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USDL 05-433

For release: 10:00 A.M. EST

Thursday, March 17, 2005

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JANUARY 2005

Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 275 of the 367 metropolitan areas,

higher in 86 areas, and unchanged in 6 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of

Labor reported today. Two areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent, while 10 areas—8 of which

were located in California—recorded unemployment rates of at least 10.0 percent. The national unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (The information contained in this release reflects the

introduction of newly defined metropolitan areas as well as changes in the methodology for the Local Area

Unemployment Statistics program. See the Box Note on page 4 for more information.)

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In January, 32 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below 4.0 percent, up from 18 areas

a year earlier, while 79 areas had rates of at least 7.0 percent, down from 92 areas in January 2004.

Honolulu, Hawaii, and Harrisonburg, Va., recorded the lowest unemployment rates, 2.8 and 2.9 percent,

respectively. The highest January unemployment rates were posted in seven California areas with large

agricultural sectors: El Centro, 15.9 percent; Visalia-Porterville, 12.9 percent; Merced, 12.7 percent;

Hanford-Corcoran, 12.3 percent; Salinas, 11.9 percent; Fresno, 11.6 percent; and Yuba City, 11.4 percent. Overall, 186 areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. rate, 165 areas had higher rates,

and 16 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the map.)

Monroe, La., experienced the largest over-the-year jobless rate decrease in January (-4.4 percentage

points), followed by Ocean City, N.J. (-3.4 points). Two areas in Washington—Longview and Yakima—

reported the next largest decreases (-2.1 percentage points each). Seventy-two additional areas posted rate

decreases of at least 1.0 percentage point. Janesville, Wis., had the largest unemployment rate increase from

January 2004 (+2.9 percentage points), followed by Sumter, S.C. (+2.5 points). Thirteen additional areas

had over-the-year rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more.

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., recorded the lowest unemployment rate, 3.7 percent, followed by

Richmond, Va., 3.9 percent, and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz., 4.0 percent. The highest unemployment

rates among the large areas were reported in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., 7.9 percent, and Memphis,

Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., 7.3 percent. Ten other large areas had rates of at least 6.0 percent. Thirty-six large

areas recorded lower jobless rates than in January 2004, 11 posted higher rates, and 2 had no change.

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.,
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registered the largest over-the-year jobless rate decreases (-1.7 percentage points each), followed closely by

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. (-1.6 points). Nine additional areas experienced jobless rate

declines of at least 1.0 percentage point. Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., and New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner,

La., posted the largest rate increases from a year ago (+1.0 percentage point each). St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., and

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., had the next largest increases (+0.7 and +0.6 percentage point, respectively).

Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metropolitan (or NECTA) divisions,

which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. The two divisions

in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., metropolitan area posted the lowest unemployment rates among all the divisions in January—Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md., 3.4 percent, and

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 3.8 percent. The Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine,

Calif., division reported the next lowest jobless rate, 4.0 percent. The highest unemployment rates among the

divisions were in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., 9.0 percent, and Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H.,

8.9 percent. (See table 2.)

Thirty of the 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year unemployment rate declines in January.

Jobless rates were down over the year by 1.0 percentage point or more in 12 of the metropolitan divisions.

The largest decreases occurred in Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H. (-2.0 percentage points), New

York-Wayne-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (-1.9 points), and Camden, N.J. (-1.8 points). The two divisions

making up the Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., metropolitan area—Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn and WarrenFarmington Hills-Troy—recorded the largest unemployment rate increases from last January (+0.6 and

+0.5 percentage point, respectively).

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

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

between their divisions were Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-

N.H., 8.9 percent, compared with both Framingham, Mass., and Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 4.4 percent each);

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, 6.3 percent, compared with

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, 4.0 percent); Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 9.0

percent, compared with Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, 7.0 percent); and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.

(Tacoma, 6.7 percent, compared with Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, 4.8 percent).

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In January, 328 metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment,

35 reported decreases, and 4 were unchanged. The largest over-the-year gain in employment was

posted in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+90,900), with over half of

that gain occurring in the New York-Wayne-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. metropolitan division (+54,500).

Large employment increases also were reported in the following metropolitan areas: Washington-ArlingtonAlexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+77,300), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+72,500), Miami-Fort

Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. (+72,000), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+58,400), and Las VegasParadise, Nev. (+57,100). The largest over-the-year percentage increases occurred in St. George, Utah

(+11.3 percent), Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (+11.0 percent), Ocean City, N.J.

(+10.9 percent), Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (+8.8 percent), and Yuma, Ariz. (+8.3 percent). (See tables 3

and 4.)

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-24,000), experienced the largest over-the-year employment decline,

followed by Lansing-East Lansing, Mich. (-5,600), Rochester, N.Y. (-5,400), Houma-Bayou Cane-
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Thibodaux, La. (-3,200), Bloomington-Normal, Ill. (-2,800), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.

(-2,300). The largest over-the-year percentage declines were reported in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux,

La. (-3.9 percent), Bloomington-Normal, Ill. (-3.2 percent), Muncie, Ind. (-2.7 percent), Lansing-East

Lansing, Mich. (-2.4 percent), and Kokomo, Ind., and Sioux City, Iowa-Neb.-S.D. (-2.1 percent each).

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 33 of the 35 metropolitan areas with annual average

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

in these large areas were posted in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+7.3 percent), Orlando, Fla. (+4.7 percent),

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (+4.5 percent), and Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C. (+3.5 percent).

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., were the only large areas to

report employment decreases with losses of 1.2 and 0.3 percent, respectively.

______________________________

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

on March 31. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for February is scheduled to

be issued on April 7.

Civilian labor force (000’s)......

Unemployed (000’s)..............

Unemployment rate...............

Seasonally Not seasonally

adjusted adjusted

1,383.8

153.6

11.1

1,373.0

148.4

10.8

The preliminary January 2005 civilian labor force and unemployment data for Puerto Rico,

originally published on March 10, 2005, in the January 2005 Regional and State Employment and

Unemployment news release (USDL 05-384), were incorrect. The corrected values, including

the not seasonally adjusted data in table 1 of this release, are as follows:

Correction of Data for Puerto Rico
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Changes in Local Area Unemployment Statistics

and in Metropolitan Area Designations

Beginning with the release of data for January 2005, a redesigned method for

producing labor force estimates for states and selected substate areas is being

implemented. The redesigned method encompasses a number of changes: (1) the

introduction of improved time-series regression models for all states, the District of

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

division (formerly the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area), and the respective balances of New York and California; (2) the introduction of real-time benchmarking to national Current Population Survey (CPS) estimates of employment and

unemployment at the census division and state level; and (3) the introduction of timeseries regression models for six additional substate areas and their respective

balances of state. The estimates also reflect routine annual updates to population

estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. More information on the changes is

available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lauschanges2005.htm.

Other changes affecting the estimation for substate areas include: (1)

incorporation of Census 2000 inputs for estimation and (2) updates in substate

estimation methodology. All data from January 2000 forward will be revised to

incorporate these changes.

Both the metropolitan area labor force data presented in tables 1 and 2 of this

news release and the metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment data presented

in tables 3 and 4 of this release have been revised to reflect the introduction of newly

defined metropolitan areas based on new standards and the results of Census 2000.

Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) and NECTA Divisions

are being used for the six New England States, rather than county-based areas.

Compared with 1990-census designated areas, these changes increase the number of

metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan NECTAs to 367 (plus 8 in Puerto

Rico). Both the labor force data and the nonfarm payroll employment data have

been revised back to 1990 to reflect the changes in metropolitan area designations.

The labor force data also reflect the new statewide model controls described above.

More information about the changes to metropolitan areas is available from the

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics Web site

at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

The labor force data for 2004 in this release are subject to further revision when

estimates for all 7,100 substate areas for that year are published on April 28.
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data from the

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1

and 2) for 375 metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan New

England and Town Area (NECTAs), including those in Puerto Rico.

Estimates for over 30 metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are

presented. Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current

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

for the same areas. State estimates were previously published in the

news release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, and

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

CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS

program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are based

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

national estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey

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

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

includes both the employed and the unemployed. Employed persons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

are currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall

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

Method of estimation. Effective January 2005, estimates for all

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

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

Model-based estimation has been extended to the following areas and

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

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

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

statistical basis of the estimation for these areas and provide important

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

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

indirect estimation procedures. Employment estimates, which are

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

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

Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons previously

employed in industries covered by state unemployment (UI) laws

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

estimates of employment and unemployment, which geographically

exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that

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

totals. A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available

from BLS upon request.

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown

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

usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted estimates

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

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

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

to the revised model-based estimates.

Employment—from the CES program

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment

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

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

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

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

2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using

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

a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates

of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying

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

models are used as the official estimators for the approximately

10 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample

for direct sample-based estimates.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually

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

tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under

state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information

is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark

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

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process

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

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

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey

and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling and other

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

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

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

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

data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly

derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting

from the special estimation processes used. The sums of individual

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

because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,

unemployment rates are computed, in most instances, from unrounded

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

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based error

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

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

nonsampling error are not available, but additional information on the

subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical, Employment and

Earnings.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state

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

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

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

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

Area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards

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

Budget on February 18, 2004. A detailed list of the geographic

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

and also is published annually in the May issue of Employment

and Earnings.

Additional information

More complete information on the technical procedures used to

develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment

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

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

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and

unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and

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

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force and

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

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

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

Employment data from the CES program are available at

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

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Alabama ................................................................... 2,127.7 2,163.4 2,143.0 127.1 111.7 118.3 6.0 5.2 5.5

Anniston-Oxford .................................................... 53.5 54.8 54.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 5.6 5.3 5.5

Auburn-Opelika ..................................................... 62.0 63.7 62.7 2.7 2.5 2.8 4.4 3.9 4.5

Birmingham-Hoover .............................................. 528.6 535.6 528.7 26.4 24.5 26.3 5.0 4.6 5.0

Decatur ................................................................. 72.5 72.1 71.6 5.0 3.9 4.2 6.9 5.4 5.9

Dothan .................................................................. 64.2 65.6 64.6 3.2 3.0 3.2 5.0 4.5 4.9

Florence-Muscle Shoals ....................................... 66.0 67.6 67.1 4.7 4.2 4.3 7.2 6.2 6.4

Gadsden ............................................................... 46.8 47.4 46.6 3.1 2.9 2.9 6.6 6.0 6.1

Huntsville .............................................................. 191.5 194.7 192.5 9.7 8.1 8.6 5.1 4.1 4.4

Mobile ................................................................... 179.6 184.4 182.6 12.5 10.5 11.0 7.0 5.7 6.0

Montgomery .......................................................... 166.2 168.0 166.5 9.4 8.7 9.2 5.7 5.2 5.5

Tuscaloosa ........................................................... 92.9 96.2 94.9 4.6 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.5 4.9

Alaska ...................................................................... 329.5 331.6 331.4 28.6 25.3 27.7 8.7 7.6 8.4

Anchorage ............................................................ 187.8 191.5 189.2 12.8 11.2 12.2 6.8 5.9 6.4

Fairbanks .............................................................. 40.6 42.6 41.7 3.4 2.8 3.2 8.3 6.6 7.6

Arizona .................................................................... 2,747.4 2,797.4 2,792.9 153.4 115.5 121.1 5.6 4.1 4.3

Flagstaff ................................................................ 65.4 67.4 67.5 4.4 3.3 3.7 6.7 5.0 5.4

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ..................................... 1,825.2 1,861.6 1,859.1 94.9 69.7 73.9 5.2 3.7 4.0

Prescott ................................................................ 84.9 88.4 88.8 4.4 3.2 3.4 5.1 3.6 3.9

Tucson .................................................................. 442.0 449.8 446.8 23.1 17.4 18.3 5.2 3.9 4.1

Yuma .................................................................... 73.2 75.0 73.7 8.4 8.3 7.3 11.5 11.1 9.9

Arkansas ................................................................. 1,269.3 1,315.9 1,295.4 83.1 72.9 80.8 6.5 5.5 6.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ............................ 197.7 207.9 204.5 8.0 6.8 7.6 4.0 3.3 3.7

Fort Smith ............................................................. 139.5 143.8 142.5 7.5 6.3 7.1 5.4 4.4 5.0

Hot Springs ........................................................... 39.6 41.6 40.9 2.7 2.5 2.7 6.8 6.0 6.5

Jonesboro ............................................................. 53.7 55.5 54.9 3.7 3.0 3.4 6.9 5.4 6.1

Little Rock-North Little Rock ................................. 313.0 325.1 318.3 17.5 15.9 17.4 5.6 4.9 5.5

Pine Bluff .............................................................. 41.3 42.5 42.1 3.9 3.6 4.0 9.4 8.5 9.5

California ................................................................. 17,457.9 17,626.4 17,558.4 1,213.2 996.6 1,095.1 6.9 5.7 6.2

Bakersfield ............................................................ 316.5 315.1 314.7 36.5 30.6 33.0 11.5 9.7 10.5

Chico .................................................................... 97.3 99.1 98.2 8.6 6.6 7.8 8.8 6.7 7.9

El Centro ............................................................... 59.4 59.3 60.2 9.3 9.7 9.6 15.7 16.3 15.9

Fresno .................................................................. 402.8 398.7 396.8 52.7 40.7 45.8 13.1 10.2 11.6

Hanford-Corcoran ................................................. 53.0 53.8 53.2 7.4 5.4 6.6 14.0 10.0 12.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,354.5 6,463.7 6,403.5 401.2 349.6 368.5 6.3 5.4 5.8

Madera ................................................................. 61.2 61.7 61.1 6.8 5.3 5.9 11.1 8.5 9.6

