For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, March 27, 2015 USDL-15-0482 

Technical information: 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — FEBRUARY 2015 

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February. Twenty-six states had 

unemployment rate decreases from January, 6 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and 18 

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

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

had no change. The national jobless rate edged down to 5.5 percent from January and was 1.2 

percentage points lower than in February 2014. 

In February 2015, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 states and the District of Columbia, 

decreased in 13 states, and was unchanged in Wyoming. The largest over-the-month increases in 

employment occurred in California (+29,400), Georgia (+25,400), and New York (+20,200). The largest 

over-the-month decrease in employment occurred in Connecticut (-3,700), followed by Rhode Island 

(-2,700) and West Virginia (-2,400). The largest over-the-month percentage increases in employment 

occurred in Kansas, South Dakota, and Utah (+0.7 percent each). The largest over-the-month percentage 

decline in employment occurred in Rhode Island (-0.6 percent), followed by Alaska and West Virginia 

(-0.3 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in all 50 states and the District of 

Columbia. The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in Utah (+4.2 percent), followed by 

North Dakota (+4.0 percent) and Georgia (+3.8 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In February, the Midwest had the lowest regional unemployment rate, 5.1 percent, while the West had 

the highest rate, 6.1 percent. Over the month, three regions had statistically significant unemployment 

changes: the West (-0.2 percentage point) and Midwest and South (-0.1 point each). Significant overthe-year rate decreases occurred in all four regions: the Midwest (-1.3 percentage points), West (-1.1 

points), Northeast (-1.0 point), and South (-0.9 point). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the West North Central had the lowest unemployment rate, 4.2 

percent in February. The Pacific had the highest rate, 6.5 percent. Over the month, statistically 

significant jobless rate changes occurred in the East South Central (-0.3 percentage point) and Pacific 

(-0.2 point). All nine divisions had significant rate declines from a year earlier, with the largest of these 

decreases occurring in the East North Central (-1.6 percentage points). 
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State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Nebraska had the lowest jobless rate in February, 2.7 percent, followed by North Dakota, 2.9 percent. 

Nevada had the highest rate among the states, 7.1 percent. The District of Columbia had a rate of 7.8 

percent. In total, 19 states had unemployment rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 5.5 

percent, 13 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 18 states had rates that 

were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and chart 1.) 

In February, nine states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate declines, the 

largest of which occurred in Oregon (-0.5 percentage point). The only significant over-the-month rate 

increase occurred in North Dakota (+0.1 percentage point). The remaining 40 states and the District of 

Columbia had jobless rates that were not measurably different from those of a month earlier, though 

some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. (See table B.) 

Forty-two states had statistically significant unemployment rate declines from February 2014, the largest 

of which occurred in Kentucky and Rhode Island (-2.1 percentage points each). Three states had 

significant over-the-year rate increases, the largest of which was in Louisiana (+1.3 percentage points). 

The remaining five states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not appreciably different from 

those of a year earlier. (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In February 2015, 19 states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant over-the-month 

increases in employment and Rhode Island had a significant decrease (-2,700). The largest significant 

job gains occurred in California (+29,400), Georgia (+25,400), and New York (+20,200). (See tables D 

and 5.) 

Over the year, 38 states and the District of Columbia had statistically significant changes in 

employment, all of which were positive. The largest significant over-the-year job increase occurred in 

California (+476,400), followed by Texas (+357,300) and Florida (+266,600). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for February 2015 is 

scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional and 

State Employment and Unemployment news release for March 2015 is scheduled to be released on 

Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 5.5

Alaska ............................................................ 6.3

Arizona ........................................................... 6.5

California ......................................................... 6.7

Colorado ......................................................... 4.2

Connecticut ..................................................... 6.4

Delaware ......................................................... 4.8

District of Columbia .......................................... 7.8

Georgia ........................................................... 6.3

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

Idaho .............................................................. 3.9

Iowa ................................................................ 4.1

Kansas ........................................................... 4.2

Louisiana ........................................................ 6.7

Minnesota ....................................................... 3.7

Mississippi ...................................................... 7.0

Montana .......................................................... 4.3

Nebraska ........................................................ 2.7

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

New Hampshire ............................................... 3.9

New Jersey ..................................................... 6.4

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

Oklahoma ....................................................... 3.9

Rhode Island ................................................... 6.3

South Carolina ................................................. 6.6

South Dakota .................................................. 3.4

Tennessee ...................................................... 6.6

Texas ............................................................. 4.3

Utah ............................................................... 3.4

Vermont .......................................................... 3.9

Virginia ........................................................... 4.7

Washington ..................................................... 6.3

Wisconsin ....................................................... 4.8

Wyoming ........................................................ 4.0

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., February 2015, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2015

to February 2015, seasonally adjusted

January 2015 February 2015 p

California ................................... 7.0 6.7 -0.3

Delaware ................................... 5.0 4.8 -.2

Idaho ......................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

Maine ........................................ 5.2 5.0 -.2

Michigan .................................... 6.3 5.9 -.4

Nebraska ................................... 2.9 2.7 -.2

North Dakota .............................. 2.8 2.9 .1

Oregon ...................................... 6.3 5.8 -.5

Vermont .................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

Wisconsin ................................. 5.0 4.8 -.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from February 2014

to February 2015, seasonally adjusted

February 2014 February 2015 p

Alabama .................................... 7.2 5.8 -1.4

Alaska ....................................... 6.9 6.3 -.6

Arizona ...................................... 7.1 6.5 -.6

Arkansas ................................... 6.5 5.5 -1.0

California ................................... 8.0 6.7 -1.3

Colorado .................................... 5.6 4.2 -1.4

Connecticut ............................... 7.0 6.4 -.6

Delaware ................................... 6.0 4.8 -1.2

Florida ....................................... 6.5 5.6 -.9

Georgia ..................................... 7.3 6.3 -1.0

Hawaii ....................................... 4.7 4.1 -.6

Idaho ......................................... 5.0 3.9 -1.1

Illinois ........................................ 7.9 6.0 -1.9

Iowa .......................................... 4.4 4.1 -.3

Kansas ...................................... 4.6 4.2 -.4

Kentucky ................................... 7.3 5.2 -2.1

Louisiana ................................... 5.4 6.7 1.3

Maine ........................................ 5.9 5.0 -.9

Maryland ................................... 6.0 5.5 -.5

Massachusetts .......................... 6.0 4.9 -1.1

Michigan .................................... 7.8 5.9 -1.9

Minnesota .................................. 4.4 3.7 -.7

Mississippi ................................ 7.9 7.0 -.9

Missouri .................................... 6.4 5.5 -.9

Montana .................................... 4.9 4.3 -.6

Nebraska ................................... 3.5 2.7 -.8

Nevada ...................................... 8.4 7.1 -1.3

New Hampshire .......................... 4.6 3.9 -.7

New Jersey ................................ 7.0 6.4 -.6

New Mexico ............................... 6.7 6.0 -.7

New York ................................... 6.7 5.8 -.9

North Carolina ............................ 6.5 5.3 -1.2

North Dakota .............................. 2.7 2.9 .2

Ohio .......................................... 6.2 5.1 -1.1

Oklahoma .................................. 4.9 3.9 -1.0

Oregon ...................................... 7.1 5.8 -1.3

Pennsylvania .............................. 6.2 5.2 -1.0

Rhode Island .............................. 8.4 6.3 -2.1

South Carolina ........................... 6.1 6.6 .5

Texas ........................................ 5.4 4.3 -1.1

Utah .......................................... 3.8 3.4 -.4

Virginia ...................................... 5.3 4.7 -.6

West Virginia ............................. 6.8 6.1 -.7

Wisconsin ................................. 5.8 4.8 -1.0

Wyoming ................................... 4.3 4.0 -.3

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2015 to

February 2015, seasonally adjusted

January February Over-the-month

2015 2015 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,611,900 2,624,200 12,300

Arkansas ................................... 1,206,100 1,211,300 5,200

California ................................... 15,919,800 15,949,200 29,400

Colorado .................................... 2,498,400 2,510,600 12,200

District of Columbia .................... 759,700 764,100 4,400

Florida ....................................... 7,970,500 7,990,200 19,700

Georgia ..................................... 4,220,400 4,245,800 25,400

Idaho ......................................... 668,800 672,100 3,300

Illinois ........................................ 5,902,200 5,916,000 13,800

Kansas ...................................... 1,397,800 1,407,300 9,500

 

Minnesota .................................. 2,826,500 2,838,300 11,800

New Mexico ............................... 828,700 832,700 4,000

New York ................................... 9,168,200 9,188,400 20,200

North Carolina ............................ 4,204,700 4,221,500 16,800

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,815,900 5,829,200 13,300

Rhode Island .............................. 481,700 479,000 -2,700

South Carolina ........................... 1,977,700 1,988,100 10,400

South Dakota ............................. 425,000 427,800 2,800

Utah .......................................... 1,359,800 1,369,300 9,500

Virginia ...................................... 3,786,200 3,797,800 11,600

Wisconsin ................................. 2,877,000 2,891,900 14,900

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from February 2014 to

February 2015, seasonally adjusted

February February Over-the-year

2014 2015 p change p

Alabama .................................... 1,909,300 1,944,500 35,200

Arizona ...................................... 2,552,300 2,624,200 71,900

Arkansas ................................... 1,181,900 1,211,300 29,400

California ................................... 15,472,800 15,949,200 476,400

Colorado .................................... 2,431,200 2,510,600 79,400

Connecticut ............................... 1,656,100 1,681,900 25,800

Delaware ................................... 434,500 443,200 8,700

District of Columbia .................... 750,700 764,100 13,400

Florida ....................................... 7,723,600 7,990,200 266,600

Georgia ..................................... 4,088,400 4,245,800 157,400

 

