For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 13, 2012 USDL-12-0448 

Technical information: 

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

Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 • lausinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lau 

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

(NOTE: Employment data published in this release for several states and industries are 

erroneous. The errors are found in the text; tables D, E, 5, and 6; and chart 2. Corrected data 

were loaded into the CES State and Area database on June 15, 2012, and are available at 

www.bls.gov/sae/data.htm. This news release will not be corrected. A complete listing of corrected 

series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.) 

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — JANUARY 2012 

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in January. Forty-five states and the 

District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases, New York posted a rate increase, and four 

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

District of Columbia registered unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, while New York 

experienced an increase and Illinois had no change. The national jobless rate decreased to 8.3 percent 

from December and was 0.8 percentage point lower than in January 2011. 

In January, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 37 states and decreased in 13 states and the 

District of Columbia. The largest over-the-month increase in employment occurred in Texas (+67,200), 

followed by New York (+44,600) and Ohio (+32,800). The largest over-the-month decrease in 

employment occurred in Florida (-38,600), followed by Pennsylvania (-9,000) and the District of 

Columbia (-6,100). New Hampshire experienced the largest over-the-month percentage increase in 

employment (+1.0 percent), followed by Colorado, Kansas, and Maine (+0.9 percent each). The District 

of Columbia experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment (-0.8 percent), 

followed by Florida (-0.5 percent) and Alabama, Hawaii, Nebraska, and South Dakota (-0.3 percent 

each). 

Regional, State, and Metropolitan Area Data Series Changes 

In accordance with annual practices, historical data have been revised in tables 1 through 6 of 

this news release. For detailed information on changes to the data, see the box notes at the end 

of the news release. 
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Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 44 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 

6 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+5.7 percent), 

followed by Texas and Utah (+2.5 percent each). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in 

employment occurred in Wisconsin (-0.5 percent), followed by Alaska, Mississippi, and Rhode Island (-

0.3 percent each). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

The West continued to record the highest regional unemployment rate in January, 9.6 percent, while the 

Midwest again reported the lowest rate, 7.7 percent. The Midwest, South, and West experienced 

statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate changes (-0.2 percentage point each). The 

same three regions also registered measurable over-the-year rate decreases—the West (-1.1 percentage 

points), Midwest (-0.9 point), and South (-0.8 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific continued to report the highest jobless rate, 10.2 

percent in January. The West North Central again registered the lowest rate, 5.9 percent. Six divisions 

experienced statistically significant unemployment rate declines over the month. The largest of these 

occurred in the East South Central and South Atlantic (-0.3 percentage point each). All of the divisions 

experienced unemployment rate declines from a year earlier, eight of which were statistically 

significant. The largest declines were recorded in the East South Central and Pacific (-1.2 percentage 

points each). 

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Nevada continued to record the highest unemployment rate among the states, 12.7 percent in January. 

California and Rhode Island posted the next highest rates, 10.9 percent each. North Dakota again 

registered the lowest jobless rate, 3.2 percent, followed by Nebraska, 4.0 percent. In total, 24 states 

reported jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 8.3 percent, 8 states and the District of 

Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 18 states had rates that were not appreciably different from 

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

Fourteen states experienced statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate declines in 

January. The largest of these were in Mississippi and Missouri (-0.5 percentage point each). The 

remaining 36 states and the District of Columbia recorded 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.) 

Michigan registered the largest jobless rate decrease from January 2011 (-1.9 percentage points), 

followed by Utah (-1.8 points). Twenty additional states reported smaller but also statistically significant 

decreases over the year. The remaining 28 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment 

rates in January 2012 that were not appreciably different from those of a year earlier. (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In January, 24 states and the District of Columbia recorded statistically significant over-the-month 

changes in employment, 23 of which were increases. The largest statistically significant job gains 

occurred in Texas (+67,200), New York (+44,600), Ohio (+32,800), and Georgia (+22,000). The 

statistically significant declines in employment occurred in Florida (-38,600) and the District of 

Columbia (-6,100). (See tables D and 5.) 
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Over the year, 26 states experienced statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were 

increases. The largest increase occurred in Texas (+258,200), followed by New York (+139,300) and 

California (+126,100). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for January 2012 is 

scheduled to be released on Friday, March 23, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for February 2012 is scheduled to be released on 

Friday, March 30, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 

Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of 2011 annual average estimates on February 29, the labor force data 

for regions, divisions, states, the District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas 

presented in tables 1-4 of this news release were revised to incorporate updated inputs, new 

population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new division and national 

control totals. Estimates in tables 1 and 3 of this release also incorporate revised seasonal 

adjustment factors. Both not seasonally adjusted and smoothed seasonally adjusted data were 

revised back to 2007. The new population controls reflect U.S. Census Bureau revisions from 

April 2010 forward. 

Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data 

Effective with this release, nonfarm payroll estimates for states and metropolitan areas have 

been revised as a result of annual benchmark processing to reflect 2011 employment counts 

primarily from the BLS’ Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) (tables 5 and 

6), as well as updated seasonal adjustment factors. For all series, not seasonally adjusted data 

back to April 2010 were revised. Seasonally adjusted data from January 1990 were subject to 

revision. 

In addition, the data were updated to the 2012 North American Industry Classification System 

(NAICS) from the 2007 NAICS. This update resulted in minor level and title changes to a few 

detailed series. For more information on annual processing, see 

www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2012.pdf. 

 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 8.3

Alaska ............................................................ 7.2

California ......................................................... 10.9

Delaware ......................................................... 7.0

District of Columbia .......................................... 9.9

Florida ............................................................ 9.6

Georgia ........................................................... 9.2

Hawaii ............................................................. 6.5

Illinois ............................................................. 9.4

Iowa ................................................................ 5.4

Kansas ........................................................... 6.1

Louisiana ........................................................ 6.9

Maine ............................................................. 7.0

Maryland ......................................................... 6.5

Massachusetts ................................................ 6.9

Minnesota ....................................................... 5.6

Mississippi ...................................................... 9.9

Montana .......................................................... 6.5

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

Nevada ............................................................ 12.7

New Hampshire ............................................... 5.2

New Mexico .................................................... 7.0

North Carolina .................................................. 10.2

North Dakota ................................................... 3.2

Oklahoma ....................................................... 6.1

Pennsylvania ................................................... 7.6

Rhode Island ................................................... 10.9

South Dakota .................................................. 4.2

Texas ............................................................. 7.3

Utah ............................................................... 5.7

Vermont .......................................................... 5.0

Virginia ........................................................... 5.8

Wisconsin ....................................................... 6.9

Wyoming ........................................................ 5.5

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., January 2012, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2011

to January 2012, seasonally adjusted

December 2011 January 2012 p

California ................................... 11.2 10.9 -0.3

Florida ....................................... 9.9 9.6 -.3

Idaho ......................................... 8.3 8.1 -.2

Iowa .......................................... 5.6 5.4 -.2

Kansas ...................................... 6.4 6.1 -.3

Mississippi ................................ 10.4 9.9 -.5

Missouri .................................... 8.0 7.5 -.5

Nebraska ................................... 4.2 4.0 -.2

Nevada ...................................... 13.0 12.7 -.3

North Dakota .............................. 3.3 3.2 -.1

South Carolina ........................... 9.6 9.3 -.3

Virginia ...................................... 6.1 5.8 -.3

Washington ............................... 8.6 8.3 -.3

West Virginia ............................. 7.8 7.4 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2011

to January 2012, seasonally adjusted

January 2011 January 2012 p

Alabama .................................... 9.3 7.8 -1.5

California ................................... 12.1 10.9 -1.2

Colorado .................................... 8.8 7.8 -1.0

Connecticut ............................... 9.3 8.0 -1.3

Florida ....................................... 10.9 9.6 -1.3

Georgia ..................................... 10.1 9.2 -.9

Kansas ...................................... 6.9 6.1 -.8

Maine ........................................ 8.0 7.0 -1.0

Maryland ................................... 7.3 6.5 -.8

Michigan .................................... 10.9 9.0 -1.9

Minnesota .................................. 6.8 5.6 -1.2

Missouri .................................... 9.0 7.5 -1.5

Ohio .......................................... 9.0 7.7 -1.3

Oregon ...................................... 9.9 8.8 -1.1

South Carolina ........................... 10.6 9.3 -1.3

South Dakota ............................. 5.0 4.2 -.8

Tennessee ................................. 9.5 8.2 -1.3

Texas ........................................ 8.1 7.3 -.8

Utah .......................................... 7.5 5.7 -1.8

Vermont .................................... 6.0 5.0 -1.0

Washington ............................... 9.6 8.3 -1.3

Wisconsin ................................. 7.7 6.9 -.8

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2011 to

January 2012, seasonally adjusted

December January Over-the-month

State 2011 2012 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,415,000 2,428,600 13,600

Colorado .................................... 2,265,300 2,284,800 19,500

Connecticut ............................... 1,623,500 1,630,600 7,100

District of Columbia .................... 737,700 731,600 -6,100

Florida ....................................... 7,333,200 7,294,600 -38,600

Georgia ..................................... 3,897,000 3,919,000 22,000

Indiana ...................................... 2,849,600 2,861,800 12,200

Kansas ...................................... 1,340,200 1,352,200 12,000

Kentucky ................................... 1,804,300 1,811,900 7,600

Maine ........................................ 591,600 596,800 5,200

Michigan .................................... 3,960,400 3,979,200 18,800

Minnesota .................................. 2,683,300 2,698,800 15,500

Missouri .................................... 2,632,500 2,653,600 21,100

Montana .................................... 424,200 426,800 2,600

New Hampshire .......................... 626,700 632,900 6,200

New Jersey ................................ 3,874,600 3,887,900 13,300

New York ................................... 8,717,000 8,761,600 44,600

North Carolina ............................ 3,932,200 3,949,200 17,000

Ohio .......................................... 5,094,300 5,127,100 32,800

Oregon ...................................... 1,619,500 1,624,900 5,400

Tennessee ................................. 2,673,500 2,686,200 12,700

Texas ........................................ 10,643,200 10,710,400 67,200

Washington ............................... 2,834,000 2,847,400 13,400

West Virginia ............................. 760,800 763,900 3,100

Wisconsin ................................. 2,719,800 2,732,300 12,500

p

 = preliminary.
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2011 to

January 2012, seasonally adjusted

January January Over-the-year

State 2011 2012 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,397,000 2,428,600 31,600

