For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday, November 28, 2012 USDL-12-2324 

Technical information: 

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Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 • lausinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lau 

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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2012

Unemployment rates were lower in October than a year earlier in 329 of the 372 metropolitan areas, 

higher in 37 areas, and unchanged in 6 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Three 

areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 41 areas registered rates of less than 5.0 

percent. Two hundred eighty-eight metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm 

payroll employment, 80 reported decreases, and 4 had no change. The national unemployment rate in 

October was 7.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 8.5 percent a year earlier. 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October, 35 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, down from 80 areas a 

year earlier, while 180 areas posted rates below 7.0 percent, up from 107 areas in October of last year. 

Yuma, Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., recorded the highest unemployment rates in October, 29.8 and 28.1 

percent, respectively. Bismarck, N.D., registered the lowest unemployment rate, 2.2 percent. A total of 

213 areas recorded October unemployment rates below the U.S. figure of 7.5 percent, 149 areas 

reported rates above it, and 10 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1 and the map.) 

The largest over-the-year unemployment rate declines in October were registered in Pascagoula, Miss. 

(-3.1 percentage points), Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (-2.9 points), and Ocala, Fla. (-2.8 points). Twenty-six 

additional areas had decreases of 2.0 percentage points or more. Elmira, N.Y., reported the largest overthe-year jobless rate increase (+1.1 percentage points), followed by Yuma, Ariz. (+1.0 point). 

Among the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, the highest 

unemployment rates in October were registered in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., and Las 

Vegas-Paradise, Nev., 11.7 and 11.1 percent, respectively. The lowest jobless rate among the large areas 

was recorded in Oklahoma City, Okla., 4.9 percent. Forty-three large areas reported over-the-year 

unemployment rate decreases, four registered increases, and two had no change. Las Vegas-Paradise, 

Nev., experienced the largest unemployment rate decline from October 2011 (-2.5 percentage points). 

Three other large areas, all in Florida, reported rate decreases of at least 2.0 percentage points. BuffaloNiagara Falls, N.Y., recorded the largest unemployment rate increase (+0.8 percentage point). 
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Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

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

essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In October 2012, Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 

Mich., registered the highest jobless rate among the divisions, 11.9 percent. Bethesda-RockvilleFrederick, Md., and Framingham, Mass., reported the lowest division rates, 4.8 and 4.9 percent, 

respectively. (See table 2.) 

Twenty-seven of the metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year jobless rate decreases in October, 

while seven registered increases. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla., and West 

Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla., posted the largest rate declines from a year earlier 

(-1.9 percentage points each). Eleven additional divisions had decreases of 1.0 percentage point or more. 

No division reported an unemployment rate increase over the year greater than 0.6 percentage point. 

In 6 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest 

division jobless rates were 2.0 percentage points or more in October 2012. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, 

Mass.-N.H., recorded the largest rate difference among its divisions, 5.8 percentage points (LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 10.7 percent, compared with Framingham, Mass., 4.9 percent). 

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October, 288 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 

80 reported decreases, and 4 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increase occurred 

in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+128,000), followed by Houston-Sugar 

Land-Baytown, Texas (+95,800), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (+78,300). The largest 

over-the-year percentage gain in employment was reported in Lafayette, La. (+8.5 percent), followed by 

Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (+7.3 percent), and Columbus, Ind. (+7.2 percent). (See table 3.) 

The largest over-the-year decrease in employment occurred in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. 

(-5,800), followed by Colorado Springs, Colo. (-4,400), and Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. 

(-3,500). The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment was reported in Lawton, Okla. 

(-3.9 percent), followed by Auburn-Opelika, Ala., and Dalton, Ga. (-3.8 percent each), and Las Cruces, 

N.M. (-3.7 percent). 

Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 36 of the 37 metropolitan areas with annual average 

employment levels above 750,000 in 2011. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in 

employment in these large metropolitan areas were posted in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas 

(+3.6 percent); Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas, and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. 

(+3.5 percent each); and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+3.1 percent). The only large metropolitan 

area that reported a percentage decrease was Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. (-0.7 percent). 

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in October 2012 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which 

are essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-eight of 

the 32 metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment gains, while 3 reported losses and 1 

reported no change. The largest over-the-year increases in the metropolitan divisions occurred in New 

York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. (+113,500), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. 

(+57,800). The over-the-year decreases in the metropolitan divisions were in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 
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Mich. (-3,400), Nashua, N.H.-Mass. (-1,700), and Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, 

Fla. (-1,100). (See table 4.) 

The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions was 

reported in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (+3.4 percent), followed by SeattleBellevue-Everett, Wash. (+3.1 percent), and Tacoma, Wash. (+3.0 percent). The largest over-the-year 

percentage decrease in employment occurred in Nashua, N.H.-Mass. (-1.4 percent). 

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for November is scheduled 

to be released on Friday, December 21, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Metropolitan Area 

Employment and Unemployment news release for November is scheduled to be released on 

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data Error 

BLS has identified errors in the state government employment data in the Lubbock, Texas 

metropolitan statistical area (31180). Federal and state government data in this area will be 

suppressed from 1990 forward while we research the full scope of the errors. BLS plans to 

release the corrected series concurrent with the CES State and Area benchmark release on 

March 18, 2013. More information on this data suppression and a complete listing of 

corrections to the CES State and Area database can be found at 

www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm. 
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) 

program (tables 1 and 2) for 372 metropolitan statistical areas 

and metropolitan New England City and Town Areas 

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

metropolitan and NECTA divisions also are presented. 

Nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current 

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

provided for most of the same areas. State estimates were 

previously published in the news release, Regional and State 

Employment and Unemployment, and are republished in this 

release for ease of reference. The LAUS and CES programs 

are both federal-state cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures 

employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. 

The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional 

population 16 years of age and over. Employed persons are 

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

week (the week including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 

hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus 

those not working who had a job from which they were 

temporarily absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as 

labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed

persons are those who were not employed during the reference 

week (based on the definition above), had actively looked for 

a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with the reference 

week, and were currently available for work; persons on 

layoff expecting recall need not be looking for work to be 

counted as unemployed. The labor force is the sum of 

employed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate

is the number of unemployed as a percent of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District 

of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 

metropolitan division, and New York City are produced using 

time-series models with real-time benchmarking to national 

CPS totals. Model-based estimation was extended to the 

following areas and their respective balances of state in 2005: 

the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division; 

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; 

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; 

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; 

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical 

Area; and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan 

Division. (Model-based estimation of the New Orleans--

Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area was suspended following 

Hurricane Katrina; the indirect estimation methods described 

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

improves the statistical basis of the estimation for these areas 

and provides important tools for analysis, such as measures of 

errors and seasonally adjusted series. For all other substate 

areas in this release, estimates are prepared through indirect 

estimation procedures using a building-block approach. 

Employment estimates, which are based largely on “place of 

work” estimates from the CES program, are adjusted to refer 

to place of residence as used in the CPS. Unemployment 

estimates are aggregates of persons previously employed in 

industries covered by state unemployment insurance (UI) laws 

and entrants to the labor force data from the CPS. The 

substate estimates of employment and unemployment, which 

geographically exhaust the entire state, are adjusted 

proportionally to ensure that they add to the independently 

estimated state or balance-of-state totals. A detailed 

description of the estimation procedures is available from 

BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

shown for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end 

of each year, usually implemented with January estimates. 

The adjusted model-based estimates reflect updated 

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

the other data sources, and model reestimation. All substate 

estimates are reestimated and adjusted to add to the revised 

model-based estimates. 

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay 

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

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

residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are 

counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis 

of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. The employment data are 

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

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

previous month is computed from a sample of establishments 

reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for 

the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates 

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

are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 

percent of CES published series which have insufficient 

sample for direct sample-based estimates. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

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

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of 

employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the 

benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, 

and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month 
changes in the level for the subsequent months. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

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

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced 

into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates 

not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to 

additional errors resulting from the particular estimation 

processes used. The sums of individual items may not always 

equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding. 

Unemployment rates are computed from unrounded data and 

thus may differ slightly from rates computed using the 

rounded data displayed in the tables. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures are available for states on the Internet at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling 

error are not available, but additional information on the 

subject is provided in Employment and Earnings Online at 

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

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the supersector level are available online at 

www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent 

benchmark revisions is available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Area definitions 

The substate area data published in this release reflect 

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

Management and Budget on December 1, 2009. Data reflect 

New England City and Town Area (NECTA) definitions, 

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

States. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available 

at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Additional information 

More complete information on the technical procedures 

used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in 

Employment and Earnings Online. 

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor 

force and unemployment data for states, census regions and 

divisions, and seven substate areas are available in the news 

release, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment. 

Estimates of labor force and unemployment for all states, 

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

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

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

Employment data from the CES program are available on the 

BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Alabama ............................................................... 2,193.5 2,145.4 2,188.4 2,182.8 196.9 162.0 182.2 171.2 9.0 7.6 8.3 7.8

Anniston-Oxford ................................................ 53.3 53.3 53.4 54.1 4.9 4.2 4.6 4.4 9.3 7.8 8.6 8.2

Auburn-Opelika ................................................. 68.5 65.8 69.2 67.7 4.9 4.2 4.6 4.6 7.2 6.4 6.6 6.7

Birmingham-Hoover .......................................... 530.3 517.6 528.8 528.4 43.9 35.1 40.3 37.2 8.3 6.8 7.6 7.0

Decatur ............................................................. 73.6 72.5 73.9 74.4 6.6 5.3 6.0 5.6 9.0 7.2 8.1 7.5

Dothan .............................................................. 65.3 63.9 65.4 65.3 5.4 4.6 4.9 4.9 8.2 7.3 7.6 7.5

Florence-Muscle Shoals ................................... 70.1 69.7 70.9 71.2 6.2 5.1 5.5 5.2 8.8 7.3 7.8 7.3

Gadsden ........................................................... 45.8 44.8 45.8 46.0 4.2 3.4 3.9 3.9 9.2 7.6 8.5 8.5

Huntsville .......................................................... 213.7 209.7 213.0 213.3 16.3 13.4 15.2 14.2 7.6 6.4 7.1 6.7

Mobile ............................................................... 193.0 190.6 192.0 194.0 19.5 16.1 18.3 16.9 10.1 8.5 9.5 8.7

Montgomery ...................................................... 170.9 168.8 170.6 170.4 15.6 12.9 14.5 13.7 9.1 7.7 8.5 8.0

Tuscaloosa ....................................................... 101.5 96.5 101.1 99.2 8.5 7.1 7.8 7.7 8.4 7.4 7.7 7.8

Alaska .................................................................. 369.0 365.9 366.3 361.6 25.4 23.2 25.5 21.6 6.9 6.3 6.9 6.0

Anchorage ........................................................ 198.2 195.0 201.4 196.7 12.6 11.0 12.4 10.0 6.3 5.6 6.1 5.1

Fairbanks .......................................................... 47.3 47.4 47.4 47.7 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.4 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.0

Arizona ................................................................ 3,038.7 3,021.9 3,034.1 3,022.7 289.3 240.9 281.1 244.1 9.5 8.0 9.3 8.1

Flagstaff ............................................................ 73.4 72.6 73.2 71.7 6.4 5.4 6.2 5.5 8.7 7.5 8.5 7.6

Lake Havasu City-Kingman .............................. 87.7 85.4 86.4 84.9 9.5 7.8 9.4 8.0 10.8 9.1 10.8 9.4

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale ................................... 2,035.0 2,037.3 2,033.8 2,039.8 173.5 139.6 168.5 141.0 8.5 6.9 8.3 6.9

Prescott ............................................................ 91.2 89.8 91.3 90.0 8.9 7.4 8.7 7.7 9.7 8.3 9.5 8.5

Tucson .............................................................. 466.8 456.7 466.3 456.6 39.1 32.1 37.8 32.3 8.4 7.0 8.1 7.1

Yuma ................................................................ 92.3 91.4 91.4 92.5 27.4 27.1 26.3 27.5 29.6 29.7 28.8 29.8

Arkansas ............................................................. 1,375.0 1,378.0 1,373.1 1,364.7 105.6 90.2 100.1 90.6 7.7 6.5 7.3 6.6

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................ 233.8 239.4 233.6 238.8 14.1 11.7 13.3 11.9 6.0 4.9 5.7 5.0

Fort Smith ......................................................... 130.5 130.3 130.4 128.6 11.0 9.9 10.8 10.2 8.4 7.6 8.3 7.9

Hot Springs ....................................................... 43.5 42.0 42.9 41.4 3.4 2.9 3.2 2.9 7.9 6.9 7.5 7.1

Jonesboro ......................................................... 58.8 59.7 58.9 59.4 4.3 3.8 4.0 3.9 7.3 6.4 6.8 6.5

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ............... 349.2 349.1 346.1 347.3 24.2 20.7 22.8 20.8 6.9 5.9 6.6 6.0

Pine Bluff .......................................................... 44.5 43.8 44.4 43.7 4.4 3.6 4.1 3.7 9.9 8.3 9.3 8.5

California ............................................................. 18,473.7 18,373.8 18,482.8 18,442.9 2,124.6 1,774.8 2,084.0 1,801.7 11.5 9.7 11.3 9.8

Bakersfield-Delano ........................................... 387.2 385.3 387.0 387.1 52.4 45.9 51.5 47.2 13.5 11.9 13.3 12.2

Chico ................................................................ 101.5 99.6 102.2 101.0 13.0 11.1 12.7 11.2 12.8 11.1 12.4 11.0

El Centro ........................................................... 79.0 77.6 78.7 76.7 25.0 23.3 24.2 21.5 31.6 30.0 30.7 28.1

