................ 662,300 540,200 -122,100 -18.4

Illinois ......................................... 6,151,800 5,647,000 -504,800 -8.2

Indiana ....................................... 3,165,700 3,029,000 -136,700 -4.3

Iowa ........................................... 1,593,800 1,516,400 -77,400 -4.9

Kansas ....................................... 1,431,100 1,364,700 -66,400 -4.6

Kentucky .................................... 1,956,500 1,854,600 -101,900 -5.2

Louisiana .................................... 1,992,200 1,831,100 -161,100 -8.1

Maine ......................................... 641,000 603,200 -37,800 -5.9

Maryland ..................................... 2,779,700 2,610,700 -169,000 -6.1

 

Massachusetts ............................. 3,726,000 3,391,800 -334,200 -9.0

Michigan ..................................... 4,449,200 4,051,700 -397,500 -8.9

Minnesota ................................... 2,997,200 2,771,400 -225,800 -7.5

Mississippi .................................. 1,162,400 1,125,500 -36,900 -3.2

Missouri ...................................... 2,929,900 2,805,100 -124,800 -4.3

Montana ...................................... 489,100 477,100 -12,000 -2.5

Nebraska .................................... 1,033,900 997,300 -36,600 -3.5

Nevada ....................................... 1,441,000 1,284,900 -156,100 -10.8

New Hampshire ........................... 687,200 648,100 -39,100 -5.7

New Jersey ................................. 4,227,100 3,865,800 -361,300 -8.5

 

New Mexico ................................. 863,600 778,100 -85,500 -9.9

New York .................................... 9,831,200 8,766,000 -1,065,200 -10.8

North Carolina ............................. 4,623,500 4,432,600 -190,900 -4.1

North Dakota ............................... 440,700 410,500 -30,200 -6.9

Ohio ........................................... 5,613,700 5,306,700 -307,000 -5.5

Oklahoma .................................... 1,704,700 1,622,500 -82,200 -4.8

Oregon ....................................... 1,969,300 1,806,500 -162,800 -8.3

Pennsylvania ............................... 6,093,100 5,638,100 -455,000 -7.5

Rhode Island ............................... 505,800 462,300 -43,500 -8.6

South Carolina ............................ 2,198,700 2,104,400 -94,300 -4.3

 

South Dakota .............................. 442,200 431,900 -10,300 -2.3

Tennessee .................................. 3,151,200 3,028,400 -122,800 -3.9

Texas .......................................... 12,956,200 12,396,000 -560,200 -4.3

Vermont ...................................... 314,800 287,100 -27,700 -8.8

Virginia ....................................... 4,089,100 3,895,200 -193,900 -4.7

Washington ................................. 3,502,700 3,271,200 -231,500 -6.6

West Virginia .............................. 720,600 674,800 -45,800 -6.4

Wisconsin ................................... 2,995,100 2,842,200 -152,900 -5.1

Wyoming .................................... 289,600 273,600 -16,000 -5.5

p

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State Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

Special technical note: This technical note describes the 

procedures regularly used on a monthly basis to develop 

estimates from the CES survey and the LAUS program. Due to 

the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in 

this technical note have been modified. The modifications are 

briefly described in the box note of this news release. More 

information on the changes to the CES business birth-death 

model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

This news release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

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

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program

 Definitions. The civilian labor force and unemployment 

data are based on the same concepts and definitions as those 

used for the official national estimates obtained from the 

Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of 

households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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

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

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

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

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. 

 Unemployed people are those who were not employed during 

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

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

reference week, and were currently available for work; people

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

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

employed and unemployed people. The unemployment rate is 

the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian labor 

force.

 Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2021, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

estimates. With the introduction of a new generation of timesseries models in 2021, historical data were re-estimated back to 

the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System.

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

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

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LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,240,277 2,263,901 2,264,054 2,258,073 59,405 105,558 106,318 97,726 2.7 4.7 4.7 4.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353,349 354,071 354,035 354,957 17,657 23,002 23,147 23,583 5.0 6.5 6.5 6.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,581,294 3,563,927 3,569,317 3,570,652 171,670 241,754 242,410 239,372 4.8 6.8 6.8 6.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,372,291 1,328,600 1,379,313 1,375,953 50,132 70,215 67,171 63,536 3.7 5.3 4.9 4.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,437,115 18,604,626 18,705,475 18,668,972 823,824 1,620,723 1,748,456 1,680,127 4.2 8.7 9.3 9.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,192,929 4,897,806 4,878,866 4,877,297 249,996 613,351 614,852 613,169 4.8 12.5 12.6 12.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,154,544 3,166,511 3,176,560 3,183,214 84,380 218,580 219,269 210,956 2.7 6.9 6.9 6.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921,041 1,843,528 1,842,967 1,839,774 70,295 151,751 152,007 149,241 3.7 8.2 8.2 8.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493,327 481,873 481,840 487,441 21,021 27,894 28,203 29,469 4.3 5.8 5.9 6.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420,360 409,612 409,328 409,164 20,533 35,985 36,038 34,365 4.9 8.8 8.8 8.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,458,937 10,025,050 10,043,992 10,068,788 342,027 539,748 515,114 481,732 3.3 5.4 5.1 4.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,368,636 1,301,585 1,301,270 1,288,836 27,545 111,054 111,342 107,720 2.0 8.5 8.6 8.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,198,431 5,116,371 5,100,297 5,112,468 173,827 285,131 271,108 258,574 3.3 5.6 5.3 5.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,017 655,912 655,587 655,039 13,780 67,544 67,419 66,978 2.0 10.3 10.3 10.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889,944 901,615 900,245 900,205 22,827 38,624 34,596 31,043 2.6 4.3 3.8 3.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,370,035 6,161,356 6,150,544 6,146,616 221,025 499,218 490,873 472,985 3.5 8.1 8.0 7.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,692,502 3,575,997 3,574,703 3,572,643 127,263 330,503 330,458 317,589 3.4 9.2 9.2 8.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,372,996 3,340,983 3,343,929 3,347,732 106,458 167,473 153,888 141,188 3.2 5.0 4.6 4.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,734,173 1,625,043 1,619,441 1,625,122 49,313 64,160 59,879 57,367 2.8 3.9 3.7 3.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,177 1,513,503 1,518,416 1,502,433 47,148 70,978 71,556 51,921 3.1 4.7 4.7 3.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,081,086 1,983,374 1,982,759 1,989,741 85,765 110,689 110,912 106,434 4.1 5.6 5.6 5.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,150,907 2,094,642 2,095,025 2,083,974 109,270 164,692 165,493 158,548 5.1 7.9 7.9 7.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699,646 666,706 666,913 671,418 20,773 32,749 33,360 35,054 3.0 4.9 5.0 5.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,298,221 3,113,418 3,112,292 3,104,901 111,061 211,459 211,907 197,290 3.4 6.8 6.8 6.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,763,790 3,721,554 3,753,070 3,756,697 106,651 313,308 314,487 294,774 2.8 8.4 8.4 7.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,936,707 4,855,661 4,855,353 4,736,277 183,525 396,682 400,370 270,791 3.7 8.2 8.2 5.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,157,446 2,123,880 2,123,759 2,023,652 90,056 216,858 218,613 105,014 4.2 10.2 10.3 5.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,116,174 3,057,403 3,048,729 3,026,226 98,843 151,951 143,923 136,271 3.2 5.0 4.7 4.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284,171 1,272,826 1,276,640 1,279,985 72,217 85,575 83,848 82,178 5.6 6.7 6.6 6.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,099,592 3,061,073 3,051,663 3,044,856 110,541 142,939 135,112 130,822 3.6 4.7 4.4 4.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542,553 534,549 532,934 532,819 19,826 23,791 22,462 21,156 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,044,199 1,024,861 1,023,600 1,024,694 30,755 35,298 34,528 32,617 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,597,920 1,509,102 1,516,397 1,530,200 58,633 131,052 124,624 124,669 3.7 8.7 8.2 8.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773,561 762,163 763,394 762,943 19,904 32,075 29,220 27,152 2.6 4.2 3.8 3.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,580,764 4,500,435 4,377,299 4,407,335 167,403 458,438 337,731 347,602 3.7 10.2 7.7 7.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965,005 960,308 960,113 958,761 49,446 82,102 82,423 83,143 5.1 8.5 8.6 8.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,518,110 9,261,209 9,290,419 9,284,186 359,918 803,682 805,934 816,699 3.8 8.7 8.7 8.8

