Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 

Technical information: 

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Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2008 

Unemployment rates were higher in December than a year earlier in 363 of the 369 metropolitan 

areas, lower in 5 areas, and unchanged in 1 area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department 

of Labor reported today. Forty areas recorded jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, while two areas 

registered rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in December was 7.1 percent, not 

seasonally adjusted, up from 4.8 percent a year earlier. 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In December, 168 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 7.0 percent, up from 33 areas 

a year earlier, while 22 areas posted rates below 4.0 percent, down from 112 areas in December 2007. 

El Centro, Calif., continued to record the highest unemployment rate, 22.6 percent. The areas with the 

next highest rates were Merced, Calif., 15.5 percent; Yuma, Ariz., 15.4 percent; and Elkhart-Goshen, 

Ind., 15.3 percent. Morgantown, W.Va., and Logan, Utah-Idaho, registered the lowest jobless rates, 2.7 

and 2.8 percent, respectively. Overall, 153 areas posted unemployment rates above the U.S. figure of 

7.1 percent, 209 areas reported rates below it, and 7 areas had the same rate. (See table 1 and the map.) 

Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., recorded the largest jobless rate increase from December 2007 (+10.6 percentage points), followed by Dalton, Ga. (+6.2 points). Both areas have experienced manufacturingrelated layoffs in recent months. An additional 27 areas registered over-the-year unemployment rate 

increases of 4.0 percentage points or more, and another 66 areas had rate increases of 3.0 to 3.9 points. 

No area had a jobless rate decrease of more than 0.2 percentage point from a year earlier. 

 

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, Detroit-WarrenLivonia, Mich., and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., again reported the highest unemployment 

rates in December, 10.6 and 10.1 percent, respectively. Twenty additional large areas posted rates of 7.0 

percent or more. The large areas with the lowest jobless rates in December were Oklahoma City, Okla., 

and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 4.6 and 4.7 percent, respectively. All 49 

large areas registered higher unemployment rates than in December 2007. Providence-Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass., had the largest jobless rate increase from a year earlier (+4.3 percentage points), followed closely by Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C. (+4.1 points). Nine additional large areas 

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recorded over-the-year unemployment rate increases of 3.0 percentage points or more, and 22 other 

areas had rate increases of at least 2.0 points. 

Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are composed of 34 metropolitan divisions, which 

are essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In December, Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 

Mich., again registered the highest division jobless rate, 11.7 percent. The areas with the next highest 

rates were Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich., at 9.8 percent; Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, Mass.-

N.H., at 9.6 percent; and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., at 9.5 percent. Bethesda-FrederickGaithersburg, Md., continued to report the lowest unemployment rate among the divisions, 4.0 percent. 

Nashua, N.H.-Mass., posted the next lowest rate, 4.3 percent. (See table 2.) 

In December, all 34 metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year jobless rate increases of at least 

1.0 percentage point. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., experienced the largest rate increase 

(+4.3 percentage points). Gary, Ind., registered the next largest unemployment rate increase (+3.7 percentage points). Twenty-six additional divisions reported over-the-year rate increases of 2.0 percentage 

points or more. 

In 8 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest 

division jobless rates were 1.0 percentage point or more in December. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, 

Mass.-N.H., posted the largest rate difference among its divisions, 5.3 percentage points (LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 9.6 percent, compared with Nashua, N.H.-Mass., 4.3 percent). 

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Among the 310 metropolitan areas for which nonfarm payroll data were available in December, 

72 metropolitan areas recorded over-the-year employment gains, 234 reported losses, and 4 were 

unchanged. The largest over-the-year employment increase was recorded in Houston-Sugar LandBaytown, Texas (+57,300), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+43,300), San Antonio, 

Texas (+14,900), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+11,800), and AustinRound Rock, Texas (+9,600). The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment was recorded in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas (+3.8 percent), followed by Grand Junction, Colo. (+3.4 

percent), Laredo, Texas (+3.1 percent), College Station-Bryan, Texas (+2.6 percent), and Bismarck, 

N.D. (+2.5 percent). (See table 3.) 

The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in New York-Northern New JerseyLong Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (-120,300), Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. (-89,700), Phoenix-MesaScottsdale, Ariz. (-86,800), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-82,900), and Atlanta-Sandy 

Springs-Marietta, Ga. (-82,000). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment were 

experienced in Yuma, Ariz. (-7.9 percent), Flint, Mich. (-7.5 percent), Lake Havasu City-Kingman, 

Ariz. (-7.2 percent), Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (-6.1 percent), and Prescott, Ariz. (-5.6 percent). 

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 7 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average 

employment levels above 750,000 in 2007. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment 

was recorded in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+2.2 percent), followed by San Antonio, Texas 

(+1.8 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+1.4 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+1.2 

percent), and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. (+1.0 percent). Among the large areas, 

the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment was experienced in Detroit-Warren-
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Livonia, Mich. (-4.6 percent), followed by Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (-4.5 percent), Atlanta-Sandy 

Springs-Marietta, Ga. (-3.3 percent), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-3.0 percent). 

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in December 2008 for 32 metropolitan divisions, 

which are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Seven of 

the 32 metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment increases while 25 reported losses. 

The largest over-the-year employment increase in the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dallas-PlanoIrving, Texas (+27,800), followed by Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+15,500), Washington-ArlingtonAlexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+11,000), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+6,200). Of the 25 

metropolitan divisions that reported losses, the largest over-the-year employment decreases were experienced in New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (-76,400), Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. 

(-57,500), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-49,300), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. 

(-41,500), Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif. (-41,400), and Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-40,400). 

(See table 4.) 

The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment among the metropolitan divisions were 

recorded in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+1.8 percent), Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+1.3 percent), 

Nashua, N.H.-Mass. (+0.7 percent), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+0.5 

percent), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (+0.4 percent). Of the metropolitan divisions that experienced over-the-year decreases in employment, the largest decreases were in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich. (-5.1 percent), Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (-4.2 percent), Fort LauderdalePompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla. (-3.4 percent), and Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, Calif. (-3.0 percent). 

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for January 2009 is scheduled to 

be issued on Wednesday, March 11. The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release 

for January 2009 is scheduled to be issued on Thursday, March 19. 
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Hurricane Katrina 

For December, BLS and its state partners continued to make modifications to the usual 

estimation procedures for the LAUS program to reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the 

labor force statistics in affected areas. These modifications included: (1) modifying the state 

population controls to account for displacement due to Katrina; (2) developing labor force 

estimates for the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area using an alternative to the 

model-based method; and (3) not publishing labor force estimates for the months immediately 

following the hurricane for the parishes within the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan 

area and cities within those parishes, where the quality of input data was severely compromised 

by the hurricane. 

For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for December 2008, see 

Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita at http://www.bls.gov/Katrina/home.htm or call 

(202) 691-6392. 

This will be the last month this note will appear in this news release, though the modifications to the estimation procedures for the affected areas will continue until further notice. 

Upcoming Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of 2008 annual average estimates on February 27, the labor force 

data for all states, the District of Columbia, and the seven substate modeled areas presented in 

tables 1 and 2 of this news release will be revised to incorporate updated population controls, 

reestimation of models, and adjustment to new census division and national control totals. 

Labor force estimates for all other metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions subsequently 

will be revised to reflect updated inputs and the new statewide estimates. Data back to 2004 

are subject to revision. The updated population controls reflect the annual updating of 

population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Effective with the release of January 2009 area data on March 19, the titles of several 

metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions will be changed to reflect updates in Office of 

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 09-01, issued on November 20, 2008. For specific 

information on title and definition changes, see the above mentioned bulletin available at 

http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm or call (202) 691-6392.
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Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of January 2009 estimates, all nonfarm payroll employment 

data for states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be adjusted 

to 2008 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted payroll data back to April 2007 and seasonally adjusted data for states back to January 2004 will be subject to revision. Also, the 

titles of several metropolitan areas and divisions will be changed to reflect updates in Office 

of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 09-01, issued on November 20, 2008. For specific 

information on title and definition changes, see the above mentioned bulletin available at 

http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm or call (202) 691-6392. 
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment 

data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

program (tables 1 and 2) for 369 metropolitan statistical areas 

and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas 

(NECTAs), plus 8 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 34 

metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented. 

Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current 

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

provided for most of the same areas. State estimates were 

previously published in the news release, Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this 

release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES programs 

are both federal-state cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data 

are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used 

for the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

Population Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that 

is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the 

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures 

employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence 

basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional 

population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are 

those who did any work at all for pay or profit in the 

reference week (the week including the 12th of the month) or 

worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or 

farm, plus those not working who had a job from which they 

were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such 

reasons as labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. 

Unemployed persons are those who were not employed 

during the reference week (based on the definition above), 

had actively looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period 

ending with the reference week, and were currently available 

for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be 

looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor 

force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The 

unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent 

of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using 

time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national 

CPS totals. Model-based estimation was extended to the 

following areas and their respective balances of state in 2005: 

the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division; 

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; 

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; 

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; 

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical 

Area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan 

Division. (Model-based estimation of the New OrleansMetairie-Kenner metropolitan area was suspended following 

Hurricane Katrina; the indirect estimation methods described 

below will be used for this area until further notice.) 

Modeling improves the statistical basis of the estimation for 

these areas and provides important tools for analysis, such as 

measures of errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all 

other substate areas in this release, estimates are prepared 

through indirect estimation procedures using a building-block 

approach. Employment estimates, which are based largely on 

“place of work” estimates from the CES program, are 

adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in the CPS. 

Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons 

previously employed in industries covered by state 

unemployment insurance (UI) laws and entrants to the labor 

force data from the CPS. The substate estimates of 

employment and unemployment, which geographically 

exhaust the entire state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure 

that they add to the independently estimated state or balanceof-state totals. A detailed description of the estimation 

procedures is available from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end 

of each year, usually implemented with January estimates. 

The adjusted model-based estimates reflect updated 

population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions 

in the other data sources, and model reestimation. All 

substate estimates are reestimated and adjusted to add to the 

revised model-based estimates. 

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the 

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

counted at their place of work rather than at their place of 

residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are 

counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis 

of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. The employment data are 

estimated using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio 

(link relative) of current-month employment to that of the 

previous month is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for 

the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates 

for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models 

are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 

percent of CES published series which have insufficient 

sample for direct sample-based estimates. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to 
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of 

employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the 

benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, 

and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month 

changes in the level for the subsequent months. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced 

into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates 

not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to 

additional errors resulting from the particular estimation 

processes used. The sums of individual items may not 

always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of 

rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from 

unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures are available for states on the BLS Web 

site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available, but additional 

information on the subject is provided in Employment and 

Earnings Online at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error 

for state CES data at the supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level are available 

online at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information 

on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the 

BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect 

the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on November 20, 2007. Data 

reflect New England City and Town Area (NECTA) 

definitions, rather than county-based definitions, in the six 

New England States. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Additional information 

More complete information on the technical procedures 

used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in 

Employment and Earnings Online. 

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor 

force and unemployment data for states, census regions and 

divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news 

release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, 

metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a 

population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the 

administration of various federal economic assistance programs are available on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/lau/. 

Employment data from the CES program are available on the 

BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-

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LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Alabama ............................................................... 2,206.6 2,171.7 2,204.2 2,158.6 77.3 127.1 83.5 138.9 3.5 5.9 3.8 6.4

Anniston-Oxford ................................................ 55.6 55.2 55.2 54.6 2.1 3.3 2.0 3.6 3.8 6.0 3.7 6.5

Auburn-Opelika ................................................. 67.4 66.1 67.1 65.7 2.2 3.2 2.4 3.6 3.2 4.9 3.5 5.4

Birmingham-Hoover .......................................... 542.6 531.5 542.2 528.1 16.9 27.5 18.5 30.0 3.1 5.2 3.4 5.7

Decatur ............................................................. 74.0 72.7 74.0 72.5 2.2 4.2 2.5 4.7 3.0 5.8 3.4 6.5

Dothan .............................................................. 66.7 65.1 67.0 64.7 2.2 3.5 2.4 3.9 3.3 5.4 3.6 6.0

Florence-Muscle Shoals ................................... 70.0 69.1 69.8 69.0 2.7 4.1 2.9 4.9 3.9 5.9 4.1 7.0

Gadsden ........................................................... 45.9 44.6 45.8 44.4 1.8 2.8 1.9 3.1 3.9 6.2 4.2 6.9

Huntsville .......................................................... 206.2 204.3 206.0 203.0 5.3 8.6 5.9 9.6 2.6 4.2 2.9 4.7

Mobile ............................................................... 186.9 185.2 186.7 184.7 6.6 10.8 7.3 11.9 3.5 5.8 3.9 6.5

Montgomery ...................................................... 173.9 173.2 173.8 172.3 6.0 10.2 6.5 11.2 3.5 5.9 3.7 6.5

Tuscaloosa ....................................................... 100.2 98.6 100.3 98.0 3.0 4.8 3.3 5.5 3.0 4.9 3.3 5.6

Alaska .................................................................. 351.8 357.3 351.8 358.8 21.2 25.0 23.6 27.7 6.0 7.0 6.7 7.7

Anchorage ........................................................ 195.6 198.6 197.1 201.0 10.2 12.2 11.1 13.2 5.2 6.1 5.6 6.6

Fairbanks .......................................................... 46.2 46.9 46.3 46.7 2.3 2.9 2.6 3.2 5.0 6.1 5.6 6.9

Arizona ................................................................ 3,070.2 3,150.4 3,067.4 3,163.4 122.6 193.8 131.9 210.8 4.0 6.2 4.3 6.7

Flagstaff ............................................................ 70.7 74.0 70.1 74.1 2.6 4.1 3.2 4.7 3.7 5.6 4.6 6.4

Lake Havasu City-Kingman .............................. 92.8 95.0 92.9 94.9 4.6 7.5 5.1 8.1 5.0 7.9 5.5 8.5

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................. 2,080.5 2,134.7 2,080.4 2,143.7 73.4 118.4 79.2 131.1 3.5 5.5 3.8 6.1

Prescott ............................................................ 99.9 102.3 99.3 102.4 3.9 6.4 4.2 7.2 3.9 6.3 4.2 7.0

Tucson .............................................................. 463.6 475.0 461.2 478.6 18.4 27.2 19.6 30.0 4.0 5.7 4.3 6.3

Yuma ................................................................ 80.4 82.3 81.3 81.0 9.7 14.5 9.2 12.5 12.1 17.7 11.4 15.4

Arkansas ............................................................. 1,368.2 1,372.3 1,364.8 1,358.1 68.3 71.4 76.8 81.9 5.0 5.2 5.6 6.0

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................ 229.2 230.4 228.3 227.6 8.2 9.1 9.0 10.4 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.6

Fort Smith ......................................................... 139.9 138.6 138.9 137.3 7.4 7.3 7.6 8.4 5.3 5.3 5.5 6.1

Hot Springs ....................................................... 42.4 43.9 42.3 44.0 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.9

Jonesboro ......................................................... 57.5 56.4 57.2 55.6 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.1 4.9 4.6 5.6 5.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ............... 339.0 338.6 340.3 338.1 14.3 14.9 15.8 16.6 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.9

Pine Bluff .......................................................... 44.5 44.7 44.4 44.2 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.6 6.7 7.3 7.7 8.1