Fresno .............................................................. 447.4 448.0 438.1 440.7 67.1 58.4 68.8 61.0 15.0 13.0 15.7 13.9

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................. 62.0 62.0 61.5 61.8 8.8 7.9 9.0 8.6 14.2 12.8 14.6 13.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ............... 6,553.6 6,419.9 6,567.9 6,463.4 756.6 603.8 735.2 617.3 11.5 9.4 11.2 9.6

Madera-Chowchilla ........................................... 68.5 67.5 64.7 64.8 9.2 7.8 9.2 8.1 13.4 11.6 14.2 12.5

Merced .............................................................. 113.4 109.1 111.6 110.1 17.7 15.7 17.3 16.2 15.6 14.4 15.5 14.7

Modesto ............................................................ 238.7 234.9 234.6 234.4 36.5 31.6 36.2 32.7 15.3 13.4 15.4 13.9

Napa ................................................................. 78.4 77.4 78.0 77.5 6.5 5.4 6.3 5.3 8.3 6.9 8.0 6.9

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ..................... 436.3 433.8 438.2 440.0 44.3 38.1 43.1 38.1 10.2 8.8 9.8 8.6

Redding ............................................................ 84.9 84.0 85.0 85.0 11.3 9.7 11.1 9.8 13.3 11.6 13.1 11.5

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ................... 1,799.4 1,785.8 1,807.6 1,793.5 242.1 207.7 237.8 209.1 13.5 11.6 13.2 11.7

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .......... 1,037.9 1,041.3 1,035.8 1,038.9 119.6 101.1 117.8 102.0 11.5 9.7 11.4 9.8

Salinas .............................................................. 231.2 233.5 228.3 231.3 22.8 19.9 22.8 20.4 9.9 8.5 10.0 8.8

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ..................... 1,583.7 1,596.7 1,591.5 1,601.7 157.5 135.3 155.4 137.0 9.9 8.5 9.8 8.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ..................... 2,274.5 2,309.7 2,281.9 2,312.8 211.0 176.9 206.4 177.3 9.3 7.7 9.0 7.7

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara .................... 932.8 946.0 931.8 950.4 89.7 75.0 87.9 75.3 9.6 7.9 9.4 7.9

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .......................... 139.8 141.3 140.3 143.4 12.7 10.4 12.4 10.5 9.1 7.4 8.9 7.3

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................. 225.1 227.6 225.9 230.1 19.1 16.2 19.1 16.7 8.5 7.1 8.4 7.3

Santa Cruz-Watsonville .................................... 152.5 153.4 153.0 158.1 15.5 13.5 15.5 13.7 10.2 8.8 10.1 8.7

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...................................... 259.2 264.8 257.8 265.4 24.6 20.1 24.1 20.3 9.5 7.6 9.3 7.6

Stockton ............................................................ 299.6 300.1 296.8 300.5 47.0 40.3 46.8 41.0 15.7 13.4 15.8 13.6

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................. 216.4 216.7 216.8 217.2 24.0 20.2 23.3 20.3 11.1 9.3 10.8 9.3

Visalia-Porterville .............................................. 209.2 207.4 207.0 207.1 32.1 29.1 32.3 29.9 15.4 14.0 15.6 14.4

Yuba City .......................................................... 71.7 69.4 71.4 69.3 11.7 10.3 11.7 10.6 16.4 14.9 16.4 15.3

Colorado .............................................................. 2,744.9 2,746.2 2,743.6 2,746.8 216.8 203.3 212.1 206.1 7.9 7.4 7.7 7.5

Boulder ............................................................. 176.9 179.7 178.6 181.2 10.4 10.2 10.3 10.4 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.7

Colorado Springs .............................................. 316.1 306.1 315.0 307.2 27.9 26.6 27.3 27.1 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.8

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield ................................ 1,410.6 1,413.7 1,411.6 1,416.4 113.5 104.6 110.5 105.3 8.0 7.4 7.8 7.4

Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................ 180.7 183.1 180.1 183.4 11.3 10.6 11.1 10.8 6.3 5.8 6.2 5.9

Grand Junction ................................................. 80.4 82.0 79.6 81.6 7.1 6.7 6.8 6.8 8.8 8.1 8.5 8.3

Greeley ............................................................. 124.2 126.7 124.1 126.3 10.9 10.0 10.7 10.2 8.8 7.9 8.6 8.1

Pueblo .............................................................. 77.4 76.6 77.6 77.6 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.9 9.9 10.1 9.7 10.1

Connecticut ......................................................... 1,914.3 1,889.0 1,922.3 1,897.1 162.2 155.5 155.9 163.6 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.6

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ........................... 482.4 477.4 484.6 479.8 38.4 36.6 37.0 38.7 8.0 7.7 7.6 8.1

Danbury ............................................................ 93.7 92.9 94.4 93.7 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.9

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ............... 606.7 597.7 611.0 600.5 51.5 49.2 49.5 51.7 8.5 8.2 8.1 8.6

New Haven ....................................................... 320.9 316.1 322.9 318.5 28.6 27.2 27.3 28.6 8.9 8.6 8.5 9.0

Norwich-New London ....................................... 153.0 149.1 152.0 148.0 13.0 12.5 12.5 13.3 8.5 8.4 8.2 9.0

Waterbury ......................................................... 102.9 102.9 102.7 103.5 11.3 11.1 10.9 11.5 11.0 10.8 10.6 11.1

Delaware .............................................................. 436.7 436.0 440.1 440.6 32.0 28.5 31.6 29.0 7.3 6.5 7.2 6.6

Dover ................................................................ 74.7 73.7 76.0 74.4 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.2 7.3 7.0 7.2 7.0

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

District of Columbia ........................................... 344.3 361.5 343.1 361.8 36.3 31.6 34.6 30.1 10.5 8.7 10.1 8.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ..................... 3,182.4 3,228.5 3,187.0 3,246.5 188.3 170.9 179.3 165.2 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.1

Florida .................................................................. 9,326.7 9,387.1 9,304.0 9,389.7 987.0 809.9 946.4 767.5 10.6 8.6 10.2 8.2

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ..................................... 285.1 280.9 284.1 281.2 32.2 25.8 30.5 24.0 11.3 9.2 10.7 8.5

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin ............... 101.6 100.2 100.2 99.0 7.4 6.0 7.0 5.7 7.3 6.0 7.0 5.7

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .......... 257.4 255.5 257.6 254.4 27.9 22.5 26.8 21.3 10.8 8.8 10.4 8.4

Gainesville ........................................................ 141.0 138.9 139.1 140.1 11.4 9.6 10.5 8.7 8.1 6.9 7.5 6.2

Jacksonville ...................................................... 697.3 703.8 694.2 699.8 70.6 57.9 67.7 54.1 10.1 8.2 9.7 7.7

Lakeland-Winter Haven .................................... 276.4 278.7 274.0 276.9 33.4 27.5 31.5 25.5 12.1 9.9 11.5 9.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .......... 2,892.3 2,916.6 2,901.6 2,933.5 300.1 246.7 291.5 241.8 10.4 8.5 10.0 8.2

Naples-Marco Island ......................................... 147.8 148.9 148.4 150.4 16.3 13.8 15.4 12.7 11.0 9.3 10.3 8.4

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota ........................ 301.3 303.8 302.6 304.3 33.3 26.9 31.7 25.2 11.1 8.9 10.5 8.3

Ocala ................................................................ 135.8 136.1 135.2 135.7 16.8 13.3 16.1 12.4 12.4 9.8 11.9 9.1

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford ............................ 1,136.5 1,156.2 1,129.6 1,153.3 118.8 97.5 113.8 91.3 10.5 8.4 10.1 7.9

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ......................... 270.3 270.7 268.2 268.7 31.0 24.8 29.9 23.3 11.5 9.1 11.1 8.7

Palm Coast ....................................................... 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.3 4.9 4.1 4.8 3.9 14.5 12.0 13.8 11.3

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach 90.9 91.5 90.0 90.4 9.0 7.3 8.8 7.1 9.9 8.0 9.8 7.8

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................ 216.4 213.4 213.6 212.2 21.3 17.6 20.1 16.4 9.8 8.3 9.4 7.7

Port St. Lucie .................................................... 189.2 186.8 189.9 187.1 24.3 20.5 23.1 19.2 12.8 11.0 12.2 10.2

Punta Gorda ..................................................... 70.3 69.6 70.5 69.4 7.8 6.3 7.4 5.9 11.1 9.1 10.5 8.5

Sebastian-Vero Beach ...................................... 62.8 64.0 63.1 64.6 8.4 7.2 7.9 6.6 13.4 11.3 12.5 10.2

Tallahassee ...................................................... 194.5 194.8 194.9 194.3 16.9 14.2 15.7 12.9 8.7 7.3 8.1 6.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater .................... 1,330.7 1,339.3 1,319.2 1,338.7 144.5 117.6 138.3 110.1 10.9 8.8 10.5 8.2

Georgia ................................................................ 4,739.1 4,786.1 4,738.4 4,802.1 469.3 410.2 456.7 409.5 9.9 8.6 9.6 8.5

Albany ............................................................... 72.9 73.9 72.6 73.4 7.8 6.9 7.5 6.9 10.7 9.4 10.4 9.3

Athens-Clarke County ...................................... 109.4 112.2 109.8 114.0 8.3 7.2 7.9 7.0 7.6 6.4 7.2 6.2

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ........................ 2,693.3 2,731.2 2,696.7 2,743.1 262.0 227.2 254.8 225.9 9.7 8.3 9.4 8.2

Augusta-Richmond County ............................... 258.4 255.3 259.4 255.3 24.6 21.9 24.2 21.8 9.5 8.6 9.3 8.6

Brunswick ......................................................... 49.4 50.8 49.5 50.8 5.4 4.9 5.3 4.8 10.9 9.6 10.6 9.5

Columbus ......................................................... 133.1 131.4 131.6 131.7 12.7 11.5 12.2 11.5 9.5 8.7 9.3 8.7

Dalton ............................................................... 61.1 58.4 60.7 58.6 7.8 6.5 7.8 6.6 12.7 11.1 12.9 11.3

Gainesville ........................................................ 91.1 94.2 90.8 94.4 7.4 6.3 7.2 6.3 8.1 6.7 7.9 6.6

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ..................................... 33.2 33.6 33.3 33.7 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.9 9.7 8.6 9.4 8.5

Macon ............................................................... 112.1 114.0 112.2 115.3 11.5 10.4 11.2 10.4 10.2 9.1 10.0 9.0

Rome ................................................................ 47.2 47.5 47.1 48.0 5.4 4.5 5.3 4.6 11.3 9.6 11.3 9.5

Savannah ......................................................... 175.4 179.8 174.1 179.8 16.1 14.3 15.5 14.2 9.2 7.9 8.9 7.9

Valdosta ............................................................ 65.4 66.4 65.6 66.3 6.1 5.5 6.0 5.4 9.4 8.3 9.1 8.2

Warner Robins .................................................. 70.2 71.2 70.3 71.7 5.6 5.1 5.4 5.2 7.9 7.2 7.7 7.3

Hawaii .................................................................. 657.6 640.9 657.4 640.7 46.1 35.9 44.3 35.0 7.0 5.6 6.7 5.5

Honolulu ........................................................... 458.9 448.2 459.1 448.0 28.2 22.5 27.2 22.3 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.0

Idaho .................................................................... 773.3 777.0 776.5 777.0 63.0 49.4 62.2 49.9 8.1 6.4 8.0 6.4

Boise City-Nampa ............................................. 301.8 303.3 301.7 304.5 25.9 19.8 25.5 19.9 8.6 6.5 8.4 6.5

Coeur d’Alene ................................................... 71.7 72.6 72.2 72.4 6.7 5.3 6.6 5.4 9.3 7.3 9.2 7.5

Idaho Falls ........................................................ 62.5 63.6 62.8 64.1 4.3 3.5 4.2 3.5 6.9 5.6 6.8 5.4

Lewiston ........................................................... 28.9 29.8 29.0 29.7 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.7 7.1 6.2 7.0 5.7

Pocatello ........................................................... 44.2 45.1 45.4 45.5 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.8 7.7 6.2 7.5 6.2

Illinois .................................................................. 6,591.2 6,623.2 6,590.8 6,675.4 646.3 536.3 634.3 558.6 9.8 8.1 9.6 8.4

Bloomington-Normal ......................................... 92.3 91.4 92.8 92.7 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.1 7.4 6.7 7.3 6.6

Champaign-Urbana .......................................... 117.1 115.5 117.8 118.2 10.1 8.9 10.0 9.0 8.6 7.7 8.5 7.6

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville .................................. 4,844.1 4,892.5 4,837.3 4,920.9 479.9 389.7 467.1 410.8 9.9 8.0 9.7 8.3

Danville ............................................................. 36.4 35.6 36.9 35.8 3.9 3.6 4.0 3.5 10.6 10.0 10.9 9.9

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ......................... 202.3 199.2 201.1 199.1 14.8 12.9 15.3 13.7 7.3 6.5 7.6 6.9

Decatur ............................................................. 55.5 54.6 55.7 55.3 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6 10.4 10.2 10.3 10.1

Kankakee-Bradley ............................................ 56.5 56.1 56.9 57.1 6.7 5.9 6.7 5.9 11.8 10.5 11.7 10.2

Peoria ............................................................... 205.3 204.0 206.6 206.7 17.8 15.3 17.7 16.0 8.7 7.5 8.6 7.7

Rockford ........................................................... 170.3 168.1 171.0 168.6 23.1 18.4 21.5 18.2 13.6 11.0 12.6 10.8

Springfield ......................................................... 116.5 117.4 117.2 118.3 9.2 8.5 9.3 8.4 7.9 7.2 7.9 7.1