Merced .................................................................. 95.7 98.3 98.0 13.3 10.5 12.5 13.9 10.6 12.7

Modesto ................................................................ 220.9 226.7 225.5 24.0 19.6 22.4 10.9 8.6 9.9

Napa ..................................................................... 70.5 70.9 70.9 3.9 3.4 3.6 5.5 4.8 5.1

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ......................... 414.4 415.4 415.3 25.0 20.7 22.9 6.0 5.0 5.5

Redding ................................................................ 83.4 84.8 85.9 7.6 5.9 7.1 9.1 7.0 8.3

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ....................... 1,639.4 1,671.0 1,675.2 99.7 82.8 92.0 6.1 5.0 5.5

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville ................. 997.4 1,010.4 1,015.6 52.5 47.5 54.6 5.3 4.7 5.4

Salinas .................................................................. 202.1 200.8 199.3 27.2 20.8 23.8 13.5 10.4 11.9

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ......................... 1,485.8 1,506.2 1,504.4 75.8 61.2 69.0 5.1 4.1 4.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,192.8 2,191.5 2,188.5 137.4 103.6 115.4 6.3 4.7 5.3

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ........................ 862.4 846.9 845.4 68.0 47.3 52.5 7.9 5.6 6.2

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .............................. 130.1 130.7 131.1 6.1 5.3 6.2 4.7 4.0 4.7

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta ...................... 210.1 212.8 211.6 11.5 10.1 11.4 5.5 4.7 5.4

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ........................................ 140.1 141.0 140.6 13.8 10.7 12.5 9.8 7.6 8.9

Santa Rosa-Petaluma .......................................... 256.0 257.6 255.6 14.6 11.0 12.6 5.7 4.3 4.9

Stockton ................................................................ 278.2 278.6 280.2 28.7 23.3 26.1 10.3 8.4 9.3

Vallejo-Fairfield ..................................................... 206.9 209.6 208.2 13.8 11.1 12.7 6.7 5.3 6.1

Visalia-Porterville .................................................. 181.8 176.4 173.6 25.6 20.9 22.4 14.1 11.9 12.9

Yuba City .............................................................. 64.8 64.8 65.2 8.1 6.6 7.4 12.6 10.2 11.4

Colorado .................................................................. 2,492.4 2,540.3 2,521.8 160.3 133.3 135.3 6.4 5.2 5.4

Boulder ................................................................. 160.5 165.8 162.9 9.3 7.8 7.8 5.8 4.7 4.8

Colorado Springs .................................................. 286.4 293.2 290.0 18.7 16.0 16.2 6.5 5.5 5.6

Denver-Aurora ...................................................... 1,256.8 1,291.2 1,273.6 86.3 71.0 71.2 6.9 5.5 5.6

Fort Collins-Loveland ............................................ 163.2 169.0 166.1 8.8 7.4 7.5 5.4 4.4 4.5

Grand Junction ..................................................... 67.1 69.3 68.5 4.4 3.7 3.9 6.6 5.3 5.7

Greeley ................................................................. 106.6 108.5 108.4 6.7 5.6 6.1 6.3 5.2 5.6

Pueblo .................................................................. 69.0 70.2 70.0 5.6 4.8 4.9 8.1 6.8 7.0

Connecticut ............................................................. 1,793.2 1,776.7 1,765.1 100.7 69.1 92.7 5.6 3.9 5.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................... 473.1 468.1 463.7 23.8 15.9 21.5 5.0 3.4 4.6

Danbury ................................................................ 90.1 89.6 88.4 3.9 2.5 3.5 4.3 2.8 4.0

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................... 548.7 543.5 541.3 33.2 22.9 30.8 6.0 4.2 5.7

New Haven ........................................................... 291.0 287.4 286.8 16.5 11.4 15.5 5.7 4.0 5.4

Norwich-New London ........................................... 153.5 153.3 151.6 7.7 5.1 6.9 5.0 3.4 4.5

Waterbury ............................................................. 97.9 96.3 96.1 7.2 5.0 6.7 7.4 5.2 7.0

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

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Delaware .................................................................. 421.4 424.8 425.0 18.6 16.2 20.0 4.4 3.8 4.7

Dover .................................................................... 70.1 70.5 71.1 2.8 2.1 2.6 4.0 3.0 3.6

District of Columbia ............................................... 294.1 302.1 298.9 22.0 27.1 23.0 7.5 9.0 7.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ......................... 2,790.8 2,832.1 2,841.1 108.5 100.3 105.0 3.9 3.5 3.7

Florida ...................................................................... 8,248.6 8,488.3 8,434.8 407.0 379.0 371.4 4.9 4.5 4.4

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ......................................... 240.5 252.6 251.4 9.5 9.2 9.0 4.0 3.6 3.6

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .............. 229.5 235.8 234.7 11.1 10.4 10.3 4.8 4.4 4.4

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................... 84.0 88.6 88.1 3.4 3.2 3.3 4.1 3.6 3.7

Gainesville ............................................................ 125.5 131.2 129.3 4.5 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.1 3.2

Jacksonville .......................................................... 599.6 615.1 610.7 30.3 26.9 27.5 5.1 4.4 4.5

Lakeland ............................................................... 244.7 251.2 249.8 12.0 11.7 11.5 4.9 4.7 4.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................... 2,581.9 2,645.6 2,626.6 137.5 129.6 122.2 5.3 4.9 4.7

Naples-Marco Island ............................................. 137.6 141.9 142.2 5.3 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.4 3.3

Ocala .................................................................... 116.4 119.8 119.4 5.6 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.2 4.2

Orlando ................................................................. 938.1 971.9 966.0 46.0 41.0 40.8 4.9 4.2 4.2

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ............................. 246.2 254.9 253.0 11.6 10.4 10.3 4.7 4.1 4.1

Panama City-Lynn Haven ..................................... 76.2 79.0 78.1 4.4 3.8 3.8 5.8 4.8 4.9

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ................................ 191.2 200.7 199.0 8.9 9.6 9.5 4.7 4.8 4.8

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce ..................................... 164.2 170.7 169.6 8.4 9.0 8.5 5.1 5.3 5.0

Punta Gorda ......................................................... 59.4 62.0 61.8 2.9 3.1 3.0 4.8 5.0 4.9

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ................................. 287.6 301.9 301.2 12.7 11.0 11.5 4.4 3.6 3.8

Tallahassee .......................................................... 171.2 175.7 173.1 7.0 6.4 6.6 4.1 3.6 3.8

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ........................ 1,244.4 1,272.3 1,264.0 60.5 55.0 55.3 4.9 4.3 4.4

Vero Beach ........................................................... 55.3 56.4 55.7 3.0 3.6 3.2 5.5 6.3 5.8

Georgia .................................................................... 4,354.8 4,449.9 4,432.4 198.0 211.2 222.2 4.5 4.7 5.0

Albany ................................................................... 71.0 72.4 72.6 3.5 3.9 4.2 5.0 5.4 5.7

Athens-Clarke County .......................................... 90.9 92.1 91.7 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ............................ 2,483.6 2,535.1 2,517.6 111.7 117.2 122.6 4.5 4.6 4.9

Augusta-Richmond County ................................... 238.0 238.1 238.7 12.3 13.6 14.6 5.2 5.7 6.1

Brunswick ............................................................. 48.8 49.8 49.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 4.2 4.3 4.6

Columbus ............................................................. 121.4 121.9 121.4 6.8 6.3 6.7 5.6 5.2 5.5

Dalton ................................................................... 62.4 62.5 62.3 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.9 4.9 4.7

Gainesville ............................................................ 75.9 76.9 76.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 4.0 4.0 4.2

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ......................................... 26.1 26.7 26.6 1.3 1.6 1.7 4.9 6.1 6.3

Macon ................................................................... 104.7 105.6 105.5 4.9 5.5 5.8 4.7 5.2 5.5

Rome .................................................................... 47.7 48.7 48.7 1.9 2.5 2.5 4.0 5.0 5.2

Savannah ............................................................. 148.9 154.5 152.7 6.1 6.5 6.8 4.1 4.2 4.5

Valdosta ................................................................ 55.7 56.8 56.8 2.1 2.3 2.4 3.8 4.0 4.3

Warner Robins ...................................................... 57.8 58.3 58.3 2.1 2.5 2.6 3.6 4.2 4.5

Hawaii ...................................................................... 615.7 620.0 622.5 20.9 16.9 17.7 3.4 2.7 2.8

Honolulu ............................................................... 431.5 435.0 433.8 14.4 11.6 12.3 3.3 2.7 2.8

Idaho ........................................................................ 693.3 705.9 709.4 44.2 30.8 38.6 6.4 4.4 5.4

Boise City-Nampa ................................................. 268.2 272.2 272.5 14.9 10.3 12.6 5.6 3.8 4.6

Coeur d’Alene ....................................................... 59.8 62.0 61.3 5.2 3.5 4.4 8.7 5.6 7.2

Idaho Falls ............................................................ 52.8 54.8 56.4 2.5 1.8 2.5 4.7 3.3 4.5

Lewiston ............................................................... 29.9 29.7 31.4 2.0 1.6 2.0 6.5 5.5 6.3

Pocatello ............................................................... 45.5 46.0 48.5 2.7 2.0 2.4 6.0 4.3 4.9

Illinois ...................................................................... 6,335.7 6,405.4 6,398.1 440.4 367.1 393.1 7.0 5.7 6.1

Bloomington-Normal ............................................. 83.3 83.5 83.0 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.3

Champaign-Urbana .............................................. 110.0 114.3 111.8 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.1 4.5 5.0

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ...................................... 4,695.0 4,734.2 4,713.2 316.7 261.4 279.4 6.7 5.5 5.9

Danville ................................................................. 37.0 37.2 37.4 3.6 2.9 3.0 9.6 7.8 8.1

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ............................. 191.7 190.7 191.2 13.2 10.7 12.1 6.9 5.6 6.3

Decatur ................................................................. 50.9 51.7 52.0 4.2 3.5 3.7 8.2 6.9 7.2

Kankakee-Bradley ................................................ 50.8 51.2 51.4 4.7 3.9 4.3 9.3 7.7 8.4

Peoria ................................................................... 178.7 182.9 185.1 11.8 10.4 11.2 6.6 5.7 6.0

Rockford ............................................................... 183.1 183.4 185.7 14.5 12.0 12.9 7.9 6.5 6.9

Springfield ............................................................. 106.2 106.6 107.8 6.7 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.6 5.8

Indiana ..................................................................... 3,140.0 3,156.6 3,147.4 182.8 157.0 190.8 5.8 5.0 6.1

Anderson .............................................................. 64.1 64.0 64.4 4.3 3.7 4.5 6.7 5.7 7.1

Bloomington .......................................................... 95.8 93.1 96.4 4.9 4.1 5.2 5.1 4.4 5.4

Columbus ............................................................. 36.1 37.4 37.2 1.8 1.6 2.0 5.0 4.2 5.3

Elkhart-Goshen ..................................................... 96.7 101.3 101.8 4.6 4.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 4.9

Evansville ............................................................. 177.2 176.0 175.2 9.0 8.0 9.5 5.1 4.5 5.4

Fort Wayne ........................................................... 213.7 213.2 210.9 12.2 10.2 12.0 5.7 4.8 5.7

Indianapolis .......................................................... 804.5 811.2 814.0 43.7 38.9 45.7 5.4 4.8 5.6

Kokomo ................................................................ 49.7 48.5 48.5 3.2 2.7 3.3 6.5 5.5 6.9

Lafayette ............................................................... 91.9 93.0 92.2 4.8 4.1 4.9 5.2 4.4 5.3

Michigan City-La Porte ......................................... 55.9 55.8 55.7 3.9 2.9 3.6 7.0 5.2 6.5

Muncie .................................................................. 58.7 57.5 57.5 3.8 3.4 4.2 6.5 6.0 7.3

South Bend-Mishawaka ........................................ 158.9 163.4 163.0 8.8 7.8 9.1 5.5 4.7 5.6

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Indiana—Continued

Terre Haute .......................................................... 84.2 82.7 83.0 7.1 5.1 6.4 8.4 6.2 7.7

Iowa .......................................................................... 1,616.3 1,626.3 1,612.7 90.1 83.0 98.4 5.6 5.1 6.1

Ames .................................................................... 46.1 46.0 45.3 1.5 1.5 1.8 3.3 3.3 3.9

Cedar Rapids ........................................................ 141.4 140.9 140.1 7.6 7.4 8.5 5.4 5.2 6.0

Des Moines ........................................................... 285.5 287.1 286.2 16.3 13.4 15.8 5.7 4.7 5.5

Dubuque ............................................................... 47.6 47.1 47.0 2.9 2.7 3.3 6.0 5.8 7.1

Iowa City ............................................................... 102.3 103.7 101.4 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.6

Sioux City ............................................................. 84.0 82.4 81.4 4.2 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.7

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ............................................ 102.9 102.9 101.7 4.8 4.5 5.3 4.7 4.4 5.2

Kansas ..................................................................... 1,455.1 1,459.7 1,457.0 88.3 68.7 84.8 6.1 4.7 5.8

Lawrence .............................................................. 61.0 63.3 61.5 2.7 2.3 2.9 4.5 3.6 4.7

Topeka .................................................................. 117.4 117.1 118.0 7.8 6.7 8.5 6.6 5.7 7.2

Wichita .................................................................. 289.3 289.0 287.3 21.0 15.7 18.6 7.3 5.4 6.5

Kentucky ................................................................. 1,961.2 1,971.6 1,951.4 124.4 90.1 110.0 6.3 4.6 5.6

