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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued

Technical information:                         USDL 95-392
   Employment           (202) 606-6559
   Unemployment               606-6392
Media contact:                606-5902         For release:  10:00 A.M. EDT
                                               Tuesday, September 26, 1995
 
 
   STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  AUGUST 1995
 
 
     Unemployment rates were lower in August 1995 than a month earlier in
24 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 17 states, and unchanged
in 9 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  The national unemployment rate was 5.6 percent in August,
essentially unchanged from 5.7 percent in July.  Nonfarm payroll employment
increased in 38 states over the month.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Minnesota had the largest jobless rate decrease between July and
August--0.9 percentage point.  Florida and Louisiana, both down 0.6 point,
were the only other states to show unemployment rate declines of more than
half a percentage point.  Illinois and New York experienced the largest
over-the-month increases in their jobless rates--both up 0.9 percentage
point.  For Illinois, this was the second large increase in a row,
following a 1.4 point decline in June.  Three other states--Mississippi,
North Carolina, and Texas--also had increases of more than 0.5 percentage
point.
 
     Over the year, 36 states experienced unemployment rate declines.
Twelve states had drops of a percentage point or more, led by Louisiana and
Wisconsin (both down 1.6 points).  Rates in an additional eight states
decreased by more than 0.5 point.  Montana registered the largest rate
increase over the year, 0.9 percentage point; it was the only state with a
rate increase of more than 0.5 point.
 
     Nebraska once again had the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, at
2.4 percent in August, followed by Minnesota, North Dakota, and South
Dakota (all 2.8 percent).  Ten other states had rates of less than 4.5
percent.  At 8.8 percent, the District of Columbia had the highest rate,
followed by West Virginia (8.2 percent) and California (7.8 percent).
Overall, 33 states had jobless rates below the U.S. average, while 16
states and the District of Columbia had higher rates.  (See table 1 and
chart 1.)
 
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment showed moderately broad gains in August,
with 38 states recording increases over the month.  West Virginia and
Wyoming reported the largest percentage increases (both 1.2 percent),
followed by Rhode Island (1.0 percent) and Oklahoma and New Mexico (both
0.7 percent).  Hawaii once again had the largest percentage decline (-0.3
percent).
 
                                   - 2 -
 
     Employment improved in both the goods-producing sector and the
service-producing sector in two-thirds of the states.  More than four-
fifths of the states showed gains in services, and employment rose in about
two-thirds of the states in construction and in trade and in about half of
the states in manufacturing; transportation and public utilities; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and government.
 
     Over the year, 46 states experienced increases in employment, with the
largest percentage gains occurring in the Mountain division.  Employment
increases ranged from 6.2 percent in Utah to 0.2 percent in Pennsylvania.
Texas added the most jobs over the year, nearly 250,000.  The District of
Columbia (-2.4 percent) had the largest over-the-year decline, reflecting
reductions in government employment, followed by Hawaii (-1.2 percent).
(See chart 2.)
 
     NOTE:  Monthly payroll employment data are provided on a seasonally
adjusted basis for all states and the District of Columbia, permitting both
current and over-the-year comparisons of the data.  The state data are
intended for individual state analyses only.  Because the state data are
not designed for national aggregation, a summation could present a
misleading picture of national trends.  (See Technical Note.)
 
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Of the 271 areas for which August data are available, 104 had
unemployment rates below 4.5 percent, while 25 had rates higher than 7.5
percent.  The lowest rates were in Madison, Wis. (1.4 percent), and Fargo-
Moorhead, N.D., (1.8 percent).  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tex., had the
highest unemployment rate (18.4 percent), followed by Laredo, Tex. (15.1
percent).  Youngstown-Warren, Ohio, experienced the largest over-the-year
drop in its jobless rate (2.4 percentage points), followed by Lake Charles,
La., and Racine, Wis. (both 2.3 points).  Rates in 53 other areas declined
by 1.0 percentage point or more.  Laredo, Tex., had the largest over-the-
year increase, as its rate climbed 7.1 points.  Seven other areas had rate
increases of 1.0 percentage point or more, but none changed by more than
1.3 points.  (See table 5.)
 
___________________________________________________________________________
     The State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release
for September 1995 is scheduled to be issued on Thursday, November 2, 1995.
 
 
 
 
 
