For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, January 24, 2017 USDL-17-0104

Technical information:

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2016

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

39 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Eleven states 

had notable jobless rate decreases from a year earlier, 2 states had increases, and 37 states and the 

District had no significant change. The national unemployment rate, 4.7 percent, was little changed from 

November but 0.3 percentage point lower than in December 2015. 

Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 5 states in December 2016, increased in 3 states, and was 

essentially unchanged in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Over the year, 26 states and the District 

added nonfarm payroll jobs, 2 states lost jobs, and 22 states were essentially unchanged. 

Regional Unemployment 

In December, no region had an unemployment rate significantly different from the U.S. rate of 4.7 

percent. Over the month, the Northeast and West had statistically significant unemployment rate 

changes (-0.1 percentage point each). Significant over-the-year rate changes occurred in two regions: the 

West (-0.6 percentage point) and South (-0.3 point). (See table 1.)

Among the nine geographic divisions, New England had the lowest unemployment rate, 3.5 percent in 

December, followed by the West North Central and Mountain, 4.0 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively. 

The East South Central had the highest rate, 5.4 percent, followed by the Middle Atlantic, 5.2 percent. 

Over the month, the Pacific had the only statistically significant unemployment rate change (-0.2 

percentage point). Four of the 9 divisions had significant jobless rate changes from a year earlier, all of 

which were declines. The largest of these decreases occurred in New England (-1.2 percentage points).

State Unemployment

New Hampshire had the lowest unemployment rate in December, 2.6 percent, followed by 

Massachusetts and South Dakota, 2.8 percent each. Alaska and New Mexico had the highest jobless 

rates, 6.7 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively. In total, 19 states had unemployment rates significantly 

lower than the U.S. figure of 4.7 percent, 10 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates, and 21 

states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and map 

1.) 
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In December, 10 states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases, the largest of which 

occurred in Oregon (-0.4 percentage point). The only notable rate increase occurred in Alabama (+0.3 

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

significantly different from those of a month earlier, though some had changes that were at least as large 

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

Eleven states had statistically significant unemployment rate decreases from December 2015, the largest 

of which was in Massachusetts (-2.1 percentage points). The only significant unemployment rate 

increases over the year occurred in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania (+0.9 percentage point each). (See table 

C.)

Nonfarm Payroll Employment 

Five states had statistically significant over-the-month decreases in nonfarm payroll employment and 

three states had significant increases in December 2016. The largest decreases in employment over the 

month occurred in Illinois (-16,700), West Virginia (-8,300), and Mississippi (-7,200). In percentage 

terms, the largest decrease occurred in West Virginia (-1.1 percent), followed by North Dakota (-1.0 

percent) and South Dakota (-0.7 percent). The significant job gains occurred in Virginia (+14,100, or 

+0.4 percent), Minnesota (+11,900, or +0.4 percent), and Arizona (+8,400, or +0.3 percent). (See tables 

D and 5.) 

Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-year increases in 

nonfarm payroll employment in December. The largest job gains occurred in California (+332,500), 

Florida (+251,400), and Texas (+210,200). The largest percentage gains occurred in Oregon (+3.3 

percent), Florida (+3.1 percent), and Nevada and Washington (+3.0 percent each). Two states had 

significant over-the-year declines in employment: Wyoming (-7,900, or -2.8 percent) and North Dakota 

(-7,800, or -1.8 percent). (See table E and map 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for December 2016 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and 

State Unemployment 2016 Annual Averages news release is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, 

February 28, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The State Employment and Unemployment news release 

for January 2017 is scheduled to be released on Monday, March 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 

Upcoming News Release Content Changes

Effective with the January 2017 issuance on Monday, March 13, 2017, this news release will be 

renamed “State Employment and Unemployment.” The Regional Unemployment section of the 

summary will be omitted, as will the current table 1 and table 2. The state data tables will be renumbered 

1 through 4 accordingly. The purpose of these changes is to focus the analysis on the geography that is 

most relevant to data users and for which both household and payroll estimates are produced. Civilian 

labor force and unemployment data for the four census regions and nine geographic divisions will 

continue to be available in the BLS time series database and updated shortly after the release is issued.
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Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of Regional and State Unemployment 2016 Annual Averages on Tuesday, 

February 28, 2017, the civilian labor force and unemployment data for regions, divisions, states, the 

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

revised to incorporate updated inputs, new population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment 

to new division and national control totals. Revised seasonal adjustment factors will be applied to data in 

tables 1 and 3 as well. Both not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted data are subject to revision 

back to 2012. The new population controls will reflect the annual updating of population estimates by 

the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2017 estimates on Monday, March 13, 2017, all nonfarm payroll 

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

adjusted to 2016 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2015 and 

seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 2012 are subject to revision. Some seasonally adjusted 

series may be revised back to 1990. 
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State Rate p

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

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

Alaska ............................................................ 6.7

Arkansas ........................................................ 3.9

California ......................................................... 5.2

Colorado ......................................................... 3.0

District of Columbia .......................................... 5.8

Georgia ........................................................... 5.4

Hawaii ............................................................. 2.9

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

Illinois ............................................................. 5.7

Indiana ............................................................ 4.0

Iowa ................................................................ 3.6

Louisiana ........................................................ 6.1

Maine ............................................................. 3.8

Maryland ......................................................... 4.2

Massachusetts ................................................ 2.8

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

Mississippi ...................................................... 5.6

Montana .......................................................... 4.0

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

New Hampshire ............................................... 2.6

New Mexico .................................................... 6.6

North Dakota ................................................... 3.0

Pennsylvania ................................................... 5.6

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

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

Vermont .......................................................... 3.1

Virginia ........................................................... 4.1

West Virginia ................................................... 5.9

Wisconsin ....................................................... 4.0

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., December 2016, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from November 2016

to December 2016, seasonally adjusted

November 2016 December 2016 p

Alabama .................................... 5.9 6.2 0.3

California ................................... 5.3 5.2 -.1

Colorado .................................... 3.2 3.0 -.2

Connecticut ............................... 4.7 4.4 -.3

Iowa .......................................... 3.8 3.6 -.2

Maine ........................................ 4.0 3.8 -.2

Missouri .................................... 4.7 4.4 -.3

New Jersey ................................ 5.0 4.7 -.3

New York ................................... 5.1 4.9 -.2

Oregon ...................................... 5.0 4.6 -.4

Vermont .................................... 3.2 3.1 -.1

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from December 2015

to December 2016, seasonally adjusted

December 2015 December 2016 p

Arizona ...................................... 5.9 4.8 -1.1

Arkansas ................................... 4.7 3.9 -.8

California ................................... 5.9 5.2 -.7

Connecticut ............................... 5.4 4.4 -1.0

Maryland ................................... 5.0 4.2 -.8

Massachusetts .......................... 4.9 2.8 -2.1

Mississippi ................................ 6.8 5.6 -1.2

Nevada ...................................... 6.3 5.1 -1.2

Oklahoma .................................. 4.1 5.0 .9

Oregon ...................................... 5.5 4.6 -.9

Pennsylvania .............................. 4.7 5.6 .9

South Carolina ........................... 5.5 4.3 -1.2

Vermont .................................... 3.5 3.1 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from November 2016 to

December 2016, seasonally adjusted

November December

2016 2016 p Level Percent

Arizona ....................................... 2,708,600 2,717,000 8,400 0.3

Illinois ......................................... 6,019,300 6,002,600 -16,700 -.3

Minnesota ................................... 2,907,400 2,919,300 11,900 .4

Mississippi .................................. 1,140,800 1,133,600 -7,200 -.6

North Dakota ............................... 441,500 436,900 -4,600 -1.0

South Dakota .............................. 440,300 437,300 -3,000 -.7

Virginia ....................................... 3,937,600 3,951,700 14,100 .4

West Virginia .............................. 772,000 763,700 -8,300 -1.1

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-month change p

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2015 to

December 2016, seasonally adjusted

December December

2015 2016 p Level Percent

Alabama ..................................... 1,957,500 1,976,200 18,700 1.0

Arizona ....................................... 2,681,600 2,717,000 35,400 1.3

California .................................... 16,274,100 16,606,600 332,500 2.0

Colorado ..................................... 2,578,600 2,627,400 48,800 1.9

District of Columbia ..................... 768,100 785,600 17,500 2.3

Florida ........................................ 8,211,500 8,462,900 251,400 3.1

Georgia ...................................... 4,330,100 4,433,400 103,300 2.4

Hawaii ........................................ 642,000 655,200 13,200 2.1

Idaho .......................................... 687,400 700,700 13,300 1.9

Maryland ..................................... 2,683,300 2,713,400 30,100 1.1

 

Massachusetts ............................. 3,515,400 3,590,400 75,000 2.1

Michigan ..................................... 4,288,600 4,363,600 75,000 1.7

Minnesota ................................... 2,875,700 2,919,300 43,600 1.5

Missouri ...................................... 2,783,300 2,847,800 64,500 2.3

Nevada ....................................... 1,267,700 1,306,000 38,300 3.0

New Hampshire ........................... 661,100 672,600 11,500 1.7

New York .................................... 9,298,400 9,413,100 114,700 1.2

North Carolina ............................. 4,275,000 4,360,200 85,200 2.0

North Dakota ............................... 444,700 436,900 -7,800 -1.8

Ohio ........................................... 5,475,400 5,517,200 41,800 .8

 

Oregon ....................................... 1,803,700 1,863,100 59,400 3.3

South Carolina ............................ 2,035,200 2,070,100 34,900 1.7

Tennessee .................................. 2,941,200 2,989,500 48,300 1.6

Texas .......................................... 11,931,100 12,141,300 210,200 1.8

Utah ........................................... 1,398,100 1,437,100 39,000 2.8

Virginia ....................................... 3,902,100 3,951,700 49,600 1.3

Washington ................................. 3,195,300 3,292,700 97,400 3.0

Wisconsin ................................... 2,904,100 2,932,800 28,700 1.0

Wyoming .................................... 286,600 278,700 -7,900 -2.8

p

 = preliminary.