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,071,802 3,868,989 3,868,206 3,867,286 148,093 463,703 464,800 488,899 3.6 12.0 12.0 12.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,108,053 5,035,748 5,040,047 5,038,645 179,605 323,110 308,883 297,599 3.5 6.4 6.1 5.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407,647 404,531 404,240 404,500 9,148 18,959 18,986 18,270 2.2 4.7 4.7 4.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,895,125 5,732,818 5,763,310 5,769,606 267,554 319,591 320,707 306,861 4.5 5.6 5.6 5.3

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067,324 1,008,237 1,014,542 1,017,294 48,664 81,998 82,186 74,197 4.6 8.1 8.1 7.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850,300 1,861,831 1,861,928 1,864,367 56,894 89,572 83,938 80,861 3.1 4.8 4.5 4.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108,977 2,132,974 2,141,252 2,149,501 71,746 140,504 134,749 132,409 3.4 6.6 6.3 6.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,532,104 6,310,994 6,310,050 6,295,363 315,155 445,586 447,888 458,164 4.8 7.1 7.1 7.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562,012 538,810 538,617 540,279 21,243 42,608 42,758 39,077 3.8 7.9 7.9 7.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,366,322 2,348,943 2,355,062 2,360,986 62,138 131,355 131,582 125,683 2.6 5.6 5.6 5.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,997 455,436 471,631 470,523 13,462 16,424 15,502 14,464 2.9 3.6 3.3 3.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,338,446 3,314,879 3,313,650 3,316,943 124,263 184,368 186,041 170,307 3.7 5.6 5.6 5.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,178,765 13,992,055 14,133,518 14,063,094 505,056 1,002,266 971,008 958,746 3.6 7.2 6.9 6.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,630,818 1,631,847 1,626,916 1,630,940 39,910 57,273 53,338 50,071 2.4 3.5 3.3 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,628 316,982 316,150 314,630 8,464 11,596 10,924 10,113 2.5 3.7 3.5 3.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,453,855 4,271,293 4,255,079 4,253,627 109,989 248,218 236,204 227,284 2.5 5.8 5.6 5.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,957,004 3,842,951 3,830,416 3,835,228 157,051 256,454 239,459 228,604 4.0 6.7 6.3 6.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742,609 1,735,929 1,735,758 1,737,816 42,725 107,578 101,540 100,399 2.5 6.2 5.8 5.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805,300 795,116 796,614 796,344 40,305 56,037 53,698 51,534 5.0 7.0 6.7 6.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,084,954 3,054,158 3,053,836 3,056,452 102,166 132,913 121,607 116,908 3.3 4.4 4.0 3.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,600 295,063 294,630 295,089 13,280 15,554 15,284 15,080 4.4 5.3 5.2 5.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064,306 1,055,012 1,054,469 1,050,739 96,343 96,565 96,982 98,128 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.3

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

December January Number Percent of labor force

2019 2020 2020 2021p

December January December January

2019 2020 2020 2021p 2019 2020 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,240,957 2,240,352 2,225,417 2,228,724 54,718 78,752 69,939 90,226 2.4 3.5 3.1 4.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,567 350,219 348,829 348,865 17,841 23,032 18,985 23,876 5.1 6.6 5.4 6.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,574,368 3,566,534 3,587,269 3,570,326 159,900 239,544 173,912 244,196 4.5 6.7 4.8 6.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362,346 1,366,653 1,356,254 1,349,640 45,631 64,314 56,515 68,999 3.3 4.7 4.2 5.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,384,074 18,660,835 19,438,620 18,623,527 765,587 1,702,248 873,455 1,721,723 3.9 9.1 4.5 9.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,171,306 4,867,991 5,210,574 4,916,561 224,411 597,356 253,528 626,370 4.3 12.3 4.9 12.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,146,158 3,172,790 3,144,882 3,170,455 76,218 219,804 90,641 218,205 2.4 6.9 2.9 6.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912,280 1,831,338 1,916,553 1,823,229 57,926 140,974 81,459 154,481 3.0 7.7 4.3 8.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491,675 482,293 492,355 487,753 17,389 27,797 22,838 31,288 3.5 5.8 4.6 6.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416,329 413,158 421,801 407,132 18,940 36,459 21,026 32,268 4.5 8.8 5.0 7.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,423,772 9,968,835 10,455,017 10,105,513 304,578 419,587 354,946 537,512 2.9 4.2 3.4 5.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,377,214 1,301,119 1,386,935 1,294,241 23,646 103,260 25,413 104,856 1.7 7.9 1.8 8.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,195,256 5,139,816 5,212,231 5,111,994 162,723 289,866 186,424 256,546 3.1 5.6 3.6 5.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,732 648,758 677,385 654,614 12,584 60,478 13,926 64,054 1.9 9.3 2.1 9.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,637 899,652 885,293 897,952 22,443 36,070 29,056 39,323 2.5 4.0 3.3 4.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,369,025 6,105,476 6,333,145 6,092,375 212,093 479,837 254,485 514,858 3.3 7.9 4.0 8.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,687,479 3,541,085 3,663,216 3,533,906 112,643 308,282 137,709 322,011 3.1 8.7 3.8 9.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,374,517 3,321,235 3,364,647 3,335,764 97,376 146,233 119,356 155,689 2.9 4.4 3.5 4.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,735,817 1,622,138 1,729,632 1,625,569 50,677 66,280 61,834 74,994 2.9 4.1 3.6 4.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,497,874 1,508,734 1,493,578 1,516,800 41,336 62,911 48,671 81,488 2.8 4.2 3.3 5.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,082,085 1,983,657 2,067,955 1,967,759 76,944 107,709 93,839 104,351 3.7 5.4 4.5 5.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,130,487 2,083,161 2,133,698 2,049,340 95,963 151,178 110,789 155,784 4.5 7.3 5.2 7.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692,823 662,097 689,271 664,657 16,472 34,564 22,849 42,315 2.4 5.2 3.3 6.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,283,554 3,105,593 3,284,785 3,076,762 98,132 206,860 119,220 193,504 3.0 6.7 3.6 6.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,766,273 3,694,508 3,755,504 3,693,776 95,012 271,380 127,991 276,694 2.5 7.3 3.4 7.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,933,081 4,855,603 4,909,663 4,711,442 169,426 400,934 206,791 288,821 3.4 8.3 4.2 6.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,163,473 2,135,505 2,151,704 2,028,213 82,728 219,701 98,336 108,333 3.8 10.3 4.6 5.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105,118 3,036,842 3,102,006 2,985,747 99,584 148,543 117,779 151,502 3.2 4.9 3.8 5.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,497 1,278,959 1,269,573 1,260,891 65,099 83,701 70,055 78,318 5.1 6.5 5.5 6.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086,813 3,055,793 3,077,693 3,043,385 102,478 141,939 121,737 155,450 3.3 4.6 4.0 5.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537,622 524,275 538,957 525,411 20,055 23,912 24,873 26,155 3.7 4.6 4.6 5.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,731 1,015,391 1,037,068 1,012,219 27,326 30,738 33,639 31,702 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,589,050 1,513,944 1,595,413 1,531,451 55,326 123,484 62,083 130,744 3.5 8.2 3.9 8.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773,238 757,970 774,595 755,558 17,912 27,997 23,709 30,681 2.3 3.7 3.1 4.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,570,393 4,372,811 4,568,369 4,371,552 148,482 316,353 186,718 346,956 3.2 7.2 4.1 7.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969,717 963,668 962,250 951,500 45,510 80,079 49,768 85,626 4.7 8.3 5.2 9.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,468,903 9,228,985 9,529,605 9,185,239 332,618 782,807 394,915 863,972 3.5 8.5 4.1 9.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,055,234 3,856,031 4,083,553 3,844,278 122,776 447,885 156,782 503,064 3.0 11.6 3.8 13.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,072,982 5,017,316 5,072,275 4,971,267 163,544 307,133 184,959 296,669 3.2 6.1 3.6 6.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,011 397,541 402,870 397,508 8,741 18,974 11,895 20,099 2.2 4.8 3.0 5.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,853,909 5,684,962 5,846,906 5,692,585 230,950 300,053 304,717 344,508 3.9 5.3 5.2 6.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049,216 997,566 1,056,664 1,008,741 39,491 76,279 52,752 73,937 3.8 7.6 5.0 7.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847,173 1,853,534 1,847,668 1,862,494 52,253 85,689 60,105 92,743 2.8 4.6 3.3 5.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,097,067 2,127,775 2,090,607 2,124,001 60,562 131,658 77,971 148,835 2.9 6.2 3.7 7.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,506,211 6,255,815 6,505,710 6,247,478 286,497 430,100 325,704 504,703 4.4 6.9 5.0 8.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564,399 539,265 559,850 540,668 18,854 41,962 24,384 45,582 3.3 7.8 4.4 8.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,355,306 2,348,040 2,359,513 2,341,477 58,112 138,256 73,251 126,775 2.5 5.9 3.1 5.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,688 467,353 457,217 461,467 13,881 16,585 14,934 15,215 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,343,512 3,324,493 3,332,953 3,306,113 109,254 185,878 132,499 177,419 3.3 5.6 4.0 5.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,169,618 14,139,874 14,161,146 14,027,811 464,113 948,550 526,436 1,027,759 3.3 6.7 3.7 7.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626,689 1,629,656 1,629,243 1,640,170 35,456 49,109 43,232 56,085 2.2 3.0 2.7 3.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,495 313,167 343,783 311,724 8,116 10,278 10,327 11,493 2.4 3.3 3.0 3.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,434,983 4,239,603 4,437,563 4,217,727 100,081 243,507 123,101 240,004 2.3 5.7 2.8 5.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,936,216 3,830,175 3,954,032 3,845,972 152,241 251,637 180,264 260,462 3.9 6.6 4.6 6.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,724,567 1,722,800 1,747,143 1,744,408 41,446 103,497 46,424 115,109 2.4 6.0 2.7 6.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797,624 792,568 799,650 782,866 37,201 56,722 45,180 55,204 4.7 7.2 5.6 7.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,075,658 3,038,277 3,057,272 3,031,292 91,617 122,911 107,294 136,724 3.0 4.0 3.5 4.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295,794 292,809 296,026 294,006 12,002 15,512 14,396 18,028 4.1 5.3 4.9 6.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067,435 1,040,875 1,049,920 1,037,203 98,182 109,601 100,999 93,665 9.2 10.5 9.6 9.0