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |                                       |                            Unemployed
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
         State         |                                       |                                 |           labor force
                       |                                       |                                 |
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                       |  Aug.   |  June   |  July   |  Aug.   | Aug.  | June  | July  |  Aug.   | Aug.  | June  | July  |  Aug.
                       |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |  1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |  1995p/
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
                       |
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                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Alabama................|  2,036.3|  2,043.5|  2,048.9|  2,054.1|  120.0|  127.3|  129.7|   124.2 |   5.9 |   6.2 |   6.3 |    6.0
Alaska.................|    305.4|    304.9|    300.0|    302.5|   23.6|   20.5|   20.6|    20.2 |   7.7 |   6.7 |   6.9 |    6.7
Arizona................|  2,005.0|  2,112.5|  2,129.9|  2,139.3|  132.8|  109.0|  111.3|   114.5 |   6.6 |   5.2 |   5.2 |    5.4
Arkansas...............|  1,216.0|  1,208.4|  1,217.0|  1,221.8|   64.9|   50.1|   57.8|    62.1 |   5.3 |   4.1 |   4.8 |    5.1
Colorado...............|  2,017.8|  2,074.5|  2,071.8|  2,079.1|   83.9|   87.5|   84.2|    80.4 |   4.2 |   4.2 |   4.1 |    3.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Connecticut............|  1,721.2|  1,727.2|  1,732.8|  1,734.6|   94.3|   90.0|   93.0|    94.3 |   5.5 |   5.2 |   5.4 |    5.4
Delaware...............|    384.7|    379.7|    383.5|    387.0|   17.7|   16.1|   15.2|    13.9 |   4.6 |   4.2 |   4.0 |    3.6
District of Columbia...|    314.6|    283.2|    285.2|    281.9|   26.1|   25.2|   25.9|    24.8 |   8.3 |   8.9 |   9.1 |    8.8
Georgia................|  3,576.3|  3,651.1|  3,655.5|  3,674.5|  184.3|  182.2|  188.3|   186.6 |   5.2 |   5.0 |   5.2 |    5.1
Hawaii.................|    583.5|    590.4|    587.0|    585.5|   38.1|   29.6|   30.7|    33.6 |   6.5 |   5.0 |   5.2 |    5.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Idaho..................|    591.1|    601.8|    601.2|    602.5|   31.3|   29.3|   31.8|    29.2 |   5.3 |   4.9 |   5.3 |    4.8
Indiana................|  3,044.8|  3,141.0|  3,138.4|  3,151.1|  153.6|  150.8|  151.7|   138.3 |   5.0 |   4.8 |   4.8 |    4.4
Iowa...................|  1,567.5|  1,555.9|  1,531.5|  1,531.8|   57.5|   52.8|   47.1|    47.9 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.1 |    3.1
Kansas.................|  1,332.6|  1,344.2|  1,351.1|  1,349.6|   70.9|   60.0|   64.4|    57.6 |   5.3 |   4.5 |   4.8 |    4.3
Kentucky...............|  1,833.4|  1,876.0|  1,878.2|  1,864.6|   95.8|   92.7|   96.5|    98.4 |   5.2 |   4.9 |   5.1 |    5.3
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,952.3|  1,980.3|  1,968.7|  1,961.4|  157.5|  139.6|  139.4|   128.2 |   8.1 |   7.0 |   7.1 |    6.5
Maine..................|    609.2|    637.6|    641.1|    647.3|   44.5|   39.0|   40.2|    39.8 |   7.3 |   6.1 |   6.3 |    6.2
Maryland...............|  2,696.5|  2,733.1|  2,731.3|  2,748.5|  135.0|  140.7|  138.6|   142.2 |   5.0 |   5.1 |   5.1 |    5.2
Minnesota..............|  2,576.5|  2,562.0|  2,575.5|  2,592.6|  101.3|   98.7|   95.6|    73.8 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   3.7 |    2.8
Mississippi............|  1,264.1|  1,241.9|  1,255.5|  1,273.1|   82.3|   74.7|   72.0|    83.0 |   6.5 |   6.0 |   5.7 |    6.5
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Missouri...............|  2,699.4|  2,803.5|  2,816.1|  2,815.2|  123.7|  136.3|  145.5|   141.4 |   4.6 |   4.9 |   5.2 |    5.0
Montana................|    439.7|    435.7|    438.8|    436.5|   21.7|   24.1|   23.4|    25.5 |   4.9 |   5.5 |   5.3 |    5.8
Nebraska...............|    875.6|    881.0|    883.7|    888.3|   25.0|   21.8|   22.4|    21.0 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.5 |    2.4
Nevada.................|    784.4|    809.6|    821.6|    827.1|   47.7|   46.6|   48.2|    46.4 |   6.1 |   5.8 |   5.9 |    5.6
New Hampshire..........|    629.8|    631.1|    640.6|    636.1|   27.7|   22.7|   25.1|    24.9 |   4.4 |   3.6 |   3.9 |    3.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    770.4|    789.4|    795.2|    797.2|   45.9|   44.6|   46.6|    48.0 |   6.0 |   5.6 |   5.9 |    6.0
North Dakota...........|    337.4|    328.1|    328.3|    326.9|   12.8|   10.3|    9.9|     9.2 |   3.8 |   3.1 |   3.0 |    2.8
Oklahoma...............|  1,542.4|  1,559.4|  1,564.0|  1,553.7|   89.2|   74.0|   75.5|    73.8 |   5.8 |   4.7 |   4.8 |    4.8
Oregon.................|  1,656.6|  1,684.3|  1,682.0|  1,680.8|   86.6|   86.9|   78.1|    80.6 |   5.2 |   5.2 |   4.6 |    4.8
Rhode Island...........|    506.0|    489.8|    487.4|    488.7|   36.4|   33.6|   35.5|    33.9 |   7.2 |   6.9 |   7.3 |    6.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,829.7|  1,849.9|  1,847.9|  1,856.8|  110.7|   86.4|   95.4|    91.7 |   6.1 |   4.7 |   5.2 |    4.9
South Dakota...........|    375.7|    378.0|    379.2|    379.5|   11.8|    8.7|   10.4|    10.5 |   3.1 |   2.3 |   2.7 |    2.8
Tennessee..............|  2,690.8|  2,689.6|  2,694.8|  2,689.7|  127.6|  133.2|  140.3|   136.6 |   4.7 |   5.0 |   5.2 |    5.1
Utah...................|    981.1|    986.6|    997.0|  1,001.1|   37.2|   34.7|   33.5|    33.7 |   3.8 |   3.5 |   3.4 |    3.4
Vermont................|    319.2|    319.7|    319.5|    320.9|   15.1|   12.7|   13.4|    13.6 |   4.7 |   4.0 |   4.2 |    4.2
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Virginia...............|  3,434.0|  3,523.8|  3,527.4|  3,532.3|  170.6|  156.8|  158.2|   160.2 |   5.0 |   4.4 |   4.5 |    4.5
Washington.............|  2,703.8|  2,823.5|  2,815.9|  2,812.0|  168.8|  176.9|  176.2|   184.0 |   6.2 |   6.3 |   6.3 |    6.5
West Virginia..........|    785.2|    792.2|    791.3|    796.6|   67.1|   60.9|   64.9|    65.7 |   8.5 |   7.7 |   8.2 |    8.2
Wisconsin..............|  2,800.3|  2,839.9|  2,841.3|  2,848.7|  131.0|   95.0|   94.1|    89.7 |   4.7 |   3.3 |   3.3 |    3.1
Wyoming................|    250.3|    255.1|    253.3|    253.6|   12.7|   12.0|   11.5|    11.1 |   5.1 |   4.7 |   4.6 |    4.4
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,409.4| 15,327.6| 15,474.0| 15,500.1|1,338.1|1,161.7|1,215.9| 1,212.6 |   8.7 |   7.6 |   7.9 |    7.8
Florida................|  6,779.3|  6,824.3|  6,930.4|  6,799.9|  388.4|  362.7|  357.0|   315.2 |   5.7 |   5.3 |   5.2 |    4.6
Illinois...............|  5,978.5|  6,028.0|  6,076.4|  6,067.1|  334.0|  244.4|  308.0|   364.3 |   5.6 |   4.1 |   5.1 |    6.0
Massachusetts..........|  3,184.3|  3,136.6|  3,154.3|  3,135.6|  186.8|  176.6|  179.8|   165.8 |   5.9 |   5.6 |   5.7 |    5.3
Michigan...............|  4,715.8|  4,755.4|  4,714.7|  4,669.1|  284.2|  297.0|  242.3|   239.9 |   6.0 |   6.2 |   5.1 |    5.1
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New Jersey.............|  4,032.4|  4,140.4|  4,108.0|  4,062.5|  251.3|  271.9|  280.2|   267.5 |   6.2 |   6.6 |   6.8 |    6.6
New York...............|  8,580.0|  8,433.5|  8,602.2|  8,621.2|  586.8|  493.6|  532.9|   608.4 |   6.8 |   5.9 |   6.2 |    7.1
North Carolina.........|  3,625.7|  3,660.8|  3,648.0|  3,652.0|  179.2|  161.1|  147.0|   166.5 |   4.9 |   4.4 |   4.0 |    4.6
Ohio...................|  5,472.0|  5,556.9|  5,549.7|  5,586.1|  295.3|  269.5|  269.9|   302.5 |   5.4 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    5.4
Pennsylvania...........|  5,839.2|  5,848.1|  5,867.7|  5,795.2|  361.8|  364.5|  315.8|   320.1 |   6.2 |   6.2 |   5.4 |    5.5
Texas..................|  9,406.9|  9,660.2|  9,607.1|  9,558.1|  614.0|  605.1|  578.3|   639.4 |   6.5 |   6.3 |   6.0 |    6.7
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Puerto Rico............|  1,225.9|  1,198.2|  1,245.7|  1,248.7|  175.4|  166.7|  178.5|   165.7 |  14.3 |  13.9 |  14.3 |   13.3
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      1/  Published earlier in the employment situation               are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              benchmark and population information becomes available.
      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. All estimates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
                       |                                       |                                 |           labor force
         State         |                                       |                                 |
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                       |       July        |      August       |     July      |     August      |     July      |     August
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                        ___________________ ___________________ _______________ _________________ _______________ _________________
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                       |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   | 1995p/  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995p/  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995p/
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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Alabama................|  2,039.5|  2,057.2|  2,030.8|  2,047.8|  127.3|  138.3|  125.6|   130.8 |   6.2 |   6.7 |   6.2 |    6.4
Alaska.................|    319.6|    314.7|    313.8|    311.2|   21.1|   17.9|   18.4|    15.6 |   6.6 |   5.7 |   5.9 |    5.0
Arizona................|  2,008.3|  2,151.8|  2,004.2|  2,138.5|  144.4|  125.2|  137.3|   119.8 |   7.2 |   5.8 |   6.8 |    5.6
Arkansas...............|  1,235.0|  1,237.8|  1,226.2|  1,231.3|   69.4|   59.8|   62.1|    58.7 |   5.6 |   4.8 |   5.1 |    4.8
Colorado...............|  2,029.0|  2,097.9|  2,055.8|  2,115.6|   81.1|   83.1|   81.5|    79.2 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.0 |    3.7
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Connecticut............|  1,779.4|  1,790.7|  1,759.2|  1,770.6|  105.2|  105.1|   99.3|    99.1 |   5.9 |   5.9 |   5.6 |    5.6
Delaware...............|    391.0|    389.6|    388.5|    390.5|   19.1|   15.7|   18.9|    15.1 |   4.9 |   4.0 |   4.9 |    3.9
District of Columbia...|    330.1|    297.2|    318.2|    284.6|   29.0|   28.0|   25.5|    24.3 |   8.8 |   9.4 |   8.0 |    8.6
