For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, March 24, 2017 USDL-17-0355 

Technical information: 

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STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — FEBRUARY 2017 

Unemployment rates were significantly lower in February in 10 states, higher in 1 state, and stable in 39 

states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Nine states had 

notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, and 41 states and the District had no significant 

change. The national unemployment rate, at 4.7 percent, was little changed from January but 0.2 

percentage point lower than in February 2016. 

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 11 states in February 2017 and was essentially unchanged in 

39 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 31 states added nonfarm payroll jobs, 2 states lost 

jobs, and 17 states and the District were essentially unchanged. 

Unemployment 

New Hampshire had the lowest unemployment rate in February, 2.7 percent, closely followed by Hawaii 

and South Dakota, 2.8 percent each, and Colorado and North Dakota, 2.9 percent each. The rates in both 

Arkansas (3.7 percent) and Oregon (4.0 percent) set new series lows. (All state series begin in 1976.) 

New Mexico had the highest jobless rate, 6.8 percent, followed by Alaska and Alabama, 6.4 percent and 

6.2 percent, respectively. In total, 19 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. 

figure of 4.7 percent, 6 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 25 states had rates that 

were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 1 and map 1.) 

In February, 10 states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which was 

in West Virginia (-0.4 percentage point). The only notable rate increase occurred in Massachusetts (+0.2 

percentage point). The remaining 39 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were not 

significantly 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.) 

Nine states had statistically significant unemployment rate changes from February 2016, all of which 

were decreases. The largest of these declines occurred in Nevada (-1.2 percentage points), West Virginia 

(-1.1 points), and South Carolina (-1.0 point). (See table C.) 
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Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Eleven states had statistically significant over-the-month increases in nonfarm payroll employment in 

February 2017. The largest increases in employment over the month occurred in Illinois (+25,600), Ohio 

(+15,200), and New Jersey (+12,600). In percentage terms, the largest increases occurred in Montana 

and Nebraska (+0.6 percent each), followed by Arkansas and New Mexico (+0.5 percent each). (See 

tables D and 3.) 

Thirty-one states had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in 

February. The largest job gains occurred in California (+315,800), Florida (+248,800), and Texas 

(+222,400). The largest percentage gains occurred in Idaho (+3.6 percent), Utah (+3.3 percent), and 

Nevada (+3.2 percent). Two states had significant over-the-year declines in employment: Wyoming 

(-7,200, or -2.5 percent) and Alaska (-6,700, or -2.0 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for February is scheduled 

to be released on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The State Employment and 

Unemployment news release for March is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 21, 2017, at 

10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 4.7

Alabama ........................................................... 6.2

Alaska .............................................................. 6.4

Arkansas .......................................................... 3.7

Colorado ........................................................... 2.9

District of Columbia ........................................... 5.7

Georgia ............................................................ 5.3

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

Idaho ................................................................ 3.6

Illinois ............................................................... 5.4

Iowa ................................................................. 3.2

Kansas ............................................................. 4.0

Louisiana .......................................................... 5.8

Maine ............................................................... 3.2

Massachusetts ................................................... 3.4

Minnesota ......................................................... 4.0

Montana ............................................................ 3.8

Nebraska .......................................................... 3.2

New Hampshire ................................................. 2.7

New Mexico ....................................................... 6.8

North Dakota ..................................................... 2.9

Oregon ............................................................. 4.0

South Dakota .................................................... 2.8

Utah ................................................................. 3.1

Vermont ............................................................ 3.0

Virginia ............................................................. 3.9

Wisconsin ......................................................... 3.7

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., February 2017, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2017

to February 2017, seasonally adjusted

January 2017 February 2017 p

Georgia ...................................... 5.5 5.3 -0.2

Illinois ......................................... 5.7 5.4 -.3

Iowa ........................................... 3.4 3.2 -.2

Kansas ....................................... 4.1 4.0 -.1

Maine ......................................... 3.5 3.2 -.3

Massachusetts ............................. 3.2 3.4 .2

Mississippi .................................. 5.5 5.2 -.3

Oregon ....................................... 4.3 4.0 -.3

Pennsylvania ............................... 5.2 5.0 -.2

Washington ................................. 5.1 4.9 -.2

West Virginia .............................. 5.6 5.2 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from February 2016

to February 2017, seasonally adjusted

February 2016 February 2017 p

California .................................... 5.6 5.0 -0.6

Iowa ........................................... 3.8 3.2 -.6

Nevada ....................................... 6.1 4.9 -1.2

New York .................................... 4.9 4.4 -.5

Oregon ....................................... 4.9 4.0 -.9

South Carolina ............................ 5.4 4.4 -1.0

Washington ................................. 5.6 4.9 -.7

West Virginia .............................. 6.3 5.2 -1.1

Wyoming .................................... 5.3 4.7 -.6

p

 = preliminary.

State Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2017 to

February 2017, seasonally adjusted

January February

2017 2017 p Level Percent

Arkansas ................................... 1,234,900 1,241,000 6,100 0.5

Georgia ..................................... 4,440,200 4,452,200 12,000 .3

Illinois ........................................ 6,029,400 6,055,000 25,600 .4

Maryland ................................... 2,744,000 2,755,500 11,500 .4

Montana .................................... 474,300 477,300 3,000 .6

Nebraska ................................... 1,018,800 1,024,700 5,900 .6

New Jersey ................................ 4,117,600 4,130,200 12,600 .3

New Mexico ............................... 833,500 837,600 4,100 .5

Ohio .......................................... 5,506,800 5,522,000 15,200 .3

Oregon ...................................... 1,853,200 1,861,400 8,200 .4

Wisconsin ................................. 2,939,700 2,950,800 11,100 .4

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from February 2016 to

February 2017, seasonally adjusted

February February

State 2016 2017 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 1,967,500 1,996,600 29,100 1.5

Alaska ........................................ 336,000 329,300 -6,700 -2.0

Arizona ....................................... 2,680,900 2,739,100 58,200 2.2

Arkansas .................................... 1,224,700 1,241,000 16,300 1.3

California .................................... 16,360,300 16,676,100 315,800 1.9

Colorado ..................................... 2,581,200 2,631,500 50,300 1.9

Florida ........................................ 8,294,200 8,543,000 248,800 3.0

Georgia ...................................... 4,338,200 4,452,200 114,000 2.6

Idaho .......................................... 688,400 712,900 24,500 3.6

Illinois ......................................... 6,008,000 6,055,000 47,000 .8

 

Indiana ....................................... 3,074,400 3,113,800 39,400 1.3

Kentucky .................................... 1,909,800 1,936,200 26,400 1.4

Maryland ..................................... 2,697,700 2,755,500 57,800 2.1

Massachusetts ............................. 3,545,900 3,603,600 57,700 1.6

Michigan ..................................... 4,294,400 4,377,000 82,600 1.9

Minnesota ................................... 2,884,400 2,921,300 36,900 1.3

Missouri ...................................... 2,826,500 2,880,500 54,000 1.9

Montana ...................................... 466,000 477,300 11,300 2.4

Nevada ....................................... 1,283,400 1,324,600 41,200 3.2

New Hampshire ........................... 666,400 677,500 11,100 1.7

 

New Jersey ................................. 4,056,500 4,130,200 73,700 1.8

New York .................................... 9,361,700 9,496,900 135,200 1.4

North Carolina ............................. 4,309,300 4,386,100 76,800 1.8

Ohio ........................................... 5,476,600 5,522,000 45,400 .8

Oregon ....................................... 1,821,500 1,861,400 39,900 2.2

Pennsylvania ............................... 5,867,600 5,941,600 74,000 1.3

South Carolina ............................ 2,042,300 2,074,300 32,000 1.6

Tennessee .................................. 2,944,800 3,010,900 66,100 2.2

Texas .......................................... 11,975,800 12,198,200 222,400 1.9

Utah ........................................... 1,411,000 1,456,900 45,900 3.3

Virginia ....................................... 3,904,200 3,957,700 53,500 1.4

Washington ................................. 3,206,600 3,294,500 87,900 2.7

Wyoming .................................... 285,600 278,400 -7,200 -2.5

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p
Technical Note

This release presents civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for states and selected substate areas from 

the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 and 2). Also presented are nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 

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

cooperative endeavors.

Civilian labor force and unemployment—from the 

LAUS program 

Definitions. The civilian 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 employed persons and unemployed persons on a 

place-of-residence basis. The universe for each is the civilian 

noninstitutional population 16 years of age and older. 