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. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,087.5 2,009.0 2,012.5 2,013.4 96.2 95.0 96.4 96.6 269.7 261.4 260.6 262.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.4 304.5 304.1 303.9 16.5 17.1 17.1 17.1 12.4 12.5 13.6 12.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,988.5 2,862.2 2,860.3 2,874.0 175.5 176.9 172.4 173.5 180.4 175.8 176.4 176.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,293.4 1,252.9 1,257.5 1,259.8 53.8 54.7 54.4 55.3 160.8 155.9 156.7 157.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,620.8 16,013.3 15,937.9 15,868.0 905.2 858.1 881.1 877.1 1,327.6 1,248.1 1,246.9 1,242.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819.5 2,647.9 2,626.7 2,658.7 179.9 173.6 173.2 173.5 151.4 145.9 145.4 145.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698.0 1,575.4 1,570.8 1,570.7 58.8 56.4 56.7 56.1 160.8 151.6 152.9 152.7

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.9 442.1 442.3 444.5 23.5 22.6 22.5 22.6 27.3 25.2 25.2 25.0

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804.7 733.6 733.9 733.0 15.3 15.5 15.7 15.5 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,063.0 8,474.6 8,492.0 8,491.2 575.3 558.6 561.9 565.4 389.0 378.4 379.2 378.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,663.2 4,426.1 4,449.8 4,448.1 207.9 200.7 200.2 201.4 404.3 384.8 389.2 387.5

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.3 532.7 541.7 540.2 37.3 35.3 36.0 36.7 13.8 11.2 11.2 11.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772.6 771.4 776.4 780.9 54.8 57.1 57.6 59.5 69.0 69.4 69.7 69.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,151.8 5,646.5 5,637.3 5,647.0 229.5 218.7 222.7 219.5 580.7 546.6 548.4 547.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,165.7 3,017.2 3,024.8 3,029.0 148.7 149.0 150.3 150.5 536.9 517.1 519.5 520.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,593.8 1,509.0 1,513.4 1,516.4 80.6 76.5 77.9 78.9 224.3 216.0 218.2 218.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431.1 1,356.1 1,354.7 1,364.7 64.5 63.5 64.6 64.2 171.5 157.2 157.0 158.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956.5 1,856.5 1,841.8 1,854.6 82.0 78.5 79.0 80.1 251.2 240.6 242.1 239.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,992.2 1,830.7 1,834.6 1,831.1 136.4 118.0 118.2 117.8 137.6 128.5 130.1 127.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.0 602.1 601.2 603.2 30.5 30.4 30.7 30.6 53.9 52.3 52.7 52.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,779.7 2,602.7 2,603.9 2,610.7 167.5 160.3 162.4 161.5 113.0 109.1 109.8 108.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,726.0 3,365.0 3,356.3 3,391.8 165.2 159.8 161.8 163.6 243.1 229.8 230.2 229.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,449.2 4,095.7 4,027.9 4,051.7 176.5 174.7 175.0 174.9 620.9 571.9 572.2 572.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,997.2 2,772.4 2,719.6 2,771.4 127.9 121.5 122.8 122.7 323.1 305.7 306.3 307.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162.4 1,122.2 1,125.9 1,125.5 45.5 44.8 44.9 44.7 146.8 141.7 142.0 142.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,929.9 2,790.0 2,799.2 2,805.1 129.1 125.2 125.5 125.9 277.0 267.0 268.4 269.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.1 475.6 476.4 477.1 30.6 30.4 31.0 31.2 21.2 20.3 20.5 20.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033.9 993.3 998.3 997.3 56.4 54.6 55.9 56.2 99.7 98.1 99.0 98.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,441.0 1,273.4 1,277.5 1,284.9 98.5 90.0 90.7 91.2 59.0 56.4 56.5 56.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.2 644.8 639.3 648.1 28.6 27.7 28.1 27.6 70.8 66.5 66.4 66.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,227.1 3,871.0 3,864.9 3,865.8 162.9 150.7 151.5 150.9 251.0 238.5 238.8 239.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863.6 785.6 778.4 778.1 52.0 46.4 47.7 48.2 29.0 26.0 25.7 25.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,831.2 8,753.6 8,723.3 8,766.0 409.4 378.7 382.1 382.2 435.8 400.7 403.8 400.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,623.5 4,414.3 4,435.8 4,432.6 234.7 230.8 230.7 231.9 475.5 453.1 457.7 456.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.7 407.3 407.9 410.5 28.6 25.9 26.9 26.9 26.5 24.7 24.9 25.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,613.7 5,292.3 5,277.8 5,306.7 231.4 221.0 222.2 223.6 695.0 658.8 657.6 658.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704.7 1,613.3 1,614.1 1,622.5 82.8 78.2 77.5 79.9 139.6 127.8 129.5 128.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969.3 1,825.7 1,798.2 1,806.5 111.7 109.7 109.6 108.8 196.4 184.1 184.4 185.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,093.1 5,637.8 5,602.4 5,638.1 264.3 251.0 251.4 250.4 571.2 537.2 538.7 538.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.8 463.6 457.8 462.3 20.2 19.5 19.7 19.9 39.7 37.9 37.7 37.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,198.7 2,104.4 2,117.3 2,104.4 106.7 103.9 105.5 102.3 257.5 246.1 247.6 246.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.2 429.6 431.6 431.9 23.9 23.8 24.0 24.0 44.5 43.4 43.6 43.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,151.2 3,021.1 3,030.5 3,028.4 132.3 129.3 129.0 128.7 354.5 342.8 343.9 344.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,956.2 12,299.5 12,365.2 12,396.0 778.5 723.8 725.8 728.8 911.6 855.4 858.2 855.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570.9 1,559.6 1,565.1 1,568.3 113.5 117.6 118.5 117.5 137.1 138.9 140.1 139.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.8 287.1 286.1 287.1 15.5 14.1 14.5 15.0 30.0 28.5 28.7 28.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,089.1 3,888.1 3,881.1 3,895.2 207.5 205.3 207.1 207.5 243.3 234.1 235.9 233.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,502.7 3,272.2 3,266.8 3,271.2 219.3 220.3 222.2 222.1 292.7 261.7 261.2 260.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.6 675.1 671.9 674.8 33.2 30.1 30.6 30.7 46.8 44.4 44.5 44.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,995.1 2,816.6 2,831.1 2,842.2 126.7 126.6 126.7 123.7 479.6 462.1 467.1 468.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.6 273.2 273.7 273.6 23.2 20.3 20.7 20.7 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881.9 840.1 837.3 846.2 27.7 28.2 27.4 29.2 75.4 76.2 76.3 76.4