Bowling Green ...................................................... 57.3 59.6 58.9 3.1 2.2 2.7 5.5 3.7 4.5

Elizabethtown ....................................................... 51.4 51.8 51.3 3.3 2.3 2.9 6.4 4.5 5.6

Lexington-Fayette ................................................. 220.1 222.6 218.9 10.5 8.0 9.3 4.8 3.6 4.2

Louisville ............................................................... 641.1 647.4 642.8 34.8 27.5 33.5 5.4 4.3 5.2

Owensboro ........................................................... 53.4 53.6 53.1 3.2 2.6 3.2 6.0 4.9 6.1

Louisiana ................................................................. 2,021.7 2,059.2 2,060.7 131.8 111.3 129.6 6.5 5.4 6.3

Alexandria ............................................................. 62.6 65.3 66.1 4.0 3.5 3.9 6.3 5.4 5.9

Baton Rouge ......................................................... 362.3 373.4 374.6 22.5 19.7 21.0 6.2 5.3 5.6

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ........................... 90.4 90.3 88.0 4.8 4.5 4.8 5.3 5.0 5.5

Lafayette ............................................................... 114.1 118.5 118.0 6.1 5.4 5.8 5.4 4.6 4.9

Lake Charles ........................................................ 88.5 89.8 91.1 5.5 4.9 5.4 6.2 5.4 5.9

Monroe ................................................................. 84.4 80.6 81.4 9.6 5.2 5.7 11.4 6.4 7.0

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .............................. 603.0 611.5 611.1 31.2 26.7 37.8 5.2 4.4 6.2

Shreveport-Bossier City ........................................ 172.1 178.2 180.2 11.4 10.1 10.9 6.6 5.6 6.0

Maine ....................................................................... 687.9 695.2 687.2 38.4 30.8 34.2 5.6 4.4 5.0

Bangor .................................................................. 66.2 68.6 68.4 3.8 3.2 3.4 5.7 4.6 5.0

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................... 56.5 56.2 56.0 3.0 2.4 2.7 5.3 4.2 4.8

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ....................... 199.5 205.9 202.2 7.8 6.5 7.1 3.9 3.2 3.5

Maryland .................................................................. 2,869.6 2,873.2 2,872.6 134.6 116.9 133.8 4.7 4.1 4.7

Baltimore-Towson ................................................. 1,346.3 1,338.1 1,333.2 66.4 58.8 66.1 4.9 4.4 5.0

Cumberland .......................................................... 47.9 46.9 47.7 3.6 2.7 3.4 7.4 5.8 7.1

Hagerstown-Martinsburg ...................................... 117.3 117.3 117.7 5.7 4.3 5.1 4.9 3.7 4.4

Salisbury ............................................................... 59.2 60.5 60.1 3.5 2.9 3.4 5.9 4.8 5.6

Massachusetts ........................................................ 3,398.0 3,370.8 3,350.7 211.0 141.4 181.7 6.2 4.2 5.4

Barnstable Town ................................................... 130.6 133.0 130.2 8.8 5.7 7.8 6.7 4.3 6.0

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................... 2,462.1 2,440.1 2,427.2 143.1 96.6 120.0 5.8 4.0 4.9

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ............................. 74.6 73.3 73.6 5.6 3.9 5.2 7.5 5.4 7.1

New Bedford ......................................................... 85.1 82.6 83.6 7.8 4.8 6.9 9.2 5.8 8.2

Pittsfield ................................................................ 39.1 38.6 38.8 2.2 1.5 2.0 5.7 3.9 5.2

Springfield ............................................................. 346.5 343.7 341.4 23.2 15.4 20.3 6.7 4.5 5.9

Worcester ............................................................. 292.3 290.1 289.3 18.4 12.4 16.0 6.3 4.3 5.5

Michigan .................................................................. 5,024.5 5,089.9 5,042.8 386.9 360.9 400.2 7.7 7.1 7.9

Ann Arbor ............................................................. 183.1 188.4 188.4 8.1 8.5 9.3 4.4 4.5 5.0

Battle Creek .......................................................... 75.5 78.0 78.0 5.5 5.1 5.6 7.3 6.5 7.2

Bay City ................................................................ 55.7 57.0 57.2 4.7 4.3 5.0 8.5 7.5 8.8

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,189.2 2,207.6 2,153.5 160.0 154.9 169.2 7.3 7.0 7.9

Flint ....................................................................... 213.6 217.2 217.9 20.1 17.5 19.8 9.4 8.0 9.1

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ....................................... 392.1 396.0 397.3 30.7 27.1 29.3 7.8 6.8 7.4

Holland-Grand Haven ........................................... 130.3 133.9 133.4 8.3 7.7 8.4 6.4 5.8 6.3

Jackson ................................................................ 80.6 81.9 82.3 6.7 5.7 6.4 8.3 7.0 7.8

Kalamazoo-Portage .............................................. 173.2 175.2 177.5 11.3 11.0 11.9 6.5 6.3 6.7

Lansing-East Lansing ........................................... 246.8 249.8 247.7 15.2 15.0 16.5 6.2 6.0 6.7

Monroe ................................................................. 78.1 78.8 79.2 5.2 4.8 5.7 6.7 6.1 7.2

Muskegon-Norton Shores ..................................... 88.1 89.7 91.0 8.0 6.7 7.3 9.1 7.5 8.1

Niles-Benton Harbor ............................................. 77.9 79.1 80.2 7.0 6.2 6.8 9.0 7.8 8.5

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ....................... 100.2 101.3 101.2 9.5 8.4 9.7 9.5 8.3 9.6

Minnesota ................................................................ 2,918.6 2,945.4 2,935.9 170.8 127.3 152.2 5.9 4.3 5.2

Duluth ................................................................... 146.1 148.1 147.6 10.6 7.8 9.4 7.2 5.3 6.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ....................... 1,807.8 1,838.7 1,831.5 95.7 73.2 83.5 5.3 4.0 4.6

Rochester ............................................................. 105.3 105.1 106.2 5.4 3.8 4.8 5.1 3.6 4.5

St. Cloud ............................................................... 107.3 108.2 108.1 6.7 4.7 6.1 6.2 4.3 5.7

Mississippi .............................................................. 1,314.0 1,340.7 1,334.9 81.8 85.0 103.1 6.2 6.3 7.7

Gulfport-Biloxi ....................................................... 120.2 122.5 120.6 6.0 6.2 7.6 5.0 5.1 6.3

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Hattiesburg ........................................................... 61.9 62.5 61.9 3.1 3.2 3.8 5.0 5.1 6.2

Jackson ................................................................ 265.9 273.9 270.9 12.5 13.9 16.8 4.7 5.1 6.2

Pascagoula ........................................................... 70.3 71.2 70.9 4.5 4.3 5.2 6.3 6.0 7.3

Missouri ................................................................... 3,002.9 3,020.2 2,999.3 176.2 162.9 199.0 5.9 5.4 6.6

Columbia .............................................................. 90.7 94.5 91.3 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.3 4.3

Jefferson City ........................................................ 77.4 77.5 78.1 3.4 3.3 4.3 4.4 4.2 5.5

Joplin .................................................................... 80.1 80.2 80.2 4.4 3.9 4.6 5.5 4.8 5.8

Kansas City .......................................................... 1,147.6 1,155.0 1,147.5 64.3 56.4 67.1 5.6 4.9 5.8

St. Joseph ............................................................. 63.1 63.2 63.4 3.9 3.9 4.8 6.1 6.2 7.6

St. Louis1 .............................................................. 1,442.7 1,451.8 1,448.9 87.2 81.8 97.1 6.0 5.6 6.7

Springfield ............................................................. 200.9 200.7 199.7 10.0 8.7 10.6 5.0 4.3 5.3

Montana ................................................................... 472.1 482.7 482.4 26.7 21.6 26.3 5.7 4.5 5.5

Billings .................................................................. 86.2 89.9 88.4 3.5 2.8 3.6 4.1 3.1 4.1

Great Falls ............................................................ 40.1 39.6 41.4 2.0 1.6 2.1 5.1 4.0 5.2

Missoula ............................................................... 58.7 59.9 58.3 2.9 2.3 2.8 4.9 3.8 4.8

Nebraska ................................................................. 974.8 982.0 972.8 43.3 35.8 44.4 4.4 3.6 4.6

Lincoln .................................................................. 166.6 168.0 166.5 6.3 5.3 6.8 3.8 3.2 4.1

Omaha-Council Bluffs ........................................... 445.9 449.4 444.9 20.9 19.0 22.8 4.7 4.2 5.1

Nevada ..................................................................... 1,165.3 1,187.9 1,191.1 61.8 45.9 52.6 5.3 3.9 4.4

Carson City ........................................................... 26.7 26.8 26.8 1.8 1.3 1.5 6.8 4.7 5.8

Las Vegas-Paradise ............................................. 804.0 822.5 827.0 42.4 31.9 34.5 5.3 3.9 4.2

Reno-Sparks ......................................................... 219.7 225.2 222.3 10.8 7.7 10.4 4.9 3.4 4.7

New Hampshire ....................................................... 720.4 721.6 724.0 33.3 22.0 28.6 4.6 3.0 4.0

Manchester ........................................................... 105.6 105.3 105.3 4.3 3.0 4.1 4.1 2.9 3.9

Portsmouth ........................................................... 42.9 43.0 43.1 1.9 1.3 1.6 4.4 3.0 3.7

Rochester-Dover .................................................. 77.8 79.1 79.1 3.4 2.3 3.1 4.4 2.9 3.9

New Jersey .............................................................. 4,353.5 4,397.0 4,360.1 260.9 170.3 194.8 6.0 3.9 4.5

Atlantic City ........................................................... 122.1 122.2 120.8 9.5 6.6 7.5 7.8 5.4 6.2

Ocean City ............................................................ 51.8 54.0 54.5 6.6 4.2 5.0 12.6 7.7 9.2

Trenton-Ewing ...................................................... 187.6 189.4 189.0 9.9 6.4 7.3 5.3 3.4 3.9

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .................................. 67.0 67.2 68.1 5.8 4.0 4.7 8.7 6.0 6.8

New Mexico ............................................................. 897.3 921.1 912.0 55.1 47.0 49.2 6.1 5.1 5.4

Albuquerque ......................................................... 387.5 400.4 395.9 21.2 18.7 19.3 5.5 4.7 4.9

Farmington ........................................................... 52.4 54.8 53.9 3.5 2.9 3.1 6.7 5.3 5.7

Las Cruces ........................................................... 81.5 84.1 82.9 5.9 4.8 5.2 7.2 5.7 6.2

Santa Fe ............................................................... 74.5 77.0 76.2 3.4 3.0 3.2 4.6 3.9 4.1

New York ................................................................. 9,307.2 9,395.1 9,305.0 657.3 502.8 519.4 7.1 5.4 5.6

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................... 446.9 453.5 449.6 23.2 18.2 19.9 5.2 4.0 4.4

Binghamton .......................................................... 121.7 121.7 120.7 8.4 6.5 7.1 6.9 5.3 5.9

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ............................................ 584.5 585.2 581.2 42.2 32.7 35.0 7.2 5.6 6.0

Elmira ................................................................... 40.7 40.0 39.6 3.1 2.2 2.6 7.7 5.5 6.6

Glens Falls ............................................................ 63.7 64.7 65.1 4.3 3.4 3.7 6.8 5.2 5.7

Ithaca .................................................................... 52.5 54.5 53.0 2.3 1.8 1.9 4.5 3.4 3.6

Kingston ................................................................ 90.8 92.2 92.4 5.3 4.2 4.5 5.8 4.6 4.9

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ....... 9,117.0 9,208.2 9,103.6 615.7 448.5 467.2 6.8 4.9 5.1

 New York City .................................................... 3,724.6 3,738.6 3,700.3 314.6 235.8 230.3 8.4 6.3 6.2

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .................. 316.3 321.8 320.4 16.6 13.1 14.3 5.2 4.1 4.5

Rochester ............................................................. 500.0 493.3 490.7 34.8 26.9 28.7 7.0 5.5 5.9

Syracuse ............................................................... 325.0 329.3 326.1 21.9 17.3 18.6 6.7 5.3 5.7

Utica-Rome ........................................................... 140.0 142.0 141.2 9.7 7.4 8.2 6.9 5.2 5.8

North Carolina ......................................................... 4,224.5 4,255.9 4,254.5 268.4 224.5 234.2 6.4 5.3 5.5

Asheville ............................................................... 189.7 191.9 191.7 9.9 8.2 9.1 5.2 4.3 4.7

Burlington ............................................................. 69.3 69.6 69.5 4.7 3.9 4.0 6.9 5.7 5.7

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ................................. 765.9 778.6 781.0 49.1 41.0 42.1 6.4 5.3 5.4

Durham ................................................................. 251.3 251.8 251.6 11.8 10.0 10.4 4.7 4.0 4.1

Fayetteville ........................................................... 125.0 126.2 126.3 8.7 7.7 8.1 7.0 6.1 6.4

Goldsboro ............................................................. 50.3 50.4 50.4 3.1 2.8 2.8 6.1 5.5 5.6

Greensboro-High Point ......................................... 356.4 358.9 359.0 22.4 18.8 19.2 6.3 5.2 5.3

Greenville ............................................................. 79.5 81.5 80.6 4.8 4.5 4.7 6.1 5.5 5.8

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................... 182.8 181.5 182.0 13.6 11.2 11.6 7.4 6.2 6.4

Jacksonville .......................................................... 54.1 55.2 55.3 3.4 3.0 3.2 6.4 5.5 5.7

Raleigh-Cary ......................................................... 476.7 480.2 481.2 23.1 20.1 20.7 4.9 4.2 4.3

