For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, January 27, 2015 USDL-15-0111 

Technical information: 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2014 

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in December. Forty-two states and the 

District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from November, four states had increases, and 

four states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-six states and the 

District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, two states had increases, and 

two states had no change. The national jobless rate declined to 5.6 percent from 5.8 percent in 

November and was 1.1 percentage points lower than in December 2013. 

In December 2014, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 41 states and decreased in 9 states and the 

District of Columbia. The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Texas (+45,700), 

New York (+30,400), and Illinois (+17,100). The largest over-the-month decrease in employment 

occurred in Minnesota (-5,200), followed by Idaho (-2,700) and New Mexico (-1,600). The largest overthe-month percentage increases in employment occurred in Alaska and Montana (+0.7 percent each), 

followed by New Hampshire (+0.6 percent). The largest over-the-month percentage declines in 

employment occurred in Idaho and Vermont (-0.4 percent each), followed by Delaware, Minnesota, and 

New Mexico (-0.2 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in all 50 states and the 

District of Columbia. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+5.4 

percent), followed by Texas (+4.0 percent) and Utah (+3.9 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In December, the West continued to have the highest regional unemployment rate, 6.3 percent, while the 

Midwest had the lowest rate, 5.2 percent. Over the month, all four regions had statistically significant 

unemployment rate declines: the Midwest, Northeast, and South (-0.2 percentage point each) and the 

West (-0.1 point). Significant over-the-year rate decreases also occurred in all four regions: the Midwest 

(-1.6 percentage points), Northeast (-1.3 points), West (-1.1 points), and South (-0.8 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific had the highest jobless rate, 6.8 percent in December. 

The West North Central again had the lowest rate, 4.2 percent. Over the month, statistically significant 

jobless rate changes occurred in the East North Central, New England, South Atlantic, and West South 

Central (-0.2 percentage point each). All nine divisions had significant rate declines from a year earlier. 

The largest of these decreases occurred in the East North Central (-2.0 percentage points). 
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State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Mississippi had the highest unemployment rate among the states in December, 7.2 percent. The District 

of Columbia had a rate of 7.3 percent. North Dakota again had the lowest jobless rate, 2.8 percent. In 

total, 19 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.6 percent, 10 states 

and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 21 states had rates that were not 

appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and chart 1.) 

In December, 19 states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate changes, all of 

which were declines. Delaware had the largest decrease (-0.6 percentage point), followed by Michigan 

and North Carolina (-0.4 point each). The remaining 31 states and the District of Columbia had jobless 

rates that were not measurably different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that 

were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Thirty states had statistically significant unemployment rate declines over the year, the largest of which 

occurred in Illinois (-2.7 percentage points) and Rhode Island (-2.5 points). The only statistically 

significant rate increase occurred in Louisiana (+1.3 percentage points). The remaining 19 states and the 

District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different from those of a year earlier. (See 

table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In December 2014, 14 states had statistically significant over-the-month changes in employment, all of 

which were increases. The largest significant job gains occurred in Texas (+45,700), New York 

(+30,400), and Illinois (+17,100). (See tables D and 5.) 

Over the year, 37 states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant changes in 

employment, all of which were positive. The largest significant over-the-year job increase occurred in 

Texas (+457,900), followed by California (+320,300) and Florida (+230,600). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2014 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2014 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on 

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for January 2015 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 

March 17, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 

 
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Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2014 Annual Averages on 

March 4, 2015, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for regions, divisions, states, 

the District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1-4 of this news 

release will be replaced with data produced using a new generation of time-series models. 

Data will be re-estimated back to January 1976 for regions, divisions, states, the District of 

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

the balances of California and New York states. Data for the five remaining modeled substate 

and balance-of-state areas will be re-estimated back to their new series beginnings in 1990 or 

1994. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data will be affected. More 

information is available in the ′′Report on Revision to State and Area Time-Series Models′′ on 

the BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lauschanges2015.htm. 

The revisions to model-based data at the state level and below for 2013 and 2014 also will 

incorporate updated estimation inputs, while the revisions for all model-based data from April 

2010 forward will reflect new population controls from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of January 2015 estimates on March 17, 2015, all nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 5 and 6 of this news release will 

be adjusted to 2014 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2013 

and seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 2010 are subject to revision. Some 

seasonally adjusted series may be revised back to 1990. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 5.6

Arizona ............................................................... 6.7

California ............................................................ 7.0

Colorado ............................................................ 4.0

Connecticut ......................................................... 6.4

District of Columbia ............................................. 7.3

Georgia .............................................................. 6.9

Hawaii ................................................................ 4.0

Idaho ................................................................. 3.7

Iowa .................................................................. 4.1

Kansas ............................................................... 4.2

Minnesota ........................................................... 3.6

Mississippi .......................................................... 7.2

Montana ............................................................. 4.2

Nebraska ............................................................ 2.9

Nevada ............................................................... 6.8

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

North Dakota ...................................................... 2.8

Ohio ................................................................... 4.8

Oklahoma ........................................................... 4.2

Oregon ............................................................... 6.7

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 4.8

Rhode Island ...................................................... 6.8

South Carolina .................................................... 6.5

South Dakota ...................................................... 3.3

Tennessee .......................................................... 6.6

Texas ................................................................. 4.6

Utah ................................................................... 3.5

Vermont ............................................................. 4.2

Virginia ............................................................... 4.8

Wyoming ............................................................ 4.2

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., December 2014, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2014

to December 2014, seasonally adjusted

November 2014 December 2014 p

California ..................................... 7.2 7.0 -0.2

Delaware ..................................... 6.0 5.4 -.6

Florida ......................................... 5.8 5.6 -.2

Georgia ....................................... 7.2 6.9 -.3

Idaho ........................................... 3.9 3.7 -.2

Iowa ............................................ 4.3 4.1 -.2

Kentucky ...................................... 6.0 5.7 -.3

Maine .......................................... 5.7 5.5 -.2

Massachusetts ............................. 5.8 5.5 -.3

Michigan ...................................... 6.7 6.3 -.4

Montana ...................................... 4.3 4.2 -.1

Nebraska ..................................... 3.1 2.9 -.2

New Mexico ................................. 6.4 6.1 -.3

North Carolina .............................. 5.9 5.5 -.4

Pennsylvania ................................ 5.1 4.8 -.3

Rhode Island ................................ 7.1 6.8 -.3

Texas .......................................... 4.9 4.6 -.3

Virginia ........................................ 5.0 4.8 -.2

Wyoming ...................................... 4.5 4.2 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2013

to December 2014, seasonally adjusted

December 2013 December 2014 p

Arkansas ..................................... 7.4 5.7 -1.7

California ..................................... 8.3 7.0 -1.3

Colorado ...................................... 6.2 4.0 -2.2

Connecticut .................................. 7.4 6.4 -1.0

Delaware ..................................... 6.2 5.4 -.8

Florida ......................................... 6.3 5.6 -.7

Hawaii ......................................... 4.7 4.0 -.7

Idaho ........................................... 5.6 3.7 -1.9

Illinois .......................................... 8.9 6.2 -2.7

Indiana ......................................... 6.8 5.8 -1.0

Kansas ........................................ 4.9 4.2 -.7

Kentucky ...................................... 7.9 5.7 -2.2

Louisiana ..................................... 5.4 6.7 1.3

Maine .......................................... 6.4 5.5 -.9

Massachusetts ............................. 7.1 5.5 -1.6

Michigan ...................................... 8.3 6.3 -2.0

Minnesota .................................... 4.7 3.6 -1.1

Montana ...................................... 5.4 4.2 -1.2

Nebraska ..................................... 3.6 2.9 -.7

Nevada ........................................ 9.0 6.8 -2.2

New Hampshire ............................ 5.2 4.0 -1.2

New Jersey .................................. 7.2 6.2 -1.0

New York ..................................... 7.0 5.8 -1.2

North Carolina .............................. 6.9 5.5 -1.4

Ohio ............................................ 7.1 4.8 -2.3

Oklahoma .................................... 5.4 4.2 -1.2

Pennsylvania ................................ 6.8 4.8 -2.0

Rhode Island ................................ 9.3 6.8 -2.5

Tennessee ................................... 7.7 6.6 -1.1

Texas .......................................... 6.0 4.6 -1.4

Wisconsin .................................... 6.3 5.2 -1.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2014 to

December 2014, seasonally adjusted

November December Over-the-month

2014 2014 p change p

Alaska ....................................... 338,400 340,900 2,500

Georgia ..................................... 4,166,700 4,180,800 14,100

Illinois ........................................ 5,863,200 5,880,300 17,100

Maryland ................................... 2,618,300 2,629,300 11,000

Massachusetts .......................... 3,436,700 3,447,600 10,900

Montana .................................... 454,700 457,800 3,100

New Hampshire .......................... 649,200 652,900 3,700

New York ................................... 9,041,800 9,072,200 30,400

North Carolina ............................ 4,203,600 4,218,700 15,100

North Dakota .............................. 473,800 476,200 2,400

 

Oregon ...................................... 1,739,800 1,748,000 8,200

Tennessee ................................. 2,828,100 2,840,600 12,500

Texas ........................................ 11,737,600 11,783,300 45,700

Utah .......................................... 1,348,600 1,353,900 5,300

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2013 to

December 2014, seasonally adjusted

December December Over-the-year

2013 2014 p change p

Alabama .................................... 1,916,600 1,948,200 31,600

Arizona ...................................... 2,542,300 2,605,400 63,100

Arkansas ................................... 1,185,100 1,207,700 22,600

California ................................... 15,323,600 15,643,900 320,300

Colorado .................................... 2,404,900 2,467,200 62,300

Connecticut ............................... 1,663,500 1,690,200 26,700

Delaware ................................... 432,800 444,400 11,600

District of Columbia .................... 747,400 761,900 14,500

Florida ....................................... 7,680,600 7,911,200 230,600

Georgia ..................................... 4,072,500 4,180,800 108,300

 

