For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Friday, November 22, 2013 USDL-13-2197 

Technical information: 

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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — OCTOBER 2013 

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in October. Twenty-eight states had 

unemployment rate decreases from September, 11 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and 

11 states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-eight states had 

unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, 10 states and the District of Columbia had increases, 

and 2 states had no change. The national jobless rate was little changed from September at 7.3 percent 

and was 0.6 percentage point lower than in October 2012. 

In October 2013, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 34 states, decreased in 15 states, and was 

unchanged in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania. The largest over-the-month increases in 

employment occurred in Florida (+44,600), California (+39,800), and North Carolina (+22,200). The 

largest over-the-month decrease in employment occurred in Kentucky (-12,600), followed by 

Washington (-8,100), New Jersey (-5,500), and Virginia (-5,400). The largest over-the-month 

percentage increase in employment occurred in Wyoming (+1.0 percent), followed by Delaware, 

Florida, and Nevada (+0.6 percent each). The largest over-the-month percentage decline in employment 

occurred in Kentucky (-0.7 percent), followed by South Dakota (-0.6 percent) and Washington (-0.3 

percent). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 49 states and decreased in Alaska (-0.9 

percent) and the District of Columbia (-0.1 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage increase 

occurred in North Dakota (+3.5 percent), followed by Florida (+2.5 percent) and Idaho and Texas (+2.4 

percent each). 

Regional Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October, the West continued to have the highest regional unemployment rate, 7.8 percent, while the 

South had the lowest rate, 6.9 percent. Over the month, only the South had a statistically significant 

unemployment rate change (-0.1 percentage point). Significant over-the-year rate changes occurred in 

three regions: the West (-1.1 percentage points) and Northeast and South (-0.6 point each). (See table 1.) 

Among the nine geographic divisions, the Pacific had the highest jobless rate, 8.2 percent in October. 

The West North Central again had the lowest rate, 5.1 percent. Two divisions had statistically significant 

over-the-month unemployment rate changes: the West North Central (-0.3 percentage point) and South 

Atlantic (-0.2 point). Three divisions had significant rate changes from a year earlier: the Pacific 

(-1.3 percentage points), South Atlantic (-1.0 point), and Middle Atlantic (-0.7 point). 
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State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

Nevada had the highest unemployment rate among the states in October, 9.3 percent. The next highest 

rates were in Rhode Island, 9.2 percent, and Michigan, 9.0 percent. North Dakota continued to have the 

lowest jobless rate, 2.7 percent. In total, 17 states had jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. 

figure of 7.3 percent, 9 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 24 states 

had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation. (See tables A and 3 and chart 1.) 

Eleven states had statistically significant over-the-month unemployment rate decreases in October, the 

largest of which occurred in Missouri and South Carolina (-0.4 percentage point each). The District of 

Columbia had the only significant unemployment rate increase over the month (+0.3 percentage point). 

The remaining 39 states had jobless rates that were not measurably different from those of a month 

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

(See table B.) 

Thirteen states had statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2012, all of which 

were declines. The largest of these occurred in Florida (-1.5 percentage points), followed by California 

and North Carolina (-1.4 points each). (See table C.) 

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) 

In October 2013, 18 states had statistically significant over-the-month changes in employment, 15 of 

which were increases. The largest statistically significant job gains occurred in Florida (+44,600), 

California (+39,800), and North Carolina (+22,200). The three statistically significant job decreases 

occurred in Kentucky (-12,600), Washington (-8,100), and South Dakota (-2,600). (See tables D and 5.) 

Over the year, 29 states had statistically significant changes in employment, all of which were positive. 

The largest over-the-year job increase occurred in Texas (+267,400), followed by California (+207,300) 

and Florida (+182,200). (See table E and chart 2.) 

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The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for October is scheduled to 

be released on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The Regional and State 

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

Friday, December 20, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

 
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Partial Federal Government Shutdown 

Bureau of Labor Statistics data collection, analysis, and dissemination activities were 

suspended from October 1, 2013, through October 16, 2013, due to the partial shutdown 

of the federal government. The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment 

news release for September 2013, which had been scheduled for October 22, 2013, was 

cancelled due to the lack of adequate processing time upon resumption of operations. 

Subnational employment and unemployment estimates for the latest month are generally 

preliminary, subject to revision the following month. With the publication of this news 

release highlighting preliminary data for October 2013, estimates for September 2013 are 

being issued for the first time. These September estimates will not be subject to further 

updating until early 2014, per our usual annual revision activities. A summary of the final 

data from September 2013 is included in the second box note in this news release. 

Revised data for August 2013, which would have been issued in the news release for 

September 2013, are included in this release. 

The civilian labor force and unemployment data in this news release are model-based 

estimates consistent with the household data from the Current Population Survey, while 

the nonfarm payroll employment data come from the Current Employment Statistics 

survey of business establishments. Information on the impact of the partial federal 

government shutdown on these surveys is available at 

www.bls.gov/bls/shutdown_2013_empsit_qa.pdf. 
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Retrospective Summary of September 2013 State Employment and Unemployment 

In September, 33 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases, 4 

states had increases, and 13 states had no change. Nonfarm payroll employment increased 

in 26 states and the District of Columbia and decreased in 24 states. 

State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted) — September 

Nevada had the highest unemployment rate among the states in September, 9.4 percent. 

North Dakota continued to have the lowest jobless rate, 2.8 percent. The largest over-themonth unemployment rate declines occurred in Georgia and North Carolina (-0.4 

percentage point each). Statistically significant rate declines also occurred in Delaware, 

Indiana, Maryland, and Missouri (-0.3 percentage point each) and Florida and North 

Dakota (-0.2 point each). The remaining 42 states and the District of Columbia had 

jobless rates that were not measurably different from those of a month earlier, though 

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

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) — September 

The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Texas (+36,400), 

Florida (+21,600), and New York (+16,600). The largest over-the-month decreases in 

employment occurred in Alabama (-11,500) and Indiana (-9,600). The largest over-themonth percentage increases in employment occurred in Hawaii and North Dakota (+0.9 

percent each), followed by the District of Columbia (+0.7 percent). The largest over-themonth percentage decline in employment occurred in Wyoming (-1.0 percent), followed 

by Nevada (-0.8 percent). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 48 states and 

the District of Columbia and decreased in 2 states. The largest over-the-year percentage 

increase occurred in North Dakota (+3.7 percent), followed by Georgia and Idaho (+2.9 

percent each). The over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Alaska 

(-0.7 percent) and Alabama (-0.1 percent). 

 
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State Rate p

United States 1 ................................................ 7.3

California ......................................................... 8.7

District of Columbia .......................................... 8.9

Florida ............................................................ 6.7

Georgia ........................................................... 8.1

Hawaii ............................................................. 4.4

Illinois ............................................................. 8.9

Iowa ................................................................ 4.6

Kansas ........................................................... 5.6

Kentucky ........................................................ 8.4

Michigan ......................................................... 9.0

Minnesota ....................................................... 4.8

Montana .......................................................... 5.2

Nebraska ........................................................ 3.9

Nevada ............................................................ 9.3

New Hampshire ............................................... 5.1

New Jersey ..................................................... 8.4

North Dakota ................................................... 2.7

Oklahoma ....................................................... 5.5

Rhode Island ................................................... 9.2

South Dakota .................................................. 3.7

Tennessee ...................................................... 8.4

Texas ............................................................. 6.2

Utah ............................................................... 4.6

Vermont .......................................................... 4.5

Virginia ........................................................... 5.6

Wisconsin ....................................................... 6.5

Wyoming ........................................................ 4.6

1

 Data are not preliminary.

p

 = preliminary.

Table A. States with unemployment rates significantly different from that

of the U.S., October 2013, seasonally adjusted
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Table B. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from September 2013

to October 2013, seasonally adjusted

September 2013 October 2013 p

Delaware ................................... 7.0 6.8 -0.2

District of Columbia .................... 8.6 8.9 .3

Florida ....................................... 6.8 6.7 -.1

Georgia ..................................... 8.3 8.1 -.2

Iowa .......................................... 4.7 4.6 -.1

Kansas ...................................... 5.7 5.6 -.1

Maine ........................................ 6.9 6.7 -.2

Minnesota .................................. 5.0 4.8 -.2

Missouri .................................... 6.9 6.5 -.4

Nebraska ................................... 4.1 3.9 -.2

North Carolina ............................ 8.3 8.0 -.3

South Carolina ........................... 7.9 7.5 -.4

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-month 

change p

Table C. States with statistically significant unemployment rate changes from October 2012

to October 2013, seasonally adjusted

October 2012 October 2013 p

California ................................... 10.1 8.7 -1.4

Colorado .................................... 7.7 6.8 -.9

Florida ....................................... 8.2 6.7 -1.5

Georgia ..................................... 8.8 8.1 -.7

Hawaii ....................................... 5.4 4.4 -1.0

Minnesota .................................. 5.6 4.8 -.8

New Jersey ................................ 9.6 8.4 -1.2

New York ................................... 8.4 7.7 -.7

North Carolina ............................ 9.4 8.0 -1.4

North Dakota .............................. 3.2 2.7 -.5

South Carolina ........................... 8.8 7.5 -1.3

South Dakota ............................. 4.4 3.7 -.7

Utah .......................................... 5.5 4.6 -.9

p

 = preliminary.

State

Rate Over-the-year 

change p
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Table D. States with statistically significant employment changes from September 2013 to

October 2013, seasonally adjusted

September October Over-the-month

2013 2013 p change p

Arkansas ................................... 1,185,700 1,190,700 5,000

California ................................... 14,673,800 14,713,600 39,800

Delaware ................................... 426,500 429,100 2,600

Florida ....................................... 7,574,300 7,618,900 44,600

Illinois ........................................ 5,810,400 5,825,800 15,400

Kentucky ................................... 1,845,200 1,832,600 -12,600

Louisiana ................................... 1,957,900 1,966,500 8,600

Massachusetts .......................... 3,329,800 3,338,900 9,100

Michigan .................................... 4,090,600 4,101,500 10,900

Minnesota .................................. 2,776,400 2,786,300 9,900

 

Nevada ...................................... 1,159,700 1,167,100 7,400

North Carolina ............................ 4,064,800 4,087,000 22,200

South Dakota ............................. 422,800 420,200 -2,600

Tennessee ................................. 2,749,900 2,757,900 8,000

Utah .......................................... 1,282,100 1,288,500 6,400

Washington ............................... 2,944,400 2,936,300 -8,100

Wisconsin ................................. 2,819,000 2,830,900 11,900

Wyoming ................................... 289,200 292,000 2,800

p

 = preliminary.