Over-the-year change p

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 Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

several sources, including the CPS, the CES, and state 

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

the balance of New York State. Estimates for the nine census 

divisions, as well as the five additional substate areas contained 

in this release (the Cleveland-Elyria and Detroit-WarrenDearborn metropolitan areas and the Chicago-NapervilleArlington Heights, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective 

balances of state are based on similar model-based approaches. 

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the 

model-based estimates for the component divisions. Each 

month, census division estimates are controlled to the national 

totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective 

division totals. Substate and balance-of-state estimates for the 

five areas noted above also are controlled to their respective 

state totals. This tiered process of controlling model-based 

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

Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly 

household survey similar to the CPS. A 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 after the end of each year. 

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the 

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

model re-estimation. In most years, historical data for the most 

recent five years are revised near the beginning of each calendar 

year, prior to the release of January estimates. With the 

introduction of a new generation of times-series models in early 

2015, historical data were re-estimated back to the series 

beginnings in 1976, 1990, or 1994.

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS models decompose the 

estimates of employed and unemployed persons into trend, 

seasonal, and irregular components. The trend component of 

each measure is then smoothed using a Trend-Cycle Cascade 

Filter, which combines the Henderson trend filter with a 

seasonal filter. This combined filter suppresses variability due 

to real-time benchmarking while simultaneously removing any 

residual seasonality that may be present in the series. The 

resulting smoothed-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 

estimates are analyzed in this news release and published on the 

BLS website. During estimation for the current year, the 

smoothed-seasonally adjusted estimates for a given month are 

created using an asymmetric filter that incorporates information 

from previous observations only. For annual revisions, 

historical data are smoothed using a two-sided filter. 

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on February 28, 2013. A detailed list 

of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System.

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 
current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 

 For some employment series, the sample of establishments 

is very small or highly variable. In these cases, a model-based 

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods.

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions 

is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2016.pdf.

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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.

 Use of error measures. Changes in regional and state 

unemployment rates and state nonfarm payroll employment are 

cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been 

determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent 

confidence level. Furthermore, regional and state 

unemployment rates for the current month generally are cited 

only if they have been determined to be significantly different 

from the U.S. rate at the 90-percent confidence level. The 

underlying model-based standard error measures for 

unemployment rates and over-the-month and over-the-year 

changes in rates are available at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. 

The underlying standard error measures for over-the-month and 

over-the-year changes in state payroll employment data at the 

total nonfarm and supersector levels are available at 

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

error are not available.

Additional information

 Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS 

program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 394 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 7,500 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available 

online at www.bls.gov/sae/. Information in this release will be 

made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. 

Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 

877-8339.
LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,478,304 28,582,162 28,549,928 28,503,773 1,374,772 1,420,282 1,382,282 1,338,313 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.7

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,759,430 7,865,199 7,846,660 7,840,340 368,003 308,416 286,117 273,938 4.7 3.9 3.6 3.5

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,718,874 20,716,963 20,703,268 20,663,433 1,006,769 1,111,866 1,096,165 1,064,375 4.9 5.4 5.3 5.2

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,564,039 58,354,279 58,507,111 58,689,351 2,976,344 2,845,472 2,862,435 2,892,589 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.9

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,630,112 31,013,940 31,139,321 31,289,298 1,590,458 1,474,343 1,511,246 1,531,211 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.9

East South Central. . . . . 8,465,185 8,662,818 8,684,734 8,690,833 512,295 460,325 461,834 465,904 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.4

West South Central. . . . . 18,468,742 18,677,521 18,683,056 18,709,220 873,591 910,804 889,355 895,474 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.8

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,666,288 34,931,691 34,892,720 34,834,133 1,640,851 1,638,569 1,636,678 1,630,922 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7

East North Central. . . . . 23,415,124 23,674,476 23,648,758 23,609,652 1,211,369 1,164,293 1,175,351 1,179,666 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.0

West North Central. . . . . 11,251,164 11,257,215 11,243,962 11,224,481 429,482 474,276 461,327 451,256 3.8 4.2 4.1 4.0

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,073,736 37,894,487 37,943,709 37,906,044 2,033,856 1,956,721 1,895,395 1,838,753 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.9

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,458,846 11,650,472 11,681,422 11,708,975 552,603 533,260 512,615 499,323 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,614,890 26,244,015 26,262,287 26,197,069 1,481,253 1,423,461 1,382,780 1,339,430 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.1

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.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted1

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force Unemployed

November December Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016

November December November December

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016

Northeast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,391,766 28,380,707 28,398,676 28,284,241 1,292,611 1,197,672 1,259,442 1,173,916 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.2

New England. . . . . . . . . . 7,755,513 7,808,524 7,733,407 7,808,922 344,859 242,755 341,574 251,230 4.4 3.1 4.4 3.2

Middle Atlantic. . . . . . . . . 20,636,253 20,572,183 20,665,269 20,475,319 947,752 954,917 917,868 922,686 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5

South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,450,719 58,471,854 57,414,319 58,501,848 2,817,040 2,668,552 2,769,898 2,729,544 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.7

South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . 30,522,771 31,125,225 30,520,312 31,209,939 1,516,629 1,434,947 1,482,753 1,423,290 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.6

East South Central. . . . . 8,453,501 8,660,602 8,469,274 8,641,043 468,268 416,721 489,390 448,288 5.5 4.8 5.8 5.2

West South Central. . . . . 18,474,447 18,686,027 18,424,733 18,650,866 832,143 816,884 797,755 857,966 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.6

Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,605,423 34,750,376 34,564,697 34,554,545 1,485,952 1,428,956 1,548,961 1,512,222 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.4

East North Central. . . . . 23,386,253 23,571,218 23,353,424 23,421,731 1,114,295 1,056,347 1,148,253 1,092,840 4.8 4.5 4.9 4.7

West North Central. . . . . 11,219,170 11,179,158 11,211,273 11,132,814 371,657 372,609 400,708 419,382 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.8

West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,049,617 37,848,371 37,029,465 37,627,294 1,985,440 1,770,927 1,972,506 1,754,297 5.4 4.7 5.3 4.7

Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,450,943 11,689,760 11,438,862 11,665,421 528,911 468,780 524,476 469,793 4.6 4.0 4.6 4.0

Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,598,674 26,158,611 25,590,603 25,961,873 1,456,529 1,302,147 1,448,030 1,284,504 5.7 5.0 5.7 4.9

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Number Percent of labor force

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,145,878 2,182,193 2,194,663 2,203,251 134,403 123,750 128,651 136,409 6.3 5.7 5.9 6.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,340 359,283 358,715 358,092 24,045 24,629 24,392 23,982 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,167,258 3,235,935 3,251,377 3,264,621 185,541 169,380 161,731 157,928 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,336,983 1,354,571 1,349,945 1,343,243 63,504 54,650 53,638 52,293 4.7 4.0 4.0 3.9

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,001,730 19,439,132 19,454,450 19,385,568 1,124,105 1,069,511 1,038,308 1,008,969 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,982,372 5,143,737 5,142,569 5,120,790 299,165 262,977 261,035 256,838 6.0 5.1 5.1 5.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,832,289 2,909,955 2,920,878 2,926,075 98,458 100,710 93,495 87,530 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,885,199 1,903,632 1,898,822 1,898,141 102,080 97,805 88,323 83,454 5.4 5.1 4.7 4.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473,597 475,470 473,140 471,305 22,972 20,640 20,443 20,260 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,661 394,196 395,985 397,723 25,684 24,192 23,827 23,095 6.6 6.1 6.0 5.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,723,835 9,816,979 9,880,719 9,946,702 493,028 471,711 482,292 490,623 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,341,629 1,326,504 1,333,673 1,344,178 81,841 69,654 71,527 73,791 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,784,423 4,949,550 4,971,439 4,993,859 260,867 258,034 263,986 270,894 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.4

