For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, April 27, 2016 USDL-16-0821 

Technical information: 

Employment: (202) 691-6559 • sminfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/sae 

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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — MARCH 2016

Unemployment rates were lower in March than a year earlier in 270 of the 387 metropolitan 

areas, higher in 98 areas, and unchanged in 19 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 

today. Ten areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 11 areas had rates of at least 10.0 

percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 332 metropolitan areas, 

decreased in 51 areas, and was unchanged in 4 areas. The national unemployment rate in March 

was 5.1 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 5.6 percent a year earlier. 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Ames, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, S.D., had the lowest unemployment rates in March, 2.4 percent 

each. El Centro, Calif., had the highest unemployment rate, 18.6 percent. A total of 195 areas 

had March jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 5.1 percent, 181 areas had rates above it, and 11 

areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1 and map 1.) 

El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decreases in 

March (-4.1 percentage points each). Three other areas had rate declines of at least 2.0 

percentage points. The largest over-the-year rate increase occurred in Casper, Wyo. (+2.6 

percentage points), followed by Odessa, Texas (+2.2 points). 

Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Austin-Round 

Rock, Texas, had the lowest unemployment rate in March, 3.1 percent. Chicago-NapervilleElgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., had the highest rate among the large areas, 6.6 percent. Thirty-six large 

areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, 11 had increases, and 4 had no change. 

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif., and Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark., had the largest rate 

decreases (-1.7 percentage points each). The largest over-the-year rate increases occurred in 

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+0.6 

percentage point each).
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Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 38 metropolitan divisions, which 

are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In March, San Francisco-Redwood 

City-South San Francisco, Calif., and San Rafael, Calif., had the lowest unemployment rates 

among the divisions, 3.2 percent each. Gary, Ind., had the highest division rate, 7.5 percent. (See 

table 2.) 

In March, 33 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases and 5 had 

increases. The largest decline occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. 

(-2.1 percentage points). The largest over-the-year rate increase occurred in Elgin, Ill. 

(+0.8 percentage point). 

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In March, 332 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 

51 had decreases, and 4 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases 

occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+193,200), Los Angeles-Long 

Beach-Anaheim, Calif. (+145,300), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+129,900). The 

largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Ocean City, N.J. (+9.5 percent), 

followed by Madera, Calif. (+7.5 percent), and St. George, Utah (+6.2 percent). (See table 3 and 

map 2.) 

The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Lafayette, La. (-9,300), HoumaThibodaux, La. (-6,500), and Odessa, Texas (-4,100). The largest over-the-year percentage 

decreases in employment occurred in Casper, Wyo. (-7.2 percent), Houma-Thibodaux, La. 

(-6.6 percent), and Odessa, Texas (-5.3 percent). 

 

Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 50 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census 

population of 1 million or more and fell in Rochester, N.Y. (-0.5 percent). The largest over-theyear percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Richmond, 

Va. (+4.5 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. (+4.3 percent), and AustinRound Rock, Texas (+4.1 percent). 

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In March, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 37 of the 38 metropolitan divisions over the 

year and was unchanged in Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, Mass. The largest over-the-year increase 

in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in New York-Jersey City-White 

Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (+154,800), followed by Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+112,600), and Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (+97,700). (See table 4.) 

The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions 

occurred in Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, Mass.-N.H. (+5.3 percent), followed by 

Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+4.8 percent), and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. 

(+4.3 percent). 
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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for April is

scheduled to be released on Friday, May 20, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Metropolitan 

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

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

program (tables 1 and 2) for 387 metropolitan statistical areas 

and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas 

(NECTAs), plus 7 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 38 

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 federalstate cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures 

employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. 

The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 

16 years of age and older. Employed persons are those who did 

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

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

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

working who had a job from which they were temporarily 

absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labormanagement dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons 

are those who were not employed during the reference week 

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

sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference week, 

and were currently available for work; persons on layoff 

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

unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of 

unemployed as a percent of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using 

time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national 

CPS totals. Model-based estimates are also produced for the 

following areas and their respective balances: the ChicagoNaperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division; 

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; DetroitWarren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; MiamiMiami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; and SeattleBellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. Modeling 

improves the statistical basis of the estimation for these areas 

and provides important tools for analysis, such as measures of 

errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all other substate 

areas in this release, estimates are prepared through indirect 

estimation procedures using a building-block approach. 

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 insurance (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 

beginning of each year, usually implemented with the issuance 

of January estimates. The adjusted model-based estimates 

typically reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census 

Bureau, any revisions in other input data sources, and model reestimation. All substate estimates then are re-estimated using 

updated inputs and adjusted to add to the revised model-based 

totals. In early 2015, a new generation of time-series models 

was implemented, resulting in the replacement of data back to 

the series beginnings. At the same time, enhancements were 

made to the substate estimation methodology, and more timely 

inputs from the American Community Survey were 

incorporated. 

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

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

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, the sample of 

establishments is very small or highly variable. In these cases, 

a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models 
use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined 

with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease 

volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot 

Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the 

industry level being estimated. For more detailed information 

about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted for states, metropolitan areas, and 

metropolitan divisions at the total nonfarm level. For states, 

data are seasonally adjusted at the supersector level as well 

Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years are made 

once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. 

The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals 

shown in the same tables because of rounding. Unemployment 

rates are computed from unrounded data and thus may differ 

slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed 

in the tables. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Measures of 

sampling error are not available for metropolitan areas or 

metropolitan divisions. Model-based error measures for states 

are available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error 

are not available for the areas contained in this release. 

Information on recent data revisions for states and local areas 

is available online at www.bls.gov/lau/launews1.htm.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are 

available for metropolitan areas or metropolitan divisions upon 

request. Measures of sampling error for states down to the 

supersector level are available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling 

error are not available for the areas contained in this release. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online 

at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2016.pdf. 

Area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the 

delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and 

Budget on February 28, 2013. Data reflect New England City 

and Town Area (NECTA) definitions, rather than county-based 

definitions, in the six New England States. A detailed list of the 

geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Additional information

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor 

force and unemployment data for states, census regions and 

divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news 

release Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, 

metropolitan 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 

Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES 

program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

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

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

 
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,131,570 2,147,743 2,135,802 2,156,616 131,615 138,234 125,880 132,872 6.2 6.4 5.9 6.2

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . 46,214 46,158 46,062 46,228 3,219 3,303 3,090 3,238 7.0 7.2 6.7 7.0

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,215 72,146 71,373 72,151 3,567 3,928 3,421 3,864 5.0 5.4 4.8 5.4

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529,483 534,610 527,501 533,353 29,335 31,788 27,863 30,879 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.8

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,571 86,644 86,428 88,967 5,051 5,287 4,682 4,959 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.6

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,661 68,637 68,590 68,967 4,405 4,455 4,163 4,252 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.2

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,863 61,839 62,280 62,401 3,937 3,999 3,733 3,823 6.4 6.5 6.0 6.1

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,699 66,296 65,950 66,631 5,013 4,867 4,698 4,544 7.6 7.3 7.1 6.8

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,639 43,837 42,668 43,692 2,683 2,849 2,565 2,724 6.3 6.5 6.0 6.2

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,339 209,774 207,614 210,307 11,711 11,870 11,205 11,437 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.4

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,850 182,999 182,993 184,539 12,531 13,398 12,137 12,853 6.9 7.3 6.6 7.0

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,112 168,723 167,781 168,590 9,967 10,247 9,585 9,869 5.9 6.1 5.7 5.9

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,058 113,413 111,354 113,487 6,060 6,853 5,938 6,698 5.5 6.0 5.3 5.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,580 356,996 360,272 356,048 26,620 27,521 25,525 26,069 7.4 7.7 7.1 7.3

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,615 201,668 202,161 200,673 12,495 13,407 12,203 12,753 6.2 6.6 6.0 6.4

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,736 44,958 45,794 45,098 2,867 2,964 2,651 2,826 6.3 6.6 5.8 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,133,491 3,218,024 3,131,692 3,229,454 193,087 166,531 188,589 164,059 6.2 5.2 6.0 5.1

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,229 72,641 71,815 72,965 4,913 4,363 4,739 4,105 6.9 6.0 6.6 5.6

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . 78,938 79,589 78,991 79,953 6,845 5,619 6,546 5,448 8.7 7.1 8.3 6.8

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,151,350 2,218,623 2,148,746 2,225,322 115,638 100,907 113,737 100,572 5.4 4.5 5.3 4.5

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,765 99,850 97,093 100,790 5,695 4,954 5,535 4,877 5.9 5.0 5.7 4.8

Sierra Vista-Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,273 49,510 50,388 50,282 3,933 3,196 3,821 3,170 7.8 6.5 7.6 6.3

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466,504 479,256 465,199 478,385 25,730 22,873 25,346 22,697 5.5 4.8 5.4 4.7

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,360 89,546 90,221 91,437 16,973 13,566 16,181 12,658 19.0 15.1 17.9 13.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315,170 1,353,789 1,319,136 1,359,339 80,002 63,908 74,931 54,674 6.1 4.7 5.7 4.0

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . 247,269 262,600 248,450 263,576 10,964 8,787 10,364 7,603 4.4 3.3 4.2 2.9

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,181 122,336 120,360 122,827 7,417 6,292 7,090 5,636 6.2 5.1 5.9 4.6

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,381 40,705 39,606 41,081 2,546 2,011 2,396 1,734 6.5 4.9 6.0 4.2

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,683 62,552 59,936 62,901 3,353 2,577 3,128 2,183 5.6 4.1 5.2 3.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . 341,951 353,053 341,891 353,453 18,480 14,691 17,341 12,702 5.4 4.2 5.1 3.6

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,852 36,842 36,776 36,930 2,911 2,320 2,700 2,002 7.9 6.3 7.3 5.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,961,776 19,038,779 18,949,567 19,028,171 1,300,871 1,080,055 1,266,911 1,057,110 6.9 5.7 6.7 5.6

Bakersfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395,715 395,140 387,351 389,425 44,481 43,300 45,493 45,183 11.2 11.0 11.7 11.6

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,090 101,649 101,872 101,395 8,204 7,261 7,974 7,288 8.0 7.1 7.8 7.2

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,418 77,828 76,937 76,025 17,249 15,419 17,478 14,155 22.3 19.8 22.7 18.6

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443,624 444,027 444,646 446,627 52,257 46,362 52,035 47,387 11.8 10.4 11.7 10.6

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,991 58,405 58,150 58,194 7,156 6,616 7,143 6,617 12.3 11.3 12.3 11.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . 6,642,714 6,625,958 6,624,900 6,614,976 450,040 342,405 433,477 315,216 6.8 5.2 6.5 4.8

Madera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,537 62,488 60,433 61,408 7,335 6,178 7,436 6,425 11.7 9.9 12.3 10.5

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,080 115,527 114,980 115,463 15,964 14,462 15,528 14,442 13.9 12.5 13.5 12.5

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242,205 242,199 242,984 243,347 26,254 22,606 26,001 23,404 10.8 9.3 10.7 9.6

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,492 74,554 73,713 74,592 3,803 3,348 3,612 3,271 5.2 4.5 4.9 4.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . 434,168 432,237 434,686 432,342 25,728 22,083 24,872 21,468 5.9 5.1 5.7 5.0

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,445 74,054 74,519 74,173 6,808 5,736 6,607 5,900 9.1 7.7 8.9 8.0

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . 1,959,281 1,973,686 1,959,850 1,974,773 136,047 113,851 133,250 113,808 6.9 5.8 6.8 5.8

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade. . . 1,057,328 1,061,592 1,059,173 1,061,882 67,553 56,942 65,741 57,760 6.4 5.4 6.2 5.4

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,978 213,438 212,059 215,138 24,987 23,105 22,543 22,533 12.0 10.8 10.6 10.5

San Diego-Carlsbad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,558,012 1,567,077 1,558,003 1,569,731 85,870 73,286 84,214 73,799 5.5 4.7 5.4 4.7

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . 2,486,538 2,520,209 2,492,020 2,519,145 113,210 95,852 110,939 96,487 4.6 3.8 4.5 3.8

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . 1,040,895 1,060,182 1,040,603 1,058,196 47,649 40,771 46,645 41,065 4.6 3.8 4.5 3.9

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo

Grande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,671 144,376 143,967 144,464 7,224 6,218 6,960 6,172 5.0 4.3 4.8 4.3

