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     REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  SEPTEMBER 2004

    Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in September.
All four regions and 42 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or
less in their jobless rates from August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Over the year, unemployment
rates declined in all four regions and in 46 states.  The national unemploy-
ment rate, 5.4 percent in September, was unchanged from August.  Nonfarm
payroll employment rose in 33 states over the month.
     
Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
     
   Among the four regions, the South again registered the lowest unemployment
rate, 4.9 percent in September.  The West posted the highest rate, 5.6 percent,
followed closely by the Midwest, 5.5 percent.  All regions experienced over-
the-year jobless rate declines:  -0.9 percentage point each in the South and
West, -0.7 point in the Northeast, and -0.5 point in the Midwest.  (See
table 1.)

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    |           Hurricane Effects on State Payroll Employment          |
    |                                                                  |
    |     Four hurricanes struck the U.S. during August and September: |
    | Charley in mid-August, Frances early in September, Ivan in mid-  |
    | September, and Jeanne late in the month.  BLS made additional    |
    | data collection efforts for the hurricane-affected counties.     |
    | Establishment survey response rates in September were within the |
    | normal range for these areas as well as for the U.S. as a whole. |
    |                                                                  |
    |     For weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll     |
    | employment, people have to be off work for an entire pay period  |
    | and not be paid for the time missed.  While some employed persons|
    | were off payrolls during the survey reference period because of  |
    | the hurricane effects, some jobs were added as part of recovery  |
    | efforts.                                                         |
    |                                                                  |
    |     As a result of the hurricanes, all of Florida and parts of   |
    | Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and    |
    | Pennsylvania were declared disaster areas by the Federal         |
    | Emergency Management Agency.  Although some of these states      |
    | experienced weakness in employment in September, it is not       |
    | possible to quantify precisely the net impact of this unusual    |
    | string of severe weather events on the state payroll employment  |
    | data.                                                            |
    |                                                                  |
    |     In the labor force data, people who miss work for weather-   |
    | related events are counted as employed whether or not they are   |
    | paid for the time off.                                           |
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   In September, the New England and South Atlantic divisions registered the
lowest unemployment rates among the nine geographic divisions, 4.5 percent
each, followed by the West North Central, 4.7 percent, and Mountain, 4.8 per-
cent.  The East North Central and Pacific divisions again recorded the highest
unemployment rates, 5.9 percent each.  Over the month, the New England division
posted the largest change, -0.4 percentage point.  All nine divisions had over-
the-year jobless rate declines of at least 0.3 percentage point, with the
largest decreases in the West South Central (-1.3 percentage points) and the
New England and Pacific divisions (-1.0 point each).

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
     
   Hawaii again reported the lowest state unemployment rate, 3.1 percent
in September, followed by Virginia, 3.2 percent, and Vermont, 3.3 percent.
Seven additional states recorded jobless rates below 4.0 percent.  Alaska
and Oregon again posted the highest state unemployment rates, 7.6 and
7.3 percent, respectively.  Five additional states and the District of
Columbia reported unemployment rates of 6.0 percent or more in September.
(See table 3.) 
     
   Compared with August, unemployment rates in September were lower in 23
states, higher in 22 states and the District of Columbia, and unchanged in
5 states.  The largest over-the-month jobless rate decrease was in Massa-
chusetts (-0.8 percentage point), followed by Washington (-0.6 point)
and Kentucky, Rhode Island, and West Virginia (-0.5 point each).  South
Carolina posted the largest rate increase (+0.5 percentage point).
     
   Unemployment rates were lower than a year earlier in 46 states, higher
in 3 states and the District of Columbia, and unchanged in 1 state.
Washington recorded the largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease
(-2.1 percentage points), followed by Vermont (-1.7 points) and Kentucky
and North Carolina (-1.6 points each).  Twelve additional states had over-
the-year rate declines of at least 1.0 percentage point.  No state posted
an unemployment rate increase from September 2003 larger than 0.3 percentage
point.  The District of Columbia had a rate increase of 1.1 percentage points
over the year.

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   From August to September, total nonfarm employment increased in 33
states, decreased in 16 states and the District of Columbia, and remained
unchanged in 1 state.  The largest employment increases occurred in Kansas
(+12,400), New Jersey (+12,000), Missouri (+10,400), Nevada (+6,700), and
Texas (+6,500).  Kansas reported the largest over-the-month percentage
increase in employment (+0.9 percent), followed by Delaware (+0.8 percent),
Hawaii and Nevada (+0.6 percent each), and Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and West Virginia (+0.4 percent each).  The
largest employment decreases occurred in Michigan (-14,800), Florida
(-9,500), Wisconsin (-7,000), Louisiana (-6,300), and Alabama and North
Carolina (-5,600 each).  Florida's employment decline is likely linked to
the effects of multiple hurricanes that struck the state.  Additionally,
the declines in Alabama, Louisiana, and North Carolina may be attributable
in part to the effects of the adverse weather conditions.  The largest over-
the-month percentage decreases in employment were reported in the District
of Columbia and Montana (-0.7 percent each), Maine (-0.4 percent), and
Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan, and Oregon (-0.3 percent each).  (See table 5.)

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   Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 47 states and the District
of Columbia and decreased in 3 states.  The largest over-the-year gains in
employment occurred in Florida (+125,500), Texas (+123,700), California
(+121,900), Virginia (+81,900), and New Jersey (+68,800).  The largest per-
centage gains were reported in Nevada (+4.6 percent), Hawaii (+3.3 percent),
Idaho and Utah (+3.2 percent each), and Arizona and New Mexico (+2.4 percent
each).  The over-the-year employment decreases were registered in Michigan
(-52,500, -1.2 percent), Ohio (-17,900, -0.3 percent), and Massachusetts
(-1,000, 0.0 percent).


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   The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for September
is scheduled to be issued on November 3.  The Regional and State Employment
and Unemployment release for October is scheduled to be issued on November 19.





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Technical Note


     This release presents labor force and unemployment data for census
regions and divisions, states, the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan
area, and New York City from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
program (tables 1-4).  Also presented are nonfarm payroll employment
estimates by state and major industry from the Current Employment
Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6).  The LAUS and CES programs are
both Federal-State cooperative endeavors.

Labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program

     Definitions.  The labor force and unemployment data are based on the
same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national
estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample
survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.  The labor force includes both the
employed and the unemployed.  Employed persons are those who did any work
at all for pay or profit in the survey 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 have a job from which they
were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-
management dispute, illness, or vacation.  Unemployed persons are those who
did not work at all (in the reference week), have actively looked for a job
(sometime in the 4-week period ending with the survey reference week), and
are currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need
not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.
     
     Method of estimation.  Effective January 1996, estimates for all
states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan
area, and New York City are produced using estimating equations based on
regression techniques.  This method utilizes data from several sources,
including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data.  
A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available from BLS
upon request.  Effective January 1998, estimates for census regions and
divisions are obtained by summing the model-based estimates for the
component states and then calculating the unemployment rate.
     
     Annual revisions.  Labor force and unemployment data shown for the
prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually with
January estimates.  The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data
from the U.S. Census Bureau and any revisions in the other data sources.
In addition, data for all states,  the District of Columbia, and the two
large substate areas noted are adjusted annually to equal the CPS annual
averages, usually effective with January estimates.  The regional and state
data will not sum to national totals obtained from the CPS, since the
monthly state estimates are not based directly on the CPS.
                                   
     Seasonal adjustment.  Seasonal adjustment of state (and Los Angeles-
Long Beach and New York City) labor force levels are computed by
aggregating independently seasonally adjusted employment and unemployment
levels. Unemployment rates are then computed from these independently
adjusted levels.  Region and division levels are calculated as the sum of
the levels of the component states.  Revisions of historical data for the
most recent 5 years are usually made at the beginning of each calendar
year, usually coincident with January estimates.

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Employment--from the CES program

     Definitions.  Employment data refer to persons on establishment
payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which 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 count-
ed on each payroll.  Industries are classified on the basis of their princi-
pal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American In-
dustry 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.
     
     Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a
complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax
reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state
unemployment insurance (UI) laws.  The benchmark information is used to
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding
one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark
month.  Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment,
and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level
for the subsequent months.
     
     Seasonal adjustment.  Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted 
at the statewide supersector level.  In some states, the seasonally adjusted 
payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently ad-
justed supersector series.  In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll 
employment total is independently adjusted.  Revisions of historical data for 
the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with annual benchmark 
adjustments.
     
     Caution on aggregating state data.  State estimation procedures are
designed to produce accurate data for each individual state.  BLS
independently develops a national employment series; state estimates are
not forced to sum to national totals.  Because each state series is subject
to larger sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, summing
them cumulates individual state level errors and can cause significant
distortions at an aggregate level.  Due to these statistical limitations,
BLS does not compile a "sum-of-states" employment series, and cautions
users that such a series is subject to a relatively large and volatile
error structure.

                                   - 6 -

Reliability of the estimates

     The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey and
administrative data 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 special estimation
processes used.  The sums of individual items may not always equal the
totals shown in the same tables because of rounding.  With respect to the
LAUS program, unemployment rates are computed, in most instances, from
unrounded data rather than from data that may be displayed in the tables;
differences, however, are generally insignificant.

     Labor force and unemployment estimates.  Measures of sampling error,
in the form of standard errors for state annual average estimates derived
from the CPS, are available in the annual BLS bulletin,  Geographic Profile
of Employment and Unemployment.  Measures of nonsampling error for CPS data
are not available, but additional information on the subject is provided in
the BLS monthly periodical, Employment and Earnings.
     
     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 on the BLS Web site 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/).

Additional information

     More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop
these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which 
is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800), 
and from the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, August 1997.
     
     Estimates of labor force and unemployment for over 330 metropolitan
areas are available in the news release, Metropolitan Area Employment and
Unemployment.  Estimates of labor force, employment, and unemployment for
all states, metropolitan areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a
population of 25,000 or more, and other areas used in the administration of
various federal economic assistance programs are available on the BLS Web
site at (http://www.bls.gov/lau/).  Employment data from the CES program are
available at (http://www.bls.gov/sae/).

     Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone: 1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
 
 LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
 
 
 Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census regions and divisions, seasonally adjusted1
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                 
                              Civilian labor force                                                                               
  Census region and                                                                                                              
       division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force      
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                        Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept. 
                        2003     2004     2004     2004p    2003     2004     2004     2004p    2003     2004     2004     2004p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
 Northeast........... 27,373.8 27,580.8 27,565.1 27,553.7  1,597.2  1,473.9  1,460.9  1,395.5    5.8      5.3      5.3      5.1  
                                                                                                                                 
   New England.......  7,548.1  7,565.2  7,556.5  7,527.2    411.6    366.0    368.7    337.7    5.5      4.8      4.9      4.5  
   Middle Atlantic... 19,825.8 20,015.6 20,008.6 20,026.5  1,185.6  1,107.9  1,092.2  1,057.8    6.0      5.5      5.5      5.3  
                                                                                                                                 
 South............... 51,378.1 51,822.9 51,842.8 51,843.0  2,960.3  2,569.6  2,583.1  2,519.9    5.8      5.0      5.0      4.9  
                                                                                                                                 
   South Atlantic.... 27,095.0 27,388.6 27,416.0 27,364.5  1,403.2  1,227.7  1,260.1  1,221.8    5.2      4.5      4.6      4.5  
   East South Central  8,347.5  8,405.8  8,410.6  8,410.9    505.0    437.9    453.9    443.0    6.1      5.2      5.4      5.3  
   West South Central 15,935.6 16,028.4 16,016.2 16,067.6  1,052.1    904.0    869.1    855.2    6.6      5.6      5.4      5.3  
                                                                                                                                 
 Midwest............. 34,340.0 34,450.1 34,466.7 34,493.7  2,056.9  1,892.7  1,925.2  1,913.4    6.0      5.5      5.6      5.5  
                                                                                                                                 
   East North Central 23,599.6 23,584.8 23,580.1 23,622.8  1,516.4  1,394.8  1,408.5  1,397.3    6.4      5.9      6.0      5.9  
   West North Central 10,740.4 10,865.3 10,886.6 10,870.9    540.6    497.9    516.8    516.0    5.0      4.6      4.7      4.7  
                                                                                                                                 
 West................ 33,280.8 33,759.4 33,754.9 33,795.5  2,170.6  1,932.9  1,888.7  1,885.1    6.5      5.7      5.6      5.6  
                                                                                                                                 
   Mountain..........  9,870.3 10,048.9 10,069.4 10,083.6    553.3    472.5    472.3    480.2    5.6      4.7      4.7      4.8  
   Pacific........... 23,410.5 23,710.5 23,685.5 23,711.9  1,617.3  1,460.3  1,416.3  1,405.0    6.9      6.2      6.0      5.9  

   1 These estimates are obtained by summing the state estimates.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census divisions are: New England: Connecticut,
 Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South
 Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West
 Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
 and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and
 Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.  All estimates are provisional and will be revised when
 new benchmark and population information becomes available.




Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census regions and divisions, not seasonally adjusted1

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                
                             Civilian labor force                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
 Census region and                                                      Number                      Percent of labor force      
      division                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                           August          September           August          September           August          September    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                       2003     2004     2003     2004p    2003     2004     2003     2004p    2003     2004     2003     2004p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Northeast........... 27,694.3 27,867.9 27,222.0 27,391.9  1,572.9  1,430.9  1,527.9  1,328.3    5.7      5.1      5.6      4.8  
                                                                                                                                
  New England.......  7,664.2  7,668.8  7,512.4  7,491.0    408.5    363.8    391.4    319.4    5.3      4.7      5.2      4.3  
  Middle Atlantic... 20,030.1 20,199.1 19,709.6 19,900.8  1,164.5  1,067.1  1,136.5  1,008.9    5.8      5.3      5.8      5.1  
                                                                                                                                
South............... 51,674.0 52,183.2 51,414.6 51,872.4  3,026.2  2,622.7  2,918.8  2,485.2    5.9      5.0      5.7      4.8  
                                                                                                                                
  South Atlantic.... 27,313.5 27,665.9 27,139.1 27,411.4  1,451.4  1,295.7  1,400.5  1,221.8    5.3      4.7      5.2      4.5  
  East South Central  8,354.6  8,423.5  8,333.4  8,396.2    499.3    448.4    481.8    424.2    6.0      5.3      5.8      5.1  
  West South Central 16,006.0 16,093.9 15,942.1 16,064.8  1,075.6    878.7  1,036.4    839.3    6.7      5.5      6.5      5.2  
                                                                                                                                
Midwest............. 34,548.9 34,693.8 34,232.8 34,381.0  1,971.6  1,841.7  1,900.4  1,765.8    5.7      5.3      5.6      5.1  
                                                                                                                                
  East North Central 23,787.1 23,777.5 23,534.9 23,551.4  1,451.2  1,346.1  1,399.7  1,286.3    6.1      5.7      5.9      5.5  
  West North Central 10,761.8 10,916.3 10,697.9 10,829.6    520.4    495.6    500.7    479.6    4.8      4.5      4.7      4.4  
                                                                                                                                
West................ 33,533.1 33,986.9 33,318.9 33,822.7  2,170.9  1,862.0  2,076.3  1,793.4    6.5      5.5      6.2      5.3  
                                                                                                                                
  Mountain..........  9,958.2 10,160.0  9,920.3 10,131.5    568.0    476.3    538.8    466.6    5.7      4.7      5.4      4.6  
  Pacific........... 23,574.9 23,826.9 23,398.6 23,691.2  1,602.9  1,385.7  1,537.4  1,326.8    6.8      5.8      6.6      5.6  

  1 These estimates are obtained by summing the state estimates.  The composition of the regions and divisions is described in
table 1.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes available.




LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                               LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                           Unemployed                          
                                                                                                                               
                                  Civilian labor force                                                                         
                                                                                                                               
    State and Area                                                               Number                  Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                           Sept.     July      Aug.       Sept.    Sept.     July      Aug.      Sept.   Sept. July  Aug. Sept.
                           2003      2004      2004       2004p    2003      2004      2004      2004p   2003  2004  2004 2004p
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
Alabama................   2,160.0   2,167.4   2,171.0   2,161.2    125.6     122.5     130.5     122.7    5.8   5.7   6.0   5.7
Alaska.................     333.9     344.3     345.8     347.4     26.7      24.8      26.3      26.5    8.0   7.2   7.6   7.6
Arizona................   2,696.2   2,762.7   2,765.2   2,770.5    147.3     119.8     122.3     133.3    5.5   4.3   4.4   4.8
Arkansas...............   1,263.6   1,318.2   1,321.3   1,326.7     83.2      73.5      70.9      73.3    6.6   5.6   5.4   5.5
California.............  17,464.7  17,684.9  17,646.9  17,693.3  1,170.2   1,097.9   1,037.1   1,046.5    6.7   6.2   5.9   5.9
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                             
     Beach.............   4,778.0   4,830.6   4,798.0   4,805.0    344.0     307.5     288.5     290.5    7.2   6.4   6.0   6.0
Colorado...............   2,485.2   2,517.2   2,521.6   2,530.7    148.6     128.9     127.6     123.0    6.0   5.1   5.1   4.9
Connecticut............   1,800.4   1,793.9   1,788.3   1,791.0     99.4      82.3      83.0      84.1    5.5   4.6   4.6   4.7
Delaware...............     418.6     426.8     424.1     427.4     18.8      16.9      15.3      16.8    4.5   3.9   3.6   3.9
District of Columbia...     301.9     297.5     301.0     304.9     20.7      23.2      22.6      24.2    6.8   7.8   7.5   7.9
Florida................   8,191.8   8,382.5   8,400.6   8,387.7    415.8     375.0     387.7     375.1    5.1   4.5   4.6   4.5
                                                                                                                               
Georgia................   4,440.8   4,423.5   4,439.5   4,418.0    200.4     180.0     187.4     179.3    4.5   4.1   4.2   4.1
Hawaii.................     624.0     630.3     630.9     630.2     28.2      18.7      18.0      19.6    4.5   3.0   2.9   3.1
Idaho..................     693.1     706.1     710.5     708.4     36.4      34.5      35.5      35.6    5.3   4.9   5.0   5.0
Illinois...............   6,340.1   6,385.1   6,388.3   6,426.5    435.2     389.2     391.7     382.5    6.9   6.1   6.1   6.0
Indiana................   3,188.4   3,170.9   3,147.2   3,152.4    166.4     162.5     160.0     164.2    5.2   5.1   5.1   5.2
Iowa...................   1,599.2   1,626.0   1,632.6   1,630.0     73.5      71.6      74.3      76.4    4.6   4.4   4.5   4.7
Kansas.................   1,436.3   1,466.3   1,471.0   1,473.4     77.0      68.3      71.0      69.3    5.4   4.7   4.8   4.7
Kentucky...............   1,962.8   1,990.0   1,982.5   1,981.1    122.0     106.2     101.9      91.6    6.2   5.3   5.1   4.6
Louisiana..............   2,041.0   2,048.0   2,033.0   2,059.9    131.9     125.5     100.9     108.7    6.5   6.1   5.0   5.3
Maine..................     696.6     697.5     701.5     698.1     36.1      29.2      31.9      32.5    5.2   4.2   4.5   4.7
                                                                                                                               
Maryland...............   2,905.5   2,951.8   2,948.5   2,955.6    131.7     121.4     125.8     119.9    4.5   4.1   4.3   4.1
Massachusetts..........   3,402.9   3,415.2   3,413.0   3,389.0    199.6     180.9     184.1     155.4    5.9   5.3   5.4   4.6
Michigan...............   5,058.1   5,047.0   5,053.0   5,060.5    383.4     344.0     338.3     342.5    7.6   6.8   6.7   6.8
Minnesota..............   2,923.1   2,953.1   2,969.4   2,960.9    149.1     130.4     142.6     134.9    5.1   4.4   4.8   4.6
Mississippi............   1,315.1   1,328.1   1,325.9   1,326.6     80.1      78.4      78.6      79.5    6.1   5.9   5.9   6.0
Missouri...............   3,029.7   3,056.7   3,048.9   3,038.3    171.5     168.8     167.7     171.3    5.7   5.5   5.5   5.6
Montana................     477.5     481.8     484.0     483.8     23.0      20.8      23.0      24.7    4.8   4.3   4.8   5.1
Nebraska...............     979.2     989.1     990.2     991.7     40.1      33.5      36.0      36.9    4.1   3.4   3.6   3.7
Nevada.................   1,146.9   1,187.7   1,185.9   1,184.6     61.0      52.3      47.1      46.5    5.3   4.4   4.0   3.9
New Hampshire..........     722.7     731.7     730.5     729.4     30.9      28.8      26.7      25.6    4.3   3.9   3.7   3.5
                                                                                                                               
