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For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Friday, April 22, 2005

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2005

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally stable or down slightly in March, the Bureau of

Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Three of the four regions and 35 states

recorded unemployment rate shifts of 0.2 percentage point or less from February. Over the year, jobless

rates were down in 36 states and up in 14 states and the District of Columbia. In March, the national

unemployment rate declined to 5.2 percent and was 0.5 percentage point lower than a year ago.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states over the month, decreased in 9 states and the District

of Columbia, and was unchanged in 1 state. Five states had employment gains of 10,000 or more—Florida

(+19,400), California (+17,600), Illinois (+16,200), Texas (+10,600), and Missouri (+10,000). Only one

state—Michigan—had an employment loss of a similar magnitude in March (-17,000). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 2 states (Michigan

and South Carolina). The largest percentage gain in employment was in Nevada (+6.7 percent), followed by

Arizona (+3.9 percent), Oregon (+3.8 percent), Utah (+3.7 percent), and Florida (+3.5 percent).

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)

The Northeast registered the lowest unemployment rate in March, 4.8 percent, while the Midwest had

the highest rate, 5.6 percent. Jobless rates in the South and West were 5.0 and 5.2 percent, respectively;

both of these regions reported statistically significant declines over the month (-0.3 percentage point in the

South and -0.2 point in the West). Over the year, unemployment rates were down significantly in the West

(-1.0 percentage point), Northeast (-0.8 point), and South (-0.3 point). (See table 1.)

Among the nine geographic divisions, the lowest unemployment rates in March were reported in the New

England and South Atlantic divisions, 4.7 percent each; the Middle Atlantic and Mountain, 4.8 percent each;

and the West North Central, 4.9 percent. The East North Central division had the highest unemployment

rate, 5.9 percent, followed by the East South Central, 5.6 percent. The Pacific division registered the largest

over-the-month unemployment rate decline (-0.5 percentage point). The West South Central was the only

other division to have a statistically significant rate change (-0.3 percentage point) from February. The largest

over-the-year unemployment rate changes were recorded in the Pacific (-1.3 percentage points), Middle

Atlantic (-1.0 point), and West South Central (-0.6 point) divisions. The Mountain and New England divisions also posted significant rate declines from March 2004 (-0.4 percentage point each). No division had a

statistically significant rate increase over the year.
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State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)

Hawaii had the lowest state unemployment rate in March, 2.8 percent. The states with the next lowest

rates were Wyoming, 3.1 percent; North Dakota and Virginia, 3.3 percent each; and Vermont, 3.4 percent.

The states with the highest jobless rates were Mississippi, 7.0 percent; Michigan, 6.9 percent; South Carolina, 6.8 percent; and Alaska, 6.7 percent. The District of Columbia recorded a rate of 7.8 percent. In

March, 16 states registered unemployment rates that were measurably below the U.S. rate, 6 states and the

District of Columbia had higher rates, and 28 states had rates that were little different from that of the nation.

(See table A, table 3, and chart 1.)

Five states recorded over-the-month jobless rate decreases that were statistically significant in March—

Alaska, Michigan, and New York (-0.5 percentage point each) and California and Texas (-0.4 point each).

The remaining 45 states—including 2 with declines of 0.5 point or more—and the District of Columbia

registered rates that statistically were little different from those of February.

The largest over-the-year jobless rate declines were in New York (-1.5 percentage points), Oregon

(-1.4 points), Washington (-1.3 points), and Alabama and California (-1.0 point each). Twenty other states

also had statistically significant rate decreases. Four states registered statistically significant rate increases

from a year earlier. Mississippi again experienced the largest over-the-year unemployment rate increase

(+1.8 percentage points), followed by Georgia (+0.7 point), Tennessee (+0.5 point), and Iowa (+0.4 point).

(See table B.) Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia recorded jobless rates that were not appreciably different from those of March 2004.

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)

Between February and March, the measured changes in employment were statistically significant in six

states. Of these six, five states registered gains in employment—Illinois (+16,200), Nevada (+7,300), Utah

(+6,100), Nebraska (+5,300), and South Dakota (+2,900). Michigan recorded the only significant over-themonth employment decline (-17,000). (See table C.)

Over the year, the measured changes in employment were statistically significant in 30 states. All 30 of

these states registered job gains. The largest gains were in Florida (+262,100), California (+244,100), Texas

(+125,400), Arizona (+90,800), and Nevada (+75,700). States with significant gains under 10,000 included

Delaware (+9,700), Montana (+9,000), and North Dakota and Wyoming (+5,700 each). (See table D.)

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for March 2005 is scheduled to be

issued on April 28. The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for April is scheduled

to be issued on May 20.
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 Use of Error Measures in the Regional and State News Release

With the release of data for January 2005, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics

(LAUS) program introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among these was

the development of model-based error measures for the monthly estimates and the estimates

of over-the-month changes. These error measures allow data users and the Bureau of

Labor Statistics (BLS) to consider statistical significance when analyzing and describing the

LAUS data. Error measures for the nonfarm payroll employment data had been available

prior to January 2005, although they were not used in the analysis of those data in this

release.

The introductory section of this release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting

the direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates and state nonfarm

payroll employment regardless of their statistical significance. The remainder of the analysis

in the release takes the statistical significance of monthly and annual changes into consideration.
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Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly

different (90-percent confidence level) from that of the

U.S., March 2005, seasonally adjusted

State March 2005

United States ........................ 5.2

Alaska .................................. 6.7

Delaware .............................. 3.9

District of Columbia .............. 7.8

Florida .................................. 4.4

Hawaii.................................... 2.8

Idaho ..................................... 4.2

Maryland ................................ 4.3

Michigan ................................ 6.9

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

Mississippi ............................ 7.0

Nebraska ............................... 4.0

Nevada ................................. 3.9

New Hampshire ..................... 3.7

New Jersey............................ 4.3

New York ............................. 4.6

North Dakota ....................... 3.3

Ohio ..................................... 6.3

Oregon ................................. 6.2

South Carolina ....................... 6.8

South Dakota ......................... 3.7

Vermont ................................. 3.4

Virginia ................................. 3.3

Wyoming................................ 3.1
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Table B. States with statistically significant (90-percent confidence level) unemployment rate changes from March 2004 to March 2005, seasonally adjusted

State March

 2004

 March

 2005

Over-the-year

 rate change

Alabama ................................. 5.7 4.7 -1.0

Alaska.................................... 7.5 6.7 -.8

Arizona .................................. 5.1 4.7 -.4

Arkansas................................ 5.7 5.2 -.5

California ................................ 6.4 5.4 -1.0

Colorado................................ 5.6 5.1 -.5

Florida ................................... 4.8 4.4 -.4

Georgia .................................. 4.3 5.0 .7

Hawaii.................................... 3.6 2.8 -.8

Idaho ..................................... 5.0 4.2 -.8

Illinois..................................... 6.3 5.6 -.7

Iowa ...................................... 4.7 5.1 .4

Massachusetts ........................ 5.4 4.9 -.5

Minnesota .............................. 5.0 4.4 -.6

Mississippi.............................. 5.2 7.0 1.8

Nevada .................................. 4.6 3.9 -.7

New Jersey............................ 5.2 4.3 -.9

New York ............................. 6.1 4.6 -1.5

North Carolina ....................... 5.7 5.2 -.5

Oklahoma .............................. 5.0 4.4 -.6

Oregon.................................. 7.6 6.2 -1.4

Rhode Island .......................... 5.4 4.5 -.9

Tennessee .............................. 5.4 5.9 .5

Texas ..................................... 6.2 5.6 -.6

Utah....................................... 5.3 4.8 -.5

Vermont ................................. 4.0 3.4 -.6

Virginia ................................... 3.7 3.3 -.4

Washington ............................ 6.5 5.2 -1.3

Wisconsin............................... 5.3 4.6 -.7
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Table C. States with statistically significant (90-percent confidence level) employment changes from February 2005 to March 2005, seasonally adjusted

State February

 2005

 March

 2005

Over-the-month

 change

Illinois..................................... 5,814,800 5,831,000 16,200

Michigan ................................ 4,387,100 4,370,100 -17,000

Nebraska ............................... 929,800 935,100 5,300

Nevada .................................. 1,195,300 1,202,600 7,300

South Dakota ......................... 385,900 388,800 2,900

Utah....................................... 1,128,700 1,134,800 6,100

Table D. States with statistically significant (90-percent confidence level) employment changes from March 2004 to March 2005, seasonally adjusted

State March

 2004

 March

 2005

 Over-the

 year change

Alabama ................................. 1,889,700 1,922,000 32,300

Arizona .................................. 2,345,000 2,435,800 90,800

California ................................ 14,455,200 14,699,300 244,100

Colorado................................ 2,164,000 2,219,700 55,700

Connecticut ............................ 1,644,300 1,666,500 22,200

Delaware................................ 423,000 432,700 9,700

Florida ................................... 7,420,100 7,682,200 262,100

Hawaii.................................... 575,600 592,500 16,900

Idaho ..................................... 582,100 598,400 16,300

Indiana ................................... 2,916,800 2,967,000 50,200

Kansas................................... 1,313,900 1,337,500 23,600

Maryland ................................ 2,507,700 2,549,500 41,800

Minnesota .............................. 2,661,900 2,698,000 36,100

Montana ................................. 407,500 416,500 9,000

Nebraska ............................... 917,900 935,100 17,200

Nevada .................................. 1,126,900 1,202,600 75,700

New Jersey............................ 3,985,400 4,036,800 51,400

New Mexico .......................... 785,800 801,400 15,600

New York ............................. 8,430,600 8,494,900 64,300

North Carolina ....................... 3,804,400 3,853,000 48,600

North Dakota......................... 335,500 341,200 5,700

Oklahoma .............................. 1,466,500 1,489,700 23,200

Oregon................................... 1,577,600 1,637,900 60,300

Pennsylvania ........................... 5,623,200 5,680,500 57,300

Tennessee .............................. 2,690,300 2,719,200 28,900

Texas ..................................... 9,438,700 9,564,100 125,400

Utah....................................... 1,093,800 1,134,800 41,000

Virginia ................................... 3,556,300 3,629,700 73,400

Washington ............................ 2,685,600 2,740,700 55,100

Wyoming................................ 254,700 260,400 5,700
Technical Note

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for

census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate

areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

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

employment estimates by state and major industry from the

Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6).

The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative

endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS

program

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for

the official national estimates obtained from the Current

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The 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 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 labormanagement 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 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. Estimates for all census divisions,

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

using estimating equations based on regression techniques.

This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the

beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including

the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data.

