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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 95-189
   Employment           (202) 606-6559
   Unemployment               606-6392
Media contact:                606-5902         For release:  10:00 A.M. EDT
                                               Wednesday, May 31, 1995
 
 
   STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  APRIL 1995
 
     Unemployment rates were higher in April 1995 than a month earlier in
33 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 10 states, and unchanged
in 7 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  The national unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in April,
an increase of 0.3 percentage point from March.  Nonfarm payroll employment
rose in 39 states over the month.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Illinois and Massachusetts had the largest unemployment rate increases
from March to April, 1.3 percentage points each, followed by Florida with
an increase of 1.2 points.  In all three cases, these increases more than
offset the prior month's declines and returned the jobless rates to about
January's levels.  North Carolina, Ohio, and Delaware experienced over-the-
month increases of 0.7 or 0.8 percentage point.  No other state had a rate
increase over one-half percentage point.  Alaska, New Hampshire, and Rhode
Island had the largest unemployment rate declines--0.5 percentage point
each.
 
     Forty-five states showed declines in jobless rates over the year,
while three states and the District of Columbia experienced increases.
Thirteen states recorded over-the-year decreases of a percentage point or
more, led by Maine and West Virginia, both down 1.8 percentage points.
Another 13 states experienced declines between 0.6 and 0.9 percentage
point.  North Carolina had the largest over-the-year increase in its
unemployment rate--0.6 percentage point.
 
     Nebraska continued to have the lowest unemployment rate, 2.5 percent
in April, followed by three other Plains states--North Dakota (3.2
percent), South Dakota (3.3 percent), and Iowa (3.4 percent).  The District
of Columbia had the highest rate (8.4 percent), followed by California (7.9
percent), Louisiana (7.6 percent), and West Virginia (7.3 percent).  (See
table 1 and chart 1.)
 
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Thirty-nine states reported gains in total nonfarm employment in
April.  Utah had the largest over-the-month increase (0.6 percent),
followed by Iowa and North Dakota (both 0.4 percent).  Alaska (-0.7
percent) and Colorado (-0.4 percent) had the largest job losses.
 
     Within the goods-producing sector, over-the-month employment growth in
construction and in manufacturing occurred in about half the states.
Within the service-producing sector, 38 states reported over-the-month
employment increases in the services industry.  Employment in trade also
 
                                   - 2 -
 
increased in 38 states.  States generally showed moderate growth in
transportation and public utilities; finance, insurance, and real estate;
and government.  (See table 3.)
 
     All the geographic divisions had gains over the month in total nonfarm
employment.  The gains were strongest in the West South Central, New
England, West North Central, and the South Atlantic divisions.
 
     Over the past year, job gains ranged from 6.1 percent in Nevada to
only 0.3 percent in Connecticut.  Texas (285,000) and Florida (215,000)
added the most jobs.  Only the District of Columbia (-1.8 percent), Hawaii
(-0.3 percent), and Rhode Island (-0.1 percent) reported losses over the
year.  (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 April data are available, 102 had
unemployment rates below 4.5 percent, while 20 had rates higher than 7.7
percent.  Modesto, Calif., had the highest unemployment rate at 16.8
percent, followed by McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tex., at 16.3 percent, and
Fresno, Calif., at 15.1 percent.  The lowest rates were in Madison, Wis.
(2.1 percent), Iowa City, Iowa (2.2 percent), and Omaha, Neb. (2.3
percent).  Two areas experienced over-the-year declines of more than 3.0
percentage points in their rates--Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio (down 3.6
points), and Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif. (down 3.1 points).  Laredo,
Tex., had the largest over-the-year increase, 4.9 percentage points.
Thirty other areas showed unemployment rate increases, but none greater
than 1.0 point.  (See table 5.)
 
___________________________________________________________________________
 
     The State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release
for May 1995 will be issued on Tuesday, June 27, 1995.
 
 
 
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |                                       |                            Unemployed
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
         State         |                                       |                                 |           labor force
                       |                                       |                                 |
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                       |  Apr.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.   |  Apr.   | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  |  Apr.   | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  |  Apr.
                       |  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................|  2,018.6|  2,064.9|  2,055.4|  2,068.4|  124.4|  122.3|  112.7|   118.6 |   6.2 |   5.9 |   5.5 |    5.7
Alaska.................|    304.8|    305.3|    306.0|    311.8|   24.6|   22.2|   22.2|    21.0 |   8.1 |   7.3 |   7.2 |    6.7
Arizona................|  1,975.7|  2,044.8|  2,062.1|  2,089.7|  122.7|   96.0|  103.4|   114.9 |   6.2 |   4.7 |   5.0 |    5.5
Arkansas...............|  1,196.9|  1,227.6|  1,226.6|  1,221.3|   65.9|   68.8|   61.2|    60.8 |   5.5 |   5.6 |   5.0 |    5.0
Colorado...............|  1,967.2|  2,074.7|  2,085.4|  2,085.1|   88.6|   64.4|   72.9|    82.4 |   4.5 |   3.1 |   3.5 |    4.0
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Connecticut............|  1,730.6|  1,759.3|  1,746.9|  1,754.7|   95.5|   96.4|   92.9|    89.6 |   5.5 |   5.5 |   5.3 |    5.1
Delaware...............|    383.9|    383.9|    387.3|    383.8|   20.2|   14.0|   13.3|    15.7 |   5.3 |   3.6 |   3.4 |    4.1
District of Columbia...|    315.1|    312.5|    309.8|    288.4|   25.1|   24.7|   24.9|    24.2 |   8.0 |   7.9 |   8.0 |    8.4
Georgia................|  3,544.0|  3,618.8|  3,626.5|  3,637.9|  184.0|  163.5|  159.2|   169.9 |   5.2 |   4.5 |   4.4 |    4.7
Hawaii.................|    583.4|    576.9|    583.1|    590.7|   34.0|   28.7|   30.0|    30.7 |   5.8 |   5.0 |   5.1 |    5.2
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Idaho..................|    587.1|    597.7|    600.7|    605.9|   30.6|   33.8|   31.2|    30.5 |   5.2 |   5.6 |   5.2 |    5.0
Indiana................|  3,025.4|  3,142.6|  3,135.0|  3,138.0|  151.0|  127.8|  137.3|   151.6 |   5.0 |   4.1 |   4.4 |    4.8
Iowa...................|  1,559.1|  1,558.9|  1,569.2|  1,560.1|   56.7|   52.6|   52.1|    52.3 |   3.6 |   3.4 |   3.3 |    3.4
Kansas.................|  1,327.7|  1,358.3|  1,355.7|  1,355.2|   70.6|   60.2|   59.8|    62.1 |   5.3 |   4.4 |   4.4 |    4.6
Kentucky...............|  1,807.3|  1,888.8|  1,865.9|  1,867.3|   98.7|   88.6|   88.1|    88.2 |   5.5 |   4.7 |   4.7 |    4.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,923.4|  1,981.3|  1,996.3|  2,000.4|  155.5|  135.8|  146.4|   152.2 |   8.1 |   6.9 |   7.3 |    7.6
Maine..................|    614.6|    623.4|    621.5|    622.7|   46.4|   34.5|   34.2|    36.0 |   7.6 |   5.5 |   5.5 |    5.8
Maryland...............|  2,676.0|  2,702.5|  2,703.6|  2,710.3|  135.9|  130.4|  131.6|   133.1 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    4.9
Minnesota..............|  2,541.1|  2,646.2|  2,619.9|  2,603.9|  103.2|   93.5|   87.5|    96.2 |   4.1 |   3.5 |   3.3 |    3.7
Mississippi............|  1,247.0|  1,254.1|  1,245.7|  1,246.5|   82.5|   63.2|   63.8|    68.9 |   6.6 |   5.0 |   5.1 |    5.5
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Missouri...............|  2,677.3|  2,781.4|  2,782.2|  2,802.0|  136.1|  122.2|  132.6|   137.6 |   5.1 |   4.4 |   4.8 |    4.9
Montana................|    434.7|    442.7|    441.3|    439.1|   21.9|   24.8|   21.8|    23.5 |   5.0 |   5.6 |   4.9 |    5.3
Nebraska...............|    873.6|    881.0|    883.7|    887.8|   24.3|   19.4|   17.6|    21.9 |   2.8 |   2.2 |   2.0 |    2.5
Nevada.................|    772.1|    789.9|    789.4|    791.2|   47.9|   46.5|   44.3|    45.5 |   6.2 |   5.9 |   5.6 |    5.8
New Hampshire..........|    626.1|    641.6|    641.2|    641.3|   30.2|   26.0|   29.0|    25.8 |   4.8 |   4.1 |   4.5 |    4.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    764.3|    791.9|    793.1|    795.4|   49.1|   46.2|   47.8|    47.6 |   6.4 |   5.8 |   6.0 |    6.0
North Dakota...........|    336.6|    332.3|    332.3|    330.1|   12.8|   11.4|   11.0|    10.7 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   3.3 |    3.2
Oklahoma...............|  1,537.7|  1,551.5|  1,552.6|  1,540.5|   92.0|   79.5|   80.8|    74.2 |   6.0 |   5.1 |   5.2 |    4.8
Oregon.................|  1,634.3|  1,660.9|  1,670.4|  1,689.4|   90.9|   82.8|   77.0|    77.6 |   5.6 |   5.0 |   4.6 |    4.6
Rhode Island...........|    507.0|    502.4|    501.8|    489.3|   35.2|   31.4|   31.3|    28.1 |   6.9 |   6.3 |   6.2 |    5.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,823.3|  1,844.3|  1,845.0|  1,851.2|  121.2|   93.9|   87.6|    90.5 |   6.6 |   5.1 |   4.7 |    4.9
South Dakota...........|    371.8|    379.5|    379.6|    378.2|   12.0|   11.3|   11.0|    12.5 |   3.2 |   3.0 |   2.9 |    3.3
Tennessee..............|  2,637.0|  2,651.2|  2,654.8|  2,667.1|  131.0|  108.8|  106.7|   115.8 |   5.0 |   4.1 |   4.0 |    4.3
Utah...................|    965.1|    990.6|    982.4|    980.0|   35.2|   38.2|   30.3|    34.8 |   3.6 |   3.9 |   3.1 |    3.6
Vermont................|    320.6|    322.7|    326.6|    324.1|   15.1|   13.9|   13.8|    13.5 |   4.7 |   4.3 |   4.2 |    4.2
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Virginia...............|  3,414.3|  3,515.5|  3,534.2|  3,520.9|  165.9|  147.2|  149.8|   155.2 |   4.9 |   4.2 |   4.2 |    4.4
Washington.............|  2,701.2|  2,759.0|  2,773.8|  2,793.2|  180.9|  164.5|  165.5|   168.1 |   6.7 |   6.0 |   6.0 |    6.0
West Virginia..........|    785.6|    791.1|    788.7|    788.1|   71.3|   64.6|   56.0|    57.6 |   9.1 |   8.2 |   7.1 |    7.3
Wisconsin..............|  2,789.1|  2,810.5|  2,809.0|  2,839.0|  131.3|  102.6|  112.8|   111.9 |   4.7 |   3.7 |   4.0 |    3.9
Wyoming................|    247.4|    253.5|    254.0|    254.2|   13.2|   10.7|   10.5|    11.2 |   5.3 |   4.2 |   4.1 |    4.4
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,503.5| 15,331.6| 15,307.1| 15,341.6|1,438.5|1,122.3|1,166.8| 1,214.8 |   9.3 |   7.3 |   7.6 |    7.9
Florida................|  6,793.1|  6,762.1|  6,809.4|  6,944.0|  490.1|  301.0|  296.7|   391.5 |   7.2 |   4.5 |   4.4 |    5.6
Illinois...............|  6,042.2|  6,111.3|  6,114.5|  6,219.3|  343.2|  321.4|  268.8|   351.7 |   5.7 |   5.3 |   4.4 |    5.7
Massachusetts..........|  3,151.6|  3,202.3|  3,181.7|  3,166.3|  190.8|  172.1|  146.3|   186.8 |   6.1 |   5.4 |   4.6 |    5.9
Michigan...............|  4,801.1|  4,720.2|  4,734.5|  4,767.2|  284.5|  263.3|  285.2|   278.3 |   5.9 |   5.6 |   6.0 |    5.8
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New Jersey.............|  3,946.4|  4,005.7|  4,026.3|  4,106.3|  282.8|  243.9|  235.0|   259.5 |   7.2 |   6.1 |   5.8 |    6.3
New York...............|  8,589.4|  8,521.5|  8,478.8|  8,489.6|  672.5|  523.5|  558.0|   575.3 |   7.8 |   6.1 |   6.6 |    6.8
North Carolina.........|  3,591.5|  3,646.2|  3,665.4|  3,644.9|  146.8|  168.5|  143.9|   172.9 |   4.1 |   4.6 |   3.9 |    4.7
Ohio...................|  5,527.6|  5,567.7|  5,533.2|  5,519.2|  343.6|  223.9|  208.4|   250.3 |   6.2 |   4.0 |   3.8 |    4.5
Pennsylvania...........|  5,864.3|  5,803.7|  5,953.4|  5,961.6|  384.0|  324.9|  359.3|   348.6 |   6.5 |   5.6 |   6.0 |    5.8
Texas..................|  9,359.7|  9,511.6|  9,482.0|  9,560.3|  606.0|  481.2|  537.2|   563.0 |   6.5 |   5.1 |   5.7 |    5.9
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Puerto Rico............|  1,190.5|  1,262.1|  1,243.8|  1,237.3|  177.5|  155.4|  169.9|   173.0 |  14.9 |  12.3 |  13.7 |   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.                                              Effective with the release of data for April
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for               1995, estimates incorporate minor corrections
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey            to the population levels.
