For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, January 26, 2021 USDL-21-0124 

Technical information: 

 Employment: sminfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/sae 

 Unemployment: lausinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lau 

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2020

Unemployment rates were lower in December in 19 states, higher in 12 states and the District of 

Columbia, and stable in 19 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-five states 

and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, one state had a decrease, and four states 

had little or no change. The national unemployment rate, 6.7 percent, was unchanged over the month but 

was 3.1 percentage points higher than in December 2019. 

In December 2020, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 15 states, decreased in 11 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 24 states and the District of Columbia. 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 Nevada had the highest unemployment rates in December, 9.3 percent and 9.2 percent, 

respectively. Nebraska and South Dakota had the lowest rates, 3.0 percent each. In total, 25 states had 

jobless rates lower than the U.S. figure of 6.7 percent, 10 states and the District of Columbia had higher 

rates, and 15 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A 

and 1 and map 1.) 

In December, the largest unemployment rate decreases occurred in New Jersey (-2.6 percentage points) 

and Arkansas (-2.1 points). Rates declined over the month by more than a full percentage point in an 

additional four states: Kansas and Louisiana (-1.3 points each), Nevada (-1.2 points), and Hawaii (-1.1 

points). The largest over-the-month jobless rate increase occurred in Colorado (+2.0 percentage points). 

Rate increases in excess of 1.0 percentage point also occurred in Washington (+1.4 points), Missouri 

(+1.3 points), and Tennessee (+1.2 points). Nineteen states had December jobless rates that were not 
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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 December 2019 occurred in Hawaii (+6.6 percentage 

points). The next largest over-the-year rate increases were in Colorado (+5.9 percentage points), Nevada 

(+5.5 points), and California (+5.1 points). The only jobless rate decrease over the year was in South 

Dakota (-0.4 percentage point). (See table C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 15 states, decreased in 11 states, and was essentially 

unchanged in 24 states and the District of Columbia in December 2020. The largest job gains occurred 

in Texas (+64,200), Georgia (+44,700), and North Carolina (+33,600). The largest percentage increases 

occurred in Hawaii (+2.0 percent), Georgia (+1.0 percent), and Utah (+0.9 percent). The largest

employment decreases occurred in Michigan (-64,400), California (-52,200), and Minnesota (-49,800). 

The largest percentage decreases in employment occurred in Minnesota (-1.8 percent), Michigan (-1.6 

percent), and Oregon (-1.4 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 (-1,410,000), New 

York (-1,020,700), and Michigan (-486,800). The largest percentage declines occurred in Hawaii (-13.8 

percent), Michigan (-10.9 percent), and New York (-10.4 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2020 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2020 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The State Employment and Unemployment news 

release for January 2021 is scheduled to be released on Monday, March 15, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. 

(ET).
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on December 2020

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 November final and 

December 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 December 2020 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 

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.

To mitigate distortions due to the complex relationships between level shifts in the household survey 

and covariate inputs to the state models, BLS retained the same modifications to the LAUS seasonal 

adjustment and smoothing procedures that had been introduced during the May 2020 cycle. Specifically, 

level shifts were isolated from the estimation of seasonal factors, and the Reproducing Kernel Hilbert 

Space filter was not used to smooth the seasonally adjusted estimates. 

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

faq-december-2020.htm extensively discusses the impact of a misclassification in the household survey 

on the national estimates for December 2020. 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 December 2020.
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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. 

Upcoming 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 will be replaced with data 

produced using a new generation of time-series models. Data will be re-estimated back to January 1976 

for census regions, census divisions, states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of California and New York states. 

Data for the five remaining modeled substate and balance-of-state areas will be re-estimated back to 

their series beginnings in January 1990 or 1994. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted 

data will be affected. More information is available in the “Questions and Answers on Upcoming 

Changes to Model-Based Estimation” on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/gen-5-changes-in2021.htm. 

The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2019 and 2020 also will incorporate 

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

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

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2021 estimates on March 15, 2021, all nonfarm payroll 

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

adjusted to 2020 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2019 and 

seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 2016 are subject to revision. Some not seasonally 

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

United States 1 ................................................ 6.7

Alabama ........................................................... 3.9

Alaska .............................................................. 5.8

Arkansas .......................................................... 4.2

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

Colorado ........................................................... 8.4

Connecticut ....................................................... 8.0

Delaware .......................................................... 5.3

District of Columbia ........................................... 7.9

Florida .............................................................. 6.1

Georgia ............................................................ 5.6

Hawaii .............................................................. 9.3

Idaho ................................................................ 4.4

Illinois ............................................................... 7.6

Indiana ............................................................. 4.3

Iowa ................................................................. 3.1

Kansas ............................................................. 3.8

Maine ............................................................... 4.9

Minnesota ......................................................... 4.4

Montana ............................................................ 4.4

Nebraska .......................................................... 3.0

Nevada ............................................................. 9.2

New Hampshire ................................................. 4.0

New Jersey ....................................................... 7.6

New Mexico ....................................................... 8.2

New York .......................................................... 8.2

North Dakota ..................................................... 4.1

Ohio ................................................................. 5.5

Oklahoma .......................................................... 5.3

Rhode Island ..................................................... 8.1

South Carolina .................................................. 4.6

South Dakota .................................................... 3.0

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

Vermont ............................................................ 3.1

Virginia ............................................................. 4.9

Wisconsin ......................................................... 5.5

Wyoming .......................................................... 4.8

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to December 2020, seasonally adjusted

November 2020 December 2020 p

Alabama ..................................... 4.4 3.9 -0.5

Alaska ........................................ 6.3 5.8 -.5

Arizona ....................................... 8.0 7.5 -.5

Arkansas .................................... 6.3 4.2 -2.1

California .................................... 8.1 9.0 .9

Colorado ..................................... 6.4 8.4 2.0

District of Columbia ..................... 7.5 7.9 .4

Hawaii ........................................ 10.4 9.3 -1.1

Idaho .......................................... 4.9 4.4 -.5

Illinois ......................................... 6.9 7.6 .7

Indiana ....................................... 5.1 4.3 -.8

Iowa ........................................... 3.8 3.1 -.7

Kansas ....................................... 5.1 3.8 -1.3

Louisiana .................................... 8.5 7.2 -1.3

Maryland ..................................... 6.8 6.3 -.5

Massachusetts ............................. 6.7 7.4 .7

Michigan ..................................... 7.0 7.5 .5

Missouri ...................................... 4.5 5.8 1.3

Nevada ....................................... 10.4 9.2 -1.2

New Jersey ................................. 10.2 7.6 -2.6

New Mexico ................................. 7.2 8.2 1.0

North Dakota ............................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

Oklahoma .................................... 6.1 5.3 -.8

Oregon ....................................... 6.0 6.4 .4

Rhode Island ............................... 7.3 8.1 .8

South Dakota .............................. 3.5 3.0 -.5

Tennessee .................................. 5.2 6.4 1.2

Texas .......................................... 8.1 7.2 -.9

Utah ........................................... 4.3 3.6 -.7

Vermont ...................................... 3.0 3.1 .1

Washington ................................. 5.7 7.1 1.4

Wyoming .................................... 5.1 4.8 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2019

to December 2020, seasonally adjusted

December 2019 December 2020 p

Alabama ..................................... 2.7 3.9 1.2

Arizona ....................................... 4.5 7.5 3.0

Arkansas .................................... 3.5 4.2 .7

California .................................... 3.9 9.0 5.1

Colorado ..................................... 2.5 8.4 5.9

Connecticut ................................. 3.8 8.0 4.2

Delaware .................................... 4.0 5.3 1.3

District of Columbia ..................... 5.3 7.9 2.6

Florida ........................................ 2.9 6.1 3.2

Georgia ...................................... 3.1 5.6 2.5

Hawaii ........................................ 2.7 9.3 6.6

Idaho .......................................... 2.9 4.4 1.5

Illinois ......................................... 3.7 7.6 3.9

Indiana ....................................... 3.2 4.3 1.1

Kansas ....................................... 3.1 3.8 .7

Kentucky .................................... 4.3 6.0 1.7

Louisiana .................................... 5.2 7.2 2.0

Maine ......................................... 3.0 4.9 1.9

Maryland ..................................... 3.4 6.3 2.9

Massachusetts ............................. 2.8 7.4 4.6

Michigan ..................................... 3.9 7.5 3.6

Minnesota ................................... 3.3 4.4 1.1

Missouri ...................................... 3.4 5.8 2.4

Montana ...................................... 3.5 4.4 .9

Nevada ....................................... 3.7 9.2 5.5

New Hampshire ........................... 2.6 4.0 1.4

New Jersey ................................. 3.7 7.6 3.9

New Mexico ................................. 4.8 8.2 3.4

New York .................................... 3.9 8.2 4.3

North Carolina ............................. 3.6 6.2 2.6

North Dakota ............................... 2.4 4.1 1.7

Ohio ........................................... 4.1 5.5 1.4

Oklahoma .................................... 3.4 5.3 1.9

Oregon ....................................... 3.4 6.4 3.0

Pennsylvania ............................... 4.6 6.7 2.1

Rhode Island ............................... 3.5 8.1 4.6

South Carolina ............................ 2.4 4.6 2.2

South Dakota .............................. 3.4 3.0 -.4

Tennessee .................................. 3.3 6.4 3.1

Texas .......................................... 3.5 7.2 3.7

Utah ........................................... 2.4 3.6 1.2

Vermont ...................................... 2.4 3.1 .7

Virginia ....................................... 2.7 4.9 2.2

Washington ................................. 4.0 7.1 3.1

West Virginia .............................. 5.1 6.3 1.2

Wisconsin ................................... 3.5 5.5 2.0

Wyoming .................................... 3.7 4.8 1.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