Employed persons are those who did any work at all for pay or 

profit in the reference week (typically the week including the 

12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more without pay in 

a family business or farm, plus those not working who had a job 

from which they were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, 

for such reasons as bad weather, labor-management dispute, 

illness, or vacation. 

Unemployed persons are those who were not employed 

during the reference week (based on the definition above), had 

actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending 

with the reference week, and were currently available for work; 

persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work 

to be counted as unemployed. The civilian labor force is the 

sum of employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment 

rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the civilian 

labor force.

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 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 time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, 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 

Angeles-Long 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 the five additional 

substate areas contained in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria 

and Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan areas and the 

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Miami-Miami BeachKendall, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) 

and their respective balances of state are produced using a 

similar model-based approach.

Each month, estimates for the nine census divisions first

are modeled using inputs from the CPS only and controlled to 

the national totals. State estimates then are controlled to their 

respective census division totals. Substate and balance-of-state 

estimates for the five areas noted above also are controlled to 

their respective state totals. This tiered process of controlling 

model-based estimates to the U.S. totals is called real-time 

benchmarking. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a 

monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A more detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS 

upon request. 

Annual revisions. Civilian labor force and 

unemployment data for prior years reflect adjustments made 

after 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 re-estimation. In 

most years, historical data for the most recent five years are 

revised near the beginning of each calendar year, prior to the 

release of January estimates. With the introduction of a new 

generation of times-series models in early 2015, historical data 

were re-estimated back to the series beginnings in 1976, 1990, 

or 1994.

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations that were issued by the U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget on July 15, 2015. A detailed 

list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 
weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, the sample of 

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

a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models 

use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined 

with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease 

volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot 

Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the 

industry level being estimated. For more detailed information 

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

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2017.pdf.

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 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments.

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state-level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error 

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

occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.

Use of error measures. Changes in state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the 

analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be 

statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. 

Furthermore, state unemployment rates for the current month 

generally are cited only if they have been determined to be 

significantly different from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent 

confidence level. The underlying model-based standard error 

measures for unemployment rates and over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in rates are available at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. The underlying standard error 

measures for over-the-month and over-the-year changes in state 

payroll employment data at the total nonfarm and supersector 

levels are available at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. 

Measures of nonsampling error are not available.

Additional information

Estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment from 

the LAUS program, as well as nonfarm payroll employment 

from the CES program, for metropolitan areas and metropolitan 

divisions are available in the news release Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of civilian labor 

force, employed persons, unemployed persons, and 

unemployment rates for approximately 7,500 subnational areas 

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

from the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this 

release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 

upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay 

Service: (800) 877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Number Percent of labor force

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166,597 2,185,628 2,195,054 2,203,868 130,283 137,875 141,217 136,826 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361,191 359,743 360,734 362,688 23,703 23,597 23,401 23,300 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,214,118 3,260,480 3,277,760 3,302,202 176,689 162,015 163,599 168,038 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345,280 1,337,311 1,336,446 1,337,882 55,660 52,779 50,693 49,665 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,004,339 19,164,633 19,163,938 19,155,661 1,068,344 999,208 988,024 965,942 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 5,018,554 5,060,023 5,059,977 5,066,851 275,672 255,678 249,386 243,280 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,869,962 2,908,395 2,912,170 2,922,529 96,136 86,281 84,682 84,727 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891,160 1,886,206 1,892,209 1,901,358 103,534 82,098 85,003 89,495 5.5 4.4 4.5 4.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474,260 470,053 470,574 472,309 21,241 20,380 20,597 21,149 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.5

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391,786 393,752 395,599 396,788 24,449 22,423 22,376 22,657 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,757,265 9,942,473 9,995,786 10,057,991 485,181 491,981 504,082 500,666 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,330,373 1,360,429 1,359,453 1,358,656 72,959 75,159 74,599 73,807 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,868,627 4,982,691 4,998,333 5,010,813 269,108 273,934 276,071 267,370 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,563 691,547 693,611 694,868 21,057 19,859 19,735 19,350 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807,884 821,440 824,013 826,127 31,590 29,947 29,783 29,648 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,566,946 6,500,846 6,522,220 6,528,448 402,842 372,800 374,615 352,376 6.1 5.7 5.7 5.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,815,041 3,787,945 3,781,775 3,769,688 232,019 222,772 213,657 194,784 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,323,451 3,308,196 3,315,768 3,323,680 155,900 132,737 133,588 135,106 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,701,959 1,693,623 1,693,918 1,693,329 64,207 59,004 56,891 53,633 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487,850 1,478,785 1,479,412 1,481,864 60,732 63,498 61,227 59,030 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,984,421 2,007,499 2,025,137 2,044,119 103,475 97,008 101,140 101,030 5.2 4.8 5.0 4.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,139,402 2,100,414 2,099,633 2,106,632 132,963 125,915 123,110 121,682 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683,670 695,036 696,193 698,146 25,381 26,095 24,351 22,361 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,161,295 3,182,680 3,192,006 3,206,338 142,224 133,157 133,607 135,701 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,586,316 3,583,515 3,599,258 3,626,947 150,805 110,093 113,753 123,457 4.2 3.1 3.2 3.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,803,551 4,862,253 4,884,583 4,907,664 238,435 246,327 252,331 258,989 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,054,016 2,084,281 2,088,544 2,095,042 111,542 117,772 120,976 123,155 5.4 5.7 5.8 5.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,992,380 3,003,239 3,007,272 3,012,927 116,111 121,394 121,070 120,391 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284,894 1,283,461 1,291,287 1,298,154 77,816 71,107 71,452 68,098 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,102,272 3,102,945 3,104,253 3,107,727 138,615 137,545 131,707 128,403 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524,655 528,349 527,459 526,502 22,044 21,027 20,733 20,223 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010,240 1,012,237 1,012,238 1,011,205 32,074 33,408 33,223 32,512 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,420,991 1,434,386 1,435,616 1,438,418 86,661 73,712 71,197 70,624 6.1 5.1 5.0 4.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745,338 751,316 751,876 751,837 20,914 20,515 20,229 20,533 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,517,396 4,507,830 4,514,340 4,522,985 227,529 212,501 205,778 201,062 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925,024 928,823 930,678 932,570 60,609 62,449 62,756 63,178 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,560,734 9,513,807 9,523,041 9,554,111 464,674 456,692 435,652 424,060 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.4

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,119,402 4,113,073 4,118,997 4,140,893 217,411 201,137 186,485 176,482 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,841,132 4,920,437 4,934,997 4,944,033 253,913 256,852 260,064 252,452 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414,406 417,465 418,490 419,442 13,502 12,603 12,610 12,369 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,715,211 5,686,703 5,704,154 5,738,868 284,846 284,380 286,933 293,907 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027,928 1,027,316 1,025,502 1,025,939 51,361 58,303 59,673 62,699 5.0 5.7 5.8 6.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,834,371 1,823,830 1,827,615 1,834,199 87,304 88,312 85,329 84,371 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,035,947 2,064,850 2,067,837 2,071,279 100,716 93,177 89,619 82,353 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,437,640 6,454,219 6,440,304 6,434,441 345,683 351,535 333,016 320,541 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,212 550,587 551,042 552,212 29,843 27,250 26,192 24,984 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,295,079 2,298,087 2,310,643 2,323,023 124,092 98,225 101,455 103,190 5.4 4.3 4.4 4.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451,421 454,029 455,118 456,142 12,263 13,100 13,012 12,929 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,112,823 3,167,839 3,184,662 3,196,201 146,095 162,603 171,448 169,665 4.7 5.1 5.4 5.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,186,816 13,360,842 13,400,291 13,459,664 601,298 637,553 642,499 660,606 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,492,665 1,528,430 1,533,758 1,543,005 53,100 48,668 47,761 47,484 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,197 345,093 346,072 346,841 11,337 10,894 10,633 10,513 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,217,388 4,268,228 4,273,689 4,281,022 168,737 174,273 171,454 165,380 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,605,581 3,677,114 3,684,288 3,686,773 202,145 189,172 187,274 180,833 5.6 5.1 5.1 4.9

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,603,735 1,638,614 1,643,808 1,647,069 70,261 61,206 60,798 58,050 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783,619 782,578 782,599 781,734 49,291 45,151 43,551 40,328 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,112,110 3,114,899 3,120,442 3,130,714 129,980 126,791 121,607 117,248 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,253 300,872 302,196 303,146 16,151 14,539 14,583 14,319 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126,324 1,119,349 1,118,027 1,128,371 131,716 138,800 136,710 135,313 11.7 12.4 12.2 12.0