   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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                       |                                       |                            Unemployed
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
                       |                                       |                                 |           labor force
         State         |                                       |                                 |
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                       |                   |                   |               |                 |               |
                       |       March       |       April       |     March     |      April      |     March     |      April
                       |                   |                   |               |                 |               |
                        ___________________ ___________________ _______________ _________________ _______________ ________________
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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................|  2,001.0|  2,040.3|  2,016.9|  2,066.6|  120.5|  104.6|  119.4|   113.4 |   6.0 |   5.1 |   5.9 |    5.5
Alaska.................|    298.4|    300.3|    300.2|    306.9|   26.7|   24.5|   25.7|    22.0 |   9.0 |   8.2 |   8.5 |    7.2
Arizona................|  1,950.1|  2,046.3|  1,959.6|  2,074.4|  111.7|   95.5|  111.3|   103.5 |   5.7 |   4.7 |   5.7 |    5.0
Arkansas...............|  1,181.3|  1,216.8|  1,199.1|  1,223.3|   68.7|   63.3|   68.0|    62.7 |   5.8 |   5.2 |   5.7 |    5.1
Colorado...............|  1,921.0|  2,048.9|  1,927.0|  2,044.7|   94.4|   78.7|   80.2|    73.9 |   4.9 |   3.8 |   4.2 |    3.6
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Connecticut............|  1,725.7|  1,737.6|  1,715.0|  1,739.2|  100.8|   93.5|   91.9|    85.8 |   5.8 |   5.4 |   5.4 |    4.9
Delaware...............|    380.8|    384.3|    381.6|    381.5|   22.4|   14.8|   19.0|    14.5 |   5.9 |   3.9 |   5.0 |    3.8
District of Columbia...|    310.9|    307.6|    314.8|    288.1|   25.9|   24.6|   23.9|    22.9 |   8.3 |   8.0 |   7.6 |    7.9
Georgia................|  3,527.1|  3,620.9|  3,519.8|  3,612.2|  187.5|  164.0|  169.5|   154.6 |   5.3 |   4.5 |   4.8 |    4.3
Hawaii.................|    579.4|    580.9|    582.8|    590.0|   31.3|   28.9|   33.8|    30.5 |   5.4 |   5.0 |   5.8 |    5.2
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Idaho..................|    579.0|    593.7|    581.5|    600.3|   37.3|   37.1|   33.2|    33.1 |   6.4 |   6.2 |   5.7 |    5.5
Indiana................|  2,992.4|  3,109.3|  3,024.5|  3,137.1|  164.0|  148.6|  153.6|   154.2 |   5.5 |   4.8 |   5.1 |    4.9
Iowa...................|  1,549.8|  1,550.5|  1,544.6|  1,544.8|   70.1|   61.3|   56.8|    52.4 |   4.5 |   4.0 |   3.7 |    3.4
Kansas.................|  1,324.6|  1,352.4|  1,323.7|  1,350.7|   74.5|   64.3|   68.6|    60.3 |   5.6 |   4.8 |   5.2 |    4.5
Kentucky...............|  1,785.1|  1,843.8|  1,801.7|  1,861.8|  105.3|   92.6|   97.3|    86.8 |   5.9 |   5.0 |   5.4 |    4.7
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Louisiana..............|  1,900.3|  1,976.0|  1,902.4|  1,979.3|  148.6|  140.2|  142.2|   139.1 |   7.8 |   7.1 |   7.5 |    7.0
Maine..................|    612.9|    617.2|    609.5|    617.4|   57.2|   43.9|   51.1|    40.7 |   9.3 |   7.1 |   8.4 |    6.6
Maryland...............|  2,653.0|  2,681.1|  2,653.1|  2,687.2|  142.1|  131.5|  127.3|   124.1 |   5.4 |   4.9 |   4.8 |    4.6
Minnesota..............|  2,507.8|  2,598.2|  2,536.7|  2,599.8|  116.0|   97.7|  102.1|    94.9 |   4.6 |   3.8 |   4.0 |    3.7
Mississippi............|  1,238.1|  1,243.6|  1,235.8|  1,235.1|   82.9|   65.7|   76.8|    63.4 |   6.7 |   5.3 |   6.2 |    5.1
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Missouri...............|  2,655.7|  2,764.8|  2,679.1|  2,804.3|  146.9|  137.3|  128.9|   130.4 |   5.5 |   5.0 |   4.8 |    4.7
Montana................|    431.4|    439.7|    436.2|    440.5|   26.4|   25.9|   21.1|    22.6 |   6.1 |   5.9 |   4.8 |    5.1
Nebraska...............|    868.9|    878.5|    871.2|    885.4|   28.0|   20.8|   22.6|    20.3 |   3.2 |   2.4 |   2.6 |    2.3
Nevada.................|    766.2|    786.5|    768.2|    787.2|   48.1|   44.2|   46.1|    43.6 |   6.3 |   5.6 |   6.0 |    5.5
New Hampshire..........|    623.1|    639.1|    621.6|    636.8|   34.4|   32.4|   31.7|    27.2 |   5.5 |   5.1 |   5.1 |    4.3
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    762.6|    791.8|    764.0|    795.2|   49.8|   47.1|   48.2|    46.7 |   6.5 |   6.0 |   6.3 |    5.9
North Dakota...........|    331.2|    325.8|    335.5|    329.1|   16.1|   12.9|   12.3|    10.2 |   4.9 |   4.0 |   3.7 |    3.1
Oklahoma...............|  1,532.2|  1,549.2|  1,542.2|  1,545.1|   94.0|   83.3|   92.1|    74.4 |   6.1 |   5.4 |   6.0 |    4.8
Oregon.................|  1,608.4|  1,646.8|  1,616.9|  1,671.4|  106.1|   89.0|   91.5|    78.1 |   6.6 |   5.4 |   5.7 |    4.7
Rhode Island...........|    503.3|    495.0|    498.9|    481.1|   41.1|   34.9|   34.4|    27.3 |   8.2 |   7.0 |   6.9 |    5.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,818.0|  1,840.3|  1,814.8|  1,842.8|  126.8|   90.0|  111.2|    80.5 |   7.0 |   4.9 |   6.1 |    4.4
South Dakota...........|    364.8|    373.7|    370.6|    377.0|   14.2|   12.8|   10.8|    11.2 |   3.9 |   3.4 |   2.9 |    3.0
Tennessee..............|  2,602.0|  2,635.3|  2,604.0|  2,634.3|  139.2|  111.1|  124.9|   109.6 |   5.4 |   4.2 |   4.8 |    4.2
Utah...................|    944.8|    966.5|    952.3|    967.4|   35.0|   30.6|   33.0|    32.6 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.5 |    3.4
Vermont................|    320.4|    324.4|    318.3|    321.6|   17.0|   15.4|   16.6|    15.0 |   5.3 |   4.7 |   5.2 |    4.7
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Virginia...............|  3,379.5|  3,511.8|  3,411.2|  3,519.3|  163.4|  147.7|  149.9|   140.2 |   4.8 |   4.2 |   4.4 |    4.0
Washington.............|  2,691.2|  2,756.5|  2,677.9|  2,769.6|  201.3|  184.3|  177.9|   165.0 |   7.5 |   6.7 |   6.6 |    6.0
West Virginia..........|    778.6|    780.5|    780.0|    782.7|   81.9|   63.3|   72.5|    58.8 |  10.5 |   8.1 |   9.3 |    7.5
Wisconsin..............|  2,760.4|  2,778.6|  2,764.5|  2,813.4|  154.4|  133.6|  138.5|   119.0 |   5.6 |   4.8 |   5.0 |    4.2
Wyoming................|    245.4|    252.2|    245.2|    252.0|   15.9|   12.7|   13.4|    11.4 |   6.5 |   5.0 |   5.5 |    4.5
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,449.0| 15,250.7| 15,419.3| 15,264.0|1,377.6|1,183.7|1,405.1| 1,183.7 |   8.9 |   7.8 |   9.1 |    7.8
Florida................|  6,762.1|  6,781.4|  6,726.7|  6,878.2|  473.7|  285.6|  458.8|   361.7 |   7.0 |   4.2 |   6.8 |    5.3
Illinois...............|  5,968.4|  6,065.2|  5,983.8|  6,159.9|  387.5|  293.8|  335.6|   344.6 |   6.5 |   4.8 |   5.6 |    5.6
Massachusetts..........|  3,153.0|  3,169.6|  3,108.4|  3,121.5|  209.7|  164.9|  181.8|   176.7 |   6.7 |   5.2 |   5.8 |    5.7
Michigan...............|  4,688.9|  4,672.3|  4,715.9|  4,680.4|  329.0|  301.0|  270.2|   261.6 |   7.0 |   6.4 |   5.7 |    5.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey.............|  3,970.2|  4,030.5|  3,892.8|  4,048.2|  332.5|  262.8|  272.1|   250.4 |   8.4 |   6.5 |   7.0 |    6.2
New York...............|  8,606.4|  8,469.6|  8,553.1|  8,454.3|  699.1|  575.9|  652.3|   553.9 |   8.1 |   6.8 |   7.6 |    6.6
North Carolina.........|  3,529.8|  3,619.1|  3,551.8|  3,605.5|  159.4|  147.1|  135.2|   161.4 |   4.5 |   4.1 |   3.8 |    4.5
Ohio...................|  5,554.3|  5,524.0|  5,485.1|  5,477.7|  369.0|  243.2|  342.9|   250.9 |   6.6 |   4.4 |   6.3 |    4.6
Pennsylvania...........|  5,806.9|  5,864.0|  5,782.2|  5,876.8|  401.7|  361.3|  385.3|   349.7 |   6.9 |   6.2 |   6.7 |    6.0
Texas..................|  9,256.2|  9,422.5|  9,333.5|  9,528.6|  668.0|  521.3|  582.4|   535.6 |   7.2 |   5.5 |   6.2 |    5.6
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Puerto Rico............|  1,188.3|  1,237.2|  1,182.4|  1,228.4|  179.4|  169.5|  172.4|   167.5 |  15.1 |  13.7 |  14.6 |   13.6
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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.                                              Effective with the release of data for April
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for               1995, estimates incorporate minor corrections
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey            to the population levels.