Georgia................|  3,611.2|  3,693.8|  3,576.8|  3,674.3|  212.0|  205.8|  184.9|   189.8 |   5.9 |   5.6 |   5.2 |    5.2
Hawaii.................|    591.0|    594.4|    585.9|    588.1|   39.9|   32.6|   39.3|    35.1 |   6.8 |   5.5 |   6.7 |    6.0
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Idaho..................|    604.7|    614.6|    598.0|    609.8|   29.5|   28.7|   29.4|    27.3 |   4.9 |   4.7 |   4.9 |    4.5
Indiana................|  3,095.8|  3,193.7|  3,062.8|  3,167.6|  158.9|  154.7|  145.8|   132.4 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   4.8 |    4.2
Iowa...................|  1,592.6|  1,555.7|  1,579.9|  1,545.4|   51.0|   42.7|   53.8|    45.1 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   3.4 |    2.9
Kansas.................|  1,351.2|  1,373.8|  1,332.5|  1,348.6|   67.5|   61.4|   69.7|    56.7 |   5.0 |   4.5 |   5.2 |    4.2
Kentucky...............|  1,860.7|  1,909.1|  1,842.6|  1,872.8|   98.0|   95.3|   86.1|    88.9 |   5.3 |   5.0 |   4.7 |    4.7
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Louisiana..............|  1,995.8|  2,021.4|  1,978.7|  1,986.9|  167.1|  150.3|  164.1|   135.1 |   8.4 |   7.4 |   8.3 |    6.8
Maine..................|    628.2|    660.9|    622.8|    662.6|   36.0|   31.8|   36.8|    32.7 |   5.7 |   4.8 |   5.9 |    4.9
Maryland...............|  2,755.8|  2,793.4|  2,725.7|  2,778.7|  136.0|  139.2|  132.0|   140.2 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   4.8 |    5.0
Minnesota..............|  2,581.9|  2,593.6|  2,588.4|  2,597.6|   94.7|   89.2|   95.4|    68.4 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.7 |    2.6
Mississippi............|  1,277.4|  1,271.7|  1,263.2|  1,273.1|   88.4|   77.8|   84.5|    85.9 |   6.9 |   6.1 |   6.7 |    6.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Missouri...............|  2,742.5|  2,865.4|  2,711.8|  2,825.7|  131.1|  152.8|  130.3|   148.1 |   4.8 |   5.3 |   4.8 |    5.2
Montana................|    448.6|    449.5|    445.9|    442.5|   19.6|   21.6|   17.3|    21.1 |   4.4 |   4.8 |   3.9 |    4.8
Nebraska...............|    894.7|    902.4|    883.2|    895.6|   26.6|   24.0|   23.5|    19.7 |   3.0 |   2.7 |   2.7 |    2.2
Nevada.................|    787.6|    829.2|    787.3|    830.6|   49.7|   50.9|   47.2|    46.0 |   6.3 |   6.1 |   6.0 |    5.5
New Hampshire..........|    636.9|    647.4|    641.2|    647.0|   26.3|   22.5|   26.5|    23.6 |   4.1 |   3.5 |   4.1 |    3.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    776.2|    801.3|    769.1|    795.3|   50.0|   49.9|   45.9|    47.7 |   6.4 |   6.2 |   6.0 |    6.0
North Dakota...........|    349.8|    340.4|    349.8|    339.1|   12.8|    9.6|   13.0|     9.3 |   3.7 |   2.8 |   3.7 |    2.7
Oklahoma...............|  1,559.7|  1,579.2|  1,542.8|  1,554.8|   83.8|   69.8|   81.6|    66.1 |   5.4 |   4.4 |   5.3 |    4.3
Oregon.................|  1,688.0|  1,718.3|  1,686.4|  1,710.4|   82.9|   75.2|   78.6|    72.9 |   4.9 |   4.4 |   4.7 |    4.3
Rhode Island...........|    510.3|    492.2|    511.0|    493.8|   34.1|   33.5|   33.9|    31.7 |   6.7 |   6.8 |   6.6 |    6.4
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,863.9|  1,884.2|  1,852.6|  1,880.0|  117.3|  100.5|  112.3|    93.3 |   6.3 |   5.3 |   6.1 |    5.0
South Dakota...........|    386.5|    390.2|    385.1|    388.8|   11.1|    9.4|   12.1|    10.7 |   2.9 |   2.4 |   3.1 |    2.7
Tennessee..............|  2,717.0|  2,730.0|  2,716.8|  2,720.1|  137.0|  149.8|  132.4|   144.0 |   5.0 |   5.5 |   4.9 |    5.3
Utah...................|    991.3|  1,011.2|    995.4|  1,015.6|   37.6|   34.1|   40.2|    36.6 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   4.0 |    3.6
Vermont................|    319.8|    319.9|    320.1|    321.5|   12.6|   11.4|   13.0|    11.8 |   3.9 |   3.6 |   4.1 |    3.7
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Virginia...............|  3,486.9|  3,592.2|  3,465.6|  3,562.3|  175.1|  162.3|  170.1|   159.9 |   5.0 |   4.5 |   4.9 |    4.5
Washington.............|  2,723.5|  2,843.7|  2,709.2|  2,818.1|  156.9|  163.4|  145.5|   161.4 |   5.8 |   5.7 |   5.4 |    5.7
West Virginia..........|    798.3|    807.4|    791.3|    802.4|   66.8|   63.5|   63.6|    62.2 |   8.4 |   7.9 |   8.0 |    7.7
Wisconsin..............|  2,872.4|  2,915.4|  2,837.4|  2,887.8|  133.3|   94.1|  124.4|    81.9 |   4.6 |   3.2 |   4.4 |    2.8
Wyoming................|    255.7|    259.3|    254.3|    257.5|   12.0|   10.5|   11.1|     9.5 |   4.7 |   4.1 |   4.4 |    3.7
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,563.0| 15,687.5| 15,554.2| 15,638.6|1,444.1|1,321.9|1,341.9| 1,216.6 |   9.3 |   8.4 |   8.6 |    7.8
Florida................|  6,863.9|  7,007.1|  6,842.7|  6,848.9|  464.5|  393.7|  450.7|   372.5 |   6.8 |   5.6 |   6.6 |    5.4
Illinois...............|  6,060.8|  6,160.2|  6,003.4|  6,089.0|  348.6|  307.0|  318.9|   350.1 |   5.8 |   5.0 |   5.3 |    5.7
Massachusetts..........|  3,267.3|  3,210.9|  3,225.0|  3,173.4|  197.6|  185.8|  181.8|   161.1 |   6.0 |   5.8 |   5.6 |    5.1
Michigan...............|  4,813.5|  4,803.2|  4,804.0|  4,758.5|  314.6|  286.2|  279.0|   235.2 |   6.5 |   6.0 |   5.8 |    4.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey.............|  4,060.5|  4,172.3|  4,064.5|  4,095.7|  272.2|  291.7|  243.4|   259.4 |   6.7 |   7.0 |   6.0 |    6.3
New York...............|  8,814.2|  8,779.4|  8,640.1|  8,685.2|  612.4|  539.8|  576.4|   595.6 |   6.9 |   6.1 |   6.7 |    6.9
North Carolina.........|  3,652.6|  3,722.9|  3,656.5|  3,678.5|  176.3|  162.2|  179.6|   165.4 |   4.8 |   4.4 |   4.9 |    4.5
Ohio...................|  5,582.6|  5,649.1|  5,525.8|  5,633.6|  319.0|  280.7|  267.3|   275.6 |   5.7 |   5.0 |   4.8 |    4.9
Pennsylvania...........|  5,981.4|  5,978.3|  5,935.3|  5,895.6|  399.6|  344.4|  366.0|   327.4 |   6.7 |   5.8 |   6.2 |    5.6
Texas..................|  9,617.6|  9,760.7|  9,431.4|  9,588.8|  656.6|  610.7|  580.7|   611.0 |   6.8 |   6.3 |   6.2 |    6.4
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Puerto Rico............|  1,224.7|  1,254.2|  1,223.8|  1,244.7|  178.5|  184.6|  180.7|   171.7 |  14.6 |  14.7 |  14.8 |   13.8
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      1/  Published earlier in the employment situation               are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              benchmark and population information becomes available.
      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. All estimates
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |                                  |                               |
                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
             State             |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                               |  Aug.  |  June  |  July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.
                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Alabama.......................| 1,755.6| 1,776.0| 1,767.2|1,771.8|   82.4|   85.0|   84.9|   84.7|  387.5|  384.9|  380.7|  382.1
 Alaska........................|   261.8|   261.6|   262.8|  263.7|   12.2|   12.5|   12.5|   12.6|   17.1|   15.8|   17.1|   17.2
 Arizona.......................| 1,700.1| 1,754.8| 1,761.5|1,758.2|  109.5|  112.6|  112.7|  113.1|  194.4|  201.3|  201.2|  201.3
 Arkansas......................| 1,045.8| 1,070.8| 1,072.2|1,075.8|   42.6|   44.3|   44.9|   45.0|  256.5|  260.8|  259.3|  261.0
 California....................|12,162.1|12,256.4|12,267.2|12300.6|  468.3|  491.4|  494.2|  497.1|1,775.0|1,770.1|1,762.7|1,771.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,763.3| 1,790.3| 1,800.6|1,803.7|   97.7|   95.4|   96.5|   96.8|  191.6|  194.2|  193.4|  193.8
 Connecticut...................| 1,549.4| 1,546.7| 1,542.8|1,546.4|   49.3|   51.4|   49.8|   50.1|  284.7|  281.1|  279.7|  280.1
 Delaware......................|   358.6|   357.3|   364.2|  365.7|   17.4|   17.5|   18.1|   18.5|   63.7|   59.4|   62.7|   62.0
 District of Columbia..........|   655.0|   642.5|   639.2|  639.1|    9.6|   10.1|   10.3|   10.4|   13.0|   13.2|   13.1|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,813.9| 6,002.1| 6,000.9|6,012.8|  302.0|  306.7|  307.0|  306.9|  484.0|  487.6|  484.9|  485.8
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,281.9| 3,396.3| 3,401.4|3,412.5|  141.9|  154.9|  156.1|  157.4|  580.3|  586.6|  585.5|  584.9
 Hawaii2/......................|   535.0|   533.6|   530.2|  528.8|   29.2|   26.8|   26.9|   27.0|   17.6|   16.6|   16.7|   16.7
 Idaho.........................|   465.6|   476.0|   476.5|  477.4|   30.1|   29.7|   29.7|   29.6|   72.2|   73.4|   72.7|   74.6
 Illinois......................| 5,488.9| 5,534.9| 5,536.4|5,540.9|  217.1|  216.9|  217.0|  216.9|  952.3|  956.9|  957.4|  959.2
 Indiana.......................| 2,709.7| 2,750.0| 2,756.0|2,760.3|  129.2|  132.7|  133.3|  130.5|  664.1|  677.5|  673.5|  676.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Iowa..........................| 1,327.3| 1,355.1| 1,356.3|1,357.8|   53.5|   55.4|   55.1|   55.0|  245.6|  249.3|  250.3|  249.6
 Kansas........................| 1,168.9| 1,202.4| 1,200.3|1,199.8|   49.8|   53.3|   53.9|   54.2|  187.7|  195.1|  193.2|  193.4
 Kentucky......................| 1,607.8| 1,636.2| 1,639.7|1,645.6|   76.7|   74.9|   75.0|   75.2|  305.6|  309.7|  308.1|  308.9
 Louisiana.....................| 1,734.9| 1,797.1| 1,788.9|1,794.7|  105.9|  108.3|  109.8|  110.5|  188.3|  192.2|  192.0|  191.6
 Maine.........................|   534.2|   542.4|   540.6|  541.8|   21.3|   21.8|   22.0|   22.0|   91.7|   92.3|   91.7|   91.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,150.2| 2,162.1| 2,161.0|2,159.6|  126.5|  125.9|  125.2|  125.4|  178.0|  177.1|  177.7|  176.5
 Massachusetts.................| 2,924.9| 2,953.8| 2,961.0|2,965.6|   89.5|   92.3|   92.0|   91.7|  450.2|  448.3|  451.7|  449.7
 Michigan......................| 4,157.9| 4,241.5| 4,243.2|4,244.2|  143.5|  159.3|  156.5|  157.3|  955.2|  966.8|  969.9|  968.1
 Minnesota.....................| 2,320.2| 2,369.1| 2,371.5|2,375.1|   81.1|   82.2|   83.2|   82.7|  417.8|  425.5|  425.0|  426.6
 Mississippi...................| 1,068.1| 1,052.4| 1,052.5|1,057.0|   45.4|   48.8|   50.5|   49.4|  262.4|  254.1|  252.6|  252.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,481.7| 2,542.4| 2,539.9|2,537.7|  112.8|  116.1|  114.9|  111.9|  419.4|  424.7|  421.3|  426.5
 Montana.......................|   345.4|   349.3|   353.6|  354.0|   15.7|   15.7|   16.2|   16.6|   23.2|   23.9|   23.9|   23.9
