For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, February 1, 2017 USDL-17-0139 

Technical information: 

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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — DECEMBER 2016

Unemployment rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 236 of the 387 metropolitan areas, 

higher in 111 areas, and unchanged in 40 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

Twenty-seven areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and five areas had rates of at least 10.0 

percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 292 metropolitan areas, decreased in 

87 areas, and was unchanged in 8 areas. The national unemployment rate in December was 4.5 percent, 

not seasonally adjusted, down from 4.8 percent a year earlier. 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In December, Ames, Iowa, and Burlington-South Burlington, Vt., had the lowest unemployment rates, 

2.1 percent each. El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz., had the highest unemployment rates, 18.8 percent 

and 15.3 percent, respectively. A total of 192 areas had December jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 

4.5 percent, 186 areas had rates above it, and 9 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1 

and map 1.) 

El Centro, Calif., had the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in December (-2.7 

percentage points), followed by New Bedford, Mass. (-2.6 points). Forty-three other areas had rate 

declines of at least 1.0 percentage point. The largest over-the-year rate increase occurred in Erie, Pa. 

(+1.6 percentage points). 

Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Boston-CambridgeNashua, Mass.-N.H., had the lowest unemployment rate in December, 2.5 percent, followed by DenverAurora-Lakewood, Colo., 2.6 percent, and Salt Lake City, Utah, 2.7 percent. Birmingham-Hoover, Ala., 

and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., had the highest jobless rates among the large areas, 5.4 

percent each. Thirty-four large areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, 12 had increases, 

and 5 had no change. The largest rate decrease occurred in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. (-1.5 

percentage points). The largest over-the-year rate increase was in Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio (+1.2 

percentage points). 
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Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 38 metropolitan divisions, which are 

essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In December, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, 

Mass., and Framingham, Mass., had the lowest unemployment rates among the divisions, 2.3 percent 

each. Tacoma-Lakewood, Wash., had the highest division rate, 6.0 percent. (See table 2.) 

In December, 31 metropolitan divisions had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, 3 had 

increases, and 4 had no change. The largest rate decline occurred in Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, 

Mass.-N.H. (-2.2 percentage points). The largest over-the-year rate increases occurred in Philadelphia, 

Pa. (+0.7 percentage point), and Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, Pa. (+0.6 point). 

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In December, 292 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 87 

had decreases, and 8 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New 

York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+120,600), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+113,500), 

and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. (+90,000). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in 

employment occurred in Cleveland, Tenn. (+5.7 percent), followed by Madera, Calif., and Prescott, 

Ariz. (+5.0 percent each). (See table 3 and map 2.) 

The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Lafayette, La. (-6,500), MilwaukeeWaukesha-West Allis, Wis. (-4,700), and Anchorage, Alaska (-4,100). The largest over-the-year 

percentage decrease in employment occurred in Casper, Wyo. (-6.6 percent), followed by CarbondaleMarion, Ill. (-4.2 percent), and Cheyenne, Wyo. (-3.4 percent). 

 

Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 49 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census 

population of 1 million or more, and fell in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. (-0.5 percent), and 

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. (-0.4 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage 

increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. 

(+4.2 percent), followed by Salt Lake City, Utah; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.; and SeattleTacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+3.4 percent each).

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In December, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 of the 38 metropolitan divisions over the 

year and decreased in Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, Mass.-N.H. (-1,200, or -1.4 percent), and 

Dutchess County-Putnam County, N.Y. (-100, or -0.1 percent). The largest over-the-year increase in 

employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in New York-Jersey City-White Plains, N.Y.-

N.J. (+100,400), followed by Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+95,300), and Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale, Calif. (+58,600). (See table 4.) 

The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred 

in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+3.9 percent), followed by Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, 

Mass.-N.H. (+3.8 percent), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+3.6 percent). 
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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). The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release 

for January 2017 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 17, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 

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 census regions and divisions and 

all states, the District of Columbia, and the seven modeled substate areas presented in tables 1 and 2 of 

this news release will be revised from 2012–2016 to incorporate updated inputs, new population 

controls, and reestimation of models. The new population controls will reflect the annual updating of 

population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. Civilian labor force and unemployment estimates for 

all other metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions subsequently will be revised to reflect updated 

inputs and adjustment to the new statewide estimates. These revised estimates will be published in 

conjunction with the March 2017 State Employment and Unemployment news release on Friday, April 

21, 2017. 

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 3 and 4 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. 

 
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

program (tables 1 and 2) for 387 metropolitan statistical areas 

and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas 

(NECTAs), plus 7 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 38 

metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented. 

Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are 

provided for the same areas. State estimates were previously 

published in the news release, Regional and State Employment 

and Unemployment, and are republished in this release for ease 

of reference. The LAUS and CES programs are both federalstate 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 older. 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 labormanagement 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 states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using 

time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national 

CPS totals. Model-based estimates are also produced for the 

following areas and their respective balances: the ChicagoNaperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division; 

Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; DetroitWarren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; MiamiMiami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; and SeattleBellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. Modeling 

improves the statistical basis of the estimation for these areas 

and provides important tools for analysis, such as measures of 

errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all other substate 

areas in this release, estimates are prepared through indirect 

estimation procedures using a building-block approach. 

Employment estimates, which are based largely on “place of 

work” estimates from the CES program, are adjusted to refer to 

place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment estimates 

are aggregates of persons previously employed in industries 

covered by state unemployment insurance (UI) laws and 

entrants to the labor force data from the CPS. The substate 

estimates of employment and unemployment, which 

geographically exhaust the entire state, are adjusted 

proportionally to ensure that they add to the independently 

estimated state or balance-of-state totals. A detailed description 

of the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon 

request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the 

beginning of each year, usually implemented with the issuance 

of January estimates. The adjusted model-based estimates 

typically reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census 

Bureau, any revisions in other input data sources, and model reestimation. All substate estimates then are re-estimated using 

updated inputs and adjusted to add to the revised model-based 

totals. In early 2015, a new generation of time-series models 

was implemented, resulting in the replacement of data back to 

the series beginnings. At the same time, enhancements were 

made to the substate estimation methodology, and more timely 

inputs from the American Community Survey were 

incorporated. 

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. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted for states, metropolitan areas, and 

metropolitan divisions at the total nonfarm level. For states, 

data are seasonally adjusted at the supersector level as well 

Revisions of historical data for the most recent 5 years are made 

once a year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Reliability of the estimates

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into 

the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not 

directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional 

errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. 

The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals 

shown in the same tables because of rounding. Unemployment 

rates are computed from unrounded data and thus may differ 

slightly from rates computed using the rounded data displayed 

in the tables. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Measures of 

sampling error are not available for metropolitan areas or 

metropolitan divisions. Model-based error measures for states 

are available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error 

are not available for the areas contained in this release. 

Information on recent data revisions for states and local areas 

is available online at www.bls.gov/lau/launews1.htm.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are 

available for metropolitan areas or metropolitan divisions upon 

request. Measures of sampling error for states down to the 

supersector level are available on the BLS website at 

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

error are not available for the areas contained in this release. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online 

at www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2016.pdf. 

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. Data reflect New England City 

and Town Area (NECTA) definitions, rather than county-based 

definitions, in the six New England States. A detailed list of the 

geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Additional information

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor 

force and unemployment data for states, census regions and 

divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news 

release Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, 

metropolitan areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 

or more, and other areas used in the administration of various 

federal economic assistance programs are available on the 

Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES 

program are available on the BLS website 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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area

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

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . 45,843 46,601 45,961 46,222 3,069 2,877 3,018 3,044 6.7 6.2 6.6 6.6

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,064 75,156 71,985 74,778 3,467 3,507 3,591 3,717 4.8 4.7 5.0 5.0

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534,456 545,381 532,395 541,231 28,009 28,364 28,644 29,424 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,533 89,321 86,290 88,366 4,553 4,610 4,814 4,930 5.3 5.2 5.6 5.6

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,835 69,984 68,811 69,443 3,973 3,799 4,105 3,941 5.8 5.4 6.0 5.7

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,916 62,853 61,733 62,287 3,537 3,516 3,592 3,700 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.9

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,413 67,249 66,367 66,486 4,361 4,114 4,491 4,349 6.6 6.1 6.8 6.5

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,537 44,453 43,561 44,272 2,518 2,498 2,524 2,582 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.8

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,774 215,890 210,345 214,449 10,551 10,602 10,747 10,990 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.1

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,329 187,072 183,049 186,081 12,068 12,480 12,464 13,138 6.6 6.7 6.8 7.1

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,531 172,676 169,161 171,790 9,370 9,215 9,442 9,653 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.6

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,249 116,180 112,870 115,071 5,975 6,252 6,330 6,631 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.8

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

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205,540 202,830 207,489 203,839 11,506 11,830 11,778 11,691 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,740 46,231 46,529 46,034 2,634 2,640 2,653 2,624 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7

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

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,584 74,476 71,501 73,273 4,493 4,060 4,723 4,423 6.2 5.5 6.6 6.0

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . 77,978 80,015 78,287 78,652 5,834 4,675 5,852 4,700 7.5 5.8 7.5 6.0

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,189,591 2,252,162 2,188,071 2,251,861 106,671 92,606 103,721 91,600 4.9 4.1 4.7 4.1

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,919 103,540 96,964 102,593 5,029 4,401 4,883 4,335 5.1 4.3 5.0 4.2

Sierra Vista-Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,130 49,906 49,016 49,944 3,332 2,721 3,235 2,704 6.8 5.5 6.6 5.4

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467,914 480,858 468,033 476,574 24,288 20,961 23,581 20,725 5.2 4.4 5.0 4.3

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,879 91,244 91,382 91,847 17,725 15,261 16,117 14,083 19.3 16.7 17.6 15.3

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

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . 256,931 262,192 256,898 257,783 7,688 6,735 8,093 6,894 3.0 2.6 3.2 2.7

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,025 121,220 120,607 119,996 5,900 5,145 6,137 5,207 4.9 4.2 5.1 4.3

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,392 39,968 39,554 39,692 1,917 1,614 2,007 1,722 4.9 4.0 5.1 4.3

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,415 62,880 61,309 62,577 2,405 1,849 2,520 1,983 3.9 2.9 4.1 3.2

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . 347,734 350,212 345,303 347,075 13,243 11,173 13,971 11,610 3.8 3.2 4.0 3.3

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,489 35,692 36,518 35,330 2,133 1,675 2,305 1,829 5.8 4.7 6.3 5.2

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

Bakersfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393,078 398,622 391,108 391,410 37,499 36,466 40,869 38,870 9.5 9.1 10.4 9.9

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,273 104,098 101,920 102,809 6,939 6,123 7,064 6,443 6.8 5.9 6.9 6.3

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,817 80,227 79,899 76,954 18,371 17,731 17,143 14,450 23.0 22.1 21.5 18.8

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440,584 445,079 440,095 441,174 44,154 41,473 44,854 41,951 10.0 9.3 10.2 9.5

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,732 57,916 57,791 57,351 5,982 5,387 6,164 5,683 10.4 9.3 10.7 9.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . 6,600,183 6,744,258 6,600,592 6,691,537 360,349 306,975 349,329 296,840 5.5 4.6 5.3 4.4

Madera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,075 60,192 60,074 60,898 6,171 5,385 6,331 5,752 10.4 8.9 10.5 9.4

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,104 115,574 114,712 115,304 12,870 10,842 13,494 12,443 11.2 9.4 11.8 10.8

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241,127 245,805 241,039 244,139 21,797 19,338 21,950 20,201 9.0 7.9 9.1 8.3

