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      REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  DECEMBER 2005

   Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in
December.  Overall, 36 states and the District of Columbia registered over-
the-month unemployment rate decreases, 10 states recorded increases, and 4
states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today.  Over the year, jobless rates were down in 32 states
and the District of Columbia, up in 17 states, and unchanged in 1 state.  In
December, the national unemployment rate, 4.9 percent, was little changed from
November, but was down by 0.5 percentage point from a year earlier.
     
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 38 states over the month and de-
creased in 12 states and the District of Columbia.  California experienced
the largest employment gain (+24,300), followed by Florida (+16,100), Arizona
(+14,800), and Texas (+13,400).  Louisiana and Montana posted the largest over-
the-month percentage increases in employment (+0.7 percent each), followed by
Arizona and Utah (+0.6 percent each).  The largest employment decreases oc-
curred in Ohio (-10,700), Kansas (-3,700), Maryland (-3,300), Mississippi
(-2,300), and Alabama (-1,800).  The largest over-the-month percentage de-
creases in employment occurred in Kansas and Rhode Island (-0.3 percent each),
followed by Mississippi and Ohio (-0.2 percent each).


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   |                         Hurricane Katrina                             |
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   |    In December, BLS and its state partners again made modifications   |
   | to the usual estimation procedures for the Local Area Unemployment    |
   | Statistics (LAUS) program to reflect the impact on the unemployment   |
   | statistics in Katrina-affected areas.  These modifications included:  |
   | (1) allowing the state labor force estimates for Louisiana and        |
   | Mississippi to reflect the effects of Katrina by overriding the built-|
   | in feature of the methodology that smoothes over large shifts in key  |
   | inputs--unemployment insurance claims and nonfarm wage and salary     |
   | employment; (2) modifying the state population controls to account    |
   | for displacement due to Katrina; (3) developing labor force esti-     |
   | mates for the New Orleans metropolitan area using an alternative to   |
   | the model-based method; and (4) not publishing labor force estimates  |
   | for the parishes within the New Orleans metropolitan area or cities   |
   | within those parishes where the quality of input data was severely    |
   | compromised by the hurricane.                                         |
   |    For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for December |
   | 2005, see Hurricane Information:  Katrina and Rita on the BLS Web site|
   | at http://www.bls.gov/Katrina/home.htm or call (202) 691-6392.        |
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Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
     
   The South recorded the lowest regional unemployment rate in December,
4.8 percent, followed closely by the Northeast and West, 4.9 percent each.
The Midwest again registered the highest rate, 5.4 percent.  The South and
West reported the only statistically significant rate changes from November
(-0.4 and -0.2 percentage point, respectively).  Over the year, unemployment
rates were down significantly in the West (-0.7 percentage point), South
(-0.5 point), and Midwest (-0.2 point).  (See table 1.)
     
   Among the nine geographic divisions, the lowest unemployment rates
in December were recorded in the Mountain and South Atlantic, 4.3 percent
each, and the West North Central, 4.5 percent.  The highest division
jobless rates were reported in the East North Central and East South
Central, 5.8 percent each.  Over the month, statistically significant
unemployment rate changes were posted in the West South Central (-0.9
percentage point), Mountain (-0.3 point), and South Atlantic (-0.2 point)
divisions.  Significant over-the-year unemployment rate declines were
reported in the Pacific (-0.8 percentage point), West South Central (-0.7
point), South Atlantic (-0.6 point), and Mountain (-0.4 point) divisions.
New England had the only significant jobless rate increase from December
2004 (+0.4 percentage point).
     
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
     
   Hawaii continued to record the lowest state unemployment rate,
2.7 percent, in December.  The next lowest rates were reported in Wyoming,
3.2 percent, and Florida, North Dakota, and Virginia, 3.3 percent each.  The
Florida rate was the lowest in its series.  Four additional states also re-
gistered historical lows:  Alabama, 3.5 percent, Idaho, 3.4 percent, Montana,
3.7 percent, and Nevada, 3.8 percent.  (All state series begin in 1976.)
Mississippi recorded the highest unemployment rate, 9.9 percent.  South
Carolina, at 7.0 percent, and Alaska, at 6.9 percent, had the next highest
rates.  Overall, 16 states registered unemployment rates that were signifi-
cantly below the U.S. rate, 7 states and the District of Columbia had mea-
surably higher rates, and 27 states had rates that were statistically little
different from that of the nation.  (See tables A and 3.)
     
   In December, the Louisiana jobless rate declined by 5.7 percentage
points to 6.4 percent; this decrease reflects a substantial drop in unem-
ployment insurance claims.  Statistically significant over-the-month changes
also were reported in 10 additional states:  Wyoming (-0.7 percentage point);
Montana (-0.6 point); Colorado (-0.4 point); Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,
Maryland, and Nevada (-0.3 percentage point each); and Texas (-0.2 point).
The remaining 39 states and the District of Columbia registered rates that
were not appreciably different from those of November, even though some states
had changes that were at least as large numerically as those with statistically
significant changes.
     
   The largest state jobless rate declines from December 2004 were recorded
in Alabama (-1.8 percentage points), Florida and Oregon (-1.3 points each),
Utah (-1.2 points), Arkansas (-1.1 points), and Idaho (-1.0 point).  Eighteen
additional states also had statistically significant rate decreases, ranging
from -0.2 to -0.9 percentage point.  The District of Columbia's rate declined
by 2.8 percentage points from a year earlier.  The largest unemployment rate
increases from December 2004 were registered in Mississippi (+3.2 percentage
points) and Kentucky (+1.6 points).  Five additional states reported statisti-
cally significant rate increases over the year, ranging from +0.2 to +0.5 per-
centage point.  Nineteen states recorded December 2005 jobless rates that were
not appreciably different from those of a year earlier.  (See table B.)
     
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Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Between November and December, the measured changes in employment were
statistically significant in six states.  All six states--Arizona (+14,800),
Louisiana (+11,600), Oregon (+7,500), Utah (+6,600), Iowa (+6,100), and
Montana (+3,000)--registered gains in employment.  (See tables C and 5.)
   
   Over the year, the measured changes in employment were statistically
significant in 30 states and the District of Columbia.  All had gains in
employment except for Louisiana (-195,300) and Mississippi (-24,300).  The
decreases in Louisiana and Mississippi reflect the impact of Hurricane
Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in late August 2005.  The largest
gains were reported in Florida (+248,100), California (+233,700), Texas
(+153,500), and Arizona (+108,900).  Four states and the District of
Columbia experienced statistically significant employment gains that were
less then 15,000:  the District of Columbia (+11,700), Nebraska (+11,600),
West Virginia (+7,800), North Dakota (+6,800), and Wyoming (+6,100).  (See
table D.)
     
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   The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December
2005 is scheduled to be issued on February 1.  The Regional and State
Employment and Unemployment release for January 2006 is scheduled to be
issued on March 9.


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   |            Revisions in the Regional and State Employment           |
   |                         and Unemployment Data                       |
   |                                                                     |
   |     Effective with the release of 2005 annual average estimates     |
   |  on March 1, the labor force data for regions, divisions, states,   |
   |  the District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas pre-      |
   |  sented in tables 1-4 of this news release will be revised to       |
   |  incorporate updated population controls, reestimation of models,   |
   |  adjustment to new division and national control totals, and re-    |
   |  vised seasonal adjustment factors.  Both not seasonally adjusted   |
   |  and seasonally adjusted data will be revised back to 2000.  The    |
   |  updated population controls reflect the annual updating of popu-   |
   |  lation estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.                        |
   |                                                                     |
   |     In addition, effective with the release of January 2006 esti-   |
   |  mates on March 9, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for     |
   |  states and areas presented in tables 5 and 6 of this news release  |
   |  will be adjusted to 2005 benchmark levels.  Not seasonally adjust- |
   |  ed payroll data back to April 2004 and seasonally adjusted data    |
   |  for states back to January 2001 will be subject to revision.       |
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   |     Use of Error Measures in the Regional and State News Release    |
   |                                                                     |
   |     With the release of data for January 2005, the Local Area       |
   |  Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program introduced several          |
   |  improvements to its methodology.  Among these was the development  |
   |  of model-based error measures for the monthly estimates and the    |
   |  estimates of over-the-month changes.  These error measures allow   |
   |  data users and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to consider          |
   |  statistical significance when analyzing and describing the LAUS    |
   |  data.  Error measures for the nonfarm payroll employment data had  |
   |  been available prior to January 2005, although they were not used  |
   |  in the analysis of those data in this release.                     |
   |     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 the statistical     |
   |  significance of monthly and annual changes into consideration.     |
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Table A.  States with unemployment rates significantly differ-
ent from that of the U.S., December 2005, seasonally adjusted                        
---------------------------------------------------------------                         
              State             |           December           
                                |            2005 p           
--------------------------------|------------------------------                         
                                |
United States...................|               4.9              
                                |
Alabama.........................|               3.5              
Alaska..........................|               6.9
District of Columbia............|               6.0
Florida.........................|               3.3
Hawaii..........................|               2.7
Idaho...........................|               3.4
Kentucky........................|               6.3              
Maryland........................|               3.9
Michigan........................|               6.7              
Minnesota.......................|               4.1
Mississippi.....................|               9.9              
Motana..........................|               3.7
Nebraska........................|               3.7
Nevada..........................|               3.8
New Hampshire...................|               3.5
North Dakota....................|               3.3
Ohio............................|               5.9              
Oregon..........................|               5.7              
South Carolina..................|               7.0              
South Dakotana..................|               3.9              
Utah ...........................|               3.8              
Vermont.........................|               3.6              
Virginia........................|               3.3              
Wyoming.........................|               3.2                        
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  p = preliminary.                   

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Table B.  States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from December 2004 to December 2005, seasonally adjusted
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------                                 
              State             |  December |  December |    Over-the-year    
                                |    2004   |   2005 p  |    rate change p    
--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------
                                |           |           |
Alabama.........................|     5.3   |    3.5    |         -1.8             
Alaska..........................|     7.6   |    6.9    |          -.7              
Arkansas........................|     5.6   |    4.5    |         -1.1             
California......................|     6.0   |    5.1    |          -.9              
Colorado........................|     5.4   |    4.6    |          -.8              
Delaware........................|     4.2   |    4.4    |           .2               
District of Columbia............|     8.8   |    6.0    |         -2.8             
Florida.........................|     4.6   |    3.3    |         -1.3             
Georgia.........................|     4.8   |    5.2    |           .4               
Idaho...........................|     4.4   |    3.4    |         -1.0             
Illinois........................|     6.0   |    5.5    |          -.5           
Iowa............................|     5.0   |    4.5    |          -.5           
Kansas..........................|     5.3   |    4.9    |          -.4           
Kentucky........................|     4.7   |    6.3    |          1.6           
Michigan........................|     7.5   |    6.7    |          -.8           
Minnesota.......................|     4.6   |    4.1    |          -.5           
Mississippi.....................|     6.7   |    9.9    |          3.2           
Missouri........................|     5.7   |    5.1    |          -.6           
Montana.........................|     4.4   |    3.7    |          -.7           
Nevada..........................|     4.0   |    3.8    |          -.2           
New Jersey......................|     4.2   |    4.7    |           .5           
New Mexico......................|     5.6   |    4.8    |          -.8           
New York........................|     5.6   |    5.1    |          -.5           
North Carolina..................|     5.3   |    4.9    |          -.4           
Oregon..........................|     7.0   |    5.7    |         -1.3           
Pennsylvania....................|     5.7   |    4.9    |          -.8           
Rhode Island....................|     4.8   |    5.2    |           .4           
South Dakota....................|     3.5   |    3.9    |           .4           
Texas...........................|     5.9   |    5.1    |          -.8           
Utah............................|     5.0   |    3.8    |         -1.2           
Washington......................|     5.9   |    5.3    |          -.6           
Wyoming.........................|     3.7   |    3.2    |          -.5           
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   p = preliminary.