Rocky Mount ......................................................... 68.1 66.7 66.6 5.5 4.8 5.0 8.1 7.1 7.5

Wilmington ............................................................ 152.2 157.6 158.6 8.6 7.0 7.4 5.7 4.5 4.7

Winston-Salem ..................................................... 228.3 232.0 232.5 13.3 10.8 11.1 5.8 4.6 4.8

North Dakota ........................................................... 345.2 349.6 345.6 14.9 11.9 14.4 4.3 3.4 4.2

Bismarck ............................................................... 56.7 57.9 57.4 2.3 1.8 2.3 4.1 3.1 3.9

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

North Dakota—Continued

Fargo .................................................................... 98.9 101.8 100.5 4.0 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.1 3.9

Grand Forks .......................................................... 54.9 56.3 55.8 2.5 1.9 2.3 4.5 3.4 4.2

Ohio ......................................................................... 5,822.5 5,875.5 5,826.2 405.9 335.3 397.3 7.0 5.7 6.8

Akron .................................................................... 367.2 374.0 369.4 25.9 21.0 25.1 7.0 5.6 6.8

Canton-Massillon .................................................. 201.4 206.6 204.6 15.8 12.6 15.4 7.8 6.1 7.5

Cincinnati-Middletown .......................................... 1,070.1 1,087.6 1,079.3 63.6 52.3 63.1 5.9 4.8 5.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ....................................... 1,093.6 1,076.9 1,066.9 69.8 58.3 69.1 6.4 5.4 6.5

Columbus ............................................................. 900.0 915.9 911.8 52.8 45.4 53.0 5.9 5.0 5.8

Dayton .................................................................. 446.1 451.2 447.2 29.4 25.0 29.1 6.6 5.5 6.5

Lima ...................................................................... 51.8 52.1 51.5 3.8 3.1 3.7 7.3 5.9 7.2

Mansfield .............................................................. 64.4 64.4 63.7 5.3 4.2 4.9 8.3 6.5 7.7

Sandusky .............................................................. 43.1 44.7 44.3 3.4 2.8 3.4 7.9 6.3 7.7

Springfield ............................................................. 70.0 69.2 68.7 5.4 4.3 5.1 7.7 6.2 7.4

Toledo ................................................................... 332.3 336.9 331.9 26.9 21.7 25.7 8.1 6.4 7.7

Weirton-Steubenville ............................................ 58.1 58.0 57.5 5.0 4.1 4.7 8.6 7.1 8.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ........................... 277.1 278.9 275.5 24.3 18.9 21.8 8.8 6.8 7.9

Oklahoma ................................................................ 1,698.6 1,712.8 1,706.5 97.2 76.2 88.8 5.7 4.4 5.2

Lawton .................................................................. 45.7 46.9 46.8 2.2 2.1 2.3 4.7 4.5 5.0

Oklahoma City ...................................................... 567.4 582.6 579.7 29.1 24.2 29.7 5.1 4.2 5.1

Tulsa ..................................................................... 450.5 447.2 443.8 28.4 19.8 22.3 6.3 4.4 5.0

Oregon ..................................................................... 1,837.3 1,851.8 1,834.3 158.8 124.5 131.8 8.6 6.7 7.2

Bend ..................................................................... 70.5 71.1 71.3 6.2 4.6 5.2 8.7 6.4 7.3

Corvallis ................................................................ 42.3 42.8 41.7 2.6 2.0 2.1 6.1 4.6 5.1

Eugene-Springfield ............................................... 172.7 176.1 175.1 14.3 11.5 12.1 8.3 6.6 6.9

Medford ................................................................ 99.2 100.0 98.3 8.1 6.1 7.3 8.2 6.1 7.5

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ............................ 1,088.4 1,098.8 1,089.2 89.6 69.0 71.9 8.2 6.3 6.6

Salem ................................................................... 178.5 182.0 178.5 15.6 12.5 13.3 8.7 6.9 7.5

Pennsylvania ........................................................... 6,176.4 6,333.2 6,277.9 390.8 326.5 362.4 6.3 5.2 5.8

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................... 397.4 405.4 403.7 24.5 19.6 22.3 6.2 4.8 5.5

Altoona ................................................................. 64.3 66.8 66.1 4.1 4.0 4.2 6.4 6.0 6.3

Erie ....................................................................... 137.3 140.9 139.6 10.4 8.4 9.0 7.6 6.0 6.5

Harrisburg-Carlisle ................................................ 273.5 282.2 280.2 14.0 11.3 12.9 5.1 4.0 4.6

Johnstown ............................................................ 66.9 68.8 68.1 5.3 4.9 5.0 8.0 7.1 7.3

Lancaster .............................................................. 260.0 267.3 267.0 12.0 9.7 11.4 4.6 3.6 4.3

Lebanon ................................................................ 67.3 70.2 70.2 3.1 2.6 3.0 4.6 3.6 4.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ........................ 2,886.7 2,943.7 2,917.8 170.9 131.5 152.5 5.9 4.5 5.2

Pittsburgh ............................................................. 1,205.7 1,230.9 1,218.7 80.3 67.4 75.2 6.7 5.5 6.2

Reading ................................................................ 194.3 200.6 199.6 11.9 9.6 11.0 6.1 4.8 5.5

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre ........................................ 273.5 282.5 277.3 19.6 17.4 18.5 7.2 6.1 6.7

State College ........................................................ 68.5 73.6 70.6 3.5 3.1 3.3 5.1 4.3 4.7

Williamsport .......................................................... 59.8 61.7 61.1 4.3 3.9 4.0 7.2 6.4 6.5

York-Hanover ....................................................... 213.4 219.9 218.5 11.4 8.9 10.2 5.3 4.1 4.7

Rhode Island ........................................................... 566.9 559.6 559.0 38.6 23.7 31.5 6.8 4.2 5.6

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ............................ 705.2 695.9 695.3 50.2 31.1 42.1 7.1 4.5 6.0

South Carolina ........................................................ 2,010.0 2,046.8 2,049.4 140.0 141.1 152.5 7.0 6.9 7.4

Anderson .............................................................. 84.9 86.3 86.1 6.0 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.0 7.6

Charleston-North Charleston ................................ 262.4 271.7 272.9 14.8 15.2 16.8 5.6 5.6 6.1

Columbia .............................................................. 313.3 318.9 320.1 19.1 20.0 21.9 6.1 6.3 6.8

Florence ................................................................ 119.6 120.4 120.5 7.7 8.3 9.3 6.5 6.9 7.7

Greenville ............................................................. 348.6 351.1 350.4 18.2 17.8 19.1 5.2 5.1 5.5

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach .......... 103.7 113.7 113.7 8.3 7.9 9.0 8.0 7.0 7.9

Spartanburg .......................................................... 132.1 133.0 133.5 9.4 9.9 10.9 7.1 7.4 8.1

Sumter .................................................................. 42.2 42.9 43.3 3.4 4.2 4.6 8.0 9.7 10.5

South Dakota .......................................................... 419.7 424.9 420.4 17.7 14.8 18.2 4.2 3.5 4.3

Rapid City ............................................................. 62.8 64.8 63.5 2.5 2.2 2.7 4.0 3.3 4.2

Sioux Falls ............................................................ 123.7 127.2 126.8 4.3 3.7 4.6 3.5 2.9 3.6

Tennessee

............................................................................ 2,892.2 2,905.9 2,882.3 173.4 151.8 189.2 6.0 5.2 6.6

Chattanooga ......................................................... 247.7 250.4 247.8 11.5 11.3 13.2 4.7 4.5 5.3

Clarksville ............................................................. 98.5 99.9 98.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.8 5.0 6.1

Cleveland .............................................................. 53.3 53.3 52.8 3.0 2.7 3.3 5.7 5.0 6.3

Jackson ................................................................ 52.8 53.7 53.1 3.2 2.9 3.6 6.1 5.5 6.8

Johnson City ......................................................... 94.7 96.7 95.0 5.7 4.8 6.1 6.0 5.0 6.4

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ........................................ 138.9 138.4 137.1 8.9 7.1 8.7 6.4 5.1 6.4

Knoxville ............................................................... 332.1 336.5 333.2 14.6 13.7 17.3 4.4 4.1 5.2

Memphis ............................................................... 588.5 595.5 590.0 36.8 37.5 43.3 6.3 6.3 7.3

Morristown ............................................................ 61.9 62.8 62.6 4.3 3.4 4.5 7.0 5.3 7.2

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro ....................... 727.0 735.5 725.6 34.8 29.1 36.1 4.8 4.0 5.0

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Texas ....................................................................... 10,959.1 11,128.1 11,103.7 732.4 642.3 689.7 6.7 5.8 6.2

Abilene .................................................................. 78.1 80.0 80.0 4.4 3.6 3.9 5.6 4.5 4.9

Amarillo ................................................................. 125.1 126.8 126.9 6.0 5.2 5.8 4.8 4.1 4.6

Austin-Round Rock ............................................... 759.0 779.8 779.8 43.4 36.8 40.0 5.7 4.7 5.1

Beaumont-Port Arthur ........................................... 181.0 182.3 181.8 15.8 14.6 14.7 8.7 8.0 8.1

Brownsville-Harlingen ........................................... 143.5 143.5 143.9 14.9 12.6 13.1 10.4 8.8 9.1

College Station-Bryan ........................................... 98.3 103.5 99.7 5.0 4.2 4.7 5.1 4.0 4.7

Corpus Christi ....................................................... 197.3 198.7 198.6 13.4 12.8 13.1 6.8 6.4 6.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 2,915.3 2,975.1 2,970.8 188.6 165.9 180.2 6.5 5.6 6.1

El Paso ................................................................. 291.8 292.6 290.9 26.0 23.1 24.8 8.9 7.9 8.5

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ............................. 2,612.0 2,651.8 2,636.6 172.1 154.4 162.1 6.6 5.8 6.1

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................... 143.2 145.4 145.7 9.2 7.9 8.7 6.4 5.4 6.0

Laredo .................................................................. 92.2 94.0 94.3 6.3 5.5 6.2 6.8 5.8 6.5

Longview .............................................................. 98.0 100.7 100.7 6.5 5.5 5.9 6.7 5.5 5.8

Lubbock ................................................................ 136.7 140.2 139.1 6.9 5.9 6.5 5.0 4.2 4.7

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr ....................................... 256.3 263.0 263.9 27.4 24.4 25.7 10.7 9.3 9.7

Midland ................................................................. 64.1 64.9 65.0 3.2 2.6 2.9 5.0 4.1 4.4

Odessa ................................................................. 61.4 61.9 61.2 4.1 3.3 3.5 6.7 5.3 5.7

San Angelo ........................................................... 52.5 52.3 52.3 2.8 2.4 2.7 5.3 4.5 5.1

San Antonio .......................................................... 871.4 891.0 890.5 53.9 46.9 51.4 6.2 5.3 5.8

Sherman-Denison ................................................. 56.8 57.9 57.2 4.1 3.4 3.5 7.2 5.8 6.2

Texarkana ............................................................. 60.4 62.9 62.0 3.7 3.4 3.7 6.2 5.4 5.9

Tyler ...................................................................... 93.0 96.2 95.5 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.7

Victoria .................................................................. 55.1 55.5 55.6 3.5 3.0 3.2 6.3 5.5 5.8

Waco .................................................................... 110.2 111.5 111.4 6.4 5.5 6.1 5.8 4.9 5.4

Wichita Falls ......................................................... 73.6 73.5 73.6 4.3 3.5 4.0 5.8 4.8 5.4

Utah .......................................................................... 1,195.3 1,209.2 1,202.8 69.4 55.9 61.8 5.8 4.6 5.1

Logan .................................................................... 60.5 60.6 61.4 2.5 2.1 2.4 4.1 3.4 3.8

Ogden-Clearfield .................................................. 237.0 239.5 238.7 14.1 11.3 12.4 5.9 4.7 5.2

Provo-Orem .......................................................... 192.1 198.7 198.0 10.3 8.1 9.2 5.4 4.1 4.7

St. George ............................................................ 47.2 51.6 51.7 2.5 2.0 2.2 5.2 3.8 4.3

Salt Lake City ....................................................... 530.8 539.9 536.8 31.3 25.4 27.7 5.9 4.7 5.2

Vermont ................................................................... 351.9 353.3 350.0 18.0 11.3 15.2 5.1 3.2 4.3

Burlington-South Burlington .................................. 115.1 117.1 113.8 5.0 3.2 4.1 4.3 2.7 3.6

Virginia .................................................................... 3,778.9 3,816.3 3,824.1 157.1 131.0 140.5 4.2 3.4 3.7

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ..................... 74.2 76.3 72.8 3.7 2.8 2.8 5.0 3.7 3.9

Charlottesville ....................................................... 91.9 92.2 93.3 3.3 2.6 2.9 3.6 2.8 3.1

Danville ................................................................. 52.3 51.6 51.3 4.1 3.6 3.9 7.9 7.0 7.7

Harrisonburg ......................................................... 63.3 63.5 64.4 2.0 1.8 1.9 3.1 2.9 2.9

Lynchburg ............................................................. 110.8 109.8 109.8 5.7 4.3 4.5 5.1 4.0 4.1

Richmond ............................................................. 587.3 589.0 590.9 25.0 22.1 23.2 4.3 3.7 3.9

Roanoke ............................................................... 144.4 144.9 145.1 6.1 5.1 5.4 4.2 3.5 3.7

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ................. 798.1 805.8 803.5 35.5 31.4 33.7 4.4 3.9 4.2

Winchester ............................................................ 61.6 61.9 62.0 2.2 1.7 2.0 3.6 2.8 3.2