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. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

January February Number Percent of labor force

2016 2017 2016 2017p

January February January February

2016 2017 2016 2017p 2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,141,628 2,168,848 2,152,446 2,180,055 134,592 146,488 135,407 132,484 6.3 6.8 6.3 6.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356,376 356,084 357,339 360,285 25,900 25,625 26,762 26,802 7.3 7.2 7.5 7.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,197,977 3,283,071 3,214,959 3,313,963 178,545 168,107 171,147 164,582 5.6 5.1 5.3 5.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321,884 1,316,106 1,337,682 1,336,527 61,989 54,690 61,266 56,966 4.7 4.2 4.6 4.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,916,318 19,084,394 19,041,291 19,120,575 1,112,542 1,051,297 1,096,284 1,000,280 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,993,511 5,040,616 5,033,790 5,081,470 286,490 258,202 271,399 243,935 5.7 5.1 5.4 4.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,848,862 2,897,455 2,870,746 2,930,368 108,016 96,180 110,856 99,079 3.8 3.3 3.9 3.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880,245 1,887,115 1,880,764 1,896,082 114,735 102,181 113,325 104,986 6.1 5.4 6.0 5.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,876 469,308 471,486 471,691 23,227 22,764 22,590 23,398 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,396 397,018 392,467 399,074 25,527 23,530 25,650 24,527 6.6 5.9 6.5 6.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,668,561 9,975,656 9,734,040 10,045,483 485,449 521,181 460,727 471,775 5.0 5.2 4.7 4.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,333,962 1,360,889 1,334,342 1,359,030 70,081 69,810 68,071 69,294 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,834,499 4,987,341 4,867,137 5,003,700 265,324 279,784 264,387 256,473 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.1

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,740 696,135 679,931 693,397 21,331 20,424 20,426 18,666 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798,986 816,832 802,960 820,966 38,813 36,401 36,623 34,420 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,517,381 6,489,853 6,555,515 6,473,756 439,742 423,031 434,443 356,813 6.7 6.5 6.6 5.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,781,009 3,754,774 3,817,712 3,754,271 247,654 218,912 248,856 192,979 6.5 5.8 6.5 5.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,291,001 3,304,780 3,310,569 3,302,752 164,921 153,804 169,356 153,789 5.0 4.7 5.1 4.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692,611 1,681,210 1,700,054 1,685,831 76,883 68,859 73,843 60,100 4.5 4.1 4.3 3.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483,297 1,470,412 1,486,195 1,478,963 63,725 62,876 62,245 60,785 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,786 2,024,724 1,970,941 2,042,251 114,577 118,550 116,114 112,800 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,111,622 2,074,139 2,110,065 2,090,947 136,134 125,686 121,977 113,057 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672,505 688,668 674,135 689,393 31,061 28,022 31,502 26,630 4.6 4.1 4.7 3.9

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,134,982 3,180,882 3,138,625 3,198,197 149,803 142,064 147,351 145,930 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,569,436 3,596,880 3,578,493 3,634,899 175,361 144,077 165,935 152,277 4.9 4.0 4.6 4.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,751,237 4,861,270 4,794,016 4,886,957 241,886 276,516 242,852 276,744 5.1 5.7 5.1 5.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,031,314 2,082,967 2,039,164 2,088,820 109,066 128,747 105,925 122,432 5.4 6.2 5.2 5.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,975,603 2,992,912 2,987,047 2,999,305 136,200 148,454 135,154 142,615 4.6 5.0 4.5 4.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272,194 1,289,979 1,274,871 1,287,694 82,377 79,224 75,774 59,254 6.5 6.1 5.9 4.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,082,328 3,066,606 3,104,593 3,080,790 140,552 140,379 151,362 149,041 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518,896 520,232 519,664 521,110 27,530 25,035 26,156 23,285 5.3 4.8 5.0 4.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999,380 1,001,345 1,004,058 1,004,904 35,162 36,586 33,976 33,522 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415,888 1,428,208 1,422,269 1,439,074 93,218 72,663 88,608 72,885 6.6 5.1 6.2 5.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742,972 748,984 743,674 748,781 24,654 23,664 24,367 24,989 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,485,206 4,487,328 4,523,008 4,517,114 232,767 213,369 241,938 220,226 5.2 4.8 5.3 4.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921,162 929,961 926,499 933,676 62,184 64,824 62,267 64,632 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,575,623 9,498,819 9,638,879 9,561,073 509,899 469,944 511,796 483,075 5.3 4.9 5.3 5.1

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,135,417 4,129,589 4,174,635 4,186,459 232,648 197,530 234,543 199,462 5.6 4.8 5.6 4.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,783,164 4,896,980 4,837,668 4,916,529 260,255 269,050 255,584 247,223 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408,127 414,801 409,691 416,384 16,099 15,371 16,456 14,834 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,649,557 5,657,750 5,688,315 5,719,589 317,810 338,666 311,702 339,951 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.9

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015,153 1,015,823 1,029,443 1,027,256 52,236 66,944 60,215 77,527 5.1 6.6 5.8 7.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823,746 1,820,822 1,828,032 1,831,921 87,307 84,875 90,386 88,347 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,003,414 2,047,690 2,022,510 2,057,466 105,493 92,152 106,865 81,714 5.3 4.5 5.3 4.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,425,448 6,379,662 6,444,353 6,395,439 362,723 337,807 361,565 342,987 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549,590 549,229 549,472 549,604 35,567 30,360 34,090 27,716 6.5 5.5 6.2 5.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,265,096 2,303,179 2,278,246 2,313,650 126,284 112,371 124,139 106,488 5.6 4.9 5.4 4.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443,642 449,654 446,985 453,161 14,459 15,045 14,734 15,229 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070,950 3,163,810 3,089,586 3,167,975 148,116 181,415 141,482 156,203 4.8 5.7 4.6 4.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,112,957 13,356,586 13,185,966 13,466,399 591,497 660,856 581,318 688,431 4.5 4.9 4.4 5.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483,167 1,531,907 1,489,692 1,548,025 58,060 50,092 59,836 53,520 3.9 3.3 4.0 3.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342,359 345,632 342,735 346,080 13,564 12,185 12,454 11,621 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,179,096 4,242,259 4,211,047 4,267,526 175,530 177,349 174,579 168,676 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,580,828 3,676,071 3,608,103 3,684,546 222,835 210,257 221,553 194,940 6.2 5.7 6.1 5.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580,460 1,636,056 1,611,120 1,654,604 71,670 62,601 71,593 56,267 4.5 3.8 4.4 3.4

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774,279 770,527 780,879 776,083 55,903 47,589 58,854 46,339 7.2 6.2 7.5 6.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,084,452 3,095,588 3,106,527 3,120,633 144,473 130,545 152,272 140,906 4.7 4.2 4.9 4.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,160 301,194 299,963 301,019 17,939 16,808 17,593 15,203 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122,044 1,124,443 1,133,795 1,147,020 125,139 131,322 131,565 129,665 11.2 11.7 11.6 11.3

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. 15-01, dated July 15, 2015, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision

the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967.5 1,983.7 1,995.0 1,996.6 84.3 82.5 85.9 85.8 259.5 263.5 264.7 265.7

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.0 329.4 328.2 329.3 16.9 15.5 15.2 16.4 14.2 13.0 10.7 12.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,680.9 2,735.4 2,731.2 2,739.1 132.7 136.4 135.7 135.6 160.4 161.4 161.9 163.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,224.7 1,237.3 1,234.9 1,241.0 50.5 50.0 50.3 51.1 154.6 156.1 156.7 157.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,360.3 16,637.9 16,653.2 16,676.1 766.6 783.9 778.0 783.1 1,309.3 1,304.3 1,303.7 1,299.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,581.2 2,618.3 2,629.5 2,631.5 153.1 156.3 155.0 160.0 142.6 141.7 140.8 141.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680.3 1,677.5 1,684.0 1,682.4 59.6 58.0 58.0 59.2 156.4 156.2 156.1 155.7

Delaware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.2 454.4 455.8 455.2 21.3 20.6 21.1 22.1 25.7 25.9 26.0 25.9