New Jersey.............   4,379.1   4,422.5   4,425.1   4,409.4    252.8     222.9     214.3     209.8    5.8   5.0   4.8   4.8
New Mexico.............     900.8     905.7     910.9     911.1     59.5      48.4      49.2      48.6    6.6   5.3   5.4   5.3
New York...............   9,303.9   9,329.7   9,308.4   9,327.4    600.0     552.7     525.7     515.2    6.4   5.9   5.6   5.5
  New York City........   3,675.6   3,705.7   3,688.4   3,716.6    313.9     279.0     248.6     256.9    8.5   7.5   6.7   6.9
North Carolina.........   4,253.9   4,191.5   4,183.6   4,156.9    274.3     212.2     208.2     199.6    6.4   5.1   5.0   4.8
North Dakota...........     347.3     349.1     350.6     351.3     13.6      10.9      11.5      12.6    3.9   3.1   3.3   3.6
Ohio...................   5,923.6   5,872.9   5,876.0   5,867.1    358.8     353.5     368.2     353.3    6.1   6.0   6.3   6.0
Oklahoma...............   1,695.2   1,709.2   1,698.8   1,704.6     98.0      76.1      70.0      74.5    5.8   4.5   4.1   4.4
Oregon.................   1,845.1   1,855.2   1,850.8   1,831.3    151.2     125.7     136.9     133.7    8.2   6.8   7.4   7.3
Pennsylvania...........   6,142.7   6,263.4   6,275.0   6,289.6    332.8     332.3     352.3     332.9    5.4   5.3   5.6   5.3
Rhode Island...........     573.6     572.6     568.9     567.1     28.0      33.0      31.2      28.2    4.9   5.8   5.5   5.0
                                                                                                                               
South Carolina.........   2,014.9   2,066.9   2,068.9   2,082.0    140.5     124.6     132.6     142.6    7.0   6.0   6.4   6.9
South Dakota...........     425.7     425.1     424.0     425.3     15.7      14.3      13.7      14.7    3.7   3.4   3.2   3.4
Tennessee..............   2,909.6   2,920.3   2,931.1   2,941.9    177.3     130.7     142.8     149.1    6.1   4.5   4.9   5.1
Texas..................  10,935.9  10,953.0  10,963.2  10,976.3    739.0     628.8     627.3     598.6    6.8   5.7   5.7   5.5
Utah...................   1,190.3   1,208.2   1,211.4   1,214.0     65.4      57.7      57.2      57.7    5.5   4.8   4.7   4.8
Vermont................     351.9     354.2     354.3     352.6     17.6      11.8      11.8      11.8    5.0   3.3   3.3   3.3
Virginia...............   3,782.8   3,847.0   3,846.1   3,828.9    154.1     132.8     136.7     123.7    4.1   3.5   3.6   3.2
Washington.............   3,142.7   3,195.8   3,211.1   3,209.7    241.0     193.2     198.1     178.7    7.7   6.0   6.2   5.6
West Virginia..........     784.8     801.1     803.7     803.0     46.9      41.7      43.9      40.5    6.0   5.2   5.5   5.0
Wisconsin..............   3,089.3   3,109.0   3,115.6   3,116.3    172.6     145.6     150.3     154.9    5.6   4.7   4.8   5.0
Wyoming................     280.4     279.6     279.9     280.4     12.1      10.1      10.4      10.9    4.3   3.6   3.7   3.9
                                                                                                                               
Puerto Rico............   1,373.8   1,400.2   1,429.0   1,432.6    162.5     135.6     153.9     135.0   11.8   9.7  10.8   9.4

  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the
Current Population Survey.  All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information
becomes available.




LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                   LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                             Unemployed                            
                                                                                                                                   
                                  Civilian labor force                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
    State and Area                                                               Number                    Percent of labor force  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                               August            September             August            September          August      September  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                           2003      2004      2003     2004p      2003      2004      2003     2004p    2003   2004   2003   2004p
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
Alabama................   2,155.9   2,169.2   2,158.9   2,159.3    131.7     134.9     127.2     123.2    6.1    6.2    5.9    5.7 
Alaska.................     340.2     353.1     335.2     348.7     23.7      23.3      23.3      23.3    7.0    6.6    6.9    6.7 
Arizona................   2,719.8   2,787.6   2,709.8   2,782.3    167.7     136.8     154.9     139.8    6.2    4.9    5.7    5.0 
Arkansas...............   1,272.5   1,329.9   1,261.8   1,322.0     76.9      67.5      74.5      66.3    6.0    5.1    5.9    5.0 
California.............  17,584.0  17,757.8  17,474.3  17,697.8  1,171.1   1,026.5   1,124.4   1,000.4    6.7    5.8    6.4    5.7 
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                                 
     Beach.............   4,807.4   4,814.3   4,804.6   4,829.3    361.1     306.1     351.4     298.9    7.5    6.4    7.3    6.2 
Colorado...............   2,519.8   2,556.7   2,515.5   2,560.9    148.6     124.5     144.1     118.7    5.9    4.9    5.7    4.6 
Connecticut............   1,833.1   1,818.5   1,784.7   1,776.0    102.2      84.2      89.1      74.2    5.6    4.6    5.0    4.2 
Delaware...............     420.9     427.1     414.1     422.5     20.1      16.2      18.3      16.4    4.8    3.8    4.4    3.9 
District of Columbia...     306.1     304.5     300.8     303.1     22.2      23.3      20.0      23.6    7.3    7.6    6.7    7.8 
Florida................   8,313.3   8,525.8   8,241.0   8,431.3    452.6     416.8     437.2     394.6    5.4    4.9    5.3    4.7 
                                                                                                                                   
Georgia................   4,415.5   4,423.9   4,442.6   4,425.2    205.5     188.8     206.4     186.5    4.7    4.3    4.6    4.2 
Hawaii.................     625.5     634.1     619.9     626.0     30.0      19.9      29.0      20.3    4.8    3.1    4.7    3.2 
Idaho..................     700.9     717.9     695.0     710.1     33.8      31.8      29.5      29.0    4.8    4.4    4.2    4.1 
Illinois...............   6,370.9   6,419.1   6,324.5   6,407.0    431.0     392.5     411.4     363.0    6.8    6.1    6.5    5.7 
Indiana................   3,218.4   3,170.3   3,189.3   3,151.6    163.0     154.4     153.6     150.5    5.1    4.9    4.8    4.8 
Iowa...................   1,601.4   1,633.5   1,596.0   1,625.1     66.9      68.1      65.5      68.7    4.2    4.2    4.1    4.2 
Kansas.................   1,435.8   1,469.3   1,424.4   1,460.3     74.6      67.9      72.1      64.7    5.2    4.6    5.1    4.4 
Kentucky...............   1,968.3   1,991.7   1,951.7   1,970.8    111.1      93.7     112.0      84.8    5.6    4.7    5.7    4.3 
Louisiana..............   2,039.6   2,041.9   2,031.7   2,051.5    139.9     103.2     125.6     103.1    6.9    5.1    6.2    5.0 
Maine..................     712.2     718.7     699.8     701.8     30.2      26.3      32.4      28.8    4.2    3.7    4.6    4.1 
                                                                                                                                   
Maryland...............   2,931.3   2,973.8   2,903.6   2,953.9    128.9     123.9     126.7     115.6    4.4    4.2    4.4    3.9 
Massachusetts..........   3,455.7   3,462.2   3,386.3   3,370.7    201.1     184.9     199.3     156.5    5.8    5.3    5.9    4.6 
Michigan...............   5,080.9   5,096.0   5,042.0   5,041.2    354.6     315.3     352.0     313.8    7.0    6.2    7.0    6.2 
Minnesota..............   2,949.2   2,992.1   2,926.0   2,963.2    135.1     130.3     142.9     129.1    4.6    4.4    4.9    4.4 
Mississippi............   1,305.3   1,315.0   1,299.9   1,311.7     81.4      77.0      73.7      73.4    6.2    5.9    5.7    5.6 
Missouri...............   3,007.7   3,039.0   3,009.7   3,022.4    178.9     172.6     161.4     162.8    5.9    5.7    5.4    5.4 
Montana................     486.1     491.9     475.4     481.8     19.2      19.3      18.9      20.7    3.9    3.9    4.0    4.3 
Nebraska...............     978.2     990.7     968.8     981.4     37.4      33.3      36.1      33.0    3.8    3.4    3.7    3.4 
Nevada.................   1,148.4   1,188.7   1,151.6   1,187.6     60.2      46.0      60.2      45.8    5.2    3.9    5.2    3.9 
New Hampshire..........     732.1     739.6     715.5     722.4     31.3      27.0      29.0      23.8    4.3    3.7    4.1    3.3 
                                                                                                                                   
New Jersey.............   4,406.8   4,446.5   4,349.2   4,378.0    258.7     213.6     247.3     203.1    5.9    4.8    5.7    4.6 
New Mexico.............     899.2     910.3     899.1     910.0     59.7      49.6      58.9      48.5    6.6    5.4    6.5    5.3 
New York...............   9,398.5   9,408.5   9,233.2   9,258.1    580.9     512.6     581.8     499.3    6.2    5.4    6.3    5.4 
  New York City........   3,678.7   3,702.9   3,644.5   3,687.8    307.9     249.1     306.5     252.8    8.4    6.7    8.4    6.9 
North Carolina.........   4,280.8   4,218.1   4,259.9   4,168.1    276.0     206.8     255.5     183.1    6.4    4.9    6.0    4.4 
North Dakota...........     356.2     359.6     348.7     352.9     13.1      10.9       9.8       9.3    3.7    3.0    2.8    2.6 
Ohio...................   5,994.2   5,946.3   5,905.2   5,851.9    337.9     344.9     338.6     332.6    5.6    5.8    5.7    5.7 
Oklahoma...............   1,698.7   1,701.9   1,695.5   1,704.6     93.4      65.0      94.1      71.2    5.5    3.8    5.6    4.2 
Oregon.................   1,884.0   1,871.1   1,852.4   1,835.3    147.1     127.9     138.0     120.2    7.8    6.8    7.4    6.5 
Pennsylvania...........   6,224.8   6,344.1   6,127.1   6,264.8    324.9     340.9     307.4     306.5    5.2    5.4    5.0    4.9 
Rhode Island...........     578.8     573.7     573.8     566.9     28.9      30.6      26.3      25.9    5.0    5.3    4.6    4.6 
                                                                                                                                   
