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       REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  JANUARY 2007

   Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in
January.  Overall, 26 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-
the-month unemployment rate decreases, 18 states registered increases, and 
6 states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor reported today.  Over the year, jobless rates were down in 
36 states, up in 10 states and the District of Columbia, and unchanged in 
4 states.  The national unemployment rate was essentially unchanged in
January at 4.6 percent.
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 states and decreased in 14
states and the District of Columbia in January.  The largest employment
gains occurred in Illinois (+19,900), Arizona (+16,900), Georgia (+16,100),
New York (+15,600), Minnesota (+13,100), and North Carolina (+12,700).
Montana posted the largest percentage increase in employment (+0.7 percent), 
followed by Arizona (+0.6 percent), Minnesota (+0.5 percent), and Georgia, 
Kansas, New Mexico, and Utah (+0.4 percent each).  The largest employment 
decreases occurred in Michigan (-23,900), Wisconsin (-13,600), Indiana 
(-12,500), Ohio (-12,000), and Texas (-7,400).  Michigan experienced the 
largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment (-0.6 percent), 
followed by South Dakota and Wisconsin (-0.5 percent each), Indiana 
(-0.4 percent), Alaska (-0.3 percent), and North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode 
Island, and West Virginia (-0.2 percent each).  (See table 5.)  Over the 
year, nonfarm employment increased in 46 states and the District of Colum-
bia and decreased in 4 states.  The largest over-the-year percentage gains
in employment were reported in Louisiana (+4.6 percent), Arizona and Utah 
(+4.2 percent each), Idaho (+3.8 percent), Wyoming (+3.5 percent), and
Nevada (+3.2 percent).
   
Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   In January, the South registered the lowest unemployment rate among 
the four regions, 4.2 percent, followed by the Northeast and West at 
4.5 percent each.  The Midwest continued to report the highest jobless rate,
5.0 percent.  No region recorded a statistically significant unemployment
rate change from December.  In contrast, three of the four regions posted
significant unemployment rate changes from a year earlier:  the South 
(-0.4 percentage point), West (-0.3 point), and Northeast (-0.2 point).  
(See table 1.)
   
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   Among the nine geographic divisions, those reporting the lowest January
unemployment rates were the Mountain, 3.8 percent, South Atlantic, 4.0 per-
cent, and West North Central, 4.1 percent.  The East North Central division 
again recorded the highest rate, 5.4 percent.  No division registered a 
statistically significant over-the-month rate change.  Four of the nine 
divisions reported significant unemployment rate changes from a year 
earlier, all of which were declines:  the West South Central (-0.8 per-
centage point), East South Central (-0.7 point), and Middle Atlantic and
Mountain (-0.4 point each).
                                     
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Hawaii again recorded the lowest unemployment rate, 2.2 percent, in
January.  The states posting the next lowest rates were Utah and Wyoming 
at 2.6 percent each, Montana at 2.7 percent, and Virginia at 2.8 percent.
Michigan reported the highest unemployment rate, 6.9 percent, followed by
Alaska and South Carolina at 6.4 percent each and Mississippi at 6.2 per-
cent.  The District of Columbia recorded an unemployment rate of 6.1 per-
cent.  Four states posted the lowest jobless rates in their series--Alabama, 
3.3 percent; Idaho, 3.0 percent; Montana, 2.7 percent; and West Virginia, 
4.0 percent.  (All state series begin in 1976.)  Eighteen states registered 
unemployment rates that were significantly below the U.S. rate in January, 
6 states and the District of Columbia recorded measurably higher rates, and 
26 states had rates that were statistically little different from that of 
the nation.  (See tables A and 3.)
   
   West Virginia registered the largest over-the-month unemployment rate
decrease in January (-1.0 percentage point).  Three additional states also
recorded statistically significant rate decreases from December:  Kansas
and Rhode Island (-0.4 percentage point each) and Texas (-0.2 point).
Illinois posted the only significant over-the-month jobless rate increase
(+0.5 percentage point).  The remaining 45 states and the District of
Columbia reported January unemployment rates that were not appreciably
different from those of a month earlier, even though some had changes that
were at least as large numerically as those with statistically significant
changes.
   
   Mississippi recorded the largest over-the-year jobless rate decrease
from January 2006 (-1.4 percentage points).  The states with the next
largest rate decreases were Louisiana and New Mexico (-0.9 percentage point
each) and Montana and Utah (-0.8 point each).  Fourteen additional states
had smaller, but also statistically significant, rate decreases.  Three
states reported significant unemployment rate increases from a year ear-
lier--Massachusetts (+0.5 percentage point) and Nevada and Vermont (+0.4
point each).  Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia recorded
jobless rates that were not appreciably different from those of January
2006.  (See table B.)
   
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Between December 2006 and January 2007, nine states reported statisti-
cally significant changes in employment.  Employment rose in Illinois 
(+19,900), Arizona (+16,900), Minnesota (+13,100), North Carolina (+12,700), 
Utah (+5,200), and Montana (+3,100).  Employment decreased in Michigan 
(-23,900), Wisconsin (-13,600) and Indiana (-12,500).  (See tables C and 5.)
   
   Over the year, 28 states and the District of Columbia posted statistically 
significant increases in employment.  The largest employment increases occurred 
in California (+251,400), Texas (+243,800), Florida (+145,200), and Arizona 
(+110,000).  Three states and the District of Columbia recorded statistically 
significant gains in employment that were less than 15,000:  Wyoming (+9,600), 
Montana (+9,200), North Dakota (+7,500), and the District of Columbia (+7,400).  
The only state to post a statistically significant decrease in employment was 
Michigan (-66,700).  (See table D.)


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   The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for January
2007 is scheduled to be issued on Wednesday, March 21.  The Regional and
State Employment and Unemployment release for February is scheduled to be
issued on Friday, March 30.
   
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   |                                                                    |
   |                 Revisions to Regional, State, and                  |
   |                   Metropolitan Area Data Series                    |
   |                                                                    |
   |      Effective with the release of 2006 annual average estimates   |
   |  on March 2, the historical labor force data for regions, divi-    |
   | sions, states, the District of Columbia, and the modeled substate  |
   | areas presented in tables 1-4 of this news release were revised to |
   | incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models,   |
   | and adjustment to new division and national control totals.  Esti- |
   | mates in tables 1 and 3 of this release also incorporate revised   |
   | seasonal adjustment factors.  Both the not seasonally adjusted and |
   | seasonally adjusted data series were revised back to January 2002. | 
   | The updated population controls reflect the annual updating of     |
   | population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.                    |
   |                                                                    |
   |    In addition, effective with this release, nonfarm payroll       |
   | estimates for states and areas have been revised to reflect 2006   |
   | benchmark levels (tables 5 and 6), as well as updated seasonal     |
   | adjustment factors (table 5).  For all states, not seasonally      |
   | adjusted data back to April 2005 and seasonally adjusted data      |
   | back to January 2002 were revised.  In order to incorporate im-    |
   | proved procedures for minimizing series breaks, for many states,   |
   | not seasonally adjusted data were revised prior to April 2005 and  |
   | seasonally adjusted data were revised prior to January 2002. For   |
   | more information on benchmark procedures, see http://www.bls.gov/  |
   | sae/790stderr.htm; for more information on the comprehensive em-   |
   | ployment data review, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/2006bmk.htm.      |
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    |                         Hurricane Katrina                           |
    |                                                                     |
    |    For January, BLS and its state partners continued to make        |
    | modifications to the usual estimation procedures for the LAUS       |
    | program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the labor     |
    | force statistics in affected areas.  These modifications included:  |
    | (1) modifying the state population controls to account for dis-     |
    | placement due to Katrina; (2) developing labor force estimates for  |
    | the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area using an alterna- |
    | tive to the model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force  |
    | estimates for the parishes within the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner   |
    | metropolitan area or cities within those parishes where the quality |
    | of input data was severely compromised by the hurricane.            |
    |                                                                     |
    |    For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for        |
    | January 2007, see Hurricane Information:  Katrina and Rita on the   |
    | BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/Katrina/home.htm or call (202)   |
    | 691-6392.                                                           |
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Table A.  States with unemployment rates significantly differ-
ent from that of the U.S., January 2007, seasonally adjusted  
--------------------------------------------------------------
              State          |            January 2007        
-----------------------------|--------------------------------
United States................|                 4.6            
                             |                                
Alabama .....................|                 3.3            
Alaska ......................|                 6.4            
Delaware ....................|                 3.4            
District of Columbia ........|                 6.1            
Florida .....................|                 3.3            
Hawaii ......................|                 2.2            
Idaho .......................|                 3.0            
Iowa ........................|                 3.4            
Kentucky ....................|                 5.6            
Maryland ....................|                 3.8            
Michigan ....................|                 6.9            
Mississippi .................|                 6.2            
Montana .....................|                 2.7            
Nebraska ....................|                 3.0            
New Hampshire ...............|                 3.7            
New Mexico ..................|                 3.8            
North Dakota ................|                 3.2            
Ohio ........................|                 5.3            
Oklahoma ....................|                 3.8            
South Carolina ..............|                 6.4            
South Dakota ................|                 3.3            
Utah ........................|                 2.6            
Vermont .....................|                 4.0            
Virginia ....................|                 2.8            
Wyoming .....................|                 2.6            
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Table B.  States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from January 2006 to January 2007, seasonally adjusted
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                           |    January   |    January  |   Over-the-year
            State          |     2006     |     2007    |    rate change 
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Alaska ....................|      7.0     |      6.4    |       -0.6     
Colorado ..................|      4.7     |      4.1    |        -.6     
Delaware ..................|      3.8     |      3.4    |        -.4     
Georgia ...................|      4.9     |      4.5    |        -.4     
Idaho .....................|      3.7     |      3.0    |        -.7     
Illinois ..................|      5.2     |      4.6    |        -.6     
Iowa ......................|      4.0     |      3.4    |        -.6     
Kansas.....................|      4.5     |      4.1    |        -.4     
Louisiana .................|      4.6     |      3.7    |        -.9     
Massachusetts .............|      4.8     |      5.3    |         .5     
Mississippi ...............|      7.6     |      6.2    |       -1.4     
Montana ...................|      3.5     |      2.7    |        -.8     
Nevada ....................|      4.1     |      4.5    |         .4     
New Jersey ................|      4.8     |      4.2    |        -.6     
New Mexico ................|      4.7     |      3.8    |        -.9     
New York ..................|      4.8     |      4.3    |        -.5     
Rhode Island ..............|      5.2     |      4.7    |        -.5     
Tennessee .................|      5.2     |      4.8    |        -.4     
Texas .....................|      5.2     |      4.5    |        -.7     
Utah ......................|      3.4     |      2.6    |        -.8     
Vermont ...................|      3.6     |      4.0    |         .4     
West Virginia .............|      4.6     |      4.0    |        -.6     
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Table C.  States with statistically significant employment changes from
December 2006 to January 2007, seasonally adjusted
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           |   December  |   January   |  Over-the-month
            State          |     2006    |    2007p    |     change p   
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Arizona....................|  2,685,500  |  2,702,400  |      16,900    
Illinois ..................|  5,949,500  |  5,969,400  |      19,900    
Indiana ...................|  2,980,600  |  2,968,100  |     -12,500    
Michigan ..................|  4,325,400  |  4,301,500  |     -23,900    
Minnesota .................|  2,768,800  |  2,781,900  |      13,100    
Montana ...................|    434,700  |    437,800  |       3,100    
North Carolina ............|  4,064,500  |  4,077,200  |      12,700    
Utah. .....................|  1,222,500  |  1,227,700  |       5,200    
Wisconsin .................|  2,869,800  |  2,856,200  |     -13,600    
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  p = preliminary.