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,124 143,283 144,352 144,003 14,098 12,605 13,700 12,643 9.9 8.8 9.5 8.8

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara. . . . . . . . . . . . 219,063 220,410 220,604 222,403 13,433 12,241 12,454 11,696 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.3

Santa Rosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,610 261,151 258,974 261,722 12,848 10,727 12,471 10,779 5.0 4.1 4.8 4.1

Stockton-Lodi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314,892 317,038 314,851 318,015 31,782 27,686 31,016 28,085 10.1 8.7 9.9 8.8

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,385 207,795 205,679 206,921 13,907 11,580 13,553 11,698 6.8 5.6 6.6 5.7

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,886 204,554 202,669 202,895 27,192 24,815 27,290 25,085 13.3 12.1 13.5 12.4

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,144 72,492 73,011 73,178 8,960 7,850 8,765 8,084 12.4 10.8 12.0 11.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819,395 2,869,557 2,815,057 2,874,645 132,489 95,252 129,458 100,838 4.7 3.3 4.6 3.5

Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,641 178,422 175,990 178,764 6,898 4,830 6,497 5,103 3.9 2.7 3.7 2.9

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317,102 321,168 316,380 322,810 17,782 12,367 17,510 13,032 5.6 3.9 5.5 4.0

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495,693 1,518,725 1,491,624 1,526,056 67,126 47,301 65,424 50,162 4.5 3.1 4.4 3.3

Fort Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,135 183,275 177,272 183,689 7,349 5,373 6,978 5,637 4.1 2.9 3.9 3.1

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,073 72,120 72,262 72,629 4,511 3,927 4,620 4,273 6.3 5.4 6.4 5.9

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,561 149,356 148,116 149,435 6,489 5,169 6,437 5,496 4.4 3.5 4.3 3.7

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,110 72,427 72,050 72,779 4,785 3,419 4,887 3,609 6.6 4.7 6.8 5.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880,162 1,878,896 1,881,804 1,894,143 122,447 112,608 115,209 117,318 6.5 6.0 6.1 6.2

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . 462,057 461,926 462,104 467,087 29,024 26,847 27,347 28,069 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.0

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,710 106,260 105,967 107,307 5,609 5,446 5,288 5,630 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.2

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . 615,458 614,790 616,943 619,350 39,784 36,675 37,551 38,317 6.5 6.0 6.1 6.2

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322,143 320,396 321,786 322,041 20,601 18,855 19,410 19,747 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.1

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Connecticut - Continued

Norwich-New London-Westerly. . . . . . . . . 140,147 141,401 140,177 142,056 10,168 8,841 9,518 9,010 7.3 6.3 6.8 6.3

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,366 110,654 111,171 111,356 9,258 8,271 8,616 8,579 8.3 7.5 7.8 7.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459,098 474,940 462,287 480,469 24,465 22,802 23,420 21,150 5.3 4.8 5.1 4.4

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,427 78,341 77,185 79,346 4,351 3,951 4,245 3,702 5.7 5.0 5.5 4.7

Salisbury1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,299 181,406 176,599 183,495 14,754 13,058 13,426 12,206 8.4 7.2 7.6 6.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386,773 394,707 384,644 393,956 29,285 27,214 27,213 24,883 7.6 6.9 7.1 6.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . 3,273,159 3,294,596 3,274,365 3,305,678 158,878 136,191 150,984 133,925 4.9 4.1 4.6 4.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,604,057 9,721,773 9,619,505 9,747,653 536,157 457,565 518,916 456,281 5.6 4.7 5.4 4.7

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320,326 327,216 321,223 327,564 16,463 14,173 15,839 13,949 5.1 4.3 4.9 4.3

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . 115,841 116,119 118,571 118,950 5,797 4,937 5,422 4,828 5.0 4.3 4.6 4.1

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280,832 285,467 282,082 287,843 17,264 14,390 16,478 14,140 6.1 5.0 5.8 4.9

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,818 137,584 136,336 138,375 6,379 5,549 6,142 5,569 4.7 4.0 4.5 4.0

Homosassa Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,250 47,372 47,975 47,714 3,830 3,203 3,598 3,124 8.1 6.8 7.5 6.5

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714,403 727,367 717,870 730,809 39,580 32,865 37,957 32,234 5.5 4.5 5.3 4.4

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277,168 280,791 278,322 282,197 17,789 14,983 16,879 14,679 6.4 5.3 6.1 5.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,006,004 3,029,126 2,993,460 3,019,337 166,465 145,510 166,023 149,121 5.5 4.8 5.5 4.9

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island. . . . . . . . 165,457 165,325 165,531 165,774 8,248 7,258 7,838 7,129 5.0 4.4 4.7 4.3

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton. . . . . . . . . 341,410 346,033 343,782 347,335 17,570 15,207 16,890 14,977 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.3

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,468 130,154 131,122 131,326 8,790 7,440 8,445 7,283 6.7 5.7 6.4 5.5

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . 1,204,759 1,234,918 1,209,122 1,241,241 64,447 54,024 61,400 53,439 5.3 4.4 5.1 4.3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . 256,870 256,267 257,022 256,344 15,961 13,362 15,213 13,203 6.2 5.2 5.9 5.2

Panama City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,741 91,654 94,148 93,420 5,613 4,630 5,095 4,365 6.1 5.1 5.4 4.7

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . 209,483 212,307 210,707 213,594 11,747 10,021 11,137 9,885 5.6 4.7 5.3 4.6

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,069 202,747 200,943 202,971 12,072 10,338 11,416 10,098 6.0 5.1 5.7 5.0

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,632 68,219 67,726 68,572 4,122 3,578 3,967 3,495 6.1 5.2 5.9 5.1

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,248 61,920 61,498 61,967 3,953 3,525 3,792 3,427 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.5

Sebring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,957 36,653 35,806 36,550 2,650 2,246 2,533 2,205 7.4 6.1 7.1 6.0

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,298 187,179 186,679 188,056 9,838 8,323 9,464 8,329 5.3 4.4 5.1 4.4

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . 1,435,024 1,456,173 1,439,545 1,465,418 77,729 65,438 74,510 64,665 5.4 4.5 5.2 4.4

The Villages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,542 28,976 28,646 29,033 2,260 1,988 2,183 1,957 7.9 6.9 7.6 6.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,759,653 4,815,411 4,759,333 4,846,801 298,225 270,147 282,546 263,764 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.4

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,079 66,239 65,773 66,565 4,851 4,350 4,543 4,314 7.3 6.6 6.9 6.5

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,758 95,402 92,647 96,146 5,290 4,836 4,893 4,677 5.7 5.1 5.3 4.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell. . . . . . . . . 2,825,989 2,869,071 2,823,179 2,882,551 168,833 152,318 160,376 149,517 6.0 5.3 5.7 5.2

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,250 256,159 257,225 257,839 16,954 15,448 15,936 15,104 6.6 6.0 6.2 5.9

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,358 50,602 49,867 51,078 3,319 3,001 3,179 2,958 6.7 5.9 6.4 5.8

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,351 124,388 125,222 124,910 9,079 8,451 8,559 8,275 7.2 6.8 6.8 6.6

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,668 60,854 60,670 61,762 4,272 3,901 4,107 4,218 7.0 6.4 6.8 6.8

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,091 93,967 91,287 94,793 4,613 4,324 4,356 4,243 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.5

Hinesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,385 32,089 32,241 32,270 2,156 1,922 2,016 1,895 6.7 6.0 6.3 5.9

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,340 103,974 103,246 104,959 6,909 6,242 6,573 6,254 6.7 6.0 6.4 6.0

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,999 43,023 42,977 43,211 2,927 2,679 2,899 2,611 6.8 6.2 6.7 6.0

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,529 179,222 174,859 180,159 10,438 9,467 9,846 9,184 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.1

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,044 62,719 63,180 63,847 4,019 3,503 3,757 3,342 6.4 5.6 5.9 5.2

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,518 80,658 80,539 81,419 5,167 4,676 4,845 4,723 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673,270 688,184 674,969 690,002 26,153 21,230 25,468 21,890 3.9 3.1 3.8 3.2

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,009 85,517 83,680 85,956 3,448 2,863 3,429 2,923 4.2 3.3 4.1 3.4

Urban Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468,062 475,439 467,955 476,147 16,922 13,580 16,389 14,105 3.6 2.9 3.5 3.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,092 798,981 787,431 801,624 38,834 36,021 37,027 33,829 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.2

Boise City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321,447 328,046 322,394 329,277 14,645 13,387 14,308 12,507 4.6 4.1 4.4 3.8

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,122 72,021 70,511 72,087 4,382 4,363 4,184 4,015 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.6

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,870 66,526 63,921 66,453 2,650 2,527 2,478 2,258 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.4

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,255 31,048 30,341 31,144 1,444 1,422 1,337 1,328 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,177 42,883 42,324 42,707 1,972 1,683 1,911 1,546 4.7 3.9 4.5 3.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,459,564 6,574,920 6,452,137 6,619,887 418,333 458,073 387,047 446,871 6.5 7.0 6.0 6.8

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,489 98,772 98,979 98,263 5,018 6,186 4,525 5,892 5.0 6.3 4.6 6.0

Carbondale-Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,337 60,240 60,074 60,763 3,617 4,366 3,461 4,245 6.0 7.2 5.8 7.0

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,777 121,291 119,308 122,725 6,374 7,492 5,773 7,143 5.4 6.2 4.8 5.8

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,859,085 4,952,004 4,849,821 4,987,505 317,334 336,354 293,001 331,246 6.5 6.8 6.0 6.6

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,535 35,616 35,533 35,932 2,619 3,004 2,425 3,016 7.4 8.4 6.8 8.4

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island1. . . . . . . . . 191,606 190,897 191,451 191,298 11,691 12,950 11,003 12,390 6.1 6.8 5.7 6.5

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,499 49,615 49,733 49,964 3,647 4,070 3,417 3,925 7.4 8.2 6.9 7.9

Kankakee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,474 55,691 54,493 55,881 4,049 4,474 3,750 4,302 7.4 8.0 6.9 7.7

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,670 186,597 183,796 186,711 12,372 14,983 11,461 14,326 6.7 8.0 6.2 7.7

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,552 170,525 164,830 170,094 11,957 13,590 11,242 13,173 7.2 8.0 6.8 7.7

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,649 111,508 109,393 111,835 6,215 6,970 5,723 6,666 5.7 6.3 5.2 6.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,226,977 3,309,986 3,229,254 3,319,627 180,807 179,886 169,205 182,287 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.5

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,733 78,653 77,513 78,510 4,244 4,524 4,087 4,404 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.6

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,729 44,949 42,908 44,962 1,829 1,829 1,757 1,898 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,615 103,777 103,067 103,693 4,450 4,308 4,101 4,453 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.3

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Indiana - Continued

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,839 157,621 156,572 158,443 7,549 7,758 7,127 7,946 4.8 4.9 4.6 5.0

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,012 214,845 205,903 215,404 10,798 10,894 10,214 11,128 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.2

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson. . . . . . . . . . 988,854 1,022,470 991,555 1,021,297 52,093 50,330 48,985 51,267 5.3 4.9 4.9 5.0

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,679 37,747 36,527 38,105 2,111 2,151 2,005 2,574 5.8 5.7 5.5 6.8

Lafayette-West Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,946 111,077 107,187 110,559 4,801 5,152 4,596 5,269 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.8

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,273 48,684 48,046 48,780 3,805 3,817 3,386 3,732 7.9 7.8 7.0 7.7

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,206 55,693 54,038 55,736 3,541 3,464 3,362 3,497 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.3

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,034 157,951 152,853 157,925 9,077 8,360 8,370 8,438 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.3

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,389 78,713 77,569 78,852 5,567 5,378 5,251 5,298 7.2 6.8 6.8 6.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696,609 1,711,877 1,696,622 1,708,089 75,235 77,671 70,287 72,506 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.2

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,513 59,084 58,164 58,572 1,525 1,605 1,337 1,411 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.4

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,249 145,805 145,233 145,555 6,599 6,732 6,210 6,336 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.4

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . 338,277 340,793 337,717 337,990 14,183 14,039 13,450 12,912 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,450 56,654 55,782 56,629 2,590 2,699 2,353 2,474 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.4

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,492 97,903 96,615 97,540 2,870 3,029 2,592 2,757 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.8

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,382 93,575 92,338 93,461 3,812 3,873 3,671 3,595 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.8

