For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, November 21, 2014 USDL-14-2108 

Technical information: 

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

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

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

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, to correct two column headers 

(the second and fourth) on table E. The erroneous column headers read “September 2014” and 

“Over-the-month change p” but should have read “October 2013” and “Over-the-year change p”. 

No changes were made to data in the table.)

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2014 

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in October. Thirty-four states and 

the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from September, 5 states had increases, and 

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

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

three states had no change. The national jobless rate edged down to 5.8 percent from September and was 

1.4 percentage points lower than in October 2013. 

In October 2014, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 38 states and decreased in 12 states and the 

District of Columbia. The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in California 

(+41,500), Texas (+35,200), and Florida (+34,400). The largest over-the-month decrease in employment 

occurred in Nevada (-7,300), followed by New York (-5,600) and New Jersey (-4,500). The largest overthe-month percentage increase in employment occurred in Wyoming (+1.4 percent), followed by Idaho 

(+0.8 percent) and Utah (+0.7 percent). The largest over-the-month percentage declines in employment 

occurred in Montana and Nevada (-0.6 percent each), followed by Rhode Island (-0.5 percent). Over the 

year, nonfarm employment increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in Alaska 

(-0.2 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+5.0 percent), 

followed by Utah (+3.8 percent) and Texas (+3.7 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October, the West continued to have the highest regional unemployment rate, 6.5 percent, while the 

Midwest had the lowest rate, 5.6 percent. There were statistically significant over-the-month 

unemployment rate changes in the Northeast and South (-0.2 percentage point each) and Midwest (-0.1 

point). Significant over-the-year rate decreases occurred in all four regions: the Midwest and Northeast 

(-1.4 percentage points each), West (-1.2 points), and South (-0.7 point). (See table 1.) 
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Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific had the highest jobless rate, 7.0 percent in October. 

The West North Central again had the lowest rate, 4.5 percent. Over the month, statistically significant 

jobless rate changes occurred in the East South Central (-0.3 percentage point); Mountain, South 

Atlantic, and West North Central (-0.2 point each); and Middle Atlantic (-0.1 point). All nine divisions 

had significant rate declines from a year earlier. The largest of these decreases occurred in the East 

North Central (-1.9 percentage points) and Mountain (-1.4 points). 

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Georgia had the highest unemployment rate among the states in October, 7.7 percent. North Dakota 

again had the lowest jobless rate, 2.8 percent. In total, 16 states had unemployment rates significantly 

lower than the U.S. figure of 5.8 percent, 12 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher 

rates, and 22 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A 

and 3 and chart 1.) 

In October, 17 states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate declines. The 

largest of these decreases were in Kentucky (-0.5 percentage point) and Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, and 

North Carolina (-0.4 point each). Washington had the only significant over-the-month rate increase 

(+0.3 percentage point). The remaining 32 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rates that were 

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

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

Twenty-seven states had statistically significant unemployment rate changes over the year, all of which 

were decreases. The largest of these occurred in Illinois (-2.5 percentage points), Nevada (-2.3 points), 

Colorado (-2.2 points), and Ohio (-2.1 points). The remaining 23 states and the District of Columbia had 

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

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October 2014, 18 states had statistically significant over-the-month changes in employment, 15 of 

which were increases. The largest significant job gains occurred in California (+41,500), Texas 

(+35,200), and Florida (+34,400). The significant job decreases occurred in Nevada (-7,300), Montana 

(-2,800), and Rhode Island (-2,600). (See tables D and 5.) 

Over the year, 35 states had statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were positive. 

The largest significant over-the-year job increase occurred in Texas (+421,900), followed by California 

(+319,500) and Florida (+206,900). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for October is scheduled to 

be released on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State 

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

Friday, December 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 
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Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Corrections 

This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data in tables D, E, 

5, and 6 and chart 2. A complete list of corrections in this news release and in the CES (state 

and area) database can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm. 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 5.8

Alaska ................................................................ 6.8

Arizona ............................................................... 6.8

California ............................................................ 7.3

Colorado ............................................................ 4.3

District of Columbia ............................................. 7.6

Georgia .............................................................. 7.7

Hawaii ................................................................ 4.1

Idaho ................................................................. 4.1

Illinois ................................................................. 6.6

Iowa .................................................................. 4.5

Kansas ............................................................... 4.4

Michigan ............................................................. 7.1

Minnesota ........................................................... 3.9

Mississippi .......................................................... 7.6

Montana ............................................................. 4.5

Nebraska ............................................................ 3.4

Nevada ............................................................... 7.1

New Hampshire ................................................... 4.2

New Jersey ........................................................ 6.6

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

Oklahoma ........................................................... 4.5

Oregon ............................................................... 7.0

Rhode Island ...................................................... 7.4

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

Tennessee .......................................................... 7.1

Texas ................................................................. 5.1

Utah ................................................................... 3.6

Vermont ............................................................. 4.4

Wyoming ............................................................ 4.7

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

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

to October 2014, seasonally adjusted

September 2014 October 2014 p

Alabama ...................................... 6.6 6.3 -0.3

Colorado ...................................... 4.7 4.3 -.4

Florida ......................................... 6.1 6.0 -.1

Georgia ....................................... 7.9 7.7 -.2

Idaho ........................................... 4.5 4.1 -.4

Kansas ........................................ 4.7 4.4 -.3

Kentucky ...................................... 6.7 6.2 -.5

Maryland ...................................... 6.3 6.0 -.3

Minnesota .................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

Missouri ....................................... 6.3 5.9 -.4

Nebraska ..................................... 3.6 3.4 -.2

Nevada ........................................ 7.3 7.1 -.2

North Carolina .............................. 6.7 6.3 -.4

Ohio ............................................ 5.6 5.3 -.3

Pennsylvania ................................ 5.7 5.4 -.3

Rhode Island ................................ 7.6 7.4 -.2

South Dakota ............................... 3.4 3.3 -.1

Washington .................................. 5.7 6.0 .3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

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

to October 2014, seasonally adjusted

October 2013 October 2014 p

Arkansas ..................................... 7.6 6.0 -1.6

California ..................................... 8.6 7.3 -1.3

Colorado ...................................... 6.5 4.3 -2.2

Connecticut .................................. 7.6 6.4 -1.2

Florida ......................................... 6.7 6.0 -.7

Idaho ........................................... 5.9 4.1 -1.8

Illinois .......................................... 9.1 6.6 -2.5

Indiana ......................................... 7.1 5.7 -1.4

Kansas ........................................ 5.2 4.4 -.8

Kentucky ...................................... 8.2 6.2 -2.0

Massachusetts ............................. 7.2 6.0 -1.2

Michigan ...................................... 8.6 7.1 -1.5

Minnesota .................................... 4.8 3.9 -.9

Montana ...................................... 5.5 4.5 -1.0

Nevada ........................................ 9.4 7.1 -2.3

New Hampshire ............................ 5.2 4.2 -1.0

New Jersey .................................. 7.7 6.6 -1.1

New York ..................................... 7.4 6.0 -1.4

North Carolina .............................. 7.5 6.3 -1.2

Ohio ............................................ 7.4 5.3 -2.1

Oklahoma .................................... 5.6 4.5 -1.1

Pennsylvania ................................ 7.1 5.4 -1.7

Rhode Island ................................ 9.4 7.4 -2.0

Tennessee ................................... 8.1 7.1 -1.0

Texas .......................................... 6.2 5.1 -1.1

Washington .................................. 6.8 6.0 -.8

Wisconsin .................................... 6.5 5.4 -1.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

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

October 2014, seasonally adjusted

September October Over-the-month

2014 2014 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,577,800 2,590,700 12,900

California ................................... 15,526,100 15,567,600 41,500

Florida ....................................... 7,822,900 7,857,300 34,400

Georgia ..................................... 4,138,300 4,149,900 11,600

Idaho ......................................... 644,200 649,400 5,200

Kansas ...................................... 1,388,100 1,396,500 8,400

Kentucky ................................... 1,862,400 1,873,200 10,800

Minnesota .................................. 2,837,500 2,847,000 9,500

Montana .................................... 457,900 455,100 -2,800

Nevada ...................................... 1,221,300 1,214,000 -7,300

 

New Mexico ............................... 817,100 821,300 4,200

North Carolina ............................ 4,166,700 4,183,900 17,200

Oregon ...................................... 1,723,700 1,733,600 9,900

Rhode Island .............................. 479,100 476,500 -2,600

Tennessee ................................. 2,817,600 2,825,500 7,900

Texas ........................................ 11,673,200 11,708,400 35,200

Utah .......................................... 1,339,500 1,349,500 10,000

Wyoming ................................... 294,000 298,100 4,100

p

 = preliminary.

