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      REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  DECEMBER 2006


   Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in December.
Overall, 17 states recorded over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, 15
states and the District of Columbia registered increases, and 18 states had
no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Over the year, jobless rates were down in 38 states, up in
8 states and the District of Columbia, and unchanged in 4 states.  The na-
tional unemployment rate was unchanged in December at 4.5 percent, but was
0.4 percentage point lower than a year earlier.
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 37 states, decreased in 11 states
and the District of Columbia, and was unchanged in 2 states in December.  The
largest employment gains occurred in Florida (+18,800), California (+17,200),
Texas (+15,600), Michigan (+14,900), Arizona (+13,000), and Pennsylvania
(+10,300).  The highest recorded percentage increases in employment were in
Idaho, Nevada, and South Dakota (+0.6 percent each), followed by Arizona,
Mississippi, and Wyoming (+0.5 percent each).  The largest employment de-
creases occurred in South Carolina (-5,200), Ohio (-5,100), Hawaii (-2,500),
Indiana and Oregon (-2,100 each), and New York and Minnesota (-1,800 each).
Hawaii experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decline in employ-
ment (-0.4 percent), followed by South Carolina (-0.3 percent), and Delaware
and New Hampshire (-0.2 percent each).  Over the year, nonfarm employment
increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 1 state,
Michigan (-19,800 or -0.5 percent).  The largest over-the-year percentage
gains in employment were reported in Wyoming (+5.3 percent), Nevada (+4.8 per-
cent), Arizona (+4.5 percent), Utah (+4.4 percent), and Montana and Idaho
(+4.1 percent each).
     
Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
     
   In December, the Midwest registered the highest unemployment rate among
the four regions, 5.0 percent.  The South reported the lowest rate, 4.3 per-
cent, followed closely by the Northeast and West, at 4.4 and 4.5 percent, re-
spectively.  No region recorded a statistically significant unemployment rate
change from November.  All four regions posted significantly lower unemploy-
ment rates than a year earlier; the Northeast and South (-0.4 percentage point
each) and the Midwest and West (-0.3 point each).  (See table 1.)

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   Among the nine geographic divisions, the East North Central continued to
post the highest jobless rate, 5.3 percent.  The Mountain again recorded
the lowest rate at 3.7 percent, followed by the South Atlantic, 4.1 percent,
and Middle Atlantic and West North Central, 4.2 percent each.  The West South
Central registered the only statistically significant over-the-month rate
change (-0.3 percentage point).  Seven of the nine divisions reported signi-
ficant unemployment rate declines from a year earlier:  the East South Cen-
tral (-0.8 percentage point), Middle Atlantic and West South Central (-0.7
point each), Mountain (-0.5 point), East North Central (-0.4 point), and Pa-
cific and West North Central (-0.3 point each).
     
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
     
   Mississippi reported the highest unemployment rate in December, 7.5
percent, followed by Michigan at 7.1 percent, Alaska at 6.7 percent, and
South Carolina at 6.6 percent.  The District of Columbia registered a
jobless rate of 6.3 percent.  Hawaii and Utah again recorded the lowest
rates, 2.0 and 2.6 percent, respectively.  Nine other states had rates
below 3.5 percent.  Two states posted the lowest jobless rates in their
series--Hawaii, 2.0 percent, and New Mexico, 3.8 percent.  (All state
series begin in 1976.)  Sixteen states registered unemployment rates that
were significantly below the U.S. rate in December.  Seven states and the
District of Columbia recorded measurably higher rates, and 27 states had
rates that were statistically little different from that of the nation.
(See tables A and 3.)
     
   Minnesota registered the largest statistically significant over-the-
month unemployment rate increase in December (+0.3 percentage point).
Kansas and Nevada recorded the only other significant rate increases from
November (+0.2 percentage point each).  Texas posted the only significant
over-the-month jobless rate decrease (-0.2 percentage point).  The
remaining 46 states and the District of Columbia reported December
unemployment rates that were not appreciably different from those of a
month earlier, even though some had changes that were at least as large
numerically as those with statistically significant changes.
     
   Louisiana recorded the largest over-the-year jobless rate decrease from
December 2005 (-2.1 percentage points).  The states with the next largest
decreases were Illinois and Utah (-1.4 percentage points each), Kentucky
and Mississippi (-1.3 points each), Delaware and New Mexico (-1.2 points
each), and Iowa, Montana, and New York (-1.0 point each).  Thirteen
additional states had smaller, but also statistically significant, rate
decreases.  Three states reported significant unemployment rate increases
from a year earlier:  Nevada (+0.6 percentage point), Massachusetts (+0.5
point), and Arkansas (+0.4 point).  Twenty-four states and the District of
Columbia recorded jobless rates that were not appreciably different from
those of December 2005.  (See table B.)

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Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)

   Between November and December, four states reported statistically sig-
nificant changes in employment.  Employment rose in Michigan (+14,900),
Arizona (+13,000), and Nevada (+8,000).  Employment decreased in Hawaii
(-2,500).  (See tables C and 5.)                                  

   Over the year, 32 states and the District of Columbia posted statistic-
ally significant increases in employment.  The largest employment increases
occurred in Texas (+213,200), Florida (+212,600), California (+170,300),
and Arizona (+115,200).  Five states and the District of Columbia recorded
statistically significant gains in employment that were less than 15,000:
Wyoming (+14,000), Hawaii (+12,000), South Dakota (+11,900), the District
of Columbia (+8,200), West Virginia (+7,600), and North Dakota (+6,100).
(See table D.)
   
   
                      ______________________________
     

   The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December
is scheduled to be issued on January 30.  The Regional and State Employment
and Unemployment release for January is scheduled to be issued on March 8.



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 |                            Hurricane Katrina                           |
 |                                                                        |
 |    For December, BLS and its state partners continued to make modifi-  |
 | cations to the usual estimation procedures for the LAUS program to     |
 | reflect the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the labor force statistics  |
 | in affected areas.  These modifications included:  (1) allowing the    |
 | state labor force estimates for Louisiana to reflect the effects of    |
 | Katrina by overriding the built-in feature of the methodology that     |
 | smoothes over large shifts in a key input--nonfarm wage and salary     |
 | employment; (2) modifying the state population controls to account     |
 | for displacement due to Katrina; (3) developing labor force estimates  |
 | for the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan area using an alter-  |
 | native to the model-based method; and (4) not publishing labor force   |
 | estimates for the parishes within the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner      |
 | metropolitan area or cities within those parishes where the quality    |
 | of input data was severely compromised by the hurricane.               |
 |                                                                        |
 |     For more information on LAUS procedures and estimates for December |
 | 2006, see Hurricane Information:  Katrina and Rita on the BLS Web site |
 | at http://www.bls.gov/Katrina/home.htm or call (202) 691-6392.         |
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 |                                                                      |
 |             Revisions in the Regional and State Employment           |
 |                           and Unemployment Data                      |
 |                                                                      |
 |                                                                      |
 |                                                                      |
 |     Effective with the release of 2006 annual average estimates on   |
 | February 27, the labor force data for regions,divisions, states, the |
 | District of Columbia, and the modeled substate areas presented in    |
 | tables 1-4 of this news release will be revised to incorporate up-   |
 | dated population controls, reestimation of models, adjustment to     |
 | new division and national control totals, and revised seasonal ad-   |
 | justment factors.  Both not seasonally adjusted and seasonally ad-   |
 | justed data will be revised back to 2002.  The updated population    |
 | controls reflect the annual updating of population estimates by the  |
 | U.S. Census Bureau.                                                  |
 |                                                                      |
 |   In addition, effective with the release of January 2007 estimates  |
 | on March 8, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and  |
 | areas presented in tables 5 and 6 of this news release will be ad-   |
 | justed to 2006 benchmark levels.  Not seasonally adjusted payroll    |
 | data back to April 2005 and seasonally adjusted data for states      |
 | back to January 2002 will be subject to revision.                    |
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Table A.  States with unemployment rates significantly differ-
ent from that of the U.S., December 2006, seasonally adjusted 
--------------------------------------------------------------
              State          |           December 2006        
-----------------------------|--------------------------------
United States................|                 4.5            
                             |                                
Alaska.......................|                 6.7            
Delaware.....................|                 3.4            
District of Columbia.........|                 6.3            
Florida......................|                 3.3            
Hawaii.......................|                 2.0            
Idaho........................|                 3.2            
Iowa.........................|                 3.5            
Maryland.....................|                 3.9            
Massachusetts................|                 5.3            
Michigan.....................|                 7.1            
Mississippi..................|                 7.5            
Montana......................|                 2.9            
Nebraska.....................|                 3.1            
New Hampshire................|                 3.5            
New York.....................|                 4.0            
North Dakota.................|                 3.2            
Ohio.........................|                 5.6            
Oregon.......................|                 5.4            
South Carolina...............|                 6.6            
South Dakota.................|                 3.2            
Utah.........................|                 2.6            
Vermont......................|                 3.8            
Virginia.....................|                 2.9            
Wyoming......................|                 3.0            
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Table B.  States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes
from December 2005 to December 2006, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           |   December   |   December  |   Over-the-year
            State          |     2005     |     2006    |    rate change 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           |              |             |                
Arizona....................|      4.7     |      4.1    |       -0.6     
Arkansas...................|      4.7     |      5.1    |         .4     
California.................|      5.1     |      4.8    |        -.3     
Colorado...................|      4.8     |      4.0    |        -.8     
Delaware...................|      4.6     |      3.4    |       -1.2     
Georgia....................|      5.3     |      4.6    |        -.7     
Hawaii.....................|      2.7     |      2.0    |        -.7     
Illinois...................|      5.5     |      4.1    |       -1.4     
Indiana....................|      5.5     |      4.8    |        -.7     
Iowa.......................|      4.5     |      3.5    |       -1.0     
Kansas.....................|      4.9     |      4.5    |        -.4     
Kentucky...................|      6.5     |      5.2    |       -1.3     
Louisiana..................|      6.4     |      4.3    |       -2.1     
Massachusetts..............|      4.8     |      5.3    |         .5     
Mississippi................|      8.8     |      7.5    |       -1.3     
Montana....................|      3.9     |      2.9    |       -1.0     
Nebraska...................|      3.8     |      3.1    |        -.7     
Nevada.....................|      3.8     |      4.4    |         .6      
New Mexico.................|      5.0     |      3.8    |       -1.2     
New York...................|      5.0     |      4.0    |       -1.0     
South Carolina.............|      7.2     |      6.6    |        -.6     
South Dakota...............|      3.9     |      3.2    |        -.7     
Tennessee..................|      5.4     |      4.7    |        -.7     
Texas......................|      5.2     |      4.5    |        -.7     
Utah.......................|      4.0     |      2.6    |       -1.4     
Virginia...................|      3.3     |      2.9    |        -.4     
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Table C.  States with statistically significant employment changes from
November 2006 to December 2006, seasonally adjusted
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                           |   November  |   December   |  Over-the-month
            State          |     2006    |    2006(p)   |     change(p)  
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                           |             |              |                
Arizona....................|  2,669,600  |  2,682,600   |      13,000    
Hawaii.....................|    625,700  |    623,200   |      -2,500    
Michigan...................|  4,361,800  |  4,376,700   |      14,900    
Nevada.....................|  1,308,700  |  1,316,700   |       8,000    
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  p = preliminary.