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,577 91,629 92,344 91,680 4,555 4,659 4,268 4,526 4.9 5.1 4.6 4.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,490,508 1,505,241 1,490,192 1,501,817 68,192 63,674 67,379 60,726 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.0

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,941 66,514 65,520 66,170 2,570 2,361 2,549 2,221 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.4

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,217 52,250 50,114 52,857 1,821 1,684 1,820 1,583 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.0

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,422 120,847 119,736 120,076 5,955 5,431 5,722 4,975 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.1

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,649 314,946 309,846 314,334 15,636 14,543 15,604 14,170 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,948,539 1,961,048 1,956,705 1,972,042 113,735 124,033 110,519 115,140 5.8 6.3 5.6 5.8

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,946 76,549 76,055 76,845 4,067 4,188 3,913 3,870 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.0

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,957 64,301 63,300 64,578 3,591 3,696 3,565 3,429 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.3

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,467 255,411 255,091 256,854 10,979 11,563 10,775 10,940 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.3

Louisville/Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 616,859 625,013 618,607 630,955 31,544 32,687 30,660 31,314 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.0

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,925 53,671 52,950 53,537 2,721 3,031 2,601 2,808 5.1 5.6 4.9 5.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,156,317 2,129,030 2,166,163 2,156,004 139,552 122,484 139,234 132,192 6.5 5.8 6.4 6.1

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,992 66,610 67,158 67,288 4,562 3,848 4,519 4,167 6.8 5.8 6.7 6.2

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418,391 421,630 420,826 429,025 23,881 20,068 23,411 21,572 5.7 4.8 5.6 5.0

Hammond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,678 53,041 54,025 53,585 4,020 3,504 3,983 3,660 7.5 6.6 7.4 6.8

Houma-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,380 95,914 101,485 96,453 5,374 5,891 5,688 6,477 5.3 6.1 5.6 6.7

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,245 222,507 231,345 224,783 13,819 14,767 14,262 16,031 6.0 6.6 6.2 7.1

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,686 102,717 101,785 104,213 5,721 4,783 5,656 5,186 5.7 4.7 5.6 5.0

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,413 81,388 81,896 82,089 5,728 4,802 5,643 5,114 7.0 5.9 6.9 6.2

New Orleans-Metairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601,603 594,704 604,721 602,558 37,925 31,154 37,366 33,972 6.3 5.2 6.2 5.6

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,724 191,747 196,401 193,675 13,788 11,719 13,797 12,682 7.0 6.1 7.0 6.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674,368 663,317 674,654 665,192 38,895 29,569 36,591 27,763 5.8 4.5 5.4 4.2

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,639 69,228 70,177 68,927 3,728 3,006 3,505 2,802 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.1

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,260 54,957 55,200 54,617 2,997 2,228 2,796 2,099 5.4 4.1 5.1 3.8

Portland-South Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,146 193,096 194,574 192,909 8,842 6,449 8,209 5,999 4.5 3.3 4.2 3.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,119,204 3,148,420 3,130,115 3,163,898 176,298 152,699 168,016 151,226 5.7 4.9 5.4 4.8

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . 1,456,987 1,468,698 1,463,035 1,478,913 84,811 72,709 81,235 72,567 5.8 5.0 5.6 4.9

California-Lexington Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,150 54,627 54,469 54,668 2,796 2,478 2,712 2,475 5.2 4.5 5.0 4.5

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,015 44,149 44,900 43,840 3,768 3,410 3,469 3,149 8.4 7.7 7.7 7.2

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,480 127,474 128,592 127,487 8,393 7,192 7,932 6,786 6.5 5.6 6.2 5.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,558,788 3,551,324 3,557,729 3,572,896 197,149 165,619 186,491 164,981 5.5 4.7 5.2 4.6

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,966 115,786 114,985 116,937 9,860 8,343 9,083 8,006 8.6 7.2 7.9 6.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616,349 2,618,942 2,619,115 2,634,329 127,157 105,752 120,666 105,698 4.9 4.0 4.6 4.0

Leominster-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,508 75,814 76,358 76,429 5,063 4,267 4,824 4,264 6.6 5.6 6.3 5.6

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,778 84,385 84,420 84,733 7,728 6,430 7,104 6,108 9.1 7.6 8.4 7.2

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,607 43,484 43,307 43,481 2,876 2,469 2,753 2,467 6.6 5.7 6.4 5.7

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366,922 362,078 366,059 364,800 23,818 20,485 22,628 20,570 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.6

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346,616 344,928 346,563 346,859 20,532 17,301 19,513 17,339 5.9 5.0 5.6 5.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,713,839 4,816,141 4,717,971 4,835,638 286,414 241,252 278,601 247,280 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.1

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,459 197,515 189,736 197,583 6,878 5,690 6,771 5,920 3.6 2.9 3.6 3.0

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,527 65,456 64,573 65,361 3,596 3,016 3,490 3,024 5.6 4.6 5.4 4.6

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,690 53,286 52,617 53,134 3,653 2,958 3,494 2,959 6.9 5.6 6.6 5.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,977,040 2,026,658 1,976,545 2,050,414 126,957 109,266 123,854 114,385 6.4 5.4 6.3 5.6

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,904 185,261 182,904 184,673 12,376 10,289 12,195 10,183 6.8 5.6 6.7 5.5

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549,875 565,443 551,414 564,939 23,021 18,977 22,523 19,173 4.2 3.4 4.1 3.4

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,211 72,889 73,381 72,868 4,370 3,540 4,175 3,540 6.0 4.9 5.7 4.9

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,256 169,601 165,712 169,456 8,751 7,118 8,423 7,153 5.3 4.2 5.1 4.2

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244,660 249,357 243,552 248,177 11,936 9,237 11,410 9,418 4.9 3.7 4.7 3.8

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,542 41,996 41,523 41,760 2,338 1,984 2,306 1,986 5.6 4.7 5.6 4.8

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,118 78,471 76,459 78,482 3,790 3,187 3,739 3,166 5.0 4.1 4.9 4.0

Muskegon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,489 78,723 77,676 78,910 5,007 4,023 4,787 4,141 6.5 5.1 6.2 5.2

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,594 74,392 73,130 74,214 4,319 3,686 4,082 3,585 5.9 5.0 5.6 4.8

Saginaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,605 90,921 88,600 90,861 5,751 4,848 5,597 4,804 6.5 5.3 6.3 5.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,979,653 3,048,328 2,989,975 3,055,197 133,100 135,163 132,260 139,593 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.6

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Minnesota - Continued

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,099 143,711 142,658 143,836 7,834 9,679 7,794 10,208 5.5 6.7 5.5 7.1

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,324 60,713 59,501 60,808 2,020 2,092 1,975 2,147 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . 1,919,257 1,969,735 1,917,759 1,968,161 77,012 76,514 76,122 77,841 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,844 120,152 117,940 120,739 4,837 4,653 4,897 4,705 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.9

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,050 113,508 110,646 113,542 5,512 5,348 5,195 5,471 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249,912 1,288,904 1,251,316 1,274,279 82,806 79,323 76,674 70,982 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.6

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,744 165,408 161,876 163,559 10,592 10,494 9,797 9,362 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.7

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,500 68,683 65,552 67,441 3,772 3,750 3,480 3,322 5.8 5.5 5.3 4.9

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262,648 272,200 262,394 269,576 14,114 13,621 13,123 12,669 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,090,650 3,142,110 3,098,397 3,140,914 189,587 156,748 179,962 151,123 6.1 5.0 5.8 4.8

Cape Girardeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,382 50,215 49,471 50,199 2,548 2,397 2,657 2,385 5.2 4.8 5.4 4.8

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,657 103,176 100,391 102,946 4,043 3,441 4,030 3,433 4.1 3.3 4.0 3.3

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,169 77,384 76,586 77,553 3,951 3,265 3,828 3,070 5.2 4.2 5.0 4.0

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,293 88,107 87,282 88,142 4,319 3,609 4,291 3,748 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.3

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,114,184 1,130,462 1,111,562 1,126,776 65,391 51,088 58,279 49,321 5.9 4.5 5.2 4.4

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,234 66,952 66,741 66,965 3,622 3,015 3,504 2,899 5.5 4.5 5.3 4.3

St. Louis2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,466,058 1,492,862 1,469,120 1,490,985 85,414 77,658 83,274 75,442 5.8 5.2 5.7 5.1

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,647 238,816 232,641 238,854 11,683 10,014 11,712 10,139 5.0 4.2 5.0 4.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515,857 520,774 518,490 522,300 25,346 26,504 24,706 25,786 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.9

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,276 87,995 86,956 88,294 3,114 3,635 3,175 3,529 3.6 4.1 3.7 4.0

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,672 38,747 38,795 38,636 1,732 1,856 1,725 1,762 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.6

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,526 61,231 61,039 61,532 2,844 2,837 2,802 2,794 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003,320 1,014,032 1,006,544 1,020,705 31,627 32,959 31,019 33,220 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3

Grand Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,438 43,694 43,591 44,745 1,520 1,628 1,476 2,197 3.5 3.7 3.4 4.9

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,048 179,044 176,388 179,762 4,885 5,077 4,728 5,068 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472,668 479,774 474,297 481,695 16,383 17,108 15,983 16,706 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,418,699 1,425,852 1,417,027 1,433,445 102,603 80,637 98,659 85,036 7.2 5.7 7.0 5.9

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,243 24,773 25,036 24,934 2,072 1,652 1,901 1,694 8.2 6.7 7.6 6.8

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise. . . . . . . . 1,041,147 1,046,135 1,039,547 1,048,996 74,733 59,027 72,184 62,514 7.2 5.6 6.9 6.0

Reno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,607 231,021 227,494 232,672 16,238 12,236 15,398 12,862 7.1 5.3 6.8 5.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737,452 742,456 739,427 744,818 31,568 23,247 29,885 22,114 4.3 3.1 4.0 3.0

Dover-Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,752 83,053 82,298 83,373 3,295 2,408 3,071 2,245 4.0 2.9 3.7 2.7

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,609 116,044 114,670 116,124 4,713 3,465 4,465 3,295 4.1 3.0 3.9 2.8

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,238 73,618 71,537 74,205 2,779 2,075 2,614 1,972 3.9 2.8 3.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,529,032 4,553,672 4,530,620 4,588,485 308,672 218,481 292,612 230,091 6.8 4.8 6.5 5.0

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,291 123,794 128,266 124,555 16,014 9,553 14,849 9,707 12.4 7.7 11.6 7.8

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,594 44,342 43,619 45,428 8,007 5,969 7,349 6,035 18.4 13.5 16.8 13.3

Trenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,197 201,988 197,363 202,318 11,171 8,114 10,559 8,658 5.6 4.0 5.4 4.3

Vineland-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,286 67,798 68,348 68,891 7,516 5,429 7,067 5,577 11.0 8.0 10.3 8.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922,108 918,432 918,430 916,878 61,534 58,245 60,504 56,013 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.1

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413,748 414,515 411,843 414,602 26,005 23,778 25,290 22,562 6.3 5.7 6.1 5.4

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,798 55,547 55,539 55,380 3,601 4,289 3,671 4,317 6.5 7.7 6.6 7.8

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,300 93,180 93,148 93,154 7,142 6,648 7,129 6,503 7.7 7.1 7.7 7.0

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,312 71,907 71,583 71,463 4,043 3,751 3,838 3,484 5.7 5.2 5.4 4.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,643,117 9,748,023 9,632,056 9,775,383 604,613 522,626 552,367 505,766 6.3 5.4 5.7 5.2

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448,696 450,558 447,740 450,660 23,150 20,086 21,336 19,383 5.2 4.5 4.8 4.3

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,573 110,929 110,404 111,089 7,781 6,631 7,323 6,393 7.0 6.0 6.6 5.8

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls. . . . . 547,496 550,306 547,030 550,842 35,673 30,088 33,421 29,224 6.5 5.5 6.1 5.3

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,726 37,852 37,805 37,807 2,494 2,331 2,378 2,266 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.0

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,648 60,599 59,685 60,553 4,249 3,667 4,034 3,644 7.1 6.1 6.8 6.0

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,564 57,307 56,388 57,121 2,487 2,147 2,226 2,001 4.4 3.7 3.9 3.5

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,953 89,074 87,275 89,437 5,058 4,212 4,664 4,004 5.8 4.7 5.3 4.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City. . . . . . . . . . 10,035,500 10,135,469 10,033,815 10,188,860 629,168 515,210 579,684 512,795 6.3 5.1 5.8 5.0