Indiana ................................................................. 3,207.5 3,159.9 3,216.4 3,173.3 284.4 237.3 282.1 234.7 8.9 7.5 8.8 7.4

Anderson .......................................................... 61.5 60.0 61.5 60.1 6.2 5.4 6.1 5.3 10.1 9.0 10.0 8.7

Bloomington ...................................................... 98.5 96.2 99.8 97.2 7.8 6.6 7.6 6.1 7.9 6.8 7.6 6.3

Columbus ......................................................... 40.5 41.9 40.9 42.1 2.9 2.3 2.9 2.3 7.2 5.5 7.0 5.4

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................. 91.9 93.9 92.0 93.8 10.5 7.9 10.3 7.8 11.4 8.4 11.2 8.3

Evansville ......................................................... 185.3 181.3 184.6 182.7 14.2 12.3 13.9 11.9 7.7 6.8 7.6 6.5

Fort Wayne ....................................................... 213.9 215.4 214.5 214.2 18.3 16.3 18.2 14.6 8.6 7.5 8.5 6.8

Indianapolis-Carmel .......................................... 908.8 891.1 910.7 891.5 76.5 63.2 76.3 63.0 8.4 7.1 8.4 7.1

Kokomo ............................................................ 42.6 42.6 43.1 43.3 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.5 10.2 8.4 10.0 8.2

Lafayette ........................................................... 99.7 98.8 100.7 100.7 7.7 6.4 7.6 6.4 7.7 6.5 7.5 6.4

Michigan City-La Porte ..................................... 51.0 49.6 51.1 50.0 5.2 4.4 5.2 4.5 10.1 8.8 10.1 8.9

Muncie .............................................................. 54.5 54.3 54.5 54.3 5.4 4.7 5.3 4.5 9.9 8.7 9.8 8.3

South Bend-Mishawaka .................................... 155.1 153.0 156.7 154.4 15.2 12.5 14.8 12.7 9.8 8.1 9.5 8.2

Terre Haute ...................................................... 80.4 79.2 80.7 80.8 8.2 7.3 8.0 7.2 10.2 9.2 10.0 8.9

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Iowa ...................................................................... 1,663.2 1,637.9 1,670.2 1,654.6 91.9 72.0 88.5 75.9 5.5 4.4 5.3 4.6

Ames ................................................................ 49.5 50.3 49.7 50.7 2.1 1.5 2.0 1.7 4.3 3.0 4.0 3.4

Cedar Rapids .................................................... 146.2 143.7 144.9 144.6 8.3 6.7 8.1 6.9 5.7 4.6 5.6 4.8

Des Moines-West Des Moines ......................... 312.0 311.4 313.6 314.8 17.5 13.9 17.0 14.6 5.6 4.4 5.4 4.7

Dubuque ........................................................... 52.9 53.2 52.6 53.5 2.6 2.0 2.4 2.1 4.9 3.7 4.6 4.0

Iowa City ........................................................... 90.4 91.0 91.4 92.2 4.0 2.9 3.7 3.2 4.4 3.2 4.1 3.4

Sioux City ......................................................... 77.1 77.3 77.6 77.9 4.1 3.5 4.0 3.7 5.4 4.5 5.2 4.8

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................ 96.1 95.3 97.1 95.1 5.1 4.1 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.3 5.1 4.6

Kansas ................................................................. 1,505.7 1,483.0 1,507.5 1,488.4 100.4 78.0 93.6 77.6 6.7 5.3 6.2 5.2

Lawrence .......................................................... 62.5 60.9 62.4 61.0 3.8 2.9 3.4 2.9 6.0 4.8 5.5 4.7

Manhattan ......................................................... 61.8 63.5 62.2 64.4 3.6 2.9 3.3 2.9 5.9 4.6 5.3 4.6

Topeka .............................................................. 121.9 119.1 120.5 119.2 8.8 7.1 8.1 7.0 7.2 5.9 6.8 5.9

Wichita .............................................................. 308.5 303.7 307.5 304.9 24.9 18.8 22.8 18.5 8.1 6.2 7.4 6.1

Kentucky ............................................................. 2,074.7 2,076.9 2,060.5 2,087.5 192.9 162.6 180.7 162.0 9.3 7.8 8.8 7.8

Bowling Green .................................................. 64.9 63.4 64.1 64.4 5.1 4.2 5.2 4.6 7.9 6.6 8.1 7.2

Elizabethtown ................................................... 56.2 55.7 55.7 56.5 5.2 4.1 5.1 4.2 9.2 7.4 9.1 7.5

Lexington-Fayette ............................................. 240.3 239.6 240.0 242.9 18.6 14.8 17.3 15.2 7.7 6.2 7.2 6.3

Louisville-Jefferson County .............................. 637.0 639.9 634.1 641.7 61.0 48.5 57.2 48.1 9.6 7.6 9.0 7.5

Owensboro ....................................................... 58.7 58.0 58.4 58.2 4.7 3.8 4.3 4.0 8.0 6.6 7.3 6.8

Louisiana ............................................................. 2,062.9 2,068.9 2,074.0 2,104.0 147.7 130.9 146.3 131.5 7.2 6.3 7.1 6.3

Alexandria ......................................................... 67.0 67.4 67.2 68.1 4.7 4.1 4.7 4.2 7.0 6.1 7.0 6.1

Baton Rouge ..................................................... 376.8 374.8 378.5 379.3 27.3 23.2 26.5 23.4 7.2 6.2 7.0 6.2

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ....................... 103.4 104.7 103.9 106.8 5.2 4.4 5.2 4.6 5.0 4.2 5.0 4.3

Lafayette ........................................................... 138.8 149.3 140.8 152.7 7.6 6.2 7.6 6.5 5.5 4.1 5.4 4.2

Lake Charles .................................................... 91.8 93.3 92.0 94.5 6.1 5.3 6.2 5.5 6.7 5.7 6.7 5.8

Monroe ............................................................. 80.2 81.4 80.8 82.9 6.1 5.6 6.0 5.6 7.5 6.8 7.5 6.7

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .......................... 541.9 534.1 545.7 546.7 38.7 36.0 38.5 35.3 7.1 6.7 7.1 6.5

Shreveport-Bossier City .................................... 184.8 183.5 183.0 185.9 12.3 11.9 12.3 12.1 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.5

Maine ................................................................... 706.5 706.3 709.1 714.5 47.5 47.3 47.4 47.5 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7

Bangor .............................................................. 71.7 71.3 73.0 73.3 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.8 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.6

Lewiston-Auburn ............................................... 58.4 58.1 58.7 59.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ................... 206.2 205.3 207.4 208.3 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.5 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.5

Maryland .............................................................. 3,079.4 3,085.7 3,087.0 3,118.4 215.4 201.2 207.1 197.8 7.0 6.5 6.7 6.3

Baltimore-Towson ............................................. 1,441.8 1,443.0 1,451.6 1,467.0 106.9 101.5 102.9 99.4 7.4 7.0 7.1 6.8

Cumberland ...................................................... 51.8 51.2 52.0 51.7 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.6 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.0

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................. 121.8 121.9 121.0 122.1 10.5 9.2 10.0 8.9 8.6 7.6 8.2 7.3

Salisbury ........................................................... 64.9 63.8 64.3 63.1 5.7 5.1 5.6 5.1 8.8 8.1 8.7 8.1

Massachusetts .................................................... 3,447.5 3,465.7 3,450.8 3,479.9 250.4 223.2 230.3 216.1 7.3 6.4 6.7 6.2

Barnstable Town ............................................... 137.0 138.7 134.5 135.2 9.5 8.3 8.8 8.2 6.9 6.0 6.5 6.1

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................... 2,513.5 2,531.8 2,522.8 2,551.2 167.8 150.3 155.2 147.1 6.7 5.9 6.2 5.8

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ......................... 70.8 71.3 70.9 71.3 7.0 6.2 6.4 5.8 9.9 8.7 9.0 8.2

New Bedford ..................................................... 85.1 86.0 85.4 86.8 8.9 8.4 8.3 8.0 10.4 9.8 9.7 9.2

Pittsfield ............................................................ 39.0 38.6 38.7 38.3 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 7.1 6.7 6.7 6.5

Springfield ......................................................... 346.2 342.0 346.6 342.6 28.4 25.6 26.1 25.0 8.2 7.5 7.5 7.3

Worcester ......................................................... 294.0 293.3 294.2 295.2 23.1 20.8 21.1 20.1 7.8 7.1 7.2 6.8

Michigan .............................................................. 4,655.3 4,669.7 4,647.5 4,685.6 455.1 384.9 422.7 387.6 9.8 8.2 9.1 8.3

Ann Arbor ......................................................... 178.8 182.4 181.0 184.7 11.4 9.0 10.3 8.6 6.4 4.9 5.7 4.6

Battle Creek ...................................................... 64.2 63.5 64.0 64.2 5.4 4.1 4.9 3.9 8.4 6.5 7.6 6.1

Bay City ............................................................ 51.6 52.1 51.2 52.3 4.6 3.8 4.2 3.6 8.9 7.2 8.2 6.9

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ..................................... 2,023.1 2,012.3 2,021.8 2,028.7 226.1 200.9 213.7 212.8 11.2 10.0 10.6 10.5

Flint ................................................................... 181.6 185.1 182.5 186.7 18.9 15.6 17.2 15.2 10.4 8.4 9.4 8.1

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ................................... 380.0 384.9 377.8 387.4 29.8 23.0 27.0 21.7 7.8 6.0 7.2 5.6

Holland-Grand Haven ....................................... 129.0 131.6 129.1 132.1 9.8 7.6 9.0 7.3 7.6 5.8 7.0 5.5

Jackson ............................................................ 70.5 72.2 70.8 72.3 6.6 5.3 6.0 5.0 9.4 7.4 8.5 7.0

Kalamazoo-Portage .......................................... 158.0 162.8 158.8 161.1 13.3 10.5 12.1 9.9 8.4 6.5 7.6 6.2

Lansing-East Lansing ....................................... 233.7 235.0 235.7 236.8 18.1 14.6 16.3 14.0 7.7 6.2 6.9 5.9

Monroe ............................................................. 68.2 69.3 68.3 68.8 6.2 4.9 5.6 4.5 9.0 7.1 8.2 6.6

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................. 81.8 81.4 81.7 81.0 7.9 6.5 7.3 6.1 9.7 8.0 9.0 7.5

Niles-Benton Harbor ......................................... 73.2 73.4 73.3 72.9 6.9 5.7 6.2 5.3 9.4 7.8 8.5 7.3

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ................... 89.6 89.5 89.4 89.6 8.2 6.8 7.4 6.5 9.1 7.6 8.3 7.3

Minnesota ............................................................ 2,990.5 2,979.0 2,982.1 2,979.2 173.9 156.9 160.9 155.2 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.2

Duluth ............................................................... 145.1 144.6 144.3 144.0 9.4 8.8 8.9 8.5 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.9

Mankato-North Mankato ................................... 58.2 58.8 59.3 59.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ................... 1,860.7 1,863.1 1,867.5 1,867.8 109.8 99.0 101.6 97.6 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.2

Rochester ......................................................... 103.4 102.5 103.4 102.8 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.5

St. Cloud ........................................................... 107.4 109.1 107.8 108.7 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.0

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Mississippi .......................................................... 1,351.5 1,337.8 1,352.6 1,339.4 146.1 121.3 143.6 110.9 10.8 9.1 10.6 8.3

Gulfport-Biloxi ................................................... 118.8 118.2 118.5 117.2 12.2 10.1 12.0 9.1 10.3 8.6 10.1 7.8

Hattiesburg ....................................................... 68.3 68.6 68.5 68.7 6.7 5.4 6.6 5.0 9.9 7.9 9.6 7.3

Jackson ............................................................ 272.6 268.1 273.8 270.3 23.9 19.9 23.6 18.0 8.7 7.4 8.6 6.7

Pascagoula ....................................................... 73.7 75.6 73.8 75.3 8.7 7.1 8.5 6.4 11.8 9.4 11.6 8.5

Missouri ............................................................... 3,040.0 2,981.7 3,045.0 3,015.0 251.8 186.9 240.3 197.8 8.3 6.3 7.9 6.6

Cape Girardeau-Jackson .................................. 47.5 45.4 47.3 46.3 3.6 2.6 3.4 2.9 7.5 5.8 7.2 6.2

Columbia .......................................................... 98.7 95.5 99.5 98.2 5.5 4.0 5.3 4.5 5.6 4.2 5.3 4.6

Jefferson City .................................................... 78.7 76.9 78.8 77.6 5.1 3.8 4.8 4.1 6.4 4.9 6.1 5.3

Joplin ................................................................ 87.9 86.8 88.5 88.0 6.7 4.6 6.3 5.0 7.6 5.3 7.1 5.7

Kansas City ...................................................... 1,060.7 1,039.2 1,059.0 1,042.6 84.4 63.1 79.8 64.8 8.0 6.1 7.5 6.2

St. Joseph ......................................................... 71.1 71.7 71.4 73.2 5.2 3.6 4.8 4.0 7.4 5.0 6.7 5.4

St. Louis1 .......................................................... 1,450.3 1,427.5 1,454.3 1,439.6 127.4 99.8 124.9 103.4 8.8 7.0 8.6 7.2

Springfield ......................................................... 223.2 221.4 223.9 225.8 16.7 11.8 16.1 13.0 7.5 5.3 7.2 5.7

Montana ............................................................... 505.7 508.4 504.5 510.4 31.3 26.0 31.6 27.7 6.2 5.1 6.3 5.4

Billings .............................................................. 86.9 87.9 86.7 88.2 4.3 3.5 4.1 3.6 4.9 4.0 4.7 4.0

Great Falls ........................................................ 40.3 39.7 40.1 40.2 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.0 5.8 4.8 5.6 4.9