State
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Table E. States with statistically significant employment changes from October 2012 to

October 2013, seasonally adjusted

October October Over-the-year

2012 2013 p change p

Arizona ...................................... 2,473,700 2,517,000 43,300

California ................................... 14,506,300 14,713,600 207,300

Colorado .................................... 2,326,300 2,371,900 45,600

Delaware ................................... 420,400 429,100 8,700

Florida ....................................... 7,436,700 7,618,900 182,200

Georgia ..................................... 3,974,600 4,060,400 85,800

Idaho ......................................... 627,000 641,900 14,900

Illinois ........................................ 5,768,500 5,825,800 57,300

Indiana ...................................... 2,912,800 2,957,200 44,400

Kansas ...................................... 1,360,700 1,378,300 17,600

 

Louisiana ................................... 1,935,700 1,966,500 30,800

Massachusetts .......................... 3,286,800 3,338,900 52,100

Michigan .................................... 4,029,100 4,101,500 72,400

Minnesota .................................. 2,735,700 2,786,300 50,600

Mississippi ................................ 1,107,100 1,125,800 18,700

Missouri .................................... 2,681,000 2,712,600 31,600

Nebraska ................................... 963,900 975,100 11,200

Nevada ...................................... 1,146,900 1,167,100 20,200

New Jersey ................................ 3,908,300 3,963,800 55,500

New York ................................... 8,833,700 8,931,200 97,500

 

North Carolina ............................ 4,006,900 4,087,000 80,100

North Dakota .............................. 436,700 452,100 15,400

Oregon ...................................... 1,643,500 1,672,400 28,900

South Carolina ........................... 1,867,700 1,901,300 33,600

Tennessee ................................. 2,724,700 2,757,900 33,200

Texas ........................................ 10,965,300 11,232,700 267,400

Utah .......................................... 1,260,700 1,288,500 27,800

Washington ............................... 2,890,700 2,936,300 45,600

Wisconsin ................................. 2,789,800 2,830,900 41,100

p

 = preliminary.

State
Technical Note 

This release prese nts labor force and unem ployment 

data for census regions and divisions, states, and selected 

substate areas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics 

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

payroll employment estimates by state and i ndustry 

supersector from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) 

program (tables 5 and 6). The LAUS and CES programs are 

both federal-state cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for 

the official national estimates obtained from the Current 

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

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

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. The 

universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 16 

years of age and over. Employed persons are those who did 

any work at all for pay or profit in the reference week (the 

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

more without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not 

working who had a job from which they were t emporarily 

absent, whether or not paid, for such reasons as bad weather, 

labor-management dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed

persons are t hose who were not employed during the 

reference week (based on the d efinition above), had actively 

looked for a job sometime in the 4-week period ending with 

the reference week, and were currently available for work; 

persons on layoff expecting recall need not be looking for 

work to be c ounted as u nemployed. The labor force is th e 

sum of em ployed and unemployed persons. The unemployment rate is th e number of unemployed as a p ercent of th e 

labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for 4 8 of the 50 

states, the District of Colu mbia, the Los Ang eles-Long 

Beach-Glendale metropolitan division, New York City, and 

the balances of California and New York State are produc ed 

using estimating equations based on re gression techniques. 

This method, which underwent substantial enhancement at 

the beginning of 2005, utilizes data from sev eral sources, 

including the CPS, the CES, and state unemployment 

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

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

of California. Similarly, estimates for New York State are 

derived by summing the estimates for New York City and the 

balance of Ne w York State. Estimates for all n ine census 

divisions and the five additional substate areas con tained in 

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

balances of state are base d on a similar regression approach 

that does not incorporate CES or UI data. Estimates for 

census regions are obtained by summing the model-based 

estimates for t he component divisions and then calculating 

the unemployment rate. Each month, census division 

estimates are controlled to national totals; state estimates are 

then controlled to their respective division totals. Substate 

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

are controlled to their respective state to tals. Estimates for 

Puerto Rico are deri ved from a monthly household survey 

similar to the CPS. A d etailed description of the estimation 

procedures is available from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data 

for prior years reflect ad justments made at the end of each 

year. The adjusted estimates reflect updated population data 

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

sources, and model reestimation. In most years, historical 

data for the most recent five years (both seasonally adjusted 

and not seasonally adjusted) are revised near the beginning of 

each calendar year, prior to the release of January estimates. 

Seasonal adjustment. The LAUS program introduced 

smoothed seasonally adjusted (SSA) estimates in January 

2010. These are seasonally adjuste d data that have 

incorporated a long-run trend smoothing procedure, resulting 

in estimates that are less volatile than those previously 

produced. The estimates are sm oothed using a He nderson 

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

on moving averages, to remove the irregular fluctuations 

from the seasonally adjusted series, leav ing the trend. The 

same process is used on both historical and current year 

estimates. For m ore information about the smoothing 

technique, see the BLS we bsite at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lassaqa.htm.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in 

this release reflect th e standards and definitions established 

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

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

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

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on 

establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the 

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

counted at the ir 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 2012 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. CES State and Are a 

employment data are produced using several estimation 

procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a 
"weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio 

of current-month weighted employment to that of the 

previous-month weighted employment is computed from a 

sample of est ablishments reporting for both months. The 

estimates of em ployment for the current month are t hen 

obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month’s 

employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique 

is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain 

statistical criteria. 

For some employment series, relativ ely small sample 

sizes limit the reliability of the weighted link-relative 

estimates. In these cases, B LS uses t he CES sm all domain 

model (SDM) to generate employment estimates. The SDM 

combines the direct sample estimates (described above) and 

forecasts of historical (be nchmarked) data to decrea se the 

volatility of the esti mates. With the Jan uary 2013 estimates 

published on March 18, 2013, BLS will refine the SDM 

methodology to incorporate more real-time information in the 

model. 

For more detailed information about the CES sm all 

domain model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a co mplete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are su bmitted 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 al so to establi sh the level of 

employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the 

benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, 

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

changes in the level for the subsequent months. 

Seasonal adjustment. Payroll employment data are 

seasonally adjusted at the statewide supersector level. In 

some states, the seasonally adjusted payroll employment total 

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

employment total is ind ependently adjusted. Revisions of 

historical data for the m ost recent 5 years are m ade 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. B LS independently develops a national 

employment series; state estim ates are not forced t o sum to 

national totals. Because each state series is subject to larger 

sampling and nonsampling errors than the national series, 

summing them cumulates individual state level errors and can 

cause significant distortions at an aggre gate level. Due to 

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

series is su bject to a relat ively large and volatile error 

structure. 

Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are base d on 

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

are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling 

error is a m easure of sampling variability—that is, variation 

that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire 

population is su rveyed. Survey data also are s ubject to 

nonsampling errors, such as those which can be i ntroduced 

into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates 

not directly derived from sample surveys are su bject to 

additional errors resulting from the specific estimation 

processes used. The sums of individual items may not always 

equal the tot als shown in the sa me tables because of 

rounding. Unemployment rates are com puted from unrounded data and t hus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

Use of error measures. In 2005, the LAUS program 

introduced several improvements to its methodology. Among 

these were the development of model-based error measures 

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

preserves the long-time practice of highlighting the direction 

of the movements in regional and state unemployment rates 

and state nonfarm payroll employment regardless of their 

statistical significance. T he remainder of the analysis in t he 

release takes statistical significance into consideration. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures for seasonally adjuste d and not 

seasonally adjusted data an d for over-the-month and overthe-year changes are available online at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. BLS uses a 90- percent 

confidence level in determining whether changes in LAUS 

unemployment rates are statistically significant. T he average 

magnitude of the current year over-the-month change in a 

state unemployment rate th at is requ ired for statistical 

significance at the 90-percent confidence level is just over 0.2 

percentage point; the average amount of the current over-theyear change in a state rate for significance is about 0.9 point. 

More details can be found on the website. Measures of 

nonsampling error are not available. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector levels are 

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

a 90-percent confidence level in determining whether 

changes in CES employment levels are statistically 

significant. Information on r ecent benchmark revisions for 

states is available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Additional information 

Estimates of labo r force and unemployment from the 

LAUS program, as wel l as no nfarm employment from the 

CES program, for 380 metropolitan areas an d metropolitan 

New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) are available 

in the ne ws release, Metropolitan Area Employment and 
Unemployment. Estimates of labor force, employment, and 

unemployment for approximately 7,400 subnational areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from 

the CES program for states and metropolitan areas are 

available online at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will b e made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Northeast ........................... 28,441.9 28,440.8 28,442.9 28,377.9 2,330.7 2,188.7 2,174.1 2,157.4 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.6

 New England .................... 7,716.3 7,692.8 7,701.0 7,690.2 559.0 557.9 551.6 548.6 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.1

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,725.7 20,748.0 20,742.0 20,687.7 1,771.7 1,630.8 1,622.5 1,608.9 8.5 7.9 7.8 7.8

South ................................. 56,639.2 56,578.0 56,587.3 56,469.2 4,223.4 4,070.6 3,984.1 3,914.9 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.9

 South Atlantic ................... 30,091.1 29,961.7 29,963.1 29,911.3 2,411.3 2,231.6 2,159.1 2,105.2 8.0 7.4 7.2 7.0

 East South Central ........... 8,689.3 8,624.2 8,606.7 8,551.1 687.2 683.4 679.6 677.7 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9

 West South Central .......... 17,858.9 17,992.1 18,017.5 18,006.8 1,124.9 1,155.5 1,145.5 1,132.0 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3

Midwest ............................. 34,120.8 34,214.8 34,240.7 34,196.5 2,475.0 2,515.6 2,480.9 2,433.0 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.1

 East North Central ............ 23,178.1 23,211.1 23,229.4 23,198.4 1,871.8 1,908.8 1,891.5 1,869.4 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.1

 West North Central ........... 10,942.7 11,003.6 11,011.2 10,998.0 603.1 606.9 589.4 563.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.1

West ................................... 35,982.9 36,050.5 36,087.1 36,024.2 3,192.8 2,879.2 2,855.5 2,825.7 8.9 8.0 7.9 7.8

 Mountain ........................... 11,027.4 11,051.8 11,042.3 11,019.6 834.5 790.1 785.6 774.8 7.6 7.1 7.1 7.0

 Pacific ............................... 24,955.4 24,998.6 25,044.8 25,004.6 2,358.4 2,089.1 2,069.9 2,050.9 9.5 8.4 8.3 8.2

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.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Census region and

division

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

Northeast ........................... 28,364.1 28,346.6 28,528.7 28,291.9 2,219.7 2,059.5 2,230.5 2,044.5 7.8 7.3 7.8 7.2

 New England .................... 7,701.9 7,694.4 7,741.3 7,672.5 534.9 522.5 526.0 513.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.7