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Table C.  States with statistically significant employment changes
from November 2005 to December 2005, seasonally adjusted                
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       State       |    November   |   December  | Over-the-month
                   |      2005     |    2005 p   |    change p
-------------------|---------------|-------------|----------------
Arizona............|   2,508,900   |  2,523,700  |      14,800 
Iowa...............|   1,484,700   |  1,490,800  |       6,100 
Louisiana..........|   1,710,000   |  1,721,600  |      11,600 
Montana............|     424,600   |    427,600  |       3,000 
Oregon.............|   1,665,100   |  1,672,600  |       7,500 
Utah...............|   1,159,100   |  1,165,700  |       6,600 
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   p = preliminary.           

                                 

Table D.  States with statistically significant employment changes 			
from December 2004 to December 2005, seasonally adjusted              
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         State        |    December  |    December    |  Over-the-year
                      |      2004    |     2005 p     |     change p
----------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------                 
Arizona...............|   2,414,800  |    2,523,700   |     108,900 
California............|  14,645,500  |   14,879,200   |     233,700 
Colorado..............|   2,203,400  |    2,243,600   |      40,200 
District of Columbia..|     673,800  |      685,500   |      11,700 
Florida...............|   7,608,600  |    7,856,700   |     248,100 
Hawaii................|     591,300  |      607,600   |      16,300 
Idaho.................|     591,500  |      619,100   |      27,600 
Illinois..............|   5,812,700  |    5,874,000   |      61,300 
Iowa..................|   1,461,800  |    1,490,800   |      29,000 
Kansas................|   1,334,200  |    1,355,200   |      21,000 
Louisiana.............|   1,916,900  |    1,721,600   |    -195,300 
Maryland..............|   2,540,900  |    2,575,100   |      34,200 
Minnesota.............|   2,697,000  |    2,730,500   |      33,500 
Mississippi...........|   1,127,600  |    1,103,300   |     -24,300 
Nebraska..............|     926,100  |      937,700   |      11,600 
Nevada................|   1,187,100  |    1,255,800   |      68,700 
New Jersey............|   4,032,200  |    4,069,400   |      37,200 
New Mexico............|     799,100  |      816,400   |      17,300 
New York..............|   8,491,500  |    8,553,900   |      62,400 
North Carolina........|   3,856,700  |    3,909,600   |      52,900 
North Dakota..........|     337,900  |      344,700   |       6,800 
Oklahoma..............|   1,483,800  |    1,505,700   |      21,900 
Oregon................|   1,616,200  |    1,672,600   |      56,400 
Pennsylvania..........|   5,665,900  |    5,730,300   |      64,400 
Texas.................|   9,530,600  |    9,684,100   |     153,500 
Utah..................|   1,116,100  |    1,165,700   |      49,600 
Virginia..............|   3,623,500  |    3,664,700   |      41,200 
Washington............|   2,722,400  |    2,800,600   |      78,200 
West Virginia.........|     736,800  |      744,600   |       7,800 
Wisconsin.............|   2,812,100  |    2,851,000   |      38,900 
Wyoming...............|     257,700  |      263,800   |       6,100 
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    p = preliminary.







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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 1-4).  Also presented
are nonfarm payroll employment estimates by state and major industry from
the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6).  The LAUS
and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.
   
Labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program
   
   Definitions.  The labor force and unemployment data are based on the
same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national
estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample
survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.  The labor force includes both the employed
and the unemployed.  Employed persons are those who did any work at all for
pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month)
or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus
those not working who have a job from which they were temporarily absent,
whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management dispute, illness,
or vacation.  Unemployed persons are those who did not work at all (in the
reference week), have actively looked for a job (sometime in the 4-week
period ending with the reference week), and are currently available for work;
persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted
as unemployed.
   
   Method of estimation.  Estimates for all census divisions, states, the
District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan
division, and New York City are produced using estimating equations based
on regression techniques.  This method, which underwent substantial enhance-
ment at the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including
the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data.  Estimates for
the six other areas contained in this release use a different regression
approach.  A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available
from BLS upon request.  Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing
the model-based estimates for the component divisions and then calculating
the unemployment rate.
   
   Annual revisions.  Labor force and unemployment data shown for the prior
year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually implemented
with January estimates.  The adjusted estimates reflect updated population
data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources,
and model reestimation.
   
   Seasonal adjustment.  Seasonal adjustment of census division, state, and
substate area model employment and unemployment levels is performed within
the modeling procedure. The model estimation is based on the classical ap-
proach to seasonal adjustment, in which the series is decomposed into trend,
seasonal, irregular, and survey error.  This directly yields seasonally ad-
justed estimates for employment and unemployment levels with reliability
measures.  Labor force levels and unemployment rates are calculated from
these two estimates.  Additionally, measures for the State of California are
derived by summing the seasonally adjusted estimates for the Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of California, and the
estimates for the State of New York are the sum of the estimates for New York
City and the balance of New York.  Labor force estimates for census regions
are calculated as the sum of the levels of the component divisions, and the
unemployment rate is then calculated.  In most years, historical data for the
most recent 5 years are revised near the beginning of each calendar year,
usually coincident with the release of January estimates.
   
   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 February 18, 2004.  A detailed list of the geographic definitions is
available on the Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/laumsa.htm and also is published
annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
   
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Employment--from the CES program
   
   Definitions.  Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls
who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of
the month.  Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their
place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on
each payroll.  Industries are classified on the basis of their principal
activity in accordance with the 2002 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 em-
ployment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of estab-
lishments reporting for both months.  The estimates of employment for the
current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous
month by these ratios.
   
   Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a
complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax
reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state
unemployment insurance (UI) laws.  The benchmark information is used to
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding
one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark
month.  Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment,
and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level
for the subsequent months.
   
   Seasonal adjustment.  Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at
the statewide supersector level.  In some states, the seasonally adjusted
payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently ad-
justed supersector series.  In other states, the seasonally adjusted pay-
roll 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 inde-
pendently 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 dis-
tortions at an aggregate level.  Due to these statistical limitations, BLS
does not compile a "sum-of-states" employment series, and cautions users that
such a series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates
   
   The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey, ad-
ministrative 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.  With respect to the LAUS program, unem-
ployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather than from data that
may be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insig-
nificant.

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   Labor force and unemployment estimates.  Model-based error measures for                                                   
both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data, and for over-the-
month change, are available on the BLS Web site at http://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 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 slightly more than +/- 0.3 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 the BLS monthly periodi-
cal, Employment and Earnings.
   
   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 on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/
sae/790stderr.htm.  BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining
whether changes in CES employment levels are statistically significant.  In-
formation on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS
Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
   
Additional information
   
   More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop
these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which
is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov-
ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800), and
from the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, August 1997.
   
   Estimates of labor force and unemployment, as well as nonfarm employment
from the CES program, for over 370 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 BLS Web site at http://www.bls.
gov/lau/.  Employment data from the CES program are available at http:
//www.bls.gov/sae/.
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone: 1-800-877-8339.
   



 LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
 
 
 Table 1.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted1
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                 
                              Civilian labor force                                                                               
  Census region and                                                                                                              
       division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force      
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                        Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.  
                        2004     2005     2005     2005     2004     2005     2005     2005     2004     2005     2005     2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
 Northeast........... 27,648.3 27,895.4 27,852.7 27,901.1  1,381.4  1,305.2  1,402.1  1,357.8    5.0      4.7      5.0      4.9  
                                                                                                                                 
   New England.......  7,496.9  7,589.9  7,610.7  7,618.9    323.9    366.2    362.1    355.5    4.3      4.8      4.8      4.7  
   Middle Atlantic... 20,151.4 20,305.5 20,242.0 20,282.2  1,057.5    939.0  1,040.0  1,002.3    5.2      4.6      5.1      4.9  
                                                                                                                                 
 South............... 52,103.6 53,055.4 53,057.4 52,925.0  2,768.0  2,747.5  2,757.8  2,523.6    5.3      5.2      5.2      4.8  
                                                                                                                                 
   South Atlantic.... 27,510.3 28,257.5 28,278.1 28,274.4  1,355.7  1,268.3  1,281.0  1,204.7    4.9      4.5      4.5      4.3  
   East South Central  8,362.7  8,421.9  8,392.1  8,393.6    463.4    499.4    495.8    487.0    5.5      5.9      5.9      5.8  
   West South Central 16,230.6 16,376.0 16,387.2 16,256.9    949.0    979.8    981.1    831.9    5.8      6.0      6.0      5.1  
                                                                                                                                 
 Midwest............. 34,504.9 34,644.0 34,758.5 34,748.0  1,942.1  1,799.9  1,847.8  1,868.5    5.6      5.2      5.3      5.4  
                                                                                                                                 
   East North Central 23,647.2 23,789.0 23,878.3 23,859.2  1,416.7  1,323.4  1,337.0  1,375.5    6.0      5.6      5.6      5.8  
   West North Central 10,857.7 10,854.9 10,880.2 10,888.8    525.4    476.5    510.7    493.0    4.8      4.4      4.7      4.5  
                                                                                                                                 
 West................ 33,846.7 34,475.6 34,470.4 34,534.9  1,883.7  1,748.9  1,750.2  1,679.7    5.6      5.1      5.1      4.9  
                                                                                                                                 
   Mountain.......... 10,130.7 10,329.6 10,333.7 10,335.6    478.8    480.5    473.4    439.4    4.7      4.7      4.6      4.3  
   Pacific........... 23,716.0 24,146.0 24,136.7 24,199.3  1,404.9  1,268.4  1,276.8  1,240.4    5.9      5.3      5.3      5.1  

   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.





Table 2.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted1

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                
                             Civilian labor force                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
 Census region and                                                      Number                      Percent of labor force      
      division                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                          November          December          November          December          November          December    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                       2004     2005     2004     2005     2004     2005     2004     2005     2004     2005     2004     2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Northeast........... 27,654.0 27,827.5 27,602.5 27,815.2  1,286.8  1,330.6  1,297.9  1,267.7    4.7      4.8      4.7      4.6  
                                                                                                                                
  New England.......  7,502.9  7,599.6  7,477.2  7,587.3    307.8    336.6    298.3    327.2    4.1      4.4      4.0      4.3  
  Middle Atlantic... 20,151.2 20,228.0 20,125.3 20,227.8    979.0    994.0    999.6    940.6    4.9      4.9      5.0      4.6  
                                                                                                                                
South............... 52,127.2 53,051.2 52,037.6 52,759.9  2,651.6  2,664.4  2,624.7  2,363.1    5.1      5.0      5.0      4.5  
                                                                                                                                
  South Atlantic.... 27,489.8 28,249.6 27,440.0 28,150.8  1,298.2  1,242.1  1,283.5  1,123.1    4.7      4.4      4.7      4.0  
  East South Central  8,395.9  8,406.4  8,381.6  8,397.3    443.2    475.3    438.6    458.7    5.3      5.7      5.2      5.5  
  West South Central 16,241.6 16,395.2 16,216.0 16,211.8    910.2    947.1    902.6    781.3    5.6      5.8      5.6      4.8  
                                                                                                                                
Midwest............. 34,575.4 34,758.6 34,399.4 34,589.9  1,865.9  1,734.9  1,857.0  1,775.7    5.4      5.0      5.4      5.1  
                                                                                                                                
  East North Central 23,717.0 23,889.2 23,591.3 23,766.6  1,369.6  1,256.3  1,352.8  1,308.0    5.8      5.3      5.7      5.5  
  West North Central 10,858.4 10,869.3 10,808.1 10,823.3    496.3    478.6    504.2    467.7    4.6      4.4      4.7      4.3  
                                                                                                                                
West................ 33,889.6 34,471.4 33,833.1 34,471.2  1,859.4  1,703.1  1,817.3  1,604.7    5.5      4.9      5.4      4.7  
                                                                                                                                
  Mountain.......... 10,145.7 10,339.5 10,126.8 10,313.8    466.1    452.6    461.0    417.1    4.6      4.4      4.6      4.0  
  Pacific........... 23,743.9 24,132.0 23,706.3 24,157.4  1,393.3  1,250.5  1,356.3  1,187.6    5.9      5.2      5.7      4.9  

  1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.  The composition of the regions and
divisions is described in table 1.
  NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.