California ................................... 14,047,700 14,173,800 126,100

Colorado .................................... 2,241,400 2,284,800 43,400

Florida ....................................... 7,240,400 7,294,600 54,200

Georgia ..................................... 3,838,700 3,919,000 80,300

Indiana ...................................... 2,823,100 2,861,800 38,700

Kansas ...................................... 1,335,800 1,352,200 16,400

Kentucky ................................... 1,784,100 1,811,900 27,800

Louisiana ................................... 1,902,200 1,943,500 41,300

Maryland ................................... 2,533,200 2,573,000 39,800

Michigan .................................... 3,917,500 3,979,200 61,700

Minnesota .................................. 2,663,000 2,698,800 35,800

New Jersey ................................ 3,837,500 3,887,900 50,400

New York ................................... 8,622,300 8,761,600 139,300

North Carolina ............................ 3,898,600 3,949,200 50,600

North Dakota .............................. 386,000 407,900 21,900

Ohio .......................................... 5,064,600 5,127,100 62,500

Oklahoma .................................. 1,540,200 1,570,000 29,800

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,666,600 5,703,800 37,200

South Carolina ........................... 1,819,700 1,846,400 26,700

Tennessee ................................. 2,630,400 2,686,200 55,800

Texas ........................................ 10,452,200 10,710,400 258,200

Utah .......................................... 1,192,600 1,222,200 29,600

Virginia ...................................... 3,663,900 3,705,000 41,100

Washington ............................... 2,804,900 2,847,400 42,500

West Virginia ............................. 746,300 763,900 17,600

p

 = preliminary.
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 major industry 

sector 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 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 

Beach-Glendale 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 DetroitWarren-Livonia metropolitan areas and the Chicago-JolietNaperville, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-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 Web site 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 

on the Internet 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 2007 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. The employment data are 

estimated using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio 

(link relative) of current-month employment to that of the 

previous month is computed from a sample of establishments 
reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for 

the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates 

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

are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 

percent of CES published series which have insufficient 

sample for direct sample-based estimates. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports 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-ofstates" 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 unrounded 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-themonth 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 overthe-year 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-theyear change in a state rate for significance is about 0.9 point. 

More details can be found on the Web site. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available, but additional 

information on the subject is provided in Employment and 

Earnings Online at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector level and 

for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are 

available 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 on the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information 

More complete information on the technical procedures 

used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in 

Employment and Earnings Online. 

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 7,300 subnational areas are 

available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment 

data from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas 

are available on the Internet 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

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012

Northeast ........................... 28,227.3 28,218.0 28,241.8 28,215.5 2,349.7 2,268.4 2,245.5 2,241.3 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.9

 New England .................... 7,754.7 7,743.9 7,750.2 7,746.7 630.4 571.0 561.8 554.3 8.1 7.4 7.2 7.2

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,472.6 20,474.1 20,491.7 20,468.8 1,719.3 1,697.4 1,683.7 1,687.0 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.2

South ................................. 55,980.4 56,322.6 56,378.0 56,341.3 5,061.9 4,787.7 4,713.8 4,592.6 9.0 8.5 8.4 8.2

 South Atlantic ................... 29,649.7 29,871.6 29,905.0 29,891.8 2,828.0 2,689.7 2,652.9 2,583.7 9.5 9.0 8.9 8.6

 East South Central ........... 8,733.5 8,731.2 8,731.8 8,709.1 848.1 783.1 766.9 740.9 9.7 9.0 8.8 8.5

 West South Central .......... 17,597.3 17,719.8 17,741.2 17,740.4 1,385.7 1,314.8 1,294.0 1,268.1 7.9 7.4 7.3 7.1

Midwest ............................. 34,321.2 34,328.6 34,352.0 34,322.3 2,943.8 2,753.1 2,710.8 2,626.7 8.6 8.0 7.9 7.7

 East North Central ............ 23,298.2 23,280.8 23,287.1 23,271.8 2,176.7 2,065.6 2,031.1 1,975.4 9.3 8.9 8.7 8.5

 West North Central ........... 11,022.9 11,047.8 11,064.9 11,050.5 767.0 687.5 679.6 651.3 7.0 6.2 6.1 5.9

West ................................... 35,902.3 35,937.5 35,964.7 35,933.5 3,855.3 3,585.2 3,534.2 3,459.7 10.7 10.0 9.8 9.6

 Mountain ........................... 11,028.4 10,979.6 10,985.7 10,962.8 1,026.3 937.7 923.9 903.3 9.3 8.5 8.4 8.2

 Pacific ............................... 24,873.9 24,957.9 24,979.1 24,970.7 2,829.0 2,647.5 2,610.3 2,556.5 11.4 10.6 10.4 10.2

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. Data

have been revised back to January 2007 to incorporate updated

population controls, reestimation of models, adjustment to new national

control totals, and revised seasonal adjustment.

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

December January December January December January

2010 2011 2011 2012 2010 2011 2011 2012 2010 2011 2011 2012

Northeast ........................... 28,089.9 28,111.5 28,066.0 27,990.2 2,300.8 2,156.2 2,532.9 2,433.8 8.2 7.7 9.0 8.7

 New England .................... 7,713.3 7,712.2 7,696.8 7,679.7 615.7 534.2 685.8 608.4 8.0 6.9 8.9 7.9

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,376.5 20,399.3 20,369.1 20,310.6 1,685.1 1,622.0 1,847.1 1,825.4 8.3 8.0 9.1 9.0

South ................................. 55,705.7 56,175.8 55,568.5 55,844.4 4,990.6 4,554.0 5,271.7 4,709.7 9.0 8.1 9.5 8.4

 South Atlantic ................... 29,484.0 29,774.6 29,428.3 29,628.5 2,815.4 2,585.5 2,917.4 2,613.1 9.5 8.7 9.9 8.8

 East South Central ........... 8,706.6 8,716.5 8,664.0 8,607.1 823.1 732.5 901.8 772.1 9.5 8.4 10.4 9.0

 West South Central .......... 17,515.1 17,684.7 17,476.3 17,608.7 1,352.1 1,236.0 1,452.5 1,324.5 7.7 7.0 8.3 7.5

Midwest ............................. 34,134.8 34,169.1 33,976.8 33,949.7 2,911.3 2,605.6 3,168.6 2,803.8 8.5 7.6 9.3 8.3

 East North Central ............ 23,190.7 23,162.6 23,060.6 23,038.9 2,148.9 1,938.9 2,329.7 2,111.7 9.3 8.4 10.1 9.2

 West North Central ........... 10,944.2 11,006.5 10,916.2 10,910.8 762.4 666.7 838.9 692.0 7.0 6.1 7.7 6.3

West ................................... 35,798.9 35,872.0 35,731.1 35,700.9 3,851.1 3,460.1 4,041.2 3,593.8 10.8 9.6 11.3 10.1

 Mountain ........................... 10,997.2 10,953.2 10,966.4 10,868.0 1,024.5 902.1 1,078.4 940.3 9.3 8.2 9.8 8.7

 Pacific ............................... 24,801.7 24,918.8 24,764.7 24,832.9 2,826.6 2,558.0 2,962.8 2,653.5 11.4 10.3 12.0 10.7

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. Data have been revised back to

January 2007 to incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of

models, and adjustment to new national control totals.
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

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Alabama ................................................... 2,203.3 2,174.8 2,171.6 2,161.2 205.1 180.0 174.4 168.9 9.3 8.3 8.0 7.8

Alaska ....................................................... 366.3 368.6 369.1 368.0 28.5 27.4 27.2 26.7 7.8 7.4 7.4 7.2

Arizona ..................................................... 3,061.8 3,020.7 3,019.0 3,005.8 301.8 275.8 270.3 262.5 9.9 9.1 9.0 8.7

Arkansas ................................................... 1,368.2 1,375.7 1,378.5 1,382.5 110.3 108.2 107.1 105.2 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.6

California .................................................. 18,358.1 18,455.6 18,475.0 18,462.3 2,222.7 2,089.8 2,060.1 2,019.5 12.1 11.3 11.2 10.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,935.3 4,926.8 4,929.5 4,921.1 616.4 596.0 589.1 578.8 12.5 12.1 12.0 11.8

Colorado ................................................... 2,723.2 2,730.4 2,734.0 2,730.1 238.5 217.2 215.1 213.1 8.8 8.0 7.9 7.8

Connecticut ............................................... 1,921.3 1,918.1 1,918.8 1,916.2 178.0 158.9 155.8 152.4 9.3 8.3 8.1 8.0

Delaware .................................................. 438.2 440.8 441.6 440.5 33.0 31.9 31.8 31.0 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.0

District of Columbia .................................. 345.9 344.6 345.3 346.5 34.7 35.1 34.8 34.4 10.0 10.2 10.1 9.9

Florida ....................................................... 9,209.2 9,291.6 9,303.3 9,297.1 1,007.2 934.6 922.5 894.3 10.9 10.1 9.9 9.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,256.2 1,270.0 1,274.3 1,288.7 156.0 130.0 130.1 132.3 12.4 10.2 10.2 10.3

Georgia ..................................................... 4,715.6 4,735.4 4,740.1 4,745.1 475.5 449.6 445.4 437.4 10.1 9.5 9.4 9.2

Hawaii ....................................................... 659.8 662.1 662.7 661.0 43.9 44.4 44.1 43.2 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5