South Carolina.........   2,030.3   2,092.5   2,017.3   2,084.3    139.7     135.7     137.7     140.2    6.9    6.5    6.8    6.7 
South Dakota...........     433.2     432.0     424.3     424.2     14.5      12.6      12.9      12.0    3.3    2.9    3.0    2.8 
Tennessee..............   2,925.0   2,947.5   2,922.9   2,954.3    175.1     142.8     168.9     142.8    6.0    4.8    5.8    4.8 
Texas..................  10,995.3  11,020.2  10,953.1  10,986.7    765.4     643.0     742.1     598.6    7.0    5.8    6.8    5.4 
Utah...................   1,200.6   1,223.3   1,193.5   1,218.3     68.7      59.8      62.1      55.0    5.7    4.9    5.2    4.5 
Vermont................     352.3     356.0     352.3     353.2     14.8      10.8      15.3      10.3    4.2    3.0    4.3    2.9 
Virginia...............   3,820.3   3,889.0   3,774.9   3,821.0    159.9     142.6     157.4     127.0    4.2    3.7    4.2    3.3 
Washington.............   3,141.2   3,210.9   3,116.8   3,183.3    231.0     188.2     222.8     162.6    7.4    5.9    7.2    5.1 
West Virginia..........     795.2     811.1     785.0     802.1     46.5      41.5      41.2      34.9    5.8    5.1    5.2    4.4 
Wisconsin..............   3,122.6   3,145.9   3,073.8   3,099.8    164.7     139.0     144.1     126.5    5.3    4.4    4.7    4.1 
Wyoming................     283.4     283.6     280.3     280.6     10.2       8.6      10.2       9.1    3.6    3.0    3.6    3.3 
                                                                                                                                   
Puerto Rico............   1,378.5   1,419.9   1,361.0   1,420.2    168.4     162.1     166.2     138.5   12.2   11.4   12.2    9.8 

  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current
Population Survey.  All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes
available.




                                                                                                      ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                                                                                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                        Total(1)                        Construction                   Manufacturing         
                                                                                                                             
            State                                                                                                            
                            Sept.    July     Aug.     Sept.    Sept    July    Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   July    Aug.   Sept. 
                            2003     2004     2004     2004p    2003    2004    2004    2004p   2003    2004    2004   2004p 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Alabama............  1,872.9  1,883.4  1,888.1  1,882.5    98.7   100.7   101.9   101.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Alaska.............    299.7    303.6    302.6    303.6    16.9    17.8    17.5    17.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Arizona............  2,297.4  2,338.2  2,350.9  2,351.8   178.5   192.7   192.4   192.9   172.4   171.1   171.2   171.3
      Arkansas...........  1,144.8  1,152.2  1,155.9  1,155.6    50.4    50.6    50.9    51.1   204.2   203.0   203.8   203.3
      California......... 14,407.9 14,520.6 14,524.9 14,529.8   791.4   814.2   819.7   824.7 1,525.2 1,534.4 1,530.6 1,528.7
                                                                                                                             
      Colorado...........  2,145.6  2,168.2  2,176.0  2,176.8   147.8   144.4   146.5   148.6   153.9   155.1   154.4   154.6
      Connecticut........  1,639.1  1,638.1  1,642.7  1,643.6    61.8    62.4    62.6    62.3   196.6   195.8   195.6   195.4
      Delaware (3).......    416.9    419.5    420.0    423.5    24.6    25.5    25.3    25.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      District of                                                                                                            
         Columbia (3)....    663.0    672.0    674.9    669.9    12.7    13.7    13.5    13.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Florida ...........  7,316.9  7,439.6  7,451.9  7,442.4   451.3   466.1   465.6   462.5   385.7   385.2   384.0   383.3
                                                                                                                             
      Georgia ...........  3,868.3  3,882.4  3,899.0  3,899.9   196.2   197.7   198.5   202.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Hawaii (3).........    567.8    579.8    583.3    586.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Idaho..............    572.0    586.3    588.1    590.1    36.4    40.1    40.4    40.7    61.3    60.5    60.8    61.0
      Illinois...........  5,818.0  5,822.0  5,823.4  5,826.6   277.5   275.4   276.7   278.5   710.9   708.9   705.9   705.3
      Indiana............  2,902.5  2,912.0  2,916.0  2,916.5   144.9   151.4   151.9   152.5   569.5   568.5   569.5   568.9
                                                                                                                             
      Iowa...............  1,440.8  1,446.4  1,450.7  1,452.0    65.7    67.0    66.9    67.3   219.4   220.8   220.9   220.8
      Kansas.............  1,310.0  1,322.1  1,321.1  1,333.5    62.5    63.4    63.5    63.6   170.2   171.5   170.9   171.7
      Kentucky...........  1,782.7  1,800.7  1,797.1  1,799.8    83.0    87.8    88.1    88.3   265.1   259.0   262.9   263.6
      Louisiana..........  1,900.0  1,914.5  1,909.3  1,903.0   118.7   117.0   115.6   115.0   154.5   154.9   153.7   154.7
      Maine..............    607.0    611.4    614.8    612.3    30.6    31.5    32.0    32.2    63.1    60.5    60.9    60.9
                                                                                                                             
      Maryland (3).......  2,483.5  2,536.8  2,534.6  2,532.2   169.1   178.3   177.6   178.1   145.0   144.3   144.6   144.4
      Massachusetts......  3,177.1  3,182.9  3,176.9  3,176.1   136.5   139.5   138.6   137.8   320.8   326.2   324.4   323.6
      Michigan...........  4,407.4  4,349.5  4,369.7  4,354.9   191.0   194.5   190.2   189.2   717.3   685.3   706.7   701.0
      Minnesota..........  2,657.8  2,672.6  2,677.6  2,675.4   126.8   128.0   130.4   130.6   343.3   351.4   348.5   349.5
      Mississippi........  1,116.3  1,125.3  1,123.9  1,127.9    50.9    49.9    50.4    51.1   176.0   181.0   180.5   179.6
                                                                                                                             
      Missouri ..........  2,680.8  2,714.5  2,708.4  2,718.8   132.3   138.3   133.4   135.6   311.4   314.0   316.2   315.3
      Montana............    400.5    409.1    407.8    404.8    23.7    24.4    24.6    25.1    18.5    19.3    19.0    18.5
      Nebraska...........    904.4    907.1    906.6    910.0    46.2    48.2    47.6    47.7   101.5   101.7   101.5   101.7
      Nevada.............  1,096.4  1,137.1  1,140.3  1,147.0   102.6   111.3   113.1   114.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      New Hampshire......    619.6    626.6    628.0    628.4    29.4    30.5    30.4    30.5    79.6    78.6    78.3    78.3
                                                                                                                             
      New Jersey.........  3,992.6  4,045.4  4,049.4  4,061.4   160.2   164.2   164.7   164.4   349.8   347.0   345.9   345.4
      New Mexico.........    776.3    790.8    793.1    795.1    47.4    49.5    49.8    50.3    36.1    35.9    35.6    35.4
      New York...........  8,399.8  8,451.0  8,453.8  8,452.9   319.1   321.0   324.9   325.3   606.4   590.5   593.1   590.1
      North Carolina.....  3,810.8  3,860.5  3,864.9  3,859.3   211.7   215.9   219.6   218.6   593.5   585.4   581.8   580.6
      North Dakota.......    334.7    332.2    334.4    335.7    16.7    16.1    16.1    16.7    23.0    24.2    24.0    23.2
                                                                                                                             
      Ohio...............  5,389.8  5,378.4  5,366.4  5,371.9   230.3   229.9   228.5   231.5   835.1   829.1   824.3   823.7
      Oklahoma...........  1,439.3  1,460.0  1,460.8  1,464.2    62.5    64.0    63.9    63.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Oregon ............  1,562.9  1,599.6  1,599.8  1,595.5    77.6    81.0    81.2    81.5   194.6   198.9   199.2   198.9
      Pennsylvania.......  5,599.5  5,636.2  5,642.5  5,647.1   245.3   252.1   252.2   252.3   707.4   694.6   693.4   691.3
      Rhode Island.......    485.1    490.3    489.2    489.6    21.3    22.2    22.4    22.5    58.2    58.7    57.9    57.9
                                                                                                                             
      South Carolina.....  1,814.3  1,836.0  1,835.6  1,832.2   111.2   113.7   112.7   111.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      South Dakota.......    380.1    382.0    381.4    382.9    19.3    19.3    19.1    19.7    37.8    38.8    38.5    38.4
      Tennessee..........  2,675.0  2,683.9  2,690.1  2,690.1   116.1   116.4   116.9   117.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Texas..............  9,344.0  9,451.7  9,461.2  9,467.7   547.7   549.9   552.2   553.7   892.1   886.9   885.5   883.9
      Utah...............  1,074.6  1,099.2  1,106.6  1,108.8    67.0    70.4    71.7    72.1   111.3   112.8   112.5   113.2
                                                                                                                             