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,026 75,919 72,837 73,792 3,687 3,184 3,710 3,262 5.0 4.2 5.1 4.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . 429,330 433,326 429,152 429,256 24,172 21,865 23,529 20,727 5.6 5.0 5.5 4.8

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,402 74,435 74,361 73,834 5,409 4,781 5,608 4,959 7.3 6.4 7.5 6.7

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . 1,977,876 2,014,620 1,985,396 2,008,847 122,138 110,539 116,959 104,218 6.2 5.5 5.9 5.2

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade. . . 1,058,509 1,085,687 1,058,446 1,076,885 59,256 52,873 57,716 52,317 5.6 4.9 5.5 4.9

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,966 221,602 212,584 209,470 17,031 14,535 22,230 20,720 7.6 6.6 10.5 9.9

San Diego-Carlsbad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,570,065 1,593,786 1,568,308 1,579,420 77,914 69,215 75,012 65,551 5.0 4.3 4.8 4.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . 2,516,938 2,566,276 2,524,701 2,548,157 101,472 91,386 97,280 86,667 4.0 3.6 3.9 3.4

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . 1,056,007 1,089,318 1,058,444 1,080,722 42,889 38,505 40,973 36,699 4.1 3.5 3.9 3.4

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo

Grande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,182 145,314 140,498 140,922 6,458 5,552 6,298 5,455 4.5 3.8 4.5 3.9

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,750 146,497 141,040 144,284 10,275 8,925 11,730 10,809 7.2 6.1 8.3 7.5

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara. . . . . . . . . . . . 220,881 224,531 218,901 221,882 11,745 10,415 12,287 11,512 5.3 4.6 5.6 5.2

Santa Rosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,387 261,753 259,706 260,141 11,246 9,686 10,904 9,500 4.3 3.7 4.2 3.7

Stockton-Lodi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,308 317,583 316,915 314,577 27,385 24,566 27,497 25,182 8.7 7.7 8.7 8.0

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,371 211,562 208,532 210,078 12,005 10,832 11,753 10,699 5.8 5.1 5.6 5.1

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,531 201,507 199,731 200,655 22,394 21,785 24,319 23,137 11.3 10.8 12.2 11.5

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,147 72,443 72,170 72,067 7,074 6,354 7,542 7,044 9.8 8.8 10.5 9.8

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

Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,291 183,364 175,051 182,104 4,722 4,003 4,609 3,936 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.2

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319,058 325,770 318,557 323,304 12,378 10,353 12,454 10,230 3.9 3.2 3.9 3.2

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505,753 1,557,063 1,495,883 1,549,275 46,515 40,684 46,466 40,187 3.1 2.6 3.1 2.6

Fort Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,832 186,626 180,179 184,365 5,045 4,337 5,066 4,327 2.8 2.3 2.8 2.3

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,279 73,035 71,620 71,994 3,550 3,131 3,855 3,217 4.9 4.3 5.4 4.5

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,923 153,450 146,939 152,191 4,912 4,066 4,984 4,027 3.3 2.6 3.4 2.6

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,082 74,007 71,704 73,571 3,415 3,178 3,485 3,003 4.7 4.3 4.9 4.1

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

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . 463,400 463,429 462,174 465,015 22,744 17,251 22,187 18,080 4.9 3.7 4.8 3.9

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,834 106,633 106,046 107,384 4,242 3,163 4,261 3,486 4.0 3.0 4.0 3.2

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . 615,873 618,050 612,402 616,996 30,949 22,792 30,531 24,045 5.0 3.7 5.0 3.9

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322,924 323,640 321,525 321,620 16,507 12,101 15,820 12,393 5.1 3.7 4.9 3.9

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area — Continued

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

Connecticut - Continued

Norwich-New London-Westerly. . . . . . . . . 141,766 140,752 141,065 140,747 7,644 5,559 7,495 5,798 5.4 3.9 5.3 4.1

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,536 110,448 110,244 110,227 6,967 5,208 6,714 5,386 6.3 4.7 6.1 4.9

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

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,077 77,936 78,225 77,838 3,517 3,165 3,560 3,131 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.0

Salisbury1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,119 182,030 181,582 181,082 11,753 10,247 12,590 11,013 6.5 5.6 6.9 6.1

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

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . 3,293,304 3,337,179 3,285,388 3,347,490 133,738 123,585 128,240 115,345 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.4

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

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323,393 329,862 323,995 331,286 14,870 15,201 14,068 14,409 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.3

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . 117,109 118,115 116,121 117,008 5,001 5,058 4,876 4,915 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282,218 293,311 282,679 292,237 14,936 15,444 14,373 14,794 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.1

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,013 138,485 136,648 137,585 5,823 6,105 5,552 5,805 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.2

Homosassa Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,386 47,586 47,391 47,485 3,190 3,250 3,146 3,164 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.7

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724,995 747,633 727,592 749,606 34,457 35,078 32,693 33,165 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279,324 283,724 280,855 285,275 15,954 16,257 15,167 15,409 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,034,541 3,081,280 3,037,750 3,093,910 154,221 149,793 152,805 150,569 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island. . . . . . . . 163,383 166,281 163,901 166,835 7,886 8,149 7,431 7,576 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.5

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton. . . . . . . . . 342,633 352,942 342,645 354,715 15,766 16,211 14,929 15,399 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.3

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,029 132,622 130,089 132,884 7,645 7,915 7,367 7,547 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.7

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . 1,227,226 1,272,620 1,230,194 1,276,618 56,605 56,515 54,024 54,099 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . 255,758 258,860 255,651 259,574 13,849 13,525 13,182 12,817 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.9

Panama City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,051 92,278 90,866 91,415 4,704 4,640 4,663 4,754 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.2

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . 211,963 216,281 211,307 216,626 10,435 10,671 10,050 10,199 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.7

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,288 204,907 202,373 204,719 10,788 11,112 10,373 10,564 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.2

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,503 68,889 67,681 69,353 3,654 3,699 3,481 3,516 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.1

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,497 62,195 61,626 62,708 3,822 3,847 3,638 3,642 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.8

Sebring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,051 36,059 35,996 37,052 2,420 2,445 2,308 2,318 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.3

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,939 189,732 185,880 189,508 8,939 8,990 8,523 8,586 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . 1,446,958 1,479,902 1,452,392 1,481,545 67,911 69,144 64,891 66,105 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5

The Villages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,524 29,542 28,562 29,572 1,962 2,076 1,895 1,963 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.6

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

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,228 68,381 66,120 68,521 4,097 3,987 4,017 4,180 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.1

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,907 100,300 95,338 99,148 4,474 5,137 4,469 4,786 4.7 5.1 4.7 4.8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell. . . . . . . . . 2,846,032 2,962,193 2,854,426 2,983,076 140,694 142,047 138,403 148,445 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,739 260,372 253,983 261,989 14,557 13,244 14,389 13,677 5.8 5.1 5.7 5.2

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,111 51,394 50,120 51,614 2,688 2,683 2,746 2,778 5.4 5.2 5.5 5.4

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,539 126,561 124,348 127,402 7,810 7,628 7,855 7,972 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.3

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,130 61,069 60,288 61,265 3,593 3,609 3,579 3,724 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,224 96,871 93,695 97,363 3,860 3,943 3,875 4,093 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2

Hinesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,887 32,628 31,760 32,878 1,766 1,821 1,748 1,980 5.5 5.6 5.5 6.0

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,534 106,359 103,963 106,744 5,805 5,756 5,747 6,063 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.7

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,535 43,710 42,719 43,868 2,456 2,385 2,460 2,484 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.7

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,893 185,360 177,052 186,773 8,518 8,721 8,642 9,066 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,110 64,691 62,871 64,339 3,272 3,249 3,209 3,361 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.2

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,057 81,739 80,297 82,078 4,361 4,398 4,309 4,614 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.6

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

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,486 86,730 84,716 86,718 2,946 2,587 2,610 2,327 3.5 3.0 3.1 2.7

Urban Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472,881 485,257 472,495 486,672 14,820 12,898 12,888 11,861 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.4

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

Boise City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325,525 333,066 327,167 331,687 12,375 12,376 12,101 11,272 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.4

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,045 72,747 72,413 72,854 3,486 3,319 3,722 3,488 4.8 4.6 5.1 4.8

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,060 65,866 66,458 65,428 2,119 2,048 2,091 1,930 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,692 31,368 30,751 31,320 1,154 1,164 1,193 1,135 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.6

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,138 42,573 42,846 42,270 1,512 1,476 1,495 1,392 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.3

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

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,319 98,257 99,242 96,710 5,355 4,470 5,569 4,854 5.3 4.5 5.6 5.0

Carbondale-Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,772 60,263 62,086 59,154 3,988 3,112 3,921 3,441 6.4 5.2 6.3 5.8

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,867 123,457 121,649 120,675 6,959 5,604 6,875 5,967 5.7 4.5 5.7 4.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,887,867 4,914,922 4,894,460 4,896,843 266,114 259,012 277,811 265,144 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.4

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,015 35,542 35,868 35,278 2,768 2,281 2,756 2,557 7.7 6.4 7.7 7.2

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island1. . . . . . . . . 192,124 187,982 190,573 186,399 10,947 9,139 11,322 10,225 5.7 4.9 5.9 5.5

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,544 50,065 50,928 49,624 3,775 2,934 3,802 3,177 7.3 5.9 7.5 6.4

Kankakee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,568 56,310 56,261 56,079 4,014 3,129 4,117 3,663 7.1 5.6 7.3 6.5

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,694 183,115 187,602 182,283 13,255 10,531 13,622 11,993 7.0 5.8 7.3 6.6

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,425 169,919 170,442 170,425 12,613 9,831 12,719 11,091 7.4 5.8 7.5 6.5

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,603 113,204 112,775 112,327 6,370 4,889 6,291 5,448 5.6 4.3 5.6 4.9

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

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,958 78,234 76,784 76,518 3,716 3,136 3,665 2,995 4.8 4.0 4.8 3.9

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,651 45,451 44,419 45,288 1,488 1,329 1,440 1,306 3.3 2.9 3.2 2.9

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,843 103,780 104,026 102,881 3,923 3,420 3,769 3,213 3.7 3.3 3.6 3.1

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area — Continued

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

Indiana - Continued

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,273 158,282 157,141 155,920 6,573 6,083 6,518 6,099 4.2 3.8 4.1 3.9

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,165 215,719 211,322 213,333 8,909 7,791 8,992 7,860 4.2 3.6 4.3 3.7

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson. . . . . . . . . . 1,013,317 1,039,262 1,013,499 1,031,669 42,687 37,568 41,783 36,957 4.2 3.6 4.1 3.6

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,130 37,780 37,108 37,594 1,736 1,554 1,781 1,624 4.7 4.1 4.8 4.3

Lafayette-West Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,951 112,688 108,881 108,861 4,533 3,911 4,335 3,776 4.1 3.5 4.0 3.5

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,047 48,482 48,312 48,182 2,769 2,450 3,098 2,720 5.8 5.1 6.4 5.6

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,249 55,260 55,064 54,821 2,885 2,536 2,920 2,613 5.2 4.6 5.3 4.8

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,910 158,576 156,623 156,636 6,929 6,685 7,071 6,608 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.2

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,875 78,229 77,698 77,508 4,306 3,607 4,448 3,785 5.5 4.6 5.7 4.9

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

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,092 59,603 58,364 58,731 1,116 993 1,283 1,214 1.9 1.7 2.2 2.1

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,966 145,011 144,327 144,787 4,707 4,488 5,143 5,123 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.5