Virgin Islands2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 34.7 33.9 34.0 4.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from

January 2016 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may have been revised back to 1990. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.4 378.9 379.1 376.0 97.7 96.8 97.0 96.1 253.3 251.5 250.4 251.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 59.4 59.0 58.8 11.4 10.5 10.6 10.4 28.2 26.2 26.4 26.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.9 565.5 565.8 563.6 233.2 232.6 231.4 230.6 451.8 424.6 426.1 430.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.1 253.4 253.7 253.7 64.2 63.5 63.6 64.0 147.1 140.0 142.5 143.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,065.2 2,939.4 2,941.6 2,955.3 847.4 811.7 810.0 810.6 2,758.2 2,591.0 2,611.1 2,614.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.7 478.4 483.4 484.6 175.8 173.8 174.3 176.1 446.9 430.2 434.7 438.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.9 288.4 287.5 289.9 122.9 119.3 119.8 119.5 219.4 204.2 203.6 202.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.7 80.8 81.9 81.5 47.8 46.8 46.5 46.9 64.6 60.0 60.6 61.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 29.1 29.3 29.3 29.9 27.9 27.9 28.3 174.4 163.9 164.2 164.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,821.2 1,740.0 1,742.4 1,746.8 603.0 594.0 597.6 596.1 1,403.4 1,355.7 1,366.2 1,366.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951.9 945.2 947.2 945.3 254.5 250.9 252.7 251.0 730.4 698.9 704.2 706.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.4 100.0 100.9 100.3 30.0 26.1 26.4 26.4 75.0 64.0 65.0 66.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.2 151.5 153.7 153.1 37.1 38.8 39.0 39.6 99.5 100.9 100.8 101.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.2 1,171.5 1,174.9 1,177.0 414.2 402.8 403.6 397.2 948.2 891.4 906.3 917.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.9 601.2 605.1 606.5 143.0 139.9 141.0 140.9 347.0 328.8 333.9 333.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.2 304.7 308.2 307.0 110.1 109.8 109.6 109.9 140.3 134.7 136.4 136.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.0 262.9 263.4 267.8 78.2 77.2 76.9 76.9 176.2 169.0 170.3 171.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.6 401.6 404.5 404.5 94.5 94.0 94.0 95.6 217.1 211.3 209.1 212.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.6 363.8 363.9 362.3 93.9 86.3 86.4 86.9 217.0 204.4 204.0 202.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.2 113.1 113.4 113.5 33.4 32.6 32.7 32.7 70.1 68.6 68.8 69.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.0 458.4 460.2 461.5 142.5 136.1 135.7 137.4 462.8 443.2 448.1 451.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.4 545.4 549.6 552.7 223.0 216.4 216.3 218.4 612.6 577.4 583.0 587.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.3 765.5 769.9 773.6 228.1 224.5 224.5 223.9 652.9 609.0 609.4 612.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.6 502.2 502.8 503.3 195.9 194.2 194.8 194.4 384.3 355.3 355.9 356.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.9 232.9 233.0 232.6 44.3 42.0 42.4 42.5 109.0 108.7 108.9 107.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.3 539.0 543.7 542.7 176.4 175.0 176.0 172.4 386.1 365.0 368.4 370.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.4 93.5 94.2 94.5 26.6 26.6 26.3 26.2 44.4 44.8 45.0 45.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.0 193.4 195.9 194.9 75.3 74.4 74.6 74.5 121.6 116.5 117.5 117.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.6 268.4 271.2 271.6 70.4 67.6 67.6 67.9 202.0 178.0 179.7 180.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.0 135.6 136.7 136.4 34.2 33.8 33.9 33.6 84.7 83.8 84.5 87.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889.1 851.2 848.1 841.0 252.0 245.3 244.3 248.2 691.2 645.3 648.8 650.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.7 131.1 131.5 131.9 35.8 33.2 32.7 32.0 113.1 105.7 107.4 108.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,549.0 1,378.8 1,383.0 1,386.9 733.9 701.0 701.9 702.9 1,355.8 1,230.0 1,232.7 1,239.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858.2 855.7 861.2 861.6 256.5 258.4 258.9 257.5 655.0 648.3 657.3 657.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 88.7 89.4 89.3 25.0 24.6 24.5 24.6 33.4 30.7 31.1 30.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036.4 1,025.6 1,028.4 1,029.8 308.2 304.2 306.1 307.8 732.0 696.9 696.2 697.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3 302.5 302.6 304.1 78.6 76.8 77.4 77.1 196.3 180.2 182.4 184.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.9 356.9 356.6 358.3 105.3 100.8 101.3 102.0 256.8 243.8 246.8 247.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128.7 1,086.5 1,093.2 1,098.8 333.0 323.6 323.7 323.4 812.9 753.6 758.1 770.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 73.0 73.2 74.5 35.6 34.2 34.3 34.3 68.9 65.8 65.2 63.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.2 407.0 408.3 408.6 106.9 106.1 106.3 105.6 294.3 285.3 287.4 285.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.0 85.7 86.4 85.8 28.8 28.4 28.6 28.3 33.5 32.5 32.5 32.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.7 636.3 640.4 642.2 174.7 170.2 170.9 171.1 433.7 423.8 427.7 426.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,537.0 2,504.7 2,514.7 2,515.9 816.3 811.3 807.0 815.4 1,826.6 1,779.1 1,807.8 1,820.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.6 298.8 298.7 299.0 92.6 95.0 96.3 97.0 225.2 230.1 233.9 236.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 50.7 51.1 50.9 12.3 12.0 11.8 11.8 29.9 29.6 29.6 29.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.2 649.2 649.7 654.4 214.5 208.1 208.4 208.0 776.1 766.2 766.1 767.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.6 639.2 643.8 642.1 162.6 157.7 158.5 157.3 442.2 429.3 438.1 434.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 120.6 120.3 121.2 29.8 29.5 29.3 28.8 68.7 65.4 65.7 66.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.3 519.9 525.8 529.2 154.8 150.7 150.9 150.6 327.3 313.4 316.5 318.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 50.8 50.8 50.7 11.2 10.5 11.0 11.0 19.2 18.5 18.6 18.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.1 167.5 167.9 168.1 45.0 42.7 42.8 43.1 123.9 118.1 117.0 119.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.5 – – – – – – – –

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. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data

from January 2016 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may have been revised back to 1990. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Jan.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.7 236.3 237.2 240.4 209.1 185.2 188.8 187.7 394.8 384.5 383.4 383.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 49.6 49.2 49.2 35.9 26.9 26.1 26.9 79.4 77.1 77.0 76.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.6 462.7 464.7 465.6 337.0 275.0 276.6 278.7 420.3 403.5 401.4 407.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.4 187.2 187.9 187.4 122.5 111.2 111.6 111.3 213.3 204.8 205.2 205.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,859.3 2,727.9 2,734.8 2,724.8 2,055.5 1,432.9 1,326.7 1,256.1 2,615.4 2,415.9 2,403.4 2,407.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.2 339.2 338.2 337.9 347.1 275.6 244.8 266.0 461.4 431.1 432.9 436.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.8 324.0 323.0 324.2 157.6 119.7 118.9 118.5 236.2 225.2 221.1 220.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 77.9 77.7 77.3 52.8 44.1 43.6 44.0 67.1 64.9 64.9 65.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.4 122.2 122.9 123.2 82.5 40.3 39.4 38.0 238.1 242.5 242.7 242.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,364.8 1,307.4 1,306.1 1,309.3 1,274.9 1,000.2 1,000.6 990.8 1,133.4 1,086.4 1,083.3 1,080.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.3 587.8 589.1 588.3 507.1 417.9 425.6 421.4 694.0 670.9 671.2 672.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.3 81.0 81.5 82.2 127.6 69.3 75.0 73.9 126.7 118.4 116.9 116.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.5 110.9 112.0 113.1 84.5 81.6 83.4 83.1 127.3 124.5 124.1 126.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948.7 881.6 883.2 883.3 628.8 437.0 407.1 412.2 836.7 772.2 767.4 765.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.1 460.0 461.3 459.6 316.0 272.1 270.7 272.3 427.9 406.3 401.7 402.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.6 220.6 220.6 221.3 144.9 119.6 117.7 118.1 264.0 251.3 248.7 250.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.9 197.5 196.5 198.0 130.7 111.3 109.9 110.6 261.8 246.8 245.4 247.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.7 275.6 277.2 278.1 205.2 169.5 158.2 167.1 311.1 296.1 289.0 288.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.8 311.2 311.9 312.8 238.9 194.5 195.0 193.2 332.3 311.7 313.5 316.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 125.1 125.3 124.9 70.2 54.9 53.9 54.5 102.5 96.1 94.2 95.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476.7 446.1 446.9 446.3 284.4 222.9 217.0 213.6 509.0 492.9 490.2 495.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822.2 746.9 740.3 750.3 382.3 263.6 255.0 256.9 460.2 424.1 419.4 428.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691.7 641.0 638.4 640.5 434.4 339.4 276.6 285.4 618.2 568.1 562.2 569.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560.9 535.8 533.1 539.8 277.0 204.3 160.9 196.4 427.3 405.3 399.6 402.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.9 139.0 139.0 139.7 138.2 123.0 123.8 124.0 243.2 234.7 236.6 236.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.4 481.7 482.9 486.5 312.1 254.5 253.5 256.0 439.0 422.4 421.4 421.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.0 79.0 78.9 78.4 67.7 62.0 61.8 61.8 91.9 88.4 88.2 88.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.1 155.0 155.3 154.8 95.1 81.6 79.5 81.7 175.8 167.5 168.1 165.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.0 141.2 142.9 143.4 356.2 248.5 247.3 247.8 166.9 158.4 157.0 160.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.2 118.6 116.9 117.5 73.6 61.5 59.2 61.1 90.1 82.8 79.4 84.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729.2 665.3 665.0 666.9 398.7 294.7 289.1 293.2 605.6 569.0 568.1 565.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.7 135.2 135.0 134.8 101.0 80.9 72.7 71.0 187.5 175.2 174.3 172.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,161.5 1,996.7 1,994.2 2,002.5 965.5 620.7 593.6 602.4 1,505.0 1,442.9 1,429.2 1,442.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.3 599.6 597.8 594.9 521.8 432.1 433.9 434.6 737.6 700.8 701.7 700.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 65.3 65.5 65.2 40.6 34.4 33.8 34.6 82.4 79.7 78.5 79.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947.6 896.5 890.9 897.7 574.1 478.8 470.3 480.6 795.4 747.6 742.9 749.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.8 236.1 232.9 234.5 175.5 161.8 161.1 162.2 355.2 342.3 342.5 342.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.9 293.5 291.9 293.5 215.7 165.2 136.8 138.9 300.4 275.3 274.5 274.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,307.5 1,239.8 1,223.8 1,234.3 583.0 443.8 415.3 425.8 712.9 672.3 670.3 670.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 99.7 98.5 99.3 60.3 46.1 43.4 45.9 65.4 62.2 61.4 61.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.9 250.5 251.6 251.9 273.4 238.0 241.5 237.7 377.2 364.5 365.9 362.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.3 73.6 74.2 74.3 47.9 41.5 41.7 41.9 79.7 77.9 77.5 78.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.2 430.2 429.4 431.5 351.2 292.9 294.6 291.5 440.6 429.2 428.1 426.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,772.7 1,696.4 1,703.0 1,705.1 1,415.1 1,203.3 1,214.5 1,217.4 1,999.4 1,960.1 1,961.1 1,959.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.5 207.9 207.0 207.2 155.7 142.5 141.1 141.3 252.7 241.8 242.8 242.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 62.0 62.1 62.3 36.5 25.4 23.9 24.4 55.7 50.7 50.7 50.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.4 530.0 528.5 529.4 421.4 337.0 335.6 339.8 737.1 707.3 698.8 704.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.0 496.2 495.2 499.9 349.7 255.5 231.4 236.2 591.7 539.2 542.9 544.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.4 127.7 127.6 127.8 74.8 64.1 62.2 62.5 155.9 146.7 145.4 145.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.2 446.4 448.3 449.7 288.3 224.3 224.0 225.5 409.5 379.8 378.2 382.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 28.7 28.7 28.8 37.7 36.2 35.8 35.6 68.3 66.2 66.0 65.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.7 108.5 108.7 110.7 80.9 69.6 70.5 71.7 198.8 198.0 195.4 195.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 6.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 10.6 11.1 10.4 10.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data

from January 2016 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted series may have been revised back to 1990. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

December January December January December January

2019 2020 2020 2021p2019 2020 2020 2021p2019 2020 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,096.5 2,021.8 2,062.7 1,993.2 10.1 9.4 9.9 9.7 95.2 95.9 93.5 93.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.5 288.8 310.9 287.2 13.5 10.0 13.1 10.1 14.9 15.8 13.8 14.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,034.2 2,906.2 2,985.3 2,864.5 12.5 12.3 13.0 12.4 174.9 172.1 173.0 171.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,299.2 1,263.8 1,282.0 1,245.8 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.2 53.2 54.0 51.9 53.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,737.6 16,092.3 17,481.8 15,745.8 22.0 18.3 21.5 18.5 888.0 871.5 876.1 851.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,830.5 2,645.4 2,786.6 2,628.8 26.9 19.1 26.6 19.2 179.3 171.9 173.6 167.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,715.9 1,590.2 1,676.7 1,547.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 58.2 56.1 53.6 51.2