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

October 2014, seasonally adjusted

October October Over-the-year

2013 2014 p change p

Alabama .................................... 1,908,900 1,942,400 33,500

Arizona ...................................... 2,526,300 2,590,700 64,400

Arkansas ................................... 1,181,100 1,195,300 14,200

California ................................... 15,248,100 15,567,600 319,500

Colorado .................................... 2,400,900 2,461,700 60,800

Connecticut ............................... 1,658,800 1,681,800 23,000

Delaware ................................... 431,400 443,700 12,300

Florida ....................................... 7,650,400 7,857,300 206,900

Georgia ..................................... 4,054,500 4,149,900 95,400

Idaho ......................................... 640,400 649,400 9,000

 

Illinois ........................................ 5,816,900 5,856,300 39,400

Indiana ...................................... 2,954,100 3,003,700 49,600

Iowa .......................................... 1,541,500 1,556,900 15,400

Kentucky ................................... 1,835,300 1,873,200 37,900

Louisiana ................................... 1,964,400 1,988,900 24,500

Massachusetts .......................... 3,372,000 3,424,600 52,600

Minnesota .................................. 2,797,600 2,847,000 49,400

Missouri .................................... 2,740,400 2,788,800 48,400

Montana .................................... 448,300 455,100 6,800

Nevada ...................................... 1,185,400 1,214,000 28,600

 

New York ................................... 8,942,700 9,043,500 100,800

North Carolina ............................ 4,099,200 4,183,900 84,700

North Dakota .............................. 449,200 471,700 22,500

Oklahoma .................................. 1,637,100 1,673,700 36,600

Oregon ...................................... 1,685,700 1,733,600 47,900

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,754,100 5,802,300 48,200

South Carolina ........................... 1,912,400 1,949,600 37,200

South Dakota ............................. 416,700 422,700 6,000

Tennessee ................................. 2,765,700 2,825,500 59,800

Texas ........................................ 11,286,500 11,708,400 421,900

 

Utah .......................................... 1,300,700 1,349,500 48,800

Washington ............................... 3,001,600 3,076,300 74,700

West Virginia ............................. 763,900 776,600 12,700

Wisconsin ................................. 2,839,800 2,868,000 28,200

Wyoming ................................... 291,900 298,100 6,200

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

for census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate 

areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

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

employment estimates by state and industry supersector from 

the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 

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

cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The 

universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 

years of age and over. Employed persons are those who did any 

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

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

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

working who had a job from which they were temporarily 

absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as bad weather, 

labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed

persons are those who were not employed during the reference 

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

a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference 

week, and were currently available for work; persons on layoff 

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

unemployed. The labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is the number of 

unemployed as a percent of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 states, 

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

balances of California and New York State are produced using 

estimating equations based on regression techniques. This 

method, which underwent substantial enhancement at the 

beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, 

including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment 

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

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

California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are derived 

by summing the estimates for New York City and the balance 

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

the five additional substate areas contained in this release (the 

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and Detroit-Warren-Livonia 

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

metropolitan divisions) and their respective balances of state 

are based on a similar regression approach that does not 

incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for census regions are 

obtained by summing the model-based estimates for the 

component divisions and then calculating the unemployment 

rate. Each month, census division estimates are controlled to 

national totals; state estimates are then controlled to their 

respective division totals. Substate and balance-of-state 

estimates for the five areas noted above are controlled to their 

respective state totals. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived 

from a monthly household survey similar to the CPS. A 

detailed description of the estimation procedures is available 

from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

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

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from 

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

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

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

seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each 

calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates. 

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 

2010. These are seasonally adjusted data that have 

incorporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting 

in estimates that are less volatile than those previously 

produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson 

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

on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations from 

the seasonally adjusted series, leaving the trend. The same 

process is used on both historical and current year estimates. 

For more information about the smoothing technique, see the 

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

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the standards and definitions established by the 

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

A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of currentmonth weighted employment to that of the previous-month 
weighted employment is computed from a sample of 

establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of 

employment for the current month are then obtained by 

multiplying these ratios by the previous month’s employment 

estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for 

data series where the sample size meets certain statistical 

criteria. 

For some employment series, relatively small sample 

sizes limit the reliability of the weighted link-relative 

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

model (SDM) to generate employment estimates. The SDM 

combines the direct sample estimates (described above) and 

forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease the 

volatility of the estimates. For more detailed information about 

the CES small domain model, refer to the BLS Handbook of 

Methods. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking 

process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is 

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

the subsequent months. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

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

employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of 

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

coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. 

The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals 

shown in the same tables because of rounding. Unemployment 

rates are computed from un-rounded data and thus may differ 

slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed 

in the tables. 

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program 

introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among 

these were the development of model-based error measures for 

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

changes. The introductory section of this release preserves the 

long-time practice of highlighting the direction of the 

movements in regional and state unemployment rates and state 

nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical 

significance. The remainder of the analysis in the release takes 

statistical significance into consideration. 

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

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

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

confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS 

unemployment rates are statistically significant. The average 

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

unemployment rate that is required for statistical significance 

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

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

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

can be found on the website. Measures of nonsampling error 

are not available. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are 

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

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes 

in CES employment levels are statistically significant. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is 

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

Additional information 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 380 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

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

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,400 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

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

Information in this release will be made available to 

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

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Northeast ........................... 28,242.0 28,150.3 28,142.2 28,205.9 2,052.8 1,746.9 1,711.8 1,677.4 7.3 6.2 6.1 5.9

 New England .................... 7,684.8 7,733.3 7,750.6 7,776.8 542.8 457.7 463.6 459.9 7.1 5.9 6.0 5.9

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,557.2 20,417.0 20,391.5 20,429.2 1,510.1 1,289.2 1,248.2 1,217.5 7.3 6.3 6.1 6.0

South ................................. 56,552.2 56,806.0 56,820.6 56,919.8 3,802.2 3,567.8 3,526.8 3,436.9 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.0

 South Atlantic ................... 29,968.4 30,212.7 30,217.6 30,253.7 2,034.1 1,987.0 1,964.8 1,909.6 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.3

 East South Central ........... 8,490.0 8,411.1 8,370.5 8,363.7 652.3 611.4 589.3 564.3 7.7 7.3 7.0 6.7

 West South Central .......... 18,093.8 18,182.1 18,232.5 18,302.4 1,115.8 969.4 972.7 963.0 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.3

Midwest ............................. 34,277.1 34,339.8 34,393.4 34,495.8 2,409.8 1,997.6 1,967.6 1,921.8 7.0 5.8 5.7 5.6

 East North Central ............ 23,262.8 23,249.8 23,282.7 23,359.2 1,856.8 1,466.1 1,443.3 1,421.7 8.0 6.3 6.2 6.1

 West North Central ........... 11,014.3 11,090.0 11,110.7 11,136.6 553.0 531.5 524.4 500.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.5

West ................................... 36,017.9 36,213.2 36,280.4 36,414.6 2,785.2 2,401.2 2,368.7 2,359.6 7.7 6.6 6.5 6.5

 Mountain ........................... 11,068.4 11,165.1 11,162.0 11,185.3 753.7 646.2 623.2 604.6 6.8 5.8 5.6 5.4

 Pacific ............................... 24,949.5 25,048.1 25,118.3 25,229.3 2,031.5 1,755.0 1,745.5 1,755.0 8.1 7.0 6.9 7.0

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

calendar year.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

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

Northeast ........................... 28,274.4 28,087.0 28,176.3 28,287.2 2,024.7 1,575.9 1,993.8 1,531.8 7.2 5.6 7.1 5.4

 New England .................... 7,687.3 7,753.6 7,667.1 7,796.2 528.7 449.5 517.5 409.6 6.9 5.8 6.7 5.3

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,587.1 20,333.4 20,509.2 20,491.0 1,496.0 1,126.5 1,476.4 1,122.2 7.3 5.5 7.2 5.5

South ................................. 56,781.1 56,955.6 56,507.1 57,108.0 3,847.1 3,347.6 3,780.0 3,183.0 6.8 5.9 6.7 5.6

 South Atlantic ................... 30,093.7 30,294.6 29,943.4 30,333.1 2,069.3 1,870.7 2,038.0 1,772.7 6.9 6.2 6.8 5.8

 East South Central ........... 8,542.9 8,353.0 8,492.2 8,399.7 654.4 537.1 643.8 512.4 7.7 6.4 7.6 6.1

 West South Central .......... 18,144.5 18,308.0 18,071.5 18,375.1 1,123.5 939.8 1,098.3 897.9 6.2 5.1 6.1 4.9

Midwest ............................. 34,313.5 34,440.1 34,220.3 34,636.2 2,285.5 1,805.6 2,260.6 1,712.3 6.7 5.2 6.6 4.9

 East North Central ............ 23,296.1 23,311.5 23,239.2 23,476.0 1,765.2 1,321.4 1,760.4 1,296.7 7.6 5.7 7.6 5.5

 West North Central ........... 11,017.4 11,128.6 10,981.2 11,160.3 520.2 484.3 500.3 415.5 4.7 4.4 4.6 3.7

West ................................... 36,171.7 36,420.6 36,015.1 36,584.7 2,727.4 2,232.9 2,738.4 2,252.9 7.5 6.1 7.6 6.2

 Mountain ........................... 11,119.0 11,195.5 11,075.2 11,239.8 745.6 575.4 742.4 561.1 6.7 5.1 6.7 5.0

 Pacific ............................... 25,052.7 25,225.1 24,939.9 25,344.9 1,981.8 1,657.5 1,995.9 1,691.8 7.9 6.6 8.0 6.7

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Alabama ................................................... 2,122.1 2,127.3 2,119.1 2,118.0 134.3 147.2 140.6 133.5 6.3 6.9 6.6 6.3

Alaska ....................................................... 364.0 366.2 366.4 366.7 23.9 24.8 24.9 24.8 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8

Arizona ..................................................... 3,001.4 3,033.4 3,034.3 3,049.9 235.3 215.3 209.9 206.7 7.8 7.1 6.9 6.8

Arkansas ................................................... 1,325.7 1,296.3 1,300.0 1,307.4 100.6 81.9 81.0 79.0 7.6 6.3 6.2 6.0

California .................................................. 18,568.1 18,598.9 18,668.6 18,757.1 1,598.0 1,375.4 1,361.9 1,360.6 8.6 7.4 7.3 7.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,960.1 4,998.1 5,016.3 5,018.7 473.9 405.1 399.6 400.3 9.6 8.1 8.0 8.0

Colorado ................................................... 2,750.7 2,802.9 2,802.5 2,805.1 178.6 143.0 131.4 121.0 6.5 5.1 4.7 4.3

Connecticut ............................................... 1,850.6 1,870.4 1,875.6 1,886.3 141.1 123.4 119.8 121.6 7.6 6.6 6.4 6.4

Delaware .................................................. 442.4 451.6 453.3 454.5 28.9 29.2 29.4 29.1 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.4

