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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 95-484
   Employment    (202) 606-6559
   Unemployment        606-6392    For release:  10:00 A.M. EST
Media contact:         606-5902    Wednesday, November 29, 1995
 
 
         STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:
                               OCTOBER 1995
 
 
  Unemployment rates were lower in October 1995 than a month earlier in 27
states and the District of Columbia, higher in 16 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 5.5 percent in October,
little changed from 5.6 percent in September.  Nonfarm payroll employment
increased in 37 states over the month.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
  Two states--Pennsylvania and Missouri--experienced declines of greater
than 1.0 percentage point in their unemployment rates, while Florida was
the only state to post an increase of that magnitude.  The rate in
Pennsylvania dropped 1.3 percentage points to 5.1 percent, more than
offsetting last month's rise of 0.9 percentage point and reaching its
lowest level since August 1990.  In Missouri, the rate fell 1.2 percentage
points to 4.0 percent, its lowest on record.  Five other states had jobless
rate declines of greater than 0.5 percentage point.  On the other hand,
Florida's unemployment rate climbed 1.1 percentage points to 6.7 percent.
The only other state to show an increase of more than one-half percentage
point was California, where October's 0.6 point increase erased the prior
month's decrease.
 
  Over the year, 39 states experienced unemployment rate declines.  Jobless
rates in seven states dropped by a percentage point or more, led by Arizona
(1.8 points) and Maine and Louisiana (both 1.4 points).  Rates in 13
additional states decreased by more than 0.5 percentage point.  Montana
registered the largest rate increase over the year (0.9 percentage point),
followed closely by Tennessee (0.8 point) and the District of Columbia (0.7
point).  No other state had a rate increase of more than 0.5 point.
 
  In October, the lowest unemployment rates again were concentrated mainly
in the Plains states.  At 2.5 percent, Nebraska continued to have the
lowest unemployment rate in the nation, followed by North Dakota and South
Dakota (both 2.9 percent).  Thirteen other states also registered rates of
less than 4.5 percent.  At 8.8 percent, the District of Columbia had the
highest rate, followed by West Virginia (8.0 percent) and California (7.8
percent).  Overall, 34 states had jobless rates below the U.S. average,
while 16 states and the District of Columbia had higher rates.  (See table
1 and chart 1.)
 
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
  Thirty-seven states recorded gains in total nonfarm employment in
October.  The service-producing sector continued its upward pattern, while
the goods-producing sector was mixed with weakness in manufacturing and
 
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moderate growth in the construction industry.  The October job losses in
the other 13 states and the District of Columbia were mainly attributable
to losses in manufacturing.  Washington State's manufacturing employment
was severely affected by a strike in aircraft manufacturing which resulted
in a temporary loss of 23,000 jobs.
 
  Twenty-six states reported job gains in the goods-producing sector, with
28 states having gains in construction.  Only 21 states had job gains in
manufacturing.
 
  Thirty-eight states had employment gains in the service-producing sector
as a whole.  Twenty-nine states had over-the-month increases in
transportation and public utilities.  Employment growth continued in
wholesale and retail trade where 36 states reported over-the-month
employment gains.  Thirty-seven states reported over-the-month increases in
services.
 
  Over the year, 44 states experienced employment growth.  Most states in
the Mountain division had strong over-the-year increases in nonfarm
employment, while New England and the Middle Atlantic states had the
slowest growth.  (See chart 2.)
 
  Nearly every state had over-the-year gains in wholesale and retail trade
and in services.  More than one-half of the states had over-the-year
increases in manufacturing and construction employment.
 
  Texas continued to lead the nation in over-the-year job gains with
283,000, followed by Florida (193,000), California (132,000), and Georgia
(123,000).  The District of Columbia had the largest job losses over the
year (-18,000), followed by Hawaii  (-8,000), Pennsylvania (-7,000), and
Mississippi (-5,000).
 
     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 October data are available, 126 had
unemployment rates below 4.5 percent, while 19 had rates higher than 7.5
percent.  The lowest rates were in Grand Forks, N.D.-Minn. (1.4 percent)
and in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D.-Minn., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Madison, Wis.
(all 1.5 percent).  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tex., had the highest
unemployment rate at 17.6 percent, followed by Laredo, Tex. (13.9 percent),
and Bakersfield, Calif. (13.7 percent).  Kokomo, Ind., experienced the
largest over-the-year drop in its jobless rate (3.2 percentage points),
followed by Eau Claire, Wis. (2.8 points), and Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-
W. Va. (2.7 points).  Rates in 49 other areas declined by 1.0 percentage
point or more.  Laredo, Tex., had the largest over-the-year increase, as
its rate climbed 5.9 points, followed by El Paso, Tex. (up 2.7 points).
Six other areas posted rate increases of 1.0 percentage point or more.
(See table 5.)
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                    ___________________________________
 
  The State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for
November 1995 is scheduled to be issued on Thursday, January 4, 1996.
 