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . 339,781 342,238 339,308 340,193 10,120 9,890 10,937 10,890 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.2

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,419 56,527 56,662 56,777 1,664 1,505 2,044 1,914 2.9 2.7 3.6 3.4

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,393 98,791 96,944 97,386 2,158 2,090 2,412 2,369 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.4

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,593 92,672 93,401 92,194 2,844 3,058 3,286 3,587 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.9

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,590 90,142 91,212 90,001 3,397 3,486 3,849 3,901 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.3

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

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,781 66,384 66,211 65,736 2,012 2,143 2,033 2,115 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.2

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,234 51,803 52,237 50,986 1,398 1,598 1,446 1,543 2.6 3.1 2.8 3.0

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,206 118,598 120,284 118,555 4,357 4,417 4,365 4,583 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.9

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313,671 313,777 314,255 313,946 12,673 13,228 12,669 13,537 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.3

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

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,048 78,189 75,940 78,225 3,566 2,575 3,552 2,806 4.7 3.3 4.7 3.6

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,654 65,995 63,481 65,909 3,201 2,505 3,250 2,842 5.0 3.8 5.1 4.3

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,062 262,435 255,873 261,863 10,300 7,906 10,324 8,533 4.0 3.0 4.0 3.3

Louisville/Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . 625,566 644,377 628,235 648,515 28,337 23,014 28,905 24,593 4.5 3.6 4.6 3.8

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,531 54,256 52,800 54,277 2,530 2,018 2,598 2,324 4.8 3.7 4.9 4.3

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

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,400 65,341 65,778 64,670 3,632 3,823 3,365 3,789 5.5 5.9 5.1 5.9

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422,058 426,579 417,224 422,309 19,103 20,150 17,295 19,223 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.6

Hammond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,465 52,906 52,860 52,472 3,252 3,232 3,052 3,206 6.1 6.1 5.8 6.1

Houma-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,893 94,271 95,709 93,338 5,236 5,582 4,847 5,435 5.4 5.9 5.1 5.8

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223,882 214,708 221,084 212,574 13,338 13,505 12,310 13,004 6.0 6.3 5.6 6.1

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,935 103,439 101,380 101,846 4,580 4,654 4,305 4,482 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.4

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,150 80,635 80,212 80,014 4,516 4,581 4,098 4,418 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.5

New Orleans-Metairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596,877 591,565 590,904 587,873 30,465 29,801 27,403 28,258 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.8

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,369 188,876 190,111 187,011 11,390 11,359 10,351 10,751 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.7

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

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,091 71,752 70,143 71,449 2,641 2,686 2,616 2,392 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,870 56,931 55,029 56,454 1,982 1,987 1,864 1,683 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.0

Portland-South Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,180 203,188 195,462 202,825 6,158 6,326 5,648 5,261 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.6

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

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . 1,472,598 1,493,011 1,471,856 1,492,183 73,421 62,165 70,167 58,953 5.0 4.2 4.8 4.0

California-Lexington Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,516 54,534 54,239 54,648 2,516 1,990 2,344 1,837 4.6 3.6 4.3 3.4

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,013 43,925 43,903 43,826 2,779 2,251 2,920 2,436 6.3 5.1 6.7 5.6

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,948 130,248 127,523 130,780 5,951 5,291 5,948 5,163 4.7 4.1 4.7 3.9

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

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,882 118,560 117,697 117,781 6,705 3,688 7,296 4,422 5.6 3.1 6.2 3.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,629,115 2,650,951 2,619,817 2,656,752 107,387 63,403 105,889 67,561 4.1 2.4 4.0 2.5

Leominster-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,846 76,096 76,097 76,206 3,999 2,217 4,167 2,474 5.3 2.9 5.5 3.2

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,286 82,196 84,033 83,002 5,428 3,061 5,647 3,441 6.5 3.7 6.7 4.1

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,431 42,803 43,792 43,090 2,301 1,293 2,406 1,532 5.3 3.0 5.5 3.6

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,356 364,463 362,402 365,495 19,167 11,473 19,823 12,590 5.3 3.1 5.5 3.4

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343,800 346,888 344,196 347,335 16,315 9,711 16,438 10,543 4.7 2.8 4.8 3.0

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

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,420 202,062 193,276 198,537 5,148 6,077 4,923 5,219 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.6

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,584 65,227 64,519 64,467 2,419 2,675 2,508 2,686 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.2

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,680 52,570 52,763 52,212 2,094 2,322 2,307 2,543 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182,895 184,259 182,749 181,795 8,059 8,706 8,470 9,007 4.4 4.7 4.6 5.0

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559,921 571,491 559,058 564,603 15,495 17,855 15,675 16,877 2.8 3.1 2.8 3.0

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,385 72,446 71,861 70,874 2,776 3,091 2,903 3,065 3.8 4.3 4.0 4.3

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,827 170,813 166,940 168,803 5,681 6,524 5,918 6,563 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.9

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245,983 250,512 243,583 245,441 7,630 8,546 7,714 8,168 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.3

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,684 41,853 41,661 41,369 1,472 1,699 1,569 1,705 3.5 4.1 3.8 4.1

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,546 78,749 77,157 77,165 2,518 2,900 2,546 2,637 3.2 3.7 3.3 3.4

Muskegon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,152 78,838 77,036 77,727 3,339 3,622 3,341 3,548 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.6

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,047 74,498 73,847 73,308 2,817 3,261 2,964 3,373 3.8 4.4 4.0 4.6

Saginaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,240 90,978 90,482 90,261 3,673 4,010 3,845 4,091 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.5

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

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area — Continued

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

Minnesota - Continued

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,085 139,709 142,112 138,979 7,164 6,826 8,053 7,752 5.0 4.9 5.7 5.6

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,159 58,858 59,988 58,642 1,297 1,441 1,484 1,827 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . 1,941,290 1,920,129 1,940,473 1,922,032 55,693 58,248 61,542 68,873 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.6

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,727 118,322 118,705 118,324 2,899 3,138 3,467 3,887 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.3

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,612 110,589 111,884 111,338 3,369 3,464 4,120 4,627 3.0 3.1 3.7 4.2

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

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . 165,142 164,120 166,632 164,567 10,482 9,021 11,879 9,676 6.3 5.5 7.1 5.9

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,471 69,388 69,302 69,604 3,720 3,249 4,382 3,472 5.4 4.7 6.3 5.0

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270,787 270,936 273,790 272,464 14,003 12,081 16,350 13,186 5.2 4.5 6.0 4.8

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

Cape Girardeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,672 48,746 49,585 48,957 1,915 1,893 1,879 2,132 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.4

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,761 102,862 102,910 102,404 2,775 2,626 2,691 2,734 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,496 76,187 76,203 74,868 2,501 2,278 2,447 2,446 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.3

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,358 86,634 88,461 86,125 2,936 3,138 2,948 3,362 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.9

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118,495 1,116,721 1,119,381 1,114,147 42,602 41,840 41,964 43,205 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.9

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,245 65,402 66,475 65,026 2,357 2,296 2,314 2,512 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.9

St. Louis2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,481,282 1,501,701 1,482,730 1,488,490 65,261 56,629 63,389 60,125 4.4 3.8 4.3 4.0

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,941 236,812 236,032 235,782 8,161 7,705 7,926 8,267 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5

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

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,791 89,020 88,749 89,187 2,777 2,766 2,980 3,146 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.5

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,944 38,675 38,792 38,748 1,576 1,330 1,591 1,536 4.0 3.4 4.1 4.0

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,087 62,554 61,318 62,001 2,266 2,067 2,469 2,275 3.6 3.3 4.0 3.7

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

Grand Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,529 43,197 43,619 43,112 1,302 1,285 1,518 1,514 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,000 179,938 179,110 178,977 3,937 4,388 4,563 4,929 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.8

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482,257 482,361 480,657 481,074 13,264 14,048 14,733 15,399 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2

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

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,784 24,570 24,821 24,430 1,663 1,297 1,667 1,301 6.7 5.3 6.7 5.3

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise. . . . . . . . 1,050,704 1,050,161 1,044,315 1,048,321 65,662 54,159 64,808 52,921 6.2 5.2 6.2 5.0

Reno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232,206 236,415 232,655 234,496 12,833 9,927 12,739 9,748 5.5 4.2 5.5 4.2

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

Dover-Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,463 83,558 82,358 83,021 2,240 1,900 2,156 1,876 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.3

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,575 117,699 115,073 116,876 3,415 2,844 3,199 2,861 3.0 2.4 2.8 2.4

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,357 75,241 73,196 74,689 1,936 1,784 1,831 1,720 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.3

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

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,117 120,677 123,670 120,183 9,204 8,547 9,142 8,682 7.4 7.1 7.4 7.2

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,502 44,168 44,674 43,856 5,046 4,608 5,329 5,023 11.3 10.4 11.9 11.5

Trenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201,338 201,257 201,600 201,279 7,672 7,033 7,319 6,951 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.5

Vineland-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,324 66,522 67,818 66,648 4,742 4,071 4,848 4,367 7.0 6.1 7.1 6.6

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

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418,025 425,668 416,461 425,713 24,464 24,805 23,598 23,996 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,119 56,950 55,204 56,917 3,907 4,522 4,058 4,700 7.1 7.9 7.4 8.3

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,627 95,306 93,986 95,630 6,505 6,352 6,399 6,361 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.7

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,289 73,744 72,040 73,316 3,767 3,725 3,613 3,581 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9

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

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446,998 440,587 446,422 436,542 18,159 17,012 18,213 17,294 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.0

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,190 106,957 110,152 106,066 5,809 5,338 6,097 5,589 5.3 5.0 5.5 5.3

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls. . . . . 547,958 543,356 548,778 544,148 27,273 26,504 27,871 27,738 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.1

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,587 36,955 37,940 36,851 2,028 1,886 2,120 1,886 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.1

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,693 59,494 59,731 59,021 3,016 2,948 3,297 3,216 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.4

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,615 56,440 55,334 55,605 2,056 1,944 1,939 1,887 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.4

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,457 88,645 88,582 87,452 3,781 3,658 3,823 3,719 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.3

New York-Newark-Jersey City. . . . . . . . . . 10,095,383 10,010,717 10,117,972 9,985,555 465,362 446,989 450,829 412,497 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.1

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520,328 516,433 521,266 514,312 24,039 23,318 24,615 24,114 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.7

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311,900 306,601 312,887 305,023 15,032 14,162 15,474 14,961 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.9

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,106 128,324 131,932 127,745 6,491 6,020 6,792 6,503 5.0 4.7 5.1 5.1

Watertown-Fort Drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,013 45,993 46,007 45,520 2,921 2,874 3,120 3,176 6.3 6.2 6.8 7.0

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

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220,553 226,989 220,133 225,734 9,442 8,823 9,119 8,986 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.0

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,392 78,935 77,024 79,274 3,924 3,477 3,792 3,558 5.1 4.4 4.9 4.5

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,242,208 1,278,187 1,241,056 1,280,758 63,493 57,451 60,948 58,624 5.1 4.5 4.9 4.6

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,254 291,538 280,802 293,934 13,327 12,187 12,871 12,399 4.7 4.2 4.6 4.2

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,308 149,121 145,423 149,927 10,363 9,117 9,825 9,191 7.1 6.1 6.8 6.1

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,304 54,157 53,547 54,085 3,114 3,065 3,062 3,092 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366,792 376,682 363,839 377,121 20,481 17,994 19,577 18,446 5.6 4.8 5.4 4.9

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,504 87,992 86,742 88,258 4,998 4,522 4,855 4,670 5.7 5.1 5.6 5.3