Table D.  States with statistically significant employment changes from
December 2005 to December 2006, seasonally adjusted
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           |   December   |   December  |  Over-the-year 
            State          |     2005     |    2006(p)  |    change(p)   
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           |              |             |                
Arizona....................|  2,567,400   |  2,682,600  |     115,200    
California.................| 14,918,900   | 15,089,200  |     170,300    
Colorado...................|  2,249,200   |  2,292,700  |      43,500    
District of Columbia.......|    686,600   |    694,800  |       8,200    
Florida....................|  7,943,500   |  8,156,100  |     212,600    
Georgia....................|  4,030,700   |  4,110,900  |      80,200    
Hawaii.....................|    611,200   |    623,200  |      12,000    
Idaho......................|    627,000   |    652,800  |      25,800    
Illinois...................|  5,894,000   |  5,958,900  |      64,900    
Iowa.......................|  1,495,700   |  1,520,200  |      24,500    
Louisiana..................|  1,738,900   |  1,798,300  |      59,400    
Maryland...................|  2,568,400   |  2,612,100  |      43,700    
Minnesota..................|  2,730,600   |  2,784,800  |      54,200    
Mississippi................|  1,126,200   |  1,155,500  |      29,300    
Montana....................|    424,800   |    442,400  |      17,600    
Nebraska...................|    940,300   |    956,500  |      16,200    
Nevada.....................|  1,256,600   |  1,316,700  |      60,100    
New Mexico.................|    821,500   |    839,700  |      18,200    
New York...................|  8,566,300   |  8,627,500  |      61,200    
North Carolina.............|  3,943,500   |  3,999,700  |      56,200    
North Dakota...............|    348,400   |    354,500  |       6,100    
Oklahoma...................|  1,529,400   |  1,549,600  |      20,200    
Oregon.....................|  1,686,600   |  1,718,100  |      31,500    
Pennsylvania...............|  5,737,600   |  5,787,600  |      50,000    
South Carolina.............|  1,875,500   |  1,907,200  |      31,700    
South Dakota...............|    391,800   |    403,700  |      11,900    
Tennessee..................|  2,760,900   |  2,788,000  |      27,100    
Texas......................|  9,861,300   | 10,074,500  |     213,200    
Utah.......................|  1,175,800   |  1,227,800  |      52,000    
Virginia...................|  3,699,500   |  3,755,100  |      55,600    
Washington.................|  2,822,100   |  2,893,200  |      71,100    
West Virginia..............|    752,300   |    759,900  |       7,600    
Wyoming....................|    265,900   |    279,900  |      14,000    
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  p = preliminary.






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Technical Note 


   This release presents labor force and unemployment data for census
regions and divisions, states, and selected substate areas from the Local
Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (tables 1-4).  Also presented
are nonfarm payroll employment estimates by state and major industry from
the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program (tables 5 and 6).  The LAUS
and CES programs are both federal-state cooperative endeavors.
   
Labor force and unemployment--from the LAUS program
   
   Definitions.  The labor force and unemployment data are based on the
same concepts and definitions as those used for the official national
estimates obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a sample
survey of households that is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.  The labor force includes both the employed
and the unemployed.  Employed persons are those who did any work at all for
pay or profit in the reference week (the week including the 12th of the month)
or worked 15 hours or more without pay in a family business or farm, plus
those not working who 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 did not work at all (in the
reference week), 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.
   
   Method of estimation.  Estimates for all census divisions, states, the
District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan
division, and New York City are produced using estimating equations based
on regression techniques.  This method, which underwent substantial enhance-
ment at the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from several sources, including
the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment insurance (UI) data.  Estimates for
the six other areas contained in this release use a different regression
approach.  A detailed description of the estimation procedures is available
from BLS upon request.  Estimates for census regions are obtained by summing
the model-based estimates for the component divisions and then calculating
the unemployment rate.
   
   Annual revisions.  Labor force and unemployment data shown for the prior
year reflect adjustments made at the end of each year, usually implemented
with January estimates.  The adjusted estimates reflect updated population
data from the U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources,
and model reestimation.
   
   Seasonal adjustment.  Seasonal adjustment of census division, state, and
substate area model employment and unemployment levels is performed within
the modeling procedure. The model estimation is based on the classical ap-
proach to seasonal adjustment, in which the series is decomposed into trend,
seasonal, irregular, and survey error.  This directly yields seasonally ad-
justed estimates for employment and unemployment levels with reliability
measures.  Labor force levels and unemployment rates are calculated from
these two estimates.  Additionally, measures for the State of California are
derived by summing the seasonally adjusted estimates for the Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Glendale metropolitan division and the balance of California, and the
estimates for the State of New York are the sum of the estimates for New York
City and the balance of New York.  Labor force estimates for census regions
are calculated as the sum of the levels of the component divisions, and the
unemployment rate is then calculated.  In most years, historical data for the
most recent 5 years are revised near the beginning of each calendar year,
usually coincident with the release of January estimates.
   
   Area definitions.  The substate area data published in this release reflect
the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget on December 5, 2005.  A detailed list of the geographic definitions is
available on the Web at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and also is published
annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
   
                                  - 7 -

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 2002 version of the North American Industry
Classification System.
   
   Method of estimation.  The employment data are estimated using a "link
relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month em-
ployment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of estab-
lishments reporting for both months.  The estimates of employment for the
current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous
month by these ratios.
   
   Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a
complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax
reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state
unemployment insurance (UI) laws.  The benchmark information is used to
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding
one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark
month.  Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment,
and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level
for the subsequent months.
   
   Seasonal adjustment.  Payroll employment data are seasonally adjusted at
the statewide supersector level.  In some states, the seasonally adjusted
payroll employment total is computed by aggregating the independently ad-
justed supersector series.  In other states, the seasonally adjusted pay-
roll employment total is independently adjusted.  Revisions of historical
data for the most recent 5 years are made once a year, coincident with
annual benchmark adjustments.
   
   Caution on aggregating state data.  State estimation procedures are
designed to produce accurate data for each individual state.  BLS inde-
pendently develops a national employment series; state estimates are not
forced to sum to national totals.  Because each state series is subject
to larger sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, summing
them cumulates individual state level errors and can cause significant dis-
tortions at an aggregate level.  Due to these statistical limitations, BLS
does not compile a "sum-of-states" employment series, and cautions users that
such a series is subject to a relatively large and volatile error structure.

Reliability of the estimates
   
   The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey, ad-
ministrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other
types of errors.  Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability--that
is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire
population is surveyed.  Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors,
such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing
operations.  Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject
to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used.
The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the
same tables because of rounding.  With respect to the LAUS program, unem-
ployment rates are computed from unrounded data rather than from data that
may be displayed in the tables; differences, however, are generally insig-
nificant.

                                  - 8 -

   Use of error measures.  In 2005, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics
(LAUS) program introduced several improvements to its methodology.  Among
these was the development of model-based error measures for the monthly
estimates and the estimates of over-the-month changes.  The introductory
section of this release preserves the long-time practice of highlighting
the direction of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates
and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their statistical sig-
nificance.  The remainder of the analysis in the release takes the statis-
tical significance of monthly and annual changes into consideration.

   Labor force and unemployment estimates.  Model-based error measures for
both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data, and for over-the-
month change, are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/lau/
lastderr.htm.  BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether
changes in LAUS unemployment rates are statistically significant.  The average
magnitude of the over-the-month change in a state unemployment rate that is
required in order to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence
level is between 0.3 and 0.4 percentage point.  More details can be found on
the Web site.  Measures of nonsampling error are not available, but additional
information on the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical, Employ-
ment and Earnings.
   
   Employment estimates.  Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the
total nonfarm and supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data at the
total nonfarm level are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/
sae/790stderr.htm.  BLS uses a 90-percent confidence level in determining
whether changes in CES employment levels are statistically significant.  In-
formation on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS
Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/.
   
Additional information
   
   More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop
these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which
is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov-
ernment Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800), and
from the BLS Handbook of Methods, Bulletin 2490, August 1997.
   
   Estimates of labor force and unemployment, as well as nonfarm employment
from the CES program, for over 370 metropolitan areas and metropolitan New
England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available in the news release,
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment.  Estimates of labor force,
employment, and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor
market areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or more, and
other areas used in the administration of various federal economic
assistance programs are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.
gov/lau/.  Employment data from the CES program are available at http:
//www.bls.gov/sae/.
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone: 1-800-877-8339.
   





 LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
 
 Table 1.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted (1)
 
 (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                 
                              Civilian labor force                                                                               
  Census region and                                                                                                              
       division                                                          Number                      Percent of labor force      
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                        Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.  
                        2005     2006     2006     2006     2005     2006     2006     2006     2005     2006     2006     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
 Northeast........... 27,825.0 27,875.7 27,946.6 27,999.6  1,340.4  1,182.3  1,246.7  1,220.9    4.8      4.2      4.5      4.4  
                                                                                                                                 
   New England.......  7,583.5  7,654.0  7,681.0  7,683.8    352.2    333.5    353.1    360.0    4.6      4.4      4.6      4.7  
   Middle Atlantic... 20,241.5 20,221.7 20,265.5 20,315.7    988.2    848.8    893.6    860.9    4.9      4.2      4.4      4.2  
                                                                                                                                 
 South............... 53,166.4 54,290.8 54,454.0 54,638.4  2,516.8  2,347.9  2,402.2  2,353.8    4.7      4.3      4.4      4.3  
                                                                                                                                 
   South Atlantic.... 28,352.2 29,075.9 29,174.0 29,297.4  1,201.6  1,171.8  1,195.7  1,194.5    4.2      4.0      4.1      4.1  
   East South Central  8,437.9  8,588.5  8,629.0  8,679.8    482.8    401.8    431.0    429.1    5.7      4.7      5.0      4.9  
   West South Central 16,376.4 16,626.4 16,651.0 16,661.2    832.4    774.2    775.6    730.2    5.1      4.7      4.7      4.4  
                                                                                                                                 
 Midwest............. 34,730.9 35,164.4 35,089.0 35,253.4  1,847.8  1,703.7  1,699.6  1,749.5    5.3      4.8      4.8      5.0  
                                                                                                                                 
   East North Central 23,810.8 24,137.2 24,049.5 24,199.6  1,358.3  1,238.4  1,245.1  1,287.9    5.7      5.1      5.2      5.3  
   West North Central 10,920.1 11,027.2 11,039.5 11,053.8    489.4    465.3    454.5    461.6    4.5      4.2      4.1      4.2  
                                                                                                                                 
 West................ 34,445.4 34,804.1 35,000.6 35,021.7  1,664.6  1,496.2  1,541.5  1,573.1    4.8      4.3      4.4      4.5  
                                                                                                                                 
   Mountain.......... 10,447.6 10,743.7 10,843.4 10,817.4    442.6    411.8    410.9    405.3    4.2      3.8      3.8      3.7  
   Pacific........... 23,997.7 24,060.3 24,157.2 24,204.3  1,222.0  1,084.4  1,130.5  1,167.9    5.1      4.5      4.7      4.8  

   1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.
   NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  The States (including the District of Columbia) that compose the various census
 divisions are:  New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic:  New
 Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
 South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central:  Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South
 Central:  Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West
 North Central:  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain:  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.  Estimates for
 the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.





LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                LABOR FORCE DATA
 
Table 2.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted (1)

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                        Unemployed                              
                                                                                                                                
                             Civilian labor force                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
 Census region and                                                      Number                      Percent of labor force      
      division                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                          November          December          November          December          November          December    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                       2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Northeast........... 27,814.5 27,922.3 27,757.5 27,912.8  1,293.2  1,175.3  1,244.3  1,127.5    4.6      4.2      4.5      4.0  
                                                                                                                                
  New England.......  7,576.3  7,671.3  7,557.5  7,651.8    332.6    328.8    322.9    332.0    4.4      4.3      4.3      4.3  
  Middle Atlantic... 20,238.3 20,251.0 20,200.0 20,261.0    960.5    846.5    921.4    795.5    4.7      4.2      4.6      3.9  
                                                                                                                                
South............... 53,288.1 54,462.6 53,039.1 54,480.7  2,618.8  2,318.1  2,350.8  2,197.0    4.9      4.3      4.4      4.0  
                                                                                                                                
  South Atlantic.... 28,318.0 29,148.0 28,250.8 29,180.6  1,209.4  1,162.8  1,118.1  1,116.3    4.3      4.0      4.0      3.8  
  East South Central  8,465.3  8,652.0  8,443.4  8,681.6    470.2    413.0    453.0    401.3    5.6      4.8      5.4      4.6  
  West South Central 16,504.9 16,662.7 16,344.9 16,618.5    939.2    742.3    779.7    679.4    5.7      4.5      4.8      4.1  
                                                                                                                                
Midwest............. 34,723.2 35,083.9 34,600.0 35,105.3  1,738.2  1,585.1  1,751.4  1,666.8    5.0      4.5      5.1      4.7  
                                                                                                                                
  East North Central 23,808.9 24,058.1 23,735.4 24,113.0  1,269.5  1,163.0  1,288.0  1,226.7    5.3      4.8      5.4      5.1  
  West North Central 10,914.3 11,025.8 10,864.6 10,992.3    468.7    422.1    463.4    440.2    4.3      3.8      4.3      4.0  
                                                                                                                                
West................ 34,420.4 35,011.3 34,405.3 34,962.6  1,664.4  1,497.5  1,582.4  1,499.4    4.8      4.3      4.6      4.3  
                                                                                                                                
  Mountain.......... 10,426.8 10,849.4 10,435.9 10,795.6    439.0    390.7    419.0    382.2    4.2      3.6      4.0      3.5  
  Pacific........... 23,993.6 24,161.9 23,969.4 24,167.1  1,225.4  1,106.7  1,163.3  1,117.2    5.1      4.6      4.9      4.6  

  1 Census region estimates are derived by summing the Census division model-based estimates.
  NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence.  The composition of the regions and divisions is described in table 1.  Estimates for
the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.





LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                               LABOR FORCE DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                           Unemployed                          
                                                                                                                               
                                  Civilian labor force                                                                         
                                                                                                                               
    State and Area                                                               Number                  Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                           Dec.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.      Dec.      Oct.      Nov.      Dec.    Dec.  Oct.  Nov.  Dec.
                           2005      2006      2006      2006      2005      2006      2006      2006    2005  2006  2006  2006
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
Alabama................   2,164.8   2,212.4   2,216.3   2,238.5     77.3      71.2      72.0      79.9    3.6   3.2   3.2   3.6
Alaska.................     341.8     348.7     349.5     350.5     23.5      22.4      22.3      23.4    6.9   6.4   6.4   6.7
Arizona................   2,880.2   2,970.7   3,006.5   3,006.6    136.2     115.9     122.5     124.6    4.7   3.9   4.1   4.1
Arkansas...............   1,376.8   1,387.2   1,388.7   1,391.3     64.4      70.6      72.7      71.0    4.7   5.1   5.2   5.1
California.............  17,823.4  17,827.6  17,881.4  17,941.3    911.0     793.8     824.3     865.3    5.1   4.5   4.6   4.8
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                             
    Beach-Glendale (1)    4,872.1   4,841.1   4,843.3   4,847.0    266.1     209.0     204.7     219.9    5.5   4.3   4.2   4.5
Colorado...............   2,560.4   2,652.6   2,661.4   2,650.4    122.7     117.4     109.3     106.4    4.8   4.4   4.1   4.0
Connecticut............   1,818.9   1,856.7   1,867.7   1,864.3     83.9      78.4      81.6      77.7    4.6   4.2   4.4   4.2
Delaware...............     443.1     449.7     451.4     451.1     20.5      16.1      16.2      15.3    4.6   3.6   3.6   3.4
District of Columbia...     293.3     295.8     295.5     295.3     17.2      17.4      17.7      18.5    5.9   5.9   6.0   6.3
Florida................   8,734.9   9,096.8   9,118.5   9,169.8    295.0     281.9     300.8     304.1    3.4   3.1   3.3   3.3
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                           
    Kendall (1) .......   1,117.4   1,165.4   1,173.7   1,173.6     43.6      46.8      44.9      42.1    3.9   4.0   3.8   3.6
                                                                                                                               
Georgia................   4,637.9   4,745.1   4,761.4   4,784.4    246.1     225.1     217.7     219.6    5.3   4.7   4.6   4.6
Hawaii.................     644.1     657.7     660.8     661.8     17.5      13.7      14.9      13.0    2.7   2.1   2.3   2.0
Idaho..................     746.1     757.4     765.1     761.3     25.9      23.9      25.5      24.7    3.5   3.2   3.3   3.2
Illinois...............   6,484.0   6,663.6   6,645.0   6,685.6    354.0     275.0     269.9     274.1    5.5   4.1   4.1   4.1
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                          
    Joliet (1).........   3,947.7   4,100.2   4,077.5   4,109.9    223.1     156.3     157.4     163.9    5.7   3.8   3.9   4.0
Indiana................   3,228.5   3,274.1   3,262.0   3,280.1    176.0     162.6     155.5     157.3    5.5   5.0   4.8   4.8
Iowa...................   1,667.2   1,700.7   1,697.9   1,697.8     74.8      60.7      58.5      59.2    4.5   3.6   3.4   3.5
Kansas.................   1,479.8   1,483.8   1,481.9   1,485.3     72.2      64.5      63.3      67.2    4.9   4.3   4.3   4.5
Kentucky...............   2,013.4   2,044.5   2,057.5   2,061.8    130.0     105.9     112.6     106.8    6.5   5.2   5.5   5.2
Louisiana..............   1,909.8   1,870.2   1,874.0   1,876.1    121.4      78.7      85.1      80.0    6.4   4.2   4.5   4.3
Maine..................     717.4     720.9     723.6     726.6     33.7      33.6      34.1      34.2    4.7   4.7   4.7   4.7
                                                                                                                               
Maryland...............   2,955.5   3,028.3   3,038.0   3,049.8    118.4     120.4     119.0     119.1    4.0   4.0   3.9   3.9
Massachusetts..........   3,366.8   3,387.4   3,398.4   3,396.2    161.9     156.7     169.2     179.2    4.8   4.6   5.0   5.3
Michigan...............   5,106.2   5,110.2   5,080.1   5,121.8    341.9     351.2     349.5     365.6    6.7   6.9   6.9   7.1
  Detroit-Warren-                                                                                                              
    Livonia (2)........   2,189.8   2,189.9   2,179.0   2,191.9    158.7     150.8     156.4     168.5    7.2   6.9   7.2   7.7
Minnesota..............   2,960.2   2,970.4   2,980.4   2,990.8    123.6     116.6     116.7     127.0    4.2   3.9   3.9   4.2
Mississippi............   1,318.8   1,324.8   1,328.5   1,334.7    116.2      88.7      99.5      99.6    8.8   6.7   7.5   7.5
Missouri...............   3,031.2   3,077.8   3,081.0   3,083.9    157.2     166.8     158.1     150.6    5.2   5.4   5.1   4.9
Montana................     496.6     505.3     505.8     504.8     19.2      18.1      14.3      14.6    3.9   3.6   2.8   2.9
Nebraska...............     988.4     992.2     988.3     990.1     37.7      30.1      30.7      30.4    3.8   3.0   3.1   3.1
Nevada.................   1,230.8   1,304.8   1,324.6   1,327.8     47.1      54.2      55.6      58.2    3.8   4.2   4.2   4.4
New Hampshire..........     733.9     745.5     747.1     745.5     25.4      24.3      26.3      26.4    3.5   3.3   3.5   3.5
                                                                                                                               
New Jersey.............   4,467.0   4,472.2   4,491.7   4,510.5    203.8     195.7     203.1     189.4    4.6   4.4   4.5   4.2
New Mexico.............     944.6     951.4     956.2     949.7     46.9      40.7      40.7      36.5    5.0   4.3   4.3   3.8
New York...............   9,457.2   9,452.4   9,445.9   9,453.3    468.8     381.1     396.4     378.1    5.0   4.0   4.2   4.0
  New York City .......   3,761.1   3,745.7   3,731.8   3,731.6    217.5     153.3     166.8     159.0    5.8   4.1   4.5   4.3
North Carolina.........   4,369.5   4,476.3   4,501.4   4,512.2    223.8     209.8     222.0     222.9    5.1   4.7   4.9   4.9
North Dakota...........     360.5     365.8     368.2     368.9     11.9      11.8      12.3      11.9    3.3   3.2   3.3   3.2
Ohio...................   5,911.9   5,981.5   5,965.4   5,991.5    346.5     306.1     321.1     334.7    5.9   5.1   5.4   5.6
  Cleveland-Elyria-                                                                                                            
    Mentor (2) ........   1,091.4   1,106.1   1,104.6   1,105.2     61.7      55.3      58.5      60.8    5.7   5.0   5.3   5.5
Oklahoma...............   1,752.9   1,768.4   1,759.7   1,767.3     74.0      67.0      69.4      68.0    4.2   3.8   3.9   3.8
Oregon.................   1,866.4   1,903.0   1,912.6   1,907.3    105.7      96.3     101.1     102.3    5.7   5.1   5.3   5.4
Pennsylvania...........   6,288.9   6,305.8   6,322.8   6,351.4    295.9     270.2     286.3     290.3    4.7   4.3   4.5   4.6
Rhode Island...........     574.0     578.2     578.0     579.1     29.4      28.8      30.2      29.8    5.1   5.0   5.2   5.2
                                                                                                                               
South Carolina.........   2,106.8   2,136.0   2,148.2   2,158.2    151.6     141.4     142.1     142.3    7.2   6.6   6.6   6.6
South Dakota...........     433.7     437.2     437.5     439.6     16.9      14.6      13.9      14.2    3.9   3.3   3.2   3.2
Tennessee..............   2,916.6   3,005.7   3,028.0   3,043.4    158.3     136.3     150.0     143.0    5.4   4.5   5.0   4.7
Texas..................  11,310.8  11,603.2  11,629.1  11,640.1    589.9     555.5     552.0     521.9    5.2   4.8   4.7   4.5
Utah...................   1,282.3   1,311.5   1,330.8   1,329.9     51.0      33.0      34.7      34.3    4.0   2.5   2.6   2.6
Vermont................     359.3     368.0     366.5     367.3     12.9      13.1      13.7      14.0    3.6   3.6   3.7   3.8
Virginia...............   3,963.7   4,027.3   4,039.3   4,048.9    132.0     117.8     122.2     117.5    3.3   2.9   3.0   2.9
Washington.............   3,321.3   3,336.0   3,360.7   3,362.0    173.4     158.5     167.8     167.7    5.2   4.8   5.0   5.0
  Seattle-Bellevue-                                                                                                            
    Everett (1) .......   1,378.8   1,417.2   1,415.9   1,410.4     66.2      56.4      62.8      60.9    4.8   4.0   4.4   4.3
West Virginia..........     804.2     822.4     820.7     819.2     38.5      42.1      41.9      41.5    4.8   5.1   5.1   5.1
Wisconsin..............   3,047.2   3,099.6   3,087.0   3,111.4    147.3     143.2     146.2     151.5    4.8   4.6   4.7   4.9
Wyoming................     285.9     291.4     292.5     291.8      9.4       9.7       8.9       8.9    3.3   3.3   3.0   3.0
                                                                                                                               
Puerto Rico............   1,419.6   1,403.6   1,411.4   1,408.5    169.3     134.1     139.2     144.1   11.9   9.6   9.9  10.2

  1 Metropolitan division.
  2 Metropolitan statistical area.
  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. 06-01, dated 
December 5,2005, and are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm  and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. 
Estimates for the current year are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.