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     |    Effective with the data for January 1996, scheduled for    |
     |release in early March, BLS plans to discontinue producing and |
     |publishing state and area estimates derived directly from the  |
     |Current Population Survey (CPS).  Because of anticipated budget|
     |reductions, we expect that the CPS sample will no longer be of |
     |sufficient size to directly provide data for the 11 large      |
     |states (contained in tables 1, 2, and 5), as well as the Los   |
     |Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area and New York City         |
     |(contained in table 5).  Instead, estimates for these areas    |
     |will be based on the method currently used for the smaller     |
     |states and the District of Columbia.                           |
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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |                                       |                            Unemployed
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
         State         |                                       |                                 |           labor force
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                       |  Oct.   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. |  Oct.   | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. |  Oct.
                       |  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................|  2,045.2|  2,054.6|  2,057.7|  2,067.2|  117.4|  124.4|  121.7|   118.1 |   5.7 |   6.1 |   5.9 |    5.7
Alaska.................|    305.8|    302.5|    303.0|    306.9|   23.4|   20.2|   21.4|    22.0 |   7.7 |   6.7 |   7.1 |    7.2
Arizona................|  2,014.7|  2,141.1|  2,150.2|  2,138.1|  130.6|  114.2|  115.7|    99.9 |   6.5 |   5.3 |   5.4 |    4.7
Arkansas...............|  1,221.9|  1,221.9|  1,222.1|  1,221.5|   62.8|   62.3|   61.5|    59.7 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   5.0 |    4.9
Colorado...............|  2,036.3|  2,079.5|  2,079.5|  2,087.9|   78.8|   81.1|   82.7|    83.8 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   4.0 |    4.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Connecticut............|  1,719.6|  1,735.7|  1,742.0|  1,746.1|   94.8|   94.7|   92.4|    89.1 |   5.5 |   5.5 |   5.3 |    5.1
Delaware...............|    384.4|    387.1|    385.7|    385.1|   17.5|   13.9|   16.3|    16.6 |   4.5 |   3.6 |   4.2 |    4.3
District of Columbia...|    315.1|    282.0|    285.8|    289.3|   25.4|   24.8|   26.4|    25.6 |   8.1 |   8.8 |   9.2 |    8.8
Georgia................|  3,597.4|  3,674.6|  3,676.7|  3,699.3|  184.3|  187.1|  182.9|   180.6 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   5.0 |    4.9
Hawaii.................|    584.3|    585.6|    582.5|    584.0|   37.4|   33.6|   34.2|    33.1 |   6.4 |   5.7 |   5.9 |    5.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Idaho..................|    596.4|    602.7|    602.3|    604.7|   35.4|   29.3|   30.5|    30.9 |   5.9 |   4.9 |   5.1 |    5.1
Indiana................|  3,102.6|  3,149.3|  3,154.6|  3,158.7|  150.8|  138.5|  124.7|   134.2 |   4.9 |   4.4 |   4.0 |    4.2
Iowa...................|  1,562.8|  1,531.8|  1,554.4|  1,573.4|   56.8|   48.0|   50.8|    51.1 |   3.6 |   3.1 |   3.3 |    3.2
Kansas.................|  1,335.8|  1,349.2|  1,356.4|  1,358.8|   70.3|   57.8|   58.7|    55.0 |   5.3 |   4.3 |   4.3 |    4.0
Kentucky...............|  1,844.6|  1,864.6|  1,854.1|  1,844.8|   95.1|   98.8|   99.8|    97.6 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   5.4 |    5.3
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,958.5|  1,961.5|  1,971.1|  1,967.1|  159.8|  128.4|  131.1|   134.3 |   8.2 |   6.5 |   6.6 |    6.8
Maine..................|    609.1|    647.5|    653.9|    652.5|   44.4|   39.9|   40.6|    38.2 |   7.3 |   6.2 |   6.2 |    5.9
Maryland...............|  2,709.0|  2,749.0|  2,737.8|  2,727.1|  131.9|  141.9|  138.0|   133.3 |   4.9 |   5.2 |   5.0 |    4.9
Minnesota..............|  2,596.5|  2,592.7|  2,609.4|  2,582.9|  101.7|   73.9|   77.4|    85.9 |   3.9 |   2.9 |   3.0 |    3.3
Mississippi............|  1,266.6|  1,273.9|  1,270.1|  1,274.3|   85.2|   83.0|   86.2|    75.7 |   6.7 |   6.5 |   6.8 |    5.9
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Missouri...............|  2,721.1|  2,814.4|  2,821.7|  2,795.6|  122.0|  141.4|  146.1|   110.9 |   4.5 |   5.0 |   5.2 |    4.0
Montana................|    440.9|    436.4|    439.6|    441.6|   21.8|   25.5|   25.5|    26.1 |   5.0 |   5.9 |   5.8 |    5.9
Nebraska...............|    878.3|    888.6|    888.8|    899.0|   25.9|   21.0|   18.8|    22.2 |   2.9 |   2.4 |   2.1 |    2.5
Nevada.................|    789.0|    827.9|    831.8|    825.8|   47.6|   46.8|   44.9|    39.2 |   6.0 |   5.7 |   5.4 |    4.7
New Hampshire..........|    630.9|    636.0|    637.7|    636.9|   26.6|   25.0|   28.0|    25.3 |   4.2 |   3.9 |   4.4 |    4.0
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New Mexico.............|    777.0|    796.9|    799.6|    805.5|   45.9|   47.8|   48.0|    49.7 |   5.9 |   6.0 |   6.0 |    6.2
North Dakota...........|    336.7|    327.0|    327.5|    332.5|   12.4|    9.2|    9.8|     9.7 |   3.7 |   2.8 |   3.0 |    2.9
Oklahoma...............|  1,546.0|  1,554.1|  1,552.6|  1,552.2|   88.9|   74.3|   75.6|    75.3 |   5.7 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    4.9
Oregon.................|  1,652.2|  1,681.3|  1,672.0|  1,663.2|   84.5|   80.8|   79.0|    77.5 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   4.7 |    4.7
Rhode Island...........|    502.4|    489.3|    489.4|    488.6|   35.0|   34.1|   34.4|    33.5 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0 |    6.8
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South Carolina.........|  1,835.3|  1,857.0|  1,869.9|  1,872.2|  108.1|   91.6|   93.1|    95.8 |   5.9 |   4.9 |   5.0 |    5.1
South Dakota...........|    377.3|    379.6|    381.0|    381.0|   11.8|   10.5|   10.7|    11.0 |   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.8 |    2.9
Tennessee..............|  2,704.9|  2,689.6|  2,713.3|  2,708.0|  119.5|  136.7|  142.4|   141.2 |   4.4 |   5.1 |   5.2 |    5.2
Utah...................|    987.1|  1,001.0|    995.9|    992.3|   37.2|   33.7|   31.8|    32.5 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   3.2 |    3.3
Vermont................|    319.8|    321.1|    320.8|    322.1|   14.6|   13.7|   13.5|    13.1 |   4.6 |   4.3 |   4.2 |    4.1
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Virginia...............|  3,443.5|  3,534.3|  3,525.7|  3,517.7|  166.9|  161.0|  164.1|   163.0 |   4.8 |   4.6 |   4.7 |    4.6
Washington.............|  2,709.3|  2,816.3|  2,799.8|  2,807.9|  165.3|  187.3|  180.5|   177.8 |   6.1 |   6.7 |   6.4 |    6.3
West Virginia..........|    786.1|    796.1|    796.3|    797.4|   65.4|   64.8|   66.9|    63.9 |   8.3 |   8.1 |   8.4 |    8.0
Wisconsin..............|  2,801.7|  2,848.3|  2,839.1|  2,842.2|  130.8|   89.7|   99.8|   108.8 |   4.7 |   3.1 |   3.5 |    3.8
Wyoming................|    250.8|    253.6|    253.8|    254.8|   12.6|   11.1|   12.0|    11.9 |   5.0 |   4.4 |   4.7 |    4.7
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,586.4| 15,500.1| 15,638.1| 15,735.7|1,220.6|1,212.6|1,131.4| 1,232.3 |   7.8 |   7.8 |   7.2 |    7.8
Florida................|  6,881.5|  6,799.9|  6,872.2|  6,835.1|  447.6|  315.2|  387.7|   456.6 |   6.5 |   4.6 |   5.6 |    6.7
Illinois...............|  6,016.1|  6,067.1|  6,101.1|  6,140.9|  355.1|  364.3|  329.7|   297.2 |   5.9 |   6.0 |   5.4 |    4.8
Massachusetts..........|  3,201.0|  3,135.6|  3,109.5|  3,155.3|  203.5|  165.8|  165.2|   167.1 |   6.4 |   5.3 |   5.3 |    5.3
Michigan...............|  4,779.2|  4,669.1|  4,660.7|  4,693.7|  243.9|  239.9|  223.3|   207.4 |   5.1 |   5.1 |   4.8 |    4.4
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New Jersey.............|  4,039.7|  4,062.5|  4,028.0|  4,079.0|  270.6|  267.5|  228.6|   238.3 |   6.7 |   6.6 |   5.7 |    5.8
New York...............|  8,559.3|  8,621.2|  8,611.3|  8,519.9|  551.8|  608.4|  586.9|   533.6 |   6.4 |   7.1 |   6.8 |    6.3
North Carolina.........|  3,635.4|  3,652.0|  3,625.8|  3,604.7|  170.9|  166.5|  169.5|   139.1 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.7 |    3.9
Ohio...................|  5,544.6|  5,586.1|  5,585.2|  5,619.4|  275.8|  302.5|  287.7|   263.6 |   5.0 |   5.4 |   5.2 |    4.7
Pennsylvania...........|  5,769.5|  5,795.2|  5,844.2|  5,805.2|  345.3|  320.1|  376.6|   296.8 |   6.0 |   5.5 |   6.4 |    5.1
Texas..................|  9,398.0|  9,558.1|  9,631.0|  9,629.7|  561.6|  639.4|  592.0|   599.1 |   6.0 |   6.7 |   6.1 |    6.2
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Puerto Rico............|  1,193.4|  1,248.7|  1,237.6|  1,282.0|  171.9|  165.7|  173.3|   188.7 |  14.4 |  13.3 |  14.0 |   14.7
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      1/  Published earlier in the Employment Situation               are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              benchmark and population information becomes available.
      p/  = preliminary.
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   similar to the Current Population Survey. All estimates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
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         State         |                                       |                                 |
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                       |     September     |      October      |   September   |     October     |   September   |     October
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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................|  2,028.3|  2,044.0|  2,053.3|  2,073.6|  110.7|  117.1|  117.2|   117.6 |   5.5 |   5.7 |   5.7 |    5.7
Alaska.................|    307.0|    305.0|    304.3|    305.2|   18.8|   17.5|   21.9|    20.8 |   6.1 |   5.7 |   7.2 |    6.8
Arizona................|  2,018.6|  2,157.9|  2,033.1|  2,157.4|  140.9|  125.5|  140.4|   111.0 |   7.0 |   5.8 |   6.9 |    5.1
Arkansas...............|  1,217.6|  1,220.9|  1,225.0|  1,225.1|   54.5|   52.7|   54.2|    51.0 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.4 |    4.2
Colorado...............|  2,052.8|  2,104.3|  2,061.2|  2,111.1|   67.7|   69.7|   71.0|    76.2 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.4 |    3.6
