For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 USDL-10-0284 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — JANUARY 2010 

Thirty states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 9 

states registered rate decreases, and 11 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 

national unemployment rate fell from 10.0 percent in December to 9.7 percent in January, but was up 

from 7.7 percent a year earlier. 

In January, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 31 states and the District of Columbia, decreased 

in 18 states, and remained unchanged in 1 state. The largest over-the-month increase in employment 

occurred in California (+32,500), followed by Illinois (+26,000), New York (+25,500), Washington 

(+18,900), and Minnesota (+15,600). The District of Columbia experienced the largest over-the-month 

percentage increase in employment (+1.0 percent), followed by Alaska (+0.9 percent), Washington 

(+0.7 percent), Minnesota and Utah (+0.6 percent each), and Illinois (+0.5 percent). The largest overthe-month decreases in employment occurred in Missouri and Ohio (-12,800 each), followed by 

Kentucky (-11,800), New Jersey (-9,100), Florida (-6,100), and Nevada (-5,700). Kentucky (-0.7 percent) experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decrease in employment, followed by Missouri 

and Nevada (-0.5 percent each), and Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, and Ohio (-0.3 percent each). Over 

the year, nonfarm employment decreased in 48 states and increased in 2 states and the District of 

Columbia. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases occurred in Nevada (-6.9 percent), Arizona 

(-5.4 percent), Wyoming (-5.0 percent), and California (-4.8 percent). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In January, the West reported the highest regional jobless rate, 10.8 percent, while the Northeast recorded the lowest rate, 9.1 percent. The South and West experienced statistically significant over-theRegional, State, and Metropolitan Area Data Series Changes 

In accordance with annual practices, historical data have been revised in tables 1 through 

6 of this news release. For detailed information on changes to the data, see the box notes 

at the end of the news release. 
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month rate changes (+0.2 percentage point each). Over the year, all four regions registered significant 

rate increases, the largest of which were in the South and West (+2.2 percentage points each). (See 

table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific continued to report the highest jobless rate, 11.7 percent in January. The East North Central recorded the next highest rate, 11.3 percent. The West North 

Central registered the lowest January jobless rate, 7.2 percent, followed by the West South Central, 8.0 

percent. The Pacific rate, as well as the South Atlantic rate (10.3 percent), set new series highs. (All 

region, division, and state series begin in 1976.) Four divisions experienced statistically significant 

unemployment rate increases from a month earlier, the largest of which were in New England and the 

South Atlantic (+0.2 percentage point each). All nine divisions reported significant over-the-year rate 

increases of at least 0.8 percentage point. The largest of these occurred in the East North Central and 

Pacific (+2.4 percentage points each). 

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate among the states, 14.3 percent in January. The 

states with the next highest rates were Nevada, 13.0 percent; Rhode Island, 12.7 percent; South Carolina, 

12.6 percent; and California, 12.5 percent. North Dakota continued to register the lowest jobless rate, 4.2 

percent in January, followed by Nebraska and South Dakota, 4.6 and 4.8 percent, respectively. The rates 

in California and South Carolina set new series highs, as did the rates in three other states: Florida (11.9 

percent), Georgia (10.4 percent), and North Carolina (11.1 percent). The rate in the District of Columbia 

(12.0 percent) also set a new series high. In total, 25 states posted jobless rates significantly lower than 

the U.S. figure of 9.7 percent, 11 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 

14 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and 

chart 1.) 

Six states reported statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate increases in January. New 

Mexico experienced the largest of these (+0.3 percentage point), followed by California, Florida, Idaho, 

and Utah (+0.2 point each) and Maryland (+0.1 point). The remaining 44 states and the District of 

Columbia registered jobless rates that were not appreciably different from those of a month earlier, 

though some had changes that were at least as large numerically as the significant changes. 

West Virginia and Nevada recorded the largest jobless rate increases from January 2009 (+3.5 and +3.4 

percentage points, respectively). Six other states reported rate increases of 3.0 percentage points or 

more: Florida, Illinois, and Wyoming (+3.2 points each), Rhode Island (+3.1 points), and Alabama and 

Michigan (+3.0 points each). The District of Columbia also registered a large over-the-year unemployment rate increase (+3.6 percentage points). Thirty-five additional states had smaller, but also statistically significant, rate increases. The remaining seven states reported jobless rates that were not appreciably different from those of a year earlier. (See table B.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Between December 2009 and January 2010, 11 states experienced statistically significant changes in 

employment, 9 of which were increases. The largest statistically significant job gains occurred in 

California (+32,500), Illinois (+26,000), and New York (+25,500). Statistically significant decreases in 

employment occurred in Missouri (-12,800) and Kentucky (-11,800). (See tables C and 5.) 
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Over the year, 48 states experienced statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were 

decreases. The largest statistically significant job losses occurred in California (-701,700), Florida 

(-303,200), Texas (-287,800), Ohio (-222,000), and Illinois (-219,700). The smallest statistically 

significant decreases in employment occurred in Vermont (-4,500), South Dakota (-8,100), and New 

Hampshire (-8,700). (See table D.) 

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for January 2010 is 

scheduled to be released on Friday, March 19, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment news release for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, 

March 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 

Changes to Local Area Unemployment Statistics Data 

Effective with the release of 2009 annual average labor force and unemployment estimates on March 3, 2010, the historical labor force data for regions, divisions, states, the 

District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in tables 1-4 of this news 

release were revised to incorporate new inputs, updated population controls, reestimation 

of models, and adjustment to new division and national control totals. The new population controls reflect the annual updating of population estimates by the U.S. Census 

Bureau. 

In addition, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program introduced a long-run trend 

smoothing procedure (SSA) to its seasonally adjusted data series back to January 1976. 

The smoothing procedure reduces month-to-month volatility in the estimates and addresses long-standing issues related to end-of-year revisions that will enhance the analytical capability of the estimates. For more information about this topic, please see the 

questions and answers on our Web site at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm. 

Revised seasonal adjustment applies to tables 1 and 3 only. Not seasonally adjusted data 

found in tables 2 and 4 were revised back to 2005. 

Local Area Unemployment Statistics Monthly Error Measures 

Error measures on the smoothed-seasonally-adjusted (SSA) estimates, including overthe-month change and, for the first time, over-the-year change, are now available for 

states and are used in the analysis portion of this release. The error measures can be 

found on the Web site at www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Error measures for regions and 

divisions are still in development. For the purposes of the release narrative, preliminary 

region and division error measures were developed using the actual state error measures 

and inter-area and historical relationships. 
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Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data 

Effective with this release, nonfarm payroll estimates for states and areas have been 

revised to reflect 2009 benchmark levels (tables 5 and 6), as well as updated seasonal 

adjustment factors. For all states, not seasonally adjusted data back to April 2008 are 

subject to revision. Seasonally adjusted data back to January 1990 are subject to revision. 
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State Rate p

United States 1................................................ 9.7

Alaska ............................................................ 8.5

Arkansas ........................................................ 7.6

California ......................................................... 12.5

Colorado ......................................................... 7.4

District of Columbia .......................................... 12.0

Florida ............................................................ 11.9

Hawaii ............................................................. 6.9

Illinois ............................................................. 11.3

Iowa ................................................................ 6.6

Kansas ........................................................... 6.4

Louisiana ........................................................ 7.4

Maine ............................................................. 8.2

Maryland ......................................................... 7.5

Michigan ......................................................... 14.3

Minnesota ....................................................... 7.3

Montana .......................................................... 6.8

Nebraska ........................................................ 4.6

Nevada ............................................................ 13.0

New Hampshire ............................................... 7.0

New Mexico .................................................... 8.5

New York ........................................................ 8.8

North Carolina .................................................. 11.1

North Dakota ................................................... 4.2

Ohio ............................................................... 10.8

Oklahoma ....................................................... 6.7

Oregon ............................................................ 10.7

Pennsylvania ................................................... 8.8

Rhode Island ................................................... 12.7

South Carolina ................................................. 12.6

South Dakota .................................................. 4.8

Tennessee ...................................................... 10.7

Texas ............................................................. 8.2

Utah ............................................................... 6.8

Vermont .......................................................... 6.7

Virginia ........................................................... 6.9

Wisconsin ....................................................... 8.7

Wyoming ........................................................ 7.6

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., January 2010, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from January 2009 to

January 2010, seasonally adjusted

January 2009 January 2010 p

Alabama .................................... 8.1 11.1 3.0

Alaska ....................................... 7.1 8.5 1.4

Arizona ...................................... 8.0 9.2 1.2

Arkansas ................................... 6.5 7.6 1.1

California ................................... 9.7 12.5 2.8

Connecticut ............................... 7.1 9.0 1.9

Delaware ................................... 7.0 9.0 2.0

District of Columbia .................... 8.4 12.0 3.6

Florida ....................................... 8.7 11.9 3.2

Georgia ..................................... 8.4 10.4 2.0

Hawaii ....................................... 6.0 6.9 .9

Idaho ......................................... 6.7 9.3 2.6

Illinois ........................................ 8.1 11.3 3.2

Iowa .......................................... 5.2 6.6 1.4

Kansas ...................................... 5.6 6.4 .8

Kentucky ................................... 9.1 10.7 1.6

Louisiana ................................... 5.7 7.4 1.7

Maine ........................................ 7.3 8.2 .9

Maryland ................................... 6.1 7.5 1.4

Massachusetts .......................... 7.1 9.5 2.4

Michigan .................................... 11.3 14.3 3.0

Mississippi ................................ 8.2 10.9 2.7

Missouri .................................... 8.1 9.5 1.4

Montana .................................... 5.6 6.8 1.2

Nevada ...................................... 9.6 13.0 3.4

New Hampshire .......................... 5.2 7.0 1.8

New Jersey ................................ 7.5 9.9 2.4

New Mexico ............................... 5.9 8.5 2.6

New York ................................... 7.1 8.8 1.7

North Carolina ............................ 9.2 11.1 1.9

Ohio .......................................... 8.6 10.8 2.2

Oklahoma .................................. 5.0 6.7 1.7

Pennsylvania .............................. 6.8 8.8 2.0

Rhode Island .............................. 9.6 12.7 3.1

South Carolina ........................... 10.0 12.6 2.6

South Dakota ............................. 4.3 4.8 .5

Tennessee ................................. 9.1 10.7 1.6

Texas ........................................ 6.4 8.2 1.8

Utah .......................................... 5.6 6.8 1.2

Virginia ...................................... 5.7 6.9 1.2

Washington ............................... 7.5 9.3 1.8

West Virginia ............................. 5.8 9.3 3.5

Wisconsin ................................. 7.1 8.7 1.6

Wyoming ................................... 4.4 7.6 3.2

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year rate 

change p
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Table C. States with statistically significant employment changes from December 2009 to

January 2010, seasonally adjusted

December January Over-the-month

2009 2010 p change p

Alaska.............................................. 321,500 324,400 2,900

California.......................................... 13,809,600 13,842,100 32,500

District of Columbia......................... 701,300 708,000 6,700

Illinois............................................... 5,558,200 5,584,200 26,000

Kentucky.......................................... 1,766,000 1,754,200 -11,800

Minnesota........................................ 2,620,200 2,635,800 15,600

Missouri........................................... 2,663,200 2,650,400 -12,800

New York......................................... 8,460,900 8,486,400 25,500

Utah................................................. 1,178,000 1,185,100 7,100

Virginia............................................. 3,602,600 3,616,100 13,500

Washington...................................... 2,775,100 2,794,000 18,900

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from January 2009 to

January 2010, seasonally adjusted

January January Over-the-year

2009 2010 p change p

Alabama........................................... 1,932,300 1,850,200 -82,100

Arizona............................................. 2,519,600 2,382,300 -137,300

Arkansas.......................................... 1,183,100 1,155,600 -27,500

California.......................................... 14,543,800 13,842,100 -701,700