   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             |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                               |  Apr.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Alabama.......................| 1,745.9| 1,773.6| 1,774.1|1,774.7|   82.0|   84.3|   85.0|   85.8|  383.5|  390.1|  390.2|  388.7
 Alaska........................|   257.2|   264.0|   262.6|  260.8|   12.6|   13.2|   12.8|   12.8|   14.8|   18.5|   17.6|   15.9
 Arizona.......................| 1,668.5| 1,743.7| 1,747.3|1,749.9|  106.0|  117.4|  115.5|  113.5|  191.1|  199.3|  199.9|  200.2
 Arkansas......................| 1,023.8| 1,064.5| 1,066.4|1,069.7|   41.4|   44.4|   44.7|   44.9|  251.0|  263.7|  263.0|  262.1
 California....................|12,116.9|12,225.9|12,228.1|12237.8|  461.1|  487.7|  477.6|  484.9|1,773.1|1,772.2|1,771.3|1,770.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,736.4| 1,793.2| 1,799.1|1,792.8|   95.3|  101.0|  103.4|   98.4|  189.1|  194.8|  194.3|  194.5
 Connecticut...................| 1,542.2| 1,543.0| 1,542.0|1,546.7|   50.0|   52.4|   51.6|   51.1|  285.4|  282.0|  282.0|  282.4
 Delaware......................|   352.8|   359.8|   360.3|  361.2|   16.5|   17.5|   17.9|   18.5|   64.3|   63.2|   63.4|   62.8
 District of Columbia..........|   660.3|   648.6|   648.6|  648.1|    8.9|    9.4|    9.6|    9.7|   13.1|   13.1|   13.0|   13.1
 Florida.......................| 5,751.3| 5,939.9| 5,956.9|5,967.3|  293.5|  308.4|  308.7|  308.5|  483.1|  486.7|  486.2|  486.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,234.9| 3,365.0| 3,377.3|3,383.9|  138.6|  147.7|  152.4|  151.9|  572.5|  588.0|  589.7|  587.9
 Hawaii2/......................|   536.4|   535.5|   535.1|  534.8|   29.6|   27.2|   27.4|   27.3|   18.1|   17.1|   17.0|   17.0
 Idaho.........................|   457.8|   477.0|   479.2|  478.8|   28.9|   31.0|   31.5|   32.1|   71.6|   74.5|   74.9|   74.8
 Illinois......................| 5,438.4| 5,535.0| 5,544.9|5,539.5|  211.7|  209.0|  212.0|  213.0|  953.8|  957.0|  956.5|  957.0
 Indiana.......................| 2,701.7| 2,769.5| 2,770.3|2,769.5|  126.5|  133.0|  134.6|  133.8|  659.1|  682.1|  681.1|  678.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Iowa..........................| 1,311.0| 1,340.9| 1,345.3|1,351.0|   53.9|   57.8|   57.1|   55.8|  243.5|  250.7|  250.6|  251.8
 Kansas........................| 1,153.7| 1,189.5| 1,192.2|1,191.2|   48.8|   51.1|   51.8|   52.1|  187.2|  192.8|  193.6|  194.0
 Kentucky......................| 1,587.2| 1,617.4| 1,627.5|1,630.9|   74.9|   70.9|   75.1|   75.0|  302.8|  312.5|  312.5|  311.0
 Louisiana.....................| 1,703.8| 1,785.5| 1,788.1|1,788.9|  102.7|  108.1|  108.5|  106.0|  185.9|  190.9|  190.9|  191.1
 Maine.........................|   529.8|   541.1|   541.7|  542.2|   21.3|   21.7|   21.8|   22.2|   91.5|   93.1|   92.4|   92.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,140.5| 2,154.7| 2,160.8|2,163.8|  125.4|  125.4|  128.1|  128.4|  179.1|  178.7|  178.5|  178.5
 Massachusetts.................| 2,887.9| 2,943.6| 2,947.5|2,956.4|   86.7|   91.5|   92.3|   91.5|  449.0|  449.2|  449.5|  448.8
 Michigan......................| 4,117.4| 4,237.7| 4,245.7|4,252.5|  141.9|  154.0|  159.5|  161.3|  943.9|  977.0|  978.2|  979.7
 Minnesota.....................| 2,298.1| 2,350.1| 2,357.7|2,362.9|   80.8|   81.4|   82.3|   81.7|  413.2|  422.8|  424.4|  424.4
 Mississippi...................| 1,045.1| 1,060.4| 1,055.8|1,057.1|   43.7|   47.7|   46.9|   47.8|  259.3|  258.9|  258.0|  257.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,451.8| 2,534.7| 2,542.0|2,547.9|  110.8|  116.1|  118.1|  118.9|  412.7|  424.7|  423.8|  423.9
 Montana.......................|   336.6|   347.8|   348.8|  348.4|   14.5|   15.7|   16.0|   15.9|   22.9|   23.6|   23.9|   23.9
 Nebraska......................|   789.3|   810.6|   811.3|  811.0|   33.8|   33.0|   32.6|   32.4|  108.1|  112.2|  112.4|  112.0
 Nevada........................|   726.8|   764.1|   769.1|  771.0|   54.1|   56.7|   57.3|   57.5|   33.0|   35.0|   35.1|   35.0
 New Hampshire.................|   520.4|   532.2|   532.8|  534.6|   18.0|   21.0|   21.1|   20.7|  100.5|  101.2|  100.8|  101.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,540.9| 3,595.9| 3,599.6|3,604.4|  122.1|  126.5|  127.6|  127.9|  511.4|  508.2|  506.6|  503.4
 New Mexico....................|   648.6|   682.5|   685.1|  686.1|   40.8|   46.1|   46.6|   47.2|   44.7|   46.6|   46.4|   46.9
 New York......................| 7,798.8| 7,829.5| 7,828.3|7,834.1|  246.8|  257.0|  254.7|  254.6|  958.3|  949.2|  949.3|  948.7
 North Carolina................| 3,341.9| 3,420.0| 3,432.0|3,437.2|  165.0|  170.6|  174.7|  176.8|  856.2|  869.6|  868.2|  868.6
 North Dakota..................|   292.7|   299.3|   300.5|  301.7|   12.7|   13.1|   13.1|   12.8|   21.0|   21.8|   21.9|   22.0
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 Ohio..........................| 5,051.7| 5,160.8| 5,174.2|5,174.9|  203.3|  214.0|  214.9|  213.4|1,063.3|1,094.3|1,097.0|1,097.7
 Oklahoma......................| 1,270.6| 1,296.8| 1,295.1|1,296.7|   46.4|   48.6|   48.9|   49.3|  170.7|  173.9|  175.9|  175.2
 Oregon........................| 1,351.3| 1,398.1| 1,408.2|1,408.8|   60.0|   65.6|   67.2|   67.6|  219.9|  225.3|  225.4|  225.0
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,173.9| 5,233.1| 5,229.3|5,223.3|  201.6|  205.9|  206.9|  205.1|  940.4|  947.0|  946.1|  946.0
 Rhode Island..................|   434.8|   434.6|   434.2|  434.3|   13.4|   13.1|   12.9|   12.4|   87.8|   86.2|   86.1|   85.8
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 South Carolina................| 1,599.0| 1,617.9| 1,624.1|1,628.3|   84.4|   83.6|   84.9|   84.8|  375.5|  375.8|  375.4|  375.5
 South Dakota..................|   329.9|   342.6|   341.9|  341.2|   13.9|   14.3|   14.2|   14.4|   42.7|   46.1|   46.0|   46.4
 Tennessee.....................| 2,401.6| 2,471.3| 2,481.9|2,486.8|  101.4|  105.2|  108.2|  108.1|  536.6|  541.2|  540.4|  537.6
 Texas.........................| 7,690.3| 7,900.7| 7,946.5|7,974.2|  376.2|  402.8|  406.2|  401.4|1,002.7|1,022.8|1,026.0|1,028.1
 Utah..........................|   849.1|   889.0|   892.0|  897.5|   46.4|   51.4|   52.3|   53.4|  115.1|  119.7|  121.0|  121.0
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 Vermont.......................|   262.9|   265.7|   268.3|  269.2|   11.7|   11.9|   12.4|   12.3|   43.9|   44.2|   44.7|   44.8
 Virginia......................| 2,988.8| 3,061.5| 3,069.3|3,075.8|  162.7|  168.9|  171.4|  172.3|  404.5|  404.7|  405.0|  405.1
 Washington....................| 2,290.6| 2,352.5| 2,353.9|2,359.7|  123.5|  124.5|  125.1|  124.4|  336.8|  343.0|  342.5|  342.5
 West Virginia.................|   669.7|   679.6|   683.8|  685.8|   35.6|   33.6|   35.5|   37.0|   81.6|   82.9|   83.1|   83.4
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,467.0| 2,524.2| 2,532.5|2,536.2|   98.1|   96.4|  100.0|  100.6|  578.3|  596.8|  598.1|  598.4
 Wyoming.......................|   215.5|   220.4|   220.1|  220.6|   13.9|   14.6|   14.5|   14.7|    9.8|   10.4|   10.3|   10.3
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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             |                               |                               |
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                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
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   Alabama.......................|   86.3|   86.6|   86.2|   86.2|  389.2|  402.6|  402.6|  402.5|   77.0|   77.4|   77.3|   76.8
   Alaska........................|   23.3|   23.7|   23.7|   23.8|   52.5|   54.0|   53.7|   53.5|   12.0|   11.9|   11.9|   12.0
   Arizona.......................|   83.5|   90.2|   89.7|   89.5|  405.7|  421.5|  423.5|  427.5|  110.0|  111.5|  111.5|  110.6
   Arkansas......................|   58.0|   61.4|   61.6|   62.1|  229.3|  240.8|  240.3|  242.0|   41.6|   42.5|   42.7|   42.8
   California....................|  609.1|  610.9|  612.9|  614.6|2,824.0|2,823.7|2,828.5|2,825.7|  798.0|  774.6|  772.0|  770.8
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   Colorado......................|  106.9|  106.7|  107.0|  107.2|  422.6|  444.6|  445.1|  443.6|  110.5|  110.5|  110.8|  110.9
   Connecticut...................|   70.1|   71.1|   70.7|   71.1|  335.2|  333.7|  334.7|  336.5|  137.5|  134.7|  133.4|  133.3
   Delaware......................|   15.1|   15.7|   15.5|   15.8|   77.6|   78.8|   78.8|   79.6|   38.5|   40.6|   40.6|   40.8
   District of Columbia..........|   21.1|   20.4|   20.5|   20.2|   53.0|   53.4|   53.4|   54.1|   31.5|   31.2|   31.3|   31.4
   Florida.......................|  295.0|  299.4|  300.3|  299.8|1,495.0|1,540.9|1,546.2|1,552.1|  374.4|  380.9|  381.4|  382.1
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   Georgia.......................|  209.3|  208.6|  208.9|  209.6|  806.1|  847.6|  845.2|  847.7|  172.5|  175.4|  175.1|  175.0
   Hawaii2/......................|   42.1|   41.7|   41.6|   41.4|  132.4|  134.7|  134.4|  134.0|   38.8|   37.6|   38.1|   38.3
   Idaho.........................|   21.4|   22.7|   23.0|   22.9|  115.5|  120.0|  120.5|  120.5|   24.0|   24.4|   24.3|   24.5
   Illinois......................|  315.9|  321.2|  322.2|  322.5|1,268.1|1,297.7|1,299.5|1,295.3|  394.6|  396.1|  397.2|  396.5
   Indiana.......................|  136.3|  137.0|  137.1|  139.5|  637.1|  665.0|  664.7|  663.6|  131.9|  129.0|  129.3|  129.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   58.6|   59.8|   60.1|   60.3|  328.2|  332.3|  333.7|  336.0|   76.2|   77.8|   78.1|   78.2
   Kansas........................|   67.4|   70.1|   70.2|   70.1|  280.2|  288.4|  288.1|  288.5|   58.8|   58.4|   58.1|   58.5
   Kentucky......................|   87.6|   89.6|   90.4|   90.2|  375.4|  384.6|  387.9|  390.4|   63.9|   63.4|   63.7|   63.6
   Louisiana.....................|  110.9|  114.5|  114.2|  113.6|  395.6|  414.6|  413.9|  414.6|   79.8|   81.2|   81.6|   81.2
   Maine.........................|   22.7|   22.7|   22.8|   23.0|  133.5|  137.5|  137.6|  137.9|   26.4|   26.7|   26.8|   26.7
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   Maryland......................|  102.6|  105.2|  104.8|  105.0|  513.1|  515.8|  517.8|  519.2|  135.4|  132.5|  132.5|  131.8
   Massachusetts.................|  125.4|  126.0|  126.0|  126.0|  661.8|  676.6|  678.6|  682.5|  207.8|  209.9|  210.7|  210.5
   Michigan......................|  157.4|  165.6|  166.2|  164.7|  968.8|  991.2|  992.7|  991.2|  197.5|  194.5|  195.2|  194.4
   Minnesota.....................|  111.9|  116.6|  116.6|  115.8|  555.8|  570.7|  570.9|  573.4|  141.5|  138.6|  139.3|  139.9
   Mississippi...................|   47.5|   48.4|   48.0|   47.1|  217.4|  220.0|  217.8|  219.2|   39.5|   39.3|   39.2|   38.9
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   Missouri......................|  153.2|  157.8|  157.5|  157.9|  583.7|  609.8|  611.4|  614.9|  146.5|  147.1|  147.2|  146.4
   Montana.......................|   20.5|   20.8|   20.6|   20.5|   91.9|   95.1|   95.0|   94.4|   15.5|   15.9|   15.9|   16.0
   Nebraska......................|   47.3|   49.5|   49.9|   49.8|  196.9|  203.1|  202.8|  203.2|   51.3|   52.1|   52.2|   52.3
   Nevada........................|   37.1|   39.1|   39.4|   39.5|  142.7|  150.2|  151.1|  151.3|   34.1|   34.6|   35.1|   35.3
   New Hampshire.................|   19.0|   19.2|   19.8|   20.1|  134.1|  136.7|  136.5|  136.9|   29.6|   29.4|   29.5|   29.7
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   New Jersey....................|  239.9|  246.0|  246.1|  246.6|  829.3|  852.2|  852.9|  854.6|  231.9|  232.1|  232.8|  232.8
   New Mexico....................|   28.7|   30.8|   30.8|   30.9|  154.0|  162.0|  162.8|  163.0|   29.3|   30.9|   31.1|   31.2
   New York......................|  400.0|  395.2|  395.8|  395.1|1,577.4|1,587.8|1,587.5|1,589.4|  738.5|  734.0|  732.0|  730.6
   North Carolina................|  160.1|  159.7|  160.4|  160.1|  757.1|  779.0|  781.0|  782.3|  141.9|  144.9|  146.1|  146.5
   North Dakota..................|   18.3|   19.1|   19.3|   19.1|   76.4|   77.5|   78.1|   79.0|   13.9|   14.1|   14.2|   14.1
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   Ohio..........................|  214.8|  226.8|  226.8|  227.6|1,222.6|1,240.9|1,240.7|1,243.3|  270.3|  271.3|  272.0|  272.4
   Oklahoma......................|   72.7|   73.2|   73.2|   73.1|  299.2|  306.6|  304.6|  305.1|   64.1|   64.2|   64.4|   64.4
   Oregon........................|   67.7|   69.4|   70.1|   70.0|  339.9|  353.2|  355.2|  354.3|   89.1|   88.6|   89.1|   89.9
   Pennsylvania..................|  268.9|  271.6|  272.2|  272.8|1,163.1|1,174.4|1,171.3|1,173.3|  310.3|  311.9|  312.8|  312.1
   Rhode Island..................|   14.9|   14.6|   14.4|   14.2|   94.8|   96.7|   97.1|   97.2|   25.8|   25.6|   25.2|   25.3
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   South Carolina................|   68.9|   70.8|   71.9|   72.0|  363.8|  371.0|  373.2|  374.3|   68.3|   68.7|   68.9|   69.1
   South Dakota..................|   15.5|   16.1|   15.9|   16.0|   84.0|   87.8|   87.3|   86.5|   18.1|   18.5|   18.8|   18.9
   Tennessee.....................|  127.2|  137.2|  137.6|  138.4|  556.8|  582.6|  585.8|  587.3|  107.5|  109.5|  109.9|  109.9
   Texas.........................|  451.5|  470.4|  472.3|  471.1|1,864.4|1,911.9|1,927.1|1,943.0|  441.1|  445.3|  445.1|  445.2
   Utah..........................|   48.1|   51.3|   51.5|   50.8|  203.0|  212.9|  212.7|  214.8|   46.0|   47.9|   47.4|   47.5
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   Vermont.......................|   11.4|   11.6|   11.6|   11.5|   62.1|   63.2|   64.1|   63.8|   12.1|   12.3|   12.3|   12.3
   Virginia......................|  150.4|  156.6|  157.5|  158.4|  671.4|  693.7|  695.5|  698.0|  164.0|  165.8|  166.7|  167.4
   Washington....................|  114.5|  119.0|  117.9|  118.4|  559.4|  579.9|  580.6|  582.6|  125.6|  122.7|  122.9|  122.9
   West Virginia.................|   39.6|   41.1|   40.9|   41.0|  153.1|  156.3|  156.9|  157.3|   25.7|   26.2|   26.1|   25.9
   Wisconsin.....................|  111.9|  118.5|  119.1|  118.7|  566.2|  583.0|  581.6|  582.3|  134.2|  136.3|  136.6|  136.3
   Wyoming.......................|   13.8|   14.2|   14.1|   13.8|   49.6|   51.3|   51.0|   51.1|    7.9|    8.0|    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             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
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                   Alabama.......................|  372.3|  376.9|  377.2|  378.6|  345.1|  345.0|  344.7|  345.1
                   Alaska........................|   57.3|   59.2|   59.4|   59.5|   74.1|   73.7|   73.9|   73.8
                   Arizona.......................|  472.8|  499.5|  502.1|  502.0|  287.3|  291.6|  292.4|  293.9
                   Arkansas......................|  227.6|  234.0|  236.3|  237.5|  171.4|  174.3|  174.4|  174.9
                   California....................|3,530.9|3,624.2|3,631.4|3,637.1|2,088.0|2,102.0|2,103.7|2,103.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  496.5|  518.4|  520.0|  519.2|  299.6|  301.9|  303.2|  303.8
                   Connecticut...................|  448.1|  453.2|  453.5|  455.9|  215.1|  215.3|  215.6|  215.8
                   Delaware......................|   90.4|   92.8|   92.9|   92.8|   50.3|   51.1|   51.1|   50.8
                   District of Columbia..........|  258.2|  259.4|  260.6|  260.8|  274.4|  261.6|  260.1|  258.7
                   Florida.......................|1,900.1|1,995.5|2,000.7|2,010.3|  903.3|  920.9|  926.1|  920.7
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                   Georgia.......................|  764.6|  818.2|  825.1|  828.2|  563.8|  571.9|  573.2|  575.9
                   Hawaii2/......................|  163.4|  165.2|  165.0|  165.3|  112.0|  112.0|  111.6|  111.5
                   Idaho.........................|  101.4|  106.9|  107.2|  106.2|   92.6|   94.8|   95.0|   95.0
                   Illinois......................|1,500.5|1,550.3|1,555.4|1,553.3|  778.5|  789.0|  787.5|  787.5
                   Indiana.......................|  607.9|  624.2|  623.8|  626.6|  396.2|  392.5|  393.1|  391.3
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                   Iowa..........................|  324.0|  333.5|  336.5|  339.4|  224.5|  226.7|  226.9|  227.4
                   Kansas........................|  274.2|  282.9|  283.9|  285.7|  228.9|  237.5|  238.1|  233.9
                   Kentucky......................|  374.9|  381.8|  383.0|  385.7|  279.6|  287.2|  288.1|  288.0
                   Louisiana.....................|  435.1|  469.4|  470.6|  474.1|  347.7|  357.6|  359.7|  360.0
                   Maine.........................|  139.9|  147.0|  147.9|  147.6|   94.4|   92.3|   92.3|   92.2
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                   Maryland......................|  664.5|  675.6|  679.6|  680.8|  419.4|  420.5|  418.5|  419.1
                   Massachusetts.................|  967.1|  994.4|  995.7|1,000.6|  388.8|  394.5|  393.2|  395.1
                   Michigan......................|1,062.0|1,102.3|1,102.5|1,108.0|  637.0|  644.5|  642.7|  644.7
                   Minnesota.....................|  631.3|  649.1|  652.1|  655.3|  356.0|  362.8|  364.1|  364.8
                   Mississippi...................|  219.1|  219.4|  218.3|  219.2|  213.6|  221.7|  222.7|  222.4
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                   Missouri......................|  656.4|  681.4|  684.5|  688.3|  383.8|  393.0|  394.9|  392.9
                   Montana.......................|   90.7|   94.7|   94.9|   95.9|   75.2|   76.7|   77.1|   76.3
                   Nebraska......................|  200.1|  208.4|  209.4|  208.9|  150.4|  150.9|  150.5|  151.0
                   Nevada........................|  322.1|  340.5|  342.4|  343.0|   91.4|   95.0|   95.7|   96.2
                   New Hampshire.................|  143.1|  146.9|  147.4|  147.1|   75.7|   77.4|   77.3|   78.4
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                   New Jersey....................|1,037.7|1,057.2|1,060.0|1,065.2|  566.7|  571.8|  571.6|  571.9
                   New Mexico....................|  174.1|  184.2|  185.5|  186.3|  161.3|  165.7|  165.9|  164.5
                   New York......................|2,446.7|2,495.3|2,505.4|2,513.2|1,426.2|1,405.8|1,398.3|1,397.1
                   North Carolina................|  722.9|  739.2|  742.7|  742.4|  535.1|  553.3|  555.2|  556.8
                   North Dakota..................|   79.7|   83.2|   83.1|   83.5|   67.0|   67.0|   67.2|   67.4
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                   Ohio..........................|1,323.6|1,356.6|1,363.0|1,362.2|  739.1|  742.5|  745.4|  744.4
                   Oklahoma......................|  313.3|  327.5|  325.7|  328.2|  269.4|  268.8|  268.8|  268.1
                   Oregon........................|  340.7|  356.1|  360.6|  361.6|  232.4|  238.3|  239.0|  238.8
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,555.7|1,582.9|1,582.0|1,577.2|  712.9|  719.3|  718.0|  716.8
                   Rhode Island..................|  136.5|  136.3|  136.9|  137.1|   61.4|   62.0|   61.4|   62.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  341.6|  350.3|  351.9|  353.7|  294.7|  295.8|  296.0|  297.0
                   South Dakota..................|   86.0|   89.8|   89.6|   88.9|   67.3|   67.5|   67.6|   67.7
                   Tennessee.....................|  598.2|  619.0|  622.8|  628.3|  369.3|  371.8|  372.3|  372.4
                   Texas.........................|1,987.3|2,052.3|2,073.6|2,088.8|1,404.0|1,438.9|1,439.2|1,441.0
                   Utah..........................|  221.3|  235.3|  235.4|  237.7|  161.0|  162.3|  163.6|  164.3
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                   Vermont.......................|   76.7|   76.6|   77.3|   78.8|   44.5|   45.3|   45.2|   45.2
                   Virginia......................|  820.1|  856.3|  859.1|  863.6|  603.3|  604.1|  602.8|  599.7
                   Washington....................|  591.9|  615.7|  618.4|  621.3|  435.5|  444.3|  443.0|  444.1
                   West Virginia.................|  172.7|  177.4|  177.7|  177.3|  133.9|  135.1|  136.1|  136.8
                   Wisconsin.....................|  611.1|  628.0|  631.5|  632.2|  364.7|  362.5|  362.9|  365.1
                   Wyoming.......................|   44.8|   46.4|   46.2|   46.4|   57.8|   57.8|   58.2|   58.6
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                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      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
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
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             State             |      Mar.       |      Apr.      |     Mar.      |     Apr.      |     Mar.      |     Apr.
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
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                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
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 Alabama.......................| 1,734.3| 1,769.9| 1,747.7|1,777.3|   78.8|   83.0|   81.9|   85.5|  381.1|  387.8|  382.6|  388.1
 Alaska........................|   249.7|   253.0|   251.9|  255.0|   10.1|   10.1|   10.7|   10.9|   16.8|   17.0|   14.4|   15.5
 Arizona.......................| 1,668.6| 1,759.9| 1,686.9|1,762.0|  102.2|  113.3|  105.1|  112.4|  187.1|  198.5|  190.7|  198.8
 Arkansas......................| 1,012.2| 1,061.6| 1,025.7|1,070.4|   39.2|   42.6|   40.6|   43.9|  247.1|  261.5|  250.7|  261.6
 California....................|12,089.5|12,192.8|12,098.8|12218.1|  445.3|  462.5|  452.0|  476.0|1,763.6|1,761.4|1,762.4|1,760.2
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 Colorado......................| 1,719.4| 1,789.8| 1,733.8|1,790.0|   87.7|   94.7|   91.9|   94.5|  186.6|  192.9|  187.5|  193.3
 Connecticut...................| 1,515.8| 1,530.2| 1,536.8|1,542.5|   41.4|   45.5|   47.1|   48.7|  286.1|  281.5|  284.5|  281.6
 Delaware......................|   345.8|   354.9|   351.6|  359.1|   15.1|   16.5|   16.6|   18.1|   63.7|   62.7|   63.5|   62.1
 District of Columbia..........|   656.3|   645.7|   659.5|  646.5|    8.4|    9.4|    8.8|    9.6|   13.4|   13.0|   12.9|   13.0
 Florida.......................| 5,787.4| 6,018.3| 5,789.5|6,014.7|  290.4|  306.2|  289.7|  306.1|  485.5|  487.7|  482.1|  486.0
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 Georgia.......................| 3,203.5| 3,360.5| 3,227.9|3,376.1|  134.4|  148.7|  137.6|  149.6|  567.8|  587.5|  570.0|  586.3
 Hawaii2/......................|   539.9|   539.0|   538.3|  536.6|   29.5|   27.3|   29.2|   27.1|   17.9|   17.0|   18.0|   16.9
 Idaho.........................|   446.6|   472.1|   454.2|  475.2|   25.1|   28.7|   27.5|   30.5|   69.7|   73.0|   69.6|   72.6
 Illinois......................| 5,366.9| 5,488.6| 5,419.2|5,521.1|  185.4|  189.7|  202.5|  202.9|  948.3|  953.6|  950.3|  954.1
 Indiana.......................| 2,672.4| 2,745.9| 2,701.6|2,762.7|  113.7|  122.8|  123.1|  128.5|  653.1|  676.2|  656.6|  676.0
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 Iowa..........................| 1,287.8| 1,331.1| 1,314.5|1,353.8|   43.2|   47.8|   51.5|   53.0|  240.0|  248.7|  242.3|  250.4
 Kansas........................| 1,149.6| 1,189.4| 1,161.9|1,200.8|   44.9|   47.9|   47.9|   51.0|  185.8|  193.7|  187.1|  194.1
 Kentucky......................| 1,567.6| 1,615.3| 1,587.4|1,629.0|   69.2|   69.4|   73.2|   72.4|  299.2|  310.3|  301.8|  309.3
 Louisiana.....................| 1,701.9| 1,783.5| 1,704.2|1,786.8|  105.1|  107.7|  101.9|  106.1|  183.5|  189.5|  184.4|  189.7
 Maine.........................|   510.8|   522.3|   518.6|  530.6|   16.6|   17.5|   18.8|   19.7|   90.0|   90.9|   89.6|   90.6
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 Maryland......................| 2,105.6| 2,135.3| 2,135.0|2,159.1|  115.0|  119.0|  122.8|  125.6|  177.7|  177.2|  177.7|  177.6
 Massachusetts.................| 2,840.8| 2,918.3| 2,876.1|2,950.8|   71.6|   80.9|   81.3|   87.0|  447.0|  447.6|  447.4|  448.4
 Michigan......................| 4,060.6| 4,196.9| 4,092.0|4,229.7|  119.7|  135.7|  129.8|  147.3|  933.8|  972.9|  937.2|  975.9
 Minnesota.....................| 2,257.3| 2,323.0| 2,290.0|2,351.3|   65.7|   67.1|   73.5|   74.1|  407.4|  418.9|  409.4|  419.9
 Mississippi...................| 1,037.9| 1,052.6| 1,046.1|1,058.3|   41.7|   45.5|   43.5|   47.3|  258.3|  256.8|  258.8|  256.9
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 Missouri......................| 2,422.6| 2,522.6| 2,456.9|2,552.7|  102.1|  110.2|  108.0|  115.2|  410.4|  422.9|  411.4|  423.1
 Montana.......................|   326.2|   341.8|   334.5|  344.4|   11.7|   13.1|   13.9|   14.7|   21.9|   23.2|   22.1|   23.0
 Nebraska......................|   778.3|   804.1|   787.8|  809.1|   29.2|   29.4|   33.0|   31.7|  106.9|  111.9|  107.3|  111.3
 Nevada........................|   714.6|   765.7|   725.1|  770.3|   51.4|   56.0|   53.5|   57.2|   31.8|   34.9|   32.9|   35.0
 New Hampshire.................|   507.5|   526.8|   513.6|  528.8|   14.4|   18.5|   16.5|   19.6|  100.2|  100.7|  100.2|  101.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,475.8| 3,554.4| 3,522.4|3,585.6|  104.6|  115.6|  117.7|  124.2|  505.5|  501.9|  508.0|  500.3
 New Mexico....................|   643.8|   680.1|   649.0|  685.8|   38.8|   44.4|   40.4|   46.1|   43.4|   45.7|   43.9|   46.3
 New York......................| 7,704.8| 7,760.4| 7,762.4|7,810.5|  211.9|  230.0|  232.5|  244.8|  951.6|  943.5|  952.5|  944.9
 North Carolina................| 3,302.3| 3,415.4| 3,336.2|3,429.3|  159.3|  170.4|  163.0|  174.7|  851.8|  863.7|  850.1|  863.9
 North Dakota..................|   286.5|   296.7|   291.8|  300.5|    9.8|   10.4|   11.2|   11.4|   20.3|   21.7|   20.7|   21.8
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 4,987.6| 5,110.2| 5,031.6|5,155.6|  179.4|  191.0|  193.1|  202.3|1,058.2|1,089.6|1,059.5|1,092.5
 Oklahoma......................| 1,261.9| 1,294.5| 1,272.1|1,301.7|   44.8|   47.8|   45.6|   48.6|  170.3|  174.8|  169.7|  174.6
 Oregon........................| 1,327.8| 1,392.5| 1,344.9|1,400.4|   55.1|   63.4|   57.6|   64.6|  212.6|  219.5|  214.8|  220.4
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,105.8| 5,179.6| 5,171.7|5,221.8|  174.0|  182.8|  193.7|  197.2|  934.5|  940.3|  934.0|  941.8
 Rhode Island..................|   424.8|   428.3|   431.1|  431.5|   10.3|   11.0|   12.5|   11.7|   87.2|   85.6|   87.7|   85.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,590.6| 1,621.5| 1,603.1|1,632.0|   84.4|   84.1|   83.8|   84.1|  375.7|  374.3|  374.6|  374.4
 South Dakota..................|   322.2|   335.8|   327.8|  339.0|   11.5|   12.0|   13.2|   13.4|   42.0|   45.6|   42.4|   46.0
 Tennessee.....................| 2,379.8| 2,462.6| 2,399.8|2,484.1|   96.4|  102.8|   99.9|  106.2|  534.3|  539.4|  536.2|  537.7
 Texas.........................| 7,603.6| 7,931.3| 7,693.5|7,978.5|  366.8|  401.3|  374.4|  398.2|  993.7|1,022.6|  997.6|1,024.1
 Utah..........................|   838.8|   886.6|   847.3|  895.0|   42.4|   48.7|   45.0|   51.9|  113.3|  120.6|  113.9|  120.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   262.0|   268.9|   259.1|  265.1|    9.0|   10.4|    9.9|   10.7|   43.6|   44.4|   43.6|   44.4
 Virginia......................| 2,949.4| 3,043.1| 2,982.0|3,072.7|  153.3|  163.0|  160.2|  169.2|  402.9|  402.0|  402.3|  402.6
 Washington....................| 2,257.8| 2,332.7| 2,281.5|2,353.9|  115.3|  117.8|  119.5|  121.3|  330.2|  337.3|  334.4|  340.1
 West Virginia.................|   655.4|   674.8|   667.4|  683.5|   29.7|   31.2|   34.3|   35.7|   80.6|   82.5|   81.4|   83.0
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,421.8| 2,490.9| 2,450.7|2,521.4|   83.8|   86.1|   92.4|   95.0|  568.3|  590.4|  571.7|  592.3
 Wyoming.......................|   206.9|   211.3|   210.1|  214.4|   11.1|   11.8|   12.9|   13.5|    9.5|   10.0|    9.4|    9.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Puerto Rico...................|   880.9|   893.9|   884.0|  891.0|   46.0|   47.4|   45.6|   47.4|  150.3|  153.5|  150.2|  153.2
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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             |               |               |               |               |               |
                                 |     Mar.      |     Apr.      |     Mar.      |     Apr.      |     Mar.      |     Apr.
                                 |               |               |               |               |               |
                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   85.6|   85.8|   85.6|   85.9|  383.3|  398.2|  387.4|  400.9|   76.5|   77.0|   76.6|   76.6
   Alaska........................|   21.7|   22.3|   22.4|   22.6|   49.0|   50.5|   50.6|   51.7|   11.6|   11.7|   11.8|   11.8
   Arizona.......................|   82.8|   88.8|   83.5|   88.8|  404.4|  424.0|  407.4|  428.1|  109.4|  111.2|  110.2|  110.6
   Arkansas......................|   57.4|   60.9|   57.2|   61.3|  225.1|  237.4|  228.8|  241.0|   41.4|   42.4|   41.4|   42.7
   California....................|  609.4|  607.7|  604.2|  609.6|2,791.2|2,795.3|2,796.1|2,797.5|  800.2|  772.5|  798.4|  771.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  107.4|  106.7|  106.6|  106.7|  414.2|  440.0|  418.3|  439.9|  110.9|  110.7|  110.5|  110.8
   Connecticut...................|   69.4|   70.6|   69.2|   70.6|  324.0|  328.1|  330.0|  331.7|  136.2|  132.7|  136.4|  132.9
   Delaware......................|   15.2|   15.6|   15.3|   15.9|   74.4|   75.6|   75.7|   77.7|   38.0|   40.5|   38.3|   40.7
   District of Columbia..........|   21.0|   20.3|   21.2|   20.2|   51.5|   52.5|   52.7|   53.9|   31.2|   31.0|   31.4|   31.2
   Florida.......................|  293.6|  300.0|  294.2|  300.4|1,510.2|1,564.4|1,504.4|1,562.0|  374.7|  382.2|  374.0|  382.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  209.1|  207.7|  207.6|  208.2|  791.0|  836.1|  801.9|  842.9|  170.5|  174.5|  171.7|  174.3
   Hawaii2/......................|   42.1|   41.5|   41.9|   41.3|  131.5|  134.2|  131.2|  133.1|   38.9|   38.1|   38.7|   38.1
   Idaho.........................|   21.0|   22.6|   21.1|   22.6|  112.1|  118.3|  114.3|  119.7|   23.8|   24.2|   24.0|   24.4
   Illinois......................|  313.8|  320.6|  313.9|  320.6|1,245.1|1,276.4|1,252.8|1,281.5|  391.4|  395.2|  392.4|  395.3
   Indiana.......................|  135.1|  135.7|  135.6|  138.4|  622.8|  652.9|  631.8|  657.3|  130.5|  128.2|  131.0|  128.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   57.6|   59.4|   58.3|   60.0|  318.8|  327.3|  327.5|  335.2|   75.6|   77.7|   75.9|   78.0
   Kansas........................|   67.0|   69.9|   67.1|   70.0|  277.2|  284.9|  279.3|  287.1|   58.3|   57.9|   58.6|   58.4
   Kentucky......................|   86.0|   89.4|   87.0|   89.7|  369.1|  382.0|  371.4|  386.8|   63.0|   63.6|   63.8|   63.7
   Louisiana.....................|  109.3|  113.9|  109.8|  113.1|  391.7|  410.2|  393.5|  412.2|   79.3|   81.4|   79.7|   81.1
   Maine.........................|   22.0|   22.2|   22.1|   22.4|  123.7|  127.7|  127.3|  131.5|   26.1|   26.5|   26.3|   26.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  101.2|  103.5|  101.8|  104.1|  494.9|  504.6|  506.0|  512.4|  134.9|  131.7|  134.8|  131.6
   Massachusetts.................|  125.0|  125.5|  124.8|  126.1|  640.8|  662.6|  649.3|  673.5|  207.5|  209.9|  207.7|  210.3
   Michigan......................|  158.6|  162.5|  155.3|  163.2|  937.5|  967.2|  951.5|  977.2|  196.0|  193.4|  195.9|  193.1
   Minnesota.....................|  111.3|  115.4|  111.9|  115.6|  540.4|  557.3|  550.4|  566.6|  139.7|  138.5|  141.0|  139.3
   Mississippi...................|   47.0|   47.3|   47.2|   46.8|  214.7|  215.9|  216.4|  218.6|   39.8|   39.1|   39.4|   38.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  153.8|  156.9|  152.3|  157.4|  567.7|  599.5|  579.1|  609.9|  145.1|  145.7|  145.9|  146.0
   Montana.......................|   20.2|   20.2|   20.3|   20.2|   87.5|   92.1|   90.2|   92.4|   15.3|   15.8|   15.5|   15.9
   Nebraska......................|   47.7|   49.8|   47.2|   50.0|  192.8|  200.1|  195.4|  201.9|   51.2|   52.0|   51.0|   52.2
   Nevada........................|   36.8|   39.2|   36.9|   39.4|  138.7|  149.3|  141.7|  150.0|   33.6|   35.0|   34.2|   35.3
   New Hampshire.................|   18.4|   19.7|   18.7|   19.8|  127.2|  131.8|  130.3|  133.4|   29.3|   29.2|   29.4|   29.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  240.5|  245.6|  239.7|  246.3|  804.6|  830.9|  815.4|  838.6|  230.4|  231.2|  231.0|  231.4
   New Mexico....................|   29.5|   30.9|   28.8|   31.0|  150.7|  159.6|  152.6|  161.7|   28.9|   30.8|   29.2|   31.1
   New York......................|  399.8|  391.4|  397.7|  393.1|1,529.8|1,555.6|1,548.4|1,566.2|  732.7|  726.9|  734.5|  726.2
   North Carolina................|  159.6|  159.1|  158.7|  159.1|  740.9|  769.0|  749.1|  773.8|  139.0|  145.1|  141.7|  146.4
   North Dakota..................|   18.3|   19.1|   18.2|   18.9|   74.1|   76.6|   76.3|   78.6|   13.7|   14.1|   13.8|   14.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  216.7|  223.4|  212.9|  225.6|1,195.4|1,215.7|1,207.9|1,230.3|  267.9|  270.1|  268.5|  271.0
   Oklahoma......................|   72.1|   73.1|   72.1|   73.3|  292.9|  300.9|  297.3|  304.5|   63.6|   63.9|   63.8|   64.1
   Oregon........................|   67.4|   69.6|   67.2|   69.5|  329.8|  346.2|  335.1|  348.8|   88.2|   88.5|   88.8|   89.4
   Pennsylvania..................|  270.4|  271.7|  268.8|  271.7|1,137.9|1,150.6|1,150.4|1,162.6|  305.9|  310.3|  308.6|  310.5
   Rhode Island..................|   14.4|   14.2|   14.8|   14.2|   90.3|   94.1|   92.4|   95.5|   25.2|   25.1|   25.7|   25.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   68.4|   71.3|   67.6|   71.0|  357.0|  368.6|  363.2|  373.4|   67.3|   68.5|   67.9|   69.0
   South Dakota..................|   15.2|   15.9|   15.5|   15.9|   81.2|   84.9|   83.0|   85.8|   17.9|   18.8|   18.0|   18.9
   Tennessee.....................|  130.5|  136.4|  125.3|  136.6|  545.9|  575.6|  551.5|  581.9|  107.3|  109.4|  107.2|  109.8
   Texas.........................|  450.0|  470.4|  449.9|  470.2|1,826.7|1,909.5|1,853.8|1,933.2|  435.4|  444.2|  440.0|  445.2
   Utah..........................|   48.6|   51.1|   47.8|   50.3|  196.7|  209.2|  200.2|  211.9|   46.2|   47.2|   46.0|   47.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.4|   11.4|   11.3|   11.4|   60.6|   63.0|   60.4|   62.6|   12.1|   12.2|   12.1|   12.2
   Virginia......................|  149.9|  155.8|  148.4|  156.8|  651.3|  681.2|  663.1|  690.9|  163.1|  165.5|  162.8|  166.9
   Washington....................|  113.1|  116.4|  113.5|  117.7|  542.7|  567.7|  550.8|  575.3|  125.6|  122.2|  125.4|  122.4
   West Virginia.................|   39.0|   40.5|   39.4|   40.7|  148.8|  153.8|  151.5|  155.9|   25.3|   25.9|   25.6|   25.8
   Wisconsin.....................|  113.6|  117.9|  111.5|  118.4|  547.7|  564.4|  555.9|  572.8|  132.6|  135.5|  133.5|  136.0
   Wyoming.......................|   13.8|   13.8|   13.5|   13.7|   46.9|   48.5|   47.7|   49.1|    7.8|    7.8|    7.8|    7.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Puerto Rico...................|   23.1|   23.5|   23.2|   23.4|  170.5|  172.7|  172.7|  171.5|   41.2|   40.5|   41.3|   40.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   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             |     Mar.      |     Apr.      |     Mar.      |     Apr.