Hawaii ....................................... 623,400 632,400 9,000

Idaho ......................................... 638,200 647,800 9,600

Illinois ........................................ 5,828,700 5,880,300 51,600

Indiana ...................................... 2,965,200 3,023,600 58,400

Iowa .......................................... 1,544,200 1,560,600 16,400

Kentucky ................................... 1,845,900 1,878,300 32,400

Louisiana ................................... 1,963,200 1,992,200 29,000

Massachusetts .......................... 3,386,700 3,447,600 60,900

Michigan .................................... 4,126,000 4,170,400 44,400

Minnesota .................................. 2,811,700 2,844,800 33,100

 

Missouri .................................... 2,750,300 2,795,000 44,700

Montana .................................... 450,600 457,800 7,200

Nevada ...................................... 1,193,100 1,220,400 27,300

New Mexico ............................... 811,000 824,300 13,300

New York ................................... 8,966,900 9,072,200 105,300

North Carolina ............................ 4,104,200 4,218,700 114,500

North Dakota .............................. 451,700 476,200 24,500

Ohio .......................................... 5,268,900 5,330,400 61,500

Oklahoma .................................. 1,645,200 1,681,900 36,700

Oregon ...................................... 1,697,000 1,748,000 51,000

 

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,758,100 5,812,300 54,200

Rhode Island .............................. 471,200 478,900 7,700

South Carolina ........................... 1,921,500 1,968,000 46,500

Tennessee ................................. 2,774,400 2,840,600 66,200

Texas ........................................ 11,325,400 11,783,300 457,900

Utah .......................................... 1,303,600 1,353,900 50,300

Washington ............................... 3,011,400 3,094,000 82,600

Wisconsin ................................. 2,849,000 2,902,300 53,300

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

for census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate 

areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 

and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state 

cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The 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 over. 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 bad weather, 

labor-management 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 48 of the 50 states, 

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

balances of California and New York State are produced using 

estimating equations based on regression techniques. This 

method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the 

beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, 

including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment 

insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state of California 

are derived by summing the estimates for the Los AngelesLong Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of 

California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are derived 

by summing the estimates for New York City and the balance 

of New York State. Estimates for all nine census divisions and 

the five additional substate areas contained in this release (the 

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and Detroit-Warren-Livonia 

metropolitan areas and the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, MiamiMiami Beach-Kendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 

metropolitan divisions) and their respective balances of state 

are based on a similar regression approach that does not 

incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for census regions are 

obtained by summing the model-based estimates for the 

component divisions and then calculating the unemployment 

rate. Each month, census division estimates are controlled to 

national totals; state estimates are then controlled to their 

respective division totals. Substate and balance-of-state 

estimates for the five areas noted above are controlled to their 

respective state totals. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived 

from a monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A 

detailed description of the estimation procedures is available 

from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

for prior years reflect adjustments made at the end of each year. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from 

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

sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical data 

for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted and not 

seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each 

calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates. 

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 

2010. These are seasonally adjusted data that have 

incorporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting 

in estimates that are less volatile than those previously 

produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson 

Trend Filter (H13). The H13 uses a filtering procedure, based 

on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations from 

the seasonally adjusted series, leaving the trend. The same 

process is used on both historical and current year estimates. 

For more information about the smoothing technique, see the 

BLS website at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the standards and definitions established by the 

U.S. Office of Management and Budget on December 1, 2009. 

A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 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 currentmonth 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, relatively small sample 

sizes limit the reliability of the weighted link-relative 

estimates. In these cases, BLS uses the CES small domain 

model (SDM) to generate employment estimates. The SDM 

combines the direct sample estimates (described above) and 

forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease the 

volatility of the estimates. For more detailed information about 

the CES small domain 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 at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll 

employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of 

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

coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

sample 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 un-rounded data and thus may differ 

slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed 

in the tables. 

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program 

introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among 

these were the development of model-based error measures for 

the monthly estimates and the estimates of over-the-month 

changes. The introductory section of this release preserves the 

long-time practice of highlighting the direction of the 

movements in regional and state unemployment rates and state 

nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical 

significance. The remainder of the analysis in the release takes 

statistical significance into consideration. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures for seasonally adjusted and not 

seasonally adjusted data and for over-the-month and over-theyear changes are available online at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses a 90-percent 

confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS 

unemployment rates are statistically significant. The average 

magnitude of the current year over-the-month change in a state 

unemployment rate that is required for statistical significance 

at the 90-percent confidence level is just over 0.2 percentage 

point; the average amount of the current over-the-year change 

in a state rate for significance is about 0.9 point. More details 

can be found on the website. Measures of nonsampling error 

are not available. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. BLS uses 

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes 

in CES employment levels are statistically significant. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 380 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the 

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,400 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online 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 LABOR FORCE DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Northeast ........................... 28,189.1 28,205.9 28,244.2 28,269.7 1,956.8 1,677.4 1,628.1 1,583.4 6.9 5.9 5.8 5.6

 New England .................... 7,680.3 7,776.8 7,809.2 7,824.4 530.5 459.9 454.1 435.3 6.9 5.9 5.8 5.6

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,508.9 20,429.2 20,435.0 20,445.3 1,426.3 1,217.5 1,174.0 1,148.1 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.6

South ................................. 56,497.6 56,919.8 56,934.0 56,880.3 3,623.5 3,436.9 3,294.9 3,166.0 6.4 6.0 5.8 5.6

 South Atlantic ................... 29,931.0 30,253.7 30,236.6 30,181.2 1,919.0 1,909.6 1,813.5 1,741.9 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.8

 East South Central ........... 8,453.9 8,363.7 8,347.3 8,328.4 626.2 564.3 539.6 520.0 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.2

 West South Central .......... 18,112.7 18,302.4 18,350.1 18,370.7 1,078.3 963.0 941.7 904.1 6.0 5.3 5.1 4.9

Midwest ............................. 34,261.0 34,495.8 34,553.6 34,591.5 2,313.6 1,921.8 1,853.1 1,801.9 6.8 5.6 5.4 5.2

 East North Central ............ 23,246.8 23,359.2 23,401.4 23,417.0 1,787.8 1,421.7 1,376.5 1,336.2 7.7 6.1 5.9 5.7

 West North Central ........... 11,014.2 11,136.6 11,152.2 11,174.6 525.8 500.1 476.6 465.7 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2

West ................................... 35,996.7 36,414.6 36,533.6 36,571.7 2,681.2 2,359.6 2,352.9 2,314.4 7.4 6.5 6.4 6.3

 Mountain ........................... 11,069.7 11,185.3 11,221.4 11,241.6 725.9 604.6 595.1 583.4 6.6 5.4 5.3 5.2

 Pacific ............................... 24,927.0 25,229.3 25,312.2 25,330.1 1,955.4 1,755.0 1,757.8 1,731.1 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.8

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following

calendar year.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014

Northeast ........................... 28,175.9 28,228.9 28,060.5 28,153.3 1,888.8 1,534.1 1,821.1 1,475.6 6.7 5.4 6.5 5.2

 New England .................... 7,680.7 7,832.8 7,648.1 7,781.4 504.5 422.3 498.4 388.5 6.6 5.4 6.5 5.0

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,495.2 20,396.1 20,412.5 20,371.9 1,384.2 1,111.8 1,322.8 1,087.1 6.8 5.5 6.5 5.3

South ................................. 56,541.8 56,890.0 56,311.4 56,542.6 3,541.2 3,084.4 3,401.9 2,954.6 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.2

 South Atlantic ................... 29,919.0 30,145.7 29,801.1 29,940.8 1,901.2 1,692.4 1,811.0 1,647.1 6.4 5.6 6.1 5.5

 East South Central ........... 8,481.1 8,361.4 8,435.4 8,306.0 595.8 503.7 582.7 492.1 7.0 6.0 6.9 5.9

 West South Central .......... 18,141.7 18,382.8 18,074.9 18,295.7 1,044.2 888.3 1,008.2 815.5 5.8 4.8 5.6 4.5

Midwest ............................. 34,283.7 34,547.2 34,120.6 34,418.9 2,200.0 1,681.8 2,193.7 1,701.8 6.4 4.9 6.4 4.9

 East North Central ............ 23,276.3 23,404.7 23,145.4 23,291.0 1,710.5 1,253.9 1,680.4 1,244.2 7.3 5.4 7.3 5.3

 West North Central ........... 11,007.4 11,142.4 10,975.2 11,127.8 489.4 427.9 513.3 457.7 4.4 3.8 4.7 4.1

West ................................... 36,045.0 36,630.8 35,916.0 36,406.6 2,640.8 2,330.1 2,567.2 2,199.4 7.3 6.4 7.1 6.0

 Mountain ........................... 11,081.3 11,272.9 11,050.8 11,217.0 703.5 588.5 695.1 562.6 6.3 5.2 6.3 5.0

 Pacific ............................... 24,963.6 25,357.9 24,865.2 25,189.6 1,937.4 1,741.6 1,872.2 1,636.9 7.8 6.9 7.5 6.5

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. The composition of the regions

and divisions is described in table 1. Estimates for the current year are

subject to revision early in the following calendar year.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Alabama ................................................... 2,113.9 2,117.7 2,109.1 2,102.2 129.6 133.4 125.8 119.8 6.1 6.3 6.0 5.7

Alaska ....................................................... 364.0 366.5 366.0 365.5 23.4 24.7 23.9 23.1 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.3

Arizona ..................................................... 2,998.4 3,049.9 3,078.6 3,099.1 228.5 206.7 208.0 208.0 7.6 6.8 6.8 6.7

Arkansas ................................................... 1,327.3 1,307.5 1,315.7 1,324.1 98.5 79.1 77.0 75.8 7.4 6.1 5.9 5.7