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Connecticut............|  1,708.8|  1,727.0|  1,714.9|  1,737.8|   87.0|   84.0|   86.9|    80.8 |   5.1 |   4.9 |   5.1 |    4.6
Delaware...............|    380.8|    382.2|    382.3|    382.6|   17.3|   16.1|   16.3|    15.6 |   4.5 |   4.2 |   4.3 |    4.1
District of Columbia...|    311.6|    282.8|    312.6|    286.5|   23.3|   24.2|   23.6|    23.9 |   7.5 |   8.5 |   7.5 |    8.3
Georgia................|  3,570.2|  3,660.5|  3,607.8|  3,712.7|  185.3|  187.6|  194.1|   194.0 |   5.2 |   5.1 |   5.4 |    5.2
Hawaii.................|    576.2|    574.9|    581.2|    581.0|   37.3|   34.3|   36.8|    32.9 |   6.5 |   6.0 |   6.3 |    5.7
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Idaho..................|    594.2|    602.0|    595.4|    603.8|   28.0|   24.8|   29.2|    25.2 |   4.7 |   4.1 |   4.9 |    4.2
Indiana................|  3,075.1|  3,147.9|  3,101.3|  3,159.5|  138.9|  112.9|  138.3|   122.4 |   4.5 |   3.6 |   4.5 |    3.9
Iowa...................|  1,566.6|  1,551.4|  1,569.4|  1,579.4|   52.3|   45.9|   47.3|    42.9 |   3.3 |   3.0 |   3.0 |    2.7
Kansas.................|  1,320.0|  1,340.2|  1,329.7|  1,350.5|   66.9|   55.4|   67.5|    53.2 |   5.1 |   4.1 |   5.1 |    3.9
Kentucky...............|  1,839.2|  1,854.0|  1,841.1|  1,840.3|   90.5|   94.8|   89.4|    92.2 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   4.9 |    5.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,956.0|  1,968.8|  1,969.1|  1,973.0|  153.7|  127.5|  151.3|   125.6 |   7.9 |   6.5 |   7.7 |    6.4
Maine..................|    605.9|    651.8|    606.4|    650.0|   36.0|   33.0|   37.9|    32.7 |   5.9 |   5.1 |   6.2 |    5.0
Maryland...............|  2,716.0|  2,751.9|  2,714.4|  2,735.9|  134.9|  138.9|  132.8|   134.5 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   4.9 |    4.9
Minnesota..............|  2,575.9|  2,595.8|  2,612.6|  2,594.6|  101.9|   78.1|   90.0|    74.3 |   4.0 |   3.0 |   3.4 |    2.9
Mississippi............|  1,256.3|  1,265.6|  1,260.8|  1,269.9|   79.1|   85.8|   76.8|    69.1 |   6.3 |   6.8 |   6.1 |    5.4
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Missouri...............|  2,694.1|  2,804.5|  2,715.0|  2,787.3|  110.3|  133.8|  106.4|    94.7 |   4.1 |   4.8 |   3.9 |    3.4
Montana................|    436.0|    435.6|    437.8|    438.4|   17.7|   21.1|   19.3|    23.5 |   4.1 |   4.8 |   4.4 |    5.4
Nebraska...............|    872.3|    883.1|    877.7|    898.1|   24.3|   17.8|   23.0|    19.9 |   2.8 |   2.0 |   2.6 |    2.2
Nevada.................|    788.3|    834.2|    792.7|    830.7|   47.0|   44.6|   45.9|    37.6 |   6.0 |   5.3 |   5.8 |    4.5
New Hampshire..........|    623.0|    630.2|    631.3|    636.2|   23.6|   24.6|   22.8|    21.6 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   3.6 |    3.4
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    770.0|    795.4|    779.5|    807.3|   43.8|   45.7|   43.1|    46.7 |   5.7 |   5.7 |   5.5 |    5.8
North Dakota...........|    340.4|    331.5|    336.3|    332.9|   10.5|    8.2|    9.5|     7.5 |   3.1 |   2.5 |   2.8 |    2.2
Oklahoma...............|  1,540.0|  1,549.1|  1,557.4|  1,564.0|   84.8|   72.1|   87.1|    73.9 |   5.5 |   4.7 |   5.6 |    4.7
Oregon.................|  1,672.3|  1,687.5|  1,664.0|  1,673.0|   80.9|   74.9|   77.6|    70.4 |   4.8 |   4.4 |   4.7 |    4.2
Rhode Island...........|    504.9|    490.7|    505.6|    492.0|   35.4|   34.3|   35.8|    34.6 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.1 |    7.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,840.5|  1,878.1|  1,834.3|  1,871.5|  111.7|   95.6|  105.9|    93.9 |   6.1 |   5.1 |   5.8 |    5.0
South Dakota...........|    377.2|    381.6|    376.6|    380.3|   10.5|    9.1|    9.5|     8.6 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.5 |    2.3
Tennessee..............|  2,718.8|  2,740.2|  2,740.5|  2,751.4|  116.3|  137.5|  115.6|   137.5 |   4.3 |   5.0 |   4.2 |    5.0
Utah...................|    993.6|  1,005.4|    992.7|  1,000.0|   36.9|   31.6|   34.7|    30.6 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.5 |    3.1
Vermont................|    323.1|    323.9|    322.5|    324.4|   12.9|   11.7|   12.8|    11.4 |   4.0 |   3.6 |   4.0 |    3.5
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Virginia...............|  3,424.0|  3,508.3|  3,422.1|  3,494.3|  163.6|  160.2|  156.6|   153.1 |   4.8 |   4.6 |   4.6 |    4.4
Washington.............|  2,698.8|  2,792.2|  2,730.5|  2,826.8|  139.1|  153.4|  154.2|   166.8 |   5.2 |   5.5 |   5.6 |    5.9
West Virginia..........|    782.1|    794.4|    782.2|    793.7|   57.3|   59.4|   58.1|    56.9 |   7.3 |   7.5 |   7.4 |    7.2
Wisconsin..............|  2,808.9|  2,844.0|  2,800.8|  2,840.6|  114.2|   82.8|  111.9|    90.8 |   4.1 |   2.9 |   4.0 |    3.2
Wyoming................|    251.9|    255.3|    251.9|    255.7|   10.3|    9.9|   10.6|    10.0 |   4.1 |   3.9 |   4.2 |    3.9
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,468.1| 15,651.3| 15,586.8| 15,719.0|1,261.2|1,111.2|1,156.3| 1,163.5 |   8.2 |   7.1 |   7.4 |    7.4
Florida................|  6,876.7|  6,871.4|  6,889.4|  6,852.6|  472.2|  411.2|  417.8|   437.0 |   6.9 |   6.0 |   6.1 |    6.4
Illinois...............|  5,930.3|  6,055.2|  6,010.7|  6,122.6|  298.2|  300.4|  344.5|   289.1 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.7 |    4.7
Massachusetts..........|  3,177.2|  3,090.3|  3,183.6|  3,137.2|  170.3|  159.6|  187.5|   151.4 |   5.4 |   5.2 |   5.9 |    4.8
Michigan...............|  4,775.9|  4,666.4|  4,793.7|  4,710.5|  251.8|  213.1|  226.1|   185.5 |   5.3 |   4.6 |   4.7 |    3.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey.............|  4,032.0|  4,027.6|  4,045.2|  4,082.5|  257.1|  221.9|  253.3|   220.9 |   6.4 |   5.5 |   6.3 |    5.4
New York...............|  8,445.0|  8,508.3|  8,528.4|  8,500.2|  502.8|  545.6|  529.4|   508.8 |   6.0 |   6.4 |   6.2 |    6.0
North Carolina.........|  3,649.0|  3,630.9|  3,665.6|  3,637.3|  164.3|  155.8|  169.9|   139.0 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.6 |    3.8
Ohio...................|  5,502.0|  5,566.2|  5,525.5|  5,600.9|  270.0|  267.5|  247.2|   237.5 |   4.9 |   4.8 |   4.5 |    4.2
Pennsylvania...........|  5,778.5|  5,829.7|  5,800.7|  5,826.7|  354.9|  352.8|  329.3|   282.3 |   6.1 |   6.1 |   5.7 |    4.8
Texas..................|  9,315.9|  9,610.6|  9,400.3|  9,632.5|  557.6|  567.1|  528.9|   570.1 |   6.0 |   5.9 |   5.6 |    5.9
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Puerto Rico............|  1,199.4|  1,233.6|  1,201.0|  1,287.3|  170.7|  175.5|  170.7|   188.2 |  14.2 |  14.2 |  14.2 |   14.6
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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.
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   similar to the Current Population Survey. All estimates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
             State             |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                               |  Oct.  |  Aug.  | Sept.  | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Alabama.......................| 1,763.4| 1,772.9| 1,775.7|1,772.5|   82.4|   85.2|   86.3|   86.7|  389.2|  381.7|  381.5|  379.9
 Alaska........................|   262.4|   263.1|   263.3|  263.1|   12.7|   12.7|   12.8|   13.1|   16.9|   17.1|   16.3|   16.7
 Arizona.......................| 1,715.7| 1,766.2| 1,772.7|1,774.8|  114.0|  113.6|  114.4|  114.6|  196.5|  200.8|  201.4|  201.9
 Arkansas......................| 1,052.9| 1,075.8| 1,075.4|1,078.5|   43.9|   45.0|   45.1|   45.3|  259.4|  261.1|  260.0|  259.6
 California....................|12,177.3|12,292.7|12,311.0|12308.9|  474.1|  496.5|  498.8|  500.2|1,771.6|1,771.7|1,772.1|1,771.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,767.3| 1,802.6| 1,810.2|1,817.0|   98.3|   96.6|   98.1|   99.1|  193.1|  193.5|  194.4|  195.0
 Connecticut...................| 1,553.2| 1,548.5| 1,553.2|1,551.8|   49.8|   50.1|   49.5|   50.1|  284.1|  281.3|  279.3|  278.9
 Delaware......................|   357.8|   365.7|   368.2|  366.3|   17.6|   18.4|   18.8|   18.7|   63.7|   61.8|   60.6|   60.6
 District of Columbia..........|   656.1|   637.0|   641.5|  638.4|    9.8|   10.3|   10.3|   10.3|   13.1|   13.1|   13.2|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,865.0| 6,014.1| 6,052.3|6,057.5|  303.5|  307.0|  307.4|  304.8|  484.7|  486.1|  485.9|  485.7
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,310.5| 3,412.0| 3,416.7|3,433.7|  142.9|  157.2|  158.5|  161.6|  582.7|  585.2|  583.3|  582.6
 Hawaii2/......................|   536.9|   529.2|   530.2|  529.0|   29.1|   27.0|   27.3|   27.5|   17.5|   16.6|   16.7|   16.8
 Idaho.........................|   471.1|   477.4|   478.5|  479.6|   30.3|   29.8|   29.8|   29.7|   73.8|   74.0|   73.7|   74.6
 Illinois......................| 5,509.8| 5,544.9| 5,556.2|5,557.0|  218.4|  215.9|  217.9|  217.5|  954.2|  959.4|  960.6|  959.6
 Indiana.......................| 2,733.3| 2,754.6| 2,779.3|2,785.8|  131.2|  131.5|  131.5|  130.4|  666.4|  673.3|  674.5|  678.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Iowa..........................| 1,330.5| 1,357.5| 1,360.4|1,358.9|   53.7|   55.3|   55.5|   55.4|  247.0|  249.1|  249.6|  249.4
 Kansas........................| 1,181.7| 1,198.4| 1,207.8|1,211.7|   50.3|   54.3|   54.6|   54.8|  191.5|  192.4|  192.8|  193.7
 Kentucky......................| 1,619.0| 1,644.3| 1,650.5|1,651.3|   77.8|   75.2|   76.3|   76.4|  307.3|  308.6|  308.6|  309.7
 Louisiana.....................| 1,759.0| 1,794.6| 1,800.4|1,806.7|  106.8|  110.8|  112.3|  112.7|  190.1|  191.5|  190.9|  191.0
 Maine.........................|   535.4|   542.3|   544.2|  543.8|   22.0|   22.0|   22.8|   22.6|   92.1|   91.9|   91.6|   91.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,159.2| 2,161.7| 2,161.7|2,163.9|  127.4|  125.8|  127.7|  127.5|  178.9|  176.7|  176.5|  176.0
 Massachusetts.................| 2,939.4| 2,965.7| 2,973.1|2,974.3|   89.4|   91.8|   91.1|   91.1|  447.8|  449.9|  448.4|  449.5
 Michigan......................| 4,179.4| 4,245.8| 4,248.1|4,271.2|  147.7|  157.2|  159.1|  160.3|  963.1|  968.1|  961.7|  967.4
 Minnesota.....................| 2,330.6| 2,374.9| 2,371.8|2,381.9|   80.9|   82.4|   82.1|   82.2|  418.6|  426.8|  424.8|  426.3
 Mississippi...................| 1,058.2| 1,059.1| 1,054.6|1,053.0|   44.7|   49.7|   49.1|   50.0|  261.5|  252.6|  250.4|  249.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,505.3| 2,536.3| 2,540.0|2,551.9|  112.5|  112.1|  113.2|  114.4|  421.7|  425.4|  423.4|  422.3
