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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued

Technical information:                         USDL 95-446
   Employment           (202) 606-6559
   Unemployment               606-6392
Media contact:                606-5902         For release:  10:00 A.M. EST
                                               Thursday, November 2, 1995
 
 
         STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:
                              SEPTEMBER 1995
 
     Unemployment rates were lower in September 1995 than a month earlier
in 20 states, higher in 20 states and the District of Columbia, and
unchanged in 10 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The national unemployment rate
remained at 5.6 percent in September.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased
in 40 states and the District of Columbia over the month.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     New Jersey had the largest unemployment rate decrease from August to
September (0.9 percentage point), followed by California, Illinois, and
Texas (all 0.6 point).  The declines in New Jersey's and California's rates
put them at their lowest levels in more than 4 years, while the decreases
in Illinois and Texas partially reversed recent increases.  Florida had the
largest over-the-month rate increase (1.0 percentage point), more than
offsetting the prior month's decline.  Pennsylvania's rate rose by 0.9
point to its highest rate in a year.  The jobless rate in Delaware
increased by 0.6 point, returning to its June level.  No other state had an
over-the-month change of more than one-half percentage point in either
direction.
 
     Compared with a year earlier, unemployment rates were lower in 38
states in September.  Nine of these states recorded over-the-year decreases
of a percentage point or more, led by Louisiana (1.5 points) and Wisconsin
and Arizona (both 1.2 points).  The District of Columbia experienced the
largest rate increase over the year (1.0 percentage point), followed by
Montana (0.8 point) and Missouri and Tennessee (both 0.7 point).  Eight
additional states recorded increases.
 
     Nebraska continued to have the lowest unemployment rate in September
(2.1 percent), followed by three other midwestern states--South Dakota (2.8
percent), Minnesota (2.9 percent), and North Dakota (3.0 percent).  Nine
other states had rates below 4.5 percent.  At 9.1 percent, the District of
Columbia once again had the highest unemployment rate, followed by West
Virginia (8.4 percent), California (7.2 percent), Alaska (7.1 percent), and
Rhode Island (7.0 percent).  Overall, 33 states had jobless rates below the
U.S. average, while 16 states and the District of Columbia had higher
rates.  (See table 1 and chart 1.)
 
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Forty states and the District of Columbia recorded gains in total
nonfarm employment in September.  The service-producing sector continued
its strong pervasive upward pattern, while the goods-producing sector was
 
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mixed with continued weakness in manufacturing and growth in construction
industries.
 
     Twenty-eight states reported gains in the goods-producing sector; 37
states had gains in construction.  Only 20 states had gains in
manufacturing.
 
     Forty-three states had employment gains in the service-producing
sector.  Twenty-seven states had over-the-month increases in transportation
and public utilities.  Strong employment growth continued in wholesale and
retail trade, where 44 states reported over-the-month employment gains.
Thirty-eight states reported over-the-month increases in services.  Of the
10 states experiencing September job losses, most were attributable to
losses in manufacturing.  Several states experienced stronger-than-expected
seasonal movements in government due to the beginning of the school year.
 
     Over the year, 46 states experienced employment growth.  Most states
in the Mountain division had robust over-the-year total nonfarm employment
growth, while the New England, Middle Atlantic, Pacific, East North Central
and East South Central divisions had the slowest growth.  (See chart 2.)
 
     Nearly every state had over-the-year gains in wholesale and retail
trade and in services.  Over one-half of the states had over-the-year
increases in manufacturing and construction employment.
 
     Texas continued to lead the nation in adding jobs over the year with
260,000, followed by Florida (200,000) California and Georgia (both
130,000).  The District of Columbia continued to lead the nation in job
losses over the year      (-15,000), followed by Hawaii (-7,000) and
Mississippi (-5,000).  The decline in the District of Columbia was mainly
attributable to government employment reductions.  (See chart 2.)
 
     NOTE:  Monthly payroll employment data are provided on a seasonally
adjusted basis for all states and the District of Columbia, permitting both
current and over-the-year comparisons of the data.  The state data are
intended for individual state analyses only.  Because the state data are
not designed for national aggregation, a summation could present a
misleading picture of national trends.  (See Technical Note.)
 
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Of the 271 areas for which September data are available, 104 had rates
below 4.5 percent, while 18 had rates higher than 7.5 percent.  The lowest
rates were in Madison, Wis. (1.5 percent), and Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn.
(1.6 percent).  Two areas in Texas recorded the highest unemployment rates:
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 17.5 percent, and Laredo, 14.0 percent.  Kokomo,
Ind., experienced the largest over-the-year decrease in its jobless rate
(2.5 percentage points), followed by Bakersfield, Calif. (2.3 points).
Fifty-four other areas registered decreases of 1.0 percentage point or
more.  Laredo, Tex., had the largest over-the-year increase, 6.1 percentage
 
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points.  Five other areas recorded increases of 1.0 percentage point or
more, but none greater than 1.2 points.  (See table 5.)
 
___________________________________________________________________________
 
     The State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release
for October 1995 is scheduled to be issued on Wednesday, November 29, 1995.
 