California .................................................. 18,550.3 18,757.5 18,823.0 18,834.5 1,532.5 1,361.2 1,355.8 1,327.3 8.3 7.3 7.2 7.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,945.7 5,018.7 5,017.6 5,023.7 455.2 400.1 399.5 395.9 9.2 8.0 8.0 7.9

Colorado ................................................... 2,748.7 2,804.9 2,806.8 2,808.9 170.6 121.0 114.4 111.4 6.2 4.3 4.1 4.0

Connecticut ............................................... 1,845.8 1,886.3 1,898.7 1,906.0 136.4 121.5 122.5 121.4 7.4 6.4 6.5 6.4

Delaware .................................................. 442.0 454.5 453.9 452.5 27.5 29.0 27.2 24.7 6.2 6.4 6.0 5.4

District of Columbia .................................. 368.1 378.8 381.7 381.8 27.9 28.7 28.2 27.7 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3

Florida ....................................................... 9,418.4 9,659.5 9,661.1 9,644.0 591.8 578.9 556.5 542.8 6.3 6.0 5.8 5.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,278.8 1,299.6 1,304.2 1,309.4 92.9 83.9 83.4 87.7 7.3 6.5 6.4 6.7

Georgia ..................................................... 4,734.0 4,762.8 4,755.7 4,742.4 351.4 364.3 343.3 328.4 7.4 7.6 7.2 6.9

Hawaii ....................................................... 653.7 667.7 669.8 671.6 30.6 27.6 27.0 26.9 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.0

Idaho ......................................................... 775.7 774.4 772.9 771.7 43.3 32.0 30.1 28.5 5.6 4.1 3.9 3.7

Illinois ........................................................ 6,539.9 6,530.5 6,547.1 6,547.6 580.0 428.9 420.9 405.7 8.9 6.6 6.4 6.2

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,119.7 4,110.6 4,120.3 4,125.0 361.5 257.9 253.3 243.9 8.8 6.3 6.1 5.9

Indiana ...................................................... 3,184.2 3,246.0 3,258.1 3,267.3 215.5 183.5 186.4 189.5 6.8 5.7 5.7 5.8

Iowa .......................................................... 1,675.7 1,711.4 1,713.5 1,713.9 71.0 76.7 73.6 71.1 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.1

Kansas ...................................................... 1,477.7 1,495.3 1,495.4 1,498.9 72.5 66.4 63.4 62.4 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.2

Kentucky ................................................... 2,042.6 1,996.9 1,993.7 1,986.8 162.2 124.5 119.9 112.4 7.9 6.2 6.0 5.7

Louisiana .................................................. 2,095.0 2,165.3 2,179.8 2,192.9 112.5 134.6 142.0 146.0 5.4 6.2 6.5 6.7

Maine ........................................................ 708.4 703.8 702.4 701.1 45.1 40.8 40.2 38.4 6.4 5.8 5.7 5.5

Maryland ................................................... 3,107.0 3,100.1 3,095.6 3,092.2 188.0 184.8 174.3 168.9 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.5

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,483.1 3,546.0 3,563.6 3,566.4 246.3 211.2 207.9 194.9 7.1 6.0 5.8 5.5

Michigan ................................................... 4,686.6 4,737.8 4,735.6 4,734.1 387.5 334.7 319.3 297.6 8.3 7.1 6.7 6.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,030.6 2,012.9 2,007.5 2,002.0 178.5 166.4 159.4 150.4 8.8 8.3 7.9 7.5

Minnesota ................................................. 2,975.2 2,988.3 2,990.4 2,995.4 140.0 116.7 110.9 109.0 4.7 3.9 3.7 3.6

Mississippi ................................................ 1,266.6 1,250.1 1,246.6 1,244.4 99.1 95.1 90.6 89.0 7.8 7.6 7.3 7.2

Missouri .................................................... 3,019.3 3,057.9 3,062.8 3,072.8 180.9 180.5 170.3 165.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.4

Montana .................................................... 512.9 520.3 519.8 519.9 27.6 23.4 22.6 21.9 5.4 4.5 4.3 4.2

Nebraska .................................................. 1,020.0 1,021.4 1,021.9 1,022.0 36.8 34.4 31.3 29.8 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9

Nevada ..................................................... 1,364.7 1,368.5 1,369.3 1,368.9 122.2 96.8 94.8 93.0 9.0 7.1 6.9 6.8

New Hampshire ........................................ 741.1 739.7 742.3 744.2 38.2 30.8 30.1 29.8 5.2 4.2 4.1 4.0

New Jersey ............................................... 4,490.8 4,529.1 4,542.7 4,554.6 323.3 298.4 292.1 284.6 7.2 6.6 6.4 6.2

New Mexico .............................................. 923.7 922.4 925.5 925.9 61.4 59.7 59.0 56.1 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.1

New York .................................................. 9,593.6 9,539.6 9,525.7 9,523.5 668.1 572.3 559.6 552.2 7.0 6.0 5.9 5.8

New York City ...................................... 4,051.9 4,100.7 4,103.7 4,117.1 325.2 262.6 258.3 260.9 8.0 6.4 6.3 6.3

North Carolina .......................................... 4,661.8 4,647.0 4,634.1 4,619.5 323.1 294.2 271.4 255.5 6.9 6.3 5.9 5.5

North Dakota ............................................ 402.8 415.5 417.8 419.6 10.8 11.6 11.4 11.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8

Ohio .......................................................... 5,758.1 5,737.8 5,740.4 5,737.6 410.7 305.2 287.0 278.1 7.1 5.3 5.0 4.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,048.3 1,052.4 1,048.8 1,046.7 78.8 66.8 62.4 61.6 7.5 6.3 6.0 5.9

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,823.4 1,790.2 1,796.3 1,799.3 98.5 81.2 79.0 74.7 5.4 4.5 4.4 4.2

Oregon ...................................................... 1,921.6 1,956.7 1,961.6 1,961.7 137.2 137.5 136.8 132.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 6.7

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,423.9 6,363.3 6,368.0 6,366.9 434.1 344.9 322.5 308.8 6.8 5.4 5.1 4.8

Rhode Island ............................................ 550.1 555.4 553.3 552.6 51.1 40.9 39.3 37.3 9.3 7.4 7.1 6.8

South Carolina .......................................... 2,168.2 2,192.2 2,197.6 2,202.0 142.3 146.6 146.1 143.4 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.5

South Dakota ............................................ 448.8 451.3 452.6 454.3 16.0 14.8 14.7 15.0 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3

Tennessee ................................................ 3,031.2 3,001.7 2,998.8 2,995.2 234.8 212.0 202.5 197.8 7.7 7.1 6.8 6.6

Texas ........................................................ 12,869.6 13,039.2 13,059.3 13,056.9 767.3 669.1 643.1 606.9 6.0 5.1 4.9 4.6

Utah .......................................................... 1,436.3 1,436.3 1,436.8 1,434.2 57.0 51.6 51.4 49.9 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.5

Vermont .................................................... 350.2 350.9 351.9 352.3 14.8 15.5 15.3 15.0 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.2

Virginia ...................................................... 4,234.1 4,262.7 4,256.0 4,250.3 218.8 226.9 213.0 203.8 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.8

Washington ............................................... 3,450.1 3,489.0 3,502.5 3,507.1 230.2 208.8 215.5 220.5 6.7 6.0 6.2 6.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,536.7 1,560.2 1,564.0 1,559.7 81.0 74.6 73.7 71.3 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6

West Virginia ............................................ 789.0 796.8 792.1 786.6 47.6 51.9 49.7 47.1 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.0

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,073.0 3,098.9 3,112.4 3,120.0 194.6 166.8 162.6 162.0 6.3 5.4 5.2 5.2

Wyoming ................................................... 306.9 311.2 311.2 311.1 13.6 14.6 13.9 13.0 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.2

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,197.8 1,143.8 1,143.9 1,143.7 185.5 160.5 160.6 156.5 15.5 14.0 14.0 13.7

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

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

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

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS website at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2013 2014 2013 2014p 2013 2014 2013 2014p 2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama ................................................... 2,123.3 2,108.7 2,113.3 2,098.6 122.2 115.3 120.2 111.6 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.3

Alaska ....................................................... 361.7 362.4 360.6 361.7 22.7 22.3 23.3 23.0 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.3

Arizona ..................................................... 3,004.3 3,117.0 2,998.3 3,103.7 220.8 211.8 219.1 202.2 7.3 6.8 7.3 6.5

Arkansas ................................................... 1,324.8 1,320.4 1,315.0 1,317.0 91.3 69.6 94.6 73.9 6.9 5.3 7.2 5.6

California .................................................. 18,573.0 18,848.9 18,501.3 18,726.4 1,529.5 1,346.2 1,462.7 1,251.8 8.2 7.1 7.9 6.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,964.6 5,024.0 4,941.5 5,034.8 452.9 398.2 432.8 375.9 9.1 7.9 8.8 7.5

Colorado ................................................... 2,752.8 2,809.0 2,740.1 2,803.1 168.2 112.6 162.1 111.1 6.1 4.0 5.9 4.0

Connecticut ............................................... 1,845.8 1,908.6 1,834.5 1,890.8 129.2 118.0 124.9 107.8 7.0 6.2 6.8 5.7

Delaware .................................................. 442.8 452.5 442.9 450.6 25.8 22.6 25.9 20.6 5.8 5.0 5.9 4.6

District of Columbia .................................. 365.9 381.2 365.5 375.7 25.9 26.8 25.1 27.0 7.1 7.0 6.9 7.2

Florida ....................................................... 9,411.4 9,631.1 9,395.0 9,571.0 599.4 541.8 558.1 514.8 6.4 5.6 5.9 5.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,281.1 1,313.7 1,282.1 1,315.0 88.3 82.1 87.8 90.3 6.9 6.2 6.8 6.9

Georgia ..................................................... 4,743.9 4,754.4 4,746.1 4,733.3 343.8 316.0 340.2 314.3 7.2 6.6 7.2 6.6