Idaho ......................................................... 767.3 774.3 775.3 775.5 67.8 65.5 64.6 62.9 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.1

Illinois ........................................................ 6,554.4 6,584.6 6,585.5 6,579.8 614.9 648.5 638.4 620.3 9.4 9.8 9.7 9.4

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,040.7 4,085.7 4,087.4 4,062.5 379.9 418.4 412.4 387.3 9.4 10.2 10.1 9.5

Indiana ...................................................... 3,168.9 3,212.0 3,214.4 3,210.5 285.9 291.7 286.5 279.1 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.7

Iowa .......................................................... 1,668.6 1,662.5 1,666.6 1,666.7 101.2 92.6 93.4 90.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.4

Kansas ...................................................... 1,505.6 1,509.5 1,512.4 1,510.2 104.6 97.1 96.3 92.4 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.1

Kentucky ................................................... 2,069.6 2,068.3 2,069.0 2,066.3 204.7 189.0 185.9 181.9 9.9 9.1 9.0 8.8

Louisiana .................................................. 2,073.2 2,059.7 2,062.7 2,058.4 160.5 145.5 144.2 142.4 7.7 7.1 7.0 6.9

Maine ........................................................ 702.7 707.1 708.1 708.8 55.9 50.4 49.8 49.5 8.0 7.1 7.0 7.0

Maryland ................................................... 3,070.0 3,081.5 3,084.4 3,079.2 224.9 207.6 203.3 200.2 7.3 6.7 6.6 6.5

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,463.9 3,455.7 3,457.2 3,455.9 270.1 241.5 237.7 237.5 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.9

Michigan ................................................... 4,678.4 4,635.7 4,630.4 4,632.3 510.9 444.2 431.0 417.0 10.9 9.6 9.3 9.0

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,024.6 2,008.1 2,005.3 2,017.6 244.4 215.6 209.7 203.0 12.1 10.7 10.5 10.1

Minnesota ................................................. 2,969.5 2,980.2 2,981.8 2,976.4 202.0 175.0 171.0 165.9 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.6

Mississippi ................................................ 1,335.3 1,350.1 1,350.6 1,348.1 140.1 142.8 140.7 133.7 10.5 10.6 10.4 9.9

Missouri .................................................... 3,052.8 3,048.4 3,052.3 3,041.3 275.4 246.9 244.0 228.4 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.5

Montana .................................................... 502.5 506.4 506.5 506.1 34.7 33.8 33.4 32.8 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5

Nebraska .................................................. 997.2 1,014.2 1,016.6 1,015.5 45.1 43.5 42.9 41.0 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0

Nevada ..................................................... 1,387.6 1,384.8 1,384.5 1,377.7 190.9 182.6 179.7 174.7 13.8 13.2 13.0 12.7

New Hampshire ........................................ 737.4 740.6 741.4 742.3 41.2 39.1 38.5 38.2 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.2

New Jersey ............................................... 4,546.2 4,575.2 4,580.3 4,573.4 426.5 420.1 416.2 411.9 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.0

New Mexico .............................................. 930.7 926.9 927.3 928.6 71.8 65.8 64.6 64.6 7.7 7.1 7.0 7.0

New York .................................................. 9,527.6 9,513.0 9,522.3 9,514.5 780.0 778.8 776.8 789.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3

New York City ...................................... 3,943.5 3,959.0 3,963.8 3,960.9 350.4 360.5 359.8 368.2 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.3

North Carolina .......................................... 4,632.2 4,670.3 4,677.2 4,683.5 487.0 486.7 484.2 476.3 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.2

North Dakota ............................................ 379.3 387.6 388.8 389.7 13.5 13.3 13.0 12.4 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2

Ohio .......................................................... 5,824.6 5,793.6 5,791.3 5,789.9 526.0 470.0 457.7 447.3 9.0 8.1 7.9 7.7

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,079.4 1,088.7 1,089.7 1,091.0 85.9 81.7 80.5 79.4 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.3

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,767.3 1,782.4 1,786.6 1,784.8 110.4 112.2 112.7 109.1 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.1

Oregon ...................................................... 1,992.6 1,994.3 1,995.2 1,993.6 197.5 181.8 179.1 176.3 9.9 9.1 9.0 8.8

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,400.5 6,385.8 6,387.7 6,381.1 514.2 498.2 489.2 484.7 8.0 7.8 7.7 7.6

Rhode Island ............................................ 565.5 562.3 562.0 560.2 64.4 62.7 62.1 61.3 11.4 11.1 11.0 10.9

South Carolina .......................................... 2,152.0 2,159.3 2,159.4 2,151.5 227.6 212.0 208.1 200.2 10.6 9.8 9.6 9.3

South Dakota ............................................ 445.8 447.9 449.1 449.4 22.4 19.4 19.4 19.1 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.2

Tennessee ................................................ 3,124.2 3,138.5 3,140.4 3,134.8 297.7 271.8 266.2 257.5 9.5 8.7 8.5 8.2

Texas ........................................................ 12,390.8 12,502.3 12,518.6 12,518.7 1,005.5 946.1 930.8 912.1 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.3

Utah .......................................................... 1,349.5 1,329.8 1,330.7 1,330.7 100.9 78.6 77.4 76.1 7.5 5.9 5.8 5.7

Vermont .................................................... 360.2 360.0 360.4 360.6 21.6 19.1 18.8 18.2 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.0

Virginia ...................................................... 4,278.3 4,339.9 4,347.6 4,342.3 273.3 267.1 263.7 253.8 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.8

Washington ............................................... 3,494.8 3,489.8 3,492.4 3,490.9 334.1 304.7 300.0 291.4 9.6 8.7 8.6 8.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,486.1 1,501.4 1,501.9 1,507.1 134.8 118.1 115.8 113.3 9.1 7.9 7.7 7.5

West Virginia ............................................ 801.2 801.8 802.6 802.3 66.2 62.9 62.3 59.2 8.3 7.8 7.8 7.4

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,069.7 3,056.5 3,056.4 3,054.7 236.6 217.7 213.2 209.9 7.7 7.1 7.0 6.9

Wyoming ................................................... 303.3 305.7 306.2 306.7 19.1 17.5 17.2 16.8 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,279.2 1,283.2 1,285.5 1,290.9 205.4 196.4 195.2 195.2 16.1 15.3 15.2 15.1

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, available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Data

have been revised back to January 2007 to incorporate updated population

controls, reestimation of models, adjustment to new division and national

control totals, and revised seasonal adjustment. 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

December January December January December January

2010 2011 2011 2012p 2010 2011 2011 2012p 2010 2011 2011 2012p

Alabama ................................................... 2,200.7 2,169.8 2,193.7 2,134.8 197.0 165.6 219.2 176.7 9.0 7.6 10.0 8.3

Alaska ....................................................... 362.9 365.7 362.2 362.0 29.5 27.7 31.9 29.2 8.1 7.6 8.8 8.1

Arizona ..................................................... 3,060.9 3,014.0 3,055.2 2,981.2 299.7 263.9 312.4 262.9 9.8 8.8 10.2 8.8

Arkansas ................................................... 1,353.9 1,367.1 1,344.8 1,362.1 107.8 104.9 120.9 113.0 8.0 7.7 9.0 8.3

California .................................................. 18,315.5 18,432.2 18,299.7 18,365.9 2,220.9 2,017.8 2,315.2 2,082.4 12.1 10.9 12.7 11.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,943.0 4,931.6 4,926.1 4,891.7 613.1 573.4 633.8 589.7 12.4 11.6 12.9 12.1

Colorado ................................................... 2,715.6 2,724.8 2,704.0 2,703.5 240.7 210.3 251.4 226.3 8.9 7.7 9.3 8.4

Connecticut ............................................... 1,906.6 1,905.0 1,905.0 1,895.1 170.4 145.0 189.5 160.9 8.9 7.6 9.9 8.5

Delaware .................................................. 438.1 441.7 437.4 437.1 32.4 30.5 35.5 32.2 7.4 6.9 8.1 7.4

District of Columbia .................................. 340.5 342.3 344.1 344.9 32.7 33.7 36.0 35.3 9.6 9.8 10.5 10.2

Florida ....................................................... 9,169.0 9,278.3 9,130.1 9,199.3 1,001.0 900.3 1,011.5 875.4 10.9 9.7 11.1 9.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,253.0 1,279.1 1,245.2 1,301.9 155.0 130.2 144.1 129.2 12.4 10.2 11.6 9.9

Georgia ..................................................... 4,724.8 4,749.7 4,705.5 4,739.1 477.0 435.2 489.2 445.8 10.1 9.2 10.4 9.4

Hawaii ....................................................... 655.8 659.5 657.4 657.0 40.9 40.8 44.3 42.3 6.2 6.2 6.7 6.4

Idaho ......................................................... 762.2 772.3 761.2 767.9 68.5 64.5 76.5 69.3 9.0 8.3 10.1 9.0

Illinois ........................................................ 6,538.4 6,554.8 6,496.3 6,522.2 601.9 610.5 654.3 648.3 9.2 9.3 10.1 9.9

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,026.5 4,053.8 4,012.4 4,011.7 369.0 377.0 396.5 383.2 9.2 9.3 9.9 9.6

Indiana ...................................................... 3,140.3 3,189.6 3,140.3 3,169.7 286.2 275.7 306.7 291.9 9.1 8.6 9.8 9.2

Iowa .......................................................... 1,665.2 1,661.5 1,655.5 1,653.2 106.0 95.7 115.2 101.8 6.4 5.8 7.0 6.2

Kansas ...................................................... 1,496.8 1,505.4 1,498.9 1,497.3 98.8 90.2 113.1 95.3 6.6 6.0 7.5 6.4

Kentucky ................................................... 2,063.9 2,065.2 2,050.8 2,041.0 200.2 178.3 220.4 193.8 9.7 8.6 10.7 9.5