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,115 692,829 696,842 699,902 22,352 21,872 20,656 20,005 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804,647 813,179 814,423 814,231 31,731 30,918 30,556 30,045 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,542,893 6,564,183 6,564,162 6,561,687 400,724 366,464 368,384 374,514 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,783,523 3,817,049 3,811,138 3,805,767 220,141 214,372 222,708 226,073 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,279,479 3,357,722 3,344,642 3,328,953 149,406 146,155 139,484 134,351 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,705,445 1,725,633 1,719,956 1,712,051 59,428 70,425 65,111 61,216 3.5 4.1 3.8 3.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,507,385 1,483,312 1,483,713 1,484,858 60,655 65,347 63,842 62,745 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952,734 1,997,203 2,004,932 2,016,835 112,030 101,649 96,989 97,177 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,129,610 2,123,907 2,116,268 2,112,592 124,408 134,141 130,905 129,349 5.8 6.3 6.2 6.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674,016 693,005 693,638 693,943 27,046 27,940 27,509 26,159 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,159,706 3,178,663 3,187,845 3,197,717 158,389 133,916 134,112 133,401 5.0 4.2 4.2 4.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,561,723 3,608,800 3,602,525 3,601,354 174,633 117,316 105,358 101,345 4.9 3.3 2.9 2.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,770,650 4,843,796 4,873,286 4,887,215 243,303 227,754 239,910 244,908 5.1 4.7 4.9 5.0

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,004,574 2,071,261 2,080,360 2,086,211 121,281 108,668 115,515 117,277 6.1 5.2 5.6 5.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,021,733 2,986,558 2,982,970 2,986,041 111,436 118,330 114,730 115,238 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289,056 1,278,515 1,284,044 1,288,231 87,257 75,012 73,415 72,207 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,126,931 3,139,988 3,142,002 3,139,008 137,187 158,691 147,599 139,266 4.4 5.1 4.7 4.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523,929 524,392 524,996 525,053 21,645 22,338 21,209 20,820 4.1 4.3 4.0 4.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016,800 1,018,037 1,017,791 1,016,226 30,846 34,020 34,296 34,046 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,431,699 1,430,063 1,430,458 1,432,144 90,559 78,984 74,798 72,492 6.3 5.5 5.2 5.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740,329 755,870 754,512 752,598 23,013 21,087 20,073 19,574 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,560,931 4,561,211 4,548,704 4,538,105 220,049 239,510 226,406 215,109 4.8 5.3 5.0 4.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914,719 928,401 928,977 930,008 60,094 62,359 61,928 61,631 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,712,520 9,609,731 9,624,313 9,623,664 480,803 495,022 490,846 473,851 5.0 5.2 5.1 4.9

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,215,022 4,146,270 4,153,562 4,155,809 218,909 245,362 237,409 218,024 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,781,785 4,853,520 4,880,570 4,919,346 268,432 236,756 242,889 251,607 5.6 4.9 5.0 5.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412,980 428,044 429,848 431,506 11,083 12,833 12,728 12,859 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,694,027 5,728,593 5,712,891 5,708,571 273,389 280,026 278,087 281,899 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018,364 1,029,623 1,027,854 1,027,810 44,050 55,365 55,190 56,860 4.3 5.4 5.4 5.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847,602 1,815,813 1,823,299 1,832,693 76,373 95,032 93,115 91,541 4.1 5.2 5.1 5.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,994,857 2,082,101 2,078,693 2,073,957 109,647 111,147 104,191 95,900 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,437,066 6,530,018 6,528,649 6,510,151 299,600 375,889 373,053 365,699 4.7 5.8 5.7 5.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,236 557,273 555,612 553,301 30,018 30,661 29,263 27,835 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263,430 2,300,923 2,302,389 2,307,885 124,433 108,350 102,166 98,962 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,087 456,917 456,304 455,490 13,272 12,897 12,546 12,567 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,068,336 3,174,264 3,187,743 3,192,652 172,876 151,000 151,695 157,631 5.6 4.8 4.8 4.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,142,426 13,377,050 13,404,386 13,434,978 610,551 631,455 615,028 624,327 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,472,480 1,507,318 1,513,757 1,522,018 49,976 48,575 46,569 47,223 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,151 345,004 344,773 344,965 12,082 11,322 10,890 10,579 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,241,570 4,247,294 4,261,170 4,278,223 176,633 175,861 178,613 177,255 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,568,774 3,676,072 3,690,777 3,690,024 206,173 199,047 194,208 190,742 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,588,533 1,639,112 1,649,138 1,650,100 78,722 61,915 61,182 61,361 5.0 3.8 3.7 3.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782,406 794,680 794,341 792,297 48,380 47,893 47,931 46,838 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,108,662 3,135,130 3,137,247 3,132,918 143,187 129,446 127,312 125,020 4.6 4.1 4.1 4.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,249 301,438 302,379 303,420 13,255 15,504 14,724 14,674 4.4 5.1 4.9 4.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144,133 1,124,112 1,120,132 1,128,472 139,564 136,506 133,499 139,417 12.2 12.1 11.9 12.4

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. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

State and area

Civilian labor force Unemployed

November December Number Percent of labor force

2015 2016 2015 2016p

November December November December

2015 2016 2015 2016p 2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,149,027 2,199,219 2,145,546 2,181,837 122,654 123,112 126,275 128,874 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,156 354,427 360,050 353,728 23,410 23,270 24,133 23,161 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174,476 3,259,777 3,171,024 3,252,711 179,006 154,307 173,895 152,348 5.6 4.7 5.5 4.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,331,955 1,339,966 1,330,319 1,327,435 57,334 47,464 61,285 50,795 4.3 3.5 4.6 3.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,995,979 19,357,095 18,993,947 19,192,788 1,101,576 976,630 1,088,835 964,217 5.8 5.0 5.7 5.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale1. . . . 4,994,386 5,109,250 4,991,657 5,071,121 291,545 246,493 284,141 239,917 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,825,155 2,908,953 2,829,174 2,899,662 93,177 80,619 93,349 79,250 3.3 2.8 3.3 2.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883,525 1,887,836 1,876,257 1,887,269 94,823 70,439 92,853 73,976 5.0 3.7 4.9 3.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473,250 470,704 474,501 470,075 20,503 18,312 20,481 18,153 4.3 3.9 4.3 3.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391,291 399,375 389,975 397,720 25,845 23,336 24,753 21,607 6.6 5.8 6.3 5.4

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,685,448 9,895,322 9,703,956 9,922,037 480,189 480,400 464,062 465,862 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall1. . . . . . . . . . . 1,340,962 1,343,335 1,342,510 1,357,331 75,377 67,748 77,698 72,658 5.6 5.0 5.8 5.4

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,782,554 4,965,744 4,795,233 4,993,511 248,130 249,584 245,282 260,232 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,609 699,361 681,598 699,577 22,815 19,752 19,928 17,992 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800,840 810,633 801,820 805,716 31,218 30,404 31,670 29,171 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,541,640 6,545,037 6,534,881 6,512,493 379,763 345,405 390,552 362,965 5.8 5.3 6.0 5.6

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights1. . . 3,761,366 3,784,470 3,771,441 3,773,042 201,268 205,256 208,567 203,326 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,286,144 3,332,313 3,274,687 3,295,293 147,181 130,185 148,972 131,441 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,704,515 1,702,255 1,700,273 1,690,916 53,601 52,327 60,610 60,113 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,507,632 1,489,810 1,505,167 1,482,709 54,119 56,001 54,560 56,949 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953,308 2,004,367 1,955,484 2,012,099 103,215 81,279 107,787 90,566 5.3 4.1 5.5 4.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136,802 2,108,324 2,112,333 2,089,577 115,730 116,658 106,188 112,570 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670,780 690,736 669,572 690,121 26,173 26,546 25,964 23,871 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,156,822 3,195,398 3,149,196 3,197,318 153,069 129,029 146,610 122,781 4.8 4.0 4.7 3.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,562,821 3,579,767 3,554,554 3,587,944 160,734 91,522 162,367 100,100 4.5 2.6 4.6 2.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,747,157 4,866,240 4,752,838 4,831,428 201,429 217,823 213,526 214,347 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,991,684 2,071,137 2,001,783 2,069,104 101,235 105,003 107,419 99,229 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,016,922 2,972,551 3,020,213 2,977,719 93,799 97,044 110,264 120,589 3.1 3.3 3.7 4.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,285,356 1,286,400 1,299,191 1,290,731 79,139 67,275 92,293 73,731 6.2 5.2 7.1 5.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,112,765 3,118,924 3,114,615 3,093,755 122,172 115,854 120,973 123,719 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520,839 522,071 518,176 519,979 21,331 19,639 22,327 21,634 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.2

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014,674 1,012,843 1,012,621 1,008,515 25,840 28,436 29,360 31,674 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429,441 1,432,217 1,424,522 1,427,057 88,199 71,487 87,245 70,006 6.2 5.0 6.1 4.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739,341 750,334 737,765 746,996 22,365 18,673 21,269 18,942 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,544,725 4,512,551 4,554,896 4,515,938 205,875 187,102 197,870 185,691 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.1

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922,421 935,089 921,441 935,358 58,430 59,637 57,055 58,886 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,673,441 9,585,223 9,692,870 9,539,259 462,578 449,936 459,519 424,561 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.5

New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,211,545 4,160,631 4,222,212 4,146,281 217,941 214,732 211,599 184,089 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,784,064 4,895,213 4,758,598 4,901,041 259,937 233,953 250,271 239,491 5.4 4.8 5.3 4.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409,616 427,441 408,153 427,558 9,475 11,013 11,272 12,833 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,705,880 5,693,306 5,692,551 5,673,884 256,462 250,007 263,896 268,337 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7