LABOR FORCE DATA                                                                                                   LABOR FORCE DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4.  Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected area, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                             Unemployed                            
                                                                                                                                   
                                  Civilian labor force                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
    State and area                                                               Number                    Percent of labor force  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                              November            December            November            December         November      December  
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                           2005      2006      2005      2006      2005      2006      2005      2006    2005   2006   2005   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
Alabama................   2,177.8   2,225.1   2,175.3   2,242.7     74.4      68.1      70.4      73.6    3.4    3.1    3.2    3.3 
Alaska.................     339.1     346.2     338.9     347.2     22.7      21.0      23.4      23.7    6.7    6.1    6.9    6.8 
Arizona................   2,882.5   3,011.7   2,886.8   3,004.2    129.1     116.4     122.0     114.6    4.5    3.9    4.2    3.8 
Arkansas...............   1,376.1   1,383.8   1,369.0   1,380.1     57.0      65.0      59.7      68.1    4.1    4.7    4.4    4.9 
California.............  17,809.5  17,880.7  17,805.1  17,903.5    902.7     808.3     853.3     817.7    5.1    4.5    4.8    4.6 
  Los Angeles-Long                                                                                                                 
    Beach-Glendale (1)    4,877.1   4,857.6   4,886.7   4,855.3    250.3     196.4     245.7     202.7    5.1    4.0    5.0    4.2 
Colorado...............   2,559.1   2,660.9   2,561.8   2,642.5    117.7     104.5     114.8     102.0    4.6    3.9    4.5    3.9 
Connecticut............   1,820.4   1,865.2   1,812.6   1,854.9     83.0      76.1      76.1      68.7    4.6    4.1    4.2    3.7 
Delaware...............     443.6     452.4     443.9     451.0     17.5      14.3      18.1      13.5    3.9    3.2    4.1    3.0 
District of Columbia...     291.5     293.1     292.0     293.4     17.0      16.8      16.7      18.2    5.8    5.7    5.7    6.2 
Florida................   8,752.0   9,117.4   8,729.7   9,143.9    298.5     297.9     257.0     275.1    3.4    3.3    2.9    3.0 
  Miami-Miami Beach-                                                                                                               
    Kendall (1) .......   1,122.4   1,180.2   1,118.1   1,178.3     44.6      43.6      40.7      40.9    4.0    3.7    3.6    3.5 
                                                                                                                                   
Georgia................   4,647.5   4,769.7   4,657.2   4,798.2    235.9     208.0     226.1     208.0    5.1    4.4    4.9    4.3 
Hawaii.................     644.6     661.9     644.8     661.2     17.7      15.1      15.2      10.5    2.7    2.3    2.4    1.6 
Idaho..................     744.3     763.3     746.0     758.4     24.3      23.8      24.6      24.3    3.3    3.1    3.3    3.2 
Illinois...............   6,493.7   6,647.9   6,478.8   6,670.0    323.8     246.8     336.1     260.5    5.0    3.7    5.2    3.9 
  Chicago-Naperville-                                                                                                              
    Joliet (1).........   3,962.8   4,081.7   3,947.1   4,101.6    208.7     150.3     212.2     156.8    5.3    3.7    5.4    3.8 
Indiana................   3,224.0   3,259.1   3,212.2   3,258.3    164.7     146.6     169.0     152.2    5.1    4.5    5.3    4.7 
Iowa...................   1,673.8   1,700.7   1,666.4   1,694.6     73.0      54.3      75.9      62.1    4.4    3.2    4.6    3.7 
Kansas.................   1,482.9   1,483.9   1,473.9   1,478.8     73.9      61.9      62.9      60.3    5.0    4.2    4.3    4.1 
Kentucky...............   2,020.2   2,061.9   2,019.2   2,061.4    121.3     106.7     124.7     101.3    6.0    5.2    6.2    4.9 
Louisiana..............   2,032.0   1,877.0   1,897.0   1,858.1    233.8      78.2     109.9      70.2   11.5    4.2    5.8    3.8 
Maine..................     714.8     719.8     712.4     721.0     34.2      32.9      33.0      33.1    4.8    4.6    4.6    4.6 
                                                                                                                                   
Maryland...............   2,950.8   3,029.6   2,941.6   3,031.0    116.6     116.1     104.3     109.1    3.9    3.8    3.5    3.6 
Massachusetts..........   3,371.5   3,394.9   3,365.0   3,387.9    152.5     155.1     150.3     165.9    4.5    4.6    4.5    4.9 
Michigan...............   5,123.0   5,089.6   5,103.3   5,113.7    320.0     328.6     321.4     351.3    6.2    6.5    6.3    6.9 
  Detroit-Warren-                                                                                                                  
    Livonia (2)........   2,199.5   2,186.2   2,190.1   2,192.7    151.6     148.3     146.1     157.3    6.9    6.8    6.7    7.2 
Minnesota..............   2,956.7   2,981.8   2,944.5   2,974.8    108.6     107.2     117.7     124.6    3.7    3.6    4.0    4.2 
Mississippi............   1,330.3   1,326.0   1,323.6   1,335.1    118.0      92.1     109.3      93.3    8.9    6.9    8.3    7.0 
Missouri...............   3,026.6   3,072.3   3,013.9   3,064.0    154.2     147.3     144.5     139.7    5.1    4.8    4.8    4.6 
Montana................     494.3     503.0     492.3     499.1     19.2      13.8      18.6      14.7    3.9    2.7    3.8    2.9 
Nebraska...............     985.8     987.2     982.9     983.1     32.8      27.6      35.0      28.1    3.3    2.8    3.6    2.9 
Nevada.................   1,229.6   1,325.0   1,230.8   1,323.7     45.7      53.8      43.5      56.0    3.7    4.1    3.5    4.2 
New Hampshire..........     734.7     746.0     732.0     742.1     25.3      24.8      23.7      24.4    3.4    3.3    3.2    3.3 
                                                                                                                                   
New Jersey.............   4,464.6   4,486.9   4,467.2   4,502.5    192.6     189.5     192.2     173.9    4.3    4.2    4.3    3.9 
New Mexico.............     947.5     959.3     947.7     949.1     44.5      37.9      41.2      31.6    4.7    4.0    4.4    3.3 
New York...............   9,455.8   9,421.7   9,447.8   9,420.8    475.1     380.6     458.6     359.2    5.0    4.0    4.9    3.8 
  New York City .......   3,767.4   3,727.4   3,763.6   3,724.0    223.9     163.1     211.4     149.4    5.9    4.4    5.6    4.0 
North Carolina.........   4,378.5   4,504.0   4,353.4   4,488.8    218.9     219.1     203.5     210.3    5.0    4.9    4.7    4.7 
North Dakota...........     355.2     363.2     354.2     362.5     10.5      10.5      11.2      11.4    3.0    2.9    3.2    3.2 
Ohio...................   5,926.3   5,977.7   5,899.9   5,971.5    331.4     307.1     326.6     321.9    5.6    5.1    5.5    5.4 
  Cleveland-Elyria-                                                                                                                
    Mentor (2) ........   1,091.3   1,101.7   1,080.9   1,090.9     58.6      54.5      57.5      57.5    5.4    4.9    5.3    5.3 
Oklahoma...............   1,763.0   1,767.0   1,753.2   1,763.8     69.8      66.0      69.4      65.8    4.0    3.7    4.0    3.7 
Oregon.................   1,871.6   1,915.7   1,858.1   1,896.1    103.6      96.1      99.8      97.7    5.5    5.0    5.4    5.2 
Pennsylvania...........   6,317.9   6,342.4   6,285.0   6,337.7    292.8     276.3     270.6     262.4    4.6    4.4    4.3    4.1 
Rhode Island...........     576.7     580.1     575.7     579.0     25.7      26.8      27.6      26.9    4.5    4.6    4.8    4.6 
                                                                                                                                   
South Carolina.........   2,094.6   2,136.7   2,087.1   2,137.8    144.3     137.5     140.7     136.3    6.9    6.4    6.7    6.4 
South Dakota...........     433.3     436.6     428.8     434.6     15.8      13.2      16.2      14.0    3.6    3.0    3.8    3.2 
Tennessee..............   2,937.0   3,039.0   2,925.2   3,042.4    156.5     146.2     148.6     133.2    5.3    4.8    5.1    4.4 
Texas..................  11,333.7  11,634.9  11,325.8  11,616.5    578.6     533.0     540.8     475.3    5.1    4.6    4.8    4.1 
Utah...................   1,283.7   1,334.2   1,285.5   1,328.8     48.8      32.1      45.0      29.9    3.8    2.4    3.5    2.3 
Vermont................     358.1     365.3     359.8     367.1     12.0      13.1      12.1      13.1    3.4    3.6    3.4    3.6 
Virginia...............   3,953.7   4,025.3   3,944.5   4,022.4    125.0     114.6     118.2     108.1    3.2    2.8    3.0    2.7 
Washington.............   3,328.8   3,357.4   3,322.7   3,359.1    178.7     166.3     171.6     167.6    5.4    5.0    5.2    5.0 
  Seattle-Bellevue-                                                                                                                
    Everett (1) .......   1,379.3   1,411.2   1,382.7   1,411.4     67.6      64.6      62.8      59.2    4.9    4.6    4.5    4.2 
West Virginia..........     805.6     819.8     801.3     814.1     35.7      38.5      33.6      37.7    4.4    4.7    4.2    4.6 
Wisconsin..............   3,041.8   3,083.8   3,041.2   3,099.5    129.6     133.9     135.0     140.8    4.3    4.3    4.4    4.5 
Wyoming................     285.8     291.9     285.0     289.8      9.7       8.5       9.3       9.1    3.4    2.9    3.3    3.1 
                                                                                                                                   
Puerto Rico............   1,433.1   1,409.2   1,415.4   1,406.6    180.4     136.2     152.6     133.6   12.6    9.7   10.8    9.5 

  1 Metropolitan division.
  2 Metropolitan statistical area.
  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. 06-01, dated December 5, 2005, and
are available at http://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm and in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.  Estimates for the current year
are subject to revision early in the following calendar year.





     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                                  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 5. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, seasonally adjusted
     
     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                        Total (1)                        Construction                   Manufacturing        
                                                                                                                             
            State                                                                                                            
                            Dec.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.     Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.   Dec.  
                            2005     2006     2006     2006p    2005    2006    2006   2006p    2005    2006    2006   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
      Alabama............  1,959.5  1,974.5  1,974.8  1,976.2   108.2   110.0   109.8   109.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Alaska.............    310.6    315.9    316.1    316.1    18.4    18.0    18.1    18.2    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Arizona............  2,567.4  2,664.2  2,669.6  2,682.6   230.5   249.9   251.7   253.8   182.9   182.8   181.3   181.6
      Arkansas...........  1,183.6  1,194.0  1,193.3  1,198.0    54.7    55.7    55.7    55.8   197.5   194.2   191.5   193.6
      California......... 14,918.9 15,054.7 15,072.0 15,089.2   933.3   914.1   916.5   917.4 1,510.6 1,508.8 1,509.7 1,509.3
                                                                                                                             
      Colorado...........  2,249.2  2,280.2  2,284.9  2,292.7   164.7   165.6   165.2   167.8   150.1   151.2   151.2   151.7
      Connecticut........  1,668.6  1,676.9  1,678.0  1,679.2    66.4    64.3    64.6    65.2   194.0   193.4   193.5   193.1
      Delaware (3).......    434.0    439.8    441.5    440.7    28.2    29.0    29.1    28.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      District of                                                                                                            
        Columbia (3).....    686.6    692.7    695.3    694.8    12.1    12.9    12.8    12.5    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Florida ...........  7,943.5  8,106.7  8,137.3  8,156.1   597.9   617.9   620.5   616.8   399.9   396.9   396.4   396.3
                                                                                                                             
      Georgia ...........  4,030.7  4,097.9  4,106.9  4,110.9   214.9   218.7   219.6   219.3    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Hawaii (3).........    611.2    621.3    625.7    623.2    35.7    36.1    36.3    36.8    15.4    15.3    15.2    15.3
      Idaho .............    627.0    644.8    649.0    652.8    48.1    53.8    54.2    55.6    63.8    64.7    65.2    65.7
      Illinois...........  5,894.0  5,951.2  5,950.6  5,958.9   274.9   278.5   279.0   279.4   687.5   678.2   678.4   678.9
      Indiana............  2,975.9  2,987.9  2,988.4  2,986.3   150.1   152.5   152.8   152.8   571.2   569.8   568.0   566.6
                                                                                                                             
      Iowa...............  1,495.7  1,513.0  1,516.6  1,520.2    73.8    77.4    78.1    77.6   232.4   235.1   235.3   236.6
      Kansas.............  1,334.7  1,339.9  1,342.2  1,345.8    63.2    65.2    63.5    64.8   178.1   180.3   179.5   179.0
      Kentucky...........  1,836.0  1,844.8  1,845.5  1,848.0    85.6    87.5    87.4    87.5   262.0   254.9   255.5   254.7
      Louisiana..........  1,738.9  1,791.6  1,794.3  1,798.3   101.6   111.4   111.4   112.5   143.1   146.8   147.4   147.2
      Maine..............    612.3    614.6    615.2    616.3    30.9    31.5    31.4    31.6    59.8    57.3    57.5    57.6
                                                                                                                             
      Maryland (3).......  2,568.4  2,597.2  2,604.6  2,612.1   185.6   188.6   190.1   190.7   139.3   137.1   136.1   136.3
      Massachusetts......  3,206.0  3,222.2  3,223.0  3,224.7   142.9   141.3   141.2   141.5   304.4   305.2   304.3   304.3
      Michigan...........  4,396.5  4,355.8  4,361.8  4,376.7   193.4   191.5   190.6   191.2   676.9   641.0   639.6   637.5
      Minnesota..........  2,730.6  2,777.2  2,786.6  2,784.8   130.5   132.6   130.8   131.0   349.2   348.9   347.4   345.4
      Mississippi........  1,126.2  1,147.4  1,150.3  1,155.5    54.2    56.8    56.6    57.2   176.1   173.8   174.5   175.0
                                                                                                                             