Idaho ......................................... 650,500 672,100 21,600

Illinois ........................................ 5,836,200 5,916,000 79,800

Indiana ...................................... 2,962,300 3,020,300 58,000

Iowa .......................................... 1,539,900 1,561,700 21,800

Kansas ...................................... 1,386,100 1,407,300 21,200

Kentucky ................................... 1,841,300 1,884,300 43,000

Maryland ................................... 2,601,700 2,647,700 46,000

Massachusetts .......................... 3,389,500 3,447,600 58,100

Michigan .................................... 4,158,000 4,247,900 89,900

Minnesota .................................. 2,796,300 2,838,300 42,000

 

Missouri .................................... 2,723,800 2,764,200 40,400

Nebraska ................................... 991,100 1,002,200 11,100

Nevada ...................................... 1,198,600 1,235,500 36,900

New Jersey ................................ 3,939,700 3,994,100 54,400

New Mexico ............................... 816,200 832,700 16,500

New York ................................... 9,028,000 9,188,400 160,400

North Carolina ............................ 4,086,900 4,221,500 134,600

North Dakota .............................. 453,200 471,200 18,000

Ohio .......................................... 5,302,800 5,387,200 84,400

Oklahoma .................................. 1,647,900 1,670,600 22,700

 

Oregon ...................................... 1,698,200 1,755,100 56,900

Pennsylvania .............................. 5,756,100 5,829,200 73,100

South Carolina ........................... 1,925,300 1,988,100 62,800

Tennessee ................................. 2,788,700 2,849,100 60,400

Texas ........................................ 11,412,400 11,769,700 357,300

Utah .......................................... 1,314,100 1,369,300 55,200

Virginia ...................................... 3,755,000 3,797,800 42,800

Washington ............................... 3,043,700 3,138,600 94,900

Wisconsin ................................. 2,832,000 2,891,900 59,900

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data for 

census regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

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

estimates by state and industry supersector from the Current 

Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The 

LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative 

endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

 Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the 

official national estimates obtained from the Current Population 

Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted 

for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the U.S. Census 

Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and 

unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The universe for 

each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age 

and over. Employed persons are those who did any work at all 

for pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 

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

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

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

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

illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who were 

not employed during the reference week (based on the 

definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 

4-week period ending with the reference week, and were 

currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall 

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. 

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a 

percent of the labor force. 

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

District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, New York City, and the balances of 

California and New York State are produced using time-series 

models. This method, which underwent substantial 

enhancement at the beginning of 2015, utilizes data from 

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

unemployment insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state 

of California are derived by summing the estimates for the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the 

balance of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State 

are derived by summing the estimates for New York City and 

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

divisions, as well as the five additional substate areas contained 

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

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

Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing the 

model-based estimates for the component divisions. Each 

month, census division estimates are controlled to the national 

totals; state estimates are then controlled to their respective 

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

five areas noted above are controlled to their respective state 

totals. Estimates for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly 

household survey similar to the CPS. A detailed description of 

the estimation procedures is available from BLS upon request. 

 Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data for 

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

The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data from the 

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

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

recent five years (both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 

adjusted) are revised near the beginning of each calendar year, 

prior to the release of January estimates. With the introduction 

of a new generation of times-series models in early 2015, 

historical data were re-estimated back to the series beginnings 

in 1976, 1990, or 1994. 

 Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 2010. 

These are seasonally adjusted data that have incorporated a 

long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting in estimates that 

are less volatile than those previously produced. The estimates 

are smoothed using a Henderson Trend Filter (H13). The H13 

uses a filtering procedure, based on moving averages, to remove 

the irregular fluctuations from the seasonally adjusted series, 

leaving the trend. The same process is used on both historical 

and current year estimates. For more information about the 

smoothing technique, see the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm. 

 Area definitions. The substate area data published in this 

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

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

of the geographic definitions is available online at 

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

Employment—from the CES program 

 Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each 

payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal 

activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North 

American Industry Classification System. 

 Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment 

data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where 

possible these data are produced using a "weighted link 

relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current month 

weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted 

employment is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the 

current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by 

the previous month’s employment estimates. The weighted link 

relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample 

size meets certain statistical criteria. 
 For some employment series, the sample of establishments 

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

approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct 

sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of 

historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in 

estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and 

Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level 

being estimated. For more detailed information about each 

model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods. 

 Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

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

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

subsequent months. 

 Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In some 

states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total is 

computed by aggregating the independently adjusted 

supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted 

payroll employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

 Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to these 

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

employment series, and cautions users that such a series is 

subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are 

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

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

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual 

items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables 

because of rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from 

unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

 Use of error measures. The introductory section of this 

release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the 

direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment 

rates and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their 

statistical significance. The remainder of the analysis in the 

release takes statistical significance into consideration. 

 Labor force and unemployment estimates. Model-based 

error measures for seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 

adjusted data and for over-the-month and over-the-year changes 

are available online at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses 

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes 

in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant. The 

average magnitude of the current year over-the-month change 

in a state unemployment rate that is required for statistical 

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

percentage point; the average amount of the current over-theyear change in a state rate for significance is about 0.3 point. 

More details can be found on the website. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available. 

 Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are 

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

90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes in 

CES employment levels are statistically significant. 

Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is 

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

Additional information 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the LAUS 

program, as well as nonfarm employment from the CES 

program, for 394 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New 

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

news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,500 subnational areas are 

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

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are available 

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

made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. 

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

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Northeast ........................... 28,264.1 28,258.4 28,296.0 28,330.0 1,863.7 1,603.3 1,586.4 1,584.6 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.6

 New England .................... 7,756.3 7,821.1 7,829.2 7,849.8 485.8 429.5 417.9 413.4 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.3

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,507.7 20,437.3 20,466.8 20,480.2 1,377.8 1,173.8 1,168.5 1,171.2 6.7 5.7 5.7 5.7

South ................................. 56,911.4 57,050.4 57,140.4 57,205.9 3,582.6 3,194.7 3,131.8 3,073.2 6.3 5.6 5.5 5.4

 South Atlantic ................... 30,190.2 30,242.8 30,290.6 30,332.8 1,961.7 1,752.3 1,721.2 1,709.5 6.5 5.8 5.7 5.6

 East South Central ........... 8,474.3 8,316.8 8,332.5 8,349.2 609.7 529.6 525.4 504.3 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.0

 West South Central .......... 18,246.9 18,490.8 18,517.2 18,523.9 1,011.2 912.8 885.2 859.4 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.6

Midwest ............................. 34,384.5 34,552.3 34,612.1 34,578.4 2,211.7 1,840.0 1,815.4 1,763.0 6.4 5.3 5.2 5.1

 East North Central ............ 23,296.3 23,379.7 23,417.3 23,367.7 1,663.9 1,363.1 1,341.7 1,293.6 7.1 5.8 5.7 5.5

 West North Central ........... 11,088.2 11,172.6 11,194.8 11,210.7 547.7 476.9 473.7 469.4 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.2

West ................................... 36,360.3 36,745.4 36,821.5 36,862.8 2,611.4 2,350.2 2,309.1 2,255.6 7.2 6.4 6.3 6.1

 Mountain ........................... 11,203.7 11,311.8 11,342.5 11,370.3 699.6 604.0 595.5 591.2 6.2 5.3 5.3 5.2

 Pacific ............................... 25,156.6 25,433.6 25,478.9 25,492.5 1,911.8 1,746.2 1,713.6 1,664.4 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.5

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

calendar year.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

January February January February January February

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

Northeast ........................... 28,061.6 28,152.9 28,133.6 28,206.8 2,018.1 1,759.4 2,022.5 1,739.1 7.2 6.2 7.2 6.2

 New England .................... 7,696.6 7,771.1 7,697.8 7,814.6 537.1 455.7 522.8 451.7 7.0 5.9 6.8 5.8

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,365.1 20,381.8 20,435.8 20,392.2 1,481.0 1,303.7 1,499.7 1,287.4 7.3 6.4 7.3 6.3

South ................................. 56,403.9 56,851.5 56,628.9 56,937.7 3,679.8 3,270.3 3,687.6 3,109.1 6.5 5.8 6.5 5.5

 South Atlantic ................... 29,903.9 30,149.1 30,026.7 30,196.4 1,992.4 1,792.0 2,000.9 1,748.9 6.7 5.9 6.7 5.8

 East South Central ........... 8,403.0 8,295.5 8,439.7 8,325.7 634.2 562.2 654.7 506.1 7.5 6.8 7.8 6.1

 West South Central .......... 18,097.0 18,406.8 18,162.5 18,415.6 1,053.2 916.1 1,031.9 854.0 5.8 5.0 5.7 4.6

Midwest ............................. 34,025.8 34,341.6 34,220.8 34,281.3 2,403.6 2,032.5 2,447.1 1,917.7 7.1 5.9 7.2 5.6

 East North Central ............ 23,038.8 23,227.0 23,181.1 23,121.2 1,789.9 1,490.3 1,821.5 1,381.6 7.8 6.4 7.9 6.0

 West North Central ........... 10,987.0 11,114.6 11,039.7 11,160.1 613.7 542.3 625.6 536.1 5.6 4.9 5.7 4.8

West ................................... 36,150.5 36,703.6 36,310.8 36,787.5 2,771.9 2,435.5 2,755.6 2,329.4 7.7 6.6 7.6 6.3

 Mountain ........................... 11,135.4 11,305.4 11,171.0 11,351.7 747.1 634.2 729.5 620.1 6.7 5.6 6.5 5.5

 Pacific ............................... 25,015.1 25,398.2 25,139.8 25,435.8 2,024.8 1,801.3 2,026.1 1,709.3 8.1 7.1 8.1 6.7

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the census division

model-based estimates.