Hawaii ....................................................... 653.4 670.1 653.3 671.1 30.7 26.9 27.6 24.5 4.7 4.0 4.2 3.7

Idaho ......................................................... 774.7 770.5 772.9 768.0 42.2 29.1 42.3 28.3 5.4 3.8 5.5 3.7

Illinois ........................................................ 6,547.7 6,552.9 6,525.4 6,509.6 558.3 390.8 560.9 371.0 8.5 6.0 8.6 5.7

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,111.8 4,109.9 4,098.6 4,104.5 340.4 232.1 338.5 219.8 8.3 5.6 8.3 5.4

Indiana ...................................................... 3,192.5 3,267.3 3,160.7 3,250.8 213.7 188.3 200.7 187.2 6.7 5.8 6.3 5.8

Iowa .......................................................... 1,677.8 1,714.7 1,672.4 1,705.9 65.7 66.2 73.1 71.4 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.2

Kansas ...................................................... 1,479.9 1,497.6 1,474.4 1,497.4 67.3 58.9 67.2 59.7 4.5 3.9 4.6 4.0

Kentucky ................................................... 2,045.8 2,000.3 2,035.3 1,975.0 154.5 116.5 150.7 99.9 7.6 5.8 7.4 5.1

Louisiana .................................................. 2,102.8 2,186.0 2,078.1 2,181.2 105.8 138.2 97.0 134.2 5.0 6.3 4.7 6.2

Maine ........................................................ 706.3 697.3 702.9 695.8 44.2 37.6 43.6 34.7 6.3 5.4 6.2 5.0

Maryland ................................................... 3,111.0 3,093.4 3,090.3 3,076.5 184.1 163.3 173.6 163.5 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.3

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,483.7 3,575.8 3,473.8 3,548.6 232.1 187.5 232.1 170.8 6.7 5.2 6.7 4.8

Michigan ................................................... 4,686.0 4,720.3 4,672.4 4,721.0 356.3 269.0 361.6 264.5 7.6 5.7 7.7 5.6

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,029.4 1,996.9 2,026.4 1,996.9 166.6 139.9 162.6 132.9 8.2 7.0 8.0 6.7

Minnesota ................................................. 2,973.2 2,989.9 2,965.9 2,985.2 127.1 96.3 137.9 109.2 4.3 3.2 4.6 3.7

Mississippi ................................................ 1,268.4 1,241.5 1,266.4 1,247.1 92.9 79.7 92.1 88.1 7.3 6.4 7.3 7.1

Missouri .................................................... 3,011.6 3,053.2 3,005.6 3,060.5 171.5 156.8 173.1 160.9 5.7 5.1 5.8 5.3

Montana .................................................... 510.4 516.4 507.6 514.8 26.9 21.6 27.5 22.0 5.3 4.2 5.4 4.3

Nebraska .................................................. 1,019.2 1,019.7 1,015.8 1,014.5 33.7 25.6 35.2 28.9 3.3 2.5 3.5 2.9

Nevada ..................................................... 1,365.9 1,372.7 1,361.2 1,362.5 120.4 95.3 119.1 91.5 8.8 6.9 8.7 6.7

New Hampshire ........................................ 739.5 744.2 737.8 741.7 36.5 28.8 35.7 28.3 4.9 3.9 4.8 3.8

New Jersey ............................................... 4,486.2 4,535.5 4,476.8 4,545.1 310.2 269.1 299.2 260.7 6.9 5.9 6.7 5.7

New Mexico .............................................. 928.7 934.2 927.1 926.2 58.9 57.7 58.5 50.8 6.3 6.2 6.3 5.5

New York .................................................. 9,577.9 9,493.9 9,538.8 9,487.3 654.8 552.0 628.7 536.5 6.8 5.8 6.6 5.7

New York City ...................................... 4,048.2 4,109.2 4,037.7 4,121.5 322.8 270.4 304.8 263.0 8.0 6.6 7.5 6.4

North Carolina .......................................... 4,678.2 4,625.9 4,621.7 4,560.7 325.5 247.9 305.8 238.9 7.0 5.4 6.6 5.2

North Dakota ............................................ 397.8 414.3 396.9 413.3 9.2 9.7 10.7 11.7 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.8

Ohio .......................................................... 5,777.4 5,746.9 5,727.7 5,707.4 398.8 258.9 379.0 267.7 6.9 4.5 6.6 4.7

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,046.6 1,044.4 1,033.1 1,035.0 75.4 56.8 72.3 61.9 7.2 5.4 7.0 6.0

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,831.9 1,807.6 1,817.6 1,792.1 95.6 75.9 94.1 68.7 5.2 4.2 5.2 3.8

Oregon ...................................................... 1,927.7 1,967.0 1,912.3 1,944.5 131.9 131.1 131.9 121.8 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.3

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,431.0 6,366.7 6,396.9 6,339.5 419.3 290.8 394.8 289.9 6.5 4.6 6.2 4.6

Rhode Island ............................................ 555.4 554.9 550.4 553.7 48.6 36.6 48.9 33.2 8.7 6.6 8.9 6.0

South Carolina .......................................... 2,157.3 2,184.5 2,147.3 2,183.2 141.5 138.5 134.5 135.3 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.2

South Dakota ............................................ 447.9 453.1 444.1 450.8 15.0 14.4 16.1 15.8 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.5

Tennessee ................................................ 3,043.6 3,011.0 3,020.5 2,985.3 226.1 192.3 219.7 192.4 7.4 6.4 7.3 6.4

Texas ........................................................ 12,882.2 13,068.9 12,864.2 13,005.4 751.5 604.5 722.5 538.7 5.8 4.6 5.6 4.1

Utah .......................................................... 1,437.8 1,442.3 1,438.2 1,429.7 52.8 47.5 52.9 44.5 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.1

Vermont .................................................... 350.1 352.0 348.7 350.7 14.0 13.9 13.2 13.7 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9

Virginia ...................................................... 4,219.8 4,237.8 4,209.5 4,215.3 211.2 192.2 203.6 190.9 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.5

Washington ............................................... 3,447.8 3,509.5 3,437.7 3,485.9 222.7 215.2 226.6 215.8 6.5 6.1 6.6 6.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,529.8 1,556.5 1,535.5 1,547.0 79.3 70.6 75.4 65.0 5.2 4.5 4.9 4.2

West Virginia ............................................ 788.6 784.7 782.8 774.6 44.1 43.2 44.1 41.8 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.4

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,072.7 3,117.4 3,059.2 3,102.3 183.5 146.9 178.3 153.7 6.0 4.7 5.8 5.0

Wyoming ................................................... 306.7 310.8 305.5 308.9 13.2 13.0 13.6 12.2 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.0

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,196.4 1,149.8 1,206.0 1,147.9 168.6 155.6 185.4 138.7 14.1 13.5 15.4 12.1

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

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

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

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS website at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916.6 1,940.5 1,947.2 1,948.2 78.8 82.8 84.1 85.9 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.8 335.8 338.4 340.9 17.4 16.0 16.8 17.3 16.9 15.6 16.7 17.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,542.3 2,591.7 2,599.4 2,605.4 125.3 118.1 119.6 121.0 154.5 154.9 155.0 153.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185.1 1,194.3 1,203.4 1,207.7 45.9 48.8 50.3 51.7 151.8 155.8 157.2 157.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,323.6 15,560.4 15,643.2 15,643.9 654.4 679.5 692.7 680.4 1,251.5 1,248.2 1,254.3 1,254.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,404.9 2,459.8 2,462.5 2,467.2 128.5 137.1 135.9 138.2 133.5 139.8 140.6 139.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.5 1,682.5 1,685.4 1,690.2 55.4 57.2 56.8 56.2 162.3 163.2 163.0 164.2

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.8 443.6 445.4 444.4 20.3 22.0 21.4 21.2 25.1 25.0 25.3 25.2

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.4 756.4 762.7 761.9 13.7 14.3 14.4 14.5 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,680.6 7,855.1 7,898.5 7,911.2 386.9 420.9 421.8 421.2 327.1 328.8 331.8 331.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,072.5 4,152.7 4,166.7 4,180.8 150.4 156.6 154.0 155.3 359.4 365.6 367.3 366.0

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623.4 626.6 632.2 632.4 31.0 30.7 30.2 29.6 13.7 13.7 13.5 13.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638.2 650.0 650.5 647.8 32.8 34.6 34.6 35.1 60.0 58.7 58.9 59.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,828.7 5,856.1 5,863.2 5,880.3 191.1 203.3 205.3 211.3 579.5 573.4 577.3 579.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,965.2 3,004.9 3,018.5 3,023.6 125.0 126.8 128.3 128.3 497.7 520.3 521.6 523.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544.2 1,556.9 1,558.5 1,560.6 68.2 73.7 72.4 72.9 217.2 213.4 213.0 214.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382.7 1,396.5 1,393.8 1,395.5 58.3 58.6 59.2 60.3 162.5 160.4 159.0 159.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845.9 1,873.3 1,879.1 1,878.3 65.2 63.2 64.3 64.6 228.3 230.9 231.2 232.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,963.2 1,987.8 1,986.0 1,992.2 131.8 140.2 137.8 137.7 145.3 147.5 147.6 147.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.1 610.1 609.7 609.2 25.4 25.3 26.1 26.4 50.4 51.2 51.2 51.2

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,609.3 2,613.3 2,618.3 2,629.3 154.0 152.5 153.1 156.1 104.9 103.5 103.3 103.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,386.7 3,425.0 3,436.7 3,447.6 121.4 125.0 124.4 124.7 250.3 248.1 249.0 248.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,126.0 4,152.6 4,165.7 4,170.4 132.3 135.9 137.8 139.5 564.7 570.7 574.6 574.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,811.7 2,847.4 2,850.0 2,844.8 106.2 111.3 106.6 106.3 311.1 320.4 320.0 318.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,120.1 1,123.7 1,119.4 1,120.3 53.2 50.2 49.0 49.2 137.8 142.0 141.6 141.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,750.3 2,788.4 2,793.3 2,795.0 107.2 109.7 110.0 112.4 252.3 256.2 260.3 258.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.6 455.1 454.7 457.8 24.1 23.0 23.3 25.6 18.4 19.4 19.2 19.3