      Missouri ..........  2,739.6  2,753.6  2,757.9  2,761.7   142.3   144.0   144.7   144.7   306.3   297.6   299.4   299.6
      Montana............    424.8    440.8    442.4    442.4    28.2    30.9    31.1    30.6    19.2    20.6    20.7    20.5
      Nebraska (3).......    940.3    952.7    955.5    956.5    46.3    45.8    46.0    46.0   102.8   102.6   102.7   102.3
      Nevada.............  1,256.6  1,303.0  1,308.7  1,316.7   143.9   151.6   152.8   154.9    48.4    49.9    49.7    50.0
      New Hampshire......    636.6    642.8    643.5    642.3    30.1    31.4    31.4    30.9    78.3    76.5    76.1    75.7
                                                                                                                             
      New Jersey.........  4,064.5  4,082.8  4,083.0  4,085.0   171.0   171.4   170.9   171.8   323.2   313.2   311.9   312.4
      New Mexico.........    821.5    838.4    838.9    839.7    56.5    59.3    58.6    58.6    36.7    37.4    37.6    37.6
      New York...........  8,566.3  8,624.5  8,629.3  8,627.5   326.9   332.7   332.9   333.7   569.7   558.8   557.8   559.4
      North Carolina.....  3,943.5  3,992.1  3,993.8  3,999.7   235.4   244.3   244.2   244.9   563.7   552.1   552.0   550.1
      North Dakota.......    348.4    352.9    354.4    354.5    17.5    17.6    17.8    17.5    25.8    25.3    26.1    26.0
                                                                                                                             
      Ohio...............  5,445.7  5,452.4  5,454.5  5,449.4   234.3   234.1   234.2   234.9   814.2   803.1   799.1   797.2
      Oklahoma...........  1,529.4  1,547.8  1,548.7  1,549.6    66.8    67.9    69.3    70.3    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Oregon ............  1,686.6  1,718.0  1,720.2  1,718.1    96.2   102.6   103.5   103.6   206.9   209.4   207.4   206.8
      Pennsylvania.......  5,737.6  5,770.5  5,777.3  5,787.6   257.9   258.3   259.1   259.5   677.2   665.5   665.6   665.4
      Rhode Island.......    493.0    493.9    493.6    493.2    22.6    23.3    23.2    23.4    54.1    52.8    52.7    52.7
                                                                                                                             
      South Carolina.....  1,875.5  1,919.5  1,912.4  1,907.2   120.8   126.4   126.3   128.3   258.1   253.7   253.5   253.4
      South Dakota.......    391.8    401.2    401.2    403.7    20.1    22.1    22.1    22.7    40.9    42.1    41.9    42.3
      Tennessee..........  2,760.9  2,786.3  2,786.9  2,788.0   120.7   123.5   123.9   124.0   405.0   397.4   396.5   395.9
      Texas..............  9,861.3 10,044.0 10,058.9 10,074.5   580.2   619.4   622.1   624.9   905.1   909.6   913.5   914.5
      Utah...............  1,175.8  1,221.7  1,225.2  1,227.8    85.0    98.5   100.0    99.7   118.8   120.9   121.0   121.4
                                                                                                                             
      Vermont............    306.6    309.0    308.9    308.6    16.8    17.9    17.7    17.5    36.8    36.4    36.4    36.6
      Virginia...........  3,699.5  3,746.0  3,748.4  3,755.1   253.2   263.8   259.7   257.6   294.9   293.0   291.7   293.0
      Washington.........  2,822.1  2,886.6  2,890.3  2,893.2   183.9   195.0   195.6   196.7   277.9   286.4   286.9   287.7
      West Virginia......    752.3    758.6    759.4    759.9    38.2    39.8    39.5    39.4    61.2    61.4    61.1    60.8
      Wisconsin..........  2,861.0  2,870.0  2,872.9  2,879.6   132.9   136.2   135.3   133.4   509.0   507.0   504.6   505.2
      Wyoming............    265.9    278.0    278.6    279.9    20.8    23.3    23.6    23.7    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 





                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                             Trade, transportation, and         Financial activities         Professional and business   
                                     utilities                                                        services           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.   Dec.     Dec.    Oct.    Nov.   Dec.  
                            2005    2006    2006   2006p    2005    2006    2006   2006p    2005    2006    2006   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   383.5   382.7   384.8   386.3    98.2    98.1    97.9    97.7   212.2   217.4   217.7   218.0
      Alaska.............    63.4    64.7    64.6    64.6    14.8    14.9    15.0    14.8    24.0    24.0    24.0    24.1
      Arizona............   496.0   512.8   514.9   515.9   177.8   184.1   183.2   183.8   385.8   404.1   407.6   412.4
      Arkansas...........   246.3   249.3   249.5   249.4    52.0    52.8    52.9    53.1   113.7   116.2   117.0   117.3
      California......... 2,830.3 2,835.5 2,839.3 2,841.7   937.8   946.8   947.4   947.9 2,177.9 2,215.9 2,218.6 2,222.9
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   420.4   419.6   421.2   423.7   159.5   160.0   160.5   159.8   321.0   331.2   332.3   333.3
      Connecticut........   312.9   312.5   312.6   312.7   143.0   144.9   144.9   145.2   200.9   201.8   202.6   203.8
      Delaware (3).......    82.3    82.5    82.8    83.1    45.0    43.8    43.6    43.7    63.9    65.3    65.6    66.0
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia (3).....    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)    148.8   151.4   151.6   151.9
      Florida ........... 1,591.2 1,610.9 1,613.4 1,615.7   534.6   546.5   548.0   549.6 1,354.8 1,399.2 1,412.1 1,417.5
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   851.8   870.6   869.3   870.7   228.3   231.7   230.3   231.0   543.3   552.7   555.4   557.1
      Hawaii (3).........   120.4   122.8   122.5   122.5    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Idaho .............   125.4   127.5   129.1   129.8    30.9    32.2    32.1    32.3    79.0    81.4    82.5    82.7
      Illinois........... 1,191.6 1,198.7 1,199.3 1,202.4   406.5   414.1   414.7   415.5   830.6   859.4   858.2   860.7
      Indiana............   589.5   589.6   592.4   591.9   140.0   142.0   141.7   142.1   275.2   278.2   278.6   277.5
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   309.2   309.7   311.3   312.4    99.5   101.0   101.1   101.8   114.5   118.8   118.5   118.7
      Kansas.............   261.0   257.4   260.1   260.6    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)    132.9   133.0   134.1   134.6
      Kentucky...........   380.7   381.9   382.4   383.0    87.6    88.3    87.9    88.0   175.1   176.8   177.3   178.7
      Louisiana..........   352.8   366.7   366.2   365.8    93.2    95.4    95.1    95.0   162.9   175.5   176.4   176.3
      Maine..............   126.1   125.6   126.2   126.5    33.8    34.1    33.9    34.0    50.5    52.2    52.1    52.1
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   473.1   471.6   475.1   475.6   159.3   161.1   161.0   160.8   388.3   393.2   395.3   396.5
      Massachusetts......   570.0   569.2   568.3   567.4   222.2   225.3   225.8   225.8   465.1   470.6   472.2   473.6
      Michigan...........   804.4   787.8   789.9   792.6   219.1   220.6   220.3   219.4   598.2   603.6   607.0   614.8
      Minnesota..........   529.2   535.2   539.2   539.5   181.6   183.6   184.8   185.5   304.8   319.4   320.7   320.5
      Mississippi........   222.3   225.3   224.9   226.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      89.5    89.9    89.7    91.1
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   542.2   547.4   547.8   551.2   167.3   167.0   167.3   167.6   322.9   326.6   326.4   326.5
      Montana............    88.0    90.0    90.2    90.2    21.8    22.8    22.9    23.1    34.7    38.9    38.8    38.7
      Nebraska (3).......   200.1   201.2   201.9   202.2    65.3    68.0    68.2    68.6    97.2    99.1    98.4    98.2
      Nevada.............   219.7   227.9   228.6   229.3    67.3    68.6    68.8    69.2   149.3   160.4   162.2   165.1
      New Hampshire......   140.6   143.0   143.6   143.5    39.9    40.8    41.1    41.3    60.1    60.8    60.5    60.5
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   884.9   882.8   884.3   883.7   283.3   284.4   284.3   284.3   596.8   606.6   607.7   606.6
      New Mexico.........   141.1   142.1   142.2   142.2    35.5    35.7    35.9    35.7    93.7    97.6    97.8    97.2
      New York........... 1,506.9 1,510.2 1,512.0 1,507.1   719.2   725.4   726.1   727.0 1,090.8 1,104.8 1,104.7 1,104.2
      North Carolina.....   733.0   735.5   735.5   735.0   200.9   207.5   208.0   208.2   451.3   457.9   458.7   461.6
      North Dakota.......    75.6    76.8    76.8    76.9    19.1    19.8    19.7    19.7    27.2    27.2    27.5    27.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio............... 1,043.2 1,036.9 1,040.4 1,038.7   309.8   310.7   310.6   310.7   650.5   657.1   658.1   657.6
      Oklahoma...........   282.5   285.5   285.6   284.7    85.0    85.2    85.1    84.3   175.0   175.1   175.5   175.9
      Oregon ............   334.8   340.3   341.0   339.0   104.4   107.4   107.4   108.4   188.2   192.2   192.5   191.1
      Pennsylvania....... 1,131.7 1,131.2 1,132.8 1,137.3   336.1   335.7   336.1   336.8   665.9   673.2   676.0   680.0
      Rhode Island.......    79.5    79.0    79.1    78.7    35.2    36.9    37.2    37.2    56.1    57.2    57.4    56.8
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   358.9   367.9   367.7   364.4   100.3   104.8   105.3   104.7    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      South Dakota.......    78.8    80.6    80.0    81.1    28.6    29.5    30.0    30.5    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2) 
      Tennessee..........   602.9   612.6   612.4   612.7   144.7   145.3   145.6   145.7   317.6   320.2   319.8   319.6
      Texas.............. 2,012.5 2,025.7 2,021.5 2,028.2   618.3   634.3   634.5   637.6 1,185.9 1,228.0 1,234.3 1,231.9
      Utah...............   230.1   237.1   237.5   238.2    69.8    72.9    73.2    73.3   154.2   161.1   162.6   163.1
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    59.7    59.8    60.2    59.9    13.3    13.1    13.2    13.2    22.0    22.4    22.4    22.5
      Virginia...........   658.7   660.6   664.6   666.1   195.1   197.7   197.4   197.3   618.6   625.0   628.1   630.1
      Washington.........   538.7   546.5   547.3   548.3   157.0   157.2   157.2   157.5   325.5   342.5   343.4   343.1
      West Virginia......   139.8   142.1   142.4   141.9    30.0    29.7    29.6    29.8    59.9    59.7    60.2    60.1
      Wisconsin..........   539.1   538.5   538.7   542.3   157.2   158.6   159.2   160.1   262.8   270.4   272.0   273.8
      Wyoming............    50.9    52.9    52.7    53.1    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     15.8    16.8    16.8    17.0