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

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

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Alabama ................................................... 2,147.8 2,130.7 2,136.0 2,139.8 154.9 129.6 128.4 123.3 7.2 6.1 6.0 5.8

Alaska ....................................................... 367.0 365.7 366.6 367.3 25.2 23.5 22.9 23.2 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.3

Arizona ..................................................... 3,064.6 3,123.6 3,146.5 3,159.9 216.9 207.5 207.9 206.6 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.5

Arkansas ................................................... 1,293.8 1,312.4 1,321.5 1,326.4 83.8 74.3 74.4 73.5 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.5

California .................................................. 18,710.4 18,913.7 18,937.6 18,943.4 1,492.0 1,347.4 1,317.3 1,275.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 5,000.2 5,051.3 5,058.7 5,063.1 432.8 402.8 398.6 392.5 8.7 8.0 7.9 7.8

Colorado ................................................... 2,797.6 2,824.2 2,828.2 2,831.6 157.9 119.6 118.2 118.9 5.6 4.2 4.2 4.2

Connecticut ............................................... 1,877.6 1,899.4 1,904.5 1,909.8 131.6 119.9 120.2 122.0 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.4

Delaware .................................................. 446.2 455.3 456.3 457.0 26.8 23.6 22.8 21.8 6.0 5.2 5.0 4.8

District of Columbia .................................. 371.9 384.7 385.3 385.5 29.1 29.6 29.6 30.1 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.8

Florida ....................................................... 9,519.0 9,662.5 9,700.2 9,702.0 620.1 553.6 553.9 547.7 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,309.9 1,329.6 1,330.4 1,329.6 95.2 83.3 81.2 78.3 7.3 6.3 6.1 5.9

Georgia ..................................................... 4,721.7 4,744.4 4,754.0 4,763.4 345.2 311.0 304.2 300.9 7.3 6.6 6.4 6.3

Hawaii ....................................................... 664.4 670.8 673.6 674.9 30.9 27.1 27.5 27.9 4.7 4.0 4.1 4.1

Idaho ......................................................... 774.5 776.5 778.5 782.4 38.5 34.1 31.9 30.7 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.9

Illinois ........................................................ 6,552.0 6,516.2 6,523.2 6,513.2 520.2 401.8 398.4 391.1 7.9 6.2 6.1 6.0

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 1 3,796.6 3,806.7 3,809.5 3,801.3 312.6 233.8 233.8 233.5 8.2 6.1 6.1 6.1

Indiana ...................................................... 3,212.4 3,253.6 3,267.7 3,264.4 195.7 192.1 197.0 193.7 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.9

Iowa .......................................................... 1,693.2 1,715.6 1,716.9 1,716.2 74.1 73.6 71.8 70.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1

Kansas ...................................................... 1,494.5 1,503.4 1,502.9 1,502.0 69.0 63.0 63.1 63.0 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2

Kentucky ................................................... 2,017.5 1,973.5 1,981.8 1,987.6 148.0 107.7 108.8 104.1 7.3 5.5 5.5 5.2

Louisiana .................................................. 2,114.4 2,200.5 2,203.2 2,202.3 114.5 159.4 153.6 148.3 5.4 7.2 7.0 6.7

Maine ........................................................ 703.6 693.7 692.3 690.7 41.6 38.0 36.1 34.4 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.0

Maryland ................................................... 3,100.7 3,104.8 3,111.7 3,118.3 184.9 171.1 171.8 170.2 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,533.5 3,586.6 3,591.1 3,607.7 211.7 191.4 181.7 177.3 6.0 5.3 5.1 4.9

Michigan ................................................... 4,750.6 4,747.8 4,763.0 4,758.3 369.3 305.6 298.6 281.5 7.8 6.4 6.3 5.9

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 2 ................... 2,024.2 2,018.9 2,018.9 2,007.1 187.6 155.0 149.1 137.0 9.3 7.7 7.4 6.8

Minnesota ................................................. 2,972.5 2,976.6 2,988.3 3,004.9 132.2 109.8 109.9 111.1 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.7

Mississippi ................................................ 1,238.2 1,220.3 1,226.7 1,234.2 97.3 87.7 87.7 86.2 7.9 7.2 7.1 7.0

Missouri .................................................... 3,038.1 3,082.1 3,096.1 3,108.3 194.5 167.0 169.2 172.1 6.4 5.4 5.5 5.5

Montana .................................................... 516.3 515.9 518.8 521.0 25.4 23.4 23.1 22.3 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.3

Nebraska .................................................. 1,022.6 1,020.9 1,020.9 1,019.1 35.3 31.1 29.9 27.8 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.7

Nevada ..................................................... 1,389.3 1,398.8 1,401.6 1,403.6 116.1 98.5 99.4 99.5 8.4 7.0 7.1 7.1

New Hampshire ........................................ 742.4 741.3 742.8 744.1 34.0 29.6 29.4 29.3 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.9

New Jersey ............................................... 4,493.3 4,540.5 4,548.1 4,548.1 312.6 284.7 287.3 291.1 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.4

New Mexico .............................................. 918.6 916.7 918.7 923.6 62.0 55.1 54.5 55.6 6.7 6.0 5.9 6.0

New York .................................................. 9,602.6 9,532.0 9,553.7 9,574.0 647.0 554.9 553.9 554.2 6.7 5.8 5.8 5.8

New York City ...................................... 4,117.9 4,131.8 4,148.5 4,164.8 325.2 268.7 270.3 275.5 7.9 6.5 6.5 6.6

North Carolina .......................................... 4,636.2 4,625.3 4,646.7 4,677.1 301.4 250.0 248.2 248.0 6.5 5.4 5.3 5.3

North Dakota ............................................ 411.0 421.8 422.3 421.9 11.3 11.7 11.9 12.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9

Ohio .......................................................... 5,725.2 5,725.8 5,745.2 5,751.0 356.6 292.4 292.5 290.5 6.2 5.1 5.1 5.1

Cleveland-Elyria 2 ................................. 1,046.1 1,047.5 1,050.0 1,052.6 70.1 58.9 58.2 58.4 6.7 5.6 5.5 5.6

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,789.4 1,782.2 1,794.9 1,812.3 87.6 69.9 69.4 70.0 4.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

Oregon ...................................................... 1,920.9 1,963.2 1,964.5 1,961.5 137.0 131.2 123.7 114.0 7.1 6.7 6.3 5.8

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,385.4 6,351.8 6,365.1 6,372.3 397.8 319.3 323.2 328.8 6.2 5.0 5.1 5.2

Rhode Island ............................................ 555.1 548.8 549.0 549.6 46.7 37.2 35.9 34.8 8.4 6.8 6.5 6.3

South Carolina .......................................... 2,170.3 2,216.3 2,226.7 2,238.6 133.3 147.1 146.9 148.4 6.1 6.6 6.6 6.6

South Dakota ............................................ 447.3 448.8 449.2 450.3 15.6 15.0 15.1 15.3 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.4

Tennessee ................................................ 3,007.0 2,982.6 3,011.5 3,038.7 195.5 196.4 201.5 199.7 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6

Texas ........................................................ 13,032.5 13,171.8 13,185.9 13,185.5 704.5 601.8 585.1 565.8 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.3

Utah .......................................................... 1,421.9 1,442.2 1,446.1 1,451.6 54.6 51.3 49.8 49.4 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4

Vermont .................................................... 349.1 348.8 348.7 348.4 14.1 14.5 14.2 13.7 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9

Virginia ...................................................... 4,244.6 4,233.9 4,243.9 4,252.3 225.0 202.8 199.1 199.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.7

Washington ............................................... 3,464.2 3,522.8 3,535.2 3,545.9 220.1 223.3 224.4 222.3 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,547.6 1,564.1 1,566.3 1,572.6 76.7 71.4 72.2 74.0 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.7

West Virginia ............................................ 794.6 776.5 774.5 773.4 54.2 45.7 45.6 47.2 6.8 5.9 5.9 6.1

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,087.3 3,113.1 3,120.8 3,118.6 178.4 161.8 156.4 149.2 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8

Wyoming ................................................... 306.8 306.2 305.9 305.8 13.1 12.9 12.3 12.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.0

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,163.4 1,138.7 1,136.3 1,136.7 169.9 156.1 140.9 131.9 14.6 13.7 12.4 11.6

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

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

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

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01,

dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at

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

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

January February January February January February

2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p 2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama ................................................... 2,148.6 2,106.0 2,159.6 2,111.6 162.6 132.2 170.8 121.9 7.6 6.3 7.9 5.8

Alaska ....................................................... 362.5 362.3 363.2 362.6 27.9 25.7 28.5 27.7 7.7 7.1 7.9 7.6

Arizona ..................................................... 3,052.2 3,143.0 3,062.9 3,143.6 222.4 207.2 216.5 194.6 7.3 6.6 7.1 6.2

Arkansas ................................................... 1,273.1 1,309.8 1,286.9 1,319.4 94.6 85.0 92.4 78.7 7.4 6.5 7.2 6.0

California .................................................. 18,646.8 18,890.4 18,738.4 18,910.2 1,575.9 1,372.5 1,564.0 1,291.5 8.5 7.3 8.3 6.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,980.2 5,049.1 5,008.2 5,061.7 445.8 412.6 434.9 389.2 9.0 8.2 8.7 7.7

Colorado ................................................... 2,780.6 2,810.6 2,795.1 2,822.8 178.7 131.3 176.7 133.7 6.4 4.7 6.3 4.7

Connecticut ............................................... 1,858.1 1,887.9 1,857.1 1,895.9 140.4 127.5 139.0 131.2 7.6 6.8 7.5 6.9

Delaware .................................................. 444.0 455.2 443.7 454.0 29.1 24.8 28.9 23.2 6.6 5.4 6.5 5.1

District of Columbia .................................. 370.7 384.5 373.0 387.2 29.9 30.9 30.2 31.5 8.1 8.0 8.1 8.1

Florida ....................................................... 9,479.9 9,634.1 9,546.9 9,592.0 629.4 560.2 629.8 528.1 6.6 5.8 6.6 5.5

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,312.2 1,338.6 1,314.3 1,329.4 90.6 78.6 93.4 72.4 6.9 5.9 7.1 5.4

Georgia ..................................................... 4,722.0 4,744.2 4,737.3 4,750.5 352.1 308.8 355.0 303.4 7.5 6.5 7.5 6.4

Hawaii ....................................................... 664.0 676.4 662.7 672.7 31.4 29.0 30.3 27.9 4.7 4.3 4.6 4.1

Idaho ......................................................... 768.3 773.4 770.1 781.6 47.4 37.2 45.1 36.5 6.2 4.8 5.9 4.7