                                                 |               |               |               |
                                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  371.5|  378.5|  374.6|  380.4|  347.0|  348.8|  348.6|  348.9
                   Alaska........................|   55.1|   57.3|   56.0|   58.1|   75.0|   74.7|   75.5|   75.1
                   Arizona.......................|  474.3|  505.6|  479.1|  505.5|  296.8|  305.8|  298.9|  305.1
                   Arkansas......................|  223.6|  234.4|  228.2|  237.7|  175.1|  179.1|  175.4|  178.9
                   California....................|3,529.8|3,627.8|3,532.4|3,637.1|2,117.4|2,135.3|2,120.8|2,136.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  493.7|  520.5|  497.0|  519.7|  303.5|  309.3|  306.4|  310.2
                   Connecticut...................|  438.9|  451.0|  448.1|  456.3|  219.2|  220.3|  220.7|  220.1
                   Delaware......................|   88.2|   91.9|   90.4|   92.7|   51.1|   52.0|   51.7|   51.8
                   District of Columbia..........|  257.3|  261.1|  258.8|  261.6|  273.4|  258.3|  273.6|  256.9
                   Florida.......................|1,908.2|2,028.7|1,919.2|2,032.4|  918.0|  941.8|  919.0|  938.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  758.6|  818.5|  764.4|  826.5|  564.6|  579.8|  567.2|  580.6
                   Hawaii2/......................|  164.0|  165.2|  163.3|  164.8|  116.0|  115.7|  116.0|  115.3
                   Idaho.........................|   99.5|  106.1|  101.1|  106.0|   93.3|   96.5|   94.3|   96.6
                   Illinois......................|1,470.5|1,535.2|1,494.9|1,548.6|  797.7|  804.0|  797.4|  804.0
                   Indiana.......................|  602.9|  622.3|  610.7|  627.7|  407.8|  401.5|  406.0|  399.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Iowa..........................|  321.4|  336.0|  326.6|  342.1|  229.2|  232.1|  230.2|  232.9
                   Kansas........................|  270.7|  283.0|  276.1|  286.3|  237.5|  243.9|  237.7|  245.6
                   Kentucky......................|  369.5|  381.5|  376.3|  387.2|  283.6|  292.3|  286.1|  293.0
                   Louisiana.....................|  435.5|  470.6|  435.8|  474.1|  352.0|  361.5|  353.0|  362.2
                   Maine.........................|  134.3|  141.8|  137.0|  144.5|   98.0|   95.6|   97.4|   95.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Maryland......................|  654.8|  671.8|  664.6|  680.2|  426.1|  426.5|  426.3|  426.6
                   Massachusetts.................|  953.4|  989.7|  969.5|1,001.6|  394.4|  400.8|  394.8|  402.5
                   Michigan......................|1,044.2|1,090.4|1,059.0|1,103.6|  662.5|  666.5|  654.6|  660.8
                   Minnesota.....................|  623.5|  644.9|  629.7|  653.3|  362.6|  373.6|  366.7|  375.0
                   Mississippi...................|  215.3|  217.0|  219.5|  219.2|  216.0|  226.1|  216.4|  225.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  648.7|  678.1|  658.3|  691.8|  390.3|  404.8|  397.3|  404.7
                   Montana.......................|   88.3|   94.0|   89.9|   94.8|   76.2|   78.2|   77.3|   78.0
                   Nebraska......................|  197.2|  207.9|  200.5|  208.7|  152.0|  151.6|  152.0|  151.9
                   Nevada........................|  317.4|  340.1|  320.8|  341.9|   92.9|   98.3|   93.0|   98.4
                   New Hampshire.................|  139.5|  145.5|  139.8|  144.5|   78.1|   81.0|   78.3|   80.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|1,015.3|1,048.3|1,034.3|1,063.5|  573.2|  579.0|  574.4|  579.3
                   New Mexico....................|  172.4|  184.4|  173.8|  185.7|  164.4|  168.6|  164.9|  168.1
                   New York......................|2,428.1|2,490.4|2,448.2|2,513.2|1,446.7|1,417.9|1,443.9|1,416.7
                   North Carolina................|  701.7|  737.5|  724.1|  740.9|  546.5|  566.9|  546.0|  566.8
                   North Dakota..................|   78.6|   82.7|   79.7|   83.4|   68.3|   68.7|   68.4|   68.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,302.0|1,343.9|1,320.7|1,360.8|  753.8|  762.5|  754.5|  759.3
                   Oklahoma......................|  308.5|  325.7|  314.6|  329.8|  274.7|  274.7|  274.2|  273.5
                   Oregon........................|  336.1|  359.5|  342.2|  362.3|  237.2|  244.3|  237.7|  243.8
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,535.9|1,570.9|1,564.2|1,585.1|  727.4|  733.8|  731.4|  733.3
                   Rhode Island..................|  134.6|  135.7|  135.9|  137.1|   62.7|   62.4|   61.9|   62.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  336.4|  349.7|  343.8|  355.0|  299.6|  303.1|  300.4|  303.2
                   South Dakota..................|   83.7|   87.9|   84.8|   87.9|   68.5|   68.3|   68.6|   68.7
                   Tennessee.....................|  587.7|  616.3|  599.1|  628.3|  373.1|  377.9|  376.0|  378.7
                   Texas.........................|1,951.5|2,065.3|1,989.5|2,088.8|1,416.3|1,461.0|1,425.2|1,463.2
                   Utah..........................|  219.9|  235.9|  221.6|  237.5|  163.5|  165.9|  164.8|  167.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   78.4|   79.7|   74.8|   76.0|   46.5|   47.2|   46.5|   47.2
                   Virginia......................|  805.8|  852.1|  820.0|  865.3|  610.7|  612.3|  612.8|  609.8
                   Washington....................|  586.6|  616.5|  592.8|  621.9|  441.1|  451.4|  441.8|  451.7
                   West Virginia.................|  169.7|  176.3|  172.9|  177.7|  134.9|  137.1|  134.8|  137.6
                   Wisconsin.....................|  599.1|  622.7|  607.4|  629.0|  374.6|  371.6|  375.9|  375.3
                   Wyoming.......................|   41.6|   42.8|   42.3|   43.4|   59.0|   59.7|   59.4|   59.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Puerto Rico...................|  158.7|  162.0|  159.3|  160.8|  290.1|  293.3|  290.7|  293.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      3/  Not available.