Missoula ........................................................... 59.2 59.2 59.2 59.2 3.5 2.9 3.5 3.1 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.2

Nebraska ............................................................. 1,003.7 1,017.0 1,013.1 1,026.3 41.8 34.6 41.2 35.9 4.2 3.4 4.1 3.5

Lincoln .............................................................. 172.7 176.1 175.2 177.5 6.6 5.4 6.3 5.6 3.8 3.1 3.6 3.2

Omaha-Council Bluffs ....................................... 456.7 465.4 458.6 471.0 21.7 17.8 21.1 18.2 4.7 3.8 4.6 3.9

Nevada ................................................................. 1,391.6 1,363.6 1,386.8 1,371.4 189.3 152.7 183.4 149.3 13.6 11.2 13.2 10.9

Carson City ....................................................... 28.5 27.6 28.4 27.6 3.7 3.0 3.6 3.0 12.8 10.9 12.6 10.7

Las Vegas-Paradise ......................................... 999.7 977.6 995.5 985.1 140.3 112.5 135.8 109.8 14.0 11.5 13.6 11.1

Reno-Sparks ..................................................... 226.3 222.3 225.8 223.1 29.2 24.0 28.5 23.6 12.9 10.8 12.6 10.6

New Hampshire ................................................... 737.5 737.6 738.1 739.8 38.6 38.0 36.9 38.5 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.2

Manchester ....................................................... 106.6 106.2 107.6 106.9 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.2

Portsmouth ....................................................... 45.6 46.8 45.9 46.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5

Rochester-Dover .............................................. 85.8 85.4 85.7 85.5 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0

New Jersey .......................................................... 4,553.0 4,551.7 4,564.7 4,610.5 419.0 418.7 408.1 432.6 9.2 9.2 8.9 9.4

Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................. 138.2 142.3 135.4 139.8 16.8 17.3 16.8 18.1 12.2 12.1 12.4 12.9

Ocean City ........................................................ 62.2 64.6 57.2 60.1 5.8 6.2 6.4 7.1 9.3 9.6 11.2 11.8

Trenton-Ewing .................................................. 208.0 206.8 209.6 209.3 16.1 15.9 15.6 16.4 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.8

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .............................. 71.4 71.0 70.8 71.7 9.1 9.3 8.9 9.5 12.8 13.0 12.6 13.3

New Mexico ......................................................... 926.8 927.2 930.3 933.3 66.7 55.6 65.3 56.3 7.2 6.0 7.0 6.0

Albuquerque ..................................................... 396.5 394.7 397.9 398.2 30.9 25.3 30.2 25.5 7.8 6.4 7.6 6.4

Farmington ....................................................... 55.6 54.4 56.1 55.1 4.1 3.3 3.9 3.3 7.4 6.1 7.0 6.0

Las Cruces ....................................................... 92.5 91.3 93.3 91.8 6.4 5.6 6.3 5.7 6.9 6.2 6.8 6.2

Santa Fe ........................................................... 74.1 75.9 74.9 76.1 4.4 3.7 4.3 3.7 6.0 4.8 5.8 4.9

New York ............................................................. 9,487.8 9,537.2 9,505.4 9,620.2 773.6 782.8 762.2 797.6 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.3

Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................ 438.9 440.4 439.0 445.9 31.3 32.8 29.9 32.4 7.1 7.4 6.8 7.3

Binghamton ...................................................... 118.9 118.5 119.6 119.8 9.8 10.1 9.5 10.0 8.3 8.5 8.0 8.3

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ........................................ 571.3 570.6 569.7 576.4 44.1 47.9 42.3 47.4 7.7 8.4 7.4 8.2

Elmira ............................................................... 39.7 39.2 39.4 39.5 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.5 8.0 8.9 7.7 8.8

Glens Falls ........................................................ 67.8 68.7 67.8 68.9 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.1 7.2 7.4 7.0 7.5

Ithaca ................................................................ 54.9 56.7 54.6 56.8 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.8

Kingston ............................................................ 87.6 87.8 86.6 88.7 7.1 7.5 6.8 7.5 8.1 8.6 7.8 8.5

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ... 9,420.7 9,449.0 9,459.9 9,556.0 809.8 804.0 801.6 830.5 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.7

 New York City ................................................ 3,946.3 3,959.5 3,962.2 3,988.9 359.8 348.3 365.6 366.7 9.1 8.8 9.2 9.2

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .............. 319.2 320.4 319.5 324.6 24.5 25.8 23.2 25.3 7.7 8.1 7.3 7.8

Rochester ......................................................... 519.1 526.9 521.5 530.7 39.3 41.8 37.4 41.2 7.6 7.9 7.2 7.8

Syracuse ........................................................... 320.4 320.6 319.7 323.3 25.9 26.8 24.7 26.5 8.1 8.4 7.7 8.2

Utica-Rome ....................................................... 138.8 140.3 138.9 140.8 10.9 11.3 10.5 11.3 7.8 8.0 7.6 8.1

North Carolina ..................................................... 4,671.3 4,713.7 4,682.2 4,760.2 483.6 421.9 481.1 416.6 10.4 9.0 10.3 8.8

Asheville ........................................................... 217.3 218.8 218.2 221.0 17.9 15.6 17.7 15.0 8.3 7.1 8.1 6.8

Burlington ......................................................... 72.8 73.9 72.8 74.3 7.5 6.6 7.6 6.5 10.3 8.9 10.5 8.7

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill ............................ 902.4 908.4 902.4 920.5 96.8 82.6 95.4 82.0 10.7 9.1 10.6 8.9

Durham-Chapel Hill .......................................... 266.2 273.6 268.0 274.5 21.7 19.0 21.7 18.5 8.2 7.0 8.1 6.7

Fayetteville ....................................................... 166.1 166.5 166.7 169.1 17.0 16.0 17.0 15.8 10.3 9.6 10.2 9.3

Goldsboro ......................................................... 54.6 55.8 54.8 56.4 5.2 4.8 5.1 4.7 9.6 8.7 9.3 8.4

Greensboro-High Point ..................................... 371.7 378.8 374.3 380.4 40.4 35.3 40.4 34.6 10.9 9.3 10.8 9.1

Greenville ......................................................... 92.9 94.8 94.2 96.0 10.1 8.8 9.8 8.8 10.9 9.3 10.5 9.2

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ................................ 170.4 170.6 170.7 172.4 21.0 17.5 21.0 17.3 12.3 10.3 12.3 10.0

Jacksonville ...................................................... 67.6 68.9 68.0 69.8 6.4 5.7 6.2 5.7 9.4 8.3 9.1 8.1

Raleigh-Cary ..................................................... 584.9 598.6 588.1 602.1 50.7 43.3 49.9 42.2 8.7 7.2 8.5 7.0

Rocky Mount ..................................................... 71.5 72.9 72.1 74.1 10.1 8.8 10.1 8.7 14.1 12.0 14.0 11.7

Wilmington ........................................................ 183.9 180.1 182.2 181.7 19.1 16.7 19.1 16.2 10.4 9.2 10.5 8.9

Winston-Salem ................................................. 245.0 243.8 246.4 246.9 23.9 20.7 23.9 20.4 9.8 8.5 9.7 8.2

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

North Dakota ....................................................... 386.2 391.0 386.2 391.8 11.2 9.2 10.5 9.4 2.9 2.3 2.7 2.4

Bismarck ........................................................... 62.1 62.0 62.2 61.8 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.4 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.2

Fargo ................................................................ 122.1 120.9 122.2 122.3 4.2 3.4 3.9 3.4 3.5 2.8 3.2 2.8

Grand Forks ...................................................... 55.9 53.5 55.6 54.2 2.4 1.7 2.2 1.7 4.2 3.2 3.9 3.1

Ohio ..................................................................... 5,811.3 5,782.5 5,824.1 5,810.0 479.4 377.8 464.9 364.3 8.2 6.5 8.0 6.3

Akron ................................................................ 373.5 373.9 377.8 377.6 29.9 22.8 29.4 22.3 8.0 6.1 7.8 5.9

Canton-Massillon .............................................. 200.4 200.8 201.2 202.6 17.2 13.1 17.0 12.7 8.6 6.5 8.5 6.2

Cincinnati-Middletown ...................................... 1,104.2 1,109.2 1,105.5 1,115.4 92.1 71.3 89.7 70.2 8.3 6.4 8.1 6.3

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ................................... 1,088.1 1,071.7 1,085.7 1,065.4 81.7 70.3 75.9 64.9 7.5 6.6 7.0 6.1

Columbus ......................................................... 952.8 959.5 961.6 967.5 70.4 54.8 68.9 52.7 7.4 5.7 7.2 5.4

Dayton .............................................................. 412.8 405.9 415.3 410.1 36.2 28.1 35.7 27.0 8.8 6.9 8.6 6.6

Lima .................................................................. 49.8 50.0 49.9 50.4 4.6 3.4 4.5 3.3 9.2 6.8 9.0 6.6

Mansfield .......................................................... 58.8 57.8 59.2 58.7 5.6 4.3 5.6 4.4 9.6 7.5 9.4 7.5

Sandusky .......................................................... 43.3 44.0 42.2 42.8 3.5 2.5 3.6 2.8 8.1 5.7 8.5 6.5

Springfield ......................................................... 68.4 68.0 69.0 68.9 5.8 4.7 5.8 4.3 8.5 6.9 8.4 6.3

Steubenville-Weirton ........................................ 55.6 55.3 54.7 54.8 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.2 10.5 9.7 10.5 9.4

Toledo ............................................................... 321.6 315.2 322.5 317.0 28.4 22.6 28.1 22.0 8.8 7.2 8.7 6.9

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ....................... 268.5 267.7 268.0 268.1 23.4 20.1 23.2 19.7 8.7 7.5 8.7 7.4

Oklahoma ............................................................ 1,777.4 1,826.3 1,785.7 1,827.1 109.7 90.2 112.3 95.5 6.2 4.9 6.3 5.2

Lawton .............................................................. 47.8 46.6 48.1 46.3 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.2 6.9 6.6 7.3 7.0

Oklahoma City .................................................. 580.5 603.4 587.2 603.5 33.7 27.8 34.9 29.7 5.8 4.6 5.9 4.9

Tulsa ................................................................. 438.3 448.8 441.3 449.2 30.0 23.9 30.5 25.2 6.8 5.3 6.9 5.6

Oregon ................................................................. 2,000.8 1,972.8 1,998.6 1,971.4 176.3 149.2 175.1 159.4 8.8 7.6 8.8 8.1

Bend ................................................................. 81.3 78.1 79.9 78.2 9.0 7.3 9.1 7.9 11.1 9.4 11.4 10.0

Corvallis ............................................................ 44.0 43.2 44.9 44.4 2.8 2.4 2.8 2.6 6.4 5.7 6.2 5.8

Eugene-Springfield ........................................... 177.6 176.2 179.7 178.4 16.2 13.4 16.0 14.3 9.1 7.6 8.9 8.0

Medford ............................................................ 104.0 102.6 105.0 102.4 10.8 9.4 10.6 9.8 10.4 9.1 10.1 9.5

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro ........................... 1,196.1 1,186.2 1,200.2 1,182.2 103.7 87.1 103.0 88.7 8.7 7.3 8.6 7.5

Salem ............................................................... 200.0 196.2 199.8 196.8 18.2 15.6 18.2 16.5 9.1 8.0 9.1 8.4

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,394.8 6,537.9 6,394.7 6,555.5 482.4 490.6 477.8 485.2 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ........................... 421.2 430.5 419.2 435.3 35.2 35.6 35.1 35.5 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.2

Altoona ............................................................. 64.8 65.4 64.6 65.9 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.4 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.7

Erie ................................................................... 140.9 145.0 140.6 143.7 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.0 7.3 7.0 7.3 7.0

Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................ 285.0 289.5 283.3 289.0 20.0 20.1 19.6 19.7 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.8

Johnstown ........................................................ 67.9 68.7 68.2 69.7 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.5 7.9 8.2 7.7 7.9

Lancaster .......................................................... 267.1 273.3 266.3 272.9 17.3 16.9 17.0 16.8 6.5 6.2 6.4 6.2

Lebanon ............................................................ 74.0 74.6 73.1 74.1 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington .................... 2,966.7 3,000.0 2,981.2 3,025.9 251.2 251.9 247.4 251.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3

Pittsburgh ......................................................... 1,235.3 1,263.6 1,241.2 1,268.6 83.2 84.9 81.6 83.4 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6

Reading ............................................................ 206.1 209.4 205.1 209.5 16.1 15.7 15.8 15.5 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.4

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ................................... 280.8 290.3 281.4 292.0 25.0 25.7 24.9 25.5 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.7

State College .................................................... 77.5 78.5 78.3 79.7 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.0 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0

Williamsport ...................................................... 61.5 64.0 61.4 64.1 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.8 7.3 7.5 7.1 7.5

York-Hanover ................................................... 226.1 232.2 226.2 232.6 16.8 16.9 16.6 16.7 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.2

Rhode Island ....................................................... 563.2 562.8 563.8 569.1 60.9 55.2 60.5 56.4 10.8 9.8 10.7 9.9

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................ 697.8 696.7 698.3 703.5 74.8 68.0 73.3 68.6 10.7 9.8 10.5 9.7

South Carolina .................................................... 2,158.4 2,137.7 2,160.3 2,145.7 221.9 176.5 214.9 175.5 10.3 8.3 9.9 8.2

Anderson .......................................................... 83.1 80.8 83.9 81.4 8.2 6.4 7.9 6.5 9.8 8.0 9.4 8.0

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ....... 327.4 329.0 328.2 328.6 28.1 22.3 27.3 22.1 8.6 6.8 8.3 6.7