      Vermont............    299.4    299.9    301.3    302.0    15.6    15.6    15.7    15.6    36.7    37.2    37.2    37.5
      Virginia...........  3,505.4  3,590.4  3,591.9  3,587.3   219.1   231.6   231.6   233.5   300.7   295.5   295.0   295.2
      Washington.........  2,660.3  2,718.0  2,714.7  2,719.1   156.0   165.1   165.1   165.1   263.5   261.8   260.4   259.7
      West Virginia......    726.8    733.2    736.2    739.5    32.4    33.5    33.9    34.6    64.1    63.2    63.6    63.2
      Wisconsin..........  2,782.0  2,839.4  2,841.5  2,834.5   122.9   125.9   125.5   124.2   503.6   517.0   517.1   516.1
      Wyoming............    250.9    255.8    255.7    256.5    20.2    19.8    19.5    19.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                             Trade, transportation, and         Financial activities         Professional and business   
                                     utilities                                                        services           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Sept.   July    Aug.   Sept.    Sept.   July    Aug.   Sept.    Sept.   July    Aug.   Sept. 
                            2003    2004    2004   2004p    2003    2004    2004   2004p    2003    2004    2004   2004p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   373.5   378.5   379.2   377.4    96.9    96.0    96.3    95.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Alaska.............    60.9    61.8    62.0    62.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      22.8    22.9    22.8    22.8
      Arizona............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     159.7   161.1   161.7   161.1   323.0   330.1   330.8   329.3
      Arkansas...........   239.9   240.8   241.0   242.1    50.5    51.2    51.2    51.4   103.1   103.8   104.6   104.1
      California......... 2,729.8 2,747.1 2,743.1 2,747.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)   2,116.9 2,167.2 2,171.1 2,189.9
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   404.4   405.8   406.5   406.1   155.3   153.9   155.3   157.0   286.6   297.5   300.5   303.0
      Connecticut........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     143.4   143.2   143.6   143.3   195.3   193.8   194.2   194.8
      Delaware (3).......    78.6    78.6    78.6    79.4    45.3    45.5    45.7    46.6    58.8    60.0    60.5    60.8
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia (3)....   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     142.0   145.6   145.6   146.1
      Florida ........... 1,464.1 1,471.4 1,472.8 1,469.9   488.9   496.6   498.4   495.9 1,272.4 1,311.7 1,313.8 1,320.6
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   824.9   831.6   829.1   825.6   219.3   218.3   218.9   218.2   495.0   499.2   504.4   505.5
      Hawaii (3).........   108.0   111.1   112.3   113.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Idaho..............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      70.3    74.8    75.1    75.9
      Illinois........... 1,187.4 1,184.9 1,186.9 1,188.9   405.1   404.0   405.1   407.3   769.1   770.1   771.0   770.3
      Indiana............   572.8   570.1   570.5   568.0   141.5   140.8   141.1   141.5   256.3   259.8   260.0   259.6
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   302.7   300.1   301.7   301.2    95.6   100.0   100.6   101.0   105.4   104.4   105.3   104.5
      Kansas.............   262.2   262.0   261.3   261.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Kentucky...........   372.1   371.4   371.0   371.6    86.6    86.8    86.9    87.1   153.9   154.3   153.9   153.2
      Louisiana..........   378.4   383.5   383.3   381.4   101.8   101.0   100.9   100.9   178.5   178.3   178.1   177.5
      Maine..............   123.2   124.3   125.8   125.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      51.0    50.9    51.4    52.3
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   462.8   464.3   464.7   466.6   156.4   158.2   158.4   159.6   360.9   373.1   374.9   374.0
      Massachusetts......   572.1   567.5   567.4   567.6   222.5   221.7   222.4   221.7   434.9   433.6   432.2   431.1
      Michigan...........   814.2   806.9   799.8   797.7   219.2   214.1   214.3   214.1   587.0   586.6   592.8   588.1
      Minnesota..........   521.2   522.9   523.0   523.8   176.4   176.9   177.0   176.5   296.0   297.0   299.2   298.4
      Mississippi........   219.6   217.2   217.3   219.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   532.7   533.7   533.0   533.5   162.4   163.8   164.3   166.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Montana............    84.5    85.9    85.4    84.1    20.4    20.9    20.9    20.9    32.7    33.9    33.7    33.9
      Nebraska...........   194.7   196.2   194.6   194.6    61.9    62.4    62.6    63.2    92.1    92.3    92.4    91.6
      Nevada.............   195.2   200.1   200.4   202.2    59.0    62.2    61.5    61.4   122.9   130.6   130.9   131.8
      New Hampshire......   140.3   141.2   141.9   142.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   879.0   876.4   876.3   883.0   277.9   286.8   286.8   287.1   576.6   586.9   588.0   588.6
      New Mexico.........   135.6   137.2   138.2   138.4    34.2    34.4    34.6    34.6    88.1    89.7    90.2    90.7
      New York........... 1,471.7 1,476.4 1,474.9 1,477.2   697.9   704.6   701.7   705.1 1,040.8 1,060.7 1,058.5 1,060.9
      North Carolina.....   722.7   729.6   728.6   722.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     427.8   441.1   443.9   446.6
      North Dakota.......    72.1    72.3    72.4    72.8    18.5    18.4    18.5    18.6    23.8    23.7    23.8    24.0
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio............... 1,046.4 1,040.3 1,037.8 1,038.5   312.7   313.7   313.9   314.5   605.6   607.3   606.4   607.4
      Oklahoma...........   275.6   275.0   277.0   277.5    83.7    84.2    84.4    84.4   154.9   158.6   159.2   158.5
      Oregon ............   315.2   317.9   317.7   317.3    98.3    98.7    98.8    99.1   170.0   178.5   178.6   178.6
      Pennsylvania....... 1,114.7 1,121.5 1,121.9 1,125.8   338.6   339.4   340.4   341.0   598.8   605.7   607.2   607.4
      Rhode Island.......    81.0    81.6    81.6    81.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      49.8    49.5    48.7    48.7
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   346.5   350.7   350.1   349.9    91.5    93.4    93.4    92.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      South Dakota.......    76.8    78.1    78.2    78.0    27.3    27.7    27.7    27.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Tennessee..........   581.1   586.5   587.2   586.2   138.6   140.2   140.1   139.1   288.4   285.8   287.5   286.3
      Texas.............. 1,923.8 1,950.9 1,954.0 1,952.7   587.7   588.6   589.3   589.8 1,038.5 1,057.4 1,063.1 1,068.2
      Utah...............   213.7   218.5   218.9   219.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     132.0   138.4   141.0   141.3
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      20.4    20.7    20.7    20.6
      Virginia...........   634.6   654.3   652.1   648.7   188.8   192.7   192.5   196.2   549.7   579.8   581.9   581.6
      Washington.........   511.3   521.5   521.1   520.0   154.1   157.8   156.8   156.9   291.8   303.5   304.6   305.6
      West Virginia......   135.7   137.2   137.5   138.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      56.2    57.0    57.1    56.9
      Wisconsin..........   542.1   551.2   550.6   552.9   158.9   161.1   161.2   161.5   247.0   261.2   263.2   263.1
      Wyoming............    48.7    49.3    49.3    49.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      15.8    15.8    15.4    15.3






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                           Education and health services      Leisure and hospitality                Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Sept.   July    Aug.   Sept.    Sept.   July    Aug.   Sept.    Sept.   July    Aug.    Sept. 
                            2003    2004    2004   2004p    2003    2004    2004   2004p    2003    2004    2004    2004p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     155.3   155.4   156.0   156.9   360.4   359.3   360.8   360.8
      Alaska.............    33.1    35.0    34.9    35.0    29.8    30.2    30.2    30.2    82.4    81.0    80.9    81.8
      Arizona............   249.4   255.1   258.9   261.0   231.5   235.5   236.6   237.5   393.5   396.9   405.6   405.1
      Arkansas...........   140.6   143.3   145.2   144.4    88.4    91.5    92.0    90.6   199.9   199.4   198.7   200.5
      California......... 1,543.8 1,564.0 1,563.8 1,558.3 1,400.6 1,417.9 1,418.9 1,418.1 2,418.2 2,395.2 2,391.2 2,384.1
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   213.9   219.5   219.0   218.4   245.4   248.5   250.4   250.9   356.0   359.1   359.6   357.4
      Connecticut........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     246.0   242.4   245.2   242.1
      Delaware ..........    49.9    51.5    51.6    51.6    39.1    39.5    39.7    39.7    58.8    57.0    57.7    59.8
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia .......   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      48.7    50.4    50.3    50.6   230.8   230.0   236.4   230.2
      Florida ...........   891.6   906.9   910.9   912.2   807.3   826.7   828.6   823.4 1,060.4 1,072.3 1,077.5 1,078.7
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     352.1   351.2   354.1   357.5   633.1   635.6   646.9   644.7
      Hawaii ............    65.9    67.5    68.1    68.3    99.8   103.0   103.4   103.9   119.1   120.4   120.9   121.9
      Idaho..............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      54.1    56.5    56.5    56.1   113.0   113.7   113.4   113.0
      Illinois...........   723.4   727.4   729.0   730.4   502.5   512.0   511.7   511.6   849.0   852.8   853.9   847.2
      Indiana............   364.3   371.1   371.4   368.9   274.3   272.4   274.5   275.4   425.0   423.0   421.6   427.5
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   190.3   193.9   194.0   193.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     245.6   241.8   243.9   244.3
      Kansas.............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     108.5   113.4   112.8   112.0   250.2   250.0   250.3   261.8
      Kentucky...........   228.0   230.5   229.7   231.2   157.2   164.9   165.6   164.9   309.8   317.1   310.2   310.8
      Louisiana..........   244.9   248.4   247.9   245.9   198.4   200.0   199.3   199.9   379.1   383.3   383.5   380.4
      Maine..............   107.5   109.1   108.7   108.4    58.2    59.2    59.4    59.1   103.2   104.5   105.2   103.9
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   340.3   348.4   349.0   348.8   219.3   234.6   236.4   233.8   463.6   473.7   464.3   457.8
      Massachusetts......   577.1   579.8   579.6   580.1   287.4   292.7   293.0   296.4   417.4   413.8   412.6   409.5
      Michigan...........   546.5   544.1   548.2   546.0   400.9   407.3   407.4   397.7   681.4   659.3   661.0   668.8
      Minnesota..........   368.3   375.1   375.5   371.9   236.5   240.1   240.7   241.0   401.8   395.7   397.9   397.2
      Mississippi........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     123.1   123.3   123.0   125.3   244.9   246.8   244.1   245.3
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   351.4   369.2   371.6   364.3   264.2   268.6   267.0   266.7   431.8   425.6   419.8   430.9
      Montana............    53.4    53.0    53.3    53.4    51.9    53.6    53.5    52.5    85.9    87.1    86.0    85.1
      Nebraska...........   112.0   110.5   111.0   112.4    78.1    79.5    78.9    79.1   160.1   158.3   160.2   162.7
      Nevada.............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     306.1   312.9   313.6   313.2   135.6   138.1   138.3   141.1
      New Hampshire......   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      63.4    65.7    66.4    64.5    89.9    89.7    90.6    92.3
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   542.2   555.9   556.5   557.0   321.2   327.7   328.7   328.8   628.6   642.9   644.2   648.0
      New Mexico.........    99.6   104.2   104.0   104.0    81.2    84.1    83.9    82.9   195.3   197.5   198.3   200.3
      New York........... 1,503.4 1,527.0 1,530.4 1,525.6   645.5   658.6   659.5   658.8 1,486.9 1,473.4 1,472.7 1,477.3
      North Carolina.....   431.1   446.4   453.9   449.7   335.4   339.1   342.1   343.0   648.4   655.3   654.3   654.0
      North Dakota.......    47.8    47.9    47.9    48.0    30.4    30.4    30.4    30.3    75.6    72.8    74.7    75.4
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   731.4   732.8   731.7   737.9   492.7   485.0   485.2   484.7   799.9   804.9   803.8   798.6
      Oklahoma...........   173.4   178.6   177.8   177.7   125.0   128.3   126.8   126.2   288.9   292.3   293.2   297.1
      Oregon ............   188.4   194.1   194.9   195.5   152.2   157.4   157.3   155.4   267.1   272.0   271.1   269.0
      Pennsylvania.......   977.6   992.4   993.2   991.7   473.1   482.9   484.7   486.7   742.6   743.2   744.7   745.4
      Rhode Island.......   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      49.8    51.3    51.2    51.4    66.6    66.5    66.5    66.6
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   180.2   190.4   190.7   192.2   191.6   193.6   192.5   195.9   330.9   333.2   335.1   335.2
      South Dakota.......    55.8    55.8    55.8    55.9    40.7    39.9    39.5    39.5    74.8    74.7    74.5    75.5
      Tennessee..........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     248.0   252.5   254.3   253.6   414.6   413.7   414.0   414.0
      Texas.............. 1,122.4 1,154.5 1,157.8 1,159.1   856.3   871.8   872.3   872.0 1,639.8 1,642.6 1,652.9 1,650.6
      Utah...............   119.1   119.7   120.1   124.1   100.1   102.4   102.7   102.4   197.6   199.8   200.3   199.7
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      52.3    51.7    51.8    52.0
      Virginia...........   370.7   375.7   377.9   375.9   307.1   312.0   311.9   308.1   642.0   651.4   651.6   650.6
      Washington.........   313.3   320.0   320.5   321.3   248.9   251.3   252.6   254.3   520.9   528.9   525.5   527.8
      West Virginia......   108.7   107.7   108.6   108.5    66.3    68.7    68.8    69.8   142.3   143.1   143.9   145.2
      Wisconsin..........   370.5   380.0   379.6   380.7   248.1   255.2   256.5   251.2   404.1   406.1   405.8   403.3
      Wyoming............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      30.7    30.5    31.0    31.2    63.4    64.9    64.2    64.6