Estimates for the six other areas contained in this release use a

different regression approach. A detailed description of the

estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request.

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the

model-based estimates for the component divisions and then

calculating the unemployment rate.

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.

Seasonal adjustment. Seasonal adjustment of census

division, state, and substate area model employment and

unemployment levels is performed within the modeling

procedure. The model estimation is based on the classical

approach to seasonal adjustment, in which the series is

decomposed into trend, seasonal, irregular, and survey error.

This directly yields seasonally adjusted estimates for

employment and unemployment levels with reliability measures.

Labor force levels and unemployment rates are calculated from

these two estimates. Additionally, measures for the state of

California are derived by summing the seasonally adjusted

estimates for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale

metropolitan division and the balance of California, and the

estimates for the State of New York are the sum of the estimates

for New York City and the balance of New York. Labor force

estimates for census regions are calculated as the sum of the

levels of the component divisions, and the unemployment rate

is then calculated. In most years, historical data for the most

recent 5 years are revised near the beginning of each calendar

year, usually coincident with the release of January estimates.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this

release reflect the standards and definitions established by the

U.S. Office of Management and Budget on February 18, 2004.

A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available on the

Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/laumsa.htm and also is published

annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.

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 current-month 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.

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.
Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector

series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll

employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of

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

coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each

individual state. BLS independently develops a national

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series,

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample

survey, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject

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

measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population

is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors,

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from

the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual

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

because of rounding. With respect to the LAUS program,

unemployment rates are computed 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 for both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data, and for over-the-month change, are available on

the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The

average magnitude of the over-the-month change in a state

unemployment rate that is required in order to be statistically

significant at the 90-percent confidence level is slightly more

than +/- 0.3 percentage point. More details can be found on the

Web site. 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 total nonfarm and 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. BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in

determining whether changes in CES employment levels are

statistically significant. Information on recent benchmark

revisions for states is available on the BLS Web site at

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

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),

and from the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490,

August 1997.

Estimates of labor force and unemployment, as well as

nonfarm employment from the CES program, for over 370

metropolitan areas and metropolitan New England City and

Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release,

Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment. Estimates

of labor force, employment, and unemployment for 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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Mar.

2004

Jan. 

2005

Feb. 

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Jan. 

2005

Feb. 

2005

Mar.

2005

Mar.

2004

Jan. 

2005

Feb. 

2005

Mar.

2005

Northeast ........................... 27,520.5 27,575.0 27,613.4 27,580.5 1,547.6 1,297.3 1,348.8 1,318.0 5.6 4.7 4.9 4.8

 New England .................... 7,543.7 7,493.2 7,500.3 7,512.8 383.3 334.3 348.1 353.1 5.1 4.5 4.6 4.7

 Middle Atlantic .................. 19,976.7 20,081.8 20,113.1 20,067.7 1,164.3 963.1 1,000.8 964.9 5.8 4.8 5.0 4.8

South ................................. 51,581.1 52,247.6 52,364.9 52,312.1 2,742.6 2,677.0 2,752.4 2,638.3 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.0

 South Atlantic ................... 27,171.5 27,570.6 27,648.0 27,654.8 1,315.3 1,272.1 1,330.2 1,292.7 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.7

 East South Central ........... 8,359.8 8,390.7 8,414.6 8,382.5 463.4 478.3 484.8 469.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.6

 West South Central .......... 16,049.9 16,286.2 16,302.2 16,274.9 963.9 926.7 937.4 875.9 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.4

Midwest ............................. 34,385.0 34,539.7 34,630.8 34,595.6 1,970.2 1,925.9 2,006.6 1,938.8 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6

 East North Central ............ 23,572.9 23,693.6 23,757.1 23,719.4 1,443.3 1,390.1 1,473.5 1,408.2 6.1 5.9 6.2 5.9

 West North Central ........... 10,812.0 10,846.2 10,873.7 10,876.1 526.9 535.9 533.1 530.6 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9

West ................................... 33,525.8 33,844.6 34,036.4 33,962.7 2,064.9 1,819.2 1,846.8 1,755.7 6.2 5.4 5.4 5.2

 Mountain ........................... 9,998.6 10,154.0 10,198.4 10,220.6 519.9 455.6 467.1 485.7 5.2 4.5 4.6 4.8

 Pacific ............................... 23,527.2 23,690.5 23,838.0 23,742.1 1,545.0 1,363.6 1,379.7 1,270.0 6.6 5.8 5.8 5.3

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census

division model-based estimates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

February March February March February March

2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005

Northeast ........................... 27,330.7 27,420.8 27,413.6 27,431.5 1,668.6 1,502.6 1,665.8 1,406.0 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.1

 New England .................... 7,501.8 7,435.4 7,504.7 7,464.3 419.1 387.9 416.6 379.9 5.6 5.2 5.6 5.1

 Middle Atlantic .................. 19,828.9 19,985.4 19,908.9 19,967.3 1,249.5 1,114.7 1,249.2 1,026.1 6.3 5.6 6.3 5.1

South ................................. 51,246.3 51,978.7 51,406.7 52,075.0 2,795.8 2,862.9 2,785.8 2,630.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.1

 South Atlantic ................... 27,004.0 27,458.7 27,108.2 27,561.9 1,336.7 1,384.4 1,328.7 1,281.5 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.6

 East South Central ........... 8,286.0 8,329.7 8,311.8 8,322.2 480.4 512.4 483.8 481.3 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.8

 West South Central .......... 15,956.3 16,190.3 15,986.7 16,191.0 978.6 966.2 973.4 867.4 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.4

Midwest ............................. 34,143.6 34,330.8 34,230.4 34,389.1 2,131.1 2,203.7 2,167.1 2,095.6 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.1

 East North Central ............ 23,400.8 23,552.9 23,462.9 23,571.0 1,557.0 1,621.3 1,580.7 1,515.3 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.4

 West North Central ........... 10,742.8 10,777.9 10,767.5 10,818.1 574.0 582.4 586.4 580.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4

West ................................... 33,433.1 33,919.0 33,473.0 33,849.3 2,173.7 1,980.1 2,212.8 1,854.5 6.5 5.8 6.6 5.5

 Mountain ........................... 9,953.4 10,140.4 9,948.8 10,159.1 553.5 497.8 548.5 506.0 5.6 4.9 5.5 5.0

 Pacific ............................... 23,479.7 23,778.6 23,524.2 23,690.1 1,620.3 1,482.3 1,664.3 1,348.5 6.9 6.2 7.1 5.7

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census

division model-based estimates. The composition of the regions and

divisions is described in table 1.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Alabama ............................................... 2,143.2 2,160.9 2,161.7 2,152.7 121.2 113.6 112.4 102.0 5.7 5.3 5.2 4.7

Alaska ................................................... 331.7 334.5 336.4 336.8 24.9 24.5 24.2 22.4 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.7

Arizona ................................................. 2,755.3 2,801.8 2,804.0 2,810.6 141.4 116.9 124.0 131.7 5.1 4.2 4.4 4.7

Arkansas ............................................... 1,296.3 1,319.5 1,325.7 1,328.0 73.7 70.6 73.0 68.6 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.2

California .............................................. 17,478.4 17,610.3 17,742.3 17,654.2 1,125.7 1,020.2 1,024.8 954.0 6.4 5.8 5.8 5.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 4,790.4 4,818.2 4,846.0 4,857.8 318.5 292.3 290.5 275.5 6.6 6.1 6.0 5.7

Colorado ............................................... 2,505.5 2,537.8 2,542.8 2,543.9 140.5 121.7 124.1 130.6 5.6 4.8 4.9 5.1

Connecticut ........................................... 1,801.2 1,782.3 1,776.7 1,789.5 92.6 84.0 85.3 88.0 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.9

Delaware .............................................. 422.3 426.6 426.3 426.9 17.1 18.1 17.3 16.7 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9

District of Columbia .............................. 298.6 305.6 306.3 303.5 23.1 24.9 25.0 23.7 7.7 8.1 8.1 7.8

Florida ................................................... 8,335.1 8,512.0 8,564.6 8,560.5 403.3 370.6 391.4 373.9 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .......... 1,104.5 1,115.7 1,126.4 1,129.7 64.7 55.3 59.3 56.6 5.9 5.0 5.3 5.0

Georgia ................................................. 4,361.5 4,444.5 4,448.7 4,457.1 187.7 212.9 227.8 221.8 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.0

Hawaii ................................................... 614.8 621.4 627.8 626.3 21.9 18.3 18.7 17.5 3.6 2.9 3.0 2.8

Idaho ..................................................... 699.9 714.9 724.2 725.3 34.7 30.6 29.9 30.4 5.0 4.3 4.1 4.2

Illinois .................................................... 6,380.9 6,456.3 6,465.4 6,449.8 401.6 360.5 382.7 363.4 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.6

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ............... 3,975.0 4,002.4 4,006.4 3,994.2 249.7 221.7 245.0 236.2 6.3 5.5 6.1 5.9

Indiana .................................................. 3,169.9 3,184.0 3,202.2 3,207.0 166.2 173.4 184.1 179.0 5.2 5.4 5.7 5.6

Iowa ...................................................... 1,621.3 1,624.1 1,636.4 1,643.2 76.2 82.3 83.1 83.4 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.1

Kansas .................................................. 1,460.9 1,465.1 1,464.4 1,465.5 82.0 76.9 79.5 78.8 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.4

Kentucky ............................................... 1,979.8 1,972.5 1,980.8 1,983.5 112.4 97.7 102.7 104.9 5.7 5.0 5.2 5.3

Louisiana .............................................. 2,049.6 2,091.4 2,094.3 2,081.4 112.9 119.5 125.3 110.0 5.5 5.7 6.0 5.3

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 2 ....... 612.7 624.2 621.1 615.6 29.1 35.4 35.3 31.5 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.1

Maine .................................................... 696.1 700.9 701.4 701.8 32.2 30.6 32.3 32.9 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.7

Maryland ............................................... 2,878.8 2,893.0 2,896.3 2,899.8 119.5 119.3 120.8 123.7 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3

Massachusetts ...................................... 3,397.8 3,371.3 3,377.0 3,369.6 183.5 160.4 164.5 164.5 5.4 4.8 4.9 4.9

Michigan ............................................... 5,073.5 5,086.9 5,110.6 5,100.2 358.6 359.0 380.6 353.3 7.1 7.1 7.4 6.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ................... 2,203.2 2,177.7 2,192.6 2,175.5 150.1 153.4 170.4 162.8 6.8 7.0 7.8 7.5

Minnesota ............................................. 2,938.9 2,963.5 2,967.4 2,970.1 147.4 129.1 124.6 130.2 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.4