Illinois ........................................................ 6,489.7 6,458.0 6,522.0 6,434.4 572.9 443.8 577.0 418.3 8.8 6.9 8.8 6.5

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights 1 3,763.0 3,777.5 3,788.4 3,768.6 329.7 258.5 333.3 249.7 8.8 6.8 8.8 6.6

Indiana ...................................................... 3,166.5 3,253.7 3,187.8 3,221.2 207.6 218.1 221.1 197.7 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.1

Iowa .......................................................... 1,682.3 1,702.9 1,691.2 1,709.0 90.7 83.7 88.1 78.9 5.4 4.9 5.2 4.6

Kansas ...................................................... 1,486.6 1,488.4 1,493.3 1,493.1 77.1 68.8 77.3 66.6 5.2 4.6 5.2 4.5

Kentucky ................................................... 2,012.9 1,960.7 2,020.6 1,963.5 161.0 119.6 169.1 108.2 8.0 6.1 8.4 5.5

Louisiana .................................................. 2,080.0 2,173.2 2,085.7 2,164.9 121.7 151.4 110.2 134.8 5.9 7.0 5.3 6.2

Maine ........................................................ 695.3 682.1 694.0 679.6 48.9 40.0 48.9 40.8 7.0 5.9 7.0 6.0

Maryland ................................................... 3,088.1 3,099.6 3,086.0 3,102.7 196.2 182.3 195.5 173.7 6.4 5.9 6.3 5.6

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,503.6 3,564.7 3,509.0 3,603.0 240.3 198.1 231.1 193.9 6.9 5.6 6.6 5.4

Michigan ................................................... 4,679.5 4,722.8 4,731.4 4,697.9 393.8 313.5 408.3 274.1 8.4 6.6 8.6 5.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 2 ................... 1,998.3 1,998.8 2,015.3 1,973.1 185.6 147.3 191.0 124.9 9.3 7.4 9.5 6.3

Minnesota ................................................. 2,950.8 2,980.0 2,955.4 2,996.7 160.4 136.0 157.6 132.7 5.4 4.6 5.3 4.4

Mississippi ................................................ 1,240.9 1,221.1 1,244.5 1,228.0 107.2 95.9 106.2 83.8 8.6 7.9 8.5 6.8

Missouri .................................................... 3,011.3 3,072.1 3,033.3 3,083.6 212.4 188.0 230.4 195.3 7.1 6.1 7.6 6.3

Montana .................................................... 510.5 518.4 511.7 518.2 31.2 27.6 29.7 25.4 6.1 5.3 5.8 4.9

Nebraska .................................................. 1,012.8 1,012.1 1,017.5 1,012.9 41.0 33.2 39.8 28.9 4.0 3.3 3.9 2.9

Nevada ..................................................... 1,384.7 1,395.8 1,391.3 1,402.8 123.2 105.4 119.6 101.2 8.9 7.6 8.6 7.2

New Hampshire ........................................ 739.0 741.1 738.9 742.5 38.3 33.7 37.9 33.4 5.2 4.5 5.1 4.5

New Jersey ............................................... 4,459.5 4,519.8 4,488.0 4,524.7 336.8 315.7 343.8 315.4 7.6 7.0 7.7 7.0

New Mexico .............................................. 915.6 918.9 916.2 928.3 65.0 57.3 63.3 58.7 7.1 6.2 6.9 6.3

New York .................................................. 9,552.7 9,520.1 9,597.7 9,535.2 706.4 615.4 721.1 612.3 7.4 6.5 7.5 6.4

New York City ...................................... 4,102.4 4,148.6 4,144.3 4,174.0 339.7 291.0 350.3 299.3 8.3 7.0 8.5 7.2

North Carolina .......................................... 4,622.6 4,636.4 4,633.5 4,676.7 317.6 271.5 319.6 264.7 6.9 5.9 6.9 5.7

North Dakota ............................................ 403.7 416.3 406.1 416.6 14.0 15.0 14.1 15.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.7

Ohio .......................................................... 5,652.1 5,699.6 5,668.6 5,679.2 418.3 346.4 404.8 320.1 7.4 6.1 7.1 5.6

Cleveland-Elyria 2 ................................. 1,037.6 1,045.5 1,043.2 1,051.9 75.8 63.1 79.7 67.8 7.3 6.0 7.6 6.4

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,778.6 1,797.2 1,776.9 1,817.3 95.3 76.8 93.6 75.0 5.4 4.3 5.3 4.1

Oregon ...................................................... 1,899.9 1,942.7 1,910.8 1,940.4 149.3 127.9 153.8 119.5 7.9 6.6 8.1 6.2

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,352.8 6,341.9 6,350.2 6,332.4 437.8 372.6 434.9 359.8 6.9 5.9 6.8 5.7

Rhode Island ............................................ 552.8 548.9 551.5 547.4 52.8 40.6 50.4 38.1 9.6 7.4 9.1 7.0

South Carolina .......................................... 2,149.9 2,209.9 2,156.4 2,226.3 139.9 151.9 138.5 151.4 6.5 6.9 6.4 6.8

South Dakota ............................................ 439.6 442.7 442.9 448.1 18.2 17.6 18.2 18.2 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1

Tennessee ................................................ 3,000.6 3,007.7 3,015.1 3,022.5 203.4 214.4 208.7 192.2 6.8 7.1 6.9 6.4

Texas ........................................................ 12,965.4 13,126.7 13,013.1 13,114.0 741.6 602.9 735.7 565.5 5.7 4.6 5.7 4.3

Utah .......................................................... 1,418.7 1,441.4 1,419.5 1,450.7 63.1 53.7 63.7 56.0 4.5 3.7 4.5 3.9

Vermont .................................................... 347.8 346.4 347.3 346.1 16.4 15.8 15.4 14.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.1

Virginia ...................................................... 4,236.8 4,223.2 4,253.8 4,237.1 238.4 208.6 239.4 214.2 5.6 4.9 5.6 5.1

Washington ............................................... 3,441.8 3,526.4 3,464.7 3,549.9 240.3 246.1 249.4 242.6 7.0 7.0 7.2 6.8

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,530.6 1,554.7 1,552.3 1,587.9 76.6 76.0 79.9 79.0 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0

West Virginia ............................................ 790.0 762.1 796.0 770.0 59.9 53.1 64.1 58.7 7.6 7.0 8.1 7.6

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,051.1 3,093.0 3,071.2 3,088.5 197.3 168.4 210.4 171.4 6.5 5.4 6.8 5.5

Wyoming ................................................... 304.9 304.0 304.2 303.8 16.1 14.4 15.0 13.9 5.3 4.8 4.9 4.6

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,178.3 1,146.2 1,164.6 1,143.6 169.6 124.4 169.3 129.7 14.4 10.8 14.5 11.3

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

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

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

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 13-01,

dated February 28, 2013, and are available on the BLS website at

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

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,909.3 1,942.8 1,945.7 1,944.5 79.9 81.0 80.7 81.5 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.0 340.6 341.4 340.3 17.5 18.1 18.3 17.6 14.6 14.5 14.6 13.6

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,552.3 2,607.3 2,611.9 2,624.2 128.0 126.7 129.6 128.8 157.0 156.1 156.6 157.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181.9 1,204.6 1,206.1 1,211.3 45.4 47.4 49.0 49.5 153.2 157.4 155.5 153.7

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,472.8 15,860.7 15,919.8 15,949.2 664.9 686.5 697.1 708.3 1,268.7 1,271.7 1,266.8 1,271.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431.2 2,492.8 2,498.4 2,510.6 137.9 148.2 150.9 154.8 134.6 138.4 138.4 139.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,656.1 1,678.1 1,685.6 1,681.9 54.1 54.9 55.8 55.0 160.8 159.7 159.0 159.2

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.5 442.8 443.0 443.2 20.0 20.1 19.9 20.0 25.5 25.7 25.8 26.0

District of Columbia2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.7 761.4 759.7 764.1 14.1 14.5 14.5 14.3 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,723.6 7,965.7 7,970.5 7,990.2 386.6 409.9 413.7 416.2 328.7 331.8 330.2 331.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,088.4 4,226.5 4,220.4 4,245.8 153.1 158.2 156.3 159.1 362.4 370.4 373.3 372.5

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.9 626.0 631.3 630.1 31.4 30.9 32.0 31.8 13.6 13.4 13.7 13.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650.5 659.1 668.8 672.1 35.0 37.4 39.2 40.0 60.2 59.5 60.6 60.7

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,836.2 5,907.0 5,902.2 5,916.0 196.5 209.9 207.7 209.6 579.0 581.0 579.3 578.5

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,962.3 3,012.1 3,016.1 3,020.3 122.2 122.9 120.2 120.7 501.9 514.6 515.7 516.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,539.9 1,559.1 1,562.1 1,561.7 70.7 77.5 77.0 77.4 217.2 216.7 216.7 217.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,386.1 1,401.9 1,397.8 1,407.3 59.9 60.7 61.0 62.5 163.5 162.5 159.1 162.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841.3 1,880.0 1,882.9 1,884.3 70.6 74.3 75.1 76.3 231.9 237.5 240.2 236.1

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,967.9 1,996.6 1,989.0 1,988.3 134.9 141.7 138.0 137.3 147.0 148.7 150.2 149.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.5 604.7 601.7 603.8 26.0 26.0 25.3 25.7 50.0 50.7 49.9 49.7

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,601.7 2,641.3 2,641.6 2,647.7 147.9 153.5 153.1 151.6 103.9 103.0 102.6 102.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,389.5 3,445.9 3,446.8 3,447.6 125.5 128.3 130.1 129.2 250.7 248.6 249.2 249.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,158.0 4,217.6 4,240.6 4,247.9 139.2 144.6 151.1 151.0 572.9 584.9 589.7 593.1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,796.3 2,831.4 2,826.5 2,838.3 104.7 105.8 104.4 106.0 310.4 315.8 314.9 314.3