Table D.  States with statistically significant employment changes from
January 2006 to January 2007, seasonally adjusted
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                           |    January   |   January   |  Over-the-year 
            State          |     2006     |    2007p    |    change p    
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Alabama ...................|  1,968,800   |  1,997,400  |      28,600    
Arizona....................|  2,592,400   |  2,702,400  |     110,000    
California.................| 14,956,700   | 15,208,100  |     251,400    
Colorado...................|  2,259,700   |  2,302,500  |      42,800    
District of Columbia.......|    685,800   |    693,200  |       7,400    
Florida....................|  7,930,000   |  8,075,200  |     145,200    
Hawaii.....................|    608,600   |    623,900  |      15,300    
Idaho......................|    627,900   |    651,700  |      23,800    
Illinois...................|  5,911,700   |  5,969,400  |      57,700    
Iowa.......................|  1,495,500   |  1,513,500  |      18,000    
Kansas.....................|  1,338,700   |  1,373,400  |      34,700    
Louisiana..................|  1,810,100   |  1,892,800  |      82,700    
Massachusetts .............|  3,230,500   |  3,259,900  |      29,400    
Michigan ..................|  4,368,200   |  4,301,500  |     -66,700    
Mississippi................|  1,128,200   |  1,155,800  |      27,600    
Montana....................|    428,600   |    437,800  |       9,200    
Nebraska...................|    941,900   |    957,100  |      15,200    
Nevada.....................|  1,262,100   |  1,302,600  |      40,500    
New Mexico.................|    822,500   |    844,100  |      21,600    
New York...................|  8,578,200   |  8,670,700  |      92,500    
North Carolina.............|  3,978,000   |  4,077,200  |      99,200    
North Dakota...............|    349,200   |    356,700  |       7,500    
Oklahoma...................|  1,539,400   |  1,563,600  |      24,200    
Oregon.....................|  1,684,200   |  1,712,700  |      28,500    
Pennsylvania...............|  5,729,100   |  5,788,100  |      59,000    
South Carolina.............|  1,894,000   |  1,922,700  |      28,700    
Texas......................|  9,920,100   | 10,163,900  |     243,800    
Utah.......................|  1,177,800   |  1,227,700  |      49,900    
Washington.................|  2,828,900   |  2,896,600  |      67,700    
Wyoming....................|    272,000   |    281,600  |       9,600    
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  p = preliminary.







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Technical Note 


   This release presents labor force and unemployment data for census
regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas from the Local
Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1-4).  Also presented
are nonfarm payroll employment estimates by state and major industry from
the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6).  The LAUS
and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.
   
Labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program
   
   Definitions.  The labor force and unemployment data are based on the
same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national
estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample
survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.  The labor force includes both the employed
and the unemployed.  Employed persons are those who did any work at all for
pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month)
or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus
those not working who had a job from which they were temporarily absent,
whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute, illness,
or vacation.  Unemployed persons are those who did not work at all (in the
reference week), 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.
   
   Method of estimation.  Estimates for all census divisions, states, the
District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan
division, and New York City are produced using estimating equations based
on regression techniques.  This method, which underwent substantial enhance-
ment at the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including
the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data.  Estimates for
the six other areas contained in this release use a different regression
approach.  A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available
from BLS upon request.  Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing
the model-based estimates for the component divisions and then calculating
the unemployment rate.
   
   Annual revisions.  Labor force and unemployment data shown for the prior
year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually implemented
with January estimates.  The adjusted estimates reflect updated population
data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources,
and model reestimation.
   
   Seasonal adjustment.  Seasonal adjustment of census division, state, and
substate area model employment and unemployment levels is performed within
the modeling procedure. The model estimation is based on the classical ap-
proach to seasonal adjustment, in which the series is decomposed into trend,
seasonal, irregular, and survey error.  This directly yields seasonally ad-
justed estimates for employment and unemployment levels with reliability
measures.  Labor force levels and unemployment rates are calculated from
these two estimates.  Additionally, measures for the State of California are
derived by summing the seasonally adjusted estimates for the Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of California, and the
estimates for the State of New York are the sum of the estimates for New York
City and the balance of New York.  Labor force estimates for census regions
are calculated as the sum of the levels of the component divisions, and the
unemployment rate is then calculated.  In most years, historical data for the
most recent 5 years are revised near the beginning of each calendar year,
usually coincident with the release of January estimates.
   
   Area definitions.  The substate area data published in this release reflect
the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget on December 5, 2005.  A detailed list of the geographic definitions is
available on the Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and also is published
annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
   
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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 2002 version of the North American Industry
Classification System.
   
   Method of estimation.  The employment data are estimated using a "link
relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month em-
ployment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of estab-
lishments reporting for both months.  The estimates of employment for the
current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous
month by these ratios.
   
   Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a
complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax
reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state
unemployment insurance (UI) laws.  The benchmark information is used to
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding
one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark
month.  Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment,
and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level
for the subsequent months.
   
   Seasonal adjustment.  Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at
the statewide supersector level.  In some states, the seasonally adjusted
payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently ad-
justed supersector series.  In other states, the seasonally adjusted pay-
roll employment total is independently adjusted.  Revisions of historical
data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with
annual benchmark adjustments.
   
   Caution on aggregating state data.  State estimation procedures are
designed to produce accurate data for each individual state.  BLS inde-
pendently develops a national employment series; state estimates are not
forced to sum to national totals.  Because each state series is subject
to larger sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, summing
them cumulates individual state level errors and can cause significant dis-
tortions at an aggregate level.  Due to these statistical limitations, BLS
does not compile a "sum-of-states" employment series, and cautions users that
such a series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates
   
   The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey, ad-
ministrative 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.  With respect to the LAUS program, unem-
ployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather than from data that
may be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insig-
nificant.

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   Use of error measures.  In 2005, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics
(LAUS) program introduced several improvements to its methodology.  Among
these was the development of model-based error measures for the monthly
estimates and the estimates of over-the-month changes.  The introductory
section of this release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting
the direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates
and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical sig-
nificance.  The remainder of the analysis in the release takes the statis-
tical significance of monthly and annual changes into consideration.

   Labor force and unemployment estimates.  Model-based error measures for
both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data, and for over-the-
month change, are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/
lastderr.htm.  BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether
changes in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant.  The average
magnitude of the over-the-month change in a state unemployment rate that is
required in order to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence
level is between 0.3 and 0.4 percentage point.  More details can be found on
the Web site.  Measures of nonsampling error are not available, but additional
information on the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical, Employ-
ment and Earnings.
   
   Employment estimates.  Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the
total nonfarm and supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data at the
total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/
sae/790stderr.htm.  BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining
whether changes in CES employment levels are statistically significant.  In-
formation on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS
Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
   
Additional information
   
   More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop
these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which
is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov-
ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800), and
from the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, August 1997.
   
   Estimates of labor force and unemployment, as well as nonfarm employment
from the CES program, for over 370 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New
England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release,
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment.  Estimates of labor force,
employment, and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor
market 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 BLS Web site at http://www.bls.
gov/lau/.  Employment data from the CES program are available at http:
//www.bls.gov/sae/.
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone: 1-800-877-8339.
   




 LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
 
 Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1)
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                 
                              Civilian labor force                                                                               
  Census region and                                                                                                              
       division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force      
                                                                                                                                 
                        Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.  
                        2006     2006     2006     2007     2006     2006     2006     2007     2006     2006     2006     2007  
  
 Northeast........... 27,870.8 28,007.1 28,019.1 28,094.0  1,310.7  1,229.8  1,214.1  1,260.8    4.7      4.4      4.3      4.5  
                                                                                                                               
   New England.......  7,591.9  7,674.2  7,684.0  7,694.9    347.4    354.6    357.1    361.6    4.6      4.6      4.6      4.7  
   Middle Atlantic... 20,278.8 20,332.8 20,335.0 20,399.1    963.3    875.2    857.0    899.1    4.8      4.3      4.2      4.4  
                                                                                                                                 
 South............... 53,397.5 54,485.2 54,586.3 54,639.5  2,458.6  2,359.4  2,337.5  2,318.2    4.6      4.3      4.3      4.2  
                                                                                                                                 
   South Atlantic.... 28,498.3 29,219.2 29,290.3 29,305.1  1,162.3  1,191.6  1,190.7  1,180.4    4.1      4.1      4.1      4.0  
   East South Central  8,464.6  8,605.6  8,624.0  8,660.8    464.1    425.2    424.4    413.9    5.5      4.9      4.9      4.8  
   West South Central 16,434.6 16,660.4 16,671.9 16,673.5    832.2    742.5    722.5    723.9    5.1      4.5      4.3      4.3  
                                                                                                                                 
 Midwest............. 34,626.9 35,002.0 35,069.5 35,109.2  1,756.9  1,707.9  1,732.5  1,747.9    5.1      4.9      4.9      5.0  
                                                                                                                                 
   East North Central 23,811.2 24,081.4 24,134.3 24,153.2  1,299.9  1,257.2  1,277.9  1,302.0    5.5      5.2      5.3      5.4  
   West North Central 10,815.7 10,920.7 10,935.2 10,956.0    457.0    450.7    454.6    446.0    4.2      4.1      4.2      4.1  
                                                                                                                                 
 West................ 34,453.0 35,066.4 35,082.3 35,185.0  1,655.5  1,562.2  1,567.9  1,600.9    4.8      4.5      4.5      4.5  
                                                                                                                                 
   Mountain.......... 10,457.9 10,845.9 10,826.4 10,820.7    443.8    404.8    402.9    410.4    4.2      3.7      3.7      3.8  
   Pacific........... 23,995.1 24,220.5 24,255.9 24,364.3  1,211.7  1,157.4  1,165.0  1,190.5    5.0      4.8      4.8      4.9  

    1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.
    NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census
 divisions are: New England:  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic:  New
 Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic:  Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
 South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:  Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
 Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central:  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West
 North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific:  Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.  Data have 
 been revised back to January 2002 to incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models, adjustment to new division 
 and national control totals, and revised seasonal adjustment.





  LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                         LABOR FORCE DATA
                                                                                                                           
  Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted (1)                
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                         Unemployed                        
                                                                                                                           
                                    Civilian labor force                                                                   
                                                                                                                           
        Census region and                                                      Number                Percent of labor force
             division                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
                                 December          January           December          January        December    January  
                                                                                                                           
                              2005     2006     2006     2007     2005     2006     2006     2007    2005  2006  2006  2007

       Northeast........... 27,806.3 28,019.2 27,675.2 27,903.8  1,256.2  1,130.7  1,421.9  1,425.4   4.5   4.0   5.1   5.1
                                                                                                                           
         New England.......  7,562.7  7,675.9  7,532.7  7,636.3    326.1    332.0    383.2    411.3   4.3   4.3   5.1   5.4
         Middle Atlantic... 20,243.6 20,343.3 20,142.5 20,267.5    930.1    798.7  1,038.7  1,014.1   4.6   3.9   5.2   5.0
                                                                                                                           
       South............... 53,238.6 54,596.8 52,991.4 54,221.2  2,393.0  2,199.6  2,537.1  2,486.0   4.5   4.0   4.8   4.6
                                                                                                                           
         South Atlantic.... 28,367.9 29,262.2 28,294.7 29,086.1  1,128.2  1,121.4  1,185.0  1,244.6   4.0   3.8   4.2   4.3
         East South Central  8,466.0  8,652.9  8,383.2  8,582.7    447.1    400.1    489.9    455.9   5.3   4.6   5.8   5.3
         West South Central 16,404.7 16,681.7 16,313.5 16,552.4    817.7    678.1    862.3    785.5   5.0   4.1   5.3   4.7
                                                                                                                           
       Midwest............. 34,527.0 35,031.6 34,277.9 34,770.0  1,746.9  1,664.3  1,915.7  1,975.3   5.1   4.8   5.6   5.7
                                                                                                                           
         East North Central 23,758.9 24,123.6 23,569.1 23,921.2  1,292.5  1,227.1  1,401.7  1,455.7   5.4   5.1   5.9   6.1
         West North Central 10,768.1 10,907.9 10,708.8 10,848.8    454.4    437.2    514.0    519.6   4.2   4.0   4.8   4.8
                                                                                                                           
       West................ 34,415.9 35,131.9 34,287.8 35,028.7  1,617.1  1,507.0  1,751.6  1,762.4   4.7   4.3   5.1   5.0
                                                                                                                           
         Mountain.......... 10,444.1 10,837.8 10,396.6 10,758.2    423.8    383.1    470.6    454.4   4.1   3.5   4.5   4.2
         Pacific........... 23,971.8 24,294.1 23,891.2 24,270.6  1,193.3  1,123.8  1,281.0  1,308.0   5.0   4.6   5.4   5.4
       
          1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.
          NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  The composition of the regions and divisions is described in table 1.
        Data have been revised back to January 2002 to incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models, and
       adjustment to new division and national control totals.
       