California ............................................................. 18,342.2 18,579.1 18,352.6 18,612.8 1,021.2 1,546.5 1,080.3 1,688.0 5.6 8.3 5.9 9.1

Bakersfield ........................................................ 358.0 370.4 361.2 376.1 30.2 38.6 34.0 44.5 8.4 10.4 9.4 11.8

Chico ................................................................ 104.3 106.6 104.3 106.7 6.8 9.9 7.7 11.0 6.6 9.3 7.4 10.3

El Centro ........................................................... 71.4 76.9 70.8 73.8 14.1 19.8 13.3 16.6 19.8 25.7 18.7 22.6

Fresno .............................................................. 430.9 444.8 434.9 450.1 38.5 53.5 42.5 59.4 8.9 12.0 9.8 13.2

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................. 58.9 60.7 58.5 61.3 5.2 6.9 5.8 7.9 8.9 11.3 9.9 12.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ............... 6,629.0 6,636.1 6,621.8 6,613.6 321.9 534.7 331.2 581.2 4.9 8.1 5.0 8.8

Madera ............................................................. 64.0 65.7 65.0 67.2 5.1 7.2 5.7 8.0 7.9 10.9 8.8 11.9

Merced .............................................................. 103.7 108.4 104.9 108.8 10.5 14.5 12.5 16.8 10.1 13.3 11.9 15.5

Modesto ............................................................ 230.7 238.7 233.6 240.9 20.9 29.4 23.1 32.9 9.0 12.3 9.9 13.6

Napa ................................................................. 74.2 75.0 72.7 74.4 3.5 4.9 3.7 5.5 4.7 6.5 5.1 7.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ..................... 429.4 434.7 427.7 434.5 23.4 32.2 24.5 34.7 5.5 7.4 5.7 8.0

Redding ............................................................ 86.2 86.3 86.4 86.9 6.4 9.6 7.3 10.6 7.5 11.1 8.5 12.2

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ................... 1,804.3 1,833.7 1,807.6 1,847.1 114.5 175.0 118.0 186.3 6.3 9.5 6.5 10.1

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .......... 1,062.8 1,079.0 1,066.5 1,083.6 59.8 87.2 63.0 94.0 5.6 8.1 5.9 8.7

Salinas .............................................................. 208.0 213.2 202.4 209.7 13.6 18.6 22.1 28.7 6.5 8.7 10.9 13.7

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ..................... 1,553.9 1,580.8 1,555.3 1,590.4 75.8 109.8 77.2 117.1 4.9 6.9 5.0 7.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ..................... 2,252.7 2,286.3 2,255.6 2,294.6 102.3 150.7 103.8 161.4 4.5 6.6 4.6 7.0

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara .................... 888.0 910.9 888.9 913.6 43.8 65.5 45.0 71.5 4.9 7.2 5.1 7.8

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .......................... 138.3 138.8 137.4 138.9 6.2 9.1 6.4 9.8 4.4 6.6 4.7 7.1

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................. 219.4 222.8 215.8 221.3 10.0 14.0 11.0 15.8 4.6 6.3 5.1 7.2

Santa Cruz-Watsonville .................................... 149.7 153.8 149.3 152.9 8.1 12.4 10.8 15.3 5.4 8.1 7.2 10.0

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...................................... 265.1 270.7 261.2 270.5 11.9 17.6 12.4 19.1 4.5 6.5 4.7 7.0

Stockton ............................................................ 297.2 305.0 300.4 306.8 25.6 36.2 28.2 40.0 8.6 11.9 9.4 13.0

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................. 212.3 216.4 213.5 217.8 11.9 17.2 12.6 18.7 5.6 7.9 5.9 8.6

Visalia-Porterville .............................................. 193.0 197.7 197.8 203.5 18.4 24.7 21.4 29.1 9.5 12.5 10.8 14.3

Yuba City .......................................................... 69.9 71.1 70.8 71.8 6.7 9.8 7.9 10.7 9.6 13.7 11.1 14.9

Colorado .............................................................. 2,744.9 2,749.1 2,740.7 2,743.1 107.6 155.8 116.9 163.1 3.9 5.7 4.3 5.9

Boulder ............................................................. 179.3 181.1 178.2 180.2 6.1 8.6 6.5 8.6 3.4 4.8 3.7 4.8

Colorado Springs .............................................. 318.5 316.7 317.8 315.2 14.4 20.7 15.6 21.7 4.5 6.5 4.9 6.9

Denver-Aurora .................................................. 1,399.7 1,408.8 1,393.9 1,397.4 55.9 82.7 61.1 87.7 4.0 5.9 4.4 6.3

Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................ 179.1 178.0 177.6 176.5 6.1 8.4 6.6 8.7 3.4 4.7 3.7 4.9

Grand Junction ................................................. 81.3 83.6 80.9 83.4 2.6 3.6 2.8 3.9 3.2 4.3 3.5 4.6

Greeley ............................................................. 123.1 122.7 122.1 122.1 5.1 7.3 5.5 7.6 4.2 5.9 4.5 6.3

Pueblo .............................................................. 74.1 74.9 74.0 74.5 3.6 5.2 4.0 5.5 4.8 7.0 5.5 7.4

Connecticut ......................................................... 1,882.1 1,901.3 1,871.8 1,882.8 86.1 121.9 84.4 123.9 4.6 6.4 4.5 6.6

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ........................... 478.8 484.1 477.0 480.6 20.1 28.9 19.1 29.0 4.2 6.0 4.0 6.0

Danbury ............................................................ 93.1 94.1 92.7 93.2 3.4 4.7 3.1 4.8 3.6 5.0 3.4 5.1

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ............... 591.6 599.6 587.6 591.6 27.6 38.7 27.3 39.6 4.7 6.5 4.6 6.7

New Haven ....................................................... 314.1 315.8 312.2 312.7 15.2 20.7 14.6 20.7 4.8 6.6 4.7 6.6

Norwich-New London ....................................... 151.7 152.6 151.4 151.6 6.6 10.1 6.6 10.4 4.4 6.6 4.3 6.9

Waterbury ......................................................... 102.6 103.8 102.1 103.4 6.0 8.7 6.3 8.9 5.8 8.3 6.1 8.6

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Delaware .............................................................. 446.0 445.8 445.2 445.4 13.6 23.1 15.2 26.3 3.0 5.2 3.4 5.9

Dover ................................................................ 74.9 75.4 74.9 75.6 2.2 3.7 2.5 4.4 2.9 4.9 3.4 5.8

District of Columbia ........................................... 327.1 328.3 325.8 327.4 18.6 27.4 18.9 29.1 5.7 8.4 5.8 8.9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ..................... 2,991.1 3,011.2 2,979.9 3,005.3 88.7 132.4 90.6 142.6 3.0 4.4 3.0 4.7

Florida .................................................................. 9,224.1 9,310.6 9,215.0 9,280.9 398.0 685.2 412.6 723.6 4.3 7.4 4.5 7.8

Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice ............................. 331.7 331.3 330.8 328.8 15.6 26.7 15.9 27.5 4.7 8.1 4.8 8.4

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ..................................... 284.9 284.9 287.1 283.0 16.3 28.1 17.1 28.4 5.7 9.9 6.0 10.0

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .......... 251.5 255.8 250.0 255.0 11.4 20.9 12.0 21.9 4.5 8.2 4.8 8.6

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ............... 98.0 97.9 97.4 97.6 3.1 5.4 3.4 5.9 3.2 5.5 3.4 6.0

Gainesville ........................................................ 138.0 139.0 135.1 136.1 4.3 7.0 4.3 7.2 3.1 5.0 3.2 5.3

Jacksonville ...................................................... 675.6 681.6 671.4 676.2 27.5 47.9 28.6 50.2 4.1 7.0 4.3 7.4

Lakeland-Winter Haven .................................... 269.8 274.0 270.1 272.6 12.9 23.0 13.1 23.6 4.8 8.4 4.8 8.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .......... 2,851.6 2,855.7 2,852.8 2,855.3 112.4 184.3 116.8 203.1 3.9 6.5 4.1 7.1

Naples-Marco Island ......................................... 151.5 151.3 151.9 150.4 7.6 12.2 7.4 12.1 5.0 8.1 4.9 8.1

Ocala ................................................................ 136.8 140.9 136.8 140.2 7.1 13.7 7.4 14.2 5.2 9.7 5.4 10.1

Orlando-Kissimmee .......................................... 1,106.5 1,127.2 1,105.2 1,120.6 45.7 83.9 47.3 86.8 4.1 7.4 4.3 7.7

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ......................... 264.2 266.7 263.5 265.7 12.4 21.7 13.2 22.4 4.7 8.1 5.0 8.4

Palm Coast ....................................................... 30.8 31.8 30.7 31.6 2.1 3.6 2.3 3.7 7.0 11.3 7.4 11.7

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................. 87.2 87.2 86.2 87.4 3.5 6.6 4.0 7.9 4.0 7.5 4.6 9.0

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................ 211.7 215.2 210.1 214.7 8.4 14.6 8.7 16.0 4.0 6.8 4.1 7.5

Port St. Lucie .................................................... 188.5 193.0 188.4 192.5 10.9 18.5 11.0 18.7 5.8 9.6 5.8 9.7

Punta Gorda ..................................................... 68.1 68.6 68.1 68.2 4.2 6.7 4.3 6.7 6.1 9.8 6.3 9.9

Sebastian-Vero Beach ...................................... 60.7 61.5 61.0 61.1 3.7 5.9 3.7 5.9 6.2 9.7 6.1 9.7

Tallahassee ...................................................... 189.6 190.0 188.2 188.7 6.3 10.4 6.4 10.7 3.3 5.4 3.4 5.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater .................... 1,348.2 1,356.7 1,348.6 1,355.6 61.1 107.0 63.6 112.0 4.5 7.9 4.7 8.3

Georgia ................................................................ 4,857.8 4,889.8 4,871.3 4,887.9 205.5 349.8 223.3 381.6 4.2 7.2 4.6 7.8

Albany ............................................................... 75.9 76.7 76.0 76.7 3.5 5.4 3.9 5.7 4.7 7.0 5.1 7.4

Athens-Clarke County ...................................... 107.2 109.5 107.3 109.1 3.7 6.3 4.0 6.7 3.5 5.8 3.8 6.1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ........................ 2,761.5 2,767.2 2,771.5 2,766.3 112.2 192.1 123.3 208.9 4.1 6.9 4.5 7.6

Augusta-Richmond County ............................... 256.8 258.0 258.1 259.1 13.2 18.4 14.3 20.3 5.1 7.1 5.5 7.8

Brunswick ......................................................... 53.0 53.7 53.1 53.7 1.8 3.4 2.1 3.8 3.5 6.3 3.9 7.1

Columbus ......................................................... 129.3 129.7 130.0 129.7 6.3 9.5 6.9 10.0 4.9 7.3 5.3 7.7

Dalton ............................................................... 68.4 69.2 68.7 69.3 3.2 7.3 3.4 7.7 4.7 10.6 5.0 11.2

Gainesville ........................................................ 91.1 93.3 91.5 93.1 3.0 6.0 3.3 6.5 3.3 6.4 3.6 7.0

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ..................................... 30.5 31.5 30.4 31.6 1.4 2.1 1.5 2.3 4.5 6.6 4.9 7.4

Macon ............................................................... 112.1 113.9 112.3 113.7 5.0 8.2 5.6 8.8 4.5 7.2 4.9 7.8

Rome ................................................................ 49.5 49.7 49.4 49.4 2.2 3.7 2.3 4.0 4.4 7.5 4.7 8.0

Savannah ......................................................... 179.8 181.3 179.6 181.1 6.2 10.6 7.0 11.9 3.4 5.8 3.9 6.6

Valdosta ............................................................ 68.8 69.1 69.0 68.9 2.5 4.4 2.9 5.1 3.7 6.4 4.2 7.4

Warner Robins .................................................. 68.7 69.0 69.1 68.6 2.4 4.0 2.7 4.3 3.6 5.8 3.9 6.3

Hawaii .................................................................. 650.0 660.4 649.1 659.8 19.1 33.6 18.0 33.6 2.9 5.1 2.8 5.1

Honolulu ........................................................... 451.7 458.2 451.1 457.7 12.2 20.2 11.2 19.3 2.7 4.4 2.5 4.2

Idaho .................................................................... 757.4 759.2 755.5 756.8 19.3 42.0 22.3 48.9 2.6 5.5 2.9 6.5

Boise City-Nampa ............................................. 297.6 294.9 297.7 294.1 8.2 18.3 8.9 20.7 2.8 6.2 3.0 7.1

Coeur d’Alene ................................................... 71.0 72.3 71.1 71.6 1.9 4.5 2.3 5.4 2.7 6.2 3.2 7.5

Idaho Falls ........................................................ 62.4 60.0 62.0 59.4 1.1 2.3 1.3 2.9 1.8 3.8 2.1 4.8

Lewiston ........................................................... 29.4 29.0 29.5 28.8 0.9 1.6 1.0 1.9 3.1 5.5 3.3 6.4

Pocatello ........................................................... 44.4 43.3 44.2 43.2 1.1 2.0 1.2 2.4 2.5 4.6 2.8 5.4

Illinois .................................................................. 6,748.4 6,642.3 6,731.0 6,621.1 324.6 458.5 355.6 488.8 4.8 6.9 5.3 7.4

Bloomington-Normal ......................................... 93.0 91.7 92.7 90.8 3.5 5.2 3.9 4.9 3.8 5.6 4.2 5.4

Champaign-Urbana .......................................... 125.8 124.5 124.4 122.7 5.6 8.0 5.9 7.4 4.4 6.4 4.8 6.1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................. 4,929.9 4,859.4 4,918.9 4,853.0 228.8 314.4 244.7 346.9 4.6 6.5 5.0 7.1

Danville ............................................................. 38.4 38.5 38.3 38.0 2.4 3.7 2.7 3.6 6.3 9.6 7.1 9.4

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ......................... 207.0 206.7 206.9 206.3 8.4 11.6 10.0 12.5 4.1 5.6 4.8 6.1

Decatur ............................................................. 55.7 54.9 55.4 54.8 3.1 4.4 3.4 4.3 5.5 7.9 6.1 7.9

Kankakee-Bradley ............................................ 56.8 57.3 57.0 57.2 3.7 5.9 4.3 6.0 6.5 10.2 7.6 10.5

Peoria ............................................................... 206.1 204.4 205.0 203.9 9.2 12.6 10.3 12.8 4.5 6.2 5.0 6.3

Rockford ........................................................... 178.2 179.3 179.4 180.9 10.6 18.6 12.7 22.5 6.0 10.4 7.1 12.5

Springfield ......................................................... 116.1 114.9 115.9 114.1 5.2 7.5 5.7 7.1 4.5 6.5 4.9 6.3

Indiana ................................................................. 3,213.1 3,237.0 3,190.0 3,209.7 134.2 222.5 142.2 261.3 4.2 6.9 4.5 8.1

Anderson .......................................................... 59.8 59.8 59.5 59.4 3.2 4.6 3.5 5.4 5.4 7.7 5.9 9.2

Bloomington ...................................................... 97.9 97.8 95.9 92.9 3.9 5.5 3.5 6.1 4.0 5.6 3.7 6.6

Columbus ......................................................... 38.5 39.0 38.3 38.7 1.2 2.2 1.3 2.5 3.2 5.5 3.5 6.5