Louisiana .................................................. 2,053.7 2,043.3 2,044.7 2,020.8 151.4 134.4 173.3 152.6 7.4 6.6 8.5 7.5

Maine ........................................................ 697.2 703.8 692.7 698.7 56.1 49.3 62.0 55.4 8.1 7.0 8.9 7.9

Maryland ................................................... 3,052.3 3,066.5 3,049.4 3,048.7 223.3 194.5 235.6 212.9 7.3 6.3 7.7 7.0

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,451.0 3,445.1 3,442.0 3,431.6 264.3 226.0 295.0 264.5 7.7 6.6 8.6 7.7

Michigan ................................................... 4,661.5 4,617.5 4,626.5 4,593.8 510.1 413.6 538.2 447.4 10.9 9.0 11.6 9.7

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,013.8 1,997.0 2,000.0 2,022.8 235.3 193.6 251.6 217.5 11.7 9.7 12.6 10.8

Minnesota ................................................. 2,945.1 2,967.2 2,940.2 2,942.3 204.8 170.8 224.6 187.9 7.0 5.8 7.6 6.4

Mississippi ................................................ 1,335.6 1,350.2 1,323.2 1,333.5 137.1 134.3 145.4 132.8 10.3 9.9 11.0 10.0

Missouri .................................................... 3,034.4 3,032.8 3,027.8 2,997.1 272.4 235.5 293.8 227.4 9.0 7.8 9.7 7.6

Montana .................................................... 495.2 500.3 496.8 500.2 35.3 33.4 40.0 37.1 7.1 6.7 8.1 7.4

Nebraska .................................................. 989.2 1,011.7 987.0 1,000.7 43.1 41.8 51.3 44.2 4.4 4.1 5.2 4.4

Nevada ..................................................... 1,382.0 1,379.0 1,385.7 1,365.7 192.3 178.3 197.6 177.1 13.9 12.9 14.3 13.0

New Hampshire ........................................ 733.0 737.3 734.4 739.7 40.3 36.4 45.4 42.2 5.5 4.9 6.2 5.7

New Jersey ............................................... 4,529.5 4,565.6 4,515.5 4,529.2 413.1 398.9 451.0 432.9 9.1 8.7 10.0 9.6

New Mexico .............................................. 932.3 929.2 920.5 920.8 70.0 61.6 72.7 67.0 7.5 6.6 7.9 7.3

New York .................................................. 9,482.2 9,470.5 9,487.9 9,449.9 773.9 759.5 843.7 866.3 8.2 8.0 8.9 9.2

New York City ...................................... 3,927.9 3,948.0 3,942.4 3,945.7 344.6 348.6 369.4 395.7 8.8 8.8 9.4 10.0

North Carolina .......................................... 4,585.7 4,643.6 4,590.8 4,654.0 482.1 474.7 509.6 488.4 10.5 10.2 11.1 10.5

North Dakota ............................................ 372.4 382.6 371.2 381.5 14.0 12.5 16.3 14.6 3.8 3.3 4.4 3.8

Ohio .......................................................... 5,801.0 5,762.3 5,754.1 5,726.2 524.8 439.6 572.9 495.0 9.0 7.6 10.0 8.6

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,066.4 1,073.9 1,064.4 1,078.9 84.2 74.7 91.9 87.3 7.9 7.0 8.6 8.1

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,762.1 1,780.4 1,750.9 1,763.4 112.4 109.8 118.2 112.2 6.4 6.2 6.7 6.4

Oregon ...................................................... 1,981.4 1,983.7 1,973.0 1,974.8 199.6 174.8 211.6 190.0 10.1 8.8 10.7 9.6

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,364.8 6,363.2 6,365.7 6,331.5 498.0 463.6 552.4 526.2 7.8 7.3 8.7 8.3

Rhode Island ............................................ 566.7 562.4 564.5 556.5 62.9 60.1 69.4 65.3 11.1 10.7 12.3 11.7

South Carolina .......................................... 2,133.1 2,136.3 2,128.4 2,119.6 229.4 202.4 235.9 202.1 10.8 9.5 11.1 9.5

South Dakota ............................................ 441.0 445.3 435.6 438.6 23.2 20.2 24.6 20.8 5.3 4.5 5.6 4.7

Tennessee ................................................ 3,106.4 3,131.3 3,096.2 3,097.9 288.8 254.3 316.8 268.8 9.3 8.1 10.2 8.7

Texas ........................................................ 12,345.4 12,494.0 12,335.9 12,462.4 980.5 887.0 1,040.2 946.8 7.9 7.1 8.4 7.6

Utah .......................................................... 1,347.9 1,329.3 1,343.0 1,325.3 98.3 73.1 105.7 81.4 7.3 5.5 7.9 6.1

Vermont .................................................... 358.8 358.6 358.1 358.0 21.5 17.5 24.6 20.2 6.0 4.9 6.9 5.6

Virginia ...................................................... 4,243.9 4,319.4 4,251.9 4,295.9 271.7 254.9 291.4 259.5 6.4 5.9 6.9 6.0

Washington ............................................... 3,486.1 3,477.6 3,472.5 3,473.3 335.7 296.9 359.9 309.6 9.6 8.5 10.4 8.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,484.0 1,492.1 1,481.9 1,517.5 133.7 109.0 137.9 117.4 9.0 7.3 9.3 7.7

West Virginia ............................................ 796.6 796.8 790.6 790.0 65.7 59.2 72.7 61.6 8.2 7.4 9.2 7.8

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,049.4 3,038.4 3,043.4 3,027.0 226.0 199.5 257.6 229.1 7.4 6.6 8.5 7.6

Wyoming ................................................... 301.1 304.4 300.0 303.4 19.6 17.1 22.1 19.2 6.5 5.6 7.4 6.3

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,276.6 1,288.1 1,289.6 1,297.7 187.1 170.4 202.7 198.7 14.7 13.2 15.7 15.3

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, available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Data have

been revised back to January 2007 to incorporate updated population controls,

reestimation of models, and adjustment to new division and national control

totals. 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

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,864.5 1,867.3 1,867.9 1,862.6 81.1 74.4 75.6 73.8 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.7 328.5 326.9 327.8 16.0 15.0 14.9 15.2 13.2 11.8 11.1 11.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,397.0 2,416.1 2,415.0 2,428.6 113.0 112.2 112.8 114.9 149.2 150.7 149.1 150.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161.6 1,159.8 1,161.3 1,165.9 46.5 46.6 46.5 48.4 160.9 155.8 156.0 156.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,047.7 14,140.5 14,179.0 14,173.8 570.4 552.5 558.2 567.1 1,242.4 1,243.7 1,242.6 1,244.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,241.4 2,265.3 2,265.3 2,284.8 114.4 111.1 112.7 117.8 127.5 128.5 129.1 130.6

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,618.7 1,624.5 1,623.5 1,630.6 51.2 49.4 49.2 52.3 166.2 165.7 164.8 166.2

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.8 416.5 417.4 418.5 20.0 19.1 19.0 19.1 25.6 25.5 25.4 25.4

District of Columbia2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.9 737.6 737.7 731.6 11.2 12.5 12.4 12.5 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,240.4 7,318.9 7,333.2 7,294.6 340.8 325.8 325.5 319.3 310.7 312.9 313.3 313.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,838.7 3,890.2 3,897.0 3,919.0 142.5 139.9 143.0 146.4 347.4 351.6 353.1 353.9

Hawaii3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.4 595.0 596.5 594.8 28.3 27.4 27.6 27.5 13.1 13.3 13.2 13.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.5 609.4 610.6 613.5 30.4 31.0 30.7 31.2 54.0 55.8 55.8 56.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,650.6 5,674.2 5,676.0 5,679.8 199.1 191.3 191.3 189.6 569.1 575.8 576.9 579.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,823.1 2,837.6 2,849.6 2,861.8 118.1 124.5 126.3 126.3 458.0 467.1 472.5 474.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,475.1 1,482.3 1,480.6 1,484.3 60.8 63.9 63.6 63.9 203.1 210.5 211.4 214.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335.8 1,341.7 1,340.2 1,352.2 52.8 52.5 53.0 56.1 159.5 162.5 162.8 162.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,784.1 1,798.1 1,804.3 1,811.9 67.0 65.9 66.5 68.3 210.2 214.2 214.9 216.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,902.2 1,934.3 1,937.2 1,943.5 121.5 121.7 119.5 120.1 138.4 139.4 139.8 140.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.9 593.8 591.6 596.8 25.0 24.8 24.7 25.0 50.9 49.6 49.7 51.1

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,533.2 2,566.6 2,568.0 2,573.0 145.1 148.3 146.8 149.8 113.8 111.4 110.8 111.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,206.2 3,211.4 3,211.8 3,218.4 108.6 106.8 105.8 106.8 253.3 254.5 255.8 255.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,917.5 3,950.8 3,960.4 3,979.2 125.8 123.8 123.4 122.8 495.3 508.1 510.8 527.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,663.0 2,673.0 2,683.3 2,698.8 89.3 90.4 89.3 93.5 297.1 300.9 302.3 304.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,090.9 1,092.4 1,089.0 1,088.0 49.1 48.3 48.0 47.8 135.0 133.8 133.8 134.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,657.7 2,644.9 2,632.5 2,653.6 103.7 99.0 98.2 102.4 246.5 248.4 247.8 252.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.2 425.2 424.2 426.8 21.8 23.6 23.2 22.8 16.7 17.1 16.9 17.2

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941.8 946.7 947.6 945.2 41.9 41.0 40.7 41.9 92.3 92.9 93.4 94.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124.4 1,134.5 1,131.6 1,133.4 59.1 53.7 52.9 54.3 38.0 38.0 37.8 37.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.3 627.6 626.7 632.9 22.0 21.7 22.4 23.4 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,837.5 3,871.9 3,874.6 3,887.9 126.8 129.8 128.9 130.0 255.4 250.9 251.1 255.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795.7 803.5 802.9 802.1 43.1 41.5 40.8 41.9 28.9 29.8 29.4 28.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,622.3 8,711.7 8,717.0 8,761.6 302.2 308.3 306.5 301.3 457.2 454.8 454.7 457.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,898.6 3,935.7 3,932.2 3,949.2 170.8 177.5 177.7 176.7 432.7 432.9 434.0 437.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.0 403.0 406.8 407.9 22.3 25.7 26.1 25.9 23.4 23.9 24.4 24.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,064.6 5,097.1 5,094.3 5,127.1 172.8 174.2 171.1 177.3 629.0 644.8 645.3 646.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,540.2 1,563.3 1,565.3 1,570.0 67.6 68.9 68.6 67.5 126.1 131.5 132.2 133.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,615.0 1,619.8 1,619.5 1,624.9 67.7 69.6 70.4 70.2 166.0 164.1 164.0 165.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,666.6 5,704.1 5,712.8 5,703.8 217.5 224.3 225.8 230.5 561.6 563.2 564.1 568.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.9 459.2 457.9 457.6 15.8 16.8 16.4 15.5 40.5 40.4 40.6 41.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,819.7 1,839.7 1,840.4 1,846.4 77.4 75.1 74.8 75.1 211.0 219.7 221.3 222.2

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.0 405.3 408.0 406.7 20.9 20.6 21.0 21.3 38.0 39.3 38.9 39.3

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,630.4 2,672.8 2,673.5 2,686.2 103.8 113.2 114.4 116.3 301.3 305.6 306.8 306.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,452.2 10,618.7 10,643.2 10,710.4 560.1 557.0 554.7 563.0 821.1 844.4 844.6 847.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,192.6 1,218.6 1,223.0 1,222.2 64.7 65.2 66.9 67.6 112.4 115.1 115.8 116.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.5 302.2 301.4 301.1 13.6 14.0 14.0 14.3 30.7 30.7 30.6 30.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,663.9 3,696.7 3,702.7 3,705.0 181.4 178.6 177.3 181.7 229.0 228.0 227.0 226.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,804.9 2,843.2 2,834.0 2,847.4 138.2 139.1 138.1 140.5 261.3 275.6 276.9 277.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.3 760.2 760.8 763.9 31.5 34.3 34.1 34.3 49.4 49.3 49.4 48.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,744.8 2,719.4 2,719.8 2,732.3 93.5 84.4 85.8 90.0 437.1 439.4 442.3 446.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.4 287.0 287.1 286.5 20.9 21.1 20.7 20.7 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.0

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.5 926.3 925.9 922.8 31.5 34.3 34.2 34.2 85.3 82.3 82.6 82.2

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 43.7 43.9 43.9 – – – – – – – –

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. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January

1990 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional 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

Jan.

2011

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2011

Dec.

2011

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2012p

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2011

Nov.

2011

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2011

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2012p

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2011

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2011

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2011

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2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.1 367.4 365.1 365.7 92.1 92.7 93.6 92.8 212.5 215.4 217.0 214.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 63.6 63.3 62.4 14.8 15.1 14.9 14.9 27.0 27.7 27.5 27.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468.7 478.0 474.9 475.2 165.8 165.8 167.0 167.2 344.7 339.6 342.0 351.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.5 232.0 237.0 239.2 48.5 48.4 47.8 47.5 118.5 117.4 117.4 116.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,646.1 2,681.6 2,687.0 2,701.4 764.4 764.3 764.1 763.0 2,111.1 2,148.6 2,164.6 2,172.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.6 400.9 401.5 404.4 144.2 144.4 143.3 143.4 334.9 344.2 344.0 349.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.2 294.5 295.3 297.4 136.1 133.5 132.7 132.5 193.1 196.5 196.4 194.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 75.0 75.3 76.0 42.8 43.0 43.4 42.9 55.2 55.3 55.0 55.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.5 27.3 27.2 27.2 26.9 27.0 26.8 27.0 148.9 151.9 151.9 150.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479.0 1,513.5 1,520.2 1,514.0 481.8 487.1 487.9 486.0 1,037.6 1,066.8 1,064.3 1,057.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812.8 824.6 827.6 830.1 208.8 208.2 206.4 209.0 527.0 556.5 557.0 565.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.8 111.4 111.4 111.0 26.8 27.6 27.4 27.6 73.7 75.4 75.0 76.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.2 123.3 124.1 124.5 29.5 29.2 29.1 28.7 76.4 75.2 76.3 76.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135.3 1,141.5 1,142.2 1,139.0 364.1 361.4 360.5 364.0 819.8 838.4 838.5 846.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548.8 547.5 550.2 553.9 132.3 129.5 129.4 127.9 285.3 288.3 289.9 296.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.2 303.4 303.8 303.1 100.8 100.2 100.6 99.9 124.8 122.6 122.8 121.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.4 252.3 252.5 254.0 71.5 72.4 71.6 72.3 146.9 157.7 157.2 158.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.2 366.6 368.2 369.1 84.9 83.7 83.5 83.0 184.4 192.4 193.8 197.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.3 373.8 375.6 380.7 94.6 97.4 97.2 97.1 194.8 198.9 199.0 201.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.8 118.3 118.3 119.1 31.7 31.8 31.8 31.6 56.6 57.0 56.5 56.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.3 442.5 442.5 444.2 143.7 142.7 142.6 141.6 393.5 399.2 398.9 399.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.5 551.1 551.9 553.7 206.8 204.6 204.8 205.1 470.8 478.4 478.5 482.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.5 724.0 725.7 725.3 192.2 194.2 194.9 196.5 540.5 557.4 559.9 562.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.3 496.0 496.4 496.0 174.3 174.5 174.8 174.4 322.2 330.2 338.1 343.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.6 214.4 213.8 213.6 44.6 44.7 45.2 44.4 93.7 94.8 94.0 92.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.6 509.0 505.9 511.1 161.2 156.4 155.2 157.2 328.2 335.2 332.8 335.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.8 86.9 87.0 87.1 21.0 20.7 20.9 20.7 40.1 41.4 41.3 41.9

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.3 196.1 196.7 195.8 69.6 69.5 69.5 69.4 101.4 105.3 104.5 102.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.6 214.3 214.8 214.4 52.9 51.2 52.1 51.8 138.0 140.3 139.2 140.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.2 132.7 132.4 133.7 34.7 34.9 34.7 34.7 65.6 65.3 65.3 66.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812.8 822.9 823.7 825.2 250.8 252.1 252.9 252.5 599.0 605.8 606.7 600.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.8 132.2 133.6 134.2 32.5 33.7 33.4 33.0 98.8 99.1 98.6 97.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477.1 1,487.7 1,489.4 1,498.9 679.4 688.8 687.6 692.5 1,116.5 1,145.6 1,153.4 1,171.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720.1 727.1 727.5 733.7 203.7 201.1 201.0 203.8 500.8 514.0 510.8 514.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.4 88.2 89.0 90.3 21.0 21.4 21.7 21.3 28.9 31.7 32.2 31.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948.7 959.5 961.5 964.7 279.1 276.3 276.0 278.4 641.3 649.5 648.0 653.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.9 283.5 283.6 287.1 79.2 79.4 79.1 80.6 172.4 173.6 174.2 174.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.7 314.6 315.0 316.3 92.7 91.5 91.4 92.5 185.7 185.6 185.5 185.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089.0 1,098.4 1,101.5 1,096.0 310.3 309.8 307.4 311.0 707.3 710.6 712.2 707.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0 72.4 71.8 73.1 30.5 30.6 31.0 30.2 54.1 54.3 54.3 54.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.5 353.4 353.7 354.7 96.4 96.9 96.9 95.7 225.0 228.4 228.0 230.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 82.7 83.2 82.7 28.4 27.5 28.2 27.5 28.0 29.2 29.5 28.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.4 558.6 556.9 558.6 135.9 134.5 133.6 136.8 311.6 323.2 326.2 330.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,077.9 2,113.6 2,126.0 2,141.7 633.8 643.4 646.3 648.2 1,308.5 1,355.8 1,359.9 1,378.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 233.3 234.2 234.1 67.8 69.9 69.7 70.1 156.1 163.5 164.8 162.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 56.5 56.7 57.3 12.2 12.1 11.9 11.8 24.0 25.9 25.8 25.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.4 635.4 635.8 633.6 180.3 185.1 185.3 186.1 663.7 661.6 664.0 667.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.3 533.5 528.1 533.5 137.9 137.0 136.8 136.4 334.9 337.9 338.3 342.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 135.2 135.0 135.3 28.1 26.8 27.0 27.0 61.4 62.8 62.8 63.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.1 506.4 509.2 512.1 159.1 156.7 156.1 156.1 283.0 281.3 279.5 283.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.0 53.4 53.5 53.4 10.8 10.6 10.6 10.8 17.3 17.6 17.6 17.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.6 166.0 164.3 162.5 43.7 44.2 43.5 43.8 106.3 104.5 105.3 100.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 8.5 8.6 8.7 – – – – – – – –

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. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from

January 1990 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional 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

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Jan.

2011

Nov.

2011

Dec.

2011

Jan.