Columbia .......................................................... 369.5 368.0 371.5 372.0 33.3 27.1 32.1 27.2 9.0 7.4 8.6 7.3

Florence ............................................................ 93.0 93.5 93.3 93.9 10.5 8.6 10.2 8.5 11.3 9.2 10.9 9.0

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................ 316.9 308.6 316.3 312.0 26.6 21.1 25.8 21.2 8.4 6.8 8.2 6.8

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ...... 129.7 126.4 127.9 126.1 13.9 11.1 13.9 11.4 10.7 8.8 10.9 9.1

Spartanburg ...................................................... 132.3 134.5 133.5 135.1 13.7 11.1 13.3 11.0 10.3 8.3 10.0 8.1

Sumter .............................................................. 44.3 44.2 44.5 44.0 5.1 4.2 5.0 4.2 11.5 9.5 11.3 9.5

South Dakota ...................................................... 444.4 442.9 448.3 447.6 18.0 17.3 18.0 18.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

Rapid City ......................................................... 67.7 66.8 68.1 66.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2

Sioux Falls ........................................................ 129.4 128.5 130.4 131.6 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7

Tennessee ........................................................... 3,149.1 3,103.3 3,151.4 3,126.8 284.5 235.9 268.8 242.6 9.0 7.6 8.5 7.8

Chattanooga ..................................................... 263.8 264.4 263.8 264.6 21.9 18.7 20.4 18.9 8.3 7.1 7.7 7.1

Clarksville ......................................................... 116.1 117.4 114.6 117.8 11.3 9.7 10.6 9.8 9.8 8.3 9.2 8.3

Cleveland .......................................................... 55.7 54.0 55.3 54.1 5.2 4.2 4.8 4.3 9.3 7.8 8.6 7.9

Jackson ............................................................ 57.4 56.4 57.4 57.0 5.4 4.5 5.1 4.7 9.5 7.9 8.9 8.2

Johnson City ..................................................... 103.1 101.3 102.9 101.3 8.4 6.9 7.7 7.1 8.1 6.9 7.5 7.0

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Tennessee—Continued

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol .................................... 150.2 149.9 150.0 149.2 12.2 10.4 11.3 10.3 8.1 6.9 7.5 6.9

Knoxville ........................................................... 377.0 377.0 378.2 379.8 27.4 23.1 25.2 23.4 7.3 6.1 6.7 6.2

Memphis ........................................................... 628.2 621.0 630.2 625.6 62.7 52.3 61.5 54.0 10.0 8.4 9.8 8.6

Morristown ........................................................ 63.0 61.2 63.2 62.3 6.8 5.7 6.4 5.8 10.8 9.3 10.1 9.3

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin 846.6 830.2 847.6 837.8 67.1 53.2 62.3 53.4 7.9 6.4 7.3 6.4

Texas ................................................................... 12,525.6 12,641.6 12,515.0 12,671.5 1,002.6 801.6 949.9 792.4 8.0 6.3 7.6 6.3

Abilene .............................................................. 83.8 84.0 82.3 84.9 5.5 4.2 5.1 4.2 6.6 5.0 6.2 4.9

Amarillo ............................................................. 135.7 136.2 135.6 137.8 7.6 6.0 7.1 6.0 5.6 4.4 5.2 4.3

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos ...................... 948.1 969.3 947.2 972.7 66.4 51.9 62.7 51.6 7.0 5.4 6.6 5.3

Beaumont-Port Arthur ....................................... 188.6 191.3 188.9 189.4 21.0 18.7 19.8 18.5 11.1 9.8 10.5 9.8

Brownsville-Harlingen ....................................... 163.1 158.6 163.1 159.3 19.3 16.2 18.5 16.0 11.8 10.2 11.3 10.1

College Station-Bryan ....................................... 117.3 114.3 117.3 115.7 7.8 6.2 7.3 6.2 6.7 5.4 6.3 5.3

Corpus Christi ................................................... 219.0 221.5 218.9 220.2 17.1 13.0 16.0 12.8 7.8 5.9 7.3 5.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................. 3,314.3 3,334.5 3,300.9 3,342.7 260.0 208.6 247.9 206.7 7.8 6.3 7.5 6.2

El Paso ............................................................. 329.2 328.7 327.9 327.9 34.3 28.6 33.0 28.5 10.4 8.7 10.1 8.7

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ......................... 2,996.5 3,064.7 3,013.0 3,072.6 245.3 192.5 231.6 189.1 8.2 6.3 7.7 6.2

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ................................ 171.1 171.8 171.7 172.5 14.5 12.1 14.0 12.0 8.5 7.0 8.1 7.0

Laredo .............................................................. 101.0 100.9 102.2 101.1 8.1 6.5 7.7 6.4 8.0 6.4 7.5 6.3

Longview .......................................................... 113.1 115.2 114.2 115.6 8.0 6.6 7.6 6.5 7.1 5.7 6.7 5.6

Lubbock ............................................................ 149.8 148.5 149.7 148.2 9.4 7.4 8.8 7.3 6.3 5.0 5.9 4.9

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................ 317.3 313.0 319.5 315.3 37.6 32.7 35.7 31.9 11.8 10.4 11.2 10.1

Midland ............................................................. 85.5 88.2 85.4 88.3 3.8 3.0 3.5 2.9 4.4 3.3 4.1 3.3

Odessa ............................................................. 80.4 83.6 80.9 83.8 4.5 3.3 4.2 3.3 5.6 3.9 5.2 3.9

San Angelo ....................................................... 56.7 57.6 56.5 57.9 3.6 2.8 3.4 2.8 6.4 4.8 6.0 4.8

San Antonio-New Braunfels ............................. 1,011.2 1,026.7 1,014.2 1,028.1 77.7 61.9 73.5 61.4 7.7 6.0 7.2 6.0

Sherman-Denison ............................................. 59.2 59.1 59.0 59.4 4.9 3.9 4.7 3.9 8.3 6.5 8.0 6.5

Texarkana ......................................................... 67.2 67.8 66.5 68.2 5.0 4.1 4.8 4.1 7.5 6.1 7.2 5.9

Tyler .................................................................. 104.5 106.3 106.5 107.0 8.3 6.9 8.7 6.9 7.9 6.5 8.2 6.5

Victoria .............................................................. 62.2 61.3 61.2 60.3 4.2 3.2 3.9 3.2 6.7 5.2 6.4 5.3

Waco ................................................................ 116.5 115.7 116.5 116.6 8.8 7.0 8.4 6.9 7.6 6.0 7.2 5.9

Wichita Falls ..................................................... 73.3 72.8 73.0 73.0 5.2 4.3 4.9 4.2 7.1 5.9 6.8 5.8

Utah ...................................................................... 1,338.6 1,361.9 1,337.1 1,367.4 83.4 64.2 79.2 69.3 6.2 4.7 5.9 5.1

Logan ................................................................ 67.9 68.8 68.2 69.3 3.1 2.4 2.9 2.6 4.5 3.5 4.3 3.8

Ogden-Clearfield .............................................. 257.6 259.0 256.6 260.1 16.6 13.0 15.9 13.9 6.4 5.0 6.2 5.3

Provo-Orem ...................................................... 224.7 229.0 224.6 230.9 13.5 10.3 12.8 11.2 6.0 4.5 5.7 4.8

St. George ........................................................ 56.7 56.9 57.0 57.6 4.5 3.4 4.2 3.6 8.0 5.9 7.4 6.2

Salt Lake City ................................................... 592.4 604.0 592.7 607.6 36.5 27.9 34.6 30.1 6.2 4.6 5.8 5.0

Vermont ............................................................... 360.6 358.2 360.1 359.3 18.7 17.4 17.3 16.6 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6

Burlington-South Burlington .............................. 118.1 117.8 118.2 118.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8

Virginia ................................................................ 4,325.9 4,339.6 4,328.3 4,359.2 272.4 243.8 260.7 234.3 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.4

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................. 86.9 90.3 86.5 92.0 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.2 6.6 5.9 6.3 5.6

Charlottesville ................................................... 113.1 113.8 114.0 114.5 6.0 5.3 5.7 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.5

Danville ............................................................. 53.3 53.2 53.1 53.1 5.0 4.2 4.7 4.1 9.4 7.9 8.9 7.7

Harrisonburg ..................................................... 69.3 69.0 69.9 70.8 4.4 3.8 4.1 3.8 6.3 5.5 5.9 5.3

Lynchburg ......................................................... 126.1 124.5 125.8 126.5 9.0 7.8 8.5 7.5 7.1 6.3 6.8 5.9

Richmond ......................................................... 677.4 676.1 678.6 678.7 47.7 42.0 45.8 40.5 7.0 6.2 6.7 6.0

Roanoke ........................................................... 162.7 161.3 163.3 162.3 10.7 9.4 10.2 9.0 6.6 5.8 6.3 5.5

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............. 849.5 848.7 848.0 849.4 60.3 53.3 58.5 51.5 7.1 6.3 6.9 6.1

Winchester ........................................................ 68.9 66.4 68.6 67.3 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.7 6.4 5.8 6.2 5.5

Washington ......................................................... 3,492.3 3,504.3 3,506.4 3,483.8 300.1 269.8 296.1 252.6 8.6 7.7 8.4 7.2

Bellingham ........................................................ 104.8 108.2 105.7 109.2 8.1 7.5 7.8 7.0 7.7 6.9 7.4 6.4

Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................ 121.7 120.2 121.7 120.7 9.1 8.3 9.0 8.0 7.5 6.9 7.4 6.6

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland .............................. 135.7 134.4 136.8 134.7 9.3 10.5 10.5 10.3 6.8 7.8 7.6 7.7

Longview .......................................................... 42.9 42.2 42.9 42.5 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.2 11.3 10.7 11.0 9.9

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................. 56.9 57.2 57.1 57.6 5.2 4.8 5.0 4.6 9.1 8.3 8.8 8.1

Olympia ............................................................ 127.2 127.2 128.9 129.0 10.1 9.2 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.3 7.7 6.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................. 1,883.5 1,901.6 1,883.7 1,876.7 158.8 139.3 155.7 130.3 8.4 7.3 8.3 6.9

Spokane ........................................................... 224.8 227.3 230.5 230.2 19.5 18.1 19.2 17.4 8.7 8.0 8.3 7.6

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee ............................ 65.3 65.0 65.4 65.8 4.4 4.0 4.3 3.9 6.7 6.2 6.5 5.9

Yakima .............................................................. 132.3 132.1 131.1 131.2 11.0 10.5 10.7 10.0 8.4 8.0 8.2 7.6

West Virginia ....................................................... 805.1 805.2 802.8 804.0 59.9 55.5 57.9 54.3 7.4 6.9 7.2 6.8

Charleston ........................................................ 137.5 137.3 136.9 136.7 9.8 9.4 9.3 8.9 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.5

Huntington-Ashland .......................................... 128.7 131.3 128.2 130.5 10.6 9.0 9.9 8.6 8.2 6.8 7.7 6.6

Morgantown ...................................................... 66.7 67.9 67.2 68.4 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 5.7 5.1 5.2 4.6

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ........................... 76.4 76.3 76.8 75.1 6.0 4.9 5.7 4.8 7.8 6.5 7.4 6.3

Wheeling ........................................................... 68.4 67.8 68.3 67.7 5.4 4.9 5.3 4.7 8.0 7.2 7.7 6.9

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

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Wisconsin ............................................................ 3,064.2 3,059.8 3,060.0 3,066.0 209.7 189.6 201.3 173.7 6.8 6.2 6.6 5.7

Appleton ........................................................... 123.6 126.0 124.3 126.8 7.7 6.9 7.3 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.9 5.0

Eau Claire ......................................................... 90.4 87.7 90.5 88.1 5.5 4.9 5.2 4.4 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.0

Fond du Lac ...................................................... 55.1 55.4 54.9 55.6 3.6 3.2 3.4 2.9 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.1

Green Bay ........................................................ 173.5 174.0 173.7 173.3 11.2 9.9 10.8 9.2 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.3

Janesville .......................................................... 77.5 77.7 78.1 78.4 6.9 6.1 6.6 5.5 8.9 7.9 8.4 7.1

La Crosse ......................................................... 76.9 77.7 77.8 78.1 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.4 5.4 4.8 5.0 4.4

Madison ............................................................ 346.0 344.4 346.0 346.7 17.4 15.8 16.7 14.2 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ..................... 801.5 793.2 800.6 792.2 60.6 54.8 58.1 50.1 7.6 6.9 7.3 6.3

Oshkosh-Neenah .............................................. 96.1 97.3 96.4 98.1 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.1 6.2 5.7 5.9 5.2

Racine .............................................................. 97.9 98.6 97.7 98.5 8.1 7.6 7.9 6.9 8.3 7.7 8.0 7.0

Sheboygan ....................................................... 62.1 61.0 61.9 61.0 4.3 3.6 4.2 3.3 6.9 5.9 6.7 5.4

Wausau ............................................................ 72.0 72.6 71.4 73.5 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.2 7.0 6.4 6.7 5.6

Wyoming ............................................................. 305.7 305.9 305.9 305.2 16.3 13.6 16.3 13.4 5.3 4.4 5.3 4.4

Casper .............................................................. 42.6 43.0 43.5 43.5 2.4 1.9 2.3 1.8 5.5 4.3 5.3 4.1

Cheyenne ......................................................... 44.4 44.7 45.0 45.1 2.8 2.3 2.8 2.3 6.2 5.2 6.2 5.1

Puerto Rico ......................................................... 1,275.7 1,258.0 1,286.7 1,267.5 195.9 176.5 209.5 180.9 15.4 14.0 16.3 14.3

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ..................... 106.2 102.8 107.9 104.4 17.2 15.8 18.4 16.5 16.2 15.3 17.1 15.8