 Nebraska......................|   796.7|   812.6|   810.2|  808.7|   33.6|   31.4|   31.9|   32.4|  109.2|  111.9|  112.7|  111.7
 Nevada........................|   748.5|   777.3|   784.1|  785.2|   57.2|   58.9|   60.0|   60.7|   34.3|   35.6|   35.9|   35.9
 New Hampshire.................|   526.2|   529.9|   529.5|  528.6|   17.8|   20.4|   19.8|   20.1|  100.8|  100.4|  100.3|  100.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,569.7| 3,603.4| 3,607.7|3,613.4|  125.1|  127.8|  128.6|  129.3|  512.2|  498.3|  498.1|  495.6
 New Mexico....................|   659.8|   688.1|   688.4|  692.9|   42.0|   46.9|   46.6|   46.8|   46.0|   46.8|   46.6|   47.1
 New York......................| 7,828.2| 7,848.3| 7,868.7|7,874.2|  252.4|  256.1|  256.2|  255.9|  954.8|  946.2|  948.9|  950.0
 North Carolina................| 3,383.4| 3,433.6| 3,414.9|3,423.0|  167.9|  174.8|  174.8|  175.8|  861.3|  862.2|  861.4|  855.9
 North Dakota..................|   296.8|   301.7|   302.7|  304.5|   13.0|   14.1|   14.2|   14.3|   21.6|   21.5|   21.6|   21.8
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,088.0| 5,169.8| 5,155.3|5,154.3|  206.5|  210.0|  208.8|  209.3|1,073.6|1,097.6|1,091.1|1,083.6
 Oklahoma......................| 1,282.6| 1,302.8| 1,310.3|1,319.7|   47.5|   49.8|   49.5|   50.0|  170.3|  174.7|  173.6|  174.4
 Oregon........................| 1,371.7| 1,419.6| 1,424.5|1,428.6|   62.5|   68.7|   70.1|   71.0|  220.1|  225.4|  226.9|  225.9
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,206.0| 5,204.7| 5,211.4|5,214.7|  204.7|  200.2|  202.1|  203.0|  944.3|  942.6|  938.8|  938.1
 Rhode Island..................|   435.9|   432.7|   429.1|  433.5|   13.2|   12.2|   12.3|   12.0|   87.2|   84.4|   80.7|   84.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,615.3| 1,632.8| 1,634.8|1,634.1|   84.4|   83.9|   83.9|   83.5|  376.4|  371.9|  371.2|  371.8
 South Dakota..................|   333.1|   343.3|   343.4|  343.7|   14.1|   14.4|   14.2|   14.5|   44.1|   46.4|   46.5|   46.2
 Tennessee.....................| 2,428.4| 2,486.4| 2,485.8|2,484.7|  100.8|  107.4|  107.5|  107.5|  539.8|  534.8|  530.8|  531.2
 Texas.........................| 7,818.4| 8,015.8| 8,040.6|8,064.7|  383.7|  404.7|  406.2|  407.6|1,012.0|1,027.2|1,027.0|1,025.4
 Utah..........................|   867.4|   907.5|   915.4|  921.1|   49.1|   56.1|   57.1|   58.7|  117.2|  122.4|  124.2|  126.2
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 Vermont.......................|   263.8|   267.4|   265.9|  265.8|   11.6|   11.6|   11.4|   11.4|   44.0|   44.7|   45.3|   44.8
 Virginia......................| 3,015.9| 3,080.1| 3,080.5|3,078.5|  164.9|  173.5|  172.9|  173.1|  403.1|  404.1|  402.9|  402.7
 Washington....................| 2,312.9| 2,368.2| 2,364.2|2,365.0|  124.4|  126.1|  126.0|  125.7|  336.9|  340.0|  334.8|  333.6
 West Virginia.................|   677.0|   687.5|   684.1|  692.0|   34.7|   35.7|   34.0|   34.9|   81.5|   82.5|   82.9|   83.3
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,493.6| 2,541.8| 2,544.1|2,547.8|   98.3|  103.9|  105.4|  105.8|  584.3|  596.3|  594.9|  595.8
 Wyoming.......................|   218.4|   217.9|   218.2|  220.9|   13.7|   14.0|   14.1|   14.0|   10.1|   10.1|    9.7|   10.0
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                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
  Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
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                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
               State             |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   86.7|   85.8|   85.6|   85.3|  394.7|  402.5|  403.8|  404.3|   77.0|   77.3|   77.0|   77.2
   Alaska........................|   23.5|   23.3|   23.2|   23.4|   53.6|   54.6|   55.0|   55.1|   12.1|   12.3|   12.4|   12.3
   Arizona.......................|   86.8|   88.7|   89.0|   87.9|  415.3|  427.7|  429.2|  430.9|  111.9|  110.7|  110.3|  110.5
   Arkansas......................|   60.0|   62.0|   62.3|   62.4|  235.4|  243.7|  244.6|  244.6|   42.0|   42.9|   43.1|   43.2
   California....................|  616.0|  616.4|  619.9|  621.6|2,823.1|2,832.8|2,847.1|2,850.7|  786.4|  769.0|  768.9|  767.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  107.8|  108.3|  108.9|  110.0|  429.6|  441.7|  445.1|  446.3|  110.5|  110.6|  110.4|  110.3
   Connecticut...................|   70.5|   71.0|   70.8|   70.8|  336.8|  336.5|  336.8|  337.1|  134.6|  133.0|  133.2|  133.1
   Delaware......................|   15.5|   15.6|   15.5|   15.6|   79.1|   80.3|   81.7|   82.7|   39.3|   40.8|   41.0|   41.2
   District of Columbia..........|   21.1|   20.1|   20.1|   19.8|   52.5|   53.3|   53.3|   53.2|   31.4|   30.7|   30.8|   31.0
   Florida.......................|  295.9|  298.5|  299.0|  299.9|1,511.9|1,561.6|1,562.5|1,564.5|  377.2|  383.5|  384.7|  384.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  212.8|  208.0|  207.9|  208.5|  817.8|  855.0|  861.2|  863.2|  173.2|  175.0|  175.6|  175.9
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.7|   41.6|   41.2|   41.1|  132.9|  134.5|  134.2|  134.7|   38.2|   37.8|   37.7|   37.5
   Idaho.........................|   22.1|   22.9|   22.6|   22.4|  117.6|  121.9|  121.8|  121.8|   24.2|   24.0|   24.0|   24.0
   Illinois......................|  316.7|  322.8|  322.0|  322.1|1,276.0|1,294.2|1,293.3|1,294.1|  395.0|  397.3|  397.1|  397.1
   Indiana.......................|  138.4|  139.2|  140.0|  139.7|  648.0|  664.8|  666.1|  668.9|  131.4|  131.2|  130.7|  131.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   58.8|   60.0|   60.1|   60.1|  334.8|  336.0|  340.6|  340.1|   76.7|   78.8|   78.8|   79.0
   Kansas........................|   68.3|   70.3|   69.7|   70.8|  283.9|  288.6|  289.6|  289.1|   58.8|   58.3|   58.7|   58.8
   Kentucky......................|   89.5|   90.9|   90.9|   90.6|  382.1|  391.6|  399.2|  400.8|   65.3|   64.4|   64.3|   64.4
   Louisiana.....................|  111.7|  113.5|  112.7|  113.4|  402.3|  415.3|  412.9|  413.9|   80.5|   81.3|   81.3|   81.3
   Maine.........................|   22.5|   23.3|   22.8|   22.8|  137.0|  138.4|  138.3|  138.0|   26.5|   26.6|   26.5|   26.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  104.5|  104.3|  104.3|  104.5|  515.4|  518.2|  518.0|  518.8|  133.7|  130.5|  130.3|  129.7
   Massachusetts.................|  127.7|  126.7|  126.8|  127.7|  674.9|  677.3|  681.9|  681.1|  209.8|  212.1|  212.1|  212.8
   Michigan......................|  162.8|  163.3|  162.8|  164.0|  969.8|  997.2|1,005.3|1,005.6|  197.0|  195.7|  196.1|  196.7
   Minnesota.....................|  113.1|  116.3|  116.5|  116.9|  560.9|  573.2|  573.5|  574.5|  139.9|  140.6|  140.8|  140.9
   Mississippi...................|   48.5|   47.3|   46.9|   47.4|  219.8|  218.4|  217.9|  218.2|   39.6|   39.0|   39.1|   39.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  157.2|  155.7|  156.6|  156.2|  587.1|  613.2|  614.3|  610.9|  147.2|  148.0|  149.1|  148.8
   Montana.......................|   20.8|   20.7|   20.7|   20.9|   93.9|   95.1|   95.4|   95.4|   15.8|   16.0|   16.2|   16.2
   Nebraska......................|   48.3|   50.5|   49.4|   49.6|  198.2|  203.7|  203.4|  202.9|   51.4|   52.4|   52.5|   52.6
   Nevada........................|   38.5|   39.6|   39.9|   40.2|  145.8|  152.7|  152.9|  153.8|   34.5|   35.6|   35.8|   36.3
   New Hampshire.................|   18.7|   18.9|   18.8|   19.0|  134.4|  137.0|  136.3|  135.6|   29.5|   29.5|   29.4|   29.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  245.1|  245.0|  245.5|  246.4|  837.9|  856.3|  856.4|  859.0|  230.7|  231.7|  231.8|  232.4
   New Mexico....................|   30.0|   30.3|   30.6|   30.8|  156.7|  164.4|  164.3|  165.7|   29.5|   31.3|   31.4|   31.7
   New York......................|  399.2|  396.1|  396.7|  396.8|1,583.4|1,599.2|1,601.7|1,605.5|  738.8|  731.1|  732.3|  731.3
   North Carolina................|  161.8|  160.1|  160.3|  159.8|  769.6|  783.7|  783.2|  784.7|  143.6|  148.3|  148.5|  149.5
   North Dakota..................|   18.5|   18.8|   18.8|   19.0|   77.2|   79.2|   79.3|   79.6|   14.0|   14.2|   14.1|   14.2
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   Ohio..........................|  223.7|  226.9|  226.9|  226.0|1,228.7|1,242.9|1,244.1|1,244.2|  270.9|  271.7|  271.7|  271.9
   Oklahoma......................|   73.1|   74.3|   74.7|   75.2|  302.2|  307.8|  311.4|  313.0|   64.2|   65.0|   64.5|   64.2
   Oregon........................|   69.2|   70.9|   71.0|   70.8|  344.3|  355.7|  356.9|  357.6|   89.4|   90.3|   90.2|   90.6
   Pennsylvania..................|  273.1|  271.0|  270.1|  269.4|1,169.3|1,172.5|1,176.6|1,175.9|  310.5|  312.5|  313.4|  314.2
   Rhode Island..................|   14.9|   14.2|   14.2|   14.3|   95.2|   96.5|   96.5|   96.2|   25.6|   25.2|   24.9|   24.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   70.4|   71.2|   71.2|   71.2|  367.8|  375.7|  376.1|  377.5|   68.8|   69.0|   69.0|   69.3
   South Dakota..................|   15.7|   15.9|   15.7|   15.6|   84.8|   87.5|   87.4|   87.3|   18.1|   19.4|   19.5|   19.6
   Tennessee.....................|  136.1|  137.7|  137.4|  136.9|  567.7|  591.9|  593.6|  593.7|  109.0|  110.8|  111.0|  110.9
   Texas.........................|  460.0|  475.0|  476.3|  477.8|1,887.8|1,948.3|1,954.5|1,958.4|  443.7|  445.8|  446.1|  445.3
   Utah..........................|   49.9|   51.7|   52.5|   52.3|  207.9|  217.6|  220.7|  222.0|   46.2|   47.3|   47.0|   47.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.4|   11.6|   11.6|   11.6|   62.8|   64.1|   64.0|   64.0|   12.2|   12.3|   12.4|   12.4
   Virginia......................|  152.9|  158.1|  158.6|  158.2|  679.3|  698.9|  700.7|  701.3|  164.4|  167.1|  168.0|  168.3
   Washington....................|  117.5|  119.1|  118.9|  119.6|  567.0|  586.8|  588.6|  591.5|  124.4|  123.5|  123.1|  123.1
   West Virginia.................|   40.1|   40.7|   40.4|   40.8|  154.8|  159.7|  159.3|  160.7|   25.9|   26.2|   26.1|   26.1
   Wisconsin.....................|  115.6|  117.5|  117.4|  117.6|  570.7|  583.9|  585.0|  584.1|  134.6|  136.7|  136.3|  136.8
   Wyoming.......................|   14.1|   14.0|   14.0|   14.0|   50.5|   50.6|   50.8|   51.2|    7.9|    8.0|    7.9|    7.9
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
             Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally
                   adjusted-Continued
 