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     |    Effective with the data for January 1996, scheduled for    |
     |release in early March, BLS plans to discontinue producing and |
     |publishing state and area estimates derived directly from the  |
     |Current Population Survey (CPS).  Because of anticipated budget|
     |reductions, we expect that the CPS sample will no longer be of |
     |sufficient size to directly provide data for the 11 large      |
     |states (contained in tables 1, 2, and 5), as well as the Los   |
     |Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area and New York City         |
     |(contained in table 5).  Instead, estimates for these areas    |
     |will be based on the method currently used for the smaller     |
     |states and the District of Columbia.                           |
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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
         State         |                                       |                                 |           labor force
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                       |  Sept.  |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  | Sept. | July  | Aug.  |  Sept.  | Sept. | July  | Aug.  |  Sept.
                       |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |  1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |  1995p/
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Alabama................|  2,040.6|  2,048.9|  2,054.6|  2,056.8|  115.6|  129.7|  124.4|   121.3 |   5.7 |   6.3 |   6.1 |    5.9
Alaska.................|    305.0|    300.0|    302.5|    303.0|   23.1|   20.6|   20.2|    21.4 |   7.6 |   6.9 |   6.7 |    7.1
Arizona................|  2,010.6|  2,129.9|  2,141.1|  2,151.5|  132.4|  111.3|  114.2|   116.6 |   6.6 |   5.2 |   5.3 |    5.4
Arkansas...............|  1,218.3|  1,217.0|  1,221.9|  1,222.0|   62.6|   57.8|   62.3|    61.3 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   5.1 |    5.0
Colorado...............|  2,025.7|  2,071.8|  2,079.5|  2,079.0|   81.4|   84.2|   81.1|    82.1 |   4.0 |   4.1 |   3.9 |    3.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Connecticut............|  1,721.4|  1,732.8|  1,735.7|  1,741.3|   95.6|   93.0|   94.7|    92.0 |   5.6 |   5.4 |   5.5 |    5.3
Delaware...............|    384.0|    383.5|    387.1|    385.6|   17.7|   15.2|   13.9|    16.3 |   4.6 |   4.0 |   3.6 |    4.2
District of Columbia...|    314.0|    285.2|    282.0|    285.5|   25.6|   25.9|   24.8|    26.1 |   8.1 |   9.1 |   8.8 |    9.1
Georgia................|  3,586.1|  3,655.5|  3,674.6|  3,677.3|  183.9|  188.3|  187.1|   182.3 |   5.1 |   5.2 |   5.1 |    5.0
Hawaii.................|    584.0|    587.0|    585.6|    582.4|   37.5|   30.7|   33.6|    34.2 |   6.4 |   5.2 |   5.7 |    5.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Idaho..................|    594.4|    601.2|    602.7|    602.2|   33.8|   31.8|   29.3|    30.4 |   5.7 |   5.3 |   4.9 |    5.0
Indiana................|  3,081.1|  3,138.4|  3,149.3|  3,155.8|  152.2|  151.7|  138.5|   124.5 |   4.9 |   4.8 |   4.4 |    3.9
Iowa...................|  1,569.9|  1,531.5|  1,531.8|  1,554.3|   58.1|   47.1|   48.0|    50.7 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.1 |    3.3
Kansas.................|  1,334.0|  1,351.1|  1,349.2|  1,356.9|   70.6|   64.4|   57.8|    58.5 |   5.3 |   4.8 |   4.3 |    4.3
Kentucky...............|  1,838.5|  1,878.2|  1,864.6|  1,855.8|   95.9|   96.5|   98.8|    99.3 |   5.2 |   5.1 |   5.3 |    5.4
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,955.8|  1,968.7|  1,961.5|  1,969.2|  157.5|  139.4|  128.4|   130.7 |   8.1 |   7.1 |   6.5 |    6.6
Maine..................|    608.7|    641.1|    647.5|    653.5|   44.4|   40.2|   39.9|    40.3 |   7.3 |   6.3 |   6.2 |    6.2
Maryland...............|  2,703.9|  2,731.3|  2,749.0|  2,737.3|  134.6|  138.6|  141.9|   136.8 |   5.0 |   5.1 |   5.2 |    5.0
Minnesota..............|  2,584.4|  2,575.5|  2,592.7|  2,609.1|  101.7|   95.6|   73.9|    76.7 |   3.9 |   3.7 |   2.9 |    2.9
Mississippi............|  1,261.3|  1,255.5|  1,273.9|  1,269.6|   80.5|   72.0|   83.0|    86.1 |   6.4 |   5.7 |   6.5 |    6.8
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Missouri...............|  2,709.1|  2,816.1|  2,814.4|  2,821.8|  122.2|  145.5|  141.4|   145.8 |   4.5 |   5.2 |   5.0 |    5.2
Montana................|    439.7|    438.8|    436.4|    438.7|   22.0|   23.4|   25.5|    25.4 |   5.0 |   5.3 |   5.9 |    5.8
Nebraska...............|    877.7|    883.7|    888.6|    888.3|   25.8|   22.4|   21.0|    18.8 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.4 |    2.1
Nevada.................|    786.8|    821.6|    827.9|    831.6|   47.5|   48.2|   46.8|    44.5 |   6.0 |   5.9 |   5.7 |    5.4
New Hampshire..........|    630.1|    640.6|    636.0|    638.0|   27.1|   25.1|   25.0|    28.0 |   4.3 |   3.9 |   3.9 |    4.4
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New Mexico.............|    773.5|    795.2|    796.9|    799.5|   45.8|   46.6|   47.8|    47.9 |   5.9 |   5.9 |   6.0 |    6.0
North Dakota...........|    336.9|    328.3|    327.0|    328.0|   12.5|    9.9|    9.2|     9.8 |   3.7 |   3.0 |   2.8 |    3.0
Oklahoma...............|  1,543.1|  1,564.0|  1,554.1|  1,551.4|   88.2|   75.5|   74.3|    74.3 |   5.7 |   4.8 |   4.8 |    4.8
Oregon.................|  1,655.9|  1,682.0|  1,681.3|  1,672.3|   85.2|   78.1|   80.8|    79.2 |   5.1 |   4.6 |   4.8 |    4.7
Rhode Island...........|    503.8|    487.4|    489.3|    489.1|   35.8|   35.5|   34.1|    34.2 |   7.1 |   7.3 |   7.0 |    7.0
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South Carolina.........|  1,832.3|  1,847.9|  1,857.0|  1,869.7|  109.3|   95.4|   91.6|    93.1 |   6.0 |   5.2 |   4.9 |    5.0
South Dakota...........|    376.4|    379.2|    379.6|    380.6|   11.9|   10.4|   10.5|    10.7 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   2.8 |    2.8
Tennessee..............|  2,696.8|  2,694.8|  2,689.6|  2,709.4|  121.7|  140.3|  136.7|   142.0 |   4.5 |   5.2 |   5.1 |    5.2
Utah...................|    984.6|    997.0|  1,001.0|    996.7|   37.2|   33.5|   33.7|    31.7 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   3.4 |    3.2
Vermont................|    319.7|    319.5|    321.1|    320.8|   14.9|   13.4|   13.7|    13.5 |   4.7 |   4.2 |   4.3 |    4.2
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Virginia...............|  3,438.6|  3,527.4|  3,534.3|  3,523.4|  168.1|  158.2|  161.0|   162.8 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.6 |    4.6
Washington.............|  2,705.3|  2,815.9|  2,816.3|  2,798.7|  166.6|  176.2|  187.3|   178.6 |   6.2 |   6.3 |   6.7 |    6.4
West Virginia..........|    783.3|    791.3|    796.1|    796.6|   64.3|   64.9|   64.8|    67.0 |   8.2 |   8.2 |   8.1 |    8.4
Wisconsin..............|  2,803.9|  2,841.3|  2,848.3|  2,838.6|  131.0|   94.1|   89.7|    99.7 |   4.7 |   3.3 |   3.1 |    3.5
Wyoming................|    250.3|    253.3|    253.6|    253.8|   12.4|   11.5|   11.1|    12.0 |   5.0 |   4.6 |   4.4 |    4.7
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,455.5| 15,474.0| 15,500.1| 15,638.1|1,280.4|1,215.9|1,212.6| 1,131.4 |   8.3 |   7.9 |   7.8 |    7.2
Florida................|  6,872.7|  6,930.4|  6,799.9|  6,872.2|  446.1|  357.0|  315.2|   387.7 |   6.5 |   5.2 |   4.6 |    5.6
Illinois...............|  5,958.9|  6,076.4|  6,067.1|  6,101.1|  329.0|  308.0|  364.3|   329.7 |   5.5 |   5.1 |   6.0 |    5.4
Massachusetts..........|  3,194.9|  3,154.3|  3,135.6|  3,109.5|  176.1|  179.8|  165.8|   165.2 |   5.5 |   5.7 |   5.3 |    5.3
Michigan...............|  4,772.1|  4,714.7|  4,669.1|  4,660.7|  259.4|  242.3|  239.9|   223.3 |   5.4 |   5.1 |   5.1 |    4.8
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New Jersey.............|  4,041.9|  4,108.0|  4,062.5|  4,028.0|  267.8|  280.2|  267.5|   228.6 |   6.6 |   6.8 |   6.6 |    5.7
New York...............|  8,550.6|  8,602.2|  8,621.2|  8,611.3|  538.5|  532.9|  608.4|   586.9 |   6.3 |   6.2 |   7.1 |    6.8
North Carolina.........|  3,646.1|  3,648.0|  3,652.0|  3,625.8|  177.4|  147.0|  166.5|   169.5 |   4.9 |   4.0 |   4.6 |    4.7
Ohio...................|  5,515.6|  5,549.7|  5,586.1|  5,585.2|  295.4|  269.9|  302.5|   287.7 |   5.4 |   4.9 |   5.4 |    5.2
Pennsylvania...........|  5,791.4|  5,867.7|  5,795.2|  5,844.2|  379.5|  315.8|  320.1|   376.6 |   6.6 |   5.4 |   5.5 |    6.4
Texas..................|  9,340.1|  9,607.1|  9,558.1|  9,631.0|  586.0|  578.3|  639.4|   592.0 |   6.3 |   6.0 |   6.7 |    6.1
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Puerto Rico............|  1,200.4|  1,245.7|  1,248.7|  1,237.6|  168.4|  178.5|  165.7|   173.3 |  14.0 |  14.3 |  13.3 |   14.0
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      1/  Published earlier in the Employment Situation               are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              benchmark and population information becomes available.
      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. All estimates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
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         State         |                                       |                                 |
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                       |      August       |     September     |    August     |    September    |    August     |    September
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                       |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   | 1995p/  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995p/  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995p/
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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Alabama................|  2,030.8|  2,048.4|  2,028.3|  2,043.0|  125.6|  131.1|  110.7|   116.7 |   6.2 |   6.4 |   5.5 |    5.7
Alaska.................|    313.8|    311.3|    307.0|    305.0|   18.4|   15.7|   18.8|    17.5 |   5.9 |   5.0 |   6.1 |    5.7
Arizona................|  2,004.2|  2,140.3|  2,018.6|  2,159.3|  137.3|  119.5|  140.9|   126.4 |   6.8 |   5.6 |   7.0 |    5.9
Arkansas...............|  1,226.2|  1,231.4|  1,217.6|  1,220.9|   62.1|   58.8|   54.5|    52.5 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   4.5 |    4.3
Colorado...............|  2,055.8|  2,116.0|  2,052.8|  2,103.9|   81.5|   79.9|   67.7|    69.1 |   4.0 |   3.8 |   3.3 |    3.3
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Connecticut............|  1,759.2|  1,771.7|  1,708.8|  1,726.3|   99.3|   99.5|   87.0|    83.5 |   5.6 |   5.6 |   5.1 |    4.8