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525,286 523,613 524,400 525,407 31,835 26,750 29,709 25,936 6.1 5.1 5.7 4.9

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,627 315,109 312,244 314,500 20,048 16,831 18,405 16,079 6.4 5.3 5.9 5.1

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,816 132,854 131,003 132,281 8,989 7,478 8,357 7,180 6.9 5.6 6.4 5.4

Watertown-Fort Drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,620 46,677 45,587 46,684 3,995 3,394 3,808 3,401 8.8 7.3 8.4 7.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,726,584 4,818,176 4,739,503 4,876,207 278,173 276,315 266,657 262,210 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,644 223,186 216,474 224,514 10,396 10,568 10,004 9,945 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,192 78,162 77,246 79,075 4,112 4,108 3,976 3,979 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,224,131 1,252,468 1,225,414 1,269,562 69,167 66,699 65,988 64,681 5.7 5.3 5.4 5.1

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280,930 286,339 280,193 289,679 13,705 14,169 13,349 13,622 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,757 147,893 145,827 149,175 11,008 10,545 10,585 10,027 7.6 7.1 7.3 6.7

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,767 54,666 54,340 55,737 3,330 3,396 3,201 3,208 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.8

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362,586 368,775 362,366 372,427 21,711 21,202 20,937 20,343 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.5

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,767 88,081 87,777 88,947 5,090 5,214 4,923 4,977 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.6

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,188 168,618 167,366 170,017 9,744 9,431 9,373 8,903 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.2

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,071 63,974 64,231 64,768 3,815 4,034 3,696 3,845 6.0 6.3 5.8 5.9

New Bern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,763 51,668 51,074 52,749 3,219 3,094 3,097 2,977 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.6

Raleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646,766 671,160 647,890 678,370 30,821 32,125 29,984 30,877 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,923 67,193 67,317 67,638 5,615 5,417 5,261 5,128 8.4 8.1 7.8 7.6

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

North Carolina - Continued

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,336 138,844 136,692 139,862 7,856 7,879 7,389 7,307 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.2

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,565 321,904 316,443 324,420 17,353 17,314 16,660 16,616 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,892 413,465 412,560 414,432 13,977 15,484 14,120 16,154 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.9

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,846 69,210 66,176 69,060 2,350 2,462 2,289 2,396 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,712 135,392 128,945 135,413 4,094 4,127 3,987 4,339 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,678 56,158 54,936 56,553 2,023 1,837 2,050 2,064 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,661,782 5,716,088 5,663,340 5,766,389 318,038 320,627 295,828 312,669 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358,423 362,341 359,261 364,580 20,527 20,571 19,298 20,394 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.6

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,294 200,914 199,799 202,095 11,711 13,021 11,325 12,708 5.9 6.5 5.7 6.3

Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056,786 1,067,496 1,064,575 1,078,078 53,015 52,731 50,548 51,393 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030,025 1,029,100 1,021,407 1,029,837 62,653 58,690 53,763 56,325 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.5

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025,440 1,042,540 1,027,340 1,052,201 46,483 46,780 44,115 46,468 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.4

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378,563 384,688 379,933 386,219 20,251 19,788 19,245 19,438 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,635 48,976 47,733 49,290 2,638 2,556 2,449 2,461 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.0

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,577 53,119 53,569 53,650 3,432 3,449 3,200 3,399 6.4 6.5 6.0 6.3

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,044 64,512 63,929 65,115 3,556 3,765 3,357 3,665 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.6

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299,512 303,468 299,905 306,008 17,702 16,893 16,614 16,571 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.4

Weirton-Steubenville1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,236 52,661 52,327 52,687 4,403 4,994 4,209 4,839 8.4 9.5 8.0 9.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . 249,774 250,384 251,151 252,105 16,546 17,637 16,359 17,590 6.6 7.0 6.5 7.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,822,149 1,857,879 1,830,172 1,867,197 79,242 85,286 74,830 83,784 4.3 4.6 4.1 4.5

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,698 53,205 52,721 53,511 2,341 2,421 2,137 2,405 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.5

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658,362 675,004 661,761 679,129 25,192 26,574 23,871 26,343 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.9

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469,896 478,063 471,856 479,777 20,437 22,703 18,932 22,019 4.3 4.7 4.0 4.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,935,191 2,015,161 1,936,819 2,023,329 121,066 105,220 118,704 98,570 6.3 5.2 6.1 4.9

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,045 55,411 54,223 55,673 3,984 3,479 3,927 3,349 7.4 6.3 7.2 6.0

Bend-Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,151 86,844 81,325 87,197 5,793 4,983 5,486 4,446 7.1 5.7 6.7 5.1

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,108 46,466 45,284 46,663 2,000 1,853 2,023 1,721 4.4 4.0 4.5 3.7

Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,491 176,312 169,780 176,689 10,658 9,463 10,577 8,944 6.3 5.4 6.2 5.1

Grants Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,618 33,852 32,593 33,968 2,869 2,438 2,746 2,318 8.8 7.2 8.4 6.8

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,027 99,573 95,928 99,711 7,584 6,285 7,451 5,954 7.9 6.3 7.8 6.0

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . 1,210,638 1,262,356 1,209,692 1,266,588 69,027 61,401 67,136 57,940 5.7 4.9 5.5 4.6

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,325 191,575 184,671 192,271 12,138 10,379 12,057 9,769 6.6 5.4 6.5 5.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,369,271 6,458,727 6,367,096 6,487,179 365,389 340,335 351,590 359,530 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.5

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . 425,632 429,128 425,953 430,239 25,785 22,290 24,779 23,386 6.1 5.2 5.8 5.4

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,357 61,224 60,320 61,657 3,466 3,216 3,334 3,358 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.4

Bloomsburg-Berwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,007 43,844 43,004 43,891 2,621 2,340 2,462 2,485 6.1 5.3 5.7 5.7

Chambersburg-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . 77,799 79,496 77,531 79,939 4,263 3,875 4,038 4,055 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.1

East Stroudsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,054 81,214 79,549 81,055 5,696 4,952 5,475 5,228 7.1 6.1 6.9 6.4

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,035 133,661 133,872 134,389 7,980 8,389 7,715 9,232 6.0 6.3 5.8 6.9

Gettysburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,202 55,577 55,095 56,464 2,665 2,209 2,515 2,251 4.8 4.0 4.6 4.0

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289,107 295,260 288,716 295,778 13,425 12,319 12,992 13,120 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.4

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,493 62,528 62,357 62,816 4,475 4,320 4,286 4,452 7.2 6.9 6.9 7.1

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,205 277,138 272,581 278,020 12,152 11,277 11,455 11,617 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.2

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,346 70,553 69,418 71,202 3,398 3,096 3,276 3,266 4.9 4.4 4.7 4.6

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . 3,035,825 3,097,302 3,035,852 3,114,900 178,321 150,209 170,729 156,989 5.9 4.8 5.6 5.0

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200,852 1,211,577 1,200,616 1,214,666 68,979 67,935 66,416 71,866 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.9

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,106 215,268 211,050 215,595 11,376 10,322 10,956 10,778 5.4 4.8 5.2 5.0

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton. . . . . . . 277,051 278,986 277,197 281,033 19,239 17,090 18,385 18,104 6.9 6.1 6.6 6.4

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,536 80,149 78,439 80,536 3,196 3,095 3,009 3,331 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.1

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,594 60,846 61,135 61,127 3,883 4,114 3,827 4,398 6.3 6.8 6.3 7.2

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,126 235,035 230,177 236,271 12,037 10,615 11,568 10,960 5.2 4.5 5.0 4.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550,981 547,792 550,308 549,076 39,452 34,296 37,949 32,796 7.2 6.3 6.9 6.0

Providence-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677,600 673,925 676,912 676,443 48,568 41,908 46,554 40,324 7.2 6.2 6.9 6.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,233,796 2,277,575 2,236,752 2,307,000 147,219 127,560 133,893 129,551 6.6 5.6 6.0 5.6

Charleston-North Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . 357,125 365,820 358,282 369,953 20,127 17,494 18,371 17,973 5.6 4.8 5.1 4.9

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393,930 402,085 392,935 407,739 22,818 20,421 21,112 21,111 5.8 5.1 5.4 5.2

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,045 96,080 95,459 97,399 7,201 6,201 6,528 6,211 7.6 6.5 6.8 6.4

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin. . . . . . . . . . . 411,553 420,944 411,305 425,826 23,582 20,618 21,855 21,485 5.7 4.9 5.3 5.0

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort. . . . 80,362 83,094 81,373 84,781 4,793 4,222 4,393 4,426 6.0 5.1 5.4 5.2

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,549 181,463 180,263 185,993 15,570 13,632 13,371 12,471 8.8 7.5 7.4 6.7

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,662 154,172 149,447 155,351 9,681 8,256 8,924 8,483 6.5 5.4 6.0 5.5

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,437 45,330 44,264 45,725 3,230 2,936 2,982 2,999 7.3 6.5 6.7 6.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446,115 451,005 449,326 452,363 17,172 14,563 17,188 13,224 3.8 3.2 3.8 2.9

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,041 69,850 70,282 69,997 2,814 2,411 2,840 2,197 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.1

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,721 149,048 143,757 148,743 4,756 3,999 4,704 3,598 3.3 2.7 3.3 2.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,039,457 3,111,705 3,045,237 3,114,421 183,779 138,715 175,685 129,418 6.0 4.5 5.8 4.2

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,763 258,801 250,890 258,079 14,319 12,589 13,679 11,389 5.7 4.9 5.5 4.4

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,719 110,249 108,685 111,099 6,641 5,710 6,391 5,406 6.1 5.2 5.9 4.9

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,504 57,255 55,224 57,283 3,219 2,412 3,040 2,277 5.8 4.2 5.5 4.0

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,003 61,971 61,238 62,155 3,879 2,928 3,690 2,710 6.4 4.7 6.0 4.4

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,493 89,644 88,372 89,605 5,655 4,469 5,333 4,082 6.4 5.0 6.0 4.6

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Tennessee - Continued

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136,971 138,397 137,114 138,697 8,282 6,655 7,909 6,418 6.0 4.8 5.8 4.6

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401,870 413,370 402,321 413,490 22,558 17,177 21,355 15,924 5.6 4.2 5.3 3.9

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610,892 620,344 609,708 617,395 41,006 30,892 38,935 29,077 6.7 5.0 6.4 4.7

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,783 50,681 49,888 50,860 3,527 2,583 3,253 2,353 7.1 5.1 6.5 4.6

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--

Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923,092 954,546 926,722 957,412 43,685 32,863 41,896 31,006 4.7 3.4 4.5 3.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,001,418 13,221,950 13,013,634 13,273,913 578,212 566,458 557,383 591,456 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,375 75,848 75,111 75,683 2,946 2,791 2,832 2,911 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,799 130,673 129,684 131,448 4,065 3,848 3,822 3,959 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.0

Austin-Round Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,053,404 1,091,927 1,057,857 1,096,521 37,234 33,319 34,750 34,215 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.1

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,894 177,764 176,815 177,134 11,667 11,042 11,245 11,369 6.6 6.2 6.4 6.4

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,238 166,044 164,843 168,265 12,097 11,348 11,771 11,674 7.4 6.8 7.1 6.9

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,408 125,116 120,868 125,751 4,203 4,143 3,915 4,270 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.4

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,790 212,319 207,536 213,528 10,146 11,301 9,816 11,985 4.9 5.3 4.7 5.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,537,952 3,644,823 3,536,729 3,657,422 150,218 133,949 144,198 138,834 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.8

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342,596 350,396 342,390 350,759 18,616 16,420 17,710 16,990 5.4 4.7 5.2 4.8

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land. . . 3,243,161 3,268,474 3,244,652 3,276,263 142,672 152,954 138,294 161,249 4.4 4.7 4.3 4.9

Killeen-Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,687 172,073 167,845 172,372 8,190 7,231 7,741 7,514 4.9 4.2 4.6 4.4

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,508 114,246 111,755 114,369 5,147 5,398 5,040 5,606 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.9

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,105 101,351 101,484 101,256 4,432 5,267 4,432 5,515 4.3 5.2 4.4 5.4

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,617 156,089 153,168 157,347 5,242 5,069 5,003 5,211 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.3

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 330,798 336,684 332,233 339,840 26,347 25,291 25,338 25,913 8.0 7.5 7.6 7.6