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................. 101.1 103.2 100.3 104.3 4.6 12.8 4.7 16.0 4.5 12.4 4.7 15.3

Evansville ......................................................... 181.9 181.5 180.9 179.9 7.4 10.8 7.7 12.1 4.1 5.9 4.3 6.7

Fort Wayne ....................................................... 211.7 213.9 210.6 213.1 9.3 14.6 9.8 17.4 4.4 6.8 4.7 8.2

Indianapolis-Carmel .......................................... 900.1 904.4 894.7 898.7 33.5 53.5 35.3 60.4 3.7 5.9 3.9 6.7

Kokomo ............................................................ 44.8 44.1 44.3 44.3 2.1 3.8 2.2 4.4 4.6 8.6 5.0 9.9

Lafayette ........................................................... 96.3 96.4 94.1 95.0 3.4 5.2 3.5 5.9 3.5 5.4 3.7 6.2

Michigan City-La Porte ..................................... 52.5 52.8 52.3 52.9 2.4 3.8 2.7 4.9 4.5 7.2 5.1 9.2

Muncie .............................................................. 56.0 56.3 55.9 55.7 2.6 4.1 2.8 4.6 4.6 7.3 5.0 8.3

South Bend-Mishawaka .................................... 161.5 160.4 160.7 160.2 7.5 12.9 8.0 15.2 4.6 8.1 5.0 9.5

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Indiana—Continued

Terre Haute ...................................................... 79.7 78.7 78.7 78.3 3.8 5.5 4.0 6.6 4.7 7.0 5.1 8.5

Iowa ...................................................................... 1,669.5 1,681.4 1,666.3 1,668.5 58.6 67.4 70.5 80.3 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.8

Ames ................................................................ 49.0 48.5 48.8 48.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.2

Cedar Rapids .................................................... 143.1 145.5 142.3 144.4 5.0 5.5 5.9 6.7 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.6

Des Moines-West Des Moines ......................... 309.3 311.9 309.8 310.9 10.2 11.7 12.0 13.8 3.3 3.8 3.9 4.5

Dubuque ........................................................... 51.7 51.7 51.5 51.3 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 3.6 4.0 4.7 5.3

Iowa City ........................................................... 90.9 91.1 90.3 90.3 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.4

Sioux City ......................................................... 76.5 76.4 76.8 75.4 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.3

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................ 94.5 94.8 94.3 94.0 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.6 4.1 4.2

Kansas ................................................................. 1,484.3 1,506.2 1,480.1 1,500.4 56.7 72.3 59.9 73.1 3.8 4.8 4.0 4.9

Lawrence .......................................................... 63.5 63.0 63.0 62.7 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.3 4.0 3.6 4.0

Topeka .............................................................. 120.5 122.8 120.4 121.7 5.1 6.5 5.9 6.5 4.2 5.3 4.9 5.3

Wichita .............................................................. 317.1 321.9 316.3 319.9 11.7 15.0 12.2 15.8 3.7 4.7 3.9 4.9

Kentucky ............................................................. 2,049.0 2,041.2 2,048.3 2,047.0 96.9 134.4 110.5 154.0 4.7 6.6 5.4 7.5

Bowling Green .................................................. 64.4 64.6 64.3 64.8 2.4 3.6 2.6 4.1 3.8 5.6 4.0 6.3

Elizabethtown ................................................... 54.8 53.4 54.7 53.7 2.5 3.5 2.7 4.0 4.5 6.6 5.0 7.4

Lexington-Fayette ............................................. 239.0 237.6 238.1 236.8 8.9 12.2 9.4 12.9 3.7 5.1 3.9 5.4

Louisville-Jefferson County .............................. 631.5 624.3 634.0 625.9 27.5 39.8 34.4 47.5 4.4 6.4 5.4 7.6

Owensboro ....................................................... 56.8 55.9 56.9 56.4 2.4 3.5 2.6 3.8 4.2 6.2 4.6 6.7

Louisiana ............................................................. 2,020.0 2,054.7 2,005.1 2,045.8 69.7 102.3 76.2 113.2 3.4 5.0 3.8 5.5

Alexandria ......................................................... 68.4 69.0 67.8 68.4 2.3 3.4 2.5 3.8 3.4 4.9 3.8 5.5

Baton Rouge ..................................................... 367.6 373.5 364.3 373.5 12.4 17.9 13.5 19.7 3.4 4.8 3.7 5.3

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ....................... 103.0 103.2 102.1 102.3 2.6 3.7 2.7 3.9 2.5 3.6 2.6 3.8

Lafayette ........................................................... 133.6 134.9 132.1 134.4 3.5 4.8 3.6 5.1 2.6 3.5 2.7 3.8

Lake Charles .................................................... 93.3 93.7 92.7 93.5 3.1 4.2 3.5 4.5 3.4 4.5 3.8 4.8

Monroe ............................................................. 81.3 81.6 80.3 81.3 3.2 4.4 3.5 4.9 3.9 5.4 4.4 6.1

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .......................... 513.2 526.5 510.3 526.4 16.1 25.7 17.1 28.3 3.1 4.9 3.3 5.4

Shreveport-Bossier City .................................... 181.0 184.4 180.6 183.4 7.1 10.6 7.8 11.7 3.9 5.7 4.3 6.4

Maine ................................................................... 702.9 707.7 701.4 705.0 32.7 44.1 35.1 49.3 4.7 6.2 5.0 7.0

Bangor .............................................................. 71.7 72.6 71.3 72.2 3.2 4.1 3.3 4.6 4.5 5.7 4.6 6.4

Lewiston-Auburn ............................................... 58.1 58.2 58.0 57.7 2.7 3.8 2.8 4.3 4.6 6.5 4.8 7.4

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ................... 206.1 205.7 205.0 203.7 7.6 10.2 7.5 11.2 3.7 5.0 3.7 5.5

Maryland .............................................................. 2,988.2 2,986.5 2,973.9 2,977.5 101.2 153.4 103.1 165.3 3.4 5.1 3.5 5.6

Baltimore-Towson ............................................. 1,403.9 1,401.4 1,396.2 1,395.7 49.7 75.6 50.0 81.4 3.5 5.4 3.6 5.8

Cumberland ...................................................... 48.7 49.4 48.8 48.8 2.1 2.8 2.4 3.2 4.3 5.6 4.9 6.5

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................. 120.4 122.0 120.6 121.6 4.8 7.4 5.2 8.1 4.0 6.1 4.3 6.6

Salisbury ........................................................... 63.3 64.4 63.2 64.1 2.6 4.4 2.8 4.8 4.1 6.9 4.4 7.5

Massachusetts .................................................... 3,406.9 3,417.5 3,393.5 3,407.9 131.0 188.4 138.7 222.0 3.8 5.5 4.1 6.5

Barnstable Town ............................................... 128.3 129.2 126.4 128.0 5.4 8.3 6.2 10.5 4.2 6.4 4.9 8.2

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................... 2,494.4 2,506.0 2,483.5 2,496.0 88.8 126.5 91.3 144.5 3.6 5.0 3.7 5.8

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ......................... 71.8 72.2 71.9 72.1 3.4 5.1 3.8 6.1 4.7 7.1 5.3 8.5

New Bedford ..................................................... 83.9 83.9 83.9 84.5 4.6 6.6 5.2 8.2 5.5 7.9 6.2 9.7

Pittsfield ............................................................ 38.5 38.7 38.6 38.4 1.4 2.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 5.1 3.8 6.6

Springfield ......................................................... 343.7 343.9 342.3 343.2 15.2 21.2 16.0 24.6 4.4 6.2 4.7 7.2

Worcester ......................................................... 289.9 289.5 289.7 289.3 12.0 17.0 12.8 19.8 4.2 5.9 4.4 6.8

Michigan .............................................................. 5,005.0 4,920.8 4,988.5 4,890.5 341.9 448.9 370.0 510.4 6.8 9.1 7.4 10.4

Ann Arbor ......................................................... 190.9 185.1 189.4 183.6 8.5 11.1 9.0 12.6 4.5 6.0 4.7 6.9

Battle Creek ...................................................... 69.3 67.1 69.1 66.9 4.4 5.7 4.7 6.5 6.3 8.4 6.8 9.7

Bay City ............................................................ 54.9 53.8 54.7 53.5 3.4 4.5 3.8 5.3 6.2 8.4 7.0 9.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ..................................... 2,132.5 2,100.2 2,127.4 2,085.7 161.2 198.8 170.8 221.0 7.6 9.5 8.0 10.6

Flint ................................................................... 206.9 198.7 207.3 196.2 16.0 23.1 17.0 24.2 7.7 11.6 8.2 12.3

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ................................... 415.0 410.6 414.4 408.8 22.8 31.4 24.5 35.8 5.5 7.7 5.9 8.8

Holland-Grand Haven ....................................... 137.3 134.4 136.7 134.0 7.2 10.4 7.9 12.3 5.3 7.7 5.8 9.2

Jackson ............................................................ 77.0 75.8 76.7 75.6 5.4 7.3 5.8 8.4 7.1 9.6 7.6 11.1

Kalamazoo-Portage .......................................... 177.6 174.7 176.5 173.8 9.2 12.7 10.1 15.2 5.2 7.3 5.7 8.7

Lansing-East Lansing ....................................... 251.6 246.1 249.9 241.8 12.9 18.2 14.2 20.8 5.1 7.4 5.7 8.6

Monroe ............................................................. 76.9 75.8 76.3 75.4 4.8 7.3 5.0 8.5 6.2 9.6 6.6 11.3

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................. 90.2 89.3 89.5 89.1 6.0 8.9 6.2 10.2 6.7 10.0 7.0 11.5

Niles-Benton Harbor ......................................... 81.0 80.3 80.8 79.8 5.3 7.0 5.9 8.1 6.6 8.8 7.2 10.1

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ................... 96.9 93.6 96.2 92.4 6.5 8.6 7.1 9.6 6.7 9.1 7.3 10.4

Minnesota ............................................................ 2,933.5 2,945.4 2,924.2 2,937.7 118.1 176.7 143.6 200.7 4.0 6.0 4.9 6.8

Duluth ............................................................... 146.1 146.0 145.1 146.1 7.1 10.1 8.0 11.4 4.8 6.9 5.5 7.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ................... 1,856.1 1,844.8 1,850.2 1,836.3 72.0 106.8 83.1 117.8 3.9 5.8 4.5 6.4

Rochester ......................................................... 104.1 105.3 103.8 104.8 3.4 4.9 4.3 5.7 3.3 4.7 4.1 5.4

St. Cloud ........................................................... 108.5 108.8 107.7 108.2 4.2 6.6 5.6 7.8 3.8 6.1 5.2 7.2

Mississippi .......................................................... 1,326.3 1,309.3 1,333.3 1,312.4 76.0 86.8 84.2 99.5 5.7 6.6 6.3 7.6

Gulfport-Biloxi ................................................... 113.7 110.2 113.9 110.4 5.4 6.1 6.1 7.1 4.8 5.6 5.3 6.5

Hattiesburg ....................................................... 67.1 64.9 67.5 64.5 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.6 5.2 5.0 5.8

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Mississippi—Continued

Jackson ............................................................ 262.1 256.6 263.5 257.1 12.3 13.8 13.4 15.4 4.7 5.4 5.1 6.0

Pascagoula ....................................................... 70.0 69.4 70.7 69.7 3.7 4.3 4.2 5.2 5.3 6.2 5.9 7.5

Missouri ............................................................... 3,030.3 3,010.5 3,022.8 2,993.1 147.7 194.2 158.5 209.9 4.9 6.5 5.2 7.0

Columbia .......................................................... 94.0 92.8 93.1 92.0 3.3 3.9 3.3 4.2 3.5 4.3 3.6 4.5

Jefferson City .................................................... 77.8 76.5 77.7 76.1 3.0 4.0 3.2 4.3 3.9 5.3 4.1 5.7

Joplin ................................................................ 84.5 84.1 84.3 83.4 3.7 4.5 3.7 4.7 4.3 5.3 4.4 5.7

Kansas City ...................................................... 1,046.3 1,042.9 1,040.4 1,036.7 49.9 64.7 53.3 67.1 4.8 6.2 5.1 6.5

St. Joseph ......................................................... 68.1 67.9 67.8 67.6 2.9 3.7 3.0 3.9 4.2 5.5 4.5 5.8

St. Louis1 .......................................................... 1,447.7 1,428.7 1,445.9 1,424.4 74.9 104.1 78.9 108.3 5.2 7.3 5.5 7.6

Springfield ......................................................... 222.0 221.4 221.0 220.0 8.9 12.6 9.1 13.2 4.0 5.7 4.1 6.0

Montana ............................................................... 501.2 502.8 498.5 500.0 16.1 24.7 18.1 27.4 3.2 4.9 3.6 5.5

Billings .............................................................. 87.4 86.2 86.9 85.8 2.1 2.9 2.2 3.0 2.3 3.3 2.5 3.5

Great Falls ........................................................ 40.0 40.8 39.8 39.5 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.8 3.1 4.1 3.4 4.4

Missoula ........................................................... 59.0 58.7 58.4 58.1 1.8 2.9 2.1 3.2 3.1 4.9 3.6 5.5

Nebraska ............................................................. 989.1 998.7 978.6 990.4 29.1 34.5 26.4 37.8 2.9 3.5 2.7 3.8

Lincoln .............................................................. 170.7 171.1 167.8 169.6 4.7 5.4 4.1 5.6 2.7 3.1 2.4 3.3

Omaha-Council Bluffs ....................................... 451.4 455.8 449.0 452.9 14.9 16.9 14.0 18.5 3.3 3.7 3.1 4.1

Nevada ................................................................. 1,358.6 1,417.0 1,361.4 1,421.6 69.3 112.0 76.0 128.1 5.1 7.9 5.6 9.0

Carson City ....................................................... 28.8 29.6 28.9 29.7 1.5 2.4 1.7 2.8 5.3 8.2 5.9 9.4

Las Vegas-Paradise ......................................... 969.2 1,015.3 971.2 1,019.2 50.2 80.6 54.3 92.4 5.2 7.9 5.6 9.1

Reno-Sparks ..................................................... 230.2 235.6 231.5 235.9 10.8 18.5 12.3 21.2 4.7 7.8 5.3 9.0

New Hampshire ................................................... 739.7 740.4 736.7 735.7 23.3 30.1 24.2 31.5 3.1 4.1 3.3 4.3

Manchester ....................................................... 108.7 108.3 108.0 107.5 3.3 4.3 3.5 4.4 3.1 4.0 3.2 4.1

Portsmouth ....................................................... 44.8 45.2 44.1 44.5 1.4 1.8 1.3 1.7 3.1 3.9 3.1 3.9

Rochester-Dover .............................................. 83.9 85.0 83.3 83.7 2.5 3.5 2.7 3.6 3.0 4.1 3.2 4.4

New Jersey .......................................................... 4,472.2 4,512.9 4,466.3 4,541.2 175.1 261.0 183.5 308.1 3.9 5.8 4.1 6.8

Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................. 133.6 136.2 134.2 136.1 7.0 10.7 7.8 13.0 5.3 7.9 5.8 9.6

Ocean City ........................................................ 52.6 54.1 52.6 54.4 3.7 5.5 4.5 6.7 7.1 10.2 8.5 12.4

Trenton-Ewing .................................................. 196.9 198.0 196.5 199.4 6.9 9.9 7.2 12.0 3.5 5.0 3.6 6.0