                      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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |              March              |              April
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
       United States.........................................|       6.8      |       5.7      |       6.2      |       5.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alabama....................................................|       6.0      |       5.1      |       5.9      |       5.5
    Birmingham...............................................|       4.3      |       3.7      |       4.3      |       3.9
    Huntsville...............................................|       5.2      |       4.0      |       5.2      |       4.5
    Mobile...................................................|       6.2      |       5.5      |       6.1      |       5.8
    Montgomery...............................................|       4.5      |       4.5      |       4.6      |       4.8
    Tuscaloosa...............................................|       4.6      |       4.2      |       4.7      |       4.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alaska.....................................................|       9.0      |       8.2      |       8.5      |       7.2
    Anchorage................................................|       6.6      |       5.8      |       6.3      |       5.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arizona....................................................|       5.7      |       4.7      |       5.7      |       5.0
    Phoenix_Mesa.............................................|       4.7      |       3.6      |       4.5      |       3.7
    Tucson...................................................|       4.1      |       3.5      |       4.1      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arkansas...................................................|       5.8      |       5.2      |       5.7      |       5.1
    Fayetteville_Springdale_Rogers...........................|       2.9      |       2.6      |       2.7      |       2.7
    Fort Smith1/.............................................|       5.9      |       5.9      |       5.7      |       5.2
    Little Rock_North Little Rock............................|       4.4      |       3.6      |       4.4      |       3.6
    Pine Bluff...............................................|       8.4      |       7.8      |       8.7      |       7.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  California2/...............................................|       8.9      |       7.8      |       9.1      |       7.8
    Bakersfield..............................................|      16.1      |      14.4      |      15.2      |      13.9
    Fresno...................................................|      16.0      |      15.4      |      15.0      |      15.1
    Los Angeles_Long Beach2/.................................|       9.4      |       8.0      |       9.9      |       6.8
    Modesto..................................................|      17.1      |      15.6      |      17.3      |      16.8
    Oakland..................................................|       6.2      |       5.5      |       6.5      |       6.1
    Orange County............................................|       5.9      |       4.7      |       6.2      |       5.3
    Riverside_San Bernardino.................................|       9.3      |       7.6      |       9.8      |       8.5
    Sacramento...............................................|       7.3      |       6.6      |       7.7      |       7.0
    Salinas..................................................|      15.6      |      15.1      |      13.1      |      12.9
    San Diego................................................|       7.1      |       5.9      |       7.5      |       6.6
    San Francisco............................................|       5.6      |       4.9      |       6.0      |       5.5
    San Jose.................................................|       6.4      |       5.2      |       6.8      |       5.7
    Santa Barbara_Santa Maria_Lompoc.........................|       8.0      |       6.9      |       7.3      |       6.9
    Santa Rosa...............................................|       6.4      |       6.1      |       6.5      |       6.4
    Stockton_Lodi............................................|      13.6      |      12.3      |      13.4      |      13.1
    Vallejo_Fairfield_Napa...................................|       7.7      |       7.3      |       7.9      |       7.7
    Ventura..................................................|       7.3      |       6.0      |       7.3      |       6.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Colorado...................................................|       4.9      |       3.8      |       4.2      |       3.6
    Boulder_Longmont.........................................|       4.1      |       3.5      |       3.4      |       3.0
    Denver...................................................|       4.6      |       3.4      |       3.8      |       3.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Connecticut................................................|       5.8      |       5.4      |       5.4      |       4.9
    Bridgeport...............................................|       6.6      |       6.0      |       6.1      |       5.6
    Danbury..................................................|       4.6      |       3.9      |       4.1      |       3.5
    Hartford.................................................|       6.3      |       5.8      |       5.8      |       5.4
    New Haven_Meriden........................................|       5.7      |       5.1      |       5.2      |       4.3
    New London_Norwich.......................................|       5.4      |       5.1      |       5.0      |       4.7
    Stamford_Norwalk.........................................|       3.8      |       3.9      |       3.5      |       3.7
    Waterbury................................................|       7.3      |       6.5      |       6.6      |       6.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Delaware...................................................|       5.9      |       3.9      |       5.0      |       3.8
    Dover....................................................|       7.0      |       4.6      |       5.7      |       4.3
    Wilmington_Newark1/......................................|       5.7      |       3.9      |       4.9      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  District of Columbia.......................................|       8.3      |       8.0      |       7.6      |       7.9
    Washington1/.............................................|       4.1      |       3.9      |       3.7      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Florida2/..................................................|       7.0      |       4.2      |       6.8      |       5.3
    Daytona Beach............................................|       6.7      |       3.9      |       6.3      |       4.9
    Fort Lauderdale..........................................|       7.0      |       4.4      |       6.9      |       5.6
    Fort Myers_Cape Coral....................................|       5.5      |       3.4      |       5.3      |       4.2
    Gainesville..............................................|       4.2      |       2.6      |       3.9      |       3.2
    Jacksonville.............................................|       5.8      |       3.3      |       5.6      |       4.2
    Lakeland_Winter Haven....................................|       8.3      |       4.6      |       7.8      |       5.8
    Melbourne_Titusville_Palm Bay............................|       8.1      |       4.9      |       7.9      |       6.0
    Miami....................................................|       8.4      |       5.4      |       8.3      |       6.8
    Orlando..................................................|       6.3      |       3.8      |       6.2      |       4.7
    Pensacola................................................|       5.5      |       3.7      |       5.4      |       4.5
    Sarasota_Bradenton.......................................|       5.2      |       3.1      |       5.1      |       3.8
    Tallahassee..............................................|       4.9      |       2.8      |       4.4      |       3.7
    Tampa_St. Petersburg_Clearwater..........................|       6.1      |       3.6      |       6.0      |       4.5
    West Palm Beach_Boca Raton...............................|       8.4      |       5.0      |       8.5      |       6.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Georgia....................................................|       5.3      |       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.3
    Albany...................................................|       7.6      |       5.7      |       6.8      |       5.4
    Athens...................................................|       4.2      |       3.5      |       3.9      |       3.1
    Atlanta..................................................|       4.8      |       4.1      |       4.4      |       4.0
    Augusta_Aiken1/..........................................|       6.4      |       5.2      |       5.8      |       5.0
    Columbus1/...............................................|       6.1      |       5.0      |       5.7      |       4.9
    Macon....................................................|       5.6      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       4.4
    Savannah.................................................|       6.1      |       5.1      |       5.3      |       4.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Hawaii.....................................................|       5.4      |       5.0      |       5.8      |       5.2
    Honolulu.................................................|       4.3      |       3.9      |       4.6      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Idaho......................................................|       6.4      |       6.2      |       5.7      |       5.5
    Boise City...............................................|       4.3      |       4.3      |       3.8      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |              March              |              April
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Illinois2/.................................................|       6.5      |       4.8      |       5.6      |       5.6
    Bloomington_Normal.......................................|       4.4      |       3.2      |       3.7      |       3.8
    Champaign_Urbana.........................................|       4.5      |       3.1      |       3.8      |       3.5
    Chicago..................................................|       6.3      |       4.7      |       5.5      |       5.5
    Davenport_Moline_Rock Island1/...........................|       5.6      |       4.5      |       4.9      |       4.7
    Decatur..................................................|       8.4      |       6.6      |       7.4      |       7.7
    Kankakee.................................................|       7.9      |       6.5      |       6.8      |       7.4
    Peoria_Pekin.............................................|       5.9      |       4.2      |       4.9      |       4.7
    Rockford.................................................|       7.0      |       4.6      |       5.8      |       5.2
    Springfield..............................................|       5.0      |       4.1      |       4.2      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Indiana....................................................|       5.5      |       4.8      |       5.1      |       4.9
    Bloomington..............................................|       4.0      |       3.3      |       3.8      |       4.8
    Elkhart_Goshen...........................................|       4.1      |       3.5      |       3.4      |       4.2
    Evansville_Henderson1/...................................|       5.7      |       5.4      |       5.3      |       5.3
    Fort Wayne...............................................|       5.1      |       4.0      |       4.7      |       4.0
    Gary.....................................................|       6.7      |       6.3      |       6.5      |       6.7
    Indianapolis.............................................|       4.5      |       4.0      |       4.2      |       4.1
    Kokomo...................................................|       5.1      |       4.5      |       5.0      |       4.5
    Lafayette................................................|       4.4      |       3.3      |       3.8      |       3.4
    Muncie...................................................|       6.1      |       4.9      |       5.8      |       4.9
    South Bend...............................................|       5.2      |       4.6      |       4.5      |       4.8
    Terre Haute..............................................|       7.2      |       5.9      |       6.7      |       6.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Iowa.......................................................|       4.5      |       4.0      |       3.7      |       3.4
    Cedar Rapids.............................................|       3.9      |       3.0      |       3.6      |       2.9
    Des Moines...............................................|       3.3      |       2.9      |       2.8      |       2.7
    Dubuque..................................................|       5.3      |       3.5      |       3.8      |       3.1
    Iowa City................................................|       2.5      |       2.3      |       2.2      |       2.2
    Sioux City1/.............................................|       3.4      |       2.8      |       2.9      |       2.7
    Waterloo_Cedar Falls.....................................|       5.7      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       4.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kansas.....................................................|       5.6      |       4.8      |       5.2      |       4.5
    Lawrence.................................................|       5.1      |       4.5      |       5.0      |       4.5
    Topeka...................................................|       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.7      |       4.6
    Wichita..................................................|       6.7      |       5.1      |       6.1      |       5.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kentucky...................................................|       5.9      |       5.0      |       5.4      |       4.7
    Lexington................................................|       4.0      |       3.1      |       3.8      |       2.9
    Louisville1/.............................................|       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.4      |       4.2
    Owensboro................................................|       5.2      |       5.1      |       5.3      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Louisiana..................................................|       7.8      |       7.1      |       7.5      |       7.0
    Alexandria...............................................|       7.4      |       6.6      |       6.8      |       6.5
    Baton Rouge..............................................|       7.1      |       6.4      |       6.9      |       6.3
    Houma....................................................|       6.9      |       6.2      |       6.7      |       6.5
    Lafayette................................................|       7.3      |       6.6      |       6.7      |       6.6
    Lake Charles.............................................|       7.9      |       7.1      |       7.7      |       7.2
    Monroe...................................................|       7.2      |       6.6      |       7.0      |       6.3
    New Orleans..............................................|       6.9      |       6.4      |       7.0      |       6.5
    Shreveport_Bossier City..................................|       7.8      |       7.2      |       7.2      |       6.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maine......................................................|       9.3      |       7.1      |       8.4      |       6.6
    Lewiston_Auburn..........................................|       9.4      |       6.4      |       8.5      |       5.8
    Portland.................................................|       6.5      |       4.4      |       5.6      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maryland...................................................|       5.4      |       4.9      |       4.8      |       4.6
    Baltimore................................................|       6.2      |       5.5      |       5.7      |       5.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Massachusetts2/............................................|       6.7      |       5.2      |       5.8      |       5.7
    Barnstable_Yarmouth......................................|      11.0      |       8.1      |       7.7      |       6.9
    Boston1/.................................................|       5.5      |       4.4      |       5.0      |       5.0
    Brockton.................................................|       7.6      |       5.6      |       6.6      |       6.2
    Fitchburg_Leominster.....................................|       7.1      |       5.5      |       6.4      |       6.3
    Lawrence1/...............................................|       7.8      |       6.1      |       7.1      |       6.1
    Lowell1/.................................................|       6.8      |       5.4      |       6.2      |       5.8
    New Bedford..............................................|      12.4      |       9.9      |       9.8      |      10.1
    Pittsfield...............................................|       9.5      |       7.1      |       8.7      |       7.2
    Springfield..............................................|       7.5      |       5.6      |       6.9      |       6.1
    Worcester1/..............................................|       5.9      |       4.7      |       5.2      |       5.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Michigan2/.................................................|       7.0      |       6.4      |       5.7      |       5.6
    Ann Arbor................................................|       4.4      |       3.9      |       3.5      |       3.5
    Benton Harbor............................................|       7.2      |       6.5      |       5.9      |       5.6
    Detroit..................................................|       6.5      |       5.6      |       5.5      |       5.0
    Flint....................................................|       8.8      |       7.4      |       7.3      |       6.8
    Grand Rapids_Muskegon_Holland............................|       5.6      |       5.0      |       4.4      |       4.5
    Jackson..................................................|       7.5      |       6.6      |       6.2      |       5.7
    Kalamazoo_Battle_Creek...................................|       6.0      |       6.0      |       4.9      |       5.1
    Lansing_East Lansing.....................................|       5.0      |       4.8      |       4.0      |       4.1
    Saginaw_Bay City_Midland.................................|       7.8      |       7.6      |       6.5      |       6.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Minnesota..................................................|       4.6      |       3.8      |       4.0      |       3.7
    Duluth_Superior1/........................................|       7.5      |       5.9      |       6.9      |       5.8
    Minneapolis_St.Paul1/....................................|       3.6      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       2.8
    Rochester................................................|       3.9      |       3.0      |       3.5      |       3.0
    St. Cloud................................................|       5.0      |       4.3      |       4.1      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Mississippi................................................|       6.7      |       5.3      |       6.2      |       5.1
    Jackson..................................................|       4.6      |       3.3      |       4.4      |       3.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |              March              |              April
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Missouri...................................................|       5.5      |       5.0      |       4.8      |       4.7
    Kansas City1/............................................|       4.9      |       4.3      |       4.4      |       4.2
    St. Louis LMA1/..........................................|       5.1      |       4.5      |       4.7      |       4.6
    Springfield..............................................|       4.3      |       3.7      |       3.6      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Montana....................................................|       6.1      |       5.9      |       4.8      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nebraska...................................................|       3.2      |       2.4      |       2.6      |       2.3
    Lincoln..................................................|       2.6      |       2.2      |       2.7      |       2.5
    Omaha1/..................................................|       3.4      |       2.4      |       2.8      |       2.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nevada.....................................................|       6.3      |       5.6      |       6.0      |       5.5