District of Columbia3, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781.0 787.6 787.5 785.2 16.0 14.7 14.9 14.9 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,294.2 8,492.4 8,548.0 8,543.0 462.5 484.5 495.1 497.2 351.6 357.7 361.7 363.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,338.2 4,435.7 4,440.2 4,452.2 172.5 178.0 179.0 179.5 386.2 390.9 391.8 389.7

Hawaii2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.5 651.9 650.0 650.5 38.2 37.7 37.8 37.6 14.1 13.8 13.8 13.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.4 707.9 712.9 712.9 40.3 43.1 44.1 44.5 64.2 66.0 65.6 65.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,008.0 6,021.3 6,029.4 6,055.0 219.3 210.4 216.3 223.6 576.9 569.9 567.8 569.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,074.4 3,103.9 3,106.5 3,113.8 130.6 128.8 134.8 135.1 521.8 526.9 527.1 531.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,569.5 1,571.8 1,577.4 1,580.4 80.3 81.1 78.8 80.4 215.0 210.9 211.2 211.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411.6 1,410.5 1,407.0 1,411.2 61.8 60.9 60.7 62.0 161.7 160.2 158.6 159.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,909.8 1,931.3 1,934.3 1,936.2 77.6 76.5 79.5 82.3 246.0 250.1 252.7 252.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,979.4 1,969.0 1,975.7 1,982.4 139.9 142.9 150.8 153.4 138.7 132.9 134.9 136.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.3 617.6 621.9 620.2 27.6 28.1 28.4 29.3 50.9 50.3 50.2 50.4

Maryland2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,697.7 2,730.8 2,744.0 2,755.5 160.9 162.6 164.6 165.5 104.0 104.3 103.2 103.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,545.9 3,586.4 3,593.5 3,603.6 144.9 147.9 149.6 150.2 246.9 244.5 244.4 245.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,294.4 4,368.9 4,378.6 4,377.0 152.9 157.5 162.1 164.5 597.2 601.8 604.2 599.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,884.4 2,921.4 2,917.5 2,921.3 115.4 118.9 117.6 122.1 318.4 317.9 317.0 318.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147.1 1,145.0 1,146.6 1,147.9 45.9 42.3 43.5 41.9 143.7 141.7 141.9 142.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,826.5 2,871.7 2,877.0 2,880.5 119.5 123.0 122.6 125.1 262.8 262.5 263.4 261.2

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.0 471.7 474.3 477.3 27.0 27.6 28.0 29.0 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.9

Nebraska2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011.1 1,021.9 1,018.8 1,024.7 51.1 52.1 50.9 52.4 96.9 97.0 97.2 97.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283.4 1,321.3 1,321.5 1,324.6 74.8 81.3 81.7 80.8 43.2 44.4 44.8 45.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.4 673.6 680.4 677.5 25.4 26.3 27.0 27.5 68.0 68.5 68.5 68.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,056.5 4,103.7 4,117.6 4,130.2 154.4 150.9 155.1 157.5 241.8 239.9 243.1 245.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831.7 836.4 833.5 837.6 44.5 43.7 44.3 44.3 27.4 26.5 26.4 26.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,361.7 9,458.3 9,484.5 9,496.9 374.4 370.3 379.1 381.2 455.4 444.0 440.4 444.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,309.3 4,382.7 4,377.0 4,386.1 197.9 204.0 205.2 205.5 465.7 466.8 461.2 462.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.1 433.8 435.3 434.1 30.9 32.0 32.2 32.5 24.9 23.9 23.9 24.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,476.6 5,503.7 5,506.8 5,522.0 209.0 203.4 211.6 217.9 687.0 688.7 691.8 692.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662.6 1,650.2 1,652.7 1,655.6 77.9 76.5 80.4 80.2 132.1 127.5 127.6 129.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,821.5 1,852.5 1,853.2 1,861.4 89.3 94.8 97.3 98.2 188.8 187.3 187.1 188.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,867.6 5,916.3 5,929.1 5,941.6 239.3 240.9 247.1 248.6 561.6 557.5 554.6 557.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.3 491.3 493.0 495.2 18.0 18.6 19.5 20.2 40.8 40.0 40.1 40.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,042.3 2,070.7 2,076.1 2,074.3 92.6 98.4 98.5 95.9 237.0 241.6 241.7 243.2

South Dakota2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.5 435.4 434.8 436.4 23.2 23.9 23.8 24.8 42.3 41.5 40.7 42.1

Tennessee2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,944.8 2,994.1 3,002.6 3,010.9 119.0 122.2 124.0 127.3 340.2 344.9 346.1 348.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,975.8 12,137.8 12,191.5 12,198.2 696.8 704.9 710.0 711.0 856.7 841.9 849.9 853.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411.0 1,449.4 1,451.7 1,456.9 90.6 92.2 93.8 95.0 125.3 128.1 128.6 129.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.5 313.9 315.9 315.9 15.3 15.4 15.6 16.2 30.2 29.3 29.1 28.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,904.2 3,936.3 3,946.3 3,957.7 187.5 189.3 189.3 186.1 233.4 233.1 232.1 232.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,206.6 3,291.5 3,288.4 3,294.5 181.9 192.1 191.5 193.5 292.7 286.5 286.6 285.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751.0 746.8 746.6 748.3 30.9 30.5 30.7 31.4 47.2 46.4 45.5 45.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,922.6 2,934.3 2,939.7 2,950.8 112.2 112.8 114.6 113.8 465.9 468.4 468.1 468.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.6 276.8 277.9 278.4 22.0 20.4 21.3 21.7 9.4 9.1 9.3 9.3

Puerto Rico2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893.7 893.1 883.4 883.1 23.5 24.5 22.3 21.4 73.8 73.9 72.7 72.3

Virgin Islands3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 38.2 38.4 38.5 – – – – – – – –

1

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

2 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. 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

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

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2017p

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2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