       
       
       
       
LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                 LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                           SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                             Unemployed                          
                                                                                                                                 
                                    Civilian labor force                                                                         
                                                                                                                                 
     State and Area                                                                Number                  Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                                 
                             Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.      Jan.      Nov.      Dec.      Jan.    Jan.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.
                             2006      2006      2006      2007      2006      2006      2006      2007    2006  2006  2006  2007

Alabama..................   2,171.2   2,219.9   2,225.9   2,249.3     78.4      80.0      82.9      73.8    3.6   3.6   3.7   3.3
Alaska...................     345.4     348.0     348.8     348.3     24.1      22.9      23.4      22.2    7.0   6.6   6.7   6.4
Arizona..................   2,924.9   3,016.9   3,022.7   3,022.2    128.3     123.2     124.2     128.3    4.4   4.1   4.1   4.2
Arkansas.................   1,363.5   1,367.6   1,368.8   1,369.8     67.6      74.0      73.4      69.6    5.0   5.4   5.4   5.1
California...............  17,824.5  17,982.4  18,011.8  18,084.6    901.1     852.4     870.8     876.7    5.1   4.7   4.8   4.8
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                               
     Beach-Glendale (1)..   4,876.6   4,845.1   4,847.5   4,870.9    249.6     213.8     220.1     225.5    5.1   4.4   4.5   4.6
Colorado.................   2,610.7   2,679.4   2,681.5   2,666.7    121.7     108.6     106.5     108.6    4.7   4.1   4.0   4.1
Connecticut..............   1,833.7   1,854.9   1,855.1   1,859.6     83.2      78.5      76.4      82.3    4.5   4.2   4.1   4.4
Delaware.................     437.6     442.2     442.3     444.9     16.7      15.1      14.8      15.0    3.8   3.4   3.3   3.4
District of Columbia.....     315.3     317.9     317.8     320.2     18.7      19.4      19.6      19.6    5.9   6.1   6.2   6.1
Florida..................   8,861.5   9,088.0   9,100.7   9,135.5    304.7     296.1     296.5     305.1    3.4   3.3   3.3   3.3
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                             
     Kendall (1).........   1,148.0   1,166.8   1,167.5   1,179.1     46.2      41.1      40.5      41.5    4.0   3.5   3.5   3.5
                                                                                                                                 
Georgia..................   4,693.5   4,781.4   4,789.7   4,826.1    228.6     218.0     218.5     219.0    4.9   4.6   4.6   4.5
Hawaii...................     638.4     647.7     647.8     648.1     15.5      13.3      13.0      14.2    2.4   2.1   2.0   2.2
Idaho....................     740.1     755.0     755.4     751.2     27.0      24.5      24.3      22.8    3.7   3.2   3.2   3.0
Illinois.................   6,545.1   6,666.8   6,681.6   6,704.9    339.2     269.4     275.4     307.5    5.2   4.0   4.1   4.6
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                            
     Joliet  (1).........   4,010.1   4,100.9   4,108.8   4,141.3    202.5     167.4     167.1     190.6    5.0   4.1   4.1   4.6
Indiana..................   3,256.4   3,279.0   3,285.1   3,300.8    163.6     155.8     158.3     170.0    5.0   4.7   4.8   5.1
Iowa.....................   1,654.9   1,668.5   1,667.6   1,664.5     65.8      58.2      57.6      56.4    4.0   3.5   3.5   3.4
Kansas...................   1,462.0   1,469.0   1,469.7   1,478.5     66.1      65.5      65.8      61.1    4.5   4.5   4.5   4.1
Kentucky.................   2,023.7   2,049.1   2,049.4   2,066.2    121.8     113.9     110.9     115.9    6.0   5.6   5.4   5.6
Louisiana................   1,983.9   2,006.4   2,003.6   1,996.6     91.6      86.3      85.1      74.5    4.6   4.3   4.2   3.7
Maine....................     706.8     715.7     716.7     719.6     31.8      33.5      33.1      31.7    4.5   4.7   4.6   4.4
                                                                                                                                 
Maryland.................   2,977.7   3,030.6   3,032.9   3,039.6    113.2     117.9     117.1     116.8    3.8   3.9   3.9   3.8
Massachusetts............   3,386.7   3,418.8   3,421.4   3,427.4    164.0     176.4     178.3     181.1    4.8   5.2   5.2   5.3
Michigan.................   5,081.3   5,080.5   5,085.1   5,083.7    343.9     359.5     366.3     350.8    6.8   7.1   7.2   6.9
  Detroit-Warren-                                                                                                                
     Livonia (2).........   2,172.7   2,167.9   2,169.3   2,189.4    154.2     161.8     165.0     158.9    7.1   7.5   7.6   7.3
Minnesota................   2,940.8   2,956.9   2,958.5   2,969.8    122.8     120.2     124.7     130.9    4.2   4.1   4.2   4.4
Mississippi..............   1,306.0   1,317.7   1,318.5   1,317.9     98.9      91.6      90.7      81.1    7.6   7.0   6.9   6.2
Missouri.................   3,011.6   3,049.9   3,050.1   3,058.1    142.8     150.5     147.6     139.3    4.7   4.9   4.8   4.6
Montana..................     489.3     495.6     495.4     495.9     17.2      14.4      14.2      13.4    3.5   2.9   2.9   2.7
Nebraska.................     971.7     976.7     975.4     980.2     30.2      28.8      27.4      29.3    3.1   2.9   2.8   3.0
Nevada...................   1,263.1   1,318.8   1,323.8   1,329.7     51.8      56.5      57.2      59.2    4.1   4.3   4.3   4.5
New Hampshire............     733.2     739.9     740.4     743.2     25.1      25.9      25.9      27.8    3.4   3.5   3.5   3.7
                                                                                                                                 
New Jersey...............   4,498.4   4,530.7   4,531.9   4,528.6    213.7     200.2     195.5     191.2    4.8   4.4   4.3   4.2
New Mexico...............     927.5     939.1     939.0     937.2     43.9      36.3      35.5      35.4    4.7   3.9   3.8   3.8
New York.................   9,480.8   9,509.5   9,506.5   9,518.6    452.1     399.8     392.4     411.6    4.8   4.2   4.1   4.3
  New York City .........   3,794.3   3,810.1   3,811.0   3,828.7    207.1     171.3     167.8     186.2    5.5   4.5   4.4   4.9
North Carolina...........   4,402.7   4,513.1   4,514.5   4,510.8    207.9     222.1     220.5     208.1    4.7   4.9   4.9   4.6
North Dakota.............     355.6     360.4     359.9     362.8     11.4      12.3      11.4      11.5    3.2   3.4   3.2   3.2
Ohio.....................   5,906.7   5,952.6   5,958.3   5,976.6    322.3     329.6     334.2     319.7    5.5   5.5   5.6   5.3
  Cleveland-Elyria-                                                                                                              
     Mentor (2)..........   1,092.5   1,093.8   1,093.7   1,102.2     58.3      59.3      59.5      59.8    5.3   5.4   5.4   5.4
Oklahoma.................   1,709.4   1,726.8   1,727.1   1,727.7     67.1      70.2      69.7      65.5    3.9   4.1   4.0   3.8
Oregon...................   1,882.6   1,910.0   1,907.2   1,921.7    104.1     103.8     102.6     100.7    5.5   5.4   5.4   5.2
Pennsylvania.............   6,281.5   6,331.0   6,336.0   6,351.6    297.4     298.0     296.9     299.0    4.7   4.7   4.7   4.7
Rhode Island.............     574.1     578.2     578.7     580.5     29.6      29.5      29.4      27.2    5.2   5.1   5.1   4.7
                                                                                                                                 
South Carolina...........   2,106.3   2,144.1   2,147.2   2,159.3    138.0     141.4     140.3     137.4    6.6   6.6   6.5   6.4
South Dakota.............     428.0     433.6     433.8     435.4     14.2      14.0      13.9      14.5    3.3   3.2   3.2   3.3
Tennessee................   2,960.5   3,004.6   3,003.8   3,031.5    154.7     151.6     147.6     145.2    5.2   5.0   4.9   4.8
Texas....................  11,405.0  11,554.3  11,568.4  11,579.0    594.0     546.8     543.6     515.6    5.2   4.7   4.7   4.5
Utah.....................   1,288.4   1,328.9   1,332.5   1,330.5     44.4      34.5      34.0      34.7    3.4   2.6   2.5   2.6
Vermont..................     359.1     362.7     363.6     363.0     13.0      13.3      13.7      14.4    3.6   3.7   3.8   4.0
Virginia.................   3,958.8   4,028.8   4,030.6   4,046.5    120.4     120.1     116.6     115.2    3.0   3.0   2.9   2.8
Washington...............   3,304.9   3,347.6   3,344.2   3,345.0    163.1     168.6     165.9     170.1    4.9   5.0   5.0   5.1
  Seattle-Bellevue-                                                                                                              
    Everett (1)..........   1,386.4   1,406.1   1,406.4   1,395.5     61.4      60.0      59.6      62.4    4.4   4.3   4.2   4.5
West Virginia............     798.4     811.7     811.3     809.5     36.5      41.2      40.3      32.1    4.6   5.1   5.0   4.0
Wisconsin................   3,050.0   3,070.2   3,077.7   3,086.9    144.6     144.3     150.9     151.8    4.7   4.7   4.9   4.9
Wyoming..................     280.3     287.4     287.1     286.0      8.4       9.3       8.6       7.4    3.0   3.2   3.0   2.6
                                                                                                                                 
Puerto Rico..............   1,400.0   1,411.4   1,408.5   1,422.5    162.9     139.2     144.1     138.9   11.6   9.9  10.2   9.8

   1 Metropolitan division.
   2 Metropolitan statistical area.
   NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the
Current Population Survey. Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated 
December 18, 2006, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.  
Data have been revised back to January 2002 to incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models, adjustment to 
new division and national control totals, and revised seasonal adjustment.





LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                           LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                             NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                          Unemployed                       
                                                                                                                           
                                    Civilian labor force                                                                   
                                                                                                                           
     State and Area                                                             Number               Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                December            January             December         January      December    January  
                                                                                                                           
                             2005      2006      2006      2007      2005      2006    2006   2007   2005  2006  2006  2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Alabama..................   2,171.7   2,244.1   2,154.7   2,231.6     71.9      75.8    84.1   79.7   3.3   3.4   3.9   3.6
Alaska...................     342.1     346.7     341.4     344.8     24.9      23.7    26.5   25.4   7.3   6.8   7.8   7.4
Arizona..................   2,902.4   3,027.9   2,898.5   3,014.7    118.7     115.7   129.4  134.0   4.1   3.8   4.5   4.4
Arkansas.................   1,346.1   1,362.9   1,338.0   1,346.1     64.7      67.4    75.5   78.5   4.8   4.9   5.6   5.8
California...............  17,817.2  18,040.8  17,756.4  18,036.1    877.8     825.2   946.5  959.0   4.9   4.6   5.3   5.3
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                         
     Beach-Glendale (1)..   4,895.8   4,873.8   4,856.6   4,856.1    243.1     203.3   252.6  238.5   5.0   4.2   5.2   4.9
Colorado.................   2,592.9   2,680.5   2,576.0   2,648.0    120.5     103.4   129.0  120.6   4.6   3.9   5.0   4.6
Connecticut..............   1,821.7   1,852.2   1,816.2   1,843.0     75.6      68.3    89.5   91.6   4.2   3.7   4.9   5.0
Delaware.................     437.1     444.9     435.3     443.6     15.6      13.3    17.3   16.9   3.6   3.0   4.0   3.8
District of Columbia.....     311.9     317.8     310.1     315.9     18.6      19.7    17.8   19.7   6.0   6.2   5.7   6.3
Florida..................   8,803.6   9,131.6   8,774.7   9,059.7    276.4     273.8   291.7  312.0   3.1   3.0   3.3   3.4
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                       
     Kendall (1).........   1,146.2   1,175.3   1,142.8   1,177.3     43.6      40.6    41.6   39.6   3.8   3.5   3.6   3.4
                                                                                                                           
Georgia..................   4,694.7   4,834.1   4,669.6   4,814.9    219.6     210.7   221.5  226.0   4.7   4.4   4.7   4.7
Hawaii...................     638.3     649.6     638.6     648.3     14.2      10.5    14.0   13.5   2.2   1.6   2.2   2.1
Idaho....................     733.6     754.3     730.2     745.7     26.5      24.1    34.3   31.1   3.6   3.2   4.7   4.2
Illinois.................   6,516.3   6,698.0   6,482.3   6,653.1    339.5     261.5   356.7  345.8   5.2   3.9   5.5   5.2
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                      
     Joliet (1)..........   3,990.8   4,118.8   3,984.0   4,113.1    208.5     157.3   211.4  202.0   5.2   3.8   5.3   4.9
Indiana..................   3,233.7   3,278.7   3,217.1   3,266.0    165.0     153.0   172.4  187.9   5.1   4.7   5.4   5.8
Iowa.....................   1,649.0   1,673.1   1,639.2   1,650.4     69.5      61.8    78.9   71.9   4.2   3.7   4.8   4.4
Kansas...................   1,461.7   1,470.9   1,451.6   1,470.8     64.8      60.2    71.7   68.1   4.4   4.1   4.9   4.6
Kentucky.................   2,024.4   2,061.3   2,001.3   2,043.0    120.9     104.3   132.3  128.4   6.0   5.1   6.6   6.3
Louisiana................   1,995.2   1,994.6   1,952.7   1,966.3    119.7      71.7   102.8   85.9   6.0   3.6   5.3   4.4
Maine....................     702.0     713.6     695.3     708.7     32.2      32.4    36.4   37.1   4.6   4.5   5.2   5.2
                                                                                                                           
Maryland.................   2,953.1   3,032.9   2,953.3   3,019.5    106.4     109.1   120.4  132.1   3.6   3.6   4.1   4.4
Massachusetts............   3,377.3   3,425.4   3,362.7   3,405.8    154.3     167.3   180.6  202.7   4.6   4.9   5.4   6.0
Michigan.................   5,075.2   5,100.3   5,021.8   5,033.6    329.8     351.5   366.0  388.2   6.5   6.9   7.3   7.7
  Detroit-Warren-                                                                                                     
     Livonia (2).........   2,175.7   2,181.9   2,145.0   2,166.1    145.7     156.8   161.6  173.3   6.7   7.2   7.5   8.0
Minnesota................   2,914.4   2,958.1   2,911.6   2,944.4    120.5     124.9   144.2  157.6   4.1   4.2   5.0   5.4
Mississippi..............   1,315.2   1,326.4   1,295.3   1,305.7    103.1      83.6   105.3   87.4   7.8   6.3   8.1   6.7
Missouri.................   2,997.7   3,046.1   2,981.6   3,032.1    139.0     139.6   154.1  154.2   4.6   4.6   5.2   5.1
Montana..................     481.1     490.9     480.4     490.3     17.4      14.4    21.7   18.5   3.6   2.9   4.5   3.8
Nebraska.................     971.5     973.4     960.5     970.9     34.0      25.6    35.2   36.5   3.5   2.6   3.7   3.8
Nevada...................   1,250.5   1,322.9   1,251.3   1,326.3     48.9      55.7    55.7   65.2   3.9   4.2   4.5   4.9
New Hampshire............     729.3     739.5     729.9     740.0     23.8      24.2    27.7   31.3   3.3   3.3   3.8   4.2
                                                                                                                           
New Jersey...............   4,497.1   4,528.8   4,472.5   4,499.3    202.2     174.5   228.7  213.8   4.5   3.9   5.1   4.8
New Mexico...............     922.4     940.8     911.3     927.1     39.4      31.1    43.1   36.2   4.3   3.3   4.7   3.9
New York.................   9,469.0   9,485.4   9,443.8   9,473.7    450.4     362.9   489.0  465.9   4.8   3.8   5.2   4.9
  New York City .........   3,796.1   3,807.6   3,790.8   3,823.7    207.1     153.7   213.6  200.9   5.5   4.0   5.6   5.3
North Carolina...........   4,363.3   4,520.0   4,362.0   4,477.0    202.4     211.7   212.5  225.7   4.6   4.7   4.9   5.0
North Dakota.............     349.6     355.4     346.3     354.1     11.4      11.2    13.7   14.2   3.3   3.2   4.0   4.0
Ohio.....................   5,892.8   5,966.2   5,828.3   5,908.2    319.7     321.0   352.8  365.3   5.4   5.4   6.1   6.2
  Cleveland-Elyria-                                                                                                  
     Mentor (2)..........   1,081.0   1,085.3   1,071.9   1,084.2     56.1      57.0    61.0   65.5   5.2   5.3   5.7   6.0
Oklahoma.................   1,705.2   1,731.5   1,693.0   1,713.3     68.9      64.7    75.0   74.6   4.0   3.7   4.4   4.4
Oregon...................   1,871.5   1,903.2   1,862.7   1,905.7    104.2      98.2   113.8  114.8   5.6   5.2   6.1   6.0
Pennsylvania.............   6,277.5   6,329.0   6,226.1   6,294.6    277.5     261.3   321.0  334.4   4.4   4.1   5.2   5.3
Rhode Island.............     574.6     580.6     572.4     578.9     28.3      26.9    33.9   31.7   4.9   4.6   5.9   5.5
                                                                                                                           
South Carolina...........   2,081.4   2,140.9   2,077.2   2,137.9    136.1     136.8   137.3  145.1   6.5   6.4   6.6   6.8
South Dakota.............     424.2     431.0     418.0     426.0     15.0      14.0    16.1   17.0   3.5   3.2   3.9   4.0
Tennessee................   2,954.9   3,021.1   2,931.9   3,002.4    151.1     136.4   168.0  160.5   5.1   4.5   5.7   5.3
Texas....................  11,358.2  11,592.7  11,329.9  11,526.7    564.4     474.4   609.0  546.5   5.0   4.1   5.4   4.7
Utah.....................   1,282.5   1,334.6   1,273.7   1,323.5     42.4      30.0    46.2   38.2   3.3   2.2   3.6   2.9
Vermont..................     357.8     364.6     356.1     359.9     11.9      12.9    15.1   17.0   3.3   3.5   4.2   4.7
Virginia.................   3,929.8   4,028.7   3,927.6   4,019.9    119.0     109.1   125.3  128.4   3.0   2.7   3.2   3.2
Washington...............   3,302.6   3,353.8   3,292.0   3,335.7    172.1     166.3   180.2  195.3   5.2   5.0   5.5   5.9
  Seattle-Bellevue-                                                                                                    
     Everett (1).........   1,384.5   1,408.9   1,384.8   1,397.5     60.9      58.7    60.1   64.7   4.4   4.2   4.3   4.6
West Virginia............     793.0     811.4     785.0     797.6     34.0      37.2    41.1   38.6   4.3   4.6   5.2   4.8
Wisconsin................   3,040.9   3,080.4   3,019.7   3,060.4    138.6     140.1   153.8  168.5   4.6   4.5   5.1   5.5
Wyoming..................     278.7     285.8     275.1     282.5     10.1       9.0    11.2   10.5   3.6   3.1   4.1   3.7
                                                                                                                           
Puerto Rico..............   1,415.4   1,406.6   1,385.1   1,416.1    152.6     133.6   159.8  140.3  10.8   9.5  11.5   9.9

   1 Metropolitan division.
   2 Metropolitan statistical area.
   NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to 
the Current Population Survey.  Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 07-01, dated 
December 18, 2006, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
Data have been revised back to January 2002 to incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models, and adjust-
ment to new division and national control totals.





                                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                                                                                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                        Total(1)                        Construction                   Manufacturing         
                                                                                                                             
            State                                                                                                            
                            Jan.     Nov.     Dec.     Jan.     Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                            2006     2006     2006     2007p    2006    2006    2006   2007p    2006    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
      Alabama............  1,968.8  1,993.6  1,996.1  1,997.4   108.2   111.7   111.5   111.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Alaska.............    311.2    315.5    315.6    314.6    18.2    18.2    18.2    17.7    13.1    13.2    12.8    13.5
      Arizona............  2,592.4  2,679.0  2,685.5  2,702.4   234.9   251.7   252.0   252.0   186.1   186.0   186.1   186.3
      Arkansas...........  1,194.5  1,200.7  1,203.4  1,204.7    56.7    57.2    57.3    57.3   201.8   193.9   195.7   194.2
      California......... 14,956.7 15,188.4 15,212.6 15,208.1   937.0   938.3   937.2   941.9 1,510.5 1,506.5 1,506.9 1,506.8
                                                                                                                             
      Colorado...........  2,259.7  2,295.9  2,300.5  2,302.5   167.1   166.2   167.5   165.9   150.1   148.8   149.1   148.0
      Connecticut........  1,674.0  1,683.6  1,686.0  1,690.0    66.6    66.9    66.8    68.4   194.1   193.0   192.8   193.0
      Delaware (3).......    435.6    439.3    438.7    438.1    29.2    29.8    29.3    29.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      District of                                                                                                            
        Columbia (3).....    685.8    692.3    694.0    693.2    12.3    13.1    13.1    12.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Florida ...........  7,930.0  8,059.2  8,069.6  8,075.2   623.8   638.0   638.9   634.7   405.6   396.8   398.7   399.0
                                                                                                                             
      Georgia ...........  4,062.9  4,099.0  4,103.3  4,119.4   214.1   224.1   223.8   225.1   454.0   444.5   443.2   442.3
      Hawaii (3).........    608.6    622.8    622.5    623.9    35.3    36.7    37.2    37.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Idaho .............    627.9    649.1    650.8    651.7    49.1    53.7    54.0    53.1    65.1    66.7    67.1    67.4
      Illinois...........  5,911.7  5,944.4  5,949.5  5,969.4   277.8   272.7   272.7   281.3   686.8   681.8   680.9   680.9
      Indiana............  2,972.5  2,980.6  2,980.6  2,968.1   151.2   151.6   151.7   148.7   571.5   560.3   560.2   556.9
                                                                                                                             
      Iowa...............  1,495.5  1,505.7  1,508.8  1,513.5    74.4    75.8    75.2    77.1   231.1   230.0   230.6   231.3
      Kansas.............  1,338.7  1,366.9  1,368.2  1,373.4    64.3    65.5    65.9    68.2   181.1   183.9   183.2   184.6
      Kentucky...........  1,841.4  1,846.1  1,850.9  1,852.9    85.5    83.2    83.6    83.5   263.3   260.6   262.1   260.9
      Louisiana..........  1,810.1  1,885.1  1,886.8  1,892.8   127.4   134.6   134.8   134.8   150.2   155.0   155.0   154.2
      Maine..............    614.2    614.1    615.2    617.1    31.4    31.4    31.5    31.8    60.6    59.4    59.3    59.4
                                                                                                                             
      Maryland (3).......  2,578.2  2,593.5  2,600.1  2,601.4   190.4   191.3   192.9   194.1   137.8   135.2   135.1   135.3
      Massachusetts......  3,230.5  3,256.0  3,258.0  3,259.9   142.5   140.0   140.3   139.1   301.6   296.6   296.6   297.4
      Michigan...........  4,368.2  4,321.6  4,325.4  4,301.5   186.0   175.5   176.2   172.8   665.0   634.6   630.9   623.5
      Minnesota..........  2,761.8  2,768.8  2,768.8  2,781.9   132.9   128.4   128.4   130.5   346.2   348.0   348.2   346.2
      Mississippi........  1,128.2  1,152.1  1,155.1  1,155.8    56.6    58.1    58.8    59.0   176.6   175.3   175.1   175.6
                                                                                                                             