 Middle Atlantic .................. 20,662.2 20,652.2 20,787.4 20,619.4 1,684.8 1,537.0 1,704.5 1,530.9 8.2 7.4 8.2 7.4

South ................................. 56,664.7 56,740.6 56,901.5 56,436.7 4,150.2 3,855.4 4,116.3 3,805.9 7.3 6.8 7.2 6.7

 South Atlantic ................... 30,097.2 30,039.0 30,222.5 29,910.0 2,375.6 2,053.6 2,363.8 2,055.7 7.9 6.8 7.8 6.9

 East South Central ........... 8,692.1 8,617.3 8,734.2 8,511.0 666.6 666.2 662.9 656.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.7

 West South Central .......... 17,875.5 18,084.3 17,944.8 18,015.7 1,108.0 1,135.6 1,089.7 1,093.3 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.1

Midwest ............................. 34,095.2 34,245.0 34,263.4 34,178.8 2,295.0 2,274.0 2,301.0 2,225.4 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.5

 East North Central ............ 23,166.7 23,235.0 23,271.5 23,192.0 1,738.3 1,748.5 1,742.5 1,735.0 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5

 West North Central ........... 10,928.5 11,010.0 10,991.9 10,986.8 556.6 525.5 558.5 490.5 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.5

West ................................... 36,033.5 36,203.4 36,173.4 36,010.2 3,084.6 2,695.7 3,101.1 2,697.4 8.6 7.4 8.6 7.5

 Mountain ........................... 11,060.5 11,064.1 11,096.1 11,035.6 812.0 758.1 811.6 739.2 7.3 6.9 7.3 6.7

 Pacific ............................... 24,973.0 25,139.3 25,077.4 24,974.6 2,272.7 1,937.6 2,289.5 1,958.2 9.1 7.7 9.1 7.8

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)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Alabama ................................................... 2,154.8 2,149.2 2,144.7 2,131.0 153.0 134.3 136.7 138.0 7.1 6.2 6.4 6.5

Alaska ....................................................... 366.1 363.2 364.2 365.0 25.0 23.6 23.5 23.9 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.5

Arizona ..................................................... 3,028.0 3,004.3 3,003.8 2,996.1 245.7 248.2 248.6 245.4 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.2

Arkansas ................................................... 1,348.7 1,323.1 1,322.2 1,321.5 97.4 98.5 98.4 99.8 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.5

California .................................................. 18,517.6 18,580.9 18,636.7 18,605.9 1,861.6 1,646.2 1,629.7 1,611.9 10.1 8.9 8.7 8.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,872.9 4,982.0 5,009.4 5,003.6 513.1 501.1 492.3 484.7 10.5 10.1 9.8 9.7

Colorado ................................................... 2,743.7 2,765.1 2,760.7 2,747.2 212.1 194.0 191.6 185.5 7.7 7.0 6.9 6.8

Connecticut ............................................... 1,873.5 1,851.7 1,854.8 1,853.8 157.6 150.2 148.5 147.1 8.4 8.1 8.0 7.9

Delaware .................................................. 445.2 440.1 440.2 439.4 31.6 32.1 30.9 29.8 7.1 7.3 7.0 6.8

District of Columbia .................................. 367.8 364.7 363.8 362.5 31.8 31.7 31.3 32.3 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.9

Florida ....................................................... 9,395.0 9,394.1 9,405.3 9,395.6 769.4 658.3 642.7 625.2 8.2 7.0 6.8 6.7

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,299.3 1,267.7 1,267.4 1,268.1 115.5 100.0 99.1 101.3 8.9 7.9 7.8 8.0

Georgia ..................................................... 4,817.2 4,796.6 4,785.6 4,761.1 424.9 416.7 396.9 384.3 8.8 8.7 8.3 8.1

Hawaii ....................................................... 651.1 642.5 645.2 648.3 35.1 27.8 27.6 28.7 5.4 4.3 4.3 4.4

Idaho ......................................................... 773.7 773.1 773.5 772.6 51.4 52.2 52.4 51.4 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.7

Illinois ........................................................ 6,603.7 6,525.5 6,527.1 6,519.1 579.1 601.8 592.0 579.4 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.9

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,137.0 4,133.4 4,142.4 4,136.1 368.3 388.9 383.7 374.9 8.9 9.4 9.3 9.1

Indiana ...................................................... 3,146.2 3,155.1 3,158.6 3,157.1 265.4 256.8 246.1 238.0 8.4 8.1 7.8 7.5

Iowa .......................................................... 1,630.3 1,654.8 1,659.1 1,659.2 82.6 80.6 78.7 75.9 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.6

Kansas ...................................................... 1,486.9 1,487.2 1,488.7 1,488.0 82.7 87.7 85.4 82.8 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6

Kentucky ................................................... 2,082.8 2,078.3 2,073.7 2,063.8 169.6 174.9 172.6 172.4 8.1 8.4 8.3 8.4

Louisiana .................................................. 2,082.9 2,086.1 2,091.2 2,085.3 123.4 146.0 142.0 136.4 5.9 7.0 6.8 6.5

Maine ........................................................ 706.1 709.0 711.5 709.9 51.1 49.9 49.4 47.3 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.7

Maryland ................................................... 3,134.6 3,115.0 3,117.3 3,113.9 213.2 218.5 210.1 209.0 6.8 7.0 6.7 6.7

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,477.1 3,491.9 3,494.1 3,487.6 234.2 252.5 249.1 249.8 6.7 7.2 7.1 7.2

Michigan ................................................... 4,645.9 4,727.1 4,736.3 4,724.6 421.9 424.7 424.6 423.2 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,008.7 2,030.3 2,045.5 2,042.0 215.5 195.0 197.5 194.4 10.7 9.6 9.7 9.5

Minnesota ................................................. 2,971.5 2,970.5 2,968.9 2,964.6 165.0 152.5 147.8 142.4 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.8

Mississippi ................................................ 1,336.0 1,291.3 1,290.2 1,283.2 121.2 110.2 110.2 109.0 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.5

Missouri .................................................... 2,991.1 3,010.5 3,017.5 3,012.5 201.7 216.7 208.1 195.5 6.7 7.2 6.9 6.5

Montana .................................................... 509.6 507.9 508.4 508.3 29.7 27.0 26.7 26.7 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.2

Nebraska .................................................. 1,025.4 1,033.8 1,032.0 1,027.1 39.7 43.4 42.4 40.3 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.9

Nevada ..................................................... 1,372.9 1,366.6 1,364.1 1,362.3 141.7 130.0 127.7 127.2 10.3 9.5 9.4 9.3

New Hampshire ........................................ 743.5 741.8 742.2 741.7 42.2 37.1 36.9 37.8 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.1

New Jersey ............................................... 4,619.6 4,599.0 4,587.4 4,562.3 443.1 392.0 387.5 382.2 9.6 8.5 8.4 8.4

New Mexico .............................................. 937.1 930.9 924.6 920.7 63.3 63.4 61.6 60.4 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.6

New York .................................................. 9,587.4 9,614.2 9,641.8 9,655.0 801.8 729.3 734.6 740.3 8.4 7.6 7.6 7.7

New York City ...................................... 4,004.0 4,041.2 4,056.2 4,064.6 359.2 346.7 350.4 355.2 9.0 8.6 8.6 8.7

North Carolina .......................................... 4,743.3 4,684.3 4,678.2 4,665.9 447.6 409.2 390.3 371.8 9.4 8.7 8.3 8.0

North Dakota ............................................ 394.4 399.6 400.9 401.1 12.6 11.8 11.3 10.8 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.7

Ohio .......................................................... 5,729.7 5,732.6 5,733.4 5,727.3 396.0 419.2 424.6 426.9 6.9 7.3 7.4 7.5

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,054.1 1,048.1 1,051.1 1,049.6 74.0 75.6 74.9 75.4 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.2

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,810.9 1,807.9 1,811.1 1,812.7 94.6 95.9 97.6 100.3 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5

Oregon ...................................................... 1,956.8 1,921.3 1,922.5 1,918.7 166.7 155.1 150.5 147.4 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.7

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,517.3 6,512.4 6,502.7 6,471.4 524.6 501.2 496.0 484.8 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.5

Rhode Island ............................................ 562.4 552.2 551.4 550.7 56.8 50.0 50.5 50.4 10.1 9.1 9.2 9.2

South Carolina .......................................... 2,166.1 2,161.3 2,161.0 2,157.0 189.6 175.3 170.1 162.6 8.8 8.1 7.9 7.5

South Dakota ............................................ 446.1 448.3 449.4 449.4 19.5 16.9 16.8 16.7 4.4 3.8 3.7 3.7

Tennessee ................................................ 3,116.6 3,108.0 3,101.7 3,076.1 244.0 264.4 262.0 259.9 7.8 8.5 8.4 8.4

Texas ........................................................ 12,619.6 12,770.8 12,793.1 12,787.8 810.6 816.6 807.8 796.7 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2

Utah .......................................................... 1,356.7 1,403.5 1,405.4 1,408.5 74.6 65.3 65.5 64.9 5.5 4.7 4.7 4.6

Vermont .................................................... 356.2 351.8 352.6 351.6 18.0 16.2 16.3 16.0 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.5

Virginia ...................................................... 4,212.6 4,216.7 4,223.1 4,222.0 242.6 242.5 238.0 237.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.6

Washington ............................................... 3,472.2 3,482.0 3,478.7 3,470.6 270.9 242.8 241.0 241.3 7.8 7.0 6.9 7.0

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,507.4 1,538.3 1,534.8 1,526.7 100.9 80.9 83.5 86.5 6.7 5.3 5.4 5.7

West Virginia ............................................ 807.3 793.6 794.8 795.4 60.7 49.5 49.4 49.6 7.5 6.2 6.2 6.2

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,046.5 3,071.2 3,071.7 3,064.7 207.7 205.6 202.4 198.5 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.5

Wyoming ................................................... 306.1 307.2 306.9 306.6 15.6 14.0 13.8 14.0 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.6

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,207.1 1,182.4 1,186.7 1,189.5 171.4 164.6 171.8 174.4 14.2 13.9 14.5 14.7

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

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

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

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

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

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

September October September October September October

2012 2013 2012 2013p 2012 2013 2012 2013p 2012 2013 2012 2013p

Alabama ................................................... 2,158.6 2,145.7 2,173.2 2,128.5 151.6 139.4 151.5 136.8 7.0 6.5 7.0 6.4

Alaska ....................................................... 367.2 366.1 364.6 363.8 22.3 20.1 22.1 22.1 6.1 5.5 6.1 6.1

Arizona ..................................................... 3,040.5 3,011.4 3,046.0 2,995.3 248.3 250.7 247.3 240.1 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.0

Arkansas ................................................... 1,354.7 1,328.7 1,351.1 1,322.8 91.1 93.0 89.2 92.9 6.7 7.0 6.6 7.0

California .................................................. 18,511.7 18,719.0 18,602.3 18,574.1 1,805.1 1,540.1 1,822.4 1,547.7 9.8 8.2 9.8 8.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 1 ... 4,871.7 5,033.2 4,902.4 4,991.7 506.7 470.5 509.5 471.8 10.4 9.3 10.4 9.5

Colorado ................................................... 2,759.7 2,771.3 2,765.9 2,747.4 203.8 181.4 203.4 171.2 7.4 6.5 7.4 6.2

Connecticut ............................................... 1,868.8 1,851.9 1,881.6 1,851.7 150.9 141.3 151.9 139.3 8.1 7.6 8.1 7.5

Delaware .................................................. 440.9 437.1 445.7 438.2 30.2 28.6 30.8 28.3 6.8 6.5 6.9 6.5

District of Columbia .................................. 367.0 365.6 367.7 363.5 32.0 31.3 31.0 35.8 8.7 8.6 8.4 9.9

Florida ....................................................... 9,438.0 9,462.6 9,439.8 9,401.5 791.1 648.5 765.3 616.9 8.4 6.9 8.1 6.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall 1 .............. 1,298.5 1,276.1 1,317.6 1,283.0 115.6 106.5 120.7 109.1 8.9 8.3 9.2 8.5

Georgia ..................................................... 4,809.4 4,773.4 4,828.7 4,740.5 417.4 367.7 421.6 381.0 8.7 7.7 8.7 8.0

Hawaii ....................................................... 647.6 646.3 648.5 648.2 36.0 29.1 34.6 30.4 5.6 4.5 5.3 4.7

Idaho ......................................................... 773.6 773.5 778.3 773.8 47.0 46.7 47.1 45.1 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.8

Illinois ........................................................ 6,595.2 6,528.6 6,632.1 6,520.5 542.3 544.5 552.6 542.8 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.3

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 1 ................... 4,114.3 4,120.1 4,132.9 4,101.6 339.6 347.8 347.4 341.6 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.3

Indiana ...................................................... 3,146.1 3,158.0 3,160.3 3,163.2 247.4 222.0 249.3 222.8 7.9 7.0 7.9 7.0

Iowa .......................................................... 1,632.2 1,660.1 1,643.3 1,661.9 74.6 67.9 75.3 65.4 4.6 4.1 4.6 3.9

Kansas ...................................................... 1,483.6 1,489.9 1,490.8 1,486.5 78.2 79.7 77.6 75.1 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1

Kentucky ................................................... 2,083.2 2,075.5 2,082.0 2,048.1 160.8 163.8 158.0 163.0 7.7 7.9 7.6 8.0

Louisiana .................................................. 2,083.6 2,104.3 2,105.2 2,090.7 123.6 137.0 120.8 128.2 5.9 6.5 5.7 6.1

Maine ........................................................ 706.1 714.7 711.9 709.5 45.5 42.7 46.9 40.4 6.4 6.0 6.6 5.7

Maryland ................................................... 3,128.4 3,127.0 3,152.1 3,118.0 205.1 195.0 206.4 209.6 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.7

Massachusetts .......................................... 3,466.5 3,480.3 3,481.3 3,470.5 229.3 239.7 218.2 237.2 6.6 6.9 6.3 6.8

Michigan ................................................... 4,645.8 4,737.2 4,663.8 4,712.1 390.2 391.0 389.2 393.2 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia 2 ....................... 2,012.4 2,059.6 2,026.4 2,035.6 204.6 192.9 210.4 183.1 10.2 9.4 10.4 9.0

Minnesota ................................................. 2,974.3 2,973.8 2,983.0 2,966.8 152.6 135.5 148.7 121.8 5.1 4.6 5.0 4.1

Mississippi ................................................ 1,335.8 1,292.9 1,339.8 1,276.1 120.4 110.6 116.8 105.1 9.0 8.6 8.7 8.2

Missouri .................................................... 2,978.6 3,009.2 2,999.8 2,997.9 188.7 181.8 192.3 170.0 6.3 6.0 6.4 5.7

Montana .................................................... 508.7 508.5 510.1 506.6 25.9 22.8 27.0 24.2 5.1 4.5 5.3 4.8

Nebraska .................................................. 1,019.5 1,023.5 1,029.6 1,022.9 35.8 37.2 37.0 35.1 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.4

Nevada ..................................................... 1,375.8 1,366.3 1,378.2 1,364.7 142.5 125.5 139.4 125.8 10.4 9.2 10.1 9.2

New Hampshire ........................................ 740.6 740.3 743.3 738.3 39.1 35.2 39.2 36.6 5.3 4.8 5.3 5.0

New Jersey ............................................... 4,585.4 4,551.5 4,626.7 4,531.6 421.5 374.1 426.3 365.1 9.2 8.2 9.2 8.1

New Mexico .............................................. 936.5 918.5 943.4 924.8 61.0 57.3 61.4 58.2 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.3

New York .................................................. 9,555.6 9,609.9 9,615.9 9,645.5 773.3 712.2 781.3 721.8 8.1 7.4 8.1 7.5

New York City ...................................... 3,989.5 4,040.7 4,021.7 4,069.0 349.3 342.1 362.6 360.7 8.8 8.5 9.0 8.9

North Carolina .......................................... 4,736.3 4,685.3 4,777.3 4,680.3 423.0 353.8 434.9 351.6 8.9 7.6 9.1 7.5

North Dakota ............................................ 395.3 403.6 395.9 400.4 9.7 8.2 9.7 7.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 1.9

Ohio .......................................................... 5,734.7 5,740.7 5,765.0 5,741.4 374.0 410.5 371.4 401.6 6.5 7.2 6.4 7.0

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor 2 .................... 1,055.8 1,052.5 1,055.1 1,042.8 71.0 69.7 67.2 69.9 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.7

Oklahoma ................................................. 1,811.4 1,817.6 1,820.8 1,818.1 90.7 96.3 94.1 102.0 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.6

Oregon ...................................................... 1,962.4 1,927.5 1,967.2 1,918.2 152.5 129.8 157.6 135.3 7.8 6.7 8.0 7.1

Pennsylvania ............................................ 6,521.2 6,490.7 6,544.8 6,442.3 489.9 450.8 496.9 444.0 7.5 6.9 7.6 6.9

Rhode Island ............................................ 563.1 553.0 565.8 552.7 53.6 48.4 54.1 47.1 9.5 8.7 9.6 8.5

South Carolina .......................................... 2,160.2 2,155.9 2,173.6 2,152.4 183.7 161.0 186.8 154.1 8.5 7.5 8.6 7.2

South Dakota ............................................ 445.0 449.9 449.5 450.2 17.1 15.1 17.9 15.2 3.8 3.4 4.0 3.4

Tennessee ................................................ 3,114.5 3,103.2 3,139.3 3,058.3 233.8 252.3 236.6 251.9 7.5 8.1 7.5 8.2

Texas ........................................................ 12,625.8 12,833.7 12,667.7 12,784.1 802.6 809.3 785.5 770.2 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0

Utah .......................................................... 1,359.0 1,407.5 1,366.8 1,416.0 69.8 62.1 72.0 61.7 5.1 4.4 5.3 4.4

Vermont .................................................... 356.8 354.2 357.5 349.9 16.6 15.2 15.6 12.9 4.7 4.3 4.4 3.7

Virginia ...................................................... 4,206.2 4,231.7 4,227.2 4,218.3 237.8 224.1 232.0 233.6 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.5

Washington ............................................... 3,484.1 3,480.5 3,494.8 3,470.3 256.8 218.6 252.8 222.8 7.4 6.3 7.2 6.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 1 .................... 1,509.1 1,524.4 1,503.4 1,512.1 100.1 83.3 98.8 84.3 6.6 5.5 6.6 5.6

West Virginia ............................................ 810.8 800.4 810.5 797.2 55.2 43.7 55.0 44.7 6.8 5.5 6.8 5.6

Wisconsin ................................................. 3,044.9 3,070.5 3,050.3 3,054.7 184.4 180.4 180.0 174.4 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.7

Wyoming ................................................... 306.7 307.0 307.3 307.1 13.7 11.7 13.9 12.9 4.5 3.8 4.5 4.2

Puerto Rico ............................................... 1,198.3 1,183.9 1,205.5 1,189.7 171.4 179.1 175.3 175.2 14.3 15.1 14.5 14.7

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

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

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

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

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

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total1 Construction Manufacturing

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Alabama2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886.1 1,892.6 1,881.1 1,886.3 78.8 76.7 76.3 76.6 – – – –

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334.8 332.6 331.9 331.8 17.4 17.0 16.7 17.7 12.5 11.3 10.7 9.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,473.7 2,513.5 2,514.6 2,517.0 118.4 122.9 122.2 118.9 155.9 154.9 154.8 154.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,180.7 1,184.8 1,185.7 1,190.7 45.7 46.1 45.0 46.0 155.2 154.6 155.4 155.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,506.3 14,676.7 14,673.8 14,713.6 599.4 615.0 624.0 625.4 1,256.2 1,254.8 1,256.0 1,250.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,326.3 2,371.6 2,370.4 2,371.9 115.6 125.2 124.5 123.3 133.4 132.7 132.8 133.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640.7 1,654.9 1,650.8 1,650.7 50.2 54.7 55.1 55.7 164.1 161.5 160.7 160.6

Delaware3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.4 425.0 426.5 429.1 18.5 18.1 18.0 18.0 25.8 25.7 25.7 25.8

District of Columbia2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736.4 730.4 735.7 735.7 13.9 13.2 13.4 13.2 – – – –

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,436.7 7,552.7 7,574.3 7,618.9 347.1 361.9 363.2 373.7 316.9 316.4 317.8 317.3

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,974.6 4,047.3 4,061.8 4,060.4 140.1 144.8 147.4 147.7 358.0 352.5 352.7 356.4

Hawaii3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.8 611.8 617.1 616.4 30.3 32.5 32.9 32.1 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.0 638.8 641.0 641.9 30.7 32.1 31.7 32.0 57.4 59.2 58.7 58.2

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,768.5 5,800.1 5,810.4 5,825.8 187.2 184.0 184.3 182.7 585.2 574.4 574.2 577.7

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,912.8 2,959.5 2,949.9 2,957.2 124.1 113.9 110.6 112.3 485.7 485.1 484.3 487.9

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517.0 1,532.4 1,524.9 1,524.1 64.9 68.2 67.0 67.3 211.8 214.5 213.7 215.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,360.7 1,372.6 1,374.9 1,378.3 55.1 53.8 54.6 55.2 162.8 163.8 164.2 164.3