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2016

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2016

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2017

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2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.1 379.0 380.3 377.8 95.9 98.1 98.5 97.3 233.4 235.3 236.9 237.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.8 65.0 65.0 64.5 12.0 12.0 11.8 11.7 28.9 27.1 27.3 27.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.7 520.1 519.6 519.6 198.4 205.9 207.5 208.8 407.8 420.3 416.7 418.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.9 254.2 252.8 253.1 51.1 51.2 51.6 51.2 141.4 144.6 143.9 146.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,972.4 3,023.1 3,009.8 3,020.9 816.5 831.5 832.8 830.6 2,525.3 2,543.7 2,558.7 2,561.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.8 458.9 459.9 460.4 161.8 163.7 166.6 165.1 402.8 409.7 412.0 413.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.0 298.1 302.4 300.5 129.9 130.2 131.6 130.7 218.3 216.4 217.4 218.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7 82.2 83.5 83.3 47.3 47.0 47.1 47.1 61.3 61.1 59.9 57.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.7 31.9 32.0 32.1 29.6 29.8 29.8 29.7 164.3 167.3 168.6 169.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704.4 1,737.8 1,746.5 1,746.4 542.7 553.0 553.5 553.5 1,263.6 1,303.0 1,314.4 1,306.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921.6 933.9 939.2 939.4 236.3 240.1 244.0 245.2 644.6 671.1 662.4 668.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.6 121.9 120.5 120.8 28.3 28.5 28.6 28.2 83.6 84.3 83.8 83.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.3 139.6 141.0 138.9 33.5 35.1 35.4 35.6 85.0 88.6 89.6 89.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209.5 1,209.5 1,214.3 1,211.4 382.5 385.1 389.8 392.3 931.7 945.8 944.3 943.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.8 598.4 590.8 593.1 133.0 134.8 136.4 135.6 333.3 337.3 339.7 339.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.1 317.0 318.1 318.5 107.7 110.0 110.5 110.7 138.2 139.2 141.4 142.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.6 266.0 267.1 266.8 85.2 86.0 85.7 86.1 178.0 179.0 178.9 179.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.4 402.2 402.3 401.1 93.2 95.8 95.2 94.7 219.9 225.1 222.9 225.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.7 387.7 388.5 383.5 92.5 92.3 92.3 92.3 211.1 211.3 208.8 214.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.5 120.1 122.3 121.7 31.0 30.4 30.7 30.9 65.3 66.0 66.1 66.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.0 468.9 472.2 469.8 148.4 149.1 150.1 150.4 438.0 447.7 449.5 455.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.3 572.2 579.0 578.9 223.1 224.7 227.2 227.0 544.4 556.4 553.4 557.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779.2 782.4 781.6 778.3 210.9 216.6 217.6 216.6 642.1 662.1 659.3 660.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530.4 535.6 534.6 540.3 174.3 177.5 177.3 177.1 371.4 375.8 371.9 368.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.7 230.9 232.8 232.2 44.1 43.3 44.0 43.6 109.1 105.6 103.6 105.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.4 550.5 557.7 555.7 168.5 170.2 170.7 169.6 376.2 385.0 385.5 387.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.3 95.1 95.7 96.7 23.7 24.3 24.3 24.3 40.7 41.2 42.5 42.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.3 206.9 205.5 206.4 73.0 74.0 73.5 73.8 116.8 120.0 120.3 120.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.1 243.2 242.4 242.3 62.1 62.6 63.3 64.1 171.8 180.1 180.1 181.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.8 139.5 142.5 140.6 36.8 37.5 37.3 37.2 77.3 78.9 78.9 78.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860.8 875.1 876.5 878.4 247.1 250.1 250.6 252.2 656.3 670.1 675.3 675.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 139.3 138.6 138.8 33.6 33.2 33.7 33.3 100.3 102.8 101.9 102.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576.0 1,578.6 1,584.7 1,580.0 712.9 713.0 712.4 714.3 1,284.0 1,320.8 1,328.0 1,325.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.7 820.9 822.6 823.2 224.4 229.2 230.5 230.0 599.8 619.0 618.8 620.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.7 95.4 96.0 95.4 24.1 24.6 24.4 24.3 35.0 34.9 34.5 34.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.7 1,027.3 1,029.6 1,031.6 297.9 300.4 305.0 304.6 720.9 724.1 722.5 722.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.3 307.6 306.2 302.6 79.0 79.5 80.1 80.8 181.9 179.8 180.1 180.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.9 342.7 345.8 343.7 95.7 98.4 99.1 99.3 237.0 241.5 242.8 243.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,126.8 1,125.9 1,132.2 1,133.9 316.6 317.9 317.5 317.6 789.6 797.3 803.2 797.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 76.6 76.2 76.7 33.6 32.8 33.3 33.2 65.3 66.4 67.0 67.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.8 399.8 398.5 400.6 99.6 99.7 102.4 101.1 268.0 268.2 272.7 274.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.3 89.1 89.3 88.8 29.3 29.6 29.9 29.8 31.1 31.6 31.6 31.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.5 621.2 625.6 624.9 150.5 155.0 154.1 154.6 401.3 410.7 414.0 410.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413.7 2,446.7 2,456.5 2,445.8 727.3 739.1 746.6 744.7 1,618.0 1,647.2 1,661.8 1,660.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.0 276.6 277.6 279.5 80.7 82.5 81.8 82.3 200.0 207.8 208.3 209.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.6 55.2 55.8 55.2 12.0 11.9 11.7 11.7 27.7 27.6 28.1 27.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.0 666.5 668.6 669.1 199.6 202.1 203.5 204.7 711.3 718.6 727.5 727.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.7 619.2 620.2 619.2 148.8 152.0 153.4 153.9 399.4 406.8 407.2 408.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.4 132.2 131.9 131.3 28.0 27.2 27.0 27.4 65.9 64.6 64.9 64.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.7 535.8 541.8 543.6 151.4 152.2 154.0 153.3 322.8 320.3 321.8 323.3

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 53.4 52.9 53.2 11.0 10.4 10.4 10.2 17.9 17.6 17.2 16.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.2 171.2 169.3 170.4 42.6 42.5 42.0 42.2 113.1 114.9 114.8 114.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.9 – – – – – – – –

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted-Continued

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Feb.

2016

Dec.

2016

Jan.

2017

Feb.

2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.1 235.9 236.5 237.4 196.1 199.1 202.7 203.0 376.9 379.8 379.3 380.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 49.0 48.6 49.0 35.0 36.1 36.7 35.7 81.7 80.8 81.2 81.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.2 417.2 417.3 419.9 305.0 318.3 319.2 319.8 409.9 411.7 410.6 411.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.7 185.1 185.3 187.5 114.9 116.3 114.8 115.4 213.0 211.2 211.3 211.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,503.9 2,570.5 2,590.3 2,593.0 1,879.7 1,922.6 1,923.0 1,928.6 2,491.8 2,545.6 2,539.7 2,538.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.1 332.8 332.8 331.8 320.6 327.0 327.8 327.0 425.1 428.0 433.1 430.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.3 331.3 327.9 331.0 153.1 155.3 158.4 155.2 238.1 233.9 233.7 233.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.6 78.1 78.5 79.3 49.2 51.0 51.2 51.9 64.9 65.0 65.0 64.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.4 136.4 134.9 132.9 74.4 77.5 77.5 78.2 239.4 240.3 240.5 238.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227.3 1,262.7 1,270.4 1,267.8 1,166.6 1,194.0 1,199.4 1,206.9 1,087.9 1,100.1 1,103.3 1,096.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555.3 569.7 569.1 573.5 460.9 481.6 485.4 485.2 682.3 691.1 693.1 693.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 83.3 83.1 83.5 117.3 120.1 120.0 120.2 125.9 126.2 125.9 126.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 102.3 102.7 103.4 71.6 72.5 72.4 72.9 120.3 123.0 124.1 124.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909.7 918.1 919.2 925.0 591.6 596.9 594.0 596.0 827.6 831.6 829.5 837.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.3 470.0 470.5 471.1 306.1 310.2 308.9 305.3 427.6 430.6 430.9 433.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.7 228.2 228.9 230.7 142.4 142.7 145.3 144.4 257.0 258.5 258.3 257.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.8 197.0 196.8 198.9 127.7 127.0 126.9 128.6 255.5 257.3 255.1 253.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.1 272.9 270.4 271.2 192.3 190.6 193.3 193.0 318.9 318.8 318.6 316.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.8 313.1 314.0 314.7 231.4 230.3 229.5 229.2 326.3 323.1 324.3 323.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.6 125.9 127.9 126.1 65.8 65.6 65.6 64.8 99.7 99.5 99.4 99.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.5 464.8 463.5 469.8 272.1 273.8 279.1 276.5 501.6 506.1 509.4 511.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776.5 791.4 789.6 798.0 358.8 363.2 362.4 361.0 451.5 457.5 460.4 458.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.8 667.6 668.9 670.7 423.0 434.4 437.3 440.7 595.5 609.9 609.5 609.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517.4 531.2 533.5 534.3 264.2 261.6 264.6 261.8 421.1 429.7 427.0 424.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.5 141.1 141.8 142.5 132.0 136.5 134.9 134.3 244.3 244.9 245.3 246.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.4 464.0 462.9 462.4 299.1 307.1 307.1 312.5 429.0 435.9 435.2 434.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.3 75.2 75.8 75.6 64.0 65.2 65.1 65.7 90.6 91.9 91.5 91.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.4 154.0 153.7 154.6 89.7 91.1 90.1 91.9 171.7 171.0 171.2 170.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 131.1 129.3 131.6 342.9 349.7 351.1 351.5 156.4 159.0 159.6 157.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.8 121.8 122.3 122.9 70.1 72.5 75.6 75.3 91.3 90.6 91.1 90.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.2 686.6 685.9 687.3 367.5 375.2 377.8 378.1 613.7 611.4 609.4 609.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 140.9 140.2 140.9 95.3 97.8 98.2 98.5 191.8 191.4 189.5 191.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,929.5 1,969.7 1,984.8 1,994.9 912.1 926.5 922.4 920.4 1,442.8 1,451.2 1,451.4 1,451.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.1 589.0 589.4 591.1 476.1 485.6 484.4 487.9 722.1 732.4 727.2 728.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 62.5 63.3 62.7 39.3 39.5 38.9 39.1 83.5 83.4 84.4 84.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916.8 934.2 926.5 930.4 550.1 555.9 551.3 555.3 776.3 771.6 772.7 771.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.1 234.6 234.7 237.3 165.0 166.2 164.1 164.3 353.8 353.5 354.4 354.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.9 272.6 270.3 273.0 197.9 200.1 199.7 199.1 304.7 308.5 305.1 309.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,208.0 1,242.5 1,239.9 1,249.5 555.8 565.1 565.7 571.1 702.1 703.1 700.4 698.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1 106.8 106.8 106.8 57.1 58.6 58.9 59.3 60.4 60.7 60.5 60.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.9 245.4 245.9 244.4 245.6 247.5 245.8 245.3 362.3 365.1 364.7 364.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 71.1 70.6 70.6 46.6 47.8 46.9 47.3 78.1 79.0 79.7 79.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.3 430.4 421.9 427.0 316.4 325.5 328.1 328.5 426.1 428.3 432.5 433.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,615.5 1,658.6 1,657.2 1,668.9 1,280.1 1,312.6 1,321.1 1,325.5 1,905.4 1,940.4 1,944.2 1,938.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.4 195.6 195.1 195.3 136.6 140.7 141.8 140.1 235.6 240.7 239.9 240.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.2 64.6 65.5 65.3 36.0 37.9 38.3 38.9 55.6 55.7 55.7 55.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525.0 538.1 534.2 539.6 397.4 398.4 402.8 405.5 713.1 715.1 713.4 717.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.4 471.2 474.0 474.0 319.0 334.0 328.8 329.9 567.5 580.3 578.0 580.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 131.2 132.4 132.6 74.9 74.6 73.5 74.0 154.3 155.8 155.6 155.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.2 449.2 450.6 449.1 276.2 274.3 273.0 278.2 410.0 418.2 413.2 416.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 27.6 27.8 27.8 35.7 35.0 35.8 35.3 71.7 70.9 70.4 70.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 122.8 123.2 123.7 80.4 82.0 80.8 81.2 227.8 226.3 223.6 222.7