District of Columbia .................................. 367.4 370.6 373.8 378.8 29.3 28.4 28.8 28.7 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.6

Florida ....................................................... 9,422.3 9,611.0 9,637.9 9,659.6 629.3 604.3 590.6 578.4 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,279.9 1,292.0 1,296.8 1,299.6 97.5 87.8 85.6 83.8 7.6 6.8 6.6 6.5

Georgia ..................................................... 4,747.0 4,767.6 4,762.5 4,762.7 370.8 384.2 378.2 364.7 7.8 8.1 7.9 7.7

Hawaii ....................................................... 651.1 662.7 665.8 667.8 30.8 28.5 27.8 27.6 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.1

Idaho ......................................................... 775.3 778.1 775.9 774.4 45.4 36.8 34.7 32.0 5.9 4.7 4.5 4.1

Illinois ........................................................ 6,538.0 6,493.8 6,499.3 6,531.1 591.7 433.0 427.5 429.0 9.1 6.7 6.6 6.6

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,123.3 4,071.4 4,082.0 4,110.9 371.1 257.6 255.4 258.0 9.0 6.3 6.3 6.3

Indiana ...................................................... 3,180.6 3,231.1 3,231.8 3,245.9 225.6 188.3 184.6 183.4 7.1 5.8 5.7 5.7

Iowa .......................................................... 1,674.2 1,702.9 1,707.4 1,711.6 74.1 76.5 77.7 76.8 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5

Kansas ...................................................... 1,479.5 1,494.8 1,495.5 1,495.5 76.6 73.0 70.9 66.5 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.4

Kentucky ................................................... 2,052.0 2,017.5 2,002.2 1,996.8 168.2 142.7 134.2 124.4 8.2 7.1 6.7 6.2

Louisiana .................................................. 2,097.6 2,129.1 2,146.6 2,165.3 121.6 123.3 129.7 134.6 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.2

Maine ........................................................ 708.9 705.0 704.2 703.8 46.1 39.8 40.6 40.8 6.5 5.6 5.8 5.8

Maryland ................................................... 3,113.9 3,105.8 3,103.1 3,100.4 197.9 199.6 194.2 185.1 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.0

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,484.0 3,517.1 3,531.7 3,545.8 249.8 203.9 213.3 211.0 7.2 5.8 6.0 6.0

Michigan ................................................... 4,699.3 4,730.0 4,732.5 4,737.6 406.1 348.2 342.5 334.7 8.6 7.4 7.2 7.1

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,033.8 2,003.8 2,006.2 2,012.8 186.0 168.1 167.2 166.4 9.1 8.4 8.3 8.3

Minnesota ................................................. 2,970.3 2,981.1 2,983.4 2,988.2 143.7 128.2 122.4 116.6 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.9

Mississippi ................................................ 1,273.5 1,253.6 1,249.3 1,250.1 104.7 99.6 96.4 95.1 8.2 7.9 7.7 7.6

Missouri .................................................... 3,019.1 3,032.3 3,047.4 3,057.7 190.1 192.0 192.2 180.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 5.9

Montana .................................................... 513.1 519.7 520.2 520.2 28.4 24.2 23.9 23.4 5.5 4.7 4.6 4.5

Nebraska .................................................. 1,021.2 1,017.7 1,019.6 1,021.4 38.6 36.9 36.3 34.4 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4

Nevada ..................................................... 1,367.0 1,367.5 1,367.8 1,368.4 128.1 103.8 100.1 96.7 9.4 7.6 7.3 7.1

New Hampshire ........................................ 741.0 740.4 739.0 739.8 38.7 32.7 32.1 30.8 5.2 4.4 4.3 4.2

New Jersey ............................................... 4,507.3 4,495.6 4,504.0 4,528.8 344.8 294.7 294.5 298.2 7.7 6.6 6.5 6.6

New Mexico .............................................. 924.1 919.9 919.6 922.3 62.9 61.8 60.7 59.7 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5

New York .................................................. 9,615.8 9,554.2 9,529.9 9,539.7 707.3 614.0 586.4 572.7 7.4 6.4 6.2 6.0

New York City ...................................... 4,055.9 4,101.3 4,092.0 4,101.0 341.7 300.6 276.9 262.8 8.4 7.3 6.8 6.4

North Carolina .......................................... 4,672.5 4,655.9 4,645.5 4,646.4 348.2 314.8 310.3 293.6 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.3

North Dakota ............................................ 401.8 411.5 413.1 415.5 11.1 11.4 11.5 11.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

Ohio .......................................................... 5,762.6 5,715.9 5,727.5 5,737.6 423.8 324.0 318.6 305.2 7.4 5.7 5.6 5.3

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,048.9 1,055.8 1,057.0 1,052.4 80.1 72.9 70.8 66.8 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.4

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,821.9 1,777.6 1,781.5 1,790.2 101.5 83.3 83.6 81.2 5.6 4.7 4.7 4.5

Oregon ...................................................... 1,921.0 1,942.8 1,948.0 1,957.5 142.4 138.4 136.9 137.9 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.0

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,430.3 6,343.6 6,347.6 6,363.5 454.4 367.9 360.4 344.6 7.1 5.8 5.7 5.4

Rhode Island ............................................ 552.0 556.5 555.8 555.4 52.1 42.6 42.3 40.9 9.4 7.6 7.6 7.4

South Carolina .......................................... 2,173.4 2,173.8 2,182.7 2,192.2 153.0 138.0 144.4 146.7 7.0 6.3 6.6 6.7

South Dakota ............................................ 448.6 450.4 450.6 451.4 16.5 16.0 15.5 14.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3

Tennessee ................................................ 3,043.3 3,016.6 3,004.0 3,001.5 245.5 222.3 219.7 212.1 8.1 7.4 7.3 7.1

Texas ........................................................ 12,853.1 12,975.9 13,005.4 13,039.2 795.7 683.6 679.4 669.2 6.2 5.3 5.2 5.1

Utah .......................................................... 1,431.0 1,438.9 1,435.5 1,436.3 60.9 51.1 50.6 51.6 4.3 3.5 3.5 3.6

Vermont .................................................... 350.4 350.2 350.2 351.0 15.5 14.4 15.4 15.6 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.4

Virginia ...................................................... 4,235.9 4,276.9 4,264.8 4,263.0 229.4 237.3 234.2 227.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.3

Washington ............................................... 3,453.2 3,471.0 3,476.3 3,488.5 236.5 195.5 198.2 208.9 6.8 5.6 5.7 6.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,534.4 1,556.4 1,554.7 1,559.9 82.6 74.6 74.7 74.6 5.4 4.8 4.8 4.8

West Virginia ............................................ 791.3 798.7 797.3 796.8 49.6 52.3 52.7 51.9 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.5

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,071.8 3,077.8 3,086.8 3,098.7 201.2 173.9 169.4 166.8 6.5 5.7 5.5 5.4

Wyoming ................................................... 306.4 311.0 310.9 311.3 13.9 14.4 14.5 14.6 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,192.2 1,142.9 1,142.8 1,143.8 177.3 154.5 161.4 160.5 14.9 13.5 14.1 14.0

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. 10-02,

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

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

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

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

Alabama ................................................... 2,135.2 2,110.0 2,126.1 2,130.1 138.1 128.1 132.9 124.2 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.8

Alaska ....................................................... 365.3 367.2 361.5 364.6 21.3 21.3 22.3 21.8 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.0

Arizona ..................................................... 3,020.1 3,050.3 3,003.4 3,074.2 243.7 206.0 240.2 203.3 8.1 6.8 8.0 6.6

Arkansas ................................................... 1,331.1 1,310.4 1,321.9 1,314.0 95.4 74.6 93.9 67.5 7.2 5.7 7.1 5.1

California .................................................. 18,646.1 18,760.1 18,554.7 18,841.7 1,577.8 1,301.8 1,581.6 1,312.7 8.5 6.9 8.5 7.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,997.1 5,042.2 4,967.1 5,019.5 478.8 391.5 476.1 395.6 9.6 7.8 9.6 7.9

Colorado ................................................... 2,773.0 2,814.0 2,757.4 2,818.1 174.8 112.4 173.4 105.0 6.3 4.0 6.3 3.7

Connecticut ............................................... 1,850.8 1,878.3 1,848.4 1,900.2 138.2 110.6 137.0 119.2 7.5 5.9 7.4 6.3

Delaware .................................................. 439.4 449.6 440.6 454.0 28.1 27.8 28.3 27.4 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.0

District of Columbia .................................. 368.3 378.9 367.0 382.8 29.9 29.7 32.9 27.6 8.1 7.8 9.0 7.2

Florida ....................................................... 9,490.5 9,710.7 9,415.5 9,681.8 671.1 590.9 635.3 561.4 7.1 6.1 6.7 5.8

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,284.2 1,297.2 1,289.2 1,308.2 104.2 88.8 104.5 84.3 8.1 6.8 8.1 6.4

Georgia ..................................................... 4,758.2 4,756.2 4,734.0 4,766.9 372.4 354.2 374.4 342.5 7.8 7.4 7.9 7.2

Hawaii ....................................................... 647.8 666.5 646.6 663.3 31.8 28.2 31.6 27.8 4.9 4.2 4.9 4.2

Idaho ......................................................... 776.3 772.9 776.0 776.2 41.6 27.3 41.7 24.7 5.4 3.5 5.4 3.2

Illinois ........................................................ 6,540.4 6,510.0 6,529.3 6,578.1 563.8 403.4 569.3 410.5 8.6 6.2 8.7 6.2

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,109.3 4,083.9 4,092.0 4,125.5 351.0 246.2 349.5 247.3 8.5 6.0 8.5 6.0

Indiana ...................................................... 3,186.8 3,229.3 3,184.0 3,272.5 218.8 166.0 218.8 174.1 6.9 5.1 6.9 5.3