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116.8 1,124.5 1,123.0 1,126.5 50.7 45.9 44.9 46.3 139.6 139.4 139.4 140.7

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,723.8 2,744.6 2,755.8 2,764.2 109.6 110.7 111.2 113.9 254.5 260.8 259.2 259.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.9 454.7 455.0 457.0 24.5 25.6 25.3 25.4 18.8 19.0 18.8 18.7

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991.1 996.8 1,002.3 1,002.2 46.3 46.8 46.2 46.4 97.5 96.5 97.3 97.1

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,198.6 1,230.5 1,236.0 1,235.5 60.9 64.2 65.4 64.1 41.5 42.2 41.9 42.0

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.4 653.0 650.9 651.7 23.2 24.0 24.4 23.9 66.5 67.1 67.2 66.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,939.7 3,982.3 3,987.9 3,994.1 137.7 144.3 150.1 152.2 242.9 242.0 243.2 242.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816.2 827.4 828.7 832.7 42.5 43.1 43.8 43.3 28.5 28.4 28.4 29.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,028.0 9,156.3 9,168.2 9,188.4 330.2 346.9 345.4 341.6 454.6 450.9 450.0 449.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,086.9 4,203.1 4,204.7 4,221.5 176.0 184.4 187.6 191.5 445.3 455.2 458.4 458.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.2 469.2 470.5 471.2 32.7 36.8 36.4 37.5 25.8 26.4 26.3 26.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,302.8 5,369.9 5,383.9 5,387.2 190.8 193.5 192.6 195.5 669.3 677.2 681.4 682.9

Oklahoma2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647.9 1,668.3 1,670.4 1,670.6 76.1 77.5 77.7 78.8 – – – –

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,698.2 1,745.4 1,752.7 1,755.1 78.6 79.8 81.0 81.9 177.3 182.0 184.4 184.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,756.1 5,825.5 5,815.9 5,829.2 225.4 232.1 233.7 231.2 566.6 570.8 569.4 569.4

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.1 479.3 481.7 479.0 16.3 16.6 16.9 16.5 40.6 41.4 41.5 41.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,925.3 1,975.2 1,977.7 1,988.1 81.6 83.7 83.4 85.9 227.0 233.3 231.6 232.7

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.4 424.7 425.0 427.8 22.1 22.5 22.9 23.5 41.7 43.2 43.6 43.6

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,788.7 2,850.9 2,849.9 2,849.1 109.3 115.5 114.8 116.3 323.2 330.6 331.8 332.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,412.4 11,749.5 11,762.6 11,769.7 634.1 677.9 677.1 678.7 879.8 891.2 893.0 883.5

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314.1 1,353.6 1,359.8 1,369.3 76.8 81.2 83.3 85.1 120.3 121.3 122.3 123.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308.3 311.7 313.3 312.7 14.6 14.6 15.4 15.2 31.4 31.0 30.6 30.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,755.0 3,797.3 3,786.2 3,797.8 176.7 178.4 179.7 180.0 231.0 232.9 233.7 232.7

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,043.7 3,122.6 3,139.2 3,138.6 155.0 167.7 172.4 173.0 287.8 291.0 291.3 293.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760.0 763.1 764.7 762.3 32.9 32.3 32.4 32.2 47.9 47.5 48.2 48.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,832.0 2,872.0 2,877.0 2,891.9 101.2 107.7 110.0 108.7 461.0 469.1 472.3 472.6

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.4 295.0 295.8 295.8 23.2 23.8 23.3 23.6 9.7 9.9 10.0 9.8

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916.5 908.2 905.8 903.6 27.8 28.5 26.3 25.3 75.5 74.9 73.8 73.7

Virgin Islands2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.7 38.1 38.0 37.7 – – – – – – – –

1

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

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

be separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Feb.

2014

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2014

Jan.

2015

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2015p

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2014

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2015

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2014

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2015

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Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371.2 378.6 374.3 374.7 94.6 94.7 96.3 96.2 219.2 225.3 230.3 225.6

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.4 66.3 66.5 66.5 12.2 12.5 12.1 12.3 29.7 29.4 29.6 29.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.8 501.6 497.4 500.8 188.1 190.5 190.4 191.9 375.7 391.8 395.4 395.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.7 248.9 249.3 249.9 49.7 49.5 49.9 50.6 133.3 134.9 136.0 138.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,839.4 2,914.3 2,915.6 2,918.4 780.3 793.0 796.9 798.1 2,391.2 2,493.4 2,496.3 2,505.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.1 436.1 436.4 437.3 152.4 154.7 154.4 155.1 380.7 390.7 388.6 389.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.6 304.1 301.8 303.1 128.7 128.3 129.9 129.7 209.8 214.7 216.9 215.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.0 80.4 80.2 80.2 44.5 46.3 46.5 46.4 58.4 61.4 61.6 61.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 32.3 32.0 31.4 29.9 30.4 30.7 30.7 155.9 160.1 161.1 162.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,603.9 1,654.9 1,650.5 1,657.8 517.1 533.5 531.7 533.0 1,142.8 1,193.2 1,194.0 1,191.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858.6 891.7 889.4 895.6 230.4 234.6 236.9 236.7 601.3 631.8 627.1 630.7

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.7 118.0 119.9 119.5 27.4 27.6 27.6 27.4 81.7 83.7 84.7 83.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.8 132.8 132.7 135.2 32.5 33.4 33.9 33.9 80.3 78.9 82.2 80.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165.5 1,176.9 1,177.3 1,183.1 369.4 368.5 367.4 368.6 906.0 924.2 921.8 927.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.5 581.5 587.2 586.2 127.7 130.9 131.1 130.6 317.4 328.2 327.7 325.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.0 315.2 316.7 315.2 104.0 104.6 104.2 105.0 135.0 137.1 138.5 137.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.8 264.8 267.2 266.5 79.3 79.3 80.8 80.8 167.7 172.2 169.8 172.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.7 381.3 382.1 383.2 89.1 90.3 90.2 91.1 205.8 216.7 214.8 216.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.8 394.1 393.8 394.0 91.3 92.8 93.9 93.8 211.7 213.7 209.1 209.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.9 119.2 117.7 118.6 30.2 30.4 30.6 30.5 62.9 63.5 63.6 65.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.4 457.4 458.5 459.2 144.3 144.2 144.3 144.4 420.0 427.0 427.0 430.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559.8 566.1 566.3 563.1 207.1 208.9 210.5 210.7 511.5 523.3 523.9 526.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754.1 761.1 762.5 763.4 204.1 206.1 206.7 205.3 609.4 633.4 639.4 642.0

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.1 520.9 514.2 519.8 177.8 179.0 178.7 178.4 351.2 357.7 362.8 363.0

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.1 221.8 222.8 223.2 43.5 44.3 44.2 43.9 99.3 102.9 102.6 101.0

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520.7 524.1 524.8 527.2 164.0 164.5 165.2 166.8 349.7 356.9 357.6 355.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 93.8 94.6 94.6 24.8 25.7 25.9 26.5 39.5 39.8 40.2 40.8

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.4 203.0 203.4 203.0 72.2 73.1 73.2 73.2 113.2 112.6 114.2 114.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.2 232.5 234.8 236.9 57.0 57.1 56.3 56.3 153.4 159.0 159.6 159.7

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.7 138.9 136.6 138.5 35.7 36.0 36.1 36.4 72.9 73.5 74.2 73.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.1 844.5 848.5 852.2 247.0 246.6 246.7 244.7 634.3 637.4 629.2 628.2

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.9 139.1 139.1 140.5 33.3 33.5 33.7 33.1 98.7 100.3 100.0 102.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545.8 1,566.9 1,567.0 1,572.8 688.7 691.0 695.1 698.2 1,216.1 1,242.5 1,246.5 1,251.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766.1 790.2 778.1 785.4 209.1 213.9 213.7 214.3 554.2 587.8 590.4 590.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 107.1 108.0 108.1 23.8 24.2 24.5 24.5 35.0 36.3 36.3 35.6

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988.7 997.8 1,005.4 1,007.6 286.7 289.9 291.1 289.8 703.7 716.6 716.4 710.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.5 303.9 302.6 304.2 79.3 79.7 79.8 80.6 183.2 191.1 193.9 192.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.0 330.3 331.3 329.6 91.3 92.8 93.2 92.9 215.0 223.8 227.6 226.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.1 1,123.0 1,118.5 1,121.5 315.2 313.7 316.2 316.0 752.7 762.4 763.3 766.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.7 75.4 75.8 75.2 32.2 32.5 32.6 32.4 59.9 60.6 60.6 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368.1 379.6 381.2 380.5 96.2 96.7 97.2 96.7 248.4 261.3 260.1 261.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.3 85.9 86.5 86.9 29.8 29.5 29.5 29.2 30.2 29.9 30.2 30.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586.4 598.6 598.8 602.0 140.2 142.2 142.3 142.2 363.1 381.2 378.0 373.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,285.1 2,348.1 2,358.0 2,374.3 692.8 713.2 713.7 713.9 1,515.6 1,576.1 1,580.9 1,576.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.2 261.0 261.0 263.1 74.1 76.9 76.7 76.5 182.7 189.9 192.4 192.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 56.2 56.2 55.9 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.3 26.5 26.8 26.7 26.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639.8 654.6 643.8 646.4 193.1 193.6 192.6 194.8 674.0 676.5 674.3 678.0

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.0 579.5 581.6 581.2 152.2 156.5 157.6 157.0 366.4 379.7 381.7 380.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 135.9 136.3 136.7 31.0 30.9 30.7 30.4 65.1 68.3 68.7 68.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522.5 528.3 526.1 530.4 149.2 153.9 153.6 154.1 306.6 307.5 307.8 311.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 55.5 56.1 56.2 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.6 18.4 19.1 19.4 19.5

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.9 175.2 176.5 176.1 43.6 42.3 42.6 42.6 113.0 112.1 111.9 112.3

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.3 8.1 8.0 8.2 – – – – – – – –

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.1 227.1 227.0 227.8 181.9 188.2 190.1 190.8 376.6 379.5 379.6 379.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 47.2 47.1 47.1 34.0 34.8 34.7 34.7 82.1 82.0 82.3 83.2