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166,940 168,021 165,523 168,598 8,949 7,873 8,578 8,098 5.4 4.7 5.2 4.8

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,159 65,360 63,374 65,145 3,843 3,497 3,657 3,574 6.0 5.4 5.8 5.5

New Bern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,299 52,155 50,887 52,180 2,980 2,697 2,835 2,718 5.8 5.2 5.6 5.2

Raleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662,717 685,493 663,692 687,991 30,021 27,670 28,913 28,384 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.1

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,208 68,047 67,592 67,840 5,115 4,613 4,861 4,726 7.5 6.8 7.2 7.0

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area — Continued

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

North Carolina - Continued

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,087 141,552 136,630 141,398 7,470 6,411 7,239 6,660 5.4 4.5 5.3 4.7

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,555 323,028 316,631 324,358 16,392 14,590 15,672 14,989 5.2 4.5 4.9 4.6

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

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,109 71,644 67,406 72,023 1,400 1,748 1,795 2,145 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.0

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,142 139,262 133,287 140,051 2,511 2,929 3,117 3,765 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.7

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,501 57,843 55,217 57,591 1,246 1,413 1,526 1,715 2.2 2.4 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

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,116 361,149 362,293 359,330 16,829 16,238 17,164 17,690 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.9

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,952 198,891 199,991 199,510 10,702 9,727 10,564 10,440 5.3 4.9 5.3 5.2

Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,072,041 1,078,880 1,068,174 1,082,209 46,128 41,473 45,750 43,331 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.0

Cleveland-Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,047,424 1,048,854 1,044,776 1,049,103 41,087 38,701 40,789 40,522 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.9

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383,968 382,455 383,901 383,169 17,356 16,186 17,223 16,965 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.4

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,464 48,889 48,701 48,795 2,197 2,193 2,199 2,363 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.8

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,494 52,121 53,423 51,979 2,912 2,633 2,990 2,860 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.5

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,317 63,475 64,245 63,187 3,124 2,982 3,150 3,044 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.8

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302,302 303,552 302,062 303,335 14,055 13,531 14,475 14,135 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.7

Weirton-Steubenville1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,686 51,909 52,396 51,337 3,655 3,331 3,846 3,247 6.9 6.4 7.3 6.3

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . 252,108 248,592 254,955 247,206 14,264 14,047 17,677 14,542 5.7 5.7 6.9 5.9

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

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,501 53,761 53,434 53,609 2,160 2,387 2,056 2,344 4.0 4.4 3.8 4.4

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678,368 673,683 671,045 670,254 23,535 27,471 22,602 26,562 3.5 4.1 3.4 4.0

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,192 481,795 478,260 477,140 19,818 23,262 19,107 22,976 4.1 4.8 4.0 4.8

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

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,380 56,863 54,881 56,372 3,752 3,009 3,517 2,725 6.8 5.3 6.4 4.8

Bend-Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,597 90,198 84,901 89,596 4,777 4,076 4,845 3,980 5.6 4.5 5.7 4.4

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,177 47,314 45,933 46,773 1,745 1,628 1,811 1,481 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.2

Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,099 179,560 174,069 178,125 9,609 8,718 9,374 7,941 5.5 4.9 5.4 4.5

Grants Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,695 34,280 33,201 34,007 2,544 2,042 2,431 1,887 7.6 6.0 7.3 5.5

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,207 102,785 99,071 101,858 6,203 5,269 6,001 4,792 6.2 5.1 6.1 4.7

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . 1,246,766 1,292,562 1,243,831 1,286,571 60,426 55,374 59,219 51,323 4.8 4.3 4.8 4.0

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192,191 200,314 190,272 198,473 10,763 9,207 10,730 8,466 5.6 4.6 5.6 4.3

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

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . 428,434 426,160 428,387 423,542 18,241 20,540 16,879 19,863 4.3 4.8 3.9 4.7

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,480 61,262 60,772 60,828 2,578 2,919 2,487 2,983 4.3 4.8 4.1 4.9

Bloomsburg-Berwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,244 43,439 43,110 42,893 1,835 1,916 1,799 2,113 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.9

Chambersburg-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . 77,066 79,037 77,682 78,192 3,248 3,643 2,945 3,497 4.2 4.6 3.8 4.5

East Stroudsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,362 81,019 80,095 80,503 4,214 4,688 3,970 4,706 5.2 5.8 5.0 5.8

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,823 134,679 134,402 132,941 6,337 7,961 6,026 8,156 4.7 5.9 4.5 6.1

Gettysburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,691 55,060 54,654 54,196 1,764 1,953 1,639 1,968 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.6

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292,434 294,014 293,183 292,369 10,193 12,075 9,330 11,527 3.5 4.1 3.2 3.9

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,997 61,565 61,653 61,059 3,276 3,722 3,318 3,868 5.3 6.0 5.4 6.3

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274,448 273,517 276,048 271,077 9,066 10,306 8,235 9,950 3.3 3.8 3.0 3.7

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,880 70,212 69,976 69,479 2,567 2,872 2,356 2,665 3.7 4.1 3.4 3.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . 3,074,123 3,104,393 3,075,878 3,087,467 135,299 141,629 124,723 134,666 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.4

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209,998 1,220,996 1,208,727 1,209,896 54,013 62,502 51,347 62,352 4.5 5.1 4.2 5.2

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,065 215,779 213,639 213,806 8,423 9,779 7,705 9,478 3.9 4.5 3.6 4.4

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton. . . . . . . 279,069 279,141 279,133 277,415 13,820 15,096 13,002 15,292 5.0 5.4 4.7 5.5

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,304 81,452 79,779 79,061 2,573 2,852 2,413 2,990 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.8

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,106 59,443 59,418 58,773 3,202 3,330 3,189 3,532 5.3 5.6 5.4 6.0

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233,175 236,134 234,142 234,510 8,676 9,761 7,979 9,441 3.7 4.1 3.4 4.0

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

Providence-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681,587 681,041 679,397 678,070 35,365 28,894 35,021 28,555 5.2 4.2 5.2 4.2

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

Charleston-North Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . 361,175 371,230 359,430 371,892 16,286 12,503 16,280 12,911 4.5 3.4 4.5 3.5

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397,444 402,123 397,058 403,012 19,590 15,283 19,489 15,453 4.9 3.8 4.9 3.8

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,954 94,585 95,163 95,199 5,785 4,283 5,892 4,392 6.1 4.5 6.2 4.6

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin. . . . . . . . . . . 415,489 421,855 416,386 423,891 19,241 15,145 19,066 15,457 4.6 3.6 4.6 3.6

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort. . . . 82,409 83,367 81,734 83,370 3,844 3,141 3,875 3,237 4.7 3.8 4.7 3.9

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,811 181,725 178,715 179,429 12,275 9,569 13,076 10,611 6.8 5.3 7.3 5.9

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,258 153,149 151,906 153,838 7,713 5,922 7,666 6,018 5.1 3.9 5.0 3.9

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,090 43,984 44,215 44,213 2,766 2,163 2,795 2,202 6.3 4.9 6.3 5.0

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

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,680 71,838 69,953 71,247 2,178 2,076 2,235 2,259 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.2

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,232 151,968 147,526 149,835 3,351 3,266 3,740 3,670 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.4

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

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,147 261,123 254,220 260,177 12,838 12,410 13,092 12,987 5.1 4.8 5.1 5.0

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,979 112,566 108,559 111,972 6,283 5,481 6,257 5,824 5.8 4.9 5.8 5.2

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,444 62,959 58,985 62,516 2,830 2,597 2,879 2,769 4.8 4.1 4.9 4.4

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,561 63,142 61,538 62,804 3,506 3,009 3,492 3,278 5.7 4.8 5.7 5.2

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,610 91,264 88,279 90,795 5,014 4,645 5,110 5,037 5.7 5.1 5.8 5.5

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area — Continued

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

Tennessee - Continued

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,105 138,581 137,035 138,330 7,138 6,914 7,123 7,152 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.2

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406,492 420,303 406,036 417,407 19,940 18,268 20,112 19,304 4.9 4.3 5.0 4.6

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614,070 628,465 618,741 627,221 37,007 31,679 37,701 33,395 6.0 5.0 6.1 5.3

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,833 51,731 49,765 51,216 2,901 2,501 2,937 2,699 5.8 4.8 5.9 5.3

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--

Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939,524 981,555 940,178 977,760 40,168 35,336 39,287 36,999 4.3 3.6 4.2 3.8

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

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,003 76,133 74,716 75,989 2,840 2,730 2,640 2,878 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.8

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,358 132,014 130,189 131,844 3,958 3,962 3,695 4,165 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.2

Austin-Round Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,087,165 1,110,495 1,083,577 1,108,316 34,851 33,716 32,713 35,513 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,997 177,126 177,241 178,100 12,118 11,404 11,705 13,094 6.8 6.4 6.6 7.4

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,705 167,457 163,967 168,792 11,363 11,105 11,189 12,383 6.9 6.6 6.8 7.3

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,155 127,897 123,195 126,640 4,176 4,065 3,901 4,296 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.4

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209,164 212,318 208,860 213,180 11,299 11,799 11,049 12,917 5.4 5.6 5.3 6.1

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,626,424 3,752,319 3,625,068 3,749,215 140,460 130,412 131,786 138,651 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.7

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347,606 355,350 347,317 355,537 17,343 16,201 16,380 17,340 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.9

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land. . . 3,262,891 3,305,447 3,261,266 3,310,294 156,652 162,145 150,322 175,315 4.8 4.9 4.6 5.3

Killeen-Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,183 175,020 171,288 174,923 7,698 7,231 7,207 7,603 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.3

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,910 116,312 113,761 116,429 5,325 4,816 5,072 5,283 4.7 4.1 4.5 4.5

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,891 101,765 100,219 101,789 5,173 5,590 5,044 5,861 5.1 5.5 5.0 5.8

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,380 156,793 154,367 156,236 5,053 4,772 4,729 5,039 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.2

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 331,482 338,662 333,631 344,653 26,259 23,974 26,372 28,195 7.9 7.1 7.9 8.2

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,437 90,010 89,554 89,935 3,358 3,284 3,243 3,437 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.8

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,302 78,311 78,303 78,458 4,128 4,120 4,018 4,223 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.4

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,089 56,421 55,321 56,230 2,310 2,204 2,195 2,306 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.1

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106,382 1,128,593 1,102,605 1,129,686 41,129 39,415 38,686 41,763 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.7

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,066 61,992 60,832 61,720 2,333 2,110 2,226 2,201 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.6

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,821 65,015 64,888 64,741 2,951 2,827 2,912 3,000 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.6

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,301 104,988 103,701 105,334 4,587 4,390 4,542 4,652 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.4

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,473 50,784 49,565 50,654 2,161 2,404 2,054 2,483 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.9

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,215 121,909 118,805 121,752 4,667 4,514 4,338 4,740 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.9

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,669 64,336 64,626 64,303 2,826 2,520 2,717 2,684 4.4 3.9 4.2 4.2

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

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,777 69,621 67,742 69,741 1,731 1,564 1,745 1,755 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.5

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308,554 318,385 307,908 317,795 9,336 8,221 9,672 9,042 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.8

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275,250 284,306 272,764 284,478 7,188 6,399 6,970 7,087 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.5

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,317 67,961 64,961 67,177 2,193 1,842 2,233 2,167 3.4 2.7 3.4 3.2

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622,729 641,994 618,984 643,080 17,583 15,422 17,542 17,146 2.8 2.4 2.8 2.7