Iowa .......................................................... 1,675.7 1,707.9 1,673.7 1,718.0 68.5 72.0 66.7 66.9 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9

Kansas ...................................................... 1,480.8 1,492.6 1,472.9 1,493.6 75.5 64.4 71.6 56.2 5.1 4.3 4.9 3.8

Kentucky ................................................... 2,063.9 1,993.5 2,041.7 1,993.7 163.9 118.8 162.1 106.2 7.9 6.0 7.9 5.3

Louisiana .................................................. 2,106.4 2,161.2 2,103.9 2,187.7 125.6 131.4 120.2 130.2 6.0 6.1 5.7 6.0

Maine ........................................................ 711.6 704.3 709.8 706.1 41.4 36.3 42.0 36.0 5.8 5.2 5.9 5.1

Maryland ................................................... 3,124.8 3,097.6 3,115.1 3,104.4 195.2 172.3 200.8 166.6 6.2 5.6 6.4 5.4

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,478.6 3,527.8 3,469.7 3,541.9 247.7 218.4 238.6 180.6 7.1 6.2 6.9 5.1

Michigan ................................................... 4,714.2 4,736.2 4,696.8 4,754.6 388.1 317.4 384.7 304.7 8.2 6.7 8.2 6.4

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,048.2 2,016.2 2,038.4 2,036.1 185.9 162.6 181.9 164.9 9.1 8.1 8.9 8.1

Minnesota ................................................. 2,977.7 2,991.0 2,965.3 2,997.1 135.7 109.0 126.2 95.6 4.6 3.6 4.3 3.2

Mississippi ................................................ 1,281.3 1,249.4 1,272.5 1,255.9 107.8 91.9 103.9 91.3 8.4 7.4 8.2 7.3

Missouri .................................................... 3,012.9 3,055.1 3,003.7 3,056.6 181.1 184.4 176.8 147.2 6.0 6.0 5.9 4.8

Montana .................................................... 513.6 519.5 509.6 517.6 24.8 19.6 26.1 19.6 4.8 3.8 5.1 3.8

Nebraska .................................................. 1,018.0 1,016.8 1,017.5 1,023.5 36.0 32.1 35.8 28.2 3.5 3.2 3.5 2.8

Nevada ..................................................... 1,372.0 1,370.6 1,365.6 1,368.2 129.8 95.3 127.9 90.9 9.5 7.0 9.4 6.6

New Hampshire ........................................ 739.7 736.2 736.8 740.3 36.6 29.1 37.0 26.7 5.0 4.0 5.0 3.6

New Jersey ............................................... 4,506.7 4,483.9 4,491.2 4,544.9 347.2 281.7 336.8 283.5 7.7 6.3 7.5 6.2

New Mexico .............................................. 924.4 918.8 925.4 928.5 61.0 55.9 61.9 55.1 6.6 6.1 6.7 5.9

New York .................................................. 9,619.6 9,478.6 9,600.4 9,564.9 708.1 532.9 703.8 548.8 7.4 5.6 7.3 5.7

New York City ...................................... 4,057.0 4,071.3 4,059.0 4,126.2 345.7 248.7 354.6 263.8 8.5 6.1 8.7 6.4

North Carolina .......................................... 4,691.8 4,655.9 4,684.7 4,678.8 341.2 282.8 339.4 256.9 7.3 6.1 7.2 5.5

North Dakota ............................................ 403.3 415.1 400.0 417.6 8.5 8.9 8.1 8.8 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1

Ohio .......................................................... 5,778.8 5,740.9 5,767.8 5,762.8 411.0 289.9 407.2 263.5 7.1 5.0 7.1 4.6

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,052.5 1,053.1 1,044.2 1,041.4 76.6 63.9 74.3 56.6 7.3 6.1 7.1 5.4

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,825.1 1,792.7 1,821.5 1,805.6 98.4 80.0 103.2 74.6 5.4 4.5 5.7 4.1

Oregon ...................................................... 1,928.0 1,951.6 1,921.0 1,967.9 130.5 118.8 134.7 127.0 6.8 6.1 7.0 6.5

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,460.8 6,371.0 6,417.6 6,381.2 440.7 311.8 435.8 289.9 6.8 4.9 6.8 4.5

Rhode Island ............................................ 554.3 555.8 552.6 555.6 49.8 40.4 49.7 35.1 9.0 7.3 9.0 6.3

South Carolina .......................................... 2,179.0 2,187.7 2,170.6 2,196.3 157.1 145.2 153.1 139.2 7.2 6.6 7.1 6.3

South Dakota ............................................ 449.1 450.1 448.1 453.8 15.0 13.4 15.1 12.6 3.3 3.0 3.4 2.8

Tennessee ................................................ 3,062.5 3,000.1 3,051.9 3,020.1 244.5 198.3 244.8 190.8 8.0 6.6 8.0 6.3

Texas ........................................................ 12,881.9 13,043.7 12,824.2 13,067.7 804.0 653.9 781.1 625.6 6.2 5.0 6.1 4.8

Utah .......................................................... 1,432.4 1,438.4 1,431.7 1,444.5 58.0 46.9 58.4 49.6 4.0 3.3 4.1 3.4

Vermont .................................................... 352.3 351.1 349.7 352.1 14.9 14.6 13.2 12.1 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.4

Virginia ...................................................... 4,244.6 4,258.6 4,225.0 4,270.1 228.9 221.0 228.4 206.8 5.4 5.2 5.4 4.8

Washington ............................................... 3,465.5 3,479.6 3,456.1 3,507.3 220.4 187.5 225.7 202.4 6.4 5.4 6.5 5.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,531.0 1,545.9 1,520.3 1,558.1 82.1 75.5 83.9 70.6 5.4 4.9 5.5 4.5

West Virginia ............................................ 797.1 799.2 790.8 798.2 45.4 46.9 45.4 44.4 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.6

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,075.8 3,095.1 3,061.2 3,107.9 183.5 144.7 180.3 143.9 6.0 4.7 5.9 4.6

Wyoming ................................................... 307.0 311.0 306.1 312.5 12.0 12.0 12.8 13.0 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.1

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,183.9 1,137.2 1,189.7 1,145.1 179.1 170.5 175.2 155.9 15.1 15.0 14.7 13.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.9 1,927.8 1,940.2 1,942.4 78.5 81.1 81.6 82.1 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.2 333.1 335.1 336.5 17.0 16.1 16.2 16.1 16.1 14.4 16.0 15.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,526.3 2,570.9 2,577.8 2,590.7 121.5 118.2 116.3 118.4 154.5 156.0 155.5 154.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181.1 1,191.1 1,194.5 1,195.3 45.6 48.0 48.8 48.8 152.1 155.5 155.0 155.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,248.1 15,540.3 15,526.1 15,567.6 644.3 676.3 677.8 678.6 1,248.1 1,249.0 1,251.0 1,251.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400.9 2,449.9 2,461.4 2,461.7 128.4 133.8 134.8 137.4 133.2 138.6 139.0 140.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.8 1,667.7 1,678.2 1,681.8 54.5 57.0 57.3 57.2 163.4 163.9 163.4 163.3

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.4 439.9 442.0 443.7 20.4 22.1 22.2 21.8 25.3 25.3 25.3 25.0

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748.4 749.7 756.8 756.3 13.7 13.9 14.0 14.4 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,650.4 7,813.8 7,822.9 7,857.3 382.7 412.5 415.4 421.6 323.4 328.9 329.8 328.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,054.5 4,137.7 4,138.3 4,149.9 148.1 155.2 155.0 156.6 359.1 368.4 365.3 366.0

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620.1 626.3 628.7 626.7 30.6 30.5 31.4 30.6 13.5 14.0 13.7 13.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.4 642.8 644.2 649.4 33.6 33.9 33.2 34.4 59.8 59.5 59.9 58.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,816.9 5,844.3 5,858.3 5,856.3 189.6 202.2 204.0 204.4 577.3 574.8 572.6 573.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,954.1 2,999.6 2,996.4 3,003.7 123.5 128.6 127.9 127.0 496.0 512.3 517.6 520.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,541.5 1,554.9 1,557.1 1,556.9 69.0 70.6 72.0 73.6 216.5 214.1 214.3 213.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382.7 1,387.0 1,388.1 1,396.5 58.0 59.3 58.5 58.5 162.4 160.1 159.9 160.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,835.3 1,862.5 1,862.4 1,873.2 68.6 62.8 63.1 63.4 227.7 231.2 230.4 231.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,964.4 1,983.2 1,987.7 1,988.9 136.2 140.8 141.5 140.3 144.4 146.9 146.2 147.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.1 611.6 611.8 609.9 25.6 27.1 26.2 25.4 50.8 50.7 51.2 51.2

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,598.2 2,608.9 2,610.5 2,611.9 150.6 154.7 152.4 152.1 105.7 101.9 103.0 103.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,372.0 3,415.6 3,423.4 3,424.6 122.7 123.7 123.8 125.1 248.7 249.0 248.4 248.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,123.9 4,141.3 4,143.0 4,150.2 131.7 136.1 138.3 136.0 561.3 567.9 568.4 569.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,797.6 2,827.5 2,837.5 2,847.0 104.0 110.0 110.5 111.4 309.6 316.7 317.8 320.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,120.2 1,120.6 1,124.4 1,123.7 54.4 48.9 50.6 50.2 137.3 140.7 141.5 142.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,740.4 2,779.6 2,786.4 2,788.8 108.0 107.7 109.4 109.7 252.6 255.7 255.0 254.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.3 457.6 457.9 455.1 23.5 23.3 23.5 23.1 18.3 19.1 19.3 19.3