                   (In thousands)
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |           Services            |          Government
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________
                               State             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Aug.  | June  | July  | Aug.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  375.1|  382.1|  382.8|  383.7|  341.7|  347.4|  341.3|  343.4
                   Alaska........................|   58.7|   59.8|   60.1|   60.1|   74.1|   73.7|   72.9|   73.5
                   Arizona.......................|  485.3|  502.8|  505.6|  506.7|  284.7|  298.1|  300.6|  294.9
                   Arkansas......................|  230.4|  237.7|  239.2|  239.9|  175.3|  176.0|  175.5|  176.5
                   California....................|3,564.1|3,642.2|3,646.6|3,658.1|2,097.2|2,104.1|2,097.8|2,104.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  508.5|  522.1|  524.7|  524.0|  302.0|  302.6|  305.9|  306.9
                   Connecticut...................|  452.4|  457.7|  456.0|  458.9|  220.4|  215.4|  215.8|  215.5
                   Delaware......................|   92.4|   93.3|   94.6|   95.2|   51.1|   50.3|   50.5|   50.4
                   District of Columbia..........|  261.0|  261.8|  259.9|  257.6|  266.3|  253.2|  251.6|  253.8
                   Florida.......................|1,943.7|2,033.1|2,042.5|2,055.8|  892.0|  924.0|  913.2|  907.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  785.6|  834.3|  835.3|  840.6|  562.5|  574.8|  572.1|  574.4
                   Hawaii2/......................|  163.3|  164.8|  163.7|  163.4|  112.1|  111.5|  109.8|  108.4
                   Idaho.........................|  104.3|  106.7|  106.7|  107.4|   92.7|   94.6|   96.1|   94.7
                   Illinois......................|1,526.4|1,546.2|1,547.6|1,550.2|  790.9|  786.6|  788.2|  787.6
                   Indiana.......................|  610.9|  621.0|  624.8|  626.9|  381.0|  377.2|  381.2|  380.0
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                   Iowa..........................|  329.9|  343.9|  344.0|  345.0|  225.8|  229.6|  225.3|  226.8
                   Kansas........................|  279.0|  287.2|  288.3|  289.1|  233.1|  241.3|  238.6|  236.1
                   Kentucky......................|  382.0|  388.9|  390.1|  392.2|  278.8|  289.1|  285.6|  286.7
                   Louisiana.....................|  449.4|  476.9|  480.7|  482.9|  348.6|  359.6|  349.7|  351.0
                   Maine.........................|  142.6|  148.0|  148.5|  149.6|   92.4|   91.8|   90.6|   91.3
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                   Maryland......................|  671.7|  683.2|  685.1|  686.1|  419.3|  421.8|  419.3|  417.5
                   Massachusetts.................|  981.8|  999.3|1,002.5|1,006.7|  389.6|  396.3|  392.5|  394.4
                   Michigan......................|1,083.1|1,110.0|1,101.4|1,107.8|  637.7|  640.6|  642.5|  636.0
                   Minnesota.....................|  639.1|  657.9|  659.4|  661.0|  360.7|  365.7|  365.5|  365.0
                   Mississippi...................|  225.0|  215.0|  214.1|  217.1|  222.4|  225.1|  226.8|  228.5
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                   Missouri......................|  670.5|  683.7|  685.7|  683.7|  382.9|  396.2|  393.3|  395.0
                   Montana.......................|   92.7|   97.9|   98.9|   99.2|   77.8|   74.6|   77.0|   76.4
                   Nebraska......................|  203.5|  211.5|  210.7|  210.2|  151.2|  150.0|  148.3|  148.0
                   Nevada........................|  332.8|  345.9|  348.5|  350.4|   93.1|   95.5|   97.6|   94.3
                   New Hampshire.................|  146.4|  144.1|  144.5|  145.1|   78.1|   79.1|   79.9|   78.7
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                   New Jersey....................|1,047.1|1,071.9|1,077.0|1,080.8|  569.7|  570.4|  568.3|  568.0
                   New Mexico....................|  177.3|  186.3|  187.8|  188.5|  162.8|  166.1|  165.3|  166.6
                   New York......................|2,470.4|2,528.8|2,534.4|2,539.2|1,424.0|1,385.3|1,393.0|1,390.1
                   North Carolina................|  730.2|  745.0|  745.1|  748.7|  545.5|  555.8|  537.8|  544.8
                   North Dakota..................|   81.0|   83.2|   84.4|   84.5|   67.7|   67.0|   66.7|   67.4
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                   Ohio..........................|1,330.6|1,360.6|1,360.1|1,362.6|  739.7|  746.5|  738.7|  742.8
                   Oklahoma......................|  318.4|  328.9|  333.7|  338.5|  271.9|  268.7|  269.4|  271.1
                   Oregon........................|  349.8|  367.8|  370.6|  374.2|  234.9|  239.1|  237.1|  236.8
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,570.3|1,573.1|1,579.1|1,576.9|  713.4|  713.2|  712.1|  718.0
                   Rhode Island..................|  137.9|  138.5|  138.6|  139.0|   61.7|   61.5|   61.7|   62.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  348.2|  356.9|  357.2|  358.0|  297.4|  302.3|  304.3|  300.9
                   South Dakota..................|   87.2|   89.6|   90.1|   90.5|   66.8|   67.6|   67.5|   67.5
                   Tennessee.....................|  604.6|  629.0|  632.5|  630.9|  365.7|  369.9|  368.1|  368.6
                   Texas.........................|2,033.0|2,113.2|2,117.6|2,126.2|1,434.7|1,445.4|1,457.0|1,468.7
                   Utah..........................|  228.3|  239.8|  242.3|  242.4|  160.5|  164.2|  163.3|  164.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   76.6|   77.8|   77.1|   77.2|   44.7|   44.7|   43.5|   43.7
                   Virginia......................|  835.8|  869.8|  872.7|  874.7|  603.5|  597.7|  593.8|  589.4
                   Washington....................|  602.4|  624.2|  626.3|  628.0|  436.9|  445.1|  443.1|  440.0
                   West Virginia.................|  175.0|  179.2|  180.2|  180.7|  136.7|  136.5|  133.8|  138.2
                   Wisconsin.....................|  622.9|  636.3|  637.5|  640.5|  364.7|  364.5|  365.0|  364.5
                   Wyoming.......................|   45.2|   45.9|   45.9|   46.1|   59.4|   57.6|   58.4|   60.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to reflect March
                   1994 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Estimates subsequent to the
                   current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
                   available.
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
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             State             |      July       |      Aug.      |     July      |     Aug.      |     July      |     Aug.
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
                                _________________ ________________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
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                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
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 Alabama.......................| 1,747.0| 1,763.4| 1,745.9|1,761.7|   84.1|   86.6|   84.5|   86.8|  382.7|  378.6|  389.1|  383.6
 Alaska........................|   278.4|   280.6|   279.8|  281.2|   15.0|   15.4|   15.6|   16.1|   25.9|   26.2|   23.8|   23.9
 Arizona.......................| 1,639.2| 1,721.4| 1,668.5|1,724.4|  111.3|  114.6|  112.6|  115.9|  193.8|  201.7|  195.2|  202.6
 Arkansas......................| 1,032.7| 1,064.8| 1,041.7|1,071.8|   44.2|   47.0|   44.7|   47.1|  256.3|  261.0|  257.8|  262.2
 California....................|12,114.6|12,233.9|12,118.9|12258.3|  479.7|  507.9|  488.5|  517.4|1,791.3|1,778.3|1,802.9|1,800.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,761.1| 1,799.7| 1,762.2|1,803.3|  104.3|  103.9|  104.9|  104.1|  192.4|  194.0|  192.3|  194.5
 Connecticut...................| 1,539.2| 1,536.4| 1,536.2|1,533.2|   53.3|   54.1|   54.7|   55.1|  282.6|  276.2|  282.7|  276.8
 Delaware......................|   358.3|   367.8|   361.5|  368.8|   18.5|   19.1|   18.3|   19.4|   61.2|   62.6|   64.2|   62.5
 District of Columbia..........|   669.0|   652.6|   650.3|  636.9|    9.6|   10.4|    9.8|   10.6|   13.1|   13.1|   13.1|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,719.2| 5,911.9| 5,711.9|5,908.9|  300.8|  307.1|  303.3|  308.1|  481.4|  481.8|  481.4|  483.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,257.4| 3,397.1| 3,277.6|3,409.0|  141.3|  160.5|  146.0|  162.0|  572.3|  583.8|  580.9|  585.5
 Hawaii2/......................|   532.4|   528.4|   530.5|  524.0|   29.5|   27.4|   29.6|   27.3|   17.9|   17.0|   17.9|   17.0
 Idaho.........................|   468.1|   477.3|   470.1|  478.0|   32.7|   31.8|   33.0|   32.0|   73.5|   74.3|   73.6|   75.2
 Illinois......................| 5,498.2| 5,548.8| 5,494.9|5,546.9|  233.3|  232.8|  235.5|  235.4|  953.3|  958.8|  955.6|  962.9
 Indiana.......................| 2,693.0| 2,742.4| 2,701.5|2,751.6|  138.6|  142.4|  139.1|  140.3|  658.3|  674.9|  668.2|  680.5
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 Iowa..........................| 1,320.1| 1,347.4| 1,318.3|1,348.7|   60.7|   62.1|   60.7|   62.3|  248.5|  251.9|  247.5|  251.5
 Kansas........................| 1,149.2| 1,187.6| 1,159.7|1,189.7|   54.9|   58.0|   54.4|   57.9|  188.7|  194.0|  188.0|  193.6
 Kentucky......................| 1,602.5| 1,636.5| 1,605.6|1,643.3|   80.7|   79.1|   80.8|   79.3|  306.8|  309.3|  307.2|  310.4
 Louisiana.....................| 1,718.9| 1,786.0| 1,726.1|1,786.4|  104.1|  109.9|  106.4|  110.5|  188.3|  191.7|  189.4|  191.8
 Maine.........................|   536.9|   548.6|   541.5|  554.0|   23.3|   24.5|   23.5|   24.8|   90.0|   90.5|   93.6|   93.8
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 Maryland......................| 2,162.2| 2,170.1| 2,148.5|2,158.0|  133.2|  132.1|  133.5|  132.5|  180.0|  178.2|  179.0|  177.5
 Massachusetts.................| 2,906.0| 2,952.5| 2,912.8|2,953.7|   95.7|   98.6|   97.3|   99.5|  445.0|  445.7|  449.6|  449.3
 Michigan......................| 4,118.3| 4,212.0| 4,138.7|4,226.1|  159.5|  173.7|  159.4|  174.8|  936.2|  955.8|  954.5|  966.8
 Minnesota.....................| 2,317.3| 2,368.5| 2,319.2|2,373.1|   93.1|   94.5|   94.0|   95.6|  423.5|  430.8|  426.3|  435.0
 Mississippi...................| 1,056.9| 1,043.3| 1,060.3|1,049.6|   46.1|   51.5|   46.6|   50.6|  260.4|  251.2|  262.0|  252.1
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 Missouri......................| 2,473.6| 2,535.0| 2,473.9|2,528.5|  121.3|  123.1|  120.8|  119.7|  412.9|  420.0|  418.8|  425.7
 Montana.......................|   342.4|   354.4|   349.8|  358.6|   17.5|   18.1|   18.2|   19.1|   23.5|   24.2|   23.6|   24.3
 Nebraska......................|   795.9|   806.1|   795.1|  807.0|   37.0|   34.6|   36.8|   34.9|  108.5|  111.8|  109.6|  112.1
 Nevada........................|   738.1|   781.2|   748.2|  784.7|   58.0|   61.4|   58.8|   62.3|   34.0|   36.1|   34.6|   36.2
 New Hampshire.................|   525.4|   526.2|   526.7|  529.1|   20.2|   21.8|   20.1|   22.4|   99.2|   98.0|  100.9|  100.1
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,584.5| 3,632.3| 3,586.0|3,630.0|  130.8|  135.1|  132.4|  136.7|  507.2|  494.6|  514.4|  497.8
 New Mexico....................|   657.8|   688.3|   658.7|  691.7|   43.2|   48.3|   43.6|   48.6|   45.2|   46.6|   46.8|   48.0
 New York......................| 7,816.2| 7,860.5| 7,809.2|7,856.6|  269.4|  274.5|  273.0|  276.5|  955.1|  946.5|  958.5|  953.7
 North Carolina................| 3,335.8| 3,380.5| 3,362.5|3,402.3|  171.7|  179.0|  171.5|  179.4|  856.9|  858.0|  865.6|  860.5
 North Dakota..................|   296.1|   302.4|   296.7|  303.5|   15.3|   16.4|   15.5|   16.6|   21.3|   21.7|   21.6|   21.7
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,072.1| 5,153.3| 5,087.6|5,154.2|  225.4|  227.8|  227.2|  230.0|1,059.8|1,086.3|1,076.1|1,085.8
 Oklahoma......................| 1,276.4| 1,306.1| 1,276.9|1,309.6|   49.5|   51.3|   49.6|   51.5|  172.2|  174.0|  171.1|  174.4
 Oregon........................| 1,362.4| 1,419.5| 1,373.6|1,430.4|   65.2|   73.4|   67.4|   75.9|  228.2|  233.6|  230.7|  236.3
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,185.7| 5,197.1| 5,188.0|5,195.5|  220.7|  218.2|  222.2|  220.4|  944.8|  939.0|  951.0|  944.6
 Rhode Island..................|   431.7|   426.9|   437.4|  434.1|   14.5|   13.7|   14.8|   13.4|   84.0|   77.4|   87.5|   85.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,605.0| 1,623.8| 1,606.5|1,625.1|   86.0|   84.9|   85.4|   84.5|  375.9|  369.6|  375.5|  370.9
 South Dakota..................|   337.9|   346.6|   336.9|  346.8|   16.2|   16.4|   16.2|   16.8|   44.4|   46.9|   44.5|   46.7
 Tennessee.....................| 2,422.7| 2,479.2| 2,430.6|2,487.0|  105.2|  111.6|  104.9|  111.8|  539.4|  529.7|  540.1|  531.4
 Texas.........................| 7,763.1| 8,020.8| 7,787.5|8,035.9|  388.9|  413.9|  390.7|  414.9|1,013.1|1,028.6|1,015.0|1,028.3
 Utah..........................|   857.5|   907.3|   865.4|  918.3|   51.1|   59.5|   52.5|   62.1|  117.1|  124.1|  117.9|  126.7
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   261.2|   262.8|   262.0|  262.9|   13.4|   12.8|   13.7|   13.0|   44.1|   44.9|   44.3|   45.1
 Virginia......................| 3,007.6| 3,076.6| 3,011.6|3,067.7|  171.3|  179.6|  171.7|  180.5|  403.1|  402.0|  404.9|  404.3
 Washington....................| 2,300.8| 2,356.7| 2,313.8|2,358.9|  130.5|  132.1|  133.4|  134.3|  338.5|  336.4|  343.2|  339.1
 West Virginia.................|   679.6|   691.6|   678.0|  690.5|   36.9|   37.1|   37.6|   37.9|   82.0|   82.9|   82.0|   83.6
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,502.7| 2,554.8| 2,504.0|2,557.6|  108.4|  114.2|  107.8|  114.3|  593.4|  604.5|  596.2|  607.6
 Wyoming.......................|   221.9|   223.0|   224.7|  226.0|   15.5|   16.1|   15.8|   16.1|   10.0|    9.9|   10.2|   10.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Puerto Rico...................|   903.8|   914.5|   902.9|  905.3|   46.3|   47.6|   46.2|   47.1|  149.6|  151.9|  151.1|  152.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
   Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
                                 |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
               State             |               |               |               |               |               |
                                 |     July      |     Aug.      |     July      |     Aug.      |     July      |     Aug.
                                 |               |               |               |               |               |
                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   87.1|   86.0|   87.3|   85.9|  393.8|  403.3|  394.6|  404.1|   77.6|   77.7|   77.5|   77.7
   Alaska........................|   25.6|   25.2|   25.6|   25.4|   56.7|   58.3|   57.1|   58.4|   12.4|   12.6|   12.5|   12.6
   Arizona.......................|   86.2|   89.4|   87.2|   88.3|  406.2|  422.5|  409.0|  424.3|  111.7|  110.6|  111.9|  110.8
   Arkansas......................|   59.9|   62.4|   60.3|   62.7|  235.5|  245.8|  237.6|  246.9|   42.3|   43.5|   42.3|   43.5
   California....................|  619.9|  623.3|  618.7|  624.4|2,819.4|2,843.5|2,822.7|2,850.0|  790.5|  770.6|  788.9|  769.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  108.5|  109.1|  108.2|  110.5|  431.8|  448.0|  432.4|  449.3|  111.5|  111.3|  111.2|  111.1
   Connecticut...................|   68.8|   69.3|   68.5|   69.0|  336.3|  336.6|  336.1|  336.5|  136.1|  134.4|  135.7|  134.3
   Delaware......................|   15.0|   15.3|   15.1|   15.2|   81.8|   84.6|   81.7|   85.4|   39.6|   41.5|   39.7|   41.6
   District of Columbia..........|   21.0|   20.5|   21.2|   20.2|   52.8|   53.5|   52.3|   53.1|   31.5|   31.1|   31.5|   31.2
   Florida.......................|  294.2|  298.7|  295.1|  299.0|1,483.8|1,540.0|1,490.3|1,542.6|  378.0|  385.9|  377.6|  385.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  212.7|  208.3|  213.3|  209.0|  816.4|  861.7|  819.6|  865.0|  174.1|  176.4|  174.0|  176.7
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.7|   41.2|   41.5|   40.9|  133.2|  135.1|  133.3|  134.6|   38.6|   37.9|   38.5|   37.7
   Idaho.........................|   22.1|   22.6|   22.3|   22.6|  118.8|  122.8|  119.4|  122.9|   24.4|   24.2|   24.4|   24.2
   Illinois......................|  315.5|  320.7|  315.5|  320.8|1,285.1|1,301.5|1,283.4|1,300.9|  399.4|  401.1|  398.3|  400.3
   Indiana.......................|  139.4|  140.8|  139.3|  140.5|  649.6|  668.9|  652.2|  673.1|  134.1|  133.2|  133.5|  133.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   59.6|   60.6|   59.3|   60.6|  337.2|  342.1|  337.3|  342.5|   77.7|   79.8|   77.4|   79.7
   Kansas........................|   68.3|   69.8|   68.5|   70.5|  283.6|  290.0|  285.6|  289.2|   59.6|   59.3|   59.5|   59.2
   Kentucky......................|   90.0|   91.3|   89.9|   91.0|  382.4|  400.8|  383.5|  402.2|   65.6|   64.7|   65.6|   64.7
   Louisiana.....................|  111.4|  113.2|  112.1|  113.7|  400.5|  413.7|  404.2|  414.9|   81.0|   81.5|   81.0|   81.5
   Maine.........................|   23.3|   23.3|   23.1|   23.4|  142.4|  146.6|  144.0|  147.4|   26.9|   26.8|   26.9|   26.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  103.6|  103.5|  103.7|  103.7|  522.9|  525.9|  521.8|  525.2|  135.8|  131.7|  134.8|  130.8
   Massachusetts.................|  125.3|  124.2|  125.2|  125.1|  674.3|  685.2|  677.7|  684.1|  211.2|  213.6|  210.9|  213.9
   Michigan......................|  164.7|  164.6|  165.2|  166.5|  979.4|1,014.2|  977.9|1,014.0|  201.2|  199.2|  199.9|  199.6
   Minnesota.....................|  112.9|  114.9|  111.5|  115.1|  564.2|  577.3|  568.0|  581.4|  141.1|  142.0|  140.9|  141.9
   Mississippi...................|   48.8|   47.3|   48.9|   47.8|  219.8|  218.4|  220.8|  219.2|   39.8|   39.5|   40.0|   39.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  156.1|  156.4|  157.2|  156.2|  591.4|  618.2|  593.2|  617.0|  149.5|  150.9|  148.8|  150.4
   Montana.......................|   20.9|   20.8|   20.9|   21.0|   96.1|   98.2|   97.2|   98.7|   16.0|   16.4|   16.0|   16.4
   Nebraska......................|   48.0|   49.1|   48.3|   49.4|  204.5|  203.3|  200.5|  203.6|   51.9|   52.9|   52.0|   52.9
   Nevada........................|   38.3|   40.1|   38.6|   40.3|  144.6|  152.9|  146.2|  154.2|   34.4|   36.0|   34.6|   36.4
   New Hampshire.................|   18.4|   18.4|   18.0|   18.3|  138.8|  139.5|  138.3|  139.4|   29.8|   29.8|   29.8|   29.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  241.1|  242.3|  240.9|  242.2|  845.6|  866.6|  847.1|  868.1|  234.9|  235.7|  234.0|  235.7
   New Mexico....................|   29.0|   29.6|   29.2|   29.9|  158.1|  166.1|  158.6|  167.5|   29.8|   31.9|   29.8|   32.0
   New York......................|  395.8|  392.7|  394.9|  392.4|1,585.0|1,606.9|1,587.4|1,609.4|  747.5|  740.4|  746.6|  739.3
   North Carolina................|  162.3|  160.3|  162.5|  160.4|  769.5|  785.0|  773.0|  788.1|  144.9|  150.1|  144.9|  150.8
   North Dakota..................|   18.5|   18.8|   18.4|   19.0|   77.6|   79.9|   78.1|   80.4|   14.1|   14.2|   14.1|   14.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  226.1|  228.7|  226.1|  228.5|1,237.7|1,253.6|1,241.6|1,257.1|  274.4|  275.2|  274.2|  275.2
   Oklahoma......................|   74.0|   75.2|   73.5|   75.3|  303.9|  313.6|  305.6|  315.1|   65.0|   65.2|   64.7|   64.9
   Oregon........................|   68.5|   70.6|   69.3|   70.9|  345.5|  359.5|  349.5|  363.0|   89.9|   91.2|   90.3|   91.5
   Pennsylvania..................|  267.5|  264.2|  266.9|  263.2|1,167.5|1,178.5|1,171.8|1,178.5|  314.8|  318.1|  314.6|  318.3
   Rhode Island..................|   14.7|   14.2|   14.6|   14.2|   96.2|   98.0|   97.6|   98.1|   25.7|   25.1|   25.8|   25.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   70.6|   71.4|   70.9|   71.7|  372.1|  380.9|  372.4|  382.1|   70.0|   70.3|   69.8|   70.3
   South Dakota..................|   15.6|   15.7|   15.6|   15.5|   87.9|   89.8|   87.8|   90.0|   18.3|   19.8|   18.3|   19.8
   Tennessee.....................|  136.3|  137.7|  137.0|  137.9|  569.5|  596.6|  571.9|  597.8|  109.5|  111.7|  109.8|  111.7
   Texas.........................|  459.5|  477.7|  461.4|  479.2|1,882.4|1,957.4|1,894.5|1,965.9|  444.8|  447.9|  445.7|  447.1
   Utah..........................|   49.6|   52.4|   50.3|   52.6|  207.4|  220.0|  209.6|  222.9|   46.0|   47.2|   46.3|   47.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.5|   11.7|   11.4|   11.7|   63.6|   64.5|   64.3|   64.9|   12.3|   12.6|   12.3|   12.5
   Virginia......................|  154.2|  159.6|  154.5|  159.1|  680.3|  704.7|  684.0|  703.4|  166.1|  170.3|  166.4|  170.4
   Washington....................|  118.0|  120.6|  119.3|  120.9|  569.5|  592.7|  575.1|  597.7|  125.6|  124.0|  125.8|  124.2
   West Virginia.................|   40.5|   40.8|   40.4|   41.1|  154.8|  160.5|  156.6|  162.0|   26.0|   26.4|   26.1|   26.3
   Wisconsin.....................|  113.9|  115.4|  113.7|  115.6|  578.6|  592.7|  580.8|  594.3|  135.7|  137.7|  135.7|  137.9
   Wyoming.......................|   14.3|   14.2|   14.3|   14.2|   53.5|   53.9|   54.1|   54.4|    8.1|    8.1|    8.1|    8.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Puerto Rico...................|   23.0|   23.6|   23.6|   23.6|  171.0|  170.0|  171.7|  168.3|   41.2|   40.8|   41.0|   40.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
             Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally
                   adjusted-Continued
 
                   (In thousands)
 
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |           Services            |          Government
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________
                                                 |               |               |               |
                               State             |     July      |     Aug.      |     July      |     Aug.
                                                 |               |               |               |
                                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  373.4|  382.0|  374.4|  382.9|  337.6|  338.2|  328.1|  329.7
                   Alaska........................|   61.9|   63.8|   62.4|   63.9|   70.0|   69.1|   71.6|   70.9
                   Arizona.......................|  479.8|  502.1|  481.9|  501.1|  237.8|  267.5|  258.4|  268.4
                   Arkansas......................|  232.3|  241.8|  233.2|  242.8|  158.6|  159.9|  162.1|  163.3
                   California....................|3,561.8|3,653.9|3,571.3|3,665.4|2,019.6|2,026.0|1,993.4|2,001.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  514.9|  531.0|  514.9|  530.8|  282.0|  286.6|  282.6|  287.3
                   Connecticut...................|  454.9|  459.8|  454.5|  459.2|  206.4|  205.2|  203.2|  201.5
                   Delaware......................|   92.8|   95.4|   93.0|   95.8|   49.3|   49.2|   49.4|   48.8
                   District of Columbia..........|  258.4|  257.6|  257.8|  255.5|  282.5|  266.3|  264.5|  253.0
                   Florida.......................|1,925.7|2,030.2|1,926.5|2,037.3|  848.2|  861.1|  830.5|  846.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  785.6|  842.0|  791.6|  847.3|  547.3|  556.7|  544.4|  555.9
                   Hawaii2/......................|  164.3|  164.7|  162.7|  163.1|  107.2|  105.1|  107.0|  103.4
                   Idaho.........................|  106.2|  108.1|  107.4|  109.3|   87.7|   90.5|   87.3|   88.8
                   Illinois......................|1,546.0|1,567.7|1,546.2|1,570.4|  750.5|  751.9|  745.3|  741.9
                   Indiana.......................|  612.1|  624.2|  610.3|  626.1|  353.9|  351.4|  351.9|  350.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Iowa..........................|  325.8|  340.1|  326.1|  341.3|  208.2|  208.5|  207.6|  208.5
                   Kansas........................|  281.1|  289.5|  281.6|  290.0|  204.6|  218.6|  213.7|  220.9
                   Kentucky......................|  384.2|  392.8|  384.1|  394.6|  264.8|  271.8|  266.6|  274.2
                   Louisiana.....................|  448.7|  479.3|  450.1|  481.0|  337.6|  346.9|  334.7|  342.9
                   Maine.........................|  148.3|  157.0|  149.5|  158.7|   82.5|   79.7|   80.7|   79.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Maryland......................|  682.6|  695.1|  678.0|  692.2|  403.0|  402.5|  396.6|  395.0
                   Massachusetts.................|  982.2|1,008.5|  983.8|1,008.7|  370.8|  375.1|  366.8|  371.5
                   Michigan......................|1,087.6|1,110.2|1,093.0|1,117.8|  580.6|  585.3|  579.5|  577.5
                   Minnesota.....................|  642.0|  663.4|  643.7|  665.6|  332.5|  337.4|  326.5|  330.3
                   Mississippi...................|  231.5|  218.2|  223.7|  216.0|  205.5|  212.6|  213.3|  219.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  677.7|  693.9|  678.4|  691.7|  360.0|  367.7|  352.0|  363.0
                   Montana.......................|   95.0|  101.4|   95.4|  102.1|   67.5|   69.7|   72.8|   71.4
                   Nebraska......................|  202.6|  210.6|  204.3|  210.3|  142.0|  142.4|  142.2|  142.4
                   Nevada........................|  329.8|  350.0|  335.1|  352.6|   86.4|   90.9|   87.8|   88.9
                   New Hampshire.................|  149.7|  148.0|  150.1|  148.9|   68.8|   70.2|   69.0|   69.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|1,063.5|1,097.3|1,063.3|1,097.1|  559.4|  558.6|  551.9|  550.4
                   New Mexico....................|  180.0|  191.2|  179.8|  191.1|  157.0|  158.7|  155.1|  158.6
                   New York......................|2,469.5|2,536.9|2,468.3|2,536.7|1,388.5|1,356.8|1,374.9|1,342.8
                   North Carolina................|  736.8|  753.3|  736.4|  754.7|  490.1|  491.0|  505.1|  504.6
                   North Dakota..................|   81.5|   84.7|   81.7|   84.8|   63.9|   62.9|   63.3|   62.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,343.5|1,375.1|1,343.9|1,376.2|  690.3|  692.2|  683.8|  687.1
                   Oklahoma......................|  320.8|  338.0|  321.4|  339.5|  256.0|  255.3|  256.0|  255.6
                   Oregon........................|  347.8|  370.6|  350.1|  374.6|  215.6|  218.8|  214.7|  216.4
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,570.7|1,582.3|1,569.2|1,575.3|  678.5|  677.2|  671.5|  675.6
                   Rhode Island..................|  138.2|  139.0|  139.3|  139.0|   58.2|   59.3|   57.6|   59.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  350.6|  360.6|  351.0|  360.9|  277.9|  284.2|  279.6|  282.8
                   South Dakota..................|   90.0|   92.6|   90.5|   92.9|   63.0|   62.8|   61.5|   62.5
                   Tennessee.....................|  611.9|  638.7|  610.6|  636.8|  346.2|  348.2|  351.6|  354.6
                   Texas.........................|2,038.6|2,134.5|2,040.3|2,134.7|1,372.0|1,404.9|1,376.4|1,410.5
                   Utah..........................|  226.9|  242.1|  230.4|  244.1|  151.1|  153.7|  150.0|  154.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   77.6|   78.1|   78.0|   77.8|   38.1|   37.5|   37.4|   37.2
                   Virginia......................|  839.9|  880.6|  844.8|  881.9|  580.8|  568.9|  573.3|  557.2
                   Washington....................|  603.6|  626.9|  608.2|  629.9|  411.6|  420.5|  405.2|  409.2
                   West Virginia.................|  175.9|  180.6|  176.4|  180.9|  135.4|  135.9|  130.6|  131.4
                   Wisconsin.....................|  626.4|  646.4|  630.8|  648.8|  343.4|  340.9|  336.0|  336.1
                   Wyoming.......................|   51.1|   51.8|   50.7|   51.7|   51.5|   51.2|   53.4|   53.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Puerto Rico...................|  154.0|  156.9|  152.5|  156.4|  317.8|  322.7|  315.8|  316.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      3/  Not available.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to March 1994
                   benchmark levels.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
                   will be revised when new information becomes available.
 