Washington ............................................................. 3,199.9 3,276.6 3,244.9 244.1 193.1 203.6 7.6 5.9 6.3

Bellingham ............................................................ 98.8 104.0 102.8 6.8 5.7 6.2 6.9 5.4 6.0

Bremerton-Silverdale ............................................ 119.5 123.7 122.4 7.9 6.7 7.1 6.6 5.4 5.8

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco .................................. 108.1 113.8 111.6 10.2 7.6 8.4 9.4 6.7 7.5

Longview .............................................................. 43.7 43.6 43.6 4.6 3.6 3.7 10.5 8.4 8.4

Mount Vernon-Anacortes ...................................... 53.0 55.5 55.2 4.8 3.9 4.2 9.1 7.0 7.7

Olympia ................................................................ 120.1 123.6 123.3 7.9 6.6 7.0 6.6 5.4 5.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,701.0 1,731.5 1,717.6 109.5 87.6 89.0 6.4 5.1 5.2

Spokane ............................................................... 224.1 229.5 225.8 19.0 14.5 16.3 8.5 6.3 7.2

Wenatchee ........................................................... 63.8 67.3 66.0 5.3 4.2 4.7 8.3 6.3 7.2

Yakima .................................................................. 109.9 111.9 109.6 14.5 11.4 12.2 13.2 10.2 11.1

West Virginia ........................................................... 781.1 782.6 777.8 50.8 36.6 45.5 6.5 4.7 5.8

Charleston ............................................................ 135.8 135.6 135.8 8.0 6.3 7.8 5.9 4.7 5.7

Huntington-Ashland .............................................. 121.9 122.7 121.7 8.2 6.2 7.4 6.8 5.0 6.1

Morgantown .......................................................... 56.8 58.1 56.5 2.7 1.9 2.4 4.8 3.3 4.3

Parkersburg-Marietta ............................................ 77.4 78.0 76.6 5.6 4.3 5.3 7.3 5.5 7.0

Wheeling ............................................................... 67.4 68.1 67.1 4.8 4.1 5.1 7.2 6.0 7.5

Wisconsin ................................................................ 3,050.4 3,063.9 3,047.6 178.5 132.4 164.5 5.9 4.3 5.4

Appleton ............................................................... 127.0 129.0 127.1 6.7 4.9 5.8 5.2 3.8 4.6

Eau Claire ............................................................. 84.4 86.2 84.2 5.1 3.9 4.8 6.0 4.5 5.7

Fond du Lac .......................................................... 56.9 57.0 57.3 3.2 2.2 2.9 5.6 3.9 5.0

Green Bay ............................................................ 170.9 173.2 172.6 9.2 7.3 8.5 5.4 4.2 4.9

Janesville .............................................................. 81.1 82.4 85.7 5.2 4.1 8.0 6.4 5.0 9.3

La Crosse ............................................................. 72.9 74.1 74.1 3.9 2.7 3.5 5.4 3.7 4.8

Madison ................................................................ 326.4 332.1 329.7 12.1 9.3 11.5 3.7 2.8 3.5

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ......................... 797.2 805.2 799.7 47.5 35.6 40.9 6.0 4.4 5.1

Oshkosh-Neenah .................................................. 93.9 96.4 95.3 4.9 3.5 4.2 5.2 3.6 4.4

Racine .................................................................. 100.1 99.5 99.1 6.8 5.4 6.3 6.8 5.4 6.4

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Wisconsin—Continued

Sheboygan ........................................................... 63.6 63.6 63.6 3.2 2.2 2.6 5.1 3.5 4.1

Wausau ................................................................ 74.1 74.1 73.1 3.8 2.7 3.6 5.1 3.7 4.9

Wyoming ................................................................. 276.7 282.3 280.1 14.4 11.0 12.8 5.2 3.9 4.6

Casper .................................................................. 39.0 40.5 40.4 1.9 1.4 1.7 4.9 3.6 4.2

Cheyenne ............................................................. 43.2 43.5 43.5 2.4 2.0 2.2 5.5 4.6 5.1

Puerto Rico ............................................................. 1,353.6 1,383.5 1,373.0 153.0 136.0 148.4 11.3 9.8 10.8

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ......................... 104.3 107.1 106.3 14.4 12.8 14.2 13.8 12.0 13.4

Fajardo ................................................................. 27.7 28.1 29.9 4.1 3.8 4.0 14.9 13.5 13.4

Guayama .............................................................. 24.9 26.0 25.0 4.4 3.8 4.0 17.7 14.5 16.0

Mayaguez ............................................................. 36.3 37.2 37.0 4.9 4.4 4.9 13.6 11.8 13.3

Ponce ................................................................... 86.5 89.4 87.9 10.3 9.2 10.0 11.9 10.3 11.3

San German-Cabo Rojo ....................................... 49.3 50.6 49.5 5.9 5.3 6.1 12.0 10.4 12.4

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................... 929.1 948.1 939.1 95.4 84.7 91.6 10.3 8.9 9.8

Yauco ................................................................... 36.1 37.4 37.4 5.4 4.8 5.6 15.0 12.9 15.0

p = preliminary. 1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.

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

are derived from a monthly household survey similiar to the

Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on

Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated

February 18, 2004, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/

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

Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are

Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs),

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

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

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

exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio,

respectively, for operational reasons. Estimates for the latest

month are revised the following month, and at least 3 years of

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

incorporate updated inputs and reestimation. Data have been

revised to incorporate new estimation methods and updated

Census-2000 population controls.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p Jan.

2004

Dec.

2004

Jan.

2005p

California .......................................................................... 17,457.9 17,626.4 17,558.4 1,213.2 996.6 1,095.1 6.9 5.7 6.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ............................... 6,354.5 6,463.7 6,403.5 401.2 349.6 368.5 6.3 5.4 5.8

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ............................... 4,773.9 4,859.1 4,803.0 327.5 291.3 303.7 6.9 6.0 6.3

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................ 1,580.6 1,604.6 1,600.5 73.7 58.3 64.8 4.7 3.6 4.0

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ..................................... 2,192.8 2,191.5 2,188.5 137.4 103.6 115.4 6.3 4.7 5.3

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ........................................... 1,265.3 1,266.4 1,263.9 82.1 62.1 69.3 6.5 4.9 5.5

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ..................... 927.5 925.1 924.7 55.3 41.5 46.1 6.0 4.5 5.0

District of Columbia ...................................................... 294.1 302.1 298.9 22.0 27.1 23.0 7.5 9.0 7.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 .................................. 2,790.8 2,832.1 2,841.1 108.5 100.3 105.0 3.9 3.5 3.7

 Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 3 .............................. 626.0 626.9 628.8 20.7 18.1 21.2 3.3 2.9 3.4

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ............................... 2,164.7 2,205.2 2,211.7 87.8 82.3 83.9 4.1 3.7 3.8

Florida ................................................................................ 8,248.6 8,488.3 8,434.8 407.0 379.0 371.4 4.9 4.5 4.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ............................... 2,581.9 2,645.6 2,626.6 137.5 129.6 122.2 5.3 4.9 4.7

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach ....... 890.3 912.1 907.7 45.8 40.2 40.5 5.1 4.4 4.5

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .......................................... 1,100.4 1,121.5 1,112.9 61.7 61.4 53.9 5.6 5.5 4.8

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............ 591.2 611.9 606.0 30.0 28.0 27.8 5.1 4.6 4.6

Illinois ................................................................................ 6,335.7 6,405.4 6,398.1 440.4 367.1 393.1 7.0 5.7 6.1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ............................................... 4,695.0 4,734.2 4,713.2 316.7 261.4 279.4 6.7 5.5 5.9

 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ............................................... 3,954.4 3,987.4 3,965.2 267.7 221.2 233.2 6.8 5.5 5.9

 Gary 3 ............................................................................ 323.4 325.3 324.3 21.4 17.1 20.7 6.6 5.2 6.4

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 .................................... 417.1 421.4 423.8 27.6 23.1 25.5 6.6 5.5 6.0

Massachusetts ............................................................... 3,398.0 3,370.8 3,350.7 211.0 141.4 181.7 6.2 4.2 5.4

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ............................................ 2,462.1 2,440.1 2,427.2 143.1 96.6 120.0 5.8 4.0 4.9

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................ 1,486.3 1,473.4 1,463.9 80.5 54.7 67.4 5.4 3.7 4.6

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................ 124.9 123.7 122.8 8.1 5.6 7.1 6.5 4.5 5.8

 Framingham .................................................................. 143.2 142.6 141.8 7.3 4.8 6.2 5.1 3.4 4.4

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ............................ 119.7 118.0 117.7 7.9 5.1 6.3 6.6 4.3 5.4

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .......................................... 70.4 68.8 69.0 7.7 5.2 6.1 10.9 7.5 8.9

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ........................................ 152.0 150.5 149.8 10.3 7.0 8.7 6.8 4.7 5.8

 Lynn-Peabody-Salem .................................................... 128.3 127.0 126.4 7.9 5.6 6.9 6.2 4.4 5.4

 Nashua 2 ....................................................................... 175.0 174.6 174.5 9.5 5.9 7.7 5.4 3.4 4.4

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ............................................. 62.3 61.5 61.3 3.9 2.6 3.4 6.3 4.2 5.6

Michigan ........................................................................... 5,024.5 5,089.9 5,042.8 386.9 360.9 400.2 7.7 7.1 7.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ..................................................... 2,189.2 2,207.6 2,153.5 160.0 154.9 169.2 7.3 7.0 7.9

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ............................................... 931.0 935.6 919.3 78.5 76.3 82.7 8.4 8.2 9.0

 Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy ....................................... 1,258.2 1,272.0 1,234.1 81.5 78.6 86.5 6.5 6.2 7.0

New York .......................................................................... 9,307.2 9,395.1 9,305.0 657.3 502.8 519.4 7.1 5.4 5.6

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 ................ 9,117.0 9,208.2 9,103.6 615.7 448.5 467.2 6.8 4.9 5.1

 Edison 3 ......................................................................... 1,138.8 1,154.9 1,144.0 63.9 40.4 46.9 5.6 3.5 4.1

 Nassau-Suffolk .............................................................. 1,435.5 1,467.7 1,443.1 79.2 62.4 67.1 5.5 4.2 4.7

 New York-Wayne-White Plains 2 ................................... 5,471.1 5,509.5 5,451.7 412.1 304.0 305.4 7.5 5.5 5.6

 Newark-Union 3 ............................................................. 1,071.6 1,076.1 1,064.9 60.4 41.8 47.8 5.6 3.9 4.5

Pennsylvania ................................................................... 6,176.4 6,333.2 6,277.9 390.8 326.5 362.4 6.3 5.2 5.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ................................. 2,886.7 2,943.7 2,917.8 170.9 131.5 152.5 5.9 4.5 5.2

 Camden 3 ...................................................................... 632.8 644.5 642.0 38.4 24.5 27.6 6.1 3.8 4.3

 Philadelphia ................................................................... 1,905.8 1,951.4 1,928.2 115.7 92.9 106.9 6.1 4.8 5.5

 Wilmington 3 .................................................................. 348.1 347.8 347.6 16.8 14.1 18.0 4.8 4.0 5.2

Texas .................................................................................. 10,959.1 11,128.1 11,103.7 732.4 642.3 689.7 6.7 5.8 6.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................................. 2,915.3 2,975.1 2,970.8 188.6 165.9 180.2 6.5 5.6 6.1

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................ 1,946.3 1,984.3 1,978.8 129.1 113.8 120.7 6.6 5.7 6.1

 Fort Worth-Arlington ...................................................... 969.0 990.8 992.0 59.4 52.1 59.5 6.1 5.3 6.0

Washington ..................................................................... 3,199.9 3,276.6 3,244.9 244.1 193.1 203.6 7.6 5.9 6.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................. 1,701.0 1,731.5 1,717.6 109.5 87.6 89.0 6.4 5.1 5.2

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................ 1,326.2 1,347.2 1,338.2 79.0 63.7 63.6 6.0 4.7 4.8

 Tacoma .......................................................................... 374.8 384.3 379.4 30.5 23.9 25.4 8.1 6.2 6.7

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

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

based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03,

dated February 18, 2004, and are available at http://www.bls.

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

Earnings. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan

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

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

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

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

their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one

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

under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Estimates for the

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

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

incorporate updated inputs and reestimation. Two sets of

metropolitan areas and divisions have similar or identical titles.