December 2020, seasonally adjusted

November December

2020 2020 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,036,700 2,049,600 12,900 0.6

Alaska ........................................ 309,100 306,900 -2,200 -.7

California .................................... 16,196,600 16,144,400 -52,200 -.3

Colorado ..................................... 2,682,900 2,662,600 -20,300 -.8

Georgia ...................................... 4,514,200 4,558,900 44,700 1.0

Hawaii ........................................ 557,400 568,700 11,300 2.0

Idaho .......................................... 768,800 773,700 4,900 .6

Indiana ....................................... 3,060,200 3,074,900 14,700 .5

Iowa ........................................... 1,506,800 1,516,500 9,700 .6

Kentucky .................................... 1,842,300 1,833,200 -9,100 -.5

 

Michigan ..................................... 4,026,900 3,962,500 -64,400 -1.6

Minnesota ................................... 2,779,900 2,730,100 -49,800 -1.8

Missouri ...................................... 2,799,400 2,809,800 10,400 .4

Nebraska .................................... 1,003,200 1,009,800 6,600 .7

Nevada ....................................... 1,320,100 1,328,300 8,200 .6

New Mexico ................................. 802,700 795,200 -7,500 -.9

New York .................................... 8,826,200 8,789,000 -37,200 -.4

North Carolina ............................. 4,369,600 4,403,200 33,600 .8

Oregon ....................................... 1,827,900 1,802,400 -25,500 -1.4

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,643,600 5,606,000 -37,600 -.7

 

Rhode Island ............................... 468,200 461,900 -6,300 -1.3

South Carolina ............................ 2,141,800 2,156,400 14,600 .7

Tennessee .................................. 3,033,500 3,044,300 10,800 .4

Texas .......................................... 12,450,000 12,514,200 64,200 .5

Utah ........................................... 1,578,800 1,592,600 13,800 .9

Wisconsin ................................... 2,764,300 2,779,400 15,100 .5

p

 = preliminary.

State Over-the-month change p
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2019 to

December 2020, seasonally adjusted

December December

2019 2020 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 2,085,300 2,049,600 -35,700 -1.7

Alaska ........................................ 329,500 306,900 -22,600 -6.9

Arizona ....................................... 2,978,400 2,896,300 -82,100 -2.8

Arkansas .................................... 1,281,800 1,246,300 -35,500 -2.8

California .................................... 17,554,400 16,144,400 -1,410,000 -8.0

Colorado ..................................... 2,813,500 2,662,600 -150,900 -5.4

Connecticut ................................. 1,693,500 1,590,800 -102,700 -6.1

Delaware .................................... 465,900 429,500 -36,400 -7.8

District of Columbia ..................... 802,000 749,700 -52,300 -6.5

Florida ........................................ 9,031,400 8,612,200 -419,200 -4.6

 

Georgia ...................................... 4,640,100 4,558,900 -81,200 -1.7

Hawaii ........................................ 659,600 568,700 -90,900 -13.8

Illinois ......................................... 6,117,200 5,693,900 -423,300 -6.9

Indiana ....................................... 3,163,000 3,074,900 -88,100 -2.8

Iowa ........................................... 1,585,400 1,516,500 -68,900 -4.3

Kansas ....................................... 1,428,000 1,367,800 -60,200 -4.2

Kentucky .................................... 1,934,100 1,833,200 -100,900 -5.2

Louisiana .................................... 1,983,900 1,901,200 -82,700 -4.2

Maine ......................................... 638,100 588,900 -49,200 -7.7

Maryland ..................................... 2,784,200 2,659,500 -124,700 -4.5

 

Massachusetts ............................. 3,698,400 3,363,000 -335,400 -9.1

Michigan ..................................... 4,449,300 3,962,500 -486,800 -10.9

Minnesota ................................... 2,976,200 2,730,100 -246,100 -8.3

Mississippi .................................. 1,157,900 1,141,500 -16,400 -1.4

Missouri ...................................... 2,899,400 2,809,800 -89,600 -3.1

Montana ...................................... 487,100 472,800 -14,300 -2.9

Nebraska .................................... 1,033,900 1,009,800 -24,100 -2.3

Nevada ....................................... 1,425,200 1,328,300 -96,900 -6.8

New Hampshire ........................... 685,600 625,400 -60,200 -8.8

New Jersey ................................. 4,226,400 3,890,000 -336,400 -8.0

 

New Mexico ................................. 861,000 795,200 -65,800 -7.6

New York .................................... 9,809,700 8,789,000 -1,020,700 -10.4

North Carolina ............................. 4,593,900 4,403,200 -190,700 -4.2

North Dakota ............................... 440,200 410,800 -29,400 -6.7

Ohio ........................................... 5,591,900 5,241,700 -350,200 -6.3

Oklahoma .................................... 1,705,800 1,625,700 -80,100 -4.7

Oregon ....................................... 1,954,000 1,802,400 -151,600 -7.8

Pennsylvania ............................... 6,079,500 5,606,000 -473,500 -7.8

Rhode Island ............................... 505,700 461,900 -43,800 -8.7

South Carolina ............................ 2,209,600 2,156,400 -53,200 -2.4

 

South Dakota .............................. 443,100 430,300 -12,800 -2.9

Tennessee .................................. 3,144,600 3,044,300 -100,300 -3.2

Texas .......................................... 12,945,000 12,514,200 -430,800 -3.3

Vermont ...................................... 315,100 286,600 -28,500 -9.0

Virginia ....................................... 4,087,900 3,910,000 -177,900 -4.4

Washington ................................. 3,509,200 3,299,800 -209,400 -6.0

West Virginia .............................. 712,300 668,700 -43,600 -6.1

Wisconsin ................................... 2,987,500 2,779,400 -208,100 -7.0

Wyoming .................................... 288,700 276,400 -12,300 -4.3

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 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

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

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

 Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first are

modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to the 

national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

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

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

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

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request.

 Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and unemployment 

data for prior years reflect adjustments made after the end of 

each year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population 

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

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

data for the most recent five years are revised near the 

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

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

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

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed people into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The benchmarked signals 

of employed and unemployed people first are adjusted using an 

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

are smoothed using a Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space 

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

employed and unemployed people are summed to derive the 

civilian labor force, and the unemployment rate then is 

calculated as the unemployed percent of the civilian labor force. 

The resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment 

rate estimates are analyzed in this news release and published 

on the BLS website. 

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

using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information from 

previous observations only. For annual revisions, historical data 

are smoothed using a two-sided filter.

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments is 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

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

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide expanded supersector level. 

In some cases, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other cases, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

 Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 

concurrently, using all available estimates including those for 

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

Concurrent sample-based factors are created every month for 

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

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

estimates. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

 The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

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

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used.

 Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

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

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

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

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

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

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

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

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

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 Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment from 

the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

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unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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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

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,247,886 2,247,024 2,260,109 2,237,753 61,530 127,425 100,374 87,534 2.7 5.7 4.4 3.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346,831 353,383 348,776 347,935 21,234 20,756 22,026 20,229 6.1 5.9 6.3 5.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,594,630 3,581,246 3,564,114 3,569,429 163,303 282,643 284,758 268,293 4.5 7.9 8.0 7.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,364,255 1,330,662 1,321,993 1,360,897 48,186 83,039 83,863 57,224 3.5 6.2 6.3 4.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,483,790 19,216,657 18,888,527 18,960,473 754,716 1,728,135 1,536,684 1,700,383 3.9 9.0 8.1 9.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,150,159 5,063,745 4,976,338 4,904,989 222,105 608,774 544,409 539,743 4.3 12.0 10.9 11.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174,504 3,136,138 3,170,179 3,212,601 80,339 199,884 202,338 269,179 2.5 6.4 6.4 8.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,926,276 1,848,100 1,882,575 1,879,201 72,279 112,748 154,655 150,370 3.8 6.1 8.2 8.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488,861 480,859 481,387 478,541 19,400 27,166 24,573 25,191 4.0 5.6 5.1 5.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,960 398,723 397,563 415,123 21,879 32,942 29,843 32,980 5.3 8.3 7.5 7.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,419,034 10,096,966 10,112,404 10,143,360 297,440 644,139 632,075 614,327 2.9 6.4 6.3 6.1