       1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except public administration, not shown
     separately.
       2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from 2003 benchmark levels.
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available.




                                                                                                      ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                                                                                                  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                       Total                Natural resources and mining            Construction         
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
            State              August        September         August        September         August        September   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            2003    2004    2003   2004p    2003    2004    2003    2004p   2003    2004    2003    2004p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............ 1,869.3 1,878.7 1,880.9 1,886.8    12.5    12.5    12.6    12.6    99.7   102.8   100.6   102.6
      Alaska.............   319.7   323.4   313.4   317.6    10.4    10.8    10.2    10.5    20.7    21.6    20.2    21.2
      Arizona............ 2,265.6 2,322.5 2,295.8 2,349.9     8.0     8.4     7.9     8.5   179.7   195.0   180.6   195.1
      Arkansas........... 1,139.8 1,148.7 1,154.6 1,162.5     7.1     7.2     7.1     7.2    52.5    52.3    52.3    52.3
      California......... 14360.7 14462.4 14425.6 14539.1    23.0    22.8    22.8    22.9   815.7   848.8   813.7   850.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado........... 2,161.5 2,177.5 2,155.9 2,178.5    13.6    14.0    13.5    14.1   156.2   153.7   153.5   152.7
      Connecticut........ 1,630.6 1,633.7 1,643.6 1,646.9      .7      .8      .8      .8    65.9    66.4    65.0    65.3
      Delaware ..........   417.2   423.5   418.6   425.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      25.5    26.3    25.2    25.9
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........   661.6   675.0   663.8   671.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      13.0    13.8    13.0    13.4
      Florida............ 7,275.4 7,426.5 7,298.7 7,423.7     7.3     7.3     7.4     7.3   448.7   467.1   452.3   463.5
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............ 3,873.3 3,905.6 3,882.4 3,912.8    12.4    12.4    12.4    12.2   197.9   202.6   198.9   203.0
      Hawaii ............   562.0   576.9   564.5   580.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      28.4    29.1    28.4    29.4
      Idaho .............   578.4   592.5   582.6   599.0     4.2     4.5     4.2     4.6    40.1    44.2    39.6    43.8
      Illinois........... 5,827.3 5,840.3 5,849.3 5,859.2     9.8    10.1     9.7    10.1   295.6   295.7   294.7   296.0
      Indiana............ 2,890.7 2,899.9 2,928.6 2,943.0     7.2     7.3     7.3     7.2   153.6   160.9   151.3   158.9
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa............... 1,430.9 1,440.0 1,450.7 1,459.4     2.1     2.1     2.1     2.1    72.0    73.9    70.4    72.2
      Kansas............. 1,293.7 1,306.5 1,310.3 1,334.2     6.6     6.4     6.6     6.5    65.7    67.1    64.4    65.6
      Kentucky........... 1,782.8 1,794.4 1,791.9 1,810.7    18.9    19.5    18.9    19.4    86.4    91.2    86.3    91.2
      Louisiana.......... 1,894.1 1,894.9 1,905.8 1,906.8    47.6    47.3    47.1    47.8   119.5   116.2   119.6   116.2
      Maine..............   618.9   623.3   617.8   624.0     2.7     2.6     2.7     2.4    33.1    34.5    32.5    34.3
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland........... 2,484.8 2,518.9 2,493.5 2,541.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     173.7   182.5   172.6   182.3
      Massachusetts...... 3,176.6 3,166.4 3,196.7 3,189.8     1.9     1.8     1.9     1.8   146.0   146.6   143.1   144.4
      Michigan........... 4,374.4 4,343.0 4,437.2 4,385.7     8.4     8.1     8.4     7.9   207.0   206.2   202.9   201.1
      Minnesota.......... 2,662.5 2,681.0 2,664.6 2,682.7     5.9     6.0     5.7     5.9   142.7   146.6   139.4   143.2
      Mississippi........ 1,115.6 1,122.9 1,117.8 1,129.4     8.7     9.1     8.7     9.3    51.9    51.3    51.7    51.9
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri .......... 2,652.1 2,685.7 2,695.9 2,735.0     4.7     4.5     4.8     4.4   141.3   142.6   139.2   142.5
      Montana............   407.5   411.9   407.1   411.3     6.1     7.1     6.0     7.0    26.1    27.0    25.8    27.3
      Nebraska...........   899.1   904.0   904.9   910.6     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.4    49.9    50.8    48.3    49.7
      Nevada............. 1,093.1 1,140.0 1,103.2 1,154.3     9.0     9.2     8.8     9.1   104.5   115.9   104.7   116.6
      New Hampshire......   621.2   629.7   622.2   631.1     1.0     1.0     1.0     1.0    31.5    32.2    30.7    31.9
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey......... 3,983.7 4,049.5 3,986.9 4,055.0     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.7   167.5   171.6   165.7   169.9
      New Mexico.........   777.4   793.5   781.8   800.0    14.3    15.0    14.4    15.2    49.1    51.5    48.1    51.3
      New York........... 8,359.5 8,426.7 8,388.2 8,444.2     5.8     5.8     5.8     5.7   339.3   346.6   336.1   343.7
      North Carolina..... 3,811.5 3,859.8 3,824.9 3,872.8     7.9     7.0     7.9     7.0   216.1   223.2   214.3   221.3
      North Dakota.......   330.6   330.8   338.5   339.8     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.6    19.0    19.1    18.8    18.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio............... 5,395.7 5,367.3 5,408.1 5,393.1    11.9    12.2    11.8    11.9   248.3   246.0   244.3   245.5
      Oklahoma........... 1,433.6 1,451.6 1,444.8 1,468.0    29.4    31.5    29.2    31.7    64.5    65.1    63.2    64.6
      Oregon............. 1,559.7 1,595.1 1,568.6 1,601.0     9.8    10.1     9.8     9.6    82.8    86.5    82.3    86.2
      Pennsylvania....... 5,573.0 5,616.8 5,617.0 5,664.5    18.3    18.5    18.3    18.5   262.7   269.3   258.6   265.6
      Rhode Island.......   484.7   489.1   489.6   493.5      .2      .2      .2      .2    22.8    24.0    22.8    23.8
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina..... 1,813.3 1,834.7 1,824.9 1,843.7     5.1     4.5     5.0     4.4   113.8   114.4   112.4   112.3
      South Dakota.......   383.4   385.5   380.9   384.5     1.0     1.0     1.0     1.0    21.8    21.9    20.8    21.1
      Tennessee.......... 2,673.9 2,693.0 2,689.1 2,704.5     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.3   119.2   120.6   119.0   120.4
      Texas.............. 9,341.1 9,434.7 9,382.9 9,490.4   148.8   150.1   148.3   149.7   556.3   560.0   554.0   557.3
      Utah............... 1,071.6 1,100.7 1,083.0 1,115.2     6.8     7.3     6.8     7.3    71.7    76.6    71.0    76.3
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............   294.7   296.2   301.4   303.1     1.0     1.1     1.0     1.1    17.4    17.4    16.9    16.9
      Virginia........... 3,499.2 3,581.1 3,517.1 3,595.1    10.1    10.6    10.1    10.6   225.7   237.6   223.7   237.4
      Washington......... 2,664.4 2,714.7 2,680.6 2,735.2     9.1     8.9     9.1     8.9   166.9   175.6   165.4   174.6
      West Virginia......   729.8   735.7   730.5   740.1    21.7    23.2    21.7    23.2    34.9    35.9    35.2    36.7
      Wisconsin.......... 2,804.8 2,854.4 2,798.3 2,851.2     4.2     4.2     4.1     4.2   135.7   137.7   132.1   133.4
      Wyoming............   258.7   262.4   257.4   262.0    19.2    21.1    18.9    20.7    22.3    21.6    22.2    21.0
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........   989.8 1,002.0   997.0 1,004.4     1.2     1.2     1.2     1.2    70.8    67.4    69.7    67.0