Delaware...............|    388.5|    390.5|    380.8|    382.1|   18.9|   15.1|   17.3|    16.1 |   4.9 |   3.9 |   4.5 |    4.2
District of Columbia...|    318.2|    284.6|    311.6|    282.6|   25.5|   24.4|   23.3|    23.9 |   8.0 |   8.6 |   7.5 |    8.5
Georgia................|  3,576.8|  3,674.4|  3,570.2|  3,661.1|  184.9|  190.3|  185.3|   187.0 |   5.2 |   5.2 |   5.2 |    5.1
Hawaii.................|    585.9|    588.2|    576.2|    574.8|   39.3|   35.1|   37.3|    34.3 |   6.7 |   6.0 |   6.5 |    6.0
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Idaho..................|    598.0|    609.9|    594.2|    601.9|   29.4|   27.5|   28.0|    24.7 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.7 |    4.1
Indiana................|  3,062.8|  3,165.7|  3,075.1|  3,149.2|  145.8|  132.6|  138.9|   112.7 |   4.8 |   4.2 |   4.5 |    3.6
Iowa...................|  1,579.9|  1,545.4|  1,566.6|  1,551.3|   53.8|   45.2|   52.3|    45.8 |   3.4 |   2.9 |   3.3 |    2.9
Kansas.................|  1,332.5|  1,348.2|  1,320.0|  1,340.7|   69.7|   56.9|   66.9|    55.2 |   5.2 |   4.2 |   5.1 |    4.1
Kentucky...............|  1,842.6|  1,872.8|  1,839.2|  1,855.8|   86.1|   89.3|   90.5|    94.3 |   4.7 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    5.1
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,978.7|  1,987.0|  1,956.0|  1,966.8|  164.1|  135.2|  153.7|   127.2 |   8.3 |   6.8 |   7.9 |    6.5
Maine..................|    622.8|    662.8|    605.9|    651.5|   36.8|   32.8|   36.0|    32.7 |   5.9 |   4.9 |   5.9 |    5.0
Maryland...............|  2,725.7|  2,779.2|  2,716.0|  2,751.4|  132.0|  139.9|  134.9|   137.8 |   4.8 |   5.0 |   5.0 |    5.0
Minnesota..............|  2,588.4|  2,597.7|  2,575.9|  2,595.5|   95.4|   68.5|  101.9|    77.5 |   3.7 |   2.6 |   4.0 |    3.0
Mississippi............|  1,263.2|  1,273.9|  1,256.3|  1,265.1|   84.5|   86.0|   79.1|    85.7 |   6.7 |   6.7 |   6.3 |    6.8
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Missouri...............|  2,711.8|  2,825.0|  2,694.1|  2,804.6|  130.3|  148.2|  110.3|   133.6 |   4.8 |   5.2 |   4.1 |    4.8
Montana................|    445.9|    442.4|    436.0|    434.7|   17.3|   21.2|   17.7|    21.0 |   3.9 |   4.8 |   4.1 |    4.8
Nebraska...............|    883.2|    895.8|    872.3|    882.6|   23.5|   19.7|   24.3|    17.8 |   2.7 |   2.2 |   2.8 |    2.0
Nevada.................|    787.3|    831.4|    788.3|    834.0|   47.2|   46.4|   47.0|    44.2 |   6.0 |   5.6 |   6.0 |    5.3
New Hampshire..........|    641.2|    646.9|    623.0|    630.5|   26.5|   23.7|   23.6|    24.5 |   4.1 |   3.7 |   3.8 |    3.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    769.1|    795.0|    770.0|    795.3|   45.9|   47.6|   43.8|    45.7 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   5.7 |    5.7
North Dakota...........|    349.8|    339.2|    340.4|    331.9|   13.0|    9.3|   10.5|     8.2 |   3.7 |   2.7 |   3.1 |    2.5
Oklahoma...............|  1,542.8|  1,555.2|  1,540.0|  1,547.9|   81.6|   66.5|   84.8|    70.8 |   5.3 |   4.3 |   5.5 |    4.6
Oregon.................|  1,686.4|  1,710.9|  1,672.3|  1,687.7|   78.6|   73.1|   80.9|    75.0 |   4.7 |   4.3 |   4.8 |    4.4
Rhode Island...........|    511.0|    494.3|    504.9|    490.4|   33.9|   31.8|   35.4|    34.1 |   6.6 |   6.4 |   7.0 |    7.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,852.6|  1,880.1|  1,840.5|  1,877.9|  112.3|   93.3|  111.7|    95.6 |   6.1 |   5.0 |   6.1 |    5.1
South Dakota...........|    385.1|    388.9|    377.2|    381.2|   12.1|   10.7|   10.5|     9.1 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.8 |    2.4
Tennessee..............|  2,716.8|  2,720.0|  2,718.8|  2,736.4|  132.4|  144.1|  116.3|   137.1 |   4.9 |   5.3 |   4.3 |    5.0
Utah...................|    995.4|  1,015.5|    993.6|  1,006.2|   40.2|   36.6|   36.9|    31.5 |   4.0 |   3.6 |   3.7 |    3.1
Vermont................|    320.1|    321.6|    323.1|    323.9|   13.0|   11.8|   12.9|    11.8 |   4.1 |   3.7 |   4.0 |    3.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Virginia...............|  3,465.6|  3,564.4|  3,424.0|  3,506.0|  170.1|  160.7|  163.6|   158.9 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.8 |    4.5
Washington.............|  2,709.2|  2,822.4|  2,698.8|  2,791.1|  145.5|  164.7|  139.1|   151.5 |   5.4 |   5.8 |   5.2 |    5.4
West Virginia..........|    791.3|    801.9|    782.1|    794.6|   63.6|   61.3|   57.3|    59.5 |   8.0 |   7.6 |   7.3 |    7.5
Wisconsin..............|  2,837.4|  2,887.4|  2,808.9|  2,843.5|  124.4|   82.0|  114.2|    82.7 |   4.4 |   2.8 |   4.1 |    2.9
Wyoming................|    254.3|    257.5|    251.9|    255.4|   11.1|    9.5|   10.3|     9.9 |   4.4 |   3.7 |   4.1 |    3.9
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,554.2| 15,638.6| 15,468.1| 15,651.3|1,341.9|1,216.6|1,261.2| 1,111.2 |   8.6 |   7.8 |   8.2 |    7.1
Florida................|  6,842.7|  6,848.9|  6,876.7|  6,871.4|  450.7|  372.5|  472.2|   411.2 |   6.6 |   5.4 |   6.9 |    6.0
Illinois...............|  6,003.4|  6,089.0|  5,930.3|  6,055.2|  318.9|  350.1|  298.2|   300.4 |   5.3 |   5.7 |   5.0 |    5.0
Massachusetts..........|  3,225.0|  3,173.4|  3,177.2|  3,090.3|  181.8|  161.1|  170.3|   159.6 |   5.6 |   5.1 |   5.4 |    5.2
Michigan...............|  4,804.0|  4,758.5|  4,775.9|  4,666.4|  279.0|  235.2|  251.8|   213.1 |   5.8 |   4.9 |   5.3 |    4.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey.............|  4,064.5|  4,095.7|  4,032.0|  4,027.6|  243.4|  259.4|  257.1|   221.9 |   6.0 |   6.3 |   6.4 |    5.5
New York...............|  8,640.1|  8,685.2|  8,445.0|  8,508.3|  576.4|  595.6|  502.8|   545.6 |   6.7 |   6.9 |   6.0 |    6.4
North Carolina.........|  3,656.5|  3,678.5|  3,649.0|  3,630.9|  179.6|  165.4|  164.3|   155.8 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.5 |    4.3
Ohio...................|  5,525.8|  5,633.6|  5,502.0|  5,566.2|  267.3|  275.6|  270.0|   267.5 |   4.8 |   4.9 |   4.9 |    4.8
Pennsylvania...........|  5,935.3|  5,895.6|  5,778.5|  5,829.7|  366.0|  327.4|  354.9|   352.8 |   6.2 |   5.6 |   6.1 |    6.1
Texas..................|  9,431.4|  9,588.8|  9,315.9|  9,610.6|  580.7|  611.0|  557.6|   567.1 |   6.2 |   6.4 |   6.0 |    5.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Puerto Rico............|  1,223.8|  1,244.7|  1,199.4|  1,233.6|  180.7|  171.7|  170.7|   175.5 |  14.8 |  13.8 |  14.2 |   14.2
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      1/  Published earlier in the Employment Situation               are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              benchmark and population information becomes available.
      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. All estimates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
             State             |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                               | Sept.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Alabama.......................| 1,764.7| 1,767.2| 1,772.9|1,774.0|   83.7|   84.9|   85.2|   85.6|  388.1|  380.7|  381.7|  381.4
 Alaska........................|   263.2|   262.8|   263.1|  263.2|   12.3|   12.5|   12.7|   12.8|   17.4|   17.1|   17.1|   16.6
 Arizona.......................| 1,713.8| 1,761.5| 1,766.2|1,774.0|  111.0|  112.7|  113.6|  115.0|  195.3|  201.2|  200.8|  201.3
 Arkansas......................| 1,047.5| 1,072.2| 1,075.8|1,075.7|   43.2|   44.9|   45.0|   45.2|  258.3|  259.3|  261.1|  260.1
 California....................|12,176.9|12,267.2|12,292.7|12308.9|  472.7|  494.2|  496.5|  498.2|1,775.1|1,762.7|1,771.7|1,772.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,765.1| 1,800.6| 1,802.6|1,810.7|   98.1|   96.5|   96.6|   98.1|  192.1|  193.4|  193.5|  194.1
 Connecticut...................| 1,550.8| 1,542.8| 1,548.5|1,552.7|   49.4|   49.8|   50.1|   49.3|  283.8|  279.7|  281.3|  279.4
 Delaware......................|   358.7|   364.2|   365.7|  367.9|   17.6|   18.1|   18.4|   18.8|   63.7|   62.7|   61.8|   60.5
 District of Columbia..........|   656.0|   639.2|   637.0|  641.5|    9.7|   10.3|   10.3|   10.3|   13.0|   13.1|   13.1|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,849.8| 6,000.9| 6,014.1|6,051.3|  303.4|  307.0|  307.0|  306.1|  484.1|  484.9|  486.1|  485.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,292.4| 3,401.4| 3,412.0|3,420.0|  144.2|  156.1|  157.2|  158.9|  580.3|  585.5|  585.2|  583.8
 Hawaii2/......................|   536.8|   530.2|   529.2|  529.8|   29.2|   26.9|   27.0|   27.3|   17.6|   16.7|   16.6|   16.7
 Idaho.........................|   467.8|   476.5|   477.4|  478.7|   30.4|   29.7|   29.8|   29.8|   72.6|   72.7|   74.0|   74.1
 Illinois......................| 5,494.2| 5,536.4| 5,544.9|5,557.1|  217.7|  217.0|  215.9|  217.6|  953.2|  957.4|  959.4|  961.1
 Indiana.......................| 2,723.4| 2,756.0| 2,754.6|2,783.4|  130.9|  133.3|  131.5|  132.5|  665.1|  673.5|  673.3|  674.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Iowa..........................| 1,330.3| 1,356.3| 1,357.5|1,361.0|   53.8|   55.1|   55.3|   55.4|  247.0|  250.3|  249.1|  249.8
 Kansas........................| 1,173.6| 1,200.3| 1,198.4|1,209.9|   49.5|   53.9|   54.3|   54.6|  189.8|  193.2|  192.4|  192.8
 Kentucky......................| 1,620.1| 1,639.7| 1,644.3|1,658.5|   77.2|   75.0|   75.2|   76.6|  306.7|  308.1|  308.6|  308.8
 Louisiana.....................| 1,744.6| 1,788.9| 1,794.6|1,796.2|  107.3|  109.8|  110.8|  112.1|  188.6|  192.0|  191.5|  190.3
 Maine.........................|   534.8|   540.6|   542.3|  544.3|   21.5|   22.0|   22.0|   22.8|   91.8|   91.7|   91.9|   91.7
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,156.8| 2,161.0| 2,161.7|2,163.1|  126.9|  125.2|  125.8|  127.3|  178.8|  177.7|  176.7|  176.3
 Massachusetts.................| 2,936.1| 2,961.0| 2,965.7|2,971.8|   89.2|   92.0|   91.8|   90.8|  448.7|  451.7|  449.9|  448.3
 Michigan......................| 4,170.5| 4,243.2| 4,245.8|4,253.1|  145.4|  156.5|  157.2|  159.0|  957.5|  969.9|  968.1|  961.7
 Minnesota.....................| 2,321.6| 2,371.5| 2,374.9|2,372.8|   80.7|   83.2|   82.4|   82.1|  417.5|  425.0|  426.8|  425.0
 Mississippi...................| 1,059.1| 1,052.5| 1,059.1|1,053.5|   44.5|   50.5|   49.7|   48.6|  261.3|  252.6|  252.6|  250.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,494.2| 2,539.9| 2,536.3|2,540.7|  113.5|  114.9|  112.1|  112.8|  419.9|  421.3|  425.4|  423.7
 Montana.......................|   345.6|   353.6|   353.6|  355.2|   15.8|   16.2|   16.3|   16.5|   23.3|   23.9|   23.9|   23.9