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983.5 987.6 989.2 991.8 46.5 46.5 46.1 45.9 96.3 97.2 97.9 97.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185.4 1,219.7 1,221.3 1,214.0 59.9 63.5 64.3 62.0 40.9 41.9 42.1 42.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642.4 643.1 648.1 647.3 22.0 22.2 21.7 22.2 66.0 66.2 65.9 65.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,942.5 3,953.2 3,956.2 3,951.7 136.4 127.7 128.8 125.3 242.8 244.7 243.2 243.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810.8 817.6 817.1 821.3 42.4 41.6 42.4 43.0 29.1 26.7 26.5 26.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,942.7 9,048.0 9,049.1 9,043.5 320.0 329.2 331.7 325.6 453.6 441.7 443.0 444.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,099.2 4,156.0 4,166.7 4,183.9 173.3 180.1 179.5 180.5 444.2 445.3 447.5 448.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.2 467.1 470.6 471.7 32.7 37.0 37.2 37.6 25.8 25.3 25.4 25.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,269.7 5,297.4 5,306.3 5,307.3 185.3 185.9 187.1 184.3 663.0 675.2 677.9 676.7

Oklahoma2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,637.1 1,667.2 1,670.1 1,673.7 75.8 77.0 77.0 78.3 – – – –

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,685.7 1,722.9 1,723.7 1,733.6 74.8 74.1 74.3 74.6 175.4 180.5 179.4 181.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,754.1 5,792.2 5,789.7 5,802.3 228.9 237.4 232.7 233.5 563.7 557.3 559.4 562.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.9 478.5 479.1 476.5 16.1 16.9 17.1 16.4 40.5 41.1 40.8 40.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,912.4 1,933.2 1,944.7 1,949.6 82.0 80.8 82.3 82.3 227.7 231.8 233.2 235.3

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.7 420.5 421.2 422.7 21.1 21.3 21.7 22.3 41.1 42.3 42.8 42.7

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,765.7 2,809.5 2,817.6 2,825.5 108.6 114.2 114.5 115.3 320.2 323.8 326.1 327.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,286.5 11,635.8 11,673.2 11,708.4 619.6 643.8 648.9 658.1 872.4 888.1 885.8 887.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.7 1,337.3 1,339.5 1,349.5 73.8 81.7 82.0 84.8 119.6 122.6 121.7 120.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.9 306.8 307.2 308.1 14.5 14.7 14.6 13.6 31.1 32.0 31.7 32.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,763.2 3,783.2 3,776.5 3,775.6 176.4 181.1 180.3 181.5 229.1 231.3 231.9 230.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,001.6 3,069.1 3,070.7 3,076.3 148.2 154.8 157.6 158.1 286.4 287.7 287.2 288.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763.9 771.4 776.5 776.6 34.1 32.3 31.4 31.5 48.5 48.7 49.1 49.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,839.8 2,866.2 2,867.9 2,868.0 97.1 103.3 103.7 104.1 459.5 465.7 466.2 471.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.9 294.2 294.0 298.1 20.8 22.1 22.1 21.8 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.9

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923.0 926.0 923.2 922.4 29.1 30.9 31.3 30.6 74.9 74.3 74.7 75.4

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 38.0 38.6 38.2 – – – – – – – –

1

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

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

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.7 368.5 370.1 369.5 94.5 94.1 93.7 93.2 218.1 223.8 226.7 228.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 65.7 65.3 66.2 12.0 12.0 11.7 11.7 29.6 29.9 30.2 30.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.8 488.6 489.5 489.8 187.8 193.2 194.0 194.6 371.2 384.2 385.0 388.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 243.9 243.7 243.0 49.8 49.3 49.8 49.9 128.5 128.6 131.1 131.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,813.9 2,847.3 2,847.3 2,859.7 781.6 779.7 777.3 776.9 2,360.7 2,444.3 2,454.6 2,467.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.4 426.1 425.7 424.0 151.7 146.3 148.7 148.9 378.0 385.4 388.2 385.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.2 304.2 306.8 308.3 131.3 130.7 129.9 129.5 205.5 205.1 206.8 207.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3 79.1 79.1 79.7 44.3 45.5 45.6 46.0 59.5 63.0 63.4 63.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.2 31.0 30.2 30.5 28.7 28.7 28.7 28.8 155.2 158.8 158.6 160.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588.5 1,624.8 1,634.9 1,639.0 516.5 525.4 522.2 522.1 1,132.2 1,168.0 1,167.9 1,174.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.8 864.9 869.4 877.3 231.1 231.5 232.8 231.6 590.7 621.6 618.5 623.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 117.7 118.3 117.8 27.3 27.5 27.8 27.5 80.1 81.2 82.3 82.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.1 131.8 130.1 130.9 30.9 31.5 31.7 31.7 76.8 74.2 75.3 76.9

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,168.7 1,169.0 1,171.7 1,171.6 370.2 368.9 369.8 368.4 891.4 904.5 909.7 908.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570.6 573.8 571.6 574.9 129.6 130.6 130.5 130.7 312.5 318.1 317.0 314.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.8 313.3 312.2 314.9 103.9 104.6 104.6 104.4 132.2 135.3 135.2 135.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.2 262.2 261.1 263.1 76.0 76.2 76.3 76.3 164.6 169.6 168.5 168.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.8 375.6 373.1 374.9 88.1 87.2 86.3 86.9 201.7 209.6 210.2 216.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.6 390.1 391.9 395.7 95.8 95.1 95.8 95.8 208.7 215.3 216.5 215.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.9 119.7 119.5 119.6 31.9 33.0 32.5 32.6 60.5 62.4 62.3 62.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.7 447.7 447.7 448.9 146.6 150.5 150.9 149.6 415.6 419.6 421.7 424.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.8 558.8 568.8 567.0 206.9 208.4 209.3 208.8 508.5 521.6 522.8 523.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748.4 757.1 757.0 759.7 201.5 198.1 197.7 197.9 607.2 600.9 608.9 614.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.9 513.8 514.1 519.3 180.9 179.4 178.3 177.9 347.3 355.5 358.9 357.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.2 218.5 217.9 218.3 43.8 43.5 43.3 43.0 98.0 99.1 101.6 100.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517.8 517.7 516.2 517.5 164.6 168.2 168.8 170.3 352.0 361.3 362.5 362.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.6 92.9 92.8 92.0 22.9 24.6 24.3 24.4 39.4 41.2 40.7 41.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.6 205.2 205.8 206.0 71.6 72.3 72.8 72.8 108.5 107.9 107.3 108.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.7 228.8 231.0 230.1 56.9 58.3 57.9 58.0 148.9 161.7 158.0 158.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.0 134.1 140.3 139.1 35.4 36.0 35.9 35.5 71.0 70.5 71.8 72.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833.3 844.7 845.3 846.2 253.4 251.5 251.0 252.3 634.1 644.3 645.6 642.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.0 137.5 138.4 138.0 34.0 35.8 35.9 36.0 97.5 96.0 96.1 97.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,534.0 1,556.9 1,550.7 1,550.0 681.8 686.1 684.8 684.8 1,210.9 1,234.7 1,241.6 1,245.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762.2 777.2 775.6 777.4 207.4 211.6 215.4 213.4 560.5 588.8 594.3 594.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.6 109.7 111.1 110.1 23.3 24.2 24.3 24.1 34.3 34.3 33.6 33.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986.1 984.8 988.6 987.9 283.5 279.0 278.8 279.8 693.1 705.6 703.8 705.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.9 302.6 300.8 301.9 80.9 83.5 84.2 83.9 180.9 181.1 180.9 181.7

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.1 326.5 325.9 326.1 90.9 90.9 90.5 90.7 210.5 216.7 218.3 221.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,101.5 1,118.6 1,113.9 1,119.4 312.4 316.7 316.7 314.6 756.0 757.5 757.7 759.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 75.1 74.5 74.4 32.2 33.1 33.3 33.6 59.2 61.6 61.1 59.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.6 367.5 368.9 368.9 96.2 94.9 95.1 94.7 239.4 248.1 250.8 251.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 84.4 84.5 84.2 29.9 29.8 30.1 30.0 29.7 30.8 30.1 30.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.4 595.7 594.8 598.3 138.2 140.4 140.8 141.0 357.6 371.7 372.4 375.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,262.9 2,345.5 2,348.1 2,365.6 684.0 709.6 710.2 714.0 1,470.8 1,538.0 1,539.4 1,532.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.1 255.0 256.5 261.0 74.0 74.5 75.3 75.2 178.3 180.5 179.4 180.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 55.2 55.5 55.7 12.1 12.4 12.4 12.6 26.5 26.5 26.5 26.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.2 637.7 637.3 638.4 192.7 194.6 196.3 195.9 669.5 665.7 662.9 659.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.1 572.5 572.8 573.9 150.5 150.4 152.4 153.0 363.1 371.2 371.2 371.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.8 134.8 134.2 135.1 28.7 30.1 30.4 30.6 65.1 71.0 71.2 70.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.6 522.4 522.8 521.4 161.2 158.4 158.2 160.2 300.7 303.6 304.7 301.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 56.5 56.8 57.4 11.5 11.3 11.5 11.6 18.3 17.8 18.6 18.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.7 174.8 175.2 175.4 44.3 43.2 43.4 43.4 115.4 116.7 115.5 116.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.1 – – – – – – – –

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Oct.