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

titles are identical. For the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-

Wis. metropolitan area, the division title includes only Illinois. Data

have been revised to incorporate new estimation methods and

updated Census-2000 population controls.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 1,891.8 1,927.5 1,862.7 1,904.9 42.2 2.3

Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 50.1 51.1 49.1 50.6 1.5 3.1

Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 49.2 51.1 48.8 50.2 1.4 2.9

Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 513.1 516.4 503.4 509.5 6.1 1.2

Decatur ............................................................................... 56.0 56.2 55.4 55.7 .3 .5

Dothan ................................................................................ 60.2 61.6 59.2 60.3 1.1 1.9

Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 52.4 55.5 51.8 54.9 3.1 6.0

Gadsden ............................................................................. 37.9 38.0 37.1 37.3 .2 .5

Huntsville ............................................................................ 190.7 195.1 188.1 193.0 4.9 2.6

Mobile ................................................................................. 170.1 175.4 166.9 173.8 6.9 4.1

Montgomery ........................................................................ 168.0 169.3 165.1 167.7 2.6 1.6

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 89.0 93.0 88.1 91.5 3.4 3.9

Alaska .................................................................................... 288.5 293.2 283.3 288.6 5.3 1.9

Anchorage .......................................................................... 157.8 161.6 152.7 156.8 4.1 2.7

Fairbanks ............................................................................ 35.8 36.1 34.2 35.0 .8 2.3

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,363.2 2,451.0 2,308.5 2,408.0 99.5 4.3

Flagstaff .............................................................................. 57.7 61.0 56.4 59.9 3.5 6.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................................... 1,667.8 1,728.6 1,626.4 1,698.9 72.5 4.5

Prescott .............................................................................. 54.2 57.5 52.7 56.8 4.1 7.8

Tucson ................................................................................ 359.8 371.6 353.0 363.0 10.0 2.8

Yuma .................................................................................. 49.9 54.0 49.2 53.3 4.1 8.3

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,158.4 1,171.6 1,135.2 1,151.6 16.4 1.4

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 186.0 191.7 183.3 189.0 5.7 3.1

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 116.5 118.7 115.1 117.4 2.3 2.0

Hot Springs ......................................................................... 36.5 37.4 36.0 36.9 .9 2.5

Jonesboro ........................................................................... 47.5 48.3 46.6 47.7 1.1 2.4

Little Rock-North Little Rock ............................................... 328.3 329.9 322.1 324.7 2.6 .8

Pine Bluff ............................................................................ 41.0 40.6 40.0 40.4 .4 1.0

California ............................................................................... 14,538.5 14,755.9 14,231.3 14,507.4 276.1 1.9

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 209.8 213.9 205.1 210.4 5.3 2.6

Chico .................................................................................. 72.1 72.7 69.4 70.7 1.3 1.9

El Centro ............................................................................. 41.7 41.6 40.8 41.5 .7 1.7

Fresno ................................................................................ 284.1 288.0 277.9 282.5 4.6 1.7

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................................... 32.8 34.0 31.9 33.5 1.6 5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,473.3 5,503.9 5,380.1 5,419.6 39.5 .7

Madera ............................................................................... 32.7 33.8 32.5 33.2 .7 2.2

Merced ................................................................................ 55.8 58.6 54.2 57.5 3.3 6.1

Modesto .............................................................................. 152.5 155.6 147.9 153.6 5.7 3.9

Napa ................................................................................... 60.4 60.6 59.0 59.2 .2 .3

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ....................................... 287.9 286.8 280.8 282.4 1.6 .6

Redding .............................................................................. 64.1 65.4 61.7 64.3 2.6 4.2

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ..................................... 1,133.7 1,171.9 1,122.8 1,159.5 36.7 3.3

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................ 856.7 865.8 843.3 857.4 14.1 1.7

Salinas ................................................................................ 127.6 127.1 123.6 123.9 .3 .2

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ....................................... 1,260.5 1,275.2 1,234.1 1,256.4 22.3 1.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 1,979.5 1,981.3 1,933.8 1,950.9 17.1 .9

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ...................................... 867.6 859.3 848.1 845.8 -2.3 -.3

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................ 98.4 99.8 97.1 97.9 .8 .8

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................................... 168.6 169.1 165.6 166.9 1.3 .8

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ...................................................... 92.2 94.3 90.0 92.6 2.6 2.9

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................ 186.2 186.4 180.9 182.0 1.1 .6

Stockton .............................................................................. 199.6 203.8 195.0 201.3 6.3 3.2

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................................... 124.0 126.5 121.2 123.2 2.0 1.7

Visalia-Porterville ................................................................ 104.3 104.4 101.8 101.5 -.3 -.3

Yuba City ............................................................................ 37.8 38.9 37.4 38.7 1.3 3.5

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,175.5 2,223.1 2,121.6 2,174.8 53.2 2.5

Boulder .............................................................................. 156.9 161.2 153.3 156.6 3.3 2.2

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 246.3 251.8 240.4 246.6 6.2 2.6

Denver-Aurora .................................................................... 1,163.6 1,189.1 1,133.8 1,162.1 28.3 2.5

Fort Collins-Loveland .......................................................... 127.2 130.0 122.8 125.9 3.1 2.5

Grand Junction ................................................................... 54.2 55.9 52.1 54.2 2.1 4.0

Greeley ............................................................................... 73.9 76.7 71.1 74.2 3.1 4.4

Pueblo ................................................................................ 55.4 55.9 53.5 54.9 1.4 2.6

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,665.7 1,686.3 1,616.6 1,638.1 21.5 1.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................................. 414.1 414.9 402.5 403.1 .6 .1

Danbury .............................................................................. 69.7 69.9 67.5 67.6 .1 .1

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................................. 541.3 547.3 528.3 533.8 5.5 1.0

New Haven ......................................................................... 275.5 274.5 266.6 268.9 2.3 .9

Norwich-New London ......................................................... 134.3 135.5 129.8 131.7 1.9 1.5

Waterbury ........................................................................... 69.3 69.4 67.3 67.6 .3 .4

Delaware ................................................................................ 422.9 432.6 410.7 419.8 9.1 2.2

Dover .................................................................................. 60.9 63.2 60.2 62.6 2.4 4.0

District of Columbia ............................................................. 669.5 676.6 657.9 665.1 7.2 1.1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ....................................... 2,830.7 2,902.9 2,772.6 2,849.9 77.3 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

Florida .................................................................................... 7,414.3 7,695.0 7,343.8 7,610.2 266.4 3.6

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ....................................................... 199.5 210.6 197.7 209.1 11.4 5.8

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................ 160.9 166.9 160.9 165.5 4.6 2.9

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................................. 80.0 85.2 79.9 84.4 4.5 5.6

Gainesville .......................................................................... 128.5 133.6 126.2 131.3 5.1 4.0

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 575.7 590.7 567.5 583.8 16.3 2.9

Lakeland ............................................................................. 195.4 204.5 195.5 202.9 7.4 3.8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................................. 2,282.0 2,357.2 2,253.2 2,325.2 72.0 3.2

Naples-Marco Island ........................................................... 120.6 125.4 120.1 125.4 5.3 4.4

Ocala .................................................................................. 90.8 94.1 90.4 93.6 3.2 3.5

Orlando ............................................................................... 955.1 1,001.0 948.0 992.1 44.1 4.7

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ........................................... 200.3 209.0 199.4 206.9 7.5 3.8

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................................... 67.6 71.0 67.1 69.9 2.8 4.2

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent .............................................. 162.2 169.1 159.9 167.0 7.1 4.4

Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce ................................................... 117.0 122.1 116.3 121.2 4.9 4.2

Punta Gorda ....................................................................... 39.4 41.1 39.2 41.0 1.8 4.6

Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ............................................... 293.6 310.9 291.5 308.8 17.3 5.9

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 168.2 171.2 165.1 168.0 2.9 1.8

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,255.2 1,296.1 1,245.7 1,282.7 37.0 3.0

Vero Beach ......................................................................... 44.5 45.4 44.4 45.0 .6 1.4

Georgia .................................................................................. 3,892.1 3,932.2 3,818.2 3,853.5 35.3 .9

Albany ................................................................................. 64.7 64.6 63.2 63.6 .4 .6

Athens-Clarke County ........................................................ 77.4 77.5 75.4 75.7 .3 .4

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta .......................................... 2,269.6 2,293.3 2,218.3 2,243.9 25.6 1.2

Augusta-Richmond County ................................................. 211.1 212.1 210.4 208.9 -1.5 -.7

Brunswick ........................................................................... 41.8 42.7 41.4 41.9 .5 1.2

Columbus ........................................................................... 120.6 120.1 117.7 117.8 .1 .1

Dalton ................................................................................. 77.1 75.9 75.6 74.8 -.8 -1.1

Gainesville .......................................................................... 68.2 68.7 66.6 67.2 .6 .9

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ....................................................... 16.6 16.7 16.4 16.5 .1 .6

Macon ................................................................................. 101.6 101.3 99.6 99.1 -.5 -.5

Rome .................................................................................. 43.4 43.2 42.3 42.4 .1 .2

Savannah ........................................................................... 140.0 146.2 139.2 142.3 3.1 2.2

Valdosta .............................................................................. 52.2 53.0 51.2 51.8 .6 1.2

Warner Robins .................................................................... 50.8 51.0 50.3 50.2 -.1 -.2

Hawaii .................................................................................... 581.9 598.6 568.9 583.9 15.0 2.6

Honolulu ............................................................................. 429.8 441.5 419.0 428.4 9.4 2.2

Idaho ...................................................................................... 578.2 593.6 558.3 574.9 16.6 3.0

Boise City-Nampa ............................................................... 238.1 247.4 231.1 242.5 11.4 4.9

Coeur d’Alene ..................................................................... 46.0 49.9 44.3 48.2 3.9 8.8

Idaho Falls .......................................................................... 47.6 50.0 46.3 49.1 2.8 6.0

Lewiston ............................................................................. 26.3 26.1 25.6 25.7 .1 .4

Pocatello ............................................................................. 37.6 38.6 36.4 37.0 .6 1.6

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,851.7 5,862.8 5,666.8 5,694.4 27.6 .5

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 91.3 89.3 88.7 85.9 -2.8 -3.2

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 115.5 113.7 107.8 107.8 .0 .0

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................... 4,437.1 4,454.5 4,297.0 4,326.7 29.7 .7

Danville ............................................................................... 32.6 32.2 31.5 31.6 .1 .3

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 182.0 182.1 178.0 178.6 .6 .3

Decatur ............................................................................... 54.2 54.6 53.0 53.4 .4 .8

Kankakee-Bradley .............................................................. 43.2 43.1 41.5 41.6 .1 .2

Peoria ................................................................................. 173.7 176.5 169.5 172.9 3.4 2.0

Rockford ............................................................................. 154.2 154.1 150.1 150.8 .7 .5

Springfield ........................................................................... 110.6 110.2 107.9 108.2 .3 .3

Indiana ................................................................................... 2,933.2 2,972.6 2,851.2 2,913.6 62.4 2.2

Anderson ............................................................................ 45.7 45.6 44.2 44.7 .5 1.1

Bloomington ........................................................................ 82.7 79.4 80.1 81.1 1.0 1.2

Columbus ........................................................................... 41.4 43.1 40.3 42.0 1.7 4.2

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 122.6 130.3 120.3 129.3 9.0 7.5

Evansville ........................................................................... 179.7 178.7 175.5 174.9 -.6 -.3

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 213.8 214.8 208.0 208.4 .4 .2

Indianapolis ........................................................................ 878.9 891.6 854.0 877.3 23.3 2.7

Kokomo .............................................................................. 50.0 48.7 48.7 47.7 -1.0 -2.1

Lafayette ............................................................................. 92.4 93.8 89.8 91.3 1.5 1.7

Michigan City-La Porte ....................................................... 47.2 47.1 45.5 45.9 .4 .9

Muncie ................................................................................ 57.2 55.0 54.8 53.3 -1.5 -2.7

South Bend-Mishawaka ...................................................... 145.5 147.8 139.9 144.0 4.1 2.9

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 75.4 75.7 73.3 74.0 .7 1.0

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,461.3 1,473.4 1,417.8 1,431.4 13.6 1.0

Ames .................................................................................. 47.7 47.1 46.1 46.0 -.1 -.2

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 130.2 130.9 127.4 128.9 1.5 1.2

Des Moines ......................................................................... 297.0 303.4 289.1 299.6 10.5 3.6

Dubuque ............................................................................. 52.5 51.7 50.8 51.0 .2 .4

Iowa City ............................................................................. 85.6 85.4 81.4 82.9 1.5 1.8

Sioux City ........................................................................... 73.5 71.1 71.1 69.6 -1.5 -2.1

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 88.0 88.3 85.3 86.4 1.1 1.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,325.2 1,343.5 1,289.9 1,309.6 19.7 1.5

Lawrence ............................................................................ 52.4 54.2 50.6 51.8 1.2 2.4

Topeka ................................................................................ 111.2 112.3 110.0 111.5 1.5 1.4

Wichita ................................................................................ 283.8 286.1 276.7 281.6 4.9 1.8

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,805.8 1,818.2 1,760.1 1,782.1 22.0 1.2

Bowling Green .................................................................... 56.3 58.5 54.7 57.1 2.4 4.4

Elizabethtown ..................................................................... 45.8 46.5 45.0 45.6 .6 1.3

Lexington-Fayette ............................................................... 246.0 247.5 238.9 242.7 3.8 1.6

Louisville ............................................................................. 603.5 606.2 586.4 593.9 7.5 1.3

Owensboro ......................................................................... 50.8 50.2 49.1 49.5 .4 .8

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,927.4 1,930.7 1,893.7 1,912.3 18.6 1.0

Alexandria ........................................................................... 58.7 61.2 58.2 60.6 2.4 4.1

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 340.9 346.5 336.6 340.5 3.9 1.2

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ......................................... 83.4 80.2 82.0 78.8 -3.2 -3.9

Lafayette ............................................................................. 135.1 135.0 129.9 131.9 2.0 1.5

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 88.7 88.1 87.2 87.3 .1 .1

Monroe ............................................................................... 80.7 79.3 79.3 78.3 -1.0 -1.3

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................ 604.4 622.8 608.1 615.7 7.6 1.2

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 169.5 171.5 165.3 169.9 4.6 2.8

Maine ..................................................................................... 614.0 620.3 588.4 594.3 5.9 1.0

Bangor ................................................................................ 65.9 67.2 63.3 62.8 -.5 -.8

Lewiston-Auburn ................................................................. 48.2 49.1 47.1 47.8 .7 1.5

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ..................................... 193.5 200.2 185.4 192.4 7.0 3.8

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,519.8 2,565.1 2,448.7 2,490.1 41.4 1.7

Baltimore-Towson .............................................................. 1,269.4 1,278.5 1,234.6 1,245.4 10.8 .9