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .............................. 68.0 69.6 68.3 70.5 3.9 6.0 4.3 7.3 5.7 8.7 6.4 10.4

New Mexico ......................................................... 951.5 964.7 946.5 966.2 30.2 39.6 28.9 43.5 3.2 4.1 3.1 4.5

Albuquerque ..................................................... 410.5 414.5 407.5 415.4 13.3 18.0 12.4 19.6 3.3 4.3 3.1 4.7

Farmington ....................................................... 57.2 58.2 56.7 58.3 1.6 2.1 1.5 2.3 2.8 3.5 2.7 4.0

Las Cruces ....................................................... 88.8 91.1 88.3 90.9 2.9 3.7 3.0 4.1 3.2 4.1 3.4 4.6

Santa Fe ........................................................... 79.1 79.1 78.7 79.3 2.0 2.8 1.9 3.1 2.6 3.5 2.4 3.9

New York ............................................................. 9,544.1 9,597.6 9,536.7 9,603.7 422.0 565.7 449.7 652.3 4.4 5.9 4.7 6.8

Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................ 452.6 452.1 451.3 450.6 17.2 23.4 18.6 26.6 3.8 5.2 4.1 5.9

Binghamton ...................................................... 123.8 124.0 123.4 124.2 5.1 7.4 5.8 8.9 4.1 6.0 4.7 7.1

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ........................................ 578.0 581.1 577.9 578.9 26.3 36.1 30.0 41.9 4.5 6.2 5.2 7.2

Elmira ............................................................... 41.2 41.4 41.2 41.4 1.7 2.6 1.9 3.1 4.2 6.3 4.6 7.5

Glens Falls ........................................................ 66.2 66.3 66.1 66.7 2.8 4.2 3.4 5.2 4.3 6.4 5.1 7.7

Ithaca ................................................................ 56.2 56.3 55.6 55.8 1.8 2.4 1.7 2.6 3.2 4.3 3.1 4.7

Kingston ............................................................ 91.2 91.2 90.6 91.1 3.9 5.2 4.1 5.9 4.3 5.7 4.6 6.5

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ... 9,359.3 9,427.2 9,352.2 9,451.9 397.8 542.3 411.9 627.2 4.2 5.8 4.4 6.6

 New York City ................................................ 3,873.5 3,909.6 3,872.0 3,914.8 193.1 242.7 199.8 282.3 5.0 6.2 5.2 7.2

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .............. 324.5 326.5 322.6 324.4 12.9 18.3 13.3 20.3 4.0 5.6 4.1 6.3

Rochester ......................................................... 528.9 528.6 528.7 529.8 22.9 31.1 25.4 35.7 4.3 5.9 4.8 6.7

Syracuse ........................................................... 328.9 330.6 328.3 332.3 13.4 19.9 15.1 23.0 4.1 6.0 4.6 6.9

Utica-Rome ....................................................... 140.6 141.1 140.6 142.1 5.9 8.4 6.8 9.8 4.2 6.0 4.8 6.9

North Carolina ..................................................... 4,538.0 4,561.2 4,508.2 4,532.5 207.7 355.8 211.9 383.5 4.6 7.8 4.7 8.5

Asheville ........................................................... 207.6 206.1 205.6 204.9 7.2 12.7 7.2 13.7 3.5 6.1 3.5 6.7

Burlington ......................................................... 69.6 69.9 69.3 69.3 3.3 5.9 3.4 6.5 4.8 8.5 4.9 9.4

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................. 842.8 845.0 837.0 839.6 40.1 69.0 40.6 74.9 4.8 8.2 4.8 8.9

Durham ............................................................. 255.4 257.2 254.6 255.1 9.5 14.9 9.4 15.5 3.7 5.8 3.7 6.1

Fayetteville ....................................................... 147.6 147.4 147.4 145.6 7.5 11.0 7.5 11.4 5.0 7.4 5.1 7.8

Goldsboro ......................................................... 52.7 53.4 52.5 53.2 2.3 3.9 2.4 4.2 4.4 7.2 4.6 7.9

Greensboro-High Point ..................................... 363.5 367.0 361.4 366.7 17.4 29.6 17.3 31.7 4.8 8.1 4.8 8.6

Greenville ......................................................... 88.5 88.8 87.8 88.1 4.2 6.9 4.2 7.3 4.7 7.7 4.8 8.3

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ................................ 172.4 172.5 171.1 170.6 9.9 17.5 10.2 18.6 5.7 10.2 5.9 10.9

Jacksonville ...................................................... 60.2 62.3 59.7 62.0 2.6 4.0 2.6 4.2 4.3 6.5 4.3 6.8

Raleigh-Cary ..................................................... 545.0 550.3 542.4 545.1 19.1 33.6 19.1 35.3 3.5 6.1 3.5 6.5

Rocky Mount ..................................................... 69.6 70.5 69.6 69.8 4.2 7.7 4.4 8.2 6.0 10.9 6.3 11.7

Wilmington ........................................................ 174.5 175.9 173.0 174.4 7.2 13.4 7.6 14.6 4.1 7.6 4.4 8.4

Winston-Salem ................................................. 235.9 239.2 234.4 239.4 10.4 17.2 10.3 18.1 4.4 7.2 4.4 7.6

North Dakota ....................................................... 362.1 366.0 361.6 364.9 9.3 10.3 12.0 12.4 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.4

Bismarck ........................................................... 61.7 62.9 61.8 62.9 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.3 3.1

Fargo ................................................................ 119.6 120.8 118.8 120.3 2.7 3.3 3.3 4.1 2.2 2.7 2.8 3.4

Grand Forks ...................................................... 57.2 57.6 56.7 57.2 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.8

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Ohio ..................................................................... 5,997.7 5,977.8 5,975.1 5,954.2 318.4 416.5 347.2 454.8 5.3 7.0 5.8 7.6

Akron ................................................................ 389.9 389.9 390.4 390.8 19.5 25.1 22.0 29.2 5.0 6.4 5.6 7.5

Canton-Massillon .............................................. 205.4 206.3 205.6 206.4 11.4 14.7 12.8 16.8 5.5 7.1 6.2 8.2

Cincinnati-Middletown ...................................... 1,123.0 1,122.7 1,119.8 1,122.4 52.4 68.7 55.7 75.0 4.7 6.1 5.0 6.7

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ................................... 1,094.3 1,070.7 1,081.2 1,058.7 60.4 73.1 65.1 74.7 5.5 6.8 6.0 7.1

Columbus ......................................................... 968.2 972.4 967.6 969.7 43.9 56.7 46.5 60.4 4.5 5.8 4.8 6.2

Dayton .............................................................. 427.7 426.5 426.8 425.2 23.9 32.2 25.6 34.3 5.6 7.6 6.0 8.1

Lima .................................................................. 52.0 52.2 51.9 52.3 3.1 4.0 3.4 4.7 5.9 7.7 6.5 9.0

Mansfield .......................................................... 62.1 62.0 62.0 62.2 3.9 5.3 4.3 6.2 6.3 8.5 6.9 9.9

Sandusky .......................................................... 41.6 41.7 41.1 41.3 2.5 3.3 3.0 4.1 6.0 7.9 7.3 9.8

Springfield ......................................................... 71.3 70.5 71.3 70.7 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.4 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.6

Toledo ............................................................... 340.0 340.4 339.3 337.5 20.1 31.4 21.9 33.0 5.9 9.2 6.5 9.8

Weirton-Steubenville ........................................ 57.1 56.6 57.0 55.6 3.2 4.2 3.6 4.5 5.7 7.4 6.3 8.0

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ....................... 279.2 283.4 279.6 285.9 16.0 22.2 18.0 25.3 5.7 7.8 6.4 8.9

Oklahoma ............................................................ 1,746.1 1,778.3 1,731.6 1,764.2 71.5 80.0 73.7 84.7 4.1 4.5 4.3 4.8

Lawton .............................................................. 46.8 46.6 46.2 46.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4

Oklahoma City .................................................. 577.7 574.8 571.3 571.4 23.4 25.6 24.1 26.5 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.6

Tulsa ................................................................. 447.9 442.4 443.7 439.1 17.9 20.3 18.4 21.5 4.0 4.6 4.1 4.9

Oregon ................................................................. 1,947.2 1,980.6 1,933.4 1,980.0 98.2 154.6 104.9 174.8 5.0 7.8 5.4 8.8

Bend ................................................................. 83.0 86.9 83.0 88.0 4.4 8.4 5.1 10.0 5.4 9.7 6.1 11.3

Corvallis ............................................................ 43.7 44.0 43.0 43.4 1.6 2.4 1.6 2.7 3.7 5.5 3.8 6.2

Eugene-Springfield ........................................... 182.7 185.1 181.9 186.2 9.1 15.5 9.8 17.7 5.0 8.4 5.4 9.5

Medford ............................................................ 105.3 107.3 103.7 107.0 5.5 9.3 6.1 10.6 5.2 8.7 5.9 9.9

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton ........................ 1,165.9 1,187.7 1,161.3 1,192.5 54.6 84.9 55.9 96.7 4.7 7.1 4.8 8.1

Salem ............................................................... 191.5 195.2 188.6 194.0 9.7 15.1 10.4 17.3 5.1 7.7 5.5 8.9

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,318.3 6,429.0 6,296.5 6,428.4 258.4 379.6 273.7 410.3 4.1 5.9 4.3 6.4

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ........................... 413.8 418.7 413.1 419.6 17.0 25.7 17.9 28.0 4.1 6.1 4.3 6.7

Altoona ............................................................. 64.8 66.0 64.9 66.1 2.6 3.8 2.8 4.3 4.0 5.8 4.3 6.4

Erie ................................................................... 140.3 141.9 139.9 141.6 6.3 8.7 6.9 9.3 4.5 6.1 4.9 6.6

Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................ 282.1 285.2 280.7 284.6 9.7 14.6 10.0 15.6 3.4 5.1 3.6 5.5

Johnstown ........................................................ 68.2 68.4 67.9 68.6 3.4 4.6 3.7 5.2 5.0 6.8 5.5 7.6

Lancaster .......................................................... 268.6 275.3 268.3 274.6 8.5 13.2 8.7 14.2 3.2 4.8 3.2 5.2

Lebanon ............................................................ 72.2 73.4 72.3 73.3 2.3 3.4 2.4 3.6 3.2 4.6 3.4 4.9

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington .................... 2,971.5 2,998.3 2,958.8 3,006.9 119.3 176.2 121.8 191.0 4.0 5.9 4.1 6.4

Pittsburgh ......................................................... 1,202.8 1,219.9 1,196.5 1,220.3 48.7 66.8 52.4 73.3 4.0 5.5 4.4 6.0

Reading ............................................................ 201.4 204.9 201.5 205.1 8.1 12.7 8.5 13.6 4.0 6.2 4.2 6.6

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ................................... 278.8 284.2 277.7 284.8 12.6 18.7 13.7 20.9 4.5 6.6 4.9 7.4

State College .................................................... 75.7 76.9 74.5 75.4 2.4 3.5 2.6 3.8 3.2 4.5 3.5 5.0

Williamsport ...................................................... 59.2 59.6 59.1 59.7 2.6 3.8 3.0 4.5 4.5 6.4 5.1 7.6

York-Hanover ................................................... 225.2 228.6 224.6 227.3 7.8 12.5 8.4 13.2 3.5 5.5 3.7 5.8

Rhode Island ....................................................... 580.4 571.6 578.1 566.8 27.1 48.8 29.9 54.6 4.7 8.5 5.2 9.6

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................ 714.7 703.7 712.7 700.0 33.9 58.0 38.1 67.3 4.7 8.2 5.3 9.6

South Carolina .................................................... 2,136.3 2,157.5 2,132.4 2,164.1 124.3 177.7 136.2 202.3 5.8 8.2 6.4 9.3

Anderson .......................................................... 84.9 85.3 84.5 86.3 5.0 6.8 5.4 8.3 5.9 8.0 6.4 9.6

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ....... 312.5 315.8 311.3 316.6 14.4 21.1 15.5 23.6 4.6 6.7 5.0 7.4

Columbia .......................................................... 370.6 373.3 370.4 374.5 19.0 25.7 20.0 28.5 5.1 6.9 5.4 7.6

Florence ............................................................ 95.6 98.3 96.0 98.9 6.0 8.6 6.7 9.9 6.3 8.7 7.0 10.0

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................ 315.3 320.6 314.9 320.9 16.6 22.6 17.3 25.3 5.2 7.1 5.5 7.9

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ...... 128.9 130.1 128.1 129.9 7.2 12.3 8.6 14.9 5.6 9.5 6.8 11.5

Spartanburg ...................................................... 132.7 136.5 133.0 137.8 7.8 11.3 8.5 12.9 5.9 8.3 6.4 9.4

Sumter .............................................................. 45.0 43.7 45.1 43.0 3.4 4.2 3.8 4.6 7.6 9.7 8.4 10.7

South Dakota ...................................................... 443.2 445.1 438.5 441.2 11.7 14.3 13.4 17.4 2.6 3.2 3.1 3.9

Rapid City ......................................................... 66.4 66.6 65.6 65.9 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.3 3.0 4.0

Sioux Falls ........................................................ 129.6 129.9 129.0 129.4 2.8 3.7 3.3 4.7 2.2 2.9 2.5 3.7

Tennessee ........................................................... 3,071.0 3,037.1 3,061.5 3,039.9 151.5 208.1 154.3 232.4 4.9 6.9 5.0 7.6

Chattanooga ..................................................... 266.6 265.5 265.1 266.2 11.8 16.5 11.2 18.5 4.4 6.2 4.2 7.0

Clarksville ......................................................... 110.8 109.0 110.5 108.7 5.8 7.3 5.9 8.0 5.2 6.7 5.3 7.4

Cleveland .......................................................... 55.2 54.7 54.8 55.7 2.7 3.7 2.8 4.1 4.9 6.7 5.0 7.4

Jackson ............................................................ 56.8 56.3 56.9 56.2 3.0 3.9 3.1 4.3 5.4 6.9 5.4 7.6

Johnson City ..................................................... 100.5 100.2 100.3 100.3 4.7 6.2 4.8 6.9 4.7 6.2 4.8 6.9

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol .................................... 145.2 146.4 144.0 146.5 6.3 8.5 6.4 9.7 4.3 5.8 4.4 6.6

Knoxville ........................................................... 360.9 356.9 359.4 356.4 14.3 20.3 14.3 22.7 4.0 5.7 4.0 6.4

Memphis ........................................................... 628.8 614.0 629.9 618.2 33.6 42.5 34.9 47.0 5.3 6.9 5.5 7.6

Morristown ........................................................ 65.0 64.4 64.6 64.4 3.3 5.1 3.6 5.7 5.1 7.9 5.5 8.9

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin 802.0 794.1 799.3 793.5 34.3 46.8 33.3 51.9 4.3 5.9 4.2 6.5

Texas ................................................................... 11,590.2 11,865.3 11,575.1 11,833.3 481.5 664.7 493.4 670.6 4.2 5.6 4.3 5.7

Abilene .............................................................. 80.7 81.6 80.4 80.9 2.8 3.6 2.8 3.5 3.5 4.4 3.5 4.3

Amarillo ............................................................. 128.7 129.9 128.4 128.6 4.2 5.2 4.1 4.9 3.2 4.0 3.2 3.8