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,207 89,935 92,404 90,243 2,754 3,565 2,856 3,901 3.0 4.0 3.1 4.3

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,275 79,015 81,533 79,476 3,059 4,387 3,215 4,854 3.7 5.6 3.9 6.1

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,423 56,037 55,611 56,466 2,145 2,383 2,169 2,508 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.4

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090,783 1,115,722 1,092,576 1,120,959 42,455 39,561 40,329 41,010 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.7

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,877 61,220 59,844 61,514 2,503 2,270 2,353 2,346 4.2 3.7 3.9 3.8

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,153 65,641 64,163 65,700 3,549 3,021 3,304 2,802 5.5 4.6 5.1 4.3

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,198 103,436 101,384 104,257 4,527 4,271 4,421 4,505 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.3

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,637 49,697 49,489 49,980 1,874 2,173 1,872 2,400 3.8 4.4 3.8 4.8

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,209 120,041 118,004 120,382 4,913 4,507 4,747 4,747 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.9

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,916 64,805 64,899 65,133 2,752 2,794 2,652 2,915 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,449,583 1,475,496 1,451,219 1,482,953 58,083 56,769 54,802 56,121 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,368 67,634 66,485 68,210 2,268 2,300 2,050 2,301 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.4

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302,525 311,158 302,870 312,240 12,200 11,856 11,576 11,654 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.7

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267,458 275,720 267,607 277,947 9,706 9,410 8,932 9,120 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,398 65,022 62,885 65,676 2,935 2,683 2,697 2,673 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.1

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609,734 616,684 609,495 617,517 23,185 21,993 22,251 22,111 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,724 343,282 343,884 344,174 13,918 12,532 13,743 11,900 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.5

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . 123,436 124,393 122,964 124,750 3,712 3,223 3,668 3,233 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,233,936 4,215,927 4,242,173 4,237,377 212,019 178,753 201,523 176,495 5.0 4.2 4.8 4.2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . 92,816 92,189 92,539 91,795 4,669 4,646 4,440 4,169 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.5

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,013 117,652 116,963 117,581 5,116 4,086 4,826 4,154 4.4 3.5 4.1 3.5

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,217 63,629 65,063 63,308 3,325 2,553 3,150 2,633 5.1 4.0 4.8 4.2

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,509 120,457 122,860 120,979 6,778 5,618 6,387 5,572 5.5 4.7 5.2 4.6

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656,595 667,279 658,047 669,528 33,881 28,008 32,231 27,892 5.2 4.2 4.9 4.2

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,237 157,875 159,547 158,437 7,938 6,502 7,577 6,389 5.0 4.1 4.7 4.0

Staunton-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,954 57,250 59,457 57,425 2,893 2,319 2,792 2,290 4.9 4.1 4.7 4.0

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . 837,219 824,772 839,165 834,066 46,137 40,775 43,759 40,019 5.5 4.9 5.2 4.8

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,164 69,278 68,532 69,676 3,455 2,862 3,310 2,776 5.1 4.1 4.8 4.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,527,209 3,615,858 3,526,657 3,622,597 223,803 227,619 203,610 217,164 6.3 6.3 5.8 6.0

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,278 105,640 102,897 106,409 7,091 7,106 6,173 6,825 6.9 6.7 6.0 6.4

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,724 118,478 114,841 118,342 7,177 7,023 6,478 6,732 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.7

Kennewick-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,684 131,235 127,966 132,055 10,962 10,588 9,464 9,772 8.6 8.1 7.4 7.4

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,421 45,600 44,357 45,732 3,774 3,622 3,438 3,408 8.5 7.9 7.8 7.5

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,687 57,643 56,600 57,994 4,416 4,384 3,956 4,173 7.8 7.6 7.0 7.2

Olympia-Tumwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,123 130,464 125,519 130,437 8,545 8,232 7,627 7,956 6.8 6.3 6.1 6.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967,721 2,019,392 1,966,835 2,020,285 99,637 106,364 94,711 103,882 5.1 5.3 4.8 5.1

Spokane-Spokane Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,868 258,050 251,600 257,469 20,418 19,752 17,694 18,154 8.1 7.7 7.0 7.1

Walla Walla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,792 30,037 29,988 30,229 2,114 2,046 1,859 1,852 7.1 6.8 6.2 6.1

Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,529 60,068 58,824 60,794 4,533 5,036 3,913 4,644 7.7 8.4 6.7 7.6

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,468 119,525 117,573 121,098 12,135 12,260 10,309 11,071 10.4 10.3 8.8 9.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780,847 781,043 778,813 774,831 61,512 60,992 59,439 56,012 7.9 7.8 7.6 7.2

Beckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,853 46,068 46,347 45,559 4,252 4,358 4,117 4,053 9.1 9.5 8.9 8.9

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,052 97,243 98,898 96,636 7,394 7,146 6,993 6,568 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.8

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,849 147,626 147,879 147,248 10,557 11,294 10,099 10,234 7.1 7.7 6.8 7.0

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,500 66,739 65,626 66,515 3,697 3,859 3,529 3,584 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.4

Parkersburg-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,730 39,322 39,569 38,967 3,071 2,982 2,843 2,582 7.7 7.6 7.2 6.6

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,897 66,554 65,940 66,746 4,724 5,916 4,544 5,866 7.2 8.9 6.9 8.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,078,862 3,127,565 3,071,974 3,115,192 170,314 172,189 163,465 156,715 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.0

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,330 131,302 128,174 130,987 6,189 6,091 5,862 5,639 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.3

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,501 93,179 91,575 92,386 4,737 4,908 4,536 4,564 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.9

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Wisconsin - Continued

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,896 58,035 57,075 58,024 2,887 2,850 2,730 2,503 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.3

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,769 172,181 169,008 171,239 8,772 8,842 8,367 7,976 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.7

Janesville-Beloit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,932 86,124 83,077 85,771 5,178 5,088 5,077 4,571 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.3

La Crosse-Onalaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,719 78,548 77,655 78,713 3,569 3,963 3,416 3,603 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.6

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374,449 385,833 373,508 383,220 14,799 15,060 14,457 13,899 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.6

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . 821,841 830,534 818,182 828,738 45,909 45,424 44,490 41,793 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.0

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,117 93,152 90,959 92,636 4,593 4,328 4,390 3,971 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.3

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,692 99,604 98,540 99,234 6,542 6,613 6,342 6,019 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.1

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,470 61,440 60,502 61,066 2,742 2,760 2,675 2,519 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,458 74,646 73,466 74,390 3,619 3,693 3,448 3,343 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,743 298,674 305,469 299,015 13,234 16,849 13,685 17,111 4.4 5.6 4.5 5.7

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,034 41,727 44,186 41,585 1,838 3,001 2,063 3,051 4.2 7.2 4.7 7.3

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,987 48,292 49,321 48,470 2,087 2,190 2,084 2,127 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135,899 1,141,957 1,139,374 1,134,278 128,759 133,164 143,846 138,455 11.3 11.7 12.6 12.2

Aguadilla-Isabela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,541 90,399 90,074 90,272 13,528 14,067 15,179 14,669 15.1 15.6 16.9 16.2

Arecibo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,171 53,243 53,437 53,177 7,596 7,738 8,564 8,190 14.3 14.5 16.0 15.4

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,631 22,779 22,884 22,813 4,060 3,934 4,473 4,187 17.9 17.3 19.5 18.4

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,487 29,835 29,522 29,683 3,767 3,805 4,151 3,999 12.8 12.8 14.1 13.5

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,937 100,637 100,438 99,998 14,943 16,123 16,527 16,590 15.0 16.0 16.5 16.6

San German. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,784 36,747 37,083 36,578 5,061 5,235 5,651 5,406 13.8 14.2 15.2 14.8

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas. . . . . . . . . . . . 757,330 762,477 758,573 755,646 72,063 74,643 80,765 77,521 9.5 9.8 10.6 10.3

1 For operational reasons, these interstate areas are listed under the state that accounts for the larger share of the population, which is different from the state that contains the first principal city.

2 The area boundary does not reflect the Office of Management and Budget delineation.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 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 containing the first

principal city, unless otherwise footnoted. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

division1

State, area, and division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

February March Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

February March February March

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,961,776 19,038,779 18,949,567 19,028,171 1,300,871 1,080,055 1,266,911 1,057,110 6.9 5.7 6.7 5.6

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . 6,642,714 6,625,958 6,624,900 6,614,976 450,040 342,405 433,477 315,216 6.8 5.2 6.5 4.8

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine. . . . . . . . . 1,595,091 1,607,288 1,593,214 1,607,508 75,557 63,911 73,869 64,191 4.7 4.0 4.6 4.0

Los Angeles-Long

Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,047,623 5,018,670 5,031,686 5,007,468 374,483 278,494 359,608 251,025 7.4 5.5 7.1 5.0

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . 2,486,538 2,520,209 2,492,020 2,519,145 113,210 95,852 110,939 96,487 4.6 3.8 4.5 3.8

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley. . . . . . . . 1,367,186 1,378,668 1,370,284 1,377,734 71,063 59,790 69,410 60,131 5.2 4.3 5.1 4.4

San Francisco-Redwood City-South

San Francisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979,816 999,773 981,590 999,527 36,886 31,521 36,391 31,795 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.2

San Rafael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,536 141,768 140,146 141,884 5,261 4,541 5,138 4,561 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386,773 394,707 384,644 393,956 29,285 27,214 27,213 24,883 7.6 6.9 7.1 6.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . 3,273,159 3,294,596 3,274,365 3,305,678 158,878 136,191 150,984 133,925 4.9 4.1 4.6 4.1

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville3.. . 672,092 677,821 673,464 681,036 28,670 25,155 27,749 24,883 4.3 3.7 4.1 3.7

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2.. . 2,601,067 2,616,775 2,600,901 2,624,642 130,208 111,036 123,235 109,042 5.0 4.2 4.7 4.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,604,057 9,721,773 9,619,505 9,747,653 536,157 457,565 518,916 456,281 5.6 4.7 5.4 4.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,006,004 3,029,126 2,993,460 3,019,337 166,465 145,510 166,023 149,121 5.5 4.8 5.5 4.9

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano

Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . 983,653 1,002,682 984,798 1,002,796 52,027 44,078 50,023 43,765 5.3 4.4 5.1 4.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . 1,334,243 1,325,675 1,318,451 1,316,704 80,029 69,677 82,812 73,995 6.0 5.3 6.3 5.6

West Palm Beach-Boca

Raton-Delray Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . 688,108 700,769 690,211 699,837 34,409 31,755 33,188 31,361 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,459,564 6,574,920 6,452,137 6,619,887 418,333 458,073 387,047 446,871 6.5 7.0 6.0 6.8

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin2. . . . . . . . . . . 4,859,085 4,952,004 4,849,821 4,987,505 317,334 336,354 293,001 331,246 6.5 6.8 6.0 6.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington

Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,760,303 3,826,799 3,752,950 3,860,110 244,373 256,919 225,301 253,677 6.5 6.7 6.0 6.6

Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,751 324,328 316,022 325,172 20,260 22,975 18,869 22,240 6.4 7.1 6.0 6.8

Gary3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336,248 343,053 335,653 343,263 25,302 25,628 23,078 25,672 7.5 7.5 6.9 7.5

Lake County-Kenosha County2. . . . 445,783 457,824 445,196 458,960 27,399 30,832 25,753 29,657 6.1 6.7 5.8 6.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,558,788 3,551,324 3,557,729 3,572,896 197,149 165,619 186,491 164,981 5.5 4.7 5.2 4.6

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua2. . . . . . . . . 2,616,349 2,618,942 2,619,115 2,634,329 127,157 105,752 120,666 105,698 4.9 4.0 4.6 4.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton. . . . . . . . 1,547,892 1,548,419 1,549,077 1,557,961 69,640 58,330 65,876 58,428 4.5 3.8 4.3 3.8

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . 105,066 106,201 105,002 106,679 6,384 5,324 6,066 5,395 6.1 5.0 5.8 5.1

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,931 153,763 154,593 154,727 6,674 5,834 6,427 5,802 4.3 3.8 4.2 3.7

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury

Town2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,969 112,824 111,288 113,891 6,028 4,669 5,682 4,599 5.4 4.1 5.1 4.0

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem2.. . 94,876 95,227 94,884 95,658 6,800 5,625 6,538 5,688 7.2 5.9 6.9 5.9