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.9 389.9 391.1 391.9 284.0 292.6 294.7 295.4 410.1 411.1 407.1 412.1

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.6 173.5 173.9 174.2 106.5 113.1 112.1 115.2 213.2 213.2 213.1 213.3

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,383.8 2,443.9 2,456.0 2,458.1 1,734.8 1,784.5 1,796.9 1,809.5 2,391.9 2,431.7 2,438.9 2,430.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.8 304.4 307.9 308.7 296.1 306.1 309.3 309.4 405.8 409.1 406.5 410.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.1 328.7 331.5 329.7 149.9 155.0 156.8 155.9 237.1 237.7 238.6 238.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.8 73.2 73.2 73.5 46.4 47.6 48.0 47.9 65.5 65.3 64.9 65.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 129.7 126.3 128.0 69.2 70.0 69.1 70.6 236.2 236.3 236.7 236.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143.3 1,181.3 1,183.6 1,189.5 1,066.0 1,109.3 1,115.4 1,112.4 1,073.5 1,079.3 1,078.4 1,083.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515.7 533.0 533.0 537.2 420.2 444.6 443.8 450.1 679.5 687.5 687.9 690.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 79.5 79.8 79.8 113.1 113.5 114.7 114.7 125.3 124.8 124.4 124.6

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 93.9 96.3 96.1 65.4 67.0 67.3 68.9 117.5 120.2 120.2 120.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.1 894.1 898.0 896.6 553.7 559.7 561.7 564.7 824.4 831.2 828.5 826.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.4 441.5 443.5 446.0 290.6 295.0 294.3 296.5 426.4 429.2 426.2 428.7

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.7 223.7 222.4 223.4 137.9 139.7 140.5 140.6 254.5 257.7 259.6 257.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.2 191.5 190.4 190.5 121.8 124.8 126.0 127.8 256.7 257.7 256.4 256.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.0 264.2 264.5 266.1 181.1 185.4 187.4 187.7 321.7 324.6 323.5 322.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.7 301.5 303.9 302.0 218.3 225.0 223.9 225.0 331.8 327.1 325.9 326.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.1 123.0 122.4 122.5 63.1 61.4 62.0 62.2 99.5 99.7 99.3 99.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.2 434.5 435.2 435.3 257.8 265.5 262.9 262.7 502.5 506.7 507.6 510.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.9 744.2 744.1 745.2 339.0 346.6 341.7 341.2 448.2 456.6 458.4 460.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643.0 649.1 652.1 651.2 403.7 406.9 411.8 411.5 595.8 595.2 591.3 593.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.2 501.6 503.3 504.4 253.0 256.7 256.3 260.5 417.9 418.6 419.0 419.4

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.9 136.6 135.3 136.0 125.4 126.7 126.5 128.2 244.4 245.5 245.7 245.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434.4 434.4 436.0 440.1 284.5 287.3 291.0 291.2 432.2 431.5 434.0 432.8

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.9 69.8 69.1 69.4 60.5 60.1 59.5 60.0 90.0 87.6 88.2 88.3

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.4 150.3 151.0 150.5 87.8 88.7 89.7 90.3 169.7 171.7 171.6 171.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.5 118.6 119.2 119.8 330.6 342.2 344.1 344.0 151.8 152.5 152.7 150.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.1 117.1 117.0 117.1 67.0 67.3 66.7 66.5 90.4 90.3 89.6 89.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.5 640.5 641.3 641.1 356.3 358.2 360.0 362.6 618.6 622.5 623.0 622.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.8 131.3 131.6 130.6 89.9 90.5 90.9 92.4 192.2 191.6 191.6 192.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,831.7 1,871.6 1,883.2 1,882.1 862.9 879.7 872.6 881.7 1,434.0 1,439.3 1,433.2 1,437.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.3 572.4 572.3 579.7 436.4 451.4 457.4 456.7 714.2 715.8 713.7 711.7

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 59.7 59.4 59.6 40.0 41.7 41.9 42.0 80.2 80.6 80.9 80.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886.2 890.2 898.5 895.4 522.9 547.1 549.1 552.3 758.8 760.2 750.5 756.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.7 230.0 230.0 230.9 155.0 155.0 155.2 156.0 348.3 348.0 348.0 349.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.3 253.8 253.0 255.7 179.9 184.5 185.0 187.1 291.0 297.6 297.5 297.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,170.9 1,190.6 1,183.7 1,189.7 536.1 546.2 545.9 549.4 713.9 708.4 706.9 704.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.8 104.9 105.3 104.5 54.7 55.6 56.2 55.8 60.1 60.1 60.1 59.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.8 227.8 229.3 230.1 226.0 230.3 233.4 237.4 354.2 360.0 358.6 360.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.3 68.6 68.7 69.6 45.5 45.0 44.5 45.4 77.7 78.0 77.4 77.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399.8 406.3 407.5 407.1 291.5 300.2 299.9 298.3 425.5 426.9 427.6 427.7

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,510.4 1,553.1 1,554.7 1,554.7 1,168.3 1,212.5 1,214.1 1,223.8 1,819.7 1,841.3 1,836.9 1,834.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.2 177.0 178.1 179.4 126.5 132.1 131.7 133.9 228.0 230.1 230.0 230.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 62.9 63.2 63.2 35.1 36.2 36.7 36.2 55.6 56.0 56.4 56.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.4 499.3 503.6 503.3 367.8 377.3 375.4 377.5 704.0 708.2 706.4 707.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.2 460.2 459.9 459.0 295.6 297.5 302.5 303.8 546.3 557.0 558.1 557.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.3 126.5 127.9 127.6 74.2 72.7 72.5 71.9 151.8 153.8 152.6 152.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429.4 433.1 432.4 434.7 263.5 267.9 269.0 272.7 408.9 412.3 412.8 414.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.9 27.2 27.4 27.6 35.2 36.0 36.6 37.0 71.5 71.3 71.5 71.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.6 125.3 126.8 125.0 79.6 80.4 80.2 81.2 238.7 231.6 230.3 230.2

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.4 10.8 10.9 10.9 10.7

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

cannot be separated with sufficient precision.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

January February January February January February

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,885.4 1,923.3 1,893.0 1,930.9 11.8 11.2 11.6 11.0 76.2 77.2 77.4 79.0

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.2 323.0 322.4 326.7 16.8 17.2 17.0 17.3 14.0 15.1 14.3 14.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536.5 2,600.5 2,558.6 2,630.1 13.0 12.9 13.0 12.8 123.7 126.1 124.8 126.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160.9 1,189.9 1,171.3 1,200.0 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.5 43.9 46.5 43.2 47.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,280.1 15,760.2 15,377.5 15,866.8 30.1 29.9 30.2 29.6 637.9 678.1 645.2 687.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,391.2 2,465.8 2,406.6 2,490.1 31.8 35.5 32.1 35.5 130.0 142.0 130.0 145.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,631.2 1,658.0 1,629.1 1,654.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 48.9 50.8 48.4 48.9

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.7 433.3 424.0 433.7 – – – – 18.9 19.1 18.7 18.8

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739.2 752.9 743.9 759.8 – – – – 13.8 13.9 13.7 13.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,663.4 7,939.5 7,735.1 8,015.0 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 373.7 405.5 379.4 409.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,041.4 4,181.8 4,051.8 4,208.8 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 147.4 152.5 149.1 155.6

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618.9 624.7 623.6 629.4 – – – – 30.6 31.2 30.9 31.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631.2 649.7 638.3 656.3 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.4 31.7 34.9 31.4 35.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,711.1 5,784.5 5,732.1 5,809.4 9.4 9.6 9.2 9.5 168.8 180.6 168.4 182.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,885.8 2,956.5 2,913.6 2,972.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 108.2 107.7 107.4 106.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,503.9 1,528.0 1,512.6 1,537.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 59.9 66.0 59.5 66.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359.6 1,377.1 1,371.1 1,391.7 10.4 10.1 10.3 10.0 55.3 56.2 54.6 57.1

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,811.3 1,850.7 1,809.5 1,852.2 16.2 15.6 16.1 15.4 64.1 69.5 64.1 69.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,946.2 1,970.5 1,957.0 1,980.5 53.9 51.4 53.7 50.4 129.7 133.7 132.8 136.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580.3 581.7 581.8 584.2 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 22.7 22.5 22.5 22.3

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,543.4 2,582.7 2,556.5 2,606.3 – – – – 142.3 148.2 140.8 146.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,306.4 3,371.6 3,325.1 3,380.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 114.8 116.4 112.3 113.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,065.0 4,154.3 4,098.8 4,181.6 7.8 8.0 7.9 8.0 122.8 131.9 122.2 130.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,733.3 2,772.3 2,742.6 2,787.8 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8 87.9 88.1 86.7 86.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107.4 1,114.5 1,110.9 1,120.3 9.1 8.8 8.9 8.7 48.8 43.9 48.6 44.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,659.5 2,701.5 2,679.8 2,718.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 100.7 102.2 99.1 103.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.9 440.5 442.6 443.8 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.7 20.8 21.0 20.5 20.9

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971.1 983.5 975.6 986.4 – – – – 41.5 41.8 41.1 41.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,180.4 1,220.5 1,186.7 1,227.1 14.4 14.0 14.1 13.8 58.1 62.6 58.6 62.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.5 641.5 636.1 641.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 20.8 22.0 20.6 21.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,860.9 3,900.2 3,862.1 3,910.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 127.6 137.9 124.4 136.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.5 816.5 811.0 826.9 26.8 28.2 26.9 27.7 41.7 41.7 40.9 41.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,810.9 8,969.8 8,899.4 9,051.2 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.3 304.1 314.9 298.2 304.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,039.6 4,151.8 4,040.1 4,178.2 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 169.7 180.9 169.3 184.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440.3 460.1 444.3 462.1 27.5 31.4 28.0 30.8 27.2 31.6 27.3 32.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,180.4 5,265.2 5,204.0 5,285.9 13.1 14.8 13.3 14.6 169.1 170.2 166.6 168.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622.7 1,651.2 1,633.2 1,656.4 59.3 62.0 59.2 59.5 73.5 75.3 73.6 76.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,669.1 1,727.8 1,677.5 1,735.8 7.4 7.1 7.4 7.1 74.1 76.4 73.7 76.7