Cumberland ........................................................................ 39.2 39.3 38.3 38.1 -.2 -.5

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................................... 98.2 99.6 95.5 97.3 1.8 1.9

Salisbury ............................................................................. 53.3 54.7 51.0 53.0 2.0 3.9

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,201.3 3,222.0 3,101.4 3,135.7 34.3 1.1

Barnstable Town ................................................................. 96.2 97.6 90.7 92.7 2.0 2.2

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................ 2,422.2 2,437.7 2,349.9 2,379.3 29.4 1.3

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ........................................... 52.0 52.2 50.8 51.2 .4 .8

New Bedford ....................................................................... 62.8 63.1 61.6 61.8 .2 .3

Pittsfield .............................................................................. 36.3 36.7 35.4 36.1 .7 2.0

Springfield ........................................................................... 296.8 298.6 287.1 290.6 3.5 1.2

Worcester ........................................................................... 245.5 247.7 238.4 241.6 3.2 1.3

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,456.3 4,423.1 4,299.2 4,294.3 -4.9 -.1

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 206.7 205.5 199.1 199.6 .5 .3

Battle Creek ........................................................................ 64.1 64.7 61.7 62.6 .9 1.5

Bay City .............................................................................. 40.3 40.2 38.5 38.6 .1 .3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,090.5 2,058.8 2,018.5 1,994.5 -24.0 -1.2

Flint ..................................................................................... 163.7 163.8 157.9 158.2 .3 .2

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ..................................................... 395.8 388.9 378.6 378.7 .1 .0

Holland-Grand Haven ......................................................... 116.4 116.9 110.9 112.3 1.4 1.3

Jackson .............................................................................. 62.8 62.5 60.3 60.7 .4 .7

Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................ 145.7 145.8 143.1 143.6 .5 .3

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 235.9 233.5 229.4 223.8 -5.6 -2.4

Monroe ............................................................................... 45.4 43.9 43.5 42.8 -.7 -1.6

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................................... 65.9 65.9 63.5 65.1 1.6 2.5

Niles-Benton Harbor ........................................................... 64.5 64.3 62.1 63.2 1.1 1.8

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ..................................... 96.0 94.6 91.9 90.6 -1.3 -1.4

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,679.1 2,711.7 2,598.2 2,639.2 41.0 1.6

Duluth ................................................................................. 129.0 130.6 125.2 127.5 2.3 1.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ..................................... 1,744.2 1,767.0 1,692.9 1,723.1 30.2 1.8

Rochester ........................................................................... 101.2 102.8 99.5 101.3 1.8 1.8

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 97.1 98.1 93.1 94.8 1.7 1.8

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,123.2 1,133.5 1,108.3 1,122.3 14.0 1.3

Gulfport-Biloxi ..................................................................... 113.0 113.6 111.2 111.6 .4 .4

Hattiesburg ......................................................................... 55.2 54.7 54.0 54.2 .2 .4

Jackson .............................................................................. 255.8 258.5 251.1 255.8 4.7 1.9

Pascagoula ......................................................................... 54.5 53.8 52.9 53.7 .8 1.5

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,698.5 2,726.7 2,629.6 2,653.1 23.5 .9

Columbia ............................................................................ 88.2 89.1 82.7 84.5 1.8 2.2

Jefferson City ...................................................................... 78.6 79.5 77.1 78.9 1.8 2.3

Joplin .................................................................................. 75.6 77.1 74.3 76.0 1.7 2.3

Kansas City ....................................................................... 968.3 977.2 944.6 957.9 13.3 1.4

St. Joseph ........................................................................... 52.9 53.9 52.5 53.0 .5 1.0

St. Louis 1 ........................................................................... 1,329.2 1,341.4 1,295.7 1,306.6 10.9 .8

Springfield .......................................................................... 183.2 185.5 179.3 182.2 2.9 1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

Montana ................................................................................. 403.9 419.5 390.5 404.4 13.9 3.6

Billings ................................................................................ 71.9 75.5 70.0 73.5 3.5 5.0

Great Falls .......................................................................... 33.0 34.7 32.1 34.2 2.1 6.5

Missoula ............................................................................. 53.9 55.1 51.4 52.9 1.5 2.9

Nebraska ............................................................................... 923.9 933.8 901.8 915.0 13.2 1.5

Lincoln ................................................................................ 170.2 170.0 165.1 166.8 1.7 1.0

Omaha-Council Bluffs ......................................................... 448.8 452.8 439.0 443.5 4.5 1.0

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,119.9 1,192.0 1,101.5 1,174.3 72.8 6.6

Carson City ......................................................................... 31.3 32.4 30.3 31.8 1.5 5.0

Las Vegas-Paradise ........................................................... 785.0 841.5 777.9 835.0 57.1 7.3

Reno-Sparks ....................................................................... 205.5 215.8 197.7 207.7 10.0 5.1

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 629.4 638.6 608.0 625.5 17.5 2.9

Manchester ......................................................................... 100.3 101.3 98.2 98.9 .7 .7

Portsmouth ......................................................................... 53.7 54.2 52.1 53.2 1.1 2.1

Rochester-Dover ................................................................ 56.6 56.1 52.3 54.6 2.3 4.4

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,027.9 4,067.8 3,905.8 3,969.8 64.0 1.6

Atlantic City ......................................................................... 149.7 150.4 145.6 145.1 -.5 -.3

Ocean City .......................................................................... 38.6 39.6 35.0 38.8 3.8 10.9

Trenton-Ewing .................................................................... 230.0 234.2 226.5 230.4 3.9 1.7

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 62.0 63.2 60.6 62.4 1.8 3.0

New Mexico ........................................................................... 787.4 803.7 769.8 785.4 15.6 2.0

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 368.0 377.5 360.2 368.7 8.5 2.4

Farmington ......................................................................... 46.8 48.5 45.7 47.3 1.6 3.5

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 62.9 63.9 60.6 62.3 1.7 2.8

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 60.3 61.1 58.5 59.6 1.1 1.9

New York ............................................................................... 8,548.2 8,604.6 8,233.1 8,322.5 89.4 1.1

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 447.0 453.1 432.7 437.0 4.3 1.0

Binghamton ........................................................................ 113.8 113.1 109.3 109.2 -.1 -.1

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 555.7 555.9 535.5 537.8 2.3 .4

Elmira ................................................................................. 40.7 40.3 39.2 38.5 -.7 -1.8

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 51.2 52.3 49.7 51.3 1.6 3.2

Ithaca .................................................................................. 62.5 63.1 58.9 59.8 .9 1.5

Kingston .............................................................................. 65.0 65.9 62.9 64.2 1.3 2.1

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ..................... 8,396.6 8,440.6 8,092.4 8,183.3 90.9 1.1

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................ 253.5 255.5 243.6 248.0 4.4 1.8

Rochester ........................................................................... 517.2 510.3 499.6 494.2 -5.4 -1.1

Syracuse ............................................................................. 321.1 324.2 309.4 312.6 3.2 1.0

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 132.6 134.4 127.7 129.8 2.1 1.6

North Carolina ....................................................................... 3,822.9 3,881.3 3,739.7 3,813.1 73.4 2.0

Asheville ............................................................................. 164.5 165.6 159.0 161.8 2.8 1.8

Burlington ........................................................................... 60.1 60.9 58.7 59.8 1.1 1.9

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................................... 773.6 792.7 755.4 782.0 26.6 3.5

Durham ............................................................................... 264.4 268.7 261.1 263.2 2.1 .8

Fayetteville ......................................................................... 118.7 120.2 115.6 117.9 2.3 2.0

Goldsboro ........................................................................... 43.2 44.0 42.4 43.2 .8 1.9

Greensboro-High Point ....................................................... 352.8 359.9 346.6 353.6 7.0 2.0

Greenville ........................................................................... 68.7 71.3 67.4 69.1 1.7 2.5

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................................. 163.2 167.7 163.7 165.2 1.5 .9

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 40.0 41.3 39.7 40.8 1.1 2.8

Raleigh-Cary ....................................................................... 441.6 449.2 434.0 442.8 8.8 2.0

Rocky Mount ....................................................................... 64.0 62.6 62.4 61.5 -.9 -1.4

Wilmington .......................................................................... 123.0 128.0 119.6 126.2 6.6 5.5

Winston-Salem ................................................................... 206.2 213.4 202.9 210.1 7.2 3.5

North Dakota ......................................................................... 337.2 340.5 326.5 332.4 5.9 1.8

Bismarck ............................................................................. 54.1 55.8 53.1 54.8 1.7 3.2

Fargo .................................................................................. 108.4 111.8 105.7 108.9 3.2 3.0

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 52.0 52.6 49.8 51.5 1.7 3.4

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,450.7 5,472.0 5,277.0 5,313.8 36.8 .7

Akron .................................................................................. 333.3 333.2 320.8 323.5 2.7 .8

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 177.5 179.1 170.5 173.7 3.2 1.9

Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................ 1,026.0 1,029.4 997.8 1,006.4 8.6 .9

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ..................................................... 1,081.1 1,084.8 1,047.3 1,053.8 6.5 .6

Columbus ........................................................................... 922.6 921.4 894.5 905.7 11.2 1.3

Dayton ................................................................................ 418.9 416.5 406.0 407.0 1.0 .2

Lima .................................................................................... 58.1 57.8 56.7 56.3 -.4 -.7

Mansfield ............................................................................ 60.5 59.8 58.9 58.3 -.6 -1.0

Sandusky ............................................................................ 37.6 38.3 36.1 37.4 1.3 3.6

Springfield ........................................................................... 54.0 52.3 52.2 51.2 -1.0 -1.9

Toledo ................................................................................. 335.1 332.4 321.3 321.7 .4 .1

Weirton-Steubenville .......................................................... 49.5 48.7 47.9 47.7 -.2 -.4

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ......................................... 245.6 243.0 236.3 236.1 -.2 -.1

See footnotes at end of table.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,470.6 1,493.3 1,439.8 1,463.3 23.5 1.6

Lawton ................................................................................ 40.6 41.3 39.7 40.4 .7 1.8

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 541.2 552.1 528.5 538.4 9.9 1.9

Tulsa ................................................................................... 398.6 402.2 393.1 393.1 .0 .0

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,583.8 1,628.4 1,530.6 1,593.2 62.6 4.1

Bend ................................................................................... 57.2 59.9 56.5 58.8 2.3 4.1

Corvallis .............................................................................. 37.9 37.9 36.9 37.3 .4 1.1

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 143.8 147.8 138.4 144.5 6.1 4.4

Medford .............................................................................. 78.2 80.8 76.3 77.4 1.1 1.4

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton .......................................... 942.6 964.9 914.6 944.3 29.7 3.2

Salem ................................................................................. 138.6 143.5 134.6 139.0 4.4 3.3

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,671.2 5,715.0 5,507.1 5,570.8 63.7 1.2

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 330.8 332.2 321.6 326.2 4.6 1.4

Altoona ............................................................................... 62.5 63.1 60.4 61.7 1.3 2.2

Erie ..................................................................................... 130.4 133.0 127.2 130.0 2.8 2.2

Harrisburg-Carlisle .............................................................. 321.5 326.6 313.3 319.0 5.7 1.8

Johnstown .......................................................................... 60.2 60.2 58.1 58.9 .8 1.4

Lancaster ............................................................................ 231.8 234.3 225.1 228.7 3.6 1.6

Lebanon .............................................................................. 46.6 48.0 45.2 47.0 1.8 4.0

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ...................................... 2,768.3 2,792.8 2,687.9 2,720.2 32.3 1.2

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,143.9 1,144.5 1,110.6 1,116.6 6.0 .5

Reading .............................................................................. 166.5 170.2 162.1 166.0 3.9 2.4

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ..................................................... 259.1 259.7 249.3 251.2 1.9 .8

State College ...................................................................... 72.2 72.7 66.9 68.5 1.6 2.4

Williamsport ........................................................................ 54.0 54.8 52.6 53.5 .9 1.7

York-Hanover ..................................................................... 172.8 175.9 168.7 172.2 3.5 2.1

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 492.4 496.1 473.2 480.7 7.5 1.6

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 587.5 590.1 566.2 571.1 4.9 .9

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,818.2 1,822.6 1,781.8 1,791.4 9.6 .5

Anderson ............................................................................ 62.4 64.0 61.8 62.6 .8 1.3

Charleston-North Charleston .............................................. 266.7 276.2 262.3 272.8 10.5 4.0

Columbia ............................................................................ 344.0 348.1 337.1 343.3 6.2 1.8

Florence .............................................................................. 89.8 89.7 87.9 87.8 -.1 -.1

Greenville ........................................................................... 294.6 295.5 288.4 290.5 2.1 .7

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach ........................ 103.4 112.6 99.1 110.0 10.9 11.0

Spartanburg ........................................................................ 124.4 122.4 120.5 120.8 .3 .2

Sumter ................................................................................ 39.7 39.6 39.2 39.2 .0 .0

South Dakota ........................................................................ 379.5 384.6 369.7 374.5 4.8 1.3

Rapid City ........................................................................... 57.5 58.8 55.6 56.6 1.0 1.8

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 122.0 125.1 119.1 122.9 3.8 3.2

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,702.4 2,742.2 2,637.4 2,671.4 34.0 1.3

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 239.6 241.9 233.8 236.7 2.9 1.2

Clarksville ........................................................................... 78.8 81.8 78.0 80.5 2.5 3.2

Cleveland ............................................................................ 41.2 41.2 40.2 40.5 .3 .7

Jackson .............................................................................. 59.2 60.9 57.9 59.6 1.7 2.9