Fajardo ............................................................. 25.7 25.6 25.9 25.9 4.7 4.1 5.0 4.2 18.3 16.1 19.2 16.1

Guayama .......................................................... 26.0 25.8 26.3 26.7 5.4 5.0 5.8 5.1 20.9 19.3 22.0 19.0

Mayaguez ......................................................... 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.5 5.8 5.3 6.3 5.6 17.0 15.5 18.1 16.3

Ponce ............................................................... 87.5 85.5 88.2 85.6 13.7 12.8 14.8 13.1 15.7 14.9 16.7 15.3

San German-Cabo Rojo ................................... 48.4 48.6 49.5 49.5 7.4 7.0 8.2 7.4 15.4 14.4 16.5 14.9

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ........................... 854.9 842.1 859.6 847.9 123.1 109.6 131.4 111.7 14.4 13.0 15.3 13.2

Yauco ............................................................... 36.4 36.4 37.1 36.0 6.3 5.9 6.8 6.1 17.2 16.2 18.3 17.1

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

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

monthly household survey similar to the Current Population Survey. Area

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

dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS Web site at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are

Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other

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

are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock

Island, Iowa-Ill., is the exception in that it is listed under Illinois for operational

reasons. Data for 2011 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs and

adjustment to new state controls. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

California .............................................................. 18,473.7 18,373.8 18,482.8 18,442.9 2,124.6 1,774.8 2,084.0 1,801.7 11.5 9.7 11.3 9.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,553.6 6,419.9 6,567.9 6,463.4 756.6 603.8 735.2 617.3 11.5 9.4 11.2 9.6

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 4,945.6 4,805.5 4,948.0 4,840.1 617.3 488.6 598.2 500.9 12.5 10.2 12.1 10.3

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................ 1,608.0 1,614.4 1,619.9 1,623.2 139.3 115.2 137.0 116.4 8.7 7.1 8.5 7.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,274.5 2,309.7 2,281.9 2,312.8 211.0 176.9 206.4 177.3 9.3 7.7 9.0 7.7

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ............................... 1,288.5 1,303.3 1,292.2 1,304.0 131.8 111.1 128.9 111.7 10.2 8.5 10.0 8.6

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 986.0 1,006.4 989.6 1,008.7 79.2 65.7 77.4 65.6 8.0 6.5 7.8 6.5

District of Columbia .......................................... 344.3 361.5 343.1 361.8 36.3 31.6 34.6 30.1 10.5 8.7 10.1 8.3

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 3,182.4 3,228.5 3,187.0 3,246.5 188.3 170.9 179.3 165.2 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.1

 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick 3 ......................... 653.4 662.7 653.9 667.6 35.7 32.8 34.1 32.2 5.5 5.0 5.2 4.8

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,528.9 2,565.9 2,533.1 2,578.9 152.6 138.1 145.3 132.9 6.0 5.4 5.7 5.2

Florida .................................................................... 9,326.7 9,387.1 9,304.0 9,389.7 987.0 809.9 946.4 767.5 10.6 8.6 10.2 8.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .............. 2,892.3 2,916.6 2,901.6 2,933.5 300.1 246.7 291.5 241.8 10.4 8.5 10.0 8.2

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield

Beach ............................................................. 1,000.7 1,003.9 997.1 1,000.5 93.4 75.9 89.3 71.1 9.3 7.6 9.0 7.1

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,268.3 1,289.6 1,282.1 1,311.7 137.5 113.2 136.6 117.2 10.8 8.8 10.7 8.9

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 623.4 623.1 622.4 621.3 69.2 57.7 65.6 53.6 11.1 9.3 10.5 8.6

Illinois .................................................................... 6,591.2 6,623.2 6,590.8 6,675.4 646.3 536.3 634.3 558.6 9.8 8.1 9.6 8.4

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 2 ................................... 4,844.1 4,892.5 4,837.3 4,920.9 479.9 389.7 467.1 410.8 9.9 8.0 9.7 8.3

 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville ................................... 4,065.3 4,123.9 4,057.7 4,150.2 409.4 327.9 397.2 349.6 10.1 8.0 9.8 8.4

 Gary 3 ................................................................ 331.1 322.8 332.2 323.6 30.4 26.2 30.2 26.4 9.2 8.1 9.1 8.2

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 447.7 445.9 447.4 447.0 40.0 35.6 39.7 34.8 8.9 8.0 8.9 7.8

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,447.5 3,465.7 3,450.8 3,479.9 250.4 223.2 230.3 216.1 7.3 6.4 6.7 6.2

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................ 2,513.5 2,531.8 2,522.8 2,551.2 167.8 150.3 155.2 147.1 6.7 5.9 6.2 5.8

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................ 1,520.6 1,539.5 1,526.5 1,550.9 96.6 85.2 89.0 83.5 6.4 5.5 5.8 5.4

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 126.0 126.2 126.5 127.3 10.6 9.2 9.7 8.7 8.4 7.3 7.7 6.8

 Framingham ...................................................... 147.6 149.1 148.3 150.0 8.2 7.4 7.6 7.3 5.6 5.0 5.1 4.9

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ 124.2 123.7 123.8 125.0 8.2 7.7 7.8 7.8 6.6 6.2 6.3 6.2

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. 73.2 72.0 72.8 72.4 8.5 7.9 8.0 7.7 11.6 10.9 11.0 10.7

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 154.1 154.4 154.9 155.3 11.6 10.5 10.7 10.1 7.6 6.8 6.9 6.5

 Nashua 2 ........................................................... 175.4 173.6 176.5 175.4 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.7 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.5

 Peabody ............................................................ 129.6 131.4 130.4 132.5 9.3 8.5 8.6 8.2 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.2

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. 62.8 61.8 63.2 62.2 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.0 7.8 6.9 7.0 6.4

Michigan ............................................................... 4,655.3 4,669.7 4,647.5 4,685.6 455.1 384.9 422.7 387.6 9.8 8.2 9.1 8.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 2,023.1 2,012.3 2,021.8 2,028.7 226.1 200.9 213.7 212.8 11.2 10.0 10.6 10.5

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 823.8 816.5 822.2 823.7 102.0 92.4 96.2 97.7 12.4 11.3 11.7 11.9

 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ........................... 1,199.3 1,195.7 1,199.5 1,205.0 124.1 108.6 117.5 115.1 10.3 9.1 9.8 9.6

New York .............................................................. 9,487.8 9,537.2 9,505.4 9,620.2 773.6 782.8 762.2 797.6 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.3

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,420.7 9,449.0 9,459.9 9,556.0 809.8 804.0 801.6 830.5 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.7

 Edison-New Brunswick 3 ................................... 1,211.4 1,208.4 1,215.2 1,224.3 103.6 103.4 101.8 107.1 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.7

 Nassau-Suffolk .................................................. 1,450.5 1,462.4 1,457.3 1,480.6 102.6 107.4 98.9 106.0 7.1 7.3 6.8 7.2

 New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 ....................... 5,660.7 5,682.5 5,683.9 5,739.8 503.1 494.6 503.7 515.2 8.9 8.7 8.9 9.0

 Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,098.1 1,095.6 1,103.5 1,111.4 100.5 98.6 97.2 102.1 9.1 9.0 8.8 9.2

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,394.8 6,537.9 6,394.7 6,555.5 482.4 490.6 477.8 485.2 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 2,966.7 3,000.0 2,981.2 3,025.9 251.2 251.9 247.4 251.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3

 Camden 3 .......................................................... 666.0 663.7 668.5 673.7 64.8 65.4 62.8 67.4 9.7 9.8 9.4 10.0

 Philadelphia ....................................................... 1,950.7 1,985.6 1,959.3 1,996.1 159.0 161.5 157.7 159.0 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0

 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 350.1 350.7 353.4 356.1 27.4 25.0 26.9 25.2 7.8 7.1 7.6 7.1

Texas ...................................................................... 12,525.6 12,641.6 12,515.0 12,671.5 1,002.6 801.6 949.9 792.4 8.0 6.3 7.6 6.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 3,314.3 3,334.5 3,300.9 3,342.7 260.0 208.6 247.9 206.7 7.8 6.3 7.5 6.2

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 2,215.4 2,225.5 2,200.8 2,229.9 174.3 140.3 166.6 139.1 7.9 6.3 7.6 6.2

 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 1,098.9 1,109.0 1,100.1 1,112.8 85.7 68.3 81.2 67.6 7.8 6.2 7.4 6.1

Washington ......................................................... 3,492.3 3,504.3 3,506.4 3,483.8 300.1 269.8 296.1 252.6 8.6 7.7 8.4 7.2

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,883.5 1,901.6 1,883.7 1,876.7 158.8 139.3 155.7 130.3 8.4 7.3 8.3 6.9

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,501.1 1,514.0 1,497.1 1,485.4 123.4 107.0 120.6 99.1 8.2 7.1 8.1 6.7

 Tacoma .............................................................. 382.4 387.7 386.6 391.3 35.4 32.3 35.1 31.3 9.3 8.3 9.1 8.0

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

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

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, available at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan

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

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

under the state that corresponds to the first city in their title. Metropolitan divisions

are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state,

and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their

metropolitan areas are listed. Three sets of metropolitan areas and divisions have

similar or identical titles. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.,

the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the

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

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

Illinois, respectively. Data for 2011 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs

and adjustment to new state controls. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,866.9 1,881.4 1,874.2 1,887.9 13.7 0.7

Anniston-Oxford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.5 48.7 47.8 48.7 0.9 1.9

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 52.5 55.1 53.0 -2.1 -3.8

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488.6 487.3 489.3 489.5 0.2 0.0

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 54.9 54.7 55.6 0.9 1.6

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 57.2 57.8 57.6 -0.2 -0.3

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 55.5 55.4 56.1 0.7 1.3

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 35.6 35.8 35.8 0.0 0.0

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.0 207.1 206.9 207.3 0.4 0.2

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.0 176.5 174.8 177.0 2.2 1.3

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.2 166.8 165.5 165.6 0.1 0.1

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 90.3 93.9 91.2 -2.7 -2.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.0 342.0 325.7 325.8 0.1 0.0

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.3 179.0 174.8 174.9 0.1 0.1

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 41.4 39.5 40.7 1.2 3.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,417.5 2,472.3 2,437.6 2,484.2 46.6 1.9

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 62.7 62.1 62.2 0.1 0.2

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.1 45.9 45.5 45.6 0.1 0.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,720.3 1,767.3 1,737.2 1,778.0 40.8 2.3

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 54.2 53.9 54.5 0.6 1.1

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.1 357.7 359.7 359.6 -0.1 0.0

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.1 49.0 48.8 49.4 0.6 1.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161.2 1,174.2 1,164.9 1,178.4 13.5 1.2

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.9 210.6 205.1 213.0 7.9 3.9

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.6 111.3 111.7 110.9 -0.8 -0.7

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 36.5 37.3 36.5 -0.8 -2.1

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.7 49.8 49.2 50.2 1.0 2.0

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.4 338.4 336.7 342.1 5.4 1.6

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 36.6 36.7 37.1 0.4 1.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,057.7 14,357.2 14,182.7 14,478.8 296.1 2.1

Bakersfield-Delano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.4 234.2 232.4 236.8 4.4 1.9

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 67.0 68.2 68.4 0.2 0.3

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 44.1 44.6 44.7 0.1 0.2

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.6 286.4 282.7 289.1 6.4 2.3

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 37.7 36.9 37.0 0.1 0.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,143.0 5,235.0 5,211.4 5,289.7 78.3 1.5

Madera-Chowchilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 31.9 31.9 32.2 0.3 0.9

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 56.4 58.0 57.0 -1.0 -1.7

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.5 146.7 143.6 145.9 2.3 1.6

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.5 61.8 62.5 62.4 -0.1 -0.2

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 276.0 275.0 279.0 4.0 1.5

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 59.7 59.2 60.4 1.2 2.0

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125.4 1,135.4 1,136.9 1,144.2 7.3 0.6

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798.7 815.6 801.6 816.6 15.0 1.9

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.2 126.9 123.3 127.2 3.9 3.2

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,226.2 1,252.7 1,238.1 1,261.6 23.5 1.9

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897.3 1,954.9 1,913.9 1,965.9 52.0 2.7

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885.0 912.9 889.2 920.6 31.4 3.5

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.6 99.4 97.1 101.5 4.4 4.5

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.0 167.1 164.5 170.2 5.7 3.5

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.4 88.7 89.3 93.4 4.1 4.6

Santa Rosa-Petaluma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.2 177.1 169.5 178.5 9.0 5.3

Stockton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.8 193.2 188.5 194.8 6.3 3.3

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.9 120.0 119.5 120.9 1.4 1.2

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 105.4 105.3 105.9 0.6 0.6

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.8 35.7 37.2 36.1 -1.1 -3.0

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,272.6 2,310.6 2,276.4 2,318.0 41.6 1.8

Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.6 168.8 165.1 170.9 5.8 3.5

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.4 247.0 252.2 247.8 -4.4 -1.7

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Colorado - Continued

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221.5 1,251.7 1,224.4 1,256.2 31.8 2.6

Fort Collins-Loveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.2 142.2 137.4 143.0 5.6 4.1

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 63.0 60.7 62.8 2.1 3.5

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 84.2 81.7 84.2 2.5 3.1

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 59.3 59.2 60.2 1.0 1.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626.8 1,627.6 1,641.4 1,638.3 -3.1 -0.2

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.6 401.6 400.0 403.6 3.6 0.9

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.3 67.9 68.1 68.9 0.8 1.2

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539.5 543.2 546.3 546.1 -0.2 0.0

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.5 270.3 271.9 272.7 0.8 0.3