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,831.3 1,845.4 1,845.2 1,832.6 66.6 68.3 67.9 68.4 226.5 224.8 225.4 223.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,935.7 1,955.9 1,957.9 1,966.5 129.3 135.0 136.6 140.0 142.3 142.6 145.0 144.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.3 603.0 601.7 600.9 25.7 26.5 26.4 26.7 50.8 51.3 50.9 50.9

Maryland3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,585.8 2,616.6 2,608.1 2,607.7 145.2 146.7 146.6 148.1 105.7 107.0 105.3 104.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,286.8 3,320.4 3,329.8 3,338.9 115.0 118.7 120.0 121.3 251.1 249.7 248.2 246.8

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,029.1 4,098.8 4,090.6 4,101.5 125.2 128.2 127.6 129.3 541.3 557.6 557.3 559.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,735.7 2,785.1 2,776.4 2,786.3 94.0 97.3 96.4 97.6 305.4 299.5 300.9 304.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107.1 1,123.8 1,123.1 1,125.8 48.6 53.7 56.0 57.9 137.8 135.9 136.2 137.4

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,681.0 2,711.5 2,706.0 2,712.6 104.0 111.7 110.5 111.0 247.6 251.6 251.7 251.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445.3 449.5 448.7 448.3 23.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 17.8 18.1 18.2 18.2

Nebraska3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963.9 970.8 973.7 975.1 43.3 42.4 42.6 42.9 95.8 97.3 98.4 97.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146.9 1,168.5 1,159.7 1,167.1 53.2 52.2 52.3 55.4 39.5 39.8 39.8 39.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.5 638.9 635.9 639.0 22.3 23.1 23.0 22.8 65.4 65.9 65.9 66.0

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,908.3 3,961.6 3,969.3 3,963.8 130.1 132.9 138.0 135.0 243.8 248.9 247.9 248.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806.2 813.4 808.4 808.0 40.4 41.1 41.1 40.9 29.7 28.6 28.8 28.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,833.7 8,908.0 8,924.6 8,931.2 309.0 320.3 319.6 315.7 457.6 444.4 445.0 445.3

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,006.9 4,056.9 4,064.8 4,087.0 168.6 166.8 165.5 165.0 439.7 444.3 444.0 446.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436.7 447.3 451.3 452.1 30.2 31.9 32.5 32.4 25.8 25.8 25.8 26.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,177.6 5,202.2 5,202.4 5,204.8 176.5 170.9 174.1 175.4 654.9 661.2 660.0 660.9

Oklahoma2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,612.3 1,618.5 1,624.5 1,627.4 68.6 68.2 67.3 69.4 – – – –

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,643.5 1,669.6 1,672.9 1,672.4 68.5 70.0 72.1 72.9 171.1 175.9 175.3 175.2

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,734.5 5,771.3 5,763.9 5,763.9 226.7 224.2 227.2 228.6 565.7 564.7 565.4 566.7

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.1 467.7 468.8 469.6 15.2 15.3 15.6 16.0 39.9 40.0 40.1 40.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,867.7 1,889.8 1,897.7 1,901.3 78.6 81.0 81.7 83.5 220.2 220.6 221.4 224.0

South Dakota3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415.7 420.2 422.8 420.2 20.3 20.5 20.6 20.2 41.5 41.6 41.8 41.5

Tennessee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,724.7 2,747.7 2,749.9 2,757.9 108.7 107.2 106.0 107.2 315.4 320.1 320.6 321.5

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,965.3 11,188.9 11,225.3 11,232.7 593.5 609.7 612.0 608.0 867.8 869.8 868.0 870.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260.7 1,284.2 1,282.1 1,288.5 68.3 70.4 69.0 69.3 117.7 119.4 120.0 121.1

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.6 308.0 306.9 307.3 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.5 31.9 32.2 32.9 32.3

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,740.0 3,770.8 3,772.9 3,767.5 174.6 176.1 174.6 172.9 232.4 232.8 234.5 231.8

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,890.7 2,945.8 2,944.4 2,936.3 140.0 143.8 143.9 141.1 283.5 286.0 285.9 284.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768.1 772.4 775.4 776.2 35.2 35.1 35.5 36.9 49.2 49.1 49.0 49.0

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,789.8 2,819.2 2,819.0 2,830.9 92.3 95.5 95.1 94.1 454.1 457.0 457.8 463.8

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289.6 292.2 289.2 292.0 22.1 24.0 23.0 23.0 9.6 9.8 9.8 9.9

Puerto Rico3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942.7 896.4 889.4 895.4 35.3 28.0 28.2 29.2 79.7 74.3 74.4 75.4

Virgin Islands2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 38.6 38.3 38.7 – – – – – – – –

1 Includes mining and logging, information, and other services (except public administration), not shown separately.

2 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be

separated with sufficient precision.

3 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary and

will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

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

Oct.

2012

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2013

Sept.

2013

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2013p

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2012

Aug.

2013

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2013

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2013p

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2012

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2013

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2013

Oct.

2013p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.1 364.3 362.0 364.0 93.0 92.2 91.7 93.1 220.0 221.8 219.0 219.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.6 64.2 64.6 64.9 13.0 13.8 13.5 13.5 29.0 27.7 27.8 27.9

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.1 487.7 490.0 490.0 177.1 184.2 184.2 185.8 355.1 364.0 361.1 363.3

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.5 250.6 252.0 254.1 49.3 49.5 50.1 50.3 123.0 124.7 125.2 124.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,746.5 2,762.8 2,761.0 2,767.9 778.9 792.6 789.6 785.9 2,264.6 2,313.3 2,307.3 2,311.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.1 416.0 413.7 412.2 146.3 144.0 144.4 145.1 359.5 371.5 372.0 373.9

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.9 299.2 298.6 297.8 131.6 129.3 128.0 128.2 202.9 207.6 206.5 205.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.6 75.5 75.7 76.2 42.8 43.4 43.6 43.9 57.0 58.9 60.1 60.9

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.8 27.4 26.9 27.3 28.0 29.1 28.8 28.8 154.6 155.5 156.0 155.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545.7 1,588.6 1,593.1 1,602.0 500.3 507.2 506.7 509.3 1,075.1 1,098.9 1,102.3 1,113.6

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834.7 849.8 851.0 851.2 227.4 231.2 232.6 232.1 568.3 597.9 602.6 598.9

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.6 114.9 115.3 116.3 27.3 27.4 27.2 27.2 77.2 77.3 77.6 77.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.1 130.4 131.5 130.8 30.5 32.4 32.2 31.7 77.7 78.5 80.1 79.8

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160.2 1,170.6 1,171.1 1,172.5 368.4 373.2 373.3 371.4 867.8 892.2 891.7 898.6

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.1 586.8 586.9 586.1 130.7 134.1 133.0 133.0 301.1 307.4 306.1 306.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307.8 309.6 308.9 307.8 102.2 104.6 103.8 104.0 129.6 134.3 134.0 133.3

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257.3 258.2 256.1 257.8 74.5 76.9 76.7 77.2 153.2 161.9 161.3 161.2

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.6 376.6 377.2 372.1 88.2 88.1 89.9 88.9 193.6 197.3 198.2 198.7

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.7 387.5 389.1 390.0 95.5 96.2 94.7 94.9 203.6 208.4 205.2 207.3

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.8 119.8 119.0 119.4 31.2 31.1 31.2 31.3 58.6 59.9 60.0 60.1

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.3 454.2 457.0 456.6 144.2 143.8 142.8 143.0 413.8 426.3 426.4 425.7

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.9 556.0 559.8 562.3 206.2 206.4 205.4 206.0 492.4 502.3 500.7 501.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.6 743.5 742.3 744.7 196.7 196.4 197.0 196.4 576.4 593.6 592.7 595.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504.3 518.2 517.2 518.0 176.6 179.8 179.0 178.8 336.3 350.9 344.2 343.6

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.5 217.8 216.7 217.4 44.0 44.8 45.0 45.4 99.0 106.5 105.6 104.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516.9 520.6 523.9 525.0 165.1 168.5 168.7 170.1 341.6 339.9 340.3 343.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.7 89.0 89.2 88.9 21.8 21.6 21.8 22.0 41.3 44.7 42.9 43.1

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.0 203.1 204.5 205.5 71.1 71.6 71.6 71.5 105.9 106.8 105.8 105.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217.8 223.8 223.2 227.6 54.6 54.6 54.6 55.2 144.0 146.6 139.1 140.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.3 133.5 135.3 135.8 35.3 36.0 35.5 35.2 68.8 69.5 70.2 70.6

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820.4 838.3 834.1 838.4 249.6 250.7 251.3 250.7 620.7 621.4 621.4 625.9

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.6 135.3 134.8 135.7 33.2 35.0 35.5 36.2 97.0 96.4 97.5 97.1

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514.4 1,535.3 1,535.8 1,533.5 681.6 682.7 680.2 682.0 1,174.7 1,203.2 1,198.8 1,202.6

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751.2 762.2 769.0 769.2 205.5 209.5 210.6 206.4 534.6 556.5 555.2 561.6

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.4 100.1 102.4 102.7 22.3 23.3 23.2 23.5 33.7 35.1 35.5 35.0

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973.8 981.4 981.4 984.9 280.8 280.2 280.9 281.9 675.9 682.4 678.6 677.4

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.9 293.7 294.0 293.7 80.1 80.2 80.2 80.3 178.6 180.8 182.7 184.2

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.3 319.9 321.0 321.2 90.2 89.6 89.3 88.9 196.6 202.3 202.3 201.3

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103.4 1,096.5 1,101.4 1,099.1 311.2 314.1 312.9 313.0 733.5 741.3 740.9 748.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.9 74.9 74.3 74.3 31.9 33.1 32.5 32.4 56.3 58.4 59.3 59.3

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356.4 363.0 362.9 362.8 99.9 102.0 102.2 102.6 232.7 239.9 239.9 239.0

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.3 85.5 85.6 84.6 29.2 29.6 29.6 29.4 29.1 28.1 28.6 29.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577.6 583.3 582.6 584.9 136.9 139.1 139.7 140.3 338.5 347.2 343.1 345.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,183.2 2,232.9 2,246.4 2,250.1 662.9 676.4 678.5 672.1 1,415.8 1,479.9 1,484.0 1,489.0

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.8 253.0 253.4 254.4 69.8 73.2 73.0 73.2 169.4 172.5 172.2 173.0

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.7 55.8 55.5 55.0 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.3 26.3 27.2 26.8 27.2

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632.2 641.5 640.2 644.1 190.5 197.1 198.0 198.2 682.5 682.9 683.1 675.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.7 558.5 560.7 562.2 144.2 142.4 142.4 142.3 351.6 356.2 356.4 356.1

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.3 135.5 137.0 136.0 28.2 27.6 27.8 27.8 65.3 65.8 66.6 67.1

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511.2 511.4 510.7 515.7 161.7 163.5 162.2 160.5 288.9 296.8 298.8 296.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.6 55.0 54.3 55.0 10.9 10.7 10.4 10.4 18.1 17.4 17.7 17.8

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.6 170.2 169.1 170.1 44.9 44.7 44.9 44.7 111.2 105.6 105.6 106.4

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.1 – – – – – – – –

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are 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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Government

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Oct.