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.9 444.0 458.0 435.0 – – – – 22.8 22.6 22.5 21.8

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802.0 735.9 796.6 726.1 – – – – 14.4 15.5 15.0 15.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,163.4 8,581.5 9,045.9 8,463.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 574.1 561.1 567.9 556.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,695.2 4,488.3 4,626.7 4,413.7 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.6 207.0 199.7 203.8 197.5

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.6 551.2 659.2 538.9 – – – – 37.6 36.3 36.4 36.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.1 773.5 757.4 763.1 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 53.3 56.3 51.3 55.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,176.9 5,675.1 6,032.5 5,532.0 8.0 6.5 7.3 6.4 223.9 213.5 204.0 192.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,197.8 3,047.5 3,120.3 2,976.9 6.1 5.1 6.0 5.0 146.1 149.1 138.6 140.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,599.2 1,517.3 1,561.9 1,486.4 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 76.6 74.4 68.9 67.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443.7 1,365.3 1,413.3 1,345.3 6.6 5.8 6.4 5.7 62.9 63.9 60.5 60.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,975.1 1,859.6 1,929.3 1,829.0 9.8 7.4 8.9 7.2 80.5 78.4 76.3 76.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,001.8 1,846.1 1,977.7 1,812.8 36.2 29.2 35.0 27.7 137.1 117.4 133.1 114.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636.8 598.0 621.2 583.8 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 30.0 29.9 28.5 27.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797.6 2,624.2 2,725.7 2,565.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 167.3 162.2 162.6 158.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,740.0 3,365.6 3,643.7 3,308.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 162.4 160.0 154.3 151.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,482.1 4,032.6 4,373.4 3,971.5 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.7 171.8 168.8 161.0 160.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,993.8 2,716.3 2,946.7 2,717.7 6.4 6.0 6.2 5.8 120.8 116.2 111.3 106.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165.7 1,132.6 1,151.3 1,114.4 6.6 5.6 6.5 5.6 45.1 45.0 43.9 43.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,949.1 2,808.4 2,881.7 2,759.1 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 128.6 124.7 121.9 119.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.1 474.0 477.1 464.8 7.1 6.5 6.8 6.4 29.5 29.8 27.1 27.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036.3 1,003.0 1,016.7 982.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 54.6 54.9 51.8 51.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,452.8 1,287.3 1,424.9 1,268.7 14.9 14.7 14.7 14.4 97.8 90.0 96.9 88.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693.3 642.5 673.9 636.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 27.9 27.7 27.1 25.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,259.6 3,900.2 4,147.1 3,793.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 161.2 150.5 153.9 140.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866.0 781.1 854.6 767.9 25.0 16.4 25.0 17.0 51.0 47.3 50.8 47.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,925.7 8,797.9 9,647.2 8,578.5 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.8 399.9 371.6 382.6 351.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,642.9 4,472.4 4,579.0 4,389.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 233.6 230.8 229.6 225.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.7 408.8 431.5 401.4 20.5 13.2 20.3 13.1 27.1 24.7 23.9 22.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,639.3 5,302.0 5,517.5 5,192.6 10.7 9.0 10.3 8.8 224.2 214.9 211.2 202.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,723.1 1,625.2 1,685.4 1,602.4 40.5 24.9 39.1 24.8 81.9 77.6 80.5 78.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,978.8 1,805.2 1,945.4 1,783.0 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.4 109.7 106.5 106.3 102.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,135.5 5,642.9 5,996.4 5,536.7 26.7 20.8 25.8 20.6 254.9 245.8 244.5 231.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.5 458.3 493.0 448.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 20.0 19.7 18.5 18.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,212.6 2,129.6 2,167.8 2,074.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 106.6 106.2 105.0 101.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.4 430.6 431.2 421.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.2 23.0 20.9 21.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,178.4 3,065.1 3,117.6 3,000.6 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.2 131.2 128.9 128.1 126.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,029.6 12,453.1 12,834.3 12,289.9 236.6 175.0 234.8 177.3 778.3 725.5 764.9 716.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,587.7 1,578.9 1,556.8 1,549.1 9.2 8.1 9.1 8.1 112.2 117.5 108.6 111.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.5 292.9 313.1 285.3 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 14.9 14.0 13.9 12.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,099.5 3,894.2 4,041.4 3,837.1 7.8 6.9 7.7 6.8 204.3 205.3 201.0 200.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,510.0 3,269.0 3,465.8 3,231.9 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.2 219.7 218.9 212.6 213.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721.7 675.6 709.0 662.6 20.6 17.5 20.3 18.1 30.8 30.0 28.8 27.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,005.6 2,834.4 2,935.3 2,782.8 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.3 122.7 121.9 114.6 111.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.1 271.0 282.4 265.9 20.4 14.6 19.9 14.7 22.2 19.8 21.0 18.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.6 859.3 873.1 842.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 29.2 29.6 26.6 28.0

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 34.1 39.4 34.0 – – – – 5.2 2.8 4.7 2.8