2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.1 217.8 218.5 217.9 167.5 168.8 169.3 170.8 384.8 375.8 373.8 372.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 45.3 45.4 45.4 32.6 32.2 32.1 33.0 85.5 84.9 84.6 84.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.0 358.2 358.6 358.7 256.2 261.1 261.4 262.9 411.4 412.6 410.3 411.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.7 169.4 168.0 169.7 98.8 100.0 99.2 100.9 216.9 221.4 220.9 218.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,814.6 1,854.7 1,859.0 1,851.7 1,522.3 1,544.8 1,545.3 1,547.7 2,429.9 2,396.9 2,396.3 2,388.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.8 274.9 273.8 276.9 269.1 274.0 274.9 278.8 392.4 393.9 394.3 391.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.1 317.0 317.6 319.1 135.3 138.3 138.4 139.1 240.8 237.2 237.0 236.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.6 67.6 67.7 67.5 44.0 41.8 42.1 42.3 63.7 64.4 64.6 64.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.6 119.4 118.9 117.2 60.6 63.1 63.5 62.7 250.2 248.5 248.6 245.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,092.5 1,122.2 1,124.0 1,113.0 945.5 956.3 958.6 957.9 1,103.0 1,093.1 1,094.4 1,086.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.0 502.6 502.7 506.6 377.4 380.6 380.1 381.8 669.2 670.8 671.8 669.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 76.5 76.6 74.5 102.4 105.8 106.2 105.7 126.0 124.0 124.9 125.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.7 86.9 87.3 87.4 58.3 58.5 58.2 58.7 115.8 115.3 115.0 115.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844.1 856.7 857.1 851.3 517.5 519.9 519.8 523.4 841.7 833.2 832.7 830.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.2 424.4 423.4 424.2 276.1 280.6 281.6 282.6 427.9 424.9 425.6 424.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.9 217.1 217.6 215.1 131.2 129.5 127.1 130.3 252.0 248.8 247.8 248.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.6 184.2 184.5 184.4 114.1 116.3 116.2 116.8 264.0 255.8 254.7 258.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.8 258.5 258.9 258.5 168.8 170.1 172.3 172.7 331.9 327.6 327.7 327.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.7 299.3 299.9 299.9 197.0 200.3 202.1 200.7 359.9 362.8 362.8 361.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.6 121.4 122.2 121.2 59.7 59.4 58.9 59.0 103.0 100.4 98.5 102.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2 416.6 418.1 416.2 230.9 234.4 236.2 237.4 503.8 509.7 510.9 511.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.6 668.7 668.2 666.6 311.0 307.5 308.1 309.8 435.2 433.5 432.8 431.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.5 624.8 625.8 624.7 378.2 374.1 375.1 377.0 625.1 613.1 612.5 614.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.6 469.9 471.2 475.3 236.0 229.1 228.6 228.0 413.0 407.0 407.3 405.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.7 137.5 137.8 137.7 118.4 115.8 115.4 115.5 246.5 247.3 245.7 246.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.0 418.6 415.2 417.0 271.0 269.0 267.1 270.0 443.9 436.1 436.4 433.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 63.9 64.2 64.6 55.8 55.1 54.4 54.7 89.4 85.1 84.8 86.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.1 137.4 138.1 137.8 80.9 82.3 82.0 80.4 168.7 168.7 168.9 168.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.8 105.4 103.9 103.7 312.3 323.5 322.7 323.1 152.8 146.7 146.5 146.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.1 114.2 114.1 114.4 62.9 64.9 64.0 64.6 93.2 92.5 92.8 93.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601.3 618.4 619.2 628.7 332.8 333.8 334.2 335.0 620.3 619.7 619.9 622.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.5 125.9 125.9 125.1 81.4 83.3 83.1 83.3 196.1 194.8 194.8 195.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,720.6 1,737.5 1,741.6 1,755.5 755.2 779.3 772.9 779.5 1,483.7 1,485.0 1,487.2 1,486.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.0 551.3 550.3 551.2 393.4 401.4 402.5 401.3 704.3 699.4 697.9 699.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 57.2 57.6 57.5 34.9 35.1 35.6 35.4 79.4 79.0 78.9 78.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846.2 854.4 855.6 861.6 479.3 473.5 472.5 479.3 770.2 764.4 763.4 763.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.2 208.9 209.0 208.7 141.4 143.2 142.1 142.7 336.1 337.4 339.3 336.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.6 239.3 237.6 238.8 164.4 164.1 165.5 166.1 298.6 292.4 292.1 292.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143.8 1,169.7 1,172.1 1,157.5 509.5 512.7 512.8 517.0 753.9 733.0 733.1 733.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5 104.0 103.5 103.6 49.7 48.5 48.6 47.7 60.8 60.2 60.0 60.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.9 217.8 217.4 216.3 207.2 211.5 212.5 214.6 341.4 337.8 336.0 336.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 65.8 66.0 65.9 43.2 41.0 41.3 41.3 78.5 77.5 77.9 77.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.4 386.4 386.3 387.1 263.7 266.5 265.2 266.7 431.3 439.8 439.3 437.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,403.7 1,444.3 1,445.5 1,449.9 1,025.2 1,062.4 1,064.0 1,081.1 1,844.1 1,776.7 1,776.3 1,769.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.6 160.2 160.4 161.8 112.4 114.8 114.0 112.6 218.5 221.2 221.1 220.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 60.8 60.9 60.8 32.9 33.3 33.4 32.8 53.9 53.2 52.7 52.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.6 474.4 474.5 472.2 344.3 346.4 350.4 349.6 705.9 714.3 714.7 713.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.5 387.5 388.7 388.9 269.2 277.3 276.3 276.5 546.9 539.6 535.1 535.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.9 124.1 125.0 124.3 72.2 73.8 73.9 75.4 149.8 153.5 153.4 155.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.9 414.1 413.3 412.6 251.9 247.6 243.5 246.8 416.1 405.2 405.9 402.7

Wyoming1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 32.6 31.6 31.7 32.0 72.6 73.3 73.3 73.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.5 116.6 117.0 117.9 71.6 72.4 72.5 73.1 261.0 269.2 269.3 271.2

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.5 12.9 12.1 12.1 12.2

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. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from

January 1990 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional 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

December January December January December January

2010 2011 2011 2012p

2010 2011 2011 2012p2010 2011 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,882.4 1,871.2 1,839.4 1,841.5 12.2 12.5 12.1 12.5 83.5 74.7 77.2 70.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4 313.2 308.8 308.5 15.6 15.9 14.8 15.4 14.1 12.4 12.3 11.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425.3 2,448.2 2,376.1 2,413.9 11.2 11.8 11.3 11.4 110.7 112.1 106.6 112.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171.2 1,164.1 1,144.3 1,148.2 11.0 10.9 10.6 10.7 47.5 45.8 43.6 45.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,155.6 14,277.8 13,861.9 14,019.5 27.0 28.3 26.7 27.5 549.6 554.5 532.7 538.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,254.7 2,285.1 2,202.9 2,250.3 26.0 28.1 25.7 27.8 113.1 112.6 104.3 108.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,639.3 1,644.5 1,591.4 1,601.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 50.9 50.6 45.6 46.6

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.4 419.4 406.8 407.4 – – – – 19.9 19.3 18.7 18.3

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.8 735.8 713.3 724.3 – – – – 11.0 12.2 11.0 12.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,309.3 7,392.2 7,196.1 7,271.0 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 340.4 324.6 328.5 307.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,879.9 3,915.6 3,786.6 3,870.3 9.1 8.7 9.0 8.7 145.6 143.6 137.9 139.2

Hawaii1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.2 602.5 583.8 588.6 – – – – 29.2 28.1 27.6 27.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.1 611.4 585.9 595.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.6 29.4 30.1 25.7 26.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,688.3 5,703.0 5,527.2 5,559.3 9.4 9.8 9.0 9.3 190.6 185.3 168.9 162.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,829.8 2,864.4 2,761.9 2,802.8 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.5 114.0 124.0 104.2 112.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487.7 1,489.5 1,443.9 1,453.2 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.7 58.8 61.6 50.6 55.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,343.3 1,351.5 1,313.2 1,325.4 8.6 9.0 8.4 8.7 53.2 52.2 47.1 50.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,803.2 1,818.6 1,749.5 1,783.2 22.7 22.0 22.0 21.7 66.7 67.6 60.4 62.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912.2 1,948.4 1,880.4 1,926.3 52.0 55.6 51.5 55.0 120.3 119.3 117.5 118.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596.2 595.1 572.4 575.4 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.9 24.4 24.2 22.0 21.9

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,551.0 2,584.6 2,474.1 2,511.8 – – – – 145.5 146.9 138.0 142.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,233.3 3,224.5 3,135.2 3,141.5 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 107.3 104.2 96.8 94.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,922.4 3,982.0 3,831.6 3,879.8 7.0 7.1 6.7 6.8 120.4 117.0 108.0 105.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667.9 2,681.8 2,607.3 2,636.0 6.0 6.5 6.0 6.4 83.4 83.4 74.2 77.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,097.2 1,092.7 1,077.2 1,078.1 8.8 9.2 8.8 9.1 49.5 47.2 46.9 46.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668.2 2,648.0 2,597.5 2,593.1 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.0 104.1 96.8 91.6 92.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.9 424.0 412.0 413.2 7.5 7.9 7.4 7.8 20.8 21.8 17.9 19.0

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948.7 952.1 923.1 930.8 – – – – 40.7 39.0 36.8 38.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124.0 1,137.1 1,106.2 1,117.0 12.8 14.8 12.8 14.8 56.4 51.7 52.4 50.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.9 631.0 613.1 619.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 21.7 22.2 19.6 21.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,882.8 3,910.9 3,756.3 3,811.8 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 128.8 130.8 114.2 118.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.1 808.0 787.9 793.8 19.6 22.1 19.7 22.3 43.0 40.8 40.9 39.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,719.9 8,809.2 8,453.2 8,571.3 5.1 4.9 4.3 4.2 300.2 299.4 273.3 269.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,930.2 3,955.7 3,835.6 3,883.1 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 173.5 176.7 162.5 167.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.6 410.4 377.7 401.6 13.2 18.8 13.5 18.8 21.5 24.4 18.5 22.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,104.0 5,126.7 4,956.1 5,020.2 11.3 12.0 10.8 11.4 167.9 167.7 150.1 152.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554.2 1,577.0 1,516.1 1,550.0 47.1 54.3 47.3 54.9 69.1 68.6 65.1 65.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,621.2 1,627.6 1,583.6 1,594.6 6.5 6.7 6.2 6.4 66.1 69.0 62.1 64.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,714.0 5,746.0 5,557.1 5,604.2 29.4 36.2 29.4 35.4 212.1 221.4 194.7 210.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.5 459.4 445.5 443.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 15.8 16.4 13.6 13.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,825.3 1,842.8 1,779.6 1,809.5 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 78.5 75.6 74.0 73.6

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.0 406.7 393.0 395.0 – – – – 20.3 19.4 17.4 17.5

Tennessee1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,655.2 2,697.8 2,587.1 2,639.8 – – – – 105.9 114.0 97.8 110.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,517.9 10,707.3 10,325.6 10,587.7 217.7 253.7 218.3 256.0 559.4 553.0 543.5 549.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204.7 1,234.6 1,177.1 1,207.4 11.0 12.1 10.8 11.8 65.1 66.9 59.4 62.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.0 308.1 296.5 300.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 13.1 13.5 11.5 12.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,683.7 3,715.4 3,603.0 3,650.9 10.6 11.0 10.7 10.9 181.7 178.4 171.7 176.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,808.5 2,839.0 2,756.4 2,797.4 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 135.2 133.8 126.9 128.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754.4 764.8 729.5 748.7 31.6 34.8 31.6 34.8 31.1 33.0 27.4 30.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,758.1 2,724.2 2,681.6 2,662.2 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.5 90.0 80.6 79.2 72.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.7 284.6 273.9 277.2 26.5 28.2 26.2 27.5 20.5 19.8 17.9 18.0

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951.5 938.3 913.3 916.8 – – – – 33.2 33.8 30.6 33.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 43.8 44.0 43.5 – – – – 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction for states with this footnote.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2010 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent

to the current benchmark month are provisional 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

December January December January December January

2010 2011 2011 2012p

2010 2011 2011 2012p2010 2011 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.2 239.1 233.2 238.0 372.0 370.5 358.8 362.6 23.6 23.1 23.5 22.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 5.2 10.5 9.8 61.3 61.6 58.9 59.3 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.4 149.5 148.4 149.4 482.8 487.1 468.0 475.1 36.6 37.7 36.2 37.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.8 156.1 159.8 155.4 241.4 240.7 233.7 234.7 15.1 14.2 15.0 14.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239.9 1,236.9 1,228.0 1,231.0 2,732.5 2,763.0 2,632.6 2,682.1 437.5 447.1 429.4 424.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 129.9 126.1 129.8 409.6 411.4 395.1 401.4 72.5 71.0 72.3 69.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.5 165.5 165.3 165.0 304.3 306.4 290.4 296.1 31.8 31.8 31.5 31.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 25.5 25.3 25.0 78.0 77.2 74.0 74.0 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 28.2 28.0 27.3 26.9 18.7 18.5 18.3 18.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.9 314.0 308.8 312.0 1,523.8 1,551.4 1,477.3 1,514.0 135.3 135.0 134.8 134.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.5 351.0 344.3 351.6 835.7 843.9 805.0 823.8 98.4 95.4 97.4 93.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 13.3 13.0 13.1 114.0 113.5 110.8 111.5 10.3 8.1 8.5 8.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 56.2 53.2 56.2 124.1 125.9 119.0 121.8 9.5 9.3 9.4 9.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571.3 579.9 565.7 574.8 1,165.4 1,169.6 1,126.0 1,126.4 101.1 100.6 100.6 99.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.2 471.6 452.0 471.2 558.4 559.9 539.3 546.0 34.9 34.1 34.4 33.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.9 211.8 201.7 212.2 306.8 308.1 295.9 298.9 28.7 27.4 28.2 27.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.1 163.6 158.9 161.6 259.7 257.7 251.7 251.3 29.1 27.2 28.8 27.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.4 215.9 210.1 215.3 375.2 374.3 358.7 365.3 27.4 26.7 27.1 26.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 141.5 136.8 140.0 379.9 382.6 369.8 378.0 24.7 23.6 23.4 23.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 50.5 50.1 49.5 121.5 123.6 114.5 116.9 8.5 8.0 8.4 7.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.2 111.2 112.7 110.5 457.5 455.8 436.8 440.0 44.2 43.0 41.3 42.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.3 256.2 251.8 254.2 565.6 568.4 542.3 550.1 84.3 81.9 83.3 82.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.7 520.0 488.5 514.5 733.6 740.5 704.7 713.4 54.2 54.0 53.8 52.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.6 301.4 292.7 299.3 503.1 506.1 484.7 491.1 53.7 52.3 53.7 53.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.1 134.4 134.3 134.2 219.8 217.4 212.5 212.0 12.2 11.8 12.0 11.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.6 248.8 243.4 247.9 524.9 516.6 506.9 502.8 60.0 58.2 58.5 57.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 17.1 16.3 16.8 87.2 88.3 84.1 85.3 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 94.2 91.8 93.5 202.6 201.7 193.8 193.9 17.1 17.1 16.9 16.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 37.8 37.5 37.4 217.5 219.9 209.1 212.5 12.5 12.6 12.4 12.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 65.9 65.8 65.7 138.8 137.0 132.7 132.7 11.0 11.2 11.0 11.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.2 254.6 253.6 252.2 842.4 847.6 807.2 817.6 79.0 69.7 75.5 68.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 29.4 28.9 28.6 136.2 136.3 131.9 133.1 14.3 14.5 13.8 13.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.0 455.2 451.4 449.6 1,527.3 1,544.9 1,467.0 1,486.0 258.6 251.2 251.4 240.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.6 434.6 429.4 433.4 735.9 743.6 709.5 721.4 68.8 68.5 67.9 67.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3 24.5 22.9 24.5 84.2 90.8 82.2 89.0 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630.9 647.2 624.4 642.0 980.8 987.3 936.7 954.2 77.2 78.0 76.1 77.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.4 132.9 125.4 133.2 285.2 289.9 275.8 283.4 24.6 24.0 24.3 23.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.8 163.0 162.5 162.3 320.6 323.7 307.1 312.9 32.2 32.6 31.8 32.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.2 565.9 557.4 562.7 1,126.1 1,131.2 1,084.0 1,091.8 92.0 89.6 90.6 87.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.8 40.9 40.3 40.6 75.2 73.7 72.2 71.8 10.2 10.5 9.8 10.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.6 221.0 209.4 221.1 355.8 359.6 341.7 348.4 26.1 26.3 26.0 26.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 38.8 37.5 38.6 82.3 84.7 79.7 81.9 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.2

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.6 305.4 299.4 304.2 573.2 569.2 550.4 551.3 45.3 44.4 44.3 44.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822.0 845.6 816.7 841.7 2,129.7 2,173.1 2,064.2 2,124.9 195.3 195.5 194.6 192.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.3 116.5 111.2 115.9 236.7 240.9 227.5 232.5 29.9 30.0 28.9 29.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 31.2 30.2 30.5 58.4 58.9 55.6 56.5 5.3 4.9 5.2 4.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.7 226.9 227.3 226.0 647.3 648.5 619.6 629.0 75.7 74.3 74.7 72.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.3 276.1 257.6 274.9 533.8 541.8 512.7 524.6 103.8 103.2 102.8 102.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 49.1 48.7 48.4 139.1 137.5 133.4 133.7 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435.1 440.1 433.3 439.1 524.0 523.5 502.1 505.3 47.4 46.0 46.9 45.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 9.1 8.8 8.9 52.7 53.9 50.8 52.4 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.1 82.8 85.0 82.2 187.1 173.4 176.2 166.8 18.9 18.6 18.3 18.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 8.6 8.7 8.4 8.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2010 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent

to the current benchmark month are provisional 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

December January December January December January

2010 2011 2011 2012p

2010 2011 2011 2012p2010 2011 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.9 93.3 91.1 92.1 213.9 215.8 208.2 210.5 216.2 219.7 213.2 217.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 14.8 14.4 14.5 25.6 26.6 25.4 25.6 43.5 45.1 43.5 45.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.0 169.2 164.4 166.6 349.5 350.7 340.1 344.9 353.6 362.0 349.3 359.6

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 48.2 48.2 47.3 117.8 116.1 116.2 114.5 168.5 169.2 165.5 169.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765.3 768.8 758.2 761.7 2,126.3 2,183.8 2,072.1 2,146.5 1,832.5 1,873.1 1,800.9 1,841.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.7 144.3 143.6 142.6 331.2 343.2 327.2 339.0 270.3 275.2 268.0 274.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.9 133.1 135.4 131.5 193.7 197.3 188.0 188.1 313.8 320.1 310.1 316.2