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

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . 125,161 126,490 123,914 125,338 3,347 2,922 3,009 2,681 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.1

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

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . 91,129 90,764 91,997 91,875 3,587 3,942 3,647 3,754 3.9 4.3 4.0 4.1

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,744 119,080 116,273 119,064 3,838 3,996 3,893 3,798 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,111 62,982 63,240 63,790 2,443 2,385 2,475 2,280 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.6

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,260 121,034 122,243 122,062 5,156 5,364 5,252 5,252 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668,189 669,033 668,346 671,929 26,904 27,256 26,623 26,072 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158,490 158,186 158,881 159,977 6,009 6,215 6,018 5,990 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7

Staunton-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,949 57,138 58,063 57,575 2,201 2,257 2,208 2,230 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.9

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . 832,172 825,521 833,778 829,893 37,102 37,538 37,286 35,970 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.3

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,913 70,097 68,883 70,270 2,485 2,418 2,531 2,359 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.4

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

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,525 106,568 104,525 106,763 5,781 6,036 6,334 6,406 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.0

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,535 120,120 118,686 120,242 5,904 6,599 6,413 6,644 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.5

Kennewick-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,432 134,070 129,895 133,068 8,700 8,885 10,158 10,353 6.7 6.6 7.8 7.8

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,991 46,467 45,539 46,318 3,136 3,178 3,412 3,357 7.0 6.8 7.5 7.2

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,316 58,831 57,364 58,679 3,677 3,810 4,005 3,965 6.4 6.5 7.0 6.8

Olympia-Tumwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,576 130,966 129,046 131,530 7,033 7,265 7,609 7,469 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,976,496 2,050,248 1,983,893 2,039,824 104,146 88,366 99,258 82,583 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.0

Spokane-Spokane Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254,703 264,442 256,481 265,350 15,111 15,218 17,481 17,345 5.9 5.8 6.8 6.5

Walla Walla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,947 30,923 29,473 29,867 1,603 1,636 1,890 1,907 5.2 5.3 6.4 6.4

Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,211 62,232 59,968 61,211 3,542 3,744 4,050 4,148 5.8 6.0 6.8 6.8

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,569 122,002 118,573 120,525 9,819 10,100 12,192 11,978 8.2 8.3 10.3 9.9

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

Beckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,976 45,906 45,872 45,047 3,219 2,874 3,333 2,696 7.0 6.3 7.3 6.0

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,896 97,590 97,355 96,699 5,469 5,013 5,582 4,757 5.6 5.1 5.7 4.9

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,912 148,271 146,585 146,815 8,148 7,680 8,541 7,748 5.5 5.2 5.8 5.3

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,702 67,539 66,011 66,581 2,698 2,458 2,754 2,390 4.0 3.6 4.2 3.6

Parkersburg-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,654 39,259 39,463 38,846 2,183 2,021 2,247 1,940 5.5 5.1 5.7 5.0

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,276 65,568 66,027 64,785 3,942 3,724 4,155 3,691 5.9 5.7 6.3 5.7

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

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,373 131,484 130,635 130,359 4,551 4,086 4,684 4,302 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.3

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,841 93,574 91,806 92,248 3,361 2,924 3,729 3,435 3.7 3.1 4.1 3.7

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area — Continued

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

Wisconsin - Continued

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,680 57,984 57,408 57,607 2,053 1,708 2,065 1,719 3.6 2.9 3.6 3.0

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,383 173,819 171,089 172,576 6,588 5,739 6,666 5,935 3.8 3.3 3.9 3.4

Janesville-Beloit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,181 87,299 84,063 86,282 3,878 3,354 3,896 3,364 4.6 3.8 4.6 3.9

La Crosse-Onalaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,556 79,255 78,472 78,674 2,856 2,476 2,947 2,702 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.4

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382,347 385,192 379,513 381,819 11,877 10,492 11,634 10,182 3.1 2.7 3.1 2.7

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . 826,928 826,566 821,707 814,558 37,951 33,201 36,302 31,795 4.6 4.0 4.4 3.9

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,224 92,448 92,270 91,155 3,554 3,093 3,496 3,010 3.9 3.3 3.8 3.3

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98,799 98,978 98,666 98,078 5,002 4,360 4,958 4,320 5.1 4.4 5.0 4.4

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,059 61,958 62,729 61,760 2,160 2,002 2,129 1,927 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.1

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,340 75,320 74,764 75,158 2,722 2,349 2,749 2,425 3.7 3.1 3.7 3.2

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

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,383 41,432 42,099 41,260 2,192 2,489 2,372 2,711 5.2 6.0 5.6 6.6

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,396 49,162 48,877 49,041 1,833 1,719 1,986 1,990 3.7 3.5 4.1 4.1

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

Aguadilla-Isabela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,255 90,480 91,010 94,110 13,568 13,417 12,136 15,526 15.0 14.8 13.3 16.5

Arecibo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,500 52,429 53,916 54,214 7,641 7,189 6,853 8,230 14.3 13.7 12.7 15.2

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,514 21,919 22,570 22,878 4,030 3,663 3,567 4,257 17.9 16.7 15.8 18.6

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,461 29,464 29,676 30,231 3,686 3,711 3,249 4,107 12.5 12.6 10.9 13.6

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,709 97,651 100,703 101,269 15,763 13,683 14,195 15,549 15.8 14.0 14.1 15.4

San German. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,013 36,430 37,349 37,696 5,000 5,218 4,523 5,929 13.5 14.3 12.1 15.7

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas. . . . . . . . . . . . 755,909 746,973 764,786 760,876 75,155 69,124 66,955 76,993 9.9 9.3 8.8 10.1

1 For operational reasons, these interstate areas are listed under the state that accounts for the larger share of the population, which is different from the state that contains the first principal city.

2 The area boundary does not reflect the Office of Management and Budget delineation.

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 delineations 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. Areas in the six New England states are

Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing

the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan

division1

State, area, and division

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

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-Anaheim. . . 6,600,183 6,744,258 6,600,592 6,691,537 360,349 306,975 349,329 296,840 5.5 4.6 5.3 4.4

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine. . . . . . . . . 1,605,797 1,635,008 1,608,935 1,620,416 68,804 60,482 65,188 56,923 4.3 3.7 4.1 3.5

Los Angeles-Long

Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . 2,516,938 2,566,276 2,524,701 2,548,157 101,472 91,386 97,280 86,667 4.0 3.6 3.9 3.4

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley. . . . . . . . 1,378,356 1,402,557 1,380,854 1,392,588 63,326 56,572 60,676 53,773 4.6 4.0 4.4 3.9

San Francisco-Redwood City-South

San Francisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997,223 1,018,723 1,001,873 1,011,179 33,362 30,420 32,013 28,716 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.8

San Rafael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,359 144,996 141,974 144,390 4,784 4,394 4,591 4,178 3.4 3.0 3.2 2.9

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

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . 3,293,304 3,337,179 3,285,388 3,347,490 133,738 123,585 128,240 115,345 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.4

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville3.. . 680,670 687,660 677,087 688,106 26,113 21,872 23,638 19,637 3.8 3.2 3.5 2.9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2.. . 2,612,634 2,649,519 2,608,301 2,659,384 107,625 101,713 104,602 95,708 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.6

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-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm

Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,034,541 3,081,280 3,037,750 3,093,910 154,221 149,793 152,805 150,569 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano

Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . 993,529 1,023,548 995,932 1,025,431 45,961 47,045 43,827 44,712 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . 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

West Palm Beach-Boca

Raton-Delray Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . 700,050 714,397 699,308 711,148 32,883 35,000 31,280 33,199 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.7

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-Elgin2. . . . . . . . . . . 4,887,867 4,914,922 4,894,460 4,896,843 266,114 259,012 277,811 265,144 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.4

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington

Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328,517 327,848 325,507 324,352 19,751 15,544 20,883 18,521 6.0 4.7 6.4 5.7

Gary3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337,509 343,956 339,085 340,448 19,547 17,370 21,266 18,910 5.8 5.1 6.3 5.6

Lake County-Kenosha County2. . . . 460,475 458,648 458,427 459,001 25,548 20,842 27,095 24,387 5.5 4.5 5.9 5.3

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

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua2. . . . . . . . . 2,629,115 2,650,951 2,619,817 2,656,752 107,387 63,403 105,889 67,561 4.1 2.4 4.0 2.5

Boston-Cambridge-Newton. . . . . . . . 1,555,591 1,568,951 1,548,647 1,573,131 60,716 34,852 59,197 36,937 3.9 2.2 3.8 2.3

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . 105,652 105,798 105,519 106,026 5,283 2,965 5,350 3,249 5.0 2.8 5.1 3.1

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154,039 155,398 153,657 155,941 5,531 3,231 5,603 3,534 3.6 2.1 3.6 2.3

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury

Town2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,723 114,656 112,115 114,319 4,582 2,957 4,577 3,217 4.1 2.6 4.1 2.8

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem2.. . 95,778 94,587 95,474 94,381 5,726 3,400 5,747 3,577 6.0 3.6 6.0 3.8

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford2. . . . . . . 182,939 183,278 182,424 184,224 8,480 4,873 8,459 5,300 4.6 2.7 4.6 2.9

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead. . . . . . . . . 82,817 83,124 82,659 83,183 3,792 2,187 3,791 2,320 4.6 2.6 4.6 2.8

Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,615 171,808 167,497 171,783 5,555 4,564 5,328 4,664 3.3 2.7 3.2 2.7

Peabody-Salem-Beverly. . . . . . . . . . . 89,876 90,529 89,875 90,950 3,785 2,113 3,734 2,257 4.2 2.3 4.2 2.5

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton. . . . 82,085 82,822 81,950 82,814 3,937 2,261 4,103 2,506 4.8 2.7 5.0 3.0

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-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . 747,241 775,510 750,371 773,784 45,028 46,918 47,294 43,940 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.7

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . 1,244,443 1,295,626 1,251,412 1,295,319 56,206 58,085 60,125 55,288 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.3

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-Newark-Jersey City2. . . . . . 10,095,383 10,010,717 10,117,972 9,985,555 465,362 446,989 450,829 412,497 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.1

Dutchess County-Putnam County.. . 194,259 193,329 194,475 191,059 7,740 7,521 7,675 7,465 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9

Nassau County-Suffolk County. . . . . 1,471,339 1,469,266 1,473,832 1,459,632 59,686 57,998 59,013 56,762 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.9

Newark3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,259,840 1,245,743 1,263,428 1,244,928 55,531 50,680 53,151 50,160 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.0

New York-Jersey City-White

Plains2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,169,945 7,102,379 7,186,237 7,089,936 342,405 330,790 330,990 298,110 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2

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

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington2. . . . 3,074,123 3,104,393 3,075,878 3,087,467 135,299 141,629 124,723 134,666 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.4

Camden3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638,474 639,176 639,393 638,154 29,822 26,632 28,460 26,241 4.7 4.2 4.5 4.1

Montgomery County-Bucks

County-Chester County. . . . . . . . . 1,058,413 1,072,551 1,060,342 1,065,515 36,376 41,707 32,513 39,247 3.4 3.9 3.1 3.7

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993,323 1,011,882 990,793 1,001,932 51,943 58,187 46,879 54,353 5.2 5.8 4.7 5.4

Wilmington3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383,913 380,784 385,350 381,866 17,158 15,103 16,871 14,825 4.5 4.0 4.4 3.9

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . 3,626,424 3,752,319 3,625,068 3,749,215 140,460 130,412 131,786 138,651 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.7

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,438,327 2,532,433 2,434,940 2,531,340 92,192 86,387 86,507 91,982 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.6

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,188,097 1,219,886 1,190,128 1,217,875 48,268 44,025 45,279 46,669 4.1 3.6 3.8 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-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,976,496 2,050,248 1,983,893 2,039,824 104,146 88,366 99,258 82,583 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . 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

Tacoma-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,779 412,662 404,119 413,917 23,460 24,058 25,062 24,908 5.9 5.8 6.2 6.0

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 38 metropolitan divisions.

2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.

3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area delineations 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. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some 

metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in 

more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the 

metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,971.2 1,991.0 1,965.0 1,983.6 18.6 0.9

Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.0 46.8 46.4 46.5 0.1 0.2

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 64.5 62.2 64.4 2.2 3.5

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.0 526.5 520.6 524.8 4.2 0.8

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.8 71.3 69.5 70.8 1.3 1.9

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 54.2 54.2 54.2 0.0 0.0

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.3 57.3 57.5 57.2 -0.3 -0.5

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 57.0 56.8 56.6 -0.2 -0.4

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 38.4 38.2 38.5 0.3 0.8

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.5 226.1 223.2 225.8 2.6 1.2

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.5 179.2 177.8 179.0 1.2 0.7

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.0 173.5 171.9 173.1 1.2 0.7

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.9 107.7 106.3 107.1 0.8 0.8

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.2 322.1 324.6 318.8 -5.8 -1.8

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.0 176.5 180.4 176.3 -4.1 -2.3

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 37.2 37.3 36.9 -0.4 -1.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,717.0 2,748.4 2,722.7 2,754.7 32.0 1.2

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.6 67.0 65.3 65.8 0.5 0.8

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 48.4 47.9 47.6 -0.3 -0.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,979.0 2,002.4 1,984.7 2,012.2 27.5 1.4

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 65.7 62.2 65.3 3.1 5.0

Sierra Vista-Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 34.4 34.4 34.5 0.1 0.3

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.4 384.1 380.9 382.3 1.4 0.4

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 54.9 55.3 55.0 -0.3 -0.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,228.2 1,238.4 1,232.7 1,235.7 3.0 0.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.5 246.4 243.0 244.6 1.6 0.7

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.3 114.6 114.2 114.3 0.1 0.1

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.4 37.9 37.7 37.9 0.2 0.5

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 57.0 55.5 57.3 1.8 3.2

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.3 357.5 355.1 357.5 2.4 0.7

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.2 33.5 34.1 33.4 -0.7 -2.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,376.2 16,754.6 16,407.8 16,750.0 342.2 2.1

Bakersfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.1 267.5 264.3 267.9 3.6 1.4

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 81.5 79.0 80.9 1.9 2.4

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.6 54.8 53.7 55.0 1.3 2.4

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.4 338.4 330.5 336.2 5.7 1.7

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.7 38.8 38.8 38.6 -0.2 -0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,928.5 6,036.5 5,952.5 6,042.5 90.0 1.5

Madera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 38.3 36.2 38.0 1.8 5.0

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.9 66.5 64.6 66.2 1.6 2.5

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.6 174.5 168.9 174.5 5.6 3.3

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.6 74.9 71.5 73.3 1.8 2.5

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.5 303.1 299.6 303.2 3.6 1.2

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 64.5 64.2 64.4 0.2 0.3

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384.9 1,421.1 1,389.9 1,430.7 40.8 2.9

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930.0 960.3 929.2 958.5 29.3 3.2

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 137.4 136.6 135.9 -0.7 -0.5

San Diego-Carlsbad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,414.2 1,442.2 1,412.4 1,441.3 28.9 2.0

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304.1 2,357.8 2,313.1 2,359.7 46.6 2.0

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066.5 1,104.4 1,068.7 1,104.7 36.0 3.4

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.5 119.1 114.2 116.4 2.2 1.9

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 102.5 97.7 101.6 3.9 4.0

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.1 188.4 183.4 188.7 5.3 2.9

Santa Rosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.2 203.0 200.7 202.6 1.9 0.9

Stockton-Lodi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.9 227.0 224.2 224.8 0.6 0.3

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.9 138.6 136.0 138.8 2.8 2.1

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.8 123.3 120.8 123.2 2.4 2.0

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 42.2 41.8 42.0 0.2 0.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,570.3 2,636.2 2,598.1 2,645.1 47.0 1.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

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November December

Change from

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2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

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Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.2 189.9 182.7 189.9 7.2 3.9

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275.1 281.0 276.9 280.0 3.1 1.1

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,414.8 1,461.7 1,415.5 1,460.3 44.8 3.2

Fort Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.7 161.7 158.2 160.4 2.2 1.4

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 62.8 62.4 62.3 -0.1 -0.2

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.7 104.6 101.5 104.0 2.5 2.5

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 63.1 61.8 63.0 1.2 1.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700.2 1,701.0 1,700.3 1,699.1 -1.2 -0.1

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.5 411.7 415.3 413.8 -1.5 -0.4

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 79.5 79.6 79.9 0.3 0.4

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.3 580.7 576.1 579.3 3.2 0.6

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.0 286.5 285.0 284.1 -0.9 -0.3

Norwich-New London-Westerly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 129.2 129.3 129.0 -0.3 -0.2

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.5 67.9 67.7 67.5 -0.2 -0.3

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458.6 464.0 460.2 463.1 2.9 0.6

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 71.0 69.8 70.9 1.1 1.6

Salisbury1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.7 155.2 151.8 152.9 1.1 0.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.3 788.7 771.2 788.1 16.9 2.2

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,219.5 3,286.7 3,222.2 3,288.8 66.6 2.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,268.1 8,531.5 8,302.1 8,553.7 251.6 3.0

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.6 259.4 254.8 261.0 6.2 2.4

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1 106.9 105.5 105.9 0.4 0.4

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.7 200.2 192.6 199.3 6.7 3.5

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 139.7 137.9 138.7 0.8 0.6

Homosassa Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 33.2 33.2 33.2 0.0 0.0

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.7 686.3 666.7 688.8 22.1 3.3

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.2 215.7 214.0 217.4 3.4 1.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.1 2,624.8 2,572.7 2,633.5 60.8 2.4

Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.6 141.5 139.6 142.4 2.8 2.0

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.6 297.4 288.4 299.5 11.1 3.8

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.9 101.0 99.2 101.6 2.4 2.4

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,185.4 1,236.8 1,190.6 1,240.9 50.3 4.2

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.3 207.8 204.9 208.8 3.9 1.9

Panama City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.9 82.3 80.7 81.3 0.6 0.7

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.5 173.0 169.4 173.6 4.2 2.5

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.1 143.0 142.0 143.6 1.6 1.1

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 47.7 47.1 48.4 1.3 2.8

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 50.4 49.9 51.3 1.4 2.8

Sebring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 26.1 25.5 26.5 1.0 3.9

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.2 180.0 176.5 179.8 3.3 1.9

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276.2 1,309.9 1,282.4 1,310.8 28.4 2.2

The Villages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 27.6 26.9 27.8 0.9 3.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,362.4 4,466.8 4,360.3 4,457.1 96.8 2.2

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.7 63.8 62.3 63.5 1.2 1.9

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.2 97.5 94.2 96.1 1.9 2.0

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,643.7 2,714.7 2,643.8 2,714.6 70.8 2.7

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.6 234.1 229.5 234.3 4.8 2.1

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 42.9 42.5 42.9 0.4 0.9

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 123.9 122.9 124.3 1.4 1.1

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.4 68.4 68.3 68.1 -0.2 -0.3

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2 87.9 86.1 87.9 1.8 2.1

Hinesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.9 19.9 19.8 19.8 0.0 0.0

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.3 105.5 104.3 105.1 0.8 0.8

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 41.2 40.7 41.1 0.4 1.0

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 182.2 175.6 182.5 6.9 3.9

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 56.6 55.8 55.9 0.1 0.2

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 71.1 70.9 70.9 0.0 0.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645.9 661.2 651.1 662.5 11.4 1.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Hawaii - Continued

Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.0 76.0 74.7 76.2 1.5 2.0

Urban Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.5 486.4 479.0 488.7 9.7 2.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687.4 704.8 686.6 700.1 13.5 2.0

Boise City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.8 308.1 296.3 306.8 10.5 3.5

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 61.5 59.6 61.1 1.5 2.5

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 64.3 63.4 63.7 0.3 0.5

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 29.1 27.8 28.6 0.8 2.9

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.4 36.5 36.4 36.4 0.0 0.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,052.9 6,089.5 6,017.0 6,045.7 28.7 0.5

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.2 94.9 95.1 94.0 -1.1 -1.2

Carbondale-Marion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.6 57.8 59.1 56.6 -2.5 -4.2

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.7 113.6 110.5 111.5 1.0 0.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,660.1 4,696.2 4,640.6 4,672.8 32.2 0.7

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 29.5 29.5 29.2 -0.3 -1.0

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.8 180.9 181.1 179.2 -1.9 -1.0

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 51.8 51.9 51.5 -0.4 -0.8

Kankakee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.9 46.6 45.6 46.3 0.7 1.5

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.0 176.7 178.7 175.7 -3.0 -1.7

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.2 155.3 153.2 155.9 2.7 1.8

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.3 116.4 114.5 115.8 1.3 1.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,086.8 3,127.6 3,080.9 3,103.0 22.1 0.7

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.9 77.6 76.7 76.4 -0.3 -0.4

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.6 54.2 53.5 54.6 1.1 2.1

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.1 126.9 128.6 127.2 -1.4 -1.1

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.4 157.8 158.6 156.4 -2.2 -1.4

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.4 225.3 222.1 224.4 2.3 1.0

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,034.9 1,057.7 1,038.1 1,057.8 19.7 1.9

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.0 41.6 41.2 41.7 0.5 1.2

Lafayette-West Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.4 106.9 104.1 104.2 0.1 0.1

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.9 41.9 41.8 41.9 0.1 0.2

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 52.4 52.7 52.3 -0.4 -0.8

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.0 143.6 142.7 142.6 -0.1 -0.1

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.9 72.4 72.0 72.1 0.1 0.1

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,590.3 1,600.2 1,578.5 1,587.5 9.0 0.6

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.1 55.9 54.3 55.3 1.0 1.8

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.0 146.2 143.8 145.7 1.9 1.3

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.4 357.7 350.6 354.7 4.1 1.2

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 62.0 61.2 62.0 0.8 1.3

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.8 103.1 100.0 101.2 1.2 1.2

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.4 88.9 89.0 88.3 -0.7 -0.8

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.5 91.3 91.7 91.2 -0.5 -0.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,415.6 1,410.0 1,413.2 1,403.7 -9.5 -0.7

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 54.9 54.0 54.2 0.2 0.4

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 46.7 46.6 45.9 -0.7 -1.5

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.6 111.0 111.1 110.6 -0.5 -0.5

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.7 303.0 299.9 302.3 2.4 0.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920.4 1,937.1 1,924.5 1,937.3 12.8 0.7

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.6 75.0 74.0 75.0 1.0 1.4

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 58.4 56.6 57.9 1.3 2.3

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.2 279.0 277.5 279.2 1.7 0.6

Louisville/Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658.8 669.1 661.6 673.7 12.1 1.8

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 54.6 54.1 54.3 0.2 0.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,998.0 1,990.1 1,993.8 1,989.0 -4.8 -0.2

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 64.1 64.4 63.9 -0.5 -0.8

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.3 420.7 410.8 419.9 9.1 2.2

Hammond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 44.3 44.1 44.2 0.1 0.2

Houma-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.8 93.1 94.4 92.9 -1.5 -1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Louisiana - Continued

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.3 205.4 211.6 205.1 -6.5 -3.1

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.5 106.8 104.1 105.8 1.7 1.6

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 80.0 79.5 80.2 0.7 0.9

New Orleans-Metairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.0 579.1 576.7 580.5 3.8 0.7

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.3 182.3 183.6 182.3 -1.3 -0.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612.8 614.9 611.0 609.3 -1.7 -0.3

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 67.7 67.3 67.1 -0.2 -0.3

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 52.3 51.4 51.8 0.4 0.8

Portland-South Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.1 201.9 197.6 200.8 3.2 1.6

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,698.3 2,731.0 2,699.2 2,727.1 27.9 1.0

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382.6 1,408.1 1,385.3 1,407.5 22.2 1.6

California-Lexington Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.0 45.2 45.0 45.3 0.3 0.7

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 39.6 39.2 39.3 0.1 0.3

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 107.6 104.8 107.8 3.0 2.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,539.3 3,611.4 3,531.7 3,602.7 71.0 2.0

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 103.5 100.5 102.3 1.8 1.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,684.7 2,732.6 2,681.1 2,734.3 53.2 2.0

Leominster-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 52.8 51.7 52.3 0.6 1.2

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 67.7 67.9 68.1 0.2 0.3

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.5 42.5 42.6 42.3 -0.3 -0.7

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.4 338.3 330.5 337.9 7.4 2.2

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.7 287.9 282.3 286.9 4.6 1.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,317.2 4,406.7 4,303.8 4,377.5 73.7 1.7

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.9 232.0 220.2 230.8 10.6 4.8

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 60.1 59.2 59.8 0.6 1.0

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 36.7 36.9 36.4 -0.5 -1.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965.1 2,001.8 1,964.4 1,997.7 33.3 1.7

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.3 142.2 140.8 141.0 0.2 0.1

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.9 552.3 537.8 550.5 12.7 2.4

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 55.3 55.1 54.4 -0.7 -1.3

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.4 150.5 146.2 149.7 3.5 2.4

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.8 236.9 229.2 233.7 4.5 2.0

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 38.4 38.1 38.4 0.3 0.8

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 44.3 43.2 43.6 0.4 0.9

Muskegon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 65.7 63.7 65.2 1.5 2.4

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 62.8 62.0 62.0 0.0 0.0

Saginaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.8 91.8 91.1 91.7 0.6 0.7

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,886.6 2,926.0 2,874.6 2,911.9 37.3 1.3

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.7 135.7 133.6 133.9 0.3 0.2

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 57.4 56.9 57.0 0.1 0.2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,953.9 1,984.4 1,946.6 1,974.0 27.4 1.4

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.0 120.4 116.8 119.7 2.9 2.5

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.5 111.5 109.1 111.4 2.3 2.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,148.1 1,146.6 1,149.6 1,138.5 -11.1 -1.0

Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.9 153.8 154.3 153.7 -0.6 -0.4

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 65.3 64.4 65.4 1.0 1.6

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.3 278.6 278.6 279.5 0.9 0.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,809.6 2,869.0 2,797.6 2,860.7 63.1 2.3

Cape Girardeau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 44.5 44.7 44.8 0.1 0.2

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.2 103.6 102.1 103.8 1.7 1.7

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.5 77.4 76.0 76.5 0.5 0.7

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.4 81.4 82.2 81.1 -1.1 -1.3

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,055.0 1,064.9 1,051.5 1,062.0 10.5 1.0

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.2 63.2 63.4 63.2 -0.2 -0.3

St. Louis2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359.1 1,401.0 1,358.5 1,392.1 33.6 2.5

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.2 216.4 211.7 215.8 4.1 1.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.5 466.2 458.9 462.7 3.8 0.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Montana - Continued

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 86.2 85.5 85.6 0.1 0.1

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.2 36.3 36.1 36.0 -0.1 -0.3

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 61.2 59.4 60.2 0.8 1.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021.3 1,031.8 1,017.9 1,026.2 8.3 0.8

Grand Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 42.4 42.2 42.4 0.2 0.5

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.4 191.3 188.7 190.0 1.3 0.7

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.3 503.7 497.3 502.1 4.8 1.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,276.9 1,311.9 1,274.3 1,311.3 37.0 2.9

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 28.3 28.1 28.2 0.1 0.4

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932.0 951.5 928.0 952.8 24.8 2.7

Reno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.8 225.2 216.7 224.1 7.4 3.4

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663.3 677.6 665.9 678.2 12.3 1.8

Dover-Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 53.8 53.2 53.4 0.2 0.4

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.8 111.9 110.5 111.1 0.6 0.5

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.5 91.0 89.6 90.8 1.2 1.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,095.4 4,118.9 4,106.5 4,120.6 14.1 0.3

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.0 127.8 128.2 126.8 -1.4 -1.1

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 39.1 37.9 38.1 0.2 0.5

Trenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.4 272.7 267.5 272.4 4.9 1.8

Vineland-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 59.2 58.5 58.8 0.3 0.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.4 835.3 833.0 835.4 2.4 0.3

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.2 387.7 385.9 388.1 2.2 0.6

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 51.9 51.3 51.6 0.3 0.6

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.9 72.6 72.1 72.5 0.4 0.6

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.9 63.3 63.3 63.1 -0.2 -0.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,398.9 9,508.3 9,395.1 9,497.8 102.7 1.1

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.6 463.6 461.3 461.4 0.1 0.0

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 103.5 104.5 103.0 -1.5 -1.4

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.0 566.6 561.6 568.7 7.1 1.3

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 38.9 39.2 39.0 -0.2 -0.5

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 55.4 54.3 55.4 1.1 2.0

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.0 74.2 71.7 73.8 2.1 2.9

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 63.0 61.9 62.4 0.5 0.8

New York-Newark-Jersey City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,522.4 9,647.0 9,537.1 9,657.7 120.6 1.3

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.3 534.2 530.4 534.8 4.4 0.8

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.5 321.2 322.0 320.8 -1.2 -0.4

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 127.6 129.1 127.3 -1.8 -1.4

Watertown-Fort Drum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 43.2 42.5 42.7 0.2 0.5

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318.5 4,401.4 4,310.9 4,393.2 82.3 1.9

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.8 189.4 186.9 188.4 1.5 0.8

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.4 60.9 60.0 60.5 0.5 0.8

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128.0 1,150.2 1,130.1 1,149.0 18.9 1.7

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.2 307.5 300.1 310.2 10.1 3.4

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.7 131.5 129.3 132.1 2.8 2.2

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 42.3 42.5 42.3 -0.2 -0.5

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.4 369.5 360.6 368.8 8.2 2.3

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.1 78.8 79.0 78.6 -0.4 -0.5

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.2 147.8 147.8 148.0 0.2 0.1

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 50.2 49.2 49.9 0.7 1.4

New Bern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 45.1 44.6 45.1 0.5 1.1

Raleigh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595.9 609.0 598.0 608.9 10.9 1.8

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 58.4 58.7 58.1 -0.6 -1.0

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.8 122.2 119.4 121.9 2.5 2.1

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.9 261.2 260.4 261.7 1.3 0.5

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.2 446.9 446.6 440.4 -6.2 -1.4

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 75.3 74.6 74.3 -0.3 -0.4

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1 143.8 142.1 142.7 0.6 0.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

North Dakota - Continued

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 58.5 57.4 57.6 0.2 0.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,502.7 5,553.2 5,495.7 5,530.4 34.7 0.6

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.6 349.5 346.5 346.2 -0.3 -0.1

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.4 175.0 173.2 175.8 2.6 1.5

Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073.2 1,090.1 1,072.3 1,094.0 21.7 2.0

Cleveland-Elyria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,058.0 1,067.1 1,058.1 1,069.0 10.9 1.0

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,060.0 1,078.5 1,060.6 1,079.8 19.2 1.8

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.4 390.2 386.9 391.4 4.5 1.2

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.4 54.8 53.9 54.7 0.8 1.5

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 52.4 52.8 52.1 -0.7 -1.3

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 51.0 51.1 50.9 -0.2 -0.4

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.5 315.7 309.9 315.9 6.0 1.9

Weirton-Steubenville1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 43.7 43.7 43.3 -0.4 -0.9

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.9 228.2 228.4 227.0 -1.4 -0.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,682.0 1,669.8 1,675.4 1,669.6 -5.8 -0.3

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 47.1 47.0 47.1 0.1 0.2

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.0 635.8 635.5 636.0 0.5 0.1

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.6 450.6 449.1 447.6 -1.5 -0.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,818.0 1,874.3 1,813.9 1,868.6 54.7 3.0

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 43.1 41.9 42.8 0.9 2.1

Bend-Redmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 78.8 74.8 78.2 3.4 4.5

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 41.8 41.6 41.6 0.0 0.0

Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.4 157.7 155.4 156.8 1.4 0.9

Grants Pass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 25.6 24.9 25.5 0.6 2.4

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.4 86.5 84.4 86.6 2.2 2.6

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133.0 1,164.1 1,135.2 1,160.3 25.1 2.2

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.3 165.1 157.5 163.7 6.2 3.9

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,916.7 5,960.6 5,915.2 5,946.9 31.7 0.5

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.7 358.1 360.6 357.8 -2.8 -0.8

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.4 62.3 61.6 62.1 0.5 0.8

Bloomsburg-Berwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.0 43.5 42.7 42.9 0.2 0.5

Chambersburg-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 62.7 61.2 62.5 1.3 2.1

East Stroudsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 57.3 56.4 57.1 0.7 1.2

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.9 130.7 131.3 129.3 -2.0 -1.5

Gettysburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.4 34.9 34.2 34.4 0.2 0.6

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.9 338.5 337.7 339.0 1.3 0.4

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 56.6 56.7 56.2 -0.5 -0.9

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.4 247.7 248.8 247.4 -1.4 -0.6

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 52.4 51.7 52.3 0.6 1.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,875.4 2,923.1 2,879.2 2,920.5 41.3 1.4

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171.3 1,179.3 1,169.0 1,173.4 4.4 0.4

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.1 181.8 179.5 181.3 1.8 1.0

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.2 262.1 262.2 261.4 -0.8 -0.3

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.6 81.1 78.9 78.8 -0.1 -0.1

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.3 54.8 54.4 54.2 -0.2 -0.4

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.5 187.3 185.4 187.1 1.7 0.9

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491.4 497.5 489.8 493.6 3.8 0.8

Providence-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584.5 590.9 583.1 585.4 2.3 0.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,034.8 2,081.3 2,038.5 2,076.1 37.6 1.8

Charleston-North Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338.9 350.0 338.0 348.7 10.7 3.2

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393.7 399.6 393.9 398.7 4.8 1.2

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.7 88.0 88.0 88.2 0.2 0.2

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408.5 415.9 410.7 416.3 5.6 1.4

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 76.4 74.9 76.1 1.2 1.6

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.8 155.6 151.6 151.9 0.3 0.2

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.0 148.3 147.0 148.5 1.5 1.0

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 39.4 39.4 39.4 0.0 0.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.8 440.0 428.5 435.7 7.2 1.7

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.2 67.1 64.7 66.8 2.1 3.2

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.7 159.2 153.4 157.9 4.5 2.9

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,962.2 3,018.2 2,976.2 3,020.6 44.4 1.5

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.8 253.7 251.8 253.2 1.4 0.6

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.3 91.9 90.3 91.9 1.6 1.8

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.8 53.2 50.5 53.4 2.9 5.7

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 68.2 67.7 68.3 0.6 0.9

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 81.1 80.0 81.2 1.2 1.5

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.6 123.4 123.8 123.1 -0.7 -0.6