      Missouri ..........  2,761.9  2,786.3  2,789.7  2,790.1   148.4   148.0   148.3   149.1   307.8   305.9   304.8   300.1
      Montana............    428.6    433.5    434.7    437.8    28.9    30.5    29.9    30.8    20.0    20.7    20.6    20.7
      Nebraska (3).......    941.9    953.2    955.0    957.1    48.2    49.2    49.6    49.1   102.0   101.5   101.8   101.9
      Nevada.............  1,262.1  1,293.7  1,300.1  1,302.6   144.0   142.1   142.3   141.6    49.0    51.2    51.3    51.7
      New Hampshire......    637.8    642.0    642.3    644.2    29.8    29.3    29.2    28.8    78.6    76.2    75.6    75.1
                                                                                                                             
      New Jersey.........  4,063.1  4,081.5  4,085.5  4,092.4   174.1   172.5   172.9   174.4   330.3   320.5   320.7   321.3
      New Mexico.........    822.5    840.5    840.8    844.1    58.0    59.6    59.3    58.9    37.2    37.9    38.2    38.9
      New York...........  8,578.2  8,649.8  8,655.1  8,670.7   332.9   338.2   340.0   346.0   574.8   562.1   562.1   560.0
      North Carolina.....  3,978.0  4,054.4  4,064.5  4,077.2   237.4   247.2   247.9   248.9   556.3   551.3   551.1   550.4
      North Dakota.......    349.2    356.4    357.4    356.7    18.3    18.6    18.9    18.9    26.1    26.5    26.4    26.2
                                                                                                                             
      Ohio...............  5,447.4  5,443.6  5,442.8  5,430.8   234.7   229.1   228.0   230.2   805.2   791.0   788.1   782.8
      Oklahoma...........  1,539.4  1,561.3  1,561.9  1,563.6    70.0    71.7    71.9    72.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Oregon ............  1,684.2  1,714.0  1,712.2  1,712.7    96.9   100.6   100.0    99.4   206.4   206.0   204.6   204.2
      Pennsylvania.......  5,729.1  5,770.8  5,778.6  5,788.1   260.6   261.9   264.1   265.1   673.0   669.1   667.7   667.8
      Rhode Island.......    490.0    495.9    495.9    494.7    22.5    23.3    23.5    23.8    53.5    51.7    51.6    51.5
                                                                                                                             
      South Carolina.....  1,894.0  1,916.0  1,919.3  1,922.7   121.9   126.5   126.0   126.9   255.1   247.0   247.3   246.1
      South Dakota.......    394.8    403.0    404.6    402.7    21.8    22.6    22.8    22.5    40.7    42.2    42.1    42.1
      Tennessee..........  2,771.9  2,793.2  2,794.3  2,797.9   127.6   132.9   133.3   136.3   406.4   395.4   394.5   395.7
      Texas..............  9,920.1 10,157.1 10,171.3 10,163.9   588.1   613.6   615.9   614.7   911.5   933.8   933.7   927.7
      Utah...............  1,177.8  1,218.7  1,222.5  1,227.7    88.6    99.4   100.4   102.2   121.0   123.2   123.4   124.9
                                                                                                                             
      Vermont............    306.8    308.0    308.4    308.0    17.0    17.3    16.9    17.1    36.6    36.0    35.9    35.7
      Virginia...........  3,709.0  3,734.9  3,744.1  3,743.2   249.6   247.5   247.5   247.6   292.6   284.1   286.3   287.0
      Washington.........  2,828.9  2,885.5  2,890.6  2,896.6   187.1   199.5   200.4   198.7   282.1   289.6   290.1   291.0
      West Virginia......    753.6    758.6    759.8    758.3    38.7    39.5    39.4    39.4    61.7    60.2    59.9    59.9
      Wisconsin..........  2,857.0  2,866.3  2,869.8  2,856.2   129.3   125.9   126.0   122.8   506.0   502.3   501.6   496.9
      Wyoming............    272.0    279.9    281.1    281.6    22.8    24.0    24.3    24.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                             Trade, transportation, and         Financial activities         Professional and business   
                                     utilities                                                        services           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                            2006    2006    2006   2007p    2006    2006    2006   2007p    2006    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   385.8   389.9   391.5   390.7    98.1    98.5    98.5    98.5   212.7   218.1   218.8   219.0
      Alaska.............    63.8    63.3    63.4    63.7    14.9    15.0    14.9    14.9    23.8    24.1    24.3    24.3
      Arizona............   502.0   516.3   517.1   519.2   180.2   185.8   186.5   188.4   383.7   404.4   407.5   412.9
      Arkansas...........   247.7   249.5   249.6   250.5    52.1    53.2    53.2    53.3   113.6   115.6   115.9   116.0
      California......... 2,852.4 2,890.3 2,897.0 2,902.0   940.4   941.5   941.2   942.9 2,193.1 2,255.4 2,260.2 2,256.7
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   417.3   423.2   423.5   419.8   160.2   161.4   161.3   160.9   325.3   336.4   338.0   340.6
      Connecticut........   312.2   310.5   311.2   312.1   143.6   144.7   144.8   144.6   202.4   205.3   206.2   205.3
      Delaware (3).......    82.6    83.0    83.3    82.7    44.8    43.2    43.3    43.3    62.0    62.6    63.3    63.2
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia (3).....   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      29.7    29.9    30.0    29.8   151.1   155.3   155.7   156.1
      Florida ........... 1,588.8 1,599.6 1,599.9 1,606.1   542.4   548.6   551.9   550.3 1,320.3 1,356.8 1,361.0 1,361.7
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   864.3   863.9   866.1   875.1   227.7   232.7   232.9   232.4   545.0   551.9   552.5   554.6
      Hawaii (3).........   119.6   121.2   121.3   121.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Idaho .............   125.6   129.3   129.7   130.9    30.9    32.4    32.6    32.8    80.6    82.8    83.1    82.5
      Illinois........... 1,193.7 1,197.8 1,198.8 1,203.7   404.2   407.2   408.1   409.0   843.5   855.1   857.3   861.7
      Indiana............   585.4   588.0   587.9   590.4   140.1   140.2   140.5   140.4   278.1   282.1   281.7   279.7
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   308.5   308.4   309.4   309.8    99.4   100.7   101.4   101.4   115.4   117.9   118.4   117.7
      Kansas.............   260.0   263.4   263.9   263.5    71.4    72.0    71.9    71.7   135.6   140.5   140.9   142.3
      Kentucky...........   379.0   379.3   380.3   379.6    89.6    90.9    91.0    91.7   176.2   178.7   179.7   180.3
      Louisiana..........   364.6   377.3   376.9   380.9    96.0    96.6    96.7    97.2   187.9   198.3   199.3   199.3
      Maine..............   125.9   125.2   125.5   127.0    34.0    33.6    33.5    33.6    50.9    51.9    51.9    51.8
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   476.2   473.5   475.1   473.4   160.2   160.1   160.2   159.7   391.7   396.5   397.4   400.6
      Massachusetts......   571.4   571.5   572.1   575.5   222.8   224.7   225.0   222.9   466.6   474.4   475.3   476.6
      Michigan...........   800.2   791.9   793.3   787.1   217.3   215.1   215.1   214.5   590.9   590.1   593.3   591.7
      Minnesota..........   531.2   536.0   534.4   536.2   181.2   183.1   182.6   183.7   322.5   324.0   324.8   327.5
      Mississippi........   224.6   228.7   228.8   228.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      91.7    93.5    94.1    95.1
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   544.7   548.1   549.5   550.3   164.3   166.4   166.3   165.6   325.6   332.4   333.8   334.5
      Montana............    88.6    89.3    89.6    90.0    22.0    22.5    22.8    22.8    37.3    38.9    39.5    40.4
      Nebraska (3).......   199.1   203.3   203.6   201.9    65.1    65.5    65.6    65.9    99.5   102.3   102.0   105.5
      Nevada.............   223.0   227.8   228.8   232.1    64.8    66.5    66.8    66.4   154.0   159.7   162.4   162.4
      New Hampshire......   141.3   142.8   143.2   142.7    39.3    39.9    40.1    39.8    60.2    61.8    61.9    62.1
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   876.8   875.2   875.5   876.9   279.3   281.8   282.3   282.3   596.0   607.3   607.4   608.3
      New Mexico.........   140.8   142.5   142.9   144.2    35.3    35.3    35.5    35.5    95.1   108.1   107.9   108.6
      New York........... 1,508.2 1,508.2 1,504.8 1,516.0   719.5   730.3   731.9   730.2 1,098.9 1,116.6 1,117.4 1,128.6
      North Carolina.....   750.3   761.3   762.7   762.7   200.0   210.4   211.2   209.8   464.4   480.7   483.0   488.5
      North Dakota.......    75.1    76.8    76.8    76.4    19.0    19.4    19.5    19.4    27.8    29.9    29.9    29.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio............... 1,047.4 1,046.8 1,049.1 1,049.9   308.2   307.0   307.2   305.4   652.9   662.3   664.7   658.4
      Oklahoma...........   281.3   285.9   286.0   285.8    84.5    83.8    83.7    83.2   174.8   175.7   174.8   176.3
      Oregon ............   333.7   337.8   337.3   342.5   105.0   106.1   106.3   105.6   191.4   194.8   195.1   194.2
      Pennsylvania....... 1,125.9 1,128.8 1,131.9 1,131.2   336.1   334.2   334.4   334.5   668.9   681.3   684.7   685.9
      Rhode Island.......    79.8    80.0    79.6    79.7    34.5    36.2    36.3    36.1    55.4    57.6    57.5    57.5
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   365.5   372.3   373.5   372.4   100.9   104.6   105.2   105.2   217.8   217.2   219.8   219.9
      South Dakota.......    79.9    81.2    81.7    80.9    29.0    30.2    30.5    30.4    25.4    25.5    26.0    26.2
      Tennessee..........   606.1   609.2   610.2   612.3   143.6   144.7   144.7   144.2   317.1   325.5   325.8   317.8
      Texas.............. 2,029.4 2,051.8 2,052.1 2,049.9   619.9   630.0   631.2   632.7 1,201.5 1,247.0 1,249.8 1,250.6
      Utah...............   230.7   237.6   238.2   239.2    69.6    72.6    73.0    72.9   151.2   158.4   159.5   159.6
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    59.4    59.7    59.8    59.8    13.3    13.2    13.2    13.3    22.3    22.3    22.4    22.7
      Virginia...........   664.0   666.8   669.9   667.7   194.1   196.8   197.5   195.3   620.8   632.7   632.4   632.8
      Washington.........   538.9   546.9   548.3   552.1   156.9   155.5   156.0   157.1   323.5   335.0   335.7   337.3
      West Virginia......   140.9   143.0   143.8   144.6    30.2    30.1    30.0    30.0    60.1    60.1    60.0    60.0
      Wisconsin..........   544.1   548.3   549.0   545.5   160.6   161.4   161.9   161.5   266.7   267.4   267.7   268.4
      Wyoming............    52.1    52.9    53.3    53.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      16.5    17.5    17.4    17.7