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,390,408 1,338,105 1,333,145 1,312,479 27,915 117,108 108,130 98,980 2.0 8.8 8.1 7.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,137,642 5,087,554 5,160,598 5,127,620 161,706 227,680 293,533 286,281 3.1 4.5 5.7 5.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666,539 642,593 661,413 651,055 17,666 91,238 68,676 60,676 2.7 14.2 10.4 9.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888,658 912,798 904,379 907,552 25,389 50,419 43,872 40,129 2.9 5.5 4.9 4.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,433,027 6,288,658 6,167,236 6,170,416 236,218 466,347 425,859 466,205 3.7 7.4 6.9 7.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,710,248 3,549,513 3,562,402 3,603,732 122,966 309,284 269,874 321,745 3.3 8.7 7.6 8.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,388,859 3,371,127 3,307,364 3,390,973 107,650 185,324 168,259 144,356 3.2 5.5 5.1 4.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,753,614 1,635,549 1,606,744 1,619,594 49,338 59,886 60,750 50,793 2.8 3.7 3.8 3.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,491,808 1,513,344 1,524,683 1,507,057 46,922 75,757 78,150 57,688 3.1 5.0 5.1 3.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,082,207 1,961,672 2,018,302 2,017,235 90,284 142,560 114,624 120,392 4.3 7.3 5.7 6.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102,205 2,112,587 2,088,253 2,092,838 108,997 197,580 178,031 151,160 5.2 9.4 8.5 7.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693,630 677,722 675,274 673,596 20,638 36,843 33,336 33,223 3.0 5.4 4.9 4.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,272,378 3,150,643 3,137,328 3,138,683 112,013 243,371 213,370 198,384 3.4 7.7 6.8 6.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,834,262 3,622,194 3,588,090 3,658,472 106,629 266,979 241,189 271,787 2.8 7.4 6.7 7.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,941,082 4,893,265 4,942,685 4,802,083 190,994 298,625 344,525 358,564 3.9 6.1 7.0 7.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,164,995 2,125,855 2,212,963 2,155,754 87,389 149,500 206,196 219,920 4.0 7.0 9.3 10.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,123,024 3,014,207 3,034,877 3,019,389 101,893 137,339 135,426 131,378 3.3 4.6 4.5 4.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,280,945 1,290,854 1,275,706 1,269,197 71,184 95,126 80,520 78,408 5.6 7.4 6.3 6.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104,134 2,980,442 3,009,078 3,079,610 106,372 135,981 134,436 180,137 3.4 4.6 4.5 5.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,694 536,700 537,037 534,655 18,716 26,656 24,916 23,714 3.5 5.0 4.6 4.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,216 1,029,890 1,032,894 1,036,804 31,152 30,721 31,333 31,032 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,551,408 1,544,795 1,495,601 1,485,568 57,125 184,522 155,191 136,177 3.7 11.9 10.4 9.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776,586 728,402 752,376 749,272 19,902 30,402 29,560 29,922 2.6 4.2 3.9 4.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,535,046 4,401,919 4,545,231 4,451,315 167,704 350,494 462,893 339,665 3.7 8.0 10.2 7.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 959,922 925,827 923,988 929,738 45,728 74,986 66,543 76,451 4.8 8.1 7.2 8.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,527,712 9,058,948 9,106,987 9,100,694 371,454 835,625 764,545 744,274 3.9 9.2 8.4 8.2

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,059,655 3,810,411 3,840,141 3,811,535 148,085 494,329 466,046 432,628 3.6 13.0 12.1 11.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,103,301 4,934,752 4,985,849 5,012,790 186,123 306,255 311,305 310,675 3.6 6.2 6.2 6.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,982 400,234 401,856 402,654 9,629 18,859 18,072 16,663 2.4 4.7 4.5 4.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,811,750 5,835,881 5,736,204 5,683,824 236,888 355,681 327,891 314,989 4.1 6.1 5.7 5.5

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,042,525 1,020,468 1,016,550 988,948 41,165 73,099 66,887 67,839 3.9 7.2 6.6 6.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845,530 1,872,270 1,864,331 1,845,755 61,982 115,176 113,339 97,352 3.4 6.2 6.1 5.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,103,105 2,138,300 2,121,008 2,129,738 71,362 145,602 127,956 136,560 3.4 6.8 6.0 6.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,537,907 6,373,110 6,297,842 6,283,317 303,389 473,377 426,879 419,700 4.6 7.4 6.8 6.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,912 542,290 541,701 542,425 19,330 38,578 39,424 44,002 3.5 7.1 7.3 8.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383,297 2,387,736 2,339,138 2,340,039 57,279 100,544 102,706 107,253 2.4 4.2 4.4 4.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,805 462,781 461,278 461,347 15,772 17,023 16,043 13,997 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,366,970 3,336,432 3,464,504 3,454,168 111,811 245,083 180,454 220,052 3.3 7.3 5.2 6.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,155,916 14,084,005 14,161,943 14,164,520 495,792 968,165 1,152,457 1,025,378 3.5 6.9 8.1 7.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622,443 1,643,619 1,647,213 1,655,123 39,623 67,129 70,963 60,069 2.4 4.1 4.3 3.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340,749 321,060 321,984 321,158 8,258 10,221 9,509 10,054 2.4 3.2 3.0 3.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,443,312 4,270,335 4,287,884 4,288,955 118,618 220,619 204,949 209,408 2.7 5.2 4.8 4.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,945,375 3,995,300 3,818,391 3,864,699 158,813 237,785 219,189 272,530 4.0 6.0 5.7 7.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,741,951 1,701,064 1,691,313 1,733,900 46,380 82,377 77,249 122,246 2.7 4.8 4.6 7.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802,879 764,863 769,637 773,099 40,725 49,156 48,508 48,605 5.1 6.4 6.3 6.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108,122 3,144,707 3,116,035 3,113,850 107,553 189,488 165,096 171,694 3.5 6.0 5.3 5.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,662 295,492 294,361 294,000 10,805 16,351 15,115 14,104 3.7 5.5 5.1 4.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065,881 1,040,026 1,036,506 1,032,785 90,417 85,789 88,383 94,151 8.5 8.2 8.5 9.1

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

November December Number Percent of labor force

2019 2020 2019 2020p

November December November December

2019 2020 2019 2020p 2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,249,775 2,260,561 2,247,379 2,233,124 54,861 90,187 56,967 82,601 2.4 4.0 2.5 3.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,483 346,092 341,670 343,753 20,910 22,042 20,866 20,481 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,615,186 3,578,897 3,611,711 3,567,761 154,572 276,261 152,154 259,221 4.3 7.7 4.2 7.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,361,974 1,318,179 1,355,941 1,349,863 41,816 76,825 45,725 54,497 3.1 5.8 3.4 4.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,534,610 18,938,160 19,470,116 18,916,444 718,032 1,495,691 711,206 1,669,625 3.7 7.9 3.7 8.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,177,117 4,999,284 5,158,181 4,896,159 213,729 533,610 207,090 521,618 4.1 10.7 4.0 10.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,178,357 3,171,032 3,176,471 3,204,625 74,970 196,649 74,703 264,285 2.4 6.2 2.4 8.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,927,932 1,886,051 1,920,196 1,868,773 62,775 145,522 61,837 139,902 3.3 7.7 3.2 7.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488,408 480,897 488,289 477,702 17,290 22,373 17,300 23,075 3.5 4.7 3.5 4.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,346 397,117 411,233 413,304 20,781 28,919 20,426 31,477 5.0 7.3 5.0 7.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,411,499 10,092,127 10,397,884 10,093,945 283,039 621,086 264,725 586,855 2.7 6.2 2.5 5.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,384,486 1,329,607 1,392,870 1,312,409 24,179 105,674 22,034 96,322 1.7 7.9 1.6 7.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,135,208 5,155,192 5,148,163 5,116,980 141,518 275,670 148,846 273,874 2.8 5.3 2.9 5.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667,857 663,132 667,325 651,714 17,344 68,832 14,982 58,595 2.6 10.4 2.2 9.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887,607 901,607 888,452 903,201 24,433 43,164 25,372 40,416 2.8 4.8 2.9 4.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,416,333 6,170,882 6,377,232 6,152,160 215,173 399,750 220,397 462,321 3.4 6.5 3.5 7.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,693,414 3,559,855 3,674,796 3,591,077 110,045 254,912 104,413 310,752 3.0 7.2 2.8 8.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,385,064 3,309,509 3,359,406 3,370,340 104,202 163,034 99,811 136,335 3.1 4.9 3.0 4.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,752,989 1,608,561 1,745,731 1,613,697 42,650 53,506 51,293 52,950 2.4 3.3 2.9 3.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,497,273 1,528,366 1,492,699 1,502,220 43,110 73,228 42,840 52,888 2.9 4.8 2.9 3.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,078,031 2,015,202 2,073,838 2,007,867 78,739 102,427 81,086 114,556 3.8 5.1 3.9 5.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,109,627 2,091,407 2,091,000 2,079,591 104,716 172,445 102,981 142,519 5.0 8.2 4.9 6.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689,655 670,818 688,899 667,918 19,516 31,285 19,920 31,658 2.8 4.7 2.9 4.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,270,600 3,134,905 3,261,324 3,123,417 104,359 207,281 98,116 188,095 3.2 6.6 3.0 6.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,825,517 3,582,691 3,822,997 3,648,590 87,801 223,481 90,442 258,000 2.3 6.2 2.4 7.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,931,109 4,932,851 4,922,109 4,783,402 159,361 311,286 174,864 346,968 3.2 6.3 3.6 7.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,156,528 2,207,369 2,163,057 2,157,561 75,903 194,449 81,206 217,183 3.5 8.8 3.8 10.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,123,662 3,033,280 3,123,709 3,018,335 88,135 120,396 108,186 137,721 2.8 4.0 3.5 4.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,279,839 1,276,813 1,279,977 1,268,657 65,909 75,711 66,922 75,466 5.1 5.9 5.2 5.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,099,987 2,997,284 3,096,892 3,069,786 96,022 119,944 105,397 177,965 3.1 4.0 3.4 5.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534,315 535,514 531,156 530,555 18,209 23,538 19,339 23,681 3.4 4.4 3.6 4.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037,741 1,031,496 1,033,276 1,031,054 27,173 27,574 27,581 28,859 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554,598 1,494,958 1,550,143 1,482,807 52,974 151,482 52,275 133,043 3.4 10.1 3.4 9.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773,447 749,814 773,044 745,120 17,891 27,730 17,574 27,976 2.3 3.7 2.3 3.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,534,778 4,532,883 4,547,131 4,444,535 157,091 445,657 164,246 329,770 3.5 9.8 3.6 7.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967,203 928,388 966,863 932,560 44,691 63,048 43,421 71,906 4.6 6.8 4.5 7.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,487,235 9,061,253 9,468,280 9,037,394 341,376 735,708 351,928 733,171 3.6 8.1 3.7 8.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,041,534 3,824,438 4,030,008 3,791,923 136,003 453,297 125,990 417,966 3.4 11.9 3.1 11.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,100,768 4,985,837 5,070,827 4,978,718 177,831 300,890 168,255 297,387 3.5 6.0 3.3 6.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399,846 397,707 398,298 396,991 7,968 16,681 8,852 16,323 2.0 4.2 2.2 4.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,808,659 5,728,834 5,776,856 5,634,688 214,762 298,530 218,927 295,513 3.7 5.2 3.8 5.2