2013

Aug.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.5 225.8 225.6 225.2 183.1 186.3 191.8 195.0 377.0 378.1 379.8 378.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 46.9 47.1 46.6 33.7 30.9 31.6 32.7 81.9 81.1 80.6 81.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.1 392.1 394.0 395.3 277.6 286.4 287.3 291.2 410.4 408.5 411.9 412.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.0 174.7 176.0 176.6 106.0 109.0 108.8 109.1 215.1 214.8 214.5 214.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,333.4 2,401.5 2,399.1 2,402.2 1,687.6 1,721.6 1,720.4 1,727.9 2,374.3 2,386.9 2,376.3 2,379.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.4 301.7 303.4 303.0 294.3 305.7 309.6 310.2 406.5 410.7 409.7 412.1

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.7 325.0 328.7 331.1 150.4 150.9 153.5 154.5 234.9 235.7 237.1 235.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 70.9 71.7 72.0 44.5 44.1 44.4 45.2 64.3 64.6 64.7 65.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.6 128.4 128.6 127.9 68.2 69.8 69.5 69.6 239.7 231.8 240.4 239.0

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133.1 1,155.0 1,149.5 1,158.5 1,050.4 1,072.1 1,073.8 1,083.1 1,076.4 1,074.2 1,074.8 1,077.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.5 513.8 517.3 517.3 415.8 431.7 431.3 431.8 680.0 681.7 681.4 678.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.3 79.7 80.6 80.2 110.8 113.3 112.9 115.1 125.5 127.3 126.4 124.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.7 93.1 95.4 95.8 63.4 65.7 65.1 65.9 119.4 118.7 119.0 120.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879.7 883.5 885.4 890.0 548.0 549.5 547.5 547.9 830.0 834.2 834.6 831.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.2 442.6 443.1 444.3 292.5 299.2 296.2 297.4 424.1 428.5 427.0 428.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.9 226.8 228.0 230.6 138.4 139.8 138.5 135.3 257.1 263.6 265.4 262.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.5 190.4 192.6 193.8 120.3 119.2 119.1 122.1 258.8 256.4 257.8 258.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.3 261.2 262.3 264.4 177.8 185.8 187.6 188.6 336.6 338.8 338.9 338.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.7 296.8 295.9 297.1 217.3 222.1 224.3 221.7 339.3 333.9 333.3 332.8

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.9 123.3 124.7 124.8 62.7 65.6 64.8 64.4 100.1 99.3 100.0 99.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.4 428.4 427.3 428.5 256.7 260.4 259.5 259.7 502.4 498.9 502.0 499.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.9 757.5 751.1 751.9 337.7 338.2 339.3 337.8 438.7 439.9 439.7 440.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637.1 638.0 636.9 639.3 401.9 407.7 402.9 401.3 599.0 601.5 596.4 596.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496.7 499.4 501.8 506.3 249.8 251.2 255.4 253.3 416.0 422.0 419.8 419.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.2 136.0 135.9 137.2 126.0 125.7 127.1 127.6 245.6 248.1 246.4 245.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.4 440.4 444.9 445.1 283.9 295.3 295.5 295.7 450.8 456.2 456.7 457.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 70.7 70.5 70.2 60.0 61.2 61.1 61.0 89.1 89.5 90.5 88.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.5 149.2 148.8 149.3 86.5 85.2 85.7 86.0 169.2 169.1 169.8 170.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.9 119.1 118.9 117.3 327.3 332.6 332.8 331.0 151.2 151.3 153.6 152.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.3 118.3 117.1 117.6 67.5 68.6 68.1 66.8 90.0 88.5 89.0 89.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.5 639.9 647.9 649.6 355.0 352.9 344.3 345.1 615.6 609.5 616.2 614.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.3 128.4 127.9 128.4 88.0 89.2 87.2 87.8 193.0 193.1 192.6 193.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,804.4 1,860.1 1,846.6 1,833.7 843.3 844.3 858.6 868.4 1,440.6 1,438.0 1,437.7 1,436.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569.6 567.1 572.3 578.4 436.2 440.0 438.7 442.2 719.2 712.4 710.0 713.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 59.2 59.8 60.6 40.0 40.2 41.4 41.8 80.3 80.8 80.5 80.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878.7 888.8 888.6 889.7 518.9 514.0 514.0 523.6 759.0 761.5 764.5 757.1

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.4 233.6 234.0 235.3 153.5 158.1 161.4 159.3 346.8 349.1 348.4 347.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.6 253.2 251.9 254.9 178.8 181.8 183.3 183.9 290.0 294.3 297.9 297.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162.0 1,166.7 1,171.0 1,169.6 536.4 538.3 537.1 542.3 717.2 721.7 719.5 716.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.5 104.0 105.8 105.0 53.7 54.8 54.9 55.0 60.2 60.3 60.0 59.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.9 225.1 224.4 227.0 227.4 232.1 235.5 235.7 352.1 352.6 354.0 354.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 67.2 67.5 67.7 44.5 43.6 43.1 44.0 77.5 78.7 78.8 78.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.0 398.7 400.7 400.0 290.5 300.8 303.3 302.9 419.4 413.3 415.5 415.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498.9 1,542.6 1,547.2 1,554.0 1,161.1 1,188.5 1,197.5 1,202.3 1,819.3 1,850.4 1,857.2 1,853.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.8 175.8 175.8 179.1 126.1 130.0 129.6 129.9 226.7 231.3 233.3 233.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 62.9 63.1 63.5 34.8 33.4 34.5 34.6 54.9 54.8 54.0 54.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499.0 512.9 511.6 515.4 368.5 370.0 369.2 368.8 709.7 709.3 708.8 708.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.3 452.1 448.9 447.9 287.1 301.0 297.4 300.1 544.2 551.3 555.5 554.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.0 127.3 128.8 129.4 74.8 77.4 77.0 76.7 155.0 151.9 156.0 154.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427.7 426.4 431.7 432.0 264.6 269.2 271.4 272.9 417.8 425.3 418.9 415.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 27.3 27.0 27.2 36.0 33.8 33.5 35.9 71.6 72.1 71.5 72.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.5 125.4 124.5 123.3 78.6 80.4 79.7 79.8 242.5 243.2 241.6 240.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 7.1 7.3 7.2 7.3 11.0 10.6 11.1 10.8

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

September October September October September October

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,906.2 1,938.8 1,915.5 1,948.6 12.0 12.3 11.9 12.2 80.0 83.0 80.0 83.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.8 348.8 332.9 330.5 17.9 19.1 17.7 18.5 19.5 18.6 18.7 17.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,526.7 2,580.5 2,542.6 2,609.0 13.4 13.7 13.4 13.7 125.9 118.4 123.9 121.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,183.3 1,199.1 1,189.4 1,205.7 9.7 10.0 9.6 10.0 46.0 50.7 46.5 49.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,205.3 15,513.3 15,327.4 15,670.1 31.2 32.7 31.0 32.2 656.7 694.2 654.5 693.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,404.3 2,467.1 2,408.5 2,466.6 31.2 34.8 31.5 35.1 133.8 140.0 133.6 141.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,656.2 1,676.8 1,669.8 1,694.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 56.7 60.3 56.8 60.7

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.4 442.3 432.3 444.8 – – – – 20.1 22.0 20.4 21.8

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747.9 753.5 751.3 761.8 – – – – 14.1 14.4 13.8 14.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,577.2 7,783.5 7,657.9 7,867.5 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.9 378.3 419.6 386.4 426.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,049.2 4,132.6 4,070.4 4,166.4 8.8 8.9 8.9 9.1 149.0 156.7 150.5 157.9

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.7 626.5 621.7 629.4 – – – – 31.2 31.6 30.9 30.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649.9 653.6 650.0 657.4 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.4 36.7 36.6 36.3 36.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,837.5 5,888.3 5,875.0 5,915.5 9.9 10.1 9.9 10.1 207.0 219.7 205.1 221.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,969.1 3,023.5 2,988.6 3,046.6 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.2 127.2 133.7 130.2 135.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,543.0 1,561.0 1,560.8 1,576.7 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 73.7 76.6 73.8 78.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384.2 1,392.4 1,394.5 1,408.4 10.5 11.1 10.6 11.3 60.0 61.1 60.5 61.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,848.7 1,867.1 1,841.9 1,878.1 17.6 17.8 17.4 17.7 71.6 66.3 71.6 65.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,951.1 1,981.2 1,973.1 1,996.8 54.9 54.3 54.1 53.7 132.2 141.5 137.5 141.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615.0 623.5 614.5 620.3 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.8 27.4 28.1 27.6 27.3

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,604.3 2,619.4 2,613.5 2,630.8 – – – – 151.8 155.8 153.1 154.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,379.9 3,442.8 3,408.0 3,465.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 129.5 131.2 130.0 132.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,148.8 4,177.9 4,170.2 4,205.7 8.3 9.2 8.3 9.4 143.6 151.4 143.8 150.9

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,804.5 2,852.2 2,826.4 2,876.3 7.2 7.7 7.2 7.8 114.2 121.5 115.5 122.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,117.9 1,125.3 1,123.8 1,127.9 9.3 9.7 9.2 9.5 53.0 50.9 54.7 50.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746.3 2,799.8 2,763.9 2,816.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 113.1 114.8 112.6 113.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.2 464.6 453.0 461.5 9.6 9.8 9.6 10.1 26.3 26.3 26.0 25.8

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985.2 993.3 990.5 999.3 – – – – 47.9 47.9 48.1 47.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184.7 1,225.8 1,193.7 1,226.8 15.2 14.9 15.1 15.0 59.6 66.1 61.8 64.2

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.5 652.2 647.2 653.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 23.6 23.2 23.0 23.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,955.8 3,962.6 3,964.0 3,978.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 143.7 135.1 141.8 132.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814.4 821.1 816.6 825.7 26.2 27.8 26.4 28.1 42.9 42.7 43.7 43.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,935.8 9,049.5 9,022.5 9,129.0 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.6 341.5 352.3 337.6 346.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,089.5 4,174.9 4,124.6 4,217.9 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.6 176.6 183.0 176.8 185.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.2 476.0 456.8 479.2 26.6 34.4 27.0 34.3 37.0 41.5 36.1 40.8

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,298.8 5,333.4 5,320.9 5,357.3 12.8 13.6 12.8 13.5 198.8 201.7 199.1 198.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640.8 1,674.6 1,648.3 1,685.2 59.8 61.2 59.9 61.9 76.6 78.5 77.8 80.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688.7 1,731.5 1,704.2 1,752.6 8.0 8.4 7.9 8.4 79.1 79.8 79.2 78.4