 Nebraska......................|   798.4|   810.2|   809.4|  807.0|   33.8|   31.9|   32.3|   32.2|  109.3|  112.7|  111.9|  111.3
 Nevada........................|   752.7|   784.1|   787.2|  793.3|   56.6|   60.0|   61.7|   63.1|   34.7|   35.9|   36.0|   36.1
 New Hampshire.................|   526.9|   529.5|   528.0|  530.8|   18.2|   19.8|   19.8|   20.5|  100.7|  100.3|   99.9|   99.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,572.4| 3,607.7| 3,612.6|3,615.0|  124.7|  128.6|  129.0|  128.9|  509.5|  498.1|  495.2|  494.4
 New Mexico....................|   664.6|   688.4|   692.9|  694.7|   42.7|   46.6|   46.8|   47.1|   46.1|   46.6|   47.2|   47.7
 New York......................| 7,821.7| 7,868.7| 7,872.4|7,867.8|  254.6|  256.2|  256.5|  257.5|  950.4|  948.9|  950.3|  946.5
 North Carolina................| 3,389.7| 3,414.9| 3,418.3|3,429.5|  168.7|  174.8|  175.6|  176.1|  861.0|  861.4|  856.5|  855.7
 North Dakota..................|   297.8|   302.7|   304.7|  304.9|   13.2|   14.2|   14.3|   14.5|   21.7|   21.6|   21.7|   21.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,100.0| 5,155.3| 5,159.8|5,168.8|  206.9|  208.8|  209.4|  210.1|1,073.7|1,091.1|1,089.3|1,086.4
 Oklahoma......................| 1,284.9| 1,310.3| 1,320.0|1,323.7|   48.2|   49.5|   50.0|   50.2|  170.8|  173.6|  174.0|  173.3
 Oregon........................| 1,374.7| 1,424.5| 1,430.4|1,436.8|   64.1|   70.1|   70.9|   71.9|  220.2|  226.9|  225.6|  226.9
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,214.8| 5,211.4| 5,215.2|5,225.4|  205.4|  202.1|  203.2|  202.3|  942.0|  938.8|  937.8|  933.7
 Rhode Island..................|   433.8|   429.1|   434.5|  432.8|   13.0|   12.3|   12.4|   12.4|   86.8|   80.7|   85.0|   85.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,616.6| 1,634.8| 1,634.7|1,634.0|   84.4|   83.9|   83.6|   83.3|  376.5|  371.2|  372.0|  369.1
 South Dakota..................|   335.2|   343.4|   344.1|  345.9|   14.2|   14.2|   14.4|   15.1|   44.6|   46.5|   46.2|   46.2
 Tennessee.....................| 2,436.9| 2,485.8| 2,484.4|2,498.0|  101.1|  107.5|  107.6|  107.6|  540.1|  530.8|  530.9|  529.9
 Texas.........................| 7,824.7| 8,040.6| 8,071.6|8,081.7|  386.9|  406.2|  408.0|  413.2|1,013.1|1,027.0|1,028.2|1,029.7
 Utah..........................|   873.4|   915.4|   920.9|  926.0|   50.1|   57.1|   59.2|   59.8|  117.7|  124.2|  125.6|  126.0
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 Vermont.......................|   264.7|   265.9|   266.5|  268.9|   11.7|   11.4|   11.4|   11.6|   44.3|   45.3|   45.1|   45.1
 Virginia......................| 3,022.2| 3,080.5| 3,083.0|3,081.8|  165.4|  172.9|  173.3|  174.0|  403.9|  402.9|  400.8|  399.1
 Washington....................| 2,319.4| 2,364.2| 2,367.1|2,379.8|  124.9|  126.0|  126.6|  127.4|  337.1|  334.8|  333.3|  334.7
 West Virginia.................|   678.2|   684.1|   692.6|  692.7|   35.4|   34.0|   34.9|   35.1|   81.8|   82.9|   83.3|   83.5
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,498.3| 2,544.1| 2,546.8|2,542.1|   99.2|  105.4|  105.8|  105.1|  584.9|  594.9|  595.8|  593.8
 Wyoming.......................|   217.6|   218.2|   220.9|  218.8|   13.8|   14.1|   14.0|   14.1|   10.1|    9.7|   10.0|   10.2
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                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
  Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
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                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
               State             |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
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                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   86.8|   85.6|   85.4|   85.4|  395.9|  403.8|  404.3|  406.1|   76.9|   77.0|   76.9|   76.8
   Alaska........................|   23.6|   23.2|   23.3|   23.3|   53.7|   55.0|   54.8|   54.9|   12.2|   12.4|   12.2|   12.4
   Arizona.......................|   87.2|   89.0|   88.6|   89.1|  416.1|  429.2|  431.3|  432.3|  112.1|  110.3|  110.3|  110.9
   Arkansas......................|   60.2|   62.3|   62.5|   62.9|  236.4|  244.6|  244.4|  245.4|   42.0|   43.1|   43.2|   43.0
   California....................|  615.8|  619.9|  621.6|  621.2|2,823.6|2,847.1|2,848.9|2,849.9|  783.3|  768.9|  767.4|  765.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  107.2|  108.9|  109.6|  110.5|  431.6|  445.1|  446.4|  450.4|  110.4|  110.4|  110.4|  111.2
   Connecticut...................|   70.4|   70.8|   70.7|   71.0|  336.9|  336.8|  337.6|  336.3|  134.6|  133.2|  133.2|  133.4
   Delaware......................|   15.4|   15.5|   15.7|   15.7|   79.1|   81.7|   82.7|   83.0|   39.6|   41.0|   41.1|   41.2
   District of Columbia..........|   21.0|   20.1|   20.0|   20.1|   52.7|   53.3|   52.9|   53.2|   31.3|   30.8|   30.8|   30.8
   Florida.......................|  296.5|  299.0|  299.8|  301.8|1,516.5|1,562.5|1,564.4|1,571.3|  378.3|  384.7|  385.1|  386.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  210.2|  207.9|  208.9|  207.5|  821.9|  861.2|  862.9|  870.6|  173.7|  175.6|  175.5|  175.2
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.8|   41.2|   41.1|   40.6|  133.5|  134.2|  134.7|  134.9|   38.4|   37.7|   37.6|   37.4
   Idaho.........................|   22.3|   22.6|   22.3|   23.0|  118.0|  121.8|  121.8|  122.4|   24.3|   24.0|   24.0|   24.1
   Illinois......................|  317.3|  322.0|  321.7|  321.2|1,279.1|1,293.3|1,294.2|1,299.7|  394.6|  397.1|  397.6|  395.9
   Indiana.......................|  138.2|  140.0|  139.8|  138.6|  650.0|  666.1|  667.7|  670.6|  130.5|  130.7|  131.0|  132.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   59.2|   60.1|   60.2|   60.3|  335.0|  340.6|  340.1|  341.1|   77.0|   78.8|   79.1|   79.6
   Kansas........................|   68.5|   69.7|   70.6|   71.0|  284.6|  289.6|  289.2|  291.1|   58.8|   58.7|   58.9|   58.9
   Kentucky......................|   89.5|   90.9|   90.5|   90.7|  383.2|  399.2|  400.3|  402.4|   65.2|   64.3|   64.3|   64.5
   Louisiana.....................|  111.5|  112.7|  113.4|  112.5|  405.4|  412.9|  413.7|  415.6|   80.6|   81.3|   81.1|   80.9
   Maine.........................|   22.8|   22.8|   22.9|   22.9|  136.6|  138.3|  138.1|  138.7|   26.7|   26.5|   26.4|   26.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  104.3|  104.3|  104.2|  103.2|  516.1|  518.0|  519.3|  520.0|  133.4|  130.3|  129.8|  130.4
   Massachusetts.................|  127.5|  126.8|  127.7|  127.0|  676.6|  681.9|  680.7|  677.8|  209.8|  212.1|  212.7|  212.7
   Michigan......................|  163.7|  162.8|  163.6|  162.8|  972.5|1,005.3|1,006.9|1,008.7|  196.4|  196.1|  196.5|  196.3
   Minnesota.....................|  115.2|  116.5|  116.4|  116.4|  561.8|  573.5|  574.4|  575.3|  139.7|  140.8|  141.1|  140.9
   Mississippi...................|   48.2|   46.9|   47.2|   47.3|  219.5|  217.9|  218.7|  220.3|   39.3|   39.1|   39.2|   39.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  156.7|  156.6|  156.6|  157.9|  593.2|  614.3|  610.3|  614.7|  147.0|  149.1|  148.6|  148.8
   Montana.......................|   20.9|   20.7|   21.0|   21.3|   94.3|   95.4|   95.8|   96.7|   15.8|   16.2|   16.1|   16.1
   Nebraska......................|   48.5|   49.4|   49.4|   49.3|  199.3|  203.4|  203.1|  203.5|   51.6|   52.5|   52.6|   52.8
   Nevada........................|   38.6|   39.9|   40.4|   40.4|  146.4|  152.9|  155.2|  156.6|   34.5|   35.8|   36.5|   36.6
   New Hampshire.................|   18.7|   18.8|   19.0|   18.8|  135.6|  136.3|  135.4|  136.3|   29.5|   29.4|   29.5|   29.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  244.8|  245.5|  246.4|  246.9|  840.7|  856.4|  858.5|  861.2|  231.4|  231.8|  231.8|  231.1
   New Mexico....................|   30.1|   30.6|   30.9|   30.7|  157.8|  164.3|  165.7|  166.1|   29.8|   31.4|   31.7|   31.7
   New York......................|  399.5|  396.7|  396.7|  396.9|1,584.1|1,601.7|1,605.7|1,608.9|  738.8|  732.3|  730.6|  730.9
   North Carolina................|  161.1|  160.3|  160.0|  160.3|  771.3|  783.2|  784.1|  785.4|  144.0|  148.5|  149.1|  149.2
   North Dakota..................|   18.8|   18.8|   19.0|   19.2|   77.1|   79.3|   79.6|   79.3|   13.9|   14.1|   14.2|   14.1
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   Ohio..........................|  224.0|  226.9|  226.6|  227.1|1,229.0|1,244.1|1,243.7|1,245.1|  271.0|  271.7|  271.9|  272.4
   Oklahoma......................|   73.1|   74.7|   75.0|   75.1|  302.3|  311.4|  313.3|  313.2|   64.3|   64.5|   64.5|   64.6
   Oregon........................|   69.1|   71.0|   71.0|   71.0|  344.4|  356.9|  357.3|  357.1|   88.6|   90.2|   90.7|   91.1
   Pennsylvania..................|  273.4|  270.1|  269.6|  269.6|1,169.4|1,176.6|1,175.9|1,175.4|  311.2|  313.4|  314.2|  315.2
   Rhode Island..................|   14.8|   14.2|   14.3|   14.6|   95.0|   96.5|   96.3|   96.2|   25.4|   24.9|   24.9|   25.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   70.2|   71.2|   71.1|   71.2|  368.5|  376.1|  377.2|  378.6|   68.9|   69.0|   69.3|   69.5
   South Dakota..................|   15.6|   15.7|   15.6|   15.9|   84.9|   87.4|   87.8|   88.0|   18.2|   19.5|   19.6|   19.8
   Tennessee.....................|  136.0|  137.4|  137.0|  136.9|  569.2|  593.6|  593.4|  595.7|  109.0|  111.0|  110.9|  111.0
   Texas.........................|  461.9|  476.3|  477.8|  479.7|1,893.4|1,954.5|1,961.0|1,966.6|  444.7|  446.1|  445.8|  446.5
   Utah..........................|   50.0|   52.5|   52.3|   52.3|  209.1|  220.7|  222.0|  222.9|   46.3|   47.0|   47.4|   47.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.6|   11.6|   11.8|   12.0|   62.9|   64.0|   64.1|   64.2|   12.2|   12.4|   12.4|   12.4
   Virginia......................|  153.0|  158.6|  158.5|  159.0|  683.1|  700.7|  700.7|  701.7|  164.5|  168.0|  168.5|  169.0
   Washington....................|  117.7|  118.9|  120.0|  120.8|  569.4|  588.6|  590.2|  593.1|  123.9|  123.1|  123.4|  122.7
   West Virginia.................|   40.1|   40.4|   40.8|   40.3|  156.0|  159.3|  160.5|  161.3|   26.0|   26.1|   26.2|   26.4
   Wisconsin.....................|  116.6|  117.4|  117.3|  116.0|  574.2|  585.0|  584.9|  585.1|  134.7|  136.3|  136.8|  136.7
   Wyoming.......................|   14.1|   14.0|   14.0|   14.1|   50.7|   50.8|   51.2|   51.4|    8.0|    7.9|    7.9|    8.0
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
            Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally
                   adjusted-Continued
 
                   (In thousands)
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |           Services            |          Government
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________
                               State             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Sept. | July  | Aug.  | Sept.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  376.3|  382.8|  384.1|  384.7|  346.6|  341.3|  344.3|  343.1
                   Alaska........................|   59.2|   60.1|   60.0|   60.6|   74.0|   72.9|   73.5|   73.0
                   Arizona.......................|  485.4|  505.6|  506.6|  507.5|  294.5|  300.6|  302.1|  305.0
                   Arkansas......................|  231.8|  239.2|  240.2|  241.7|  172.0|  175.5|  176.2|  174.2
                   California....................|3,575.8|3,646.6|3,658.8|3,674.0|2,098.3|2,097.8|2,097.9|2,097.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  508.8|  524.7|  525.2|  526.5|  301.3|  305.9|  305.3|  304.8
                   Connecticut...................|  453.5|  456.0|  458.9|  461.2|  221.5|  215.8|  215.9|  221.3
                   Delaware......................|   92.3|   94.6|   95.5|   96.6|   50.9|   50.5|   50.4|   52.0
                   District of Columbia..........|  261.7|  259.9|  258.1|  261.5|  266.5|  251.6|  251.7|  252.3
                   Florida.......................|1,954.0|2,042.5|2,057.4|2,063.5|  909.9|  913.2|  907.1|  929.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  792.1|  835.3|  840.8|  843.6|  562.2|  572.1|  573.9|  572.8
                   Hawaii2/......................|  164.0|  163.7|  163.7|  163.6|  112.3|  109.8|  108.5|  109.3
                   Idaho.........................|  104.4|  106.7|  107.8|  107.3|   93.3|   96.1|   94.8|   95.1
                   Illinois......................|1,530.4|1,547.6|1,552.8|1,553.4|  787.6|  788.2|  789.6|  794.3
                   Indiana.......................|  612.3|  624.8|  627.4|  637.2|  389.7|  381.2|  377.6|  392.0
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                   Iowa..........................|  329.4|  344.0|  345.1|  344.7|  226.6|  225.3|  226.4|  227.9
                   Kansas........................|  279.9|  288.3|  289.0|  289.9|  234.2|  238.6|  235.7|  243.3
                   Kentucky......................|  384.4|  390.1|  392.0|  395.0|  286.1|  285.6|  286.7|  294.1
                   Louisiana.....................|  452.1|  480.7|  482.8|  479.2|  351.0|  349.7|  351.0|  355.2
                   Maine.........................|  142.7|  148.5|  149.5|  150.8|   92.5|   90.6|   91.3|   91.2
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                   Maryland......................|  674.1|  685.1|  686.0|  684.6|  422.1|  419.3|  418.8|  420.2
                   Massachusetts.................|  987.1|1,002.5|1,007.1|1,012.5|  395.8|  392.5|  394.3|  401.2
                   Michigan......................|1,086.1|1,101.4|1,109.8|1,111.3|  640.1|  642.5|  635.0|  644.5
                   Minnesota.....................|  640.3|  659.4|  661.2|  663.0|  358.7|  365.5|  365.1|  362.7
                   Mississippi...................|  222.4|  214.1|  216.9|  217.2|  218.7|  226.8|  230.1|  225.7
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                   Missouri......................|  672.3|  685.7|  683.2|  686.5|  387.0|  393.3|  395.4|  391.8
                   Montana.......................|   93.1|   98.9|   99.1|   99.7|   77.0|   77.0|   76.0|   75.5
                   Nebraska......................|  203.5|  210.7|  210.2|  207.0|  151.1|  148.3|  148.6|  149.6
                   Nevada........................|  334.9|  348.5|  349.3|  349.0|   94.6|   97.6|   94.4|   97.6
                   New Hampshire.................|  146.0|  144.5|  145.3|  147.0|   77.7|   79.9|   78.6|   78.4
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                   New Jersey....................|1,049.3|1,077.0|1,080.9|1,081.6|  570.1|  568.3|  568.9|  569.0
                   New Mexico....................|  179.5|  187.8|  188.2|  190.5|  163.0|  165.3|  166.7|  165.3
                   New York......................|2,473.7|2,534.4|2,538.6|2,544.1|1,415.4|1,393.0|1,388.6|1,377.6
                   North Carolina................|  733.1|  745.1|  748.5|  746.9|  547.0|  537.8|  540.7|  552.2
                   North Dakota..................|   81.4|   84.4|   84.8|   84.7|   68.0|   66.7|   67.4|   68.1
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                   Ohio..........................|1,332.6|1,360.1|1,363.2|1,364.9|  748.4|  738.7|  741.7|  748.8
                   Oklahoma......................|  319.6|  333.7|  338.4|  343.1|  271.4|  269.4|  271.4|  270.8
                   Oregon........................|  351.2|  370.6|  375.2|  376.9|  235.7|  237.1|  238.0|  240.2
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,570.8|1,579.1|1,579.6|1,582.4|  722.4|  712.1|  715.8|  728.1
                   Rhode Island..................|  137.1|  138.6|  138.8|  138.1|   61.5|   61.7|   62.6|   61.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  348.8|  357.2|  357.9|  359.8|  297.4|  304.3|  301.7|  300.6
                   South Dakota..................|   87.7|   90.1|   90.5|   90.7|   67.6|   67.5|   67.5|   67.6
                   Tennessee.....................|  607.7|  632.5|  631.2|  634.9|  369.1|  368.1|  368.5|  377.1
                   Texas.........................|2,030.6|2,117.6|2,128.2|2,125.9|1,431.0|1,457.0|1,467.3|1,465.0
                   Utah..........................|  230.0|  242.3|  242.2|  244.1|  161.8|  163.3|  163.9|  165.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   76.5|   77.1|   77.4|   78.2|   45.0|   43.5|   43.6|   44.8
                   Virginia......................|  838.1|  872.7|  875.6|  875.4|  602.4|  593.8|  594.8|  592.8
                   Washington....................|  604.9|  626.3|  629.2|  632.7|  438.1|  443.1|  440.9|  444.9
                   West Virginia.................|  175.5|  180.2|  181.1|  181.9|  135.2|  133.8|  138.4|  136.4
                   Wisconsin.....................|  623.1|  637.5|  640.5|  640.9|  363.1|  365.0|  363.0|  361.9
                   Wyoming.......................|   45.2|   45.9|   46.1|   45.9|   58.1|   58.4|   60.3|   57.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to reflect March
                   1994 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Estimates subsequent to the
                   current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
                   available.
 
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
             State             |      Aug.       |     Sept.      |     Aug.      |     Sept.     |     Aug.      |     Sept.
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
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                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
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 Alabama.......................| 1,745.9| 1,762.7| 1,763.4|1,772.7|   84.5|   87.3|   85.2|   87.1|  389.1|  383.2|  390.4|  383.6
 Alaska........................|   279.8|   280.6|   275.1|  275.0|   15.6|   16.2|   15.4|   16.0|   23.8|   23.8|   19.1|   18.6
 Arizona.......................| 1,668.5| 1,731.7| 1,712.6|1,772.7|  112.6|  116.4|  113.4|  116.8|  195.2|  202.1|  195.7|  202.4
 Arkansas......................| 1,041.7| 1,071.8| 1,058.1|1,086.5|   44.7|   47.1|   44.9|   46.9|  257.8|  262.3|  259.5|  261.3
 California....................|12,118.9|12,250.3|12,197.7|12332.2|  488.5|  516.8|  491.6|  517.1|1,802.9|1,800.2|1,796.8|1,794.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,762.2| 1,802.3| 1,767.9|1,813.1|  104.9|  103.9|  103.2|  103.2|  192.3|  194.2|  192.8|  194.6
 Connecticut...................| 1,536.2| 1,535.2| 1,559.6|1,555.3|   54.7|   55.1|   53.9|   53.1|  282.7|  277.9|  286.4|  281.2
 Delaware......................|   361.5|   368.8|   359.0|  368.2|   18.3|   19.3|   18.2|   19.4|   64.2|   62.3|   64.3|   61.1
 District of Columbia..........|   650.3|   634.8|   657.3|  641.5|    9.8|   10.5|   10.0|   10.5|   13.1|   13.1|   13.2|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,711.9| 5,910.2| 5,805.7|6,004.5|  303.3|  308.2|  305.3|  307.9|  481.4|  483.6|  483.1|  484.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,277.6| 3,408.5| 3,294.5|3,422.1|  146.0|  161.8|  147.4|  162.6|  580.9|  585.8|  582.1|  585.5
 Hawaii2/......................|   530.5|   524.4|   526.8|  519.3|   29.6|   27.3|   29.4|   27.5|   17.9|   16.9|   17.7|   16.8
 Idaho.........................|   470.1|   478.0|   477.7|  486.9|   33.0|   32.2|   32.9|   32.0|   73.6|   74.6|   74.3|   75.4
 Illinois......................| 5,494.9| 5,550.8| 5,523.5|5,586.0|  235.5|  234.4|  234.5|  234.4|  955.6|  963.1|  957.2|  965.2
 Indiana.......................| 2,701.5| 2,745.9| 2,747.2|2,807.3|  139.1|  141.3|  138.7|  140.3|  668.2|  677.5|  669.8|  678.6
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 Iowa..........................| 1,318.3| 1,348.4| 1,336.9|1,367.7|   60.7|   62.6|   59.4|   61.2|  247.5|  251.0|  248.0|  250.8
 Kansas........................| 1,159.7| 1,188.3| 1,183.1|1,213.0|   54.4|   58.0|   53.1|   57.4|  188.0|  192.6|  189.8|  192.7
 Kentucky......................| 1,605.6| 1,642.0| 1,629.6|1,667.9|   80.8|   79.3|   80.8|   80.2|  307.2|  310.1|  307.5|  309.5
 Louisiana.....................| 1,726.1| 1,786.3| 1,751.7|1,803.8|  106.4|  110.8|  109.5|  113.0|  189.4|  191.7|  190.3|  191.6
 Maine.........................|   541.5|   554.5|   544.6|  557.0|   23.5|   24.8|   23.6|   25.4|   93.6|   94.2|   92.9|   92.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,148.5| 2,160.0| 2,168.8|2,175.4|  133.5|  132.9|  132.3|  132.6|  179.0|  177.7|  179.7|  177.2
 Massachusetts.................| 2,912.8| 2,953.8| 2,941.0|2,976.8|   97.3|   99.6|   96.6|   98.1|  449.6|  449.5|  450.7|  450.3
 Michigan......................| 4,138.7| 4,228.0| 4,195.4|4,279.1|  159.4|  174.7|  159.8|  174.7|  954.5|  966.9|  964.2|  968.0
 Minnesota.....................| 2,319.2| 2,373.0| 2,335.0|2,386.2|   94.0|   95.3|   91.8|   93.2|  426.3|  435.2|  424.8|  432.3
 Mississippi...................| 1,060.3| 1,051.8| 1,065.1|1,059.2|   46.6|   50.9|   46.5|   50.6|  262.0|  252.1|  261.8|  250.8
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,473.9| 2,527.1| 2,514.1|2,561.0|  120.8|  119.9|  120.1|  119.5|  418.8|  424.6|  421.0|  424.9
 Montana.......................|   349.8|   358.3|   351.8|  361.5|   18.2|   18.8|   18.2|   18.9|   23.6|   24.3|   23.7|   24.3
 Nebraska......................|   795.1|   807.7|   803.2|  810.3|   36.8|   34.8|   35.7|   34.0|  109.6|  112.3|  110.0|  111.7
 Nevada........................|   748.2|   786.7|   756.5|  797.0|   58.8|   63.3|   57.7|   64.2|   34.6|   36.3|   34.9|   36.3
 New Hampshire.................|   526.7|   528.5|   533.0|  536.8|   20.1|   22.1|   19.8|   22.0|  100.9|  100.0|  101.0|  100.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,586.0| 3,629.1| 3,579.3|3,621.9|  132.4|  136.4|  131.3|  135.5|  514.4|  497.4|  515.4|  500.4
 New Mexico....................|   658.7|   691.7|   671.4|  701.9|   43.6|   48.6|   44.0|   48.6|   46.8|   48.1|   47.4|   49.1
 New York......................| 7,809.2| 7,854.9| 7,826.2|7,871.9|  273.0|  277.1|  272.8|  275.7|  958.5|  954.1|  959.6|  955.7
 North Carolina................| 3,362.5| 3,397.6| 3,405.3|3,445.0|  171.5|  179.2|  171.1|  178.5|  865.6|  861.1|  866.1|  860.8
 North Dakota..................|   296.7|   303.7|   300.1|  307.7|   15.5|   16.6|   15.2|   16.5|   21.6|   21.6|   22.0|   21.8
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,087.6| 5,159.8| 5,137.1|5,205.3|  227.2|  230.1|  225.5|  228.6|1,076.1|1,091.5|1,081.2|1,094.0
 Oklahoma......................| 1,276.9| 1,310.0| 1,291.7|1,323.9|   49.6|   51.6|   49.4|   51.2|  171.1|  174.0|  171.6|  173.3
 Oregon........................| 1,373.6| 1,432.1| 1,387.8|1,450.3|   67.4|   75.8|   68.8|   76.7|  230.7|  236.0|  227.9|  234.4
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,188.0| 5,196.2| 5,227.2|5,238.2|  222.2|  220.6|  220.4|  217.2|  951.0|  944.3|  947.3|  938.9
 Rhode Island..................|   437.4|   435.1|   439.7|  436.4|   14.8|   13.8|   14.5|   13.5|   87.5|   85.6|   87.9|   86.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,606.5| 1,625.7| 1,620.2|1,637.5|   85.4|   84.6|   85.4|   84.2|  375.5|  371.1|  376.3|  369.1
 South Dakota..................|   336.9|   347.2|   337.5|  347.1|   16.2|   16.7|   15.5|   16.4|   44.5|   46.7|   44.7|   46.2
 Tennessee.....................| 2,430.6| 2,486.7| 2,458.5|2,519.4|  104.9|  111.9|  105.1|  111.8|  540.1|  531.1|  541.4|  531.1
 Texas.........................| 7,787.5| 8,042.9| 7,824.4|8,081.7|  390.7|  415.3|  390.2|  416.5|1,015.0|1,031.2|1,015.5|1,032.2
 Utah..........................|   865.4|   918.1|   880.7|  933.2|   52.5|   62.6|   53.3|   63.1|  117.9|  126.1|  118.7|  126.7
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   262.0|   263.6|   268.6|  271.1|   13.7|   13.0|   13.6|   12.9|   44.3|   45.4|   44.5|   45.4
 Virginia......................| 3,011.6| 3,072.3| 3,037.6|3,090.3|  171.7|  180.7|  170.9|  179.9|  404.9|  402.4|  406.7|  401.3
 Washington....................| 2,313.8| 2,360.9| 2,352.6|2,400.9|  133.4|  135.2|  134.2|  135.9|  343.2|  338.8|  344.4|  340.9
 West Virginia.................|   678.0|   691.1|   682.3|  694.1|   37.6|   37.9|   38.6|   38.1|   82.0|   83.6|   82.5|   83.8
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,504.0| 2,556.8| 2,524.3|2,568.9|  107.8|  114.3|  107.0|  112.8|  596.2|  607.6|  593.1|  602.0
 Wyoming.......................|   224.7|   226.0|   226.1|  226.7|   15.8|   16.1|   15.6|   15.8|   10.2|   10.2|   10.4|   10.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Puerto Rico...................|   902.9|   907.4|   888.5|  886.8|   46.2|   47.6|   46.5|   47.1|  151.1|  152.3|  152.1|  152.3
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                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
  Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
                                 |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
               State             |               |               |               |               |               |
                                 |     Aug.      |     Sept.     |     Aug.      |     Sept.     |     Aug.      |     Sept.
                                 |               |               |               |               |               |
                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   87.3|   86.0|   87.2|   85.8|  394.6|  404.1|  395.6|  405.8|   77.5|   77.4|   77.1|   77.0
   Alaska........................|   25.6|   25.3|   25.5|   25.0|   57.1|   58.1|   55.8|   56.9|   12.5|   12.5|   12.4|   12.5
   Arizona.......................|   87.2|   89.0|   87.0|   89.2|  409.0|  424.7|  412.5|  428.7|  111.9|  110.6|  111.7|  110.9
   Arkansas......................|   60.3|   62.8|   61.0|   63.7|  237.6|  246.7|  238.4|  247.4|   42.3|   43.5|   42.2|   43.2
   California....................|  618.7|  624.4|  621.2|  626.7|2,822.7|2,848.1|2,827.5|2,854.8|  788.9|  769.9|  783.7|  766.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  108.2|  110.1|  107.1|  110.4|  432.4|  449.4|  432.0|  450.7|  111.2|  111.2|  110.2|  111.0
   Connecticut...................|   68.5|   68.9|   71.4|   71.7|  336.1|  337.0|  337.5|  337.5|  135.7|  134.4|  135.0|  133.1
   Delaware......................|   15.1|   15.3|   15.4|   15.7|   81.7|   85.4|   79.9|   83.8|   39.7|   41.5|   39.6|   41.2
   District of Columbia..........|   21.2|   20.4|   21.0|   20.2|   52.3|   52.8|   52.9|   53.2|   31.5|   31.0|   31.2|   30.7
   Florida.......................|  295.1|  298.9|  294.8|  300.0|1,490.3|1,542.5|1,490.9|1,544.0|  377.6|  385.5|  376.9|  385.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  213.3|  209.4|  211.1|  208.4|  819.6|  864.7|  821.1|  869.8|  174.0|  176.3|  174.2|  175.6
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.5|   40.9|   41.8|   40.8|  133.3|  134.6|  132.9|  134.1|   38.5|   37.8|   38.5|   37.4
   Idaho.........................|   22.3|   22.5|   23.0|   23.5|  119.4|  122.9|  119.5|  123.3|   24.4|   24.2|   24.4|   24.2
   Illinois......................|  315.5|  320.4|  319.7|  323.8|1,283.4|1,301.0|1,283.4|1,303.7|  398.3|  400.8|  395.0|  396.3
   Indiana.......................|  139.3|  140.6|  139.3|  139.7|  652.2|  671.9|  652.1|  672.8|  133.5|  133.1|  130.7|  132.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   59.3|   60.7|   59.4|   60.5|  337.3|  342.5|  336.5|  342.5|   77.4|   79.8|   76.8|   79.3
   Kansas........................|   68.5|   70.3|   69.1|   71.1|  285.6|  289.3|  286.0|  291.1|   59.5|   59.3|   58.7|   58.8
   Kentucky......................|   89.9|   90.9|   89.8|   91.0|  383.5|  401.7|  384.2|  403.4|   65.6|   64.6|   65.3|   64.6
   Louisiana.....................|  112.1|  113.7|  112.4|  112.9|  404.2|  414.7|  406.7|  416.1|   81.0|   81.3|   80.6|   80.9
   Maine.........................|   23.1|   23.5|   23.2|   23.4|  144.0|  147.5|  140.6|  144.0|   26.9|   26.6|   26.8|   26.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  103.7|  103.4|  105.3|  104.2|  521.8|  525.7|  519.3|  523.2|  134.8|  130.9|  133.5|  130.5
   Massachusetts.................|  125.2|  125.1|  128.7|  128.2|  677.7|  683.7|  677.8|  678.9|  210.9|  213.8|  209.1|  212.1
   Michigan......................|  165.2|  166.1|  165.9|  164.9|  977.9|1,015.4|  973.1|1,008.9|  199.9|  199.4|  196.8|  196.6
   Minnesota.....................|  111.5|  114.7|  116.5|  117.8|  568.0|  581.3|  566.7|  580.1|  140.9|  142.1|  140.0|  141.2
   Mississippi...................|   48.9|   47.6|   48.5|   47.6|  220.8|  219.8|  219.8|  220.5|   40.0|   39.6|   39.4|   39.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  157.2|  156.6|  157.9|  159.2|  593.2|  616.4|  597.6|  619.4|  148.8|  150.2|  147.2|  148.9
   Montana.......................|   20.9|   21.1|   21.0|   21.4|   97.2|   99.2|   95.9|   98.3|   16.0|   16.3|   15.8|   16.1
   Nebraska......................|   48.3|   49.2|   48.8|   49.2|  200.5|  203.8|  200.2|  203.3|   52.0|   52.9|   51.7|   52.6
   Nevada........................|   38.6|   40.5|   38.7|   40.5|  146.2|  155.6|  146.7|  156.8|   34.6|   36.6|   34.5|   36.6
   New Hampshire.................|   18.0|   18.3|   19.2|   19.3|  138.3|  139.2|  136.5|  137.2|   29.8|   29.8|   29.5|   29.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  240.9|  242.2|  246.1|  248.1|  847.1|  867.6|  845.5|  865.8|  234.0|  235.0|  231.5|  231.3
   New Mexico....................|   29.2|   30.0|   30.4|   31.0|  158.6|  167.5|  159.0|  167.3|   29.8|   32.0|   29.9|   31.8
   New York......................|  394.9|  392.3|  403.8|  400.9|1,587.4|1,609.6|1,586.4|1,610.9|  746.6|  738.6|  740.7|  733.1
   North Carolina................|  162.5|  160.6|  162.0|  161.3|  773.0|  787.5|  773.8|  788.1|  144.9|  150.4|  144.3|  149.5
   North Dakota..................|   18.4|   19.0|   18.9|   19.2|   78.1|   80.4|   77.3|   79.6|   14.1|   14.4|   13.9|   14.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  226.1|  229.1|  226.1|  229.1|1,241.6|1,256.6|1,236.0|1,252.4|  274.2|  275.2|  272.0|  273.2
   Oklahoma......................|   73.5|   75.1|   73.0|   74.9|  305.6|  315.4|  304.9|  314.4|   64.7|   65.2|   64.3|   64.6
   Oregon........................|   69.3|   71.1|   69.7|   71.6|  349.5|  362.7|  349.3|  362.2|   90.3|   91.6|   89.1|   91.6
   Pennsylvania..................|  266.9|  263.4|  274.8|  270.9|1,171.8|1,178.5|1,165.9|1,171.6|  314.6|  318.3|  311.7|  315.8
   Rhode Island..................|   14.6|   14.2|   15.1|   14.8|   97.6|   98.2|   97.1|   97.5|   25.8|   25.1|   25.5|   25.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   70.9|   71.6|   70.3|   71.3|  372.4|  381.8|  370.8|  380.8|   69.8|   70.3|   68.9|   69.5
   South Dakota..................|   15.6|   15.5|   15.7|   15.9|   87.8|   90.5|   85.8|   88.3|   18.3|   19.8|   18.2|   19.8
   Tennessee.....................|  137.0|  138.0|  137.1|  138.0|  571.9|  597.5|  573.0|  599.4|  109.8|  111.7|  109.3|  111.3
   Texas.........................|  461.4|  479.2|  462.4|  480.2|1,894.5|1,968.5|1,894.2|1,967.2|  445.7|  447.6|  444.8|  446.5
   Utah..........................|   50.3|   52.6|   50.3|   52.7|  209.6|  222.9|  210.2|  223.7|   46.3|   47.7|   46.4|   47.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.4|   11.9|   11.7|   12.1|   64.3|   65.0|   63.8|   64.5|   12.3|   12.5|   12.2|   12.4
   Virginia......................|  154.5|  159.5|  154.2|  159.8|  684.0|  702.8|  683.8|  700.1|  166.4|  170.6|  165.0|  169.4
   Washington....................|  119.3|  121.3|  120.4|  122.2|  575.1|  596.4|  579.0|  600.2|  125.8|  124.5|  124.2|  123.5
   West Virginia.................|   40.4|   41.1|   40.4|   40.6|  156.6|  161.8|  157.5|  161.5|   26.1|   26.4|   26.1|   26.4
   Wisconsin.....................|  113.7|  115.3|  118.5|  117.9|  580.8|  595.2|  578.3|  589.2|  135.7|  137.9|  135.0|  137.0
   Wyoming.......................|   14.3|   14.2|   14.4|   14.2|   54.1|   54.4|   52.9|   53.3|    8.1|    8.1|    8.0|    8.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Puerto Rico...................|   23.6|   23.3|   23.2|   23.3|  171.7|  169.9|  174.7|  169.5|   41.0|   40.8|   40.8|   40.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
            Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally
                   adjusted-Continued
 
                   (In thousands)
 
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |           Services            |          Government
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________
                                                 |               |               |               |
                               State             |     Aug.      |     Sept.     |     Aug.      |     Sept.
                                                 |               |               |               |
                                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  374.4|  383.3|  376.7|  385.2|  328.1|  330.5|  340.8|  337.3
                   Alaska........................|   62.4|   63.8|   61.3|   62.4|   71.6|   70.9|   74.4|   73.6
                   Arizona.......................|  481.9|  501.0|  484.1|  505.0|  258.4|  274.9|  295.9|  306.8
                   Arkansas......................|  233.2|  243.1|  234.2|  244.4|  162.1|  163.0|  174.2|  176.3
                   California....................|3,571.3|3,666.1|3,581.9|3,681.3|1,993.4|1,994.5|2,062.5|2,061.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  514.9|  532.0|  507.5|  524.9|  282.6|  285.8|  299.4|  303.0
                   Connecticut...................|  454.5|  459.2|  456.3|  461.2|  203.2|  201.9|  218.3|  216.7
                   Delaware......................|   93.0|   96.1|   92.7|   97.0|   49.4|   48.8|   48.8|   49.9
                   District of Columbia..........|  257.8|  256.0|  263.0|  262.0|  264.5|  250.9|  265.9|  251.6
                   Florida.......................|1,926.5|2,038.9|1,936.0|2,044.9|  830.5|  845.4|  911.6|  930.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  791.6|  847.5|  798.0|  849.5|  544.4|  555.4|  552.8|  563.1
                   Hawaii2/......................|  162.7|  163.4|  163.9|  162.8|  107.0|  103.5|  102.6|   99.9
                   Idaho.........................|  107.4|  109.7|  106.6|  109.4|   87.3|   88.9|   94.3|   96.1
                   Illinois......................|1,546.2|1,573.0|1,541.1|1,564.3|  745.3|  743.8|  777.9|  784.0
                   Indiana.......................|  610.3|  626.6|  614.0|  638.7|  351.9|  348.3|  395.6|  398.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Iowa..........................|  326.1|  341.4|  331.7|  347.0|  207.6|  208.1|  222.7|  224.1
                   Kansas........................|  281.6|  289.9|  283.1|  291.3|  213.7|  220.5|  234.9|  242.2
                   Kentucky......................|  384.1|  394.4|  385.6|  396.2|  266.6|  274.2|  288.4|  296.4
                   Louisiana.....................|  450.1|  480.9|  455.8|  481.6|  334.7|  342.9|  348.3|  357.3
                   Maine.........................|  149.5|  158.6|  145.9|  155.0|   80.7|   79.1|   91.4|   90.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Maryland......................|  678.0|  692.1|  679.6|  690.2|  396.6|  396.2|  418.0|  416.4
                   Massachusetts.................|  983.8|1,009.1|  988.0|1,013.5|  366.8|  371.4|  388.6|  394.1
                   Michigan......................|1,093.0|1,119.8|1,094.5|1,120.2|  579.5|  576.6|  632.1|  636.8
                   Minnesota.....................|  643.7|  665.8|  645.3|  668.3|  326.5|  330.4|  341.6|  345.3
                   Mississippi...................|  223.7|  215.8|  223.1|  217.9|  213.3|  221.3|  220.7|  227.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  678.4|  691.2|  679.3|  693.4|  352.0|  363.4|  386.2|  391.0
                   Montana.......................|   95.4|  102.0|   94.3|  101.0|   72.8|   71.0|   77.5|   76.0
                   Nebraska......................|  204.3|  210.3|  205.0|  208.6|  142.2|  143.0|  150.4|  149.5
                   Nevada........................|  335.1|  351.5|  337.1|  351.2|   87.8|   89.0|   94.4|   97.4
                   New Hampshire.................|  150.1|  149.1|  147.9|  148.9|   69.0|   69.5|   78.6|   79.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|1,063.3|1,097.2|1,055.1|1,087.4|  551.9|  551.3|  552.4|  551.4
                   New Mexico....................|  179.8|  190.8|  180.8|  191.8|  155.1|  158.7|  164.1|  166.5
                   New York......................|2,468.3|2,536.1|2,477.8|2,546.6|1,374.9|1,341.4|1,379.5|1,343.2
                   North Carolina................|  736.4|  754.5|  737.1|  750.6|  505.1|  500.5|  547.4|  552.5
                   North Dakota..................|   81.7|   85.1|   81.9|   85.0|   63.3|   62.7|   67.0|   67.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,343.9|1,376.8|1,348.0|1,379.9|  683.8|  686.1|  733.6|  733.8
                   Oklahoma......................|  321.4|  339.4|  323.7|  343.4|  256.0|  255.9|  269.6|  268.7
                   Oregon........................|  350.1|  375.6|  355.2|  381.4|  214.7|  217.5|  226.3|  230.6
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,569.2|1,578.0|1,578.1|1,590.3|  671.5|  673.6|  708.3|  714.3
                   Rhode Island..................|  139.3|  138.8|  139.2|  139.2|   57.6|   59.2|   60.2|   59.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  351.0|  360.8|  351.0|  361.9|  279.6|  283.6|  295.6|  298.8
                   South Dakota..................|   90.5|   92.9|   88.9|   91.4|   61.5|   62.5|   66.2|   66.5
                   Tennessee.....................|  610.6|  637.1|  614.2|  641.3|  351.6|  354.5|  373.7|  381.6
                   Texas.........................|2,040.3|2,136.7|2,034.8|2,130.2|1,376.4|1,409.1|1,419.4|1,453.8
                   Utah..........................|  230.4|  243.9|  233.2|  247.3|  150.0|  153.9|  160.1|  163.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   78.0|   78.0|   77.3|   78.3|   37.4|   37.1|   44.9|   44.8
                   Virginia......................|  844.8|  882.8|  849.0|  882.7|  573.3|  562.6|  596.2|  586.2
                   Washington....................|  608.2|  631.1|  614.8|  639.0|  405.2|  410.0|  432.0|  435.6
                   West Virginia.................|  176.4|  181.3|  177.2|  182.8|  130.6|  131.6|  131.8|  133.1
                   Wisconsin.....................|  630.8|  648.8|  630.0|  648.0|  336.0|  334.7|  359.6|  359.0
                   Wyoming.......................|   50.7|   51.7|   48.1|   48.7|   53.4|   53.3|   58.5|   58.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Puerto Rico...................|  152.5|  156.6|  157.9|  159.1|  315.8|  315.9|  292.4|  293.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to March 1994
                   benchmark levels.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
                   will be revised when new information becomes available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             August              |            September
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
       United States.........................................|       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alabama....................................................|       6.2      |       6.4      |       5.5      |       5.7
    Birmingham...............................................|       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.0      |       4.1
    Huntsville...............................................|       5.0      |       4.6      |       4.4      |       4.0
    Mobile...................................................|       6.8      |       6.8      |       6.1      |       6.0
    Montgomery...............................................|       5.3      |       5.6      |       4.8      |       5.1
    Tuscaloosa...............................................|       5.1      |       5.1      |       4.6      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alaska.....................................................|       5.9      |       5.0      |       6.1      |       5.7
    Anchorage................................................|       4.6      |       4.0      |       5.0      |       4.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arizona....................................................|       6.8      |       5.6      |       7.0      |       5.9
    Phoenix_Mesa.............................................|       5.2      |       4.0      |       5.4      |       4.3
    Tucson...................................................|       4.6      |       3.9      |       5.0      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arkansas...................................................|       5.1      |       4.8      |       4.5      |       4.3
    Fayetteville_Springdale_Rogers...........................|       2.5      |       2.7      |       2.3      |       2.7
    Fort Smith1/.............................................|       4.9      |       4.4      |       4.5      |       4.6
    Little Rock_North Little Rock............................|       4.0      |       3.6      |       3.6      |       3.3
    Pine Bluff...............................................|       8.3      |       7.1      |       7.5      |       6.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  California2/...............................................|       8.6      |       7.8      |       8.2      |       7.1
    Bakersfield..............................................|      13.0      |      11.5      |      13.5      |      11.2
    Fresno...................................................|      11.5      |      11.3      |      11.7      |      10.3
    Los Angeles_Long Beach2/.................................|      10.3      |       8.6      |       8.3      |       7.5
    Modesto..................................................|      11.9      |      11.2      |      12.2      |      10.5
    Oakland..................................................|       6.5      |       6.2      |       6.5      |       5.7
    Orange County............................................|       5.9      |       5.5      |       6.0      |       5.1
    Riverside_San Bernardino.................................|       9.9      |       9.2      |       9.9      |       8.5
    Sacramento...............................................|       7.0      |       6.6      |       7.2      |       6.3
    Salinas..................................................|       8.3      |       8.2      |       8.3      |       7.5
    San Diego................................................|       7.4      |       6.7      |       7.5      |       6.3
    San Francisco............................................|       6.0      |       5.5      |       5.9      |       5.0
    San Jose.................................................|       6.3      |       5.0      |       6.3      |       4.6
    Santa Barbara_Santa Maria_Lompoc.........................|       6.8      |       6.4      |       7.3      |       6.1
    Santa Rosa...............................................|       6.2      |       5.6      |       5.9      |       4.9
    Stockton_Lodi............................................|      10.1      |       9.6      |      10.4      |       9.1
    Vallejo_Fairfield_Napa...................................|       7.4      |       7.1      |       7.2      |       6.7
    Ventura..................................................|       8.6      |       8.1      |       8.7      |       7.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Colorado...................................................|       4.0      |       3.8      |       3.3      |       3.3
    Boulder_Longmont.........................................|       3.8      |       3.8      |       3.1      |       3.2
    Denver...................................................|       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.1      |       3.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Connecticut................................................|       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.1      |       4.8
    Bridgeport...............................................|       6.3      |       6.5      |       5.8      |       5.6
    Danbury..................................................|       4.3      |       4.0      |       3.8      |       3.3
    Hartford.................................................|       6.0      |       6.0      |       5.4      |       5.2
    New Haven_Meriden........................................|       5.8      |       5.6      |       5.2      |       4.8
    New London_Norwich.......................................|       5.2      |       5.5      |       4.7      |       4.9
    Stamford_Norwalk.........................................|       3.9      |       4.0      |       3.7      |       3.5
    Waterbury................................................|       6.7      |       6.3      |       6.1      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Delaware...................................................|       4.9      |       3.9      |       4.5      |       4.2
    Dover....................................................|       5.3      |       4.1      |       4.7      |       4.6
    Wilmington_Newark1/......................................|       5.0      |       4.3      |       4.6      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  District of Columbia.......................................|       8.0      |       8.6      |       7.5      |       8.5
    Washington1/.............................................|       4.0      |       4.1      |       4.0      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Florida2/..................................................|       6.6      |       5.4      |       6.9      |       6.0
    Daytona Beach............................................|       5.9      |       4.4      |       6.2      |       4.9
    Fort Lauderdale..........................................|       6.3      |       5.3      |       6.7      |       5.9
    Fort Myers_Cape Coral....................................|       5.2      |       4.6      |       5.6      |       5.1
    Gainesville..............................................|       3.6      |       3.1      |       3.6      |       3.4
    Jacksonville.............................................|       4.8      |       3.8      |       5.1      |       4.4
    Lakeland_Winter Haven....................................|       9.9      |       8.3      |       9.7      |       8.7
    Melbourne_Titusville_Palm Bay............................|       6.6      |       5.7      |       6.9      |       6.4
    Miami....................................................|       7.9      |       6.5      |       8.4      |       7.2
    Orlando..................................................|       5.7      |       4.4      |       5.9      |       4.8
    Pensacola................................................|       4.7      |       4.6      |       4.9      |       4.8
    Sarasota_Bradenton.......................................|       4.7      |       4.0      |       4.9      |       4.4
    Tallahassee..............................................|       4.0      |       3.4      |       4.0      |       3.8
    Tampa_St. Petersburg_Clearwater..........................|       5.3      |       4.4      |       5.5      |       4.9
    West Palm Beach_Boca Raton...............................|       9.0      |       7.2      |       9.4      |       7.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Georgia....................................................|       5.2      |       5.2      |       5.2      |       5.1
    Albany...................................................|       8.5      |       6.6      |       7.9      |       6.4
    Athens...................................................|       3.8      |       4.3      |       4.1      |       4.6
    Atlanta..................................................|       4.6      |       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.4
    Augusta_Aiken1/..........................................|       6.1      |       6.9      |       6.1      |       6.8
    Columbus1/...............................................|       6.2      |       6.5      |       6.0      |       6.4
    Macon....................................................|       6.0      |       5.3      |       5.9      |       5.5
    Savannah.................................................|       5.7      |       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Hawaii.....................................................|       6.7      |       6.0      |       6.5      |       6.0
    Honolulu.................................................|       5.3      |       4.8      |       5.1      |       4.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Idaho......................................................|       4.9      |       4.5      |       4.7      |       4.1
    Boise City...............................................|       3.9      |       3.4      |       3.8      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             August              |            September
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Illinois2/.................................................|       5.3      |       5.7      |       5.0      |       5.0
    Bloomington_Normal.......................................|       3.0      |       3.8      |       3.1      |       3.5
    Champaign_Urbana.........................................|       3.7      |       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.2
    Chicago..................................................|       5.2      |       5.5      |       5.0      |       4.8
    Davenport_Moline_Rock Island1/...........................|       4.5      |       4.7      |       4.6      |       4.3
    Decatur..................................................|       7.6      |       8.8      |       7.0      |       7.4
    Kankakee.................................................|       5.9      |       6.9      |       5.9      |       6.0
    Peoria_Pekin.............................................|       4.5      |       5.3      |       4.4      |       4.5
    Rockford.................................................|       4.9      |       5.3      |       4.5      |       4.3
    Springfield..............................................|       4.3      |       5.1      |       4.3      |       4.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Indiana....................................................|       4.8      |       4.2      |       4.5      |       3.6
    Bloomington..............................................|       4.0      |       3.0      |       3.5      |       2.3
    Elkhart_Goshen...........................................|       4.0      |       4.3      |       3.4      |       3.9
    Evansville_Henderson1/...................................|       4.7      |       4.5      |       4.5      |       4.1
    Fort Wayne...............................................|       4.5      |       3.7      |       4.1      |       3.2
    Gary.....................................................|       5.8      |       5.5      |       5.7      |       4.6
    Indianapolis.............................................|       4.1      |       3.5      |       4.0      |       3.0
    Kokomo...................................................|       4.9      |       3.9      |       5.7      |       3.2
    Lafayette................................................|       3.2      |       2.7      |       3.3      |       2.5
    Muncie...................................................|       5.4      |       4.1      |       4.7      |       3.3
    South Bend...............................................|       4.2      |       4.1      |       4.2      |       3.5
    Terre Haute..............................................|       6.3      |       5.5      |       5.4      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Iowa.......................................................|       3.4      |       2.9      |       3.3      |       2.9
    Cedar Rapids.............................................|       2.8      |       2.5      |       2.8      |       2.6
    Des Moines...............................................|       2.7      |       2.3      |       2.9      |       2.5
    Dubuque..................................................|       3.1      |       2.3      |       2.8      |       2.5
    Iowa City................................................|       2.6      |       2.5      |       2.7      |       2.7
    Sioux City1/.............................................|       3.2      |       2.5      |       3.1      |       2.6
    Waterloo_Cedar Falls.....................................|       4.9      |       3.8      |       4.5      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kansas.....................................................|       5.2      |       4.3      |       5.1      |       4.1
    Lawrence.................................................|       5.5      |       4.7      |       5.2      |       4.6
    Topeka...................................................|       5.0      |       4.7      |       5.2      |       5.0
    Wichita..................................................|       6.1      |       4.9      |       5.8      |       4.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kentucky...................................................|       4.7      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       5.1
    Lexington................................................|       3.3      |       3.1      |       3.5      |       3.1
    Louisville1/.............................................|       4.0      |       4.0      |       4.2      |       4.2
    Owensboro................................................|       4.9      |       5.5      |       4.7      |       5.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Louisiana..................................................|       8.3      |       6.8      |       7.9      |       6.5
    Alexandria...............................................|       7.5      |       7.0      |       7.1      |       6.3
    Baton Rouge..............................................|       7.8      |       6.2      |       7.1      |       5.8
    Houma....................................................|       7.2      |       5.5      |       6.4      |       5.1
    Lafayette................................................|       7.7      |       6.4      |       7.6      |       6.2
    Lake Charles.............................................|       8.6      |       6.3      |       8.0      |       7.0
    Monroe...................................................|       7.8      |       6.3      |       7.4      |       6.3
    New Orleans..............................................|       7.9      |       6.6      |       7.7      |       6.4
    Shreveport_Bossier City..................................|       7.8      |       7.3      |       7.8      |       6.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maine......................................................|       5.9      |       4.9      |       5.9      |       5.0
    Lewiston_Auburn..........................................|       6.5      |       5.3      |       6.3      |       5.2
    Portland.................................................|       4.5      |       3.4      |       4.5      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maryland...................................................|       4.8      |       5.0      |       5.0      |       5.0
    Baltimore................................................|       5.9      |       5.9      |       6.0      |       5.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Massachusetts2/............................................|       5.6      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       5.2
    Barnstable_Yarmouth......................................|       4.8      |       4.1      |       5.2      |       4.6
    Boston1/.................................................|       5.1      |       4.6      |       4.9      |       4.8
    Brockton.................................................|       6.7      |       6.0      |       6.1      |       6.1
    Fitchburg_Leominster.....................................|       6.7      |       6.3      |       6.1      |       6.1
    Lawrence1/...............................................|       6.8      |       5.9      |       6.4      |       5.7
    Lowell1/.................................................|       6.6      |       5.4      |       6.1      |       5.4
    New Bedford..............................................|       8.2      |       8.1      |       8.0      |       8.2
    Pittsfield...............................................|       7.1      |       5.8      |       6.9      |       5.9
    Springfield..............................................|       6.4      |       5.6      |       6.0      |       5.4
    Worcester1/..............................................|       4.9      |       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Michigan2/.................................................|       5.8      |       4.9      |       5.3      |       4.6