Norwich-New London. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.5 127.3 128.0 125.8 -2.2 -1.7

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.8 64.9 62.5 65.0 2.5 4.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.7 418.4 419.7 418.1 -1.6 -0.4

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 63.1 65.0 63.0 -2.0 -3.1

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.4 734.5 734.2 738.6 4.4 0.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,995.9 3,038.3 3,016.0 3,053.4 37.4 1.2

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,250.1 7,324.3 7,299.2 7,365.3 66.1 0.9

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.0 199.3 204.1 201.3 -2.8 -1.4

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 79.0 80.6 78.6 -2.0 -2.5

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.4 154.9 158.0 155.9 -2.1 -1.3

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.8 123.9 126.2 126.4 0.2 0.2

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585.9 592.2 588.4 594.7 6.3 1.1

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.2 195.7 194.0 196.0 2.0 1.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,210.5 2,218.5 2,229.9 2,230.2 0.3 0.0

Naples-Marco Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.3 112.9 112.9 115.3 2.4 2.1

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.3 240.1 239.8 243.0 3.2 1.3

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.0 92.2 91.3 93.0 1.7 1.9

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008.7 1,030.1 1,015.2 1,036.9 21.7 2.1

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.5 193.8 192.2 194.0 1.8 0.9

Palm Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 19.0 19.2 19.2 0.0 0.0

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.1 72.8 71.6 72.3 0.7 1.0

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159.8 157.4 159.2 158.1 -1.1 -0.7

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.6 116.7 120.2 118.5 -1.7 -1.4

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.9 40.4 41.6 40.8 -0.8 -1.9

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 44.5 43.6 45.4 1.8 4.1

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.9 166.8 169.1 168.0 -1.1 -0.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,139.6 1,151.4 1,140.9 1,160.2 19.3 1.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,877.6 3,935.7 3,903.7 3,971.7 68.0 1.7

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 59.8 58.7 59.7 1.0 1.7

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.0 86.0 85.3 88.1 2.8 3.3

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304.3 2,334.0 2,319.8 2,353.5 33.7 1.5

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.2 206.0 209.9 206.4 -3.5 -1.7

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 40.0 39.1 40.3 1.2 3.1

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.5 118.6 119.5 118.8 -0.7 -0.6

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 61.2 63.8 61.4 -2.4 -3.8

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 78.5 75.7 78.8 3.1 4.1

Hinesville-Fort Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.7 19.8 19.8 20.0 0.2 1.0

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.7 97.2 96.2 98.8 2.6 2.7

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 37.5 37.1 38.1 1.0 2.7

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.3 153.7 150.1 154.6 4.5 3.0

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.3 52.3 51.9 52.3 0.4 0.8

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 58.9 59.3 59.3 0.0 0.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589.8 601.8 595.8 607.8 12.0 2.0

Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437.0 442.4 441.8 447.0 5.2 1.2

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616.3 628.2 616.9 630.0 13.1 2.1

Boise City-Nampa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.7 265.2 261.1 267.4 6.3 2.4

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 56.3 54.8 55.7 0.9 1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Idaho - Continued

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 50.0 48.1 50.2 2.1 4.4

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.1 27.2 26.2 27.3 1.1 4.2

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.4 37.5 37.0 37.5 0.5 1.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,685.7 5,738.2 5,728.8 5,767.3 38.5 0.7

Bloomington-Normal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.6 90.8 91.6 91.8 0.2 0.2

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 104.8 105.8 106.6 0.8 0.8

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318.2 4,355.4 4,343.2 4,372.2 29.0 0.7

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.1 28.5 29.4 28.6 -0.8 -2.7

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.4 180.4 181.0 179.7 -1.3 -0.7

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.8 53.1 53.9 53.5 -0.4 -0.7

Kankakee-Bradley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 43.5 43.8 44.4 0.6 1.4

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.2 185.3 184.5 186.5 2.0 1.1

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.4 148.8 148.4 149.0 0.6 0.4

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.1 113.1 112.1 113.9 1.8 1.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,863.9 2,928.1 2,871.4 2,942.9 71.5 2.5

Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 40.4 40.3 40.6 0.3 0.7

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.1 82.6 83.5 84.0 0.5 0.6

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.4 50.2 46.9 50.3 3.4 7.2

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.8 116.8 108.0 115.9 7.9 7.3

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 176.8 176.4 178.1 1.7 1.0

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.4 218.4 211.7 218.4 6.7 3.2

Indianapolis-Carmel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887.5 899.5 890.3 898.8 8.5 1.0

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.8 42.6 41.6 43.3 1.7 4.1

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 97.4 96.8 99.1 2.3 2.4

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.8 42.8 42.5 42.8 0.3 0.7

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 51.4 49.9 51.4 1.5 3.0

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.0 136.8 137.6 138.3 0.7 0.5

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.1 72.1 71.6 73.7 2.1 2.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,481.3 1,497.6 1,499.6 1,515.0 15.4 1.0

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 50.4 49.0 50.8 1.8 3.7

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.4 137.5 138.1 139.6 1.5 1.1

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.0 322.8 323.2 327.9 4.7 1.5

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 57.7 56.3 57.9 1.6 2.8

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.6 91.8 91.3 93.3 2.0 2.2

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.5 74.9 74.1 74.9 0.8 1.1

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.0 91.5 92.5 91.4 -1.1 -1.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,340.4 1,352.5 1,350.2 1,358.6 8.4 0.6

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 50.3 51.2 50.3 -0.9 -1.8

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.6 57.4 55.4 58.3 2.9 5.2

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.0 107.6 107.7 107.8 0.1 0.1

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.6 288.1 287.0 289.2 2.2 0.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,796.2 1,840.2 1,807.2 1,845.2 38.0 2.1

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 60.5 60.4 61.2 0.8 1.3

Elizabethtown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 47.7 46.9 48.3 1.4 3.0

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.0 253.2 250.9 255.2 4.3 1.7

Louisville-Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.0 621.5 607.7 624.1 16.4 2.7

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 51.9 52.1 51.8 -0.3 -0.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,913.4 1,931.4 1,928.4 1,955.4 27.0 1.4

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.6 63.2 62.6 63.2 0.6 1.0

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367.8 367.3 369.5 368.5 -1.0 -0.3

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.6 96.1 94.7 96.9 2.2 2.3

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.3 166.7 155.7 168.9 13.2 8.5

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.5 89.3 87.4 89.6 2.2 2.5

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.8 77.2 76.5 77.9 1.4 1.8

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527.1 517.5 529.7 527.4 -2.3 -0.4

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 176.4 177.0 177.3 0.3 0.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605.9 606.5 603.5 604.8 1.3 0.2

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Maine - Continued

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 64.7 65.4 65.1 -0.3 -0.5

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 49.3 49.3 49.3 0.0 0.0

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.0 192.6 190.9 191.8 0.9 0.5

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,562.7 2,590.8 2,580.4 2,613.8 33.4 1.3

Baltimore-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295.9 1,300.6 1,312.2 1,323.5 11.3 0.9

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.4 41.1 42.1 41.4 -0.7 -1.7

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.2 99.5 99.1 99.7 0.6 0.6

Salisbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.4 52.0 53.5 52.2 -1.3 -2.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,220.2 3,270.2 3,245.4 3,288.6 43.2 1.3

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 102.9 99.3 100.4 1.1 1.1

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,447.5 2,495.1 2,467.8 2,514.7 46.9 1.9

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.8 48.2 47.3 48.2 0.9 1.9

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 66.4 65.8 67.8 2.0 3.0

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 35.7 35.9 35.4 -0.5 -1.4

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.7 289.6 291.1 289.6 -1.5 -0.5

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.1 245.1 245.8 247.6 1.8 0.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,969.4 4,022.3 4,002.7 4,028.4 25.7 0.6

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.0 203.5 204.3 206.6 2.3 1.1

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 55.8 56.9 56.8 -0.1 -0.2

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.0 37.3 36.8 37.8 1.0 2.7

Detroit-Warren-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,783.4 1,812.5 1,802.3 1,809.6 7.3 0.4

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.9 136.6 136.2 137.9 1.7 1.2

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.4 380.5 376.8 383.3 6.5 1.7

Holland-Grand Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.4 115.1 113.8 115.8 2.0 1.8

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.5 56.2 55.0 56.2 1.2 2.2

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.0 138.6 135.6 137.3 1.7 1.3

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.5 219.3 222.7 221.2 -1.5 -0.7

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.4 39.4 38.8 38.9 0.1 0.3

Muskegon-Norton Shores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 59.3 60.4 59.0 -1.4 -2.3

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 60.8 61.6 60.8 -0.8 -1.3

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.0 85.2 86.2 85.2 -1.0 -1.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,697.1 2,736.7 2,711.2 2,746.0 34.8 1.3

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.2 129.8 128.1 129.5 1.4 1.1

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 53.8 53.9 54.7 0.8 1.5

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737.7 1,761.6 1,749.9 1,769.3 19.4 1.1

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5 102.5 102.6 103.0 0.4 0.4

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.2 102.2 100.3 102.5 2.2 2.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093.4 1,087.2 1,096.6 1,092.8 -3.8 -0.3

Gulfport-Biloxi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.5 108.1 106.3 107.2 0.9 0.8

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 59.6 58.2 59.7 1.5 2.6

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.4 254.4 256.1 256.6 0.5 0.2

Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 59.6 56.0 59.6 3.6 6.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,663.5 2,677.1 2,668.8 2,695.8 27.0 1.0

Cape Girardeau-Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6 42.4 43.3 43.0 -0.3 -0.7

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.4 94.7 97.1 97.2 0.1 0.1

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 77.1 77.5 77.1 -0.4 -0.5

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 80.9 80.6 81.6 1.0 1.2

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992.8 997.3 993.0 999.5 6.5 0.7

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 61.8 59.9 62.7 2.8 4.7

St. Louis1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.2 1,308.2 1,303.6 1,318.8 15.2 1.2

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.1 197.6 195.0 200.6 5.6 2.9

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.7 439.8 430.7 440.5 9.8 2.3

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.4 80.0 78.5 80.2 1.7 2.2

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.7 34.5 34.8 35.1 0.3 0.9

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.0 56.4 56.1 56.3 0.2 0.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946.5 960.3 953.7 963.9 10.2 1.1

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.3 177.4 177.1 177.8 0.7 0.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Nebraska - Continued

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.9 471.4 464.1 475.6 11.5 2.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133.3 1,139.5 1,139.1 1,144.2 5.1 0.4

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.3 27.7 28.2 27.7 -0.5 -1.8

Las Vegas-Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.5 818.5 818.7 822.5 3.8 0.5

Reno-Sparks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.9 190.7 191.4 192.3 0.9 0.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629.0 631.7 631.9 632.9 1.0 0.2

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 98.5 99.2 98.4 -0.8 -0.8

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.2 58.9 56.4 57.4 1.0 1.8

Rochester-Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.6 56.7 57.3 56.4 -0.9 -1.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,864.0 3,905.5 3,889.0 3,915.5 26.5 0.7

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.4 145.1 136.3 140.0 3.7 2.7

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.4 48.8 40.8 43.2 2.4 5.9

Trenton-Ewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.7 242.1 244.3 242.7 -1.6 -0.7

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 58.3 58.7 59.2 0.5 0.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810.2 802.2 811.0 805.1 -5.9 -0.7

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.3 370.4 372.9 371.6 -1.3 -0.3

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 48.3 50.1 48.6 -1.5 -3.0

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8 68.6 71.2 68.6 -2.6 -3.7

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 61.8 60.7 61.8 1.1 1.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,696.3 8,828.5 8,778.6 8,913.9 135.3 1.5

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.0 438.6 441.1 444.2 3.1 0.7

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.9 109.5 111.8 110.6 -1.2 -1.1

Buffalo-Niagara Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546.4 545.1 550.7 550.6 -0.1 0.0

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.8 38.8 39.8 39.2 -0.6 -1.5

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 56.9 56.7 57.2 0.5 0.9

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 66.7 64.2 66.6 2.4 3.7

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 61.0 60.6 61.5 0.9 1.5

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,384.8 8,524.2 8,463.9 8,591.9 128.0 1.5

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.5 252.1 255.6 256.0 0.4 0.2

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508.5 516.3 517.1 520.7 3.6 0.7

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 316.1 318.5 318.8 0.3 0.1

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 133.3 133.1 133.9 0.8 0.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,941.0 3,976.5 3,962.0 3,998.3 36.3 0.9

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.9 172.7 170.7 173.8 3.1 1.8

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.8 58.7 57.9 58.7 0.8 1.4

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.0 843.4 836.8 851.3 14.5 1.7

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.7 281.7 276.9 281.1 4.2 1.5

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.7 130.8 132.5 132.4 -0.1 -0.1

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.0 43.7 43.4 43.7 0.3 0.7

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.0 348.8 344.3 348.3 4.0 1.2

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 76.4 76.1 76.5 0.4 0.5

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.4 144.6 143.7 145.2 1.5 1.0

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.6 48.5 48.1 48.9 0.8 1.7

Raleigh-Cary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.5 521.6 514.3 522.3 8.0 1.6

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.3 60.2 59.3 61.0 1.7 2.9

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7 135.1 137.2 136.0 -1.2 -0.9

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.6 205.4 209.0 207.2 -1.8 -0.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.1 424.8 406.5 428.1 21.6 5.3

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 68.6 65.4 68.8 3.4 5.2

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.5 131.7 127.8 133.8 6.0 4.7

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 55.0 55.0 56.1 1.1 2.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,112.9 5,205.5 5,141.6 5,238.1 96.5 1.9

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.8 327.4 324.1 330.4 6.3 1.9

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.3 169.3 165.3 170.5 5.2 3.1