Austin-Round Rock ........................................... 857.1 873.4 855.0 867.1 30.3 44.0 30.8 45.0 3.5 5.0 3.6 5.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur ....................................... 180.0 184.0 179.7 183.2 9.7 14.5 10.7 14.5 5.4 7.9 5.9 7.9

Brownsville-Harlingen ....................................... 142.3 146.8 143.0 147.1 8.1 11.4 8.6 12.1 5.7 7.8 6.0 8.2

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Texas—Continued

College Station-Bryan ....................................... 104.5 108.0 103.7 106.6 3.6 4.7 3.5 4.4 3.4 4.4 3.3 4.1

Corpus Christi ................................................... 198.0 201.1 197.3 200.5 8.4 10.7 8.7 11.0 4.2 5.3 4.4 5.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................. 3,127.4 3,185.7 3,118.6 3,176.5 129.4 182.2 131.1 185.6 4.1 5.7 4.2 5.8

El Paso ............................................................. 295.0 302.9 294.6 302.1 16.1 21.0 16.3 21.1 5.4 6.9 5.5 7.0

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ......................... 2,768.7 2,834.3 2,767.1 2,835.1 112.8 157.2 115.5 156.7 4.1 5.5 4.2 5.5

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ................................ 153.4 156.8 153.2 155.9 6.9 8.8 7.0 8.7 4.5 5.6 4.6 5.6

Laredo .............................................................. 88.9 91.8 88.6 91.8 4.1 5.5 4.2 5.5 4.6 6.0 4.7 6.0

Longview .......................................................... 106.8 108.8 106.6 108.3 3.9 5.0 4.1 4.9 3.7 4.6 3.8 4.5

Lubbock ............................................................ 139.7 141.2 139.4 139.8 4.7 5.7 4.7 5.3 3.4 4.1 3.3 3.8

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................ 271.9 286.8 273.9 289.9 16.7 23.7 18.6 26.3 6.1 8.3 6.8 9.1

Midland ............................................................. 72.2 73.1 72.0 72.4 2.0 2.4 1.9 2.2 2.7 3.3 2.7 3.1

Odessa ............................................................. 68.1 69.3 67.9 69.0 2.2 2.7 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.9 3.1 3.9

San Angelo ....................................................... 52.7 52.4 52.7 52.2 1.9 2.5 1.9 2.4 3.6 4.7 3.5 4.5

San Antonio ...................................................... 931.9 953.7 927.6 948.9 36.4 51.5 36.9 50.7 3.9 5.4 4.0 5.3

Sherman-Denison ............................................. 56.0 58.0 55.9 57.9 2.6 3.3 2.6 3.5 4.6 5.7 4.7 6.0

Texarkana ......................................................... 62.4 63.9 62.3 63.9 2.8 3.3 2.9 3.3 4.5 5.1 4.6 5.1

Tyler .................................................................. 97.3 98.4 97.2 98.4 4.0 5.2 4.3 5.5 4.1 5.3 4.4 5.6

Victoria .............................................................. 57.7 57.9 57.7 57.7 2.0 2.7 2.1 2.8 3.5 4.7 3.6 4.9

Waco ................................................................ 114.1 115.5 113.4 115.0 4.6 5.7 4.5 5.6 4.0 4.9 4.0 4.8

Wichita Falls ..................................................... 74.4 76.2 74.3 75.5 2.9 4.2 2.9 4.1 3.9 5.5 3.9 5.5

Utah ...................................................................... 1,386.7 1,386.3 1,385.5 1,381.7 36.8 48.5 39.3 55.9 2.7 3.5 2.8 4.0

Logan ................................................................ 69.1 69.5 68.3 69.3 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.9 1.9 2.4 1.9 2.8

Ogden-Clearfield .............................................. 264.6 264.2 263.3 264.3 7.6 9.8 8.2 11.5 2.9 3.7 3.1 4.4

Provo-Orem ...................................................... 232.9 229.5 232.6 229.3 5.5 7.4 5.9 8.5 2.4 3.2 2.6 3.7

St. George ........................................................ 63.5 62.3 63.4 62.3 1.9 3.2 2.1 3.7 3.0 5.2 3.3 6.0

Salt Lake City ................................................... 610.9 611.8 614.5 616.4 16.1 20.9 16.8 23.4 2.6 3.4 2.7 3.8

Vermont ............................................................... 351.9 355.9 352.3 356.3 12.3 19.4 13.0 21.2 3.5 5.4 3.7 6.0

Burlington-South Burlington .............................. 112.5 114.0 111.2 112.8 3.4 5.4 3.4 5.8 3.0 4.8 3.1 5.1

Virginia ................................................................ 4,072.4 4,137.0 4,059.2 4,131.2 122.9 190.8 130.8 213.4 3.0 4.6 3.2 5.2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................. 78.3 79.8 77.0 78.7 2.7 4.4 2.8 5.0 3.5 5.6 3.6 6.3

Charlottesville ................................................... 106.8 106.9 105.8 105.5 2.5 4.0 2.7 4.4 2.4 3.7 2.6 4.2

Danville ............................................................. 54.2 52.4 54.4 52.2 2.9 6.1 3.2 6.0 5.3 11.7 5.9 11.5

Harrisonburg ..................................................... 65.8 67.1 65.5 66.8 1.7 2.7 1.7 2.8 2.5 4.0 2.6 4.3

Lynchburg ......................................................... 123.2 126.3 123.0 125.9 4.0 5.8 4.2 6.6 3.2 4.6 3.4 5.3

Richmond ......................................................... 642.9 650.5 641.9 650.9 20.4 32.2 21.7 36.0 3.2 5.0 3.4 5.5

Roanoke ........................................................... 155.9 158.1 155.3 157.5 4.9 7.2 5.3 8.0 3.2 4.5 3.4 5.1

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............. 816.3 839.0 813.4 838.6 26.5 40.5 28.3 44.4 3.2 4.8 3.5 5.3

Winchester ........................................................ 66.0 66.6 66.1 66.5 2.0 3.4 2.2 4.1 3.0 5.1 3.3 6.1

Washington ......................................................... 3,455.0 3,517.4 3,451.4 3,530.8 154.9 220.5 164.1 251.7 4.5 6.3 4.8 7.1

Bellingham ........................................................ 109.2 111.8 108.7 112.0 4.4 6.2 4.4 6.8 4.0 5.5 4.1 6.1

Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................ 125.5 126.5 125.3 127.1 5.4 7.2 5.3 7.6 4.3 5.7 4.2 6.0

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland .............................. 119.8 124.1 118.1 122.9 6.4 7.6 7.0 9.0 5.4 6.1 5.9 7.3

Longview .......................................................... 44.1 45.7 44.2 46.4 2.8 4.3 3.0 5.2 6.3 9.5 6.8 11.2

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................. 58.4 59.4 58.1 57.7 2.8 4.0 2.9 4.5 4.8 6.8 5.0 7.8

Olympia ............................................................ 131.1 135.8 131.2 136.3 5.6 7.8 5.8 8.4 4.3 5.7 4.4 6.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................. 1,855.2 1,877.6 1,857.4 1,888.6 72.5 107.9 73.3 119.3 3.9 5.7 3.9 6.3

Spokane ........................................................... 239.7 243.7 240.2 244.8 11.0 15.4 12.3 18.1 4.6 6.3 5.1 7.4

Wenatchee ....................................................... 58.3 59.8 57.8 58.7 2.9 3.7 3.4 4.4 5.0 6.2 5.8 7.4

Yakima .............................................................. 115.9 119.6 116.0 117.3 7.8 9.1 9.1 11.3 6.8 7.6 7.9 9.7

West Virginia ....................................................... 809.2 803.7 805.2 793.9 33.4 33.1 35.8 35.0 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.4

Charleston ........................................................ 138.1 137.3 137.4 135.6 5.1 4.6 5.1 4.7 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.5

Huntington-Ashland .......................................... 134.7 132.8 133.3 132.3 5.7 6.4 6.0 7.3 4.3 4.8 4.5 5.5

Morgantown ...................................................... 63.6 63.8 63.1 62.8 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.7

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ........................... 82.1 79.7 81.3 79.3 3.5 4.0 3.9 4.4 4.3 5.0 4.8 5.5

Wheeling ........................................................... 68.5 69.7 68.7 69.3 3.1 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.6 5.3 5.2 5.9

Wisconsin ............................................................ 3,088.7 3,090.4 3,080.5 3,081.8 133.9 163.3 142.1 179.6 4.3 5.3 4.6 5.8

Appleton ........................................................... 121.5 120.8 121.3 119.9 5.0 6.1 5.3 6.7 4.1 5.0 4.4 5.6

Eau Claire ......................................................... 90.7 90.3 90.5 89.8 3.5 4.3 4.0 5.0 3.8 4.8 4.4 5.5

Fond du Lac ...................................................... 56.1 57.2 56.0 56.8 2.2 3.3 2.5 3.3 4.0 5.8 4.4 5.9

Green Bay ........................................................ 169.5 169.6 169.4 168.7 7.4 8.9 7.7 9.6 4.4 5.2 4.6 5.7

Janesville .......................................................... 83.9 82.9 83.9 82.8 4.2 6.1 4.3 6.7 5.0 7.4 5.1 8.1

La Crosse ......................................................... 75.3 74.4 75.3 74.2 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.9 3.6 4.5 3.9 5.2

Madison ............................................................ 338.0 334.8 336.9 333.3 11.1 13.0 11.3 13.8 3.3 3.9 3.4 4.2

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ..................... 800.0 792.2 797.1 789.8 37.6 43.6 37.3 45.5 4.7 5.5 4.7 5.8

Oshkosh-Neenah .............................................. 92.7 92.5 92.5 91.9 3.8 4.5 3.7 4.6 4.1 4.8 4.0 5.0

Racine .............................................................. 98.9 97.4 99.0 97.2 5.3 6.1 5.7 6.8 5.3 6.3 5.7 7.0

Sheboygan ....................................................... 65.0 64.1 65.1 64.2 2.7 3.4 2.6 3.8 4.1 5.3 4.1 5.9

Wausau ............................................................ 74.9 73.7 74.8 73.5 2.9 3.6 2.9 3.9 3.9 4.8 3.9 5.3

Wyoming ............................................................. 289.7 293.1 289.0 292.3 8.6 8.9 10.2 10.4 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5

Casper .............................................................. 40.5 40.7 40.5 40.6 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 2.6 2.7 3.2 3.2

Cheyenne ......................................................... 42.8 42.7 42.7 42.4 1.5 1.6 2.0 1.9 3.6 3.7 4.6 4.4

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

Puerto Rico ......................................................... 1,365.8 1,371.0 1,359.0 1,370.7 149.5 169.8 142.9 179.6 10.9 12.4 10.5 13.1

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ..................... 112.6 112.3 112.1 111.9 13.2 15.3 12.9 15.7 11.7 13.7 11.5 14.1

Fajardo ............................................................. 29.0 29.6 28.7 29.8 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.7 13.7 14.2 13.5 15.6

Guayama .......................................................... 27.0 27.7 27.2 28.2 3.9 4.4 3.8 4.6 14.5 15.9 13.9 16.2

Mayaguez ......................................................... 37.5 37.4 37.2 37.0 4.4 5.1 4.2 5.4 11.8 13.7 11.2 14.7

Ponce ............................................................... 91.0 92.3 91.9 92.8 10.5 11.8 10.0 12.5 11.6 12.8 10.9 13.5

San German-Cabo Rojo ................................... 53.4 52.7 53.3 52.7 5.8 7.0 5.5 7.3 10.9 13.2 10.3 13.8

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ........................... 919.6 918.8 912.6 916.9 94.4 107.1 90.2 113.8 10.3 11.7 9.9 12.4

Yauco ............................................................... 38.2 39.8 38.2 39.8 5.3 5.8 5.1 6.1 13.8 14.5 13.3 15.3

p = preliminary. 1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.

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

monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,

dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/

lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England

City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.

Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state

that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and

Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio, are the exceptions in that they are listed under

Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for operational reasons. Estimates for the latest

month are subject to revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division 1

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

November December November December November December

2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p 2007 2008 2007 2008p

California .............................................................. 18,342.2 18,579.1 18,352.6 18,612.8 1,021.2 1,546.5 1,080.3 1,688.0 5.6 8.3 5.9 9.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,629.0 6,636.1 6,621.8 6,613.6 321.9 534.7 331.2 581.2 4.9 8.1 5.0 8.8

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 4,994.5 4,994.2 4,987.8 4,965.0 252.5 433.1 260.3 473.5 5.1 8.7 5.2 9.5

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................ 1,634.5 1,642.0 1,634.0 1,648.5 69.4 101.6 70.8 107.7 4.2 6.2 4.3 6.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,252.7 2,286.3 2,255.6 2,294.6 102.3 150.7 103.8 161.4 4.5 6.6 4.6 7.0

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ............................... 1,292.0 1,307.7 1,294.4 1,312.0 63.5 94.6 64.4 101.2 4.9 7.2 5.0 7.7

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 960.7 978.6 961.3 982.5 38.9 56.1 39.4 60.2 4.0 5.7 4.1 6.1

District of Columbia .......................................... 327.1 328.3 325.8 327.4 18.6 27.4 18.9 29.1 5.7 8.4 5.8 8.9

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 2,991.1 3,011.2 2,979.9 3,005.3 88.7 132.4 90.6 142.6 3.0 4.4 3.0 4.7

 Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 3 .................. 636.3 633.6 632.5 632.9 16.4 24.2 16.2 25.5 2.6 3.8 2.6 4.0

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,354.8 2,377.5 2,347.4 2,372.4 72.3 108.2 74.3 117.1 3.1 4.5 3.2 4.9

Florida .................................................................... 9,224.1 9,310.6 9,215.0 9,280.9 398.0 685.2 412.6 723.6 4.3 7.4 4.5 7.8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .............. 2,851.6 2,855.7 2,852.8 2,855.3 112.4 184.3 116.8 203.1 3.9 6.5 4.1 7.1

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield

Beach ............................................................. 1,004.4 1,003.7 1,007.3 999.3 38.9 67.1 39.8 68.3 3.9 6.7 3.9 6.8

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,201.2 1,201.2 1,199.3 1,205.6 44.0 67.0 47.1 83.9 3.7 5.6 3.9 7.0

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 646.0 650.8 646.3 650.4 29.6 50.1 29.9 50.8 4.6 7.7 4.6 7.8

Illinois .................................................................... 6,748.4 6,642.3 6,731.0 6,621.1 324.6 458.5 355.6 488.8 4.8 6.9 5.3 7.4

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 2 ................................... 4,929.9 4,859.4 4,918.9 4,853.0 228.8 314.4 244.7 346.9 4.6 6.5 5.0 7.1

 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet ................................... 4,142.5 4,068.9 4,131.4 4,062.4 191.9 257.5 203.5 282.6 4.6 6.3 4.9 7.0

 Gary 3 ................................................................ 330.7 334.1 328.0 333.5 15.2 22.9 15.0 27.7 4.6 6.9 4.6 8.3

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 456.7 456.4 459.4 457.2 21.7 34.1 26.2 36.6 4.8 7.5 5.7 8.0

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,406.9 3,417.5 3,393.5 3,407.9 131.0 188.4 138.7 222.0 3.8 5.5 4.1 6.5