                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                           Education and health services      Leisure and hospitality                Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            Dec.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec.    Dec.    Oct.    Nov.   Dec.     Dec.    Oct.    Nov.   Dec.  
                            2005    2006    2006   2006p    2005    2006    2006   2006p    2005    2006    2006   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   201.9   207.0   206.1   207.1   167.2   171.1   171.4   170.8   362.0   364.5   364.4   363.9
      Alaska.............    36.1    37.4    37.4    37.6    30.9    31.6    31.3    31.8    82.1    82.2    82.0    81.9
      Arizona............   280.5   290.1   290.5   291.4   260.0   272.6   272.9   273.9   403.8   414.5   414.4   416.6
      Arkansas...........   148.2   151.0   151.2   152.1    94.8    96.7    97.1    97.7   206.5   207.2   207.6   207.9
      California......... 1,597.4 1,622.9 1,625.5 1,630.7 1,492.9 1,525.1 1,526.4 1,526.3 2,425.5 2,463.6 2,463.6 2,464.6
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   226.5   231.0   231.3   231.7   258.3   265.2   264.3   265.1   365.2   369.7   370.3   370.6
      Connecticut........   273.2   279.2   278.8   277.8   129.6   131.2   131.1   131.1   247.2   248.5   248.8   248.9
      Delaware (3).......    54.3    55.6    55.8    55.8    41.7    41.8    42.4    42.0    59.4    60.4    60.4    60.1
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia (3).....    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     55.1    56.5    56.4    56.2   231.9   230.6   231.8   230.5
      Florida ...........   953.3   975.9   979.1   985.0   907.1   929.6   936.6   940.2 1,091.8 1,106.4 1,111.5 1,115.2
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia ...........   426.8   440.1   441.3   442.3   372.7   385.1   386.2   385.6   655.3   664.7   665.3   667.4
      Hawaii (3).........    70.8    71.0    70.9    71.2   107.5   108.4   108.4   108.5   119.7   122.0   125.9   122.1
      Idaho .............    69.0    70.7    70.7    71.0    60.4    62.0    62.8    63.0   116.5   117.2   117.0   117.1
      Illinois...........   752.7   758.9   759.2   761.2   518.7   532.1   531.9   531.8   843.5   844.5   843.0   841.8
      Indiana............   381.1   383.0   383.6   383.7   281.0   282.3   282.1   281.9   428.9   429.9   428.9   429.7
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   198.3   201.1   201.4   202.0   129.2   131.5   132.2   132.2   247.2   249.0   249.0   249.2
      Kansas.............   165.1   166.2   165.9   165.9   111.1   110.7   112.0   112.9   252.6   257.6   257.3   257.7
      Kentucky...........   236.8   240.8   241.0   241.5   166.8   170.0   170.3   171.0   312.4   315.9   315.0   314.7
      Louisiana..........   208.0   215.2   216.0   216.4   168.6   177.9   178.4   180.1   374.8   365.6   365.1   366.3
      Maine..............   112.7   114.4   114.7   114.3    59.5    58.7    59.4    60.0   105.4   106.7   106.4   106.3
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland (3).......   357.9   365.6   367.1   367.8   233.1   239.4   239.7   241.3   467.5   472.0   470.5   473.1
      Massachusetts......   592.8   600.2   601.0   601.6   290.8   291.6   290.8   291.3   410.6   410.8   411.0   411.4
      Michigan...........   569.8   575.8   577.3   580.2   406.3   410.2   411.1   410.6   673.1   672.6   672.3   674.9
      Minnesota..........   390.8   401.1   404.2   405.5   243.8   252.4   251.3   253.3   418.4   418.0   420.6   416.2
      Mississippi........   122.2   123.3   124.0   124.0   113.4   121.2   123.2   123.6   241.2   248.6   248.9   249.0
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   369.2   373.4   373.6   374.0   275.5   275.6   276.5   277.4   429.5   437.1   437.8   437.1
      Montana............   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)      55.6    57.6    57.9    58.3    87.3    88.6    88.9    88.3
      Nebraska (3).......   129.2   132.9   133.7   134.0    80.5    81.1    81.5    81.9   161.5   165.9   166.2   165.7
      Nevada.............    86.3    89.0    89.1    89.8   333.8   339.2   340.0   340.1   146.1   151.3   152.2   152.5
      New Hampshire......    99.2   101.6   101.8   101.5    64.6    64.9    65.3    66.1    89.0    88.7    88.5    87.7
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   565.9   575.1   577.0   577.3   339.5   344.8   343.6   345.4   642.4   648.1   647.4   647.0
      New Mexico.........   107.5   109.8   109.8   110.0    84.3    86.4    86.2    86.5   203.6   205.3   205.7   206.2
      New York........... 1,558.1 1,582.1 1,587.1 1,587.2   670.6   678.8   679.6   678.4 1,488.9 1,495.0 1,491.2 1,492.0
      North Carolina.....   470.0   483.3   483.2   486.0   362.0   366.0   370.5   370.6   667.9   680.5   678.9   677.8
      North Dakota.......    49.2    49.9    49.9    50.0    31.5    32.3    32.5    32.4    74.9    76.2    76.1    75.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   768.1   774.9   776.6   776.8   504.3   512.9   514.8   515.0   795.9   797.3   796.1   794.8
      Oklahoma...........   184.9   187.6   186.8   187.5   133.3   133.9   133.9   134.8   313.7   321.2   320.8   320.4
      Oregon ............   204.2   208.6   208.5   208.8   164.7   165.9   167.9   168.3   285.2   289.3   290.8   290.7
      Pennsylvania....... 1,042.5 1,072.0 1,072.2 1,073.0   487.3   492.9   492.5   493.2   745.8   746.6   747.8   747.2
      Rhode Island.......    96.2    97.2    97.5    97.3    50.5    50.5    50.1    50.1    64.8    64.0    64.2    64.0
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   186.5   191.9   193.5   195.2   201.4   211.8   214.3   211.6   333.3   339.6   334.6   333.1
      South Dakota.......    58.5    59.1    59.4    59.7    41.7    42.7    42.2    42.7    75.7    75.4    75.4    75.2
      Tennessee..........   332.7   338.9   338.6   339.1   266.4   273.4   274.4   275.3   416.2   418.9   419.7   419.8
      Texas.............. 1,204.6 1,227.0 1,228.7 1,230.7   919.0   937.6   941.2   940.9 1,688.9 1,712.8 1,711.5 1,714.4
      Utah...............   130.8   135.4   135.7   136.0   106.0   109.6   108.9   109.3   204.4   207.4   207.5   207.6
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    54.6    55.1    55.2    55.3    32.9    33.0    32.8    32.9    53.0    53.5    53.5    53.1
      Virginia...........   400.2   410.9   412.6   412.5   329.8   339.2   337.2   337.7   665.1   670.9   671.1   675.8
      Washington.........   336.2   340.8   341.8   340.9   267.5   272.7   273.7   275.1   526.9   532.0   530.6   529.3
      West Virginia......   114.7   115.2   115.4   115.5    70.7    71.4    71.5    72.1   144.0   143.9   144.2   144.5
      Wisconsin..........   392.4   400.7   401.3   402.1   265.1   266.1   266.8   268.0   415.2   400.8   402.5   401.6
      Wyoming............    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     32.7    32.9    32.9    32.7    65.3    65.8    65.6    66.1
      
       1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, and other services, except public administration, not shown
     separately.
       2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       3 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from 2005 benchmark levels. 
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available. 
     
     
     
     
     
          ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                      NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
     
     Table 6. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry sector, not seasonally adjusted
     
     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                      Total                 Natural resources and mining            Construction         
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
           State             November        December         November        December        November        December   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                           2005    2006    2005    2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama........... 1,969.0 1,986.6  1,971.3 1,987.9    13.3    13.5    13.4    13.1   108.7   110.4   108.4   110.0
      Alaska............   300.9   306.5    298.6   303.9    10.9    12.8    11.0    12.9    17.8    17.5    16.4    16.2
      Arizona........... 2,588.1 2,703.0  2,603.4 2,719.4     9.5    11.1     9.6    11.1   229.5   253.1   231.1   254.5
      Arkansas.......... 1,191.9 1,201.7  1,189.8 1,204.1     7.2     7.5     7.1     7.6    54.6    55.5    54.0    55.1
      California........ 15019.8 15179.0 15,034.6 15206.5    24.1    25.3    23.7    24.9   932.9   922.8   927.1   911.4
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado.......... 2,250.4 2,293.6  2,269.6 2,313.1    17.9    21.8    18.0    21.9   165.6   166.9   162.3   165.4
      Connecticut....... 1,685.2 1,695.7  1,691.0 1,701.8      .8      .8      .7      .7    67.7    66.1    66.0    64.8
      Delaware .........   438.1   444.6    437.1   443.8     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    28.5    29.5    28.2    28.8
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia........   689.3   698.5    689.2   697.6     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    12.2    12.8    12.1    12.5
      Florida........... 7,968.7 8,192.5  8,031.8 8,247.0     7.1     7.4     7.2     7.5   593.7   622.8   601.6   620.8
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia........... 4,056.0 4,138.9  4,063.9 4,145.4    12.1    12.3    12.1    12.3   213.2   219.3   214.1   218.5
      Hawaii ...........   615.6   631.7    620.4   632.7     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    35.2    36.5    35.6    36.7
      Idaho ............   630.2   654.2    627.7   653.5     4.6     4.4     4.4     4.3    48.5    55.3    46.9    54.4
      Illinois.......... 5,948.2 6,006.9  5,942.1 6,007.6    10.3    10.3    10.2    10.2   282.3   288.2   274.3   279.1
      Indiana........... 3,004.3 3,017.4  2,999.9 3,010.3     6.9     6.9     6.9     6.8   153.1   155.3   147.6   150.1
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa.............. 1,508.8 1,535.7  1,509.4 1,534.2     2.2     2.2     2.1     2.0    74.8    80.9    72.1    76.0
      Kansas............ 1,355.7 1,359.2  1,347.5 1,358.8     7.8     7.7     7.5     7.9    65.7    64.3    61.6    63.2
      Kentucky.......... 1,851.7 1,863.0  1,851.2 1,862.9    22.2    23.4    22.5    23.6    87.6    89.2    85.7    87.6
      Louisiana......... 1,744.7 1,806.1  1,750.6 1,810.2    47.1    48.9    47.4    48.9   101.1   112.4   102.7   113.7
      Maine.............   619.2   622.3    616.7   620.7     3.0     3.0     2.9     3.1    31.6    32.2    30.3    31.0
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland.......... 2,592.0 2,626.4  2,590.3 2,628.9     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)   188.5   192.6   185.8   190.8
      Massachusetts..... 3,234.1 3,255.2  3,238.7 3,257.4     1.9     2.1     1.8     2.0   145.9   144.9   142.6   141.2
      Michigan.......... 4,445.5 4,418.8  4,429.0 4,409.0     8.4     8.5     8.1     8.2   199.9   196.9   190.6   188.4
      Minnesota......... 2,750.7 2,815.2  2,746.3 2,800.6     5.9     6.2     5.8     5.9   135.0   135.6   125.5   126.1
      Mississippi....... 1,134.7 1,155.5  1,130.3 1,159.5     8.5     9.3     8.5     9.4    54.4    57.2    54.2    57.1
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ......... 2,758.9 2,782.3  2,756.7 2,779.1     5.2     4.9     4.9     4.8   143.4   146.1   140.5   143.0
      Montana...........   426.1   445.2    425.3   443.1     8.1     8.9     8.0     8.8    28.9    31.9    27.6    30.0
      Nebraska..........   949.3   965.2    947.0   963.3     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    47.6    46.5    44.6    44.3
      Nevada............ 1,261.4 1,319.7  1,264.0 1,324.3    11.1    11.7    11.1    11.7   143.1   153.7   142.7   153.6
      New Hampshire.....   639.0   646.9    642.5   648.2     1.1     1.2     1.0     1.1    30.5    31.9    30.1    30.9
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey........ 4,092.7 4,113.8  4,101.5 4,122.0     1.8     1.9     1.8     1.9   174.5   174.9   172.6   173.4
      New Mexico........   822.9   843.6    826.2   844.5    18.0    19.1    18.1    19.2    55.8    58.9    56.0    58.1
      New York.......... 8,663.3 8,730.3  8,680.4 8,742.2     6.3     6.5     5.9     6.0   336.9   344.2   327.4   334.2
      North Carolina.... 3,977.0 4,032.4  3,971.2 4,027.6     6.9     6.7     6.9     6.7   235.0   245.5   235.3   244.9
      North Dakota......   351.7   358.5    351.1   357.2     4.3     4.7     4.3     4.7    17.8    18.0    16.2    16.2
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio.............. 5,505.0 5,508.1  5,497.3 5,500.3    11.4    10.6    11.3    10.4   241.4   241.9   233.8   234.4
      Oklahoma.......... 1,538.1 1,558.9  1,538.8 1,559.1    37.4    40.7    37.8    40.5    66.5    68.9    65.9    69.4
      Oregon............ 1,698.3 1,737.0  1,697.2 1,728.8     9.4     8.7     8.7     8.6    95.9   104.4    95.2   102.6
      Pennsylvania...... 5,787.5 5,838.9  5,783.6 5,833.3    19.9    20.0    19.7    19.7   261.1   264.1   252.3   253.9
      Rhode Island......   499.9   500.0    497.9   498.0      .3      .3      .3      .3    23.3    24.0    22.8    23.6
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.... 1,883.7 1,924.8  1,885.7 1,918.8     4.7     5.1     4.8     5.2   121.0   126.9   120.4   127.9
      South Dakota......   394.1   402.9    391.4   403.1      .9      .9      .8      .9    21.6    22.6    19.1    21.6
      Tennessee......... 2,782.3 2,810.4  2,789.3 2,816.7     4.1     4.2     4.1     4.2   121.5   124.8   120.7   124.0
      Texas............. 9,913.2 10117.1  9,923.7 10138.4   171.4   182.0   172.2   184.0   577.1   620.8   575.9   620.7
      Utah.............. 1,182.7 1,236.6  1,188.9 1,241.0     9.0    10.7     9.1    10.8    85.8   101.5    84.7    99.4
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont...........   308.6   311.1    312.5   314.6      .9      .8      .9      .8    17.5    18.2    16.5    17.2
      Virginia.......... 3,732.4 3,781.0  3,722.3 3,777.8    10.8    11.1    10.9    11.2   253.1   261.9   252.3   256.7
      Washington........ 2,841.4 2,916.1  2,834.3 2,905.4     8.5     8.1     8.5     8.1   184.2   197.1   180.4   193.2
      West Virginia.....   757.1   765.6    757.4   765.1    26.3    27.8    26.4    27.9    39.0    40.5    37.6    38.8
      Wisconsin......... 2,879.2 2,899.1  2,872.0 2,890.4     4.1     4.6     3.8     4.3   136.2   139.1   129.9   130.4
      Wyoming...........   264.0   277.1    263.6   277.5    24.0    27.8    24.2    28.2    20.7    23.8    19.8    22.7
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico....... 1,046.6 1,041.0  1,075.9 1,041.1     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)    63.3    67.7    69.5    66.7