Mississippi ............................................ 1,319.5 1,345.3 1,343.4 1,343.3 69.2 95.2 91.5 93.6 5.2 7.1 6.8 7.0

Missouri ................................................ 3,019.6 3,024.2 3,024.2 3,016.9 164.2 182.2 174.4 172.8 5.4 6.0 5.8 5.7

Montana ................................................ 479.7 487.9 488.7 490.3 21.3 21.4 22.2 22.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6

Nebraska .............................................. 981.7 983.9 990.9 990.2 37.7 39.0 38.4 39.2 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0

Nevada ................................................. 1,168.7 1,194.8 1,202.4 1,208.0 53.7 47.1 47.2 47.4 4.6 3.9 3.9 3.9

New Hampshire .................................... 721.5 726.6 727.2 729.5 29.3 25.0 27.7 27.1 4.1 3.4 3.8 3.7

New Jersey ........................................... 4,383.7 4,390.1 4,398.5 4,397.0 226.2 172.2 192.8 189.3 5.2 3.9 4.4 4.3

New Mexico .......................................... 907.5 922.0 930.0 934.9 52.6 48.5 52.4 55.1 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.9

New York .............................................. 9,342.3 9,357.3 9,386.3 9,330.0 572.7 469.4 478.4 430.9 6.1 5.0 5.1 4.6

New York City .................................. 3,719.6 3,708.6 3,728.3 3,693.0 282.0 216.9 229.0 192.5 7.6 5.8 6.1 5.2

North Carolina ...................................... 4,244.6 4,284.5 4,281.5 4,285.2 240.9 215.1 231.5 220.8 5.7 5.0 5.4 5.2

North Dakota ........................................ 353.0 354.9 356.6 356.4 11.9 11.6 11.9 11.8 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3

Ohio ...................................................... 5,878.0 5,890.9 5,918.7 5,921.5 360.2 348.3 379.4 373.1 6.1 5.9 6.4 6.3

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 ................ 1,110.2 1,085.1 1,091.0 1,087.7 66.1 62.8 70.2 64.7 6.0 5.8 6.4 5.9

Oklahoma ............................................. 1,708.7 1,720.3 1,723.7 1,719.7 85.5 79.8 73.8 75.8 5.0 4.6 4.3 4.4

Oregon .................................................. 1,853.2 1,852.0 1,866.5 1,863.4 141.0 117.5 121.5 115.1 7.6 6.3 6.5 6.2

Pennsylvania ........................................ 6,244.8 6,337.6 6,333.5 6,336.6 341.6 324.1 333.3 342.9 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.4

Rhode Island ........................................ 562.7 558.5 561.7 564.0 30.3 24.6 24.8 25.4 5.4 4.4 4.4 4.5

South Carolina ...................................... 2,035.9 2,072.0 2,076.1 2,070.9 137.2 144.1 147.7 139.8 6.7 7.0 7.1 6.8

South Dakota ........................................ 427.3 429.7 430.3 429.9 15.3 15.5 15.9 16.1 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7

Tennessee ............................................ 2,917.2 2,914.5 2,924.0 2,902.5 157.3 172.9 173.0 170.0 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.9

Texas .................................................... 10,995.8 11,149.6 11,164.8 11,145.0 683.3 658.1 664.4 626.0 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.6

Utah ...................................................... 1,199.2 1,209.5 1,220.0 1,224.4 64.0 58.9 58.9 59.2 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.8

Vermont ................................................ 353.3 353.1 353.3 352.7 14.1 12.2 12.5 11.9 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4

Virginia .................................................. 3,798.6 3,847.2 3,856.9 3,861.9 141.2 126.8 126.4 127.9 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3

Washington ........................................... 3,217.1 3,251.4 3,260.3 3,254.8 208.3 177.0 179.5 169.7 6.5 5.4 5.5 5.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 ................ 1,326.9 1,333.8 1,326.1 1,317.6 72.3 60.7 63.5 61.6 5.5 4.5 4.8 4.7

West Virginia ........................................ 789.4 788.5 790.6 797.5 42.6 37.0 39.3 41.8 5.4 4.7 5.0 5.2

Wisconsin ............................................. 3,075.8 3,077.3 3,071.1 3,051.8 162.3 148.8 150.1 140.6 5.3 4.8 4.9 4.6

Wyoming ............................................... 279.3 283.9 283.2 283.5 10.0 9.8 8.3 8.9 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.1

Puerto Rico ........................................... 1,369.2 1,383.8 1,360.3 1,378.3 157.3 153.6 130.5 153.3 11.5 11.1 9.6 11.1

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

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

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

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No.

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.

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

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

updated inputs and reestimation.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

February March February March February March

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

Alabama ............................................... 2,124.3 2,146.2 2,133.7 2,139.4 122.6 118.9 123.1 99.3 5.8 5.5 5.8 4.6

Alaska ................................................... 329.7 333.1 329.0 332.9 28.9 27.8 28.5 24.7 8.8 8.3 8.7 7.4

Arizona ................................................. 2,749.8 2,794.4 2,750.9 2,801.1 141.1 122.3 140.9 128.3 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.6

Arkansas ............................................... 1,282.7 1,313.3 1,290.2 1,321.5 81.7 82.5 78.1 71.1 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.4

California .............................................. 17,488.7 17,715.9 17,504.3 17,625.8 1,176.2 1,091.6 1,220.6 996.0 6.7 6.2 7.0 5.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 4,795.1 4,846.7 4,798.2 4,852.5 316.4 296.0 327.3 270.6 6.6 6.1 6.8 5.6

Colorado ............................................... 2,493.6 2,522.9 2,487.2 2,520.9 153.8 133.1 151.1 138.7 6.2 5.3 6.1 5.5

Connecticut ........................................... 1,791.0 1,757.2 1,793.0 1,778.8 100.0 93.9 95.0 89.8 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.0

Delaware .............................................. 420.8 423.9 422.9 426.9 18.5 19.1 18.5 17.7 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.1

District of Columbia .............................. 297.0 303.1 297.9 300.9 22.2 24.8 23.9 22.8 7.5 8.2 8.0 7.6

Florida ................................................... 8,269.9 8,502.0 8,327.6 8,538.3 384.7 383.0 392.2 355.0 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .......... 1,097.3 1,119.0 1,093.0 1,116.6 59.1 55.7 62.2 53.3 5.4 5.0 5.7 4.8

Georgia ................................................. 4,353.9 4,435.0 4,360.9 4,450.5 184.2 232.1 191.3 222.3 4.2 5.2 4.4 5.0

Hawaii ................................................... 612.5 625.8 615.5 626.3 19.8 16.9 22.0 16.6 3.2 2.7 3.6 2.6

Idaho ..................................................... 694.6 719.7 696.5 721.1 41.9 37.3 41.7 36.7 6.0 5.2 6.0 5.1

Illinois .................................................... 6,352.3 6,422.9 6,359.5 6,417.5 428.3 413.9 426.0 381.3 6.7 6.4 6.7 5.9

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ............... 3,969.3 3,994.5 3,967.9 3,983.5 254.3 252.8 259.2 242.2 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.1

Indiana .................................................. 3,138.1 3,164.1 3,151.4 3,184.5 183.6 204.0 181.7 192.4 5.9 6.4 5.8 6.0

Iowa ...................................................... 1,619.3 1,628.1 1,615.7 1,635.7 84.4 95.0 86.8 93.0 5.2 5.8 5.4 5.7

Kansas .................................................. 1,457.1 1,454.8 1,457.2 1,459.2 82.8 82.0 83.8 80.1 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.5

Kentucky ............................................... 1,953.8 1,958.0 1,968.2 1,969.9 124.7 119.8 123.4 113.0 6.4 6.1 6.3 5.7

Louisiana .............................................. 2,021.2 2,062.6 2,033.6 2,064.5 110.7 121.6 107.7 102.4 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.0

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner 2 ....... 607.1 613.9 611.1 613.6 28.0 34.5 24.8 27.4 4.6 5.6 4.1 4.5

Maine .................................................... 688.7 691.0 689.7 693.8 38.3 38.9 37.9 38.1 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5

Maryland ............................................... 2,865.4 2,874.2 2,870.0 2,887.0 128.4 132.2 125.2 128.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.5

Massachusetts ...................................... 3,390.0 3,354.3 3,390.2 3,353.9 198.0 179.6 200.5 179.0 5.8 5.4 5.9 5.3

Michigan ............................................... 5,030.1 5,066.2 5,054.8 5,070.3 367.2 404.6 398.5 384.6 7.3 8.0 7.9 7.6

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ................... 2,189.9 2,174.0 2,194.8 2,164.2 150.8 177.2 159.9 171.7 6.9 8.2 7.3 7.9

Minnesota ............................................. 2,912.8 2,937.3 2,926.4 2,952.7 157.2 138.9 166.5 148.3 5.4 4.7 5.7 5.0

Mississippi ............................................ 1,312.8 1,334.4 1,313.5 1,336.5 71.3 91.9 69.7 93.3 5.4 6.9 5.3 7.0

Missouri ................................................ 3,006.4 3,001.8 3,017.3 3,007.6 177.3 191.2 175.8 183.1 5.9 6.4 5.8 6.1

Montana ................................................ 474.1 483.6 477.3 487.2 25.5 26.8 26.2 27.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6

Nebraska .............................................. 979.3 984.5 979.6 986.9 41.6 42.8 40.6 42.1 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.3

Nevada ................................................. 1,169.1 1,202.7 1,167.1 1,205.1 56.4 50.0 55.4 48.1 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.0

New Hampshire .................................... 719.5 722.9 719.2 726.1 32.2 31.2 31.9 29.4 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.0

New Jersey ........................................... 4,360.2 4,374.8 4,375.7 4,382.6 247.1 212.5 247.1 201.5 5.7 4.9 5.6 4.6

New Mexico .......................................... 902.0 924.6 901.4 928.0 53.4 53.9 53.4 54.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9

New York .............................................. 9,297.3 9,343.3 9,322.5 9,291.7 621.0 527.0 622.1 456.3 6.7 5.6 6.7 4.9

New York City .................................. 3,724.2 3,731.6 3,739.8 3,703.2 295.9 241.0 299.5 197.7 7.9 6.5 8.0 5.3

North Carolina ...................................... 4,219.5 4,248.3 4,232.1 4,266.0 258.7 250.7 247.9 222.9 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.2

North Dakota ........................................ 347.0 349.0 348.1 350.8 14.1 14.4 15.1 14.8 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.2

Ohio ...................................................... 5,820.0 5,853.5 5,836.9 5,871.2 389.8 422.2 383.8 391.8 6.7 7.2 6.6 6.7

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 ................ 1,096.4 1,079.4 1,101.3 1,080.9 69.5 76.7 70.5 67.7 6.3 7.1 6.4 6.3

Oklahoma ............................................. 1,698.8 1,710.0 1,701.6 1,711.4 94.0 82.3 90.0 78.6 5.5 4.8 5.3 4.6

Oregon .................................................. 1,837.2 1,849.7 1,849.3 1,852.7 156.0 137.6 159.4 126.4 8.5 7.4 8.6 6.8

Pennsylvania ........................................ 6,171.4 6,267.3 6,210.8 6,293.0 381.3 375.2 380.0 368.3 6.2 6.0 6.1 5.9

Rhode Island ........................................ 560.4 559.1 560.3 560.9 34.1 29.6 34.6 29.5 6.1 5.3 6.2 5.3

South Carolina ...................................... 2,013.9 2,053.5 2,022.9 2,053.0 140.3 155.8 134.3 134.1 7.0 7.6 6.6 6.5

South Dakota ........................................ 421.0 422.4 423.2 425.2 16.6 18.0 17.9 18.8 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.4

Tennessee ............................................ 2,895.1 2,891.1 2,896.4 2,876.4 161.9 181.8 167.6 175.7 5.6 6.3 5.8 6.1

Texas .................................................... 10,953.6 11,104.4 10,961.3 11,093.6 692.2 679.8 697.5 615.3 6.3 6.1 6.4 5.5

Utah ...................................................... 1,193.5 1,212.7 1,190.1 1,213.6 68.5 63.7 67.3 61.0 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.0

Vermont ................................................ 352.1 350.9 352.3 350.7 16.5 14.8 16.7 14.1 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.0

Virginia .................................................. 3,779.7 3,835.3 3,794.9 3,852.9 148.8 137.6 147.4 131.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.4

Washington ........................................... 3,211.6 3,254.1 3,226.0 3,252.4 239.3 208.4 233.8 184.8 7.5 6.4 7.2 5.7

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 ................ 1,328.8 1,328.3 1,342.0 1,329.2 79.7 69.3 78.7 63.3 6.0 5.2 5.9 4.8

West Virginia ........................................ 783.9 783.4 779.1 786.5 51.0 49.0 48.1 46.7 6.5 6.3 6.2 5.9

Wisconsin ............................................. 3,060.4 3,046.1 3,060.2 3,027.6 188.0 176.6 190.7 165.3 6.1 5.8 6.2 5.5

Wyoming ............................................... 276.8 279.7 278.3 282.1 12.9 10.7 12.4 11.1 4.6 3.8 4.5 3.9

Puerto Rico ........................................... 1,350.3 1,363.9 1,379.3 1,389.1 145.6 136.6 161.7 158.3 10.8 10.0 11.7 11.4

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

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

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

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No.

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. 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Alabama ............................... 1,889.7 1,917.9 1,920.2 1,922.0 103.0 107.0 107.2 107.1 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Alaska ................................... 302.1 307.6 305.0 306.0 17.2 18.1 18.2 18.0 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Arizona ................................. 2,345.0 2,423.3 2,431.2 2,435.8 185.6 199.2 201.3 204.5 176.0 176.3 177.3 177.3

Arkansas ............................... 1,154.8 1,165.4 1,165.8 1,168.3 51.3 51.9 52.0 52.5 203.5 203.3 202.9 203.4

California .............................. 14,455.2 14,654.0 14,681.7 14,699.3 831.1 870.2 882.7 886.6 1,527.7 1,538.1 1,535.8 1,533.3

Colorado ............................... 2,164.0 2,202.4 2,212.8 2,219.7 150.1 155.6 157.8 158.4 153.7 155.0 154.7 154.9

Connecticut ........................... 1,644.3 1,661.0 1,664.2 1,666.5 64.2 67.5 67.7 68.6 197.3 197.6 198.9 199.1

Delaware 3 ........................... 423.0 430.9 432.7 432.7 26.2 27.7 28.1 28.2 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

District of Columbia 3 ........... 671.9 674.6 675.3 674.8 12.4 12.0 12.1 12.2 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Florida .................................. 7,420.1 7,643.9 7,662.8 7,682.2 481.3 511.3 509.4 513.5 386.1 388.0 388.0 388.9

Georgia ................................ 3,880.8 3,892.3 3,905.1 3,910.6 198.1 197.7 199.5 199.4 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Hawaii 3 ................................ 575.6 587.9 591.7 592.5 27.9 30.6 30.8 30.8 15.4 15.7 15.6 15.6

Idaho .................................... 582.1 591.5 595.5 598.4 39.1 40.7 41.4 42.5 61.3 60.7 61.2 61.8

Illinois .................................... 5,797.6 5,809.8 5,814.8 5,831.0 269.9 263.1 264.1 268.9 695.8 694.6 693.3 693.0

Indiana .................................. 2,916.8 2,956.5 2,963.0 2,967.0 147.0 150.8 152.3 153.9 570.1 575.3 575.7 576.9

Iowa ...................................... 1,451.7 1,458.5 1,459.5 1,462.0 68.7 68.0 67.8 68.4 220.9 224.7 224.8 225.0

Kansas .................................. 1,313.9 1,320.9 1,332.0 1,337.5 62.5 62.1 63.2 65.9 175.2 180.0 179.8 179.3

Kentucky ............................... 1,792.7 1,802.4 1,803.6 1,807.1 83.3 85.2 85.7 86.7 264.3 264.6 264.5 265.3

Louisiana .............................. 1,921.8 1,926.5 1,924.8 1,929.5 119.4 117.9 117.2 119.4 153.0 151.8 151.2 151.0

Maine .................................... 611.7 615.7 617.4 616.5 32.0 31.2 31.8 32.1 62.4 62.5 62.4 62.3

Maryland 3 ............................ 2,507.7 2,542.5 2,546.8 2,549.5 175.5 179.4 178.4 178.8 142.7 140.5 140.5 140.2

Massachusetts ...................... 3,174.1 3,190.0 3,191.1 3,196.7 137.5 140.1 140.0 141.4 313.8 312.7 313.3 312.2

Michigan ............................... 4,393.8 4,376.2 4,387.1 4,370.1 190.8 192.2 190.9 190.2 702.5 680.9 689.2 683.0

Minnesota ............................. 2,661.9 2,694.9 2,696.1 2,698.0 125.3 126.0 126.0 125.8 338.8 347.2 347.6 347.9

Mississippi ............................ 1,123.4 1,131.3 1,136.7 1,134.2 48.6 49.2 49.5 49.5 179.2 178.7 178.9 178.9

Missouri ............................... 2,686.4 2,691.0 2,699.9 2,709.9 137.3 136.7 138.1 140.6 311.4 310.0 314.0 315.2

Montana ................................ 407.5 412.4 413.9 416.5 24.1 25.2 25.6 26.4 19.1 19.1 19.3 19.5

Nebraska 3 ........................... 917.9 930.3 929.8 935.1 48.8 46.8 48.3 50.1 101.5 98.8 98.9 100.7

Nevada ................................. 1,126.9 1,190.1 1,195.3 1,202.6 109.7 126.9 129.0 129.8 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

New Hampshire .................... 624.6 632.9 631.0 634.2 29.3 29.9 30.0 30.1 79.6 81.0 80.9 80.7

New Jersey ........................... 3,985.4 4,030.5 4,037.2 4,036.8 163.9 167.7 167.0 166.3 340.5 335.0 333.9 332.4

New Mexico .......................... 785.8 799.7 799.4 801.4 49.1 51.9 51.8 52.2 35.8 36.1 35.7 35.7

New York .............................. 8,430.6 8,488.8 8,489.5 8,494.9 319.3 320.3 320.8 320.6 600.2 589.9 588.7 586.5

North Carolina ...................... 3,804.4 3,846.1 3,850.8 3,853.0 214.5 223.0 222.2 221.7 576.1 576.2 575.9 574.8

North Dakota ........................ 335.5 338.1 340.2 341.2 17.1 16.7 17.3 17.0 24.0 24.5 24.6 24.9

Ohio ...................................... 5,401.1 5,406.7 5,411.0 5,411.3 235.9 234.6 234.7 236.4 823.5 824.5 823.1 822.8

Oklahoma ............................. 1,466.5 1,483.8 1,487.9 1,489.7 62.4 63.1 62.7 62.4 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Oregon ................................. 1,577.6 1,621.3 1,632.9 1,637.9 80.6 84.7 86.0 88.1 196.3 202.4 204.6 206.0

Pennsylvania ........................ 5,623.2 5,676.0 5,673.5 5,680.5 248.7 249.4 248.7 249.7 689.9 687.9 686.2 685.4

Rhode Island ........................ 486.8 491.1 492.0 491.9 20.9 20.8 21.1 21.0 56.9 56.3 56.5 56.0

South Carolina ...................... 1,820.2 1,820.9 1,820.3 1,818.7 114.0 111.6 112.0 112.0 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

South Dakota ........................ 381.0 385.1 385.9 388.8 19.7 19.9 19.7 21.0 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Tennessee ............................ 2,690.3 2,717.4 2,720.6 2,719.2 117.5 120.0 119.6 120.0 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Texas .................................... 9,438.7 9,553.3 9,553.5 9,564.1 543.3 543.4 542.9 544.7 887.5 885.6 886.5 886.8

Utah ...................................... 1,093.8 1,124.4 1,128.7 1,134.8 71.1 75.1 76.2 77.2 113.7 116.7 116.8 117.0

Vermont ................................ 301.4 305.4 305.8 305.4 16.5 16.8 17.0 17.2 36.7 37.1 37.4 37.4

Virginia .................................. 3,556.3 3,629.3 3,630.5 3,629.7 227.0 239.9 237.3 238.2 298.6 299.0 298.4 297.9

Washington ........................... 2,685.6 2,723.8 2,733.7 2,740.7 162.6 164.4 167.9 170.2 262.8 266.6 266.4 266.3

West Virginia ........................ 734.6 741.1 740.3 740.8 34.8 36.1 36.7 36.8 63.3 62.8 62.7 62.7

Wisconsin ............................. 2,791.5 2,811.2 2,815.2 2,818.6 126.6 127.1 131.8 131.4 500.5 500.6 504.0 506.4

Wyoming ............................... 254.7 259.2 259.9 260.4 19.7 19.0 19.3 19.2 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

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

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Alabama ............................... 376.8 377.7 379.3 380.3 96.7 95.4 95.5 95.6 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Alaska ................................... 61.6 62.0 61.7 62.0 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.9 23.1 23.3 23.3 23.5