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,652.2 5,714.0 5,672.8 5,743.4 35.4 37.5 35.6 37.1 203.3 213.3 200.2 207.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.8 467.9 464.0 468.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 14.4 14.8 14.0 13.7

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891.7 1,944.3 1,898.8 1,964.3 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 79.8 82.6 79.9 84.6

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.1 413.0 411.5 416.5 – – – – 18.8 19.4 18.4 19.3

Tennessee1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,749.1 2,808.9 2,760.8 2,821.8 – – – – 103.7 110.0 104.2 110.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,235.4 11,625.4 11,336.0 11,698.4 293.1 313.1 295.9 309.7 614.6 663.3 625.2 671.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,293.8 1,343.9 1,301.2 1,356.3 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.7 70.9 76.9 71.4 78.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.7 312.3 308.4 313.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 12.7 13.2 12.3 12.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,706.0 3,739.3 3,706.0 3,748.3 9.7 8.8 9.7 8.9 169.4 175.0 168.5 173.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,997.7 3,096.8 3,005.4 3,100.4 6.0 5.9 6.1 5.8 146.8 163.7 146.3 164.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744.9 746.7 747.2 749.2 30.1 30.2 30.2 29.2 29.1 27.5 28.4 26.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,759.4 2,814.9 2,775.6 2,831.3 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.9 87.1 93.8 86.2 92.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.6 286.7 282.5 286.5 26.9 26.5 26.8 25.7 20.2 21.0 20.3 20.8

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908.7 902.5 911.5 905.0 – – – – 26.8 26.0 27.0 25.5

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 38.0 38.3 38.2 – – – – 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.6

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

January February January February January February

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.5 252.1 250.2 253.2 367.3 373.3 366.1 371.5 22.2 22.0 22.1 22.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 11.3 13.4 12.5 60.2 62.6 60.5 62.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.7 154.9 156.6 156.2 488.7 499.0 487.1 498.5 42.3 42.2 42.3 42.7

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.4 154.9 152.5 152.8 239.2 247.0 238.6 245.8 13.8 13.5 13.8 13.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249.0 1,254.0 1,256.1 1,260.0 2,824.7 2,908.7 2,807.0 2,887.4 452.8 461.2 452.6 468.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.1 137.1 133.4 138.6 424.1 434.5 422.4 431.6 70.1 68.6 70.2 68.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.4 158.6 160.1 158.3 299.0 301.4 294.3 297.3 31.9 31.3 31.8 31.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 25.6 25.3 25.5 77.7 79.0 76.8 78.0 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.7

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 29.5 31.7 29.5 31.1 17.1 17.0 17.1 17.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.8 329.2 328.2 331.4 1,597.2 1,656.7 1,600.0 1,655.5 135.6 134.7 136.1 135.0

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360.1 371.4 361.2 371.8 852.8 886.6 848.0 885.2 104.7 105.8 105.6 108.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.5 117.1 119.5 116.2 118.2 8.3 8.0 8.4 8.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 59.7 59.5 59.8 128.6 130.1 127.8 131.8 9.1 9.4 9.2 9.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574.4 574.9 575.1 575.2 1,156.0 1,167.5 1,144.7 1,157.1 97.3 98.8 97.4 97.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495.5 511.8 498.3 512.3 562.7 577.9 559.9 574.1 35.3 35.7 35.3 35.3

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.6 214.8 215.0 215.1 307.3 313.3 305.4 309.9 25.8 25.0 25.9 24.9

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.7 158.1 162.6 161.4 259.2 265.7 257.4 262.8 28.0 28.2 27.9 28.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230.9 238.2 231.5 234.9 368.9 376.8 366.7 375.3 26.4 25.6 26.2 25.4

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.3 149.0 145.7 148.4 383.2 390.8 381.7 389.2 23.6 26.3 25.0 27.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 49.0 48.6 48.9 115.8 116.0 114.3 114.5 7.5 7.3 7.5 7.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.0 101.5 102.8 101.7 449.4 454.0 442.4 448.5 39.1 37.0 38.0 37.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.5 247.9 248.7 247.2 555.8 561.0 548.0 549.3 84.6 85.8 84.8 86.1

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558.3 584.2 568.2 590.0 740.0 752.4 736.4 746.1 56.3 57.0 56.0 56.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.1 311.0 305.3 310.5 506.8 513.7 502.2 510.3 52.6 52.3 52.5 52.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.0 139.8 139.2 139.8 217.2 221.5 216.7 220.5 13.8 13.3 13.0 13.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.4 256.3 253.0 257.6 513.5 519.0 510.1 516.1 56.5 57.3 56.5 57.6

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.4 90.8 92.6 90.3 92.4 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 96.4 97.0 96.4 201.2 201.0 199.7 199.3 17.2 17.3 17.0 17.3

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2 41.4 41.2 41.6 224.9 233.7 223.7 233.5 12.7 13.4 13.0 13.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 67.1 66.0 66.3 135.7 138.2 133.6 135.1 12.0 11.8 12.0 11.8

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.3 241.7 240.9 241.2 824.4 841.8 814.3 835.3 74.4 73.8 74.3 74.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 27.8 27.8 28.1 136.5 138.4 136.0 138.3 11.6 12.2 12.0 12.6

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.1 444.5 448.5 444.4 1,533.1 1,557.5 1,515.1 1,539.4 260.0 261.9 263.2 264.7

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.6 456.1 442.6 456.2 759.4 777.0 752.9 776.6 71.0 73.5 71.3 74.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.2 26.0 25.2 26.1 102.7 106.7 103.2 106.3 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662.7 676.7 664.3 678.3 975.2 993.4 968.4 985.4 73.0 71.5 73.0 71.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.3 138.9 137.2 137.5 296.7 300.7 295.8 300.2 21.7 21.6 21.6 21.4

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.1 180.4 174.1 181.6 318.0 328.9 315.6 324.1 31.7 32.3 31.8 32.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561.5 565.8 560.7 564.5 1,096.2 1,113.5 1,083.0 1,103.8 85.0 83.6 84.8 83.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3 41.5 40.3 41.6 73.5 74.9 73.1 73.5 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.3 231.2 226.5 232.0 363.4 375.7 361.8 374.8 26.0 26.6 26.0 26.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.1 42.7 41.3 43.0 83.5 85.3 83.3 85.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.0 329.5 322.0 330.1 579.2 593.1 577.6 592.9 43.6 44.1 43.7 44.1

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870.1 885.7 876.3 880.7 2,265.9 2,342.9 2,258.8 2,343.9 201.7 205.5 201.5 204.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.1 121.5 119.4 122.6 246.6 258.8 246.0 259.2 32.6 34.0 32.9 34.7

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 30.2 31.3 30.3 54.9 55.8 54.4 55.3 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.6 232.0 229.3 230.8 636.0 643.9 626.8 636.6 72.2 69.9 70.8 70.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.5 287.3 284.1 289.5 555.6 576.2 551.9 569.4 107.0 109.6 107.2 110.0

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 47.5 47.3 47.4 133.8 134.4 132.5 134.2 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.5

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455.7 468.8 454.8 468.7 513.4 522.3 509.3 515.5 47.4 48.8 47.3 48.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 9.8 9.5 9.6 53.4 55.2 53.1 54.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 74.1 75.1 74.1 178.0 178.2 175.1 175.4 20.8 20.0 20.9 19.8

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.2 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

January February January February January February

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 95.4 93.9 95.5 215.9 226.1 216.7 224.2 219.8 226.4 222.2 228.1

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 11.9 11.9 12.0 28.7 28.1 28.6 28.2 46.5 47.2 46.8 47.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.1 190.4 188.1 192.0 374.3 390.3 374.2 392.3 374.9 391.6 377.6 393.0

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.1 49.7 49.3 50.0 128.0 133.6 132.3 136.5 170.7 173.7 171.3 174.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.3 793.5 776.2 796.1 2,354.4 2,466.3 2,374.4 2,494.3 2,363.5 2,440.1 2,392.7 2,469.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.5 154.3 152.0 154.9 370.1 377.2 372.1 381.8 291.2 306.4 294.0 309.4

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.2 128.7 127.8 128.9 203.1 209.5 204.3 208.9 320.4 328.7 321.8 330.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 46.3 44.1 46.2 57.9 60.5 56.8 60.0 71.4 72.9 71.6 73.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.7 30.4 29.8 30.4 153.7 159.4 154.6 161.2 127.4 126.5 129.0 131.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.6 528.6 514.4 530.6 1,127.8 1,177.1 1,140.4 1,190.3 1,134.4 1,181.7 1,145.3 1,196.2

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.2 236.3 229.5 235.8 591.5 614.1 594.0 620.3 513.3 533.2 515.4 537.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.4 27.2 27.4 81.2 83.1 81.4 83.6 78.0 78.8 78.6 79.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.8 33.3 32.2 33.2 76.2 78.6 77.6 77.5 92.8 95.6 93.8 96.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.5 365.2 366.1 365.7 878.8 899.8 884.6 904.9 875.6 891.6 882.6 898.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.2 129.8 126.2 129.6 304.5 315.3 305.5 316.1 433.7 441.1 439.9 447.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.5 103.9 103.3 104.2 131.2 134.7 132.3 134.9 220.3 223.0 223.5 226.5

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.5 79.9 78.6 79.9 163.5 167.2 164.7 169.3 187.1 189.4 187.6 189.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.8 90.2 88.5 90.7 204.1 211.4 199.8 210.8 258.6 263.5 260.1 265.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.0 93.6 90.7 93.4 209.2 208.6 210.2 209.4 296.3 301.8 297.0 302.5