2012

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.4 220.2 218.7 219.9 175.5 179.4 178.1 179.1 375.1 374.3 370.4 368.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.7 47.0 47.3 47.4 32.3 32.6 32.2 32.7 84.0 82.7 82.7 82.0

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.4 378.3 376.4 377.3 269.8 279.1 278.5 278.0 414.8 404.9 411.0 412.8

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.3 176.3 175.7 176.6 103.4 101.7 101.9 102.6 216.0 214.6 214.3 215.0

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,902.8 1,933.0 1,925.5 1,935.1 1,615.2 1,677.0 1,681.1 1,690.3 2,371.7 2,355.5 2,356.2 2,368.4

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285.4 290.2 291.9 293.5 284.2 294.0 291.5 292.5 396.2 401.3 403.8 403.2

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.4 325.2 324.2 325.6 144.5 148.4 146.6 147.1 239.0 237.1 238.5 237.4

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.5 71.1 70.5 70.3 43.4 44.2 44.3 44.8 63.8 62.5 62.8 63.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.8 119.2 118.7 118.4 65.2 68.5 69.4 69.7 242.1 231.2 236.2 236.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,118.9 1,128.6 1,131.8 1,134.0 1,004.0 1,024.8 1,032.5 1,043.5 1,075.9 1,067.9 1,068.7 1,066.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501.7 517.0 518.4 519.1 399.8 416.3 418.8 419.7 680.0 674.7 675.3 672.0

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.3 76.9 77.4 77.4 107.8 111.6 111.5 111.0 126.0 121.4 124.9 125.0

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.7 91.0 90.6 92.7 62.0 64.1 63.2 62.9 117.3 116.3 117.4 118.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870.2 881.5 881.6 879.2 536.9 540.7 540.1 544.8 832.4 823.9 827.3 829.0

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.6 444.5 440.4 441.7 290.0 294.3 299.6 299.4 426.0 443.1 437.7 438.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.8 222.6 223.1 225.7 136.7 135.6 135.7 136.3 254.4 256.6 252.7 250.4

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.7 187.7 187.3 189.0 119.7 123.0 123.5 122.3 260.9 255.5 259.9 259.9

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.4 259.7 259.4 259.1 175.7 186.8 183.7 179.9 335.1 334.8 335.5 333.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284.3 282.1 283.0 283.3 211.4 217.3 216.2 219.3 349.9 344.8 344.6 344.2

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.2 120.3 120.0 120.5 61.9 63.8 63.7 64.0 99.9 100.0 99.7 97.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417.2 428.6 427.1 428.0 249.0 249.9 246.6 248.4 504.9 509.0 504.8 503.8

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693.3 705.3 708.7 710.6 327.0 329.2 328.0 331.2 440.4 439.0 440.6 440.4

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.6 641.3 641.7 640.8 389.6 401.2 394.6 397.6 608.7 606.7 610.7 609.3

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481.0 488.5 490.0 495.2 244.7 251.1 250.4 251.0 416.2 418.5 419.1 418.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.8 133.1 132.8 133.3 122.9 124.4 126.3 126.2 245.3 247.8 244.7 244.1

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.4 422.9 420.7 420.0 277.6 288.0 284.3 284.4 437.9 433.9 430.9 431.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.0 69.0 69.4 69.2 59.9 62.1 61.1 60.3 90.2 89.0 90.1 89.7

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.0 141.7 142.0 142.4 83.9 85.0 85.3 86.9 168.5 169.3 169.2 168.8

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.4 110.6 111.1 110.9 319.1 324.5 324.7 323.8 149.4 154.0 152.5 151.3

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.4 117.4 117.4 117.7 65.1 67.6 64.1 66.4 90.6 90.7 89.8 89.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627.3 646.7 646.5 643.3 346.1 358.0 357.2 355.8 626.7 624.5 632.8 628.7

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.0 124.9 121.4 120.9 86.9 91.6 89.0 89.2 195.5 193.2 194.1 192.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,780.3 1,798.7 1,823.3 1,828.4 812.3 824.0 831.3 833.7 1,456.0 1,451.7 1,443.5 1,441.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551.2 557.6 559.9 567.5 423.0 435.4 430.7 432.2 715.2 704.2 708.9 715.1

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 58.1 58.7 59.1 39.2 38.2 37.9 37.6 79.7 80.7 80.0 80.1

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867.2 880.9 879.9 879.3 502.7 507.3 512.8 515.8 751.4 748.1 746.2 739.9

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224.1 225.1 226.3 225.6 149.8 154.0 156.4 155.1 348.1 348.1 349.6 349.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238.2 242.8 243.1 243.5 171.5 180.7 178.9 179.5 292.4 288.1 291.6 290.6

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,172.9 1,191.0 1,191.5 1,183.7 520.9 538.0 528.0 533.4 718.5 718.8 715.2 709.5

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.8 103.1 103.9 104.0 51.3 51.3 51.4 52.4 60.1 60.3 60.1 59.8

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.9 210.0 211.1 212.9 221.3 226.7 227.0 226.1 349.0 348.6 353.1 352.8

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.7 68.5 68.4 68.7 44.9 45.8 46.8 46.1 77.9 78.9 79.5 78.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.9 401.9 403.0 402.5 280.2 290.3 290.6 292.2 423.0 411.8 418.4 418.4

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,477.2 1,499.9 1,504.3 1,507.2 1,108.7 1,133.3 1,142.2 1,149.8 1,798.3 1,807.7 1,806.3 1,801.1

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.0 170.0 168.7 169.4 120.9 124.8 124.9 127.1 223.3 217.4 216.7 215.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.6 62.3 61.5 62.0 34.0 33.7 33.5 33.9 54.4 54.7 54.9 54.8

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483.3 491.8 493.9 496.1 357.9 366.1 365.0 367.3 714.1 708.1 712.9 711.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.9 401.4 398.1 395.3 276.8 287.8 286.8 284.1 543.5 545.2 544.5 544.7

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126.9 127.2 128.5 128.7 75.2 75.0 75.0 75.5 155.1 156.2 156.7 155.9

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.5 419.0 416.7 419.2 258.6 276.2 274.9 277.5 415.1 410.6 415.0 414.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.8 26.8 26.9 27.1 34.0 34.5 33.6 34.8 73.7 73.9 73.7 73.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.4 117.8 115.6 114.5 75.3 75.7 75.7 75.5 264.0 243.7 239.4 242.8

Virgin Islands1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – – – – 6.8 7.0 6.9 7.0 11.4 10.8 10.8 11.0

1 Missing series (denoted by ’-’) are 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.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Total Mining and logging Construction

September October September October September October

2012 2013 2012 2013p

2012 2013 2012 2013p2012 2013 2012 2013p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,888.7 1,885.7 1,894.0 1,894.3 12.7 12.4 12.6 12.3 80.2 78.4 80.5 78.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.2 345.6 331.8 329.3 17.8 18.7 17.6 18.5 19.1 20.1 19.2 19.5

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,477.9 2,519.3 2,490.3 2,533.5 12.8 13.0 12.9 13.0 119.7 125.0 122.0 122.5

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,182.2 1,193.1 1,189.4 1,199.2 10.3 10.5 10.2 10.4 48.8 47.7 46.9 47.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,451.9 14,666.2 14,578.1 14,786.4 31.0 30.7 30.5 30.7 612.7 640.6 610.7 636.7

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,328.2 2,377.2 2,333.8 2,379.0 30.3 30.2 30.4 30.7 120.5 129.1 121.0 128.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,644.9 1,651.3 1,654.8 1,665.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 53.7 58.8 53.1 58.9

Delaware1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420.6 427.9 421.1 429.9 – – – – 18.9 18.0 18.6 18.1

District of Columbia1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.4 734.4 738.5 738.0 – – – – 14.1 13.6 14.0 13.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,388.9 7,542.5 7,436.4 7,618.1 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 349.6 367.4 348.6 375.1

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952.5 4,056.0 3,993.2 4,078.7 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.5 142.3 150.0 143.6 151.1

Hawaii1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.8 613.7 611.1 618.0 – – – – 30.1 32.7 30.7 32.5

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.0 649.7 635.2 650.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.5 34.0 35.0 33.1 34.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,796.6 5,843.6 5,824.1 5,882.1 10.4 10.7 10.3 10.8 202.0 200.3 203.4 198.9

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,938.9 2,979.6 2,952.1 2,996.8 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.3 131.5 118.2 133.0 121.2

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,517.7 1,531.2 1,538.0 1,545.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 68.9 71.8 69.4 71.8

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363.6 1,379.6 1,372.0 1,389.4 10.1 10.6 10.1 10.6 56.7 57.1 56.9 57.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,836.0 1,847.4 1,838.2 1,839.3 19.5 18.2 19.0 18.1 69.7 70.4 68.8 70.6

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,919.0 1,950.1 1,942.1 1,972.8 53.0 56.3 52.7 55.4 128.4 135.6 130.3 141.1

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609.8 613.4 608.1 611.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 27.2 28.4 27.7 28.7

Maryland1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,586.7 2,619.7 2,606.3 2,628.7 – – – – 147.9 150.8 148.7 151.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,299.7 3,351.6 3,323.5 3,376.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 121.5 127.1 121.7 128.0

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,070.5 4,124.8 4,079.8 4,151.7 8.2 8.3 8.0 8.4 138.1 140.4 136.8 140.8

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,755.2 2,793.3 2,764.9 2,815.3 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.8 105.2 107.8 105.2 108.8

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106.6 1,124.5 1,111.8 1,130.7 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 48.3 55.9 48.6 57.9

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,684.6 2,721.7 2,702.3 2,734.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 108.1 115.8 108.3 115.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449.7 454.8 449.0 452.1 9.7 9.8 9.7 9.8 25.6 23.9 25.5 23.8

Nebraska1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966.5 976.9 969.8 981.2 – – – – 45.1 44.4 44.9 44.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149.3 1,165.9 1,155.7 1,176.2 15.9 16.7 16.0 16.6 54.7 54.3 54.4 56.5

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.1 641.5 640.7 645.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 23.6 24.7 23.6 24.1

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,912.0 3,974.0 3,930.6 3,985.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 133.8 143.3 136.0 141.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.5 811.9 812.1 814.0 24.4 24.7 24.3 24.8 40.9 41.8 41.9 42.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,834.1 8,927.8 8,912.5 9,010.8 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.4 327.8 339.5 326.3 333.8