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982.5 991.9 990.0 990.6 46.7 45.9 44.9 45.2 95.2 97.8 97.6 96.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,193.1 1,214.4 1,217.9 1,220.4 58.3 61.8 61.7 62.9 41.0 42.1 42.4 42.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.3 646.7 649.2 652.9 21.8 22.2 23.2 23.3 65.9 65.6 66.6 66.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,928.8 3,952.7 3,958.2 3,957.8 128.8 125.2 129.7 130.6 243.8 243.4 243.5 243.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811.0 821.8 825.9 824.3 42.0 42.9 42.8 42.8 28.3 26.9 26.9 27.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,966.9 9,045.6 9,041.8 9,072.2 322.0 326.6 324.3 330.7 452.7 444.0 445.1 444.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,104.2 4,186.5 4,203.6 4,218.7 173.2 180.5 181.6 185.7 442.1 449.0 451.7 451.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.7 471.2 473.8 476.2 32.3 37.3 38.1 40.6 25.7 25.3 25.5 26.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,268.9 5,311.3 5,325.3 5,330.4 186.6 183.3 182.7 184.1 666.2 677.9 681.1 682.6

Oklahoma2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,645.2 1,673.6 1,676.2 1,681.9 75.5 78.2 78.8 80.0 – – – –

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,697.0 1,731.1 1,739.8 1,748.0 75.3 74.4 75.9 76.8 176.0 181.9 182.0 182.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,758.1 5,798.1 5,804.0 5,812.3 222.4 233.2 236.0 231.2 561.4 561.0 563.2 565.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.2 476.9 479.0 478.9 15.9 16.4 16.7 16.8 40.5 40.9 41.2 41.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,921.5 1,951.2 1,965.1 1,968.0 82.2 83.2 83.2 84.3 227.9 234.8 236.0 236.8

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.1 422.5 419.9 421.5 21.7 22.4 21.3 22.8 41.8 42.9 43.1 43.4

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,774.4 2,828.6 2,828.1 2,840.6 108.6 115.9 117.1 119.6 322.5 328.4 328.6 331.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,325.4 11,707.4 11,737.6 11,783.3 619.2 659.2 661.6 666.7 878.4 887.4 890.8 890.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,303.6 1,349.3 1,348.6 1,353.9 75.1 84.6 83.3 85.2 120.1 120.8 122.0 121.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3 308.1 311.6 310.2 14.6 13.6 14.7 14.4 30.8 32.0 31.7 31.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,768.4 3,772.9 3,791.3 3,797.3 178.9 181.5 180.3 178.1 229.2 230.6 232.2 233.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011.4 3,080.6 3,086.4 3,094.0 148.1 158.0 161.6 162.2 284.4 288.5 288.8 289.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764.8 777.2 772.4 772.8 32.8 31.6 29.2 29.8 48.3 49.4 49.0 48.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,849.0 2,875.0 2,897.2 2,902.3 97.3 104.1 106.8 109.7 464.1 471.9 475.1 474.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.9 296.5 295.6 297.1 21.4 21.8 20.7 21.6 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.8

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.1 923.6 926.8 927.8 30.7 31.4 31.5 31.3 76.4 75.1 75.3 75.7

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 38.3 37.9 38.2 – – – – – – – –

1

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

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

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375.8 369.6 371.7 373.2 95.0 92.9 93.3 93.8 218.9 227.3 228.2 225.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 66.0 65.5 65.8 12.0 11.7 12.0 12.1 29.7 30.3 30.4 30.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.8 489.7 493.7 498.0 191.1 194.5 195.0 194.4 371.7 389.2 391.3 393.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.2 242.9 244.6 244.2 49.9 49.7 50.4 49.4 130.0 130.6 131.2 131.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,841.7 2,860.1 2,881.3 2,883.9 778.9 776.6 776.4 778.7 2,372.6 2,465.3 2,486.0 2,483.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.2 423.5 425.9 424.6 150.3 148.8 150.1 150.7 380.8 385.9 382.6 386.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.9 308.6 310.1 309.6 132.3 129.5 130.0 129.9 205.5 207.8 210.5 210.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.5 79.8 79.4 78.9 44.7 46.0 46.5 46.5 60.1 63.6 65.4 64.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 31.0 32.1 32.6 28.7 28.9 28.9 28.8 155.7 160.0 161.1 160.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,603.4 1,638.3 1,647.8 1,648.2 516.3 523.0 528.2 529.1 1,134.4 1,171.5 1,177.7 1,183.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859.2 878.2 882.3 885.3 232.7 231.6 232.7 233.8 592.7 623.0 623.1 625.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.3 117.9 118.2 118.8 27.2 27.5 28.1 28.0 80.1 82.6 84.2 83.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.0 130.7 131.4 129.9 30.2 31.9 31.9 32.0 76.8 76.6 76.5 75.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174.7 1,171.0 1,163.0 1,166.0 369.6 368.3 369.1 368.2 889.8 909.5 916.0 915.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.6 574.4 577.1 576.0 130.4 131.1 133.2 133.2 316.1 316.3 322.8 326.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.6 315.9 315.7 314.7 103.0 104.4 104.7 104.4 132.9 134.5 135.5 137.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.9 263.1 261.0 261.0 76.9 76.1 76.0 75.8 165.3 169.0 169.8 169.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.8 374.7 376.7 375.0 87.5 86.9 86.1 86.1 210.4 216.4 216.9 218.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.2 395.0 395.3 396.4 95.6 95.8 96.1 96.6 207.0 215.4 214.8 216.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.0 119.7 119.2 119.2 32.2 32.6 32.7 32.4 60.6 62.2 62.2 62.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.1 448.8 450.7 451.3 146.9 149.6 149.7 149.3 420.1 424.8 427.0 426.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.8 568.4 569.7 569.9 206.9 208.8 211.0 210.2 513.8 521.7 524.0 526.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.7 760.5 759.2 755.7 201.3 197.6 197.8 199.8 606.2 614.7 621.9 624.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.2 519.8 515.4 519.5 181.7 177.6 180.3 179.2 346.7 357.6 359.4 358.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.4 218.1 217.2 216.7 43.5 42.9 44.2 43.9 98.4 99.8 98.0 99.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.3 517.1 513.8 514.9 164.7 168.8 169.8 169.1 354.9 362.3 365.5 363.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 92.2 92.4 92.6 22.9 24.3 24.2 24.2 39.4 41.4 40.6 40.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.8 206.5 204.1 202.0 71.6 72.8 73.2 73.2 110.3 107.9 108.3 109.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.9 230.1 229.3 232.5 56.3 58.0 57.5 57.5 154.4 158.5 162.2 161.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.6 139.2 139.2 141.1 35.4 35.5 35.8 35.6 70.8 72.7 71.7 71.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832.8 846.7 849.4 848.3 251.5 252.9 253.5 251.6 631.7 642.2 643.8 645.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 138.5 140.9 139.0 34.5 36.2 35.7 35.7 97.3 97.3 97.5 98.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,550.5 1,552.2 1,553.5 1,557.4 681.6 683.2 680.0 682.3 1,212.1 1,246.1 1,246.4 1,254.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.6 777.3 780.6 784.2 207.1 213.9 214.0 215.2 565.1 594.1 601.7 605.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 109.7 111.0 109.6 23.4 24.1 24.0 23.9 34.0 33.8 33.3 32.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985.8 990.2 992.6 986.4 281.3 280.5 280.9 279.7 695.1 706.3 710.4 714.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.8 302.3 301.2 301.9 81.1 83.9 83.8 83.6 182.8 181.7 185.4 187.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.5 325.7 328.1 330.4 90.7 90.8 91.0 91.4 213.8 220.9 222.6 221.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110.1 1,119.5 1,120.8 1,124.1 312.3 315.7 313.4 314.2 755.2 758.7 760.7 758.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 74.4 75.1 74.8 32.1 33.6 33.2 33.1 58.8 60.0 60.6 59.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.3 369.2 371.0 371.5 95.7 94.8 95.8 95.5 241.9 252.7 256.8 260.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.4 84.0 83.8 84.0 30.0 29.8 29.9 29.7 29.6 30.3 30.0 30.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.1 598.5 596.6 600.1 137.9 141.0 141.1 140.6 359.3 376.0 374.6 376.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,280.0 2,364.7 2,359.9 2,365.8 682.9 714.7 714.7 717.7 1,477.9 1,532.0 1,548.9 1,563.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.6 260.6 257.0 260.0 74.3 75.3 75.5 76.3 176.5 180.2 181.7 181.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 55.7 55.6 55.8 12.1 12.6 12.5 12.7 26.5 26.7 26.6 26.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642.7 638.6 644.9 646.3 193.1 195.6 196.8 196.6 666.1 657.7 664.7 664.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.9 575.0 575.6 576.9 151.1 153.9 154.1 155.2 364.0 370.4 372.4 375.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.2 135.1 134.4 134.6 29.5 30.6 30.9 30.7 65.4 71.0 70.9 71.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519.4 525.6 525.8 529.3 160.0 160.3 161.4 162.3 306.0 303.1 308.4 308.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 57.5 56.2 56.7 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.3 18.8 18.8 19.0 19.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.0 175.8 178.0 176.2 44.3 43.3 43.4 43.7 119.6 116.5 115.8 116.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.1 – – – – – – – –

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Dec.