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................ 2,494.4 2,506.0 2,483.5 2,496.0 88.8 126.5 91.3 144.5 3.6 5.0 3.7 5.8

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................ 1,509.4 1,515.7 1,501.1 1,507.8 51.4 73.2 51.6 83.1 3.4 4.8 3.4 5.5

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 125.3 125.8 125.3 125.9 5.4 7.7 5.8 9.1 4.3 6.1 4.6 7.2

 Framingham ...................................................... 146.6 147.7 146.1 147.3 4.4 6.4 4.6 7.5 3.0 4.3 3.2 5.1

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ 120.8 120.9 120.0 120.3 4.5 6.4 4.8 7.4 3.8 5.3 4.0 6.1

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. 69.3 70.1 69.4 70.3 4.1 5.8 4.5 6.8 5.9 8.3 6.4 9.6

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 152.1 153.5 151.8 153.3 5.9 8.7 6.3 10.2 3.9 5.7 4.1 6.6

 Nashua 2 ........................................................... 180.5 181.0 179.7 180.0 5.6 7.3 5.9 7.7 3.1 4.0 3.3 4.3

 Peabody ............................................................ 126.9 127.5 126.5 127.3 4.9 7.1 5.1 8.3 3.9 5.6 4.0 6.5

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. 63.5 63.7 63.6 63.9 2.5 3.8 2.8 4.5 3.9 5.9 4.3 7.1

Michigan ............................................................... 5,005.0 4,920.8 4,988.5 4,890.5 341.9 448.9 370.0 510.4 6.8 9.1 7.4 10.4

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,132.5 2,100.2 2,127.4 2,085.7 161.2 198.8 170.8 221.0 7.6 9.5 8.0 10.6

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 875.2 858.9 873.1 853.9 76.8 91.1 79.1 99.9 8.8 10.6 9.1 11.7

 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ........................... 1,257.3 1,241.3 1,254.3 1,231.8 84.4 107.7 91.7 121.1 6.7 8.7 7.3 9.8

New York .............................................................. 9,544.1 9,597.6 9,536.7 9,603.7 422.0 565.7 449.7 652.3 4.4 5.9 4.7 6.8

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,359.3 9,427.2 9,352.2 9,451.9 397.8 542.3 411.9 627.2 4.2 5.8 4.4 6.6

 Edison-New Brunswick 3 ................................... 1,195.0 1,204.2 1,190.7 1,207.7 42.6 64.2 44.2 76.6 3.6 5.3 3.7 6.3

 Nassau-Suffolk .................................................. 1,490.8 1,492.2 1,491.4 1,492.2 54.5 77.8 56.4 87.0 3.7 5.2 3.8 5.8

 New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 ....................... 5,582.9 5,627.3 5,580.3 5,640.0 258.2 337.9 267.2 390.9 4.6 6.0 4.8 6.9

 Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,090.6 1,103.5 1,089.8 1,112.0 42.5 62.4 44.1 72.7 3.9 5.7 4.0 6.5

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,318.3 6,429.0 6,296.5 6,428.4 258.4 379.6 273.7 410.3 4.1 5.9 4.3 6.4

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 2,971.5 2,998.3 2,958.8 3,006.9 119.3 176.2 121.8 191.0 4.0 5.9 4.1 6.4

 Camden 3 .......................................................... 661.7 666.8 661.0 673.2 26.1 39.1 27.3 45.7 3.9 5.9 4.1 6.8

 Philadelphia ....................................................... 1,946.2 1,969.1 1,934.7 1,970.9 81.6 117.7 81.7 123.2 4.2 6.0 4.2 6.3

 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 363.5 362.4 363.1 362.9 11.6 19.4 12.9 22.1 3.2 5.4 3.5 6.1

Texas ...................................................................... 11,590.2 11,865.3 11,575.1 11,833.3 481.5 664.7 493.4 670.6 4.2 5.6 4.3 5.7

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 3,127.4 3,185.7 3,118.6 3,176.5 129.4 182.2 131.1 185.6 4.1 5.7 4.2 5.8

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 2,091.0 2,127.6 2,086.4 2,120.3 87.8 124.0 89.1 126.2 4.2 5.8 4.3 6.0

 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 1,036.4 1,058.0 1,032.1 1,056.2 41.6 58.2 42.1 59.4 4.0 5.5 4.1 5.6

Washington ......................................................... 3,455.0 3,517.4 3,451.4 3,530.8 154.9 220.5 164.1 251.7 4.5 6.3 4.8 7.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,855.2 1,877.6 1,857.4 1,888.6 72.5 107.9 73.3 119.3 3.9 5.7 3.9 6.3

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,455.5 1,469.1 1,458.7 1,478.1 53.9 81.1 54.5 89.7 3.7 5.5 3.7 6.1

 Tacoma .............................................................. 399.8 408.5 398.7 410.5 18.6 26.8 18.9 29.6 4.6 6.6 4.7 7.2

p = preliminary. 1 These 11 areas contain all of the 34 metropolitan divisions. 2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states. 3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states.

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01, dated November 20, 2007, and are

available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England

states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas

in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states.

They are listed under the state that corresponds to the first city in their title.

Metropolitan divisions are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in

more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states

under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Three sets of metropolitan areas

and divisions have similar or identical titles. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,

D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va., the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H., and Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.,

metropolitan areas, the division titles are similar but include only Massachusetts and

Illinois, respectively. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the

following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change from December 2007 to

December 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Alabama ................................................................................. 2,023.2 1,997.6 2,025.1 1,983.2 -41.9 -2.1

Anniston-Oxford .................................................................. 53.8 53.8 53.7 53.3 -.4 -.7

Auburn-Opelika ................................................................... 56.5 56.3 56.1 56.0 -.1 -.2

Birmingham-Hoover ............................................................ 535.6 529.0 536.7 526.4 -10.3 -1.9

Decatur ............................................................................... 59.6 58.2 59.7 58.1 -1.6 -2.7

Dothan ................................................................................ 63.2 62.0 63.5 61.8 -1.7 -2.7

Florence-Muscle Shoals ..................................................... 57.9 57.8 58.1 57.5 -.6 -1.0

Huntsville ............................................................................ 213.5 214.4 213.9 213.6 -.3 -.1

Mobile ................................................................................. 184.3 183.7 184.6 183.4 -1.2 -.7

Montgomery ........................................................................ 181.1 181.1 181.7 180.3 -1.4 -.8

Tuscaloosa ......................................................................... 98.7 98.2 98.9 97.6 -1.3 -1.3

Alaska .................................................................................... 307.3 311.1 303.5 306.5 3.0 1.0

Anchorage .......................................................................... 166.9 169.0 166.6 168.9 2.3 1.4

Arizona .................................................................................. 2,692.8 2,589.4 2,693.5 2,577.0 -116.5 -4.3

Flagstaff .............................................................................. 64.9 64.1 64.3 63.6 -.7 -1.1

Lake Havasu City-Kingman ................................................ 54.1 50.8 54.2 50.3 -3.9 -7.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale ................................................... 1,927.3 1,850.5 1,928.0 1,841.2 -86.8 -4.5

Prescott .............................................................................. 65.7 63.1 65.8 62.1 -3.7 -5.6

Tucson ................................................................................ 386.9 371.2 385.9 370.2 -15.7 -4.1

Yuma .................................................................................. 54.6 52.0 56.9 52.4 -4.5 -7.9

Arkansas ............................................................................... 1,211.9 1,202.1 1,212.1 1,193.3 -18.8 -1.6

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers .......................................... 210.2 209.3 210.0 207.5 -2.5 -1.2

Fort Smith ........................................................................... 125.9 125.0 125.7 124.1 -1.6 -1.3

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ................................. 349.4 346.4 350.8 345.0 -5.8 -1.7

California ............................................................................... 15,266.6 15,097.8 15,290.5 15,030.7 -259.8 -1.7

Bakersfield .......................................................................... 241.8 243.7 242.0 242.8 .8 .3

Chico .................................................................................. 77.2 76.2 77.1 75.5 -1.6 -2.1

Fresno ................................................................................ 307.1 304.4 307.1 303.4 -3.7 -1.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,650.6 5,589.8 5,656.5 5,573.6 -82.9 -1.5

Merced ................................................................................ 59.6 59.9 59.8 59.5 -.3 -.5

Modesto .............................................................................. 159.4 157.7 160.4 156.7 -3.7 -2.3

Napa ................................................................................... 64.0 63.1 63.3 62.4 -.9 -1.4

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ....................................... 295.3 288.6 295.3 287.1 -8.2 -2.8

Redding .............................................................................. 66.7 63.7 66.4 63.3 -3.1 -4.7

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ..................................... 1,272.5 1,237.5 1,272.8 1,234.3 -38.5 -3.0

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville ............................ 909.1 891.9 910.4 887.0 -23.4 -2.6

Salinas ................................................................................ 130.2 130.2 130.3 129.4 -.9 -.7

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ....................................... 1,316.9 1,302.5 1,319.8 1,301.4 -18.4 -1.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 2,057.5 2,029.1 2,062.3 2,020.9 -41.4 -2.0

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ...................................... 915.4 910.1 916.8 905.1 -11.7 -1.3

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles ............................................ 105.9 103.2 105.5 102.6 -2.9 -2.7

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................................... 176.0 174.6 174.7 173.4 -1.3 -.7

Santa Cruz-Watsonville ...................................................... 98.6 97.5 97.7 96.5 -1.2 -1.2

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ........................................................ 193.0 192.0 192.2 190.2 -2.0 -1.0

Stockton .............................................................................. 215.5 211.7 215.8 209.9 -5.9 -2.7

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................................... 127.1 125.6 127.6 125.4 -2.2 -1.7

Visalia-Porterville ................................................................ 114.5 113.1 114.7 112.8 -1.9 -1.7

Colorado ................................................................................ 2,353.0 2,351.3 2,367.4 2,351.2 -16.2 -.7

Boulder .............................................................................. 168.9 171.0 168.9 171.2 2.3 1.4

Colorado Springs ................................................................ 263.7 260.0 263.7 259.5 -4.2 -1.6

Denver-Aurora .................................................................... 1,257.1 1,255.5 1,257.3 1,245.8 -11.5 -.9

Fort Collins-Loveland .......................................................... 139.6 138.9 139.4 137.8 -1.6 -1.1

Grand Junction ................................................................... 64.5 66.8 64.5 66.7 2.2 3.4

Greeley ............................................................................... 83.9 84.2 83.9 83.6 -.3 -.4

Pueblo ................................................................................ 59.3 59.4 59.4 59.1 -.3 -.5

Connecticut ........................................................................... 1,722.0 1,706.8 1,729.3 1,699.5 -29.8 -1.7

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ............................................. 426.1 425.7 428.9 424.6 -4.3 -1.0

Danbury .............................................................................. 71.0 71.4 71.6 70.8 -.8 -1.1

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ................................. 565.3 565.6 565.6 559.2 -6.4 -1.1

New Haven ......................................................................... 281.7 279.1 282.5 277.5 -5.0 -1.8

Norwich-New London ......................................................... 136.8 135.3 138.0 135.1 -2.9 -2.1

Waterbury ........................................................................... 69.8 68.7 69.4 68.7 -.7 -1.0

Delaware ................................................................................ 442.3 436.3 443.3 435.7 -7.6 -1.7

Dover .................................................................................. 66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 .1 .2

District of Columbia ............................................................. 702.5 706.1 704.6 705.4 .8 .1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ....................................... 3,019.4 3,042.6 3,027.9 3,039.7 11.8 .4

Florida .................................................................................... 8,074.4 7,854.4 8,124.4 7,873.7 -250.7 -3.1

Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice ............................................... 294.7 284.8 296.2 283.6 -12.6 -4.3

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ....................................................... 225.0 215.7 227.5 215.8 -11.7 -5.1

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach ............................ 172.9 169.5 172.7 169.2 -3.5 -2.0

Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin ................................. 85.4 83.4 85.6 83.4 -2.2 -2.6

Gainesville .......................................................................... 137.3 136.1 135.5 133.7 -1.8 -1.3

Jacksonville ........................................................................ 636.7 624.2 636.9 621.5 -15.4 -2.4

Lakeland-Winter Haven ...................................................... 214.3 210.1 215.7 209.8 -5.9 -2.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................ 2,451.7 2,392.2 2,468.3 2,398.8 -69.5 -2.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change from December 2007 to

December 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Florida—Continued 

Naples-Marco Island ........................................................... 129.6 125.4 131.3 125.6 -5.7 -4.3

Ocala .................................................................................. 105.9 103.5 106.7 103.3 -3.4 -3.2

Orlando-Kissimmee ............................................................ 1,105.6 1,091.2 1,109.6 1,090.5 -19.1 -1.7

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ........................................... 212.8 207.9 213.4 207.7 -5.7 -2.7

Panama City-Lynn Haven ................................................... 77.2 74.5 76.6 74.0 -2.6 -3.4

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent .............................................. 175.8 174.1 175.6 173.7 -1.9 -1.1

Port St. Lucie ...................................................................... 134.5 132.5 135.5 132.6 -2.9 -2.1

Tallahassee ........................................................................ 181.4 178.6 181.8 178.4 -3.4 -1.9

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater ...................................... 1,299.5 1,266.1 1,305.2 1,270.8 -34.4 -2.6

Georgia .................................................................................. 4,186.0 4,091.2 4,189.8 4,068.0 -121.8 -2.9

Albany ................................................................................. 64.9 64.0 64.8 64.0 -.8 -1.2

Athens-Clarke County ........................................................ 84.7 84.6 84.4 84.5 .1 .1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta .......................................... 2,489.8 2,421.7 2,494.6 2,412.6 -82.0 -3.3

Augusta-Richmond County ................................................. 217.9 213.9 218.8 213.7 -5.1 -2.3

Columbus ........................................................................... 122.5 120.4 122.9 120.2 -2.7 -2.2

Dalton ................................................................................. 78.4 74.3 78.4 74.3 -4.1 -5.2

Gainesville .......................................................................... 77.8 77.4 77.9 77.2 -.7 -.9

Macon ................................................................................. 101.3 100.0 101.1 99.5 -1.6 -1.6

Savannah ........................................................................... 163.0 160.3 162.3 159.3 -3.0 -1.8

Valdosta .............................................................................. 56.9 55.5 56.7 55.0 -1.7 -3.0

Warner Robins .................................................................... 59.2 58.0 59.4 57.6 -1.8 -3.0

Hawaii .................................................................................... 629.6 626.1 635.2 621.6 -13.6 -2.1

Honolulu ............................................................................. 460.3 458.6 464.1 455.7 -8.4 -1.8

Idaho ...................................................................................... 662.6 642.8 658.0 629.6 -28.4 -4.3

Boise City-Nampa ............................................................... 279.3 270.6 278.6 266.9 -11.7 -4.2

Coeur d’Alene ..................................................................... 58.4 56.9 57.9 55.5 -2.4 -4.1

Illinois .................................................................................... 6,042.1 5,979.7 6,033.1 5,931.2 -101.9 -1.7

Bloomington-Normal ........................................................... 93.2 93.3 93.1 92.5 -.6 -.6

Champaign-Urbana ............................................................ 116.2 116.3 115.2 115.3 .1 .1

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................... 4,595.6 4,559.8 4,596.7 4,537.6 -59.1 -1.3

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ........................................... 190.1 190.4 190.1 190.1 .0 .0