Colorado.......................................... 2,310,400 2,206,100 -104,300

Connecticut...................................... 1,662,900 1,610,400 -52,500

Delaware.......................................... 424,600 410,800 -13,800

Florida.............................................. 7,447,500 7,144,300 -303,200

Georgia............................................ 3,974,600 3,815,900 -158,700

Hawaii.............................................. 604,800 585,100 -19,700

Idaho................................................ 626,900 603,100 -23,800

Illinois............................................... 5,803,900 5,584,200 -219,700

Indiana............................................. 2,855,600 2,756,800 -98,800

Iowa................................................. 1,501,600 1,463,400 -38,200

Kansas............................................. 1,380,800 1,321,500 -59,300

Kentucky.......................................... 1,796,400 1,754,200 -42,200

Louisiana......................................... 1,929,000 1,882,600 -46,400

Maine............................................... 604,700 588,900 -15,800

Maryland.......................................... 2,554,000 2,492,100 -61,900

Massachusetts................................. 3,230,200 3,138,000 -92,200

Michigan.......................................... 3,961,700 3,850,600 -111,100

Minnesota........................................ 2,710,300 2,635,800 -74,500

Mississippi....................................... 1,118,100 1,083,600 -34,500

Missouri........................................... 2,734,700 2,650,400 -84,300

Montana........................................... 435,300 424,000 -11,300

Nebraska......................................... 956,700 934,500 -22,200

Nevada............................................ 1,200,200 1,117,700 -82,500

New Hampshire............................... 635,600 626,900 -8,700

New Jersey...................................... 3,952,400 3,849,600 -102,800

New Mexico..................................... 829,100 803,500 -25,600

New York......................................... 8,669,600 8,486,400 -183,200

North Carolina.................................. 4,008,500 3,894,300 -114,200

Ohio................................................. 5,207,600 4,985,600 -222,000

Oklahoma........................................ 1,577,600 1,517,700 -59,900

Oregon............................................. 1,658,900 1,591,600 -67,300

Pennsylvania.................................... 5,707,100 5,563,800 -143,300

Rhode Island.................................... 468,800 452,700 -16,100

South Carolina................................. 1,859,200 1,815,300 -43,900

South Dakota................................... 408,200 400,100 -8,100

Tennessee....................................... 2,690,700 2,587,000 -103,700

Texas............................................... 10,521,500 10,233,700 -287,800

Utah................................................. 1,218,300 1,185,100 -33,200

Vermont........................................... 300,800 296,300 -4,500

Virginia............................................. 3,697,200 3,616,100 -81,100

Washington...................................... 2,902,900 2,794,000 -108,900

West Virginia................................... 755,100 731,100 -24,000

Wisconsin........................................ 2,817,600 2,704,000 -113,600

Wyoming.......................................... 295,300 280,600 -14,700

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment 

data for census regions and divisions, states, and selected 

substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics 

(LAUS) program (tables 1 to 4). Also presented are nonfarm 

payroll employment estimates by state and major industry 

sector from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are 

both federal-state cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data 

are based on the same concepts and definitions as those used 

for the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures 

employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence 

basis. The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional 

population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are 

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

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

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

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

were temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such 

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

Unemployed persons are those who were not employed 

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

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

ending with the reference week, and were currently available 

for work; persons on layoff expecting recall need not be 

looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The labor 

force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. The 

unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent 

of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for 48 of the 50 

states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long 

Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and 

the balances of California and New York State are produced 

using estimating equations based on regression techniques. 

This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at 

the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, 

including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment 

insurance (UI) programs. Estimates for the state of California 

are derived by summing the estimates for the Los AngelesLong Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance 

of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are 

derived by summing the estimates for New York City and the 

balance of New York State. Estimates for all nine census 

divisions and the five additional substate areas contained in 

this release (the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and DetroitWarren-Livonia metropolitan areas and the Chicago-JolietNaperville, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions) and their respective 

balances of state are based on a similar regression approach 

that does not incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for 

census regions are obtained by summing the model-based 

estimates for the component divisions and then calculating 

the unemployment rate. Each month, census division estimates are controlled to national totals; state estimates are then 

controlled to their respective division totals. Substate and 

balance-of-state estimates for the five areas noted above are 

controlled to their respective state totals. Estimates for 

Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey 

similar to the CPS. A detailed description of the estimation 

procedures is available from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

for prior years reflect adjustments made at the end of each 

year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data 

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

sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical 

data for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted 

and not seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of 

each calendar year, prior to or coincident with the release of 

January estimates. 

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed-seasonally-adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 

2010. These are seasonally-adjusted data that have incurporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting in 

estimates that are less volatile than those previously produced. The estimates are smoothed using a Henderson Trend 

Filter (H13). The H13 uses a filtering procedure, based on 

moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations from 

the seasonally-adjusted series, leaving the trend. The same 

process is used on both historical and current year estimates. 

Seasonally-adjusted labor force estimates from January 

1976 through December 2009 were replaced with the SSA 

estimates for all four census regions, nine census divisions, 

all States, the District of Columbia, New York City, the Los 

Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, and the 

respective balances of New York and California. Seasonallyadjusted estimates for the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor and 

Detroit-Warren-Livonia metropolitan areas and the ChicagoJoliet-Naperville, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, and SeattleBellevue-Everett metropolitan divisions and the respective 

balances of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, and 

Washington were also replaced from January 1983 through 

December 2009. For more information about the smoothing 

technique and the reasons behind the change, see the BLS 

Web site at www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm. 

Area definitions. The substate area data published in 

this release reflect the standards and definitions established 

by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on December 

1, 2009. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available 

on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.
Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the 

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

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

residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are 

counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis 

of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. The employment data are 

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

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

previous month is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for 

the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates 

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

are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 

percent of CES published series which have insufficient 

sample for direct sample-based estimates. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of 

employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the 

benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, 

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

changes in the level for the subsequent months. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In 

some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

is computed by aggregating the independently adjusted supersector series. In other states, the seasonally adjusted payroll 

employment total is independently adjusted. Revisions of 

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

year, coincident with annual benchmark adjustments. 

Caution on aggregating state data. State estimation 

procedures are designed to produce accurate data for each 

individual state. BLS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estimates are not forced to sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggregate level. Due to 

these statistical limitations, BLS does not compile a “sum-ofstates” employment series, and cautions users that such a 

series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error 

structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced 

into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates 

not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to 

additional errors resulting from the specific estimation 

processes used. The sums of individual items may not 

always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of 

rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from 

unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program 

introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among 

these were the development of model-based error measures 

for the monthly estimates and the estimates of over-themonth changes. The introductory section of this release 

preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the direction 

of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates 

and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their 

statistical significance. The remainder of the analysis in the 

release takes statistical significance into consideration. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures for both seasonally adjusted and not 

seasonally adjusted data and for over-the-month changes are 

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

90-percent confidence level in determining whether changes 

in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant. 

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

change in a state unemployment rate that is required in order 

to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence 

level is just over 0.2 percentage point. The average amount 

of the current over-the-year change in a state unemployment 

rate to be considered statistically significant is between 0.8 

and 0.9 percentage point. More details can be found on the 

Web site. Measures of nonsampling error are not available, 

but additional information on the subject is provided in 

Employment and Earnings Online at 

www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error 

for state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector level 

and for metropolitan area CES data at the total nonfarm level 

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

uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether 

changes in CES employment levels are statistically 

significant. Information on recent benchmark revisions for 

states is available on the Internet at 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 Online. 
Estimates of labor force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as well as nonfarm employment from the 

CES program, for over 300 metropolitan areas and 

metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) 

are available in the news release, Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, 

employment, and unemployment for all states, metropolitan 

areas, labor market areas, counties, cities with a population of 

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

various federal economic assistance programs are available 

on the Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from 

the CES program are available on the Internet at 

www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010

Northeast ........................... 28,441.0 28,301.6 28,288.5 28,347.9 2,011.8 2,549.4 2,558.3 2,572.9 7.1 9.0 9.0 9.1

 New England .................... 7,736.0 7,734.3 7,735.2 7,756.6 543.4 685.2 689.1 704.1 7.0 8.9 8.9 9.1

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,704.9 20,567.3 20,553.3 20,591.4 1,468.4 1,864.2 1,869.2 1,868.8 7.1 9.1 9.1 9.1

South ................................. 55,125.7 54,917.9 54,902.4 55,043.2 4,159.3 5,203.9 5,219.8 5,321.4 7.5 9.5 9.5 9.7

 South Atlantic ................... 29,562.9 29,258.6 29,241.0 29,307.9 2,367.1 2,947.4 2,962.7 3,031.2 8.0 10.1 10.1 10.3

 East South Central ........... 8,561.5 8,417.5 8,403.2 8,417.7 743.3 897.3 895.9 912.8 8.7 10.7 10.7 10.8

 West South Central .......... 17,001.3 17,241.9 17,258.2 17,317.6 1,048.9 1,359.1 1,361.2 1,377.4 6.2 7.9 7.9 8.0

Midwest ............................. 34,882.5 34,453.7 34,407.8 34,472.5 2,824.5 3,426.2 3,417.9 3,441.9 8.1 9.9 9.9 10.0

 East North Central ............ 23,876.4 23,501.8 23,463.2 23,515.9 2,116.6 2,620.3 2,620.0 2,650.1 8.9 11.1 11.2 11.3

 West North Central ........... 11,006.1 10,951.9 10,944.7 10,956.6 708.0 805.8 797.9 791.8 6.4 7.4 7.3 7.2

West ................................... 35,998.4 35,565.0 35,515.7 35,566.2 3,095.4 3,780.9 3,779.8 3,843.6 8.6 10.6 10.6 10.8

 Mountain ........................... 11,132.4 11,005.1 10,990.6 10,999.9 791.9 949.2 942.8 960.8 7.1 8.6 8.6 8.7

 Pacific ............................... 24,866.0 24,559.9 24,525.1 24,566.4 2,303.5 2,831.6 2,837.0 2,882.8 9.3 11.5 11.6 11.7

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census

division model-based estimates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

have been revised back to January 2005 to incorporate updated

population controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new

national control totals. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised back

to January 1976.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

December January December January December January

2008 2009 2009 2010 2008 2009 2009 2010 2008 2009 2009 2010

Northeast ........................... 28,348.6 28,181.7 28,238.9 28,262.3 1,818.4 2,499.9 2,200.4 2,742.6 6.4 8.9 7.8 9.7

 New England .................... 7,699.4 7,697.7 7,675.6 7,726.4 489.1 671.7 603.0 769.5 6.4 8.7 7.9 10.0

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,649.2 20,484.0 20,563.2 20,535.9 1,329.3 1,828.2 1,597.4 1,973.1 6.4 8.9 7.8 9.6

South ................................. 54,925.6 54,707.1 54,699.3 54,863.6 3,756.8 5,128.7 4,395.8 5,607.3 6.8 9.4 8.0 10.2

 South Atlantic ................... 29,435.8 29,097.7 29,335.5 29,208.8 2,144.6 2,922.4 2,474.2 3,170.2 7.3 10.0 8.4 10.9

 East South Central ........... 8,557.5 8,401.0 8,493.0 8,387.0 668.1 882.7 801.4 980.1 7.8 10.5 9.4 11.7

 West South Central .......... 16,932.3 17,208.5 16,870.8 17,267.7 944.2 1,323.6 1,120.2 1,457.0 5.6 7.7 6.6 8.4

Midwest ............................. 34,705.2 34,222.7 34,551.2 34,284.2 2,544.6 3,358.2 3,098.9 3,700.0 7.3 9.8 9.0 10.8

 East North Central ............ 23,774.2 23,354.8 23,648.0 23,404.3 1,901.0 2,580.1 2,300.4 2,834.9 8.0 11.0 9.7 12.1

 West North Central ........... 10,931.1 10,867.9 10,903.2 10,879.9 643.6 778.1 798.5 865.0 5.9 7.2 7.3 8.0

West ................................... 35,920.1 35,411.8 35,833.0 35,546.6 2,844.0 3,733.9 3,301.8 4,097.5 7.9 10.5 9.2 11.5

 Mountain ........................... 11,113.5 10,957.6 11,069.0 10,973.1 727.7 930.3 846.2 1,039.2 6.5 8.5 7.6 9.5

 Pacific ............................... 24,806.6 24,454.2 24,764.0 24,573.5 2,116.4 2,803.7 2,455.6 3,058.3 8.5 11.5 9.9 12.4

1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census

division model-based estimates.

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

and divisions is described in table 1. Data have been revised back to

January 2005 to incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of

models, and adjustment to new national control totals.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p

Alabama ................................................... 2,146.5 2,067.1 2,057.7 2,056.5 173.6 224.6 224.2 228.1 8.1 10.9 10.9 11.1

Alaska ....................................................... 359.1 362.1 362.3 362.9 25.4 30.8 31.0 31.0 7.1 8.5 8.6 8.5

Arizona ..................................................... 3,150.3 3,137.7 3,135.5 3,137.9 252.2 290.6 287.0 289.9 8.0 9.3 9.2 9.2

Arkansas ................................................... 1,373.6 1,374.1 1,375.9 1,377.0 89.7 104.0 104.5 105.2 6.5 7.6 7.6 7.6

California .................................................. 18,362.2 18,125.5 18,101.6 18,116.6 1,777.7 2,226.7 2,233.9 2,266.5 9.7 12.3 12.3 12.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,937.4 4,846.8 4,838.4 4,839.4 499.7 596.3 596.4 606.2 10.1 12.3 12.3 12.5

Colorado ................................................... 2,731.4 2,652.7 2,644.6 2,643.7 183.9 195.5 191.9 195.7 6.7 7.4 7.3 7.4

Connecticut ............................................... 1,882.9 1,890.9 1,890.3 1,897.2 132.9 165.3 165.9 170.1 7.1 8.7 8.8 9.0

Delaware .................................................. 440.8 428.9 428.5 428.3 30.9 37.0 37.6 38.4 7.0 8.6 8.8 9.0

District of Columbia .................................. 332.3 332.6 332.9 335.6 28.0 38.7 39.5 40.3 8.4 11.6 11.9 12.0

Florida ....................................................... 9,206.3 9,206.1 9,212.3 9,231.0 800.1 1,064.6 1,079.0 1,100.4 8.7 11.6 11.7 11.9

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,232.8 1,252.5 1,256.1 1,262.4 111.7 142.7 145.5 147.7 9.1 11.4 11.6 11.7

Georgia ..................................................... 4,829.6 4,708.9 4,699.0 4,702.7 403.6 480.1 482.2 489.9 8.4 10.2 10.3 10.4

Hawaii ....................................................... 642.2 634.2 633.6 633.3 38.5 43.6 43.3 43.5 6.0 6.9 6.8 6.9

Idaho ......................................................... 752.5 750.9 751.2 753.3 50.4 67.5 68.3 70.1 6.7 9.0 9.1 9.3

Illinois ........................................................ 6,607.2 6,593.6 6,591.3 6,618.1 537.3 721.5 725.3 744.8 8.1 10.9 11.0 11.3

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,078.4 4,078.1 4,076.4 4,073.4 326.2 449.8 453.4 450.6 8.0 11.0 11.1 11.1

Indiana ...................................................... 3,244.4 3,117.1 3,105.9 3,112.4 286.7 306.0 300.8 302.6 8.8 9.8 9.7 9.7

Iowa .......................................................... 1,676.0 1,676.5 1,677.4 1,681.1 86.9 108.8 109.8 111.0 5.2 6.5 6.5 6.6

Kansas ...................................................... 1,507.6 1,517.2 1,515.4 1,515.9 84.8 101.4 99.2 97.7 5.6 6.7 6.5 6.4

Kentucky ................................................... 2,073.3 2,070.7 2,067.9 2,070.5 188.0 221.0 219.7 221.8 9.1 10.7 10.6 10.7

Louisiana .................................................. 2,075.1 2,066.7 2,068.0 2,074.1 117.9 151.6 151.5 154.0 5.7 7.3 7.3 7.4

Maine ........................................................ 705.6 704.1 704.5 705.2 51.5 57.0 57.0 57.9 7.3 8.1 8.1 8.2

Maryland ................................................... 3,014.8 2,960.0 2,955.8 2,957.2 184.5 216.9 217.3 222.4 6.1 7.3 7.4 7.5

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,477.2 3,470.4 3,469.1 3,472.3 245.4 319.8 322.5 329.1 7.1 9.2 9.3 9.5

Michigan ................................................... 4,933.0 4,844.7 4,836.1 4,840.2 559.3 699.8 699.7 693.2 11.3 14.4 14.5 14.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,112.3 2,088.0 2,082.7 2,076.3 261.8 335.6 334.2 317.7 12.4 16.1 16.0 15.3

Minnesota ................................................. 2,965.2 2,962.3 2,962.2 2,970.1 214.9 223.7 219.3 215.9 7.2 7.6 7.4 7.3

Mississippi ................................................ 1,294.2 1,289.9 1,291.2 1,295.7 106.4 133.7 135.9 141.5 8.2 10.4 10.5 10.9

Missouri .................................................... 3,053.0 3,008.5 3,001.4 2,994.5 246.4 290.2 288.0 283.0 8.1 9.6 9.6 9.5

Montana .................................................... 504.5 496.7 495.8 495.7 28.0 33.0 33.1 33.7 5.6 6.6 6.7 6.8

Nebraska .................................................. 989.7 980.9 980.7 983.4 40.8 45.4 44.8 45.4 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.6

Nevada ..................................................... 1,363.6 1,374.4 1,374.1 1,373.4 131.3 177.8 178.3 178.5 9.6 12.9 13.0 13.0

New Hampshire ........................................ 742.7 741.5 741.4 743.2 38.4 50.9 51.1 52.2 5.2 6.9 6.9 7.0

New Jersey ............................................... 4,526.6 4,529.9 4,527.8 4,532.9 340.9 450.7 452.5 449.1 7.5 9.9 10.0 9.9

New Mexico .............................................. 960.9 958.6 959.5 962.5 56.5 77.9 79.0 81.9 5.9 8.1 8.2 8.5

New York .................................................. 9,721.9 9,651.0 9,639.4 9,636.8 688.3 856.8 857.6 852.0 7.1 8.9 8.9 8.8

New York City ...................................... 3,968.1 3,978.3 3,973.8 3,968.1 298.9 416.0 418.1 412.8 7.5 10.5 10.5 10.4

North Carolina .......................................... 4,580.1 4,520.3 4,523.3 4,538.6 420.3 491.8 494.2 502.5 9.2 10.9 10.9 11.1

North Dakota ............................................ 365.6 364.0 363.8 364.9 14.7 15.6 15.6 15.4 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.2

Ohio .......................................................... 5,994.8 5,915.1 5,905.1 5,909.3 515.3 637.4 637.5 640.8 8.6 10.8 10.8 10.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,089.5 1,069.3 1,067.1 1,066.9 86.9 101.9 101.6 100.7 8.0 9.5 9.5 9.4

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,762.8 1,776.0 1,776.2 1,777.6 88.5 121.5 121.4 119.9 5.0 6.8 6.8 6.7

Oregon ...................................................... 1,976.3 1,939.3 1,935.8 1,940.2 195.9 208.1 205.7 207.4 9.9 10.7 10.6 10.7

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,458.0 6,393.6 6,393.4 6,420.5 440.0 558.1 559.6 564.5 6.8 8.7 8.8 8.8

Rhode Island ............................................ 564.2 573.0 574.1 576.6 54.1 71.6 72.8 73.3 9.6 12.5 12.7 12.7

South Carolina .......................................... 2,176.9 2,172.4 2,171.6 2,175.2 218.7 267.6 268.9 273.5 10.0 12.3 12.4 12.6

South Dakota ............................................ 447.8 445.4 445.2 445.1 19.1 21.0 20.9 21.2 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.8

Tennessee ................................................ 3,048.6 2,995.0 2,991.8 2,997.4 276.2 321.1 320.0 322.2 9.1 10.7 10.7 10.7

Texas ........................................................ 11,796.3 12,028.2 12,046.3 12,091.4 758.3 981.0 987.2 996.9 6.4 8.2 8.2 8.2

Utah .......................................................... 1,375.4 1,347.2 1,344.3 1,342.8 77.6 89.2 88.7 91.5 5.6 6.6 6.6 6.8

Vermont .................................................... 360.7 358.4 358.5 359.9 22.4 24.0 23.9 24.1 6.2 6.7 6.7 6.7

Virginia ...................................................... 4,175.4 4,146.4 4,141.8 4,149.2 236.4 281.7 280.8 287.8 5.7 6.8 6.8 6.9

Washington ............................................... 3,526.6 3,514.4 3,511.1 3,515.7 265.1 324.3 324.5 328.2 7.5 9.2 9.2 9.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,482.0 1,497.0 1,495.7 1,492.4 104.0 133.4 133.5 133.0 7.0 8.9 8.9 8.9

West Virginia ............................................ 802.6 788.3 786.1 786.9 46.7 70.3 70.6 72.9 5.8 8.9 9.0 9.3

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,101.8 3,035.0 3,026.4 3,030.0 218.8 260.6 258.2 262.1 7.1 8.6 8.5 8.7

Wyoming ................................................... 293.9 293.0 292.5 292.4 12.9 22.0 22.1 22.1 4.4 7.5 7.5 7.6

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,348.1 1,319.4 1,311.7 1,322.3 178.7 208.0 196.5 210.4 13.3 15.8 15.0 15.9

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

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

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

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Data

have been revised back to January 2005 to incorporate updated population

controls, reestimation of models, and adjustment to new division and national

control totals. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised back to January

1976. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revisions the following

month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

December January December January December January

2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p

Alabama ................................................... 2,147.0 2,055.9 2,134.3 2,054.5 151.1 218.3 186.0 242.6 7.0 10.6 8.7 11.8

Alaska ....................................................... 355.4 358.7 355.3 360.7 24.9 31.7 29.1 34.5 7.0 8.8 8.2 9.6

Arizona ..................................................... 3,153.6 3,128.3 3,141.1 3,138.5 235.2 276.0 258.4 305.9 7.5 8.8 8.2 9.7

Arkansas ................................................... 1,362.2 1,362.2 1,349.5 1,352.3 84.5 103.2 101.0 115.3 6.2 7.6 7.5 8.5

California .................................................. 18,340.5 18,034.8 18,296.2 18,125.4 1,643.6 2,195.4 1,885.9 2,392.6 9.0 12.2 10.3 13.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,947.9 4,836.3 4,915.3 4,833.8 464.4 577.8 520.1 636.9 9.4 11.9 10.6 13.2

Colorado ................................................... 2,717.9 2,636.5 2,712.4 2,636.0 161.4 193.3 197.8 217.0 5.9 7.3 7.3 8.2

Connecticut ............................................... 1,867.6 1,875.4 1,863.1 1,891.7 117.0 158.2 143.0 185.1 6.3 8.4 7.7 9.8

Delaware .................................................. 440.9 428.1 439.2 428.1 27.7 36.9 33.3 41.1 6.3 8.6 7.6 9.6

District of Columbia .................................. 330.2 331.4 330.2 334.7 26.8 39.6 29.2 40.3 8.1 11.9 8.8 12.0

Florida ....................................................... 9,185.4 9,179.5 9,130.5 9,178.7 731.9 1,067.4 813.3 1,117.2 8.0 11.6 8.9 12.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,232.7 1,258.5 1,222.7 1,256.7 104.2 145.1 103.6 137.5 8.5 11.5 8.5 10.9

Georgia ..................................................... 4,848.6 4,699.3 4,813.6 4,713.5 378.0 470.7 416.8 512.2 7.8 10.0 8.7 10.9

Hawaii ....................................................... 641.6 630.0 640.9 633.8 33.1 40.4 38.7 44.1 5.2 6.4 6.0 7.0

Idaho ......................................................... 752.0 747.3 746.1 750.4 49.4 68.4 59.1 79.9 6.6 9.1 7.9 10.7

Illinois ........................................................ 6,587.6 6,560.9 6,548.8 6,611.6 483.7 709.5 572.0 809.1 7.3 10.8 8.7 12.2

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,064.0 4,038.8 4,055.3 4,063.4 289.9 427.0 341.1 469.4 7.1 10.6 8.4 11.6

Indiana ...................................................... 3,219.0 3,080.4 3,217.7 3,101.4 256.3 298.4 315.5 327.2 8.0 9.7 9.8 10.6

Iowa .......................................................... 1,672.5 1,672.7 1,661.7 1,671.1 86.8 112.4 102.4 125.9 5.2 6.7 6.2 7.5

Kansas ...................................................... 1,497.9 1,507.5 1,500.3 1,513.6 73.8 94.2 94.6 108.2 4.9 6.2 6.3 7.1

Kentucky ................................................... 2,064.5 2,063.6 2,055.0 2,058.4 168.5 213.7 206.0 240.2 8.2 10.4 10.0 11.7

Louisiana .................................................. 2,066.5 2,053.7 2,039.7 2,053.8 107.4 147.5 123.7 168.3 5.2 7.2 6.1 8.2

Maine ........................................................ 700.0 699.4 696.1 695.9 47.3 57.3 58.4 64.7 6.8 8.2 8.4 9.3

Maryland ................................................... 3,001.4 2,933.8 2,992.7 2,948.5 165.1 208.8 197.7 243.3 5.5 7.1 6.6 8.3

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,468.8 3,453.8 3,455.8 3,459.1 222.0 313.3 272.4 358.5 6.4 9.1 7.9 10.4

Michigan ................................................... 4,931.2 4,816.6 4,881.6 4,808.6 511.4 689.3 607.0 716.5 10.4 14.3 12.4 14.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,108.9 2,056.2 2,091.8 2,065.9 233.4 305.8 282.4 321.7 11.1 14.9 13.5 15.6

Minnesota ................................................. 2,945.2 2,945.5 2,936.4 2,955.0 195.4 216.5 243.1 241.1 6.6 7.4 8.3 8.2

Mississippi ................................................ 1,296.8 1,296.1 1,284.7 1,291.7 98.5 134.9 114.9 154.7 7.6 10.4 8.9 12.0

Missouri .................................................... 3,028.4 2,972.0 3,030.8 2,968.4 220.5 275.3 270.5 294.7 7.3 9.3 8.9 9.9

Montana .................................................... 502.8 487.8 498.1 491.4 28.2 33.4 33.3 39.3 5.6 6.8 6.7 8.0

Nebraska .................................................. 985.9 973.6 978.2 977.9 37.4 42.6 47.6 53.6 3.8 4.4 4.9 5.5

Nevada ..................................................... 1,358.1 1,366.5 1,363.9 1,373.4 123.0 175.1 142.2 187.7 9.1 12.8 10.4 13.7

New Hampshire ........................................ 738.8 737.1 739.8 743.3 33.2 49.1 42.7 57.1 4.5 6.7 5.8 7.7

New Jersey ............................................... 4,512.7 4,515.3 4,492.0 4,514.7 302.2 440.0 366.2 464.5 6.7 9.7 8.2 10.3

New Mexico .............................................. 965.1 958.8 949.0 955.5 51.3 75.5 56.8 84.9 5.3 7.9 6.0 8.9

New York .................................................. 9,684.7 9,590.4 9,659.2 9,608.4 631.3 844.8 744.2 900.6 6.5 8.8 7.7 9.4

New York City ...................................... 3,956.4 3,960.6 3,953.0 3,961.6 273.5 412.5 309.9 417.4 6.9 10.4 7.8 10.5

North Carolina .......................................... 4,550.5 4,488.4 4,536.8 4,523.1 369.7 490.4 442.8 532.3 8.1 10.9 9.8 11.8

North Dakota ............................................ 358.3 357.5 357.9 358.5 12.6 15.5 18.4 17.8 3.5 4.3 5.2 5.0

Ohio .......................................................... 5,963.2 5,884.9 5,928.6 5,862.4 467.5 631.6 568.9 692.2 7.8 10.7 9.6 11.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,077.6 1,047.2 1,071.6 1,058.1 79.4 93.2 91.1 108.9 7.4 8.9 8.5 10.3

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,753.6 1,764.9 1,743.4 1,767.5 77.6 115.1 94.9 129.0 4.4 6.5 5.4 7.3

Oregon ...................................................... 1,958.4 1,927.3 1,959.1 1,936.4 173.4 205.5 210.8 227.6 8.9 10.7 10.8 11.8

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,451.8 6,378.3 6,412.0 6,412.8 395.8 543.4 487.0 608.0 6.1 8.5 7.6 9.5

Rhode Island ............................................ 565.4 574.0 563.1 577.2 50.4 70.2 60.9 77.2 8.9 12.2 10.8 13.4

South Carolina .......................................... 2,150.6 2,149.2 2,158.4 2,162.1 199.4 266.3 232.6 286.3 9.3 12.4 10.8 13.2

South Dakota ............................................ 442.8 439.1 437.7 435.5 17.2 21.6 21.9 23.8 3.9 4.9 5.0 5.5

Tennessee ................................................ 3,049.3 2,985.4 3,019.0 2,982.4 250.0 315.8 294.5 342.7 8.2 10.6 9.8 11.5

Texas ........................................................ 11,749.9 12,027.7 11,738.2 12,094.1 674.6 957.8 800.6 1,044.4 5.7 8.0 6.8 8.6

Utah .......................................................... 1,371.7 1,342.3 1,368.0 1,338.0 66.9 86.6 82.5 99.6 4.9 6.4 6.0 7.4

Vermont .................................................... 358.8 358.0 357.7 359.2 19.1 23.5 25.5 26.8 5.3 6.6 7.1 7.5

Virginia ...................................................... 4,132.0 4,109.3 4,143.9 4,139.0 207.3 275.3 255.6 315.2 5.0 6.7 6.2 7.6

Washington ............................................... 3,510.8 3,503.4 3,512.6 3,517.2 241.4 330.7 291.1 359.5 6.9 9.4 8.3 10.2

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,479.1 1,488.6 1,477.0 1,494.1 93.3 132.0 106.4 138.5 6.3 8.9 7.2 9.3

West Virginia ............................................ 796.3 778.6 790.2 781.0 38.6 67.1 52.8 82.4 4.8 8.6 6.7 10.5

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,073.2 3,012.0 3,071.3 3,020.4 182.0 251.3 237.0 289.9 5.9 8.3 7.7 9.6

Wyoming ................................................... 292.3 290.1 290.4 290.0 12.2 22.1 16.0 25.0 4.2 7.6 5.5 8.6

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,370.7 1,311.8 1,345.1 1,321.2 179.6 187.0 174.7 208.1 13.1 14.3 13.0 15.8

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

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

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

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Data have

been revised back to January 2005 to incorporate updated population controls,

reestimation of models, and adjustment to new division and national control

totals. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revisions the following

month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p

Alabama ............................... 1,932.3 1,871.4 1,855.2 1,850.2 98.1 89.0 85.9 84.8 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Alaska ................................... 322.5 321.8 321.5 324.4 16.7 15.7 15.7 16.0 12.9 12.6 12.2 12.7

Arizona ................................. 2,519.6 2,394.9 2,385.9 2,382.3 154.8 115.2 113.7 114.5 162.9 149.1 147.2 144.9

Arkansas ............................... 1,183.1 1,158.8 1,153.9 1,155.6 54.8 51.5 51.6 51.4 173.8 159.3 159.3 157.4

California .............................. 14,543.8 13,850.8 13,809.6 13,842.1 713.4 576.3 568.5 584.7 1,359.4 1,238.8 1,231.2 1,240.1

Colorado ............................... 2,310.4 2,218.8 2,204.3 2,206.1 149.3 121.6 117.3 116.1 136.9 125.3 125.4 125.7

Connecticut ........................... 1,662.9 1,610.7 1,608.1 1,610.4 59.4 52.8 52.9 52.1 179.9 167.8 168.0 166.0

Delaware 3 ........................... 424.6 410.5 410.2 410.8 22.0 18.5 18.3 18.9 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

District of Columbia 3 ........... 707.5 701.3 701.3 708.0 12.9 10.8 10.8 10.9 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Florida .................................. 7,447.5 7,168.5 7,150.4 7,144.3 443.8 360.7 358.6 353.1 346.8 306.3 305.1 304.6

Georgia ................................ 3,974.6 3,828.9 3,813.3 3,815.9 182.7 160.2 156.9 152.2 381.6 341.0 338.6 333.3

Hawaii 3 ................................ 604.8 586.0 586.5 585.1 34.6 29.6 29.7 30.3 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( )

Idaho .................................... 626.9 604.6 603.1 603.1 39.0 32.8 31.7 30.8 58.0 52.8 52.7 52.7

Illinois .................................... 5,803.9 5,580.0 5,558.2 5,584.2 236.5 207.8 202.3 201.4 619.9 557.8 554.1 555.1

Indiana .................................. 2,855.6 2,766.5 2,758.8 2,756.8 129.7 119.8 117.7 115.5 471.5 431.7 426.9 430.8

Iowa ...................................... 1,501.6 1,470.9 1,458.8 1,463.4 68.1 62.2 61.0 62.9 215.6 201.6 200.1 199.0

Kansas .................................. 1,380.8 1,326.8 1,325.9 1,321.5 61.1 57.6 56.5 54.6 181.4 160.7 159.0 156.6

Kentucky ............................... 1,796.4 1,765.4 1,766.0 1,754.2 79.1 71.0 69.5 64.2 223.3 208.3 208.5 208.9

Louisiana .............................. 1,929.0 1,885.5 1,879.8 1,882.6 135.6 126.3 125.1 125.7 149.5 139.1 136.3 135.5

Maine .................................... 604.7 587.9 587.3 588.9 26.9 24.4 23.9 22.1 55.0 51.5 51.2 51.1

Maryland 3 ............................ 2,554.0 2,499.6 2,494.6 2,492.1 165.9 145.5 144.8 147.2 122.8 118.1 117.3 117.2

Massachusetts ...................... 3,230.2 3,143.9 3,137.6 3,138.0 122.0 107.2 105.6 101.6 271.8 252.5 253.3 250.2

Michigan ............................... 3,961.7 3,850.9 3,844.4 3,850.6 139.6 121.0 118.7 120.8 485.8 452.6 449.6 460.0

Minnesota ............................. 2,710.3 2,623.7 2,620.2 2,635.8 98.4 89.7 87.4 89.5 322.3 289.1 289.1 292.1

Mississippi ............................ 1,118.1 1,087.1 1,087.4 1,083.6 54.4 47.7 48.1 46.7 148.2 137.6 137.9 138.8

Missouri ............................... 2,734.7 2,669.7 2,663.2 2,650.4 127.2 115.0 111.4 103.7 272.2 247.0 247.7 248.8

Montana ................................ 435.3 427.4 422.3 424.0 25.8 24.2 21.6 22.8 18.3 17.3 17.3 17.3

Nebraska 3 ........................... 956.7 939.6 935.3 934.5 48.4 47.7 46.2 46.4 97.3 91.8 91.9 92.1

Nevada ................................. 1,200.2 1,127.1 1,123.4 1,117.7 99.5 75.4 70.8 69.7 44.1 38.7 38.6 39.0

New Hampshire .................... 635.6 618.7 625.1 626.9 24.0 22.3 22.0 21.9 72.0 64.0 63.6 64.0

New Jersey ........................... 3,952.4 3,864.7 3,858.7 3,849.6 149.6 132.1 130.7 126.6 280.2 264.1 259.1 257.7

New Mexico .......................... 829.1 807.9 805.3 803.5 52.7 45.7 45.2 44.5 32.3 29.6 29.3 29.4

New York .............................. 8,669.6 8,477.7 8,460.9 8,486.4 338.8 311.1 309.7 308.7 505.2 461.6 460.1 460.8

North Carolina ...................... 4,008.5 3,893.8 3,886.3 3,894.3 210.2 179.6 177.9 172.9 479.4 433.9 431.8 430.9

North Dakota ........................ 365.7 367.8 366.6 367.0 20.2 21.8 19.7 20.0 24.0 23.3 23.3 23.3

Ohio ...................................... 5,207.6 5,009.2 4,998.4 4,985.6 197.9 175.4 171.7 167.5 675.9 605.1 608.2 610.9

Oklahoma ............................. 1,577.6 1,519.8 1,519.1 1,517.7 73.9 66.1 66.2 66.9 142.2 122.8 123.7 122.8

Oregon ................................. 1,658.9 1,591.5 1,590.5 1,591.6 82.3 69.4 68.0 66.4 179.1 162.7 162.2 161.9

Pennsylvania ........................ 5,707.1 5,562.7 5,554.2 5,563.8 238.5 218.7 216.5 215.7 611.0 555.8 554.2 551.9

Rhode Island ........................ 468.8 453.1 451.9 452.7 18.6 16.7 16.9 16.5 44.6 40.6 39.8 39.9

South Carolina ...................... 1,859.2 1,810.7 1,811.9 1,815.3 96.8 82.1 82.7 81.6 228.5 207.8 206.9 208.0

South Dakota3 ...................... 408.2 402.6 400.2 400.1 22.1 21.3 20.8 20.8 40.8 37.2 37.1 36.9

Tennessee3 .......................... 2,690.7 2,594.9 2,586.9 2,587.0 119.0 105.0 101.2 102.4 333.1 301.6 299.4 299.9

Texas .................................... 10,521.5 10,240.1 10,218.9 10,233.7 649.3 561.7 554.0 553.7 893.1 815.7 812.5 814.9

Utah ...................................... 1,218.3 1,184.0 1,178.0 1,185.1 78.0 69.8 68.3 65.1 118.9 108.5 108.2 107.4

Vermont ................................ 300.8 296.0 295.5 296.3 14.4 13.0 11.8 12.5 33.1 30.6 30.6 29.9

Virginia .................................. 3,697.2 3,601.2 3,602.6 3,616.1 204.4 185.2 184.6 184.2 251.6 233.2 231.9 231.2

Washington ........................... 2,902.9 2,780.3 2,775.1 2,794.0 180.4 146.1 142.2 146.0 280.2 258.2 257.8 257.7

West Virginia ........................ 755.1 736.2 732.7 731.1 36.4 33.9 33.5 32.3 54.0 49.7 49.2 48.8

Wisconsin ............................. 2,817.6 2,709.6 2,698.4 2,704.0 109.1 99.5 95.8 94.0 467.7 419.8 418.5 421.8

Wyoming ............................... 295.3 281.1 280.2 280.6 25.6 22.8 22.1 23.0 9.6 9.2 9.0 9.1

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

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

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p

Alabama ............................... 375.2 362.4 360.5 360.7 97.7 93.8 93.5 93.5 209.2 205.5 204.3 202.7

Alaska ................................... 64.1 63.2 63.5 64.3 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.9 26.8 25.6 25.7 25.3

Arizona ................................. 495.7 475.6 475.6 477.2 170.3 165.2 165.2 162.5 365.3 343.9 343.5 339.7

Arkansas ............................... 240.4 231.6 229.3 229.0 51.4 50.4 50.7 50.8 114.6 113.6 111.8 114.5

California .............................. 2,727.9 2,586.1 2,573.5 2,579.0 821.2 782.8 782.5 782.1 2,153.6 2,022.0 2,018.8 2,017.9

Colorado ............................... 415.7 396.0 393.8 397.5 151.3 144.3 144.5 146.0 343.4 325.3 323.7 322.5

Connecticut ........................... 300.3 289.8 288.4 288.8 140.6 136.4 136.1 135.1 197.3 181.8 180.8 178.7

Delaware 3 ........................... 77.4 74.0 73.9 73.7 44.7 42.9 42.9 43.3 57.3 56.2 56.3 54.1

District of Columbia 3 ........... 27.5 26.5 26.5 27.1 27.5 25.9 25.7 25.8 151.6 148.9 149.8 150.0

Florida .................................. 1,514.3 1,452.6 1,447.2 1,457.7 498.4 472.2 471.5 470.6 1,072.2 1,035.6 1,041.0 1,027.3

Georgia ................................ 839.8 805.7 804.0 809.6 216.4 204.8 204.4 202.3 525.3 502.8 502.9 499.0

Hawaii 3 ................................ 113.4 109.6 109.4 110.5 28.3 27.9 28.0 28.0 73.9 69.9 69.3 68.7

Idaho .................................... 125.7 120.4 120.0 119.5 30.6 29.3 29.3 29.2 78.7 74.4 74.7 75.6

Illinois .................................... 1,169.7 1,124.1 1,121.1 1,132.7 381.7 365.9 365.5 366.2 824.0 770.1 767.9 770.7

Indiana .................................. 562.1 545.9 545.5 545.4 134.0 129.7 130.9 131.5 269.8 262.9 262.1 262.7

Iowa ...................................... 305.7 299.3 295.3 298.7 102.3 101.6 102.1 100.7 120.5 118.1 117.9 116.7

Kansas .................................. 260.6 254.1 254.0 253.8 72.2 69.9 70.5 70.3 146.0 134.5 133.8 133.8

Kentucky ............................... 370.2 359.0 358.1 361.0 90.0 86.7 87.0 89.2 173.1 177.8 181.2 175.9

Louisiana .............................. 377.1 364.8 364.3 365.2 92.9 89.1 88.4 88.4 200.5 191.9 191.4 192.7

Maine .................................... 121.0 115.7 114.9 115.4 32.1 30.5 30.5 30.0 56.0 53.7 53.9 54.3

Maryland 3 ............................ 449.5 435.0 434.9 433.6 149.0 140.6 139.1 138.1 390.5 384.6 384.5 389.1

Massachusetts ...................... 551.2 530.9 528.8 532.3 218.2 208.1 207.5 206.0 474.4 457.8 455.0 457.7

Michigan ............................... 736.5 708.1 706.3 708.4 194.2 189.0 187.7 186.8 523.8 516.2 520.7 515.9

Minnesota ............................. 508.0 489.7 487.3 491.3 175.1 171.4 170.6 170.1 316.8 306.5 308.0 312.0

Mississippi ............................ 218.9 211.9 212.3 214.1 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 90.8 85.2 83.6 83.5

Missouri ............................... 528.5 512.7 510.9 512.7 165.1 162.4 162.5 161.9 327.9 309.9 311.1 308.0

Montana ................................ 89.6 89.5 88.4 89.3 21.4 20.7 21.0 20.6 39.6 38.5 37.7 37.1

Nebraska 3 ........................... 202.6 194.9 195.2 193.4 69.1 67.6 67.7 66.8 103.4 97.9 97.5 98.7

Nevada ................................. 220.7 207.7 206.6 207.2 58.0 54.3 54.2 54.6 142.3 137.2 140.6 135.3

New Hampshire .................... 136.6 133.7 133.7 136.4 37.6 35.4 35.2 35.1 64.6 62.0 66.4 63.9

New Jersey ........................... 833.2 807.0 809.6 810.0 261.4 251.0 249.4 246.1 601.3 572.6 573.3 571.7

New Mexico .......................... 139.5 132.5 131.4 131.0 33.8 33.9 33.3 33.2 105.7 100.8 100.5 101.6

New York .............................. 1,480.7 1,439.5 1,436.2 1,437.7 699.7 666.5 665.7 667.8 1,127.9 1,077.4 1,075.4 1,099.4

North Carolina ...................... 739.6 710.2 707.8 715.8 207.5 199.9 199.5 200.2 480.5 465.0 464.4 470.1

North Dakota ........................ 77.9 77.3 77.4 77.7 20.3 20.1 20.5 20.3 29.6 29.0 29.1 29.6

Ohio ...................................... 997.2 954.2 950.2 945.6 285.0 272.4 271.8 267.1 641.7 611.3 606.6 609.4

Oklahoma ............................. 287.6 275.4 274.5 275.5 81.7 81.0 80.7 80.3 174.1 163.1 163.1 163.5

Oregon ................................. 321.9 309.7 310.5 311.8 98.1 94.9 94.6 95.2 188.6 174.6 173.5 174.9

Pennsylvania ........................ 1,098.4 1,068.5 1,065.7 1,066.8 324.3 314.7 313.6 312.8 692.0 662.0 663.2 664.5

Rhode Island ........................ 74.9 71.4 71.4 70.4 32.2 30.2 30.7 30.8 53.5 51.7 50.7 51.4

South Carolina ...................... 356.7 344.4 344.9 345.8 103.1 100.6 100.3 101.4 205.4 208.9 208.8 211.3

South Dakota3 ...................... 81.2 80.8 80.6 81.0 30.9 30.0 29.7 29.6 27.7 25.6 25.6 25.6

Tennessee3 .......................... 577.2 549.8 548.0 549.0 142.9 139.0 138.9 139.2 305.8 289.6 289.3 291.6

Texas .................................... 2,110.2 2,048.0 2,043.8 2,051.4 638.7 626.4 626.2 624.8 1,301.5 1,229.1 1,223.2 1,227.4

Utah ...................................... 240.9 233.0 232.3 234.3 72.9 72.4 72.1 72.7 154.9 149.6 150.0 150.4

Vermont ................................ 57.1 55.1 54.9 54.3 12.6 12.5 12.5 12.6 22.2 22.3 22.0 21.8

Virginia .................................. 637.9 615.1 613.7 615.4 183.9 177.9 178.0 180.6 650.1 636.1 637.2 643.4

Washington ........................... 537.6 518.3 520.0 525.3 147.3 140.7 140.2 140.4 339.0 323.5 323.7 326.9

West Virginia ........................ 138.0 134.8 134.0 133.5 29.2 27.8 27.8 27.5 60.7 59.4 58.1 58.4

Wisconsin ............................. 527.3 505.2 502.2 503.3 163.1 157.5 157.7 156.8 268.7 250.0 247.0 247.5

Wyoming ............................... 55.1 52.4 52.9 52.6 11.5 10.9 11.1 11.1 18.4 17.1 16.9 17.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Jan.

2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p Jan.2009

Nov.

2009

Dec.

2009

Jan.