 
 
 
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |              July               |             August
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
       United States.........................................|       6.2      |       5.9      |       5.9      |       5.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alabama....................................................|       6.2      |       6.7      |       6.2      |       6.4
    Birmingham...............................................|       4.2      |       4.5      |       4.6      |       4.6
    Huntsville...............................................|       6.3      |       6.0      |       5.0      |       4.6
    Mobile...................................................|       6.5      |       6.6      |       6.8      |       6.8
    Montgomery...............................................|       5.3      |       7.1      |       5.3      |       5.6
    Tuscaloosa...............................................|       4.9      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alaska.....................................................|       6.6      |       5.7      |       5.9      |       5.0
    Anchorage................................................|       5.5      |       4.3      |       4.6      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arizona....................................................|       7.2      |       5.8      |       6.8      |       5.6
    Phoenix_Mesa.............................................|       5.4      |       4.2      |       5.2      |       3.9
    Tucson...................................................|       4.9      |       4.1      |       4.6      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arkansas...................................................|       5.6      |       4.8      |       5.1      |       4.8
    Fayetteville_Springdale_Rogers...........................|       3.1      |       3.0      |       2.5      |       2.7
    Fort Smith1/.............................................|       5.1      |       4.6      |       4.9      |       4.4
    Little Rock_North Little Rock............................|       4.3      |       3.5      |       4.0      |       3.6
    Pine Bluff...............................................|       9.0      |       7.0      |       8.3      |       7.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  California2/...............................................|       9.3      |       8.4      |       8.6      |       7.8
    Bakersfield..............................................|      14.2      |      13.6      |      13.0      |      11.7
    Fresno...................................................|      13.3      |      13.3      |      11.5      |      11.3
    Los Angeles_Long Beach2/.................................|      10.0      |       8.4      |      10.3      |       8.6
    Modesto..................................................|      14.7      |      14.7      |      11.9      |      11.3
    Oakland..................................................|       7.3      |       6.8      |       6.5      |       6.2
    Orange County............................................|       6.6      |       6.0      |       5.9      |       5.4
    Riverside_San Bernardino.................................|      11.0      |      10.1      |       9.9      |       9.2
    Sacramento...............................................|       7.9      |       7.5      |       7.0      |       6.7
    Salinas..................................................|       9.4      |       9.1      |       8.3      |       8.3
    San Diego................................................|       8.3      |       7.3      |       7.4      |       6.6
    San Francisco............................................|       6.6      |       6.1      |       6.0      |       5.5
    San Jose.................................................|       7.1      |       5.8      |       6.3      |       5.0
    Santa Barbara_Santa Maria_Lompoc.........................|       7.4      |       6.7      |       6.8      |       6.4
    Santa Rosa...............................................|       6.9      |       6.2      |       6.2      |       5.6
    Stockton_Lodi............................................|      12.0      |      12.2      |      10.1      |       9.7
    Vallejo_Fairfield_Napa...................................|       8.1      |       7.8      |       7.4      |       7.1
    Ventura..................................................|       9.1      |       8.3      |       8.6      |       8.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Colorado...................................................|       4.0      |       4.0      |       4.0      |       3.7
    Boulder_Longmont.........................................|       3.8      |       3.8      |       3.8      |       3.8
    Denver...................................................|       3.7      |       3.6      |       3.8      |       3.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Connecticut................................................|       5.9      |       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.6
    Bridgeport...............................................|       6.6      |       6.8      |       6.3      |       6.5
    Danbury..................................................|       4.6      |       4.2      |       4.3      |       3.9
    Hartford.................................................|       6.2      |       6.2      |       6.0      |       6.0
    New Haven_Meriden........................................|       6.0      |       5.8      |       5.8      |       5.6
    New London_Norwich.......................................|       5.6      |       5.8      |       5.2      |       5.5
    Stamford_Norwalk.........................................|       4.1      |       4.1      |       3.9      |       3.9
    Waterbury................................................|       7.3      |       6.6      |       6.7      |       6.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Delaware...................................................|       4.9      |       4.0      |       4.9      |       3.9
    Dover....................................................|       4.7      |       4.3      |       5.3      |       4.1
    Wilmington_Newark1/......................................|       5.9      |       4.4      |       5.0      |       4.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  District of Columbia.......................................|       8.8      |       9.4      |       8.0      |       8.6
    Washington1/.............................................|       4.1      |       4.1      |       4.0      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Florida2/..................................................|       6.8      |       5.6      |       6.6      |       5.4
    Daytona Beach............................................|       6.2      |       4.6      |       5.9      |       4.4
    Fort Lauderdale..........................................|       6.3      |       5.4      |       6.3      |       5.3
    Fort Myers_Cape Coral....................................|       5.4      |       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.5
    Gainesville..............................................|       3.6      |       3.0      |       3.6      |       3.1
    Jacksonville.............................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       4.8      |       3.9
    Lakeland_Winter Haven....................................|      10.2      |       8.5      |       9.9      |       8.4
    Melbourne_Titusville_Palm Bay............................|       6.8      |       5.9      |       6.6      |       5.7
    Miami....................................................|       8.0      |       6.7      |       7.9      |       6.5
    Orlando..................................................|       5.9      |       4.6      |       5.7      |       4.4
    Pensacola................................................|       5.0      |       4.6      |       4.7      |       4.6
    Sarasota_Bradenton.......................................|       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.7      |       3.9
    Tallahassee..............................................|       4.5      |       3.3      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Tampa_St. Petersburg_Clearwater..........................|       5.5      |       4.5      |       5.3      |       4.4
    West Palm Beach_Boca Raton...............................|       9.0      |       7.4      |       9.0      |       7.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Georgia....................................................|       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.2      |       5.2
    Albany...................................................|      18.2      |       6.9      |       8.5      |       6.5
    Athens...................................................|       4.6      |       4.1      |       3.8      |       4.3
    Atlanta..................................................|       4.8      |       4.8      |       4.6      |       4.5
    Augusta_Aiken1/..........................................|       6.2      |       7.1      |       6.1      |       6.8
    Columbus1/...............................................|       6.2      |       6.7      |       6.2      |       6.5
    Macon....................................................|       9.1      |       5.5      |       6.0      |       5.3
    Savannah.................................................|       5.7      |       5.9      |       5.7      |       5.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Hawaii.....................................................|       6.8      |       5.5      |       6.7      |       6.0
    Honolulu.................................................|       5.3      |       4.4      |       5.3      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Idaho......................................................|       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.9      |       4.5
    Boise City...............................................|       3.8      |       3.8      |       3.9      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |              July               |             August
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Illinois2/.................................................|       5.8      |       5.0      |       5.3      |       5.7
    Bloomington_Normal.......................................|       3.7      |       3.2      |       3.0      |       3.8
    Champaign_Urbana.........................................|       4.0      |       3.3      |       3.7      |       3.9
    Chicago..................................................|       5.6      |       4.7      |       5.2      |       5.5
    Davenport_Moline_Rock Island1/...........................|       4.6      |       4.2      |       4.5      |       4.7
    Decatur..................................................|       8.0      |       7.8      |       7.6      |       8.8
    Kankakee.................................................|       6.8      |       6.0      |       5.9      |       6.9
    Peoria_Pekin.............................................|       5.0      |       4.6      |       4.5      |       5.3
    Rockford.................................................|       5.5      |       4.6      |       4.9      |       5.3
    Springfield..............................................|       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.3      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Indiana....................................................|       5.1      |       4.8      |       4.8      |       4.2
    Bloomington..............................................|       3.9      |       3.7      |       4.0      |       3.0
    Elkhart_Goshen...........................................|       3.7      |       4.9      |       4.0      |       4.3
    Evansville_Henderson1/...................................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       4.7      |       4.6
    Fort Wayne...............................................|       4.6      |       4.5      |       4.5      |       3.7
    Gary.....................................................|       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.8      |       5.4
    Indianapolis.............................................|       4.4      |       4.2      |       4.1      |       3.5
    Kokomo...................................................|      12.2      |       4.3      |       4.9      |       3.9
    Lafayette................................................|       3.4      |       3.3      |       3.2      |       2.7
    Muncie...................................................|       5.8      |       5.0      |       5.4      |       4.1
    South Bend...............................................|       4.8      |       4.7      |       4.2      |       4.2
    Terre Haute..............................................|       5.9      |       5.5      |       6.3      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Iowa.......................................................|       3.2      |       2.7      |       3.4      |       2.9
    Cedar Rapids.............................................|       2.7      |       2.4      |       2.8      |       2.5
    Des Moines...............................................|       2.5      |       2.2      |       2.7      |       2.4
    Dubuque..................................................|       3.0      |       2.1      |       3.1      |       2.3
    Iowa City................................................|       2.5      |       2.6      |       2.6      |       2.4
    Sioux City1/.............................................|       3.0      |       2.6      |       3.2      |       2.5
    Waterloo_Cedar Falls.....................................|       4.6      |       3.4      |       4.9      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kansas.....................................................|       5.0      |       4.5      |       5.2      |       4.2
    Lawrence.................................................|       5.4      |       5.1      |       5.5      |       4.7
    Topeka...................................................|       5.0      |       4.4      |       5.0      |       4.6
    Wichita..................................................|       5.8      |       4.8      |       6.1      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kentucky...................................................|       5.3      |       5.0      |       4.7      |       4.7
    Lexington................................................|       3.5      |       3.1      |       3.3      |       3.0
    Louisville1/.............................................|       4.8      |       4.3      |       4.0      |       3.9
    Owensboro................................................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Louisiana..................................................|       8.4      |       7.4      |       8.3      |       6.8
    Alexandria...............................................|       8.3      |       8.4      |       7.5      |       7.1
    Baton Rouge..............................................|       8.1      |       6.6      |       7.8      |       6.2
    Houma....................................................|       6.9      |       6.4      |       7.2      |       5.5
    Lafayette................................................|       7.7      |       7.2      |       7.7      |       6.4
    Lake Charles.............................................|       8.3      |       7.2      |       8.6      |       6.3
    Monroe...................................................|       7.6      |       6.8      |       7.8      |       6.3
    New Orleans..............................................|       7.8      |       7.0      |       7.9      |       6.5
    Shreveport_Bossier City..................................|       8.0      |       7.6      |       7.8      |       7.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maine......................................................|       5.7      |       4.8      |       5.9      |       4.9
    Lewiston_Auburn..........................................|       7.1      |       5.7      |       6.5      |       5.3
    Portland.................................................|       4.0      |       3.2      |       4.5      |       3.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maryland...................................................|       4.9      |       5.0      |       4.8      |       5.0
    Baltimore................................................|       6.0      |       5.9      |       5.9      |       5.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Massachusetts2/............................................|       6.0      |       5.8      |       5.6      |       5.1
    Barnstable_Yarmouth......................................|       5.1      |       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.1
    Boston1/.................................................|       5.4      |       5.1      |       5.1      |       4.6
    Brockton.................................................|       7.2      |       6.9      |       6.7      |       6.0
    Fitchburg_Leominster.....................................|       7.4      |       7.4      |       6.7      |       6.3
    Lawrence1/...............................................|       7.1      |       6.3      |       6.8      |       5.9
    Lowell1/.................................................|       6.9      |       6.1      |       6.6      |       5.4
    New Bedford..............................................|       9.9      |      10.2      |       8.2      |       8.1
    Pittsfield...............................................|       7.6      |       6.6      |       7.1      |       5.8
    Springfield..............................................|       6.8      |       6.0      |       6.4      |       5.6
    Worcester1/..............................................|       5.4      |       5.4      |       4.9      |       4.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Michigan2/.................................................|       6.5      |       6.0      |       5.8      |       4.9
    Ann Arbor................................................|       4.7      |       4.9      |       3.9      |       4.2
    Benton Harbor............................................|       6.2      |       5.4      |       5.9      |       4.9
    Detroit..................................................|       6.9      |       6.3      |       5.7      |       5.0
    Flint....................................................|       9.1      |       7.6      |       7.9      |       6.0
    Grand Rapids_Muskegon_Holland............................|       5.2      |       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.1
    Jackson..................................................|       6.5      |       5.6      |       6.5      |       5.0
    Kalamazoo_Battle_Creek...................................|       5.4      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       4.3
    Lansing_East Lansing.....................................|       4.4      |       4.8      |       4.3      |       3.6
    Saginaw_Bay City_Midland.................................|       6.3      |       5.3      |       6.2      |       4.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Minnesota..................................................|       3.7      |       3.4      |       3.7      |       2.6
    Duluth_Superior1/........................................|       5.7      |       4.9      |       5.8      |       3.9
    Minneapolis_St.Paul1/....................................|       3.1      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       2.2
    Rochester................................................|       3.1      |       2.7      |       3.2      |       2.1
    St. Cloud................................................|       3.9      |       3.8      |       4.0      |       3.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Mississippi................................................|       6.9      |       6.1      |       6.7      |       6.7
    Jackson..................................................|       4.9      |       3.8      |       4.9      |       4.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |              July               |             August
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Missouri...................................................|       4.8      |       5.3      |       4.8      |       5.2
    Kansas City1/............................................|       4.8      |       5.0      |       4.9      |       4.4
    St. Louis LMA1/..........................................|       4.8      |       5.0      |       4.8      |       5.3
    Springfield..............................................|       3.1      |       3.8      |       3.2      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Montana....................................................|       4.4      |       4.8      |       3.9      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nebraska...................................................|       3.0      |       2.7      |       2.7      |       2.2
    Lincoln..................................................|       3.0      |       2.9      |       2.6      |       2.2
    Omaha1/..................................................|       3.1      |       2.6      |       2.9      |       2.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nevada.....................................................|       6.3      |       6.1      |       6.0      |       5.5