2013

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.8 225.2 225.4 225.8 184.7 193.4 192.9 193.6 375.6 378.1 378.2 378.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 46.5 47.1 48.0 33.5 32.5 32.3 32.7 82.0 81.0 81.1 81.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.8 395.7 396.3 399.3 278.0 291.0 290.1 287.3 407.6 412.6 410.8 410.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.5 176.5 177.3 177.1 106.9 109.2 110.4 113.9 215.8 214.6 215.4 215.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,338.2 2,402.2 2,408.2 2,412.4 1,696.6 1,729.6 1,743.3 1,751.6 2,377.2 2,372.8 2,372.3 2,373.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.1 302.8 304.6 305.1 293.6 309.3 308.9 309.9 406.0 412.1 413.3 412.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.3 331.1 330.7 331.9 150.6 154.6 154.9 157.0 235.6 235.8 235.7 236.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.2 71.8 72.2 71.7 44.9 45.1 45.3 45.8 63.8 65.0 64.8 65.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.2 127.9 129.9 128.9 67.8 69.5 69.6 70.3 238.5 238.9 239.8 240.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137.0 1,158.1 1,158.2 1,164.1 1,050.0 1,084.3 1,092.0 1,091.0 1,076.7 1,076.9 1,080.4 1,081.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.2 518.2 519.0 523.2 420.8 432.1 436.9 440.1 677.8 678.4 678.9 679.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 80.6 80.7 80.4 111.9 115.0 114.9 115.0 125.9 124.6 127.8 128.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.6 95.7 95.8 94.8 62.6 66.1 65.8 66.0 119.5 120.7 120.8 120.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881.5 888.9 889.5 894.2 548.4 548.8 549.9 554.4 831.9 831.6 831.9 830.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.0 443.9 445.1 445.5 294.0 297.7 296.1 296.4 422.3 428.5 428.1 429.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.4 230.5 231.1 231.0 138.2 135.4 137.3 137.6 256.6 262.7 262.8 261.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.6 194.1 192.0 193.1 119.8 122.2 122.7 122.6 258.3 258.5 258.9 258.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.3 264.7 265.8 264.2 178.0 188.8 189.0 190.0 337.7 338.1 339.1 339.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.8 297.0 296.3 296.2 219.1 221.3 222.7 225.1 338.6 332.9 332.2 333.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.7 124.8 124.7 124.9 63.4 64.5 63.9 63.1 100.0 99.5 99.6 99.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.8 428.9 429.4 432.3 257.1 259.8 257.6 262.2 503.6 499.5 500.9 501.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.8 750.9 753.9 756.1 338.3 339.0 340.5 345.2 440.6 440.9 440.8 443.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.1 639.6 642.3 643.4 399.8 401.3 401.3 401.5 600.2 596.8 594.3 595.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.9 506.9 508.2 506.7 252.3 252.8 258.1 257.2 416.6 418.7 420.7 416.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 136.8 136.9 136.8 125.1 128.5 126.6 126.3 245.7 245.7 245.9 246.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.5 445.5 445.7 446.3 284.7 295.8 292.8 293.8 452.7 457.0 458.2 459.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 70.3 70.5 70.6 59.6 60.8 60.5 60.5 89.2 88.1 88.7 88.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.1 149.6 149.4 149.6 85.3 85.8 87.2 88.9 169.0 170.4 169.9 170.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.5 118.2 119.9 120.7 327.2 331.0 330.0 328.1 151.1 151.9 152.3 152.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.8 117.4 117.1 118.8 67.3 66.4 68.3 68.5 90.0 89.8 89.4 89.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.4 649.6 646.5 650.2 349.3 345.2 344.1 341.7 615.4 614.2 614.6 614.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.0 128.3 129.6 130.7 88.1 87.8 88.2 87.2 192.2 193.0 192.5 192.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,809.3 1,835.1 1,842.0 1,847.8 841.2 868.7 861.6 866.9 1,443.1 1,436.8 1,433.7 1,434.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.7 578.2 576.3 576.1 437.3 444.2 445.5 449.1 719.7 713.6 715.2 714.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 60.5 60.7 60.2 40.5 41.8 41.5 41.9 80.2 80.6 80.4 80.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881.1 889.6 889.5 892.0 517.5 524.2 527.2 534.3 754.0 757.0 755.5 754.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.1 234.5 233.9 235.0 154.6 159.6 159.0 158.9 347.6 347.6 348.8 349.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.8 254.3 254.4 255.6 180.2 183.6 184.3 185.1 292.2 297.0 297.9 299.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159.4 1,168.8 1,166.5 1,171.2 542.2 542.8 546.4 549.8 717.5 714.3 714.1 714.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.2 105.0 105.3 105.4 54.6 55.0 55.5 56.0 60.0 59.9 59.8 59.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.2 226.7 225.7 226.3 229.8 235.4 239.2 236.9 352.8 354.5 356.5 356.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 67.6 67.7 67.8 44.2 43.8 42.7 42.3 77.2 78.9 78.4 78.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.9 401.7 402.2 402.5 292.2 301.9 300.4 302.1 418.8 415.1 418.5 419.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.7 1,555.8 1,560.6 1,567.4 1,163.9 1,201.3 1,206.1 1,205.1 1,824.9 1,851.3 1,854.7 1,862.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.9 179.6 178.8 178.7 126.4 130.0 130.6 132.6 227.0 233.5 234.2 233.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 63.5 63.8 63.7 35.4 34.6 37.2 35.8 53.9 54.6 54.8 54.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502.9 514.3 513.2 514.6 371.2 369.7 374.8 378.1 710.0 707.9 707.3 710.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.0 447.7 450.3 452.4 291.1 302.9 301.3 300.4 544.8 555.3 551.9 552.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.8 129.4 129.3 128.4 74.2 76.6 74.5 74.7 154.9 154.8 155.9 155.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.6 432.6 433.4 434.2 263.7 272.6 273.4 273.2 417.6 415.1 419.3 416.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.1 27.5 27.4 35.5 34.2 35.8 35.6 71.9 72.6 72.0 71.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 123.4 125.1 124.9 80.0 80.2 80.1 80.3 246.7 240.1 239.7 241.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.2 10.9 10.9 11.0 11.1

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

November December November December November December

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.7 1,955.6 1,919.9 1,951.7 12.1 12.1 12.0 12.1 77.6 83.7 76.9 84.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.5 324.4 320.8 323.0 17.4 18.5 17.4 18.3 16.1 15.7 15.3 15.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,567.5 2,632.9 2,576.6 2,639.9 13.2 13.7 13.3 13.6 124.6 120.0 124.2 119.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,191.7 1,211.6 1,187.5 1,210.1 9.6 10.0 9.6 10.0 46.1 50.2 45.2 51.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,426.8 15,770.9 15,446.4 15,768.2 30.7 32.2 30.3 31.3 656.2 698.2 650.7 676.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,417.4 2,473.3 2,426.5 2,489.4 31.3 35.4 31.3 35.4 131.3 139.0 127.8 137.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680.0 1,703.6 1,681.2 1,707.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 56.7 58.4 55.0 55.8

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.5 447.7 435.9 447.6 – – – – 21.0 21.9 20.6 21.5

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.8 765.8 748.6 763.2 – – – – 13.6 14.4 13.3 14.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,736.9 7,961.2 7,766.7 7,999.4 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.9 390.8 424.9 390.9 425.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,093.8 4,195.5 4,088.2 4,196.4 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.7 152.4 155.3 149.6 154.5

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.2 638.5 632.0 641.4 – – – – 30.9 30.3 31.2 29.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.6 653.9 638.7 648.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.1 34.9 36.7 32.6 34.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,885.4 5,925.6 5,862.8 5,914.9 9.8 10.1 9.6 9.9 200.2 214.8 181.3 201.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,999.1 3,050.6 2,980.6 3,039.0 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.1 128.8 132.6 121.8 125.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,561.8 1,579.1 1,549.3 1,565.5 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.4 72.7 76.0 64.9 69.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.4 1,409.4 1,392.0 1,404.6 10.6 11.3 10.6 11.2 59.1 60.6 56.5 58.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850.8 1,890.8 1,856.1 1,888.9 17.5 17.5 17.6 16.8 68.4 65.6 64.7 64.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,979.6 1,999.1 1,974.9 2,004.1 53.4 53.3 53.2 52.6 132.3 137.5 130.0 135.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607.5 613.9 605.2 610.5 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7 26.5 27.1 24.6 25.6

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,622.8 2,637.9 2,621.8 2,641.7 – – – – 155.0 156.3 153.3 155.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,403.9 3,462.3 3,397.3 3,459.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 127.2 128.8 120.1 123.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,166.0 4,208.1 4,144.3 4,188.0 8.2 9.2 7.9 8.9 137.4 144.6 127.2 134.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,818.4 2,865.7 2,809.2 2,842.5 7.1 7.7 6.7 7.4 110.2 111.1 99.0 99.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,127.2 1,126.2 1,125.0 1,125.1 9.3 9.7 9.2 9.6 53.4 49.2 52.9 48.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,772.4 2,815.9 2,765.2 2,810.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 110.7 111.9 104.3 109.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.1 456.7 448.7 456.0 9.7 9.8 9.5 9.7 24.2 24.2 21.8 23.3

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989.1 996.5 985.7 993.2 – – – – 47.4 45.6 45.2 43.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,203.2 1,231.7 1,203.1 1,230.8 15.3 14.8 15.2 14.6 60.2 64.3 59.6 64.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.0 652.5 648.3 656.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 23.0 23.6 21.7 23.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,980.7 3,993.9 3,961.6 3,990.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 139.1 134.7 130.4 132.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.7 830.0 815.0 828.5 26.2 28.5 26.7 28.2 42.7 43.0 41.8 42.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,059.4 9,147.2 9,045.3 9,150.5 5.2 5.4 4.9 5.0 333.4 339.0 317.8 326.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,132.3 4,237.7 4,125.6 4,241.0 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 177.0 186.0 174.2 186.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.4 479.3 454.0 478.5 27.4 35.3 27.5 35.8 33.2 38.9 29.8 38.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,314.1 5,369.2 5,292.4 5,352.7 12.8 13.8 12.6 13.5 190.5 190.2 180.8 178.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.1 1,689.4 1,655.3 1,692.1 59.8 62.0 60.5 61.8 78.2 79.4 74.9 79.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,707.1 1,754.8 1,704.9 1,755.8 7.7 8.1 7.5 7.9 76.5 76.9 74.0 75.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,830.8 5,866.1 5,796.8 5,851.6 36.0 38.1 35.9 37.3 234.8 242.5 220.1 228.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.2 483.4 473.0 480.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 17.2 17.9 15.9 16.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,923.9 1,974.1 1,923.2 1,969.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 82.7 83.1 82.2 84.3