Arizona ................................. 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 162.9 165.4 165.6 165.6 327.6 340.7 343.6 342.1

Arkansas ............................... 241.3 241.8 242.3 242.2 50.8 51.5 51.9 52.0 107.2 110.3 109.9 109.5

California .............................. 2,734.5 2,768.0 2,763.4 2,769.6 894.7 917.8 917.2 917.1 2,074.4 2,126.7 2,135.4 2,135.7

Colorado ............................... 405.1 412.5 414.2 414.6 154.0 156.2 156.6 156.7 295.4 304.6 307.6 309.5

Connecticut ........................... 306.4 309.7 310.8 312.3 140.6 140.7 141.2 141.6 196.7 197.8 198.1 198.1

Delaware 3 ........................... 80.4 81.5 82.3 81.3 44.5 44.7 44.8 44.4 61.9 63.3 63.3 63.4

District of Columbia 3 ........... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 142.5 142.0 143.3 144.1

Florida .................................. 1,489.3 1,517.9 1,524.0 1,529.7 497.6 507.4 508.5 507.1 1,254.5 1,335.2 1,339.2 1,344.3

Georgia ................................ 827.6 822.6 820.7 824.0 217.6 221.8 220.5 220.4 506.5 521.1 520.4 519.3

Hawaii 3 ................................ 109.9 113.8 115.0 115.3 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Idaho .................................... 117.1 117.8 118.2 118.6 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 71.8 74.8 75.4 75.9

Illinois .................................... 1,177.4 1,172.9 1,175.4 1,179.1 399.6 398.5 398.6 400.5 789.9 794.1 800.2 806.0

Indiana .................................. 575.9 578.0 578.0 580.2 140.1 140.3 140.5 141.1 262.3 270.3 272.0 272.1

Iowa ...................................... 304.8 305.8 305.7 306.1 96.0 97.9 98.0 98.4 107.4 105.7 106.3 106.7

Kansas .................................. 262.2 258.8 259.7 260.0 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Kentucky ............................... 372.2 372.8 372.6 372.7 87.6 85.7 85.6 84.9 159.1 164.0 164.4 165.1

Louisiana .............................. 381.5 382.4 381.2 382.1 102.5 103.1 103.8 103.7 184.3 185.2 185.8 184.1

Maine .................................... 125.5 126.6 127.0 126.3 35.1 34.5 34.7 34.4 49.7 49.1 49.6 49.5

Maryland 3 ............................ 467.7 472.1 474.0 473.6 155.7 157.4 157.5 157.2 370.7 378.0 380.9 383.2

Massachusetts ...................... 574.7 575.2 574.3 574.2 220.3 218.7 219.4 219.9 445.8 454.3 455.7 455.0

Michigan ............................... 810.1 815.1 816.3 811.8 217.2 218.4 217.8 218.9 578.5 571.6 573.0 571.4

Minnesota ............................. 518.6 530.1 527.5 527.6 176.3 177.8 178.1 178.5 299.9 298.7 302.6 303.4

Mississippi ............................ 220.8 220.2 221.8 220.9 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Missouri ............................... 531.1 533.4 534.0 536.2 161.9 165.4 165.6 165.7 303.5 299.6 302.2 305.4

Montana ................................ 86.3 85.6 85.8 86.3 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 32.4 32.7 33.2 33.6

Nebraska 3 ........................... 194.3 198.5 199.1 200.9 62.8 63.4 63.8 64.3 93.3 94.8 94.9 95.9

Nevada ................................. 202.9 209.0 209.9 210.8 60.4 63.2 63.5 63.8 128.2 139.2 138.3 140.1

New Hampshire .................... 139.9 140.8 140.5 141.3 37.2 38.4 38.6 38.6 56.9 55.2 55.2 55.6

New Jersey ........................... 874.7 882.8 885.3 885.9 276.2 280.3 281.2 281.0 579.9 578.4 581.4 583.3

New Mexico .......................... 137.7 137.9 138.0 138.0 34.4 35.1 35.0 35.1 88.9 91.7 91.6 92.2

New York .............................. 1,477.0 1,484.5 1,487.8 1,488.4 699.4 706.2 707.5 709.0 1,052.1 1,057.0 1,058.4 1,061.4

North Carolina ...................... 721.5 718.3 723.6 724.1 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 424.2 430.9 435.3 438.0

North Dakota ........................ 72.6 72.5 73.1 73.2 18.8 18.8 18.6 18.9 23.9 23.9 24.0 24.1

Ohio ...................................... 1,038.2 1,033.9 1,032.1 1,033.4 312.3 313.5 313.7 313.1 619.4 627.2 633.7 638.4

Oklahoma ............................. 277.6 276.4 276.8 278.4 84.5 84.4 84.8 85.8 159.6 165.8 165.3 166.3

Oregon ................................. 317.7 327.9 329.6 330.6 95.9 98.1 98.3 98.0 174.4 180.1 181.7 181.0

Pennsylvania ........................ 1,119.9 1,126.7 1,126.5 1,128.5 337.1 335.2 334.9 335.2 628.2 644.8 648.5 649.1

Rhode Island ........................ 80.7 78.9 78.6 79.0 34.0 35.0 35.2 35.3 52.8 54.9 55.2 55.3

South Carolina ...................... 352.6 353.7 354.5 356.0 93.0 93.1 93.1 93.7 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

South Dakota ........................ 76.7 77.9 77.7 78.2 27.9 28.8 28.8 28.8 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Tennessee ............................ 585.4 592.0 592.6 593.2 141.2 144.0 144.0 143.4 296.6 305.5 306.9 304.5

Texas .................................... 1,936.9 1,959.0 1,955.8 1,957.4 591.2 599.9 600.3 601.0 1,076.3 1,097.3 1,103.1 1,107.9

Utah ...................................... 217.2 224.1 223.9 224.3 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 137.5 141.1 141.8 143.5

Vermont ................................ 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 21.0 21.2 21.2 21.2

Virginia .................................. 644.9 655.0 656.6 657.2 187.2 190.8 191.0 191.1 566.3 589.1 592.1 593.3

Washington ........................... 514.7 528.3 532.8 532.2 152.6 151.4 151.7 152.2 298.1 305.7 308.1 309.5

West Virginia ........................ 136.6 138.1 137.8 138.3 30.6 30.4 30.0 30.1 58.1 57.9 58.1 57.9

Wisconsin ............................. 536.8 540.3 540.6 539.8 157.9 156.9 157.7 158.3 248.8 247.3 248.3 250.5

Wyoming ............................... 49.3 49.6 49.8 50.0 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 15.2 15.1 15.4 15.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Mar.

2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p Mar.2004

Jan.

2005

Feb.

2005

Mar.

2005p

Alabama ............................... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 158.9 161.2 161.3 161.6 358.4 360.0 360.9 360.7

Alaska ................................... 34.5 35.3 35.6 35.9 29.7 30.2 30.2 30.2 81.4 81.8 81.7 81.9

Arizona ................................. 255.4 268.4 268.9 269.6 240.0 247.1 247.2 248.3 396.0 405.2 408.0 407.0

Arkansas ............................... 141.6 144.5 144.7 144.8 90.9 91.9 92.1 93.0 199.8 201.9 201.7 202.2

California .............................. 1,554.6 1,577.4 1,579.3 1,577.3 1,431.9 1,468.8 1,465.9 1,470.2 2,391.9 2,381.5 2,387.4 2,386.8

Colorado ............................... 216.8 222.2 222.8 223.5 249.2 253.3 254.4 257.0 357.0 362.0 364.3 363.8

Connecticut ........................... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 126.7 128.9 129.2 129.9 242.9 242.3 242.0 242.3

Delaware 3 ........................... 51.2 53.6 53.1 53.1 39.5 41.8 41.7 41.4 57.6 59.1 59.5 60.4

District of Columbia 3 ........... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 50.6 52.6 52.7 52.6 230.8 231.1 230.8 230.3

Florida .................................. 908.6 935.8 936.8 939.4 843.2 870.3 875.5 875.0 1,062.6 1,079.6 1,081.3 1,082.9

Georgia ................................ 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 356.4 359.5 360.5 361.6 633.5 642.0 646.1 646.7

Hawaii 3 ................................ 66.8 68.9 68.7 68.6 102.4 105.8 106.0 105.9 119.4 117.2 119.3 119.1

Idaho .................................... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 55.6 55.8 56.2 56.0 113.5 115.1 115.5 115.4

Illinois .................................... 725.4 729.8 728.9 730.6 503.5 517.9 519.0 519.3 845.1 845.6 843.6 844.4

Indiana .................................. 366.0 372.8 373.2 373.5 273.1 279.7 280.4 279.9 425.0 430.2 429.3 428.0

Iowa ...................................... 190.8 192.5 192.4 192.3 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 244.2 243.1 242.4 242.1

Kansas .................................. 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 108.7 111.9 112.3 112.6 250.1 248.6 255.8 255.6

Kentucky ............................... 229.8 232.0 232.5 232.1 160.3 162.5 163.7 165.1 310.2 309.4 308.4 308.5

Louisiana .............................. 250.6 252.1 253.0 254.0 203.0 206.4 205.2 207.0 381.2 382.5 382.6 382.4

Maine .................................... 110.3 112.5 112.6 112.6 58.5 60.5 60.3 59.9 104.4 105.1 104.6 104.8

Maryland 3 ............................ 345.2 352.7 352.9 353.7 223.1 232.2 235.5 236.9 464.2 461.4 462.2 462.4

Massachusetts ...................... 580.1 585.1 585.3 586.1 289.2 295.7 297.9 299.1 407.9 405.1 406.0 406.9

Michigan ............................... 554.5 555.0 553.7 552.9 403.3 402.8 405.6 404.9 681.6 687.4 687.3 684.8

Minnesota ............................. 373.0 379.3 382.0 382.4 233.6 238.1 238.6 238.2 410.9 414.4 411.4 411.8

Mississippi ............................ 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 124.5 125.5 127.2 126.0 242.8 243.9 244.5 244.9

Missouri ............................... 356.4 363.6 362.5 363.3 265.9 263.1 265.1 267.3 430.2 430.3 429.8 427.7

Montana ................................ 53.8 54.6 54.5 54.4 53.0 55.1 55.2 56.2 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.2

Nebraska 3 ........................... 124.7 128.9 127.4 126.3 77.0 81.2 80.1 80.5 159.5 160.3 160.0 159.8

Nevada ................................. 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 308.1 318.1 319.7 321.2 137.2 141.0 142.3 143.8