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford2. . . . . . . 182,544 181,853 182,124 182,470 10,045 8,407 9,479 8,546 5.5 4.6 5.2 4.7

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead. . . . . . . . . 82,642 82,006 82,681 82,536 4,385 3,749 4,154 3,734 5.3 4.6 5.0 4.5

Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,313 166,631 167,207 167,392 7,627 5,689 7,353 5,462 4.6 3.4 4.4 3.3

Peabody-Salem-Beverly. . . . . . . . . . . 90,295 89,724 90,316 90,249 4,470 3,753 4,186 3,723 5.0 4.2 4.6 4.1

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton. . . . 81,821 82,294 81,943 82,766 5,104 4,372 4,905 4,321 6.2 5.3 6.0 5.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,713,839 4,816,141 4,717,971 4,835,638 286,414 241,252 278,601 247,280 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.1

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,977,040 2,026,658 1,976,545 2,050,414 126,957 109,266 123,854 114,385 6.4 5.4 6.3 5.6

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . 745,690 759,537 744,376 768,243 55,420 47,286 53,348 49,384 7.4 6.2 7.2 6.4

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . 1,231,350 1,267,120 1,232,169 1,282,170 71,537 61,979 70,506 65,001 5.8 4.9 5.7 5.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,643,117 9,748,023 9,632,056 9,775,383 604,613 522,626 552,367 505,766 6.3 5.4 5.7 5.2

New York-Newark-Jersey City2. . . . . . 10,035,500 10,135,469 10,033,815 10,188,860 629,168 515,210 579,684 512,795 6.3 5.1 5.8 5.0

Dutchess County-Putnam County.. . 191,424 195,502 191,983 196,787 9,979 8,438 9,040 7,990 5.2 4.3 4.7 4.1

Nassau County-Suffolk County. . . . . 1,444,699 1,469,281 1,451,971 1,484,782 76,458 65,392 70,976 62,248 5.3 4.5 4.9 4.2

Newark3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,263,841 1,265,038 1,264,159 1,271,619 81,863 59,035 78,071 62,576 6.5 4.7 6.2 4.9

New York-Jersey City-White

Plains2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,135,536 7,205,648 7,125,702 7,235,672 460,868 382,345 421,597 379,981 6.5 5.3 5.9 5.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,369,271 6,458,727 6,367,096 6,487,179 365,389 340,335 351,590 359,530 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington2. . . . 3,035,825 3,097,302 3,035,852 3,114,900 178,321 150,209 170,729 156,989 5.9 4.8 5.6 5.0

Camden3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637,022 646,967 636,968 651,323 44,619 30,900 42,185 32,323 7.0 4.8 6.6 5.0

Montgomery County-Bucks

County-Chester County. . . . . . . . . 1,041,094 1,063,983 1,042,202 1,070,104 47,219 43,065 45,327 45,322 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.2

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983,988 1,001,265 980,820 1,004,977 65,789 57,548 63,507 61,718 6.7 5.7 6.5 6.1

Wilmington3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373,721 385,087 375,862 388,496 20,694 18,696 19,710 17,626 5.5 4.9 5.2 4.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,001,418 13,221,950 13,013,634 13,273,913 578,212 566,458 557,383 591,456 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . 3,537,952 3,644,823 3,536,729 3,657,422 150,218 133,949 144,198 138,834 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.8

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,362,884 2,452,580 2,362,588 2,460,073 99,936 88,075 95,419 91,361 4.2 3.6 4.0 3.7

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,175,068 1,192,243 1,174,141 1,197,349 50,282 45,874 48,779 47,473 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,527,209 3,615,858 3,526,657 3,622,597 223,803 227,619 203,610 217,164 6.3 6.3 5.8 6.0

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967,721 2,019,392 1,966,835 2,020,285 99,637 106,364 94,711 103,882 5.1 5.3 4.8 5.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,605 1,613,687 1,575,528 1,614,253 71,579 79,471 69,235 77,849 4.5 4.9 4.4 4.8

Tacoma-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392,116 405,705 391,307 406,032 28,058 26,893 25,476 26,033 7.2 6.6 6.5 6.4

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 38 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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 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 containing the first principal city. 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. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the 

metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,922.2 1,945.3 1,931.6 1,955.5 23.9 1.2

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.9 46.2 45.9 46.2 0.3 0.7

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 61.5 60.8 61.5 0.7 1.2

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.4 515.3 510.7 516.0 5.3 1.0

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 69.1 69.0 71.8 2.8 4.1

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 53.5 53.4 53.7 0.3 0.6

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 57.0 57.0 57.5 0.5 0.9

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 56.1 55.6 56.8 1.2 2.2

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 37.8 37.0 37.9 0.9 2.4

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.0 219.7 217.1 221.2 4.1 1.9

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.5 175.7 176.1 178.2 2.1 1.2

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.8 169.2 168.6 169.8 1.2 0.7

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.4 105.6 103.8 106.0 2.2 2.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.6 326.1 328.1 327.1 -1.0 -0.3

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.7 176.9 177.3 177.3 0.0 0.0

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.1 36.5 37.3 36.9 -0.4 -1.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,620.9 2,700.4 2,628.3 2,712.6 84.3 3.2

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 65.2 64.6 65.5 0.9 1.4

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 47.5 47.0 48.0 1.0 2.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897.8 1,963.3 1,903.1 1,973.0 69.9 3.7

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 62.6 60.6 63.3 2.7 4.5

Sierra Vista-Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 33.8 34.6 34.1 -0.5 -1.4

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.5 381.0 369.9 381.3 11.4 3.1

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 55.1 54.7 55.1 0.4 0.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.3 1,219.3 1,195.0 1,223.9 28.9 2.4

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.4 241.6 231.2 242.2 11.0 4.8

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.5 112.9 112.6 113.7 1.1 1.0

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 37.7 37.3 38.2 0.9 2.4

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 55.2 53.2 55.6 2.4 4.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.9 352.1 346.3 353.1 6.8 2.0

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 33.6 33.9 33.7 -0.2 -0.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,770.9 16,226.2 15,860.2 16,298.6 438.4 2.8

Bakersfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.6 260.0 257.9 262.0 4.1 1.6

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 77.7 76.8 77.8 1.0 1.3

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 52.9 51.1 53.2 2.1 4.1

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.2 327.6 320.1 331.2 11.1 3.5

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 38.4 37.4 38.3 0.9 2.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,743.7 5,890.9 5,767.2 5,912.5 145.3 2.5

Madera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 37.4 34.8 37.4 2.6 7.5

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 63.9 62.4 64.5 2.1 3.4

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.9 167.1 163.3 168.5 5.2 3.2

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 71.2 68.9 71.4 2.5 3.6

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.3 296.5 293.8 297.5 3.7 1.3

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 63.0 62.1 63.3 1.2 1.9

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325.0 1,369.6 1,332.3 1,377.7 45.4 3.4

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898.8 923.3 905.0 927.1 22.1 2.4

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.9 134.4 129.3 134.2 4.9 3.8

San Diego-Carlsbad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,360.6 1,397.6 1,367.2 1,406.9 39.7 2.9

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,209.2 2,285.2 2,224.4 2,295.5 71.1 3.2

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020.6 1,060.3 1,025.3 1,063.8 38.5 3.8

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.6 116.0 113.7 116.6 2.9 2.6

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 98.4 97.0 99.1 2.1 2.2

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.3 182.8 178.9 184.1 5.2 2.9

Santa Rosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.4 199.0 193.5 200.6 7.1 3.7

Stockton-Lodi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.7 220.7 213.4 222.1 8.7 4.1

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 134.3 130.0 134.1 4.1 3.2

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 120.3 117.1 120.7 3.6 3.1

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 41.2 40.0 41.3 1.3 3.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,499.1 2,569.8 2,509.4 2,581.4 72.0 2.9

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Colorado - Continued

Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.9 181.2 178.5 181.9 3.4 1.9

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.4 272.4 265.6 274.2 8.6 3.2

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,364.5 1,403.5 1,369.9 1,412.7 42.8 3.1

Fort Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.2 156.6 151.2 157.8 6.6 4.4

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 61.0 61.0 61.2 0.2 0.3

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 100.4 101.1 100.9 -0.2 -0.2

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 61.0 59.9 61.5 1.6 2.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,641.9 1,656.6 1,648.8 1,664.8 16.0 1.0

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.1 400.0 400.6 404.5 3.9 1.0

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 77.2 77.3 77.8 0.5 0.6

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560.5 565.6 562.9 567.8 4.9 0.9

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.1 277.0 275.9 276.8 0.9 0.3

Norwich-New London-Westerly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 126.9 123.6 127.3 3.7 3.0

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 66.2 65.6 66.3 0.7 1.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.5 446.1 439.2 450.8 11.6 2.6

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 68.2 67.4 69.0 1.6 2.4

Salisbury1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 148.6 143.5 150.9 7.4 5.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759.8 770.9 762.2 773.3 11.1 1.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,111.7 3,179.6 3,119.9 3,206.5 86.6 2.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,013.6 8,271.3 8,064.7 8,312.9 248.2 3.1

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.6 255.8 247.6 256.1 8.5 3.4

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.7 104.2 105.9 107.2 1.3 1.2

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.7 193.2 188.3 195.1 6.8 3.6

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.9 137.7 134.5 138.5 4.0 3.0

Homosassa Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 32.9 32.8 33.2 0.4 1.2

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.5 660.3 642.1 664.7 22.6 3.5

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.9 212.6 207.4 213.7 6.3 3.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,487.0 2,556.1 2,498.3 2,562.9 64.6 2.6

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.9 139.7 138.3 140.4 2.1 1.5

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.4 289.3 284.4 290.7 6.3 2.2

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.9 98.4 97.6 99.4 1.8 1.8

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135.9 1,184.5 1,143.1 1,192.3 49.2 4.3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.9 203.4 201.6 203.8 2.2 1.1

Panama City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 80.9 82.9 83.1 0.2 0.2

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.0 168.6 165.5 170.1 4.6 2.8

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 140.7 137.6 141.1 3.5 2.5

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.9 46.9 46.2 47.1 0.9 1.9

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 50.0 49.0 50.4 1.4 2.9

Sebring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.6 25.8 24.8 25.9 1.1 4.4

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.2 176.0 173.9 177.3 3.4 2.0

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234.3 1,272.8 1,241.8 1,283.6 41.8 3.4

The Villages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 27.0 26.4 27.0 0.6 2.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,188.1 4,312.3 4,208.8 4,339.6 130.8 3.1

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 61.9 60.9 61.7 0.8 1.3

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.4 93.5 89.7 93.7 4.0 4.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,534.0 2,611.2 2,545.5 2,622.5 77.0 3.0

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.4 227.2 227.7 229.0 1.3 0.6

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 42.4 41.3 42.6 1.3 3.1

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 121.1 121.4 121.7 0.3 0.2

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 67.9 67.2 68.6 1.4 2.1

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 85.4 81.9 85.9 4.0 4.9

Hinesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8 19.7 19.8 19.7 -0.1 -0.5

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 102.8 101.1 103.5 2.4 2.4

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 40.3 40.0 40.6 0.6 1.5

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.6 174.9 169.0 176.1 7.1 4.2

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 55.3 55.1 56.0 0.9 1.6

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.3 70.5 69.9 70.8 0.9 1.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633.4 647.8 637.0 654.2 17.2 2.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Hawaii - Continued

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3 74.3 72.8 75.3 2.5 3.4

Urban Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.9 475.2 469.3 479.1 9.8 2.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.6 677.6 659.9 682.8 22.9 3.5

Boise City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.0 292.9 288.2 296.3 8.1 2.8

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 57.9 56.8 58.7 1.9 3.3

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 62.8 60.6 63.5 2.9 4.8

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.4 27.5 28.0 0.5 1.8

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 36.0 35.3 36.0 0.7 2.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819.9 5,888.7 5,853.2 5,932.3 79.1 1.4

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.3 93.4 95.4 93.2 -2.2 -2.3

Carbondale-Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 56.1 57.0 56.9 -0.1 -0.2

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.8 109.5 108.9 111.1 2.2 2.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,465.0 4,542.2 4,493.5 4,574.9 81.4 1.8

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 28.9 29.5 29.3 -0.2 -0.7

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.9 178.3 180.8 179.6 -1.2 -0.7

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 49.9 50.6 50.5 -0.1 -0.2

Kankakee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 44.7 44.2 44.9 0.7 1.6