Johnson City ....................................................................... 79.5 81.2 76.5 78.8 2.3 3.0

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ...................................................... 122.0 121.7 117.4 119.0 1.6 1.4

Knoxville ............................................................................. 320.8 327.8 315.1 321.8 6.7 2.1

Memphis ............................................................................. 620.2 624.2 605.9 614.9 9.0 1.5

Morristown .......................................................................... 49.6 51.1 48.3 50.4 2.1 4.3

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro .................................... 710.2 727.7 695.8 712.3 16.5 2.4

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,465.3 9,585.9 9,304.2 9,443.6 139.4 1.5

Abilene ................................................................................ 63.1 64.4 61.5 63.5 2.0 3.3

Amarillo ............................................................................... 107.1 108.5 105.1 107.2 2.1 2.0

Austin-Round Rock ............................................................. 659.1 675.3 648.5 667.6 19.1 2.9

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 155.7 156.8 154.1 155.1 1.0 .6

Brownsville-Harlingen ......................................................... 116.3 117.9 115.2 117.0 1.8 1.6

College Station-Bryan ......................................................... 88.0 88.8 82.7 84.1 1.4 1.7

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 168.1 168.1 165.7 166.3 .6 .4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,687.9 2,734.9 2,640.7 2,699.1 58.4 2.2

El Paso ............................................................................... 258.3 258.6 254.3 253.4 -.9 -.4

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land ........................................... 2,291.2 2,315.3 2,256.9 2,278.4 21.5 1.0

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................................. 110.8 114.1 110.2 113.1 2.9 2.6

Laredo ................................................................................ 77.6 79.2 76.5 78.3 1.8 2.4

Longview ............................................................................ 84.3 87.6 83.0 86.7 3.7 4.5

Lubbock .............................................................................. 124.6 127.0 121.3 124.6 3.3 2.7

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr ..................................................... 183.2 191.1 181.6 189.1 7.5 4.1

Midland ............................................................................... 57.0 57.3 55.2 56.6 1.4 2.5

Odessa ............................................................................... 52.7 52.4 51.0 51.0 .0 .0

San Angelo ......................................................................... 43.9 43.8 43.1 43.3 .2 .5

San Antonio ........................................................................ 757.4 768.9 742.0 758.6 16.6 2.2

Sherman-Denison ............................................................... 43.4 44.4 42.6 43.4 .8 1.9

Texarkana ........................................................................... 53.6 55.0 52.6 53.6 1.0 1.9

Tyler .................................................................................... 87.3 89.1 85.2 87.3 2.1 2.5

Victoria ................................................................................ 47.2 47.5 46.4 47.3 .9 1.9

Waco .................................................................................. 102.6 103.7 101.0 102.2 1.2 1.2

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 60.9 61.1 60.2 60.4 .2 .3

See footnotes at end of table.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,099.2 1,130.0 1,072.3 1,108.2 35.9 3.3

Logan .................................................................................. 49.3 50.1 47.5 49.4 1.9 4.0

Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................ 182.2 185.6 178.4 181.5 3.1 1.7

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 162.0 169.4 157.7 165.6 7.9 5.0

St. George .......................................................................... 41.2 45.1 39.7 44.2 4.5 11.3

Salt Lake City ..................................................................... 567.8 580.5 554.2 568.0 13.8 2.5

Vermont ................................................................................. 307.9 312.4 298.7 303.8 5.1 1.7

Burlington-South Burlington ................................................ 114.6 116.3 110.1 111.3 1.2 1.1

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,558.4 3,645.6 3,483.3 3,581.1 97.8 2.8

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................................... 67.5 69.7 64.8 65.4 .6 .9

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 91.0 93.5 90.0 93.0 3.0 3.3

Danville ............................................................................... 46.1 44.6 43.7 43.4 -.3 -.7

Harrisonburg ....................................................................... 59.5 60.9 59.1 61.1 2.0 3.4

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 104.0 104.0 100.6 102.3 1.7 1.7

Richmond ........................................................................... 598.8 610.8 589.8 603.6 13.8 2.3

Roanoke ............................................................................. 159.0 160.0 153.9 157.9 4.0 2.6

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............................... 740.1 757.6 726.4 743.3 16.9 2.3

Winchester .......................................................................... 53.4 55.0 52.9 54.2 1.3 2.5

Washington ........................................................................... 2,685.7 2,733.2 2,614.0 2,677.3 63.3 2.4

Bellingham .......................................................................... 76.6 79.5 74.6 78.4 3.8 5.1

Bremerton-Silverdale .......................................................... 81.8 84.3 80.3 83.2 2.9 3.6

Kennewick-Richland-Pasco ................................................ 83.6 88.1 81.2 86.3 5.1 6.3

Longview ............................................................................ 37.0 36.7 35.8 36.5 .7 2.0

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................................... 41.9 44.8 41.4 44.1 2.7 6.5

Olympia .............................................................................. 92.6 95.0 90.9 94.1 3.2 3.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,588.6 1,616.4 1,548.5 1,587.3 38.8 2.5

Spokane ............................................................................. 199.9 203.2 193.6 198.1 4.5 2.3

Wenatchee ......................................................................... 35.6 37.3 34.2 36.2 2.0 5.8

Yakima ................................................................................ 74.5 75.4 72.0 74.2 2.2 3.1

West Virginia ......................................................................... 737.3 742.3 716.2 726.9 10.7 1.5

Charleston .......................................................................... 149.2 148.8 145.4 147.1 1.7 1.2

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 118.1 118.7 114.7 116.1 1.4 1.2

Morgantown ........................................................................ 56.4 57.0 54.1 54.7 .6 1.1

Parkersburg-Marietta .......................................................... 75.3 74.9 72.1 72.2 .1 .1

Wheeling ............................................................................. 66.9 67.3 65.0 64.8 -.2 -.3

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,800.1 2,822.4 2,718.1 2,755.0 36.9 1.4

Appleton ............................................................................. 115.3 117.6 112.3 113.8 1.5 1.3

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 78.2 78.6 74.2 75.1 .9 1.2

Fond du Lac ........................................................................ 47.7 48.6 46.8 48.2 1.4 3.0

Green Bay .......................................................................... 166.0 170.7 163.9 167.6 3.7 2.3

Janesville ............................................................................ 67.7 68.6 65.5 67.7 2.2 3.4

La Crosse ........................................................................... 72.1 72.9 69.3 71.6 2.3 3.3

Madison .............................................................................. 334.0 341.3 327.6 333.7 6.1 1.9

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ....................................... 837.0 841.1 815.1 822.7 7.6 .9

Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................ 90.0 92.8 87.7 90.2 2.5 2.9

Racine ................................................................................ 79.3 79.3 78.1 77.6 -.5 -.6

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 61.0 61.4 59.8 60.9 1.1 1.8

Wausau .............................................................................. 71.0 71.5 68.8 69.2 .4 .6

Wyoming ............................................................................... 250.4 256.0 243.9 249.8 5.9 2.4

Casper ................................................................................ 35.1 36.2 34.1 35.8 1.7 5.0

Cheyenne ........................................................................... 40.7 40.8 39.7 40.1 .4 1.0

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,073.3 1,062.1 1,025.1 1,035.4 10.3 1.0

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ....................................... 50.6 51.4 48.4 49.5 1.1 2.3

Fajardo ............................................................................... 17.7 16.6 16.1 18.1 2.0 12.4

Guayama ............................................................................ 18.2 18.9 17.2 17.5 .3 1.7

Mayaguez ........................................................................... 40.3 39.2 37.3 38.2 .9 2.4

Ponce ................................................................................. 66.2 66.6 63.2 63.9 .7 1.1

San German-Cabo Rojo ..................................................... 22.9 23.2 22.2 21.6 -.6 -2.7

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................................. 809.4 800.6 771.4 778.9 7.5 1.0

Yauco ................................................................................. 14.4 15.1 13.8 14.5 .7 5.1

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 42.7 42.7 42.5 42.5 .0 .0

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect

2004 benchmark levels. Metropolitan area data have been revised back to 1990 to

incorporate new area definitions. Area definitions are based on Office of Management

and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004, and are available at

http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.

Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town

Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan

areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their

titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL, and Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH, are the

exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational

reasons.
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NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

December January Change from January 2004 to

 January 2005 p

2003 2004 2004 2005p Number Percent

California ............................................................................... 14,538.5 14,755.9 14,231.3 14,507.4 276.1 1.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,473.3 5,503.9 5,380.1 5,419.6 39.5 .7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale .................................. 4,018.1 4,023.1 3,951.1 3,960.8 9.7 .2

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................... 1,455.2 1,481.8 1,429.0 1,458.8 29.8 2.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 1,979.5 1,981.3 1,933.8 1,950.9 17.1 .9

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward .............................................. 1,031.0 1,032.6 1,004.9 1,015.2 10.3 1.0

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................ 948.5 948.7 928.9 935.7 6.8 .7

District of Columbia ............................................................. 669.5 676.6 657.9 665.1 7.2 1.1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................... 2,830.7 2,902.9 2,772.6 2,849.9 77.3 2.8

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 ................................. 559.0 567.6 544.7 554.4 9.7 1.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................. 2,271.6 2,335.4 2,227.9 2,295.1 67.2 3.0

Florida .................................................................................... 7,414.3 7,695.0 7,343.8 7,610.2 266.4 3.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach ................................. 2,282.0 2,357.2 2,253.2 2,325.2 72.0 3.2

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach .......... 714.7 741.0 710.4 736.5 26.1 3.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ............................................. 1,021.2 1,051.5 1,005.0 1,031.6 26.6 2.6

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............... 546.1 564.7 537.8 557.1 19.3 3.6

Illinois .................................................................................... 5,851.7 5,862.8 5,666.8 5,694.4 27.6 .5

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ................................................. 4,437.1 4,454.5 4,297.0 4,326.7 29.7 .7

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................. 3,778.4 3,790.0 3,659.0 3,678.4 19.4 .5

Gary 2 ............................................................................... 274.7 279.0 266.0 272.0 6.0 2.3

Lake County-Kenosha County 1 ....................................... 384.0 385.6 372.0 376.3 4.3 1.2

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,201.3 3,222.0 3,101.4 3,135.7 34.3 1.1

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 .............................................. 2,422.2 2,437.7 2,349.9 2,379.3 29.4 1.3

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................... 1,655.2 1,660.6 1,604.9 1,620.9 16.0 1.0

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................... 89.5 89.6 86.6 86.8 .2 .2

Framingham ..................................................................... 150.0 153.4 146.6 149.3 2.7 1.8

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ............................... 75.0 76.0 73.1 74.3 1.2 1.6

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ........................................... 117.7 119.2 114.4 116.0 1.6 1.4

Lynn-Peabody-Salem ....................................................... 102.5 102.8 99.9 100.5 .6 .6

Nashua 1 .......................................................................... 130.2 132.5 125.8 129.1 3.3 2.6

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,456.3 4,423.1 4,299.2 4,294.3 -4.9 -.1

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 2,090.5 2,058.8 2,018.5 1,994.5 -24.0 -1.2

Detroit-Livonia Dearborn .................................................. 857.2 841.1 829.9 824.6 -5.3 -.6

Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy .......................................... 1,233.3 1,217.7 1,188.6 1,169.9 -18.7 -1.6

New York ............................................................................... 8,548.2 8,604.6 8,233.1 8,322.5 89.4 1.1

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 .................. 8,396.6 8,440.6 8,092.4 8,183.3 90.9 1.1

Edison 2 ............................................................................ 1,015.3 1,024.5 979.1 995.1 16.0 1.6

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................. 1,251.3 1,263.9 1,191.5 1,205.9 14.4 1.2

New York-Wayne-White Plains 1 ...................................... 5,079.8 5,110.9 4,905.4 4,959.9 54.5 1.1

Newark-Union 2 ................................................................ 1,050.3 1,041.1 1,016.5 1,010.8 -5.7 -.6

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,671.2 5,715.0 5,507.1 5,570.8 63.7 1.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ................................... 2,768.3 2,792.8 2,687.9 2,720.2 32.3 1.2

Camden 2 ......................................................................... 531.0 544.0 516.1 533.1 17.0 3.3

Philadelphia ...................................................................... 1,888.3 1,897.5 1,834.3 1,845.7 11.4 .6

Wilmington 2 ..................................................................... 349.1 351.4 337.7 341.4 3.7 1.1

Texas ..................................................................................... 9,465.3 9,585.9 9,304.2 9,443.6 139.4 1.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,687.9 2,734.9 2,640.7 2,699.1 58.4 2.2

Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................... 1,897.5 1,933.0 1,865.4 1,908.0 42.6 2.3

Fort Worth-Arlington ......................................................... 790.4 801.9 775.3 791.1 15.8 2.0

Washington ........................................................................... 2,685.7 2,733.2 2,614.0 2,677.3 63.3 2.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,588.6 1,616.4 1,548.5 1,587.3 38.8 2.5

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................... 1,336.5 1,357.3 1,302.2 1,333.1 30.9 2.4

Tacoma ............................................................................. 252.1 259.1 246.3 254.2 7.9 3.2

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states. 2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect

2004 benchmark levels. Metropolitan area data have been revised back to 1990 to

incorporate new area definitions. Area definitions are based on Office of Management

and Budget Bulletin No. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004, and are available at

http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.

Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town

Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan

areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their

titles. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, NJ, are totally

outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. This table introduces

data for metropolitan divisions. Data for metropolitan divisions are available from 1990

forward.
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, January 2005

NOTE: Map includes data for 367 areas based on 2000 definitions

(U.S. rate = 5.7 percent)

Above U.S. averageU.S. average or below