Decatur ............................................................................... 56.1 55.6 56.0 55.6 -.4 -.7

Peoria ................................................................................. 189.2 190.5 188.7 190.2 1.5 .8

Rockford ............................................................................. 163.8 162.3 163.6 159.7 -3.9 -2.4

Springfield ........................................................................... 112.6 112.7 112.7 112.4 -.3 -.3

Indiana ................................................................................... 3,030.6 2,951.6 3,020.8 2,908.5 -112.3 -3.7

Bloomington ........................................................................ 85.7 85.7 85.1 80.7 -4.4 -5.2

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................................... 129.8 122.6 129.2 121.3 -7.9 -6.1

Evansville ........................................................................... 181.4 180.2 181.1 178.6 -2.5 -1.4

Fort Wayne ......................................................................... 218.2 218.2 218.2 216.5 -1.7 -.8

Indianapolis-Carmel ............................................................ 930.3 927.4 927.7 922.3 -5.4 -.6

Lafayette ............................................................................. 96.4 96.2 94.8 95.2 .4 .4

Muncie ................................................................................ 54.9 54.2 55.0 53.8 -1.2 -2.2

South Bend-Mishawaka ...................................................... 147.1 143.4 146.8 142.5 -4.3 -2.9

Terre Haute ........................................................................ 75.2 73.5 74.3 72.7 -1.6 -2.2

Iowa ........................................................................................ 1,536.9 1,538.3 1,534.2 1,526.9 -7.3 -.5

Cedar Rapids ...................................................................... 138.9 140.1 138.6 139.3 .7 .5

Des Moines-West Des Moines ........................................... 325.3 324.9 326.3 324.5 -1.8 -.6

Dubuque ............................................................................. 56.2 55.5 55.5 54.9 -.6 -1.1

Iowa City ............................................................................. 92.4 91.8 92.0 91.3 -.7 -.8

Sioux City ........................................................................... 74.8 74.1 75.1 73.6 -1.5 -2.0

Waterloo-Cedar Falls .......................................................... 91.9 91.3 91.4 90.8 -.6 -.7

Kansas ................................................................................... 1,399.6 1,407.7 1,396.8 1,397.6 .8 .1

Topeka ................................................................................ 110.9 111.0 110.9 110.5 -.4 -.4

Wichita ................................................................................ 308.0 307.4 308.5 306.3 -2.2 -.7

Kentucky ............................................................................... 1,893.7 1,874.6 1,893.9 1,856.9 -37.0 -2.0

Bowling Green .................................................................... 63.6 63.5 64.0 63.2 -.8 -1.3

Lexington-Fayette ............................................................... 259.6 257.7 259.8 256.5 -3.3 -1.3

Louisville-Jefferson County ................................................ 634.6 623.1 633.3 617.2 -16.1 -2.5

Louisiana ............................................................................... 1,948.7 1,955.0 1,949.5 1,958.0 8.5 .4

Alexandria ........................................................................... 65.9 66.1 65.8 66.1 .3 .5

Baton Rouge ....................................................................... 375.7 378.8 375.5 379.5 4.0 1.1

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ......................................... 96.4 96.0 96.5 96.2 -.3 -.3

Lafayette ............................................................................. 150.8 153.4 151.4 153.8 2.4 1.6

Lake Charles ...................................................................... 92.5 92.7 92.7 92.8 .1 .1

Monroe ............................................................................... 80.1 79.7 79.4 79.7 .3 .4

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner ............................................ 523.5 531.6 525.4 532.0 6.6 1.3

Shreveport-Bossier City ...................................................... 180.9 182.4 181.7 181.9 .2 .1

Maine ..................................................................................... 625.0 617.5 624.2 612.4 -11.8 -1.9

Bangor ................................................................................ 67.8 67.0 67.4 67.1 -.3 -.4

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ..................................... 197.9 195.6 198.3 194.7 -3.6 -1.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change from December 2007 to

December 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Maryland ................................................................................ 2,638.9 2,641.6 2,645.4 2,630.4 -15.0 -0.6

Baltimore-Towson .............................................................. 1,334.9 1,332.3 1,338.1 1,325.5 -12.6 -.9

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................................... 102.8 103.4 103.0 103.1 .1 .1

Salisbury ............................................................................. 56.7 56.8 56.6 56.8 .2 .4

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,314.7 3,291.7 3,315.8 3,273.0 -42.8 -1.3

Barnstable Town ................................................................. 97.4 97.0 96.2 94.8 -1.4 -1.5

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................................ 2,514.3 2,507.1 2,517.4 2,497.7 -19.7 -.8

New Bedford ....................................................................... 67.4 66.2 67.1 65.9 -1.2 -1.8

Springfield ........................................................................... 300.4 296.9 300.4 296.3 -4.1 -1.4

Worcester ........................................................................... 249.6 246.4 250.8 245.9 -4.9 -2.0

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,285.9 4,170.2 4,276.4 4,101.4 -175.0 -4.1

Ann Arbor ........................................................................... 203.1 199.8 202.2 198.6 -3.6 -1.8

Battle Creek ........................................................................ 58.9 57.1 59.0 56.7 -2.3 -3.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 1,972.8 1,898.6 1,968.9 1,879.2 -89.7 -4.6

Flint ..................................................................................... 149.1 140.0 149.8 138.5 -11.3 -7.5

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ..................................................... 399.6 396.8 399.4 395.4 -4.0 -1.0

Holland-Grand Haven ......................................................... 114.9 112.0 114.4 111.2 -3.2 -2.8

Jackson .............................................................................. 58.4 57.4 58.1 57.0 -1.1 -1.9

Kalamazoo-Portage ............................................................ 149.0 147.4 148.3 145.8 -2.5 -1.7

Lansing-East Lansing ......................................................... 229.4 225.0 228.3 220.3 -8.0 -3.5

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................................... 65.7 64.4 65.6 63.8 -1.8 -2.7

Niles-Benton Harbor ........................................................... 66.2 65.9 66.0 65.2 -.8 -1.2

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ..................................... 90.2 86.9 89.5 85.7 -3.8 -4.2

Minnesota .............................................................................. 2,799.8 2,756.2 2,787.5 2,732.1 -55.4 -2.0

Duluth ................................................................................. 136.0 133.7 135.1 133.0 -2.1 -1.6

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ..................................... 1,817.0 1,781.7 1,812.0 1,769.2 -42.8 -2.4

Rochester ........................................................................... 107.9 108.4 107.6 107.6 .0 .0

St. Cloud ............................................................................. 105.2 103.9 104.2 102.5 -1.7 -1.6

Mississippi ............................................................................ 1,162.2 1,143.9 1,161.3 1,135.0 -26.3 -2.3

Gulfport-Biloxi ..................................................................... 111.7 109.2 111.3 108.0 -3.3 -3.0

Hattiesburg ......................................................................... 62.0 60.6 62.2 59.7 -2.5 -4.0

Jackson .............................................................................. 264.3 261.6 264.5 259.3 -5.2 -2.0

Pascagoula ......................................................................... 58.8 59.1 59.1 58.3 -.8 -1.4

Missouri ................................................................................ 2,822.9 2,795.4 2,815.3 2,788.3 -27.0 -1.0

Columbia ............................................................................ 95.3 94.9 94.7 94.7 .0 .0

Jefferson City ...................................................................... 80.4 79.4 80.5 79.5 -1.0 -1.2

Joplin .................................................................................. 81.0 81.5 81.1 81.4 .3 .4

Kansas City ....................................................................... 1,026.7 1,016.4 1,024.3 1,012.5 -11.8 -1.2

St. Joseph ........................................................................... 59.8 59.9 59.7 60.0 .3 .5

St. Louis 1 ........................................................................... 1,367.5 1,349.5 1,369.3 1,346.3 -23.0 -1.7

Springfield .......................................................................... 204.5 204.1 204.4 204.5 .1 .0

Montana ................................................................................. 447.8 447.0 447.6 443.8 -3.8 -.8

Billings ................................................................................ 81.6 80.8 81.6 80.7 -.9 -1.1

Missoula ............................................................................. 57.8 57.3 57.3 56.6 -.7 -1.2

Nebraska ............................................................................... 975.1 977.8 976.0 974.7 -1.3 -.1

Lincoln ................................................................................ 176.7 176.4 175.6 176.4 .8 .5

Omaha-Council Bluffs ......................................................... 468.8 471.8 470.7 471.3 .6 .1

Nevada ................................................................................... 1,299.5 1,277.1 1,301.0 1,268.9 -32.1 -2.5

Las Vegas-Paradise ........................................................... 932.2 922.0 932.9 917.4 -15.5 -1.7

Reno-Sparks ....................................................................... 226.7 218.2 227.3 216.5 -10.8 -4.8

New Hampshire ..................................................................... 656.7 656.9 660.5 653.3 -7.2 -1.1

Manchester ......................................................................... 102.5 102.1 102.9 102.8 -.1 -.1

Portsmouth ......................................................................... 56.3 57.0 56.1 57.0 .9 1.6

Rochester-Dover ................................................................ 58.4 59.3 58.7 58.9 .2 .3

New Jersey ............................................................................ 4,108.5 4,066.9 4,121.2 4,057.6 -63.6 -1.5

Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................................... 149.2 147.9 149.6 145.3 -4.3 -2.9

Trenton-Ewing .................................................................... 240.2 238.1 240.9 237.9 -3.0 -1.2

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton ................................................ 62.5 61.4 62.4 61.3 -1.1 -1.8

New Mexico ........................................................................... 850.3 847.9 851.1 844.3 -6.8 -.8

Albuquerque ....................................................................... 399.0 396.4 398.4 396.8 -1.6 -.4

Las Cruces ......................................................................... 69.7 70.6 69.5 70.2 .7 1.0

Santa Fe ............................................................................. 65.7 65.1 66.1 65.2 -.9 -1.4

New York ............................................................................... 8,874.0 8,819.5 8,899.9 8,778.5 -121.4 -1.4

Albany-Schenectady-Troy .................................................. 454.0 451.9 454.3 448.3 -6.0 -1.3

Binghamton ........................................................................ 117.2 116.0 116.6 115.0 -1.6 -1.4

Buffalo-Niagara Falls .......................................................... 556.5 554.8 555.9 548.3 -7.6 -1.4

Glens Falls .......................................................................... 54.3 53.6 54.1 53.2 -.9 -1.7

Ithaca .................................................................................. 65.6 65.5 65.3 64.9 -.4 -.6

Kingston .............................................................................. 65.2 65.0 65.2 64.4 -.8 -1.2

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ..................... 8,698.0 8,637.8 8,737.4 8,617.1 -120.3 -1.4

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown ................................ 258.2 258.2 257.8 254.9 -2.9 -1.1

Rochester ........................................................................... 522.1 518.1 522.5 516.2 -6.3 -1.2

Syracuse ............................................................................. 329.3 327.5 328.8 326.7 -2.1 -.6

Utica-Rome ......................................................................... 134.8 133.8 134.8 133.9 -.9 -.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change from December 2007 to

December 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

North Carolina ....................................................................... 4,208.2 4,133.3 4,210.9 4,090.2 -120.7 -2.9

Asheville ............................................................................. 181.8 180.7 181.6 180.2 -1.4 -.8

Burlington ........................................................................... 62.1 61.2 62.2 60.4 -1.8 -2.9

Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord ............................................... 873.4 863.6 872.7 857.0 -15.7 -1.8

Durham ............................................................................... 292.3 296.1 293.7 295.4 1.7 .6

Fayetteville ......................................................................... 129.7 129.7 130.5 128.6 -1.9 -1.5

Greensboro-High Point ....................................................... 376.9 377.6 377.6 378.1 .5 .1

Greenville ........................................................................... 79.0 79.3 79.0 78.9 -.1 -.1

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton .................................................. 164.9 161.5 164.6 159.7 -4.9 -3.0

Raleigh-Cary ....................................................................... 528.0 532.6 529.3 529.5 .2 .0

Rocky Mount ....................................................................... 65.4 64.6 65.7 64.0 -1.7 -2.6

Wilmington .......................................................................... 148.7 148.5 148.3 147.2 -1.1 -.7

Winston-Salem ................................................................... 222.0 225.1 222.4 226.5 4.1 1.8

North Dakota ......................................................................... 364.1 368.3 363.1 365.0 1.9 .5

Bismarck ............................................................................. 60.5 61.8 60.2 61.7 1.5 2.5

Fargo .................................................................................. 120.9 122.3 120.3 121.2 .9 .7

Grand Forks ........................................................................ 55.2 55.7 55.1 55.5 .4 .7

Ohio ....................................................................................... 5,473.1 5,418.8 5,471.3 5,381.6 -89.7 -1.6

Akron .................................................................................. 344.3 342.1 344.4 341.4 -3.0 -.9

Canton-Massillon ................................................................ 174.0 173.4 174.2 172.6 -1.6 -.9

Cincinnati-Middletown ........................................................ 1,053.7 1,048.3 1,054.9 1,046.3 -8.6 -.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ..................................................... 1,076.4 1,063.4 1,075.4 1,052.5 -22.9 -2.1

Columbus ........................................................................... 957.8 957.4 960.6 956.2 -4.4 -.5

Dayton ................................................................................ 406.4 400.0 406.4 398.6 -7.8 -1.9

Lima .................................................................................... 56.1 55.7 55.9 55.5 -.4 -.7

Mansfield ............................................................................ 57.5 56.5 57.4 56.3 -1.1 -1.9

Springfield ........................................................................... 52.2 52.1 52.0 52.3 .3 .6

Toledo ................................................................................. 331.5 322.7 331.1 320.0 -11.1 -3.4

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ......................................... 242.0 242.8 242.6 242.0 -.6 -.2

Oklahoma .............................................................................. 1,586.0 1,602.4 1,584.3 1,599.7 15.4 1.0

Oklahoma City .................................................................... 575.4 580.7 575.1 580.9 5.8 1.0

Tulsa ................................................................................... 428.5 428.5 428.1 428.5 .4 .1

Oregon ................................................................................... 1,755.6 1,721.6 1,748.7 1,703.6 -45.1 -2.6

Bend ................................................................................... 72.4 72.1 72.1 72.1 .0 .0

Eugene-Springfield ............................................................. 158.4 154.5 158.5 154.3 -4.2 -2.6

Medford .............................................................................. 87.9 86.1 86.9 85.1 -1.8 -2.1

Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton .......................................... 1,054.9 1,041.6 1,056.1 1,037.9 -18.2 -1.7

Salem ................................................................................. 153.7 151.9 152.6 150.5 -2.1 -1.4

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,859.7 5,816.5 5,856.0 5,779.4 -76.6 -1.3

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ............................................. 346.3 342.8 346.4 341.7 -4.7 -1.4

Altoona ............................................................................... 63.2 62.8 63.4 62.6 -.8 -1.3

Erie ..................................................................................... 135.4 134.3 134.9 133.4 -1.5 -1.1

Harrisburg-Carlisle .............................................................. 333.6 330.3 333.3 328.1 -5.2 -1.6

Johnstown .......................................................................... 62.5 61.2 62.3 60.6 -1.7 -2.7

Lancaster ............................................................................ 240.7 240.7 241.1 239.1 -2.0 -.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington ...................................... 2,851.4 2,825.1 2,856.4 2,820.2 -36.2 -1.3

Pittsburgh ........................................................................... 1,157.5 1,155.9 1,155.9 1,148.8 -7.1 -.6