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.6 175.4 176.2 176.0 -0.2 -0.1

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.6 151.2 148.2 151.8 3.6 2.4

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.0 111.6 110.6 112.5 1.9 1.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,973.2 3,017.8 2,995.9 3,030.6 34.7 1.2

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 75.6 76.4 75.8 -0.6 -0.8

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 52.5 50.8 52.5 1.7 3.3

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.6 124.2 125.9 124.3 -1.6 -1.3

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.3 154.0 155.9 155.0 -0.9 -0.6

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.7 218.2 213.0 219.1 6.1 2.9

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989.9 1,012.3 999.5 1,013.5 14.0 1.4

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 40.3 39.8 40.4 0.6 1.5

Lafayette-West Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.5 102.7 101.2 102.3 1.1 1.1

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 40.6 40.9 40.9 0.0 0.0

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 51.6 50.8 51.7 0.9 1.8

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.5 139.2 136.2 140.0 3.8 2.8

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 70.2 70.4 70.6 0.2 0.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,532.1 1,549.3 1,542.3 1,558.4 16.1 1.0

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 53.9 53.2 53.6 0.4 0.8

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.3 141.7 142.1 142.9 0.8 0.6

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.0 344.2 342.4 344.3 1.9 0.6

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 59.5 59.0 60.1 1.1 1.9

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.5 98.9 98.3 99.4 1.1 1.1

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 87.0 86.5 87.5 1.0 1.2

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.1 89.9 91.5 90.6 -0.9 -1.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,387.8 1,382.2 1,393.1 1,391.5 -1.6 -0.1

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 53.3 53.5 53.6 0.1 0.2

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 45.8 44.5 46.9 2.4 5.4

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.9 109.1 109.9 109.7 -0.2 -0.2

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.2 294.4 294.2 296.4 2.2 0.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,843.9 1,872.7 1,853.5 1,892.2 38.7 2.1

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 72.3 70.9 72.9 2.0 2.8

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 56.0 54.3 56.7 2.4 4.4

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.9 269.3 265.4 270.6 5.2 2.0

Louisville/Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.3 640.7 631.5 650.9 19.4 3.1

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 53.5 52.4 53.4 1.0 1.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,987.9 1,966.4 1,989.1 1,973.6 -15.5 -0.8

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 64.0 63.8 64.1 0.3 0.5

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.1 407.8 401.9 412.2 10.3 2.6

Hammond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 43.1 43.6 43.3 -0.3 -0.7

Houma-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.3 92.5 98.7 92.2 -6.5 -6.6

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.7 208.2 217.7 208.4 -9.3 -4.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Louisiana - Continued

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.9 103.8 101.5 104.6 3.1 3.1

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3 79.1 78.5 79.2 0.7 0.9

New Orleans-Metairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.1 570.1 572.3 573.3 1.0 0.2

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.1 181.6 183.8 182.0 -1.8 -1.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.4 592.4 588.2 594.3 6.1 1.0

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.3 64.9 65.2 65.1 -0.1 -0.2

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 50.3 49.5 50.0 0.5 1.0

Portland-South Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.0 191.5 189.8 192.3 2.5 1.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,596.9 2,638.3 2,613.6 2,677.8 64.2 2.5

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335.7 1,358.0 1,343.6 1,379.1 35.5 2.6

California-Lexington Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 44.6 44.4 44.8 0.4 0.9

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 38.4 39.4 38.7 -0.7 -1.8

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5 102.1 103.1 103.4 0.3 0.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,389.7 3,457.3 3,420.0 3,480.4 60.4 1.8

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 95.2 92.8 96.6 3.8 4.1

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,578.8 2,625.6 2,602.2 2,644.9 42.7 1.6

Leominster-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 50.2 49.8 50.9 1.1 2.2

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 65.7 65.1 66.2 1.1 1.7

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 41.2 40.4 41.4 1.0 2.5

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.9 322.7 323.8 325.7 1.9 0.6

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.4 276.7 275.3 278.6 3.3 1.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,158.0 4,249.2 4,174.0 4,266.5 92.5 2.2

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.8 219.7 212.7 221.8 9.1 4.3

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.8 58.4 58.1 58.7 0.6 1.0

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.8 36.1 35.9 36.0 0.1 0.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897.0 1,937.2 1,905.0 1,946.6 41.6 2.2

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 137.8 137.6 138.4 0.8 0.6

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.1 528.6 518.7 531.9 13.2 2.5

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 54.0 55.4 54.4 -1.0 -1.8

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.6 144.5 140.8 145.1 4.3 3.1

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.3 228.2 223.9 228.6 4.7 2.1

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 37.3 37.4 37.4 0.0 0.0

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 42.7 41.9 43.1 1.2 2.9

Muskegon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 63.5 63.0 64.0 1.0 1.6

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 60.6 60.0 61.1 1.1 1.8

Saginaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.8 87.9 86.1 88.8 2.7 3.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,785.3 2,827.1 2,792.3 2,828.6 36.3 1.3

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.3 130.6 133.2 130.6 -2.6 -2.0

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 56.1 55.4 56.1 0.7 1.3

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883.0 1,916.6 1,887.5 1,921.3 33.8 1.8

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.7 115.1 113.3 115.8 2.5 2.2

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 107.8 105.7 107.6 1.9 1.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,123.3 1,138.3 1,125.3 1,144.2 18.9 1.7

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.0 152.8 153.7 154.1 0.4 0.3

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 63.7 62.3 63.7 1.4 2.2

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.0 276.8 273.1 278.6 5.5 2.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,735.5 2,759.5 2,754.0 2,784.5 30.5 1.1

Cape Girardeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 44.3 44.0 44.6 0.6 1.4

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.0 99.8 97.8 100.3 2.5 2.6

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 75.7 75.4 76.3 0.9 1.2

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 80.1 80.0 80.6 0.6 0.8

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.6 1,037.3 1,029.9 1,043.5 13.6 1.3

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 62.4 62.7 62.8 0.1 0.2

St. Louis2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314.6 1,335.1 1,321.1 1,343.9 22.8 1.7

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.0 209.2 204.9 211.0 6.1 3.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.8 451.2 452.6 454.7 2.1 0.5

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.2 83.4 82.8 83.9 1.1 1.3

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 35.4 35.8 35.6 -0.2 -0.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Montana - Continued

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 58.1 58.2 58.6 0.4 0.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985.9 998.5 993.2 1,008.0 14.8 1.5

Grand Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 41.7 41.6 42.1 0.5 1.2

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.5 185.5 183.6 187.1 3.5 1.9

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.2 487.2 484.4 491.7 7.3 1.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234.1 1,266.7 1,242.7 1,277.6 34.9 2.8

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 27.5 28.0 27.9 -0.1 -0.4

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.1 925.0 908.7 932.1 23.4 2.6

Reno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.8 212.7 206.0 215.0 9.0 4.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641.0 654.3 644.2 655.5 11.3 1.8

Dover-Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 52.5 52.6 52.8 0.2 0.4

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 109.2 106.8 109.5 2.7 2.5

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.5 87.8 84.0 88.9 4.9 5.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,906.4 3,973.4 3,938.8 4,010.9 72.1 1.8

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 124.8 125.6 125.9 0.3 0.2

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 35.8 33.8 37.0 3.2 9.5

Trenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.3 261.6 254.5 261.9 7.4 2.9

Vineland-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 56.6 56.4 57.5 1.1 2.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821.8 821.8 823.5 826.5 3.0 0.4

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.3 379.9 376.9 382.8 5.9 1.6

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 51.0 51.9 51.0 -0.9 -1.7

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 71.4 71.5 72.0 0.5 0.7

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 62.5 61.4 62.5 1.1 1.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,060.8 9,187.9 9,106.8 9,248.3 141.5 1.6

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.0 452.3 453.6 453.3 -0.3 -0.1

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.1 102.1 102.2 102.8 0.6 0.6

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.1 547.3 545.8 549.3 3.5 0.6

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 37.9 38.3 37.8 -0.5 -1.3

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 53.2 52.8 53.2 0.4 0.8

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 72.1 71.7 72.1 0.4 0.6

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 60.2 59.4 60.6 1.2 2.0

New York-Newark-Jersey City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,114.6 9,294.6 9,182.4 9,375.6 193.2 2.1

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.5 515.7 521.6 519.1 -2.5 -0.5

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.8 314.3 313.9 314.9 1.0 0.3

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.8 125.4 124.5 125.3 0.8 0.6

Watertown-Fort Drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 41.6 40.8 41.6 0.8 2.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,165.0 4,253.7 4,183.8 4,292.5 108.7 2.6

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.5 183.2 178.4 183.7 5.3 3.0

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 59.3 59.3 59.8 0.5 0.8

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085.2 1,107.9 1,091.2 1,121.2 30.0 2.7

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.2 297.7 294.3 300.5 6.2 2.1

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.3 128.1 127.0 129.0 2.0 1.6

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.6 42.3 41.7 42.6 0.9 2.2

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.4 355.7 351.2 357.9 6.7 1.9

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.2 77.8 78.3 78.4 0.1 0.1

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.5 146.3 146.0 147.2 1.2 0.8

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.8 48.4 49.1 48.8 -0.3 -0.6

New Bern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 44.1 43.5 44.8 1.3 3.0

Raleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.2 587.7 570.2 592.2 22.0 3.9

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 56.7 56.7 56.5 -0.2 -0.4

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.0 117.4 116.9 118.3 1.4 1.2

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.3 257.4 255.2 258.8 3.6 1.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.2 433.6 453.6 435.0 -18.6 -4.1

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.8 73.6 73.2 73.6 0.4 0.5

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.4 138.8 136.6 139.1 2.5 1.8

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 56.8 56.6 57.0 0.4 0.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,295.5 5,375.8 5,322.3 5,419.4 97.1 1.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Ohio - Continued

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.5 339.8 334.8 341.5 6.7 2.0

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.2 169.8 169.7 170.4 0.7 0.4

Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032.1 1,050.6 1,041.7 1,063.1 21.4 2.1

Cleveland-Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022.1 1,030.0 1,024.5 1,037.9 13.4 1.3

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016.9 1,039.7 1,019.7 1,047.4 27.7 2.7

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371.9 380.7 373.5 381.8 8.3 2.2

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 53.1 51.6 53.4 1.8 3.5

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 51.4 51.8 51.7 -0.1 -0.2

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.3 50.2 50.2 50.6 0.4 0.8

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.5 304.9 299.6 306.9 7.3 2.4

Weirton-Steubenville1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 42.4 42.7 42.8 0.1 0.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.8 221.3 223.0 222.6 -0.4 -0.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.6 1,656.9 1,665.6 1,660.9 -4.7 -0.3

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.2 46.0 46.1 46.1 0.0 0.0

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.0 631.1 627.2 633.8 6.6 1.1

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.9 442.0 444.7 443.2 -1.5 -0.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,740.9 1,799.8 1,750.7 1,810.2 59.5 3.4

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.3 41.6 41.6 42.0 0.4 1.0

Bend-Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 74.6 70.9 75.2 4.3 6.1

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 41.3 41.4 41.7 0.3 0.7

Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.4 153.3 150.3 153.8 3.5 2.3

Grants Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 24.8 24.5 24.9 0.4 1.6

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 81.9 79.8 81.9 2.1 2.6

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091.6 1,126.6 1,096.8 1,132.1 35.3 3.2

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.5 157.1 153.3 157.6 4.3 2.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,737.0 5,792.0 5,761.0 5,833.4 72.4 1.3

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.0 351.7 351.1 353.8 2.7 0.8

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 60.5 60.1 61.1 1.0 1.7

Bloomsburg-Berwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.6 42.4 41.8 42.4 0.6 1.4

Chambersburg-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 61.2 59.7 61.4 1.7 2.8

East Stroudsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 56.2 54.9 56.1 1.2 2.2

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.5 126.3 128.9 126.9 -2.0 -1.6

Gettysburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 34.1 34.1 34.8 0.7 2.1

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.8 332.5 327.5 333.8 6.3 1.9

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 55.9 56.6 56.4 -0.2 -0.4

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.0 242.7 240.9 243.6 2.7 1.1

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.2 50.7 50.3 51.2 0.9 1.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,766.9 2,828.2 2,782.2 2,853.9 71.7 2.6

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,139.8 1,141.0 1,145.8 1,148.0 2.2 0.2

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.4 176.2 173.7 176.3 2.6 1.5

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.1 254.8 254.9 257.6 2.7 1.1