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038,615 1,012,788 1,026,107 971,301 34,448 58,255 35,865 60,293 3.3 5.8 3.5 6.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,852,252 1,870,942 1,837,940 1,839,955 59,724 111,252 58,211 95,263 3.2 5.9 3.2 5.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,103,774 2,121,235 2,089,779 2,111,895 61,282 116,823 61,165 125,889 2.9 5.5 2.9 6.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,536,425 6,280,344 6,524,296 6,239,878 284,629 394,781 295,120 397,625 4.4 6.3 4.5 6.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560,489 544,204 558,770 542,723 18,234 38,000 17,797 42,022 3.3 7.0 3.2 7.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,372,583 2,321,613 2,372,013 2,321,019 53,912 95,032 56,479 106,380 2.3 4.1 2.4 4.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466,655 461,207 463,453 458,878 15,316 15,481 16,303 14,642 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,366,225 3,455,071 3,361,721 3,435,147 104,839 171,236 104,576 213,010 3.1 5.0 3.1 6.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,209,425 14,200,317 14,192,255 14,170,462 480,312 1,130,172 470,136 1,006,737 3.4 8.0 3.3 7.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,629,725 1,650,422 1,629,253 1,653,543 33,756 64,580 35,240 55,016 2.1 3.9 2.2 3.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339,375 321,324 338,615 320,239 7,647 8,892 7,241 9,036 2.3 2.8 2.1 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,431,196 4,270,221 4,425,963 4,259,711 108,653 192,526 107,305 198,530 2.5 4.5 2.4 4.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,947,984 3,817,261 3,944,481 3,851,256 152,256 213,891 157,598 276,932 3.9 5.6 4.0 7.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740,335 1,689,848 1,725,656 1,713,680 45,462 76,532 43,872 120,696 2.6 4.5 2.5 7.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801,681 767,477 797,720 764,473 38,187 44,519 39,566 46,519 4.8 5.8 5.0 6.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,099,895 3,103,507 3,089,959 3,094,145 93,112 144,593 99,409 162,589 3.0 4.7 3.2 5.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,723 294,251 290,539 291,676 10,771 14,594 10,701 13,527 3.7 5.0 3.7 4.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,049,995 1,021,909 1,048,331 1,019,262 89,120 95,945 95,983 106,827 8.5 9.4 9.2 10.5

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

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

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,085.3 2,028.8 2,036.7 2,049.6 95.5 98.7 99.3 100.8 268.7 264.3 266.7 266.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.5 308.5 309.1 306.9 16.6 16.3 16.2 15.9 12.1 9.8 9.9 10.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,978.4 2,886.5 2,895.4 2,896.3 174.2 173.4 174.5 170.4 177.8 171.6 171.9 171.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281.8 1,236.3 1,242.0 1,246.3 52.1 54.5 55.1 54.9 161.9 145.5 147.6 147.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,554.4 16,134.3 16,196.6 16,144.4 889.3 867.0 860.6 892.2 1,321.7 1,223.8 1,225.4 1,221.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,813.5 2,687.6 2,682.9 2,662.6 181.1 172.5 172.3 173.3 150.1 153.0 153.0 152.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693.5 1,597.6 1,594.2 1,590.8 60.5 57.0 56.4 57.5 161.2 156.3 156.3 158.2

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465.9 430.5 428.6 429.5 22.5 21.1 21.9 21.2 27.0 25.0 25.0 25.1

District of Columbia2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802.0 750.8 749.2 749.7 14.7 15.1 15.2 15.0 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,031.4 8,584.2 8,595.4 8,612.2 576.1 561.0 563.0 566.2 388.4 381.2 383.9 384.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,640.1 4,494.4 4,514.2 4,558.9 204.1 201.5 204.4 203.0 403.3 384.3 384.9 389.4

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.6 543.9 557.4 568.7 37.3 36.6 36.6 37.4 14.0 10.9 10.9 11.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769.1 762.2 768.8 773.7 53.7 54.8 55.7 56.4 67.5 69.5 70.9 70.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,117.2 5,712.6 5,696.4 5,693.9 223.1 213.8 215.8 224.1 577.8 554.5 552.3 554.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,163.0 3,056.8 3,060.2 3,074.9 148.0 146.5 150.8 154.1 539.5 500.9 501.9 503.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,585.4 1,513.7 1,506.8 1,516.5 78.6 71.3 70.2 71.7 225.3 222.4 222.1 225.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428.0 1,367.9 1,365.5 1,367.8 62.8 63.9 65.0 66.6 167.0 156.8 156.8 157.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,934.1 1,838.5 1,842.3 1,833.2 80.2 85.2 82.0 82.6 250.9 238.6 240.6 243.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,983.9 1,879.1 1,897.2 1,901.2 135.6 133.4 132.1 130.1 137.7 129.0 129.4 130.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.1 589.1 588.5 588.9 29.9 30.7 31.0 31.6 53.7 49.0 48.8 49.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,784.2 2,630.4 2,654.9 2,659.5 168.9 169.4 173.0 176.0 113.6 107.3 108.7 109.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,698.4 3,351.0 3,363.6 3,363.0 161.9 145.5 148.0 150.6 242.5 234.9 235.2 236.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,449.3 4,034.5 4,026.9 3,962.5 176.9 174.8 177.0 175.2 629.1 564.6 565.8 567.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,976.2 2,795.4 2,779.9 2,730.1 126.6 123.5 120.8 121.6 320.8 310.5 308.9 310.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,157.9 1,131.2 1,137.1 1,141.5 43.8 42.4 42.5 42.6 148.4 144.7 146.4 146.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,899.4 2,779.7 2,799.4 2,809.8 126.6 135.5 134.4 134.5 275.8 264.2 269.4 270.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487.1 470.7 472.4 472.8 30.6 30.6 30.3 31.1 20.6 19.4 19.5 19.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033.9 1,005.8 1,003.2 1,009.8 53.9 53.0 53.0 54.6 99.5 98.2 98.1 98.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,425.2 1,308.6 1,320.1 1,328.3 97.9 95.1 91.6 93.1 59.3 57.8 58.3 58.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.6 627.2 628.1 625.4 28.2 27.4 27.3 28.4 70.9 65.5 64.6 64.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226.4 3,889.2 3,897.7 3,890.0 159.5 150.8 146.8 149.9 252.1 242.9 244.0 244.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861.0 804.5 802.7 795.2 51.7 48.0 47.7 49.5 29.0 26.9 26.7 26.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,809.7 8,805.1 8,826.2 8,789.0 402.1 371.4 371.6 380.1 437.3 396.4 394.4 399.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,593.9 4,354.0 4,369.6 4,403.2 231.5 222.8 226.8 226.8 479.0 442.1 443.0 447.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.2 410.3 409.5 410.8 29.2 25.6 26.3 27.1 26.1 24.1 23.7 24.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,591.9 5,217.7 5,253.2 5,241.7 228.5 214.7 216.0 215.9 699.5 670.5 668.7 667.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705.8 1,623.7 1,626.1 1,625.7 81.8 75.9 77.7 77.2 138.9 126.8 126.3 127.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,954.0 1,825.8 1,827.9 1,802.4 109.8 111.0 108.7 107.9 196.7 181.2 182.9 182.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,079.5 5,616.6 5,643.6 5,606.0 260.7 249.5 254.3 254.9 573.3 536.9 538.4 539.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.7 468.0 468.2 461.9 19.5 19.0 19.2 19.2 39.5 38.9 39.0 38.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,209.6 2,125.7 2,141.8 2,156.4 109.2 111.6 114.1 115.0 257.9 258.6 259.9 259.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.1 428.3 428.3 430.3 24.0 26.4 25.5 25.8 44.0 42.5 42.9 43.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144.6 3,028.3 3,033.5 3,044.3 129.4 126.1 127.1 126.8 355.3 329.6 331.6 333.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,945.0 12,387.2 12,450.0 12,514.2 795.0 752.3 758.3 761.4 910.1 880.3 878.4 881.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,583.3 1,565.5 1,578.8 1,592.6 114.5 116.8 118.8 121.0 136.6 137.5 139.9 141.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.1 286.5 287.7 286.6 14.7 11.5 10.9 11.3 30.0 27.9 28.3 28.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,087.9 3,900.5 3,909.2 3,910.0 203.1 212.0 212.5 214.4 243.6 229.5 229.0 233.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,509.2 3,288.6 3,302.0 3,299.8 225.6 222.2 222.3 224.4 294.0 266.6 266.1 265.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712.3 670.5 670.9 668.7 33.2 33.3 32.6 33.3 46.4 46.8 47.0 46.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,987.5 2,770.3 2,764.3 2,779.4 124.2 126.8 127.0 128.1 485.2 461.7 465.3 471.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.7 275.6 275.6 276.4 22.1 22.9 22.8 23.1 10.0 9.9 10.1 10.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.2 820.6 819.4 811.8 25.8 20.3 20.4 19.9 75.3 75.9 76.1 75.6