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.7 421.0 416.3 419.6 – – – – 22.2 22.1 20.2 21.2

Tennessee1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,805.3 2,862.0 2,798.2 2,865.5 – – – – 110.6 119.6 108.5 119.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,378.2 11,821.5 11,387.0 11,847.5 291.7 323.7 293.2 327.1 615.0 660.9 610.9 658.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317.4 1,362.0 1,316.0 1,366.7 12.2 13.0 12.2 12.9 77.3 85.0 74.0 84.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.7 314.1 314.0 317.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 15.3 15.4 14.3 14.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,797.0 3,816.7 3,785.3 3,814.0 10.1 9.9 9.9 10.0 179.3 180.1 177.5 176.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,023.3 3,107.0 3,016.5 3,099.4 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.3 149.0 162.0 144.8 158.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774.0 781.3 770.1 778.1 32.0 33.5 32.0 34.2 35.7 31.5 31.8 28.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,864.9 2,922.9 2,852.5 2,905.5 3.9 4.2 3.5 3.9 103.4 111.9 92.0 104.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.3 293.1 290.0 294.3 26.9 27.3 26.8 27.4 21.7 21.5 20.2 20.4

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933.9 933.1 953.5 945.1 – – – – 29.0 31.0 30.8 31.4

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.3 – – – – 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

November December November December November December

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 258.4 250.7 257.8 378.3 376.2 382.1 379.5 22.4 22.2 22.4 22.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 9.9 7.7 7.8 62.1 63.5 62.4 63.8 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.7 155.1 155.1 154.5 498.3 503.4 503.7 511.0 41.2 41.5 42.1 41.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.9 157.4 152.0 157.5 245.9 247.3 247.7 247.8 14.1 13.5 14.1 13.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249.7 1,249.6 1,243.9 1,246.6 2,905.1 2,948.4 2,931.3 2,975.6 465.2 477.6 463.6 476.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 140.8 134.1 140.5 427.8 430.4 432.7 435.1 69.9 68.6 70.1 69.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.1 163.1 162.3 164.2 309.3 316.2 312.9 320.8 31.6 31.3 31.4 31.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 25.5 25.3 25.4 79.7 81.0 81.1 81.5 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 29.8 32.6 30.9 33.3 17.1 17.1 17.0 17.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.0 331.8 328.1 332.5 1,616.3 1,671.9 1,645.4 1,692.0 133.8 136.3 134.9 136.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.4 366.5 360.0 366.7 866.8 895.7 875.9 902.7 102.5 107.0 102.7 105.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 13.7 13.9 13.5 120.4 119.8 121.3 121.9 8.8 8.4 8.8 8.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 59.0 59.8 58.9 132.5 133.3 132.4 132.3 9.2 9.5 9.3 9.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.9 578.0 579.2 579.3 1,199.0 1,188.2 1,211.5 1,202.6 98.7 96.6 99.8 97.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.2 519.8 496.1 521.6 584.5 586.7 584.7 587.1 35.4 34.4 35.6 34.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.3 213.2 216.1 213.5 318.2 320.3 322.2 320.2 25.8 25.1 25.6 25.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.2 159.9 162.5 160.0 267.5 264.2 268.5 266.5 27.7 28.9 27.7 29.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.9 231.2 227.7 231.8 372.7 381.7 379.6 384.2 26.0 27.3 26.0 27.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.2 148.6 146.2 148.6 394.6 398.9 397.3 403.5 25.1 24.3 24.3 23.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 51.9 50.8 51.6 122.5 123.1 123.6 123.8 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 102.3 103.6 102.5 461.3 460.6 467.1 466.3 38.7 35.8 38.5 35.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.5 249.1 250.6 248.6 570.6 578.3 579.9 586.5 86.7 94.0 87.9 93.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565.8 576.6 566.3 576.2 762.0 771.8 768.2 773.4 56.3 56.4 56.2 56.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.0 320.0 309.8 317.4 523.1 524.6 527.9 529.2 54.6 54.6 55.6 55.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 141.9 138.4 142.4 223.0 219.9 225.9 221.2 12.7 12.3 12.8 12.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.5 259.2 252.9 258.9 527.3 521.8 529.7 525.3 58.5 57.1 58.2 57.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 19.5 18.5 19.4 93.6 94.0 94.9 94.6 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 97.6 95.8 97.2 205.3 207.0 208.1 207.3 17.1 17.2 16.6 17.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.0 42.5 40.9 42.5 235.5 237.3 236.5 239.2 12.8 13.1 12.8 13.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.3 66.0 66.6 140.2 142.3 144.2 145.7 12.0 11.7 11.9 11.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.0 245.4 245.2 244.9 849.2 865.2 859.9 876.0 76.0 72.0 75.3 72.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 27.2 28.1 27.0 139.0 142.2 141.0 142.7 12.8 13.8 12.3 13.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.1 445.8 452.8 444.4 1,575.1 1,584.9 1,597.6 1,605.0 263.7 260.1 263.0 257.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.5 451.8 443.6 453.1 775.7 791.6 782.8 800.9 69.9 75.1 70.6 75.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 25.9 25.6 26.0 105.8 112.5 107.2 111.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664.2 682.3 666.1 682.4 1,009.9 1,012.4 1,015.0 1,015.4 74.4 72.5 74.5 72.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.7 141.6 137.1 142.1 301.4 305.3 303.7 306.9 21.7 21.0 21.6 21.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.8 181.9 175.1 181.5 330.6 335.5 332.7 339.7 33.1 33.1 32.9 33.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.8 562.4 560.9 564.6 1,128.8 1,145.7 1,145.7 1,160.5 89.4 86.6 88.2 87.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.8 41.4 40.7 41.8 75.5 76.2 76.6 76.7 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.6 236.8 228.7 237.7 369.9 375.6 374.0 378.4 26.3 26.3 26.2 26.2

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.6 43.3 41.8 43.4 83.9 84.8 84.3 84.9 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.3 329.2 321.2 330.2 596.8 607.6 600.6 614.2 44.0 43.4 44.0 43.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874.4 890.0 880.0 891.8 2,310.7 2,396.8 2,336.4 2,424.5 201.8 211.8 203.7 211.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.3 122.4 120.9 122.7 253.4 263.2 255.5 267.1 33.1 35.4 33.8 34.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 31.9 31.2 32.0 56.9 57.1 57.8 57.8 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.9 232.2 229.6 233.5 653.9 656.0 659.6 663.3 70.0 69.9 70.3 70.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.3 289.0 282.5 287.1 566.7 584.9 572.4 591.0 107.0 110.2 106.2 109.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 49.2 48.3 48.9 137.8 137.1 139.1 137.5 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.8 473.1 461.4 472.2 531.7 539.5 534.0 544.0 47.2 47.2 47.0 47.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 10.1 9.9 9.9 55.7 56.3 55.9 57.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.4 75.4 77.0 76.3 182.8 179.9 186.8 184.9 19.1 19.8 19.2 20.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