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
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      Alabama............   291.9   290.6   290.6   290.1   373.1   376.6   372.4   375.6    31.5    30.3    31.1    29.9
      Alaska.............    17.9    17.9    13.7    13.6    65.9    66.9    63.7    65.1     7.0     7.0     6.9     7.0
      Arizona............   173.3   171.9   172.7   171.6   439.4   445.2   440.8   444.9    48.9    46.0    48.6    45.4
      Arkansas...........   205.0   204.0   205.4   203.6   239.6   240.8   240.9   241.8    20.4    20.2    20.2    20.1
      California......... 1,545.6 1,550.2 1,544.2 1,545.2 2,720.8 2,739.0 2,731.6 2,747.2   471.0   460.3   461.2   452.0
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   155.8   154.0   154.5   154.4   405.2   408.4   404.2   406.2    84.4    81.5    83.9    80.4
      Connecticut........   197.1   195.2   197.1   195.6   300.1   301.1   304.6   305.0    39.6    39.6    39.1    39.2
      Delaware ..........    35.6    35.0    36.1    34.5    79.1    79.3    78.8    79.6     7.5     7.4     7.3     7.4
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........     2.5     2.5     2.5     2.5    27.9    28.1    27.7    28.0    24.7    24.7    24.7    24.7
      Florida............   385.1   382.7   385.3   382.9 1,449.8 1,459.7 1,454.2 1,459.9   171.2   169.0   172.6   168.3
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   447.2   448.8   446.5   447.1   823.1   821.0   823.6   822.4   126.4   127.0   125.2   125.9
      Hawaii ............    14.9    15.3    14.8    15.2   107.6   112.0   107.8   112.2    10.0    10.8     9.9    10.8
      Idaho .............    62.1    61.7    62.1    62.0   116.3   118.4   116.2   118.7     9.2     9.4     9.2     9.4
      Illinois...........   712.3   707.1   712.7   707.1 1,183.6 1,185.2 1,184.9 1,186.5   134.9   131.2   133.6   130.3
      Indiana............   573.5   572.8   572.0   571.4   572.8   569.9   573.4   568.7    41.6    40.9    40.8    40.4
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   220.6   221.9   220.2   221.2   304.9   303.8   303.4   302.3    33.6    32.9    33.5    32.7
      Kansas.............   171.2   172.0   171.1   172.7   261.4   261.0   262.0   261.4    45.7    47.1    46.0    46.5
      Kentucky...........   266.0   263.0   266.2   263.7   372.8   370.7   371.6   371.1    30.2    30.2    29.8    30.2
      Louisiana..........   155.2   154.7   155.6   155.5   379.3   382.3   378.6   380.8    28.9    28.8    28.8    28.7
      Maine..............    64.5    61.8    63.8    61.1   127.1   128.9   124.6   126.9    11.2    11.2    11.1    11.2
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   146.5   145.0   145.8   144.8   462.7   466.0   462.9   467.0    49.7    50.1    49.5    50.3
      Massachusetts......   322.6   323.9   322.0   324.2   568.1   564.2   572.5   566.0    91.1    87.7    89.9    86.5
      Michigan...........   727.9   711.1   720.9   704.8   819.0   803.7   816.0   799.7    70.3    67.0    70.1    65.9
      Minnesota..........   349.0   354.4   345.8   352.0   520.9   525.1   519.6   522.3    62.4    62.1    61.5    61.7
      Mississippi........   175.7   180.3   176.2   179.7   219.6   217.3   218.4   217.8    14.9    14.7    14.9    14.4
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   312.9   317.3   311.5   315.5   531.5   531.6   532.0   532.8    66.1    65.7    65.7    65.4
      Montana............    19.0    19.3    18.8    18.9    85.6    86.4    85.1    84.8     7.7     7.9     7.6     7.5
      Nebraska...........   101.9   101.7   101.5   101.7   194.4   194.5   194.9   194.9    21.4    21.1    21.3    21.0
      Nevada.............    44.1    45.8    43.8    45.8   195.9   202.8   197.3   204.3    15.6    15.7    15.5    15.6
      New Hampshire......    79.9    78.2    79.5    78.2   139.9   142.2   139.3   141.6    11.7    11.6    11.5    11.5
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   351.2   346.3   350.6   346.1   871.3   875.2   875.4   879.6   103.0   101.7   101.8   101.7
      New Mexico.........    37.6    37.3    37.3    37.1   136.1   138.4   135.7   138.2    15.8    14.4    15.8    14.2
      New York...........   610.5   596.1   611.6   595.5 1,460.4 1,466.9 1,471.9 1,476.9   279.8   278.4   272.8   275.3
      North Carolina.....   597.7   583.0   596.0   582.9   724.7   730.6   725.5   725.3    75.5    74.8    76.1    75.2
      North Dakota.......    23.8    23.6    23.5    23.7    71.9    72.3    71.7    72.4     7.7     7.7     7.7     7.7
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   841.6   827.4   836.3   824.9 1,045.6 1,038.3 1,043.6 1,035.7    97.7    95.5    96.3    94.6
      Oklahoma...........   142.2   141.5   141.8   142.1   275.6   276.0   275.2   275.5    31.6    32.0    31.4    31.9
      Oregon.............   198.5   204.7   199.3   203.5   317.0   319.6   317.9   320.2    33.8    32.9    33.4    32.7
      Pennsylvania.......   713.2   697.4   711.0   694.8 1,108.1 1,115.3 1,112.5 1,123.5   124.1   122.4   122.6   121.5
      Rhode Island.......    58.1    58.1    58.8    58.4    80.4    81.2    81.4    81.7    11.1    10.7    10.9    10.6
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   274.3   270.5   274.5   269.8   347.8   351.2   347.2   350.5    26.8    25.7    26.4    25.0
      South Dakota.......    38.0    38.3    37.5    38.1    77.7    79.0    76.7    77.9     6.6     6.7     6.9     6.8
      Tennessee..........   413.6   414.5   413.2   414.1   580.0   586.3   582.1   587.2    51.6    50.8    51.2    50.4
      Texas..............   896.4   887.3   896.5   885.3 1,926.8 1,954.8 1,924.4 1,950.4   235.0   231.7   232.6   230.8
      Utah...............   112.3   114.1   112.1   114.9   214.2   219.7   213.8   219.1    30.2    30.5    30.0    30.3
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    37.7    37.5    36.7    37.3    58.1    58.3    57.8    57.8     6.5     6.6     6.5     6.6
      Virginia...........   302.8   295.7   302.5   296.1   636.3   653.2   634.3   649.1   101.1   101.2   100.0   100.0
      Washington.........   268.0   264.6   267.8   264.9   514.8   526.6   515.2   525.2    93.2    98.2    92.4    97.9
      West Virginia......    64.6    63.9    64.5    63.5   136.4   137.7   136.2   138.2    12.8    12.4    12.7    12.2
      Wisconsin..........   513.7   525.0   507.2   519.8   545.2   552.1   541.3   552.0    49.5    48.5    48.9    47.6
      Wyoming............     9.5     9.6     9.4     9.7    50.3    50.7    49.4    50.2     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.1
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........   115.4   114.5   116.3   114.2   177.1   182.0   177.3   181.2    21.3    23.1    21.3    23.1






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
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      Alabama............    97.7    96.7    97.0    95.7   187.5   190.1   187.2   190.1   185.3   186.8   187.5   188.6
      Alaska.............    15.1    15.1    14.7    14.9    24.7    24.7    23.6    23.6    33.2    35.1    33.0    34.9
      Arizona............   159.8   161.4   159.9   161.3   321.4   331.1   324.4   330.7   247.3   258.4   249.1   260.7
      Arkansas...........    50.9    51.7    50.6    51.7   105.3   106.5   105.1   106.4   138.9   143.1   141.4   145.1
      California.........   896.4   901.3   894.5   902.6 2,122.3 2,181.7 2,131.4 2,197.8 1,510.7 1,538.0 1,535.4 1,553.6
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   155.8   156.3   154.4   155.0   294.2   304.1   290.4   305.4   213.0   217.6   213.5   218.5
      Connecticut........   144.9   144.8   143.3   143.2   197.7   195.7   198.1   196.4   256.1   258.1   261.5   264.2
      Delaware ..........    46.0    46.3    45.3    46.5    58.9    60.9    59.4    61.4    49.2    51.1    49.9    51.6
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........    30.8    31.1    30.7    30.8   141.7   146.3   141.3   146.1    84.6    84.7    88.4    88.8
      Florida............   488.4   499.1   487.8   494.8 1,264.1 1,312.0 1,269.5 1,317.7   883.3   905.3   892.0   912.7
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   219.6   221.0   219.3   219.6   500.0   507.7   500.1   508.2   388.2   394.4   389.8   397.1
      Hawaii ............    28.7    28.9    28.7    28.9    70.1    70.8    70.5    70.3    64.7    66.9    65.9    67.7
      Idaho .............    27.6    27.9    27.4    27.9    72.4    76.8    72.3    77.2    62.0    63.8    63.6    65.6
      Illinois...........   405.5   407.2   404.9   407.1   773.7   777.7   779.1   781.1   713.3   721.6   721.7   728.7
      Indiana............   142.6   141.8   141.2   141.2   258.2   263.3   259.5   262.8   355.9   359.7   366.0   370.7
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............    96.1   101.2    95.5   100.8   107.3   106.0   106.4   105.7   180.6   184.1   188.9   192.2
      Kansas.............    70.4    71.3    70.4    70.9   125.0   126.5   124.5   126.7   154.4   156.9   156.2   158.5
      Kentucky...........    87.2    87.5    86.6    87.6   155.8   155.2   156.1   154.9   225.7   229.0   228.1   231.5
      Louisiana..........   102.0   101.2   101.7   101.0   179.2   177.2   178.5   177.7   241.7   244.9   246.5   246.6
      Maine..............    35.4    35.5    34.8    35.0    51.9    52.7    51.4    52.4   105.9   107.5   107.3   108.8
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   157.8   159.7   156.4   159.8   365.7   377.3   363.9   374.7   335.1   344.4   338.4   347.7
      Massachusetts......   225.9   224.6   222.3   221.9   442.3   438.0   439.0   435.3   557.7   561.1   573.0   575.5
      Michigan...........   224.0   218.0   219.7   214.5   593.3   599.3   595.1   596.6   532.4   538.2   542.8   542.2
      Minnesota..........   177.5   178.6   176.5   176.6   297.6   302.2   297.4   299.9   362.0   368.1   365.3   368.7
      Mississippi........    46.6    46.6    46.4    46.6    80.5    82.8    81.3    82.7   113.7   118.3   114.8   119.2
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   164.3   165.5   162.5   166.3   305.7   312.5   305.8   314.6   339.9   363.1   354.3   367.1
      Montana............    20.8    21.1    20.5    20.9    34.0    34.9    33.0    34.3    52.2    52.5    52.9    53.0
      Nebraska...........    61.9    62.9    61.6    62.9    91.2    92.1    92.4    91.9   110.8   110.3   111.6   112.0
      Nevada.............    59.1    61.7    59.4    61.9   123.8   131.9   124.2   133.3    75.4    79.5    76.1    80.1
      New Hampshire......    37.7    38.9    37.2    39.0    55.2    55.0    54.6    54.4    92.5    94.8    93.1    94.9
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   280.4   289.3   277.5   286.6   580.4   594.1   580.2   592.4   533.7   548.4   538.4   553.1
      New Mexico.........    34.5    34.9    34.2    34.7    89.1    91.1    88.5    91.4    96.2   100.7   100.1   104.5
      New York...........   704.5   707.8   697.0   705.3 1,049.3 1,065.8 1,046.5 1,064.3 1,447.0 1,483.7 1,492.4 1,515.8
      North Carolina.....   195.3   199.6   192.8   199.8   427.2   445.8   427.5   446.4   429.0   446.1   428.7   447.2
      North Dakota.......    18.5    18.6    18.5    18.6    24.2    24.2    24.0    24.2    47.9    47.7    47.6    47.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   315.2   316.6   313.3   315.0   613.8   613.6   611.0   612.8   714.5   718.5   729.9   736.4
      Oklahoma...........    84.5    84.8    84.1    84.2   157.1   160.4   157.2   161.0   173.1   176.5   174.1   178.2
      Oregon.............    99.7   100.3    99.1    99.8   173.6   182.0   172.0   180.5   183.7   188.0   186.4   193.4
      Pennsylvania.......   341.7   343.6   338.0   340.4   604.6   614.7   602.9   611.8   953.8   967.9   976.3   989.9
      Rhode Island.......    34.0    33.3    33.8    33.2    51.1    50.0    51.0    50.2    86.3    89.5    89.5    92.6
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....    94.1    93.9    91.4    91.9   190.1   193.4   190.8   191.7   174.7   186.3   181.4   193.6
      South Dakota.......    27.6    27.9    27.3    27.9    23.9    24.1    23.4    23.7    55.0    55.2    55.5    55.7
      Tennessee..........   140.5   141.0   139.9   140.4   289.8   289.7   292.0   290.1   312.2   317.2   316.2   321.1
      Texas..............   591.4   593.1   588.5   591.4 1,048.6 1,069.5 1,049.3 1,071.1 1,122.0 1,154.7 1,129.8 1,163.5
      Utah...............    65.1    65.4    64.4    65.2   134.9   143.1   134.3   142.9   115.3   119.6   120.0   124.6
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    13.5    13.2    13.3    13.1    21.1    21.2    20.7    20.9    51.7    52.8    53.0    54.1
      Virginia...........   190.6   194.5   188.5   196.1   555.7   587.9   552.7   583.9   353.7   359.9   372.5   377.1
      Washington.........   156.0   158.7   155.3   158.3   297.4   308.2   297.3   308.8   307.3   314.1   311.7   320.2
      West Virginia......    31.0    31.6    31.2    31.6    56.7    56.9    56.7    56.8   107.1   107.1   108.2   108.1
      Wisconsin..........   159.0   162.1   159.0   161.6   253.0   270.4   252.4   269.0   365.2   375.2   369.9   380.1
      Wyoming............    10.5    10.8    10.4    10.9    16.7    16.1    16.2    15.6    20.8    22.2    20.8    22.1
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    41.6    41.4    41.5    41.5    95.1    93.1    95.7    92.2    87.3    88.5    91.0    89.7