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 35.7 35.7 35.9 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.5 – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.0 386.7 388.5 392.7 97.0 96.6 97.2 97.1 252.7 252.8 255.1 255.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 63.9 64.7 64.3 11.8 11.9 12.1 12.2 27.2 26.5 26.8 26.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.1 561.1 566.9 571.5 232.3 232.1 232.9 230.9 449.6 428.7 425.7 427.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.7 264.6 264.9 266.9 61.7 60.8 60.7 60.9 148.0 146.7 147.4 150.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,056.4 2,893.5 2,909.2 2,917.8 845.6 849.5 852.1 850.0 2,748.2 2,627.4 2,649.7 2,679.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.1 473.3 475.1 485.3 173.7 174.3 172.6 172.4 447.6 446.6 451.2 456.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.9 284.0 287.5 286.3 124.2 120.3 119.8 120.3 223.1 214.4 213.6 214.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 79.3 79.6 81.6 47.6 45.6 45.5 45.4 62.2 58.6 56.8 57.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.0 32.6 32.9 33.0 30.0 28.5 27.7 27.9 173.5 162.8 162.5 164.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,818.8 1,771.6 1,770.7 1,775.5 595.3 589.3 590.4 595.2 1,403.8 1,343.1 1,340.2 1,351.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954.8 957.5 975.1 986.9 251.7 249.7 249.8 252.9 713.9 698.3 701.7 713.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.7 107.0 108.6 110.4 29.8 28.5 28.0 28.4 75.1 65.0 66.3 67.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.0 149.5 151.6 154.0 37.0 39.7 40.1 40.3 98.8 97.8 99.0 99.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.1 1,160.8 1,166.6 1,176.7 413.9 404.6 402.7 404.1 936.5 880.6 887.9 900.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.9 590.4 592.4 600.8 141.1 139.4 140.3 141.3 343.1 350.5 346.6 352.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.1 305.0 303.4 310.0 108.8 109.3 108.4 108.3 138.0 132.2 132.4 133.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.6 267.5 268.1 271.7 77.8 74.6 74.7 74.2 179.0 175.8 175.0 176.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.3 385.8 389.5 395.9 93.4 88.6 89.5 89.4 215.4 193.9 195.6 193.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.4 370.8 374.6 379.2 92.1 91.7 91.6 92.3 213.0 207.9 207.9 207.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.4 116.5 116.3 116.9 33.4 31.2 31.4 31.5 68.8 66.0 66.3 66.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473.3 451.5 457.4 462.1 143.8 142.4 142.5 142.1 469.8 445.0 451.8 458.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579.9 534.8 543.1 549.2 224.2 223.2 223.3 223.6 602.3 579.7 584.0 592.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.6 765.5 764.8 773.0 227.5 222.3 221.3 222.0 652.8 603.2 604.3 602.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.1 521.8 520.1 521.4 191.7 187.6 189.0 189.5 380.9 372.2 374.2 375.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 231.7 234.5 237.3 44.3 43.5 42.9 43.3 105.3 105.9 106.3 106.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.3 525.8 535.1 541.4 175.2 172.1 173.0 173.2 379.5 368.0 371.5 374.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4 93.4 93.4 94.5 26.0 26.6 26.5 26.2 44.2 41.8 43.1 42.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.0 196.2 196.7 199.5 75.8 77.1 77.4 77.7 121.3 118.1 117.4 119.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.8 245.5 250.2 255.3 70.5 68.4 71.0 70.7 199.1 178.2 180.3 183.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 126.7 127.1 128.0 34.6 35.9 35.8 36.1 84.5 78.8 80.1 80.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894.1 845.5 860.1 860.3 251.2 246.6 248.3 246.4 692.7 631.0 631.3 634.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.9 134.9 134.0 135.4 36.1 33.6 33.1 32.3 111.3 106.2 105.5 107.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,546.0 1,386.4 1,395.0 1,406.7 727.5 688.3 689.1 689.9 1,384.6 1,238.8 1,247.3 1,244.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847.5 843.4 844.0 857.7 259.6 259.4 258.8 260.6 644.1 642.0 642.9 654.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 88.8 89.2 90.2 25.1 24.4 24.6 24.5 32.9 31.2 31.0 31.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026.0 981.7 995.4 1,004.0 311.4 296.5 298.4 300.5 735.1 687.4 695.7 694.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.0 293.7 293.5 296.9 79.9 79.9 80.7 81.2 191.8 179.1 180.2 182.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.2 354.6 354.5 357.8 104.5 100.3 100.5 100.9 255.3 244.7 247.1 249.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.9 1,053.4 1,062.1 1,080.8 331.6 330.8 331.0 330.9 817.8 765.0 770.0 773.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.8 73.3 73.6 74.5 35.4 35.4 35.6 35.5 68.0 63.6 63.7 63.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411.1 397.4 403.8 410.7 104.2 105.4 105.4 105.1 302.2 296.2 298.7 304.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.7 83.7 84.5 85.3 29.2 29.5 29.5 29.6 33.3 33.9 34.0 34.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648.4 639.3 641.7 651.3 173.1 175.0 174.4 175.1 428.3 423.7 425.8 430.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,547.6 2,454.4 2,478.8 2,498.9 812.1 819.6 825.1 820.3 1,820.9 1,827.0 1,830.3 1,857.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.6 301.6 304.9 307.4 90.9 94.0 95.2 96.9 225.4 221.5 222.7 227.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 51.2 51.5 52.4 12.0 11.5 11.6 11.5 29.9 29.3 30.1 30.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.5 652.7 653.3 658.9 214.6 210.8 210.8 210.3 775.1 750.2 757.8 757.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.9 645.1 645.9 654.0 161.8 160.4 161.2 161.7 442.5 446.9 456.7 468.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0 119.4 118.0 118.3 29.0 27.3 27.7 27.9 69.2 64.0 64.2 64.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.3 517.8 515.4 525.3 155.1 153.3 153.1 153.0 329.0 306.2 306.6 308.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.6 52.2 52.7 52.9 11.2 10.6 10.5 10.9 18.8 17.3 17.5 17.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.3 162.6 160.8 157.8 44.6 43.3 43.2 43.4 122.9 112.2 110.4 109.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.3 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Dec.

2019

Oct.

2020

Nov.

2020

Dec.

2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.6 234.5 233.2 235.4 210.4 181.9 185.1 190.9 393.0 386.7 384.5 383.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 48.4 48.2 47.6 36.1 27.8 27.7 26.2 79.5 77.1 76.8 77.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.7 462.6 464.5 467.3 337.0 286.2 291.6 291.8 425.6 414.7 413.4 411.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.4 185.4 186.6 187.2 120.0 104.9 107.2 106.1 210.1 202.3 200.8 200.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,842.7 2,694.1 2,701.4 2,707.5 2,047.3 1,524.6 1,553.4 1,436.4 2,626.2 2,436.9 2,425.7 2,426.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.3 340.0 336.5 337.6 346.4 296.5 291.0 254.9 459.3 429.4 428.2 428.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.6 324.5 323.5 322.8 155.9 131.9 128.4 125.2 236.4 221.1 220.3 217.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 74.1 73.6 73.6 53.2 42.5 42.4 41.4 67.2 64.4 64.2 64.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.2 118.7 118.1 118.9 81.3 52.6 53.8 51.6 239.7 244.7 243.8 244.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,357.1 1,326.4 1,329.6 1,328.0 1,269.7 1,063.0 1,075.0 1,072.7 1,126.7 1,087.2 1,083.1 1,078.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.2 616.0 616.8 617.6 505.8 444.3 444.1 454.7 692.4 671.0 668.5 669.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.1 82.1 82.3 83.2 127.5 63.9 74.3 79.7 127.3 117.8 118.1 118.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.0 107.3 107.1 108.1 84.3 83.4 83.3 85.1 129.3 123.5 123.5 122.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949.7 889.3 886.9 891.4 624.4 493.3 467.2 426.3 830.7 780.7 781.4 782.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.1 463.9 462.4 462.2 309.6 295.7 293.8 292.7 429.5 413.2 414.0 411.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 225.2 224.4 225.4 147.5 119.3 118.4 114.7 260.4 253.1 252.4 250.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 195.4 195.4 195.0 132.3 115.8 113.5 111.8 260.2 248.2 247.3 245.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.0 273.8 272.9 274.7 205.1 192.2 190.6 178.8 310.4 289.1 290.1 284.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.6 300.3 303.8 304.5 242.2 204.9 217.0 216.0 332.0 323.3 322.0 323.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.0 119.6 119.8 120.7 69.9 52.6 51.5 49.7 101.6 94.0 94.2 92.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.3 448.2 452.8 455.0 285.5 242.6 247.3 238.8 505.5 481.6 480.9 477.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817.5 752.8 753.8 751.0 379.8 245.3 243.2 234.0 456.7 431.1 428.8 423.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.5 629.1 626.8 623.8 434.4 295.7 289.1 229.4 616.2 574.9 571.1 563.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.5 523.3 524.1 521.5 279.7 209.0 198.1 157.0 426.5 397.8 397.0 390.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.0 139.7 139.9 139.2 137.9 133.3 135.0 136.0 241.7 234.1 233.4 234.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.2 468.3 474.9 473.8 308.9 250.9 250.5 252.3 436.5 427.6 424.2 424.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 77.4 77.6 78.2 67.0 59.9 60.5 59.3 91.2 91.4 91.3 90.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.5 160.8 161.4 161.5 97.0 82.9 81.0 78.9 173.7 167.1 166.4 167.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.1 140.0 139.9 143.3 355.4 303.2 307.4 305.4 166.9 153.6 154.4 152.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.8 118.3 118.8 117.7 73.4 55.3 55.5 52.4 90.0 80.8 80.7 79.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724.8 668.8 671.1 669.5 400.4 300.3 296.1 287.2 609.1 579.0 576.1 575.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.8 135.4 135.4 135.6 97.0 78.2 78.0 67.6 189.4 186.3 187.0 186.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,160.9 2,006.0 2,014.5 2,003.5 965.3 626.4 625.8 591.9 1,486.1 1,455.6 1,449.8 1,434.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.6 588.8 590.8 592.7 528.4 414.2 421.1 418.3 735.1 705.1 705.5 707.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 65.9 65.3 65.9 40.9 34.4 33.5 32.9 83.5 82.9 83.1 82.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944.4 907.1 911.3 905.1 569.4 441.9 453.2 444.0 782.9 734.7 734.1 729.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.3 235.5 233.8 229.5 178.4 167.9 170.8 168.0 356.1 347.8 346.9 346.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.1 292.0 293.1 293.6 217.5 163.4 164.6 136.0 300.8 279.7 277.8 276.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,305.6 1,232.8 1,232.1 1,217.1 582.7 438.1 448.1 411.2 708.1 683.1 679.1 677.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 103.2 102.7 102.0 60.6 46.0 45.6 41.9 65.8 63.7 63.8 62.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.8 246.7 247.7 247.3 279.5 231.5 233.7 236.0 375.3 364.0 363.4 363.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 71.1 71.6 71.8 48.2 41.2 40.4 40.9 80.2 77.8 77.7 77.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.5 431.4 433.2 430.9 356.0 309.5 308.9 310.5 437.9 425.9 423.2 418.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,767.0 1,687.1 1,688.9 1,695.5 1,411.0 1,207.8 1,231.6 1,237.9 1,982.2 1,942.8 1,939.5 1,936.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.9 210.4 212.7 214.0 159.1 135.6 137.7 138.8 256.7 255.0 253.4 252.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 60.9 61.2 61.7 37.6 25.1 24.4 22.3 56.8 54.7 55.1 54.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.4 523.6 525.5 524.3 417.4 346.1 348.6 345.1 732.0 706.9 704.9 698.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.7 483.2 484.0 481.2 354.1 264.6 265.0 240.9 588.8 541.9 541.9 545.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 123.2 123.9 123.9 74.4 61.8 63.1 61.4 151.5 144.8 145.2 143.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.1 435.8 434.2 436.3 285.8 210.9 207.9 205.8 405.9 378.6 376.1 372.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 28.9 28.8 29.4 36.8 34.4 34.7 34.0 68.7 67.0 66.3 66.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7 111.7 111.1 111.2 80.9 61.9 62.1 63.2 201.4 199.7 202.5 198.9

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 10.5 11.0 10.9 11.0

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

November December November December November December

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

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,093.1 2,052.8 2,093.2 2,059.0 10.0 9.7 9.8 9.7 94.6 99.2 94.6 99.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.1 296.6 313.8 293.7 13.1 11.7 13.1 11.7 15.1 15.1 15.2 14.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,019.3 2,939.0 3,025.6 2,945.3 13.6 13.3 13.5 13.4 173.6 176.0 174.2 170.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286.4 1,250.3 1,286.8 1,252.9 5.9 5.1 5.8 5.0 53.0 55.2 51.7 54.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,697.6 16,361.7 17,711.8 16,297.3 22.7 21.7 22.4 21.0 892.7 868.8 877.3 879.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,820.1 2,685.9 2,832.2 2,682.3 28.3 25.0 27.7 24.2 180.7 174.3 179.7 172.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710.1 1,612.1 1,711.0 1,609.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 61.4 57.6 59.6 56.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469.7 431.5 468.0 431.7 – – – – 23.0 21.9 22.7 21.4

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.0 755.6 804.5 752.4 – – – – 14.7 15.2 14.5 14.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,088.4 8,667.0 9,128.3 8,710.1 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 576.3 563.5 576.4 566.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,674.7 4,559.9 4,671.7 4,594.0 9.3 8.9 9.2 9.1 204.6 204.2 203.8 202.9

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.5 561.5 668.2 578.0 – – – – 37.4 36.5 37.7 37.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.7 772.3 765.9 771.2 3.8 4.1 3.7 3.9 53.9 56.9 52.4 55.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,169.3 5,755.4 6,150.1 5,731.0 8.3 7.0 8.0 7.0 227.4 222.3 213.9 214.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,194.7 3,092.0 3,184.3 3,096.5 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.3 148.9 152.8 146.3 152.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,604.0 1,525.2 1,589.0 1,522.5 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2 81.1 74.0 75.2 68.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439.2 1,382.3 1,440.4 1,381.3 6.8 6.1 6.7 6.3 62.6 65.8 62.2 65.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,959.3 1,860.4 1,949.5 1,847.8 9.3 7.5 9.0 7.5 81.1 83.4 79.5 81.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,006.3 1,908.0 1,994.9 1,911.7 36.8 29.4 37.3 29.2 138.4 130.9 135.7 129.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.1 590.2 633.7 587.8 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 30.4 31.6 29.0 30.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,795.6 2,672.0 2,797.5 2,673.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 168.4 173.8 167.9 174.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,729.6 3,389.7 3,711.3 3,375.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 166.3 152.0 160.3 148.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,480.1 4,065.6 4,464.4 3,981.2 7.4 6.5 7.0 6.4 178.7 179.0 170.4 168.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,994.6 2,799.7 2,972.9 2,734.8 6.6 5.7 6.1 5.4 127.9 122.4 119.4 114.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171.2 1,146.1 1,164.8 1,148.6 6.9 6.0 6.7 6.0 44.5 43.0 43.5 42.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,928.1 2,823.0 2,910.2 2,822.0 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.2 128.2 136.7 125.8 133.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.5 471.5 484.4 471.3 7.5 6.9 7.3 6.9 31.4 31.0 29.5 30.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037.6 1,010.6 1,037.5 1,015.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 54.9 53.4 52.5 53.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,438.1 1,331.5 1,432.3 1,337.1 14.6 16.6 14.2 16.2 100.2 93.0 98.4 93.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.6 633.4 690.5 631.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 29.2 28.1 27.7 27.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,252.3 3,931.8 4,256.9 3,927.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 163.9 150.9 159.1 149.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.0 811.0 865.2 800.1 25.8 19.2 25.7 18.5 52.4 48.6 51.7 49.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,918.8 8,931.8 9,892.1 8,873.7 5.5 4.7 5.1 4.5 406.0 379.1 392.9 370.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,633.3 4,406.7 4,619.4 4,432.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 233.6 227.2 231.2 226.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.4 413.1 440.8 412.0 20.5 13.4 20.4 13.5 28.5 26.5 26.8 25.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,624.2 5,288.4 5,615.2 5,264.2 11.6 10.2 11.3 10.1 227.7 219.4 221.8 208.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,722.8 1,639.7 1,717.4 1,639.2 44.8 32.2 43.7 31.9 82.6 77.7 82.0 77.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,962.8 1,839.7 1,960.8 1,810.6 6.9 6.0 6.6 6.1 110.6 108.7 107.6 105.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,152.2 5,703.0 6,121.7 5,649.9 28.8 23.6 28.3 23.1 263.7 257.5 253.1 247.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.3 473.5 507.6 464.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 20.2 19.8 19.6 19.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,217.4 2,152.0 2,217.4 2,164.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3 109.0 114.1 109.4 115.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.9 429.3 441.2 429.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 24.4 25.7 23.2 24.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,184.7 3,069.0 3,175.9 3,074.8 4.5 3.9 4.4 4.0 130.0 128.1 129.2 126.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,017.7 12,529.3 13,029.8 12,594.9 242.8 193.4 236.8 194.3 797.3 763.2 794.7 760.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,593.0 1,589.3 1,596.1 1,606.0 9.5 8.3 9.2 8.0 116.3 120.5 113.1 120.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.8 290.1 321.3 292.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 15.8 11.6 14.5 11.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,115.6 3,934.6 4,104.3 3,927.2 7.8 7.1 7.8 7.1 203.6 212.4 200.8 212.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,510.9 3,315.1 3,509.6 3,301.2 5.6 5.1 5.5 4.9 224.9 222.7 222.3 221.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723.8 680.3 717.0 673.5 21.4 18.7 21.0 18.1 36.4 34.0 32.5 32.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,999.7 2,789.1 2,996.3 2,790.6 4.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 125.6 128.2 118.7 122.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.3 271.9 285.8 273.5 21.0 14.9 20.9 15.0 22.7 23.0 21.1 22.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892.1 826.6 904.5 831.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 26.7 20.6 27.8 21.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 36.0 38.2 36.1 – – – – 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.6