    Las Vegas................................................|       6.6      |       6.4      |       6.2      |       5.9
    Reno.....................................................|       5.4      |       5.2      |       5.2      |       4.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Hampshire..............................................|       4.1      |       3.5      |       4.1      |       3.6
    Manchester...............................................|       4.4      |       3.8      |       4.5      |       3.8
    Nashua...................................................|       4.5      |       3.4      |       4.7      |       4.1
    Portsmouth_Rochester.....................................|       3.9      |       3.4      |       3.7      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Jersey2/...............................................|       6.7      |       7.0      |       6.0      |       6.3
    Atlantic_Cape May........................................|       7.7      |       8.1      |       6.9      |       7.4
    Bergen_Passaic...........................................|       7.1      |       7.3      |       6.3      |       6.6
    Jersey City..............................................|       9.1      |       9.7      |       8.0      |       8.9
    Middlesex_Somerset_Hunterdon.............................|       5.5      |       5.9      |       4.8      |       5.2
    Monmouth_Ocean...........................................|       5.7      |       6.1      |       5.1      |       5.4
    Newark...................................................|       6.9      |       7.2      |       6.2      |       6.5
    Trenton..................................................|       5.7      |       6.4      |       5.3      |       5.8
    Vineland_Millville_Bridgeton.............................|       9.9      |       9.7      |       8.7      |       9.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Mexico.................................................|       6.4      |       6.2      |       6.0      |       6.0
    Albuquerque..............................................|       5.3      |       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.4
    Las Cruces...............................................|       7.9      |       8.0      |       7.5      |       7.3
    Santa Fe.................................................|       3.8      |       4.2      |       3.7      |       4.6
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  New York2/.................................................|       6.9      |       6.1      |       6.7      |       6.9
    Albany_Schenectady_Troy..................................|       5.0      |       4.8      |       4.6      |       5.7
    Binghamton...............................................|       6.5      |       4.8      |       6.4      |       5.5
    Buffalo_Niagara Falls....................................|       6.3      |       5.5      |       5.9      |       6.3
    Dutchess County..........................................|       6.6      |       4.8      |       6.2      |       5.6
    Elmira...................................................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       5.3
    Glens Falls..............................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       6.1
    Nassau_Suffolk...........................................|       6.0      |       5.3      |       5.9      |       6.2
    New York.................................................|       8.3      |       7.3      |       8.0      |       7.9
       New York City2/.......................................|       8.8      |       7.8      |       8.5      |       8.3
    Newburgh1/...............................................|       5.7      |       4.9      |       5.4      |       5.8
    Rochester................................................|       5.5      |       4.4      |       5.2      |       5.1
    Syracuse.................................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       5.2      |       6.2
    Utica_Rome...............................................|       5.4      |       5.4      |       4.8      |       5.9
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  North Carolina2/...........................................|       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.9      |       4.5
    Asheville................................................|       4.0      |       3.5      |       4.3      |       3.7
    Charlotte_Gastonia_Rock Hill1/...........................|       4.2      |       3.7      |       4.3      |       3.9
    Greensboro_Winston-Salem_High Point......................|       3.9      |       3.7      |       4.1      |       3.7
    Raleigh_Durham_Chapel Hill...............................|       3.5      |       2.8      |       3.6      |       3.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  North Dakota...............................................|       3.7      |       2.8      |       3.7      |       2.7
    Bismarck.................................................|       3.6      |       3.1      |       3.4      |       2.9
    Fargo_Moorhead1/.........................................|       2.5      |       2.2      |       2.7      |       1.8
    Grand Forks1/............................................|       3.7      |       2.9      |       3.4      |       2.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Ohio2/.....................................................|       5.7      |       5.0      |       4.8      |       4.9
    Akron....................................................|       5.1      |       4.4      |       4.4      |       4.5
    Canton_Massillon.........................................|       5.8      |       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.7
    Cincinnati1/.............................................|       4.9      |       4.2      |       4.4      |       4.3
    Cleveland_Lorain_Elyria..................................|       5.9      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       5.3
    Columbus.................................................|       4.1      |       3.6      |       3.6      |       3.6
    Dayton_Springfield.......................................|       5.0      |       4.6      |       4.1      |       4.2
    Hamilton_Middletown......................................|       5.2      |       4.2      |       4.7      |       4.4
    Lima.....................................................|       6.1      |       5.9      |       5.0      |       5.8
    Mansfield................................................|       8.0      |       6.1      |       7.3      |       6.1
    Steubenville_Weirton.....................................|       7.2      |       8.6      |       8.5      |       6.4
    Toledo...................................................|       5.8      |       5.8      |       4.7      |       4.9
    Youngstown_Warren........................................|      10.6      |       5.6      |       8.1      |       5.7
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  Oklahoma...................................................|       5.4      |       4.4      |       5.3      |       4.3
    Enid.....................................................|       4.0      |       3.5      |       4.4      |       3.9
    Lawton...................................................|       5.9      |       4.6      |       5.6      |       4.9
    Oklahoma City............................................|       4.2      |       3.7      |       4.4      |       3.6
    Tulsa....................................................|       5.2      |       3.9      |       5.2      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oregon.....................................................|       4.9      |       4.4      |       4.7      |       4.3
    Eugene_Springfield.......................................|       5.0      |       4.4      |       4.7      |       4.3
    Medford_Ashland..........................................|       6.6      |       6.4      |       6.2      |       6.0
    Portland_Vancouver1/.....................................|       4.1      |       3.6      |       4.0      |       3.6
    Salem....................................................|       4.7      |       4.1      |       4.3      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Pennsylvania2/.............................................|       6.7      |       5.8      |       6.2      |       5.6
    Allentown_Bethlehem_Easton...............................|       7.1      |       6.3      |       6.3      |       5.9
    Altoona..................................................|       6.7      |       6.3      |       6.2      |       5.6
    Erie.....................................................|       6.9      |       6.2      |       6.4      |       5.8
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  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |              July               |             August
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
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                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
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  Pennsylvania2/                                             |                |                |                |
    Harrisburg_Lebanon_Carlisle..............................|       4.7      |       4.3      |       4.3      |       3.9
    Johnstown................................................|       9.4      |       7.7      |       9.0      |       7.5
    Lancaster................................................|       4.7      |       4.1      |       4.0      |       3.9
    Philadelphia1/...........................................|       6.5      |       5.7      |       6.1      |       5.6
    Pittsburgh...............................................|       6.7      |       5.7      |       6.4      |       5.6
    Reading..................................................|       5.3      |       5.1      |       4.9      |       4.8
    Scranton_Wilkes_Barre_Hazelton...........................|       8.0      |       7.0      |       7.1      |       6.6
    Sharon...................................................|       7.3      |       5.2      |       6.8      |       5.0
    State College............................................|       4.1      |       3.6      |       3.9      |       3.3
    Williamsport.............................................|       8.1      |       6.6      |       6.6      |       6.1
    York.....................................................|       5.1      |       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.5
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  Rhode Island...............................................|       6.7      |       6.8      |       6.6      |       6.4
    Providence_Fall River_Warwick............................|       7.3      |       7.5      |       6.9      |       6.7
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  South Carolina.............................................|       6.3      |       5.3      |       6.1      |       5.0
    Charleston_North Charleston..............................|       6.3      |       4.9      |       6.1      |       4.9
    Columbia.................................................|       4.3      |       3.7      |       4.2      |       3.6
    Greenville_Spartanburg_Anderson..........................|       4.8      |       3.8      |       4.6      |       3.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Dakota...............................................|       2.9      |       2.4      |       3.1      |       2.7
    Rapid City...............................................|       3.1      |       2.6      |       3.9      |       2.7
    Sioux Falls..............................................|       2.2      |       1.7      |       2.6      |       2.0
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  Tennessee..................................................|       5.0      |       5.5      |       4.9      |       5.3
    Chattanooga1/............................................|       4.5      |       4.9      |       4.6      |       5.1
    Johnson City_Kingsport_Bristol1/.........................|       5.3      |       5.4      |       5.6      |       5.4
    Knoxville................................................|       3.9      |       4.1      |       3.9      |       4.1
    Memphis1/................................................|       4.7      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       5.2
    Nashville................................................|       3.3      |       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.8
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  Texas2/....................................................|       6.8      |       6.3      |       6.2      |       6.4
    Abilene..................................................|       5.8      |       5.9      |       5.2      |       5.8
    Amarillo.................................................|       4.4      |       4.7      |       3.9      |       4.8
    Austin_San Marcos........................................|       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.5      |       3.6
    Beaumont_Port Arthur.....................................|      10.6      |      10.2      |       9.5      |      10.3
    Brazoria.................................................|       7.5      |       7.8      |       7.1      |       7.9
    Brownsville_Harlingen_San Benito ........................|      13.2      |      13.2      |      11.4      |      12.3
    Bryan_College Station....................................|       3.6      |       3.6      |       3.3      |       3.7
    Corpus Christi...........................................|       9.6      |       8.9      |       8.6      |       9.0
    Dallas...................................................|       5.6      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       5.1
    El Paso..................................................|      10.5      |      10.0      |       9.2      |      10.0
    Fort Worth_Arlington.....................................|       5.8      |       4.9      |       5.3      |       5.1
    Galveston_Texas City.....................................|       8.9      |       7.7      |       8.2      |       7.8
    Houston..................................................|       6.8      |       6.0      |       6.2      |       6.2
    Killeen_Temple...........................................|       5.7      |       5.2      |       5.4      |       5.1
    Laredo...................................................|       9.3      |      15.1      |       8.0      |      15.1
    Longview_Marshall........................................|       8.8      |       7.5      |       7.9      |       8.1
    Lubbock..................................................|       5.2      |       4.7      |       4.7      |       4.6
    McAllen_Edinburg_Mission.................................|      18.5      |      18.2      |      17.1      |      18.4
    Odessa_Midland...........................................|       7.8      |       6.5      |       7.0      |       6.4
    San Angelo...............................................|       5.2      |       4.4      |       4.4      |       5.1
    San Antonio..............................................|       5.6      |       5.0      |       4.9      |       5.2
    Sherman_Denison..........................................|       6.3      |       5.8      |       5.8      |       5.4
    Texarkana1/..............................................|       9.5      |       7.7      |       8.3      |       7.7
    Tyler....................................................|       5.7      |       5.7      |       5.6      |       6.0
    Victoria.................................................|       6.5      |       6.1      |       5.7      |       6.2
    Waco.....................................................|       5.5      |       5.4      |       5.0      |       5.4
    Wichita Falls............................................|       6.4      |       5.1      |       5.3      |       5.3
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  Utah.......................................................|       3.8      |       3.4      |       4.0      |       3.6
    Provo_Orem...............................................|       3.6      |       3.1      |       3.5      |       3.1
    Salt Lake City_Odgen.....................................|       3.6      |       3.2      |       3.9      |       3.4
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  Vermont....................................................|       3.9      |       3.6      |       4.1      |       3.7
    Burlington...............................................|       2.9      |       2.6      |       3.2      |       2.9
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  Virginia...................................................|       5.0      |       4.5      |       4.9      |       4.5
    Charlottesville..........................................|       3.5      |       3.2      |       3.7      |       3.8
    Danville.................................................|       9.1      |       8.6      |       8.0      |       8.2
    Lynchburg................................................|       4.6      |       4.3      |       4.4      |       4.3
    Norfolk_Virginia Beach_Newport News1/....................|       5.7      |       4.9      |       5.6      |       4.6
    Richmond_Petersburg......................................|       4.7      |       3.9      |       4.7      |       4.0
    Roanoke..................................................|       4.0      |       3.5      |       3.8      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Washington.................................................|       5.8      |       5.7      |       5.4      |       5.7
    Spokane..................................................|       4.5      |       4.9      |       4.3      |       4.8
    Tacoma...................................................|       5.9      |       5.9      |       5.4      |       5.6
    Seattle_Bellevue_Everett.................................|       5.3      |       5.0      |       5.0      |       4.9
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  West Virginia..............................................|       8.4      |       7.9      |       8.0      |       7.7
    Charleston...............................................|       5.9      |       5.5      |       6.0      |       5.7
    Huntington_Ashland1/.....................................|       8.0      |       6.4      |       7.6      |       6.2
    Parkersburg_Marietta1/...................................|       6.3      |       6.4      |       5.7      |       7.0
    Wheeling1/...............................................|       6.2      |       5.7      |       6.0      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin..................................................|       4.6      |       3.2      |       4.4      |       2.8
    Appleton_Oshkosh_Neenah..................................|       3.7      |       2.6      |       3.6      |       2.4
    Eau Claire...............................................|       4.5      |       2.9      |       4.3      |       2.6
    Green Bay................................................|       4.0      |       2.6      |       3.9      |       2.4
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  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |              July               |             August
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
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                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin                                                  |                |                |                |
    Janesville_Beloit........................................|       7.0      |       5.3      |       5.0      |       3.4
    Kenosha..................................................|       6.2      |       4.5      |       4.9      |       3.2
    La Crosse................................................|       4.4      |       3.2      |       3.6      |       2.6
    Madison..................................................|       2.2      |       1.5      |       2.2      |       1.4
    Milwaukee_Waukesha.......................................|       4.8      |       3.3      |       4.8      |       3.0
    Racine...................................................|       6.4      |       4.3      |       5.8      |       3.5
    Sheboygan................................................|       3.8      |       2.8      |       3.2      |       2.2
    Wausau...................................................|       5.1      |       3.6      |       4.9      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wyoming....................................................|       4.7      |       4.1      |       4.4      |       3.7
    Casper...................................................|       5.9      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       4.5
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     1/  Includes interstate portion of area located in
  adjacent state.
     2/  Data are obtained directly from the Current
  Population Survey.
     p/  = preliminary.
     NOTE:    Data refer to place of residence. All estimates
  are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and
  population information becomes available.