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              Leisure and hospitality              Other services                    Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                               August        September         August        September         August        September   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            2003    2004    2003    2004p   2003    2004    2003    2004p   2003    2004    2003    2004p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   159.3   159.6   157.1   157.7    84.4    83.9    83.8    83.2   346.4   348.8   361.0   360.7
      Alaska.............    35.5    36.1    33.3    33.7    11.5    10.7    11.4    11.0    77.8    77.5    82.7    82.1
      Arizona............   225.9   231.6   227.5   233.5    85.6    88.0    85.8    88.2   376.3   385.5   398.5   410.0
      Arkansas...........    91.9    93.9    90.1    91.7    41.0    41.1    40.7    40.9   187.2   187.9   200.8   201.7
      California......... 1,434.4 1,443.6 1,417.4 1,431.6   506.0   501.7   505.1   501.7 2,314.8 2,275.0 2,368.3 2,334.0
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   257.9   259.5   246.9   248.9    86.7    88.3    85.1    86.6   338.7   340.1   356.0   356.3
      Connecticut........   134.6   139.7   128.6   133.7    63.1    63.8    61.9    62.6   230.8   228.5   243.6   240.9
      Delaware ..........    42.9    43.3    40.6    41.2    18.9    18.8    18.4    18.6    53.6    55.1    57.6    58.6
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........    48.4    50.2    49.2    51.0    55.7    55.8    55.6    55.6   232.3   237.8   230.7   230.5
      Florida............   797.2   819.2   792.5   808.0   317.2   323.8   315.4   320.6 1,063.1 1,081.3 1,069.7 1,088.0
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   359.3   362.8   355.7   358.9   176.2   176.8   177.0   176.5   623.0   631.1   633.9   641.9
      Hawaii ............   100.2   103.6    99.9   103.7    24.3    24.5    24.3    24.5   113.1   115.0   114.3   117.4
      Idaho .............    59.1    60.2    56.6    58.3    18.9    19.1    18.4    18.7   106.5   106.5   113.0   112.8
      Illinois...........   524.1   532.3   513.3   522.5   255.0   253.6   251.9   249.2   819.5   818.6   842.8   840.6
      Indiana............   285.4   284.8   278.7   279.9   106.6   108.2   105.5   106.3   393.3   390.3   432.9   435.5
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   133.7   134.2   129.6   130.0    56.7    57.6    56.5    57.6   223.3   222.3   244.2   242.6
      Kansas.............   112.2   116.1   110.5   114.1    53.1    53.9    52.5    53.5   228.0   228.2   246.1   257.8
      Kentucky...........   163.5   170.9   160.4   168.4    78.0    79.2    77.8    79.4   298.3   298.0   310.1   313.3
      Louisiana..........   201.7   201.5   199.2   201.1    70.7    71.2    70.6    71.2   368.3   369.6   379.6   380.2
      Maine..............    74.2    75.3    65.3    66.5    22.0    22.0    21.6    21.6    90.9    91.3   102.7   103.8
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   235.8   249.3   227.0   237.4   118.2   119.2   116.7   118.6   439.6   425.4   460.3   458.7
      Massachusetts......   314.1   319.6   300.2   306.5   119.8   120.0   116.3   117.1   387.1   378.9   416.5   410.6
      Michigan...........   424.0   429.2   410.5   407.6   171.2   174.4   170.5   177.5   596.9   587.8   680.3   667.9
      Minnesota..........   250.4   256.7   244.8   249.7   119.8   117.8   119.7   118.3   374.3   363.4   388.9   384.4
      Mississippi........   125.5   125.6   123.3   125.5    36.8    36.5    36.9    36.7   241.7   240.4   245.2   245.6
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   277.3   277.1   270.9   273.5   118.8   121.4   117.1   120.7   389.6   384.4   432.1   432.2
      Montana............    58.8    58.9    54.9    55.3    16.0    16.6    16.1    16.8    81.2    80.2    86.4    85.5
      Nebraska...........    80.7    81.7    79.1    80.3    34.5    34.9    34.7    34.2   150.9   152.6   158.1   160.6
      Nevada.............   308.1   315.2   307.6   314.8    31.0    32.4    30.8    32.3   126.6   129.9   135.0   140.5
      New Hampshire......    72.0    75.3    66.1    67.3    20.2    19.9    19.8    19.6    79.6    80.6    89.4    91.7
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   349.7   357.3   333.6   341.1   155.1   157.4   152.9   155.0   589.8   606.6   609.2   627.8
      New Mexico.........    85.3    86.9    82.6    84.4    30.3    30.9    28.3    28.6   189.1   192.4   196.8   200.4
      New York...........   684.0   700.9   661.4   674.2   347.6   350.7   346.7   349.0 1,431.3 1,424.0 1,446.0 1,438.5
      North Carolina.....   353.5   361.7   341.8   349.7   165.0   163.9   162.1   160.9   619.6   624.1   652.2   657.1
      North Dakota.......    31.5    31.3    30.6    30.6    15.5    15.4    15.6    15.4    67.1    67.3    77.0    76.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   523.8   518.8   505.2   500.1   228.0   226.8   225.8   226.9   755.3   753.6   790.6   789.3
      Oklahoma...........   129.5   131.5   127.1   128.9    73.3    74.2    72.9    73.6   272.8   278.1   288.6   296.3
      Oregon.............   158.4   164.3   156.1   159.4    57.4    58.2    56.5    58.1   245.0   248.5   255.8   257.6
      Pennsylvania.......   502.0   514.9   482.4   496.2   263.0   266.9   258.6   263.5   681.5   685.9   735.8   738.8
      Rhode Island.......    54.9    56.0    52.6    53.5    23.4    24.0    22.9    23.5    62.4    62.1    65.7    65.8
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   202.8   207.1   199.4   203.8    65.2    64.8    64.7    64.6   318.6   322.9   331.7   336.1
      South Dakota.......    45.3    44.9    42.0    41.6    16.0    16.3    16.0    16.2    70.5    70.2    73.8    74.5
      Tennessee..........   257.6   263.5   253.2   259.0   102.9   103.4   103.5   103.7   402.2   401.7   414.5   413.8
      Texas..............   879.4   891.8   864.2   878.6   360.6   361.5   357.3   358.6 1,575.8 1,580.2 1,638.0 1,653.7
      Utah...............   102.7   104.9   100.8   103.2    33.4    33.7    32.6    32.7   185.0   185.8   197.2   198.7
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    34.6    34.8    32.6    32.8    10.3    10.4    10.2    10.3    42.8    42.9    52.7    52.2
      Virginia...........   329.3   331.7   316.0   315.0   182.4   187.6   181.1   185.9   611.5   621.2   635.7   643.9
      Washington.........   261.7   264.6   259.6   263.2   100.8   102.9   100.2   102.0   489.2   492.3   506.6   511.2
      West Virginia......    70.2    71.3    68.6    70.7    55.3    55.7    55.7    55.8   139.1   140.0   139.8   143.3
      Wisconsin..........   269.2   275.3   255.9   259.2   131.4   129.1   130.4   128.3   378.7   374.8   397.1   396.0
      Wyoming............    36.2    36.6    33.5    34.2     9.8     9.7     9.6     9.5    59.2    59.9    62.9    64.0
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    67.7    69.5    67.9    68.7    16.3    15.9    16.3    15.8   296.0   305.4   298.8   309.8

       1 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from 2003 benchmark levels. 
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available.