2010p

Alabama ............................... 211.0 211.5 211.6 213.6 171.6 169.1 167.6 166.5 383.9 382.4 382.4 381.0

Alaska ................................... 38.3 39.8 39.8 40.2 31.6 33.0 32.8 32.6 83.4 84.8 84.6 85.4

Arizona ................................. 326.8 335.5 334.8 333.8 261.2 254.3 253.6 252.4 432.3 415.4 413.7 417.8

Arkansas ............................... 159.3 164.4 164.6 165.5 100.3 100.8 99.5 99.8 215.3 217.2 217.5 217.4

California .............................. 1,741.9 1,743.0 1,747.2 1,754.3 1,537.4 1,476.5 1,476.2 1,478.2 2,512.1 2,477.2 2,470.8 2,475.3

Colorado ............................... 255.6 261.1 259.6 257.8 266.6 261.5 258.6 260.8 391.0 392.8 391.2 390.3

Connecticut ........................... 300.9 303.2 303.9 307.1 134.0 134.6 135.0 138.8 251.3 247.0 246.2 246.6

Delaware 3 ........................... 63.4 64.3 64.2 64.6 40.9 39.5 39.2 40.9 61.9 62.4 62.3 61.8

District of Columbia 3 ........... 104.9 102.5 102.4 104.9 58.8 58.2 58.1 59.5 236.8 245.0 245.0 246.3

Florida .................................. 1,050.2 1,070.6 1,070.0 1,073.8 926.6 901.4 894.8 886.9 1,122.4 1,115.3 1,111.4 1,119.9

Georgia ................................ 475.1 476.7 475.7 481.8 382.9 381.9 378.5 382.5 694.8 687.0 684.6 688.2

Hawaii 3 ................................ 74.8 76.0 76.0 75.8 102.5 101.1 100.8 99.3 127.6 123.0 124.2 124.6

Idaho .................................... 79.0 81.9 82.3 83.6 59.8 59.9 59.5 59.5 120.3 119.7 119.6 119.2

Illinois .................................... 811.7 822.6 820.8 824.9 523.3 507.9 506.8 510.9 856.5 858.0 854.4 855.2

Indiana .................................. 411.6 414.1 414.0 408.3 280.4 273.4 272.8 270.2 440.4 440.2 440.2 442.8

Iowa ...................................... 210.0 212.8 212.3 213.3 133.5 132.3 128.2 131.2 254.4 253.3 252.9 252.2

Kansas .................................. 179.2 181.3 181.7 182.0 115.4 111.2 112.2 112.6 266.0 263.4 263.5 263.1

Kentucky ............................... 245.6 248.6 249.0 246.4 169.0 170.8 168.8 166.9 321.2 326.0 326.1 324.6

Louisiana .............................. 261.5 269.5 270.5 274.1 195.6 195.2 196.4 193.7 368.2 368.6 368.1 367.8

Maine .................................... 118.5 119.1 119.3 119.4 59.0 59.5 59.9 62.0 104.2 102.7 102.8 103.5

Maryland 3 ............................ 390.8 397.1 396.8 392.1 231.3 226.2 225.8 230.5 489.9 491.6 490.7 482.2

Massachusetts ...................... 647.2 653.2 654.9 657.0 300.2 295.6 293.0 293.1 437.3 437.2 438.0 436.7

Michigan ............................... 607.3 619.4 623.8 616.9 384.4 376.5 374.3 372.5 653.6 642.5 638.6 642.5

Minnesota ............................. 451.0 454.1 455.1 454.4 241.4 234.9 234.5 236.0 417.8 417.2 417.2 418.0

Mississippi ............................ 129.1 133.2 133.7 132.2 122.3 118.0 118.1 117.0 249.3 252.1 251.9 249.9

Missouri ............................... 398.3 407.2 406.1 405.7 277.2 274.4 273.2 270.1 449.7 457.2 456.5 458.4

Montana ................................ 61.8 62.1 61.7 61.3 57.4 56.4 56.2 56.2 88.8 88.1 88.3 88.8

Nebraska 3 ........................... 134.1 136.6 136.4 136.5 82.0 80.7 79.8 79.6 166.4 169.0 168.4 168.6

Nevada ................................. 96.9 99.2 99.8 99.8 316.5 302.4 301.7 299.8 162.2 154.0 153.4 155.3

New Hampshire .................... 106.7 107.0 107.0 107.0 62.1 61.0 63.7 64.9 97.2 98.4 97.7 97.7

New Jersey ........................... 593.7 603.0 603.4 605.3 335.5 338.5 336.5 337.6 647.1 651.8 651.3 651.9

New Mexico .......................... 117.7 119.5 119.4 118.2 85.1 85.2 86.6 87.7 198.9 200.3 199.8 198.7

New York .............................. 1,653.4 1,678.5 1,681.6 1,673.9 712.9 717.1 714.0 723.1 1,517.9 1,508.4 1,500.3 1,495.3

North Carolina ...................... 540.5 547.2 547.8 547.5 396.4 393.1 392.4 396.1 711.6 727.2 728.3 727.1

North Dakota ........................ 52.5 54.0 54.0 54.5 33.9 34.6 34.7 34.1 76.6 77.8 78.0 77.6

Ohio ...................................... 822.6 827.5 829.5 825.2 481.3 476.4 475.3 477.3 794.2 786.1 784.5 781.9

Oklahoma ............................. 200.4 204.5 205.1 205.5 141.5 139.7 140.3 138.8 334.5 339.4 338.6 338.8

Oregon ................................. 222.0 223.3 224.4 224.4 166.1 162.1 161.7 161.9 300.7 298.0 298.4 299.2

Pennsylvania ........................ 1,116.3 1,126.1 1,125.4 1,129.9 496.8 491.5 490.6 494.4 752.6 756.7 755.7 755.8

Rhode Island ........................ 100.5 101.9 101.8 101.8 48.9 47.3 47.1 48.1 62.6 61.5 61.4 61.4

South Carolina ...................... 207.8 208.4 209.6 207.3 210.9 206.6 206.0 205.7 347.0 351.4 351.8 352.4

South Dakota3 ...................... 62.8 64.2 64.1 63.2 43.1 43.5 42.6 43.0 77.0 77.7 77.3 77.6

Tennessee3 .......................... 363.7 371.4 372.6 370.0 267.9 260.4 259.9 258.6 429.0 430.7 430.1 429.5

Texas .................................... 1,309.9 1,359.9 1,361.2 1,360.4 1,011.4 1,005.4 1,001.6 1,004.0 1,803.8 1,838.0 1,839.9 1,842.6

Utah ...................................... 149.4 155.3 151.7 157.1 112.4 106.3 106.4 109.0 213.4 215.2 215.3 214.7

Vermont ................................ 58.9 60.9 60.7 61.3 32.8 31.0 33.2 34.5 54.3 54.5 54.6 53.7

Virginia .................................. 445.6 453.1 454.9 454.1 342.8 332.6 332.9 338.0 698.1 692.7 692.6 692.5

Washington ........................... 371.7 375.7 373.5 377.3 275.2 258.7 258.9 261.2 551.0 543.4 544.1 544.7

West Virginia ........................ 116.9 119.4 119.2 119.5 72.2 70.0 69.6 69.0 147.9 148.6 148.4 149.0

Wisconsin ............................. 413.7 415.6 417.3 418.0 253.7 248.5 247.6 250.5 423.1 427.2 426.3 425.3

Wyoming ............................... 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 2( ) 33.7 32.3 32.0 32.1 70.7 71.8 72.0 71.0

1 Includes mining and logging, 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 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect

2009 benchmarks and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted data

from January 1990 are subject to revision. Estimates subsequent to the current

benchmark are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes

available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(In thousands)

State 

Total Mining and Logging Construction Manufacturing

December January December January December January December January

2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p

Alabama ................... 1,964.4 1,866.0 1,905.6 1,835.2 12.5 11.5 12.2 11.3 102.3 85.5 94.8 82.8 271.3 240.0 262.7 236.9

Alaska ....................... 309.1 307.2 302.7 305.2 16.1 14.6 15.4 14.3 14.7 13.6 12.9 12.3 6.9 6.5 10.5 10.2

Arizona ..................... 2,575.4 2,416.5 2,492.1 2,366.0 13.8 10.6 12.6 10.7 158.8 114.4 147.3 111.0 166.0 147.7 162.3 145.0

Arkansas ................... 1,195.9 1,158.7 1,166.3 1,138.4 11.2 9.8 10.6 9.4 55.0 50.4 52.1 48.4 177.6 160.5 173.2 156.6

California .................. 14,806.8 13,928.3 14,346.3 13,693.4 28.7 24.0 27.1 23.6 723.5 564.5 674.4 556.0 1,375.2 1,230.6 1,340.7 1,225.8

Colorado ................... 2,340.5 2,224.1 2,271.2 2,171.2 29.9 23.2 28.4 22.5 151.3 114.7 138.4 106.8 139.2 126.4 135.8 125.3

Connecticut ............... 1,698.0 1,630.0 1,639.3 1,585.9 .7 .6 .6 .5 60.5 53.1 53.8 46.9 183.5 169.3 179.5 165.9

Delaware ................. 432.6 413.9 414.1 401.8 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 22.7 18.4 20.7 18.0 31.2 27.3 29.8 27.0

District of Columbia .. 704.6 704.0 698.2 698.3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 12.8 10.7 12.6 10.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3

Florida ....................... 7,607.2 7,237.3 7,404.0 7,130.8 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.4 461.0 362.6 429.8 349.8 352.4 307.6 345.1 304.6

Georgia ..................... 4,039.3 3,835.0 3,932.7 3,781.1 10.1 9.0 9.7 8.8 187.7 156.1 177.8 148.5 389.1 339.5 379.8 331.9

Hawaii ...................... 614.8 594.0 597.6 579.5 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 35.6 30.1 33.9 29.9 14.5 13.6 14.1 13.4

Idaho ........................ 633.6 603.8 606.7 585.5 3.9 2.9 3.4 2.8 39.8 30.6 33.7 26.5 59.2 53.1 57.0 52.0

Illinois ........................ 5,900.6 5,599.9 5,680.2 5,461.3 9.8 9.3 9.2 8.9 240.0 196.3 206.8 172.9 635.6 558.0 616.9 552.7

Indiana ...................... 2,918.8 2,781.5 2,793.8 2,706.1 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.5 133.7 115.8 115.9 104.0 488.4 429.1 466.8 427.4

Iowa .......................... 1,525.3 1,473.0 1,471.7 1,434.5 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.7 69.8 59.4 58.7 54.0 220.4 200.8 214.0 197.6

Kansas ...................... 1,398.7 1,337.8 1,357.7 1,303.6 9.8 8.2 8.7 7.9 62.2 54.8 56.1 50.7 184.4 159.2 180.8 156.1

Kentucky ................... 1,835.5 1,777.2 1,765.1 1,727.0 25.6 23.2 25.1 22.8 81.0 69.2 72.7 59.1 233.4 209.4 223.6 208.9

Louisiana .................. 1,958.8 1,890.0 1,910.3 1,868.1 55.6 47.3 55.0 47.5 137.1 124.6 132.7 124.2 151.6 136.9 147.8 134.4

Maine ........................ 612.6 591.5 584.0 567.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.6 27.1 23.3 24.0 19.3 57.2 52.1 54.1 50.1

Maryland ................... 2,592.0 2,513.9 2,499.4 2,438.5 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 170.0 145.6 158.8 140.3 124.5 117.9 121.8 116.7

Massachusetts .......... 3,282.4 3,160.2 3,158.7 3,071.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 124.8 104.9 109.0 90.6 279.0 253.7 270.7 249.8

Michigan ................... 4,091.7 3,871.1 3,862.5 3,749.9 7.8 6.8 6.7 6.6 138.4 116.6 119.1 99.3 545.5 455.0 472.9 449.8

Minnesota ................. 2,744.1 2,626.8 2,654.2 2,579.0 6.0 4.4 5.8 4.3 97.4 82.5 82.1 73.8 326.1 289.5 318.3 287.1

Mississippi ................ 1,131.7 1,091.1 1,106.7 1,075.7 9.8 8.1 9.2 8.1 55.8 47.7 52.5 45.6 151.5 139.0 147.6 138.7

Missouri ................... 2,771.7 2,680.2 2,681.2 2,597.1 4.7 4.2 4.4 3.7 130.7 108.8 117.9 95.7 278.2 250.2 269.4 245.6

Montana .................... 440.8 422.2 421.1 410.2 8.4 6.9 7.7 6.8 26.3 20.8 22.1 19.5 19.1 17.5 18.0 17.0