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.8 43.2 42.3 42.6 56.8 56.0 54.0 54.0 65.5 68.1 65.4 67.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 26.9 26.6 26.6 147.4 152.8 146.7 148.9 109.9 119.6 112.7 117.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483.6 490.6 477.0 483.7 1,043.9 1,072.4 1,024.9 1,050.2 1,096.7 1,128.8 1,087.9 1,116.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.8 209.0 207.1 206.9 539.7 559.7 518.7 555.7 496.8 505.6 489.6 504.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.5 26.5 27.3 73.5 75.1 73.2 75.2 76.3 76.7 73.9 73.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 29.2 29.2 28.3 75.2 74.9 72.4 72.8 85.7 88.5 85.4 87.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.0 362.6 360.9 362.6 823.2 839.6 794.9 818.8 849.7 861.6 838.4 847.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 129.9 130.9 126.6 285.8 292.2 275.3 284.6 428.9 428.8 423.2 422.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.7 100.6 100.8 99.9 124.5 121.5 121.5 117.6 221.0 222.0 215.6 216.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.0 71.9 70.9 71.9 147.5 158.7 143.7 155.7 182.6 185.5 182.8 183.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4 83.5 84.2 82.6 189.6 199.5 179.6 193.6 254.8 259.7 252.3 258.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.1 97.3 93.6 96.8 194.5 199.2 192.2 200.1 285.9 300.8 282.3 297.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.6 31.8 31.2 31.1 56.2 55.7 54.9 54.4 120.2 123.4 117.1 120.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.1 142.8 142.0 140.2 393.4 398.8 383.4 388.9 405.3 421.5 401.7 413.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.6 203.9 205.0 202.2 468.7 477.7 459.1 467.5 678.4 675.7 663.5 660.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.7 195.4 190.4 194.9 533.2 559.8 528.2 540.7 620.8 632.3 610.8 620.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.1 173.9 172.8 173.4 321.4 340.0 314.4 332.8 464.5 473.1 461.7 470.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 45.2 44.4 44.1 93.6 93.5 91.9 91.6 134.8 139.0 133.8 138.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 156.3 159.8 155.6 326.8 333.0 321.3 326.5 415.0 418.7 410.0 414.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 21.1 20.7 20.6 39.7 40.7 38.6 40.0 64.6 64.9 63.9 64.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 69.3 69.3 68.8 102.6 104.2 99.2 101.0 136.9 139.2 135.8 137.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.0 52.4 52.4 51.6 137.9 139.8 138.6 139.6 102.9 104.1 102.2 103.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 34.4 34.4 34.4 65.4 65.1 64.1 64.3 113.3 114.5 112.6 113.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.4 253.5 248.3 250.9 596.9 604.0 579.8 580.0 607.3 625.2 597.8 625.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.0 33.4 32.5 33.0 100.7 98.6 98.8 97.3 121.6 125.9 120.5 125.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.4 686.7 672.4 687.4 1,119.0 1,162.2 1,091.1 1,141.7 1,754.0 1,774.1 1,701.9 1,733.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.5 201.4 201.3 201.6 503.1 510.6 490.4 502.2 546.1 554.8 538.3 547.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 21.7 20.8 21.3 28.7 32.4 28.0 31.5 55.8 57.6 55.8 57.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.3 275.1 277.4 275.7 641.9 648.2 624.5 637.0 853.6 863.8 841.5 856.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.0 79.4 78.7 80.1 173.2 173.9 168.7 171.0 207.3 210.2 203.3 208.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 91.8 91.3 90.9 185.7 185.2 180.1 179.9 235.1 240.0 230.9 236.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.0 309.6 308.1 309.1 709.0 710.6 690.8 690.4 1,157.3 1,181.7 1,131.6 1,149.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.1 31.0 30.5 30.2 53.6 54.3 51.5 52.2 105.2 105.2 100.6 101.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 96.6 94.9 95.0 223.0 229.2 217.8 223.4 216.9 218.4 213.3 215.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 28.3 28.3 27.5 28.0 28.8 27.4 27.8 65.6 66.6 64.5 65.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.6 134.8 134.8 135.0 314.3 334.6 304.5 322.0 381.4 387.7 376.0 384.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.1 647.6 629.0 643.0 1,310.9 1,361.5 1,288.3 1,354.4 1,407.4 1,449.0 1,390.5 1,441.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 70.5 67.4 69.6 156.5 165.2 151.8 158.5 158.4 163.4 157.6 162.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 12.0 12.1 11.8 23.6 25.8 23.0 24.9 59.7 61.4 58.5 60.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.7 184.6 178.4 183.5 661.7 665.5 652.7 655.1 465.5 478.1 461.3 474.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 136.9 136.4 135.3 333.6 337.1 326.3 333.4 380.4 391.1 377.2 388.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.4 27.1 27.9 26.7 61.3 63.1 60.5 62.2 122.4 125.5 120.2 123.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.7 156.1 158.1 154.3 283.3 277.7 274.4 272.1 411.0 415.5 405.2 411.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 10.5 10.7 10.6 16.7 16.9 16.4 16.4 26.7 26.7 26.5 26.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.6 43.8 43.3 43.9 110.0 106.6 104.7 101.7 118.7 120.5 110.4 113.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2010 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent

to the current benchmark month are provisional 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

December January December January December January

2010 2011 2011 2012p

2010 2011 2011 2012p2010 2011 2011 2012p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.5 165.8 159.5 163.2 79.3 80.5 78.4 81.0 388.1 376.2 384.2 371.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 28.5 27.5 27.8 11.1 10.8 11.0 10.6 86.7 85.9 84.2 82.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.2 260.5 252.1 258.6 88.5 88.0 87.9 86.9 419.8 419.6 411.8 412.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.5 95.4 93.8 96.2 42.8 42.9 42.8 42.6 220.7 224.6 215.1 218.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517.1 1,534.2 1,476.9 1,508.2 485.2 482.8 480.0 475.7 2,442.7 2,405.3 2,424.4 2,383.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.6 277.6 265.4 278.0 92.0 93.5 91.8 94.4 398.5 398.3 383.4 384.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.3 135.8 124.3 129.5 60.6 60.5 59.3 59.6 247.9 242.9 241.0 236.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 39.7 39.1 38.0 19.6 19.2 19.5 19.1 65.2 65.5 62.7 63.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 63.0 57.2 61.4 66.3 68.7 65.5 68.1 247.8 245.1 246.9 243.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942.6 955.6 931.5 943.3 309.4 306.6 305.1 303.2 1,117.0 1,107.6 1,114.6 1,100.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.7 372.9 358.7 365.5 152.6 150.2 150.7 151.7 674.0 675.6 668.2 669.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.3 106.1 101.5 105.1 25.9 26.2 25.5 25.1 127.6 127.9 123.3 122.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5 56.5 54.6 55.8 20.7 20.9 20.5 20.8 118.6 116.2 113.1 112.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.9 507.7 488.4 495.1 249.0 244.7 245.2 243.3 852.7 841.6 829.2 819.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.1 273.8 259.7 265.6 108.1 109.3 107.1 108.5 438.1 434.1 429.5 425.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.8 124.0 122.1 121.7 56.7 56.4 56.2 56.7 258.7 253.9 249.6 246.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.5 113.7 108.3 111.4 52.1 52.6 51.0 52.1 264.9 259.4 261.6 251.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.9 168.3 157.3 162.8 70.1 70.1 69.3 69.7 334.0 331.0 328.5 325.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.7 199.9 192.6 197.0 63.2 62.3 63.1 62.5 364.6 366.3 357.6 358.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 51.7 49.3 49.6 19.5 20.1 19.3 19.5 107.2 103.2 103.0 101.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.5 226.1 211.8 217.1 114.5 118.0 113.1 117.1 509.8 520.5 493.3 500.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.2 291.4 284.1 279.4 117.5 121.1 115.4 119.7 449.3 442.9 433.0 431.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.7 361.0 351.6 352.4 166.1 168.4 163.9 166.5 640.0 626.5 625.0 613.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.4 216.5 220.8 211.2 113.9 116.2 112.7 115.4 424.8 412.4 413.6 405.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 113.4 113.8 111.8 34.0 34.2 33.6 33.9 248.3 247.4 245.2 245.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.2 258.9 248.7 247.9 112.1 111.0 110.8 110.6 450.0 445.4 442.6 433.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 52.6 51.9 51.3 16.6 16.0 16.4 15.9 91.0 86.2 87.7 84.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7 79.6 76.1 76.7 36.7 37.1 36.1 36.5 171.2 170.7 167.3 167.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3 321.0 306.1 317.5 32.0 33.9 31.6 33.7 153.8 149.1 151.1 143.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 60.3 58.0 60.5 22.1 22.6 22.1 22.8 98.9 96.9 92.0 92.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.5 324.2 303.7 310.4 161.3 166.9 157.8 165.4 633.6 633.0 617.2 621.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 83.1 81.4 83.3 27.0 26.2 27.0 26.2 200.1 197.7 192.5 191.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.9 755.2 701.2 722.8 369.5 367.0 363.5 363.1 1,511.9 1,508.4 1,475.7 1,473.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.5 389.7 369.8 377.0 154.3 155.4 152.9 154.2 719.3 714.9 708.1 706.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.6 35.1 33.4 34.1 15.5 16.0 15.3 15.9 82.4 81.8 80.2 79.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.4 457.6 442.6 445.6 210.1 211.2 207.1 210.3 788.6 778.6 764.9 757.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.4 139.5 135.2 137.3 60.4 58.7 59.5 58.6 342.5 345.6 332.8 333.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.0 161.2 156.2 158.3 56.2 57.9 55.8 57.0 301.5 296.5 299.6 293.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.9 493.0 471.3 482.0 250.8 257.0 247.8 253.2 772.2 749.8 751.4 731.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 45.2 44.0 41.9 22.1 21.0 21.5 20.7 62.0 61.0 61.4 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.3 201.4 190.2 196.4 68.3 69.7 67.5 68.9 345.6 341.2 340.9 336.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 39.2 38.9 37.4 15.5 15.6 15.3 15.5 79.4 78.9 77.6 76.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.0 260.7 249.0 251.1 102.8 100.7 99.7 100.0 438.1 446.3 431.2 437.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,009.2 1,051.1 983.4 1,041.8 360.4 375.9 356.9 374.2 1,871.8 1,801.3 1,840.2 1,768.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.8 111.9 110.5 109.6 33.3 33.8 33.0 33.4 220.9 223.4 219.0 221.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 34.8 35.3 36.1 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.3 56.6 55.1 54.7 53.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.0 337.6 319.9 324.7 184.1 187.1 183.0 186.5 711.7 723.4 703.7 711.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.7 269.5 256.1 262.4 106.2 105.6 105.2 104.3 548.5 538.1 549.6 537.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2 73.0 68.5 72.1 54.8 54.9 54.1 54.4 154.4 156.2 146.8 152.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.2 232.9 232.7 227.1 137.2 133.7 135.1 132.9 426.5 415.3 412.1 399.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.8 29.4 29.8 29.0 11.4 12.1 11.3 12.1 73.7 74.1 71.7 72.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.8 73.4 70.9 72.8 18.6 18.7 17.5 18.5 259.5 266.7 256.4 265.6

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.6 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.8 12.9 12.0 12.5 11.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2011 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2010 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent

to the current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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