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,011.9 4,082.9 4,034.1 4,114.8 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 173.5 170.3 172.7 169.2

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439.8 455.7 443.7 459.1 25.4 32.6 25.2 33.1 33.6 36.3 33.2 35.4

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,195.7 5,227.3 5,227.3 5,254.3 12.8 13.0 12.6 13.0 190.2 188.5 189.7 188.7

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,615.4 1,629.6 1,623.5 1,638.9 58.8 53.9 56.8 54.0 70.2 69.3 70.1 71.0

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,647.7 1,678.0 1,661.7 1,690.8 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.2 73.5 77.2 72.6 77.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,749.1 5,779.2 5,790.1 5,819.3 36.2 36.6 36.1 35.7 236.7 236.8 235.1 237.1

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.8 474.4 470.0 475.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 16.8 16.8 16.2 17.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863.5 1,897.5 1,873.0 1,907.1 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 78.3 81.8 79.3 84.2

South Dakota1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.7 426.5 419.3 423.7 – – – – 22.3 22.7 22.2 22.1

Tennessee1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,732.8 2,768.6 2,743.6 2,776.3 – – – – 112.2 110.0 111.3 109.8

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,943.1 11,217.4 11,019.5 11,287.4 276.1 291.8 275.8 290.7 597.1 618.4 607.2 622.4

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266.2 1,292.9 1,271.2 1,299.0 12.8 13.3 12.8 13.4 72.8 73.0 72.2 73.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305.8 308.7 309.0 311.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 15.4 15.4 15.2 15.9

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,743.7 3,779.4 3,761.9 3,789.6 10.8 10.7 10.8 10.8 179.4 178.2 177.8 176.1

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,896.3 2,955.4 2,916.7 2,963.0 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.2 147.1 152.3 146.7 147.8

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769.6 777.6 774.6 782.6 32.8 36.6 33.2 36.3 38.2 38.2 37.9 39.6

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,812.3 2,841.5 2,817.6 2,858.2 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.9 100.2 104.1 101.2 103.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.8 296.4 292.6 295.0 27.2 25.8 26.5 26.1 23.7 25.2 24.2 25.1

Puerto Rico1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936.2 885.4 941.6 894.6 – – – – 36.4 28.3 35.1 29.1

Virgin Islands1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.3 37.9 38.3 38.2 – – – – 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7

1 Mining and logging is combined with construction.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information

September October September October September October

2012 2013 2012 2013p

2012 2013 2012 2013p2012 2013 2012 2013p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.7 250.4 243.4 250.3 364.7 361.0 367.1 365.0 22.4 21.3 21.9 21.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 12.3 9.7 7.5 66.8 66.6 63.2 63.5 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.1

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 155.0 156.0 154.5 475.0 485.2 479.9 488.8 37.6 38.9 37.5 38.4

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.5 155.5 155.3 155.1 242.1 250.6 246.3 253.9 14.4 14.3 14.4 14.2

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,270.8 1,271.0 1,261.6 1,255.8 2,732.1 2,761.8 2,755.7 2,777.2 429.5 432.0 428.8 434.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.8 133.2 133.9 134.3 410.1 413.9 412.1 414.1 69.2 68.5 69.2 67.7

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.4 160.9 163.9 160.5 294.1 296.6 297.5 299.5 31.2 30.6 31.3 30.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 25.9 26.0 26.0 75.2 75.9 75.4 76.0 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.4

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 28.0 27.1 27.8 27.3 17.0 16.4 16.9 16.3

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.4 317.7 316.5 316.9 1,524.7 1,578.4 1,539.0 1,595.1 132.8 135.9 132.9 135.7

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.3 354.4 357.2 355.5 829.3 846.2 836.7 853.0 100.4 102.3 102.7 102.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 13.6 13.4 13.5 114.7 114.7 115.6 116.4 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.1

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 59.1 58.5 59.3 127.6 131.7 127.8 131.5 9.2 9.3 9.2 9.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587.4 577.4 585.9 578.3 1,154.1 1,166.4 1,163.2 1,175.5 99.1 98.4 99.1 99.3

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485.7 486.5 487.1 489.3 560.7 586.4 566.6 589.7 35.2 35.1 35.3 35.0

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.3 214.5 212.6 216.1 307.1 308.2 309.0 308.9 26.3 26.4 27.1 26.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.7 165.2 163.6 165.1 256.9 255.5 257.4 257.8 28.3 29.0 28.3 29.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.3 225.9 227.8 224.6 371.4 375.4 372.9 371.2 26.2 23.9 25.7 24.0

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.5 144.5 144.1 145.8 375.2 386.0 379.0 389.2 24.0 24.8 24.3 24.7

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2 51.0 50.9 51.0 118.0 119.9 119.1 120.6 7.8 8.2 7.8 8.2

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.9 105.8 105.8 104.2 450.8 456.7 454.8 458.2 39.8 38.5 40.2 38.1

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.9 248.9 252.3 248.0 550.6 557.9 553.4 564.7 86.3 93.8 87.0 93.6

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542.2 559.4 543.6 561.5 730.2 741.9 728.3 745.3 52.9 51.2 52.2 52.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.4 305.1 306.3 305.5 503.3 517.3 507.1 520.8 53.5 54.5 54.2 55.1

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.8 136.6 137.6 137.2 214.9 215.4 215.9 216.9 12.3 12.5 12.4 12.6

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.3 252.2 248.0 251.8 513.6 522.5 516.7 524.7 58.2 55.4 58.3 56.1

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.7 18.2 18.0 18.4 89.0 89.4 89.1 89.3 6.9 7.6 6.9 7.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.6 98.2 95.8 97.5 199.0 203.0 199.7 205.2 17.1 16.9 17.3 17.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 40.0 39.7 40.0 218.2 224.7 219.8 229.8 12.6 12.5 12.6 12.6

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 66.2 65.6 66.2 135.5 134.6 137.0 136.5 12.0 11.7 11.9 11.7

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.9 249.1 245.5 250.1 821.7 834.1 822.1 840.0 77.6 74.6 76.2 74.0

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.3 29.5 30.2 29.3 135.5 135.0 134.5 135.5 13.3 13.0 13.6 13.5

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.8 449.1 460.4 448.1 1,513.8 1,536.1 1,523.5 1,542.3 261.4 258.8 261.7 259.4

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.4 446.0 439.8 446.4 743.6 764.5 750.4 768.3 68.6 73.7 68.9 75.0

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 25.9 26.1 26.3 97.9 101.4 99.7 103.0 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.4 664.9 657.5 663.4 967.7 975.9 974.2 984.6 73.7 71.1 73.4 70.6

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.4 136.2 134.6 136.8 289.2 293.2 290.9 292.8 22.4 22.3 22.3 22.3

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.5 179.2 173.2 177.2 318.8 322.4 320.3 323.2 32.5 34.0 32.4 34.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567.3 567.5 567.3 568.2 1,098.4 1,099.0 1,109.9 1,105.9 89.6 87.6 89.3 88.0

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 40.2 40.2 40.3 74.7 74.9 74.6 75.0 9.3 9.1 9.2 9.0

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.9 221.9 220.3 224.2 354.2 361.2 356.4 362.7 25.3 25.1 25.6 25.4

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.6 42.0 42.0 42.0 83.3 85.5 83.7 85.0 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.1 322.5 316.3 322.3 575.8 583.5 578.0 584.8 42.4 41.6 42.4 41.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871.1 870.3 871.4 873.6 2,178.7 2,240.3 2,184.0 2,250.4 195.3 204.1 197.6 205.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.7 120.8 118.8 122.2 243.8 252.7 247.5 255.1 31.1 34.5 31.9 35.5

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.1 32.8 32.1 32.5 55.4 55.1 56.4 55.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.9 235.1 233.5 232.9 628.6 637.0 632.5 644.3 71.2 69.9 71.3 70.4

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.0 290.6 287.3 288.4 541.4 561.9 544.3 563.7 104.9 106.4 104.5 105.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.5 49.0 49.2 49.0 135.6 136.3 136.7 136.4 9.6 9.3 9.4 9.3

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459.5 463.6 453.9 463.4 511.9 512.0 514.9 519.4 46.5 47.0 46.6 46.7

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.7 9.8 10.1 53.6 54.7 53.7 55.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 74.6 80.2 75.8 173.7 166.8 174.4 168.1 19.2 19.2 19.4 19.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services

September October September October September October

2012 2013 2012 2013p

2012 2013 2012 2013p2012 2013 2012 2013p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.5 92.3 93.0 93.1 221.2 221.0 222.3 222.2 220.1 219.5 220.7 221.2

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 13.6 13.0 13.5 30.1 29.2 28.9 27.8 46.1 47.0 46.7 47.4

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.1 183.6 177.1 185.8 355.9 363.0 358.4 366.7 368.7 376.2 369.2 380.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0 50.0 49.3 50.3 123.7 126.2 124.0 125.5 173.8 176.9 175.3 178.6

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778.3 789.2 780.4 787.4 2,268.4 2,313.2 2,281.9 2,328.5 1,874.4 1,910.1 1,915.6 1,948.2

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.5 144.8 145.6 144.4 361.3 374.8 362.5 376.9 282.9 291.3 286.1 294.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.1 128.2 131.9 128.5 205.1 207.7 205.1 208.1 319.4 323.1 322.4 329.6

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.7 43.7 42.7 43.9 55.7 59.3 57.1 61.0 68.4 70.2 68.8 70.6

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 29.0 28.0 28.9 152.5 155.9 155.4 156.3 116.7 117.3 120.8 120.5

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.2 506.0 500.3 509.3 1,071.8 1,098.1 1,072.8 1,111.2 1,112.4 1,129.0 1,123.5 1,138.8

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.0 232.5 228.4 233.1 565.6 602.8 573.3 603.9 497.9 517.1 504.9 522.5

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.2 76.5 77.3 77.3 78.1 76.9 77.1 77.3 77.4

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 32.3 30.7 32.0 78.7 81.6 78.7 80.9 88.8 90.5 90.5 93.5

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.8 371.9 368.2 371.4 878.3 902.8 883.4 914.2 865.1 878.4 877.9 887.4

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.9 133.1 130.1 132.3 305.8 310.3 307.4 312.5 442.3 442.5 445.4 447.5

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.8 103.6 102.1 103.9 131.3 135.9 132.7 136.5 219.3 221.5 226.8 230.7

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.1 76.7 74.6 77.3 154.2 161.3 154.6 162.6 186.3 187.1 187.3 189.5

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.1 89.3 87.9 88.6 193.4 197.7 195.1 200.2 258.4 259.0 258.6 259.3