Nebraska .................. 967.3 940.9 940.0 920.3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 48.0 45.0 43.4 42.2 98.6 93.1 96.8 91.6

Nevada ..................... 1,221.1 1,132.6 1,180.8 1,107.3 12.0 11.3 11.6 10.9 101.3 70.5 94.4 67.3 45.2 38.5 43.4 38.7

New Hampshire ........ 645.2 630.4 624.3 614.0 .9 .8 .8 .7 24.5 22.1 21.5 19.5 73.8 64.0 71.8 63.7

New Jersey ............... 4,012.6 3,892.6 3,877.8 3,779.2 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.5 154.9 132.1 137.2 116.4 288.5 261.0 278.0 255.5

New Mexico .............. 842.4 809.4 816.9 790.2 21.3 16.2 19.9 16.5 53.6 44.7 50.7 42.4 33.4 29.3 31.6 28.8

New York .................. 8,845.9 8,570.6 8,506.0 8,322.1 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.5 345.8 308.0 310.9 278.9 516.4 462.0 499.6 455.5

North Carolina .......... 4,094.2 3,910.7 3,952.2 3,842.2 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.0 218.4 177.0 202.2 166.7 496.0 432.9 476.8 427.6

North Dakota ............ 372.1 369.4 358.6 360.5 7.9 7.0 7.4 6.9 19.3 18.2 16.7 16.5 25.8 23.2 23.5 22.9

Ohio .......................... 5,303.2 5,045.4 5,099.9 4,884.0 12.1 11.2 11.6 10.7 196.8 168.7 173.5 144.9 707.0 612.3 670.3 606.0

Oklahoma ................. 1,601.5 1,532.5 1,555.0 1,500.3 52.7 38.9 50.4 39.1 74.7 65.7 71.4 65.1 145.9 124.5 142.0 122.1

Oregon ...................... 1,684.5 1,601.7 1,626.0 1,566.7 8.1 6.8 7.1 6.4 83.4 66.9 76.9 62.5 183.2 162.9 175.8 159.8

Pennsylvania ............ 5,794.7 5,603.5 5,600.8 5,466.3 22.5 22.3 21.8 22.1 236.9 213.6 215.4 195.0 626.4 555.7 607.6 547.0

Rhode Island ............ 477.2 455.7 455.3 440.8 .2 .2 .2 .2 19.0 17.0 16.4 14.8 46.3 40.3 44.3 39.8

South Carolina .......... 1,889.4 1,812.7 1,827.8 1,785.0 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 99.4 82.5 94.6 80.8 233.6 207.5 227.8 207.5

South Dakota ............ 409.7 398.0 397.5 388.8 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 21.6 19.2 19.0 17.3 41.8 37.2 40.6 36.6

Tennessee ................ 2,745.1 2,611.8 2,647.6 2,548.3 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 123.2 101.7 113.2 97.1 341.7 300.0 330.5 298.7

Texas ........................ 10,669.6 10,297.5 10,403.4 10,126.8 235.8 201.6 227.7 199.0 661.4 553.2 634.0 542.2 908.7 818.6 888.8 812.7

Utah .......................... 1,246.7 1,192.6 1,203.3 1,172.2 13.2 10.3 12.1 10.4 81.7 67.9 72.1 61.0 120.9 108.9 117.9 107.0

Vermont .................... 310.3 302.0 299.1 294.4 .8 .8 .7 .7 14.3 11.3 12.3 10.2 34.1 30.9 32.6 29.5

Virginia ...................... 3,756.1 3,628.2 3,643.0 3,570.7 11.4 10.0 10.8 9.6 209.6 185.5 195.4 178.6 257.9 233.6 250.2 231.1

Washington ............... 2,925.2 2,786.5 2,851.2 2,742.7 7.2 5.6 6.5 5.4 181.1 137.4 168.4 133.5 283.4 256.8 276.1 254.5

West Virginia ............ 767.7 739.7 740.4 717.4 33.4 28.1 32.7 27.5 38.7 33.3 32.6 28.8 55.3 49.4 53.6 48.7

Wisconsin ................. 2,865.1 2,712.9 2,755.1 2,641.2 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.4 108.9 91.4 93.9 80.1 478.1 420.6 464.9 417.6

Wyoming ................... 297.1 278.9 286.8 272.4 30.3 24.4 29.2 24.5 25.9 21.1 22.8 20.0 10.0 9.2 9.6 9.1

Puerto Rico ............... 1,044.0 950.1 979.0 924.1 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 57.0 32.9 46.6 32.1 101.1 90.6 96.0 90.2

See footnotes at end of table.
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—Continued

(In thousands)

State 

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

December January December January December January December January

2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p

Alabama ................... 390.2 366.9 371.3 357.4 26.3 23.8 25.8 23.4 98.2 93.5 96.9 92.7 214.1 204.0 205.6 199.5

Alaska ....................... 62.5 61.6 60.0 60.6 7.0 6.4 6.7 6.4 14.5 14.4 14.3 14.5 25.9 24.5 25.2 23.6

Arizona ..................... 515.3 487.8 495.5 477.7 41.5 37.8 40.2 37.0 172.1 165.4 168.4 161.9 372.9 346.2 358.1 333.1

Arkansas ................... 246.3 233.2 237.3 225.6 16.9 15.6 16.5 15.1 52.0 51.0 51.0 50.4 115.5 110.9 112.7 112.5

California .................. 2,849.7 2,651.5 2,712.8 2,562.8 471.5 449.5 450.2 437.4 830.7 785.2 814.8 779.4 2,192.4 2,037.1 2,112.7 1,994.8

Colorado ................... 432.1 405.4 413.4 395.1 76.1 73.5 76.7 72.4 153.7 145.6 150.5 144.7 346.5 323.6 334.1 311.3

Connecticut ............... 316.4 299.6 300.4 288.7 37.0 34.5 36.4 34.5 142.0 136.1 139.8 134.0 199.8 181.9 192.3 173.1

Delaware ................. 82.6 76.4 76.3 72.7 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.6 44.6 42.9 44.3 43.1 59.5 57.3 56.0 53.1

District of Columbia .. 28.5 27.4 27.3 27.0 20.4 18.3 19.8 18.8 27.6 25.9 27.2 25.5 150.1 150.4 149.2 148.1

Florida ....................... 1,578.0 1,485.4 1,511.4 1,456.3 151.0 137.3 147.9 135.0 508.1 472.3 493.7 468.2 1,098.3 1,054.5 1,059.5 1,024.6

Georgia ..................... 869.6 823.1 834.9 806.6 107.8 102.6 106.9 102.2 219.0 204.9 214.0 201.9 540.9 505.1 516.2 490.7

Hawaii ...................... 116.5 112.8 113.4 110.8 10.0 9.0 9.1 8.6 28.8 28.1 27.9 27.8 75.4 69.5 73.1 67.9

Idaho ........................ 131.1 122.3 123.4 117.0 10.6 9.7 10.4 9.5 31.1 29.2 30.1 28.7 78.0 73.9 74.5 72.1

Illinois ........................ 1,216.9 1,153.9 1,161.9 1,119.4 111.6 104.0 109.9 103.9 385.7 367.6 378.4 365.0 838.8 773.9 797.3 746.8

Indiana ...................... 582.4 558.1 553.1 538.9 39.3 36.2 38.6 35.8 134.0 131.0 132.3 130.2 276.6 263.5 259.4 254.5

Iowa .......................... 314.3 301.6 301.9 294.6 31.7 29.5 31.3 29.2 102.4 102.5 101.7 100.4 121.3 118.1 117.1 112.8

Kansas ...................... 266.8 259.9 258.1 251.8 37.3 33.7 36.6 33.6 73.0 71.0 71.6 70.0 148.1 134.1 142.8 130.7

Kentucky ................... 386.2 365.4 366.0 356.2 28.3 26.6 27.9 26.6 90.9 87.0 89.5 88.5 180.1 185.0 169.5 172.6

Louisiana .................. 390.5 370.4 375.5 362.0 27.8 24.4 24.9 24.3 94.2 88.5 92.1 88.0 206.3 192.1 198.4 191.5

Maine ........................ 127.0 120.7 118.8 113.3 10.0 9.1 9.6 9.1 32.0 30.4 31.6 29.6 56.0 53.3 54.2 52.1

Maryland ................... 470.0 448.9 445.5 429.1 48.8 45.5 46.4 44.8 150.7 138.8 147.5 136.7 392.6 385.8 380.5 378.6

Massachusetts .......... 576.7 545.2 547.4 528.0 87.8 84.4 86.8 84.9 219.3 207.0 216.4 204.2 480.0 456.4 461.5 444.2

Michigan ................... 769.2 722.7 723.6 696.0 59.1 53.1 57.8 52.4 196.5 187.3 192.2 184.5 545.5 519.2 510.1 497.1

Minnesota ................. 523.7 497.5 502.9 488.5 56.4 53.9 56.1 54.2 176.4 170.2 173.7 169.1 324.3 309.0 308.3 301.5

Mississippi ................ 225.3 215.8 216.9 212.2 13.4 12.5 13.3 12.6 47.0 45.6 46.5 44.7 92.2 83.6 89.8 82.6

Missouri ................... 545.1 522.6 522.7 507.9 64.5 62.4 64.0 62.3 165.1 162.7 163.8 160.5 332.8 312.0 321.6 300.8

Montana .................... 92.4 89.9 87.9 87.1 7.8 7.3 7.5 7.2 21.7 21.2 21.1 20.4 39.3 37.0 37.9 35.3

Nebraska .................. 210.0 199.6 200.6 192.0 18.1 17.2 17.7 16.8 69.5 67.6 68.6 66.4 104.2 97.7 101.1 97.1

Nevada ..................... 230.1 212.0 219.2 206.3 14.1 12.6 13.5 12.4 59.3 54.4 57.3 54.2 143.3 140.4 141.7 136.1

New Hampshire ........ 142.7 138.3 136.1 135.0 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.4 37.7 35.2 37.3 34.8 64.6 66.4 63.2 62.3

New Jersey ............... 869.2 834.5 828.3 803.6 87.8 82.5 86.5 81.4 264.0 249.0 258.6 244.3 605.5 573.7 583.3 552.8

New Mexico .............. 144.2 134.6 138.7 129.8 15.6 15.4 14.0 14.1 34.3 33.4 33.7 33.0 107.0 100.6 104.1 99.9

New York .................. 1,556.7 1,486.9 1,471.3 1,428.7 265.6 252.9 256.7 247.1 708.7 667.6 692.9 662.9 1,149.6 1,088.3 1,101.3 1,072.4

North Carolina .......... 768.9 725.7 729.5 705.5 72.4 69.3 71.3 69.2 208.6 199.9 204.2 197.8 486.0 463.6 470.5 461.1

North Dakota ............ 79.7 78.9 77.0 76.8 7.6 7.4 7.7 7.3 20.7 20.6 20.2 20.2 29.7 29.0 28.8 28.8

Ohio .......................... 1,041.0 980.0 985.6 935.1 84.8 78.4 83.6 77.9 286.8 272.1 282.9 266.2 652.6 610.0 625.7 593.1

Oklahoma ................. 295.6 280.3 284.6 273.3 28.2 26.9 27.8 26.3 83.2 80.9 81.7 79.8 178.5 164.3 170.0 159.8

Oregon ...................... 334.6 319.4 317.7 308.5 34.2 33.2 33.4 32.6 99.5 94.6 96.4 93.6 188.5 172.8 182.1 169.3

Pennsylvania ............ 1,146.5 1,099.9 1,093.5 1,062.7 103.2 99.3 101.6 98.6 326.6 315.2 321.5 311.5 699.5 664.3 675.9 649.6

Rhode Island ............ 78.0 73.6 73.8 69.3 10.4 9.9 10.4 9.9 32.3 30.8 31.9 30.6 53.6 50.9 51.1 49.1