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.5 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.9

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

components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

January February January February January February

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,941.2 1,967.5 1,951.0 1,980.8 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.8 82.9 82.5 82.8 84.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.9 311.0 322.1 316.1 15.7 12.9 15.6 13.1 13.9 12.7 14.2 13.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,662.6 2,719.9 2,692.4 2,747.0 11.8 11.4 12.0 11.5 128.6 132.9 130.9 133.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204.5 1,218.2 1,216.4 1,233.8 7.0 5.9 6.8 6.0 48.3 48.1 48.6 49.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,158.1 16,461.1 16,270.5 16,573.5 25.7 22.3 25.1 22.1 737.3 747.0 748.3 767.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,543.7 2,591.5 2,558.6 2,607.1 26.0 22.1 25.4 22.1 145.0 146.1 145.2 149.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,651.8 1,654.6 1,652.9 1,654.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 54.7 52.1 53.3 52.0

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.4 445.5 441.3 445.5 – – – – 19.8 20.0 19.9 20.5

District of Columbia1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.2 779.6 776.7 782.2 – – – – 15.8 14.3 15.5 14.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,236.3 8,499.8 8,311.7 8,552.1 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 449.3 482.7 456.6 488.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,277.4 4,394.1 4,302.1 4,418.8 9.3 9.8 9.3 9.9 166.9 174.4 169.5 175.5

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.8 644.9 645.9 651.0 – – – – 37.2 37.0 37.7 37.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667.5 693.1 676.5 699.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 36.3 40.0 37.2 40.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,881.0 5,898.6 5,903.5 5,945.4 8.2 7.7 8.0 7.7 192.3 187.9 192.2 193.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,008.5 3,052.1 3,031.7 3,065.5 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.2 117.1 120.7 116.5 118.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,534.7 1,544.7 1,542.8 1,553.5 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.0 68.6 67.5 67.9 67.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,387.3 1,385.2 1,398.5 1,398.1 7.2 6.7 6.9 6.7 57.3 56.3 57.2 56.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,874.7 1,905.3 1,877.9 1,909.5 11.6 9.7 11.1 9.7 71.3 73.7 70.7 75.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965.5 1,953.3 1,968.6 1,968.8 42.3 34.3 41.1 34.3 136.4 145.5 137.1 148.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.6 599.5 595.2 598.9 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 24.8 26.1 24.3 26.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,636.7 2,676.2 2,648.5 2,709.5 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 153.8 156.4 152.0 156.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,452.5 3,510.2 3,471.5 3,526.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 134.9 138.3 130.6 135.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,215.0 4,297.7 4,233.1 4,309.0 7.1 6.7 7.0 6.8 137.2 143.1 135.4 143.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,818.7 2,858.0 2,828.1 2,867.6 5.5 6.2 5.4 6.3 97.3 100.3 96.4 102.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133.5 1,134.2 1,143.3 1,141.7 7.2 6.8 7.1 6.8 43.8 41.3 44.8 41.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,768.2 2,823.7 2,784.7 2,843.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 111.1 115.2 110.1 116.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451.5 459.0 454.6 464.2 7.1 6.7 7.0 6.7 23.1 23.7 23.3 24.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992.3 1,002.5 995.8 1,009.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 45.4 45.4 45.3 46.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,264.2 1,304.2 1,271.4 1,311.3 13.4 13.6 13.3 13.8 72.4 77.6 72.5 78.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652.0 667.2 656.1 666.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 23.6 25.0 23.0 24.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,957.6 4,019.4 3,971.3 4,039.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 143.0 143.2 140.3 143.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820.6 821.4 828.6 832.5 22.1 18.6 21.2 19.1 42.9 43.4 43.3 43.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,143.2 9,272.8 9,223.0 9,353.9 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 345.6 346.1 340.3 341.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,240.1 4,318.8 4,265.1 4,345.1 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.8 190.5 196.5 191.6 199.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.2 426.7 428.5 427.3 17.2 15.5 16.6 15.5 26.0 27.2 25.4 27.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,353.6 5,380.4 5,375.9 5,421.5 11.6 10.9 11.2 10.7 185.6 188.2 184.5 192.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,642.4 1,633.2 1,652.2 1,646.0 47.5 42.7 46.5 44.1 75.8 76.7 76.0 77.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,782.4 1,818.7 1,801.9 1,840.5 7.6 7.2 7.6 7.4 82.1 90.3 84.5 92.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,753.9 5,808.3 5,784.6 5,850.4 27.3 23.0 26.2 23.0 218.2 224.9 213.2 222.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474.8 479.4 477.7 482.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 16.0 17.3 15.5 17.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,997.0 2,038.7 2,014.5 2,050.2 4.0 4.3 4.1 4.3 89.7 96.5 90.7 95.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.1 422.8 419.9 425.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 18.9 19.8 18.8 20.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,898.0 2,959.9 2,914.5 2,981.8 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.1 110.1 114.7 109.6 117.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,839.4 12,075.0 11,918.1 12,136.9 241.3 218.6 235.9 221.7 683.8 696.3 692.0 705.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,388.0 1,431.5 1,399.3 1,445.0 9.1 8.1 8.8 8.0 84.2 87.8 85.4 88.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.3 314.6 312.3 316.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 13.4 13.7 13.0 13.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,835.9 3,883.6 3,851.0 3,907.4 8.0 7.8 8.0 7.8 180.1 182.4 179.0 180.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,151.5 3,240.0 3,169.9 3,255.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.4 171.7 180.3 174.6 184.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.9 730.5 736.7 734.4 21.7 20.7 21.4 20.8 27.0 26.4 26.2 26.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,847.9 2,874.0 2,868.7 2,897.6 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 98.3 100.7 98.1 99.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.3 268.8 277.5 270.6 21.2 18.3 20.5 18.7 19.6 18.5 19.3 18.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887.9 880.6 888.9 881.9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 22.1 21.0 22.1 20.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 38.3 38.5 38.7 – – – – 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

January February January February January February

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.6 263.3 258.9 264.7 376.6 377.0 375.9 373.3 20.7 20.0 20.7 19.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 8.5 13.4 10.8 61.6 61.3 61.7 60.5 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.5 161.4 160.2 162.7 510.6 519.8 510.0 515.2 44.9 44.4 45.7 44.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.3 156.3 154.3 156.4 249.8 250.6 249.0 249.9 13.6 13.1 13.6 13.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,292.7 1,286.1 1,297.8 1,288.1 2,952.3 3,007.4 2,937.1 2,981.2 508.3 516.9 516.8 528.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.1 140.2 141.6 140.6 448.9 458.1 446.5 454.4 71.0 71.3 71.4 71.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.8 155.2 155.7 154.7 298.0 301.3 293.5 294.3 32.3 31.3 32.4 31.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.7 81.4 82.1 80.7 81.0 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 32.1 31.7 32.3 31.8 16.9 16.7 17.1 16.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.9 360.5 350.8 363.8 1,700.0 1,751.3 1,700.3 1,741.4 136.3 135.8 137.2 137.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384.7 391.5 385.8 390.0 914.0 934.1 911.1 930.7 109.2 109.2 111.1 111.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 13.6 14.1 13.7 119.7 120.9 119.1 120.4 8.2 9.0 8.6 9.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 64.8 63.5 64.4 134.4 138.1 134.5 136.1 8.8 9.2 8.9 9.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.7 565.1 574.4 567.4 1,193.6 1,201.4 1,186.6 1,185.0 98.3 97.5 97.8 98.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.1 524.6 519.5 527.9 586.0 583.7 584.6 580.3 32.8 32.2 32.8 31.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.9 209.5 213.2 209.3 311.5 314.9 310.2 312.8 23.1 21.6 23.0 21.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.6 158.0 160.9 158.0 264.2 265.5 263.6 264.0 21.0 20.0 21.0 20.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.7 252.2 245.3 252.2 390.1 399.4 389.0 395.1 22.6 23.6 22.7 23.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.5 133.6 137.7 134.3 389.0 386.2 386.6 381.6 24.8 21.5 24.6 22.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 49.2 49.5 48.8 117.3 120.1 115.7 117.2 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.2 102.3 102.9 102.8 461.4 467.6 456.7 459.9 37.6 36.1 37.9 36.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.0 243.3 244.8 243.4 568.1 574.6 560.3 562.8 88.5 89.3 88.6 89.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.7 599.8 592.3 597.3 767.1 771.8 762.3 762.3 56.7 58.1 56.5 57.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.2 313.1 314.0 313.2 521.6 528.9 518.5 527.2 50.2 50.6 50.2 50.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.5 141.8 143.5 142.6 227.0 231.3 226.5 229.7 12.4 11.6 12.3 11.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.2 260.7 261.6 259.9 537.3 550.2 535.5 546.0 53.3 51.2 53.3 51.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 19.3 19.2 19.5 93.8 94.0 93.2 94.3 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 96.8 96.6 96.9 203.0 204.2 201.9 203.1 18.5 18.9 18.5 19.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 44.3 43.0 44.6 237.5 242.2 236.8 239.5 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 68.4 67.5 67.8 138.4 141.0 136.7 136.4 12.6 12.4 12.5 12.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.4 241.0 239.7 242.7 850.8 870.1 843.9 859.7 73.0 72.3 73.1 72.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 26.0 26.9 26.0 138.3 137.9 137.3 136.7 11.5 12.6 12.8 12.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.9 433.5 450.2 438.2 1,561.1 1,575.1 1,544.5 1,549.2 260.8 263.8 261.8 266.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.0 461.2 464.2 461.4 798.4 814.5 796.4 810.8 77.3 77.1 78.5 76.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.5 23.7 24.4 23.8 98.5 95.2 97.5 94.2 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.8 686.1 682.9 688.1 1,009.7 1,016.7 1,002.5 1,008.1 71.4 72.5 71.5 72.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.9 128.1 132.3 129.7 304.0 302.8 303.2 299.2 21.2 21.2 21.4 21.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.4 183.5 186.0 186.2 334.6 341.2 333.6 336.5 32.7 34.0 33.2 34.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.9 550.3 556.7 551.3 1,119.8 1,124.4 1,108.3 1,113.7 83.6 83.5 83.6 83.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 39.9 40.5 40.0 75.6 75.7 75.0 74.8 8.0 7.7 8.2 7.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.5 241.3 236.8 242.3 385.3 394.8 386.1 394.5 26.9 26.6 26.9 26.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 40.1 42.0 41.3 86.8 88.5 86.5 87.1 5.8 6.1 5.8 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.0 344.3 339.3 346.4 607.2 621.5 605.7 616.9 44.9 45.1 45.4 45.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855.6 847.8 856.1 853.1 2,397.6 2,445.1 2,390.4 2,423.5 200.4 197.0 200.6 196.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.2 127.4 124.7 128.5 265.0 274.8 265.3 276.8 35.7 35.7 36.6 36.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 28.3 30.1 28.4 55.1 55.4 54.6 54.5 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.3 231.3 231.6 231.1 652.9 664.0 647.7 655.4 68.5 65.5 68.8 66.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.7 282.4 289.3 282.1 587.4 612.5 585.7 607.1 116.3 121.7 117.2 122.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 45.2 46.6 45.5 132.7 130.3 131.4 128.3 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462.0 464.3 460.0 463.2 530.3 534.9 526.8 530.1 49.2 47.7 49.1 47.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.1 54.4 52.3 53.7 52.1 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.5 72.6 73.3 72.9 175.1 172.0 172.3 169.0 18.8 17.4 18.7 17.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.1 8.0 8.1 8.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. 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

January February January February January February

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 97.8 95.3 96.8 229.1 232.0 230.7 235.5 227.5 234.9 230.2 237.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 11.5 11.6 11.5 27.6 25.7 27.7 26.6 47.8 48.6 48.3 49.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.1 206.7 198.5 208.6 405.1 414.1 406.0 417.0 405.8 417.5 408.6 420.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.7 51.2 50.8 50.7 136.4 140.0 141.2 146.3 177.9 184.5 178.7 187.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.0 827.4 811.9 826.7 2,490.9 2,523.1 2,507.8 2,540.3 2,484.8 2,569.3 2,516.2 2,602.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.4 166.2 161.6 164.7 393.4 401.7 394.9 405.3 319.6 330.4 322.1 332.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 131.0 128.9 130.0 212.3 210.0 213.3 211.8 325.5 324.8 328.7 332.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 46.9 46.9 46.8 60.2 58.9 59.2 57.2 76.1 78.1 76.5 79.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 29.3 29.5 29.4 162.1 166.3 163.3 167.3 133.7 135.0 136.2 136.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.3 549.9 540.4 551.2 1,250.1 1,294.4 1,262.4 1,297.9 1,219.8 1,266.2 1,229.6 1,274.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.0 243.0 235.2 244.1 632.6 650.0 638.5 658.5 550.8 566.6 555.9 574.6

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 28.3 28.2 28.1 82.6 83.2 83.4 83.4 82.4 82.4 82.9 83.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 34.7 33.1 35.0 81.4 86.0 82.2 86.7 98.9 102.2 100.0 103.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378.7 388.0 379.1 390.2 908.0 913.7 910.7 915.9 903.1 912.9 910.6 928.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.6 134.8 131.8 134.4 321.9 331.2 321.6 330.0 453.6 466.9 464.4 473.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.1 109.9 107.0 110.0 134.4 137.5 135.2 138.8 226.9 229.3 230.8 232.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.2 85.5 84.5 85.5 174.8 174.8 174.8 175.2 194.7 195.4 195.9 198.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.4 94.7 92.6 94.5 216.5 221.2 213.6 220.4 264.0 268.6 267.5 271.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.1 92.1 92.0 92.3 208.6 207.1 209.8 212.2 306.8 311.6 307.6 314.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 30.2 30.5 30.4 63.3 63.1 63.4 63.6 124.3 126.6 125.0 127.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.9 148.7 147.2 149.4 427.3 436.3 427.7 447.3 450.9 458.9 453.8 470.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.7 225.5 220.8 225.0 527.2 536.7 529.4 542.0 762.3 784.3 778.1 800.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.6 214.8 208.4 213.8 632.3 650.6 634.7 652.8 654.5 664.3 660.8 671.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.6 176.1 173.0 176.4 360.8 362.8 362.9 362.6 514.1 530.4 518.7 535.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 43.5 43.9 43.2 107.5 102.7 109.4 104.4 138.9 142.4 140.1 143.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.5 169.2 167.0 168.4 365.7 377.7 369.8 380.6 448.1 459.9 452.1 464.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 24.0 23.4 24.0 38.8 40.4 39.2 41.1 73.1 75.4 73.6 75.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.5 72.9 72.6 73.4 114.0 117.8 114.5 119.1 149.9 153.2 151.1 154.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.5 62.7 61.7 63.3 172.0 179.7 170.4 179.7 123.5 128.4 124.8 131.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 37.0 36.5 36.9 75.6 76.7 75.6 77.0 119.3 122.1 120.0 123.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.4 249.0 244.1 249.7 635.2 648.3 637.4 650.6 663.0 681.6 668.4 688.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.5 33.6 33.1 99.1 101.1 99.5 101.3 137.3 139.9 138.4 141.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.1 707.5 706.6 707.4 1,251.7 1,293.2 1,257.4 1,299.5 1,898.2 1,961.5 1,950.9 2,017.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.3 227.7 222.2 226.9 587.1 605.0 591.6 610.4 574.8 585.9 579.2 593.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.0 24.4 24.0 24.3 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 60.8 62.8 61.4 62.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294.5 301.0 295.7 300.9 702.0 701.8 701.8 704.7 908.2 920.5 916.1 936.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 79.8 78.6 80.7 179.1 176.8 179.3 177.5 232.7 233.9 233.5 237.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.4 97.9 94.3 98.5 230.1 236.2 232.7 239.3 261.0 269.3 266.6 275.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.4 315.1 314.3 314.5 773.1 781.0 773.5 781.3 1,193.2 1,223.9 1,220.4 1,260.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 33.1 33.4 32.9 62.9 64.4 63.1 64.4 104.0 105.2 106.8 108.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.8 100.4 98.2 99.5 259.2 265.2 262.9 268.6 236.3 243.5 238.9 245.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 29.5 29.0 29.6 30.2 30.8 30.4 30.5 69.1 70.3 69.6 70.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.3 153.7 149.8 153.5 393.6 405.7 393.9 405.8 416.8 419.3 421.3 428.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722.4 741.3 724.1 740.2 1,596.2 1,639.8 1,607.0 1,642.9 1,596.7 1,650.2 1,612.8 1,667.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.9 81.6 80.5 82.1 195.1 202.5 195.4 203.6 189.0 195.5 190.8 198.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 11.7 11.9 11.6 26.3 26.8 26.5 26.9 63.7 64.7 64.1 65.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.5 201.4 197.5 203.3 700.3 715.5 702.7 719.2 523.8 533.7 526.2 543.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.4 152.1 147.5 152.3 390.2 397.0 392.3 401.5 455.6 473.3 461.3 477.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.7 26.9 27.7 27.2 64.4 63.8 64.7 64.0 128.7 130.9 128.7 132.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.0 152.6 149.8 152.5 314.4 312.5 315.7 316.1 435.9 445.6 443.3 450.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 10.3 10.9 10.2 17.0 16.4 16.9 16.4 27.4 27.9 27.7 28.0