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.2 267.6 269.6 267.0 389.7 395.2 394.4 402.9 20.9 19.4 20.8 19.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.9 5.9 5.9 5.1 63.0 62.2 63.1 61.9 5.2 4.9 5.3 4.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.3 173.0 178.4 173.0 562.8 580.3 567.4 590.1 49.1 44.6 49.1 44.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.4 147.9 162.4 148.1 256.7 268.2 258.4 271.9 11.3 10.7 11.2 10.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.5 1,223.0 1,317.5 1,218.5 3,141.1 2,985.0 3,165.9 3,020.9 582.5 526.7 575.9 530.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.0 152.5 150.7 152.6 489.8 480.9 495.6 497.9 76.3 72.7 75.8 72.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.1 156.4 161.3 158.2 300.8 294.0 305.0 298.4 31.1 30.2 31.5 30.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 25.1 27.1 25.1 83.3 80.9 84.5 83.9 4.0 3.4 3.8 3.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 34.2 33.4 34.6 33.5 20.7 18.6 20.4 18.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.5 383.5 389.4 385.0 1,846.9 1,803.1 1,876.0 1,832.2 139.1 126.9 139.0 126.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.0 385.2 403.5 389.5 967.0 992.8 974.8 1,009.0 118.1 107.9 115.9 107.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 11.0 14.1 11.1 124.8 109.6 126.1 112.9 8.9 7.6 8.8 7.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 71.1 67.4 70.7 147.0 154.2 147.8 156.4 9.2 7.9 9.4 7.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.6 553.7 579.7 556.7 1,224.5 1,188.5 1,236.3 1,212.8 95.2 88.3 96.7 87.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540.2 500.5 541.0 504.4 607.2 601.3 611.0 613.4 28.4 24.6 29.0 24.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.6 222.2 225.2 225.8 315.8 309.0 315.1 316.5 20.9 19.3 21.1 19.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.6 157.3 167.5 157.5 271.9 272.1 274.0 278.1 18.2 16.2 18.5 16.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.5 241.2 252.2 244.8 407.5 396.0 406.0 405.0 21.2 17.8 21.3 17.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 129.8 137.5 130.3 384.0 378.0 383.3 385.3 22.4 19.3 21.1 19.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 49.7 54.0 49.7 119.3 118.0 121.0 119.8 7.4 6.3 7.3 6.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.1 109.0 113.9 110.0 483.0 466.5 488.8 477.9 35.5 29.6 34.5 29.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.6 235.2 243.3 236.4 586.9 549.4 593.5 562.2 94.6 90.9 94.0 90.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628.2 566.8 630.2 569.1 812.4 776.9 820.8 789.7 54.9 51.0 54.3 50.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.5 308.5 319.0 308.4 538.0 529.8 542.5 533.5 46.4 39.4 46.0 38.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.4 146.5 149.3 147.0 234.6 237.8 235.6 243.0 10.8 8.9 10.7 9.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.8 269.3 277.0 271.4 551.3 541.8 552.0 550.8 46.6 43.5 46.5 43.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.9 19.8 20.9 19.9 96.0 94.5 96.7 96.2 6.3 5.3 6.2 5.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.8 98.6 99.8 99.1 201.5 200.1 203.5 204.3 16.9 15.9 16.9 16.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 58.4 59.3 58.5 270.2 257.6 270.0 265.0 16.0 14.0 15.8 13.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 64.6 71.1 64.7 140.5 128.7 141.8 131.1 12.4 11.6 12.4 11.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.3 244.1 252.3 244.6 912.4 879.3 922.4 888.6 67.3 65.2 66.5 64.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 26.8 28.8 26.2 140.2 136.8 140.9 138.4 11.6 9.9 11.1 9.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.3 394.9 437.2 399.1 1,581.9 1,426.6 1,593.7 1,451.8 284.1 272.5 278.7 272.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.0 444.6 481.1 449.1 862.2 856.1 866.8 878.8 77.2 73.2 78.6 74.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 24.0 26.1 24.1 95.0 90.6 95.0 91.7 6.1 5.6 6.1 5.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698.1 667.6 702.7 670.3 1,049.3 1,013.9 1,055.1 1,033.0 69.5 65.9 69.8 65.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.3 126.0 139.3 127.6 310.6 299.7 311.7 304.5 19.8 18.1 19.9 18.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.2 182.1 195.2 180.7 363.3 361.3 367.4 366.7 36.3 32.2 35.8 32.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.2 537.6 575.4 540.8 1,151.8 1,089.5 1,159.7 1,116.2 87.6 74.5 87.4 74.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 39.0 39.7 39.1 80.1 75.0 81.2 76.7 6.0 5.4 5.9 5.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.1 259.7 258.2 259.9 416.8 410.7 420.5 420.5 26.6 25.7 27.0 25.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 42.9 43.9 43.0 86.7 85.0 87.2 85.9 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.9 331.5 355.6 334.0 660.5 652.2 663.6 666.4 47.2 44.4 46.0 43.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912.1 878.6 913.3 884.0 2,587.7 2,518.5 2,608.6 2,562.2 209.2 199.9 210.6 202.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.0 139.7 136.7 141.3 298.3 309.4 301.2 315.2 40.6 38.7 41.3 38.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 28.3 30.1 28.5 54.1 52.0 54.8 53.6 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.9 229.2 244.5 234.1 672.9 667.3 679.6 679.2 69.2 65.2 69.1 66.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 265.5 293.0 264.7 658.1 654.3 664.5 666.0 147.0 143.2 146.8 143.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 47.2 46.4 46.9 131.4 122.3 131.7 122.7 8.0 7.6 8.0 7.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.5 465.7 483.5 470.3 541.4 527.0 542.9 537.1 47.0 39.6 47.3 40.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.1 51.8 52.5 51.9 53.1 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.0 76.5 76.8 77.1 176.9 162.5 181.6 164.3 16.6 15.4 16.6 15.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 7.1 6.4 7.1 6.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