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.9 30.0 29.8 30.0 59.9 61.0 60.7 62.2 121.7 121.7 122.4 123.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.1 143.1 143.0 143.6 408.9 418.5 411.2 422.9 419.8 433.4 424.6 435.6

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.9 208.1 204.8 208.1 497.6 510.9 498.5 513.6 717.2 739.7 732.2 750.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.3 203.7 202.1 203.8 597.8 627.6 604.0 633.7 636.5 645.0 643.5 653.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.0 177.6 176.6 177.1 341.6 352.6 342.2 355.6 491.8 500.5 497.0 506.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 43.7 43.3 43.8 99.6 101.7 99.4 100.8 133.7 135.6 134.5 137.2

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.2 164.5 162.4 165.6 340.7 350.0 343.8 349.3 429.7 433.9 435.5 441.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 25.7 24.4 26.3 37.5 38.3 38.0 39.4 69.7 69.1 70.0 69.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.9 72.4 71.9 72.5 110.0 111.7 111.2 112.2 145.7 150.5 147.3 150.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5 56.5 56.6 56.4 152.9 157.7 152.7 158.1 113.0 118.4 114.3 119.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 35.6 35.3 36.0 71.0 72.5 71.1 72.1 114.3 116.7 115.7 117.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.4 245.0 244.5 242.6 615.4 607.6 616.6 609.6 626.8 636.5 629.6 639.3

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.1 33.4 33.1 33.1 98.1 99.4 98.0 101.5 126.1 130.9 126.7 131.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680.8 689.9 682.5 691.4 1,183.5 1,214.3 1,191.8 1,226.7 1,803.9 1,858.3 1,854.4 1,904.2

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.9 210.4 207.0 211.2 544.9 579.2 546.1 583.5 557.8 570.0 560.3 580.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 24.2 23.6 24.2 33.8 35.4 34.0 35.0 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.7 288.8 284.5 287.1 683.4 698.0 685.5 694.8 878.8 890.0 886.0 898.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 79.3 78.8 79.8 179.0 188.6 180.1 188.1 226.2 229.6 226.8 230.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.3 92.2 90.0 91.8 208.7 222.2 210.7 222.9 243.5 253.7 247.4 258.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312.5 313.6 312.8 312.7 734.5 746.3 736.8 750.6 1,160.2 1,176.2 1,182.6 1,201.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 32.4 32.0 32.2 57.0 58.1 57.7 58.2 103.4 103.8 105.9 106.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 96.6 94.7 95.9 242.9 252.8 244.0 257.1 221.8 227.6 223.2 230.5

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 29.3 29.6 29.2 29.5 29.1 29.5 29.1 67.7 68.5 68.1 69.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9 141.7 139.3 141.7 359.5 371.1 358.3 370.4 397.5 403.9 400.0 407.9

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686.8 706.8 689.4 708.6 1,483.8 1,554.5 1,500.4 1,554.0 1,491.1 1,547.9 1,504.1 1,556.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 76.4 73.7 76.5 178.8 187.4 178.7 188.1 173.2 179.2 175.1 181.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 12.3 11.9 12.2 25.2 25.5 25.4 25.8 61.9 63.0 61.9 63.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.8 192.4 191.1 193.4 665.4 665.1 667.0 666.5 494.1 501.4 495.2 505.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.7 156.3 150.9 155.7 358.8 374.4 360.1 374.4 446.7 458.8 452.6 462.5

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 30.3 30.7 30.1 63.6 67.1 63.9 67.3 124.9 126.7 125.6 127.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.9 152.8 147.8 152.6 298.0 299.6 299.2 302.4 422.8 428.9 429.3 434.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.0 11.4 11.0 11.6 17.1 18.3 17.4 18.4 27.0 27.5 27.0 27.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 42.4 43.4 42.2 113.8 112.2 112.2 113.1 119.1 123.3 122.6 126.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

January February January February January February

2014 2015 2014 2015p

2014 2015 2014 2015p2014 2015 2014 2015p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.1 180.3 174.8 183.4 78.7 80.6 79.1 80.9 376.1 378.7 378.9 381.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.8 29.9 29.4 30.2 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.6 81.4 81.9 82.8 84.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277.0 290.6 285.0 296.5 86.1 92.8 87.2 94.4 413.7 409.7 422.7 425.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.1 107.1 102.2 110.6 42.8 44.0 42.9 44.2 211.2 211.3 216.5 216.5

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678.1 1,752.3 1,700.2 1,772.2 521.4 541.0 527.9 544.9 2,392.9 2,435.1 2,415.0 2,458.1

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.7 308.6 292.4 309.5 98.5 101.3 98.5 100.3 399.1 400.3 409.5 414.5

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.2 146.7 139.2 145.0 61.5 62.7 61.5 62.4 237.1 239.1 239.5 241.7

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.7 42.8 41.9 43.1 18.2 17.8 18.3 17.9 64.5 64.5 65.6 66.2

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 67.1 66.5 67.8 69.0 70.5 69.7 70.6 232.6 235.4 233.0 235.1

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,047.5 1,096.4 1,070.9 1,120.7 317.0 331.0 320.5 334.9 1,085.2 1,092.9 1,094.2 1,105.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.6 429.8 404.7 435.5 150.7 154.9 151.2 155.5 679.1 688.2 684.2 694.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.0 113.8 112.6 114.1 26.4 25.9 26.5 26.2 124.7 123.6 128.3 126.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 64.0 61.8 65.5 21.7 22.8 21.9 22.7 115.2 117.8 119.4 122.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524.1 531.3 524.4 532.8 247.5 249.0 248.4 250.8 812.7 816.2 831.2 835.2

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.8 276.6 275.7 281.4 122.3 125.3 123.3 125.3 416.9 428.6 435.5 438.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.8 130.2 130.1 131.5 58.2 58.4 58.2 59.2 252.5 256.9 257.6 262.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.6 120.2 116.7 121.9 47.9 48.2 48.5 48.6 254.4 253.9 262.2 262.4

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.8 175.3 171.0 177.5 62.8 62.9 63.1 63.1 320.7 321.7 322.4 324.2

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.4 219.9 214.9 223.0 70.9 71.6 71.2 72.4 329.7 323.8 334.1 327.9

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 51.5 51.7 51.6 20.4 20.7 20.3 20.7 99.5 99.5 101.4 101.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.0 242.2 237.4 243.9 109.9 111.4 109.7 110.9 490.9 493.4 506.6 515.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.0 313.8 309.3 311.1 127.1 132.5 127.5 130.9 444.0 454.6 458.1 469.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377.8 384.5 378.8 383.9 168.3 168.5 168.9 170.5 597.1 591.5 610.8 605.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.7 240.2 236.9 242.9 111.1 113.1 110.6 113.4 416.1 416.5 425.9 425.9

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.2 122.2 122.2 124.6 38.5 39.1 38.6 39.3 243.3 244.9 246.5 247.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.2 268.3 263.2 269.0 111.2 113.7 111.7 114.1 430.8 432.5 440.8 441.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.8 55.6 56.8 55.8 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.4 88.0 87.0 91.4 88.5

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7 84.0 83.2 85.3 36.2 38.2 36.3 38.1 168.1 170.2 170.9 172.7

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.2 338.8 325.1 340.8 33.5 34.1 33.6 34.5 151.0 149.9 153.8 152.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.5 62.1 61.8 61.8 25.3 25.9 25.4 26.1 89.6 88.7 93.7 93.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.7 326.8 325.0 327.9 163.5 167.9 163.4 169.6 615.1 619.9 627.8 632.8

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.7 87.6 87.3 89.9 27.3 28.5 27.5 28.3 189.6 188.4 194.8 195.3

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799.4 813.5 811.0 828.8 385.2 397.4 387.5 396.5 1,407.4 1,413.3 1,442.7 1,446.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.3 427.8 411.8 428.5 145.7 150.7 145.5 151.8 722.9 720.8 727.9 726.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2 40.2 38.8 41.0 16.4 17.7 16.4 18.0 80.0 81.1 81.8 82.5

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.8 509.1 486.8 511.7 205.8 208.0 205.9 207.9 749.8 744.7 769.7 766.5

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.4 151.0 149.6 151.7 58.4 58.9 58.5 58.6 344.6 345.3 352.0 352.8

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.3 176.4 172.2 178.6 57.4 59.1 57.7 59.0 292.6 299.1 296.9 303.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.8 509.0 499.2 510.3 249.1 252.2 248.9 253.6 712.7 703.0 728.2 718.3

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.4 49.9 49.4 50.3 22.0 23.1 22.2 23.1 60.6 60.5 60.5 60.5

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.7 217.8 211.4 223.9 70.2 72.0 70.4 71.9 353.2 357.6 357.2 363.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.3 40.1 41.6 40.9 15.6 15.6 15.5 15.9 77.0 77.0 78.2 78.4

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.0 285.4 277.2 285.0 104.2 103.3 104.7 104.0 425.5 426.8 433.8 435.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119.0 1,172.9 1,138.8 1,196.4 398.5 407.9 402.5 411.4 1,810.8 1,824.9 1,843.1 1,861.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.6 129.5 125.2 133.2 36.3 37.3 36.7 37.3 227.6 231.0 230.2 233.6

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 39.7 37.8 39.6 9.9 10.1 10.0 10.3 56.5 57.2 57.9 58.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.1 351.4 345.4 352.1 191.8 195.0 192.0 195.9 701.9 704.4 710.2 714.5

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.2 288.1 282.2 290.4 111.0 114.9 111.3 114.3 549.4 561.6 552.7 564.2

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.5 69.3 70.8 68.8 54.8 54.8 54.8 54.8 149.9 149.4 153.4 153.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.5 250.5 243.8 251.8 136.0 138.2 136.3 137.9 405.2 407.3 418.1 423.2

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 33.0 32.1 33.1 9.9 9.6 9.8 9.4 70.6 70.6 71.8 71.6

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 79.9 79.1 80.9 17.5 17.2 17.8 17.4 235.1 229.2 238.3 230.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 10.5 10.6 10.8 10.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2014 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are

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

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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonaFebruary 2015

(U.S. rate = 5.5 percent)