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 77.5 76.7 78.0 1.3 1.7

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 54.2 55.5 54.5 -1.0 -1.8

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.7 181.5 178.6 183.3 4.7 2.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.5 476.4 472.4 482.0 9.6 2.0

Providence-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.2 566.2 561.0 572.6 11.6 2.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,960.2 2,007.2 1,979.1 2,035.0 55.9 2.8

Charleston-North Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.5 333.7 328.9 337.2 8.3 2.5

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.7 387.8 380.8 393.2 12.4 3.3

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.1 86.6 86.2 87.7 1.5 1.7

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.1 402.7 395.2 406.6 11.4 2.9

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 74.3 73.0 75.7 2.7 3.7

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.4 149.6 150.1 154.9 4.8 3.2

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.6 144.6 140.4 145.8 5.4 3.8

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.6 39.4 38.7 39.9 1.2 3.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.2 421.1 419.5 423.3 3.8 0.9

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.6 63.1 64.1 63.7 -0.4 -0.6

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.9 151.7 147.2 152.0 4.8 3.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,831.7 2,924.0 2,845.6 2,937.2 91.6 3.2

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.5 248.9 241.6 249.2 7.6 3.1

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.4 89.0 87.5 89.8 2.3 2.6

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.4 47.0 45.2 47.1 1.9 4.2

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 66.2 65.5 66.9 1.4 2.1

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.6 78.5 77.7 79.0 1.3 1.7

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 121.8 119.5 122.4 2.9 2.4

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.2 390.2 380.0 391.8 11.8 3.1

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.5 628.6 618.3 629.1 10.8 1.7

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 45.3 44.5 45.8 1.3 2.9

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890.7 923.5 895.4 928.8 33.4 3.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,720.2 11,899.4 11,741.3 11,923.1 181.8 1.5

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 68.8 68.2 68.7 0.5 0.7

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.5 118.7 117.4 119.5 2.1 1.8

Austin-Round Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938.2 978.4 944.6 983.3 38.7 4.1

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.5 167.6 166.7 166.9 0.2 0.1

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 140.9 139.0 142.8 3.8 2.7

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.8 112.8 108.6 113.3 4.7 4.3

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.6 197.0 193.6 198.0 4.4 2.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,331.0 3,451.4 3,336.7 3,466.6 129.9 3.9

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.2 307.4 298.9 308.0 9.1 3.0

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974.6 2,983.2 2,980.1 2,987.8 7.7 0.3

Killeen-Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.7 140.3 136.4 140.9 4.5 3.3

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.1 102.5 100.5 102.4 1.9 1.9

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.4 100.2 101.4 100.1 -1.3 -1.3

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.4 142.3 139.1 143.5 4.4 3.2

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.2 253.3 248.2 255.1 6.9 2.8

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4 90.4 94.1 90.4 -3.7 -3.9

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7 73.6 77.9 73.8 -4.1 -5.3

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 49.5 49.2 49.8 0.6 1.2

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966.9 992.9 970.7 998.4 27.7 2.9

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.5 46.4 45.3 46.8 1.5 3.3

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 60.6 59.4 60.7 1.3 2.2

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.0 101.9 99.4 102.4 3.0 3.0

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.0 44.7 45.0 44.8 -0.2 -0.4

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.6 115.9 113.4 116.3 2.9 2.6

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 58.1 58.3 58.5 0.2 0.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350.4 1,395.6 1,361.0 1,405.4 44.4 3.3

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 59.8 58.0 60.0 2.0 3.4

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.0 246.0 235.6 247.5 11.9 5.1

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.5 231.7 221.7 234.2 12.5 5.6

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 59.0 56.1 59.6 3.5 6.2

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.6 682.7 668.3 685.8 17.5 2.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.1 317.3 310.5 315.5 5.0 1.6

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 125.8 122.4 124.8 2.4 2.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,766.5 3,861.4 3,780.0 3,888.5 108.5 2.9

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 78.0 76.9 77.9 1.0 1.3

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.2 115.4 111.3 115.7 4.4 4.0

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 65.2 64.5 65.0 0.5 0.8

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.5 102.2 101.7 102.7 1.0 1.0

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.1 662.5 636.7 665.1 28.4 4.5

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.5 161.3 159.1 162.0 2.9 1.8

Staunton-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 48.2 48.9 48.6 -0.3 -0.6

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748.7 753.0 752.3 763.1 10.8 1.4

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 62.1 59.9 62.7 2.8 4.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,084.2 3,183.1 3,106.5 3,203.9 97.4 3.1

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2 87.8 86.9 88.9 2.0 2.3

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 88.2 86.6 88.5 1.9 2.2

Kennewick-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.9 107.6 105.2 108.8 3.6 3.4

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 39.3 38.7 39.7 1.0 2.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Washington - Continued

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 47.9 47.3 48.3 1.0 2.1

Olympia-Tumwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.5 110.7 108.1 111.2 3.1 2.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851.5 1,913.1 1,863.0 1,923.7 60.7 3.3

Spokane-Spokane Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.2 235.2 232.9 236.7 3.8 1.6

Walla Walla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.2 27.3 27.5 0.2 0.7

Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 41.3 41.2 42.1 0.9 2.2

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 81.7 80.6 82.6 2.0 2.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755.6 746.2 759.9 753.4 -6.5 -0.9

Beckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 45.4 46.3 45.7 -0.6 -1.3

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 120.3 123.1 121.5 -1.6 -1.3

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8 139.1 139.6 140.8 1.2 0.9

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.7 71.7 71.5 72.6 1.1 1.5

Parkersburg-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 41.5 41.9 41.8 -0.1 -0.2

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.2 66.8 67.6 67.4 -0.2 -0.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,824.4 2,868.4 2,837.8 2,882.3 44.5 1.6

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.5 121.8 120.4 122.6 2.2 1.8

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.8 84.6 84.5 84.6 0.1 0.1

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.6 47.6 48.2 0.6 1.3

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.6 171.1 170.2 171.6 1.4 0.8

Janesville-Beloit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 67.4 65.6 67.9 2.3 3.5

La Crosse-Onalaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 76.6 77.1 77.6 0.5 0.6

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.7 391.4 383.0 391.5 8.5 2.2

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839.1 844.0 842.3 849.1 6.8 0.8

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 94.5 93.5 94.7 1.2 1.3

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7 74.9 75.2 75.1 -0.1 -0.1

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 60.0 60.0 59.8 -0.2 -0.3

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.7 71.4 71.4 71.9 0.5 0.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.1 276.9 286.9 277.4 -9.5 -3.3

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 39.8 43.1 40.0 -3.1 -7.2

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.5 46.2 46.7 46.8 0.1 0.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902.1 893.4 908.6 895.9 -12.7 -1.4

Aguadilla-Isabela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.0 51.2 51.2 51.5 0.3 0.6

Arecibo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 33.1 33.5 33.2 -0.3 -0.9

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 15.5 15.5 15.5 0.0 0.0

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 34.4 34.3 34.6 0.3 0.9

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 71.4 73.1 71.5 -1.6 -2.2

San German. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 20.1 20.8 20.1 -0.7 -3.4

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.7 646.3 658.1 648.2 -9.9 -1.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 37.6 38.3 37.8 -0.5 -1.3

1 For operational reasons, these interstate areas are listed under the state that accounts for the larger share of the population, which is different from the state that contains

the first principal city.

2 Area boundary does not reflect the official OMB delineation.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes

available. Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 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 containing the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted. Estimates for

the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division1

[In thousands]

State, area, and division

February March Change from

March 2015 to March 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,770.9 16,226.2 15,860.2 16,298.6 438.4 2.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,743.7 5,890.9 5,767.2 5,912.5 145.3 2.5

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,518.8 1,562.0 1,523.2 1,570.8 47.6 3.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,224.9 4,328.9 4,244.0 4,341.7 97.7 2.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,209.2 2,285.2 2,224.4 2,295.5 71.1 3.2

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073.6 1,103.9 1,082.2 1,108.2 26.0 2.4

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.5 1,067.1 1,031.4 1,072.4 41.0 4.0

San Rafael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.1 114.2 110.8 114.9 4.1 3.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759.8 770.9 762.2 773.3 11.1 1.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,111.7 3,179.6 3,119.9 3,206.5 86.6 2.8

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.1 581.8 576.1 592.2 16.1 2.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,537.6 2,597.8 2,543.8 2,614.3 70.5 2.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,013.6 8,271.3 8,064.7 8,312.9 248.2 3.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,487.0 2,556.1 2,498.3 2,562.9 64.6 2.6

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.6 821.3 792.8 820.1 27.3 3.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,114.2 1,134.4 1,120.1 1,143.3 23.2 2.1

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582.2 600.4 585.4 599.5 14.1 2.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,819.9 5,888.7 5,853.2 5,932.3 79.1 1.4

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,465.0 4,542.2 4,493.5 4,574.9 81.4 1.8

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,561.4 3,623.4 3,582.3 3,647.8 65.5 1.8

Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.1 250.9 248.0 253.6 5.6 2.3

Gary3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.2 271.2 271.7 272.1 0.4 0.1

Lake County-Kenosha County2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.3 396.7 391.5 401.4 9.9 2.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,389.7 3,457.3 3,420.0 3,480.4 60.4 1.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,578.8 2,625.6 2,602.2 2,644.9 42.7 1.6

Boston-Cambridge-Newton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728.7 1,760.2 1,744.5 1,773.7 29.2 1.7

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.2 82.2 79.0 82.4 3.4 4.3

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.6 169.4 169.9 170.9 1.0 0.6

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 65.0 62.8 66.1 3.3 5.3

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 81.9 79.9 82.3 2.4 3.0

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.3 147.0 145.9 146.7 0.8 0.5

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 43.5 43.8 43.8 0.0 0.0

Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.8 123.5 123.9 124.5 0.6 0.5

Peabody-Salem-Beverly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 94.8 95.2 95.7 0.5 0.5

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 58.1 57.3 58.8 1.5 2.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,158.0 4,249.2 4,174.0 4,266.5 92.5 2.2

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897.0 1,937.2 1,905.0 1,946.6 41.6 2.2

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724.3 735.1 727.9 738.3 10.4 1.4

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,172.7 1,202.1 1,177.1 1,208.3 31.2 2.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,060.8 9,187.9 9,106.8 9,248.3 141.5 1.6

New York-Newark-Jersey City2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,114.6 9,294.6 9,182.4 9,375.6 193.2 2.1

Dutchess County-Putnam County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.6 142.7 142.0 144.5 2.5 1.8

Nassau County-Suffolk County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260.8 1,276.5 1,273.4 1,298.4 25.0 2.0

Newark3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165.1 1,177.5 1,173.4 1,184.3 10.9 0.9

New York-Jersey City-White Plains2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,548.1 6,697.9 6,593.6 6,748.4 154.8 2.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,737.0 5,792.0 5,761.0 5,833.4 72.4 1.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,766.9 2,828.2 2,782.2 2,853.9 71.7 2.6

Camden3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.7 521.2 509.0 526.5 17.5 3.4

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007.5 1,025.2 1,013.8 1,036.5 22.7 2.2

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.4 925.6 909.0 930.8 21.8 2.4

Wilmington3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.3 356.2 350.4 360.1 9.7 2.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,720.2 11,899.4 11,741.3 11,923.1 181.8 1.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,331.0 3,451.4 3,336.7 3,466.6 129.9 3.9

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,347.9 2,455.9 2,352.6 2,465.2 112.6 4.8

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983.1 995.5 984.1 1,001.4 17.3 1.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,084.2 3,183.1 3,106.5 3,203.9 97.4 3.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851.5 1,913.1 1,863.0 1,923.7 60.7 3.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,560.7 1,612.4 1,570.1 1,621.4 51.3 3.3

Tacoma-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.8 300.7 292.9 302.3 9.4 3.2

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 38 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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are

based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 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 containing the first principal

city. 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. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
Map includes data for 387 metropolitan areas based

on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.

Note:

Map 1. Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adMarch 2016

(U.S. rate = 5.1 percent)
Map 2. Over-the-year percentage change in employment, by metropolitan area, 

not seasonally adjusted, March 2016

(U.S. average = 2.0 percent)

Above U.S. average

U.S. average or below

NOTE: Map includes data for 387

metropolitan areas based on Office of

Managment and Budget Bulletin No. 13-

01. Areas in the six New England states

are Metropolitan New England City and

Town areas (NECTAs), while areas in

other states are county based.