November December November December November December

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 97.3 96.8 96.9 252.4 258.5 252.2 255.3 254.0 235.9 253.4 237.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 11.9 11.6 12.0 26.3 25.6 26.0 25.7 51.2 47.9 51.0 47.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.9 234.2 233.4 231.9 462.8 432.7 458.7 435.8 476.6 468.0 479.7 472.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 60.8 61.7 60.8 147.0 147.9 147.4 150.5 195.9 188.4 197.6 188.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849.6 853.2 850.5 854.5 2,758.1 2,670.6 2,763.4 2,695.7 2,852.3 2,722.9 2,859.2 2,724.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.8 172.2 175.3 173.9 449.3 450.8 447.7 456.4 354.9 338.5 355.7 339.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.6 119.6 124.4 120.9 222.6 215.4 223.6 215.1 346.5 328.6 346.7 326.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 45.4 47.7 45.4 64.7 58.5 63.2 58.7 81.5 74.3 81.8 74.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 27.8 30.0 27.8 174.7 165.0 174.0 165.1 132.7 121.5 130.7 121.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.6 593.6 598.5 598.1 1,410.9 1,352.6 1,417.2 1,365.9 1,362.6 1,339.7 1,364.9 1,335.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.0 250.8 252.4 253.8 720.7 711.8 721.2 720.5 629.0 623.7 627.6 621.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 28.4 30.1 28.8 74.5 66.5 75.7 67.6 88.9 83.0 89.0 84.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.8 40.1 37.2 40.4 98.9 99.5 97.9 98.7 111.9 107.9 112.4 108.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.9 402.4 413.5 404.1 952.6 899.4 935.8 900.1 955.8 898.1 954.4 896.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.0 140.9 141.0 141.8 345.4 352.9 344.7 354.2 490.3 468.3 488.0 466.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.8 108.5 109.0 108.5 140.2 133.8 137.0 133.1 239.3 228.2 238.0 228.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 75.0 78.0 74.5 179.6 177.0 179.5 177.3 204.5 196.4 204.7 196.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 90.2 93.5 89.6 224.8 200.8 223.7 201.1 287.8 276.1 287.7 276.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.7 92.0 92.3 92.5 217.9 209.6 214.8 209.1 323.9 304.7 322.1 304.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 31.2 33.1 31.3 69.2 66.7 68.2 66.3 131.8 121.1 130.8 121.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.8 142.9 143.7 141.9 470.1 453.9 467.3 456.1 475.7 456.8 476.7 459.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.9 222.0 223.8 223.0 609.1 588.8 599.7 589.6 828.8 764.5 824.3 758.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.3 220.7 227.4 221.9 664.2 613.5 653.0 602.6 689.4 633.7 687.9 629.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.6 188.8 191.3 189.6 385.0 377.1 381.4 376.3 558.0 528.0 552.9 522.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 42.7 44.4 43.4 108.7 107.7 107.8 108.5 149.3 141.4 148.9 140.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.9 172.7 174.7 172.8 385.6 373.5 379.9 374.6 492.5 479.7 485.6 474.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.3 26.4 26.3 26.5 43.9 42.7 43.2 41.8 79.5 77.9 79.7 78.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 77.2 75.8 77.9 121.7 118.2 121.5 119.5 158.7 162.3 159.4 162.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.6 70.8 70.9 71.3 201.2 182.1 197.8 182.2 145.6 140.2 144.8 143.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.6 35.8 34.7 36.4 84.5 80.3 84.4 80.4 128.3 122.6 127.8 120.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.2 248.5 251.6 247.1 698.7 638.0 695.8 637.6 729.9 674.4 731.9 675.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 33.2 36.5 32.7 111.9 106.0 111.1 107.5 143.6 136.8 143.9 136.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.3 688.5 728.4 691.2 1,394.7 1,252.8 1,390.7 1,248.9 2,200.5 2,056.9 2,196.7 2,039.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.5 258.2 258.8 259.7 654.0 648.0 643.9 654.6 631.1 597.9 626.3 596.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 24.6 25.2 24.5 33.0 30.9 32.2 30.8 68.0 65.5 67.7 66.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.0 297.5 311.0 300.2 741.7 701.0 735.1 694.5 950.1 919.8 949.6 910.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 80.6 80.0 81.6 194.5 181.0 190.5 181.4 240.8 235.3 241.7 230.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.0 100.2 104.5 101.2 255.5 247.8 254.8 248.4 306.2 296.5 304.9 295.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.7 330.7 332.0 331.3 831.5 777.5 816.9 773.2 1,329.4 1,255.7 1,323.4 1,234.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 35.4 35.2 35.3 68.9 64.8 68.2 63.6 112.6 105.6 111.6 103.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.7 105.2 103.9 105.2 306.1 302.6 304.5 306.4 261.3 249.4 260.3 248.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.4 29.2 29.8 33.6 34.2 33.4 34.3 74.8 72.2 74.5 72.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.8 175.1 172.9 174.8 436.6 433.6 436.8 438.3 449.9 438.0 447.7 433.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.0 828.1 814.4 822.4 1,824.0 1,837.9 1,825.5 1,860.1 1,775.8 1,699.3 1,772.3 1,701.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 95.4 91.1 97.2 226.6 224.8 224.5 227.2 218.0 215.7 215.9 216.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 11.5 11.9 11.4 29.8 30.2 29.6 30.0 66.9 62.4 66.6 62.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.9 210.7 214.6 209.8 777.7 759.6 775.5 757.2 566.2 529.7 565.3 526.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.2 161.1 161.1 161.4 442.4 458.5 439.8 465.0 510.2 486.7 509.9 483.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 27.8 29.0 27.9 69.0 64.1 68.9 64.2 130.3 125.5 129.9 125.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 152.1 155.2 153.0 329.2 309.3 327.7 307.7 471.3 438.5 472.6 440.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 10.4 11.2 11.0 19.0 17.5 18.3 17.1 28.8 28.9 29.1 29.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 43.2 45.0 43.8 123.0 111.8 127.4 113.0 124.4 113.1 124.9 114.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

November December November December November December

2019 2020 2019 2020p

2019 2020 2019 2020p2019 2020 2019 2020p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.7 183.2 205.6 186.2 100.0 98.0 99.5 98.0 398.8 388.8 396.5 386.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 24.2 31.8 22.9 10.8 9.8 10.9 9.6 80.0 77.4 79.9 77.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.3 291.8 336.6 291.8 96.8 96.6 96.8 96.7 438.5 428.5 437.8 424.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.3 105.4 116.5 102.8 60.0 56.0 60.2 55.9 214.8 204.7 213.9 204.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,031.7 1,544.3 2,042.6 1,433.1 578.6 474.8 578.1 460.4 2,670.8 2,470.7 2,659.0 2,459.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.6 278.5 347.1 255.4 113.6 104.4 112.9 104.8 467.8 436.1 464.0 432.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.2 125.7 151.8 122.0 64.3 57.1 64.3 57.4 244.0 227.0 242.3 223.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 40.0 49.8 38.4 19.0 16.1 18.8 15.9 69.1 65.9 68.6 65.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.6 53.5 80.4 51.0 78.1 75.8 79.1 75.3 239.3 243.6 239.4 244.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,253.3 1,064.7 1,263.4 1,067.7 353.5 329.1 352.5 329.0 1,151.0 1,104.7 1,145.3 1,097.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.3 443.4 499.6 448.9 165.7 154.8 165.7 155.7 700.0 676.4 698.0 675.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.7 73.5 128.3 80.7 28.4 25.1 28.3 25.5 129.8 120.3 130.1 121.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.0 79.0 80.2 80.9 27.2 25.6 27.2 25.0 131.4 126.0 130.3 123.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608.3 457.5 609.4 416.0 254.7 239.5 256.7 239.4 849.0 798.7 845.7 796.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.8 289.2 301.8 285.3 134.5 127.4 133.5 126.4 446.1 428.6 442.2 423.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.1 114.8 141.4 110.1 59.5 53.5 58.8 53.7 268.3 259.7 265.9 256.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.2 113.0 130.2 110.0 52.3 47.9 52.1 47.6 268.2 255.5 267.0 251.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.0 188.0 197.2 170.8 66.8 66.0 65.0 64.8 315.0 293.4 314.4 287.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.0 215.5 241.6 215.5 73.7 70.3 73.5 69.4 338.6 328.5 335.7 326.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 45.0 60.8 43.1 22.6 20.7 22.8 21.2 104.5 97.6 104.5 95.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.7 237.0 273.3 226.6 115.1 110.8 116.3 109.8 515.9 490.5 513.8 486.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.3 233.4 363.9 220.6 137.5 111.3 136.8 111.1 472.5 441.3 470.7 435.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.3 276.6 416.9 217.9 165.2 148.7 163.9 147.6 636.1 592.2 632.6 578.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.1 191.4 266.5 150.0 114.8 102.5 114.9 99.5 436.7 406.1 432.9 396.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.6 134.9 135.8 133.9 41.3 41.4 40.9 41.0 245.7 235.8 241.2 234.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.2 249.0 300.5 245.5 116.7 118.4 117.8 117.7 446.9 434.2 446.2 433.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 56.2 63.8 56.3 19.0 18.0 19.0 18.1 92.6 92.8 91.8 91.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 79.2 94.0 77.1 37.3 35.0 37.3 35.0 177.4 169.8 175.9 169.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.1 304.6 349.8 300.7 41.4 36.8 40.5 36.1 170.2 157.4 170.8 156.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 50.6 68.3 48.2 26.4 25.6 27.0 25.3 93.8 84.6 94.4 84.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.3 285.5 382.2 274.7 173.9 156.3 173.8 156.9 618.9 588.1 619.8 587.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 76.3 95.7 66.6 28.5 26.0 28.1 25.3 193.3 191.4 191.7 189.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947.7 618.5 942.5 575.9 418.7 364.1 417.4 363.6 1,513.1 1,473.2 1,508.8 1,456.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.3 411.5 513.6 406.9 160.9 157.5 161.5 157.5 756.8 726.9 752.0 723.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 33.2 40.2 32.5 15.0 13.9 15.2 13.5 85.4 84.9 85.9 84.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552.8 438.1 552.3 427.3 213.6 203.9 212.7 204.2 801.8 751.1 793.8 739.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.2 169.7 176.0 166.3 70.9 66.1 70.2 66.5 363.1 353.3 362.4 352.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.3 160.3 212.1 132.8 66.1 60.9 65.9 60.5 307.4 283.7 306.0 281.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.0 432.2 563.8 397.3 262.5 229.0 259.5 221.8 728.0 695.2 722.2 690.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 44.3 57.1 39.5 22.3 19.0 22.1 18.3 66.6 64.9 66.8 63.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.2 227.7 269.8 226.4 79.8 84.5 79.8 84.2 379.4 368.1 379.6 368.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 38.8 45.3 38.4 17.1 15.9 16.8 16.1 81.4 79.0 81.3 78.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.8 306.9 351.3 305.9 122.2 119.5 120.4 118.9 452.3 435.8 448.0 428.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394.4 1,216.1 1,393.2 1,217.9 451.1 427.4 449.7 426.2 2,015.3 1,966.9 2,010.7 1,963.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.1 133.3 159.8 138.9 43.6 46.3 42.1 46.1 259.5 257.2 261.2 256.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 22.2 39.5 24.3 10.1 9.7 10.1 9.2 59.0 57.4 59.1 57.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.3 340.7 405.1 334.4 202.6 194.8 201.5 193.8 750.5 717.9 740.5 706.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.8 258.8 347.9 234.7 127.3 110.4 128.3 109.4 596.7 548.8 590.5 546.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 61.7 72.5 59.8 24.0 23.1 23.8 23.5 154.4 148.3 153.3 145.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.4 198.9 274.3 196.2 150.2 135.2 152.2 135.2 420.7 391.0 418.0 384.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.3 30.1 33.9 31.1 16.3 14.6 16.3 14.8 69.5 67.0 69.5 66.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 62.2 81.9 64.1 18.2 17.0 18.6 17.2 203.6 203.9 203.3 200.7

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 4.6 5.6 4.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 10.6 10.9 10.4 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2019 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

seasonally adjusted, December 2019 - December 2020