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.3 401.2 395.7 400.9 5.2 1.3

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635.1 643.6 641.6 645.6 4.0 0.6

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.8 46.8 46.0 46.5 0.5 1.1

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.3 962.0 940.4 964.7 24.3 2.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,998.1 12,225.1 12,008.2 12,221.7 213.5 1.8

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.0 69.9 69.0 70.0 1.0 1.4

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.3 121.5 120.4 121.6 1.2 1.0

Austin-Round Rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985.5 1,004.5 984.6 1,003.4 18.8 1.9

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.4 168.1 168.8 167.8 -1.0 -0.6

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.5 144.2 141.3 144.5 3.2 2.3

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.6 117.2 112.9 116.2 3.3 2.9

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.8 198.4 196.7 198.8 2.1 1.1

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,475.3 3,596.8 3,483.6 3,597.1 113.5 3.3

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.5 315.5 309.1 315.6 6.5 2.1

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,015.4 3,035.7 3,021.3 3,036.1 14.8 0.5

Killeen-Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4 144.5 142.0 144.5 2.5 1.8

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.6 106.0 103.8 106.0 2.2 2.1

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.2 101.5 100.8 101.4 0.6 0.6

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.9 145.0 143.3 144.7 1.4 1.0

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.7 259.4 253.1 261.2 8.1 3.2

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.5 91.6 91.7 91.6 -0.1 -0.1

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 73.5 74.2 73.8 -0.4 -0.5

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.6 50.9 49.9 50.6 0.7 1.4

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.9 1,014.6 995.2 1,017.0 21.8 2.2

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0 47.6 46.7 47.4 0.7 1.5

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.0 61.3 60.9 -0.4 -0.7

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.8 104.3 103.3 104.7 1.4 1.4

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 46.1 45.4 45.9 0.5 1.1

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.8 119.3 116.5 119.5 3.0 2.6

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 58.6 59.0 58.6 -0.4 -0.7

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,405.6 1,446.5 1,407.9 1,447.9 40.0 2.8

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 62.5 60.6 62.5 1.9 3.1

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.5 252.9 244.4 251.5 7.1 2.9

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.7 239.5 230.7 239.5 8.8 3.8

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.4 62.0 59.4 61.2 1.8 3.0

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688.9 712.2 690.5 714.2 23.7 3.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.1 318.2 320.9 322.2 1.3 0.4

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.4 128.1 127.4 127.8 0.4 0.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,927.6 3,969.5 3,926.6 3,966.3 39.7 1.0

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 78.6 79.5 79.0 -0.5 -0.6

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.3 119.3 114.6 117.9 3.3 2.9

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.8 65.9 65.9 66.0 0.1 0.2

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.4 104.8 105.1 104.7 -0.4 -0.4

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671.3 677.6 670.5 675.0 4.5 0.7

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.3 164.8 164.1 165.3 1.2 0.7

Staunton-Waynesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 49.2 49.8 48.8 -1.0 -2.0

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772.0 770.8 772.0 769.2 -2.8 -0.4

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 64.3 62.6 63.8 1.2 1.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,205.2 3,303.6 3,198.2 3,289.5 91.3 2.9

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

Washington - Continued

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.1 90.5 88.1 89.8 1.7 1.9

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.4 90.4 89.5 89.8 0.3 0.3

Kennewick-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.5 110.9 108.0 110.0 2.0 1.9

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 40.9 39.7 40.2 0.5 1.3

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 50.2 48.5 49.7 1.2 2.5

Olympia-Tumwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.1 112.2 110.3 112.2 1.9 1.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,922.1 1,988.5 1,922.2 1,986.8 64.6 3.4

Spokane-Spokane Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.3 248.7 237.6 246.1 8.5 3.6

Walla Walla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 27.4 27.2 27.4 0.2 0.7

Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.7 44.0 42.7 43.2 0.5 1.2

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.4 84.6 82.5 83.6 1.1 1.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770.3 781.4 767.7 768.2 0.5 0.1

Beckley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 47.0 46.9 46.2 -0.7 -1.5

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.7 123.9 123.2 122.7 -0.5 -0.4

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.3 143.9 142.3 142.2 -0.1 -0.1

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 74.3 73.0 73.4 0.4 0.5

Parkersburg-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 42.5 42.7 42.0 -0.7 -1.6

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.1 68.9 68.9 68.1 -0.8 -1.2

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,932.9 2,969.8 2,915.7 2,938.2 22.5 0.8

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.1 125.6 125.1 124.7 -0.4 -0.3

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.8 87.7 86.1 86.0 -0.1 -0.1

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.8 49.0 48.3 48.7 0.4 0.8

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.5 178.0 174.7 176.6 1.9 1.1

Janesville-Beloit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.1 71.1 67.8 70.3 2.5 3.7

La Crosse-Onalaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.2 80.4 79.0 79.7 0.7 0.9

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.0 399.9 395.2 397.2 2.0 0.5

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866.2 866.0 860.3 855.6 -4.7 -0.5

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0 96.1 95.9 95.0 -0.9 -0.9

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 77.4 76.8 76.7 -0.1 -0.1

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 61.7 61.0 61.9 0.9 1.5

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 74.1 73.4 73.8 0.4 0.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.4 276.2 283.9 276.2 -7.7 -2.7

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 38.7 41.0 38.3 -2.7 -6.6

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 46.0 47.1 45.5 -1.6 -3.4

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.5 897.0 921.9 910.4 -11.5 -1.2

Aguadilla-Isabela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.5 51.6 52.0 52.5 0.5 1.0

Arecibo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 33.0 34.4 33.6 -0.8 -2.3

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.5 15.2 15.8 15.6 -0.2 -1.3

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.9 34.9 35.5 35.6 0.1 0.3

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.2 71.6 73.5 73.5 0.0 0.0

San German. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 20.0 21.2 20.3 -0.9 -4.2

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657.5 649.0 668.1 658.2 -9.9 -1.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 38.1 37.8 38.2 0.4 1.1

1 For operational reasons, these interstate areas are listed under the state that accounts for the larger share of the population, which is different from the state that contains

the first principal city.

2 Area boundary does not reflect the official OMB delineation.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes

available. Area delineations 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. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are

county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted. Estimates for

the latest month are subject to revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division1

[In thousands]

State, area, and division

November December

Change from

December 2015 to December

2016p

2015 2016 2015 2016p Number Percent

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,376.2 16,754.6 16,407.8 16,750.0 342.2 2.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,928.5 6,036.5 5,952.5 6,042.5 90.0 1.5

Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.8 1,613.2 1,579.7 1,611.1 31.4 2.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,352.7 4,423.3 4,372.8 4,431.4 58.6 1.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304.1 2,357.8 2,313.1 2,359.7 46.6 2.0

Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,114.2 1,138.1 1,116.5 1,139.4 22.9 2.1

San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074.9 1,100.8 1,080.5 1,100.9 20.4 1.9

San Rafael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.0 118.9 116.1 119.4 3.3 2.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773.3 788.7 771.2 788.1 16.9 2.2

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,219.5 3,286.7 3,222.2 3,288.8 66.6 2.1

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594.2 601.6 594.7 603.9 9.2 1.5

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,625.3 2,685.1 2,627.5 2,684.9 57.4 2.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,268.1 8,531.5 8,302.1 8,553.7 251.6 3.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,564.1 2,624.8 2,572.7 2,633.5 60.8 2.4

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815.2 846.2 821.3 849.4 28.1 3.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145.7 1,162.3 1,147.1 1,169.9 22.8 2.0

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.2 616.3 604.3 614.2 9.9 1.6

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,052.9 6,089.5 6,017.0 6,045.7 28.7 0.5

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,660.1 4,696.2 4,640.6 4,672.8 32.2 0.7

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,710.9 3,736.1 3,699.5 3,722.2 22.7 0.6

Elgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.0 264.8 255.9 258.6 2.7 1.1

Gary3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.0 283.3 278.9 280.9 2.0 0.7

Lake County-Kenosha County2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.2 412.0 406.3 411.1 4.8 1.2

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,539.3 3,611.4 3,531.7 3,602.7 71.0 2.0

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,684.7 2,732.6 2,681.1 2,734.3 53.2 2.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,797.9 1,830.3 1,794.4 1,832.3 37.9 2.1

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7 83.8 82.6 83.3 0.7 0.8

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.1 176.1 173.3 176.3 3.0 1.7

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.2 68.8 65.8 68.3 2.5 3.8

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.1 83.2 83.7 82.5 -1.2 -1.4

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.2 152.8 151.0 153.4 2.4 1.6

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.3 45.7 45.2 45.5 0.3 0.7

Nashua2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.6 131.4 128.4 132.2 3.8 3.0

Peabody-Salem-Beverly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.9 98.7 97.3 99.1 1.8 1.8

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.7 61.8 59.4 61.4 2.0 3.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,317.2 4,406.7 4,303.8 4,377.5 73.7 1.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965.1 2,001.8 1,964.4 1,997.7 33.3 1.7

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.8 757.4 745.4 755.8 10.4 1.4

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,218.3 1,244.4 1,219.0 1,241.9 22.9 1.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,398.9 9,508.3 9,395.1 9,497.8 102.7 1.1

New York-Newark-Jersey City2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,522.4 9,647.0 9,537.1 9,657.7 120.6 1.3

Dutchess County-Putnam County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.7 147.8 146.6 146.5 -0.1 -0.1

Nassau County-Suffolk County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326.8 1,344.6 1,324.8 1,342.1 17.3 1.3

Newark3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.6 1,215.4 1,209.6 1,212.6 3.0 0.2

New York-Jersey City-White Plains2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,842.3 6,939.2 6,856.1 6,956.5 100.4 1.5

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,916.7 5,960.6 5,915.2 5,946.9 31.7 0.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,875.4 2,923.1 2,879.2 2,920.5 41.3 1.4

Camden3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.1 540.7 529.0 539.7 10.7 2.0

Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,046.4 1,061.1 1,049.5 1,062.6 13.1 1.2

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934.9 951.7 933.8 949.2 15.4 1.6

Wilmington3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.0 369.6 366.9 369.0 2.1 0.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,998.1 12,225.1 12,008.2 12,221.7 213.5 1.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,475.3 3,596.8 3,483.6 3,597.1 113.5 3.3

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,470.4 2,567.4 2,473.3 2,568.6 95.3 3.9

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004.9 1,029.4 1,010.3 1,028.5 18.2 1.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,205.2 3,303.6 3,198.2 3,289.5 91.3 2.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,922.1 1,988.5 1,922.2 1,986.8 64.6 3.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619.8 1,677.7 1,619.9 1,677.7 57.8 3.6

Tacoma-Lakewood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.3 310.8 302.3 309.1 6.8 2.2

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 38 metropolitan divisions.

2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states.

3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are

based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01, dated February 28, 2013, and available at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan

New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first

principal city. Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their

metropolitan areas are listed.For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
Map 1. Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas, not seasonally ad

December 2016

(U.S. rate = 4.5 percent)

Map includes data for 387 metropolitan areas basedon Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.

NOTE:
Map 2. Over-the-year percentage change in employment, by metropolitan area, 

not seasonally adjusted, December 2016

(U.S. average = 1.4 percent)

Above U.S. average

U.S. average or below

NOTE: Map includes data for 387

metropolitan areas based on Office of

Managment and Budget Bulletin No. 13-

01. Areas in the six New England states

are Metropolitan New England City and

Town areas (NECTAs), while areas in

other states are county based.