New Hampshire .................... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 63.2 65.0 65.5 66.3 90.3 93.1 90.1 90.7

New Jersey ........................... 542.9 555.7 557.8 558.2 323.1 333.2 333.7 332.7 629.1 641.7 640.6 640.7

New Mexico .......................... 101.3 104.6 104.7 104.7 82.5 83.2 83.1 83.2 197.7 200.5 201.1 201.5

New York .............................. 1,514.6 1,537.3 1,538.7 1,539.2 658.0 674.6 674.1 676.1 1,482.4 1,485.3 1,481.5 1,482.0

North Carolina ...................... 439.0 456.1 454.8 455.7 342.9 348.4 347.3 347.1 646.8 650.8 651.0 650.4

North Dakota ........................ 48.3 48.8 49.5 49.6 30.2 30.9 31.2 31.6 74.5 75.6 75.5 75.7

Ohio ...................................... 741.4 753.9 753.5 751.0 495.0 491.4 490.9 489.4 803.6 797.6 799.1 797.0

Oklahoma ............................. 178.7 181.2 180.9 180.9 128.5 131.9 131.9 130.5 298.3 305.2 307.9 306.8

Oregon ................................. 190.8 194.0 197.3 197.8 153.8 159.1 160.7 160.9 268.8 274.1 273.3 272.6

Pennsylvania ........................ 988.7 1,010.0 1,010.1 1,013.0 472.2 480.6 480.4 480.6 745.1 747.0 745.0 744.7

Rhode Island ........................ 92.4 94.2 94.6 95.0 49.0 50.8 50.8 51.2 65.8 65.6 65.7 65.7

South Carolina ...................... 180.1 167.9 167.5 167.3 198.4 210.4 210.4 208.9 323.6 328.9 329.6 330.7

South Dakota ........................ 56.4 56.9 57.3 57.1 40.5 41.0 41.4 42.2 74.5 75.0 74.9 75.3

Tennessee ............................ 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 252.3 258.1 259.2 256.2 413.3 414.3 411.6 412.9

Texas .................................... 1,140.4 1,160.0 1,161.7 1,164.2 877.2 893.2 893.9 895.8 1,648.2 1,666.2 1,664.0 1,661.9

Utah ...................................... 122.0 125.8 126.5 127.0 100.6 104.3 104.8 105.6 197.4 200.8 201.1 201.8

Vermont ................................ 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 52.2 53.0 52.8 52.7

Virginia .................................. 378.2 384.7 386.2 388.5 318.0 325.4 323.0 318.0 647.8 654.2 654.5 654.5

Washington ........................... 317.0 323.8 324.4 325.5 254.4 255.6 255.2 256.6 522.4 524.6 523.7 524.4

West Virginia ........................ 110.3 112.2 112.3 112.4 68.0 68.4 69.0 68.7 142.8 143.9 142.7 142.8

Wisconsin ............................. 372.7 382.5 381.7 383.2 249.4 248.7 248.9 249.4 410.6 418.9 413.3 412.4

Wyoming ............................... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 31.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 64.3 64.5 64.2 64.7

1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except

public administration, not shown separately. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal

component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected

from 2004 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Total Natural resources and mining Construction Manufacturing

February March February March February March February March

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

Alabama ............................... 1,872.4 1,910.6 1,886.6 1,921.4 12.2 12.8 12.2 12.8 101.2 105.4 103.0 106.4 286.7 292.6 287.5 293.2

Alaska ................................... 286.8 291.6 291.2 294.8 9.7 10.1 9.9 10.1 13.8 14.3 14.1 14.6 11.5 11.4 11.6 11.4

Arizona ................................. 2,339.1 2,437.0 2,357.8 2,449.2 7.9 8.9 7.9 9.0 180.6 198.3 183.0 201.7 175.2 176.4 175.7 176.6

Arkansas ............................... 1,142.5 1,156.3 1,152.9 1,166.9 6.9 7.2 6.9 7.3 47.8 49.5 49.7 51.2 202.7 202.5 202.9 202.7

California .............................. 14,327.1 14,581.1 14,440.1 14,668.5 21.6 21.7 21.7 21.7 797.5 851.3 810.8 862.7 1,515.9 1,523.5 1,524.4 1,528.2

Colorado ............................... 2,131.0 2,189.4 2,149.6 2,203.8 13.4 15.2 13.6 15.4 138.7 148.6 142.7 151.7 152.4 153.8 152.8 153.9

Connecticut ........................... 1,618.6 1,641.6 1,627.7 1,650.5 .6 .6 .7 .7 56.4 60.7 58.6 63.1 196.4 198.3 197.2 198.7

Delaware ............................. 412.6 422.5 417.4 426.6 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 24.1 26.2 25.1 26.8 35.0 34.4 35.0 34.7

District of Columbia .............. 665.1 669.9 670.7 674.8 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 11.9 11.7 12.2 11.9 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

Florida ................................... 7,415.8 7,671.6 7,482.1 7,728.1 7.2 6.7 7.2 6.8 471.0 505.3 479.9 510.7 385.1 388.4 387.7 389.9

Georgia ................................. 3,838.1 3,869.6 3,866.9 3,893.4 12.2 11.9 12.2 12.0 193.3 194.7 196.0 197.1 446.0 439.0 447.1 439.0

Hawaii .................................. 574.5 591.6 578.0 594.4 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 27.9 30.3 27.4 30.6 15.4 15.5 15.3 15.5

Idaho .................................... 564.1 581.1 571.9 588.7 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.4 33.5 36.4 35.4 38.5 60.4 60.4 60.7 60.7

Illinois .................................... 5,673.3 5,710.7 5,723.9 5,760.4 8.6 8.6 9.0 8.9 233.7 234.6 245.1 244.5 691.8 690.8 693.9 692.6

Indiana .................................. 2,857.3 2,929.5 2,891.0 2,947.4 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.9 129.6 139.6 136.5 144.6 565.3 572.5 567.0 574.1

Iowa ...................................... 1,419.7 1,433.8 1,433.0 1,446.9 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 55.6 56.7 59.7 59.3 218.5 222.3 219.2 223.1

Kansas .................................. 1,290.9 1,319.9 1,307.7 1,333.9 6.5 7.6 6.7 7.7 54.7 57.5 59.0 62.3 173.8 178.6 174.8 178.5

Kentucky ............................... 1,762.4 1,783.7 1,778.3 1,797.4 18.9 19.8 19.2 19.9 76.5 80.2 78.8 82.9 263.5 264.3 263.4 264.7

Louisiana .............................. 1,904.9 1,917.1 1,922.3 1,928.7 44.9 44.2 45.4 44.7 116.6 115.9 120.2 118.5 151.4 149.2 151.7 150.1

Maine .................................... 591.6 597.6 594.0 599.3 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 27.5 27.7 28.3 28.4 61.5 61.6 61.3 61.4

Maryland ............................... 2,451.5 2,506.1 2,485.1 2,530.2 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 165.1 169.8 170.9 173.0 141.7 140.0 142.1 140.0

Massachusetts ...................... 3,107.0 3,140.0 3,129.8 3,155.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.8 120.1 126.6 124.8 129.9 311.8 312.6 313.1 312.2

Michigan ............................... 4,309.2 4,319.6 4,335.3 4,322.1 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.6 163.4 165.7 167.4 167.9 696.7 684.7 700.6 679.4

Minnesota ............................. 2,601.3 2,648.9 2,612.8 2,660.4 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 103.5 105.2 105.8 107.1 334.5 343.1 335.0 344.6

Mississippi ............................ 1,113.3 1,129.2 1,120.9 1,131.7 8.5 8.6 8.8 8.5 47.0 48.0 47.7 48.1 178.4 178.0 179.1 178.6

Missouri ............................... 2,630.8 2,668.3 2,666.9 2,698.1 4.5 4.7 4.6 5.1 122.3 128.3 130.3 133.9 309.1 312.5 310.8 313.7

Montana ................................ 394.3 404.4 399.4 407.8 6.5 7.7 6.6 7.7 19.9 22.0 21.1 23.1 18.6 18.8 18.7 18.9

Nebraska .............................. 899.2 917.2 908.5 927.0 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 42.4 43.2 44.9 45.6 100.8 98.7 100.9 100.3

Nevada ................................. 1,108.3 1,184.3 1,122.0 1,197.9 9.1 10.1 9.2 10.2 105.2 125.0 107.5 127.4 44.5 46.5 44.9 46.8

New Hampshire .................... 609.2 621.9 615.4 625.2 .9 .9 .9 1.0 25.7 27.1 26.2 27.5 79.2 80.8 79.6 80.6

New Jersey ........................... 3,907.6 3,973.7 3,944.2 3,998.5 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 148.0 153.6 154.9 157.0 338.0 331.6 338.9 331.3

New Mexico .......................... 778.0 792.2 783.8 798.5 14.3 15.5 14.5 15.7 46.8 49.4 47.7 50.5 34.9 34.8 35.0 35.0

New York .............................. 8,289.9 8,370.1 8,363.9 8,424.0 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.2 283.7 286.6 293.6 293.1 594.8 581.5 599.2 582.2

North Carolina ...................... 3,749.9 3,812.9 3,786.5 3,840.1 6.8 6.1 6.9 6.2 205.0 216.2 210.1 218.2 574.6 573.4 575.9 573.3

North Dakota ........................ 328.2 335.3 330.6 337.7 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.7 13.0 13.7 13.7 13.8 23.3 24.4 23.5 24.7

Ohio ...................................... 5,292.7 5,335.0 5,342.6 5,365.2 11.3 11.2 11.5 11.5 205.6 209.3 216.0 216.9 817.9 820.5 820.4 821.3

Oklahoma ............................. 1,448.3 1,476.6 1,463.2 1,487.6 29.7 31.6 30.1 31.8 59.2 60.3 61.3 61.0 140.8 141.1 141.3 140.7

Oregon .................................. 1,546.8 1,611.2 1,562.6 1,621.2 9.0 9.5 9.2 9.5 74.2 81.8 76.2 83.5 192.2 200.3 193.0 201.1

Pennsylvania ........................ 5,530.4 5,596.6 5,582.2 5,640.2 17.2 17.4 17.7 17.7 219.4 224.3 230.7 231.6 684.6 679.9 686.1 680.9

Rhode Island ........................ 475.5 482.4 478.5 484.4 .2 .1 .2 .1 18.0 18.5 18.4 18.8 56.8 56.3 56.8 56.0

South Carolina ...................... 1,791.7 1,797.9 1,816.8 1,814.0 5.1 4.2 5.1 4.2 110.9 109.3 113.2 110.2 266.7 264.5 268.3 264.8