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                           Education and health services      Leisure and hospitality                Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Jan.    Nov.    Dec.    Jan. 
                            2006    2006    2006   2007p    2006    2006    2006   2007p    2006    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   201.3   205.3   206.0   205.9   167.6   173.4   172.8   173.3   366.5   372.9   372.9   373.2
      Alaska.............    36.7    37.4    37.4    37.6    30.8    30.9    31.1    31.0    80.0    81.6    81.7    79.9
      Arizona............   284.3   295.2   296.0   296.4   261.7   270.3   271.1   273.5   405.5   413.3   413.3   415.5
      Arkansas...........   149.1   152.2   152.5   153.2    97.6    97.2    97.5    98.0   205.9   210.1   209.8   209.8
      California......... 1,599.4 1,637.4 1,641.5 1,642.0 1,499.0 1,540.7 1,544.6 1,536.6 2,429.7 2,467.0 2,468.8 2,470.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   227.5   234.0   234.1   235.6   261.7   267.4   267.3   270.2   365.1   370.2   370.7   371.8
      Connecticut........   276.5   283.1   283.1   283.4   131.2   132.9   133.1   134.7   245.8   245.0   245.7   246.4
      Delaware (3).......    55.0    57.2    57.2    57.4    40.5    41.2    40.9    41.8    60.3    61.1    60.8    60.7
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia (3).....   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      54.3    54.1    54.1    54.3   233.5   233.2   232.8   232.1
      Florida ...........   959.0   980.4   983.5   985.8   898.1   912.8   914.6   913.6 1,090.7 1,108.4 1,103.5 1,109.1
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   434.3   441.0   442.3   446.1   378.1   385.0   385.3   387.0   657.2   668.0   668.8   669.6
      Hawaii (3).........    70.1    71.5    71.6    71.7   107.2   107.4   107.7   108.0   118.4   123.1   122.1   121.0
      Idaho .............    68.1    71.8    71.8    71.9    58.5    61.8    61.8    62.1   116.7   116.7   116.6   116.9
      Illinois...........   753.0   770.7   772.1   772.3   518.9   530.9   531.7   531.8   846.0   842.6   841.0   840.8
      Indiana............   382.7   387.7   388.2   387.2   280.8   282.3   281.5   280.1   424.7   430.3   430.5   426.7
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   197.2   200.2   200.8   201.3   132.5   132.6   132.7   133.9   245.7   248.4   248.4   248.7
      Kansas.............   164.0   167.5   167.6   167.7   113.4   116.6   117.1   117.8   250.0   256.0   256.5   256.8
      Kentucky...........   236.7   238.3   238.6   239.9   167.3   167.8   167.9   170.0   315.6   318.8   319.0   318.0
      Louisiana..........   225.4   240.3   240.7   241.6   175.2   189.5   189.4   191.3   346.5   349.3   349.6   349.3
      Maine..............   113.2   114.4   114.5   114.9    59.5    59.8    60.5    60.1   104.9   104.9   104.9   105.2
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   359.3   365.6   366.2   366.1   228.7   231.9   233.5   236.8   466.3   472.0   471.9   469.1
      Massachusetts......   598.0   612.5   613.0   616.5   293.9   294.5   295.0   294.7   426.4   433.0   432.0   429.1
      Michigan...........   580.5   587.4   590.7   589.0   405.6   407.5   407.6   405.5   669.6   666.4   664.2   665.1
      Minnesota..........   402.4   409.2   411.4   413.8   249.6   245.2   246.2   248.4   413.8   414.9   411.9   414.6
      Mississippi........   120.6   125.4   125.6   125.5   113.5   122.3   122.8   122.5   239.1   242.7   243.2   243.5
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   373.1   380.1   380.2   382.0   278.1   281.4   282.8   284.0   430.4   436.0   435.9   435.9
      Montana............    56.4    57.5    57.5    57.8    56.5    55.0    55.2    55.4    86.6    85.8    86.0    86.6
      Nebraska (3).......   129.4   131.5   131.8   132.7    81.4    82.1    82.8    82.4   162.0   162.8   162.6   163.0
      Nevada.............    85.7    88.9    89.5    89.5   333.6   339.6   340.4   340.9   147.0   153.0   153.1   153.8
      New Hampshire......    99.2   101.1   101.2   101.6    63.4    64.0    64.1    64.1    90.9    91.5    91.8    94.8
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   564.6   573.7   574.4   574.2   336.8   337.4   338.4   342.2   646.7   651.6   651.8   650.0
      New Mexico.........   106.5   109.3   109.4   109.5    85.8    87.2    87.5    88.0   202.5   195.8   195.1   195.5
      New York........... 1,555.4 1,588.6 1,590.5 1,585.4   671.5   681.0   681.8   679.6 1,484.9 1,491.3 1,490.7 1,489.4
      North Carolina.....   479.4   493.6   494.7   498.0   365.8   376.7   378.7   380.5   670.9   674.8   675.3   677.9
      North Dakota.......    49.3    50.0    50.2    50.5    31.2    31.9    32.1    31.9    75.4    75.7    75.9    75.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   772.4   780.9   782.0   781.8   501.1   500.6   498.8   499.5   801.3   802.1   801.4   801.5
      Oklahoma...........   185.9   188.5   188.7   188.6   136.2   137.4   138.0   136.9   316.3   319.4   319.4   320.7
      Oregon ............   202.2   206.9   207.0   205.7   162.9   169.7   170.0   171.0   284.1   288.1   287.3   285.9
      Pennsylvania....... 1,044.3 1,066.3 1,068.3 1,074.3   489.5   489.5   489.3   490.5   742.7   751.0   749.6   748.7
      Rhode Island.......    95.2    97.7    98.0    97.4    50.2    50.7    50.8    50.2    64.9    64.7    64.6    64.3
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   190.4   196.6   198.8   200.2   207.6   211.7   208.6   211.7   329.8   330.3   329.7   329.5
      South Dakota.......    58.0    59.1    59.2    58.9    42.1    42.9    43.0    42.9    74.7    75.6    75.4    74.9
      Tennessee..........   335.5   341.4   342.1   343.1   268.4   272.8   273.4   277.8   413.8   415.8   415.0   415.1
      Texas.............. 1,202.7 1,231.9 1,233.7 1,228.7   923.6   961.1   963.8   964.0 1,700.0 1,725.2 1,727.1 1,730.3
      Utah...............   131.9   136.1   136.5   137.0   106.6   109.0   109.1   109.9   202.8   205.1   204.9   204.5
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    54.7    55.6    55.8    55.6    33.1    33.1    33.5    33.0    53.6    53.8    53.7    53.9
      Virginia...........   400.1   408.3   408.0   410.0   336.9   339.0   340.7   342.5   669.1   672.5   674.9   674.6
      Washington.........   333.8   340.7   341.5   342.2   270.5   274.8   275.9   276.1   528.6   528.6   527.7   526.9
      West Virginia......   113.4   113.2   113.4   113.3    70.6    71.5    71.9    72.1   143.6   145.1   145.3   143.3
      Wisconsin..........   388.0   393.0   393.1   393.9   258.2   257.6   257.9   257.4   414.9   419.8   419.0   417.7
      Wyoming............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      32.4    32.6    32.9    33.3    64.9    66.0    66.2    66.2

       1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except public administration, not shown
     separately.
       2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been revised to reflect 2006 benchmarks and updated
     seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2002 for most states are subject to revision.
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available. 
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
                                                                                                                         
     Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted               
                                                                                                                         
     (In thousands)                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                         
                                      Total                 Natural resources and mining            Construction         
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
           State             December         January         December        January         December        January    
                                                                                                                         
                           2005    2006    2006    2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama........... 1,979.2 2,004.4  1,944.9 1,980.8    13.1    12.8    13.0    12.8   107.5   111.5   105.1   109.7
      Alaska............   297.1   302.8    291.4   296.3    11.3    13.2    11.0    13.0    16.3    16.1    14.5    14.1
      Arizona........... 2,604.6 2,725.2  2,562.0 2,680.8     9.0    10.5     9.0    10.6   233.3   252.1   229.7   247.7
      Arkansas.......... 1,194.7 1,209.7  1,178.3 1,188.1     7.3     7.7     6.8     7.6    56.2    56.6    54.1    54.6
      California........ 15110.9 15335.3 14,755.6 15046.2    24.3    26.0    23.0    24.8   935.6   932.9   903.9   909.6
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado.......... 2,276.6 2,320.5  2,221.1 2,267.1    18.7    22.5    18.7    22.4   164.2   164.7   157.7   156.3
      Connecticut....... 1,692.8 1,709.8  1,648.5 1,665.5      .7      .6      .7      .6    65.1    66.7    60.9    62.4
      Delaware .........   439.2   442.3    425.6   428.8     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    28.9    29.2    28.0    28.0
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia........   688.7   696.8    675.4   683.9     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    12.4    12.8    11.9    12.4
      Florida........... 8,014.6 8,157.0  7,887.6 8,039.1     6.9     6.6     6.6     6.6   624.5   638.7   614.4   628.0
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia........... 4,078.0 4,138.3  4,018.0 4,074.8    12.1    12.2    12.4    12.1   212.7   223.5   209.2   219.4
      Hawaii ...........   618.9   631.7    600.2   617.4     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    35.3    37.3    34.5    36.6
      Idaho ............   625.0   651.4    607.9   632.4     4.2     4.1     3.8     3.9    47.2    52.5    44.4    48.0
      Illinois.......... 5,938.4 6,000.8  5,774.8 5,840.9    10.4    10.0    10.0     9.7   266.4   271.9   245.2   251.4
      Indiana........... 2,994.0 3,006.4  2,911.1 2,921.6     6.8     6.9     6.5     6.6   148.2   149.4   136.9   138.0
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa.............. 1,504.3 1,523.1  1,462.9 1,482.3     2.0     2.2     1.8     1.9    71.3    73.6    64.9    67.1
      Kansas............ 1,355.9 1,383.7  1,316.4 1,350.6     8.0     9.0     8.0     9.0    61.6    64.6    59.2    62.5
      Kentucky.......... 1,848.2 1,866.1  1,810.2 1,826.5    22.7    23.4    22.3    23.0    84.0    83.9    78.8    78.9
      Louisiana......... 1,817.6 1,898.2  1,789.8 1,880.9    45.3    50.9    46.4    50.7   122.8   135.3   125.7   133.7
      Maine.............   617.8   620.0    592.1   594.9     2.9     3.0     2.9     2.9    30.4    30.9    28.3    28.7
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland.......... 2,597.1 2,620.1  2,522.5 2,546.4     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)   189.8   193.5   183.1   186.9
      Massachusetts..... 3,258.3 3,289.4  3,158.0 3,196.4     1.8     1.8     1.6     1.7   141.4   140.0   129.2   128.8
      Michigan.......... 4,427.2 4,371.3  4,266.0 4,209.7     8.0     7.7     7.4     7.3   182.4   173.2   162.5   152.2
      Minnesota......... 2,768.9 2,782.0  2,701.9 2,721.2     5.7     5.5     5.7     5.2   126.4   123.0   114.6   110.2
      Mississippi....... 1,132.0 1,160.2  1,116.2 1,145.5     8.9     9.7     8.9     9.6    57.3    58.7    54.7    57.3
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ......... 2,771.5 2,807.7  2,706.5 2,736.8     5.4     5.1     5.3     5.0   144.8   145.7   139.1   140.2
      Montana...........   426.8   436.1    414.6   424.0     7.9     8.5     7.8     8.4    27.2    29.3    25.3    27.2
      Nebraska..........   945.6   959.5    924.5   944.1     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    46.2    47.9    43.4    44.8
      Nevada............ 1,261.5 1,307.4  1,239.7 1,285.9    11.0    11.9    11.0    11.8   141.5   141.4   136.9   137.0
      New Hampshire.....   648.2   649.1    625.2   632.5     1.1     1.0      .9      .9    29.8    29.1    27.2    26.5
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey........ 4,091.9 4,122.8  3,984.6 4,021.6     1.8     1.9     1.6     1.8   172.0   174.5   161.5   163.3
      New Mexico........   824.5   845.5    809.2   828.7    17.7    19.4    17.8    19.6    56.8    58.5    55.9    56.0
      New York.......... 8,706.0 8,772.4  8,401.3 8,506.7     5.9     6.1     5.0     5.3   329.1   340.2   303.3   314.4
      North Carolina.... 3,986.1 4,088.2  3,921.8 4,019.2     6.6     6.9     6.6     6.8   234.5   247.5   230.2   242.9
      North Dakota......   350.8   359.9    341.1   350.2     4.4     5.0     4.1     4.8    16.6    17.5    14.8    15.6
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio.............. 5,491.3 5,491.9  5,326.3 5,321.3    11.5    11.6    11.0    11.0   230.0   226.9   208.1   205.2
      Oklahoma.......... 1,549.4 1,570.3  1,516.2 1,539.5    37.9    44.4    38.4    44.8    68.8    70.7    67.7    68.9
      Oregon............ 1,694.7 1,722.3  1,648.2 1,681.6     9.4     8.0     8.8     7.8    95.1    98.5    91.3    94.4
      Pennsylvania...... 5,771.5 5,825.8  5,621.0 5,682.0    19.6    20.7    19.2    19.9   253.4   258.2   237.2   241.8
      Rhode Island......   496.1   501.0    475.5   482.2      .3      .3      .2      .3    22.2    23.6    19.8    21.4
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.... 1,884.7 1,923.8  1,859.5 1,891.3     4.7     5.0     4.7     4.8   118.2   125.5   119.3   124.1
      South Dakota......   393.5   403.5    383.8   392.4      .8      .8      .7      .8    20.4    21.6    18.7    19.6
      Tennessee......... 2,788.3 2,816.5  2,727.1 2,754.7     4.1     4.1     3.9     3.9   125.0   133.2   122.5   130.7
      Texas............. 9,968.8 10231.6  9,806.6 10061.1   174.1   194.7   173.3   195.4   581.4   611.0   576.1   602.2
      Utah.............. 1,185.3 1,237.9  1,162.9 1,215.5     9.2    10.5     9.0    10.4    86.0    99.8    83.0    96.6
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont...........   313.6   314.9    305.2   306.2      .8      .9      .8      .8    16.6    16.8    14.9    15.0
      Virginia.......... 3,725.8 3,768.5  3,654.1 3,697.7    11.1    11.5    11.0    11.4   247.1   245.9   240.8   242.1
      Washington........ 2,835.2 2,899.6  2,775.5 2,841.9     8.8     8.1     8.4     7.7   182.8   196.1   175.6   186.5
      West Virginia.....   758.4   765.6    738.2   744.7    27.4    28.7    27.2    28.3    37.5    38.9    34.3    35.8
      Wisconsin......... 2,876.3 2,879.6  2,790.0 2,793.1     3.8     3.7     3.4     3.3   125.2   122.0   114.3   109.1
      Wyoming...........   267.4   278.5    262.4   272.0    24.3    27.9    24.6    27.2    21.0    23.2    20.2    21.4
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico....... 1,092.1 1,048.3  1,042.5 1,030.9     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     70.2    67.0    68.1    66.1