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 94.7 95.1 94.4 201.9 204.0 203.8 207.5 281.9 283.2 286.7 285.6

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 31.4 31.2 31.3 58.8 61.1 59.7 61.3 121.4 120.0 122.7 122.0

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.9 142.5 144.5 143.3 414.1 429.8 418.3 430.5 413.9 425.5 420.4 431.3

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.0 206.3 206.9 206.8 496.2 507.3 500.2 509.2 685.8 704.2 700.7 718.3

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.7 197.3 196.9 196.6 583.8 597.6 587.3 606.3 631.5 639.2 640.9 647.2

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.7 179.2 177.4 179.5 341.4 346.1 342.3 349.7 480.1 490.3 483.5 497.7

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 45.0 44.0 45.4 98.0 105.6 99.5 104.8 134.6 134.2 135.0 135.5

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.0 169.3 165.2 170.2 339.0 341.8 344.3 346.2 413.3 422.1 417.2 424.0

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6 21.7 21.6 21.8 41.9 43.7 42.2 44.0 67.6 69.4 68.1 69.4

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.9 71.7 71.2 71.6 107.5 108.4 107.1 106.9 140.9 141.8 141.6 143.0

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 54.9 54.6 55.2 146.2 140.4 146.0 142.4 106.3 111.2 107.4 110.9

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 35.5 35.3 35.2 69.0 70.4 68.9 70.7 114.4 116.5 115.9 118.3

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.3 251.4 248.4 249.5 628.2 629.1 625.2 629.9 619.5 639.6 631.3 647.5

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.9 35.6 33.1 36.1 97.8 98.5 97.8 97.9 122.1 121.7 123.5 122.4

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682.4 680.4 681.6 681.9 1,181.3 1,203.7 1,182.7 1,210.1 1,763.7 1,807.0 1,805.1 1,853.1

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.8 208.7 205.5 206.4 538.9 559.7 540.4 567.8 549.1 557.0 552.1 568.4

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.0 23.1 22.2 23.4 33.7 35.8 34.1 35.4 58.3 58.5 58.7 59.2

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.3 281.4 279.8 280.8 678.1 685.1 688.5 690.2 865.5 881.0 876.6 888.8

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.8 79.9 80.0 80.1 178.1 184.0 180.6 186.4 225.2 226.8 225.5 227.1

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.7 90.2 90.6 89.3 197.9 205.0 198.5 203.3 238.1 241.4 240.7 246.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.7 312.5 311.3 313.0 736.0 746.2 738.0 753.1 1,166.1 1,181.0 1,189.4 1,199.8

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 32.6 31.8 32.3 57.1 60.2 57.4 60.4 103.3 103.4 105.7 105.9

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 102.2 100.1 102.9 235.0 241.0 233.5 239.7 211.3 212.3 211.0 214.1

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.9 29.5 29.3 29.5 29.5 28.9 29.0 29.0 67.2 68.0 68.0 69.0

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.9 140.4 137.3 140.7 340.4 346.8 343.2 350.1 396.9 403.7 401.5 406.2

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664.7 678.7 666.3 675.5 1,425.6 1,492.6 1,429.2 1,503.1 1,470.9 1,504.7 1,485.3 1,515.6

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.1 73.1 69.7 73.2 169.7 174.6 171.2 174.8 165.7 170.5 166.8 172.4

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 12.3 12.1 12.3 26.6 27.3 26.8 27.7 60.5 61.7 61.2 62.7

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.3 198.2 191.0 198.7 680.2 682.9 687.6 680.4 481.1 495.4 487.0 499.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.1 143.0 144.5 142.8 354.8 360.7 355.2 359.9 383.7 393.0 390.3 398.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 27.7 28.2 27.8 64.8 66.3 65.6 67.4 126.7 128.7 127.7 129.4

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.7 162.3 161.7 160.5 294.3 304.4 294.8 301.9 421.0 416.1 421.8 420.5

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 10.3 10.9 10.4 18.4 18.1 18.3 18.0 26.5 26.7 26.8 27.1

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 44.7 44.9 44.7 109.6 104.3 110.7 105.9 119.0 115.5 121.4 117.4

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

[In thousands]

State

Leisure and hospitality Other services Government

September October September October September October

2012 2013 2012 2013p

2012 2013 2012 2013p2012 2013 2012 2013p

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.5 179.1 174.3 177.9 80.4 81.2 80.6 81.1 372.3 369.1 377.6 371.4

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 36.1 29.7 30.0 11.7 11.9 11.9 11.7 85.6 84.0 85.7 83.8

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.8 274.4 266.8 274.9 85.3 84.3 84.5 84.8 424.4 420.7 426.0 423.9

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.2 103.7 104.0 103.2 43.4 41.5 43.6 41.8 217.0 216.2 220.1 219.1

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,627.5 1,697.9 1,614.4 1,689.7 510.6 513.6 513.9 516.1 2,316.6 2,306.1 2,384.6 2,381.6

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.5 290.2 273.0 280.8 95.9 96.4 96.2 96.3 397.2 404.8 403.8 410.8

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.4 147.8 143.8 146.4 61.4 61.0 61.7 60.7 237.5 236.0 243.5 241.9

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.5 46.7 43.1 44.5 19.5 20.1 19.6 20.1 63.4 62.6 64.5 64.3

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 69.8 65.9 70.4 67.9 68.9 68.4 69.3 241.7 235.5 240.4 234.8

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980.7 1,011.6 988.1 1,027.2 313.3 316.1 314.3 317.2 1,081.4 1,076.6 1,094.7 1,085.9

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395.6 418.5 399.7 419.6 153.0 151.3 153.8 152.7 677.7 672.4 684.4 676.3

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.8 111.9 107.6 110.9 26.3 28.3 27.1 28.2 123.7 122.6 126.7 125.7

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 66.0 60.7 61.6 21.6 22.5 21.5 22.0 116.9 117.3 120.3 121.3

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548.0 553.3 538.6 546.5 249.0 254.8 248.8 257.7 836.4 829.2 845.3 842.1

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290.9 303.8 290.7 300.2 110.2 109.3 110.3 110.2 438.7 447.1 439.2 451.6

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.3 137.8 136.2 135.7 57.6 56.5 58.6 55.7 254.4 252.6 261.1 257.2

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 125.4 120.7 123.3 51.8 51.5 52.5 52.2 260.9 260.2 266.0 265.0

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.9 186.0 175.8 180.0 69.3 66.0 68.5 65.9 335.8 335.6 338.1 336.8

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.7 213.9 208.9 216.8 63.4 62.8 62.6 63.3 349.7 344.3 354.6 349.0

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 71.4 62.7 64.8 20.0 20.1 19.7 19.9 101.6 99.2 103.9 101.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.2 253.7 247.2 246.5 111.5 112.7 112.0 111.6 503.7 503.7 514.4 513.5

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.0 341.6 328.9 333.1 121.9 123.7 121.9 123.7 439.5 439.8 449.5 449.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.7 408.4 390.3 398.1 169.4 168.1 168.6 167.9 613.8 613.0 626.9 627.4

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.0 259.6 244.0 250.2 115.7 116.8 116.7 116.7 408.6 408.8 420.9 423.5

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.9 126.0 122.1 125.4 38.2 38.0 38.0 37.4 247.1 246.0 249.4 248.3

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.7 289.6 279.0 285.8 114.1 114.9 113.8 115.5 440.1 434.0 447.3 440.5

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 63.8 58.1 58.5 17.6 17.5 17.7 17.9 90.5 89.8 92.1 91.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 87.6 83.9 86.9 36.8 36.8 37.1 37.1 168.0 168.1 171.2 171.5

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319.1 325.9 319.8 324.5 33.9 33.8 33.6 33.9 148.1 151.5 151.8 153.8

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.6 67.2 64.8 66.1 22.8 22.5 22.9 22.4 93.0 91.2 93.8 93.2

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.0 372.5 341.6 350.7 165.4 164.4 166.5 162.8 606.3 614.6 636.5 638.6

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.2 89.7 86.2 88.4 28.5 28.5 29.0 28.7 195.6 193.9 198.0 194.9

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827.1 849.6 813.6 835.4 380.0 382.3 383.6 387.3 1,429.1 1,415.9 1,468.4 1,454.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425.4 438.4 424.2 433.5 142.5 141.8 143.4 143.1 718.5 717.3 731.2 731.3

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.0 38.0 39.3 37.7 16.2 16.0 16.0 16.0 80.9 81.2 82.3 82.7

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514.5 525.1 500.9 514.2 204.2 203.9 207.6 205.0 748.3 737.4 766.5 755.0

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148.9 156.7 149.9 155.3 59.2 57.1 57.8 57.2 348.2 350.2 355.0 355.9

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.1 184.8 171.3 179.4 57.5 58.8 57.9 59.1 278.6 277.6 296.8 295.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534.1 541.7 521.4 533.9 256.1 257.9 257.1 258.4 717.9 712.4 735.2 726.2

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.4 55.2 51.6 52.7 22.8 22.4 22.3 22.2 59.6 59.4 60.8 60.6

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220.8 228.5 220.2 225.0 68.9 68.7 70.3 68.6 347.2 351.1 352.5 356.6

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 48.7 44.3 45.4 15.8 16.0 15.9 15.9 77.4 79.1 78.9 79.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.8 293.4 279.4 291.4 104.3 104.5 104.0 103.8 426.0 422.2 430.2 425.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,101.1 1,141.2 1,099.0 1,139.9 384.1 386.9 384.4 388.7 1,778.4 1,788.4 1,819.3 1,821.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.6 125.8 117.8 123.6 35.4 36.0 35.3 36.3 226.5 218.6 227.2 219.2

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.4 33.0 32.2 32.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 9.9 54.7 55.4 57.2 57.6

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.7 371.8 356.3 365.6 190.5 189.6 191.1 190.2 711.0 710.6 723.0 720.3

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288.9 299.2 277.0 284.3 111.9 114.8 111.6 114.8 525.3 527.2 549.2 550.6

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.0 76.4 75.4 75.7 55.1 54.1 54.4 54.0 154.2 155.0 156.9 157.7

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.6 284.4 258.1 276.8 137.8 137.3 137.2 139.1 407.0 406.4 423.7 423.0

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.7 37.0 32.6 33.4 11.0 10.5 10.7 10.5 74.5 74.5 75.3 75.3

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.1 75.9 75.2 75.4 17.9 17.2 18.0 17.5 259.6 238.9 262.3 241.3

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.7 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 11.3 10.8 11.3 10.9

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently estimated from 2012 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmarks are preliminary

and will be revised when new information becomes available.
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Chart 1. Unemployment rates by state, seasonaOctober 2013

(U.S. rate = 7.3 percent)