South Carolina .......... 370.2 350.0 352.0 340.6 28.4 27.9 27.9 27.7 104.0 100.1 101.7 100.9 209.6 208.7 200.1 204.6

South Dakota ............ 83.1 81.8 80.0 79.7 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.6 30.7 29.6 30.7 29.5 27.8 25.3 27.1 24.8

Tennessee ................ 598.1 561.0 571.7 542.9 49.7 46.1 49.1 46.1 144.0 139.6 141.8 138.0 316.2 295.7 297.9 285.8

Texas ........................ 2,182.6 2,096.4 2,098.3 2,033.8 214.3 201.3 211.2 197.1 643.2 628.4 632.9 620.4 1,327.3 1,228.5 1,280.1 1,210.5

Utah .......................... 251.0 240.1 238.6 231.7 30.8 30.1 29.9 29.0 73.8 73.0 72.5 72.4 158.9 151.0 150.5 147.0

Vermont .................... 59.8 56.3 56.5 53.6 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.4 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.5 22.4 22.0 21.3 20.9

Virginia ...................... 669.7 631.2 633.3 611.7 84.9 78.0 84.0 77.4 185.6 177.7 182.1 178.6 655.8 638.6 640.3 634.1

Washington ............... 555.7 534.8 531.2 518.2 107.0 101.5 104.9 101.1 148.5 139.8 145.6 138.7 337.7 324.4 330.0 318.5

West Virginia ............ 143.3 137.2 136.5 131.9 10.9 10.2 10.9 10.1 29.6 28.0 28.9 27.3 61.3 58.8 60.0 57.4

Wisconsin ................. 547.7 517.0 520.6 496.7 49.9 47.5 49.1 46.9 163.3 157.6 162.1 156.0 276.0 247.0 260.0 238.3

Wyoming ................... 56.4 53.4 54.1 51.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.9 11.6 11.0 11.3 10.9 18.0 16.4 17.3 15.9

Puerto Rico ............... 190.2 177.8 177.8 172.7 20.8 18.2 20.0 18.1 50.1 47.0 47.8 46.3 109.5 101.2 101.4 98.1

See footnotes at end of table.
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—Continued

(In thousands)

State 

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

December January December January December January December January

2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p 2008 2009 2009 2010p

Alabama ................... 211.8 212.1 209.2 212.2 169.3 164.0 163.8 160.0 80.6 79.3 80.2 78.1 387.8 385.4 383.1 380.9

Alaska ....................... 38.3 39.7 37.9 39.9 28.1 28.7 26.5 27.5 11.2 11.5 11.1 11.5 83.9 85.7 82.2 84.4

Arizona ..................... 330.4 337.7 324.7 334.1 263.8 253.2 257.5 248.2 98.2 90.4 95.5 90.1 442.6 425.3 430.0 417.2

Arkansas ................... 159.7 165.6 158.1 164.8 97.5 96.3 95.6 94.3 45.6 43.7 45.0 44.1 218.6 221.7 214.2 217.2

California .................. 1,760.1 1,763.3 1,727.8 1,741.8 1,544.1 1,467.8 1,489.9 1,440.0 499.8 467.8 487.5 461.3 2,531.1 2,487.0 2,508.4 2,470.5

Colorado ................... 256.1 260.6 254.1 255.8 268.7 260.0 262.2 259.7 93.6 94.3 95.1 94.5 393.3 396.8 382.5 383.1

Connecticut ............... 304.7 307.8 299.1 304.7 133.0 132.8 124.2 129.9 62.3 61.7 61.4 60.9 258.1 252.6 251.8 246.8

Delaware ................. 63.4 64.4 63.3 64.5 38.7 37.5 36.6 36.8 20.1 19.7 19.8 19.3 63.0 63.3 60.5 60.7

District of Columbia .. 106.2 105.2 104.9 104.2 56.6 57.6 56.0 57.1 66.0 63.5 65.3 62.1 234.9 243.6 234.4 243.7

Florida ....................... 1,062.0 1,078.5 1,045.0 1,073.8 931.4 892.9 916.3 875.3 319.7 310.6 315.9 307.5 1,139.5 1,130.2 1,133.7 1,130.3

Georgia ..................... 475.5 477.5 473.3 480.2 379.9 372.3 367.4 368.2 158.3 155.6 157.0 153.8 701.4 689.3 695.7 688.3

Hawaii ...................... 75.5 76.4 73.8 74.8 102.7 101.1 101.2 98.7 26.9 26.5 26.0 25.5 128.9 126.9 125.1 122.1

Idaho ........................ 79.6 82.7 78.7 83.1 58.4 58.0 56.7 56.7 20.8 20.4 21.1 20.0 121.1 121.0 117.7 117.1

Illinois ........................ 817.1 825.9 806.5 819.4 517.0 496.9 493.4 479.7 261.6 251.9 255.5 249.8 866.5 862.2 844.4 842.8

Indiana ...................... 419.0 417.7 409.6 408.9 277.2 266.9 263.6 255.4 110.7 105.1 108.6 104.3 450.8 451.5 439.6 440.2

Iowa .......................... 214.8 216.9 210.5 213.6 130.4 125.4 124.6 123.9 58.0 57.5 57.2 56.4 260.1 259.2 253.1 250.3

Kansas ...................... 179.2 182.4 178.2 180.5 114.4 110.9 109.9 108.5 53.0 53.0 52.7 52.5 270.5 270.6 262.2 261.3

Kentucky ................... 247.1 249.4 244.3 245.4 165.1 164.5 158.3 158.2 72.5 68.0 70.4 66.6 325.3 329.5 317.8 322.1

Louisiana .................. 262.1 271.8 261.0 273.4 194.7 194.9 190.7 190.6 68.0 67.8 67.5 67.9 370.9 371.3 364.7 364.3

Maine ........................ 119.1 120.0 117.2 118.0 53.1 53.4 48.8 51.5 19.8 19.2 19.4 19.1 108.5 107.3 103.5 102.8

Maryland ................... 392.9 398.6 388.8 390.0 225.8 217.9 213.3 213.8 117.4 115.6 115.5 115.0 499.3 499.3 481.3 473.5

Massachusetts .......... 656.6 663.5 641.3 650.6 291.2 280.4 272.9 267.8 118.9 115.5 115.8 114.2 446.8 447.9 435.8 435.9

Michigan ................... 614.6 629.9 602.6 612.4 381.2 361.4 357.0 346.8 171.9 164.0 167.4 164.1 662.0 655.1 653.1 640.9

Minnesota ................. 452.9 458.0 448.2 450.9 234.6 225.9 226.7 220.8 116.3 113.1 114.7 111.2 430.0 422.8 417.4 417.6

Mississippi ................ 130.5 134.0 129.1 131.8 120.8 116.4 117.9 113.8 36.0 35.3 35.4 35.5 249.4 253.1 248.5 250.1

Missouri ................... 401.5 408.5 395.1 402.3 269.6 264.6 255.2 249.3 119.5 117.6 118.2 113.2 460.0 466.6 448.9 455.8

Montana .................... 62.5 62.1 61.8 61.2 55.9 53.7 53.5 52.9 17.3 15.8 16.8 15.9 90.1 90.0 86.8 86.9

Nebraska .................. 135.0 137.3 133.1 135.9 80.8 77.9 77.8 75.8 35.8 35.4 35.2 35.2 167.3 170.1 165.7 167.3

Nevada ..................... 97.2 100.2 96.1 99.2 317.0 301.5 310.6 296.6 35.1 33.3 33.7 33.1 166.5 157.9 159.3 152.5

New Hampshire ........ 107.2 107.4 106.2 106.6 58.8 60.2 57.5 60.2 21.5 22.3 21.1 22.4 101.0 101.2 96.3 96.4

New Jersey ............... 599.8 608.3 590.5 602.2 324.4 326.3 309.1 313.8 162.1 160.7 159.5 156.7 654.8 662.9 645.4 651.0

New Mexico .............. 118.7 120.3 117.8 118.4 83.9 84.9 82.4 84.3 28.8 27.7 28.3 27.5 201.6 202.3 195.7 195.5

New York .................. 1,683.9 1,710.5 1,637.5 1,655.7 704.8 700.6 662.2 671.6 369.5 365.4 361.7 360.1 1,539.1 1,523.3 1,507.1 1,484.7

North Carolina .......... 542.7 550.1 537.1 544.7 391.7 383.0 374.3 373.4 172.9 159.9 162.7 155.2 730.2 743.3 717.5 735.0

North Dakota ............ 52.8 54.1 52.2 54.3 33.6 34.1 32.4 32.6 15.4 15.8 15.2 15.6 79.6 81.1 77.5 78.6

Ohio .......................... 829.9 839.9 818.6 820.9 469.6 461.4 445.5 444.0 216.7 211.5 212.4 208.7 805.9 799.9 790.2 776.5

Oklahoma ................. 199.7 206.2 198.2 204.4 139.8 137.7 135.3 134.0 62.8 62.8 61.9 60.3 340.4 344.3 331.7 336.1

Oregon ...................... 225.4 227.1 219.7 223.7 163.3 158.4 158.1 154.9 59.1 56.6 57.8 55.6 305.2 303.0 301.0 299.8

Pennsylvania ............ 1,126.4 1,136.2 1,104.6 1,118.8 485.0 476.8 461.4 461.2 252.2 247.6 247.9 245.8 769.5 772.6 749.6 754.0

Rhode Island ............ 102.5 103.6 98.7 100.3 48.7 45.0 43.6 43.0 22.5 22.0 21.8 21.9 63.7 62.4 63.1 61.9

South Carolina .......... 209.1 210.5 205.9 206.4 204.8 194.7 195.0 189.9 70.5 67.9 69.4 68.0 355.5 358.8 349.2 354.3

South Dakota ............ 63.4 64.6 62.6 63.1 41.0 39.9 39.0 38.7 15.8 15.6 15.6 15.5 77.6 78.1 76.1 77.0

Tennessee ................ 366.2 374.6 361.0 367.4 264.4 256.2 253.2 245.1 103.0 101.0 101.3 99.0 438.6 435.9 427.9 428.2

Texas ........................ 1,314.4 1,367.0 1,296.5 1,352.0 996.3 987.4 971.2 968.5 362.5 353.6 358.6 352.6 1,823.1 1,861.5 1,804.1 1,838.0

Utah .......................... 152.1 154.6 150.4 158.3 112.9 105.8 111.0 106.5 34.8 33.5 33.9 33.7 216.6 217.4 214.4 215.2

Vermont .................... 59.6 61.3 58.1 60.7 33.8 34.3 35.0 36.7 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.7 57.4 57.5 55.0 54.5

Virginia ...................... 450.4 460.5 445.5 454.7 333.6 321.3 320.2 316.9 188.2 189.5 185.0 188.2 709.0 702.3 696.2 689.8

Washington ............... 371.0 376.7 369.0 375.2 272.3 253.7 261.7 248.3 106.0 107.0 105.6 105.1 555.3 548.8 552.2 544.2

West Virginia ............ 117.4 120.3 115.5 118.8 71.6 68.5 68.8 65.7 55.7 54.8 55.6 54.8 150.5 151.1 145.3 146.4

Wisconsin ................. 416.1 418.9 411.5 415.6 246.1 237.0 235.1 232.2 139.9 137.3 136.7 134.8 436.0 435.8 418.6 420.6

Wyoming ................... 25.0 25.7 25.2 25.6 31.9 29.6 31.1 29.2 12.1 11.0 12.1 10.8 71.9 73.2 70.1 70.7

Puerto Rico ............... 116.4 116.0 107.2 107.4 73.4 71.1 69.6 69.6 17.7 15.7 16.5 15.3 307.8 279.6 296.1 274.3

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction. p = preliminary.

 NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect

2009 benchmarks. Unadjusted data from April 2008 are subject to revision. Estimates

subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when

new information becomes available.
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