                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                   Manufacturing             Trade, transportation, and             Information          
                                                                     utilities                                           
                                                                                                                         
                              December        January         December        January         December        January    
                                                                                                                         
                            2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   304.8   299.7   303.5   300.2   395.9   399.5   382.2   388.0    30.9    30.2    30.5    30.0
      Alaska.............     6.5     6.4    10.8    10.8    61.0    61.6    59.4    59.7     7.0     6.9     6.9     6.7
      Arizona............   185.9   186.6   185.0   186.0   516.8   534.6   502.1   521.3    46.1    43.4    45.4    42.6
      Arkansas...........   201.3   195.6   201.1   193.1   252.0   254.9   244.8   247.5    19.8    20.4    19.7    20.4
      California......... 1,506.5 1,501.5 1,487.9 1,487.7 2,966.5 2,994.2 2,832.0 2,885.0   477.9   477.3   468.2   470.1
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   150.4   149.6   148.7   147.2   431.8   435.4   414.2   417.8    76.2    75.2    75.8    74.4
      Connecticut........   194.4   193.7   193.8   192.9   324.5   323.8   311.7   311.9    37.8    37.5    37.9    37.4
      Delaware ..........    32.3    33.2    33.7    32.7    86.1    86.3    81.1    81.5     6.8     6.8     6.7     6.6
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia.........     2.0     1.6     1.8     1.6    29.3    29.1    28.1    28.2    22.3    22.8    22.0    22.5
      Florida............   405.7   399.8   403.5   397.5 1,634.8 1,651.5 1,585.5 1,602.2   169.0   168.1   165.8   165.0
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   452.4   442.9   450.4   439.5   887.7   892.8   856.2   867.1   117.5   116.0   115.9   114.9
      Hawaii ............    15.3    15.2    15.0    15.0   122.9   124.9   119.2   121.9    11.6    11.1    10.8    11.1
      Idaho .............    65.5    66.9    64.2    66.2   127.8   132.6   122.9   128.2    10.6    10.8    10.3    10.5
      Illinois...........   686.7   682.0   680.5   676.3 1,230.2 1,236.3 1,182.0 1,188.8   117.0   116.3   116.4   116.0
      Indiana............   571.8   561.0   566.8   553.8   600.9   601.6   576.9   583.2    40.4    40.3    39.5    39.9
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   230.3   230.8   229.0   229.4   314.9   316.8   303.8   306.0    32.7    33.2    32.2    32.7
      Kansas.............   181.9   184.1   179.8   184.3   267.4   269.6   257.3   260.8    38.9    39.9    38.6    39.7
      Kentucky...........   263.9   264.0   263.2   262.0   388.7   389.6   374.7   375.8    29.7    29.7    29.4    29.9
      Louisiana..........   149.6   155.7   148.3   153.0   369.9   384.4   361.1   377.4    27.0    25.5    27.2    25.6
      Maine..............    61.5    60.6    59.5    58.7   130.8   131.2   123.4   124.1    11.3    11.4    11.2    11.4
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   139.2   135.5   136.5   134.0   492.3   491.7   470.6   468.8    51.9    50.4    50.5    49.0
      Massachusetts......   303.5   297.0   300.3   296.9   590.5   592.1   566.5   570.5    87.1    87.7    86.5    87.4
      Michigan...........   677.5   641.1   657.1   615.8   825.7   814.5   784.5   774.8    67.0    67.2    66.6    66.8
      Minnesota..........   345.5   347.0   341.2   341.4   545.0   548.0   525.7   530.8    59.0    57.0    58.3    57.0
      Mississippi........   177.5   175.0   175.9   173.9   229.1   232.3   222.2   226.2    14.1    13.7    14.0    13.7
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   310.3   305.4   305.3   297.4   556.3   564.2   538.3   545.8    64.0    62.6    63.0    62.9
      Montana............    20.0    20.7    19.6    20.3    90.2    91.3    86.7    88.0     7.8     8.0     7.7     7.9
      Nebraska...........   102.1   102.2   101.5   101.3   205.0   208.4   196.8   201.1    20.1    19.7    19.7    19.3
      Nevada.............    48.6    51.5    48.4    51.4   226.2   236.1   220.4   230.1    14.5    15.6    14.8    15.7
      New Hampshire......    80.4    76.1    78.4    75.1   146.8   148.6   140.2   141.6    12.9    12.9    12.8    12.7
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   328.9   322.3   326.4   318.4   906.2   903.8   871.2   870.1    98.3   100.0    97.4    98.8
      New Mexico.........    36.9    37.9    36.4    37.7   144.5   147.1   139.6   142.6    15.4    16.0    14.5    16.2
      New York...........   577.1   563.5   567.2   553.8 1,568.9 1,561.3 1,493.2 1,504.5   275.9   272.2   267.1   266.7
      North Carolina.....   559.7   551.9   552.4   546.3   769.2   779.9   739.5   749.7    74.5    74.5    74.1    74.2
      North Dakota.......    26.3    26.2    25.5    25.7    76.5    78.4    74.0    75.6     7.5     7.7     7.4     7.6
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   809.0   791.0   799.0   778.8 1,082.4 1,084.8 1,034.4 1,035.4    89.8    89.2    88.8    87.9
      Oklahoma...........   149.2   150.1   147.7   149.2   290.6   292.6   278.1   282.7    30.3    29.6    30.0    29.1
      Oregon.............   203.4   202.7   202.2   201.0   345.5   347.6   328.4   338.0    35.1    36.0    34.1    35.2
      Pennsylvania.......   674.7   669.1   668.0   662.1 1,162.9 1,169.6 1,119.7 1,125.1   109.1   108.2   107.6   107.4
      Rhode Island.......    54.3    52.3    53.1    51.3    83.1    82.5    78.6    78.7    11.0    10.8    11.0    11.0
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   255.3   246.9   253.7   244.8   372.1   379.1   360.4   367.9    27.4    27.8    27.2    27.6
      South Dakota.......    40.3    42.1    40.3    41.8    81.0    82.9    78.3    79.5     6.9     7.3     6.8     7.2
      Tennessee..........   404.2   393.9   403.9   393.7   620.0   626.3   598.3   604.5    49.3    50.8    49.1    50.6
      Texas..............   909.7   934.7   905.7   922.4 2,087.5 2,102.3 2,015.1 2,037.8   223.9   222.3   221.4   221.2
      Utah...............   120.8   124.3   120.0   124.6   237.3   246.1   228.6   237.1    32.3    32.6    31.7    31.8
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    36.9    36.2    36.0    35.2    61.6    61.8    58.9    59.2     6.3     6.1     6.1     6.1
      Virginia...........   294.6   287.2   291.3   286.1   689.4   691.2   659.2   664.4    92.0    92.4    91.3    91.9
      Washington.........   278.6   289.2   277.8   286.8   553.4   562.6   530.4   543.9    96.1   102.4    94.8   102.3
      West Virginia......    61.9    59.9    61.2    59.7   144.6   147.3   139.0   142.5    12.0    11.7    11.7    11.6
      Wisconsin..........   504.2   500.4   501.1   492.6   566.8   565.4   536.0   537.7    50.1    50.0    49.6    49.4
      Wyoming............    10.0    10.2     9.8    10.0    52.2    53.7    50.7    52.2     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.2
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........   117.2   107.0   111.4   105.1   204.0   195.8   190.6   187.7    22.9    21.8    22.6    21.7





                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                Financial activities         Professional and business     Education and health services 
                                                                      services                                           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              December        January         December        January         December        January    
                            