South Dakota ........................ 370.0 376.9 372.1 380.8 .7 .7 .7 .7 16.0 16.4 16.7 17.9 37.7 39.1 37.9 39.2

Tennessee ............................ 2,668.4 2,691.6 2,678.9 2,706.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 111.2 113.4 113.7 116.0 407.6 408.8 408.9 409.9

Texas .................................... 9,368.7 9,499.0 9,430.8 9,555.5 149.4 153.6 150.7 154.7 535.7 536.1 542.1 543.4 884.6 883.7 885.5 885.1

Utah ...................................... 1,077.7 1,118.5 1,086.2 1,126.5 6.6 7.4 6.6 7.4 63.8 70.1 66.1 71.8 112.1 115.5 112.6 115.7

Vermont ................................ 300.6 306.1 300.1 305.8 .8 .8 .8 .8 13.8 14.7 13.9 14.9 36.5 36.9 36.3 37.0

Virginia .................................. 3,495.8 3,587.2 3,535.3 3,612.6 10.1 10.0 10.2 10.0 215.4 228.3 221.4 232.8 296.9 297.4 298.0 297.8

Washington ........................... 2,633.7 2,692.7 2,659.7 2,715.0 8.4 8.8 8.3 8.7 151.0 157.7 155.5 162.2 257.4 261.7 258.9 262.4

West Virginia ........................ 717.5 727.5 727.8 733.9 22.1 24.5 22.5 24.2 29.2 32.3 31.7 34.0 62.9 62.2 62.8 62.3

Wisconsin ............................. 2,727.3 2,760.3 2,744.3 2,776.1 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.1 107.6 113.5 110.9 115.3 492.6 498.4 494.5 500.9

Wyoming ............................... 244.3 250.5 246.9 252.3 19.0 21.6 19.1 21.6 16.6 16.8 17.2 17.0 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.4

Puerto Rico ........................... 1,027.9 1,040.6 1,033.7 1,041.9 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 69.2 69.8 70.0 69.0 118.5 117.4 118.6 117.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

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

February March February March February March February March

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

Alabama ............................... 370.4 376.3 374.2 378.5 31.2 30.8 31.3 30.8 95.9 94.9 96.2 95.1 188.8 201.5 191.3 203.6

Alaska ................................... 57.0 58.1 58.0 59.0 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.8 14.0 14.3 14.1 14.4 21.9 22.1 22.4 22.5

Arizona ................................. 453.1 474.1 455.0 474.8 48.5 45.7 48.8 46.0 161.2 165.7 162.2 166.6 322.7 341.4 327.5 343.6

Arkansas ............................... 237.6 239.0 239.3 240.9 20.3 20.2 20.3 20.2 50.3 51.3 50.5 51.5 105.2 107.1 106.5 108.2

California .............................. 2,691.9 2,730.5 2,706.8 2,738.0 490.7 483.2 487.8 490.0 890.2 914.3 894.6 916.2 2,049.7 2,115.5 2,073.0 2,126.3

Colorado ............................... 397.7 406.7 399.3 407.5 82.8 76.8 82.6 77.0 153.8 156.8 154.2 157.2 285.6 298.0 289.3 301.6

Connecticut ........................... 301.0 307.1 302.3 308.8 38.8 39.2 38.9 39.3 139.6 140.3 139.8 140.6 191.3 193.5 193.4 195.5

Delaware ............................. 78.1 79.7 78.7 79.9 7.2 6.7 7.3 6.7 44.1 44.3 44.3 44.2 61.2 62.4 61.8 62.9

District of Columbia .............. 27.7 27.5 28.1 27.5 24.1 22.8 24.2 22.9 30.1 30.5 30.2 30.6 139.5 141.6 140.9 143.0

Florida ................................... 1,480.2 1,515.3 1,487.0 1,523.0 167.5 168.3 168.6 169.2 493.5 506.2 496.9 507.3 1,253.7 1,337.9 1,270.2 1,352.4

Georgia ................................. 813.9 811.8 820.0 816.6 118.1 117.4 118.4 117.6 215.9 218.6 216.4 219.3 498.3 512.6 504.8 515.6

Hawaii .................................. 108.8 114.3 109.1 114.4 10.1 11.2 10.4 11.1 28.5 29.1 28.6 29.2 70.1 71.7 70.6 72.1

Idaho .................................... 113.5 115.3 114.7 116.3 9.2 10.1 9.3 10.3 27.0 28.0 27.4 28.2 68.1 72.2 69.8 74.1

Illinois .................................... 1,153.2 1,156.7 1,159.7 1,162.7 122.1 117.4 121.8 117.2 396.2 396.8 398.0 398.7 762.3 782.7 771.0 794.0

Indiana .................................. 561.1 570.5 565.9 573.1 40.4 40.3 40.9 40.4 138.6 140.1 138.9 140.5 251.7 264.8 256.7 267.4

Iowa ...................................... 296.8 299.2 298.6 300.9 33.3 33.9 33.4 34.0 95.4 97.5 95.4 97.7 104.3 103.8 105.3 105.0

Kansas .................................. 256.9 255.4 257.9 256.9 42.7 41.3 42.5 41.4 69.0 70.0 69.6 70.1 121.5 127.4 124.5 129.4

Kentucky ............................... 364.6 367.4 367.4 369.6 29.0 28.1 29.0 28.1 86.5 84.6 87.0 84.8 154.8 160.8 156.5 162.6

Louisiana .............................. 376.0 377.1 379.4 380.4 29.4 28.4 29.3 28.3 101.8 103.3 102.2 103.6 182.9 186.1 185.0 184.8

Maine .................................... 119.8 121.3 119.7 120.6 11.4 11.8 11.4 11.7 35.0 34.3 34.9 34.1 48.2 48.0 48.4 48.2

Maryland ............................... 456.2 461.4 460.0 463.7 49.6 50.6 50.5 50.9 153.9 156.0 154.9 156.0 359.5 372.9 366.6 378.5

Massachusetts ...................... 561.4 562.6 563.0 563.2 86.8 84.2 87.5 84.2 218.6 218.1 218.9 218.4 431.6 442.5 435.6 445.6

Michigan ............................... 789.9 797.0 792.0 796.3 68.3 65.7 68.5 65.6 214.0 216.0 215.1 217.0 563.2 559.1 565.1 559.9

Minnesota ............................. 506.0 516.3 507.0 517.1 60.5 58.2 60.7 57.7 174.6 177.0 174.6 177.7 290.6 295.4 292.8 298.8

Mississippi ............................ 217.0 219.6 218.6 219.5 14.8 14.4 14.8 14.4 45.4 46.3 45.6 46.0 80.9 84.5 81.4 85.5

Missouri ............................... 519.7 525.9 524.7 529.9 65.2 63.7 65.3 63.7 159.8 165.0 160.4 165.4 296.8 297.5 302.4 302.0

Montana ................................ 83.6 83.7 84.3 84.1 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.7 20.7 21.1 20.8 21.2 31.0 32.2 31.6 32.6

Nebraska .............................. 189.8 196.4 191.2 198.2 21.3 21.6 21.3 21.6 62.1 63.5 62.6 63.8 90.8 93.5 91.9 95.3

Nevada ................................. 197.5 205.7 199.1 206.9 14.6 14.3 14.5 14.3 59.7 62.9 60.1 63.4 126.4 137.8 127.8 139.5

New Hampshire .................... 135.2 137.7 136.3 138.2 12.3 12.7 12.4 12.7 36.7 38.3 37.1 38.2 54.6 54.2 55.6 54.6

New Jersey ........................... 859.3 871.0 863.2 873.6 98.7 96.2 99.6 96.4 272.7 279.3 273.6 279.5 562.7 569.7 572.1 579.3

New Mexico .......................... 135.4 135.5 136.2 136.2 15.2 13.9 15.0 13.9 34.1 34.8 34.4 34.9 87.6 90.4 88.6 91.4

New York .............................. 1,443.6 1,462.1 1,452.1 1,465.5 268.1 267.9 269.7 269.9 692.7 702.8 695.5 704.3 1,025.8 1,038.0 1,038.2 1,048.8

North Carolina ...................... 706.9 710.6 712.6 714.7 72.5 70.0 72.8 70.4 189.8 192.0 190.5 193.0 416.9 432.6 421.7 435.6

North Dakota ........................ 71.0 71.9 71.3 72.2 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.6 18.6 18.5 18.7 18.8 23.3 23.7 23.4 23.8

Ohio ...................................... 1,015.1 1,011.4 1,021.0 1,016.3 93.0 91.6 92.9 91.2 310.5 311.5 311.3 310.7 601.1 624.2 608.6 630.8

Oklahoma ............................. 272.3 272.3 275.2 275.5 31.6 30.9 31.4 31.1 83.3 84.4 83.9 85.3 155.8 161.9 157.0 165.0

Oregon .................................. 309.1 322.2 310.9 324.4 32.8 33.5 32.6 33.9 94.4 97.1 94.9 96.7 168.1 175.5 171.0 176.7

Pennsylvania ........................ 1,098.1 1,107.7 1,104.0 1,113.2 113.2 109.4 113.2 109.7 334.8 332.5 335.8 333.6 610.9 632.6 619.2 640.3

Rhode Island ........................ 78.9 77.3 78.8 77.3 11.0 10.8 11.1 10.7 33.8 34.9 33.8 34.9 50.3 52.8 50.9 53.4

South Carolina ...................... 345.4 349.5 349.8 353.3 26.5 26.3 26.5 26.1 91.0 92.6 92.0 93.5 187.4 183.3 191.8 184.0

South Dakota ........................ 74.4 75.7 74.7 76.3 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.6 27.6 28.6 27.8 28.7 23.5 23.2 23.1 23.6

Tennessee ............................ 574.8 582.2 580.0 586.6 49.9 48.4 49.7 48.2 140.4 142.7 140.8 142.5 291.8 302.8 294.5 302.7

Texas .................................... 1,909.1 1,934.3 1,919.2 1,941.0 225.7 226.4 227.4 226.2 587.4 596.7 588.9 598.5 1,061.7 1,088.0 1,070.1 1,098.4

Utah ...................................... 213.1 219.8 213.6 220.3 30.0 30.9 30.1 31.3 64.2 66.7 64.2 66.6 133.6 139.7 134.7 141.2

Vermont ................................ 57.4 58.1 57.5 57.9 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.3 13.1 13.4 13.1 13.5 20.0 20.5 20.3 20.6

Virginia .................................. 630.2 644.3 633.3 647.1 100.7 100.7 101.2 101.1 185.0 189.7 186.0 190.3 556.7 583.9 563.7 589.9