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates

subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

December January December January December January

2019 2020 2020 2021p

2019 2020 2020 2021p2019 2020 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.5 261.3 268.6 261.3 393.9 388.4 381.1 377.0 21.0 18.8 20.8 18.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 6.4 9.4 8.7 62.1 56.9 60.4 55.4 5.3 4.7 5.2 4.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.7 177.2 180.0 176.4 573.6 584.3 554.0 562.5 50.3 44.0 49.9 45.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.0 157.3 161.0 157.3 257.2 258.2 250.7 251.1 12.7 11.6 12.7 11.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325.8 1,244.7 1,312.6 1,229.8 3,179.8 3,050.5 3,068.7 2,956.9 573.8 525.5 579.4 520.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.5 145.8 150.8 144.6 496.9 498.0 483.0 486.3 78.3 73.1 77.9 73.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.1 153.1 160.1 152.0 309.5 300.4 295.1 289.0 31.5 29.2 31.2 27.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 25.2 27.2 24.8 84.2 84.4 80.0 80.6 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.0 34.2 29.7 33.0 28.8 20.5 19.2 20.3 19.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.9 380.8 387.7 375.7 1,884.6 1,796.8 1,827.9 1,756.3 139.9 128.2 138.2 126.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4 390.7 402.9 387.4 983.9 969.3 951.1 943.3 119.8 110.9 117.2 111.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 11.3 13.7 11.1 128.9 103.7 126.7 101.0 8.4 6.5 8.6 6.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 69.6 68.5 68.5 149.0 156.0 145.6 151.3 8.1 7.0 8.0 6.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581.3 550.8 577.8 543.4 1,243.5 1,209.7 1,200.8 1,172.7 93.9 85.8 93.5 84.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.0 520.2 535.3 517.9 621.8 617.9 594.3 596.5 28.6 23.8 28.2 23.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.8 218.8 223.2 218.0 318.1 313.8 308.1 304.9 21.0 18.5 20.7 17.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.3 157.3 170.9 156.3 275.2 268.1 265.6 265.7 18.5 16.6 18.2 16.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.5 243.8 251.1 238.9 420.8 415.3 404.4 401.3 21.7 20.2 21.5 20.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 130.6 137.3 125.1 387.3 370.5 378.4 360.8 21.7 17.2 22.0 17.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 53.1 52.9 52.2 121.5 115.7 116.6 111.8 7.1 6.5 7.0 6.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.6 110.3 111.8 108.3 491.7 476.8 469.5 457.2 36.0 31.3 35.8 30.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.3 230.8 241.6 227.7 599.3 562.9 578.4 548.7 93.5 86.0 93.8 88.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.1 573.7 615.5 568.8 818.5 785.0 788.3 763.4 55.6 48.3 55.1 48.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.2 305.0 319.6 303.3 544.7 513.5 529.2 499.5 46.3 40.2 46.0 40.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.2 142.9 147.1 142.5 237.4 238.2 230.1 231.9 10.6 9.4 10.4 9.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.8 268.9 272.5 266.5 560.1 553.0 538.0 538.3 47.7 44.2 47.4 44.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 20.8 20.8 20.1 95.9 95.5 93.3 93.4 6.2 5.5 6.1 5.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.3 99.3 99.3 98.3 202.4 200.6 195.3 193.1 17.2 15.8 17.2 15.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 56.7 58.7 56.0 275.7 281.4 265.1 271.5 15.7 13.4 15.0 13.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 66.7 70.6 66.2 144.0 139.6 140.2 136.0 12.4 11.4 12.4 11.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2 239.0 249.4 237.0 921.7 876.8 886.3 839.8 71.6 67.1 70.4 64.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 25.6 28.6 25.4 140.7 133.8 137.0 130.5 11.3 8.7 11.0 8.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.8 403.5 432.0 396.3 1,614.2 1,432.0 1,545.8 1,382.6 291.8 262.5 290.0 259.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.6 460.4 473.4 456.3 876.3 884.2 852.4 855.8 76.4 74.9 75.6 75.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 24.8 26.0 25.2 95.1 91.2 92.7 88.7 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698.0 659.7 693.4 656.1 1,073.1 1,057.7 1,029.3 1,022.6 69.4 62.5 68.2 62.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.4 130.3 139.1 128.1 316.8 309.3 305.1 301.7 19.9 17.7 19.7 17.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.1 182.5 193.9 181.8 371.2 366.0 359.1 357.1 35.4 32.0 34.6 32.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.3 540.5 568.0 535.8 1,172.5 1,132.3 1,127.7 1,095.0 88.9 80.7 88.7 78.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 37.9 39.6 37.7 80.0 75.6 76.7 73.6 5.8 5.0 5.8 4.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.8 248.2 256.6 245.8 420.5 419.0 408.1 406.9 26.0 25.1 25.7 24.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.5 43.5 44.1 43.0 86.9 87.1 84.9 84.7 5.5 4.8 5.5 4.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.6 345.5 353.5 344.5 659.3 657.0 640.3 642.4 45.9 43.3 44.9 42.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.7 862.2 907.0 852.9 2,610.9 2,578.0 2,532.4 2,515.3 213.1 200.1 210.9 199.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.2 140.7 136.5 138.5 301.0 306.8 288.3 296.4 39.7 38.1 39.3 37.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.6 29.0 29.7 28.1 55.5 52.3 53.7 50.4 4.3 3.9 4.3 3.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.6 237.3 241.7 231.8 681.5 668.6 657.3 651.8 68.4 64.5 68.1 64.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.3 260.8 289.7 257.6 664.2 655.9 644.9 637.4 148.1 151.4 147.4 151.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 44.4 46.7 44.6 131.9 124.2 125.4 119.5 8.1 7.3 8.0 7.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479.3 466.0 476.1 465.6 549.4 536.9 532.0 524.7 47.5 45.0 47.1 45.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 9.3 10.0 9.1 52.2 51.2 51.1 49.9 3.4 2.8 3.3 2.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 77.8 74.7 76.1 183.5 175.2 174.1 169.2 18.9 14.8 18.6 14.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 7.2 6.5 7.3 6.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates

subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

December January December January December January

2019 2020 2020 2021p

2019 2020 2020 2021p2019 2020 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.7 97.0 96.8 95.4 253.1 250.2 249.6 245.7 253.5 239.2 250.2 239.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 10.4 11.1 10.2 27.0 25.3 26.9 25.2 51.4 49.3 51.2 49.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.2 233.0 232.7 230.5 461.0 434.9 450.7 429.8 478.7 469.4 478.7 465.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 63.5 64.1 63.9 147.0 142.8 143.5 140.7 195.5 189.2 195.0 187.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853.9 813.8 843.2 807.8 2,775.4 2,630.6 2,727.0 2,587.5 2,872.2 2,748.0 2,850.6 2,714.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.2 175.0 175.3 175.0 443.9 434.8 437.1 428.9 352.0 339.8 352.2 337.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.2 120.1 122.0 119.0 218.1 204.9 213.7 197.3 354.4 326.6 349.2 321.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 46.6 47.6 46.7 65.6 61.4 63.4 61.2 81.9 78.2 80.8 76.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 27.8 29.7 28.1 174.5 164.9 173.1 163.6 131.0 124.4 131.1 122.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.2 601.4 600.3 593.8 1,414.6 1,380.0 1,397.4 1,358.7 1,371.4 1,312.0 1,361.2 1,304.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.8 253.9 253.8 250.3 731.6 713.8 722.2 699.4 617.7 593.3 615.5 586.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 26.7 29.8 26.4 75.5 65.4 74.8 65.7 88.7 82.4 88.0 81.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 39.0 36.7 39.2 98.3 99.8 96.6 97.7 114.2 112.5 114.8 112.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.6 403.5 410.4 394.3 953.1 908.8 920.7 890.7 951.7 888.8 943.7 879.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1 141.4 141.5 140.6 350.3 336.3 337.8 322.6 485.4 464.8 479.5 457.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.7 109.9 109.5 109.4 138.1 135.7 136.8 133.1 239.2 223.5 234.6 220.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 77.0 77.7 76.0 176.6 171.5 172.3 167.7 205.1 197.3 204.4 197.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.7 94.2 93.8 95.3 223.6 216.5 213.7 208.6 289.4 278.7 287.9 277.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.9 86.6 93.5 86.9 215.4 206.0 215.8 200.0 326.0 312.0 324.7 311.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 32.4 33.0 32.2 69.6 68.2 68.0 67.5 130.9 126.5 129.9 124.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.8 135.5 141.2 135.9 462.5 448.0 452.9 445.9 477.6 451.3 472.8 444.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.6 216.2 221.0 216.8 610.3 581.2 595.2 571.8 826.1 747.5 812.4 741.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.0 224.5 226.2 221.6 657.0 607.2 643.0 603.4 695.6 643.0 687.1 635.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.7 194.7 194.7 192.9 382.8 356.9 376.0 348.5 562.7 533.2 558.0 535.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.5 42.4 44.0 42.2 109.2 111.3 108.8 105.8 147.6 139.8 146.4 139.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.7 175.7 175.0 171.0 383.4 368.8 377.8 363.6 501.6 484.7 497.7 486.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 26.7 26.3 26.0 43.6 44.2 42.7 43.6 80.4 79.2 80.3 78.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 74.8 74.9 73.9 122.4 117.8 119.0 116.0 157.1 156.3 156.1 154.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.4 68.2 69.7 67.8 204.9 179.9 201.9 179.3 147.9 143.6 147.7 142.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 34.2 34.0 33.4 83.9 84.5 82.7 85.0 129.8 117.5 122.3 117.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 245.2 249.5 246.2 690.1 653.1 670.4 631.1 733.1 671.9 726.7 665.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 32.9 35.8 31.9 113.0 107.4 111.9 107.2 142.2 136.2 142.3 135.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.8 702.3 727.0 696.5 1,367.3 1,239.0 1,325.0 1,214.4 2,191.9 2,023.9 2,143.3 1,982.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.8 259.2 254.2 254.5 653.1 658.5 646.8 650.5 632.3 601.7 630.3 591.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.3 24.6 25.0 24.4 33.2 30.5 32.5 30.0 67.6 65.8 67.9 64.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.2 305.9 305.9 305.2 734.2 696.0 717.1 674.9 947.1 896.7 942.0 888.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 77.9 78.0 76.4 197.1 181.4 192.3 180.3 244.4 233.5 241.8 232.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.5 102.0 104.1 101.5 257.2 246.4 253.0 243.8 317.3 294.1 314.5 293.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.0 324.1 330.7 321.7 819.0 758.0 795.9 754.3 1,319.6 1,238.5 1,296.8 1,219.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 33.9 35.4 33.8 68.2 65.8 66.6 61.9 111.4 99.6 107.4 97.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.1 106.3 105.8 104.9 301.0 291.4 289.5 281.9 262.5 252.9 259.8 249.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 28.7 28.6 28.1 33.3 32.7 32.8 31.7 75.1 75.1 74.2 74.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0 170.9 173.7 170.2 436.9 436.7 426.3 421.7 451.8 431.2 447.0 428.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816.3 809.1 811.4 811.2 1,824.3 1,811.1 1,804.6 1,795.9 1,770.6 1,709.7 1,760.8 1,696.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 96.6 92.2 96.3 225.7 233.6 220.6 230.5 215.1 209.2 214.9 207.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 11.8 12.2 11.6 29.7 29.6 28.8 28.5 67.1 63.6 65.4 62.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.3 208.3 212.9 207.1 775.5 766.1 768.8 755.6 556.7 530.4 556.4 528.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.7 158.0 161.2 155.8 440.2 437.2 434.2 425.0 511.4 496.7 506.8 500.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 29.3 29.6 28.6 68.0 65.4 67.2 65.1 132.7 128.5 131.9 127.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.0 150.9 153.5 149.4 324.2 314.5 319.0 311.0 470.6 452.1 465.9 446.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.1 11.2 10.9 18.6 18.1 18.1 18.4 29.5 28.8 29.1 28.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.6 43.2 44.9 43.1 129.7 121.2 122.6 119.1 126.0 111.8 115.0 107.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates

subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

December January December January December January

2019 2020 2020 2021p

2019 2020 2020 2021p2019 2020 2020 2021p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.3 183.9 200.6 180.1 99.5 91.4 99.0 90.8 396.7 386.3 392.6 382.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4 22.1 30.3 22.5 10.9 10.0 10.8 10.0 80.0 77.9 78.7 76.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.9 276.2 333.6 274.5 95.2 90.1 94.2 88.7 437.2 412.7 425.5 408.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.0 107.8 117.7 105.1 65.4 65.1 65.9 64.6 216.1 209.0 213.8 205.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,043.4 1,319.3 2,003.7 1,215.1 577.9 438.5 578.7 430.8 2,625.4 2,431.6 2,620.3 2,412.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.8 244.1 344.4 264.9 114.8 107.3 114.2 106.3 461.9 436.5 451.5 425.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.2 115.4 148.1 109.5 65.6 57.1 64.7 57.2 239.6 226.8 238.5 222.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.1 40.0 47.8 38.6 18.8 15.8 18.6 16.2 68.5 66.3 66.2 64.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2 38.8 78.9 36.2 77.9 71.7 77.4 70.8 237.1 242.9 236.8 240.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269.6 996.6 1,260.3 973.0 354.6 321.3 353.5 322.0 1,153.0 1,097.8 1,146.0 1,090.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499.1 420.3 489.7 407.2 166.9 149.7 166.9 149.0 698.4 677.2 694.1 672.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.1 76.1 127.1 74.5 28.4 22.5 28.1 20.6 129.8 120.3 126.0 115.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 79.3 80.7 79.4 26.6 25.3 26.4 24.9 128.9 125.1 125.1 123.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.1 393.4 597.4 384.0 256.5 231.7 254.5 232.0 835.3 782.6 822.4 751.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.6 263.3 301.3 256.4 127.3 111.5 126.6 112.4 441.5 414.1 431.2 403.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.7 111.3 136.5 108.3 58.7 55.0 58.1 54.7 267.9 254.1 263.5 250.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 107.8 125.2 105.3 51.4 48.6 51.3 48.6 267.9 251.4 260.8 246.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.5 152.1 194.5 156.7 67.8 60.8 67.4 61.4 315.8 292.2 309.8 285.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.3 194.5 234.3 188.6 73.5 64.9 73.1 66.1 335.1 317.2 330.5 314.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 45.3 58.6 43.3 22.2 20.7 21.9 20.7 103.2 97.4 102.6 95.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.5 206.9 264.6 195.9 114.4 101.0 113.2 101.4 515.9 499.7 500.0 486.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.4 237.6 354.1 225.4 139.5 111.5 137.0 111.6 470.5 430.9 455.0 423.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.0 255.8 410.7 257.3 167.2 143.2 164.4 140.5 633.3 576.4 615.5 565.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.3 148.1 262.3 181.1 114.7 97.0 113.8 100.0 430.2 405.5 429.6 404.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.7 122.0 132.0 119.1 40.5 40.2 40.3 40.1 241.3 235.8 241.8 235.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.4 243.6 292.8 235.0 116.6 110.7 115.8 110.2 448.7 429.8 438.5 420.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.2 58.6 64.4 58.1 19.2 18.3 18.8 18.4 91.7 88.9 90.5 87.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.8 76.9 90.5 77.1 37.4 35.3 37.3 35.3 176.4 170.3 174.4 165.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.7 242.6 348.5 241.0 42.6 35.7 42.2 36.2 170.8 161.1 164.5 158.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 54.1 69.2 55.8 25.3 21.7 25.3 21.4 93.5 84.2 89.2 83.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.4 272.1 365.6 262.0 173.8 142.6 171.6 141.0 617.0 580.5 601.9 565.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.7 70.4 98.4 68.8 28.6 25.5 28.3 26.6 189.4 176.9 185.5 169.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949.1 572.8 904.7 540.1 418.3 335.8 411.0 332.1 1,515.4 1,449.4 1,481.1 1,417.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.3 420.8 496.8 410.5 168.0 156.0 167.4 155.3 755.8 720.3 746.8 708.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 33.0 39.1 32.7 15.5 14.4 15.6 14.4 85.9 80.9 82.5 79.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.8 453.9 542.5 446.0 213.2 190.8 210.9 189.0 802.4 754.9 786.7 735.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.0 158.8 169.4 157.6 68.7 65.3 68.0 66.1 361.1 348.5 352.4 339.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.7 132.2 207.0 130.5 64.8 57.7 64.3 58.0 305.2 279.3 302.1 276.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.1 396.2 550.4 392.2 262.5 224.1 259.8 222.2 720.0 681.9 708.1 665.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 39.3 54.1 38.6 22.9 18.9 22.5 19.6 66.4 62.4 66.2 61.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.4 231.5 256.6 219.7 80.0 73.5 79.4 73.3 381.3 371.1 376.9 361.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.8 39.0 43.9 37.7 16.9 17.1 16.8 17.2 81.3 78.7 78.6 77.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.1 291.3 336.8 279.3 123.2 118.1 122.5 116.3 449.0 438.0 440.2 424.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,397.4 1,195.0 1,369.7 1,177.2 447.3 396.3 440.6 393.8 2,021.1 1,991.1 1,997.2 1,954.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.3 141.6 152.8 140.4 41.8 40.1 41.2 40.3 257.5 246.6 253.3 241.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 26.2 38.7 27.2 10.2 9.0 10.0 9.2 58.3 52.8 55.6 50.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.1 321.5 399.6 314.9 196.4 178.5 195.5 176.9 742.9 706.8 732.4 698.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.6 224.6 337.2 224.5 131.3 115.8 130.7 113.7 590.8 544.4 595.6 547.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 60.8 71.5 59.0 24.1 21.5 23.6 21.3 155.6 146.7 156.0 143.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.7 210.7 269.8 205.4 153.1 146.1 151.6 143.5 423.3 386.9 402.1 376.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.0 32.9 35.1 32.6 16.2 15.8 16.1 15.3 69.3 66.6 67.5 64.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.1 71.4 80.3 71.9 18.5 16.4 17.9 16.0 201.2 197.3 197.8 195.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 4.4 6.1 4.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.3

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2020 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2019 are subject to revision. Estimates

subsequent to the current benchmark month are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally January 2021

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, January 2020 - January 2021