 Montana.......................|   345.9|   353.6|   357.4|  358.4|   15.7|   16.3|   17.3|   17.7|   23.4|   23.9|   24.0|   24.0
 Nebraska......................|   802.0|   809.4|   808.2|  808.8|   33.6|   32.3|   32.3|   32.3|  109.9|  111.9|  111.2|  110.8
 Nevada........................|   753.0|   787.2|   792.6|  797.0|   56.4|   61.7|   63.0|   64.3|   35.0|   36.0|   36.1|   36.5
 New Hampshire.................|   527.6|   528.0|   529.8|  531.6|   18.6|   19.8|   20.3|   20.3|  100.8|   99.9|   99.9|   99.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,576.4| 3,612.6| 3,614.7|3,620.7|  124.6|  129.0|  128.4|  129.1|  508.5|  495.2|  494.1|  491.9
 New Mexico....................|   669.8|   692.9|   695.0|  702.3|   43.0|   46.8|   47.5|   48.2|   45.8|   47.2|   47.6|   47.8
 New York......................| 7,822.1| 7,872.4| 7,872.3|7,880.0|  256.6|  256.5|  256.4|  258.3|  948.6|  950.3|  947.7|  945.3
 North Carolina................| 3,399.9| 3,418.3| 3,434.3|3,438.7|  169.5|  175.6|  176.2|  176.0|  862.5|  856.5|  855.2|  853.4
 North Dakota..................|   298.2|   304.7|   303.4|  304.6|   13.4|   14.3|   14.4|   14.3|   21.6|   21.7|   21.5|   21.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,113.3| 5,159.8| 5,169.7|5,178.9|  208.1|  209.4|  209.9|  211.9|1,080.5|1,089.3|1,086.4|1,087.7
 Oklahoma......................| 1,292.0| 1,320.0| 1,323.0|1,323.5|   49.0|   50.0|   50.0|   49.9|  171.7|  174.0|  173.1|  173.2
 Oregon........................| 1,382.5| 1,430.4| 1,435.3|1,438.0|   64.9|   70.9|   71.5|   71.8|  221.7|  225.6|  226.9|  226.1
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,223.7| 5,215.2| 5,214.7|5,217.1|  205.4|  203.2|  202.2|  201.6|  945.5|  937.8|  934.3|  935.7
 Rhode Island..................|   435.1|   434.5|   433.0|  434.2|   13.4|   12.4|   12.5|   13.0|   86.5|   85.0|   85.3|   85.5
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 South Carolina................| 1,614.7| 1,634.7| 1,634.7|1,633.2|   84.2|   83.6|   83.3|   82.7|  376.4|  372.0|  369.1|  368.3
 South Dakota..................|   337.0|   344.1|   347.2|  347.1|   14.3|   14.4|   15.0|   15.0|   45.0|   46.2|   46.2|   46.2
 Tennessee.....................| 2,442.4| 2,484.4| 2,503.5|2,506.8|  101.8|  107.6|  107.4|  107.8|  539.7|  530.9|  530.5|  528.3
 Texas.........................| 7,833.9| 8,071.6| 8,100.5|8,116.9|  389.6|  408.0|  414.5|  418.2|1,014.7|1,028.2|1,029.8|1,028.7
 Utah..........................|   876.4|   920.9|   922.5|  923.1|   50.5|   59.2|   59.8|   58.2|  118.8|  125.6|  126.0|  126.8
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 Vermont.......................|   266.4|   266.5|   268.9|  269.8|   12.2|   11.4|   11.6|   11.6|   44.3|   45.1|   45.1|   45.1
 Virginia......................| 3,042.4| 3,083.0| 3,085.1|3,091.1|  166.1|  173.3|  173.9|  174.5|  406.3|  400.8|  400.7|  400.4
 Washington....................| 2,338.6| 2,367.1| 2,378.5|2,355.3|  126.2|  126.6|  127.5|  127.3|  338.5|  333.3|  334.8|  311.8
 West Virginia.................|   682.0|   692.6|   692.4|  693.3|   35.4|   34.9|   35.1|   34.8|   82.4|   83.3|   83.1|   83.7
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,505.1| 2,546.8| 2,543.0|2,547.6|  101.2|  105.8|  105.0|  105.8|  588.0|  595.8|  593.8|  594.4
 Wyoming.......................|   218.3|   220.9|   218.9|  218.3|   13.9|   14.0|   14.1|   13.6|   10.2|   10.0|   10.2|    9.8
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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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                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
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   Alabama.......................|   86.5|   85.4|   85.4|   85.4|  397.2|  404.3|  406.0|  406.2|   77.0|   76.9|   76.8|   76.8
   Alaska........................|   23.8|   23.3|   23.3|   23.1|   53.7|   54.8|   55.1|   54.9|   12.0|   12.2|   12.4|   12.1
   Arizona.......................|   86.3|   88.6|   88.9|   88.8|  420.2|  431.3|  431.9|  435.5|  111.7|  110.3|  111.2|  111.6
   Arkansas......................|   60.5|   62.5|   62.9|   62.7|  237.5|  244.4|  244.9|  246.7|   42.0|   43.2|   43.0|   43.3
   California....................|  614.8|  621.6|  621.1|  620.6|2,822.0|2,848.9|2,850.2|2,850.6|  780.6|  767.4|  766.6|  765.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  106.9|  109.6|  110.6|  111.2|  433.1|  446.4|  449.4|  453.6|  110.4|  110.4|  111.3|  112.0
   Connecticut...................|   70.5|   70.7|   71.0|   70.9|  337.6|  337.6|  336.3|  337.2|  135.0|  133.2|  133.7|  133.4
   Delaware......................|   15.7|   15.7|   15.7|   15.7|   78.8|   82.7|   82.9|   82.8|   39.8|   41.1|   41.5|   41.8
   District of Columbia..........|   20.9|   20.0|   20.2|   20.4|   52.9|   52.9|   53.1|   52.9|   31.0|   30.8|   30.8|   30.9
   Florida.......................|  296.8|  299.8|  301.9|  301.8|1,523.9|1,564.4|1,570.4|1,575.4|  379.5|  385.1|  386.7|  386.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  210.1|  208.9|  207.8|  209.6|  825.4|  862.9|  870.3|  872.2|  173.9|  175.5|  175.2|  175.4
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.4|   41.1|   40.7|   41.0|  133.3|  134.7|  135.0|  134.3|   38.3|   37.6|   37.4|   37.3
   Idaho.........................|   22.5|   22.3|   22.5|   22.6|  118.8|  121.8|  122.3|  122.3|   24.3|   24.0|   24.1|   24.2
   Illinois......................|  318.2|  321.7|  321.8|  322.5|1,287.6|1,294.2|1,299.9|1,307.1|  394.9|  397.6|  395.9|  395.7
   Indiana.......................|  138.0|  139.8|  138.0|  138.1|  653.7|  667.7|  670.7|  674.8|  130.9|  131.0|  132.0|  132.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   60.0|   60.2|   60.3|   60.9|  333.0|  340.1|  341.0|  338.9|   77.3|   79.1|   79.5|   79.2
   Kansas........................|   69.2|   70.6|   70.7|   70.9|  285.5|  289.2|  290.3|  290.9|   58.7|   58.9|   58.9|   59.0
   Kentucky......................|   89.9|   90.5|   90.7|   91.2|  384.5|  400.3|  403.6|  403.8|   65.0|   64.3|   64.4|   64.8
   Louisiana.....................|  113.1|  113.4|  112.6|  112.7|  407.9|  413.7|  415.6|  417.1|   80.7|   81.1|   81.0|   80.7
   Maine.........................|   23.3|   22.9|   22.9|   23.3|  135.4|  138.1|  138.7|  139.3|   26.8|   26.4|   26.0|   26.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  104.0|  104.2|  103.3|  103.1|  518.2|  519.3|  519.2|  521.7|  133.3|  129.8|  129.6|  129.3
   Massachusetts.................|  127.8|  127.7|  126.9|  127.1|  677.6|  680.7|  679.0|  678.6|  209.7|  212.7|  212.6|  212.2
   Michigan......................|  164.1|  163.6|  162.7|  164.4|  971.1|1,006.9|1,006.6|1,014.4|  195.9|  196.5|  195.8|  196.4
   Minnesota.....................|  115.3|  116.4|  116.2|  116.2|  563.9|  574.4|  574.4|  579.5|  139.6|  141.1|  141.0|  141.2
   Mississippi...................|   48.0|   47.2|   47.1|   47.0|  218.7|  218.7|  220.2|  218.2|   39.4|   39.2|   39.3|   39.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  157.0|  156.6|  158.2|  159.6|  598.7|  610.3|  614.2|  619.4|  147.4|  148.6|  148.7|  149.1
   Montana.......................|   21.0|   21.0|   21.3|   21.2|   94.4|   95.8|   96.6|   96.6|   15.8|   16.1|   16.1|   16.1
   Nebraska......................|   49.0|   49.4|   49.2|   48.8|  201.4|  203.1|  203.3|  203.4|   51.8|   52.6|   52.8|   52.6
   Nevada........................|   38.9|   40.4|   40.4|   40.3|  146.6|  155.2|  156.5|  157.3|   34.6|   36.5|   36.6|   36.7
   New Hampshire.................|   18.8|   19.0|   19.1|   19.3|  135.5|  135.4|  136.3|  136.7|   29.4|   29.5|   29.4|   29.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  245.1|  246.4|  247.0|  246.8|  844.3|  858.5|  861.6|  864.7|  231.8|  231.8|  231.4|  232.0
   New Mexico....................|   30.1|   30.9|   30.6|   30.7|  159.1|  165.7|  165.9|  167.9|   30.3|   31.7|   31.7|   32.0
   New York......................|  398.4|  396.7|  398.0|  400.4|1,585.8|1,605.7|1,610.6|1,610.8|  738.2|  730.6|  730.6|  731.8
   North Carolina................|  160.9|  160.0|  159.6|  160.0|  773.3|  784.1|  784.9|  783.8|  144.0|  149.1|  148.6|  149.2
   North Dakota..................|   19.1|   19.0|   19.1|   19.3|   77.1|   79.6|   79.3|   79.7|   13.9|   14.2|   14.1|   14.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  224.7|  226.6|  227.6|  228.6|1,231.5|1,243.7|1,244.0|1,248.3|  271.4|  271.9|  272.0|  272.5
   Oklahoma......................|   72.9|   75.0|   75.1|   74.6|  304.2|  313.3|  313.6|  313.7|   64.1|   64.5|   64.6|   64.1
   Oregon........................|   69.2|   71.0|   70.5|   71.0|  346.2|  357.3|  357.1|  357.5|   88.7|   90.7|   91.1|   91.1
   Pennsylvania..................|  274.2|  269.6|  270.0|  271.3|1,174.7|1,175.9|1,174.7|1,175.1|  310.8|  314.2|  315.2|  316.1
   Rhode Island..................|   14.8|   14.3|   14.5|   14.5|   97.0|   96.3|   96.0|   96.7|   25.1|   24.9|   25.0|   24.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   70.4|   71.1|   71.3|   71.6|  369.3|  377.2|  379.2|  379.5|   69.1|   69.3|   69.5|   69.6
   South Dakota..................|   15.8|   15.6|   15.7|   15.8|   86.0|   87.8|   88.3|   88.9|   18.3|   19.6|   19.8|   20.0
   Tennessee.....................|  135.9|  137.0|  136.8|  136.4|  572.0|  593.4|  595.6|  598.2|  109.1|  110.9|  111.3|  111.5
   Texas.........................|  465.0|  477.8|  479.4|  480.7|1,896.6|1,961.0|1,966.0|1,974.9|  445.7|  445.8|  446.5|  446.9
   Utah..........................|   50.1|   52.3|   52.1|   52.1|  210.2|  222.0|  222.1|  221.6|   46.4|   47.4|   47.8|   47.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.5|   11.8|   12.0|   11.9|   63.2|   64.1|   64.1|   64.1|   12.2|   12.4|   12.4|   12.3
   Virginia......................|  155.3|  158.5|  159.1|  161.5|  688.4|  700.7|  702.3|  701.6|  165.6|  168.5|  168.8|  169.6
   Washington....................|  118.8|  120.0|  120.8|  120.8|  574.2|  590.2|  593.0|  594.1|  123.5|  123.4|  122.7|  123.2
   West Virginia.................|   40.2|   40.8|   40.4|   40.5|  157.6|  160.5|  161.9|  161.1|   26.1|   26.2|   26.4|   26.3
   Wisconsin.....................|  116.8|  117.3|  117.3|  117.6|  575.6|  584.9|  585.2|  585.9|  134.8|  136.8|  136.7|  136.9
   Wyoming.......................|   14.2|   14.0|   14.1|   13.9|   50.9|   51.2|   51.4|   51.1|    7.9|    7.9|    8.0|    7.9
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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)
 
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |           Services            |          Government
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________
                               State             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  376.4|  384.1|  384.9|  384.0|  344.4|  344.3|  344.0|  342.8
                   Alaska........................|   59.4|   60.0|   60.6|   60.5|   73.3|   73.5|   73.0|   72.8
                   Arizona.......................|  488.5|  506.6|  507.0|  507.7|  286.2|  302.1|  305.0|  301.8
                   Arkansas......................|  233.0|  240.2|  241.9|  242.6|  173.1|  176.2|  174.4|  175.1
                   California....................|3,577.9|3,658.8|3,678.3|3,680.1|2,104.5|2,097.9|2,094.2|2,090.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  509.0|  525.2|  526.8|  527.9|  300.9|  305.3|  304.5|  303.2
                   Connecticut...................|  456.2|  458.9|  461.4|  462.0|  219.3|  215.9|  221.2|  218.6
                   Delaware......................|   91.3|   95.5|   96.7|   95.9|   50.8|   50.4|   51.9|   50.7
                   District of Columbia..........|  262.6|  258.1|  262.0|  261.0|  265.7|  251.7|  251.8|  249.6
                   Florida.......................|1,960.1|2,057.4|2,064.6|2,072.2|  909.4|  907.1|  928.2|  923.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  797.2|  840.8|  841.2|  843.7|  570.6|  573.9|  572.8|  581.0
                   Hawaii2/......................|  164.9|  163.7|  163.8|  164.0|  112.4|  108.5|  109.3|  108.1
                   Idaho.........................|  104.8|  107.8|  108.0|  108.4|   94.0|   94.8|   95.2|   95.0
                   Illinois......................|1,534.8|1,552.8|1,551.6|1,547.1|  787.4|  789.6|  794.6|  793.7
                   Indiana.......................|  618.2|  627.4|  631.9|  632.5|  388.1|  377.6|  394.4|  392.3
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                   Iowa..........................|  330.1|  345.1|  344.6|  345.3|  227.2|  226.4|  227.7|  227.5
                   Kansas........................|  282.0|  289.0|  289.1|  290.4|  236.2|  235.7|  243.1|  243.5
                   Kentucky......................|  381.9|  392.0|  393.8|  392.3|  284.6|  286.7|  286.7|  286.7
                   Louisiana.....................|  456.5|  482.8|  479.3|  478.4|  355.4|  351.0|  358.2|  364.1
                   Maine.........................|  142.9|  149.5|  150.8|  150.5|   92.7|   91.3|   91.2|   90.5
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                   Maryland......................|  673.9|  686.0|  685.9|  686.4|  422.4|  418.8|  418.4|  418.8
                   Massachusetts.................|  989.3|1,007.1|1,012.4|1,014.0|  396.4|  394.3|  401.2|  400.3
                   Michigan......................|1,089.3|1,109.8|1,110.3|1,123.2|  639.4|  635.0|  643.3|  637.2
                   Minnesota.....................|  643.3|  661.2|  663.0|  665.1|  361.2|  365.1|  362.9|  363.7
                   Mississippi...................|  221.2|  216.9|  218.4|  219.3|  219.7|  230.1|  225.5|  225.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  675.8|  683.2|  684.8|  689.1|  387.7|  395.4|  393.0|  393.5
                   Montana.......................|   93.4|   99.1|   99.6|   99.9|   76.7|   76.0|   77.0|   77.5
                   Nebraska......................|  203.9|  210.2|  208.6|  207.5|  151.1|  148.6|  149.5|  152.2
                   Nevada........................|  335.5|  349.3|  348.8|  349.8|   93.5|   94.4|   97.4|   98.0
                   New Hampshire.................|  146.4|  145.3|  145.8|  147.0|   77.6|   78.6|   78.5|   79.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|1,049.1|1,080.9|1,081.0|1,084.0|  571.1|  568.9|  569.3|  570.3
                   New Mexico....................|  181.7|  188.2|  191.4|  195.3|  163.9|  166.7|  164.7|  164.8
                   New York......................|2,476.8|2,538.6|2,545.7|2,546.0|1,412.6|1,388.6|1,377.9|1,382.0
                   North Carolina................|  735.8|  748.5|  747.9|  751.1|  550.3|  540.7|  558.1|  561.5
                   North Dakota..................|   82.0|   84.8|   84.7|   84.8|   67.3|   67.4|   66.7|   67.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,339.2|1,363.2|1,364.7|1,369.9|  743.4|  741.7|  751.1|  745.9
                   Oklahoma......................|  324.6|  338.4|  342.5|  344.9|  270.9|  271.4|  270.7|  270.2
                   Oregon........................|  353.6|  375.2|  376.6|  379.0|  236.7|  238.0|  239.9|  239.8
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,573.6|1,579.6|1,579.9|1,582.5|  719.3|  715.8|  719.6|  716.3
                   Rhode Island..................|  136.4|  138.8|  138.5|  138.2|   61.7|   62.6|   61.0|   61.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  346.9|  357.9|  359.5|  359.3|  296.4|  301.7|  300.9|  300.3
                   South Dakota..................|   88.1|   90.5|   90.6|   90.4|   67.1|   67.5|   69.0|   68.2
                   Tennessee.....................|  609.6|  631.2|  635.6|  638.5|  369.6|  368.5|  381.4|  381.2
                   Texas.........................|2,029.4|2,128.2|2,141.7|2,147.5|1,431.4|1,467.3|1,467.4|1,464.6
                   Utah..........................|  229.9|  242.2|  242.3|  242.4|  162.1|  163.9|  164.2|  165.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   77.5|   77.4|   78.3|   78.8|   44.9|   43.6|   44.8|   45.3
                   Virginia......................|  845.4|  875.6|  876.7|  879.9|  603.7|  594.8|  593.6|  593.6
                   Washington....................|  610.1|  629.2|  631.9|  631.0|  443.7|  440.9|  444.3|  443.6
                   West Virginia.................|  177.2|  181.1|  181.6|  182.7|  134.7|  138.4|  136.6|  137.1
                   Wisconsin.....................|  622.5|  640.5|  640.8|  640.7|  363.7|  363.0|  361.6|  363.6
                   Wyoming.......................|   45.7|   46.1|   45.9|   46.6|   58.0|   60.3|   57.8|   57.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to reflect March
                   1994 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Estimates subsequent to the
                   current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
                   available.
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |                                  |                               |
                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
             State             |      Sept.      |      Oct.      |     Sept.     |     Oct.      |     Sept.     |     Oct.
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
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                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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 Alabama.......................| 1,763.4| 1,774.5| 1,770.7|1,780.2|   85.2|   87.8|   83.9|   88.3|  390.4|  383.8|  391.2|  382.0
 Alaska........................|   275.1|   275.1|   263.5|  264.4|   15.4|   16.0|   14.7|   15.2|   19.1|   18.3|   14.7|   14.6
 Arizona.......................| 1,712.6| 1,771.4| 1,730.9|1,790.5|  113.4|  116.2|  116.5|  117.1|  195.7|  202.5|  197.7|  203.1
 Arkansas......................| 1,058.1| 1,086.2| 1,063.1|1,088.7|   44.9|   46.8|   45.4|   46.9|  259.5|  261.2|  260.1|  260.2
 California....................|12,197.7|12,334.4|12,228.9|12359.1|  491.6|  517.7|  490.3|  516.5|1,796.8|1,794.1|1,775.8|1,775.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,767.9| 1,812.6| 1,773.4|1,822.5|  103.2|  103.2|  103.3|  104.0|  192.8|  194.9|  194.1|  195.9
 Connecticut...................| 1,559.6| 1,555.8| 1,564.8|1,563.5|   53.9|   53.3|   53.1|   53.3|  286.4|  281.1|  285.4|  280.3
 Delaware......................|   359.0|   368.5|   359.2|  367.6|   18.2|   19.4|   18.2|   19.3|   64.3|   61.2|   64.1|   61.1
 District of Columbia..........|   657.3|   641.5|   656.9|  639.4|   10.0|   10.5|    9.9|   10.4|   13.2|   13.2|   13.2|   13.3
 Florida.......................| 5,805.7| 6,005.6| 5,853.2|6,044.8|  305.3|  309.2|  306.9|  308.2|  483.1|  484.9|  485.1|  486.1
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,294.5| 3,418.7| 3,325.5|3,448.7|  147.4|  162.1|  144.7|  163.5|  582.1|  585.0|  584.1|  583.9
 Hawaii2/......................|   526.8|   519.7|   534.9|  527.0|   29.4|   27.5|   29.2|   27.6|   17.7|   16.8|   17.4|   16.7
 Idaho.........................|   477.7|   486.8|   479.1|  487.5|   32.9|   32.0|   32.4|   31.7|   74.3|   75.0|   75.3|   76.0
 Illinois......................| 5,523.5| 5,585.0| 5,556.8|5,604.2|  234.5|  234.7|  233.9|  233.2|  957.2|  964.6|  956.8|  962.1
 Indiana.......................| 2,747.2| 2,803.2| 2,757.4|2,809.6|  138.7|  139.3|  138.4|  137.6|  669.8|  679.1|  667.1|  678.9
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 Iowa..........................| 1,336.9| 1,367.1| 1,344.6|1,372.9|   59.4|   61.3|   59.1|   60.9|  248.0|  250.6|  247.7|  250.1
 Kansas........................| 1,183.1| 1,210.9| 1,188.4|1,218.7|   53.1|   57.4|   52.6|   57.4|  189.8|  192.7|  191.0|  193.2
 Kentucky......................| 1,629.6| 1,659.9| 1,631.9|1,664.4|   80.8|   79.9|   81.5|   80.1|  307.5|  309.3|  307.9|  310.3
 Louisiana.....................| 1,751.7| 1,808.1| 1,769.5|1,817.6|  109.5|  113.2|  108.2|  114.3|  190.3|  192.2|  192.5|  193.4
 Maine.........................|   544.6|   556.9|   547.6|  557.5|   23.6|   25.4|   24.1|   25.3|   92.9|   92.8|   93.2|   92.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,168.8| 2,174.0| 2,174.9|2,179.4|  132.3|  133.0|  131.9|  132.1|  179.7|  177.4|  179.8|  176.8
 Massachusetts.................| 2,941.0| 2,978.1| 2,965.0|2,999.9|   96.6|   98.4|   96.4|   98.2|  450.7|  450.4|  450.3|  452.0
 Michigan......................| 4,195.4| 4,274.1| 4,232.2|4,324.7|  159.8|  174.9|  161.0|  174.7|  964.2|  968.0|  966.4|  970.3
 Minnesota.....................| 2,335.0| 2,385.2| 2,361.3|2,413.2|   91.8|   93.2|   90.6|   91.9|  424.8|  432.1|  421.7|  429.4
 Mississippi...................| 1,065.1| 1,060.3| 1,066.7|1,061.2|   46.5|   51.1|   45.7|   51.0|  261.8|  250.8|  262.7|  250.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,514.1| 2,560.3| 2,531.6|2,578.7|  120.1|  119.9|  117.9|  119.9|  421.0|  424.6|  422.0|  422.8
 Montana.......................|   351.8|   363.7|   351.5|  364.1|   18.2|   19.7|   17.9|   19.9|   23.7|   24.4|   24.2|   24.8
 Nebraska......................|   803.2|   811.5|   810.2|  817.1|   35.7|   34.1|   35.4|   34.0|  110.0|  111.6|  110.7|  111.6
 Nevada........................|   756.5|   796.3|   758.0|  802.0|   57.7|   64.1|   57.4|   65.2|   34.9|   36.3|   35.0|   36.5
 New Hampshire.................|   533.0|   535.8|   535.4|  539.4|   19.8|   21.8|   20.1|   21.8|  101.0|  100.2|  101.3|   99.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,579.3| 3,621.6| 3,598.7|3,643.2|  131.3|  135.0|  132.5|  136.8|  515.4|  500.1|  514.9|  498.2
 New Mexico....................|   671.4|   702.2|   675.6|  708.3|   44.0|   49.0|   44.6|   50.0|   47.4|   49.0|   46.9|   49.0
 New York......................| 7,826.2| 7,876.3| 7,879.7|7,939.8|  272.8|  274.6|  271.1|  272.9|  959.6|  956.8|  957.6|  954.2
 North Carolina................| 3,405.3| 3,449.7| 3,433.6|3,472.0|  171.1|  178.6|  171.5|  178.0|  866.1|  860.2|  867.0|  857.9
 North Dakota..................|   300.1|   306.2|   302.8|  309.4|   15.2|   16.4|   15.2|   16.1|   22.0|   21.9|   22.4|   22.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,137.1| 5,206.2| 5,161.8|5,228.2|  225.5|  228.4|  223.4|  227.2|1,081.2|1,094.0|1,083.3|1,090.6
 Oklahoma......................| 1,291.7| 1,323.3| 1,296.5|1,327.9|   49.4|   51.0|   50.0|   51.0|  171.6|  173.1|  171.9|  173.4
 Oregon........................| 1,387.8| 1,448.8| 1,402.9|1,459.1|   68.8|   76.3|   68.4|   75.3|  227.9|  234.4|  225.7|  230.2
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,227.2| 5,227.7| 5,271.0|5,263.4|  220.4|  217.1|  219.2|  215.4|  947.3|  939.5|  948.1|  938.1
 Rhode Island..................|   439.7|   436.6|   440.5|  439.7|   14.5|   13.6|   14.0|   13.6|   87.9|   86.3|   87.9|   86.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,620.2| 1,638.2| 1,623.3|1,641.8|   85.4|   84.2|   85.3|   83.8|  376.3|  369.1|  376.9|  368.8
 South Dakota..................|   337.5|   348.4|   339.6|  349.8|   15.5|   16.3|   15.3|   16.0|   44.7|   46.2|   45.2|   46.4
 Tennessee.....................| 2,458.5| 2,525.0| 2,463.9|2,528.8|  105.1|  111.6|  105.1|  111.4|  541.4|  531.7|  540.9|  529.2
 Texas.........................| 7,824.4| 8,100.5| 7,860.0|8,143.5|  390.2|  417.8|  393.3|  422.0|1,015.5|1,032.3|1,018.0|1,032.1
 Utah..........................|   880.7|   929.7|   884.0|  930.8|   53.3|   63.1|   52.9|   60.6|  118.7|  126.7|  119.5|  127.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   268.6|   271.1|   270.5|  274.1|   13.6|   12.9|   13.5|   12.9|   44.5|   45.4|   44.6|   45.4
 Virginia......................| 3,037.6| 3,093.6| 3,063.8|3,112.6|  170.9|  179.8|  170.9|  179.6|  406.7|  402.9|  408.8|  402.9
 Washington....................| 2,352.6| 2,399.6| 2,360.6|2,377.5|  134.2|  136.0|  132.7|  133.9|  344.4|  341.0|  343.2|  316.5
 West Virginia.................|   682.3|   693.8|   688.6|  699.9|   38.6|   38.1|   38.1|   37.5|   82.5|   83.4|   82.4|   83.7
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,524.3| 2,569.6| 2,532.4|2,575.1|  107.0|  112.7|  108.4|  113.0|  593.1|  602.0|  590.4|  596.9
 Wyoming.......................|   226.1|   226.8|   221.9|  222.0|   15.6|   15.8|   15.3|   15.0|   10.4|   10.4|   10.8|   10.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Puerto Rico...................|   888.5|   881.0|   893.7|  889.8|   46.5|   46.9|   46.9|   47.8|  152.1|  152.2|  153.2|  154.3
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                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
  Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
                                 |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
               State             |               |               |               |               |               |
                                 |     Sept.     |     Oct.      |     Sept.     |     Oct.      |     Sept.     |     Oct.
                                 |               |               |               |               |               |
                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   87.2|   85.8|   86.7|   85.6|  395.6|  405.7|  398.1|  407.2|   77.1|   77.0|   76.8|   76.6
   Alaska........................|   25.5|   25.0|   23.8|   23.1|   55.8|   57.1|   53.9|   55.1|   12.4|   12.5|   12.0|   12.1
   Arizona.......................|   87.0|   89.0|   86.5|   89.1|  412.5|  428.3|  419.2|  434.5|  111.7|  111.2|  111.5|  111.4
   Arkansas......................|   61.0|   63.7|   61.7|   63.9|  238.4|  246.9|  238.4|  247.6|   42.2|   43.2|   42.1|   43.3
   California....................|  621.2|  626.6|  619.3|  625.2|2,827.5|2,855.1|2,827.4|2,854.8|  783.7|  766.9|  778.6|  763.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  107.1|  110.5|  106.8|  111.0|  432.0|  449.7|  432.0|  452.3|  110.2|  111.1|  109.7|  111.3
   Connecticut...................|   71.4|   71.7|   71.4|   71.7|  337.5|  337.5|  339.7|  339.4|  135.0|  133.4|  134.7|  133.1
   Delaware......................|   15.4|   15.7|   15.8|   15.8|   79.9|   83.7|   78.4|   82.3|   39.6|   41.5|   39.7|   41.7
   District of Columbia..........|   21.0|   20.3|   20.9|   20.4|   52.9|   53.1|   53.3|   53.4|   31.2|   30.7|   31.0|   30.9
   Florida.......................|  294.8|  300.1|  296.2|  300.9|1,490.9|1,543.2|1,506.3|1,557.2|  376.9|  385.2|  378.7|  385.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  211.1|  208.7|  211.1|  210.6|  821.1|  869.5|  827.1|  873.7|  174.2|  175.6|  173.5|  175.0
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.8|   40.9|   41.4|   41.0|  132.9|  134.2|  132.5|  133.5|   38.5|   37.4|   38.3|   37.3
   Idaho.........................|   23.0|   23.0|   22.9|   23.0|  119.5|  123.2|  119.6|  123.1|   24.4|   24.2|   24.3|   24.2
   Illinois......................|  319.7|  324.4|  321.5|  326.0|1,283.4|1,303.9|1,292.8|1,312.6|  395.0|  396.3|  393.4|  394.1
   Indiana.......................|  139.3|  139.1|  138.7|  138.8|  652.1|  672.9|  654.7|  675.7|  130.7|  132.2|  130.2|  132.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   59.4|   60.5|   60.2|   61.2|  336.5|  342.4|  333.8|  339.6|   76.8|   79.2|   77.0|   78.9
   Kansas........................|   69.1|   70.8|   69.3|   71.0|  286.0|  290.3|  286.2|  291.6|   58.7|   58.8|   58.5|   58.8
   Kentucky......................|   89.8|   91.0|   90.5|   91.8|  384.2|  404.6|  386.7|  406.0|   65.3|   64.5|   64.8|   64.6
   Louisiana.....................|  112.4|  113.1|  113.6|  113.3|  406.7|  416.1|  408.7|  418.0|   80.6|   81.0|   80.9|   80.9
   Maine.........................|   23.2|   23.4|   23.5|   23.7|  140.6|  144.0|  139.0|  142.7|   26.8|   26.1|   26.8|   26.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  105.3|  104.3|  105.4|  104.4|  519.3|  522.4|  518.2|  521.6|  133.5|  129.7|  133.0|  129.0
   Massachusetts.................|  128.7|  128.1|  128.9|  128.3|  677.8|  680.1|  682.7|  683.5|  209.1|  212.0|  208.7|  211.1
   Michigan......................|  165.9|  164.8|  165.8|  166.0|  973.1|1,006.9|  975.0|1,018.0|  196.8|  196.1|  195.1|  195.5
   Minnesota.....................|  116.5|  117.6|  117.2|  118.1|  566.7|  579.2|  567.2|  582.8|  140.0|  141.3|  139.4|  141.0