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 42.2 42.4 42.2 112.4 113.9 112.1 114.4 118.8 120.0 121.9 124.0

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjustedContinued

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

January February January February January February

2016 2017 2016 2017p

2016 2017 2016 2017p2016 2017 2016 2017p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.2 192.4 190.0 195.6 79.0 79.6 79.2 81.2 375.6 378.3 377.8 382.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 31.3 30.3 31.0 10.8 11.7 10.8 11.7 81.2 80.5 82.2 81.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.3 315.8 307.3 321.3 88.4 85.7 89.5 86.5 410.5 410.2 423.7 425.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.9 110.5 110.8 112.5 46.5 48.5 46.5 48.0 211.1 209.5 216.1 214.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,824.5 1,868.9 1,847.6 1,893.6 541.8 554.8 548.9 563.0 2,490.8 2,537.9 2,513.0 2,561.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.1 326.6 317.4 326.2 103.5 107.2 103.9 107.6 417.7 421.6 428.6 433.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1 148.8 142.6 145.3 63.3 65.5 63.3 65.3 238.1 234.1 240.7 236.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 46.1 44.6 46.8 18.3 18.3 18.4 18.4 64.6 64.6 64.9 65.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.2 74.9 72.1 75.9 71.1 70.4 71.4 70.7 237.6 239.8 238.1 238.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147.7 1,182.7 1,174.7 1,210.8 342.3 360.3 345.7 359.8 1,097.8 1,110.3 1,108.2 1,120.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.2 467.8 445.2 469.8 154.5 155.5 155.2 156.0 679.2 692.2 685.3 698.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.8 119.2 116.9 119.9 26.9 27.0 27.0 27.1 122.9 124.3 128.0 128.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.2 68.5 68.3 69.7 23.3 24.2 23.5 24.4 117.4 121.7 121.7 126.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.1 562.4 561.5 565.8 248.7 246.1 249.4 247.3 815.3 815.9 833.2 845.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.1 291.1 291.7 291.4 124.4 127.5 125.0 129.5 428.7 433.3 437.5 442.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.1 134.7 134.6 135.6 58.6 60.1 58.5 60.4 255.8 257.8 260.7 262.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.1 120.8 122.8 123.1 49.5 49.6 50.0 49.7 252.7 252.6 260.9 261.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.1 180.9 182.0 183.3 63.9 65.0 64.4 65.6 317.5 316.3 319.0 317.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.2 224.4 228.4 225.7 75.0 75.0 74.8 76.8 324.8 322.0 328.9 326.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 54.1 54.2 53.6 21.1 20.9 21.2 20.7 98.6 99.3 101.2 101.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.0 256.1 251.7 254.7 111.3 114.4 111.5 115.3 492.0 498.2 505.8 515.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.8 330.7 327.4 327.8 131.2 133.3 131.2 132.8 444.8 453.3 459.3 466.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.6 410.6 399.2 410.9 165.7 169.9 166.3 169.9 595.5 608.0 610.2 622.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.1 248.1 248.1 246.2 113.3 116.2 113.8 117.2 421.0 425.3 427.1 430.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.9 128.9 129.0 130.2 39.9 39.9 40.1 40.6 242.6 244.0 246.6 247.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.6 285.3 278.5 292.7 114.4 115.6 114.6 115.8 431.0 434.8 438.3 444.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 60.7 60.5 61.6 17.9 18.1 17.9 18.1 88.8 90.2 90.9 92.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.8 85.1 85.3 86.5 36.4 37.2 36.4 37.3 170.2 170.1 172.7 172.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.7 344.5 338.0 345.6 37.5 39.8 38.3 40.9 154.8 157.1 158.2 160.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 69.8 64.8 69.0 23.9 23.4 23.9 22.8 89.2 90.5 94.7 94.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.6 340.6 334.6 342.7 166.7 166.5 166.9 167.3 608.2 605.5 621.6 620.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 94.8 93.0 96.1 27.3 28.2 27.6 28.3 189.4 185.4 195.0 194.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847.3 857.8 857.7 866.6 397.9 401.1 400.3 404.6 1,420.2 1,428.8 1,448.8 1,458.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.8 456.2 452.1 461.6 147.1 153.1 147.3 153.0 726.2 735.9 736.5 745.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 38.0 37.9 38.4 16.0 15.2 16.1 15.4 82.6 83.9 84.7 85.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.0 513.5 514.6 518.7 210.1 209.8 210.5 208.8 764.7 759.4 784.6 780.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.3 158.9 160.4 159.8 62.4 60.9 62.7 60.5 350.9 351.4 358.3 358.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.4 189.1 190.2 190.8 61.6 63.3 62.5 63.8 305.5 306.7 310.7 315.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.8 528.4 519.5 530.8 252.4 257.4 252.9 257.1 697.2 696.4 716.0 712.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1 52.8 51.6 53.3 22.5 22.0 22.5 22.5 60.7 61.1 60.9 61.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.0 228.2 231.3 231.5 73.3 74.4 73.6 74.0 361.0 363.5 365.0 367.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 42.1 42.8 42.8 15.7 16.0 15.7 15.9 77.1 78.8 78.5 80.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.4 309.8 301.9 312.2 107.9 109.0 108.8 109.5 425.5 432.8 434.5 441.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227.9 1,276.8 1,252.1 1,293.7 411.8 423.2 416.5 429.2 1,905.7 1,938.9 1,930.6 1,964.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.9 138.9 135.2 139.4 38.4 39.4 38.7 40.4 234.5 239.8 237.9 243.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 41.8 38.7 42.0 10.2 10.6 10.3 10.8 56.2 56.4 57.8 57.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.6 374.0 374.3 379.1 195.5 197.8 195.9 198.1 706.4 710.2 719.3 723.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.2 315.5 307.1 318.4 114.4 117.3 114.9 118.0 569.5 581.6 573.8 585.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.8 70.3 71.6 70.2 53.6 54.1 53.7 53.9 151.7 152.2 155.1 155.8

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.3 252.4 256.4 256.4 146.9 149.6 146.9 150.5 403.1 410.3 419.1 427.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.8 32.0 32.6 31.9 11.1 10.9 11.0 10.9 70.7 69.3 71.9 70.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.1 81.2 79.7 81.1 17.2 17.4 17.3 17.5 227.0 222.4 228.6 222.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 7.7 8.0 7.7 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 10.5 10.7 10.7 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2016 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally February 2017

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Map 2. Percentage change in nonfarm employment by state,

seasonally adjusted, February 2016 - February 2017