Washington ........................... 500.9 519.4 504.1 521.8 91.7 92.3 92.1 92.4 150.2 150.2 151.4 151.1 290.0 302.2 294.3 306.2

West Virginia ........................ 133.3 134.9 134.2 135.8 11.7 11.9 12.0 11.9 30.1 29.5 30.4 29.8 57.2 57.3 57.6 57.5

Wisconsin ............................. 522.5 527.6 524.7 528.6 49.8 50.3 49.9 51.0 156.5 156.9 156.7 157.3 241.0 239.9 243.3 243.2

Wyoming ............................... 47.4 48.1 47.6 48.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 10.2 10.4 10.3 10.5 14.3 14.7 14.4 14.9

Puerto Rico ........................... 181.2 181.9 181.3 181.4 21.4 22.9 21.5 23.0 46.3 46.3 46.7 46.5 102.2 102.1 103.9 102.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

February March February March February March February March

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

Alabama ............................... 189.4 195.0 190.0 195.5 153.5 156.6 157.2 160.1 81.4 80.5 81.8 80.8 361.7 364.2 361.9 364.6

Alaska ................................... 34.2 35.2 34.5 35.6 25.3 26.0 25.9 26.4 10.8 11.2 10.9 11.0 81.8 82.2 83.0 83.0

Arizona ................................. 255.2 269.7 256.5 270.2 239.5 248.9 244.9 253.5 89.1 88.9 89.6 89.8 406.1 419.0 406.7 417.4

Arkansas ............................... 141.4 144.8 142.3 145.5 86.4 88.5 89.5 91.7 40.7 40.8 41.0 41.1 203.2 205.4 204.0 206.6

California .............................. 1,558.3 1,584.0 1,569.7 1,590.4 1,400.7 1,441.6 1,418.0 1,455.2 499.7 506.6 504.7 511.2 2,410.9 2,408.9 2,428.6 2,428.6

Colorado ............................... 216.0 223.2 217.1 223.7 245.5 254.1 249.7 258.2 85.7 87.7 86.1 88.2 359.4 368.5 362.2 369.4

Connecticut ........................... 268.2 272.7 267.0 271.1 117.5 120.8 119.2 122.8 61.4 62.2 61.8 62.5 247.4 246.2 248.8 247.4

Delaware ............................. 51.1 53.1 51.4 53.5 35.3 37.8 36.1 38.6 18.7 18.5 18.9 18.4 57.8 59.4 58.8 60.9

District of Columbia .............. 94.2 94.9 94.9 95.1 49.0 50.9 50.3 52.5 57.5 59.2 58.0 59.7 228.6 228.4 229.4 229.2

Florida ................................... 908.8 937.9 913.1 942.0 850.7 882.1 869.4 898.5 320.3 325.1 321.5 325.8 1,077.8 1,098.4 1,080.6 1,102.5

Georgia ................................. 404.1 411.4 405.4 412.8 344.6 348.7 352.0 356.6 154.9 153.0 156.5 154.4 636.8 650.5 638.1 652.4

Hawaii .................................. 66.6 68.8 67.1 69.1 102.1 105.8 102.6 106.0 24.1 23.9 24.4 24.2 120.9 121.0 122.5 122.2

Idaho .................................... 64.0 66.8 64.6 67.2 53.0 53.7 53.8 54.2 17.8 18.1 18.1 18.4 114.1 116.4 114.9 117.4

Illinois .................................... 723.9 728.6 727.3 733.3 473.3 490.4 483.5 499.3 256.0 255.7 258.0 256.6 852.2 848.4 856.6 852.6

Indiana .................................. 367.3 377.1 369.5 377.4 255.3 267.4 262.5 271.2 106.7 110.4 107.8 111.0 434.6 440.0 438.3 440.8

Iowa ...................................... 193.0 194.8 194.3 196.1 117.3 121.9 120.3 124.9 55.5 55.2 55.9 56.2 248.4 246.7 249.0 247.7

Kansas .................................. 158.3 161.6 159.3 161.8 103.2 107.9 105.7 109.6 52.3 53.4 52.7 53.8 252.0 259.2 255.0 262.4

Kentucky ............................... 229.2 232.5 230.1 232.4 149.7 155.6 155.0 160.0 77.0 78.5 77.6 79.0 312.7 311.9 314.3 313.4

Louisiana .............................. 249.8 253.3 250.5 254.6 197.6 201.8 201.7 205.6 70.4 71.9 71.0 72.3 384.1 385.9 385.9 385.8

Maine .................................... 110.3 113.1 111.0 113.4 48.3 49.6 48.9 50.2 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.8 107.3 107.8 107.8 108.7

Maryland ............................... 343.9 353.4 345.9 355.1 204.4 216.8 211.3 223.3 112.6 114.7 113.6 115.9 464.6 470.5 469.3 473.8

Massachusetts ...................... 584.8 591.0 588.0 593.2 262.8 273.7 267.5 277.7 114.5 114.5 115.6 115.5 413.0 412.5 414.2 413.8

Michigan ............................... 552.5 556.6 555.8 556.3 375.9 381.4 381.3 384.1 176.7 176.5 177.8 177.0 701.2 709.5 704.1 711.0

Minnesota ............................. 374.1 384.2 375.7 386.3 216.9 224.3 219.4 226.3 116.1 116.8 117.3 117.7 418.9 422.8 418.9 421.4

Mississippi ............................ 118.9 122.2 119.2 121.8 121.0 123.8 123.0 124.6 37.8 37.1 37.7 37.7 243.6 246.7 245.0 247.0

Missouri ............................... 355.9 362.8 356.9 364.1 243.0 249.2 252.5 258.4 117.1 119.1 118.2 120.3 437.4 439.6 440.8 441.6

Montana ................................ 53.7 54.8 54.3 54.8 49.3 52.2 50.1 53.3 16.4 16.8 16.6 16.9 87.0 87.3 87.6 87.5

Nebraska .............................. 125.0 127.6 125.7 127.3 72.7 76.6 74.5 78.2 34.3 34.9 34.6 34.9 160.0 161.2 160.9 161.8

Nevada ................................. 78.0 82.8 78.9 83.5 303.2 316.4 306.5 319.9 32.1 38.4 33.2 39.0 138.0 144.4 140.3 147.0

New Hampshire .................... 94.5 96.4 94.9 97.1 57.9 60.5 58.2 61.3 20.4 20.0 20.6 20.0 91.8 93.3 93.6 94.0

New Jersey ........................... 539.9 557.0 543.6 559.6 299.2 308.9 303.5 312.7 151.4 155.5 152.2 156.6 636.3 649.6 641.1 651.1

New Mexico .......................... 102.4 106.0 102.4 106.2 79.7 80.3 81.1 81.7 28.1 28.5 28.2 28.6 199.5 203.1 200.7 204.4

New York .............................. 1,523.0 1,548.1 1,535.8 1,558.1 613.3 632.6 624.3 642.7 346.8 351.6 350.1 353.9 1,493.5 1,493.9 1,500.4 1,500.3

North Carolina ...................... 435.6 454.3 438.8 458.1 322.2 326.2 330.9 334.6 164.1 167.0 166.1 168.7 655.5 664.5 660.2 667.3

North Dakota ........................ 47.9 49.4 48.1 49.6 28.7 30.0 29.2 30.7 15.0 14.8 15.0 14.9 76.6 77.7 76.8 77.9

Ohio ...................................... 741.5 756.6 744.1 755.7 457.8 460.6 470.1 469.3 223.6 225.9 226.4 227.0 815.3 812.2 820.3 814.5

Oklahoma ............................. 177.9 181.6 178.8 181.8 122.6 126.4 126.5 127.6 73.3 73.5 74.1 74.8 301.8 312.6 303.6 313.0

Oregon .................................. 191.8 199.7 193.1 199.5 145.9 154.2 148.8 156.9 56.2 58.1 57.0 59.1 273.1 279.3 275.9 279.9

Pennsylvania ........................ 996.0 1,019.2 1,002.0 1,024.4 438.5 449.7 447.5 458.2 257.6 261.5 260.9 264.2 760.1 762.4 765.1 766.4

Rhode Island ........................ 93.3 95.8 94.4 96.6 44.1 46.4 44.3 46.9 22.8 23.0 22.9 22.9 66.3 66.5 66.9 66.8

South Carolina ...................... 179.5 167.8 180.2 168.1 185.5 198.4 193.6 204.9 65.6 66.1 66.5 66.5 328.1 335.9 329.8 338.4

South Dakota ........................ 56.5 57.5 56.7 57.5 36.3 37.6 36.9 38.4 15.6 16.0 15.7 16.0 74.9 75.4 75.1 75.9

Tennessee ............................ 316.5 323.1 318.6 324.8 237.6 245.1 244.7 248.5 101.5 101.9 102.8 101.7 433.1 419.2 421.1 421.2

Texas .................................... 1,135.8 1,161.0 1,141.1 1,165.4 851.4 870.2 870.9 887.8 353.5 358.5 358.8 363.7 1,674.4 1,690.5 1,676.1 1,691.3

Utah ...................................... 122.9 127.6 123.8 128.1 99.4 103.6 100.9 105.5 32.0 32.7 32.5 33.3 200.0 204.5 201.1 205.3

Vermont ................................ 52.7 54.2 53.1 54.3 35.5 35.9 34.4 35.0 10.1 10.1 10.0 10.2 54.3 55.2 54.3 55.3

Virginia .................................. 379.1 390.4 383.0 393.1 294.4 300.8 304.8 306.6 176.6 180.5 178.3 181.4 650.7 661.2 655.4 662.5

Washington ........................... 316.9 325.6 318.7 327.4 241.6 244.0 247.0 248.6 98.0 100.1 99.1 100.8 527.6 530.7 530.3 533.4

West Virginia ........................ 110.0 112.5 111.0 112.7 64.3 65.9 65.7 66.4 54.7 54.4 55.2 54.9 142.0 142.1 144.7 144.4

Wisconsin ............................. 371.3 383.3 372.0 383.9 229.4 232.7 232.6 235.9 133.1 133.0 134.4 133.7 420.3 421.8 422.0 423.2

Wyoming ............................... 21.1 21.9 21.2 21.6 28.2 29.0 28.8 29.0 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.7 64.6 64.8 65.3 65.9

Puerto Rico ........................... 98.7 100.3 99.8 102.2 70.2 70.9 70.9 71.1 20.5 22.5 20.8 22.7 299.7 306.5 300.2 306.6

1 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from

2004 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional

and will be revised when new information becomes available.