   Mississippi...................|   48.5|   47.4|   48.9|   47.9|  219.8|  220.4|  219.1|  218.5|   39.4|   39.4|   39.2|   38.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  157.9|  159.5|  158.1|  160.7|  597.6|  618.9|  603.4|  624.1|  147.2|  148.8|  147.7|  149.4
   Montana.......................|   21.0|   21.4|   21.2|   21.4|   95.9|   98.2|   95.0|   97.2|   15.8|   16.1|   15.7|   16.0
   Nebraska......................|   48.8|   49.1|   49.0|   48.8|  200.2|  203.1|  202.6|  204.7|   51.7|   52.6|   51.7|   52.5
   Nevada........................|   38.7|   40.5|   39.0|   40.4|  146.7|  156.7|  147.1|  157.9|   34.5|   36.6|   34.6|   36.7
   New Hampshire.................|   19.2|   19.6|   19.3|   19.8|  136.5|  137.2|  136.8|  137.9|   29.5|   29.4|   29.3|   29.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  246.1|  248.2|  246.6|  248.2|  845.5|  866.2|  847.8|  868.2|  231.5|  231.6|  230.7|  231.1
   New Mexico....................|   30.4|   30.9|   30.6|   31.2|  159.0|  167.1|  159.4|  168.3|   29.9|   31.8|   30.3|   32.0
   New York......................|  403.8|  402.0|  402.9|  404.8|1,586.4|1,612.7|1,592.5|1,617.4|  740.7|  732.8|  737.3|  731.1
   North Carolina................|  162.0|  160.6|  162.1|  161.1|  773.8|  787.6|  779.9|  790.3|  144.3|  148.9|  144.2|  149.3
   North Dakota..................|   18.9|   19.1|   19.2|   19.5|   77.3|   79.6|   77.3|   79.9|   13.9|   14.1|   13.8|   14.1
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  226.1|  229.6|  226.8|  230.9|1,236.0|1,251.3|1,235.0|1,252.0|  272.0|  272.8|  271.0|  272.2
   Oklahoma......................|   73.0|   74.9|   72.7|   74.5|  304.9|  314.9|  304.6|  314.2|   64.3|   64.6|   64.1|   64.0
   Oregon........................|   69.7|   71.1|   69.7|   71.5|  349.3|  362.2|  350.2|  361.6|   89.1|   91.6|   88.7|   91.1
   Pennsylvania..................|  274.8|  271.4|  277.5|  274.6|1,165.9|1,170.9|1,179.0|1,179.4|  311.7|  315.8|  309.4|  314.5
   Rhode Island..................|   15.1|   14.7|   15.0|   14.7|   97.1|   97.3|   97.7|   97.4|   25.5|   25.1|   25.2|   24.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   70.3|   71.4|   70.7|   71.9|  370.8|  381.4|  368.9|  379.0|   68.9|   69.5|   68.7|   69.2
   South Dakota..................|   15.7|   15.7|   15.9|   15.9|   85.8|   88.6|   85.9|   88.8|   18.2|   19.8|   18.2|   19.9
   Tennessee.....................|  137.1|  137.9|  137.4|  137.9|  573.0|  599.3|  576.5|  602.7|  109.3|  111.6|  109.0|  111.4
   Texas.........................|  462.4|  479.9|  465.8|  481.7|1,894.2|1,966.6|1,897.2|1,974.9|  444.8|  446.5|  444.9|  446.0
   Utah..........................|   50.3|   52.5|   50.5|   52.5|  210.2|  222.9|  211.2|  222.6|   46.4|   48.0|   46.4|   47.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.7|   12.1|   11.6|   12.0|   63.8|   64.4|   63.6|   64.5|   12.2|   12.4|   12.2|   12.3
   Virginia......................|  154.2|  159.9|  156.3|  162.6|  683.8|  700.7|  691.3|  704.2|  165.0|  169.2|  165.0|  169.0
   Washington....................|  120.4|  122.2|  119.7|  121.7|  579.0|  600.1|  577.2|  597.4|  124.2|  123.5|  123.6|  123.3
   West Virginia.................|   40.4|   40.7|   40.4|   40.7|  157.5|  162.1|  158.3|  161.8|   26.1|   26.4|   26.1|   26.3
   Wisconsin.....................|  118.5|  119.2|  118.6|  119.5|  578.3|  589.3|  581.2|  591.6|  135.0|  137.0|  134.5|  136.6
   Wyoming.......................|   14.4|   14.2|   14.3|   14.0|   52.9|   53.3|   51.0|   51.2|    8.0|    8.0|    7.9|    7.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Puerto Rico...................|   23.2|   23.6|   23.9|   23.6|  174.7|  170.0|  174.6|  171.5|   40.8|   40.7|   40.9|   40.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   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             |     Sept.     |     Oct.      |     Sept.     |     Oct.
                                                 |               |               |               |
                                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  376.7|  385.4|  377.2|  384.8|  340.8|  338.2|  346.4|  344.9
                   Alaska........................|   61.3|   62.4|   58.7|   59.8|   74.4|   73.6|   74.9|   74.4
                   Arizona.......................|  484.1|  504.5|  490.6|  509.7|  295.9|  306.8|  296.6|  312.7
                   Arkansas......................|  234.2|  244.6|  234.8|  244.5|  174.2|  176.5|  177.0|  179.0
                   California....................|3,581.9|3,685.7|3,592.6|3,694.8|2,062.5|2,058.4|2,112.9|2,099.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  507.5|  525.2|  503.3|  522.1|  299.4|  302.7|  308.5|  310.8
                   Connecticut...................|  456.3|  461.4|  458.6|  464.4|  218.3|  216.6|  221.2|  220.6
                   Delaware......................|   92.7|   97.1|   91.7|   96.2|   48.8|   49.8|   51.2|   51.1
                   District of Columbia..........|  263.0|  262.5|  265.4|  263.9|  265.9|  251.1|  263.1|  247.0
                   Florida.......................|1,936.0|2,046.0|1,948.0|2,059.8|  911.6|  929.8|  924.9|  939.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  798.0|  847.1|  801.5|  847.9|  552.8|  563.1|  575.8|  586.5
                   Hawaii2/......................|  163.9|  163.0|  164.8|  163.8|  102.6|   99.9|  111.3|  107.1
                   Idaho.........................|  106.6|  110.2|  105.3|  108.9|   94.3|   96.2|   96.6|   97.7
                   Illinois......................|1,541.1|1,562.5|1,544.3|1,556.4|  777.9|  784.3|  799.4|  805.6
                   Indiana.......................|  614.0|  633.4|  621.9|  636.0|  395.6|  400.6|  399.4|  403.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Iowa..........................|  331.7|  346.9|  333.2|  348.3|  222.7|  223.9|  231.3|  231.6
                   Kansas........................|  283.1|  290.5|  282.9|  291.3|  234.9|  242.0|  239.5|  246.8
                   Kentucky......................|  385.6|  395.0|  383.0|  393.5|  288.4|  289.0|  289.4|  291.6
                   Louisiana.....................|  455.8|  481.7|  458.7|  480.3|  348.3|  360.3|  358.4|  367.4
                   Maine.........................|  145.9|  155.0|  145.2|  153.4|   91.4|   90.0|   95.6|   93.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Maryland......................|  679.6|  691.5|  677.1|  689.7|  418.0|  414.6|  428.4|  424.7
                   Massachusetts.................|  988.0|1,013.4|  997.5|1,022.1|  388.6|  394.1|  399.0|  403.1
                   Michigan......................|1,094.5|1,119.2|1,099.3|1,133.3|  632.1|  635.6|  660.7|  658.9
                   Minnesota.....................|  645.3|  668.3|  649.4|  671.8|  341.6|  345.5|  367.7|  370.2
                   Mississippi...................|  223.1|  219.1|  222.0|  220.0|  220.7|  227.4|  224.1|  229.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  679.3|  691.7|  683.1|  696.5|  386.2|  392.2|  394.7|  400.6
                   Montana.......................|   94.3|  100.9|   93.1|   99.6|   77.5|   77.5|   78.9|   79.8
                   Nebraska......................|  205.0|  210.2|  206.8|  210.5|  150.4|  149.4|  152.6|  153.7
                   Nevada........................|  337.1|  351.0|  336.9|  351.1|   94.4|   97.2|   95.5|  100.1
                   New Hampshire.................|  147.9|  147.7|  147.8|  148.3|   78.6|   79.4|   80.3|   82.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|1,055.1|1,086.8|1,052.3|1,087.3|  552.4|  551.7|  571.9|  571.4
                   New Mexico....................|  180.8|  192.7|  180.8|  194.3|  164.1|  165.9|  166.8|  167.6
                   New York......................|2,477.8|2,548.2|2,498.0|2,568.9|1,379.5|1,343.5|1,414.9|1,384.8
                   North Carolina................|  737.1|  751.6|  744.3|  759.4|  547.4|  558.4|  561.0|  572.3
                   North Dakota..................|   81.9|   85.0|   82.6|   85.5|   67.0|   66.3|   68.4|   68.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,348.0|1,379.7|1,350.4|1,380.9|  733.6|  736.1|  757.2|  760.1
                   Oklahoma......................|  323.7|  342.8|  324.7|  344.9|  269.6|  268.6|  273.9|  273.0
                   Oregon........................|  355.2|  381.1|  357.4|  383.2|  226.3|  230.3|  241.2|  244.4
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,578.1|1,587.8|1,588.1|1,596.7|  708.3|  705.9|  728.9|  725.6
                   Rhode Island..................|  139.2|  139.6|  138.4|  140.3|   60.2|   59.8|   62.1|   61.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  351.0|  361.6|  350.0|  362.4|  295.6|  299.1|  300.8|  304.8
                   South Dakota..................|   88.9|   91.3|   88.5|   90.8|   66.2|   67.9|   68.2|   69.4
                   Tennessee.....................|  614.2|  642.0|  614.2|  643.2|  373.7|  386.0|  376.1|  388.1
                   Texas.........................|2,034.8|2,146.0|2,035.0|2,153.9|1,419.4|1,456.2|1,444.3|1,477.5
                   Utah..........................|  233.2|  245.5|  230.9|  243.4|  160.1|  162.7|  164.1|  167.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   77.3|   78.4|   77.7|   79.1|   44.9|   44.8|   46.7|   47.2
                   Virginia......................|  849.0|  884.0|  849.5|  883.9|  596.2|  587.0|  610.3|  600.3
                   Washington....................|  614.8|  638.2|  611.5|  632.3|  432.0|  435.0|  449.1|  448.9
                   West Virginia.................|  177.2|  182.5|  178.7|  184.2|  131.8|  133.3|  136.2|  138.6
                   Wisconsin.....................|  630.0|  647.8|  627.1|  645.2|  359.6|  358.7|  369.6|  369.4
                   Wyoming.......................|   48.1|   48.7|   45.1|   46.0|   58.5|   58.3|   59.5|   59.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Puerto Rico...................|  157.9|  160.0|  160.0|  161.3|  292.4|  286.6|  293.3|  289.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |            September            |             October
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
       United States.........................................|       5.6      |       5.4      |       5.4      |       5.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alabama....................................................|       5.5      |       5.7      |       5.7      |       5.7
    Birmingham...............................................|       4.0      |       4.1      |       4.1      |       3.8
    Huntsville...............................................|       4.4      |       4.0      |       4.8      |       3.8
    Mobile...................................................|       6.1      |       6.1      |       6.3      |       5.5
    Montgomery...............................................|       4.8      |       5.1      |       5.0      |       4.8
    Tuscaloosa...............................................|       4.6      |       4.2      |       4.6      |       4.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alaska.....................................................|       6.1      |       5.7      |       7.2      |       6.8
    Anchorage................................................|       5.0      |       4.5      |       5.6      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arizona....................................................|       7.0      |       5.8      |       6.9      |       5.1
    Phoenix_Mesa.............................................|       5.4      |       4.4      |       5.4      |       3.8
    Tucson...................................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       5.0      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arkansas...................................................|       4.5      |       4.3      |       4.4      |       4.2
    Fayetteville_Springdale_Rogers...........................|       2.3      |       2.7      |       2.4      |       2.4
    Fort Smith1/.............................................|       4.5      |       4.7      |       4.8      |       4.8
    Little Rock_North Little Rock............................|       3.6      |       3.3      |       3.5      |       3.2
    Pine Bluff...............................................|       7.5      |       6.1      |       7.2      |       5.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  California2/...............................................|       8.2      |       7.1      |       7.4      |       7.4
    Bakersfield..............................................|      13.5      |      11.1      |      13.4      |      13.7
    Fresno...................................................|      11.7      |      10.3      |      12.2      |      13.3
    Los Angeles_Long Beach2/.................................|       8.3      |       7.5      |       7.8      |       7.5
    Modesto..................................................|      12.2      |      10.3      |      12.9      |      12.8
    Oakland..................................................|       6.5      |       5.7      |       5.6      |       5.7
    Orange County............................................|       6.0      |       5.1      |       5.1      |       5.2
    Riverside_San Bernardino.................................|       9.9      |       8.5      |       8.5      |       8.6
    Sacramento...............................................|       7.2      |       6.3      |       6.5      |       6.6
    Salinas..................................................|       8.3      |       7.4      |       8.1      |       8.3
    San Diego................................................|       7.5      |       6.4      |       6.5      |       6.2
    San Francisco............................................|       5.9      |       5.0      |       5.0      |       5.0
    San Jose.................................................|       6.3      |       4.6      |       5.5      |       4.8
    Santa Barbara_Santa Maria_Lompoc.........................|       7.3      |       6.1      |       6.4      |       6.3
    Santa Rosa...............................................|       5.9      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       5.0
    Stockton_Lodi............................................|      10.4      |       8.9      |      10.4      |      10.8
    Vallejo_Fairfield_Napa...................................|       7.2      |       6.7      |       6.5      |       6.8
    Ventura..................................................|       8.7      |       7.6      |       7.5      |       7.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Colorado...................................................|       3.3      |       3.3      |       3.4      |       3.6
    Boulder_Longmont.........................................|       3.1      |       3.2      |       2.9      |       3.4
    Denver...................................................|       3.1      |       3.0      |       3.1      |       3.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Connecticut................................................|       5.1      |       4.9      |       5.1      |       4.6
    Bridgeport...............................................|       5.8      |       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.3
    Danbury..................................................|       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.8      |       3.2
    Hartford.................................................|       5.4      |       5.2      |       5.3      |       4.9
    New Haven_Meriden........................................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       5.2      |       4.6
    New London_Norwich.......................................|       4.7      |       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.7
    Stamford_Norwalk.........................................|       3.7      |       3.5      |       3.7      |       3.3
    Waterbury................................................|       6.1      |       5.5      |       6.2      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Delaware...................................................|       4.5      |       4.2      |       4.3      |       4.1
    Dover....................................................|       4.7      |       4.6      |       4.3      |       4.5
    Wilmington_Newark1/......................................|       4.6      |       4.8      |       4.1      |       4.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  District of Columbia.......................................|       7.5      |       8.5      |       7.5      |       8.3
    Washington1/.............................................|       4.0      |       4.1      |       4.1      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Florida2/..................................................|       6.9      |       6.0      |       6.1      |       6.4
    Daytona Beach............................................|       6.2      |       4.9      |       5.5      |       5.1
    Fort Lauderdale..........................................|       6.7      |       5.9      |       6.0      |       6.2
    Fort Myers_Cape Coral....................................|       5.6      |       5.1      |       4.9      |       5.2
    Gainesville..............................................|       3.6      |       3.4      |       3.2      |       3.5
    Jacksonville.............................................|       5.1      |       4.3      |       4.6      |       4.7
    Lakeland_Winter Haven....................................|       9.7      |       8.6      |       7.7      |       8.1
    Melbourne_Titusville_Palm Bay............................|       6.9      |       6.4      |       6.3      |       7.1
    Miami....................................................|       8.4      |       7.3      |       7.6      |       7.7
    Orlando..................................................|       5.9      |       4.8      |       5.2      |       5.0
    Pensacola................................................|       4.9      |       4.8      |       4.8      |       7.0
    Sarasota_Bradenton.......................................|       4.9      |       4.5      |       4.3      |       4.6
    Tallahassee..............................................|       4.0      |       3.6      |       3.5      |       4.0
    Tampa_St. Petersburg_Clearwater..........................|       5.5      |       4.8      |       5.0      |       5.1
    West Palm Beach_Boca Raton...............................|       9.4      |       7.8      |       8.1      |       8.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Georgia....................................................|       5.2      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       5.2
    Albany...................................................|       7.9      |       6.5      |       7.7      |       6.4
    Athens...................................................|       4.1      |       4.6      |       4.1      |       4.2
    Atlanta..................................................|       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.9      |       4.4
    Augusta_Aiken1/..........................................|       6.1      |       6.8      |       6.2      |       6.6
    Columbus1/...............................................|       6.0      |       6.4      |       6.2      |       6.4
    Macon....................................................|       5.9      |       5.5      |       6.1      |       5.7
    Savannah.................................................|       5.6      |       5.5      |       5.6      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Hawaii.....................................................|       6.5      |       6.0      |       6.3      |       5.7
    Honolulu.................................................|       5.1      |       4.9      |       5.0      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Idaho......................................................|       4.7      |       4.1      |       4.9      |       4.2
    Boise City...............................................|       3.8      |       3.3      |       4.1      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |            September            |             October
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Illinois2/.................................................|       5.0      |       5.0      |       5.7      |       4.7
    Bloomington_Normal.......................................|       3.1      |       3.4      |       3.4      |       3.2
    Champaign_Urbana.........................................|       3.4      |       3.2      |       3.7      |       3.0
    Chicago..................................................|       5.0      |       4.8      |       5.7      |       4.6
    Davenport_Moline_Rock Island1/...........................|       4.6      |       4.3      |       4.8      |       3.9
    Decatur..................................................|       7.0      |       7.4      |       8.1      |       7.3
    Kankakee.................................................|       5.9      |       5.9      |       7.4      |       5.7
    Peoria_Pekin.............................................|       4.4      |       4.5      |       5.0      |       4.4
    Rockford.................................................|       4.5      |       4.2      |       5.2      |       4.0
    Springfield..............................................|       4.3      |       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Indiana....................................................|       4.5      |       3.6      |       4.5      |       3.9
    Bloomington..............................................|       3.5      |       2.3      |       3.1      |       2.4
    Elkhart_Goshen...........................................|       3.4      |       3.9      |       4.5      |       4.2
    Evansville_Henderson1/...................................|       4.5      |       4.1      |       5.0      |       4.1
    Fort Wayne...............................................|       4.1      |       3.2      |       4.0      |       3.6
    Gary.....................................................|       5.7      |       4.7      |       5.4      |       5.0
    Indianapolis.............................................|       4.0      |       3.0      |       3.8      |       3.3
    Kokomo...................................................|       5.7      |       3.1      |       6.6      |       3.4
    Lafayette................................................|       3.3      |       2.5      |       3.1      |       2.5
    Muncie...................................................|       4.7      |       3.3      |       4.8      |       3.7
    South Bend...............................................|       4.2      |       3.6      |       3.9      |       3.9
    Terre Haute..............................................|       5.4      |       4.8      |       5.3      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Iowa.......................................................|       3.3      |       3.0      |       3.0      |       2.7
    Cedar Rapids.............................................|       2.8      |       2.6      |       2.4      |       2.3
    Des Moines...............................................|       2.9      |       2.5      |       2.4      |       2.1
    Dubuque..................................................|       2.8      |       2.5      |       2.8      |       3.6
    Iowa City................................................|       2.7      |       2.7      |       2.5      |       2.3
    Sioux City1/.............................................|       3.1      |       2.6      |       2.7      |       2.9
    Waterloo_Cedar Falls.....................................|       4.5      |       3.7      |       4.2      |       3.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kansas.....................................................|       5.1      |       4.1      |       5.1      |       3.9
    Lawrence.................................................|       5.2      |       4.6      |       5.2      |       4.1
    Topeka...................................................|       5.2      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       4.5
    Wichita..................................................|       5.8      |       4.5      |       5.8      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kentucky...................................................|       4.9      |       5.1      |       4.9      |       5.0
    Lexington................................................|       3.5      |       3.2      |       3.3      |       3.5
    Louisville1/.............................................|       4.2      |       4.2      |       4.2      |       4.1
    Owensboro................................................|       4.7      |       5.6      |       4.8      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Louisiana..................................................|       7.9      |       6.5      |       7.7      |       6.4
    Alexandria...............................................|       7.1      |       6.3      |       7.7      |       6.4
    Baton Rouge..............................................|       7.1      |       5.8      |       6.8      |       5.5
    Houma....................................................|       6.4      |       5.1      |       6.5      |       4.7
    Lafayette................................................|       7.6      |       6.2      |       7.4      |       6.3
    Lake Charles.............................................|       8.0      |       6.9      |       8.3      |       6.4
    Monroe...................................................|       7.4      |       6.3      |       7.7      |       6.7
    New Orleans..............................................|       7.7      |       6.4      |       7.2      |       6.2
    Shreveport_Bossier City..................................|       7.8      |       6.7      |       7.8      |       6.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maine......................................................|       5.9      |       5.1      |       6.2      |       5.0
    Lewiston_Auburn..........................................|       6.3      |       5.3      |       6.4      |       5.2
    Portland.................................................|       4.5      |       3.5      |       4.3      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maryland...................................................|       5.0      |       5.0      |       4.9      |       4.9
    Baltimore................................................|       6.0      |       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Massachusetts2/............................................|       5.4      |       5.2      |       5.9      |       4.8
    Barnstable_Yarmouth......................................|       5.2      |       4.6      |       6.6      |       5.1
    Boston1/.................................................|       4.9      |       4.8      |       5.3      |       4.3
    Brockton.................................................|       6.1      |       6.1      |       6.5      |       5.6
    Fitchburg_Leominster.....................................|       6.1      |       6.1      |       6.8      |       6.1
    Lawrence1/...............................................|       6.4      |       5.7      |       6.6      |       5.0
    Lowell1/.................................................|       6.1      |       5.4      |       6.7      |       4.9
    New Bedford..............................................|       8.0      |       8.3      |       8.9      |       7.9
    Pittsfield...............................................|       6.9      |       5.9      |       7.5      |       5.6
    Springfield..............................................|       6.0      |       5.4      |       6.6      |       5.3
    Worcester1/..............................................|       4.6      |       4.7      |       5.0      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Michigan2/.................................................|       5.3      |       4.6      |       4.7      |       3.9
    Ann Arbor................................................|       4.0      |       3.5      |       3.3      |       2.8
    Benton Harbor............................................|       5.3      |       4.6      |       4.9      |       4.1
    Detroit..................................................|       5.2      |       4.5      |       4.6      |       3.9
    Flint....................................................|       7.2      |       5.7      |       6.4      |       4.6
    Grand Rapids_Muskegon_Holland............................|       4.1      |       3.8      |       3.8      |       3.4
    Jackson..................................................|       5.8      |       4.7      |       5.0      |       3.8
    Kalamazoo_Battle_Creek...................................|       5.1      |       4.5      |       4.5      |       3.6
    Lansing_East Lansing.....................................|       3.9      |       3.4      |       3.5      |       2.8
    Saginaw_Bay City_Midland.................................|       5.6      |       4.7      |       5.1      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Minnesota..................................................|       4.0      |       3.0      |       3.4      |       2.9
    Duluth_Superior1/........................................|       6.1      |       4.4      |       5.4      |       4.2
    Minneapolis_St.Paul1/....................................|       3.6      |       2.7      |       3.1      |       2.5
    Rochester................................................|       3.5      |       2.6      |       3.2      |       2.5
    St. Cloud................................................|       3.6      |       3.2      |       3.3      |       2.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Mississippi................................................|       6.3      |       6.8      |       6.1      |       5.4
    Jackson..................................................|       4.6      |       4.7      |       4.3      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |            September            |             October
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Missouri...................................................|       4.1      |       4.8      |       3.9      |       3.4
    Kansas City1/............................................|       4.3      |       4.1      |       4.1      |       3.2
    St. Louis LMA1/..........................................|       4.2      |       4.8      |       4.2      |       3.6
    Springfield..............................................|       2.9      |       3.7      |       2.8      |       2.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Montana....................................................|       4.1      |       4.8      |       4.4      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nebraska...................................................|       2.8      |       2.0      |       2.6      |       2.2
    Lincoln..................................................|       2.7      |       1.8      |       2.4      |       2.1
    Omaha1/..................................................|       3.0      |       2.2      |       2.9      |       2.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nevada.....................................................|       6.0      |       5.3      |       5.8      |       4.5
    Las Vegas................................................|       6.3      |       5.7      |       6.1      |       4.8
    Reno.....................................................|       5.1      |       4.5      |       5.2      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Hampshire..............................................|       3.8      |       3.9      |       3.6      |       3.4
    Manchester...............................................|       4.0      |       3.7      |       3.6      |       3.0
    Nashua...................................................|       4.3      |       4.2      |       3.9      |       3.4
    Portsmouth_Rochester.....................................|       3.3      |       3.7      |       3.1      |       3.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Jersey2/...............................................|       6.4      |       5.5      |       6.3      |       5.4
    Atlantic_Cape May........................................|       8.2      |       7.0      |       9.8      |       8.4
    Bergen_Passaic...........................................|       6.8      |       5.7      |       6.5      |       5.5
    Jersey City..............................................|       8.7      |       7.9      |       8.5      |       7.8
    Middlesex_Somerset_Hunterdon.............................|       4.9      |       4.1      |       4.8      |       4.0
    Monmouth_Ocean...........................................|       5.5      |       4.9      |       5.6      |       4.9
    Newark...................................................|       6.6      |       5.7      |       6.4      |       5.5
    Trenton..................................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       5.2      |       4.9
    Vineland_Millville_Bridgeton.............................|       9.1      |       8.0      |       9.0      |       8.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Mexico.................................................|       5.7      |       5.7      |       5.5      |       5.8
    Albuquerque..............................................|       4.3      |       4.3      |       4.3      |       4.5
    Las Cruces...............................................|       6.9      |       7.1      |       6.5      |       6.6
    Santa Fe.................................................|       3.8      |       4.2      |       4.1      |       4.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New York2/.................................................|       6.0      |       6.4      |       6.2      |       6.0
    Albany_Schenectady_Troy..................................|       4.5      |       5.6      |       4.2      |       4.8
    Binghamton...............................................|       6.0      |       5.0      |       5.5      |       4.3
    Buffalo_Niagara Falls....................................|       5.1      |       5.4      |       4.9      |       4.7
    Dutchess County..........................................|       6.2      |       5.4      |       5.7      |       4.4
    Elmira...................................................|       4.6      |       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.4
    Glens Falls..............................................|       5.3      |       5.5      |       5.8      |       5.2
    Nassau_Suffolk...........................................|       5.3      |       5.4      |       4.9      |       4.7
    New York.................................................|       6.8      |       7.5      |       7.6      |       7.4