                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                   Manufacturing             Trade, transportation, and             Information          
                                                                     utilities                                           
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              November        December        November        December        November        December   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   300.8   297.5   301.5   297.7   386.8   389.9   391.0   393.8    31.1    30.8    31.1    30.9
      Alaska.............     7.7     8.0     5.9     6.2    61.7    62.9    61.6    62.6     6.9     6.9     6.9     6.8
      Arizona............   182.8   181.6   183.5   182.1   505.5   526.4   512.8   533.4    44.9    43.3    45.0    43.0
      Arkansas...........   199.3   192.0   197.8   193.9   249.4   253.0   251.4   254.6    20.2    20.6    20.3    20.6
      California......... 1,506.7 1,505.9 1,504.8 1,503.6 2,890.3 2,899.2 2,920.8 2,932.9   483.0   477.3   472.9   480.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   150.8   151.9   150.8   152.4   426.2   428.4   431.8   435.3    76.5    76.3    76.2    75.9
      Connecticut........   194.7   194.0   195.0   194.1   318.9   318.6   325.0   324.8    37.8    37.7    38.0    38.0
      Delaware ..........    33.8    33.6    32.2    32.9    84.8    85.2    85.2    86.0     6.9     7.4     6.9     7.4
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia.........     2.0     2.2     2.0     2.2    28.2    28.8    28.8    29.4    22.6    24.2    22.7    24.2
      Florida............   401.8   397.7   401.5   397.8 1,610.1 1,636.6 1,642.2 1,667.4   169.8   169.0   169.7   169.8
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   446.7   448.0   447.1   446.6   874.0   891.2   880.7   899.8   115.8   116.0   116.3   116.3
      Hawaii ............    15.3    15.2    15.4    15.3   122.2   124.5   124.3   126.5    11.1    11.0    11.1    11.0
      Idaho .............    63.7    65.1    63.4    65.3   127.6   131.8   128.0   132.5    11.1    11.5    11.1    11.5
      Illinois...........   688.4   679.2   688.2   679.7 1,207.2 1,218.0 1,223.3 1,234.6   117.9   116.4   117.9   116.4
      Indiana............   571.9   568.3   571.8   567.2   595.5   600.3   602.8   605.3    40.6    41.1    41.0    41.1
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   232.0   236.0   232.4   236.6   313.6   316.8   316.1   319.5    33.2    32.2    33.3    32.3
      Kansas.............   180.2   180.3   178.7   179.6   265.0   263.8   266.1   265.7    39.2    37.7    39.5    38.0
      Kentucky...........   263.4   256.2   263.3   255.9   386.6   389.1   390.2   392.6    29.4    29.3    29.5    29.2
      Louisiana..........   143.9   148.0   143.5   147.6   355.8   370.7   360.4   373.8    28.9    28.4    28.4    28.4
      Maine..............    61.2    58.8    61.1    58.8   129.8   130.3   131.3   131.8    11.4    11.5    11.3    11.5
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   139.7   136.5   139.6   136.6   483.2   486.3   490.2   492.8    50.8    50.7    50.6    50.7
      Massachusetts......   304.6   305.1   305.4   305.2   582.0   580.1   590.2   587.4    87.5    88.1    87.8    88.3
      Michigan...........   681.6   641.7   682.8   643.2   819.0   805.5   824.5   812.3    66.8    66.8    67.1    67.1
      Minnesota..........   348.2   346.8   347.4   343.7   540.6   550.4   542.7   553.1    58.9    61.6    59.1    61.3
      Mississippi........   175.3   174.6   176.3   175.2   224.9   227.6   227.2   231.4    13.7    13.7    13.9    13.6
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   307.6   300.6   307.1   300.3   553.2   559.1   556.7   565.9    62.4    60.6    62.4    60.1
      Montana............    19.3    20.7    19.4    20.8    89.0    91.3    89.6    91.9     7.7     7.8     7.8     7.9
      Nebraska...........   102.3   103.0   103.3   102.8   203.6   205.9   205.1   207.1    20.5    19.5    20.4    19.8
      Nevada.............    48.7    50.0    48.6    50.2   225.2   234.7   227.4   237.4    14.4    15.1    14.4    15.3
      New Hampshire......    78.6    76.1    78.6    76.0   143.7   146.8   146.0   149.0    13.0    13.2    13.0    13.3
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   326.4   314.0   324.9   314.1   899.6   898.4   910.6   909.1    97.8    94.5    97.4    94.4
      New Mexico.........    36.3    37.5    36.3    37.3   143.9   145.0   145.1   146.2    14.8    16.2    15.0    16.5
      New York...........   576.0   561.8   571.0   560.7 1,541.7 1,546.3 1,563.4 1,563.6   273.1   271.5   273.9   272.4
      North Carolina.....   564.2   552.3   565.4   551.8   746.3   748.3   748.7   750.6    77.7    78.5    77.5    78.8
      North Dakota.......    26.0    26.2    25.8    26.0    76.1    77.9    77.3    78.6     7.7     7.8     7.8     7.9
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   816.4   800.9   817.7   800.7 1,069.7 1,064.2 1,079.8 1,075.1    89.9    88.8    89.5    88.7
      Oklahoma...........   146.2   147.9   147.2   148.2   286.3   289.6   289.0   291.2    29.9    29.2    29.8    29.4
      Oregon.............   206.7   207.9   205.5   205.4   341.5   348.5   345.1   349.4    33.6    32.9    33.6    33.4
      Pennsylvania.......   679.2   666.4   678.4   666.5 1,153.9 1,160.3 1,169.5 1,175.3   107.9   107.8   108.5   108.4
      Rhode Island.......    54.9    53.3    54.7    53.3    81.9    81.4    82.6    81.8    10.6    10.3    10.5    10.2
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   258.1   254.1   258.2   253.6   360.4   371.3   366.7   372.4    26.9    29.2    27.3    29.5
      South Dakota.......    41.0    42.6    41.3    42.7    80.0    81.1    79.8    82.1     7.0     7.1     7.0     7.1
      Tennessee..........   406.2   397.7   404.7   395.7   615.9   625.8   623.6   633.6    49.5    49.7    50.1    50.4
      Texas..............   904.9   913.9   904.9   914.2 2,048.8 2,053.6 2,064.3 2,080.3   225.5   216.7   224.1   215.3
      Utah...............   119.4   122.1   119.8   122.4   234.8   242.8   237.3   245.4    34.0    34.0    33.9    33.9
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    36.9    36.7    37.1    36.9    61.0    61.2    61.7    61.9     6.3     6.4     6.3     6.4
      Virginia...........   296.2   292.9   296.2   294.3   673.3   680.9   679.3   686.7    92.8    91.1    92.8    91.7
      Washington.........   278.2   287.9   277.2   287.0   548.8   558.6   553.1   563.0    96.3   101.6    96.5   101.9
      West Virginia......    61.5    61.2    61.3    60.9   143.0   145.1   143.2   145.4    11.6    11.9    11.7    12.0
      Wisconsin..........   507.7   504.3   507.6   503.8   551.4   554.3   555.3   558.6    49.2    49.6    49.2    50.0
      Wyoming............     9.9    10.4     9.7    10.4    51.3    53.2    51.2    53.5     4.3     4.2     4.3     4.2
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........   113.7   105.8   111.7   106.0   191.1   186.5   202.2   193.5    23.2    22.8    23.5    22.7