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,766.9 5,814.1 5,809.3 5,864.8 36.2 38.8 35.5 38.0 238.9 243.9 239.8 245.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478.1 485.0 479.2 483.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 17.2 18.5 17.4 17.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,911.2 1,947.5 1,919.2 1,960.2 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 80.8 82.1 83.1 83.2

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.5 425.3 420.1 426.1 – – – – 23.4 23.9 22.8 24.1

Tennessee1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,769.9 2,831.9 2,782.7 2,842.2 – – – – 111.0 118.0 110.8 117.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,251.8 11,663.6 11,331.6 11,768.3 295.5 325.0 295.0 328.3 621.8 654.2 625.8 664.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,302.1 1,348.7 1,312.1 1,359.5 12.3 12.7 12.3 12.9 77.0 86.3 77.5 87.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.6 309.2 310.2 313.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 15.4 16.0 15.8 15.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,772.8 3,781.8 3,784.1 3,799.6 9.9 10.0 10.0 9.8 180.7 182.7 177.9 182.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,018.3 3,083.7 3,026.0 3,099.9 6.5 6.6 6.4 6.5 158.7 166.1 154.6 165.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.4 779.8 771.1 783.4 31.6 33.7 31.3 33.7 36.0 34.1 37.0 34.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,848.0 2,891.6 2,870.1 2,905.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 107.2 113.4 106.1 113.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.3 301.1 294.7 299.4 26.7 27.3 27.0 27.0 22.9 23.9 22.4 23.2

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914.5 916.1 923.7 921.1 – – – – 28.7 31.1 28.8 30.6

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 37.9 37.8 37.9 – – – – 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

September October September October September October

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.0 257.5 249.8 257.3 367.9 367.8 371.8 370.2 22.4 21.8 22.3 22.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.0 18.0 12.4 12.2 67.5 67.8 63.0 64.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.1 155.6 154.7 155.1 479.6 484.7 483.6 490.9 41.3 41.6 40.5 41.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.6 155.4 152.1 156.9 241.6 241.7 244.3 242.3 14.1 13.4 14.0 13.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270.4 1,269.0 1,255.0 1,259.2 2,805.9 2,845.4 2,824.5 2,875.1 453.7 472.8 457.1 474.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.3 139.3 133.8 140.5 421.3 424.5 421.7 424.0 69.7 69.0 68.7 68.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.3 163.6 163.3 163.9 297.6 304.5 300.7 307.9 31.7 31.7 31.6 31.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 25.4 25.5 25.4 78.1 79.3 78.3 79.7 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 29.0 30.4 29.2 30.9 17.1 17.2 17.0 17.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.2 329.8 322.1 330.1 1,563.7 1,616.1 1,580.9 1,630.5 133.8 135.0 134.4 135.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357.4 365.7 358.1 365.5 845.4 864.8 852.6 879.0 102.0 102.9 101.7 103.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 13.8 13.6 13.8 116.6 117.6 118.0 117.6 8.7 8.4 8.5 8.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 60.3 60.8 59.9 130.8 130.7 131.1 131.6 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.8 574.3 577.9 575.0 1,163.1 1,167.1 1,172.5 1,175.9 97.3 96.7 98.1 96.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494.0 518.1 497.1 518.5 570.2 570.6 572.9 578.1 35.4 34.7 35.3 34.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.2 213.9 216.8 213.2 311.1 311.0 312.2 314.6 25.6 25.1 25.7 25.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.7 160.3 162.5 160.8 260.6 259.9 262.9 262.5 27.6 28.5 27.6 28.6

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.8 231.0 228.4 230.9 370.6 371.7 366.4 374.8 26.1 26.9 26.0 26.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.9 145.7 145.8 148.7 383.4 388.8 386.4 393.3 24.6 23.0 24.4 23.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8 51.2 50.8 51.3 119.8 120.7 120.6 121.4 7.5 7.3 7.5 7.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 103.7 105.4 103.1 450.7 448.0 451.4 451.1 38.9 35.5 38.6 35.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.3 249.0 249.5 248.5 556.5 567.2 561.8 569.6 86.2 92.6 86.2 93.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.6 570.0 563.1 571.5 745.5 756.6 749.4 761.9 55.1 56.8 56.0 56.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.9 320.3 310.4 320.9 512.3 513.3 516.5 519.3 52.9 54.1 53.4 54.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.9 141.7 137.7 142.2 216.9 216.6 218.7 217.2 12.8 12.4 12.8 12.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.5 256.2 252.9 256.1 516.3 515.5 518.8 519.6 57.9 57.1 58.8 56.7

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 19.4 18.7 19.5 91.6 92.7 91.8 92.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.8 97.9 96.3 97.4 200.5 204.9 202.9 205.9 17.1 17.1 17.2 17.2

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 42.3 41.1 42.4 223.0 230.6 227.6 232.7 12.7 12.9 12.9 13.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 65.9 66.1 66.0 135.9 139.1 136.8 139.9 11.9 12.0 11.9 12.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.6 243.8 244.1 244.3 828.5 844.0 834.4 848.4 74.1 72.4 73.2 72.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 27.2 29.7 27.4 136.2 138.4 136.5 138.1 12.3 13.1 12.3 13.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.2 447.5 456.1 447.0 1,531.3 1,549.3 1,538.7 1,557.2 262.4 260.3 263.6 262.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.1 449.2 444.4 450.6 758.1 772.9 761.1 778.0 69.1 74.3 70.2 74.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 25.6 26.2 25.8 102.5 110.2 104.0 111.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.4 680.7 662.7 677.6 979.3 984.6 989.2 989.8 74.6 72.0 74.1 72.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.0 142.8 136.4 142.2 295.8 300.1 295.7 301.4 21.6 20.9 21.6 20.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.9 183.3 177.3 181.9 322.4 327.3 324.1 329.3 32.5 32.8 32.8 33.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.8 560.9 564.2 563.2 1,098.9 1,110.7 1,106.2 1,124.6 87.4 85.8 88.0 85.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 40.8 40.6 40.9 74.6 74.9 74.6 75.1 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.5 233.1 227.9 234.9 362.9 367.4 364.4 370.1 26.1 25.6 26.3 25.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.5 42.9 41.4 43.0 83.4 84.6 83.1 84.5 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.3

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.2 327.2 320.8 327.9 582.1 594.1 584.8 597.4 43.4 42.4 43.4 42.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873.0 886.9 875.3 887.7 2,251.6 2,342.7 2,262.7 2,365.9 200.6 207.9 202.1 208.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.2 122.0 120.7 121.7 247.2 255.9 249.1 261.1 32.2 35.0 33.2 34.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 31.9 31.2 32.2 55.4 55.1 55.8 55.9 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.5 232.3 229.9 231.4 637.4 634.1 645.4 639.6 70.1 70.3 70.6 69.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.6 291.4 289.3 291.5 556.3 573.9 558.7 574.2 107.4 111.0 106.7 109.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 49.1 48.6 49.2 135.4 134.0 135.3 135.9 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.1 470.8 458.4 471.2 517.7 523.6 525.4 527.7 47.1 46.6 47.0 46.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 54.7 56.9 54.8 56.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 74.8 75.6 75.2 174.5 172.6 177.3 173.9 18.8 19.3 18.9 19.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

September October September October September October

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.9 94.1 94.7 93.7 219.2 227.4 220.2 230.3 223.2 225.7 224.5 226.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 11.8 12.1 11.7 30.8 31.3 29.4 30.0 47.0 46.8 47.3 46.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.9 193.3 187.4 194.2 371.1 385.4 375.1 391.0 375.5 393.2 379.8 398.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 49.7 49.8 49.8 130.1 131.9 129.1 132.9 173.0 176.4 174.3 178.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782.7 777.7 782.3 778.1 2,354.5 2,463.0 2,377.1 2,485.6 2,307.4 2,381.5 2,350.7 2,424.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.2 149.2 151.2 148.3 378.0 390.5 380.6 387.6 287.6 302.0 290.3 303.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.8 129.7 131.4 129.4 206.6 207.8 207.0 209.9 322.3 327.1 328.4 333.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 45.6 44.3 46.0 58.0 62.4 59.6 63.9 69.7 71.4 70.0 72.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 28.9 28.8 28.9 155.0 158.1 155.5 160.5 126.2 127.5 129.4 131.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.7 521.7 517.4 525.2 1,120.6 1,163.7 1,134.7 1,175.8 1,127.4 1,146.1 1,137.8 1,164.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.5 232.6 231.7 233.1 595.5 619.8 595.5 627.7 509.9 516.8 516.3 521.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 27.8 27.3 27.7 79.6 82.0 80.3 83.1 79.2 80.5 79.5 80.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 32.0 31.2 32.0 79.4 76.9 78.0 77.8 90.3 95.1 92.6 96.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.9 368.9 369.7 367.8 895.9 920.5 908.9 922.9 878.7 882.8 886.6 895.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 130.6 129.0 131.1 315.0 321.1 317.4 323.6 443.8 444.5 448.6 450.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.5 104.1 103.8 104.1 133.9 137.4 135.1 138.6 221.8 226.2 232.1 235.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 75.9 75.8 76.2 164.7 168.3 166.1 170.4 187.1 192.3 190.0 194.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.9 86.1 87.9 86.8 200.7 210.2 202.9 216.3 258.7 261.9 259.5 265.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.8 95.8 95.8 96.3 206.3 215.0 209.6 215.4 290.6 296.6 293.4 300.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 32.7 31.9 32.7 61.5 63.5 61.7 63.5 122.3 124.4 124.3 126.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.3 150.0 146.8 149.9 419.6 426.0 419.3 427.6 418.8 424.5 424.5 431.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.4 209.9 207.5 209.7 510.7 527.4 515.3 530.9 730.4 747.3 744.0 761.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.3 198.4 201.6 197.9 609.9 612.6 615.5 623.1 635.3 635.4 643.4 646.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.9 178.5 181.4 178.3 349.0 359.4 352.0 363.8 492.0 501.2 499.7 509.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 43.5 43.9 43.3 98.0 101.0 97.4 100.6 135.4 136.7 136.9 139.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.7 168.9 164.8 170.3 349.2 363.1 354.5 365.7 432.7 445.6 435.4 449.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 24.2 22.9 24.1 40.1 41.2 40.2 42.1 69.5 70.5 69.6 70.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7 72.9 71.7 73.1 110.6 109.3 109.1 110.0 147.1 148.7 148.2 150.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 58.1 57.0 58.3 148.9 160.1 150.8 160.9 112.4 118.5 112.6 117.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 36.0 35.3 35.4 71.0 71.8 71.2 71.6 115.6 116.6 117.3 118.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.6 251.5 252.7 251.6 642.5 653.1 640.3 650.2 628.9 642.5 636.1 653.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 35.6 33.8 35.8 98.4 97.1 98.2 97.2 123.9 128.3 124.4 129.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681.3 685.5 682.5 686.5 1,211.8 1,245.2 1,218.9 1,252.2 1,791.2 1,831.8 1,834.8 1,865.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.5 214.6 206.9 213.2 558.0 595.7 567.4 602.1 560.3 569.8 570.4 581.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 24.1 23.3 24.0 35.1 34.1 34.6 34.0 58.9 59.5 59.5 60.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.8 279.8 283.8 279.7 699.8 711.5 705.7 719.0 876.4 887.4 885.5 895.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.8 84.0 80.8 83.9 181.7 181.9 182.9 184.5 227.6 234.2 227.7 235.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.1 91.4 91.2 91.2 213.6 222.0 212.4 223.2 243.1 251.6 247.4 258.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.1 317.0 313.1 315.1 754.7 763.7 761.8 769.7 1,159.9 1,167.1 1,178.7 1,184.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.3 33.3 32.1 33.5 60.1 62.1 60.4 61.5 104.9 105.3 107.5 107.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 94.9 96.8 94.9 242.2 252.8 240.1 255.6 219.8 225.0 222.1 227.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 29.8 29.9 29.9 29.7 30.4 29.8 30.1 67.6 67.1 68.5 67.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.3 141.3 138.5 141.4 356.3 374.6 360.9 378.0 397.4 401.6 400.6 403.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.8 711.5 686.3 716.1 1,473.4 1,548.0 1,485.4 1,554.8 1,494.6 1,546.7 1,508.0 1,564.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 75.0 73.8 75.5 179.8 181.5 180.5 183.7 171.7 177.3 174.4 180.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.5 12.1 12.6 26.8 27.0 27.1 27.1 61.6 63.1 62.5 64.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.4 196.8 193.3 196.8 677.1 664.4 674.0 665.4 499.6 512.6 504.1 521.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.0 152.9 150.7 153.6 367.6 375.9 366.8 375.9 439.4 446.4 444.5 452.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 30.3 28.7 30.5 65.1 71.4 65.6 70.8 127.0 129.1 127.8 130.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 158.5 160.8 159.1 304.1 309.7 305.4 309.2 425.1 430.8 429.5 433.9

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.4 18.5 19.1 18.4 19.0 26.9 27.2 27.4 27.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 43.1 43.9 43.4 114.5 114.4 115.5 115.2 122.8 123.9 124.6 125.8

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

p Preliminary

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

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

September October September October September October

2013 2014 2013 2014p

2013 2014 2013 2014p2013 2014 2013 2014p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.4 191.9 181.3 193.4 80.0 79.9 80.0 79.8 375.2 377.4 379.0 380.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 35.5 31.0 29.5 11.8 11.6 11.6 11.6 83.4 82.1 83.5 82.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.3 283.6 275.0 287.6 86.4 88.7 86.5 89.6 419.2 422.3 422.7 426.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.1 110.4 106.9 110.2 43.1 43.4 43.2 43.1 216.5 216.1 219.6 219.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,694.4 1,737.2 1,686.5 1,732.0 516.5 519.1 520.3 518.5 2,331.9 2,320.7 2,388.4 2,396.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.6 307.3 283.5 298.8 97.7 97.9 97.7 97.5 408.9 412.6 415.9 421.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.4 154.3 149.4 154.6 61.9 62.2 61.4 62.6 234.3 235.0 239.2 240.1

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.1 46.5 44.1 44.9 19.7 20.2 19.7 19.9 63.9 64.3 65.3 65.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.7 70.3 69.1 71.0 69.2 68.9 69.5 69.4 238.8 237.0 238.1 237.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.8 1,052.3 1,037.2 1,063.1 305.7 312.3 306.6 313.1 1,082.4 1,081.0 1,094.8 1,098.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.4 429.6 415.8 430.7 154.5 154.8 155.7 154.8 680.8 680.0 683.6 683.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.2 113.6 110.4 114.6 26.7 26.9 26.7 26.1 123.8 124.3 126.5 126.8

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 68.2 62.5 64.9 22.5 21.5 21.5 21.3 118.4 118.6 122.5 123.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557.8 559.8 551.9 553.7 250.5 252.6 252.2 252.0 829.6 835.8 842.2 844.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.4 301.9 293.5 299.0 118.6 123.6 119.7 125.0 431.7 437.4 437.8 444.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.4 140.5 138.0 136.1 58.2 58.6 57.4 58.4 257.2 265.0 263.5 269.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.0 121.4 120.9 122.7 51.5 54.5 52.2 55.2 260.7 259.1 265.4 265.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.5 190.9 177.6 188.4 65.0 65.6 64.9 65.3 337.2 338.7 339.3 341.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.3 221.9 215.8 220.7 65.7 65.3 66.3 65.6 339.4 333.3 344.0 337.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 72.5 63.6 65.0 20.8 20.6 20.6 20.2 100.2 99.7 103.2 102.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.3 265.7 253.9 258.3 111.0 110.9 110.1 110.4 500.6 499.3 510.4 508.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.5 351.8 340.0 343.0 123.8 126.1 124.6 125.9 437.5 439.2 448.0 450.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.4 416.4 401.2 404.9 172.3 170.2 171.3 169.5 605.5 600.9 616.6 613.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.2 264.4 250.0 255.1 118.1 118.8 118.4 119.6 408.8 413.0 421.9 425.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.8 127.2 125.1 126.4 38.9 38.0 38.4 37.6 247.2 247.6 249.0 249.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.9 300.1 285.5 297.9 115.3 115.3 116.0 114.8 451.5 458.9 460.4 467.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 64.2 58.6 59.6 17.7 18.8 17.6 18.8 90.7 90.6 91.1 91.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.9 87.8 87.5 87.1 37.3 37.5 37.6 37.8 168.3 169.3 171.9 172.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.7 333.7 327.6 333.0 33.6 35.3 33.9 34.8 151.8 153.3 153.3 154.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.9 70.6 67.1 67.5 24.8 25.6 24.7 25.4 90.3 90.3 92.8 92.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371.0 359.2 351.0 341.1 165.9 159.9 164.6 159.9 601.6 599.7 624.4 623.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.1 88.6 87.7 88.1 27.7 28.9 27.8 29.3 194.8 193.4 196.1 195.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858.0 876.8 845.6 869.2 384.8 387.9 388.9 390.0 1,410.9 1,407.3 1,450.4 1,446.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.0 445.0 436.7 443.5 149.4 153.0 151.0 155.0 719.8 711.7 734.2 728.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 41.4 40.0 41.6 16.3 16.8 16.3 17.1 80.9 81.6 83.0 83.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.7 528.8 520.8 523.5 213.0 216.1 214.4 217.1 761.2 757.2 772.8 770.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.1 162.2 153.4 158.5 58.2 59.6 58.4 60.6 347.6 349.2 353.7 355.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.5 189.2 178.6 183.2 58.5 61.9 58.8 62.8 277.0 283.8 294.5 302.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.0 552.1 537.0 543.6 252.2 257.4 252.8 261.1 717.8 716.7 732.2 734.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 58.8 54.2 55.7 22.6 22.9 22.5 22.6 59.8 59.4 60.9 60.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.1 236.1 225.0 233.9 71.9 70.5 71.9 70.4 354.1 356.3 357.9 360.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 45.2 44.0 43.7 16.0 16.5 15.9 16.6 78.1 78.7 78.6 80.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.1 305.2 289.9 301.3 105.7 107.0 104.9 106.3 424.4 420.5 428.1 426.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,153.4 1,196.7 1,152.4 1,192.2 398.0 405.0 400.5 407.4 1,801.1 1,839.0 1,838.1 1,878.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.4 130.0 123.2 127.4 36.3 37.5 36.7 37.4 228.4 235.5 230.7 237.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.8 32.8 33.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.8 55.6 54.8 57.9 57.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.8 375.4 367.1 368.3 193.9 197.5 194.1 198.0 706.4 705.7 717.7 717.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.9 309.7 285.6 296.9 112.3 111.8 112.1 113.0 527.6 538.0 550.6 561.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 78.3 75.1 76.8 55.4 55.9 55.2 55.6 153.5 154.5 157.1 157.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.1 280.3 264.5 273.3 138.2 140.2 140.2 140.1 411.1 413.5 428.8 426.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 37.2 34.8 34.7 11.6 12.3 11.6 12.3 72.4 72.3 73.1 73.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.8 79.7 78.5 79.6 18.0 17.8 18.0 18.0 240.6 239.4 242.6 240.1

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 6.9 6.8 7.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 10.7 10.9 10.9 10.8

p Preliminary

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

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonaOctober 2014

(U.S. rate = 5.8 percent)