       New York City2/.......................................|       7.2      |       8.0      |       8.2      |       8.0
    Newburgh1/...............................................|       5.0      |       5.3      |       4.6      |       4.5
    Rochester................................................|       5.0      |       4.5      |       4.6      |       4.0
    Syracuse.................................................|       5.1      |       5.8      |       5.3      |       5.1
    Utica_Rome...............................................|       4.4      |       5.4      |       5.0      |       5.0
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  North Carolina2/...........................................|       4.5      |       4.3      |       4.6      |       3.8
    Asheville................................................|       4.0      |       3.4      |       4.3      |       3.1
    Charlotte_Gastonia_Rock Hill1/...........................|       4.0      |       3.7      |       4.0      |       3.3
    Greensboro_Winston-Salem_High Point......................|       3.7      |       3.6      |       3.8      |       3.1
    Raleigh_Durham_Chapel Hill...............................|       3.2      |       3.0      |       3.3      |       2.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  North Dakota...............................................|       3.1      |       2.5      |       2.8      |       2.2
    Bismarck.................................................|       3.2      |       3.1      |       2.7      |       2.4
    Fargo_Moorhead1/.........................................|       2.3      |       1.6      |       2.0      |       1.5
    Grand Forks1/............................................|       2.4      |       1.9      |       2.1      |       1.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Ohio2/.....................................................|       4.9      |       4.8      |       4.5      |       4.2
    Akron....................................................|       4.5      |       4.5      |       4.1      |       4.0
    Canton_Massillon.........................................|       5.1      |       4.9      |       4.8      |       4.3
    Cincinnati1/.............................................|       4.5      |       4.5      |       4.2      |       4.0
    Cleveland_Lorain_Elyria..................................|       5.3      |       5.0      |       4.9      |       4.5
    Columbus.................................................|       3.7      |       3.6      |       3.4      |       3.2
    Dayton_Springfield.......................................|       4.2      |       4.2      |       3.9      |       3.7
    Hamilton_Middletown......................................|       4.7      |       4.4      |       4.4      |       3.8
    Lima.....................................................|       5.2      |       5.9      |       4.8      |       5.2
    Mansfield................................................|       7.3      |       6.0      |       6.4      |       5.2
    Steubenville_Weirton.....................................|       7.7      |       6.1      |       7.9      |       5.2
    Toledo...................................................|       4.7      |       4.6      |       4.3      |       3.8
    Youngstown_Warren........................................|       7.8      |       6.6      |       6.0      |       6.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oklahoma...................................................|       5.5      |       4.7      |       5.6      |       4.7
    Enid.....................................................|       4.0      |       4.4      |       4.3      |       4.2
    Lawton...................................................|       6.2      |       5.1      |       6.6      |       5.3
    Oklahoma City............................................|       4.5      |       3.8      |       4.6      |       3.9
    Tulsa....................................................|       5.4      |       4.3      |       5.4      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oregon.....................................................|       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.7      |       4.2
    Eugene_Springfield.......................................|       4.9      |       4.8      |       4.6      |       4.4
    Medford_Ashland..........................................|       5.7      |       5.7      |       5.3      |       5.2
    Portland_Vancouver1/.....................................|       4.1      |       3.7      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Salem....................................................|       4.6      |       4.1      |       4.5      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Pennsylvania2/.............................................|       6.1      |       6.1      |       5.7      |       4.8
    Allentown_Bethlehem_Easton...............................|       6.3      |       6.0      |       5.5      |       5.0
    Altoona..................................................|       6.4      |       6.5      |       5.9      |       5.6
    Erie.....................................................|       6.4      |       6.4      |       5.9      |       5.0
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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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |            September            |             October
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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  Pennsylvania2/                                             |                |                |                |
    Harrisburg_Lebanon_Carlisle..............................|       4.4      |       4.4      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Johnstown................................................|       9.0      |       8.4      |       8.0      |       6.9
    Lancaster................................................|       4.1      |       4.2      |       3.7      |       3.5
    Philadelphia1/...........................................|       6.3      |       6.0      |       5.7      |       4.8
    Pittsburgh...............................................|       6.1      |       5.9      |       5.5      |       4.6
    Reading..................................................|       5.0      |       5.2      |       4.5      |       4.2
    Scranton_Wilkes_Barre_Hazelton...........................|       6.8      |       7.0      |       6.1      |       5.8
    Sharon...................................................|       6.7      |       5.2      |       5.7      |       4.1
    State College............................................|       4.0      |       3.8      |       3.2      |       3.3
    Williamsport.............................................|       7.3      |       7.0      |       6.4      |       5.7
    York.....................................................|       4.4      |       5.0      |       4.2      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Rhode Island...............................................|       7.0      |       7.0      |       7.1      |       7.0
    Providence_Fall River_Warwick............................|       7.1      |       7.1      |       7.2      |       7.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Carolina.............................................|       6.1      |       5.1      |       5.8      |       5.0
    Charleston_North Charleston..............................|       6.3      |       5.0      |       5.9      |       4.8
    Columbia.................................................|       4.3      |       3.8      |       4.1      |       3.7
    Greenville_Spartanburg_Anderson..........................|       4.6      |       3.5      |       4.3      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Dakota...............................................|       2.8      |       2.4      |       2.5      |       2.3
    Rapid City...............................................|       3.7      |       3.4      |       3.4      |       3.1
    Sioux Falls..............................................|       2.5      |       1.8      |       1.9      |       1.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Tennessee..................................................|       4.3      |       5.0      |       4.2      |       5.0
    Chattanooga1/............................................|       4.4      |       4.9      |       4.3      |       5.0
    Johnson City_Kingsport_Bristol1/.........................|       4.7      |       4.9      |       4.5      |       5.4
    Knoxville................................................|       3.3      |       3.8      |       3.3      |       3.9
    Memphis1/................................................|       4.5      |       5.1      |       4.5      |       5.0
    Nashville................................................|       2.9      |       3.7      |       2.9      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Texas2/....................................................|       6.0      |       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.9
    Abilene..................................................|       4.7      |       5.7      |       4.6      |       5.3
    Amarillo.................................................|       3.8      |       4.3      |       3.6      |       4.6
    Austin_San Marcos........................................|       3.4      |       3.4      |       3.2      |       3.3
    Beaumont_Port Arthur.....................................|       9.0      |       9.3      |       8.4      |       9.2
    Brazoria.................................................|       7.2      |       7.1      |       6.5      |       6.8
    Brownsville_Harlingen_San Benito ........................|      11.0      |      11.6      |      10.2      |      12.1
    Bryan_College Station....................................|       2.9      |       3.2      |       3.2      |       3.0
    Corpus Christi...........................................|       8.3      |       8.5      |       7.8      |       8.4
    Dallas...................................................|       5.0      |       4.7      |       4.6      |       4.7
    El Paso..................................................|       9.0      |       9.9      |       8.5      |      11.2
    Fort Worth_Arlington.....................................|       5.1      |       4.7      |       4.8      |       4.8
    Galveston_Texas City.....................................|       7.9      |       7.0      |       7.0      |       7.2
    Houston..................................................|       6.2      |       5.7      |       5.8      |       5.6
    Killeen_Temple...........................................|       5.2      |       5.0      |       5.3      |       5.3
    Laredo...................................................|       7.9      |      14.0      |       8.0      |      13.9
    Longview_Marshall........................................|       7.5      |       7.2      |       6.8      |       7.2
    Lubbock..................................................|       3.9      |       3.9      |       3.8      |       4.2
    McAllen_Edinburg_Mission.................................|      17.4      |      17.6      |      16.0      |      17.6
    Odessa_Midland...........................................|       7.0      |       6.0      |       6.3      |       6.0
    San Angelo...............................................|       4.4      |       4.6      |       3.9      |       4.5
    San Antonio..............................................|       4.6      |       4.7      |       4.4      |       4.7
    Sherman_Denison..........................................|       5.9      |       5.1      |       5.6      |       5.1
    Texarkana1/..............................................|       7.9      |       7.3      |       7.4      |       7.0
    Tyler....................................................|       5.0      |       6.1      |       5.2      |       6.6
    Victoria.................................................|       5.6      |       5.9      |       5.4      |       5.9
    Waco.....................................................|       4.7      |       4.8      |       4.2      |       4.6
    Wichita Falls............................................|       5.1      |       5.1      |       4.9      |       4.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Utah.......................................................|       3.7      |       3.1      |       3.5      |       3.1
    Provo_Orem...............................................|       3.3      |       2.7      |       3.0      |       2.5
    Salt Lake City_Odgen.....................................|       3.6      |       3.0      |       3.4      |       2.9
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  Vermont....................................................|       4.0      |       3.6      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Burlington...............................................|       3.2      |       2.8      |       2.9      |       2.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Virginia...................................................|       4.8      |       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.4
    Charlottesville..........................................|       3.6      |       3.5      |       3.5      |       2.6
    Danville.................................................|       6.9      |       7.3      |       6.3      |       6.6
    Lynchburg................................................|       4.8      |       4.4      |       4.4      |       4.6
    Norfolk_Virginia Beach_Newport News1/....................|       5.6      |       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.7
    Richmond_Petersburg......................................|       4.8      |       4.0      |       4.5      |       3.9
    Roanoke..................................................|       3.7      |       3.5      |       3.7      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Washington.................................................|       5.2      |       5.5      |       5.6      |       5.9
    Spokane..................................................|       4.3      |       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.9
    Tacoma...................................................|       5.4      |       5.6      |       5.8      |       5.9
    Seattle_Bellevue_Everett.................................|       5.0      |       5.0      |       5.2      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  West Virginia..............................................|       7.3      |       7.5      |       7.4      |       7.2
    Charleston...............................................|       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.7      |       5.3
    Huntington_Ashland1/.....................................|       7.1      |       6.6      |       6.6      |       6.3
    Parkersburg_Marietta1/...................................|       5.6      |       6.6      |       5.7      |       5.7
    Wheeling1/...............................................|       5.9      |       5.3      |       5.7      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin..................................................|       4.1      |       2.9      |       4.0      |       3.2
    Appleton_Oshkosh_Neenah..................................|       3.4      |       2.6      |       3.3      |       2.8
    Eau Claire...............................................|       3.8      |       2.6      |       5.6      |       2.8
    Green Bay................................................|       3.6      |       2.6      |       3.5      |       2.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |            September            |             October
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
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                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin                                                  |                |                |                |
    Janesville_Beloit........................................|       5.1      |       3.6      |       4.7      |       3.6
    Kenosha..................................................|       4.6      |       3.3      |       4.1      |       3.4
    La Crosse................................................|       3.2      |       2.8      |       3.3      |       3.1
    Madison..................................................|       2.1      |       1.5      |       2.0      |       1.5
    Milwaukee_Waukesha.......................................|       4.5      |       3.1      |       4.2      |       3.2
    Racine...................................................|       5.2      |       3.7      |       4.9      |       3.8
    Sheboygan................................................|       3.4      |       2.7      |       3.1      |       2.8
    Wausau...................................................|       4.5      |       3.3      |       4.3      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wyoming....................................................|       4.1      |       3.9      |       4.2      |       3.9
    Casper...................................................|       5.0      |       5.2      |       4.4      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
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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.