    Las Vegas................................................|       6.2      |       5.4      |       6.0      |       5.6
    Reno.....................................................|       5.8      |       5.7      |       5.3      |       5.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Hampshire..............................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       5.1      |       4.3
    Manchester...............................................|       5.3      |       5.2      |       4.6      |       4.4
    Nashua...................................................|       5.8      |       5.3      |       5.1      |       4.3
    Portsmouth_Rochester.....................................|       4.9      |       4.4      |       4.1      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Jersey2/...............................................|       8.4      |       6.5      |       7.0      |       6.2
    Atlantic_Cape May........................................|      13.0      |      10.9      |      10.3      |       9.7
    Bergen_Passaic...........................................|       8.7      |       6.7      |       7.4      |       6.4
    Jersey City..............................................|      11.0      |       8.9      |       9.7      |       9.0
    Middlesex_Somerset_Hunterdon.............................|       6.4      |       4.9      |       5.4      |       4.7
    Monmouth_Ocean...........................................|       8.1      |       6.1      |       6.3      |       5.5
    Newark...................................................|       8.5      |       6.5      |       7.2      |       6.2
    Trenton..................................................|       6.9      |       5.3      |       5.7      |       4.8
    Vineland_Millville_Bridgeton.............................|      13.3      |      10.4      |      11.0      |       9.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Mexico.................................................|       6.5      |       6.0      |       6.3      |       5.9
    Albuquerque..............................................|       5.0      |       3.9      |       4.3      |       4.3
    Las Cruces...............................................|       9.2      |       7.7      |       8.8      |       7.4
    Santa Fe.................................................|       3.5      |       3.8      |       3.7      |       3.6
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  New York2/.................................................|       8.1      |       6.8      |       7.6      |       6.6
    Albany_Schenectady_Troy..................................|       5.6      |       5.2      |       5.4      |       4.7
    Binghamton...............................................|       7.6      |       6.2      |       7.3      |       5.7
    Buffalo_Niagara Falls....................................|       7.2      |       6.0      |       6.9      |       5.8
    Dutchess County..........................................|       7.9      |       5.4      |       7.5      |       5.0
    Elmira...................................................|       6.7      |       5.8      |       6.4      |       5.3
    Glens Falls..............................................|       9.6      |       8.8      |       9.2      |       7.9
    Nassau_Suffolk...........................................|       6.3      |       5.2      |       6.0      |       4.9
    New York.................................................|       9.5      |       7.9      |       8.8      |       7.9
       New York City2/.......................................|      10.3      |       8.5      |       9.5      |       8.6
    Newburgh1/...............................................|       6.8      |       5.6      |       6.4      |       5.1
    Rochester................................................|       5.9      |       5.2      |       5.7      |       4.7
    Syracuse.................................................|       6.9      |       6.0      |       6.5      |       5.4
    Utica_Rome...............................................|       7.3      |       6.6      |       6.8      |       5.9
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  North Carolina2/...........................................|       4.5      |       4.1      |       3.8      |       4.5
    Asheville................................................|       4.0      |       3.8      |       3.4      |       4.3
    Charlotte_Gastonia_Rock Hill1/...........................|       4.0      |       3.2      |       3.4      |       3.7
    Greensboro_Winston-Salem_High Point......................|       3.8      |       3.2      |       3.1      |       3.6
    Raleigh_Durham_Chapel Hill...............................|       3.2      |       2.7      |       2.5      |       3.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  North Dakota...............................................|       4.9      |       4.0      |       3.7      |       3.1
    Bismarck.................................................|       5.1      |       4.0      |       3.8      |       3.2
    Fargo_Moorhead1/.........................................|       3.6      |       3.2      |       2.8      |       3.0
    Grand Forks1/............................................|       3.5      |       2.9      |       3.5      |       2.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Ohio2/.....................................................|       6.6      |       4.4      |       6.3      |       4.6
    Akron....................................................|       6.2      |       4.3      |       5.9      |       4.5
    Canton_Massillon.........................................|       7.3      |       4.5      |       7.1      |       4.8
    Cincinnati1/.............................................|       5.5      |       3.7      |       5.2      |       4.1
    Cleveland_Lorain_Elyria..................................|       6.9      |       4.7      |       6.5      |       4.7
    Columbus.................................................|       4.8      |       3.1      |       4.6      |       3.4
    Dayton_Springfield.......................................|       5.7      |       3.7      |       5.6      |       4.0
    Hamilton_Middletown......................................|       6.3      |       3.7      |       6.1      |       4.0
    Lima.....................................................|       7.3      |       4.4      |       7.1      |       5.0
    Mansfield................................................|       8.1      |       5.1      |       8.5      |       5.7
    Steubenville_Weirton.....................................|       8.7      |       6.2      |       9.1      |       5.5
    Toledo...................................................|       6.6      |       4.3      |       6.1      |       4.6
    Youngstown_Warren........................................|       8.2      |       5.4      |       7.9      |       5.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oklahoma...................................................|       6.1      |       5.4      |       6.0      |       4.8
    Enid.....................................................|       4.8      |       4.7      |       4.5      |       3.8
    Lawton...................................................|       6.1      |       5.8      |       6.4      |       5.0
    Oklahoma City............................................|       4.8      |       4.3      |       4.7      |       4.0
    Tulsa....................................................|       6.2      |       4.9      |       6.1      |       4.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oregon.....................................................|       6.6      |       5.4      |       5.7      |       4.7
    Eugene_Springfield.......................................|       6.5      |       5.2      |       5.7      |       4.7
    Medford_Ashland..........................................|       7.8      |       6.9      |       6.7      |       6.2
    Portland_Vancouver1/.....................................|       5.1      |       4.1      |       4.5      |       3.7
    Salem....................................................|       6.7      |       5.4      |       5.7      |       4.4
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  Pennsylvania2/.............................................|       6.9      |       6.2      |       6.7      |       6.0
    Allentown_Bethlehem_Easton...............................|       7.2      |       6.5      |       7.0      |       6.3
    Altoona..................................................|       7.6      |       6.9      |       7.5      |       6.6
    Erie.....................................................|       7.4      |       6.7      |       7.3      |       6.5
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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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                                                             |              March              |              April
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
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                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
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  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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  Pennsylvania2/                                             |                |                |                |
    Harrisburg_Lebanon_Carlisle..............................|       4.9      |       4.6      |       4.5      |       4.4
    Johnstown................................................|      10.9      |       8.7      |       9.9      |       7.9
    Lancaster................................................|       5.0      |       4.5      |       4.4      |       4.3
    Philadelphia1/...........................................|       6.4      |       5.7      |       6.2      |       5.6
    Pittsburgh...............................................|       6.9      |       6.2      |       6.7      |       6.0
    Reading..................................................|       5.9      |       5.5      |       5.7      |       5.3
    Scranton_Wilkes_Barre_Hazelton...........................|       8.3      |       7.1      |       7.9      |       7.1
    Sharon...................................................|       8.1      |       5.4      |       7.5      |       5.7
    State College............................................|       4.7      |       4.0      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Williamsport.............................................|       8.6      |       8.6      |       7.8      |       7.7
    York.....................................................|       5.4      |       4.7      |       5.1      |       4.8
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  Rhode Island...............................................|       8.2      |       7.0      |       6.9      |       5.7
    Providence_Fall River_Warwick............................|       8.5      |       7.2      |       7.2      |       6.2
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  South Carolina.............................................|       7.0      |       4.9      |       6.1      |       4.4
    Charleston_North Charleston..............................|       6.6      |       5.1      |       6.0      |       4.5
    Columbia.................................................|       4.9      |       3.5      |       4.4      |       3.2
    Greenville_Spartanburg_Anderson..........................|       5.2      |       3.5      |       4.8      |       3.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Dakota...............................................|       3.9      |       3.4      |       2.9      |       3.0
    Rapid City...............................................|       3.8      |       3.9      |       3.6      |       3.4
    Sioux Falls..............................................|       3.2      |       2.9      |       2.3      |       2.7
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  Tennessee..................................................|       5.4      |       4.2      |       4.8      |       4.2
    Chattanooga1/............................................|       4.8      |       4.0      |       4.4      |       4.0
    Johnson City_Kingsport_Bristol1/.........................|       6.1      |       4.4      |       5.3      |       4.2
    Knoxville................................................|       5.0      |       3.9      |       4.1      |       3.4
    Memphis1/................................................|       5.0      |       4.0      |       4.7      |       4.1
    Nashville................................................|       3.6      |       2.8      |       3.3      |       2.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Texas2/....................................................|       7.2      |       5.5      |       6.2      |       5.6
    Abilene..................................................|       6.3      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       5.2
    Amarillo.................................................|       4.5      |       3.7      |       3.9      |       3.8
    Austin_San Marcos........................................|       3.9      |       2.9      |       3.3      |       3.1
    Beaumont_Port Arthur.....................................|      10.7      |       8.4      |       9.4      |       8.8
    Brazoria.................................................|       7.4      |       6.8      |       6.6      |       7.1
    Brownsville_Harlingen_San Benito ........................|      13.2      |      10.6      |      11.3      |      10.7
    Bryan_College Station....................................|       3.0      |       3.0      |       2.7      |       3.0
    Corpus Christi...........................................|       9.6      |       7.7      |       8.7      |       8.1
    Dallas...................................................|       5.9      |       4.4      |       5.3      |       4.5
    El Paso..................................................|      11.7      |       8.8      |      10.1      |       9.0
    Fort Worth_Arlington.....................................|       6.3      |       4.5      |       5.4      |       4.5
    Galveston_Texas City.....................................|       8.8      |       6.9      |       8.0      |       7.1
    Houston..................................................|       7.0      |       5.2      |       6.3      |       5.4
    Killeen_Temple...........................................|       6.5      |       4.5      |       5.5      |       4.6
    Laredo...................................................|      11.1      |      12.9      |       8.8      |      13.7
    Longview_Marshall........................................|       9.4      |       6.7      |       8.0      |       6.9
    Lubbock..................................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       4.2      |       3.9
    McAllen_Edinburg_Mission.................................|      20.7      |      17.4      |      16.2      |      16.3
    Odessa_Midland...........................................|       7.9      |       5.7      |       7.3      |       5.9
    San Angelo...............................................|       5.8      |       4.3      |       5.0      |       4.1
    San Antonio..............................................|       5.3      |       4.1      |       4.5      |       4.1
    Sherman_Denison..........................................|       7.1      |       4.9      |       6.0      |       5.0
    Texarkana1/..............................................|       9.9      |       7.2      |       8.9      |       7.5
    Tyler....................................................|       6.3      |       4.5      |       5.3      |       4.8
    Victoria.................................................|       6.5      |       5.7      |       5.6      |       6.0
    Waco.....................................................|       5.4      |       4.2      |       4.8      |       4.2
    Wichita Falls............................................|       6.2      |       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.8
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  Utah.......................................................|       3.7      |       3.2      |       3.5      |       3.4
    Provo_Orem...............................................|       3.2      |       2.6      |       2.8      |       3.0
    Salt Lake City_Odgen.....................................|       3.4      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       3.1
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  Vermont....................................................|       5.3      |       4.7      |       5.2      |       4.7
    Burlington...............................................|       4.0      |       3.4      |       3.5      |       3.2
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  Virginia...................................................|       4.8      |       4.2      |       4.4      |       4.0
    Charlottesville..........................................|       3.7      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       2.5
    Danville.................................................|       6.4      |       7.0      |       7.1      |       7.3
    Lynchburg................................................|       4.5      |       3.9      |       4.2      |       3.9
    Norfolk_Virginia Beach_Newport News1/....................|       5.5      |       4.6      |       5.0      |       4.5
    Richmond_Petersburg......................................|       4.2      |       3.6      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Roanoke..................................................|       3.9      |       3.0      |       3.5      |       3.1
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  Washington.................................................|       7.5      |       6.7      |       6.6      |       6.0
    Spokane..................................................|       6.1      |       6.1      |       4.9      |       5.0
    Tacoma...................................................|       7.4      |       6.3      |       6.8      |       5.7
    Seattle_Bellevue_Everett.................................|       6.5      |       5.4      |       5.9      |       5.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  West Virginia..............................................|      10.5      |       8.1      |       9.3      |       7.5
    Charleston...............................................|       7.6      |       5.9      |       7.0      |       5.3
    Huntington_Ashland1/.....................................|       9.2      |       6.7      |       8.3      |       6.0
    Parkersburg_Marietta1/...................................|       8.7      |       7.7      |       7.3      |       6.9
    Wheeling1/...............................................|      10.6      |       7.1      |       9.0      |       6.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin..................................................|       5.6      |       4.8      |       5.0      |       4.2
    Appleton_Oshkosh_Neenah..................................|       4.6      |       3.8      |       4.3      |       3.4
    Eau Claire...............................................|       6.6      |       5.5      |       5.3      |       4.5
    Green Bay................................................|       4.9      |       4.1      |       4.4      |       3.4
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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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                                                             |              March              |              April
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
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                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin                                                  |                |                |                |
    Janesville_Beloit........................................|       5.5      |       4.4      |       4.8      |       4.1
    Kenosha..................................................|       5.1      |       4.3      |       4.9      |       4.1
    La Crosse................................................|       4.8      |       4.7      |       3.9      |       4.1
    Madison..................................................|       2.7      |       2.4      |       2.3      |       2.1
    Milwaukee_Waukesha.......................................|       4.6      |       3.9      |       4.6      |       3.7
    Racine...................................................|       6.8      |       5.3      |       6.0      |       5.0
    Sheboygan................................................|       3.6      |       3.3      |       3.6      |       2.9
    Wausau...................................................|       6.7      |       6.2      |       6.2      |       5.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wyoming....................................................|       6.5      |       5.0      |       5.5      |       4.5
    Casper...................................................|       7.5      |       5.3      |       6.6      |       4.9
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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.