Cleveland-Elyria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014,692 1,021,524 1,007,659 1,014,214 39,171 45,856 39,863 52,943 3.9 4.5 4.0 5.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,858,307 1,847,229 1,845,180 1,835,037 75,774 86,082 73,576 84,674 4.1 4.7 4.0 4.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,046 2,070,451 1,986,160 2,053,854 106,183 92,808 104,142 85,028 5.3 4.5 5.2 4.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,418,087 6,474,410 6,417,503 6,420,121 279,299 317,880 260,479 312,433 4.4 4.9 4.1 4.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,755 555,241 553,517 552,748 29,115 25,641 28,396 24,765 5.2 4.6 5.1 4.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,248,867 2,283,237 2,248,758 2,289,830 119,592 91,804 120,334 94,962 5.3 4.0 5.4 4.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453,046 455,334 450,233 451,642 12,651 11,934 13,671 13,504 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,065,810 3,170,615 3,069,053 3,156,375 163,260 145,054 163,035 155,116 5.3 4.6 5.3 4.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,147,382 13,390,507 13,136,901 13,398,817 583,304 566,680 556,706 609,927 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473,182 1,517,705 1,470,450 1,522,330 44,259 38,851 45,043 43,732 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,291 344,610 341,741 343,843 11,648 9,934 10,725 9,575 3.4 2.9 3.1 2.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,220,907 4,233,591 4,224,090 4,262,681 164,809 168,079 165,046 161,017 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,560,884 3,677,276 3,568,849 3,661,925 202,545 189,687 210,992 194,105 5.7 5.2 5.9 5.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,717 1,637,586 1,579,774 1,625,907 80,686 64,308 74,196 57,675 5.1 3.9 4.7 3.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779,570 786,641 776,004 775,724 44,556 40,450 45,914 39,183 5.7 5.1 5.9 5.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,105,431 3,134,323 3,098,466 3,108,632 129,459 112,928 131,307 115,750 4.2 3.6 4.2 3.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,589 303,315 302,254 302,608 13,291 13,836 13,892 14,766 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135,382 1,122,242 1,147,814 1,150,563 133,160 123,249 118,727 138,589 11.7 11.0 10.3 12.0

1 Metropolitan division.

2 Metropolitan statistical area.

p Preliminary

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,957.5 1,973.6 1,976.9 1,976.2 81.9 79.2 78.4 75.8 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.2 334.8 334.8 334.6 16.9 16.4 16.9 16.6 14.8 14.6 14.2 15.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,681.6 2,714.4 2,708.6 2,717.0 130.1 139.4 134.7 138.4 160.3 157.5 158.6 160.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227.0 1,231.0 1,230.5 1,232.2 50.2 49.7 49.3 49.0 154.6 152.9 153.7 152.4

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,274.1 16,590.0 16,602.9 16,606.6 748.5 771.2 775.1 769.4 1,290.4 1,275.9 1,281.3 1,282.8

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,578.6 2,632.7 2,631.4 2,627.4 156.2 168.7 167.7 167.2 143.9 141.6 140.8 140.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,680.0 1,677.8 1,679.7 1,678.0 57.4 57.3 55.5 55.5 158.5 159.6 159.2 159.5

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.0 459.7 459.9 458.5 21.8 20.5 20.6 20.8 27.6 26.7 26.6 26.4

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.1 783.2 783.5 785.6 14.5 14.2 14.3 14.4 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,211.5 8,435.4 8,463.6 8,462.9 440.6 461.4 461.8 462.9 348.8 360.6 358.9 355.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,330.1 4,413.0 4,427.5 4,433.4 172.4 177.9 179.7 178.9 385.6 384.6 387.3 387.0

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642.0 654.2 655.9 655.2 37.9 39.0 38.9 39.2 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.4 696.5 701.2 700.7 40.0 41.0 40.7 40.5 63.6 64.1 65.0 65.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,974.2 6,023.8 6,019.3 6,002.6 217.8 213.6 211.3 208.1 576.4 568.4 566.5 565.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,059.7 3,076.4 3,090.9 3,083.7 131.0 131.7 130.0 131.8 520.2 514.8 516.3 519.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573.9 1,584.8 1,580.2 1,582.1 82.9 89.7 89.7 89.8 215.7 209.2 207.8 208.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,401.7 1,397.6 1,392.9 1,392.4 61.8 56.9 57.2 57.6 162.2 160.8 160.7 160.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,908.4 1,913.6 1,918.6 1,919.4 78.3 74.2 74.8 73.3 244.9 243.9 244.5 245.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980.0 1,974.7 1,973.5 1,975.4 145.0 146.3 146.4 145.5 141.0 134.5 131.9 132.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610.9 609.1 611.9 610.9 26.9 24.6 25.5 26.2 50.6 50.8 50.7 50.1

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,683.3 2,710.1 2,712.5 2,713.4 158.4 158.9 158.1 158.1 106.0 106.6 108.1 108.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,515.4 3,576.8 3,583.8 3,590.4 144.8 149.1 149.9 153.6 250.4 251.1 251.0 251.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,288.6 4,365.3 4,366.0 4,363.6 152.3 156.4 159.0 156.2 593.6 600.4 597.1 596.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,875.7 2,894.7 2,907.4 2,919.3 115.8 117.9 121.6 125.1 317.6 315.6 315.7 316.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144.7 1,140.6 1,140.8 1,133.6 47.3 46.9 46.7 45.0 143.6 142.2 142.8 140.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,783.3 2,840.3 2,844.1 2,847.8 117.8 117.8 120.6 121.3 260.2 259.3 258.5 259.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.1 464.4 466.8 465.3 27.1 24.8 26.9 25.9 19.2 19.5 19.6 20.0

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,013.9 1,017.6 1,023.5 1,021.3 50.0 49.3 50.5 49.1 96.7 97.3 97.4 96.4

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267.7 1,299.1 1,302.6 1,306.0 72.0 80.5 80.5 83.0 42.3 42.4 42.4 42.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661.1 672.9 675.0 672.6 25.4 25.5 25.7 26.4 66.4 66.6 66.5 67.4

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,072.8 4,077.9 4,083.3 4,086.4 150.7 153.7 153.0 153.9 238.0 241.4 240.2 241.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.0 822.2 829.1 830.5 43.4 43.9 44.8 44.8 27.3 26.0 26.3 26.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,298.4 9,393.9 9,403.2 9,413.1 373.5 366.5 365.4 365.7 453.1 448.8 445.3 443.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,275.0 4,344.2 4,353.4 4,360.2 193.8 201.6 200.0 199.8 458.5 461.3 462.8 463.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444.7 441.3 441.5 436.9 32.3 32.3 32.4 29.9 24.9 24.5 24.7 24.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,475.4 5,497.3 5,506.9 5,517.2 206.6 206.8 211.3 208.5 692.6 689.3 688.6 689.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.1 1,657.3 1,654.5 1,657.5 79.8 80.9 80.0 80.1 132.3 125.7 124.8 126.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,803.7 1,852.9 1,858.1 1,863.1 84.1 89.7 91.1 91.7 187.9 185.3 186.0 186.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,868.1 5,892.0 5,901.3 5,900.1 231.7 233.2 233.4 235.6 566.4 563.8 561.7 567.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.5 492.3 493.1 492.1 18.4 17.4 17.6 18.2 41.6 41.3 41.1 40.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,035.2 2,058.3 2,071.8 2,070.1 88.6 90.9 92.9 91.3 237.9 239.8 241.7 242.2

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.2 439.3 440.3 437.3 23.5 23.9 24.6 24.2 41.8 41.9 41.3 40.9

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,941.2 2,985.8 2,982.9 2,989.5 121.9 125.0 125.6 128.3 338.0 341.3 340.0 343.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,931.1 12,105.4 12,140.5 12,141.3 698.2 694.5 697.8 693.7 858.7 846.3 842.6 844.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398.1 1,432.9 1,434.7 1,437.1 86.5 88.5 89.9 90.3 124.4 128.0 128.4 129.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.5 316.4 315.2 315.8 15.8 15.5 15.2 16.0 30.3 30.4 29.9 30.0

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,902.1 3,947.3 3,937.6 3,951.7 187.8 189.2 187.9 188.4 233.2 228.8 229.1 229.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,195.3 3,282.0 3,286.0 3,292.7 176.8 189.4 190.7 190.3 289.8 282.2 283.4 283.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.5 761.5 772.0 763.7 31.8 30.6 32.3 33.4 46.9 46.6 46.5 46.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,904.1 2,935.4 2,936.5 2,932.8 112.7 113.9 114.0 116.7 471.4 474.2 471.0 474.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.6 279.2 278.7 278.7 22.7 21.4 21.4 21.6 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901.3 889.3 888.9 891.9 24.6 21.8 22.1 23.5 73.5 71.7 71.8 71.9

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 38.0 37.9 38.0 – – – – – – – –

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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and

will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.5 385.8 385.3 384.5 96.1 100.4 100.3 100.2 229.0 229.4 230.2 230.5