    Ann Arbor................................................|       3.9      |       4.2      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Benton Harbor............................................|       5.9      |       4.9      |       5.3      |       4.6
    Detroit..................................................|       5.7      |       5.0      |       5.2      |       4.5
    Flint....................................................|       7.9      |       6.0      |       7.2      |       5.7
    Grand Rapids_Muskegon_Holland............................|       4.8      |       4.1      |       4.1      |       3.8
    Jackson..................................................|       6.5      |       5.0      |       5.8      |       4.7
    Kalamazoo_Battle_Creek...................................|       5.1      |       4.3      |       5.1      |       4.5
    Lansing_East Lansing.....................................|       4.3      |       3.6      |       3.9      |       3.4
    Saginaw_Bay City_Midland.................................|       6.2      |       4.9      |       5.6      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Minnesota..................................................|       3.7      |       2.6      |       4.0      |       3.0
    Duluth_Superior1/........................................|       5.8      |       3.9      |       6.1      |       4.4
    Minneapolis_St.Paul1/....................................|       3.2      |       2.3      |       3.6      |       2.7
    Rochester................................................|       3.2      |       2.1      |       3.5      |       2.6
    St. Cloud................................................|       4.0      |       3.1      |       3.6      |       3.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Mississippi................................................|       6.7      |       6.7      |       6.3      |       6.8
    Jackson..................................................|       4.9      |       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             August              |            September
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Missouri...................................................|       4.8      |       5.2      |       4.1      |       4.8
    Kansas City1/............................................|       4.9      |       4.5      |       4.3      |       4.1
    St. Louis LMA1/..........................................|       4.8      |       5.4      |       4.2      |       4.8
    Springfield..............................................|       3.2      |       4.1      |       2.9      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Montana....................................................|       3.9      |       4.8      |       4.1      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nebraska...................................................|       2.7      |       2.2      |       2.8      |       2.0
    Lincoln..................................................|       2.6      |       2.2      |       2.7      |       1.8
    Omaha1/..................................................|       2.9      |       2.3      |       3.0      |       2.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nevada.....................................................|       6.0      |       5.6      |       6.0      |       5.3
    Las Vegas................................................|       6.2      |       5.9      |       6.3      |       5.7
    Reno.....................................................|       5.2      |       4.7      |       5.1      |       4.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Hampshire..............................................|       4.1      |       3.7      |       3.8      |       3.9
    Manchester...............................................|       4.5      |       3.8      |       4.0      |       3.7
    Nashua...................................................|       4.7      |       4.1      |       4.3      |       4.1
    Portsmouth_Rochester.....................................|       3.7      |       3.3      |       3.3      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Jersey2/...............................................|       6.0      |       6.3      |       6.4      |       5.5
    Atlantic_Cape May........................................|       6.9      |       7.4      |       8.2      |       7.0
    Bergen_Passaic...........................................|       6.3      |       6.6      |       6.8      |       5.7
    Jersey City..............................................|       8.0      |       8.9      |       8.7      |       8.0
    Middlesex_Somerset_Hunterdon.............................|       4.8      |       5.2      |       4.9      |       4.1
    Monmouth_Ocean...........................................|       5.1      |       5.4      |       5.5      |       4.9
    Newark...................................................|       6.2      |       6.5      |       6.6      |       5.7
    Trenton..................................................|       5.3      |       5.8      |       5.5      |       5.1
    Vineland_Millville_Bridgeton.............................|       8.7      |       9.5      |       9.1      |       8.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Mexico.................................................|       6.0      |       6.0      |       5.7      |       5.7
    Albuquerque..............................................|       4.6      |       4.3      |       4.3      |       4.3
    Las Cruces...............................................|       7.5      |       7.3      |       6.9      |       7.0
    Santa Fe.................................................|       3.7      |       4.6      |       3.8      |       4.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New York2/.................................................|       6.7      |       6.9      |       6.0      |       6.4
    Albany_Schenectady_Troy..................................|       4.6      |       5.7      |       4.5      |       5.6
    Binghamton...............................................|       6.4      |       5.5      |       6.0      |       5.0
    Buffalo_Niagara Falls....................................|       5.9      |       6.3      |       5.1      |       5.4
    Dutchess County..........................................|       6.2      |       5.6      |       6.2      |       5.4
    Elmira...................................................|       4.9      |       5.3      |       4.6      |       4.8
    Glens Falls..............................................|       5.4      |       6.1      |       5.3      |       5.5
    Nassau_Suffolk...........................................|       5.9      |       6.2      |       5.3      |       5.4
    New York.................................................|       8.0      |       7.9      |       6.8      |       7.5
       New York City2/.......................................|       8.5      |       8.3      |       7.2      |       8.0
    Newburgh1/...............................................|       5.4      |       5.8      |       5.0      |       5.3
    Rochester................................................|       5.2      |       5.1      |       5.0      |       4.5
    Syracuse.................................................|       5.2      |       6.2      |       5.1      |       5.8
    Utica_Rome...............................................|       4.8      |       5.9      |       4.4      |       5.4
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  North Carolina2/...........................................|       4.9      |       4.5      |       4.5      |       4.3
    Asheville................................................|       4.3      |       3.7      |       4.0      |       3.4
    Charlotte_Gastonia_Rock Hill1/...........................|       4.3      |       3.9      |       4.0      |       3.7
    Greensboro_Winston-Salem_High Point......................|       4.1      |       3.7      |       3.7      |       3.6
    Raleigh_Durham_Chapel Hill...............................|       3.6      |       3.2      |       3.2      |       3.0
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  North Dakota...............................................|       3.7      |       2.7      |       3.1      |       2.5
    Bismarck.................................................|       3.4      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       3.2
    Fargo_Moorhead1/.........................................|       2.7      |       1.8      |       2.3      |       1.6
    Grand Forks1/............................................|       3.4      |       2.8      |       2.4      |       1.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Ohio2/.....................................................|       4.8      |       4.9      |       4.9      |       4.8
    Akron....................................................|       4.4      |       4.5      |       4.5      |       4.4
    Canton_Massillon.........................................|       5.2      |       4.7      |       5.1      |       4.9
    Cincinnati1/.............................................|       4.4      |       4.3      |       4.5      |       4.5
    Cleveland_Lorain_Elyria..................................|       5.1      |       5.4      |       5.3      |       4.9
    Columbus.................................................|       3.6      |       3.6      |       3.7      |       3.6
    Dayton_Springfield.......................................|       4.1      |       4.2      |       4.2      |       4.2
    Hamilton_Middletown......................................|       4.7      |       4.4      |       4.7      |       4.4
    Lima.....................................................|       5.0      |       5.8      |       5.2      |       5.9
    Mansfield................................................|       7.3      |       6.1      |       7.3      |       6.0
    Steubenville_Weirton.....................................|       8.5      |       6.4      |       7.7      |       6.1
    Toledo...................................................|       4.7      |       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.5
    Youngstown_Warren........................................|       8.1      |       5.7      |       7.8      |       6.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oklahoma...................................................|       5.3      |       4.3      |       5.5      |       4.6
    Enid.....................................................|       4.4      |       3.9      |       4.0      |       4.4
    Lawton...................................................|       5.6      |       4.6      |       6.2      |       4.9
    Oklahoma City............................................|       4.4      |       3.6      |       4.5      |       3.8
    Tulsa....................................................|       5.2      |       3.9      |       5.4      |       4.2
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  Oregon.....................................................|       4.7      |       4.3      |       4.8      |       4.4
    Eugene_Springfield.......................................|       4.7      |       4.3      |       4.9      |       4.8
    Medford_Ashland..........................................|       6.2      |       6.0      |       5.7      |       5.6
    Portland_Vancouver1/.....................................|       4.0      |       3.6      |       4.1      |       3.7
    Salem....................................................|       4.3      |       3.9      |       4.6      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Pennsylvania2/.............................................|       6.2      |       5.6      |       6.1      |       6.1
    Allentown_Bethlehem_Easton...............................|       6.3      |       5.9      |       6.3      |       6.0
    Altoona..................................................|       6.2      |       5.7      |       6.4      |       6.5
    Erie.....................................................|       6.4      |       5.9      |       6.4      |       6.4
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  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |             August              |            September
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
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  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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  Pennsylvania2/                                             |                |                |                |
    Harrisburg_Lebanon_Carlisle..............................|       4.3      |       3.9      |       4.4      |       4.4
    Johnstown................................................|       9.0      |       7.5      |       9.0      |       8.3
    Lancaster................................................|       4.0      |       3.8      |       4.1      |       4.2
    Philadelphia1/...........................................|       6.1      |       5.6      |       6.3      |       5.9
    Pittsburgh...............................................|       6.4      |       5.6      |       6.1      |       5.9
    Reading..................................................|       4.9      |       4.8      |       5.0      |       5.2
    Scranton_Wilkes_Barre_Hazelton...........................|       7.1      |       6.6      |       6.8      |       7.1
    Sharon...................................................|       6.8      |       5.0      |       6.7      |       5.2
    State College............................................|       3.9      |       3.3      |       4.0      |       3.8
    Williamsport.............................................|       6.6      |       6.1      |       7.3      |       7.0
    York.....................................................|       4.7      |       4.5      |       4.4      |       4.9
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  Rhode Island...............................................|       6.6      |       6.4      |       7.0      |       7.0
    Providence_Fall River_Warwick............................|       6.9      |       6.7      |       7.1      |       7.1
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  South Carolina.............................................|       6.1      |       5.0      |       6.1      |       5.1
    Charleston_North Charleston..............................|       6.1      |       4.9      |       6.3      |       5.0
    Columbia.................................................|       4.2      |       3.6      |       4.3      |       3.8
    Greenville_Spartanburg_Anderson..........................|       4.6      |       3.6      |       4.6      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Dakota...............................................|       3.1      |       2.8      |       2.8      |       2.4
    Rapid City...............................................|       3.9      |       2.7      |       3.7      |       3.3
    Sioux Falls..............................................|       2.6      |       2.0      |       2.5      |       1.8
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  Tennessee..................................................|       4.9      |       5.3      |       4.3      |       5.0
    Chattanooga1/............................................|       4.6      |       5.1      |       4.4      |       4.9
    Johnson City_Kingsport_Bristol1/.........................|       5.6      |       5.4      |       4.7      |       4.8
    Knoxville................................................|       3.9      |       4.1      |       3.3      |       3.8
    Memphis1/................................................|       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.5      |       5.1
    Nashville................................................|       3.4      |       3.8      |       2.9      |       3.7
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  Texas2/....................................................|       6.2      |       6.4      |       6.0      |       5.9
    Abilene..................................................|       5.2      |       5.8      |       4.7      |       5.7
    Amarillo.................................................|       3.9      |       4.8      |       3.8      |       4.3
    Austin_San Marcos........................................|       3.5      |       3.6      |       3.4      |       3.5
    Beaumont_Port Arthur.....................................|       9.5      |      10.3      |       9.0      |       9.3
    Brazoria.................................................|       7.1      |       7.9      |       7.2      |       7.1
    Brownsville_Harlingen_San Benito ........................|      11.4      |      12.6      |      11.0      |      11.5
    Bryan_College Station....................................|       3.3      |       3.7      |       2.9      |       3.2
    Corpus Christi...........................................|       8.6      |       9.0      |       8.3      |       8.5
    Dallas...................................................|       5.1      |       5.1      |       5.0      |       4.7
    El Paso..................................................|       9.2      |      10.0      |       9.0      |       9.9
    Fort Worth_Arlington.....................................|       5.3      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       4.7
    Galveston_Texas City.....................................|       8.2      |       7.8      |       7.9      |       7.0
    Houston..................................................|       6.2      |       6.2      |       6.2      |       5.7
    Killeen_Temple...........................................|       5.4      |       5.3      |       5.2      |       5.0
    Laredo...................................................|       8.0      |      15.0      |       7.9      |      14.0
    Longview_Marshall........................................|       7.9      |       8.0      |       7.5      |       7.2
    Lubbock..................................................|       4.7      |       4.6      |       3.9      |       3.9
    McAllen_Edinburg_Mission.................................|      17.1      |      18.6      |      17.4      |      17.5
    Odessa_Midland...........................................|       7.0      |       6.4      |       7.0      |       6.1
    San Angelo...............................................|       4.4      |       5.1      |       4.4      |       4.7
    San Antonio..............................................|       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.6      |       4.7
    Sherman_Denison..........................................|       5.8      |       5.4      |       5.9      |       5.0
    Texarkana1/..............................................|       8.3      |       7.7      |       7.9      |       7.3
    Tyler....................................................|       5.6      |       6.0      |       5.0      |       6.2
    Victoria.................................................|       5.7      |       6.2      |       5.6      |       5.9
    Waco.....................................................|       5.0      |       5.4      |       4.7      |       4.8
    Wichita Falls............................................|       5.3      |       5.4      |       5.1      |       5.2
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  Utah.......................................................|       4.0      |       3.6      |       3.7      |       3.1
    Provo_Orem...............................................|       3.5      |       3.1      |       3.3      |       2.7
    Salt Lake City_Odgen.....................................|       3.9      |       3.4      |       3.6      |       3.0
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  Vermont....................................................|       4.1      |       3.7      |       4.0      |       3.6
    Burlington...............................................|       3.2      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       2.8
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  Virginia...................................................|       4.9      |       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.5
    Charlottesville..........................................|       3.7      |       3.9      |       3.6      |       3.4
    Danville.................................................|       8.0      |       8.2      |       6.9      |       7.2
    Lynchburg................................................|       4.4      |       4.3      |       4.8      |       4.4
    Norfolk_Virginia Beach_Newport News1/....................|       5.6      |       4.7      |       5.6      |       4.9
    Richmond_Petersburg......................................|       4.7      |       4.0      |       4.8      |       3.9
    Roanoke..................................................|       3.8      |       3.3      |       3.7      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Washington.................................................|       5.4      |       5.8      |       5.2      |       5.4
    Spokane..................................................|       4.3      |       4.9      |       4.3      |       4.8
    Tacoma...................................................|       5.4      |       5.7      |       5.4      |       5.5
    Seattle_Bellevue_Everett.................................|       5.0      |       5.0      |       5.0      |       4.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  West Virginia..............................................|       8.0      |       7.6      |       7.3      |       7.5
    Charleston...............................................|       6.0      |       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.6
    Huntington_Ashland1/.....................................|       7.6      |       6.2      |       7.1      |       6.6
    Parkersburg_Marietta1/...................................|       5.7      |       6.9      |       5.6      |       6.7
    Wheeling1/...............................................|       6.0      |       5.5      |       5.9      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin..................................................|       4.4      |       2.8      |       4.1      |       2.9
    Appleton_Oshkosh_Neenah..................................|       3.6      |       2.4      |       3.4      |       2.5
    Eau Claire...............................................|       4.3      |       2.6      |       3.8      |       2.6
    Green Bay................................................|       3.9      |       2.4      |       3.6      |       2.6
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  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             August              |            September
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
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                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin                                                  |                |                |                |
    Janesville_Beloit........................................|       5.0      |       3.4      |       5.1      |       3.6
    Kenosha..................................................|       4.9      |       3.2      |       4.6      |       3.3
    La Crosse................................................|       3.6      |       2.6      |       3.2      |       2.8
    Madison..................................................|       2.2      |       1.4      |       2.1      |       1.5
    Milwaukee_Waukesha.......................................|       4.8      |       3.0      |       4.5      |       3.1
    Racine...................................................|       5.8      |       3.5      |       5.2      |       3.7
    Sheboygan................................................|       3.2      |       2.2      |       3.4      |       2.7
    Wausau...................................................|       4.9      |       3.3      |       4.5      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wyoming....................................................|       4.4      |       3.7      |       4.1      |       3.9
    Casper...................................................|       5.4      |       4.5      |       5.0      |       5.2
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     1/  Includes interstate portion of area located in
  adjacent state.
     2/  Data are obtained directly from the Current
  Population Survey.
     p/  = preliminary.
     NOTE:    Data refer to place of residence. All estimates
  are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and
  population information becomes available.