                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                                Financial activities         Professional and business     Education and health services 
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                            2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............    98.7    98.2    98.5    98.0   212.3   218.2   212.1   217.9   203.5   208.3   202.8   208.0
      Alaska.............    14.7    14.8    14.7    14.7    23.3    23.3    23.3    23.4    35.7    37.2    36.1    37.6
      Arizona............   177.9   183.8   179.4   185.4   384.7   410.9   388.1   414.9   281.0   292.0   281.2   292.2
      Arkansas...........    51.8    52.8    52.1    53.1   113.7   117.3   113.0   116.6   149.3   152.6   149.3   153.2
      California.........   937.3   948.3   939.8   950.0 2,183.8 2,230.1 2,191.7 2,237.1 1,614.2 1,641.3 1,608.2 1,641.5
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   159.1   160.3   161.0   161.3   319.4   332.3   320.4   332.6   226.7   232.2   228.0   233.2
      Connecticut........   142.9   145.1   143.2   145.4   201.6   204.4   202.8   205.8   278.0   282.8   277.0   281.6
      Delaware ..........    45.0    43.7    45.1    43.8    63.3    65.7    64.2    66.3    54.3    56.0    54.5    56.0
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia.........    30.0    31.0    30.1    31.2   149.5   152.8   150.1   153.2    98.5   100.1    97.6    99.2
      Florida............   532.8   547.4   534.5   549.5 1,350.7 1,416.1 1,358.8 1,421.9   955.1   985.6   958.9   990.8
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   228.1   231.7   229.5   232.2   545.4   559.8   546.1   559.9   429.6   444.9   429.0   444.6
      Hawaii ............    29.7    30.4    29.8    30.6    75.5    79.6    76.1    80.2    71.5    71.7    71.6    72.0
      Idaho .............    30.8    32.3    31.1    32.5    78.9    82.9    78.3    81.9    70.0    71.8    69.9    71.9
      Illinois...........   407.9   416.2   408.4   417.4   841.2   869.0   836.5   866.8   758.7   765.0   757.6   766.1
      Indiana............   139.5   141.6   140.0   142.1   278.8   280.8   275.3   277.5   386.3   388.9   386.0   388.7
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............    98.8   101.0    99.6   101.9   115.4   119.4   115.3   119.5   202.1   206.1   202.9   206.7
      Kansas.............    70.9    70.8    70.8    71.0   135.2   135.3   133.6   135.4   166.7   167.6   166.5   167.3
      Kentucky...........    87.8    88.2    88.1    88.5   177.6   180.5   177.6   181.2   238.1   243.0   238.2   242.9
      Louisiana..........    93.0    95.2    93.5    95.2   161.7   176.7   164.1   177.5   208.8   217.7   208.9   217.3
      Maine..............    33.8    33.8    33.8    34.0    50.8    52.3    50.4    52.0   114.1   115.7   113.3   114.8
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   158.9   160.7   159.5   160.9   389.4   397.2   388.3   396.5   359.7   369.6   359.8   369.7
      Massachusetts......   221.2   224.8   222.4   226.0   466.9   475.8   467.6   476.2   603.5   612.8   603.0   612.0
      Michigan...........   217.9   219.1   218.9   219.2   598.0   614.8   594.9   611.5   576.0   584.9   574.1   584.6
      Minnesota..........   179.9   184.5   181.7   185.6   306.7   324.9   306.1   321.8   393.0   408.7   393.9   408.7
      Mississippi........    45.9    46.3    46.2    46.7    89.7    90.9    89.7    91.3   122.0   124.5   122.6   124.4
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   166.5   167.1   167.4   167.8   321.2   327.9   323.0   326.6   372.5   377.5   371.7   376.5
      Montana............    21.6    22.8    21.8    23.0    34.9    38.9    34.1    38.0    57.7    59.2    57.7    59.2
      Nebraska...........    65.0    68.1    65.3    68.7    99.0   100.1    98.4    99.4   130.1   134.9   130.7   135.6
      Nevada.............    67.1    69.0    67.6    69.5   149.8   164.3   148.9   164.7    85.9    89.3    86.4    89.9
      New Hampshire......    39.6    41.0    39.8    41.2    60.6    61.1    60.5    60.9    99.5   102.4    99.9   102.2
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   282.5   284.1   283.8   284.8   600.2   609.9   597.9   607.7   566.7   580.0   569.3   580.7
      New Mexico.........    35.2    35.6    35.5    35.7    93.4    98.0    94.1    97.6   108.7   111.2   108.4   110.9
      New York...........   719.4   726.7   721.5   729.3 1,098.7 1,113.6 1,100.4 1,113.8 1,580.7 1,611.2 1,582.0 1,611.5
      North Carolina.....   199.8   207.3   200.8   208.1   451.1   461.0   449.0   459.2   473.5   487.6   474.2   490.2
      North Dakota.......    19.2    19.7    19.2    19.8    27.0    27.7    27.0    27.6    49.3    50.0    49.4    50.2
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   309.8   310.9   310.2   311.2   654.4   661.1   649.2   656.1   777.2   786.8   778.0   786.9
      Oklahoma...........    84.8    85.1    85.1    84.4   174.0   175.2   173.3   174.3   187.0   188.6   186.0   188.6
      Oregon.............   104.1   107.3   104.5   108.5   188.0   192.9   189.0   191.9   206.7   212.4   207.1   211.9
      Pennsylvania.......   334.9   335.0   336.1   336.7   666.3   680.7   664.7   678.8 1,057.3 1,088.3 1,054.0 1,084.8
      Rhode Island.......    35.0    37.1    35.2    37.2    56.9    57.8    56.7    57.4    98.6    99.3    97.7    98.7
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....    99.4   104.6    99.4   103.8   212.8   210.5   209.7   209.1   188.5   196.1   188.5   197.2
      South Dakota.......    28.5    29.9    28.5    30.4    24.1    25.9    24.2    25.8    58.7    59.8    58.8    60.0
      Tennessee..........   144.6   145.6   145.0   146.0   320.0   322.1   320.9   323.0   334.0   340.6   334.3   340.8
      Texas..............   617.6   634.6   619.5   638.9 1,187.4 1,238.2 1,188.3 1,234.5 1,206.5 1,234.6 1,208.7 1,234.8
      Utah...............    69.1    72.7    70.0    73.5   153.4   163.4   154.0   162.9   132.9   138.3   133.4   138.8
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    13.2    13.2    13.4    13.3    22.0    22.5    22.1    22.6    55.3    55.9    55.3    56.0
      Virginia...........   194.4   196.7   194.8   197.0   622.4   630.5   619.3   630.7   406.9   418.5   404.2   416.6
      Washington.........   156.8   157.4   157.3   157.8   326.7   345.7   325.3   342.9   337.6   344.4   338.1   342.8
      West Virginia......    29.9    29.8    30.1    29.9    59.4    60.3    60.5    60.7   116.1   116.8   115.9   116.7
      Wisconsin..........   156.9   159.1   157.3   160.2   263.0   273.5   261.8   272.8   395.9   404.9   394.7   404.5
      Wyoming............    10.7    11.2    10.6    11.1    15.9    16.7    15.3    16.5    22.0    23.1    22.1    22.9
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    50.1    50.2    51.6    50.8   103.3   103.9   108.5   105.1   100.5   101.8   103.1   101.5






                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              Leisure and hospitality              Other services                    Government          
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                              November        December        November        December        November        December   
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
                            2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p    2005    2006    2005   2006p 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
      Alabama............   166.1   169.6   165.5   169.0    81.4    81.6    81.4    82.0   366.3   368.6   365.6   367.5
      Alaska.............    27.7    28.5    28.1    28.9    11.5    11.6    11.3    11.4    83.0    83.0    83.3    83.2
      Arizona............   259.5   273.6   261.4   275.3    95.4    99.0    95.8    99.5   417.4   428.2   415.5   428.0
      Arkansas...........    92.7    95.3    91.8    94.6    42.2    42.6    42.3    42.7   211.5   212.5   210.7   212.1
      California......... 1,480.5 1,516.5 1,487.8 1,521.1   513.7   521.4   514.7   521.4 2,453.3 2,490.9 2,443.1 2,482.1
                                                                                                                         
      Colorado...........   247.7   255.6   260.8   267.6    88.3    89.7    88.8    90.7   372.2   378.2   371.5   376.8
      Connecticut........   126.7   128.4   127.8   129.3    62.6    62.5    62.9    62.9   253.5   255.3   252.6   254.4
      Delaware ..........    40.8    41.5    40.3    40.6    19.8    20.7    20.2    21.0    60.9    61.3    60.3    61.0
      District of                                                                                                        
        Columbia.........    55.4    56.7    54.9    56.0    59.5    59.7    59.5    59.7   231.4   230.2   231.4   230.0
      Florida............   897.4   930.4   907.5   941.1   336.9   343.9   338.0   344.7 1,113.3 1,135.6 1,111.9 1,135.7
                                                                                                                         
      Georgia............   369.4   382.7   370.0   382.9   157.3   158.3   156.7   157.7   664.4   674.7   662.3   674.6
      Hawaii ............   107.7   108.8   108.3   109.3    25.5    25.9    25.5    26.1   121.9   128.1   122.7   125.0
      Idaho .............    58.0    60.3    58.9    61.5    18.2    19.6    18.2    19.6   118.8   119.2   117.5   118.1
      Illinois...........   515.1   527.7   512.3   525.3   259.7   259.7   259.5   260.2   859.5   857.2   853.9   851.8
      Indiana............   277.9   279.6   277.7   278.8   110.4   111.7   110.7   112.0   443.4   442.9   440.1   440.7
                                                                                                                         
      Iowa...............   126.5   129.8   126.0   128.9    56.0    55.2    56.2    55.4   254.2   256.1   253.4   255.4
      Kansas.............   111.4   111.8   109.7   111.4    53.1    53.7    53.0    53.5   260.5   266.2   260.5   265.8
      Kentucky...........   164.9   169.1   163.9   168.0    76.8    75.8    77.0    76.0   317.3   319.2   315.2   317.4
      Louisiana..........   165.4   177.7   166.2   177.7    57.3    60.6    57.8    61.1   381.7   369.8   377.7   369.0
      Maine..............    53.2    53.6    52.4    52.8    20.0    20.0    19.9    20.0   110.3   111.1   110.0   110.9
                                                                                                                         
      Maryland...........   227.2   234.1   224.4   232.6   118.4   119.0   118.5   119.1   476.2   479.7   473.6   479.2
      Massachusetts......   284.4   284.7   281.1   281.5   117.7   117.5   117.8   117.7   418.5   419.3   419.0   419.9
      Michigan...........   396.1   400.0   395.1   399.3   178.4   178.2   178.8   179.2   703.4   702.4   694.1   696.0
      Minnesota..........   236.0   244.6   237.2   246.4   117.9   120.8   118.3   121.7   428.6   431.1   428.6   426.3
      Mississippi........   119.7   121.6   111.3   121.5    36.7    37.7    37.2    37.8   243.9   252.1   243.2   251.1
                                                                                                                         
      Missouri ..........   271.8   273.6   268.2   270.1   117.5   118.9   117.1   118.7   437.6   446.0   437.7   445.3
      Montana............    52.1    54.7    53.4    56.1    16.8    17.2    17.0    17.4    90.0    91.8    88.9    90.0
      Nebraska...........    79.2    80.7    78.7    80.1    37.1    37.4    37.0    37.8   164.9   169.1   163.5   167.7
      Nevada.............   331.5   338.2   331.6   337.9    35.5    38.0    35.7    38.1   149.1   155.7   149.6   156.0
      New Hampshire......    59.6    60.8    60.5    61.9    21.0    20.8    20.9    20.8    91.8    91.6    92.2    90.9
                                                                                                                         
      New Jersey.........   329.9   335.8   329.9   335.9   157.9   160.0   158.7   160.6   655.4   660.3   654.6   659.4
      New Mexico.........    81.9    84.5    82.8    85.0    28.8    29.3    28.8    29.3   206.1   208.3   206.1   208.7
      New York...........   661.6   670.8   662.4   669.9   358.7   363.4   360.1   364.8 1,510.2 1,514.3 1,512.4 1,516.0
      North Carolina.....   355.6   363.7   352.0   360.8   176.4   180.4   174.5   179.4   690.5   701.1   686.9   697.1
      North Dakota.......    31.3    32.3    31.1    32.0    15.2    15.3    15.2    15.4    77.8    78.9    77.8    78.8
                                                                                                                         
      Ohio...............   494.2   504.7   491.3   501.7   224.4   224.7   224.7   224.7   816.2   813.5   811.8   810.4
      Oklahoma...........   132.3   133.1   131.1   132.6    73.7    73.5    73.9    74.0   320.0   327.1   319.7   326.5
      Oregon.............   160.5   164.7   160.2   163.7    59.1    59.2    59.0    58.7   292.8   298.1   289.3   294.7
      Pennsylvania.......   474.6   480.2   474.4   480.0   264.5   267.0   265.2   267.4   767.9   769.1   760.8   761.8
      Rhode Island.......    49.2    48.8    48.5    48.1    22.9    22.0    22.8    22.1    66.3    65.7    66.1    65.3
                                                                                                                         
      South Carolina.....   196.2   208.8   193.6   203.4    76.5    76.6    76.7    76.3   339.2   341.6   340.4   340.4
      South Dakota.......    39.9    40.7    39.6    40.5    15.6    15.8    15.4    15.7    76.8    76.5    76.9    76.3
      Tennessee..........   263.4   272.2   262.2   271.0   101.6   102.5   101.3   102.1   421.5   425.2   422.4   425.9
      Texas..............   903.6   927.6   902.9   925.0   347.5   349.2   347.6   349.2 1,722.9 1,745.9 1,715.3 1,741.5
      Utah...............   103.3   106.3   106.1   109.4    33.7    34.4    33.8    34.6   207.3   210.4   206.8   209.9
                                                                                                                         
      Vermont............    29.4    29.6    33.3    33.3     9.9    10.0     9.9    10.1    56.2    56.6    56.0    56.1
      Virginia...........   320.5   327.4   317.0   324.6   182.1   183.7   181.3   183.4   679.9   686.3   674.2   684.9
      Washington.........   261.5   268.9   262.6   270.0   102.8   103.7   103.1   104.2   540.0   542.7   532.2   534.5
      West Virginia......    68.7    70.1    69.3    70.7    55.9    55.9    55.7    55.9   145.7   146.2   145.7   146.2
      Wisconsin..........   255.6   257.9   255.0   257.8   133.5   137.5   133.7   138.2   425.7   414.3   423.7   409.8
      Wyoming............    28.9    29.3    30.1    30.2     9.7    10.6     9.8    10.6    66.6    66.8    66.5    67.2
                                                                                                                         
      Puerto Rico........    72.7    74.3    75.2    74.4    22.3    24.9    22.5    24.9   306.4   303.1   308.1   295.5
      
       1 Natural resources and mining is combined with construction.
       p = preliminary.
       NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from 2005 benchmark levels. 
     Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
     available.