                            2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                               Alabama............   100.1    98.7    97.1    97.8   213.5   218.6   207.4   215.8   201.8   206.4   199.6   204.7
      Alaska.............    14.8    14.8    14.5    14.5    23.0    23.7    22.2    22.9    36.7    37.4    36.4    37.3
      Arizona............   181.2   188.1   178.5   186.8   379.7   412.1   374.0   405.3   284.3   297.1   282.5   296.2
      Arkansas...........    52.5    53.4    51.8    52.9   113.3   115.2   111.5   114.1   148.6   153.7   148.4   152.5
      California.........   945.2   943.6   934.3   938.7 2,198.1 2,273.5 2,152.5 2,227.4 1,614.5 1,654.2 1,582.8 1,630.2
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   162.4   162.3   159.3   160.3   324.6   337.5   314.7   328.8   228.0   235.5   225.9   234.8
      Connecticut........   143.5   145.0   143.0   143.7   204.0   207.9   196.0   199.9   279.8   287.1   274.7   281.5
      Delaware ..........    45.2    43.4    44.5    43.1    64.3    63.8    60.8    62.0    54.9    57.3    54.8    57.1
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia.........    30.4    29.9    29.5    29.4   150.1   156.0   147.4   153.9    96.4    97.6    92.6    93.6
      Florida............   548.0   552.0   538.1   545.5 1,323.2 1,365.2 1,305.8 1,347.8   964.7   990.8   953.4   981.3
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   229.6   233.9   226.0   230.9   544.0   555.7   537.4   546.2   432.3   444.5   433.1   443.7
      Hawaii ............    29.9    30.2    29.5    29.8    77.3    80.5    75.3    79.1    70.8    72.4    68.9    71.1
      Idaho .............    30.8    32.7    30.5    32.2    78.8    82.2    76.0    79.1    68.6    72.7    67.8    71.7
      Illinois...........   406.2   410.4   401.0   406.1   844.4   861.5   815.2   832.1   757.2   778.0   748.0   767.5
      Indiana............   139.4   140.6   138.4   139.1   278.2   281.9   266.5   271.1   387.0   392.5   381.7   387.2
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............    99.4   101.5    98.8   100.9   116.2   118.7   111.7   114.3   201.5   205.6   197.5   201.7
      Kansas.............    71.8    72.3    70.9    71.5   137.7   141.5   132.0   138.2   165.0   169.0   163.1   167.3
      Kentucky...........    89.2    91.2    89.0    90.7   179.0   183.5   172.1   175.7   236.9   239.8   235.1   238.7
      Louisiana..........    97.0    96.7    95.2    96.8   188.2   198.9   185.7   198.7   223.2   242.4   225.1   242.4
      Maine..............    34.1    33.5    33.7    33.1    51.0    51.8    48.9    49.9   113.5   115.2   111.6   113.3
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   160.1   159.9   158.5   158.4   389.3   397.2   381.2   387.4   361.6   367.6   356.7   364.3
      Massachusetts......   224.4   225.2   220.6   222.1   467.8   477.9   453.0   463.2   606.7   623.6   591.8   609.2
      Michigan...........   217.1   214.8   215.3   212.6   596.2   593.9   574.3   573.4   588.1   595.9   575.2   584.7
      Minnesota..........   181.2   183.0   179.8   181.9   319.0   325.9   313.2   315.3   403.8   413.7   399.2   412.4
      Mississippi........    46.9    46.2    45.6    45.5    91.7    94.2    90.5    93.4   121.8   126.4   120.6   125.4
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   164.3   166.7   162.1   164.7   325.4   334.8   318.7   325.2   376.2   382.3   369.6   379.0
      Montana............    22.2    22.8    21.7    22.4    36.2    38.9    35.5    38.1    56.9    58.2    56.4    57.8
      Nebraska...........    65.0    65.6    64.6    65.4    99.6   102.7    97.0   103.0   130.5   132.9   128.8   132.3
      Nevada.............    65.3    67.2    64.2    65.9   154.3   161.4   153.5   162.5    85.9    89.7    85.0    89.0
      New Hampshire......    40.0    40.0    39.1    39.7    60.3    62.2    58.3    60.4    99.7   101.6    98.7   101.5
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   281.0   282.9   276.8   280.9   597.4   608.7   577.5   592.1   568.1   577.7   560.8   572.0
      New Mexico.........    35.6    35.6    35.2    35.2    94.3   108.5    93.6   106.6   107.6   110.6   106.9   110.3
      New York...........   723.8   732.9   712.8   726.6 1,110.2 1,130.0 1,070.6 1,098.3 1,581.5 1,616.4 1,536.8 1,569.5
      North Carolina.....   199.8   210.0   196.6   207.2   458.9   482.3   455.4   477.4   475.3   497.8   475.3   495.4
      North Dakota.......    19.1    19.6    18.9    19.3    27.3    29.8    26.8    29.1    49.4    50.2    49.1    50.4
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   309.8   307.2   305.6   303.5   657.2   664.5   633.4   640.6   781.4   791.9   766.8   778.5
      Oklahoma...........    84.0    83.7    83.5    82.6   173.8   173.5   170.1   171.0   187.7   189.7   184.0   188.1
      Oregon.............   105.1   106.0   103.2   103.8   191.9   195.8   184.2   187.8   204.0   209.6   200.1   203.0
      Pennsylvania.......   337.1   334.5   333.9   332.5   671.3   684.9   652.8   670.2 1,054.4 1,079.5 1,032.7 1,062.4
      Rhode Island.......    34.6    36.3    34.2    35.9    55.8    58.1    52.6    55.3    97.8    99.7    94.0    96.0
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....    99.0   104.2    99.4   104.3   210.6   220.4   211.7   213.5   189.9   200.5   189.2   200.1
      South Dakota.......    29.2    30.5    29.0    30.3    25.3    25.8    24.6    25.2    58.4    59.7    57.8    59.0
      Tennessee..........   144.1   145.1   142.5   143.3   325.6   329.3   310.9   314.6   335.8   343.5   332.6   340.2
      Texas..............   622.0   632.2   614.6   628.3 1,203.6 1,250.6 1,180.9 1,231.2 1,207.1 1,238.1 1,193.3 1,222.6
      Utah...............    70.3    73.9    69.2    72.8   151.1   159.8   147.1   155.4   133.6   139.1   132.6   137.8
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    13.3    13.3    13.2    13.1    22.2    22.4    21.5    21.7    55.2    56.4    54.2    55.4
      Virginia...........   193.5   197.7   191.9   194.9   618.7   634.3   610.5   623.6   403.1   412.6   400.4   411.2
      Washington.........   157.2   156.3   155.2   155.1   321.8   334.8   313.6   326.9   335.5   343.3   331.3   339.8
      West Virginia......    29.7    30.1    29.9    29.9    60.8    60.8    59.4    58.9   114.3   114.5   112.7   112.7
      Wisconsin..........   161.0   162.0   159.5   161.0   267.5   265.4   257.2   256.5   388.7   396.0   385.9   391.3
      Wyoming............    11.0    11.1    10.9    11.0    15.6    16.8    15.4    16.6    22.4    22.9    22.1    22.9
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    50.5    50.0    49.7    49.8   112.3   104.3   104.9   106.5   109.2   107.4   100.6   102.7





                              Leisure and hospitality              Other services                    Government          
                                                                                                                         
                              December        January         December        January         December        January    
                            
                            2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p    2005    2006    2006   2007p 
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   163.6   170.6   160.3   167.5    80.2    80.9    79.5    80.6   367.8   375.5   366.7   373.7
      Alaska.............    27.3    28.2    25.8    26.5    11.1    11.5    10.9    11.3    82.1    83.0    79.0    79.5
      Arizona............   259.4   272.4   258.1   270.5    93.6   102.7    97.3   103.3   415.3   425.6   400.4   410.5
      Arkansas...........    92.7    94.6    92.0    92.2    42.6    43.7    42.5    43.4   208.4   213.9   205.6   209.8
      California......... 1,492.9 1,534.0 1,451.1 1,498.6   504.0   510.3   492.9   504.6 2,445.4 2,487.8 2,427.0 2,469.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   262.5   269.9   258.5   268.3    88.1    91.2    89.8    91.8   369.7   376.7   357.8   365.0
      Connecticut........   127.7   131.0   122.1   126.1    63.4    64.4    62.1    63.0   251.9   252.1   245.6   246.1
      Delaware ..........    39.2    39.7    36.3    38.0    20.3    20.9    20.0    20.2    61.2    61.7    59.7    59.6
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia.........    53.8    53.8    51.7    52.1    59.4    60.4    58.6    59.7   232.6   232.7   231.8   230.5
      Florida............   898.4   914.8   888.7   904.7   329.8   344.3   325.5   341.6 1,109.6 1,125.2 1,100.3 1,118.9
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   369.9   382.4   364.2   373.6   158.3   159.2   156.9   157.5   661.5   675.2   656.3   669.9
      Hawaii ............   107.4   108.4   105.9   107.4    25.8    26.7    25.4    26.3   122.6   125.0   115.7   119.1
      Idaho .............    56.6    60.2    55.7    59.3    18.4    18.8    18.3    18.6   116.5   117.9   114.0   114.7
      Illinois...........   506.4   522.8   487.5   504.4   259.1   260.3   256.7   257.6   854.4   851.3   832.3   831.0
      Indiana............   273.0   278.2   263.2   266.6   110.6   111.1   109.0   109.5   437.7   442.9   425.7   426.6
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   127.3   129.3   123.5   125.4    56.3    56.6    55.9    56.2   252.4   254.8   243.8   246.7
      Kansas.............   110.3   115.8   107.6   113.1    52.1    52.4    51.8    51.4   261.2   264.5   248.1   252.8
      Kentucky...........   160.4   164.6   156.6   160.4    76.0    75.7    75.1    74.8   317.7   320.7   313.9   316.6
      Louisiana..........   171.9   187.8   169.7   187.3    63.8    68.1    62.4    67.9   358.9   352.5   343.0   347.4
      Maine..............    53.5    53.8    48.9    49.4    19.9    19.2    19.4    18.8   108.9   109.4   104.3   104.6
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   218.9   225.3   210.7   217.7   116.1   117.2   114.8   115.0   477.9   481.8   459.9   464.9
      Massachusetts......   282.2   285.2   267.6   270.5   118.2   119.1   115.8   116.3   434.7   439.8   425.1   429.8
      Michigan...........   393.1   397.6   376.6   381.6   179.2   178.9   174.8   174.8   692.9   686.5   671.7   665.7
      Minnesota..........   241.3   239.5   233.5   234.4   119.8   119.0   115.5   116.2   422.2   420.4   415.2   416.4
      Mississippi........   110.1   121.6   109.6   119.5    36.5    36.8    36.3    36.7   238.1   245.6   237.9   244.3
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   266.2   275.3   254.3   263.3   119.0   120.2   119.1   118.1   439.6   445.4   431.7   435.2
      Montana............    53.2    53.1    52.6    52.3    16.8    17.2    16.5    16.8    88.4    88.1    84.8    84.8
      Nebraska...........    78.2    80.2    76.8    79.2    35.2    35.5    35.0    35.3   163.7   164.4   160.9   162.4
      Nevada.............   328.5   338.0   327.4   335.3    35.1    37.4    33.9    36.3   150.6   157.2   144.2   150.9
      New Hampshire......    60.1    60.8    58.5    59.7    21.3    21.4    20.9    21.2    95.8    95.4    90.2    93.2
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   323.9   327.5   310.7   315.9   157.8   160.5   156.8   159.2   656.5   663.0   643.9   649.1
      New Mexico.........    82.7    85.6    82.6    84.2    28.6    28.9    27.9    28.1   204.4   197.4   198.8   192.2
      New York...........   663.3   673.4   620.7   633.7   359.7   362.3   349.5   353.9 1,510.6 1,514.1 1,475.1 1,480.0
      North Carolina.....   353.5   368.6   343.5   357.3   171.6   177.7   170.9   176.7   682.5   691.1   677.3   685.3
      North Dakota.......    30.7    31.5    29.5    30.3    15.0    15.2    14.8    15.0    78.0    78.8    76.2    76.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   483.7   485.8   463.8   465.2   223.3   222.8   219.9   219.4   813.2   816.2   795.5   795.8
      Oklahoma...........   130.9   135.4   129.8   130.7    73.9    75.5    73.2    74.3   322.3   325.1   313.7   318.1
      Oregon.............   158.4   166.5   154.6   163.5    57.6    59.9    56.8    59.4   289.2   291.7   284.5   287.7
      Pennsylvania.......   472.5   476.5   454.4   457.7   257.7   259.7   255.7   257.0   758.8   764.9   739.8   745.9
      Rhode Island.......    48.1    48.8    44.4    45.0    23.0    22.9    22.2    22.5    65.9    65.7    65.4    64.8
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   194.6   200.3   191.1   196.8    74.9    77.3    71.9    77.1   338.0   336.8   330.9   330.3
      South Dakota.......    39.7    40.6    37.9    38.8    15.5    15.7    15.3    15.4    76.0    76.5    74.4    74.8
      Tennessee..........   259.6   268.5   252.7   261.4    99.9   100.7    98.7    99.5   420.7   421.1   412.0   412.3
      Texas..............   899.7   949.4   888.7   931.3   344.4   345.5   341.1   344.1 1,715.4 1,750.8 1,696.4 1,724.6
      Utah...............   105.4   109.5   104.5   108.4    33.8    34.7    33.2    34.4   205.5   207.6   204.0   206.2
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    34.5    34.4    35.6    35.6     9.9    10.0     9.7     9.7    56.3    56.6    54.3    54.4
      Virginia...........   322.2   327.9   313.2   318.6   180.4   182.6   178.5   181.5   673.7   685.2   666.0   672.0
      Washington.........   265.4   270.8   257.6   262.7   103.0   104.2   101.4   102.6   532.6   531.8   529.4   527.6
      West Virginia......    68.3    70.8    66.9    69.1    55.3    55.5    54.6    54.9   143.7   147.4   141.3   141.3
      Wisconsin..........   245.6   247.2   239.0   241.5   136.4   139.4   133.9   135.8   427.0   428.1   410.1   414.9
      Wyoming............    30.0    30.3    29.3    29.9    10.2    10.8    10.3    10.8    66.4    67.3    64.8    65.8
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    78.2    75.2    73.5    73.6    22.1    22.9    21.1    22.7   305.5   296.9   300.0   295.0

         1 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
         p = preliminary.
         NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been revised to reflect 2006 benchmarks.  Unadjusted
     data from April 2005 for most states are subject to revision.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month
     are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.