November December November December November December

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 93.7 95.4 94.2 219.3 230.0 219.7 226.7 225.6 227.9 225.1 227.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 11.8 11.9 12.0 29.2 29.6 28.6 29.4 47.3 47.0 47.5 48.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.4 195.8 193.1 196.5 376.2 397.4 377.1 398.5 382.1 399.9 384.1 403.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 50.3 50.5 50.0 130.1 130.3 128.7 130.0 175.0 178.8 174.1 177.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778.1 775.7 780.5 780.2 2,373.4 2,494.7 2,383.6 2,494.1 2,352.6 2,432.0 2,361.8 2,436.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 149.5 151.9 152.3 381.8 384.3 380.0 385.3 293.8 306.4 292.8 307.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.3 130.1 132.6 130.2 207.2 211.9 206.2 211.0 330.2 334.7 329.2 334.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 46.4 44.8 46.6 61.7 66.1 61.5 66.2 70.4 72.3 70.5 72.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.0 29.0 28.9 29.0 156.2 162.1 156.4 161.5 129.6 132.8 128.0 130.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517.0 529.7 518.7 531.4 1,145.6 1,187.2 1,144.0 1,193.0 1,145.9 1,170.3 1,145.9 1,173.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.6 234.6 233.9 234.9 597.8 627.6 593.3 626.2 517.8 523.9 514.1 525.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 28.2 27.4 28.2 80.2 84.1 80.3 84.1 80.3 81.6 79.5 81.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 32.0 30.2 32.0 77.0 75.9 76.0 74.9 92.3 96.5 92.7 95.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.9 368.4 370.3 368.9 899.1 926.0 890.8 916.5 892.3 900.2 887.1 899.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 132.3 130.2 133.0 318.7 327.6 316.1 326.4 449.4 450.0 446.7 449.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.4 104.7 103.5 104.9 133.2 137.1 131.3 135.4 232.0 237.1 230.7 236.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 76.1 76.8 75.6 167.8 171.4 166.1 170.4 190.2 193.6 189.5 194.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.0 86.3 87.5 86.1 208.3 220.5 214.1 222.2 259.8 266.7 260.0 265.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.1 96.6 95.9 96.9 209.0 215.3 207.8 216.8 293.5 299.3 293.4 297.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 32.7 32.3 32.5 60.5 62.9 60.0 61.8 124.2 126.1 123.9 126.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.4 149.6 147.3 149.7 420.1 428.2 418.6 425.1 426.7 434.4 425.6 436.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.8 209.8 207.1 210.5 514.3 528.5 511.6 524.5 746.9 764.9 744.5 763.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.4 196.9 200.7 199.1 613.0 628.4 605.3 623.6 644.9 650.2 640.4 648.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.4 179.3 181.0 178.5 346.7 361.5 347.6 359.5 502.3 511.8 499.8 508.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 43.8 43.8 44.2 99.0 99.3 98.4 99.2 136.6 138.5 136.5 138.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.4 169.7 165.3 169.7 354.7 368.0 356.0 365.0 438.7 449.1 438.3 449.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 24.3 23.3 24.6 39.0 40.7 38.7 40.1 70.2 71.0 70.1 71.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 73.2 71.6 73.1 108.5 108.5 109.1 108.5 148.9 150.8 148.5 151.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 57.8 56.8 58.0 152.5 163.9 153.5 161.0 114.3 119.9 115.0 121.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 35.6 35.2 35.4 71.6 72.2 70.8 71.1 118.2 118.7 116.3 119.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.9 253.6 251.9 252.0 637.0 649.0 631.3 644.5 643.3 653.4 638.9 653.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 35.9 34.7 35.9 97.9 97.5 97.0 97.9 124.0 130.4 124.1 130.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681.2 680.1 682.9 683.5 1,218.5 1,253.7 1,213.4 1,255.8 1,847.1 1,882.5 1,840.6 1,879.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.4 212.3 205.1 212.9 565.0 603.6 563.0 603.3 570.1 582.1 570.2 581.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 24.0 23.5 24.0 34.6 33.4 33.8 32.7 59.8 60.8 59.8 60.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.6 280.0 281.4 279.8 702.1 718.9 695.6 714.7 893.3 899.2 889.0 899.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 83.8 81.5 84.1 183.0 185.7 182.3 186.9 228.3 235.9 228.3 236.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.5 90.9 90.9 91.5 211.5 221.9 213.0 221.0 248.2 258.5 248.2 259.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.0 314.7 313.5 315.3 759.1 764.6 753.7 757.2 1,183.3 1,186.8 1,169.2 1,181.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 33.2 32.1 33.1 60.2 61.5 59.2 59.9 107.8 107.8 105.0 107.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.9 95.8 95.8 95.6 239.1 258.8 239.7 257.7 223.2 227.3 222.8 227.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 29.7 30.0 29.7 29.4 29.6 29.3 29.8 68.8 68.2 68.8 68.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 141.3 138.1 140.8 366.9 382.4 366.4 383.5 402.6 405.8 401.1 404.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.1 717.3 686.1 721.1 1,488.2 1,560.5 1,476.7 1,562.3 1,507.5 1,572.4 1,507.0 1,574.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2 75.6 74.6 76.6 179.5 183.4 178.2 182.9 176.9 182.1 175.0 180.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.5 12.1 12.7 26.7 26.8 26.2 26.2 62.6 64.8 62.7 64.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.0 196.4 192.8 196.3 674.9 669.6 668.1 666.1 507.6 519.3 508.0 519.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.4 154.8 150.9 155.0 363.3 374.0 362.3 374.1 445.8 454.7 446.3 455.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 30.8 29.6 30.8 66.2 71.4 65.7 72.2 128.0 130.3 127.9 129.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.4 160.8 159.8 162.1 304.3 310.6 303.5 305.6 431.0 436.5 431.8 435.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.4 18.1 18.8 18.0 18.9 27.4 27.8 27.3 27.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.9 43.5 44.5 43.9 117.1 116.6 122.4 119.1 125.2 126.8 126.4 128.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

November December November December November December

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.0 189.7 178.9 187.7 79.1 80.8 78.8 79.9 379.7 380.9 377.9 380.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 28.3 29.3 28.6 11.6 11.6 11.2 11.4 83.2 82.4 83.3 82.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.2 287.6 276.4 285.7 87.4 92.0 88.1 92.1 423.2 426.5 419.4 422.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 110.1 103.2 109.9 42.9 43.2 42.8 43.3 220.8 220.5 219.6 219.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.3 1,732.7 1,685.0 1,739.6 521.1 519.7 516.0 514.9 2,416.4 2,410.1 2,399.7 2,396.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.1 297.8 295.0 311.6 98.0 96.8 98.2 96.3 417.1 424.3 412.6 419.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.8 152.5 146.8 152.9 61.3 62.0 62.1 62.8 241.9 242.8 242.1 243.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 43.2 41.9 42.9 19.9 19.7 19.9 19.9 66.2 66.3 65.0 66.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 69.9 67.3 69.7 69.0 69.3 68.9 68.6 237.1 237.9 237.1 238.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,047.5 1,082.0 1,050.0 1,091.0 308.5 319.1 310.2 320.9 1,099.9 1,102.1 1,092.9 1,097.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.1 434.3 413.9 432.8 155.7 156.8 154.0 156.0 684.7 684.9 681.8 683.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.6 115.0 112.7 115.8 27.0 26.4 27.7 26.4 131.9 131.0 129.2 132.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 62.9 59.9 63.2 21.2 21.1 21.2 20.9 121.7 122.8 120.6 121.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.0 544.2 537.6 543.7 251.1 251.3 251.4 251.7 845.4 847.8 844.2 843.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.3 293.0 287.6 289.9 120.1 124.0 120.1 123.2 437.2 443.0 434.7 441.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 133.5 132.2 131.5 58.2 58.4 57.5 58.2 265.0 271.1 263.1 268.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 121.7 117.5 120.3 52.5 55.4 52.5 55.3 266.0 266.3 263.8 263.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.8 186.3 172.5 184.4 65.1 64.9 65.1 64.5 341.3 342.8 341.3 342.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.7 221.2 217.4 223.5 65.9 65.5 66.0 66.7 344.8 338.6 343.4 337.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 56.8 56.2 56.0 20.6 20.3 20.4 20.2 103.4 103.0 103.3 102.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.7 249.8 245.1 250.0 111.0 111.2 110.8 111.2 512.5 509.7 511.9 509.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.4 328.4 319.1 326.2 125.1 126.5 124.4 127.2 450.4 452.9 451.1 453.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.0 388.4 386.6 387.8 171.6 170.6 171.2 170.7 620.4 615.0 614.3 609.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.0 247.5 239.9 244.8 119.1 118.7 119.3 119.8 422.9 428.9 422.6 422.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.0 125.4 122.9 124.1 38.5 37.7 38.1 38.0 248.6 248.5 246.1 246.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.9 289.6 276.5 285.7 116.6 114.8 116.2 115.0 463.9 470.5 463.7 470.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 56.6 56.8 57.6 17.7 18.7 17.7 18.5 91.0 90.9 90.5 90.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.5 85.4 82.1 85.3 37.7 38.2 38.0 38.1 172.3 173.0 170.7 171.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.9 329.1 326.7 327.7 32.5 34.4 31.9 33.6 153.5 154.6 154.2 155.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 62.5 62.6 63.6 24.4 25.4 24.7 25.4 93.0 93.1 93.9 93.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.6 330.9 335.2 327.2 165.5 160.6 164.8 160.0 628.7 627.7 627.3 626.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.1 86.2 87.0 86.2 27.8 29.2 27.6 29.1 196.3 196.1 194.7 194.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.5 849.6 818.1 843.2 388.7 391.5 387.5 392.6 1,463.9 1,454.6 1,466.7 1,457.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.9 438.2 423.9 435.6 149.9 155.8 151.2 155.9 740.4 735.6 735.5 730.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 41.3 40.5 41.9 16.4 17.5 16.5 17.9 82.7 83.0 83.1 83.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497.1 509.4 496.1 512.5 213.6 217.4 213.7 216.4 774.6 773.1 767.6 767.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.5 157.8 152.6 156.9 58.3 60.3 58.2 60.0 355.1 356.6 354.6 357.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 180.0 174.7 179.5 58.9 62.7 59.4 62.9 298.0 305.3 296.5 304.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526.1 529.4 521.1 528.7 254.9 258.9 253.1 259.0 740.6 736.4 735.4 732.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.9 53.1 51.5 52.9 22.4 22.6 21.9 22.7 61.2 60.8 61.1 60.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.9 232.0 218.5 225.4 71.7 70.9 72.6 70.2 359.8 363.8 359.0 362.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 40.8 41.6 39.8 15.9 16.7 15.9 16.8 78.7 79.5 78.2 79.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.9 298.7 286.7 296.6 105.1 105.6 105.3 105.7 428.8 428.4 426.3 427.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149.7 1,192.4 1,147.1 1,188.0 399.1 404.9 398.0 403.2 1,856.0 1,890.8 1,847.9 1,886.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.4 126.6 124.7 130.9 36.3 37.1 36.7 37.2 230.8 238.2 230.4 237.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.4 33.2 37.6 37.8 9.8 9.6 9.9 9.9 58.0 57.9 56.9 57.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.5 363.9 356.2 362.9 194.2 197.9 194.0 195.7 722.6 721.5 719.3 719.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.1 294.3 284.9 294.1 111.3 113.5 112.6 113.2 555.2 563.3 547.5 554.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 74.0 73.3 73.8 55.2 55.5 55.0 55.0 158.1 158.5 157.8 157.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.9 263.9 252.6 261.8 138.6 141.7 139.3 141.7 428.7 433.5 427.6 426.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 30.9 32.4 32.4 11.5 12.2 11.4 12.2 72.8 73.0 72.8 72.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 80.3 81.1 81.4 18.2 17.9 18.6 18.3 242.5 241.9 246.7 241.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.3 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.8 10.9 11.0 10.9 11.0

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2013 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonaDecember 2014

(U.S. rate = 5.6 percent)