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)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                           Unemployed                          
                                                                                                                               
                                  Civilian labor force                                                                         
                                                                                                                               
    State and Area                                                               Number                  Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                           Dec.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.      Dec.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.    Dec.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec.
                           2004      2005      2005     2005p      2004      2005      2005     2005p    2004  2005  2005 2005p
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
Alabama................   2,156.2   2,181.5   2,163.1   2,161.7    114.9      98.9      77.7      76.1    5.3   4.5   3.6   3.5
Alaska.................     334.2     344.6     344.1     344.7     25.3      23.6      24.1      23.9    7.6   6.8   7.0   6.9
Arizona................   2,796.7   2,853.4   2,855.1   2,855.0    125.8     139.0     137.3     131.2    4.5   4.9   4.8   4.6
Arkansas...............   1,321.5   1,368.3   1,375.4   1,369.4     73.4      67.1      65.6      61.7    5.6   4.9   4.8   4.5
California.............  17,630.4  17,974.3  17,946.6  18,038.1  1,050.6     936.4     943.4     920.5    6.0   5.2   5.3   5.1
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                             
     Beach-Glendale(1).   4,842.2   4,894.3   4,916.1   4,960.0    312.8     219.7     249.7     270.9    6.5   4.5   5.1   5.5
Colorado...............   2,544.0   2,539.3   2,539.0   2,544.6    136.9     125.6     126.1     118.1    5.4   4.9   5.0   4.6
Connecticut............   1,791.5   1,821.3   1,824.4   1,829.2     79.9      96.8      93.8      87.4    4.5   5.3   5.1   4.8
Delaware...............     424.0     440.9     442.1     443.9     17.6      18.6      19.2      19.7    4.2   4.2   4.3   4.4
District of Columbia...     302.7     296.0     294.2     294.5     26.7      18.0      18.0      17.7    8.8   6.1   6.1   6.0
Florida................   8,480.8   8,764.0   8,787.1   8,765.5    390.5     302.8     317.9     289.1    4.6   3.5   3.6   3.3
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                           
     Kendall(1)........   1,113.9   1,144.0   1,145.5   1,136.6     59.3      46.2      49.5      43.1    5.3   4.0   4.3   3.8
                                                                                                                               
Georgia................   4,422.1   4,552.9   4,568.0   4,562.7    212.7     241.4     246.2     236.5    4.8   5.3   5.4   5.2
Hawaii.................     618.3     647.9     649.0     650.1     18.8      17.6      18.2      17.8    3.0   2.7   2.8   2.7
Idaho..................     707.2     737.4     738.1     737.3     31.0      26.7      27.0      24.8    4.4   3.6   3.7   3.4
Illinois...............   6,409.2   6,492.5   6,512.9   6,497.8    386.4     355.3     342.6     355.9    6.0   5.5   5.3   5.5
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                          
     Joliet(1).........   3,988.3   3,973.2   3,998.1   3,966.4    232.5     225.2     216.2     224.9    5.8   5.7   5.4   5.7
Indiana................   3,171.1   3,217.3   3,238.5   3,231.4    163.5     174.8     171.3     176.4    5.2   5.4   5.3   5.5
Iowa...................   1,628.0   1,651.6   1,666.2   1,655.4     81.9      74.1      79.5      74.1    5.0   4.5   4.8   4.5
Kansas.................   1,468.3   1,468.7   1,468.0   1,471.7     77.5      73.8      76.5      71.7    5.3   5.0   5.2   4.9
Kentucky...............   1,967.7   2,023.9   2,016.9   2,017.0     91.9     124.0     124.5     127.2    4.7   6.1   6.2   6.3
Louisiana..............   2,069.9   1,967.6   1,947.0   1,834.9    117.9     235.6     236.5     116.8    5.7  12.0  12.1   6.4
  New Orleans-Metairie-                                                                                                        
     Kenner(2).........     614.1     (3)       (3)       (3)       26.6      (3)       (3)       (3)     4.3   (3)   (3)   (3)
Maine..................     702.9     719.4     721.1     720.6     32.7      37.4      35.7      34.6    4.6   5.2   5.0   4.8
                                                                                                                               
Maryland...............   2,884.7   2,967.1   2,957.3   2,972.2    119.4     120.9     123.7     115.9    4.1   4.1   4.2   3.9
Massachusetts..........   3,385.1   3,378.8   3,388.2   3,383.6    159.9     161.0     164.8     165.2    4.7   4.8   4.9   4.9
Michigan...............   5,092.9   5,100.9   5,134.5   5,138.8    384.5     308.7     337.5     344.1    7.5   6.1   6.6   6.7
  Detroit-Warren-Livo-                                                                                                         
     nia(2)............   2,210.1   2,196.4   2,211.0   2,208.3    167.7     134.8     158.4     162.3    7.6   6.1   7.2   7.3
Minnesota..............   2,966.3   2,936.0   2,938.1   2,949.4    135.3     107.6     118.9     122.1    4.6   3.7   4.0   4.1
Mississippi............   1,337.3   1,297.0   1,295.1   1,293.4     89.0     112.5     130.1     127.7    6.7   8.7  10.0   9.9
Missouri...............   3,040.3   3,029.6   3,037.7   3,037.6    173.9     152.4     170.7     155.5    5.7   5.0   5.6   5.1
Montana................     488.0     493.7     496.6     495.2     21.3      21.5      21.4      18.4    4.4   4.3   4.3   3.7
Nebraska...............     988.0     983.0     982.9     982.1     37.6      35.8      37.8      36.3    3.8   3.6   3.8   3.7
Nevada.................   1,190.0   1,233.6   1,236.7   1,235.5     47.5      50.5      51.0      46.4    4.0   4.1   4.1   3.8
New Hampshire..........     725.5     740.6     740.4     739.5     24.5      29.1      28.0      26.0    3.4   3.9   3.8   3.5
                                                                                                                               
New Jersey.............   4,389.6   4,500.7   4,497.9   4,507.8    186.0     176.1     205.8     212.8    4.2   3.9   4.6   4.7
New Mexico.............     919.5     941.4     941.7     941.3     51.1      50.4      48.5      45.1    5.6   5.4   5.1   4.8
New York...............   9,392.8   9,474.9   9,434.6   9,473.1    521.4     459.1     512.5     487.1    5.6   4.8   5.4   5.1
  New York City .......   3,731.0   3,757.3   3,741.8   3,744.5    245.9     212.6     239.3     224.6    6.6   5.7   6.4   6.0
North Carolina.........   4,264.2   4,365.4   4,350.3   4,357.0    227.2     233.6     226.3     215.2    5.3   5.4   5.2   4.9
North Dakota...........     356.6     357.6     357.4     357.6     12.7      12.4      12.1      11.9    3.6   3.5   3.4   3.3
Ohio...................   5,887.1   5,924.5   5,930.2   5,923.7    357.3     346.6     339.7     346.9    6.1   5.9   5.7   5.9
  Cleveland-Elyria-Men-                                                                                                        
     tor(2)............   1,084.5   1,079.4   1,083.2   1,073.6     63.1      64.6      64.1      62.5    5.8   6.0   5.9   5.8
Oklahoma...............   1,711.3   1,737.0   1,737.6   1,738.6     76.3      75.0      71.9      71.7    4.5   4.3   4.1   4.1
Oregon.................   1,858.4   1,871.6   1,861.2   1,861.1    130.2     110.5     106.5     106.6    7.0   5.9   5.7   5.7
Pennsylvania...........   6,325.7   6,314.3   6,309.6   6,306.1    357.5     293.4     320.3     307.3    5.7   4.6   5.1   4.9
Rhode Island...........     560.1     576.7     580.2     580.6     26.7      31.3      30.2      30.2    4.8   5.4   5.2   5.2
                                                                                                                               
South Carolina.........   2,061.6   2,101.1   2,106.2   2,104.6    142.7     145.6     150.1     147.4    6.9   6.9   7.1   7.0
South Dakota...........     430.1     430.3     432.6     433.0     15.1      17.0      17.4      16.8    3.5   4.0   4.0   3.9
Tennessee..............   2,902.7   2,921.1   2,914.9   2,927.0    155.2     164.9     166.5     157.7    5.3   5.6   5.7   5.4
Texas..................  11,093.9  11,305.3  11,316.6  11,310.2    654.5     599.2     602.0     577.2    5.9   5.3   5.3   5.1
Utah...................   1,208.6   1,243.9   1,237.4   1,242.7     60.4      55.5      49.9      47.8    5.0   4.5   4.0   3.8
Vermont................     354.7     357.2     357.7     360.5     12.7      14.1      12.6      13.1    3.6   3.9   3.5   3.6
Virginia...............   3,830.8   3,961.2   3,967.5   3,960.1    134.1     136.3     139.5     129.4    3.5   3.4   3.5   3.3
Washington.............   3,271.4   3,332.5   3,342.1   3,325.9    193.4     186.9     185.9     176.5    5.9   5.6   5.6   5.3
  Seattle-Bellevue-Eve-                                                                                                        
     rett(1)...........   1,341.8   1,380.1   1,384.1   1,381.8     66.6      66.8      67.3      65.5    5.0   4.8   4.9   4.7
West Virginia..........     784.5     803.6     802.7     802.4     38.5      41.5      39.3      37.4    4.9   5.2   4.9   4.7
Wisconsin..............   3,070.8   3,046.5   3,051.4   3,058.7    144.6     137.4     144.0     147.8    4.7   4.5   4.7   4.8
Wyoming................     283.8     287.1     287.4     285.2     10.6      11.8      11.3       9.1    3.7   4.1   3.9   3.2
                                                                                                                               
Puerto Rico............   1,387.1   1,430.5   1,441.4   1,416.8    152.3     180.7     190.6     168.9   11.0  12.6  13.2  11.9

  p = preliminary.
  1 Metropolitan division.
  2 Metropolitan statistical area.
  3 Estimates are not model-based as of September 2005.
  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. 04-03, dated February 18,
2004, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.  Estimates for
the latest month are revised the following month, and at least 3 years of estimates are subject to revision at the end of the
year, to incorporate updated inputs and reestimation.





LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                   LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                             Unemployed                            
                                                                                                                                   
                                  Civilian labor force                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
    State and area                                                               Number                    Percent of labor force  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                              November            December            November            December         November      December  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                           2004      2005      2004     2005p      2004      2005      2004     2005p    2004   2005   2004   2005p
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
Alabama................   2,167.1   2,171.0   2,163.4   2,164.5    116.5      74.2     111.7      69.2    5.4    3.4    5.2    3.2 
Alaska.................     331.6     341.2     331.6     341.3     24.2      23.2      25.3      23.9    7.3    6.8    7.6    7.0 
Arizona................   2,804.5   2,859.5   2,797.4   2,852.7    121.9     130.8     115.5     121.2    4.3    4.6    4.1    4.2 
Arkansas...............   1,315.0   1,371.1   1,315.9   1,358.7     66.7      58.5      72.9      59.1    5.1    4.3    5.5    4.3 
California.............  17,668.6  17,942.0  17,626.4  17,992.9  1,032.2     923.9     996.6     870.0    5.8    5.1    5.7    4.8 
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                                 
     Beach-Glendale(1).   4,862.3   4,931.4   4,859.1   4,967.4    303.0     242.0     291.3     252.6    6.2    4.9    6.0    5.1 
Colorado...............   2,542.2   2,540.3   2,540.3   2,538.6    131.1     122.2     133.3     114.5    5.2    4.8    5.2    4.5 
Connecticut............   1,787.4   1,820.1   1,776.7   1,819.2     75.4      87.2      69.1      77.8    4.2    4.8    3.9    4.3 
Delaware...............     425.6     442.9     424.8     443.6     15.6      17.1      16.2      17.8    3.7    3.9    3.8    4.0 
District of Columbia...     300.6     292.1     302.1     292.4     26.5      17.4      27.1      17.2    8.8    6.0    9.0    5.9 
Florida................   8,493.0   8,785.5   8,488.3   8,741.6    393.7     312.4     379.0     260.6    4.6    3.6    4.5    3.0 
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                               
     Kendall(1)........   1,120.4   1,149.5   1,121.5   1,140.4     60.9      48.6      61.4      42.0    5.4    4.2    5.5    3.7 
                                                                                                                                   
Georgia................   4,435.4   4,575.7   4,449.9   4,573.7    206.1     236.9     211.2     224.6    4.6    5.2    4.7    4.9 
Hawaii.................     619.1     649.3     620.0     650.0     18.8      18.3      16.9      15.8    3.0    2.8    2.7    2.4 
Idaho..................     705.6     736.3     705.9     734.7     29.2      25.1      30.8      24.6    4.1    3.4    4.4    3.3 
Illinois...............   6,431.0   6,515.4   6,405.4   6,481.4    374.2     320.6     367.1     342.0    5.8    4.9    5.7    5.3 
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                              
     Joliet(1).........   4,000.4   3,998.6   3,987.4   3,956.2    233.2     206.1     221.2     215.6    5.8    5.2    5.5    5.5 
Indiana................   3,175.2   3,235.9   3,156.6   3,209.6    156.8     162.8     157.0     171.4    4.9    5.0    5.0    5.3 
Iowa...................   1,628.7   1,668.8   1,626.3   1,653.4     76.7      75.0      83.0      76.6    4.7    4.5    5.1    4.6 
Kansas.................   1,470.2   1,470.5   1,459.7   1,464.4     76.9      75.2      68.7      63.6    5.2    5.1    4.7    4.3 
Kentucky...............   1,972.7   2,019.1   1,971.6   2,015.6     88.0     118.2      90.1     121.8    4.5    5.9    4.6    6.0 
Louisiana..............   2,079.9   1,948.4   2,059.2   1,815.7    113.1     229.2     111.3     107.7    5.4   11.8    5.4    5.9 
  New Orleans-Metairie-                                                                                                            
     Kenner(2).........     619.8     (3)       611.5     (3)       28.3      (3)       26.7      (3)     4.6     (3)   4.4     (3)
Maine..................     698.2     717.6     695.2     714.4     31.7      35.4      30.8      33.5    4.5    4.9    4.4    4.7 
                                                                                                                                   
Maryland...............   2,889.6   2,951.4   2,873.2   2,953.4    120.2     121.8     116.9     106.6    4.2    4.1    4.1    3.6 
Massachusetts..........   3,378.9   3,383.9   3,370.8   3,375.9    143.8     149.8     141.4     151.6    4.3    4.4    4.2    4.5 
Michigan...............   5,121.4   5,146.3   5,089.9   5,127.7    357.6     317.5     360.9     327.2    7.0    6.2    7.1    6.4 
  Detroit-Warren-Livo-                                                                                                             
     nia(2)............   2,222.1   2,217.6   2,207.6   2,207.0    161.1     150.2     154.9     149.2    7.3    6.8    7.0    6.8 
Minnesota..............   2,961.6   2,936.1   2,945.4   2,931.2    119.7     108.0     127.3     118.3    4.0    3.7    4.3    4.0 
Mississippi............   1,339.3   1,291.0   1,340.7   1,292.2     84.8     120.8      85.0     119.8    6.3    9.4    6.3    9.3 
Missouri...............   3,032.5   3,028.4   3,020.2   3,019.6    165.0     159.2     162.9     147.1    5.4    5.3    5.4    4.9 
Montana................     485.3     494.1     482.7     489.4     21.1      21.4      21.6      18.5    4.3    4.3    4.5    3.8 
Nebraska...............     986.6     981.8     982.0     975.9     33.4      34.3      35.8      34.4    3.4    3.5    3.6    3.5 
Nevada.................   1,188.6   1,236.5   1,187.9   1,231.6     45.7      49.2      45.9      44.5    3.8    4.0    3.9    3.6 
New Hampshire..........     723.4     739.3     721.6     736.2     22.6      26.3      22.0      24.0    3.1    3.6    3.0    3.3 
                                                                                                                                   
New Jersey.............   4,404.4   4,491.2   4,397.0   4,497.9    172.6     191.8     170.3     197.2    3.9    4.3    3.9    4.4 
New Mexico.............     923.0     945.4     921.1     941.8     48.4      45.9      47.0      41.0    5.2    4.9    5.1    4.4 
New York...............   9,390.2   9,413.2   9,395.1   9,441.6    477.2     496.0     502.8     467.8    5.1    5.3    5.4    5.0 
  New York City .......   3,728.3   3,738.9   3,738.6   3,737.7    224.4     235.0     235.8     214.2    6.0    6.3    6.3    5.7 
North Carolina.........   4,278.4   4,352.3   4,255.9   4,333.9    227.1     222.5     224.5     202.5    5.3    5.1    5.3    4.7 
North Dakota...........     350.4     352.2     349.6     350.9     10.4      10.3      11.9      11.3    3.0    2.9    3.4    3.2 
Ohio...................   5,919.4   5,941.9   5,875.5   5,901.0    352.6     324.2     335.3     330.3    6.0    5.5    5.7    5.6 
  Cleveland-Elyria-Men-                                                                                                            
     tor(2)............   1,089.0   1,079.4   1,076.9   1,060.3     59.4      59.4      58.3      58.7    5.5    5.5    5.4    5.5 
Oklahoma...............   1,726.1   1,746.4   1,712.8   1,734.6     78.0      68.7      76.2      69.4    4.5    3.9    4.4    4.0 
Oregon.................   1,866.7   1,863.0   1,851.8   1,850.0    128.4     101.5     124.5     101.6    6.9    5.4    6.7    5.5 
Pennsylvania...........   6,356.5   6,323.6   6,333.2   6,288.3    329.2     306.3     326.5     275.5    5.2    4.8    5.2    4.4 
Rhode Island...........     562.3     581.6     559.6     581.3     22.9      25.9      23.7      28.1    4.1    4.5    4.2    4.8 
                                                                                                                                   
South Carolina.........   2,054.4   2,094.8   2,046.8   2,081.5    142.4     146.6     141.1     140.1    6.9    7.0    6.9    6.7 
South Dakota...........     428.5     431.6     424.9     427.8     14.2      16.5      14.8      16.3    3.3    3.8    3.5    3.8 
Tennessee..............   2,916.8   2,925.3   2,905.9   2,925.0    153.9     162.1     151.8     147.9    5.3    5.5    5.2    5.1 
Texas..................  11,120.5  11,329.3  11,128.1  11,302.7    652.4     590.7     642.3     545.2    5.9    5.2    5.8    4.8 
Utah...................   1,213.0   1,240.4   1,209.2   1,241.7     58.0      47.1      55.9      43.4    4.8    3.8    4.6    3.5 
Vermont................     352.7     357.1     353.3     360.4     11.4      12.0      11.3      12.2    3.2    3.4    3.2    3.4 
Virginia...............   3,825.7   3,952.2   3,816.3   3,932.4    129.8     131.3     131.0     119.9    3.4    3.3    3.4    3.0 
Washington.............   3,258.0   3,336.5   3,276.6   3,323.3    189.7     183.7     193.1     176.2    5.8    5.5    5.9    5.3 
  Seattle-Bellevue-Eve-                                                                                                            
     rett(1)...........   1,339.3   1,381.8   1,347.2   1,384.3     65.4      67.8      63.7      63.4    4.9    4.9    4.7    4.6 
West Virginia..........     787.0     802.7     782.6     798.2     36.8      36.0      36.6      33.8    4.7    4.5    4.7    4.2 
Wisconsin..............   3,069.9   3,049.7   3,063.9   3,047.0    128.5     131.2     132.4     137.1    4.2    4.3    4.3    4.5 
Wyoming................     283.5     286.8     282.3     283.4     10.7      11.0      11.0       9.3    3.8    3.8    3.9    3.3 
                                                                                                                                   
Puerto Rico............   1,372.8   1,433.1   1,383.5   1,415.4    136.3     180.4     136.0     152.6    9.9   12.6    9.8   10.8 

  p = preliminary.
  1 Metropolitan division.
  2 Metropolitan statistical area.
  3 Estimates are not model-based as of September 2005 and are published with the other metropolitan areas.
  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. 04-03, dated February 18, 2004, and
are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.  Estimates for the latest month
are revised the following month, and at least 3 years of estimates are subject to revision at the end of the year, to incorporate
updated inputs and reestimation.





     ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                                                                                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                        Total(1)                        Construction                   Manufacturing         
                                                                                                                             
            State                                                                                                            
                            Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                            2004     2005     2005     2005p    2004    2005    2005   2005p    2004    2005    2005   2005p 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Alabama............  1,914.4  1,930.5  1,933.4  1,931.6   106.5   105.7   106.6   107.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Alaska.............    304.3    309.1    308.7    309.9    18.0    18.4    18.3    18.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Arizona............  2,414.8  2,501.2  2,508.9  2,523.7   198.0   220.1   221.7   224.1   175.4   175.7   175.8   176.2
      Arkansas...........  1,164.1  1,174.9  1,176.6  1,177.1    52.1    53.3    53.7    53.8   203.9   201.2   200.7   199.8
      California......... 14,645.5 14,822.4 14,854.9 14,879.2   870.3   923.7   931.4   938.0 1,535.1 1,536.7 1,536.7 1,538.7
                                                                                                                             
      Colorado...........  2,203.4  2,235.2  2,236.5  2,243.6   156.2   162.3   163.7   164.3   154.8   153.0   151.9   151.8
      Connecticut........  1,664.6  1,674.3  1,675.7  1,675.3    68.1    71.0    71.0    70.9   197.9   196.8   196.9   196.5
      Delaware (3).......    429.0    431.9    434.4    435.3    27.0    27.4    27.7    27.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      District of                                                                                                            
         Columbia (3)....    673.8    683.6    686.3    685.5    12.0    12.0    12.1    12.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Florida ...........  7,608.6  7,822.8  7,840.6  7,856.7   504.9   533.2   530.9   529.8   385.3   392.4   391.5   390.4
                                                                                                                             
      Georgia ...........  3,906.6  3,945.7  3,959.4  3,970.7   198.5   202.7   203.2   204.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Hawaii (3).........    591.3    605.2    605.9    607.6    30.6    33.7    33.9    34.2    15.6    15.2    15.1    15.4
      Idaho .............    591.5    612.3    615.8    619.1    40.7    45.7    46.2    47.1    61.0    61.6    62.3    62.3
      Illinois...........  5,812.7  5,870.4  5,873.6  5,874.0   265.9   267.4   268.1   269.1   699.7   692.3   693.1   692.5
      Indiana............  2,943.6  2,958.7  2,954.8  2,956.5   149.3   152.1   151.9   152.4   575.0   571.1   570.5   569.9
                                                                                                                             
      Iowa...............  1,461.8  1,483.5  1,484.7  1,490.8    69.5    68.3    68.5    70.1   224.2   228.9   229.1   230.4
      Kansas.............  1,334.2  1,351.3  1,358.9  1,355.2    65.3    67.5    68.4    64.4   178.5   177.1   178.6   179.6
      Kentucky...........  1,802.7  1,822.9  1,822.7  1,823.6    84.9    87.1    87.2    87.8   264.2   265.9   265.7   265.2
      Louisiana..........  1,916.9  1,700.4  1,710.0  1,721.6   116.7    87.6    92.8    94.3   151.3   139.0   138.8   139.6
      Maine..............    616.2    618.1    618.3    618.7    31.0    31.5    31.4    31.4    63.0    61.4    61.6    61.6
                                                                                                                             
      Maryland (3).......  2,540.9  2,578.8  2,578.4  2,575.1   179.5   180.6   180.6   179.9   142.2   138.0   137.5   137.6
      Massachusetts......  3,188.1  3,200.3  3,200.5  3,202.2   139.8   141.9   141.8   142.3   312.7   312.5   312.7   312.9
      Michigan...........  4,386.8  4,349.0  4,352.8  4,362.6   188.3   187.7   188.0   187.5   690.4   670.7   668.8   669.9
      Minnesota..........  2,697.0  2,728.1  2,723.6  2,730.5   127.8   128.9   128.3   127.0   347.9   349.4   350.7   350.0
      Mississippi........  1,127.6  1,095.7  1,105.6  1,103.3    49.3    49.9    49.9    49.4   178.9   174.1   175.1   175.2
                                                                                                                             
      Missouri ..........  2,706.6  2,715.6  2,721.7  2,729.3   139.7   139.8   140.1   140.1   314.7   316.2   316.8   316.7
      Montana............    419.4    421.3    424.6    427.6    25.8    26.4    27.1    27.1    19.2    18.9    18.9    19.3
      Nebraska (3).......    926.1    936.3    937.9    937.7    47.5    49.1    49.0    47.6   100.5   100.8   100.5   100.7
      Nevada.............  1,187.1  1,246.6  1,249.4  1,255.8   125.6   139.2   139.3   140.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      New Hampshire......    632.7    640.9    640.6    642.2    30.1    31.3    31.3    31.2    81.0    81.6    81.4    81.7
                                                                                                                             
      New Jersey.........  4,032.2  4,061.1  4,066.4  4,069.4   170.3   165.7   167.1   168.5   337.0   325.4   324.3   322.9
      New Mexico.........    799.1    811.6    812.7    816.4    51.5    54.4    54.6    55.3    36.5    36.2    36.7    36.9
      New York...........  8,491.5  8,538.7  8,549.3  8,553.9   320.1   322.0   323.6   323.2   589.8   574.5   574.5   573.2
      North Carolina.....  3,856.7  3,898.4  3,905.0  3,909.6   219.8   226.4   226.4   227.0   579.0   569.7   568.2   565.8
      North Dakota.......    337.9    343.6    344.9    344.7    16.9    17.7    18.1    18.0    24.4    25.2    25.2    24.9
                                                                                                                             
      Ohio...............  5,414.6  5,427.0  5,428.9  5,418.2   236.8   234.7   235.8   236.6   827.8   822.6   823.4   822.8
      Oklahoma...........  1,483.8  1,504.2  1,507.3  1,505.7    63.3    63.4    63.6    63.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Oregon ............  1,616.2  1,656.5  1,665.1  1,672.6    84.2    94.1    95.1    95.8   201.8   205.6   208.7   211.2
      Pennsylvania.......  5,665.9  5,726.4  5,730.0  5,730.3   249.3   256.8   255.7   254.7   689.2   675.6   674.4   673.6
      Rhode Island.......    490.2    494.5    495.5    494.0    21.0    21.5    21.6    21.5    56.4    54.6    54.7    54.5
                                                                                                                             
      South Carolina.....  1,832.1  1,839.3  1,842.5  1,850.5   110.9   112.3   112.9   115.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      South Dakota.......    384.4    391.3    391.7    391.4    19.9    20.8    21.3    21.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Tennessee..........  2,716.4  2,733.9  2,730.9  2,732.3   118.4   120.3   119.8   120.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Texas..............  9,530.6  9,645.9  9,670.7  9,684.1   542.9   558.1   558.5   560.1   887.3   891.3   890.8   892.2
      Utah...............  1,116.1  1,154.1  1,159.1  1,165.7    73.1    84.0    83.9    85.0   116.7   117.5   117.6   118.6
                                                                                                                             
      Vermont............    306.6    309.3    309.2    310.7    16.7    17.8    17.7    17.8    37.1    37.5    37.3    37.3
      Virginia...........  3,623.5  3,664.0  3,663.7  3,664.7   236.5   246.8   246.5   249.0   299.7   297.4   296.9   295.8
      Washington.........  2,722.4  2,788.8  2,795.9  2,800.6   165.1   177.9   178.9   180.1   265.7   268.7   271.7   272.9
      West Virginia......    736.8    745.7    745.1    744.6    34.4    38.0    38.0    37.9    62.5    61.9    62.0    61.7
      Wisconsin..........  2,812.1  2,839.0  2,846.0  2,851.0   125.8   131.9   133.4   132.3   503.0   502.4   503.1   506.2
      Wyoming............    257.7    263.2    263.7    263.8    19.0    19.8    19.8    19.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                             Trade, transportation, and         Financial activities         Professional and business   
                                     utilities                                                        services           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                            2004    2005    2005   2005p    2004    2005    2005   2005p    2004    2005    2005   2005p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   375.9   382.4   382.3   380.3    96.0    95.7    96.0    95.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Alaska.............    62.6    62.8    63.3    63.4    14.6    14.9    14.9    14.8    23.3    23.9    23.9    24.1
      Arizona............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     165.4   172.2   173.3   173.4   343.1   356.6   360.0   363.6
      Arkansas...........   242.5   244.7   245.0   245.8    51.2    52.2    52.3    52.5   108.4   109.4   109.4   109.9
      California......... 2,778.9 2,787.3 2,794.8 2,794.4   916.4   924.3   925.4   927.8 2,130.4 2,152.7 2,158.0 2,163.7
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   410.0   413.9   413.7   416.5   158.6   159.7   161.0   161.9   305.0   313.9   314.2   315.5
      Connecticut........   311.7   316.7   315.2   313.5   140.8   142.3   142.1   142.2   199.5   199.4   200.9   200.3
      Delaware (3).......    82.5    82.9    83.8    84.5    44.7    45.4    46.1    46.2    62.9    62.9    63.0    63.3
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia (3)....   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     143.8   146.9   147.2   147.6
      Florida ........... 1,508.2 1,541.5 1,542.6 1,543.9   507.1   518.5   518.6   518.4 1,324.7 1,388.4 1,400.5 1,402.2
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   825.4   832.3   833.3   834.7   219.4   222.8   222.1   223.7   519.2   526.1   526.9   529.5
      Hawaii (3).........   114.4   119.4   119.1   119.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Idaho .............   119.0   122.5   124.0   124.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      73.5    77.5    77.7    78.8
      Illinois........... 1,180.9 1,188.2 1,190.0 1,190.6   399.5   403.7   404.4   406.3   799.3   832.4   831.4   824.5
      Indiana............   575.6   579.6   576.4   578.6   141.4   141.7   141.6   141.9   269.6   272.9   273.1   272.3
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   308.0   309.3   310.4   311.4    97.4   100.6   100.6   100.9   105.2   105.8   106.1   106.2
      Kansas.............   258.8   260.6   262.4   261.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Kentucky...........   372.7   376.3   376.2   375.3    86.1    84.3    84.5    84.8   166.0   169.5   169.6   170.2
      Louisiana..........   380.6   335.7   342.8   345.7   103.0    96.1    96.7    97.8   181.9   156.2   156.4   156.4
      Maine..............   126.7   126.3   126.9   127.5    34.5    34.2    34.2    34.2    49.3    49.8    49.5    49.4
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   470.9   476.5   476.6   476.7   155.8   158.9   158.7   158.3   377.5   388.9   388.2   386.0
      Massachusetts......   572.8   575.2   574.4   572.7   219.4   219.0   219.1   220.0   454.6   461.0   461.1   462.7
      Michigan...........   808.7   798.3   799.7   800.8   218.7   219.4   218.9   218.8   584.6   587.0   587.7   592.5
      Minnesota..........   528.9   526.5   522.6   525.0   175.1   179.8   180.4   181.2   303.1   310.1   306.5   307.9
      Mississippi........   220.0   212.7   217.4   218.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   539.5   538.2   541.1   543.6   165.8   168.7   168.7   169.1   302.6   305.5   305.5   306.9
      Montana............    86.0    86.6    87.3    87.4    21.2    21.1    21.2    21.3    33.0    34.3    34.5    34.4
      Nebraska (3).......   198.3   198.5   198.9   199.9    63.4    64.6    65.0    64.9    94.3    96.1    97.5    97.7
      Nevada.............   210.7   213.5   215.7   218.0    62.8    66.7    66.1    67.5   137.7   149.5   147.8   148.9
      New Hampshire......   140.9   144.0   143.6   144.3    38.2    38.3    38.6    38.8    56.2    56.9    56.2    56.2
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   878.1   891.0   890.3   889.8   280.8   282.3   283.1   283.7   585.0   589.2   590.7   589.4
      New Mexico.........   137.8   139.4   140.1   140.2    35.0    35.4    35.6    35.6    92.1    93.9    93.4    93.7
      New York........... 1,494.2 1,495.8 1,496.7 1,496.1   706.2   717.9   717.1   717.2 1,060.3 1,079.8 1,082.6 1,083.2
      North Carolina.....   725.3   723.5   722.3   724.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     436.9   453.0   453.4   454.7
      North Dakota.......    72.5    74.0    73.9    74.0    18.7    18.8    19.0    19.0    23.9    24.8    24.7    24.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio............... 1,037.8 1,029.4 1,031.3 1,027.4   313.5   313.9   314.1   314.1   630.0   645.6   645.4   641.7
      Oklahoma...........   275.2   278.6   280.0   278.6    84.7    86.9    86.5    86.5   165.1   167.2   167.4   168.8
      Oregon ............   324.5   335.3   338.0   336.6    97.6    98.4    98.9    99.3   180.0   182.8   182.9   184.0
      Pennsylvania....... 1,127.1 1,134.6 1,137.6 1,139.2   335.5   338.6   339.2   339.3   641.2   652.3   654.8   655.4
      Rhode Island.......    79.3    78.7    78.6    78.1    34.4    35.3    35.6    35.7    54.6    55.1    55.3    55.5
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   354.2   361.8   360.4   361.6    93.5    94.3    94.6    94.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      South Dakota.......    77.2    78.6    78.9    78.5    28.2    29.0    29.0    28.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Tennessee..........   585.9   599.2   593.8   592.2   143.1   144.1   144.5   144.8   306.1   302.8   303.5   304.4
      Texas.............. 1,954.3 1,970.4 1,975.9 1,973.4   599.5   606.8   607.8   607.8 1,090.2 1,115.8 1,123.9 1,126.3
      Utah...............   221.7   226.0   228.2   228.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     139.9   148.3   148.6   149.6
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      21.2    22.2    22.2    22.3
      Virginia...........   652.6   660.5   656.9   659.8   190.1   191.4   192.1   191.7   589.1   598.3   600.9   599.1
      Washington.........   528.9   539.4   539.4   539.8   152.4   154.6   155.0   155.1   305.6   319.7   319.7   320.0
      West Virginia......   137.4   138.1   137.8   136.9    30.3    29.9    30.5    30.5    57.7    59.5    59.2    59.8
      Wisconsin..........   543.9   539.2   538.6   545.0   157.4   158.4   158.0   158.4   249.9   259.2   261.4   259.6
      Wyoming............    49.8    50.7    51.0    51.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      15.2    15.7    15.9    15.6






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                           Education and health services      Leisure and hospitality                Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                            2004    2005    2005   2005p    2004    2005    2005   2005p    2004    2005    2005   2005p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     160.4   162.4   162.4   162.4   359.9   360.6   360.2   359.2
      Alaska.............    35.0    35.7    35.8    36.1    29.9    31.3    30.7    30.9    81.1    81.2    81.1    81.2
      Arizona............   266.4   279.6   280.6   281.3   245.6   256.4   256.7   257.9   405.6   408.5   406.5   409.6
      Arkansas...........   144.7   147.9   149.3   149.0    90.9    92.1    91.7    91.7   201.6   205.8   206.0   206.1
      California......... 1,571.1 1,592.6 1,593.1 1,596.3 1,454.0 1,488.2 1,490.4 1,489.8 2,380.8 2,408.2 2,409.7 2,411.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   221.3   225.9   225.7   226.6   253.2   257.2   257.9   258.0   362.0   368.7   367.4   367.8
      Connecticut........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     128.1   129.7   129.1   129.3   242.0   242.8   242.7   243.1
      Delaware (3).......    52.9    53.4    53.6    53.3    40.8    41.7    42.0    42.2    58.6    59.1    59.3    59.1
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia (3)....   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      51.8    53.9    54.0    53.9   230.9   230.8   231.6   230.5
      Florida ...........   933.4   960.3   962.5   965.6   869.1   892.2   896.9   904.6 1,076.8 1,095.6 1,094.6 1,098.2
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     357.2   371.4   373.3   372.8   643.5   648.1   651.2   649.6
      Hawaii (3).........    68.6    70.2    70.1    70.3   105.5   107.6   108.1   108.0   120.2   119.6   119.7   120.0
      Idaho .............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      55.7    57.6    57.8    58.0   115.3   114.9   115.1   114.9
      Illinois...........   731.5   740.2   741.2   740.6   509.1   523.2   521.5   521.0   838.2   843.5   845.5   844.3
      Indiana............   374.3   380.8   381.3   381.5   275.1   279.6   278.9   279.6   425.2   423.1   423.0   421.9
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   192.4   194.5   195.2   196.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     243.4   246.1   245.4   245.8
      Kansas.............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     112.2   111.7   112.9   112.2   254.0   259.3   259.5   259.7
      Kentucky...........   232.3   235.7   235.9   236.5   161.7   165.8   166.0   166.5   308.2   309.7   308.9   308.9
      Louisiana..........   252.1   211.2   208.8   210.9   204.3   163.1   162.6   165.7   381.4   377.9   376.6   376.3
      Maine..............   112.3   114.2   114.5   114.1    61.1    60.9    61.3    62.1   105.4   106.0   105.8   105.8
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   350.7   358.9   360.1   360.9   231.0   238.1   237.4   237.7   461.6   466.7   465.4   464.7
      Massachusetts......   584.2   586.7   587.6   588.0   293.7   296.4   295.3   295.9   405.2   404.9   406.0   406.1
      Michigan...........   552.8   556.1   556.8   554.2   402.5   406.2   407.5   407.7   688.0   670.7   672.2   676.4
      Minnesota..........   382.0   391.9   393.7   394.5   237.6   242.5   243.8   245.6   411.1   416.6   415.7   416.6
      Mississippi........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     124.6   111.4   113.4   109.2   242.9   241.6   242.2   242.1
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   359.9   367.1   367.8   369.3   266.7   264.8   266.5   267.6   428.2   424.6   423.9   425.1
      Montana............    54.8    56.1    56.4    56.5    58.3    57.6    58.3    59.9    87.9    87.5    87.9    88.5
      Nebraska (3).......   127.6   128.3   128.6   128.5    78.4    79.8    79.4    79.5   159.9   162.9   162.2   161.9
      Nevada.............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     315.7   332.3   331.7   331.8   140.9   144.5   145.5   146.1
      New Hampshire......   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      64.9    66.9    66.9    68.2    90.8    90.9    89.8    89.7
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   553.2   561.2   564.5   566.2   332.3   346.2   346.2   348.0   640.8   642.7   642.2   642.6
      New Mexico.........   104.2   105.4   105.9   106.4    82.9    83.2    82.9    83.6   200.2   202.3   201.9   202.8
      New York........... 1,534.2 1,556.3 1,561.3 1,562.6   668.0   677.5   677.8   678.2 1,488.5 1,483.6 1,483.4 1,486.8
      North Carolina.....   454.2   463.2   464.8   465.1   349.7   352.6   357.4   356.8   650.5   660.7   662.2   663.2
      North Dakota.......    48.8    49.8    49.6    49.8    30.8    31.8    32.0    31.9    74.8    74.7    75.0    74.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   749.1   755.6   756.3   754.5   492.7   497.9   496.2   496.9   797.4   796.0   795.6   794.2
      Oklahoma...........   179.9   183.7   183.7   183.2   130.2   127.9   128.9   128.8   306.3   315.8   315.8   314.5
      Oregon ............   196.8   203.0   205.0   207.7   159.0   161.5   159.8   160.8   271.4   271.2   272.6   273.1
      Pennsylvania....... 1,004.6 1,025.9 1,026.8 1,028.0   480.1   492.5   493.0   493.2   746.1   756.2   754.2   753.0
      Rhode Island.......    93.7    97.1    97.5    96.3    50.6    52.1    52.3    52.5    65.3    65.6    65.9    65.6
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   179.9   185.8   186.1   187.5   205.6   206.6   203.0   203.3   330.6   329.9   330.5   331.3
      South Dakota.......    56.8    57.8    58.3    58.5    41.5    41.1    41.3    41.9    74.6    75.0    74.9    75.0
      Tennessee..........   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     256.7   257.5   259.1   259.8   412.6   414.0   413.8   414.2
      Texas.............. 1,157.0 1,177.5 1,178.3 1,182.1   890.3   903.8   907.4   910.0 1,664.7 1,672.4 1,674.3 1,674.8
      Utah...............   126.2   129.1   129.9   131.1   103.4   104.7   105.3   106.2   199.4   203.3   203.1   203.7
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      52.9    53.2    52.9    52.7
      Virginia...........   385.3   391.3   393.1   393.0   324.5   327.3   326.2   325.1   655.9   659.5   659.7   662.1
      Washington.........   322.3   331.3   332.2   332.9   255.4   262.7   264.4   266.4   524.7   527.2   526.9   525.3
      West Virginia......   112.1   114.6   114.2   113.6    68.2    67.6    68.3    68.1   142.6   143.2   142.5   143.0
      Wisconsin..........   381.7   385.6   387.0   387.7   249.3   256.1   258.4   257.4   412.3   416.1   416.2   416.2
      Wyoming............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      32.1    31.7    32.2    32.6    64.5    65.2    65.1    65.2

       1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except public administration, not shown
     separately.
       2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from 2004 benchmark levels.
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available.






     ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                                                                                                  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                      Total                 Natural resources and mining            Construction         
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
           State             November        December         November        December        November        December   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                           2004    2005    2004    2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama........... 1,925.0 1,945.8  1,927.5 1,944.9    12.8    13.0    12.8    13.0   106.7   107.1   106.4   107.2
      Alaska............   296.0   300.6    293.2   298.6     9.8    10.5    10.0    10.7    17.3    17.7    15.9    16.7
      Arizona........... 2,446.6 2,544.0  2,451.0 2,561.8     8.8     9.6     8.8     9.7   198.9   223.6   198.7   224.9
      Arkansas.......... 1,171.9 1,185.6  1,171.6 1,184.7     7.4     7.6     7.5     7.6    52.2    53.7    51.7    53.4
      California........ 14757.1 14957.3 14,755.9 14990.0    23.3    23.5    22.9    23.2   871.4   937.1   863.5   931.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado.......... 2,203.6 2,244.0  2,223.1 2,263.4    15.4    16.6    15.3    16.8   155.2   165.0   153.4   161.6
      Connecticut....... 1,681.8 1,693.3  1,686.3 1,697.1      .8      .8      .7      .7    69.8    72.8    68.0    70.8
      Delaware .........   430.0   437.5    432.6   438.9   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      27.2    28.2    27.2    28.0
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia.......   676.4   689.7    676.6   688.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      12.3    12.2    12.0    12.1
      Florida........... 7,635.8 7,892.1  7,695.0 7,945.4     6.9     6.6     6.8     6.5   504.1   533.5   507.5   532.6
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia........... 3,924.5 3,984.7  3,932.2 3,997.3    12.0    12.0    12.0    12.0   198.4   202.7   197.2   203.4
      Hawaii ...........   596.1   610.9    598.6   615.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      30.6    34.0    30.5    34.1
      Idaho ............   596.7   621.5    593.6   621.0     4.2     4.6     4.1     4.4    41.4    47.1    39.9    46.3
      Illinois.......... 5,865.1 5,932.9  5,862.8 5,925.7     9.1     9.4     9.1     9.3   276.1   277.2   263.2   266.6
      Indiana........... 2,981.1 2,990.0  2,972.6 2,985.8     7.0     7.3     6.9     7.4   152.6   155.0   147.8   150.9
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa.............. 1,479.9 1,503.3  1,473.4 1,502.6     2.2     2.3     2.1     2.2    71.2    71.1    67.8    68.6
      Kansas............ 1,344.8 1,371.0  1,343.5 1,364.8     7.6     8.3     7.6     8.4    65.1    68.5    63.6    62.8
      Kentucky.......... 1,818.3 1,840.1  1,818.2 1,839.1    19.8    21.0    19.7    21.0    85.8    89.1    85.2    88.1
      Louisiana......... 1,936.0 1,724.5  1,930.7 1,734.0    44.8    45.5    44.8    46.2   117.6    93.6   117.2    94.8
      Maine.............   622.9   625.5    620.3   622.9     2.7     2.7     2.8     2.7    31.6    32.3    30.3    30.7
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland.......... 2,560.3 2,603.1  2,565.1 2,598.9   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     182.0   183.0   179.7   180.0
      Massachusetts..... 3,218.8 3,233.1  3,222.0 3,236.1     2.0     2.0     2.0     1.9   143.5   146.0   139.9   142.4
      Michigan.......... 4,447.3 4,410.8  4,423.1 4,398.0     8.2     8.5     7.8     8.2   196.4   194.3   184.4   183.4
      Minnesota......... 2,714.9 2,747.4  2,711.7 2,745.2     5.8     6.4     5.6     6.1   132.0   132.3   122.4   121.6
      Mississippi....... 1,136.0 1,111.8  1,133.5 1,109.2     8.6     8.2     8.5     8.3    50.0    50.4    49.3    49.4
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ......... 2,726.5 2,749.9  2,726.7 2,749.0     4.8     5.4     4.7     5.2   140.7   141.2   136.8   137.1
      Montana...........   420.0   427.8    419.5   427.7     7.8     8.1     7.8     8.1    26.5    27.9    25.2    26.5
      Nebraska..........   934.2   948.2    933.8   945.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      47.6    49.6    46.4    46.5
      Nevada............ 1,188.2 1,258.0  1,192.0 1,260.9    10.0    10.7    10.1    10.8   125.5   140.5   125.1   140.3
      New Hampshire.....   634.0   643.5    638.6   648.4     1.0     1.1     1.0     1.0    30.6    31.8    30.1    31.2
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey........ 4,059.4 4,097.3  4,067.8 4,105.0     1.6     1.5     1.6     1.5   173.6   170.7   170.5   168.7
      New Mexico........   801.2   817.3    803.7   821.2    15.3    16.9    15.5    17.1    51.1    55.2    51.2    55.0
      New York.......... 8,581.5 8,647.8  8,604.6 8,667.5     6.2     6.5     5.7     5.9   330.6   334.5   320.2   323.4
      North Carolina.... 3,883.9 3,937.0  3,881.3 3,934.3     6.5     6.3     6.4     6.3   220.0   227.7   220.0   227.2
      North Dakota......   342.1   348.8    340.5   347.4     3.7     4.1     3.6     4.2    17.3    18.4    15.5    16.5
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio.............. 5,472.6 5,482.0  5,472.0 5,473.8    11.4    11.7    11.4    11.8   244.4   243.2   235.8   235.5
      Oklahoma.......... 1,489.2 1,518.3  1,493.3 1,515.4    31.2    32.4    31.6    32.6    62.1    63.3    62.0    62.0
      Oregon............ 1,633.3 1,685.1  1,628.4 1,685.5     9.7     9.1     9.7     8.4    85.7    96.5    83.3    95.0
      Pennsylvania...... 5,721.9 5,789.4  5,715.0 5,779.3    18.9    18.6    18.4    18.4   254.5   260.9   244.3   249.7
      Rhode Island......   496.1   502.2    496.1   499.9      .2      .2      .2      .2    21.6    22.3    21.1    21.6
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.... 1,843.5 1,852.8  1,836.5 1,854.6     4.3     3.8     4.3     3.8   112.4   113.7   110.2   114.5
      South Dakota......   386.4   393.5    384.6   391.6      .9      .9      .8      .8    19.9    21.7    18.9    20.3
      Tennessee......... 2,736.6 2,753.3  2,742.2 2,758.1     4.1     4.1     4.2     4.2   118.9   121.1   118.8   121.1
      Texas............. 9,580.1 9,725.8  9,585.9 9,739.3   154.0   157.9   154.4   158.6   540.3   556.0   538.2   555.4
      Utah.............. 1,124.9 1,171.4  1,130.0 1,180.4     7.4     8.4     7.4     8.6    75.3    85.9    73.3    85.1
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont...........   307.4   311.1    312.4   316.5      .9     1.1      .9     1.1    17.3    18.3    16.7    17.8
      Virginia.......... 3,647.8 3,690.1  3,645.6 3,686.3    10.2    10.2    10.3    10.4   236.6   248.4   235.9   248.4
      Washington........ 2,742.9 2,821.3  2,733.2 2,811.4     9.2     9.0     9.0     9.1   166.7   180.6   161.8   176.8
      West Virginia.....   745.3   752.7    742.3   750.3    24.6    25.7    24.6    25.7    35.9    39.4    34.2    37.8
      Wisconsin......... 2,843.6 2,870.0  2,822.4 2,860.1     3.9     3.7     3.5     3.3   130.3   137.9   123.0   129.5
      Wyoming...........   256.4   262.9    256.0   262.2    21.3    23.5    21.4    23.8    19.4    20.2    18.3    19.0
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico....... 1,049.6 1,000.4  1,062.1 1,000.1   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)      67.5    62.9    67.2    62.6






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                   Manufacturing             Trade, transportation, and             Information          
                                                                     utilities                                           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              November        December        November        December        November        December   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   293.7   296.6   293.8   297.4   382.3   388.0   386.5   390.0    30.8    31.1    31.0    31.0
      Alaska.............     7.6     7.7     5.8     6.0    60.6    61.6    60.9    61.6     6.8     7.0     6.9     6.9
      Arizona............   176.1   176.3   176.4   177.2   480.7   500.1   488.8   508.1    46.9    46.0    46.4    46.3
      Arkansas...........   204.4   200.9   204.3   200.2   245.1   248.5   247.1   250.5    20.2    19.9    20.2    20.0
      California......... 1,529.9 1,532.7 1,528.6 1,532.4 2,833.0 2,847.6 2,863.8 2,879.6   491.3   484.0   479.1   485.7
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   155.4   152.6   155.7   152.7   416.9   421.5   421.1   427.8    79.0    75.1    78.8    74.9
      Connecticut........   198.3   197.5   199.0   197.6   319.1   321.4   325.4   327.3    39.2    39.1    39.3    39.2
      Delaware ..........    34.3    34.2    34.9    34.4    83.4    85.4    84.2    86.3     7.0     7.0     7.1     7.0
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........     2.5     2.5     2.5     2.5    28.1    28.9    28.8    29.4    23.1    23.3    23.1    23.5
      Florida............   387.1   392.5   387.1   392.2 1,530.6 1,567.9 1,560.3 1,597.2   169.5   169.9   169.8   170.5
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   441.8   441.4   441.3   442.2   844.6   852.6   853.2   862.0   117.3   117.8   117.8   118.3
      Hawaii ............    15.6    15.2    15.5    15.3   116.0   120.9   118.3   123.0    11.2    10.8    11.2    10.8
      Idaho .............    61.2    62.6    61.1    62.4   120.5   126.2   121.0   126.8    10.2    11.0    10.1    11.1
      Illinois...........   699.1   692.9   699.5   692.3 1,200.8 1,210.9 1,216.1 1,226.2   119.1   117.3   119.1   117.4
      Indiana............   575.2   571.2   575.5   570.4   586.7   587.4   590.6   593.6    40.6    40.6    40.6    40.6
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   225.3   229.7   224.1   230.3   312.6   315.3   313.9   317.4    33.7    33.9    33.9    33.9
      Kansas.............   178.9   179.3   178.7   179.8   262.8   266.5   264.1   266.6    41.1    40.1    41.4    40.9
      Kentucky...........   265.3   266.3   266.0   267.0   379.9   382.9   381.9   384.4    28.4    27.6    28.4    27.5
      Louisiana..........   152.6   139.6   152.0   140.2   386.2   347.6   388.1   352.5    28.6    27.4    28.7    27.1
      Maine..............    64.6    62.9    64.1    62.7   130.7   131.2   131.5   132.3    11.8    12.0    11.9    12.0
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   142.5   137.8   142.4   137.8   480.6   489.2   488.0   494.1    51.0    51.2    51.4    51.1
      Massachusetts......   313.7   313.5   313.8   314.0   585.0   585.9   593.9   593.7    85.7    84.0    85.9    84.1
      Michigan...........   687.2   670.7   694.8   674.3   826.2   817.6   832.1   824.3    66.9    63.9    66.7    64.0
      Minnesota..........   346.2   350.1   346.7   348.8   537.3   533.0   541.7   537.9    59.4    58.7    59.1    59.1
      Mississippi........   179.1   175.2   179.3   175.7   223.2   220.5   224.5   223.1    14.4    14.2    14.1    14.3
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   314.4   317.9   316.7   318.6   544.6   550.0   550.9   555.1    63.1    64.0    63.7    64.3
      Montana............    19.1    19.2    19.3    19.4    87.1    88.5    87.9    89.3     7.8     7.9     7.7     7.8
      Nebraska...........   100.3   100.6   100.9   101.1   202.8   203.3   203.4   205.1    21.7    21.7    21.8    21.8
      Nevada.............    46.8    48.2    46.8    48.1   213.1   220.6   216.0   223.5    14.6    14.4    14.6    14.4
      New Hampshire......    81.1    81.5    81.3    82.0   144.5   147.4   146.6   150.1    12.9    13.2    12.9    13.2
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   339.5   326.2   338.3   324.2   894.3   907.0   906.5   918.7    98.0    96.1    97.4    95.8
      New Mexico.........    36.3    36.5    35.9    36.3   140.1   142.6   141.8   144.3    14.2    14.9    14.0    15.0
      New York...........   593.3   577.9   591.8   575.1 1,526.8 1,530.2 1,550.2 1,552.4   273.5   272.4   274.2   273.9
      North Carolina.....   582.9   570.3   581.8   568.8   740.4   736.7   741.0   739.8    69.9    72.3    70.3    72.0
      North Dakota.......    24.9    25.5    24.7    25.2    73.4    75.0    74.1    75.6     7.7     7.6     7.8     7.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   827.6   824.3   830.8   825.7 1,060.4 1,053.3 1,073.9 1,063.1    92.5    91.3    92.6    91.2
      Oklahoma...........   141.7   143.1   142.4   144.0   278.8   284.4   282.0   285.4    30.5    31.1    30.9    31.1
      Oregon.............   202.1   209.2   200.2   209.5   330.7   345.4   334.9   347.3    33.0    35.5    33.0    35.8
      Pennsylvania.......   691.6   675.8   691.0   675.4 1,150.4 1,162.4 1,161.7 1,174.2   110.6   108.0   110.9   107.4
      Rhode Island.......    57.2    55.3    57.1    55.1    81.6    80.7    82.8    81.4    10.7    10.8    10.9    10.7
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   269.6   262.0   268.0   261.8   356.4   364.0   360.7   368.2    25.8    27.3    25.9    27.5
      South Dakota.......    39.6    40.4    39.3    40.5    77.9    80.0    78.7    80.0     6.8     6.9     6.8     6.9
      Tennessee..........   412.7   411.3   413.7   411.0   602.1   608.0   606.0   612.2    49.8    47.9    49.8    48.0
      Texas..............   890.6   892.1   888.1   892.8 1,983.2 2,006.1 2,004.6 2,024.1   225.3   232.4   226.8   232.0
      Utah...............   116.8   118.5   117.1   119.0   226.4   233.8   229.3   236.5    30.4    32.6    30.6    33.0
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    37.4    37.6    37.5    37.7    60.1    60.5    61.1    61.4     6.3     6.1     6.3     6.2
      Virginia...........   300.9   298.2   300.8   296.9   670.5   674.4   674.2   681.4   100.3    98.8   100.8    98.7
      Washington.........   265.9   272.5   264.5   271.6   536.0   550.0   541.5   552.8    92.5    95.5    92.4    95.6
      West Virginia......    62.8    62.1    62.6    61.8   140.3   140.7   140.7   140.2    12.0    12.1    12.0    12.2
      Wisconsin..........   503.6   502.6   501.1   504.2   557.5   551.5   557.1   558.0    50.1    50.3    50.6    50.4
      Wyoming............     9.9    10.0     9.8     9.7    50.0    51.3    50.1    51.4     4.3     4.2     4.3     4.3
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........   117.4   114.5   117.4   113.7   187.5   179.0   193.2   184.1    23.3    22.4    23.4    22.5






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
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                            2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............    96.2    96.0    96.1    95.9   202.2   209.6   202.6   209.1   195.7   198.6   195.5   197.9
      Alaska.............    14.7    14.7    14.5    14.7    22.9    23.5    22.7    23.4    34.8    35.8    35.0    36.1
      Arizona............   165.1   173.2   166.5   174.6   343.5   361.2   343.8   364.4   266.6   281.8   267.2   282.2
      Arkansas...........    51.1    52.3    51.4    52.7   108.7   109.9   107.9   109.4   145.4   150.4   145.8   150.1
      California.........   913.3   925.3   917.9   929.4 2,139.5 2,169.7 2,141.5 2,175.0 1,586.6 1,609.7 1,583.4 1,608.9
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   156.1   159.5   158.2   161.5   302.7   313.3   304.5   314.9   222.2   227.1   222.9   228.3
      Connecticut........   140.6   142.3   141.0   142.5   201.3   202.1   200.6   201.4   274.1   276.8   274.3   276.9
      Delaware ..........    44.6    46.0    44.5    46.0    62.4    63.1    63.2    63.6    52.5    53.7    53.2    53.6
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........    30.3    30.8    30.4    30.9   143.7   148.1   144.8   148.7    95.7    99.1    93.7    96.8
      Florida............   503.9   517.4   507.4   518.7 1,316.4 1,402.9 1,328.8 1,406.7   935.5   967.9   939.5   971.6
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   219.5   223.3   220.4   224.7   519.5   530.1   519.9   530.6   411.9   421.7   411.6   422.0
      Hawaii ............    28.7    29.5    28.8    29.5    71.4    74.8    72.1    75.3    69.0    70.8    69.2    70.9
      Idaho .............    28.3    29.8    28.4    30.0    74.9    78.8    73.3    78.6    66.8    70.3    67.0    70.6
      Illinois...........   400.2   405.2   400.5   407.3   803.1   837.7   806.9   832.2   738.4   745.9   735.7   744.7
      Indiana............   140.5   141.6   141.4   141.9   272.1   275.5   270.3   272.9   379.8   386.8   379.6   386.8
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............    97.0   100.6    97.5   101.1   106.9   107.1   105.9   106.7   197.1   200.1   196.5   200.4
      Kansas.............    70.0    72.7    70.4    73.1   129.5   134.4   129.4   134.1   162.7   165.0   162.6   165.1
      Kentucky...........    86.2    84.6    86.2    84.9   167.9   172.4   168.2   172.5   233.5   237.8   233.4   237.7
      Louisiana..........   103.0    96.8   103.2    98.0   182.9   157.1   183.2   157.4   255.7   211.3   253.2   211.8
      Maine..............    34.3    34.1    34.6    34.3    49.6    49.5    49.1    49.2   113.4   115.5   112.9   114.7
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   156.2   158.9   156.6   159.1   379.6   390.6   380.5   389.0   352.8   362.9   352.8   362.9
      Massachusetts......   218.5   218.6   219.5   220.1   457.0   465.3   457.0   465.2   595.1   599.3   594.6   598.5
      Michigan...........   217.5   217.8   218.3   218.4   591.5   591.9   581.4   589.2   560.8   563.7   558.2   559.7
      Minnesota..........   174.2   180.0   175.2   181.3   306.3   309.4   304.4   309.1   383.1   397.0   384.6   397.2
      Mississippi........    45.7    45.3    45.8    45.2    85.2    85.2    84.7    85.1   121.3   120.4   121.4   120.5
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   165.1   168.5   166.0   169.4   303.0   307.5   303.6   307.8   363.6   372.7   363.5   372.9
      Montana............    21.0    21.2    21.2    21.3    33.5    34.8    32.7    34.1    55.2    56.9    55.3    57.0
      Nebraska...........    63.1    64.9    63.3    64.9    95.8    99.1    95.5    98.9   128.6   129.8   128.9   129.8
      Nevada.............    62.8    67.3    63.1    67.8   137.7   149.9   137.3   148.5    82.0    87.0    82.3    87.5
      New Hampshire......    38.1    38.6    38.3    38.9    56.7    56.5    56.6    56.6    95.4    98.8    96.6    99.0
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   280.0   282.9   281.1   283.9   585.3   591.6   585.1   589.3   555.4   568.2   556.9   569.8
      New Mexico.........    34.7    35.4    35.0    35.6    91.6    93.5    92.3    93.9   105.4   107.1   105.2   107.4
      New York...........   704.6   716.8   708.4   719.6 1,067.0 1,090.5 1,069.4 1,092.5 1,556.6 1,585.0 1,557.0 1,585.4
      North Carolina.....   192.0   195.4   192.8   196.0   438.3   454.8   436.0   453.7   454.9   467.9   457.8   468.8
      North Dakota.......    18.6    19.0    18.8    19.1    24.0    24.8    23.8    24.7    49.0    49.7    48.9    49.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   312.5   314.0   313.8   314.4   636.2   649.0   631.3   642.9   758.6   766.7   759.2   764.8
      Oklahoma...........    84.6    86.5    84.9    86.7   163.9   167.4   163.9   167.6   181.8   185.5   181.3   184.6
      Oregon.............    97.3    99.0    97.6    99.4   181.0   184.3   180.5   184.5   199.8   209.0   199.0   210.1
      Pennsylvania.......   333.8   337.8   335.4   339.2   643.5   659.8   642.9   657.2 1,021.0 1,044.1 1,017.1 1,040.5
      Rhode Island.......    34.1    35.7    34.4    35.8    55.5    56.4    55.3    56.3    95.2    99.2    95.4    98.0
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....    92.5    93.6    92.7    93.9   189.8   192.9   187.5   190.4   184.8   190.8   182.4   190.2
      South Dakota.......    28.1    28.9    28.2    28.9    23.8    24.0    23.3    23.7    57.2    58.6    57.2    58.9
      Tennessee..........   143.1   144.8   143.7   145.4   307.6   305.7   308.0   306.5   324.1   330.6   324.1   330.4
      Texas..............   598.2   607.4   600.6   608.9 1,098.2 1,127.6 1,092.4 1,128.3 1,160.5 1,184.7 1,161.0 1,186.0
      Utah...............    65.2    67.9    65.5    68.7   139.9   149.3   140.9   150.7   127.3   132.0   127.7   132.7
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    13.3    13.6    13.5    13.8    21.4    22.3    21.3    22.4    54.5    55.4    54.7    55.6
      Virginia...........   189.3   191.6   190.2   191.8   589.3   600.6   588.9   598.5   387.9   396.8   388.5   396.2
      Washington.........   152.0   155.0   152.2   154.9   308.0   322.1   306.2   320.6   324.8   335.2   324.3   334.8
      West Virginia......    30.4    30.5    30.3    30.5    58.2    59.8    58.3    60.4   114.6   115.5   113.0   114.5
      Wisconsin..........   156.9   157.9   157.4   158.4   254.5   262.6   249.3   258.7   384.4   390.8   384.0   390.0
      Wyoming............    10.5    10.8    10.6    10.6    15.3    15.7    14.8    15.2    22.0    22.3    21.9    22.3
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    46.2    46.5    46.7    47.0   101.9    99.9   102.1    99.8    99.6    95.1   100.7    96.1






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              Leisure and hospitality              Other services                    Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              November        December        November        December        November        December   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p    2004    2005    2004   2005p 
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
      Alabama............   159.1   160.9   158.3   160.4    80.9    80.3    80.8    80.1   364.6   364.6   363.7   362.9
      Alaska.............    27.5    28.2    27.3    28.2    11.7    11.5    11.7    11.6    82.3    82.4    82.5    82.7
      Arizona............   245.3   257.0   246.5   258.9    90.0    93.3    90.1    93.8   424.7   421.9   417.8   421.7
      Arkansas...........    89.8    90.8    88.8    89.6    41.1    41.0    41.2    41.0   206.5   210.6   205.7   210.2
      California......... 1,445.1 1,479.4 1,448.6 1,484.0   506.7   508.7   506.0   509.5 2,417.0 2,439.6 2,400.6 2,430.8
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   243.3   248.6   256.0   260.8    86.9    88.4    87.6    88.8   370.5   376.3   369.6   375.3
      Connecticut........   126.9   127.7   127.3   128.5    62.8    63.0    63.2    63.6   248.9   249.8   247.5   248.6
      Delaware ..........    40.0    41.2    39.7    41.1    18.7    18.3    18.6    18.4    59.9    60.4    60.0    60.5
      District of                                                                                                        
         Columbia........    52.0    54.5    51.8    53.9    59.1    60.6    59.2    60.6   229.6   229.7   230.3   229.9
      Florida............   858.1   889.7   867.7   903.4   321.7   326.2   323.2   327.3 1,102.0 1,117.6 1,096.9 1,118.7
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   353.9   369.3   354.7   370.2   153.8   155.4   153.5   155.2   651.8   658.4   650.6   656.7
      Hawaii ............   105.2   108.2   106.0   108.6    24.0    25.0    24.1    25.2   124.4   121.7   122.9   122.6
      Idaho .............    53.4    55.4    54.2    56.3    18.2    18.6    18.2    18.6   117.6   117.1   116.3   115.9
      Illinois...........   506.3   518.8   503.8   515.6   256.5   256.5   257.7   257.2   856.4   861.1   851.2   856.9
      Indiana............   274.0   278.0   272.9   277.5   110.0   109.5   110.1   110.2   442.6   437.1   436.9   433.6
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   126.8   134.4   126.5   133.9    56.1    56.6    56.2    56.7   251.0   252.2   249.0   251.4
      Kansas.............   111.9   112.7   111.0   111.0    53.9    56.4    53.9    56.4   261.3   267.1   260.8   266.6
      Kentucky...........   160.0   165.2   159.3   164.1    78.4    79.8    78.5    79.9   313.1   313.4   311.4   312.0
      Louisiana..........   204.3   162.2   203.2   164.8    72.4    61.5    72.4    61.9   387.9   381.9   384.7   379.3
      Maine..............    54.5    55.4    53.4    54.3    19.7    19.5    19.8    19.7   110.0   110.4   109.9   110.3
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   224.8   232.0   223.4   229.2   114.9   117.7   115.7   118.1   475.9   479.8   474.6   477.6
      Massachusetts......   289.3   290.3   285.6   287.1   115.2   114.0   115.8   114.2   413.8   414.2   414.0   414.9
      Michigan...........   394.7   398.2   393.2   397.5   178.3   181.0   177.3   181.5   719.6   703.2   708.9   697.5
      Minnesota..........   230.8   237.3   230.9   238.8   118.4   117.4   119.4   118.1   421.4   425.8   421.7   427.2
      Mississippi........   124.4   112.6   123.4   108.2    37.6    34.6    37.3    35.0   246.5   245.2   245.2   244.4
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   267.0   266.5   262.4   263.1   119.6   120.4   120.1   120.4   440.6   435.8   438.3   435.1
      Montana............    54.1    55.5    55.7    57.3    17.5    17.2    17.8    17.4    90.4    90.6    88.9    89.5
      Nebraska...........    77.6    79.0    77.0    78.1    34.3    35.2    34.6    35.4   162.4   165.0   162.0   164.1
      Nevada.............   314.2   330.8   314.8   330.7    37.4    39.6    37.5    39.7   144.1   149.0   144.4   149.6
      New Hampshire......    60.2    62.4    61.1    64.2    20.4    19.4    20.2    19.3    93.1    92.8    93.9    92.9
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   323.7   337.4   321.5   337.2   155.7   160.7   156.2   161.4   652.3   655.0   652.7   654.5
      New Mexico.........    81.1    81.5    81.4    82.1    28.7    29.0    28.7    29.1   202.7   204.7   202.7   205.4
      New York...........   660.9   670.8   661.8   671.8   355.1   358.1   356.0   359.0 1,506.9 1,505.1 1,509.9 1,508.5
      North Carolina.....   341.0   349.8   337.8   345.0   168.1   173.8   168.5   174.8   669.9   682.0   668.9   681.9
      North Dakota.......    30.9    31.9    30.6    31.7    15.1    15.1    15.1    15.1    77.5    77.7    77.6    77.7
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   485.6   487.4   482.0   485.0   226.4   227.6   226.7   228.2   817.0   813.5   814.5   811.2
      Oklahoma...........   129.1   128.3   128.1   126.7    73.3    74.5    74.0    74.1   312.2   321.8   312.2   320.6
      Oregon.............   157.0   157.4   155.6   157.4    57.9    59.6    58.1    59.8   279.1   280.1   276.5   278.3
      Pennsylvania.......   467.2   480.1   468.1   480.8   262.9   267.6   263.9   268.4   767.5   774.3   761.3   768.1
      Rhode Island.......    49.2    51.1    48.7    50.5    23.3    23.2    23.4    23.2    67.5    67.3    66.8    67.1
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   201.5   199.7   200.6   198.3    67.6    67.2    66.7    67.8   338.8   337.8   337.5   338.2
      South Dakota.......    39.6    39.5    39.1    39.4    16.5    16.3    16.3    15.8    76.1    76.3    76.0    76.4
      Tennessee..........   253.7   256.8   252.7   255.6   102.2   103.1   102.3   103.2   418.3   419.9   418.9   420.5
      Texas..............   876.0   893.2   873.6   893.0   357.5   360.8   357.9   361.6 1,696.3 1,707.6 1,688.3 1,698.6
      Utah...............   100.7   103.1   103.3   106.2    32.8    33.3    32.8    33.5   202.7   206.6   202.1   206.4
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    30.1    30.3    34.3    34.6    10.2    10.1    10.3    10.3    55.9    55.8    55.8    55.6
      Virginia...........   314.8   316.0   311.9   312.5   178.2   180.6   179.7   180.8   669.8   674.5   664.4   670.7
      Washington.........   250.1   259.5   250.7   261.4   100.2   102.8   100.4   102.9   537.5   539.1   530.2   530.9
      West Virginia......    66.4    67.0    67.0    67.0    54.9    55.0    55.0    55.2   145.2   144.9   144.6   145.0
      Wisconsin..........   241.2   248.9   240.3   248.1   135.2   135.4   134.8   134.1   426.0   428.4   421.3   425.4
      Wyoming............    28.7    29.1    29.3    29.8     9.5     9.7     9.8     9.8    65.5    66.1    65.7    66.3
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    71.8    70.4    72.0    70.5    22.4    23.2    22.6    22.9   312.0   286.5   316.8   280.9

       1 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from 2004 benchmark levels. 
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available.