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 65.8 65.4 64.1 12.1 12.6 12.5 12.2 29.0 26.6 26.3 26.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.2 519.6 519.1 514.7 198.8 205.1 204.4 203.5 412.6 407.5 408.1 412.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.3 255.4 253.6 255.2 49.4 50.4 50.2 49.9 141.6 144.6 146.9 146.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,969.3 3,004.9 3,017.1 3,030.5 806.1 816.9 818.0 816.9 2,553.3 2,598.6 2,602.8 2,594.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448.7 456.2 455.9 457.3 162.7 161.5 160.9 160.4 398.8 409.7 409.2 412.0

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.3 295.9 297.7 297.3 130.3 132.5 132.1 132.3 217.4 216.8 216.6 214.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.5 80.3 80.0 79.4 47.0 47.5 47.5 47.5 61.5 65.1 65.2 65.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 33.0 32.4 32.1 30.4 30.6 30.3 30.3 161.4 166.9 166.9 167.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696.0 1,723.5 1,730.7 1,731.6 541.1 558.0 558.1 559.8 1,255.4 1,302.0 1,302.5 1,301.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.8 937.0 936.2 939.6 236.9 244.6 244.4 242.2 657.9 678.3 684.4 689.8

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.0 119.3 119.8 120.5 27.9 28.5 28.5 28.1 83.7 84.2 84.4 85.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.3 139.7 140.2 140.1 33.9 35.4 35.7 35.9 83.3 84.2 85.9 86.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,198.7 1,204.0 1,204.3 1,203.1 379.9 375.6 375.4 377.0 915.7 953.0 950.9 947.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.9 596.5 598.9 597.6 131.3 133.5 135.0 133.9 327.9 325.3 331.5 328.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.2 320.3 318.0 316.9 106.9 110.4 111.0 111.3 139.6 136.2 137.4 138.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.6 267.7 266.1 265.4 79.3 80.8 80.0 81.3 177.0 179.3 177.2 176.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390.1 396.6 396.1 398.2 94.3 97.4 98.3 100.0 223.7 220.8 225.5 223.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.3 389.4 391.4 392.2 89.9 90.4 90.5 91.0 211.0 211.7 211.5 211.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.4 119.4 118.4 118.1 30.5 30.7 30.9 30.8 64.9 64.0 64.6 64.8

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.1 466.1 464.5 468.1 147.6 148.3 147.5 146.6 434.5 441.6 442.2 440.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.6 570.8 569.6 567.6 221.2 222.8 224.8 225.6 538.4 554.0 556.0 557.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.7 772.9 772.4 770.7 210.9 216.3 218.1 218.9 645.5 671.2 673.9 673.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524.4 530.8 533.1 534.0 183.0 184.7 185.9 186.6 357.8 364.9 363.4 365.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.6 229.0 229.3 230.0 43.2 42.2 42.1 41.6 106.3 101.2 98.7 98.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529.1 536.3 538.4 538.2 166.0 172.7 173.2 172.9 371.9 387.8 383.8 386.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 94.7 94.2 94.0 23.9 25.0 24.9 24.8 40.2 41.3 41.1 41.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.7 207.0 209.4 210.1 72.7 72.6 72.4 72.7 119.2 121.1 122.7 122.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.0 249.2 250.1 248.9 59.6 61.9 61.1 60.7 168.4 170.5 169.9 168.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.5 143.2 142.8 141.5 36.6 36.9 36.9 37.3 77.6 79.6 79.0 79.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864.6 873.2 874.0 869.8 254.8 255.7 255.9 257.6 669.2 663.7 669.0 663.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.6 135.7 135.5 135.7 33.1 33.4 33.1 33.2 100.4 101.0 102.0 102.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,567.3 1,584.8 1,585.4 1,580.6 708.5 705.3 706.3 707.7 1,275.2 1,282.7 1,284.8 1,291.9

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.2 822.2 825.0 827.3 219.3 219.6 220.3 221.8 600.9 623.3 627.9 627.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 96.7 95.9 96.1 23.9 22.9 23.2 23.4 36.7 36.4 36.8 36.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,019.0 1,024.5 1,024.8 1,028.0 292.2 299.9 300.6 302.2 719.7 712.2 710.6 716.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5 305.5 307.6 307.0 80.6 81.3 81.0 82.1 181.1 178.0 177.3 176.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.4 344.2 343.9 343.8 96.4 98.6 98.9 99.6 233.2 246.3 248.9 250.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130.2 1,134.9 1,136.2 1,130.3 315.8 316.7 317.3 319.6 778.3 790.0 795.2 789.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.6 76.9 77.4 77.0 33.2 32.7 32.4 32.0 64.3 65.9 66.0 66.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389.1 392.4 394.3 393.3 97.0 98.8 98.1 98.6 272.5 279.3 283.5 281.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.1 91.2 90.7 90.1 29.7 30.3 30.7 30.4 31.4 31.3 32.4 31.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614.7 616.0 617.2 617.3 149.8 152.8 152.6 153.5 402.1 408.1 409.9 406.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413.6 2,457.8 2,463.4 2,455.2 728.4 747.2 747.6 746.7 1,607.1 1,631.9 1,636.8 1,634.8

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.0 273.5 273.9 273.6 81.2 87.7 87.4 86.4 194.1 200.7 202.9 204.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 54.8 54.7 54.4 12.2 12.1 12.0 11.9 27.3 27.3 27.4 27.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665.8 677.2 675.3 679.8 199.7 200.0 200.4 201.8 714.4 729.9 723.5 727.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.5 617.2 617.6 620.8 149.3 153.2 152.4 152.7 398.2 407.8 408.8 408.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.3 135.0 135.1 135.5 36.4 34.8 35.0 34.5 66.6 67.3 66.4 66.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.1 544.8 544.5 539.7 150.9 154.3 153.5 154.3 311.8 318.6 317.1 317.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 52.5 52.9 52.2 10.9 10.6 10.4 10.5 17.9 18.5 18.2 18.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.5 175.4 173.4 173.5 42.1 40.9 40.7 40.7 111.9 112.6 112.5 111.6

Virgin Islands1

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

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Dec.

2015

Oct.

2016

Nov.

2016

Dec.

2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.5 232.0 231.9 232.4 192.5 190.2 192.0 191.1 375.4 380.4 380.6 381.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 49.8 50.3 50.8 34.8 34.7 34.9 35.1 81.6 82.0 81.8 80.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.9 418.9 418.2 422.0 304.4 311.2 313.7 313.6 407.9 407.2 407.1 408.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 184.2 183.4 184.3 115.7 115.7 114.9 116.1 213.4 213.3 213.5 213.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.4 2,576.0 2,577.7 2,581.1 1,864.8 1,918.5 1,912.6 1,920.1 2,477.6 2,547.6 2,538.5 2,539.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.7 331.0 332.9 331.6 325.2 334.2 336.6 332.3 420.5 426.9 426.5 426.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327.6 327.7 329.1 329.9 153.9 152.8 153.2 153.3 237.5 235.7 236.6 236.5

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.0 77.5 77.8 78.1 50.8 52.7 53.7 52.1 65.6 65.2 64.6 64.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.9 129.4 129.7 129.6 74.2 75.9 76.4 77.5 238.7 244.0 244.3 244.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,219.1 1,262.3 1,264.6 1,265.9 1,149.1 1,189.3 1,205.0 1,202.2 1,086.8 1,100.2 1,098.9 1,100.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.9 555.4 558.0 557.7 459.8 476.0 478.4 478.0 681.1 690.4 691.9 693.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7 84.9 84.5 85.0 115.6 121.4 120.0 120.8 126.9 127.4 130.4 127.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.9 99.8 100.4 100.3 72.7 73.3 73.6 73.0 121.1 122.0 122.2 122.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 906.6 913.5 915.7 910.3 583.8 598.7 597.6 595.7 832.6 834.9 834.9 834.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.5 473.7 474.9 469.8 304.6 307.0 308.6 308.5 426.6 428.8 428.9 427.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.6 229.9 230.2 230.5 141.6 144.4 143.5 141.9 254.8 255.2 254.4 256.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.0 195.3 195.9 195.0 127.5 126.7 126.7 126.0 255.9 256.1 255.4 256.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269.2 275.8 275.3 275.5 189.5 192.1 190.7 189.6 316.6 314.2 314.1 314.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.5 315.2 313.5 316.1 228.9 225.7 226.3 226.0 325.3 323.0 323.2 322.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.6 125.2 126.3 125.2 64.5 64.0 65.9 65.5 99.4 99.3 98.7 99.4

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.5 447.2 448.0 445.8 274.6 276.5 277.4 278.7 502.7 508.3 510.5 510.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769.2 790.9 791.4 796.0 349.2 358.3 357.2 358.1 452.0 456.3 459.5 454.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659.0 670.1 668.2 669.4 420.7 435.5 434.9 436.6 598.6 603.8 605.7 603.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.1 526.8 532.4 535.2 262.3 257.1 258.8 257.0 424.8 424.3 423.5 427.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 140.0 140.1 140.2 130.6 132.4 134.4 134.3 245.9 246.7 246.6 244.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.3 457.3 457.1 458.0 285.6 301.0 304.9 305.9 431.6 437.1 435.7 435.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 74.4 74.3 74.8 61.2 63.6 64.4 63.1 90.0 90.1 90.2 90.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.8 153.7 154.0 153.2 89.2 89.5 90.5 90.6 171.9 172.5 172.1 172.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.2 127.7 128.1 128.0 339.0 344.9 347.1 349.0 156.7 159.0 158.9 160.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.8 121.5 121.7 120.7 69.1 71.7 73.4 71.9 89.4 87.3 88.1 86.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670.7 672.2 673.0 677.2 364.2 360.7 364.1 364.8 614.6 613.3 612.9 613.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.0 140.7 141.2 141.6 94.9 93.6 96.2 96.4 190.7 188.8 189.8 189.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,896.4 1,954.2 1,958.2 1,960.4 899.6 918.3 920.9 930.3 1,444.9 1,448.7 1,448.3 1,449.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.5 584.9 581.8 584.8 466.2 467.7 472.0 474.3 718.6 726.9 725.1 724.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 61.7 61.8 61.2 40.3 42.0 41.5 41.3 82.4 82.2 82.7 82.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.1 926.4 925.6 928.3 551.3 556.2 563.8 564.6 775.6 779.1 780.3 778.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.4 237.3 237.6 238.5 165.1 168.6 166.7 170.2 352.4 352.7 352.5 352.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.0 273.5 274.4 275.3 194.4 198.3 197.8 197.6 303.4 309.8 310.2 311.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.2 1,218.5 1,226.2 1,229.7 557.5 564.2 564.1 563.9 706.8 704.3 702.3 702.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 105.7 105.7 104.8 57.3 60.0 60.4 60.4 60.0 60.5 60.7 60.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.7 248.0 248.3 250.3 241.7 241.8 243.9 242.4 362.5 363.0 364.8 365.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 70.8 70.9 71.0 46.5 49.8 49.2 48.5 78.2 79.1 79.6 79.5

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.0 438.1 437.3 438.5 312.6 318.3 316.7 319.3 427.6 430.9 429.6 428.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,604.4 1,662.5 1,672.4 1,679.7 1,276.1 1,314.0 1,316.6 1,320.5 1,867.0 1,897.1 1,901.9 1,904.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.9 192.2 193.0 192.4 138.7 141.0 139.9 141.1 235.7 237.1 236.5 237.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 65.2 65.3 65.2 36.4 38.1 38.0 37.6 55.9 57.4 57.2 57.5

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.2 532.5 530.0 530.0 393.2 396.8 398.7 401.7 710.4 713.4 713.6 714.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.4 477.0 479.3 479.5 315.7 323.9 322.1 325.5 566.8 579.7 579.9 579.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.1 133.5 133.6 134.6 74.7 76.7 77.0 76.7 152.5 152.0 161.5 151.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.6 440.9 442.6 440.7 268.1 275.2 274.3 273.4 412.9 412.5 417.3 412.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.4 27.6 28.2 27.7 34.8 35.2 34.7 34.9 71.9 71.2 70.9 71.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.3 119.6 120.3 120.1 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.8 229.6 227.7 228.5 230.6

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.5 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.7

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

November December November December November December

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,971.2 1,991.0 1,965.0 1,983.6 10.8 10.5 10.7 10.3 81.6 78.3 81.0 76.3

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.2 322.1 324.6 318.8 16.4 14.5 16.1 14.4 15.6 15.8 15.4 14.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,717.0 2,748.4 2,722.7 2,754.7 11.9 12.0 11.9 11.8 131.9 135.7 130.0 136.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,228.2 1,238.4 1,232.7 1,235.7 7.6 6.4 7.5 6.5 49.5 49.1 49.5 48.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,376.2 16,754.6 16,407.8 16,750.0 28.2 25.0 27.3 24.5 748.4 783.9 743.6 762.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,570.3 2,636.2 2,598.1 2,645.1 29.0 25.3 29.0 25.3 155.4 168.8 154.4 165.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700.2 1,701.0 1,700.3 1,699.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 59.7 57.5 56.8 55.2

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.6 464.0 460.2 463.1 – – – – 21.6 21.0 22.1 21.0

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.3 788.7 771.2 788.1 – – – – 14.3 14.3 14.2 14.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,268.1 8,531.5 8,302.1 8,553.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 443.7 466.7 443.4 466.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,362.4 4,466.8 4,360.3 4,457.1 9.1 8.8 9.0 8.8 171.2 180.8 172.3 179.1

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.9 661.2 651.1 662.5 – – – – 37.7 39.0 38.2 39.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.4 704.8 686.6 700.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 40.2 41.7 39.1 39.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,052.9 6,089.5 6,017.0 6,045.7 9.5 9.2 9.3 9.1 220.6 219.3 210.7 201.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086.8 3,127.6 3,080.9 3,103.0 6.6 6.1 6.4 6.1 134.2 135.3 129.2 128.8

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,590.3 1,600.2 1,578.5 1,587.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 85.1 93.5 80.2 87.1

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.6 1,410.0 1,413.2 1,403.7 8.1 7.5 8.1 7.4 61.7 58.0 60.0 55.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.4 1,937.1 1,924.5 1,937.3 13.5 11.2 13.1 11.2 79.0 76.8 76.9 73.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,998.0 1,990.1 1,993.8 1,989.0 43.7 38.9 43.2 37.1 145.2 147.7 144.9 145.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612.8 614.9 611.0 609.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 27.7 26.5 26.4 25.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,698.3 2,731.0 2,699.2 2,727.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 160.7 160.0 158.0 157.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,539.3 3,611.4 3,531.7 3,602.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 148.4 154.6 143.1 152.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,317.2 4,406.7 4,303.8 4,377.5 7.5 7.2 7.2 6.7 154.1 163.4 144.9 148.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886.6 2,926.0 2,874.6 2,911.9 6.7 5.7 5.8 5.4 119.0 125.2 107.5 115.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,148.1 1,146.6 1,149.6 1,138.5 7.5 7.3 7.5 7.3 47.5 47.2 47.5 45.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,809.6 2,869.0 2,797.6 2,860.7 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 118.1 122.8 116.4 120.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.5 466.2 458.9 462.7 7.7 7.4 7.5 7.4 27.1 27.1 25.7 24.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.3 1,031.8 1,017.9 1,026.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 50.1 50.3 47.4 46.6

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276.9 1,311.9 1,274.3 1,311.3 14.0 13.3 13.8 13.1 73.1 81.9 71.8 81.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.3 677.6 665.9 678.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 26.6 26.8 25.6 26.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,095.4 4,118.9 4,106.5 4,120.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 154.5 158.0 152.3 155.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.4 835.3 833.0 835.4 23.2 18.1 22.7 17.7 44.6 45.8 43.8 45.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,398.9 9,508.3 9,395.1 9,497.8 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.8 381.4 376.5 369.0 358.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318.5 4,401.4 4,310.9 4,393.2 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 192.1 202.3 194.4 200.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.2 446.9 446.6 440.4 19.5 17.4 18.8 17.1 33.3 33.0 29.7 27.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,502.7 5,553.2 5,495.7 5,530.4 13.2 11.1 12.7 11.2 211.3 217.7 200.4 202.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,682.0 1,669.8 1,675.4 1,669.6 50.0 44.0 50.2 43.2 79.8 80.8 79.5 79.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,818.0 1,874.3 1,813.9 1,868.6 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.4 84.5 92.0 82.4 90.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,916.7 5,960.6 5,915.2 5,946.9 30.6 23.0 30.0 22.6 237.7 238.9 225.7 229.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.4 497.5 489.8 493.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 18.4 18.7 18.4 18.2

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,034.8 2,081.3 2,038.5 2,076.1 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.3 87.9 92.2 88.4 90.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.8 440.0 428.5 435.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 22.7 24.2 21.5 22.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,962.2 3,018.2 2,976.2 3,020.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 118.2 123.4 117.8 123.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,998.1 12,225.1 12,008.2 12,221.7 255.0 227.3 255.1 228.7 697.0 698.8 692.9 689.2

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,405.6 1,446.5 1,407.9 1,447.9 10.2 9.1 10.0 9.1 88.3 92.0 85.0 88.8

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.1 318.2 320.9 322.2 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 16.5 16.2 15.7 15.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,927.6 3,969.5 3,926.6 3,966.3 8.7 8.0 8.6 8.1 186.6 187.6 185.2 184.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,205.2 3,303.6 3,198.2 3,289.5 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.9 175.2 190.5 172.1 185.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.3 781.4 767.7 768.2 24.0 21.5 23.7 21.3 32.3 33.6 31.2 31.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,932.9 2,969.8 2,915.7 2,938.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 115.1 118.8 108.9 109.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.4 276.2 283.9 276.2 22.6 19.0 22.1 19.3 23.5 22.1 21.4 20.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5 897.0 921.9 910.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 22.9 21.4 24.5 22.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 38.1 37.8 38.2 – – – – 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

November December November December November December

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.2 264.9 257.7 266.0 388.5 392.0 390.7 391.5 21.3 21.3 21.1 21.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 9.0 7.5 7.5 65.1 63.3 65.7 62.5 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 158.8 160.6 159.7 527.3 532.5 531.2 531.9 46.5 47.4 47.4 47.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.8 154.0 155.1 153.1 258.6 256.9 262.4 259.2 13.8 13.6 13.8 13.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286.1 1,277.3 1,284.3 1,277.0 3,043.6 3,097.0 3,070.2 3,127.2 489.5 503.8 490.8 497.9

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.7 141.5 144.8 141.4 452.9 460.7 458.8 467.7 70.9 71.3 71.5 71.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.9 159.3 158.6 159.4 306.1 305.2 311.6 309.2 32.6 33.1 32.8 32.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 26.7 27.7 26.5 84.1 82.0 85.5 82.3 4.8 4.9 4.8 5.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 33.9 33.2 34.4 33.3 17.1 16.9 17.0 16.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.3 359.5 350.3 359.9 1,723.2 1,760.8 1,743.3 1,779.8 135.9 135.5 135.2 134.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.4 387.4 386.3 386.5 935.8 955.0 940.4 961.5 105.8 104.3 104.2 102.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 13.9 13.9 13.9 119.4 121.0 120.8 122.5 8.7 8.6 8.8 8.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.5 65.1 63.7 65.3 139.2 142.5 139.2 141.8 9.2 9.7 9.3 9.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.2 569.0 579.2 568.3 1,231.4 1,230.9 1,234.9 1,239.3 101.4 96.2 100.1 97.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.4 516.6 519.6 518.7 596.5 609.1 605.6 609.5 32.7 31.5 33.2 31.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.9 207.6 214.7 207.7 322.0 323.2 323.1 322.7 23.9 22.7 23.9 22.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.3 161.3 163.1 161.6 270.1 269.7 272.1 270.8 20.5 19.1 20.3 19.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.9 245.3 245.6 245.8 397.8 404.3 401.5 408.8 24.9 24.4 25.3 24.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.6 132.9 141.8 133.7 396.5 397.1 398.2 400.5 24.5 25.5 24.1 25.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 51.8 51.2 50.8 122.3 122.0 122.8 122.1 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.0 108.0 106.1 108.1 475.4 475.1 482.7 482.1 38.6 38.5 38.1 38.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.8 250.9 250.4 252.2 577.3 579.8 581.9 585.2 87.0 87.7 87.7 88.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.0 602.0 595.9 601.5 785.4 786.0 790.8 785.6 56.8 58.3 56.8 58.5

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5 315.6 316.7 314.8 533.0 542.1 535.0 543.9 51.8 51.2 52.1 51.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.2 142.7 144.2 141.7 230.0 232.6 232.7 235.2 13.4 13.0 13.4 13.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259.6 258.4 260.4 259.6 539.5 547.6 540.4 549.4 53.1 51.1 52.6 51.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.4 20.0 19.5 20.2 96.0 95.4 96.4 95.2 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.4 97.7 97.3 97.0 211.0 212.8 212.3 214.5 17.8 17.8 17.7 17.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.5 42.3 42.7 246.4 256.3 248.9 256.6 14.2 12.7 14.0 12.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 66.4 66.1 67.1 141.2 145.3 143.3 146.5 12.5 12.7 12.5 12.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.3 241.9 239.1 242.7 879.6 891.0 893.7 898.9 73.9 73.9 74.0 74.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 26.4 27.3 26.5 142.4 138.3 141.7 138.9 13.0 12.7 12.0 12.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.2 447.2 453.5 443.6 1,603.3 1,619.8 1,620.4 1,634.2 268.5 269.9 269.4 266.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.8 464.0 460.3 464.9 818.9 838.8 826.5 846.0 76.4 74.3 76.9 74.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 25.0 25.0 24.8 103.1 97.5 101.9 97.9 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689.9 687.1 691.4 688.5 1,037.3 1,046.7 1,047.9 1,051.8 72.2 72.2 72.3 73.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.7 124.8 132.5 126.3 312.6 311.7 313.9 312.4 20.9 21.7 20.9 21.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.3 185.1 186.1 183.2 347.6 352.6 349.2 354.6 34.0 35.7 34.3 36.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.1 562.0 567.5 566.7 1,150.4 1,161.0 1,170.7 1,172.3 85.8 85.2 86.5 83.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 41.3 41.9 41.0 77.5 78.6 78.6 79.1 8.7 8.4 8.7 8.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.1 242.3 238.8 242.6 392.1 399.5 397.0 402.7 27.0 26.3 27.0 26.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 41.4 41.7 40.8 88.8 91.1 89.9 91.5 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.1 340.8 339.0 343.0 621.0 627.3 631.2 631.4 43.9 45.3 44.0 45.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.1 844.9 863.5 849.0 2,445.3 2,500.4 2,469.9 2,514.2 201.3 203.1 200.3 202.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.2 128.8 124.3 129.0 271.7 278.4 275.9 280.7 34.7 35.3 34.8 34.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.7 30.0 30.5 30.2 56.2 55.9 57.3 56.2 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.0 229.2 233.8 228.9 682.4 692.4 686.5 700.1 69.8 66.4 69.6 65.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.2 283.0 287.3 281.3 606.7 628.8 613.1 631.7 116.9 122.7 117.6 124.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.2 46.6 46.9 46.4 137.7 137.9 138.7 138.1 9.3 8.9 9.2 8.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.6 470.8 470.3 471.1 552.6 559.3 550.1 556.7 49.6 48.1 49.5 48.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 10.0 9.9 10.0 55.8 52.8 56.2 52.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 72.1 74.3 72.5 178.9 177.5 183.9 182.8 20.8 19.8 20.8 19.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

November December November December November December

2015 2016 2015 2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p2015 2016 2015 2016p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.9 100.3 96.3 100.5 232.9 233.6 228.9 230.8 232.4 234.2 231.9 233.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 12.4 12.0 12.1 28.0 25.5 28.0 25.6 47.3 50.0 48.2 50.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.0 205.2 201.0 206.3 414.4 413.8 419.5 420.5 409.4 422.2 411.0 425.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 50.3 49.6 50.3 140.7 146.5 140.7 144.7 178.8 184.8 179.4 184.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802.4 815.0 806.8 821.5 2,550.6 2,618.4 2,564.3 2,612.5 2,515.5 2,599.3 2,521.3 2,600.3

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.6 160.7 165.1 162.8 399.1 409.4 398.8 409.2 318.0 334.0 319.5 332.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.3 132.2 130.5 132.5 219.1 219.0 218.3 217.4 333.0 334.3 331.9 332.8

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.6 47.3 47.6 63.4 67.4 63.5 67.2 76.8 78.5 76.5 78.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 30.4 30.6 30.5 163.5 168.1 162.0 168.4 131.0 133.2 128.9 131.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.7 559.4 543.0 563.6 1,262.5 1,311.5 1,266.8 1,307.4 1,226.3 1,275.1 1,228.4 1,278.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.1 246.2 238.5 243.9 660.5 690.0 660.8 688.9 550.2 562.4 549.7 559.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 28.7 28.1 28.2 83.7 84.8 84.5 85.7 83.0 85.3 83.4 85.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 35.6 33.6 36.0 82.3 85.8 82.5 85.3 99.6 101.6 99.8 101.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381.1 375.8 381.1 378.2 928.9 962.3 916.0 947.5 918.7 927.5 914.0 917.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2 134.5 131.7 134.3 333.1 337.2 330.0 330.6 466.0 481.3 463.9 474.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.7 111.1 107.2 111.7 141.3 138.9 138.1 137.1 231.4 235.6 231.5 235.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 80.2 79.2 80.9 179.4 179.4 177.9 177.5 195.6 197.1 196.3 196.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 98.3 94.5 99.7 224.8 230.5 231.2 232.7 270.0 277.4 270.5 276.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.1 90.6 89.9 91.0 211.9 212.8 211.1 211.5 307.5 315.8 308.8 317.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.2 30.9 30.5 30.8 64.7 64.8 64.1 63.8 126.0 127.8 125.9 126.7

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.4 147.6 147.4 146.8 435.8 444.3 433.7 440.0 440.1 451.2 441.8 448.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.6 224.7 221.7 225.9 541.0 559.8 536.8 552.8 776.6 800.7 776.3 801.9

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.3 217.3 211.0 218.5 653.0 682.2 646.6 674.4 665.8 677.0 664.3 674.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.1 184.9 183.2 185.8 361.3 365.3 357.3 365.7 519.6 537.4 518.3 536.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 41.9 43.4 41.9 105.9 99.5 106.9 98.4 140.6 141.8 140.4 141.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.3 173.1 166.4 173.4 374.8 387.1 373.0 386.8 453.3 460.9 451.6 459.3

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 24.8 24.1 24.9 40.0 40.7 39.3 40.4 73.2 75.0 73.3 75.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7 72.7 72.7 72.7 119.8 122.8 118.8 122.3 152.3 155.2 153.0 154.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.3 61.4 59.8 60.9 169.5 170.8 168.6 170.0 124.1 128.5 125.0 128.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 36.6 36.4 37.1 77.9 79.5 77.4 78.8 119.7 122.6 119.5 121.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.2 256.7 255.1 258.7 671.6 674.8 672.0 667.1 673.3 678.2 675.9 682.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 33.3 33.3 33.4 100.1 102.0 100.4 102.8 136.2 142.2 137.0 142.7

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.2 705.3 708.7 707.7 1,278.5 1,290.4 1,278.6 1,292.4 1,942.3 2,002.8 1,938.4 2,003.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.6 220.2 217.9 220.5 606.6 632.2 601.8 627.5 584.3 589.9 580.8 589.8

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.2 23.1 23.9 23.4 36.9 36.7 36.1 36.0 61.9 62.4 61.6 61.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.4 301.0 292.4 301.3 726.3 719.1 722.5 717.5 925.8 937.0 925.8 937.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.9 81.1 80.8 82.3 184.0 179.1 182.4 177.5 235.1 239.5 232.6 239.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.3 99.0 96.6 99.4 233.5 249.0 232.9 249.7 266.8 277.9 265.9 277.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 317.4 316.2 319.8 782.3 800.4 778.2 789.8 1,225.9 1,247.4 1,218.1 1,243.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 32.3 33.1 32.1 64.7 67.0 64.2 65.9 107.9 108.1 106.5 107.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.1 98.8 97.4 98.8 271.0 285.0 272.6 282.2 241.7 250.2 241.0 251.9

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 30.5 29.7 30.4 30.9 32.0 31.1 31.6 69.6 71.4 69.6 71.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.5 153.6 150.1 153.7 406.7 418.2 411.2 418.1 423.5 441.0 426.4 440.0

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729.6 749.0 730.7 749.3 1,615.1 1,649.4 1,614.9 1,639.1 1,613.6 1,685.5 1,612.7 1,688.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 87.8 82.1 87.3 198.4 205.0 194.5 204.8 187.8 196.7 187.9 194.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 11.9 12.2 11.9 27.6 27.6 26.9 27.6 65.2 66.0 65.2 65.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.0 200.5 199.7 200.7 714.7 729.3 717.4 727.0 523.5 535.2 522.8 533.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.5 152.8 149.4 153.1 399.6 409.4 396.7 404.5 463.0 482.1 464.2 482.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 35.1 36.8 35.0 67.6 66.9 66.7 66.3 131.4 135.9 130.6 136.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.0 153.6 151.3 154.2 315.3 321.0 310.8 315.3 443.5 446.1 443.1 444.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 10.4 10.9 10.5 18.0 18.0 17.4 17.9 27.6 28.4 27.5 27.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.0 40.7 42.5 41.1 112.2 113.2 115.4 115.1 125.4 121.7 127.2 122.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 3.3 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 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark 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

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.3 190.5 188.3 187.2 80.4 81.6 80.8 81.6 378.9 383.8 377.6 384.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 30.9 30.9 31.2 11.7 11.6 11.8 11.8 82.7 82.9 82.8 82.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.8 313.4 302.4 312.7 88.7 85.1 88.9 85.3 424.7 422.3 418.8 417.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.8 113.2 112.2 112.4 44.4 44.9 45.0 45.4 218.5 218.7 217.5 217.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,849.0 1,903.4 1,856.1 1,913.4 550.3 557.3 545.4 552.2 2,512.6 2,574.2 2,497.7 2,561.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.4 322.8 325.3 332.6 102.8 103.9 104.2 103.2 430.5 437.8 426.7 433.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.7 151.3 150.8 151.2 63.9 65.4 64.9 65.7 244.3 243.1 243.5 242.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.3 50.8 47.6 49.5 18.6 18.9 18.3 19.1 67.4 66.2 66.9 66.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1 76.2 73.8 76.3 70.7 71.3 70.6 71.1 238.4 243.9 238.6 244.7

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.2 1,193.2 1,145.7 1,196.3 336.4 343.7 335.9 344.3 1,107.0 1,120.3 1,104.3 1,116.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456.4 475.9 454.0 471.3 157.5 155.2 158.7 155.1 690.4 700.8 686.4 699.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.3 120.1 116.2 121.3 27.0 27.3 27.0 26.9 129.0 132.5 130.2 130.3

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 70.5 70.0 70.5 23.5 23.9 23.4 23.7 123.3 124.6 122.4 123.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576.9 590.1 573.1 584.9 254.7 257.1 253.5 255.4 849.5 852.1 845.1 847.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.9 304.5 297.3 301.0 126.2 128.4 124.9 127.8 440.0 443.1 439.1 440.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.4 139.5 135.2 136.4 61.3 63.1 62.2 63.1 264.0 262.7 260.2 261.6

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.4 125.9 125.2 124.0 48.4 47.7 48.5 47.4 264.6 264.1 262.5 262.7

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.7 188.3 183.5 183.6 62.5 63.2 63.0 63.5 320.1 317.4 319.4 316.9

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.7 225.1 227.7 224.8 74.7 74.1 74.1 74.6 332.6 329.6 330.0 327.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 58.2 56.6 56.7 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 102.6 102.0 102.6 102.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.8 266.6 262.1 268.2 117.6 118.9 117.7 118.5 512.4 519.3 510.1 517.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.5 345.6 332.7 340.8 135.4 134.8 136.0 134.6 463.6 471.7 464.0 467.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.6 417.6 402.9 419.0 169.1 171.4 171.0 173.5 615.6 624.3 612.4 616.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.6 249.3 251.1 245.2 115.9 116.3 116.8 116.5 431.1 433.0 430.8 431.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 133.1 127.7 130.7 39.9 39.4 40.5 38.9 247.4 248.1 245.4 244.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.6 301.2 275.7 295.4 114.1 115.9 115.0 115.5 443.0 446.7 442.1 445.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.1 59.9 57.8 60.3 17.7 17.5 17.9 17.4 92.0 92.0 91.0 91.0

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.6 88.8 86.4 88.2 37.4 36.9 37.1 36.8 175.1 175.8 174.2 174.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.7 344.8 334.7 345.3 36.1 38.2 35.6 37.9 159.3 161.5 159.8 162.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 67.4 64.6 68.3 25.5 27.0 25.5 26.9 93.6 92.3 94.0 91.5

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.1 349.9 346.2 346.7 167.2 165.2 169.3 166.7 629.3 628.0 627.5 626.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.1 93.7 93.2 94.6 28.1 28.8 28.1 28.6 194.2 194.0 193.5 192.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889.1 909.3 879.9 903.2 402.3 413.6 406.3 412.7 1,464.7 1,468.3 1,465.8 1,470.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.8 463.7 454.3 460.9 153.5 158.8 153.8 157.6 744.9 751.6 738.7 745.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.6 41.4 40.4 41.4 17.2 18.9 17.3 18.8 84.6 84.9 85.3 85.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.2 544.9 529.8 543.4 214.3 217.3 215.5 215.7 787.8 799.1 785.0 788.2

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.3 165.4 161.9 166.9 61.7 61.8 61.3 60.3 360.0 359.9 359.4 359.5

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.9 193.3 188.3 191.3 61.4 64.1 61.4 63.8 310.1 318.1 309.5 315.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.9 544.1 538.0 542.4 259.0 257.6 258.9 256.7 727.6 723.6 725.4 720.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 58.3 54.3 57.3 23.0 22.9 22.9 22.7 61.2 61.7 61.0 61.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.8 238.2 229.7 232.0 74.1 73.8 75.0 73.9 367.9 370.6 367.5 370.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 46.9 43.2 45.3 16.0 15.0 15.8 14.8 79.1 80.7 79.2 80.8

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.8 314.1 307.3 312.9 107.8 108.4 107.3 108.4 439.2 441.7 437.5 440.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,256.4 1,301.4 1,254.8 1,299.0 420.9 430.3 419.8 429.0 1,895.8 1,935.0 1,893.6 1,933.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.3 134.8 137.7 140.9 37.4 38.3 37.2 38.2 239.1 240.3 238.5 239.9

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 35.2 38.4 39.9 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.4 59.5 60.0 58.9 59.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.7 389.6 381.6 388.9 200.6 204.7 200.2 203.9 723.6 726.6 721.2 725.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.7 315.2 308.2 316.4 116.0 122.8 115.6 121.3 575.5 590.2 568.2 582.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.1 75.3 73.0 74.7 55.5 54.6 55.3 54.8 155.5 165.1 155.6 155.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.6 264.3 255.9 259.7 148.9 150.9 149.0 151.8 423.6 432.9 423.0 423.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 30.0 31.9 32.2 10.2 10.1 10.2 10.1 72.8 71.8 72.7 71.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 82.5 83.5 83.9 17.7 17.5 18.0 17.8 230.8 230.1 231.2 231.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7.6 7.4 7.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 10.9 10.7 10.8 10.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2015 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are

preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.
TEXAS

N.M.

CALIF.

MONT.

NEV.

ARIZ.

ORE.

S.D.

WYO.

COLO. KAN. MO.

N.D.

NEB.

UTAH

GA.

ILL.

MINN.

LA.

IDAHO

FLA.

PA.

WIS.

N.Y.

OKLA.

N.C.

KY.

ALA.

VA.

ARK.

WASH.

IOWA

MISS.

IND.

OHIO

S.C.

MICH.

TENN.

W.VA.

VT. 

MD.

HAWAII

ALASKA

Pacific

Mountain

West

North Central

East

North Central

New England

Middle

Atlantic

East

South Central

West

South Central

Map 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonally December 2016

(U.S. rate = 4.7 percent)