Cincinnati-Middletown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997.8 1,023.9 1,000.6 1,029.0 28.4 2.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992.1 1,002.2 994.3 1,006.7 12.4 1.2

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916.1 939.5 924.6 945.7 21.1 2.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Ohio - Continued

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.4 380.3 381.7 384.0 2.3 0.6

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 53.5 52.5 53.7 1.2 2.3

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.4 52.7 53.1 53.5 0.4 0.8

Sandusky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 40.9 37.5 38.9 1.4 3.7

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 49.9 49.9 50.9 1.0 2.0

Steubenville-Weirton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 44.4 43.4 43.8 0.4 0.9

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.0 303.1 304.7 304.2 -0.5 -0.2

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.9 227.2 225.3 226.7 1.4 0.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,562.6 1,606.5 1,573.2 1,615.6 42.4 2.7

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 41.6 43.3 41.6 -1.7 -3.9

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572.6 593.3 577.8 596.5 18.7 3.2

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.6 420.1 414.2 422.1 7.9 1.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,626.7 1,642.8 1,638.4 1,654.1 15.7 1.0

Bend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 61.5 61.5 62.0 0.5 0.8

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.1 37.0 38.1 38.7 0.6 1.6

Eugene-Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.8 140.5 140.7 143.3 2.6 1.8

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.2 76.8 77.8 77.6 -0.2 -0.3

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989.7 1,005.1 998.9 1,008.2 9.3 0.9

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.9 142.8 143.7 144.9 1.2 0.8

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,700.2 5,759.7 5,757.2 5,805.3 48.1 0.8

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.4 342.5 338.7 347.3 8.6 2.5

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.0 60.7 61.3 61.5 0.2 0.3

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.4 134.3 132.8 133.5 0.7 0.5

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.4 324.8 324.1 325.9 1.8 0.6

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 59.6 60.8 61.1 0.3 0.5

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.9 231.2 229.1 233.4 4.3 1.9

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 50.2 50.3 50.2 -0.1 -0.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,698.3 2,717.1 2,727.1 2,739.8 12.7 0.5

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,155.9 1,167.3 1,170.4 1,176.6 6.2 0.5

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.2 172.8 172.1 174.1 2.0 1.2

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.4 259.7 256.8 262.5 5.7 2.2

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.0 77.0 78.8 78.9 0.1 0.1

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 55.9 55.0 56.3 1.3 2.4

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.9 181.6 179.5 182.5 3.0 1.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.1 464.3 465.9 463.3 -2.6 -0.6

Providence-Fall River-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545.5 548.3 547.6 549.8 2.2 0.4

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,832.6 1,863.8 1,840.4 1,874.9 34.5 1.9

Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.0 57.7 59.3 58.3 -1.0 -1.7

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.6 301.0 294.9 301.4 6.5 2.2

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.7 351.3 349.0 356.1 7.1 2.0

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.4 84.3 82.2 84.9 2.7 3.3

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306.3 302.2 305.9 306.4 0.5 0.2

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.7 115.2 114.3 114.6 0.3 0.3

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.3 122.4 118.1 123.1 5.0 4.2

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.2 37.1 36.3 36.9 0.6 1.7

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.9 411.6 409.1 412.9 3.8 0.9

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 62.5 62.4 62.3 -0.1 -0.2

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.3 138.6 136.8 140.4 3.6 2.6

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,680.1 2,710.0 2,691.8 2,717.2 25.4 0.9

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.1 237.8 234.8 237.2 2.4 1.0

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.2 87.0 83.8 87.0 3.2 3.8

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 38.9 39.1 38.8 -0.3 -0.8

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.5 59.0 58.9 59.0 0.1 0.2

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.7 79.3 79.5 79.0 -0.5 -0.6

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 120.1 118.3 119.1 0.8 0.7

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.2 338.6 334.7 340.2 5.5 1.6

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599.1 604.6 600.4 605.5 5.1 0.8

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Tennessee - Continued

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 42.9 44.0 44.1 0.1 0.2

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760.0 760.2 761.0 765.1 4.1 0.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,595.8 10,849.5 10,653.6 10,930.0 276.4 2.6

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 65.6 64.0 66.5 2.5 3.9

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.1 113.2 112.9 115.2 2.3 2.0

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794.9 821.5 799.4 827.6 28.2 3.5

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.8 160.3 158.1 159.6 1.5 0.9

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.4 126.4 129.8 127.7 -2.1 -1.6

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 95.6 97.9 97.5 -0.4 -0.4

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.5 187.3 183.2 187.2 4.0 2.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,941.7 2,988.6 2,943.4 3,009.9 66.5 2.3

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.9 285.5 281.5 286.1 4.6 1.6

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,602.8 2,697.2 2,625.0 2,720.8 95.8 3.6

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.7 129.4 129.2 130.6 1.4 1.1

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.6 93.2 93.9 94.2 0.3 0.3

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.2 98.6 97.5 99.7 2.2 2.3

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.3 130.3 131.4 130.5 -0.9 -0.7

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.7 225.7 229.2 229.3 0.1 0.0

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.5 77.9 76.0 78.7 2.7 3.6

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 71.2 68.3 71.8 3.5 5.1

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.6 47.0 46.0 47.5 1.5 3.3

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849.4 872.1 854.5 877.9 23.4 2.7

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 44.0 43.5 44.6 1.1 2.5

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.4 58.6 57.1 59.5 2.4 4.2

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.4 96.9 95.9 98.2 2.3 2.4

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8 51.8 51.4 50.9 -0.5 -1.0

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.9 105.3 105.1 107.0 1.9 1.8

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 58.3 58.4 58.6 0.2 0.3

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227.2 1,252.4 1,230.3 1,258.6 28.3 2.3

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 55.2 55.2 55.7 0.5 0.9

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.2 198.6 196.5 199.6 3.1 1.6

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.6 191.8 188.3 193.3 5.0 2.7

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.2 47.6 47.8 48.3 0.5 1.0

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.8 643.0 630.5 645.6 15.1 2.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.1 304.9 306.0 306.5 0.5 0.2

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.1 116.8 116.6 117.5 0.9 0.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,690.4 3,729.1 3,714.9 3,744.4 29.5 0.8

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.7 77.5 74.0 78.8 4.8 6.5

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.7 103.1 102.9 103.5 0.6 0.6

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 40.8 40.1 40.5 0.4 1.0

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.4 63.7 64.2 65.1 0.9 1.4

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.8 102.4 103.5 104.1 0.6 0.6

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.7 614.4 614.0 616.3 2.3 0.4

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.7 156.5 158.1 157.5 -0.6 -0.4

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.1 742.7 738.3 742.7 4.4 0.6

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 54.4 56.9 55.1 -1.8 -3.2

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,834.3 2,892.1 2,858.3 2,911.5 53.2 1.9

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 83.3 81.5 85.5 4.0 4.9

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.8 82.9 82.9 83.0 0.1 0.1

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.4 100.7 102.3 100.9 -1.4 -1.4

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.6 35.2 35.7 36.0 0.3 0.8

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.4 44.8 44.7 45.3 0.6 1.3

Olympia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 99.4 99.7 101.0 1.3 1.3

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,669.4 1,726.4 1,682.6 1,734.2 51.6 3.1

Spokane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.3 207.0 206.8 209.2 2.4 1.2

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.9 39.2 39.5 39.3 -0.2 -0.5

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.2 78.0 77.3 78.3 1.0 1.3

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761.0 751.4 766.2 755.0 -11.2 -1.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State and area

September October

Change from

October 2011 to October

2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

West Virginia - Continued

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.8 146.9 148.6 146.8 -1.8 -1.2

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.4 117.1 114.1 116.8 2.7 2.4

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 67.6 67.7 68.6 0.9 1.3

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.4 70.1 70.3 69.0 -1.3 -1.8

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.9 66.5 67.1 66.6 -0.5 -0.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,755.3 2,749.8 2,763.9 2,753.4 -10.5 -0.4

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 119.9 117.9 120.9 3.0 2.5

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 78.6 82.0 79.4 -2.6 -3.2

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.6 46.0 45.6 46.2 0.6 1.3

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.2 169.6 169.2 168.7 -0.5 -0.3

Janesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 60.8 61.0 61.7 0.7 1.1

La Crosse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 75.8 76.0 76.3 0.3 0.4

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.6 347.7 350.7 350.3 -0.4 -0.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821.3 817.0 822.8 817.0 -5.8 -0.7

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 95.5 95.0 96.3 1.3 1.4

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 76.5 75.8 76.8 1.0 1.3

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 57.4 58.1 57.5 -0.6 -1.0

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 67.9 66.7 69.0 2.3 3.4

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.7 295.1 288.6 289.8 1.2 0.4

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.7 41.6 41.3 42.1 0.8 1.9

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 45.9 45.1 46.1 1.0 2.2

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919.3 909.4 921.5 916.2 -5.3 -0.6

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.4 45.1 47.9 45.8 -2.1 -4.4

Fajardo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 14.9 14.7 15.2 0.5 3.4

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.7 0.6 3.5

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.5 36.1 35.4 35.8 0.4 1.1

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 59.4 61.4 59.2 -2.2 -3.6

San German-Cabo Rojo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.8 20.6 21.2 21.1 -0.1 -0.5

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681.4 673.7 683.2 678.4 -4.8 -0.7

Yauco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 13.9 14.2 13.6 -0.6 -4.2

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 40.5 43.1 40.4 -2.7 -6.3

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six

New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more

states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill. is the exception since it is listed under Illinois for operational

reasons.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

[In thousands]

State, area, and division

September October Change from

October 2011 to October 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,057.7 14,357.2 14,182.7 14,478.8 296.1 2.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,143.0 5,235.0 5,211.4 5,289.7 78.3 1.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,776.4 3,844.1 3,827.5 3,885.3 57.8 1.5

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,366.6 1,390.9 1,383.9 1,404.4 20.5 1.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897.3 1,954.9 1,913.9 1,965.9 52.0 2.7

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947.6 968.8 952.7 972.1 19.4 2.0

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953.6 986.1 961.2 993.8 32.6 3.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728.4 734.5 734.2 738.6 4.4 0.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,995.9 3,038.3 3,016.0 3,053.4 37.4 1.2

Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.0 576.9 564.7 580.4 15.7 2.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,431.9 2,461.4 2,451.3 2,473.0 21.7 0.9

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,250.1 7,324.3 7,299.2 7,365.3 66.1 0.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,210.5 2,218.5 2,229.9 2,230.2 0.3 0.0

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.3 707.7 712.6 711.5 -1.1 -0.2

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004.4 1,011.5 1,014.8 1,015.6 0.8 0.1

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499.8 499.3 502.5 503.1 0.6 0.1

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,685.7 5,738.2 5,728.8 5,767.3 38.5 0.7

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,318.2 4,355.4 4,343.2 4,372.2 29.0 0.7

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,667.8 3,700.3 3,692.2 3,716.4 24.2 0.7

Gary2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.0 271.1 270.1 271.2 1.1 0.4

Lake County-Kenosha County1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.4 384.0 380.9 384.6 3.7 1.0

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,220.2 3,270.2 3,245.4 3,288.6 43.2 1.3

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,447.5 2,495.1 2,467.8 2,514.7 46.9 1.9

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,686.5 1,729.9 1,699.8 1,742.7 42.9 2.5

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.4 87.8 87.9 89.3 1.4 1.6

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.2 159.7 158.3 160.4 2.1 1.3

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.5 78.5 78.3 79.2 0.9 1.1

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.1 118.2 118.9 118.9 0.0 0.0

Nashua1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.2 122.8 124.8 123.1 -1.7 -1.4

Peabody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 104.4 103.3 105.6 2.3 2.2

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,969.4 4,022.3 4,002.7 4,028.4 25.7 0.6

Detroit-Warren-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,783.4 1,812.5 1,802.3 1,809.6 7.3 0.4

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699.3 705.2 706.9 703.5 -3.4 -0.5

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084.1 1,107.3 1,095.4 1,106.1 10.7 1.0

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,696.3 8,828.5 8,778.6 8,913.9 135.3 1.5

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,384.8 8,524.2 8,463.9 8,591.9 128.0 1.5

Edison-New Brunswick2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979.9 988.1 985.5 990.7 5.2 0.5

Nassau-Suffolk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234.3 1,244.1 1,254.8 1,261.3 6.5 0.5

New York-White Plains-Wayne1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,206.8 5,318.9 5,249.6 5,363.1 113.5 2.2

Newark-Union2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963.8 973.1 974.0 976.8 2.8 0.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,700.2 5,759.7 5,757.2 5,805.3 48.1 0.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,698.3 2,717.1 2,727.1 2,739.8 12.7 0.5

Camden2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.3 504.1 505.1 507.2 2.1 0.4

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,867.5 1,877.7 1,889.9 1,895.7 5.8 0.3

Wilmington2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330.5 335.3 332.1 336.9 4.8 1.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,595.8 10,849.5 10,653.6 10,930.0 276.4 2.6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,941.7 2,988.6 2,943.4 3,009.9 66.5 2.3

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,075.8 2,104.5 2,073.5 2,117.4 43.9 2.1

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865.9 884.1 869.9 892.5 22.6 2.6

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,834.3 2,892.1 2,858.3 2,911.5 53.2 1.9

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,669.4 1,726.4 1,682.6 1,734.2 51.6 3.1

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,402.7 1,452.5 1,414.7 1,458.2 43.5 3.1

Tacoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.7 273.9 267.9 276.0 8.1 3.0

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states.

2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are based

on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City

and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Some divisions

lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed.
Above U.S. average

U.S. average or below

Map includes data for 372 metropolitan areas based

on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-

02. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs), 

while areas in other states are county-based.

NOTE:

Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, October 2012

(U.S. rate = 7.5 percent)