Reading .............................................................................. 175.2 173.1 175.9 172.4 -3.5 -2.0

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ..................................................... 265.3 264.2 265.0 262.4 -2.6 -1.0

State College ...................................................................... 77.2 76.9 76.0 74.9 -1.1 -1.4

Williamsport ........................................................................ 54.3 53.0 54.1 52.5 -1.6 -3.0

York-Hanover ..................................................................... 185.5 183.9 185.7 181.9 -3.8 -2.0

Rhode Island ......................................................................... 496.1 478.1 495.2 473.1 -22.1 -4.5

Providence-Fall River-Warwick .......................................... 587.3 568.9 586.2 563.1 -23.1 -3.9

South Carolina ...................................................................... 1,972.4 1,928.9 1,961.0 1,906.9 -54.1 -2.8

Anderson ............................................................................ 64.8 63.1 64.3 62.6 -1.7 -2.6

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ......................... 301.1 297.0 300.0 294.8 -5.2 -1.7

Columbia ............................................................................ 373.1 367.9 373.5 365.8 -7.7 -2.1

Florence .............................................................................. 91.5 91.7 91.5 91.0 -.5 -.5

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley .................................................. 324.0 322.8 324.3 319.5 -4.8 -1.5

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ........................ 125.4 121.0 123.2 118.0 -5.2 -4.2

Spartanburg ........................................................................ 126.6 126.7 126.9 126.3 -.6 -.5

South Dakota ........................................................................ 409.0 413.1 407.0 410.2 3.2 .8

Rapid City ........................................................................... 60.4 61.0 60.0 60.5 .5 .8

Sioux Falls .......................................................................... 135.2 136.5 135.3 136.2 .9 .7

Tennessee ............................................................................. 2,823.7 2,780.3 2,829.4 2,764.9 -64.5 -2.3

Chattanooga ....................................................................... 250.4 248.5 250.4 248.0 -2.4 -1.0

Clarksville ........................................................................... 86.1 84.7 86.2 84.4 -1.8 -2.1

Jackson .............................................................................. 62.9 62.2 62.9 62.0 -.9 -1.4

Johnson City ....................................................................... 82.9 82.8 82.9 82.5 -.4 -.5

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol ...................................................... 122.9 123.5 122.6 123.3 .7 .6

Knoxville ............................................................................. 340.7 337.8 341.3 336.3 -5.0 -1.5

Memphis ............................................................................. 652.8 638.0 654.7 639.0 -15.7 -2.4

Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin ........................ 772.6 765.8 774.8 763.6 -11.2 -1.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area 

November December Change from December 2007 to

December 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

Texas ..................................................................................... 10,511.5 10,715.7 10,538.0 10,692.7 154.7 1.5

Abilene ................................................................................ 66.4 67.4 66.6 67.2 .6 .9

Amarillo ............................................................................... 112.6 113.7 112.8 113.7 .9 .8

Austin-Round Rock ............................................................. 769.7 782.7 771.3 780.9 9.6 1.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur ......................................................... 165.5 166.1 165.2 166.2 1.0 .6

Brownsville-Harlingen ......................................................... 124.0 126.2 124.7 126.9 2.2 1.8

College Station-Bryan ......................................................... 93.2 95.8 93.1 95.5 2.4 2.6

Corpus Christi ..................................................................... 177.2 179.6 177.5 179.8 2.3 1.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,984.1 3,029.6 2,991.8 3,035.1 43.3 1.4

El Paso ............................................................................... 275.6 282.2 277.4 282.7 5.3 1.9

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ........................................... 2,595.8 2,651.4 2,608.8 2,666.1 57.3 2.2

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood .................................................. 123.4 126.0 123.5 126.2 2.7 2.2

Laredo ................................................................................ 87.2 89.9 87.7 90.4 2.7 3.1

Longview ............................................................................ 97.3 99.5 98.1 99.5 1.4 1.4

Lubbock .............................................................................. 129.8 131.1 129.9 131.4 1.5 1.2

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission .................................................. 212.9 221.2 214.4 222.6 8.2 3.8

Midland ............................................................................... 66.9 68.4 67.2 68.3 1.1 1.6

Odessa ............................................................................... 60.9 62.2 61.3 62.3 1.0 1.6

San Antonio ........................................................................ 842.5 859.1 844.6 859.5 14.9 1.8

Texarkana ........................................................................... 57.0 58.1 57.1 58.3 1.2 2.1

Tyler .................................................................................... 94.4 95.4 94.8 95.5 .7 .7

Waco .................................................................................. 110.7 112.2 111.0 112.4 1.4 1.3

Wichita Falls ....................................................................... 63.4 64.3 63.6 64.1 .5 .8

Utah ........................................................................................ 1,271.6 1,257.2 1,278.7 1,251.3 -27.4 -2.1

Ogden-Clearfield ................................................................ 203.5 200.2 203.2 199.4 -3.8 -1.9

Provo-Orem ........................................................................ 195.0 189.6 195.6 189.1 -6.5 -3.3

St. George .......................................................................... 53.8 51.5 53.9 51.2 -2.7 -5.0

Salt Lake City ..................................................................... 648.5 641.5 655.7 642.8 -12.9 -2.0

Vermont ................................................................................. 310.5 307.4 314.8 308.9 -5.9 -1.9

Burlington-South Burlington ................................................ 115.7 114.9 115.9 114.4 -1.5 -1.3

Virginia .................................................................................. 3,791.5 3,792.3 3,797.5 3,766.4 -31.1 -.8

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................................... 72.2 72.0 71.1 70.9 -.2 -.3

Charlottesville ..................................................................... 104.1 103.2 103.7 101.8 -1.9 -1.8

Harrisonburg ....................................................................... 64.9 66.0 65.2 66.1 .9 1.4

Lynchburg ........................................................................... 110.9 112.7 110.9 112.2 1.3 1.2

Richmond ........................................................................... 638.3 634.3 639.9 633.2 -6.7 -1.0

Roanoke ............................................................................. 164.4 164.9 164.4 163.7 -.7 -.4

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............................... 781.1 790.1 781.0 788.7 7.7 1.0

Winchester .......................................................................... 59.3 58.8 59.4 58.3 -1.1 -1.9

Washington ........................................................................... 2,975.0 2,965.7 2,970.1 2,931.6 -38.5 -1.3

Bellingham .......................................................................... 87.1 86.8 86.9 86.1 -.8 -.9

Bremerton-Silverdale .......................................................... 87.4 85.3 87.6 85.0 -2.6 -3.0

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland ................................................ 93.9 95.5 93.6 94.1 .5 .5

Olympia .............................................................................. 103.4 104.7 103.5 104.0 .5 .5

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,768.6 1,780.8 1,767.8 1,768.0 .2 .0

Spokane ............................................................................. 222.2 219.0 221.7 216.5 -5.2 -2.3

Yakima ................................................................................ 80.1 79.8 79.5 77.9 -1.6 -2.0

West Virginia ......................................................................... 765.9 764.9 763.5 760.8 -2.7 -.4

Charleston .......................................................................... 150.4 151.1 150.6 150.5 -.1 -.1

Huntington-Ashland ............................................................ 122.5 121.3 121.8 120.4 -1.4 -1.1

Morgantown ........................................................................ 63.4 64.2 63.3 63.8 .5 .8

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ............................................. 76.3 74.0 75.7 73.9 -1.8 -2.4

Wheeling ............................................................................. 68.4 69.8 68.6 69.6 1.0 1.5

Wisconsin .............................................................................. 2,904.4 2,867.0 2,896.0 2,833.4 -62.6 -2.2

Appleton ............................................................................. 119.9 118.6 119.4 117.1 -2.3 -1.9

Eau Claire ........................................................................... 84.9 84.4 84.4 83.5 -.9 -1.1

Green Bay .......................................................................... 171.1 171.0 171.0 169.8 -1.2 -.7

Janesville ............................................................................ 70.4 68.1 70.5 67.5 -3.0 -4.3

La Crosse ........................................................................... 75.9 74.5 75.7 74.1 -1.6 -2.1

Madison .............................................................................. 352.6 349.8 351.8 348.0 -3.8 -1.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ....................................... 862.5 852.9 861.2 848.2 -13.0 -1.5

Oshkosh-Neenah ................................................................ 93.8 93.7 93.9 93.2 -.7 -.7

Racine ................................................................................ 80.6 78.6 80.4 78.0 -2.4 -3.0

Sheboygan ......................................................................... 64.1 62.9 64.2 62.7 -1.5 -2.3

Wausau .............................................................................. 73.4 72.2 73.8 71.8 -2.0 -2.7

Wyoming ............................................................................... 289.3 297.6 289.9 296.3 6.4 2.2

Cheyenne ........................................................................... 44.9 45.5 45.0 45.4 .4 .9

Puerto Rico ........................................................................... 1,026.0 995.4 1,036.3 1,003.1 -33.2 -3.2

Ponce ................................................................................. 66.3 64.9 68.4 66.1 -2.3 -3.4

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ............................................. 766.7 744.2 773.7 750.0 -23.7 -3.1

Virgin Islands ........................................................................ 45.9 46.6 46.1 46.7 .6 1.3

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,

dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town

Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan

areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their

titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill., and Weirton-Steubenville, W. Va.-Ohio,

are the exceptions in that they are listed under Illinois and Ohio, respectively, for

operational reasons. Data reflect the conversion to the 2007 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and

tabulation of economic data by industry, replacing NAICS 2002. For more details, see

http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm. 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

November December Change from December 2007 to

December 2008 p

2007 2008 2007 2008p Number Percent

California ............................................................................... 15,266.6 15,097.8 15,290.5 15,030.7 -259.8 -1.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................................. 5,650.6 5,589.8 5,656.5 5,573.6 -82.9 -1.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale .................................. 4,139.1 4,115.8 4,144.9 4,103.4 -41.5 -1.0

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ............................................... 1,511.5 1,474.0 1,511.6 1,470.2 -41.4 -2.7

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ....................................... 2,057.5 2,029.1 2,062.3 2,020.9 -41.4 -2.0

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward .............................................. 1,054.9 1,030.5 1,057.5 1,025.5 -32.0 -3.0

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ........................ 1,002.6 998.6 1,004.8 995.4 -9.4 -.9

District of Columbia ............................................................. 702.5 706.1 704.6 705.4 .8 .1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................... 3,019.4 3,042.6 3,027.9 3,039.7 11.8 .4

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg 2 ................................. 581.9 583.8 584.1 584.9 .8 .1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1 .................................. 2,437.5 2,458.8 2,443.8 2,454.8 11.0 .5

Florida .................................................................................... 8,074.4 7,854.4 8,124.4 7,873.7 -250.7 -3.1

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach ............................ 2,451.7 2,392.2 2,468.3 2,398.8 -69.5 -2.8

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach .......... 792.4 770.2 799.5 772.3 -27.2 -3.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall ............................................. 1,073.5 1,048.6 1,077.8 1,050.2 -27.6 -2.6

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach ............... 585.8 573.4 591.0 576.3 -14.7 -2.5

Illinois .................................................................................... 6,042.1 5,979.7 6,033.1 5,931.2 -101.9 -1.7

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet 1 ................................................. 4,595.6 4,559.8 4,596.7 4,537.6 -59.1 -1.3

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet .................................................. 3,909.9 3,873.0 3,912.4 3,854.9 -57.5 -1.5

Gary 2 ............................................................................... 284.6 285.1 284.0 282.5 -1.5 -.5

Lake County-Kenosha County 1 ....................................... 401.3 401.7 400.7 400.2 -.5 -.1

Massachusetts ...................................................................... 3,314.7 3,291.7 3,315.8 3,273.0 -42.8 -1.3

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 1 .............................................. 2,514.3 2,507.1 2,517.4 2,497.7 -19.7 -.8

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................................... 1,727.7 1,725.8 1,729.5 1,718.8 -10.7 -.6

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ........................................... 91.4 90.2 91.8 90.1 -1.7 -1.9

Framingham ..................................................................... 159.5 160.8 160.1 160.4 .3 .2

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 1 ............................... 78.6 78.3 78.7 77.8 -.9 -1.1

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 1 ........................................... 120.3 120.0 120.5 120.0 -.5 -.4

Nashua 1 .......................................................................... 135.1 135.9 136.0 137.0 1.0 .7

Peabody ........................................................................... 102.4 101.9 102.8 101.7 -1.1 -1.1

Michigan ................................................................................ 4,285.9 4,170.2 4,276.4 4,101.4 -175.0 -4.1

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ....................................................... 1,972.8 1,898.6 1,968.9 1,879.2 -89.7 -4.6

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn .................................................. 785.2 751.2 785.7 745.3 -40.4 -5.1

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills .......................................... 1,187.6 1,147.4 1,183.2 1,133.9 -49.3 -4.2

New York ............................................................................... 8,874.0 8,819.5 8,899.9 8,778.5 -121.4 -1.4

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 1 .................. 8,698.0 8,637.8 8,737.4 8,617.1 -120.3 -1.4

Edison-New Brunswick2 ................................................... 1,049.0 1,038.2 1,049.0 1,030.4 -18.6 -1.8

Nassau-Suffolk ................................................................. 1,288.8 1,282.5 1,296.4 1,277.5 -18.9 -1.5

New York-White Plains-Wayne 1 ...................................... 5,316.3 5,275.9 5,343.1 5,266.7 -76.4 -1.4

Newark-Union 2 ................................................................ 1,043.9 1,041.2 1,048.9 1,042.5 -6.4 -.6

Pennsylvania ......................................................................... 5,859.7 5,816.5 5,856.0 5,779.4 -76.6 -1.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 1 ................................... 2,851.4 2,825.1 2,856.4 2,820.2 -36.2 -1.3

Camden 2 ......................................................................... 548.2 541.3 550.1 543.0 -7.1 -1.3

Philadelphia ...................................................................... 1,942.3 1,929.1 1,944.3 1,922.9 -21.4 -1.1

Wilmington 2 ..................................................................... 360.9 354.7 362.0 354.3 -7.7 -2.1

Texas ..................................................................................... 10,511.5 10,715.7 10,538.0 10,692.7 154.7 1.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ................................................ 2,984.1 3,029.6 2,991.8 3,035.1 43.3 1.4

Dallas-Plano-Irving ........................................................... 2,105.1 2,134.0 2,110.0 2,137.8 27.8 1.3

Fort Worth-Arlington ......................................................... 879.0 895.6 881.8 897.3 15.5 1.8

Washington ........................................................................... 2,975.0 2,965.7 2,970.1 2,931.6 -38.5 -1.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................................... 1,768.6 1,780.8 1,767.8 1,768.0 .2 .0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett ................................................... 1,478.5 1,495.7 1,479.2 1,485.4 6.2 .4

Tacoma ............................................................................. 288.9 285.1 287.3 282.6 -4.7 -1.6

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states. 2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01,

dated November 20, 2007, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town

Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan

areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their

titles. Some divisions lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are

totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed. Data reflect

the conversion to the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) as the basis for the assignment and tabulation of economic data by industry,

replacing NAICS 2002. For more details, see http://www.bls.gov/sae/saenaics07.htm. 
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, December 2008

(U.S. rate = 7.1 percent)

Above U.S. averageU.S. average or below

Map includes data for 369 metropolitan areas basedon Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 08-01. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs),while areas in other states are county-based.

NOTE: