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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, 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 96-127
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   Unemployment               606-6392
Media contact:                606-5902    For release:  10:00 A.M. EST
                                          Tuesday, April 2, 1996
 
 
    STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:
                          FEBRUARY 1996
 
 
   Unemployment rates were lower in February 1996 than a month
earlier in 31 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 13
states, and unchanged in 6 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The national
unemployment rate decreased to 5.5 percent in February, from 5.8
percent in January.  Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 45
states over the month.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
   West Virginia's unemployment rate fell 1.0 percentage point to
7.4 percent, the largest over-the-month decrease of any state.
South Carolina and Pennsylvania had the next largest declines
(both 0.7 percentage point), bringing their rates (4.7 and 5.5
percent, respectively) to their lowest points since mid-1990.
Delaware and North Carolina recorded reductions of 0.6 percentage
point.
 
   Compared with a year earlier, unemployment rates in February
were lower in 35 states and the District of Columbia.  Three
states experienced over-the-year decreases of a percentage point
or more, and nine additional states experienced declines of more
than one-half point.  The largest decreases were in Missouri (1.4
points), Alabama (1.1 points), and Rhode Island (1.0 point).  At
5.9 percent, Rhode Island had its lowest rate in over 6 years.
Tennessee had the largest rate increase over the year (0.7
percentage point), followed by New Mexico and Mississippi (both
0.6 point).  Nine additional states recorded over-the-year
increases.
 
   In February, the lowest unemployment rates in the nation were
again concentrated in the Plains states.  North Dakota reported
the lowest rate (2.8 percent), followed closely by Nebraska and
South Dakota (both 2.9 percent).  Eight other states had rates
below 4.0 percent.  Although the District of Columbia recorded
its lowest rate in over a year, it was still the highest in the
nation (8.1 percent).  California followed with a rate of 7.6
percent.  Alaska (7.5 percent) and West Virginia (7.4 percent)
had the next highest rates.  Overall, 36 states had jobless rates
below the U.S. average, while 13 states and the District of
Columbia had higher rates.  (See table 1 and chart 1.)
 
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
                                  - 2 -
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment rose in 45 states in February.
States in the east rebounded strongly from the effects of the
January blizzard.  February job gains were led by weather-
affected states--Pennsylvania (48,000), Virginia (41,000), and
North Carolina (35,000).  The construction, trade, and services
industries led the increases in most states.
 
 
   Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 49 states.  The
largest percentage gains were in Nevada (7.6 percent) and Utah
(5.2 percent).  California led all states in the number of jobs
gained (289,000), followed by Texas (230,000) and Florida
(170,000).  The District of Columbia (-2.3 percent) and Hawaii
(- 0.9 percent) experienced job losses over the year.  (See chart
2.)
 
   NOTE:  Monthly payroll employment data are provided on a
seasonally adjusted basis for all states and the District of
Columbia, permitting both current and over-the-year comparisons
of the data.  The state data are intended for individual state
analyses only.  Because the state data are not designed for
national aggregation, a summation could present a misleading
picture of national trends.  (See Technical Note.)
 
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
 
   Of the 272 areas for which February data are available, 72 had
unemployment rates below 4.0 percent, while 42 had rates of at
least 7.0 percent.  The lowest rates were in Charlottesville, Va.
(2.1 percent), Madison, Wis. (2.3 percent), and Sioux Falls, S.D.
(2.4 percent).  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tex., again recorded
the highest jobless rate (22.4 percent), followed by Salinas,
Calif. (18.2 percent).  Pine Bluff, Ark., experienced the largest
over-the-year decrease in its unemployment rate (2.5 percentage
points), followed by Lake Charles, La. (2.0 points).  Twenty-
eight other areas registered decreases of 1.0 percentage point or
more.  El Paso, Tex., had the largest over-the-year increase, 2.3
percentage points, followed by Peoria-Pekin, Ill., whose rate
climbed 2.1 points.  Ten additional areas posted increases of 1.0
percentage point or more.  (See table 5.)
 
                    _________________________
 
     The State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
release for March 1996 is scheduled to be issued on Wednesday,
May 1, 1996.
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------
|     Effective with this release, labor force estimates    |
| for all states, the District of Columbia, and all         |
| sub-state areas have been revised to incorporate updated  |
| population controls, revised seasonal adjustment factors, |
| reestimation of models, and benchmarking to CPS annual    |
| averages.  Data back to 1990 are subject to revision.     |
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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected areas, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                        |                                       |
                        |                                       |                            Unemployed
                        |                                       |
                                                         ___________________________________________________________________
                        |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                        |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
     State and area     |                                       |                                 |           labor force
                        |                                       |                                 |
                  _______________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
                        |  Feb.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  |  Feb.   | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  |  Feb.
                        |  1995   |  1995   |  1996   |  1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |  1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |  1996p/
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
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                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Alabama.................|  2,051.9|  2,070.6|  2,082.6|  2,070.9|  123.0|  130.9|   97.3|   101.8 |   6.0 |   6.3 |   4.7 |    4.9
Alaska..................|    302.6|    305.4|    309.1|    311.0|   22.3|   24.0|   23.8|    23.3 |   7.4 |   7.8 |   7.7 |    7.5
Arizona.................|  2,075.5|  2,155.5|  2,150.2|  2,157.4|  109.0|   98.1|  103.8|   106.0 |   5.3 |   4.6 |   4.8 |    4.9
Arkansas................|  1,223.4|  1,229.8|  1,238.4|  1,236.7|   63.9|   58.6|   61.4|    59.7 |   5.2 |   4.8 |   5.0 |    4.8
California..............| 15,383.2| 15,461.2| 15,488.5| 15,480.1|1,189.9|1,209.7|1,181.3| 1,173.9 |   7.7 |   7.8 |   7.6 |    7.6
 Los Angeles-Long Beach.|  4,372.5|  4,412.8|  4,413.1|  4,393.7|  343.4|  348.8|  356.2|   353.8 |   7.9 |   7.9 |   8.1 |    8.1
Colorado................|  2,066.6|  2,120.4|  2,125.7|  2,149.4|   80.4|   87.8|   73.1|    79.2 |   3.9 |   4.1 |   3.4 |    3.7
Connecticut.............|  1,717.9|  1,704.7|  1,746.1|  1,746.8|   95.3|   95.2|   93.0|    88.9 |   5.5 |   5.6 |   5.3 |    5.1
Delaware................|    381.5|    381.9|    383.5|    383.7|   15.1|   18.3|   18.2|    15.7 |   4.0 |   4.8 |   4.7 |    4.1
District of Columbia....|    290.5|    280.2|    280.8|    282.3|   24.9|   24.9|   23.4|    23.0 |   8.6 |   8.9 |   8.3 |    8.1
Florida.................|  6,800.6|  6,882.5|  6,999.2|  6,951.5|  376.3|  372.8|  394.9|   365.9 |   5.5 |   5.4 |   5.6 |    5.3
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Georgia.................|  3,590.1|  3,645.3|  3,722.8|  3,721.7|  172.2|  174.7|  182.2|   166.1 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    4.5
Hawaii..................|    578.8|    579.6|    584.9|    585.9|   32.9|   34.4|   34.0|    34.4 |   5.7 |   5.9 |   5.8 |    5.9
Idaho...................|    593.4|    604.7|    610.9|    616.0|   32.2|   32.9|   30.6|    29.9 |   5.4 |   5.4 |   5.0 |    4.9
Illinois................|  6,068.7|  6,109.8|  6,141.8|  6,144.6|  312.1|  322.9|  330.4|   314.9 |   5.1 |   5.3 |   5.4 |    5.1
Indiana.................|  3,131.9|  3,120.7|  3,102.5|  3,130.9|  143.9|  143.2|  139.8|   138.9 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.5 |    4.4
Iowa....................|  1,557.1|  1,559.6|  1,559.0|  1,592.1|   54.7|   53.7|   52.7|    56.1 |   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.4 |    3.5
Kansas..................|  1,327.0|  1,333.2|  1,357.7|  1,356.6|   60.8|   54.9|   51.3|    49.9 |   4.6 |   4.1 |   3.8 |    3.7
Kentucky................|  1,868.3|  1,856.3|  1,871.7|  1,852.6|   97.1|  100.8|  102.5|    93.9 |   5.2 |   5.4 |   5.5 |    5.1
Louisiana...............|  1,952.9|  1,961.9|  1,982.8|  1,975.6|  142.7|  127.9|  130.9|   130.9 |   7.3 |   6.5 |   6.6 |    6.6
Maine...................|    626.8|    654.0|    648.9|    650.9|   36.6|   34.5|   33.0|    32.8 |   5.8 |   5.3 |   5.1 |    5.0
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Maryland................|  2,720.1|  2,719.2|  2,719.8|  2,723.7|  137.0|  138.3|  138.8|   126.1 |   5.0 |   5.1 |   5.1 |    4.6
Massachusetts...........|  3,166.8|  3,170.9|  3,184.5|  3,186.4|  174.1|  166.5|  162.4|   158.2 |   5.5 |   5.2 |   5.1 |    5.0
Michigan................|  4,761.5|  4,746.1|  4,821.2|  4,835.3|  257.4|  242.6|  238.3|   233.1 |   5.4 |   5.1 |   4.9 |    4.8
Minnesota...............|  2,596.8|  2,598.9|  2,607.2|  2,591.0|   94.9|   99.0|   82.4|    79.9 |   3.7 |   3.8 |   3.2 |    3.1
Mississippi.............|  1,252.9|  1,258.6|  1,262.2|  1,260.6|   71.5|   76.2|   81.4|    78.9 |   5.7 |   6.1 |   6.4 |    6.3
Missouri................|  2,796.7|  2,855.6|  2,798.9|  2,819.5|  138.6|  118.7|   97.7|   102.2 |   5.0 |   4.2 |   3.5 |    3.6
Montana.................|    439.2|    438.8|    445.8|    448.2|   26.4|   26.8|   25.7|    25.2 |   6.0 |   6.1 |   5.8 |    5.6
Nebraska................|    887.5|    903.8|    906.6|    904.5|   22.1|   24.7|   23.7|    25.9 |   2.5 |   2.7 |   2.6 |    2.9
Nevada..................|    787.2|    815.5|    827.3|    833.2|   44.3|   41.6|   42.4|    41.5 |   5.6 |   5.1 |   5.1 |    5.0
New Hampshire...........|    631.3|    632.2|    629.4|    630.9|   26.4|   22.0|   20.7|    22.3 |   4.2 |   3.5 |   3.3 |    3.5
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey..............|  4,042.4|  4,080.4|  4,063.1|  4,071.9|  257.8|  263.8|  260.7|   259.9 |   6.4 |   6.5 |   6.4 |    6.4
New Mexico..............|    784.4|    798.3|    812.2|    812.9|   47.4|   51.7|   52.4|    53.4 |   6.0 |   6.5 |   6.5 |    6.6
New York................|  8,520.5|  8,477.4|  8,542.7|  8,529.3|  536.6|  534.5|  529.5|   508.4 |   6.3 |   6.3 |   6.2 |    6.0
 New York City..........|  3,170.6|  3,176.7|  3,182.2|  3,178.4|  252.8|  264.5|  261.1|   256.1 |   8.0 |   8.3 |   8.2 |    8.1
North Carolina..........|  3,618.4|  3,662.1|  3,691.4|  3,703.6|  151.2|  167.9|  184.2|   163.4 |   4.2 |   4.6 |   5.0 |    4.4
North Dakota............|    334.5|    335.0|    341.9|    344.3|   11.7|   10.5|    9.3|     9.6 |   3.5 |   3.1 |   2.7 |    2.8
Ohio....................|  5,537.9|  5,638.3|  5,727.5|  5,715.2|  249.4|  283.8|  302.2|   283.7 |   4.5 |   5.0 |   5.3 |    5.0
Oklahoma................|  1,544.2|  1,548.4|  1,561.9|  1,559.7|   75.5|   67.2|   73.3|    73.1 |   4.9 |   4.3 |   4.7 |    4.7
Oregon..................|  1,644.4|  1,656.0|  1,682.6|  1,706.9|   77.0|   80.9|   82.2|    83.7 |   4.7 |   4.9 |   4.9 |    4.9
Pennsylvania............|  5,829.2|  5,843.0|  5,844.0|  5,838.9|  340.1|  348.0|  361.3|   322.4 |   5.8 |   6.0 |   6.2 |    5.5
Rhode Island............|    488.5|    483.1|    489.2|    487.6|   33.5|   33.3|   30.9|    28.5 |   6.9 |   6.9 |   6.3 |    5.9
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South Carolina..........|  1,840.0|  1,874.6|  1,864.6|  1,849.6|   92.9|   99.1|  101.2|    86.3 |   5.0 |   5.3 |   5.4 |    4.7
South Dakota............|    380.5|    385.2|    387.1|    388.5|   11.3|   11.3|   10.9|    11.1 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.8 |    2.9
Tennessee...............|  2,696.6|  2,738.3|  2,753.7|  2,748.1|  127.3|  152.8|  153.0|   148.4 |   4.7 |   5.6 |   5.6 |    5.4
Texas...................|  9,486.1|  9,668.3|  9,702.4|  9,731.1|  550.2|  588.8|  596.0|   580.6 |   5.8 |   6.1 |   6.1 |    6.0
Utah....................|    972.0|    975.0|  1,006.4|  1,008.7|   36.4|   30.6|   31.1|    32.0 |   3.7 |   3.1 |   3.1 |    3.2
Vermont.................|    317.4|    322.2|    325.3|    324.7|   13.8|   13.5|   13.7|    13.2 |   4.4 |   4.2 |   4.2 |    4.1
Virginia................|  3,472.0|  3,517.0|  3,489.4|  3,479.1|  156.5|  154.4|  155.2|   140.0 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   4.4 |    4.0
Washington..............|  2,773.1|  2,823.7|  2,828.4|  2,828.3|  176.1|  176.6|  167.2|   171.0 |   6.4 |   6.3 |   5.9 |    6.0
West Virginia...........|    786.0|    792.8|    805.3|    802.9|   61.8|   60.8|   67.8|    59.7 |   7.9 |   7.7 |   8.4 |    7.4
Wisconsin...............|  2,829.8|  2,858.3|  2,873.2|  2,901.7|  108.6|  106.2|  112.1|   113.5 |   3.8 |   3.7 |   3.9 |    3.9
Wyoming.................|    255.8|    256.5|    256.1|    256.2|   12.7|   11.2|   10.8|    10.6 |   5.0 |   4.4 |   4.2 |    4.1
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Puerto Rico.............|  1,247.9|  1,281.0|  1,275.5|  1,278.6|  156.9|  174.8|  171.4|   161.6 |  12.6 |  13.6 |  13.4 |   12.6
                        |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
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      p/  = preliminary.                                                           controls (covering the 1990-Jan.1996 period),
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for                            reestimation of models, annual benchmarking, and
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey                         new seasonal adjustment factors.
   similar to the Current Population Survey. Date have been
   revised to incorporate updated 1990 census-based population
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |                                       |
                       |                                       |                            Unemployed
                       |                                       |
                                                                ___________________________________________________________________
                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
                       |                                       |                                 |           labor force
         State         |                                       |                                 |
                        _______________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
                       |                   |                   |               |                 |               |
                       |      January      |     February      |    January    |    February     |    January    |    February
                       |                   |                   |               |                 |               |
                        ___________________ ___________________ _______________ _________________ _______________ _________________
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
                       |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   | 1996p/  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996p/  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996p/
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Alabama................|  2,032.5|  2,066.9|  2,041.3|  2,060.0|  123.2|  101.7|  131.3|   110.0 |   6.1 |   4.9 |   6.4 |    5.3
Alaska.................|    299.4|    303.3|    296.8|    305.1|   28.3|   29.4|   27.1|    28.4 |   9.4 |   9.7 |   9.1 |    9.3
Arizona................|  2,028.2|  2,120.7|  2,050.3|  2,131.3|  109.8|  100.9|   99.7|    96.2 |   5.4 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    4.5
Arkansas...............|  1,192.0|  1,211.5|  1,209.4|  1,222.1|   67.2|   68.2|   70.2|    65.6 |   5.6 |   5.6 |   5.8 |    5.4
California.............| 15,315.1| 15,397.2| 15,327.6| 15,426.2|1,324.5|1,266.7|1,270.8| 1,254.9 |   8.6 |   8.2 |   8.3 |    8.1
Colorado...............|  2,036.0|  2,103.5|  2,033.1|  2,115.8|   94.4|   86.2|   89.3|    87.8 |   4.6 |   4.1 |   4.4 |    4.2
Connecticut............|  1,692.1|  1,721.2|  1,693.3|  1,721.2|  102.2|  101.1|  102.7|    96.5 |   6.0 |   5.9 |   6.1 |    5.6
Delaware...............|    379.4|    381.5|    380.1|    382.2|   18.0|   20.6|   17.7|    18.3 |   4.7 |   5.4 |   4.7 |    4.8
District of Columbia...|    287.1|    276.7|    288.2|    279.9|   25.6|   24.5|   26.1|    24.1 |   8.9 |   8.8 |   9.0 |    8.6
Florida................|  6,704.0|  6,883.0|  6,714.8|  6,860.0|  412.3|  410.7|  349.4|   340.3 |   6.1 |   6.0 |   5.2 |    5.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Georgia................|  3,543.3|  3,678.6|  3,564.0|  3,695.2|  157.0|  169.9|  171.3|   164.6 |   4.4 |   4.6 |   4.8 |    4.5
Hawaii.................|    579.7|    586.0|    577.8|    585.0|   34.6|   34.6|   32.6|    34.0 |   6.0 |   5.9 |   5.6 |    5.8
Idaho..................|    584.6|    602.8|    586.0|    608.6|   40.5|   38.7|   39.7|    37.4 |   6.9 |   6.4 |   6.8 |    6.2
Illinois...............|  5,975.6|  6,073.5|  6,008.5|  6,085.0|  345.4|  366.7|  344.8|   348.6 |   5.8 |   6.0 |   5.7 |    5.7
Indiana................|  3,085.7|  3,053.0|  3,089.6|  3,088.4|  155.4|  151.7|  159.0|   153.8 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.1 |    5.0
Iowa...................|  1,552.9|  1,549.4|  1,544.3|  1,579.7|   67.2|   64.5|   64.8|    66.5 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.2 |    4.2
Kansas.................|  1,319.8|  1,347.4|  1,317.6|  1,346.5|   74.2|   60.6|   66.4|    55.4 |   5.6 |   4.5 |   5.0 |    4.1
Kentucky...............|  1,834.0|  1,844.0|  1,843.4|  1,827.4|  106.6|  113.7|  111.4|   107.7 |   5.8 |   6.2 |   6.0 |    5.9
Louisiana..............|  1,916.0|  1,950.1|  1,930.0|  1,953.1|  160.8|  150.1|  144.4|   132.5 |   8.4 |   7.7 |   7.5 |    6.8
Maine..................|    614.7|    639.3|    617.3|    640.7|   46.8|   41.3|   46.3|    42.3 |   7.6 |   6.5 |   7.5 |    6.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Maryland...............|  2,678.4|  2,684.1|  2,684.4|  2,687.8|  138.1|  141.7|  145.3|   134.2 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   5.4 |    5.0
Massachusetts..........|  3,142.1|  3,160.4|  3,139.1|  3,159.2|  196.9|  183.6|  192.3|   176.4 |   6.3 |   5.8 |   6.1 |    5.6
Michigan...............|  4,689.0|  4,756.0|  4,709.0|  4,770.5|  283.4|  264.8|  284.6|   260.4 |   6.0 |   5.6 |   6.0 |    5.5
Minnesota..............|  2,591.7|  2,602.5|  2,592.7|  2,587.7|  117.8|  105.7|  114.0|    99.0 |   4.5 |   4.1 |   4.4 |    3.8
Mississippi............|  1,244.3|  1,248.9|  1,250.0|  1,257.4|   78.0|   82.2|   72.1|    79.3 |   6.3 |   6.6 |   5.8 |    6.3
Missouri...............|  2,753.9|  2,775.3|  2,763.2|  2,785.8|  151.9|  114.8|  149.2|   112.8 |   5.5 |   4.1 |   5.4 |    4.0
Montana................|    430.8|    440.0|    435.8|    444.7|   27.5|   30.2|   32.3|    31.1 |   6.4 |   6.9 |   7.4 |    7.0
Nebraska...............|    872.9|    893.6|    879.6|    896.7|   28.4|   28.6|   24.2|    28.0 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   2.7 |    3.1
Nevada.................|    776.6|    819.0|    782.4|    828.4|   49.0|   46.4|   46.1|    43.2 |   6.3 |   5.7 |   5.9 |    5.2
New Hampshire..........|    628.0|    628.1|    625.2|    624.9|   30.2|   24.8|   29.4|    25.4 |   4.8 |   3.9 |   4.7 |    4.1
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey.............|  3,997.5|  4,018.5|  4,013.1|  4,042.4|  279.4|  280.6|  274.8|   276.9 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   6.8 |    6.8
New Mexico.............|    777.0|    806.2|    779.8|    808.6|   50.5|   56.0|   45.1|    51.2 |   6.5 |   7.0 |   5.8 |    6.3
New York...............|  8,463.0|  8,489.3|  8,471.3|  8,480.5|  580.4|  578.4|  588.1|   559.9 |   6.9 |   6.8 |   6.9 |    6.6
North Carolina.........|  3,547.5|  3,625.3|  3,581.3|  3,664.7|  161.3|  198.8|  169.1|   181.2 |   4.5 |   5.5 |   4.7 |    4.9
North Dakota...........|    323.3|    329.4|    325.3|    334.8|   15.0|   11.3|   13.2|    10.9 |   4.6 |   3.4 |   4.1 |    3.2
Ohio...................|  5,444.6|  5,637.7|  5,447.9|  5,621.2|  290.1|  342.6|  275.8|   309.2 |   5.3 |   6.1 |   5.1 |    5.5
Oklahoma...............|  1,525.0|  1,543.6|  1,530.4|  1,546.0|   87.3|   83.2|   84.1|    81.7 |   5.7 |   5.4 |   5.5 |    5.3
Oregon.................|  1,601.6|  1,646.1|  1,615.4|  1,677.7|   88.3|   95.2|   92.0|    98.6 |   5.5 |   5.8 |   5.7 |    5.9
Pennsylvania...........|  5,739.6|  5,762.9|  5,747.8|  5,757.0|  368.8|  390.8|  369.1|   351.2 |   6.4 |   6.8 |   6.4 |    6.1
Rhode Island...........|    489.7|    489.5|    489.8|    488.9|   37.9|   35.4|   40.4|    35.3 |   7.7 |   7.2 |   8.2 |    7.2
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,801.6|  1,828.1|  1,822.2|  1,831.7|  101.4|  106.8|  103.2|    96.6 |   5.6 |   5.8 |   5.7 |    5.3
South Dakota...........|    370.7|    377.6|    371.3|    379.3|   14.3|   13.5|   13.2|    13.1 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   3.6 |    3.5
Tennessee..............|  2,648.0|  2,706.5|  2,657.8|  2,709.2|  135.0|  164.1|  131.3|   152.4 |   5.1 |   6.1 |   4.9 |    5.6
Texas..................|  9,395.9|  9,620.2|  9,382.9|  9,621.5|  607.4|  641.3|  568.7|   599.1 |   6.5 |   6.7 |   6.1 |    6.2
Utah...................|    960.2|    993.3|    957.4|    992.7|   37.0|   31.7|   39.4|    34.5 |   3.9 |   3.2 |   4.1 |    3.5
Vermont................|    313.3|    321.7|    315.4|    322.5|   17.2|   17.2|   16.8|    16.0 |   5.5 |   5.4 |   5.3 |    5.0
Virginia...............|  3,436.0|  3,459.5|  3,451.8|  3,456.2|  175.7|  172.0|  164.7|   147.1 |   5.1 |   5.0 |   4.8 |    4.3
Washington.............|  2,763.3|  2,830.8|  2,764.2|  2,819.9|  202.3|  197.9|  212.0|   207.1 |   7.3 |   7.0 |   7.7 |    7.3
West Virginia..........|    776.7|    796.2|    776.5|    793.2|   68.7|   74.7|   70.7|    68.7 |   8.9 |   9.4 |   9.1 |    8.7
Wisconsin..............|  2,774.9|  2,819.8|  2,790.8|  2,860.7|  124.8|  125.0|  129.0|   133.8 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   4.6 |    4.7
Wyoming................|    250.9|    251.4|    252.4|    252.9|   16.0|   14.0|   16.1|    14.1 |   6.4 |   5.6 |   6.4 |    5.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Puerto Rico............|  1,222.1|  1,269.7|  1,248.6|  1,280.2|  168.4|  175.9|  162.7|   166.7 |  13.8 |  13.9 |  13.0 |   13.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      p/  = preliminary.                                                           controls (covering 1990-Jan.1996 period),
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for                            reestimation of models, and annual benchmarking.
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   similar to the Current Population Survey. Date have been
   revised to incorporate updated 1990 census-based population
 
 
 
 
 
 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             |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                               |  Feb.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                               |  1995  |  1995  |  1996  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Alabama.......................| 1,793.1| 1,815.0| 1,814.8|1,815.2|   86.6|   87.7|   89.6|   88.8|  394.0|  387.1|  385.5|  384.8
 Alaska........................|   261.3|   263.7|   260.9|  264.9|   12.7|   12.9|   12.8|   13.0|   17.2|   18.4|   16.3|   19.2
 Arizona.......................| 1,766.7| 1,813.2| 1,822.8|1,834.6|  117.6|  120.6|  122.6|  125.0|  191.3|  195.3|  196.0|  198.0
 Arkansas......................| 1,061.8| 1,080.8| 1,080.4|1,081.5|   43.3|   45.2|   45.3|   46.3|  261.4|  258.8|  258.1|  257.3
 California....................|12,331.4|12,570.6|12,590.1|12620.2|  478.6|  505.7|  512.7|  503.2|1,783.6|1,801.3|1,801.7|1,803.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,809.2| 1,879.6| 1,885.7|1,888.3|  101.3|  108.4|  110.5|  113.4|  190.6|  192.5|  193.5|  193.8
 Connecticut...................| 1,562.4| 1,562.7| 1,565.2|1,577.0|   51.2|   51.0|   51.8|   53.7|  282.4|  277.7|  277.3|  278.0
 Delaware......................|   363.7|   371.0|   365.7|  373.8|   18.8|   19.1|   18.3|   19.2|   62.7|   61.1|   57.3|   61.3
 District of Columbia..........|   647.8|   637.7|   629.9|  632.8|    8.7|    8.9|    8.2|    8.8|   12.9|   13.0|   12.8|   12.9
 Florida.......................| 5,937.1| 6,100.8| 6,089.2|6,107.4|  304.3|  306.7|  307.4|  312.0|  483.9|  481.5|  479.9|  480.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,364.2| 3,483.2| 3,481.0|3,499.2|  145.1|  159.7|  160.8|  163.3|  591.3|  586.0|  586.9|  588.7
 Hawaii2/......................|   535.5|   529.5|   527.7|  530.7|   26.9|   26.0|   25.5|   25.0|   16.8|   17.0|   16.9|   16.8
 Idaho.........................|   472.9|   484.8|   485.0|  484.4|   29.3|   31.3|   31.5|   31.9|   71.6|   72.0|   71.9|   71.9
 Illinois......................| 5,568.4| 5,643.8| 5,666.0|5,663.2|  214.2|  216.2|  219.0|  217.1|  963.2|  970.3|  977.8|  978.0
 Indiana.......................| 2,774.5| 2,797.9| 2,796.7|2,799.4|  129.7|  127.3|  128.7|  131.1|  686.0|  683.5|  680.9|  680.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Iowa..........................| 1,349.8| 1,373.8| 1,372.8|1,373.0|   55.3|   58.5|   56.0|   56.3|  250.6|  250.9|  251.1|  250.2
 Kansas........................| 1,192.5| 1,218.9| 1,226.1|1,224.4|   51.9|   53.8|   56.9|   57.5|  192.1|  194.1|  195.1|  195.2
 Kentucky......................| 1,631.1| 1,658.6| 1,651.0|1,657.7|   72.9|   72.0|   71.4|   72.9|  313.5|  315.3|  314.2|  314.9
 Louisiana.....................| 1,756.4| 1,795.4| 1,799.9|1,802.5|  103.8|  109.1|  112.6|  113.2|  187.6|  188.8|  188.9|  189.8
 Maine.........................|   539.8|   545.4|   544.3|  544.5|   21.7|   22.4|   22.3|   22.1|   92.1|   90.9|   91.0|   90.1
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,175.8| 2,183.2| 2,165.8|2,190.6|  128.7|  126.4|  117.6|  128.1|  177.4|  174.3|  172.6|  173.5
 Massachusetts.................| 2,958.3| 3,001.5| 3,000.1|3,006.4|   88.7|   90.8|   90.3|   93.4|  446.6|  447.1|  446.3|  447.0
 Michigan......................| 4,244.2| 4,292.1| 4,293.4|4,298.6|  151.4|  159.5|  160.1|  161.0|  983.4|  971.6|  972.3|  968.1
 Minnesota.....................| 2,357.4| 2,390.8| 2,393.2|2,401.3|   82.1|   83.3|   82.2|   82.9|  423.4|  426.8|  427.4|  427.4
 Mississippi...................| 1,073.9| 1,077.7| 1,078.4|1,077.9|   44.9|   46.6|   47.7|   47.1|  264.3|  251.1|  249.5|  247.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,512.6| 2,545.8| 2,548.2|2,557.7|  113.4|  111.5|  113.1|  113.0|  421.5|  420.9|  422.8|  422.9
 Montana.......................|   348.1|   353.3|   352.0|  355.1|   15.9|   16.1|   16.1|   16.2|   23.3|   23.1|   23.3|   23.2
 Nebraska......................|   812.0|   819.8|   818.9|  819.5|   35.5|   34.7|   34.5|   34.2|  111.3|  111.5|  112.4|  112.0
 Nevada........................|   767.0|   817.3|   823.2|  825.6|   58.4|   69.0|   69.3|   69.8|   35.8|   38.1|   38.6|   38.7
 New Hampshire.................|   533.9|   546.1|   542.4|  544.8|   18.9|   20.2|   20.2|   19.9|  102.4|  102.1|  101.7|  102.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,593.6| 3,622.3| 3,595.8|3,625.5|  123.8|  123.1|  119.4|  124.0|  507.9|  492.4|  488.1|  493.4
 New Mexico....................|   683.2|   703.6|   707.0|  709.5|   45.0|   48.2|   48.3|   49.1|   45.3|   46.0|   46.1|   46.2
 New York......................| 7,878.7| 7,903.9| 7,879.1|7,908.0|  256.1|  249.3|  242.7|  245.3|  950.2|  943.8|  943.9|  942.2
 North Carolina................| 3,433.9| 3,483.3| 3,456.0|3,490.5|  170.6|  176.6|  166.5|  178.0|  870.7|  851.7|  844.2|  849.2
 North Dakota..................|   299.9|   305.3|   304.7|  305.8|   13.2|   13.6|   13.8|   13.7|   21.6|   21.4|   21.0|   21.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,176.5| 5,287.5| 5,283.8|5,294.7|  200.9|  209.8|  208.5|  209.7|1,097.2|1,099.8|1,096.2|1,095.3
 Oklahoma......................| 1,304.7| 1,336.8| 1,334.0|1,334.2|   47.7|   49.0|   49.4|   49.1|  169.8|  170.1|  167.5|  166.9
 Oregon........................| 1,397.2| 1,444.7| 1,457.0|1,455.1|   65.4|   69.8|   72.7|   73.3|  227.6|  229.5|  232.4|  230.4
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,242.4| 5,253.1| 5,202.7|5,251.0|  202.1|  198.5|  195.4|  199.3|  944.9|  931.3|  920.7|  927.5
 Rhode Island..................|   439.7|   443.9|   443.8|  445.3|   13.5|   13.5|   13.8|   13.9|   86.1|   83.3|   83.2|   83.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,630.4| 1,659.4| 1,655.5|1,658.8|   85.8|   86.4|   87.3|   88.2|  380.1|  373.8|  373.2|  372.8
 South Dakota..................|   339.8|   349.6|   351.1|  351.8|   14.2|   14.4|   14.8|   14.6|   45.6|   46.7|   47.2|   47.0
 Tennessee.....................| 2,478.2| 2,546.6| 2,543.1|2,547.0|  105.4|  109.4|  111.8|  112.2|  547.0|  537.3|  535.8|  536.6
 Texas.........................| 7,954.8| 8,171.7| 8,158.9|8,184.3|  405.2|  423.0|  426.0|  427.5|1,029.2|1,038.5|1,040.6|1,038.6
 Utah..........................|   891.4|   931.4|   933.3|  937.8|   52.0|   57.9|   58.1|   57.8|  121.9|  126.2|  126.6|  127.2
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   268.5|   272.6|   272.9|  273.1|   12.8|   12.1|   12.5|   12.3|   44.4|   45.6|   45.6|   46.2
 Virginia......................| 3,058.5| 3,085.6| 3,065.6|3,106.6|  165.7|  170.9|  162.8|  174.7|  405.7|  398.1|  393.4|  399.0
 Washington....................| 2,341.8| 2,367.1| 2,363.6|2,369.5|  122.7|  123.2|  123.2|  123.1|  340.3|  332.2|  331.8|  332.2
 West Virginia.................|   681.7|   692.0|   686.1|  693.7|   32.0|   32.8|   28.9|   32.6|   82.1|   82.4|   81.4|   82.4
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,544.0| 2,568.5| 2,576.8|2,571.1|   98.1|  101.3|  100.9|   98.6|  601.4|  601.7|  602.6|  600.6
 Wyoming.......................|   219.9|   221.4|   222.6|  222.8|   15.0|   14.7|   15.3|   15.4|    9.6|    9.9|   10.1|    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)
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
               State             |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                 | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   89.2|   88.9|   89.4|   89.4|  404.0|  417.1|  418.3|  419.0|   77.0|   77.6|   77.4|   77.8
   Alaska........................|   23.4|   22.9|   22.9|   23.2|   53.6|   53.9|   54.2|   54.4|   11.7|   11.7|   11.7|   11.6
   Arizona.......................|   86.9|   86.4|   87.5|   88.2|  441.4|  454.2|  454.4|  457.4|  107.5|  107.3|  107.5|  106.9
   Arkansas......................|   62.6|   65.3|   65.7|   65.5|  239.8|  245.9|  246.1|  247.0|   41.6|   42.0|   42.0|   42.0
   California....................|  625.4|  629.9|  628.7|  631.8|2,904.8|2,964.3|2,966.6|2,987.2|  737.5|  735.7|  734.7|  735.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  115.5|  119.9|  121.0|  121.7|  447.4|  472.0|  475.2|  472.4|  111.9|  114.9|  114.8|  115.4
   Connecticut...................|   71.2|   71.5|   71.2|   71.5|  340.6|  340.5|  341.0|  343.9|  134.1|  131.9|  132.9|  133.4
   Delaware......................|   15.5|   15.9|   16.1|   16.4|   81.2|   84.5|   83.8|   84.8|   40.4|   42.2|   42.4|   42.6
   District of Columbia..........|   20.2|   20.0|   19.6|   19.8|   53.0|   51.6|   50.2|   51.1|   30.3|   29.9|   29.7|   29.5
   Florida.......................|  301.8|  306.5|  307.7|  308.3|1,538.1|1,571.0|1,567.2|1,573.1|  375.0|  378.5|  379.3|  378.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  212.7|  218.0|  218.5|  219.4|  847.2|  888.7|  888.8|  891.0|  173.8|  175.8|  175.7|  176.5
   Hawaii2/......................|   40.6|   40.9|   40.8|   40.8|  135.8|  134.9|  135.0|  135.0|   37.4|   37.2|   37.2|   37.3
   Idaho.........................|   22.3|   23.1|   23.3|   23.5|  120.1|  123.6|  123.8|  123.1|   24.1|   24.2|   24.1|   24.1
   Illinois......................|  321.5|  329.1|  327.4|  326.4|1,308.6|1,330.1|1,338.4|1,335.5|  384.6|  383.5|  384.6|  384.7
   Indiana.......................|  140.5|  140.1|  140.3|  140.2|  661.0|  677.6|  676.4|  678.8|  130.5|  133.3|  134.2|  134.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   61.2|   62.2|   62.9|   62.8|  338.7|  343.6|  343.2|  343.9|   76.4|   77.3|   77.6|   77.8
   Kansas........................|   67.8|   68.3|   69.2|   69.5|  291.9|  301.8|  302.6|  302.3|   57.0|   58.2|   58.8|   58.7
   Kentucky......................|   90.7|   92.6|   93.4|   93.3|  388.9|  401.7|  397.2|  399.0|   64.4|   65.7|   65.7|   65.8
   Louisiana.....................|  108.8|  107.8|  107.5|  107.7|  410.9|  426.7|  425.7|  427.4|   80.4|   80.4|   80.8|   80.7
   Maine.........................|   22.5|   22.3|   22.1|   22.2|  137.3|  140.2|  140.8|  141.2|   26.0|   26.0|   25.9|   26.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  107.1|  104.5|  106.0|  106.7|  526.3|  533.9|  529.8|  533.3|  130.0|  127.4|  126.7|  127.4
   Massachusetts.................|  127.5|  129.5|  128.7|  128.5|  684.7|  692.8|  688.9|  691.8|  204.5|  203.7|  202.6|  203.1
   Michigan......................|  166.3|  167.0|  168.7|  170.4|  991.1|1,018.3|1,021.5|1,016.7|  195.7|  196.5|  196.0|  196.4
   Minnesota.....................|  116.3|  116.7|  117.3|  118.7|  573.3|  582.1|  584.5|  584.6|  137.4|  139.7|  140.0|  140.3
   Mississippi...................|   50.5|   49.3|   49.4|   49.6|  224.4|  229.5|  229.5|  229.5|   39.8|   40.0|   40.0|   39.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  157.4|  161.9|  163.4|  163.6|  602.6|  607.9|  610.0|  609.3|  145.8|  147.5|  148.9|  149.1
   Montana.......................|   20.8|   20.8|   20.9|   21.0|   95.6|   97.5|   97.9|   98.0|   15.5|   15.8|   15.5|   15.6
   Nebraska......................|   49.0|   49.4|   49.3|   49.1|  203.6|  207.2|  206.4|  205.9|   52.1|   52.8|   52.5|   52.4
   Nevada........................|   39.7|   41.7|   41.9|   42.0|  152.7|  163.5|  164.5|  165.1|   34.8|   37.3|   37.5|   37.7
   New Hampshire.................|   19.4|   20.3|   20.4|   20.3|  139.2|  142.1|  142.6|  142.7|   28.9|   29.2|   29.5|   29.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  251.1|  252.0|  251.9|  250.3|  845.9|  856.4|  849.0|  856.3|  228.1|  228.9|  228.7|  229.6
   New Mexico....................|   30.6|   31.3|   31.5|   31.3|  161.9|  168.5|  169.4|  169.9|   30.0|   30.0|   29.9|   30.0
   New York......................|  401.5|  404.9|  405.6|  405.5|1,610.8|1,630.3|1,627.8|1,626.7|  730.1|  719.9|  714.7|  721.3
   North Carolina................|  164.0|  163.6|  164.1|  165.4|  788.0|  809.5|  804.3|  811.3|  142.7|  147.1|  147.6|  148.9
   North Dakota..................|   18.5|   18.7|   18.2|   18.3|   78.5|   80.5|   80.3|   80.6|   13.7|   13.9|   13.9|   14.0
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   Ohio..........................|  229.0|  231.3|  232.3|  230.2|1,257.8|1,293.9|1,297.7|1,298.4|  269.4|  273.5|  276.3|  277.0
   Oklahoma......................|   73.0|   74.7|   74.9|   75.1|  310.3|  317.2|  318.0|  317.8|   64.7|   66.3|   66.5|   66.7
   Oregon........................|   70.5|   72.2|   73.2|   72.7|  353.5|  364.9|  368.3|  367.2|   86.4|   88.6|   88.7|   88.8
   Pennsylvania..................|  271.5|  271.3|  268.6|  270.1|1,189.6|1,203.7|1,198.3|1,213.2|  303.0|  306.1|  306.3|  307.3
   Rhode Island..................|   15.2|   15.3|   15.2|   14.9|   97.3|   97.9|   96.7|   97.6|   25.0|   24.5|   24.7|   24.7
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   South Carolina................|   70.2|   71.9|   71.4|   71.0|  375.6|  389.4|  388.8|  389.9|   68.5|   70.5|   70.5|   70.5
   South Dakota..................|   15.8|   16.3|   16.1|   16.2|   87.5|   89.4|   90.3|   90.0|   18.3|   19.4|   19.4|   19.5
   Tennessee.....................|  137.6|  137.9|  137.6|  138.2|  578.2|  605.4|  601.4|  602.8|  109.3|  111.8|  111.6|  112.0
   Texas.........................|  470.9|  483.3|  479.7|  481.1|1,931.7|1,989.0|1,985.4|1,985.4|  435.3|  440.8|  441.0|  440.9
   Utah..........................|   50.9|   52.2|   52.7|   52.8|  216.2|  225.2|  224.9|  226.1|   46.7|   49.5|   49.6|   49.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.7|   12.1|   11.9|   12.0|   63.7|   64.8|   64.3|   64.3|   12.2|   12.2|   12.1|   12.1
   Virginia......................|  155.9|  158.1|  159.8|  161.2|  695.0|  702.8|  700.6|  705.0|  162.1|  161.6|  162.0|  161.9
   Washington....................|  119.3|  122.2|  120.8|  120.6|  579.1|  587.4|  584.8|  586.1|  121.5|  121.6|  123.0|  123.0
   West Virginia.................|   40.7|   40.2|   39.7|   40.2|  157.0|  159.9|  160.1|  161.5|   26.6|   27.2|   27.3|   27.2
   Wisconsin.....................|  119.0|  119.1|  119.5|  119.2|  585.5|  590.9|  591.2|  591.8|  136.2|  136.3|  136.2|  136.2
   Wyoming.......................|   13.9|   13.6|   13.6|   13.6|   51.3|   52.8|   52.8|   52.7|    7.9|    7.9|    8.0|    8.1
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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             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  386.8|  403.3|  402.1|  403.1|  344.7|  342.3|  341.5|  341.2
                   Alaska........................|   59.5|   61.3|   60.9|   61.1|   73.1|   72.8|   72.0|   72.1
                   Arizona.......................|  514.5|  530.1|  536.3|  540.4|  295.2|  306.9|  306.1|  306.3
                   Arkansas......................|  234.6|  241.9|  241.7|  242.5|  175.0|  178.3|  178.0|  177.4
                   California....................|3,669.1|3,803.3|3,819.9|3,833.3|2,101.9|2,101.5|2,096.7|2,096.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  526.0|  552.3|  551.7|  551.9|  301.3|  305.3|  304.9|  305.5
                   Connecticut...................|  461.3|  469.1|  467.5|  470.9|  220.9|  220.2|  222.7|  224.8
                   Delaware......................|   94.7|   98.3|   97.7|   99.4|   50.3|   49.8|   50.0|   50.0
                   District of Columbia..........|  262.4|  265.2|  262.4|  264.1|  260.2|  249.0|  246.9|  246.5
                   Florida.......................|2,008.4|2,111.4|2,103.5|2,110.1|  918.7|  938.2|  937.2|  938.4
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                   Georgia.......................|  816.5|  864.5|  861.2|  871.3|  569.8|  582.8|  581.6|  581.4
                   Hawaii2/......................|  165.2|  164.9|  164.1|  165.8|  112.8|  108.6|  108.2|  110.0
                   Idaho.........................|  107.5|  111.6|  112.4|  113.1|   95.3|   96.1|   95.3|   93.9
                   Illinois......................|1,561.8|1,597.8|1,602.5|1,605.1|  800.3|  803.6|  803.2|  803.1
                   Indiana.......................|  627.6|  637.8|  639.7|  636.7|  392.5|  391.8|  390.1|  390.5
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                   Iowa..........................|  335.4|  348.9|  350.3|  350.1|  230.1|  230.2|  229.6|  229.9
                   Kansas........................|  286.7|  294.9|  292.5|  293.6|  236.9|  239.8|  242.8|  239.4
                   Kentucky......................|  387.9|  399.0|  399.3|  401.2|  286.1|  287.9|  286.0|  286.6
                   Louisiana.....................|  464.4|  476.1|  479.6|  478.3|  355.3|  359.7|  358.6|  359.3
                   Maine.........................|  146.3|  150.4|  149.5|  150.4|   93.8|   93.1|   92.6|   92.4
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                   Maryland......................|  684.1|  692.1|  690.3|  697.3|  421.0|  423.4|  421.7|  423.1
                   Massachusetts.................|1,012.7|1,040.2|1,044.0|1,045.6|  392.3|  396.0|  397.9|  395.5
                   Michigan......................|1,107.4|1,134.5|1,134.7|1,143.9|  640.3|  637.0|  632.3|  634.4
                   Minnesota.....................|  637.2|  652.4|  652.6|  657.1|  379.8|  381.8|  381.2|  382.2
                   Mississippi...................|  230.9|  236.5|  236.4|  238.9|  214.2|  219.9|  221.2|  220.7
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                   Missouri......................|  680.6|  695.4|  690.6|  694.4|  386.4|  395.9|  394.5|  400.2
                   Montana.......................|   94.9|   98.0|   97.5|   99.4|   76.8|   76.7|   75.7|   76.4
                   Nebraska......................|  207.4|  212.0|  210.7|  211.7|  151.8|  150.9|  151.9|  152.9
                   Nevada........................|  337.3|  355.7|  357.8|  359.7|   95.5|   98.5|  100.1|   99.1
                   New Hampshire.................|  148.2|  155.9|  153.5|  155.4|   76.5|   75.9|   74.1|   74.7
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                   New Jersey....................|1,065.4|1,099.1|1,091.3|1,101.5|  569.4|  568.1|  565.5|  568.4
                   New Mexico....................|  189.5|  197.9|  200.6|  201.4|  165.1|  166.2|  165.4|  165.8
                   New York......................|2,517.2|2,567.6|2,558.2|2,579.4|1,408.0|1,383.3|1,381.9|1,383.2
                   North Carolina................|  747.1|  772.0|  765.9|  773.4|  547.1|  559.1|  559.6|  560.6
                   North Dakota..................|   79.6|   82.8|   82.7|   83.1|   71.3|   70.4|   70.9|   71.1
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                   Ohio..........................|1,362.5|1,413.0|1,411.8|1,417.1|  745.6|  752.1|  746.8|  752.9
                   Oklahoma......................|  337.6|  356.7|  357.6|  358.2|  269.5|  270.9|  268.5|  268.7
                   Oregon........................|  354.3|  376.5|  386.9|  386.2|  237.8|  241.4|  232.8|  234.6
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,591.0|1,601.1|1,580.5|1,594.1|  720.5|  722.2|  714.6|  720.6
                   Rhode Island..................|  140.8|  148.1|  149.2|  149.6|   61.7|   61.1|   60.9|   61.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  355.0|  371.5|  372.6|  374.3|  293.3|  294.0|  289.8|  290.2
                   South Dakota..................|   85.9|   90.3|   90.5|   91.2|   70.1|   70.7|   70.5|   71.0
                   Tennessee.....................|  624.4|  653.0|  651.4|  650.1|  371.7|  387.2|  388.8|  390.6
                   Texas.........................|2,089.3|2,177.7|2,172.1|2,186.6|1,436.3|1,464.6|1,461.1|1,469.2
                   Utah..........................|  232.8|  247.8|  248.6|  250.5|  162.9|  164.3|  164.9|  165.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   78.0|   80.5|   81.2|   80.8|   45.1|   44.9|   44.6|   44.9
                   Virginia......................|  860.0|  890.0|  883.2|  898.5|  602.5|  593.5|  593.4|  595.9
                   Washington....................|  612.9|  632.1|  632.5|  636.5|  442.6|  445.1|  444.3|  444.8
                   West Virginia.................|  180.3|  187.3|  186.1|  187.5|  135.9|  136.3|  137.1|  136.6
                   Wisconsin.....................|  623.6|  640.6|  641.4|  641.7|  377.7|  376.2|  382.8|  380.7
                   Wyoming.......................|   46.6|   48.0|   48.3|   48.6|   58.2|   57.8|   57.7|   57.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      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
                   1995 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             |      Jan.       |      Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
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                               |  1995  |  1996  |  1995  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/
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 Alabama.......................| 1,769.2| 1,800.7| 1,776.9|1,806.2|   82.7|   85.0|   82.4|   85.2|  390.5|  383.8|  391.1|  382.9
 Alaska........................|   241.9|   243.6|   248.9|  249.7|    9.0|    9.5|    9.5|    9.8|   11.8|   11.6|   16.2|   15.7
 Arizona.......................| 1,741.6| 1,811.9| 1,771.3|1,839.0|  112.8|  119.9|  114.7|  122.1|  190.1|  195.3|  190.3|  197.1
 Arkansas......................| 1,038.5| 1,065.2| 1,049.2|1,071.4|   39.5|   42.3|   40.5|   43.3|  258.2|  257.0|  258.9|  255.6
 California....................|12,082.8|12,459.2|12,232.7|12539.1|  425.2|  483.9|  451.4|  475.6|1,748.0|1,783.4|1,763.0|1,791.4
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 Colorado......................| 1,774.4| 1,867.3| 1,793.1|1,876.3|   93.0|  103.8|   92.8|  105.2|  188.3|  193.2|  188.9|  192.9
 Connecticut...................| 1,532.9| 1,544.3| 1,539.2|1,553.8|   45.8|   46.2|   43.6|   46.7|  282.1|  277.8|  280.9|  277.4
 Delaware......................|   354.0|   358.6|   354.4|  365.7|   17.1|   16.8|   16.5|   17.1|   62.7|   56.9|   62.2|   60.9
 District of Columbia..........|   634.9|   621.2|   639.5|  627.3|    8.3|    7.9|    8.0|    8.4|   12.8|   12.8|   12.9|   12.9
 Florida.......................| 5,882.0| 6,082.4| 5,956.3|6,138.2|  296.3|  304.8|  298.7|  309.0|  480.9|  480.9|  483.5|  481.7
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,309.1| 3,452.9| 3,327.0|3,473.5|  138.4|  155.8|  138.5|  157.3|  586.9|  585.8|  587.9|  586.8
 Hawaii2/......................|   531.2|   525.4|   535.9|  531.9|   26.6|   25.2|   26.3|   24.8|   16.8|   16.7|   16.7|   16.7
 Idaho.........................|   456.7|   475.2|   461.0|  475.6|   24.4|   28.4|   24.6|   28.3|   70.9|   71.3|   70.2|   70.9
 Illinois......................| 5,428.4| 5,572.4| 5,465.5|5,586.8|  185.3|  190.9|  183.6|  189.3|  953.7|  972.7|  956.8|  972.7
 Indiana.......................| 2,715.6| 2,760.0| 2,734.0|2,767.5|  116.6|  115.6|  115.4|  115.6|  677.3|  677.1|  681.1|  676.8
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 Iowa..........................| 1,314.5| 1,347.8| 1,319.7|1,349.4|   44.5|   47.3|   43.5|   45.4|  246.5|  249.3|  247.6|  248.5
 Kansas........................| 1,165.2| 1,208.3| 1,176.5|1,213.5|   43.8|   50.2|   44.8|   51.2|  190.2|  193.8|  191.3|  194.4
 Kentucky......................| 1,591.4| 1,622.2| 1,600.7|1,636.4|   66.2|   63.6|   64.5|   66.3|  311.1|  313.1|  310.9|  313.1
 Louisiana.....................| 1,727.6| 1,784.9| 1,739.6|1,792.8|   99.8|  109.7|   99.9|  110.6|  184.5|  187.5|  184.5|  187.9
 Maine.........................|   516.9|   524.0|   520.7|  525.3|   18.2|   18.9|   17.6|   18.0|   91.4|   90.5|   90.8|   88.9
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 Maryland......................| 2,121.7| 2,122.0| 2,129.4|2,147.6|  120.9|  107.8|  117.7|  116.7|  175.6|  171.5|  175.3|  171.9
 Massachusetts.................| 2,891.5| 2,950.3| 2,902.9|2,965.9|   77.4|   80.4|   74.9|   80.1|  444.8|  444.8|  443.5|  444.1
 Michigan......................| 4,142.0| 4,228.6| 4,174.3|4,243.4|  130.8|  141.2|  126.4|  136.2|  972.5|  969.7|  977.8|  966.6
 Minnesota.....................| 2,304.3| 2,352.3| 2,314.4|2,361.9|   67.0|   67.8|   65.5|   66.9|  415.3|  420.9|  416.9|  421.0
 Mississippi...................| 1,057.9| 1,069.9| 1,063.7|1,071.7|   41.9|   44.8|   42.2|   45.3|  262.4|  248.3|  263.2|  246.7
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 Missouri......................| 2,437.0| 2,494.1| 2,463.1|2,521.4|  100.7|  102.7|  102.4|  103.2|  416.0|  420.8|  418.6|  421.6
 Montana.......................|   335.6|   343.7|   337.4|  346.3|   12.6|   13.3|   12.6|   12.9|   22.8|   23.1|   22.6|   22.9
 Nebraska......................|   792.4|   805.3|   797.8|  808.0|   30.1|   30.2|   30.3|   30.0|  110.9|  112.2|  111.0|  111.9
 Nevada........................|   747.3|   814.2|   756.4|  818.3|   53.1|   66.3|   54.9|   67.1|   35.1|   38.2|   35.4|   38.4
 New Hampshire.................|   520.1|   535.9|   522.6|  539.1|   16.3|   18.5|   15.8|   17.5|  102.6|  101.7|  102.3|  101.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,515.4| 3,530.8| 3,521.0|3,559.9|  113.2|  107.9|  107.6|  109.2|  498.2|  481.1|  500.1|  487.2
 New Mexico....................|   667.8|   695.5|   677.2|  703.4|   42.3|   46.1|   42.8|   46.7|   43.9|   45.3|   44.2|   45.4
 New York......................| 7,710.1| 7,738.3| 7,741.6|7,791.6|  224.8|  216.7|  217.7|  213.1|  928.8|  927.7|  936.0|  932.5
 North Carolina................| 3,374.8| 3,422.2| 3,389.8|3,461.5|  164.8|  160.3|  163.0|  171.8|  864.6|  843.1|  865.2|  846.9
 North Dakota..................|   291.9|   299.2|   293.3|  300.9|   10.0|   11.3|    9.9|   10.9|   21.0|   20.8|   21.1|   20.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 5,060.4| 5,185.0| 5,087.4|5,204.7|  175.9|  183.0|  172.0|  180.8|1,087.8|1,092.6|1,091.6|1,090.9
 Oklahoma......................| 1,281.0| 1,319.1| 1,291.5|1,327.0|   45.1|   47.7|   45.4|   47.7|  168.5|  167.0|  168.6|  167.0
 Oregon........................| 1,359.2| 1,428.3| 1,371.3|1,431.1|   59.5|   67.6|   60.2|   67.5|  219.3|  225.5|  221.3|  224.2
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,130.8| 5,116.8| 5,158.5|5,183.3|  182.9|  173.6|  173.1|  172.3|  938.2|  916.6|  936.8|  920.8
 Rhode Island..................|   428.8|   436.0|   429.5|  437.2|   11.7|   12.0|   10.8|   11.7|   85.2|   83.1|   85.6|   82.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,596.4| 1,632.1| 1,607.0|1,641.5|   83.8|   85.5|   83.9|   86.0|  378.9|  373.6|  378.7|  372.2
 South Dakota..................|   330.6|   344.1|   331.8|  344.8|   11.9|   12.4|   11.7|   12.1|   44.9|   46.7|   45.1|   46.5
 Tennessee.....................| 2,425.1| 2,504.0| 2,441.8|2,513.7|   97.1|  103.5|   96.9|  104.1|  543.1|  533.8|  543.7|  534.6
 Texas.........................| 7,811.7| 8,090.5| 7,878.2|8,147.0|  383.7|  414.9|  391.0|  418.5|1,015.8|1,036.3|1,022.7|1,036.1
 Utah..........................|   870.7|   918.8|   880.3|  926.7|   46.4|   52.5|   47.3|   51.9|  120.5|  125.5|  120.9|  126.3
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   265.0|   270.6|   268.2|  273.8|   10.9|   11.0|   10.4|   10.3|   43.9|   45.1|   43.9|   45.6
 Virginia......................| 3,002.4| 3,024.1| 3,009.5|3,063.8|  156.8|  153.7|  154.8|  163.3|  404.0|  392.3|  403.5|  397.0
 Washington....................| 2,288.6| 2,323.0| 2,299.0|2,336.5|  111.0|  113.0|  111.4|  113.1|  333.1|  326.3|  334.2|  327.2
 West Virginia.................|   666.6|   674.2|   665.2|  679.5|   28.3|   24.7|   26.4|   26.9|   81.0|   81.2|   81.2|   81.9
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,476.9| 2,523.5| 2,488.3|2,525.6|   85.3|   88.8|   82.3|   86.0|  591.1|  595.8|  592.1|  593.2
 Wyoming.......................|   210.5|   213.9|   209.7|  213.0|   11.7|   12.3|   11.7|   12.1|    9.8|   10.1|    9.3|    9.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Puerto Rico...................|   906.2|   916.0|   911.6|  919.7|   45.1|   46.8|   46.5|   48.3|  150.8|  148.3|  153.2|  150.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 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             |               |               |               |               |               |
                                 |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.
                                 |               |               |               |               |               |
                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   87.8|   88.6|   88.1|   88.7|  397.0|  414.1|  396.1|  413.4|   76.2|   77.2|   76.3|   77.5
   Alaska........................|   21.7|   20.7|   21.8|   20.9|   50.3|   51.1|   49.8|   50.7|   11.4|   11.4|   11.4|   11.3
   Arizona.......................|   85.4|   86.9|   86.0|   87.3|  437.3|  454.0|  440.1|  455.9|  108.2|  107.2|  107.1|  106.4
   Arkansas......................|   60.8|   64.7|   61.5|   64.6|  234.0|  241.9|  234.3|  242.3|   41.2|   41.6|   41.1|   41.6
   California....................|  613.4|  621.8|  616.9|  624.2|2,865.6|2,953.2|2,864.0|2,949.9|  733.1|  731.3|  735.9|  733.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  114.9|  120.4|  115.5|  120.8|  441.5|  472.9|  440.2|  466.9|  111.4|  115.0|  111.7|  115.2
   Connecticut...................|   70.2|   71.1|   70.1|   71.0|  335.8|  337.7|  331.6|  334.9|  133.5|  132.4|  133.0|  132.3
   Delaware......................|   15.3|   16.0|   15.3|   16.3|   77.9|   81.6|   77.0|   81.0|   39.5|   42.2|   40.1|   42.4
   District of Columbia..........|   19.8|   19.2|   19.9|   19.3|   50.5|   48.9|   51.3|   49.8|   30.5|   29.7|   30.3|   29.5
   Florida.......................|  298.3|  305.9|  300.1|  307.1|1,531.3|1,571.2|1,545.2|1,580.0|  371.8|  377.8|  374.0|  378.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  210.7|  217.3|  210.4|  217.9|  831.1|  879.9|  829.9|  878.7|  171.9|  175.0|  172.7|  175.7
   Hawaii2/......................|   40.3|   40.8|   40.5|   40.8|  135.6|  135.1|  134.8|  134.6|   37.0|   37.0|   37.2|   37.1
   Idaho.........................|   21.8|   23.1|   21.9|   23.2|  116.9|  121.8|  116.3|  120.1|   23.7|   23.9|   23.8|   23.9
   Illinois......................|  316.9|  325.8|  318.0|  324.8|1,286.9|1,325.4|1,278.3|1,311.7|  381.3|  382.7|  381.7|  382.8
   Indiana.......................|  137.0|  137.9|  137.6|  137.5|  646.3|  669.3|  642.9|  665.8|  128.3|  132.5|  128.7|  132.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   59.8|   61.9|   60.1|   62.0|  329.7|  336.3|  327.6|  334.8|   75.7|   77.2|   75.5|   77.2
   Kansas........................|   66.7|   69.0|   66.9|   69.2|  286.9|  299.2|  286.3|  298.2|   56.3|   58.5|   56.3|   58.2
   Kentucky......................|   89.1|   91.8|   88.7|   91.9|  380.1|  390.8|  377.6|  390.7|   63.4|   65.2|   63.5|   65.1
   Louisiana.....................|  108.0|  107.2|  107.5|  107.3|  403.5|  422.4|  404.2|  422.2|   79.8|   80.3|   79.9|   80.3
   Maine.........................|   21.8|   21.4|   21.8|   21.5|  129.9|  133.8|  127.9|  131.8|   25.3|   25.5|   25.6|   25.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  104.6|  104.9|  105.3|  105.2|  511.5|  518.9|  508.0|  516.8|  128.9|  125.7|  128.9|  126.5
   Massachusetts.................|  125.1|  127.8|  125.2|  127.4|  669.4|  678.2|  662.0|  674.9|  203.0|  202.2|  203.1|  202.1
   Michigan......................|  162.4|  165.5|  162.9|  166.8|  966.5|1,006.5|  960.3|  990.7|  194.0|  194.5|  193.5|  194.2
   Minnesota.....................|  114.9|  116.4|  115.3|  117.6|  561.7|  574.6|  558.4|  570.8|  136.1|  139.0|  136.1|  139.3
   Mississippi...................|   49.5|   48.4|   49.6|   48.6|  220.3|  226.6|  219.7|  225.4|   39.4|   39.6|   39.6|   39.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  154.9|  161.8|  155.4|  162.3|  583.5|  594.8|  582.6|  591.9|  143.3|  147.2|  143.7|  147.3
   Montana.......................|   20.6|   20.5|   20.4|   20.7|   91.8|   95.3|   91.4|   94.4|   15.2|   15.4|   15.2|   15.4
   Nebraska......................|   48.3|   49.1|   48.4|   48.8|  198.2|  204.2|  198.4|  202.6|   51.6|   52.3|   51.7|   52.2
   Nevada........................|   39.1|   41.6|   39.1|   41.6|  149.5|  163.4|  149.7|  163.2|   34.4|   37.4|   34.6|   37.6
   New Hampshire.................|   19.1|   20.2|   19.1|   20.3|  135.1|  140.5|  133.6|  138.7|   28.6|   29.3|   28.6|   29.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  248.9|  250.6|  248.9|  249.3|  830.0|  837.0|  822.7|  832.8|  226.2|  227.2|  226.1|  227.7
   New Mexico....................|   30.5|   31.5|   30.8|   31.5|  158.0|  166.7|  158.3|  166.1|   29.8|   29.5|   29.7|   29.6
   New York......................|  395.0|  400.3|  395.9|  399.7|1,578.8|1,601.7|1,561.9|1,587.6|  722.3|  707.5|  724.2|  713.7
   North Carolina................|  161.8|  162.0|  161.9|  163.6|  767.3|  794.1|  766.4|  795.3|  140.0|  146.0|  140.5|  147.4
   North Dakota..................|   18.1|   18.1|   18.3|   18.3|   76.6|   78.7|   76.3|   78.5|   13.6|   13.8|   13.6|   13.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  223.8|  226.5|  224.0|  226.3|1,233.9|1,274.0|1,225.9|1,264.5|  265.9|  273.3|  266.9|  274.2
   Oklahoma......................|   72.0|   74.5|   72.2|   74.7|  303.6|  313.7|  303.0|  312.9|   63.9|   66.0|   64.1|   66.0
   Oregon........................|   69.5|   72.4|   69.7|   71.9|  344.7|  361.3|  343.6|  357.9|   85.2|   87.9|   85.4|   88.0
   Pennsylvania..................|  269.4|  267.3|  269.0|  268.5|1,171.8|1,187.2|1,158.9|1,187.6|  299.7|  304.2|  299.8|  304.2
   Rhode Island..................|   14.8|   15.0|   14.9|   14.8|   94.3|   94.5|   93.5|   94.3|   24.7|   24.5|   24.7|   24.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   68.6|   70.7|   69.5|   70.6|  362.3|  378.4|  363.2|  379.2|   66.9|   69.4|   67.1|   69.7
   South Dakota..................|   15.5|   16.1|   15.6|   16.1|   84.5|   88.1|   84.3|   87.3|   18.1|   19.2|   18.2|   19.4
   Tennessee.....................|  134.6|  135.7|  135.7|  136.4|  565.0|  591.0|  564.3|  589.0|  108.2|  110.5|  108.1|  110.9
   Texas.........................|  464.2|  478.7|  467.1|  480.1|1,905.1|1,963.8|1,900.3|1,960.3|  430.9|  438.4|  430.9|  439.1
   Utah..........................|   50.4|   52.3|   50.6|   52.6|  210.4|  221.0|  210.6|  221.2|   45.9|   49.3|   46.5|   49.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.4|   11.8|   11.5|   11.8|   62.8|   64.1|   62.3|   63.4|   12.1|   12.0|   12.1|   12.0
   Virginia......................|  152.9|  158.0|  153.7|  159.4|  683.5|  691.9|  675.1|  687.2|  160.4|  160.3|  160.2|  160.3
   Washington....................|  116.4|  118.7|  116.6|  118.7|  566.4|  574.0|  562.4|  571.2|  120.2|  121.5|  120.7|  121.9
   West Virginia.................|   40.1|   39.3|   40.1|   39.8|  153.2|  157.4|  152.0|  157.0|   26.5|   27.1|   26.3|   27.0
   Wisconsin.....................|  116.1|  117.6|  116.5|  117.8|  568.1|  578.3|  564.7|  572.7|  135.1|  135.4|  134.9|  135.1
   Wyoming.......................|   13.6|   13.4|   13.6|   13.4|   48.7|   50.4|   48.3|   49.9|    7.8|    7.9|    7.8|    8.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Puerto Rico...................|   22.2|   22.8|   22.3|   22.3|  184.1|  184.2|  181.0|  179.6|   42.0|   42.8|   42.0|   43.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   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             |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.
                                                 |               |               |               |
                                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  379.8|  398.8|  384.2|  402.4|  344.4|  342.2|  348.0|  345.0
                   Alaska........................|   55.9|   57.8|   56.9|   58.5|   72.4|   71.8|   73.6|   72.9
                   Arizona.......................|  505.0|  532.0|  515.0|  540.9|  290.7|  304.2|  305.8|  316.9
                   Arkansas......................|  226.3|  235.9|  231.0|  238.9|  175.1|  178.4|  178.5|  181.7
                   California....................|3,566.1|3,762.6|3,647.8|3,818.0|2,101.6|2,094.5|2,123.9|2,118.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  516.0|  548.9|  523.5|  551.3|  294.1|  299.1|  305.5|  310.1
                   Connecticut...................|  447.3|  459.0|  454.8|  464.6|  217.6|  219.4|  224.6|  226.2
                   Delaware......................|   91.1|   95.7|   92.6|   97.8|   50.3|   49.3|   50.6|   50.1
                   District of Columbia..........|  255.3|  257.7|  259.6|  263.0|  257.6|  244.9|  257.4|  244.3
                   Florida.......................|1,979.3|2,095.1|2,015.4|2,122.8|  917.2|  939.7|  932.5|  952.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  792.1|  848.3|  806.7|  861.7|  570.2|  583.3|  573.1|  587.8
                   Hawaii2/......................|  163.8|  163.8|  165.3|  165.7|  111.1|  106.8|  115.1|  112.2
                   Idaho.........................|  103.8|  110.6|  105.8|  111.6|   92.8|   93.5|   96.0|   94.9
                   Illinois......................|1,507.9|1,568.8|1,525.6|1,577.8|  782.8|  793.6|  808.2|  815.1
                   Indiana.......................|  610.9|  631.2|  618.7|  632.9|  392.8|  390.3|  403.2|  400.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Iowa..........................|  327.8|  345.0|  331.8|  347.6|  228.8|  229.0|  231.8|  232.1
                   Kansas........................|  279.2|  288.7|  282.7|  291.3|  234.0|  240.9|  240.2|  243.0
                   Kentucky......................|  375.8|  391.3|  379.5|  395.6|  278.8|  282.8|  289.7|  290.1
                   Louisiana.....................|  454.8|  474.8|  462.0|  477.3|  352.2|  356.8|  356.4|  361.1
                   Maine.........................|  137.2|  141.7|  140.1|  143.9|   93.0|   92.1|   96.8|   95.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Maryland......................|  661.0|  674.7|  669.0|  683.3|  418.1|  417.5|  424.1|  426.1
                   Massachusetts.................|  979.7|1,018.9|  996.1|1,035.1|  390.9|  396.7|  397.0|  400.9
                   Michigan......................|1,074.6|1,114.3|1,087.2|1,129.0|  633.2|  629.8|  658.2|  652.8
                   Minnesota.....................|  618.5|  640.2|  626.3|  646.6|  383.8|  386.2|  388.9|  392.5
                   Mississippi...................|  224.4|  234.3|  227.5|  237.2|  215.2|  223.2|  217.1|  224.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  650.3|  669.2|  662.8|  681.2|  383.7|  392.9|  393.0|  409.0
                   Montana.......................|   91.1|   95.4|   92.4|   97.5|   76.6|   75.8|   77.9|   77.5
                   Nebraska......................|  201.9|  206.6|  204.7|  208.7|  150.2|  149.6|  152.2|  152.7
                   Nevada........................|  330.4|  355.4|  333.4|  356.5|   93.3|   98.6|   96.8|  100.6
                   New Hampshire.................|  143.5|  151.8|  144.3|  153.8|   74.5|   73.5|   78.5|   77.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|1,031.7|1,063.7|1,040.9|1,079.0|  565.4|  561.5|  573.0|  572.9
                   New Mexico....................|  185.8|  198.2|  187.8|  199.8|  161.8|  162.6|  168.0|  168.8
                   New York......................|2,455.5|2,507.0|2,484.9|2,548.4|1,401.2|1,373.6|1,417.0|1,392.9
                   North Carolina................|  720.8|  746.8|  731.4|  761.8|  551.9|  566.2|  557.8|  571.1
                   North Dakota..................|   77.8|   81.9|   78.3|   82.4|   71.5|   70.9|   72.6|   72.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,314.1|1,373.7|1,333.7|1,388.8|  745.3|  748.3|  759.9|  765.7
                   Oklahoma......................|  326.3|  349.4|  332.5|  353.5|  268.9|  269.0|  273.8|  273.6
                   Oregon........................|  341.9|  378.4|  347.8|  380.8|  237.7|  233.5|  241.8|  239.1
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,540.8|1,542.6|1,570.6|1,579.8|  708.9|  707.5|  731.5|  732.1
                   Rhode Island..................|  135.7|  145.5|  137.3|  147.2|   62.2|   61.3|   62.6|   61.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  341.0|  362.2|  345.3|  366.4|  293.1|  290.4|  297.4|  295.5
                   South Dakota..................|   82.6|   88.6|   83.2|   89.3|   70.9|   70.8|   71.5|   71.9
                   Tennessee.....................|  603.3|  635.5|  612.7|  638.6|  369.4|  389.6|  376.0|  395.7
                   Texas.........................|2,029.1|2,143.9|2,056.5|2,169.1|1,426.2|1,461.3|1,454.3|1,490.2
                   Utah..........................|  226.1|  245.1|  230.8|  249.2|  163.1|  165.2|  165.8|  168.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   78.4|   81.6|   80.8|   83.7|   45.1|   44.5|   46.8|   46.6
                   Virginia......................|  831.6|  862.9|  841.2|  881.4|  601.6|  594.6|  609.4|  604.8
                   Washington....................|  596.5|  621.7|  603.0|  628.9|  441.7|  444.7|  447.5|  452.4
                   West Virginia.................|  176.1|  183.3|  177.3|  185.1|  133.7|  135.7|  134.8|  136.1
                   Wisconsin.....................|  604.9|  627.3|  611.6|  630.8|  374.5|  378.6|  384.5|  388.3
                   Wyoming.......................|   43.0|   44.8|   43.2|   45.0|   58.8|   58.3|   59.1|   58.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Puerto Rico...................|  163.2|  168.4|  166.2|  172.2|  297.8|  301.7|  299.4|  302.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to March 1995
                   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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1995      |      1996      |     1995       |    1996p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
       United States.........................................|       6.2      |       6.3      |       5.9      |       6.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alabama....................................................|       6.1      |       4.9      |       6.4      |       5.3
    Birmingham...............................................|       4.2      |       3.0      |       4.4      |       3.4
    Huntsville...............................................|       5.1      |       3.3      |       5.4      |       3.7
    Mobile...................................................|       7.0      |       4.9      |       7.2      |       5.5
    Montgomery...............................................|       5.4      |       3.6      |       5.6      |       4.0
    Tuscaloosa...............................................|       4.9      |       3.4      |       5.2      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alaska.....................................................|       9.4      |       9.7      |       9.1      |       9.3
    Anchorage................................................|       6.2      |       6.6      |       6.2      |       6.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arizona....................................................|       5.4      |       4.8      |       4.9      |       4.5
    Phoenix_Mesa.............................................|       3.9      |       3.4      |       3.5      |       3.2
    Tucson...................................................|       3.6      |       3.4      |       3.3      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arkansas...................................................|       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.8      |       5.4
    Fayetteville_Springdale_Rogers...........................|       2.4      |       2.9      |       2.6      |       2.8
    Fort Smith1/.............................................|       6.3      |       6.2      |       6.0      |       5.6
    Little Rock_North Little Rock............................|       3.8      |       3.8      |       4.0      |       3.5
    Pine Bluff...............................................|       8.9      |       7.3      |       9.3      |       6.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  California.................................................|       8.6      |       8.2      |       8.3      |       8.1
    Bakersfield..............................................|      15.1      |      14.5      |      15.6      |      15.0
    Fresno...................................................|      16.0      |      16.5      |      16.5      |      16.8
    Los Angeles_Long Beach...................................|       8.6      |       8.4      |       8.1      |       8.3
    Modesto..................................................|      16.9      |      17.0      |      17.5      |      17.6
    Oakland..................................................|       6.0      |       5.6      |       5.7      |       5.5
    Orange County............................................|       5.3      |       4.7      |       5.0      |       4.6
    Riverside_San Bernardino.................................|       8.8      |       8.4      |       8.4      |       8.3
    Sacramento...............................................|       7.5      |       7.0      |       7.0      |       7.0
    Salinas..................................................|      19.1      |      19.3      |      18.2      |      18.2
    San Diego................................................|       6.7      |       6.2      |       6.4      |       5.9
    San Francisco............................................|       5.2      |       4.7      |       5.1      |       4.5
    San Jose.................................................|       5.9      |       4.1      |       5.5      |       4.1
    Santa Barbara_Santa Maria_Lompoc.........................|       8.5      |       7.4      |       7.8      |       7.0
    Santa Rosa...............................................|       7.1      |       5.5      |       6.2      |       5.4
    Stockton_Lodi............................................|      14.1      |      14.0      |      14.0      |      14.1
    Vallejo_Fairfield_Napa...................................|       8.7      |       8.4      |       7.8      |       8.2
    Ventura..................................................|       8.4      |       7.6      |       6.8      |       6.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Colorado...................................................|       4.6      |       4.1      |       4.4      |       4.2
    Colorado Springs.........................................|       5.1      |       4.2      |       4.8      |       4.4
    Boulder_Longmont.........................................|       4.2      |       3.6      |       4.0      |       3.6
    Denver...................................................|       4.1      |       3.7      |       4.0      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Connecticut................................................|       6.0      |       5.9      |       6.1      |       5.6
    Bridgeport...............................................|       6.7      |       6.8      |       6.8      |       6.4
    Danbury..................................................|       4.2      |       4.1      |       4.3      |       3.9
    Hartford.................................................|       6.6      |       6.3      |       6.6      |       6.0
    New Haven_Meriden........................................|       5.9      |       5.9      |       5.8      |       5.5
    New London_Norwich.......................................|       5.6      |       5.7      |       5.9      |       5.6
    Stamford_Norwalk.........................................|       4.2      |       3.8      |       4.3      |       3.7
    Waterbury................................................|       7.1      |       6.8      |       7.3      |       6.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Delaware...................................................|       4.7      |       5.4      |       4.7      |       4.8
    Dover....................................................|       4.9      |       5.1      |       5.1      |       5.4
    Wilmington_Newark1/......................................|       4.6      |       6.5      |       4.8      |       5.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  District of Columbia.......................................|       8.9      |       8.8      |       9.0      |       8.6
    Washington1/.............................................|       4.3      |       4.0      |       4.3      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Florida....................................................|       6.1      |       6.0      |       5.2      |       5.0
    Daytona Beach............................................|       5.9      |       5.4      |       4.9      |       4.1
    Fort Lauderdale..........................................|       6.4      |       6.1      |       5.6      |       5.2
    Fort Myers_Cape Coral....................................|       4.7      |       4.6      |       3.9      |       3.5
    Gainesville..............................................|       3.4      |       3.3      |       2.9      |       2.8
    Jacksonville.............................................|       4.6      |       4.2      |       3.9      |       3.5
    Lakeland_Winter Haven....................................|       6.6      |       6.5      |       5.5      |       5.5
    Melbourne_Titusville_Palm Bay............................|       7.5      |       7.1      |       6.4      |       6.1
    Miami....................................................|       8.2      |       8.0      |       7.0      |       7.0
    Orlando..................................................|       5.3      |       4.9      |       4.5      |       3.9
    Pensacola................................................|       4.6      |       5.4      |       4.0      |       4.3
    Sarasota_Bradenton.......................................|       4.0      |       4.2      |       3.4      |       3.2
    Tallahassee..............................................|       3.4      |       3.7      |       2.8      |       3.2
    Tampa_St. Petersburg_Clearwater..........................|       5.1      |       5.0      |       4.3      |       4.1
    West Palm Beach_Boca Raton...............................|       7.6      |       7.1      |       6.4      |       6.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Georgia....................................................|       4.4      |       4.6      |       4.8      |       4.5
    Albany...................................................|       6.0      |       5.8      |       6.4      |       5.6
    Athens...................................................|       2.7      |       3.1      |       3.3      |       3.1
    Atlanta..................................................|       4.0      |       3.8      |       4.4      |       3.7
    Augusta_Aiken1/..........................................|       5.5      |       6.6      |       5.7      |       6.5
    Columbus1/...............................................|       5.1      |       5.4      |       6.1      |       5.3
    Macon....................................................|       4.8      |       4.9      |       4.9      |       4.6
    Savannah.................................................|       4.8      |       4.6      |       5.4      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Hawaii.....................................................|       6.0      |       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.8
    Honolulu.................................................|       4.5      |       4.8      |       4.3      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Idaho......................................................|       6.9      |       6.4      |       6.8      |       6.2
    Boise City...............................................|       5.1      |       4.7      |       4.9      |       4.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1995      |      1996      |     1995       |    1996p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Illinois...................................................|       5.8      |       6.0      |       5.7      |       5.7
    Bloomington_Normal.......................................|       3.5      |       4.2      |       3.4      |       3.9
    Champaign_Urbana.........................................|       3.7      |       3.7      |       3.5      |       3.5
    Chicago..................................................|       5.5      |       5.5      |       5.5      |       5.3
    Davenport_Moline_Rock Island1/...........................|       5.4      |       5.2      |       5.2      |       4.9
    Decatur..................................................|       7.7      |       8.4      |       7.7      |       8.3
    Kankakee.................................................|       7.7      |       7.0      |       7.6      |       6.7
    Peoria_Pekin.............................................|       5.0      |       7.1      |       5.0      |       7.1
    Rockford.................................................|       5.2      |       7.2      |       5.1      |       6.7
    Springfield..............................................|       5.2      |       5.2      |       5.2      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Indiana....................................................|       5.0      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       5.0
    Bloomington..............................................|       3.7      |       3.4      |       3.8      |       3.5
    Elkhart_Goshen...........................................|       3.1      |       4.8      |       2.9      |       4.3
    Evansville_Henderson1/...................................|       5.9      |       4.9      |       6.1      |       4.9
    Fort Wayne...............................................|       4.1      |       4.2      |       4.1      |       4.4
    Gary.....................................................|       6.7      |       6.1      |       6.9      |       6.1
    Indianapolis.............................................|       4.1      |       3.9      |       4.2      |       3.9
    Kokomo...................................................|       4.8      |       4.1      |       4.8      |       4.1
    Lafayette................................................|       3.6      |       3.3      |       3.7      |       3.8
    Muncie...................................................|       5.7      |       5.2      |       5.6      |       5.4
    South Bend...............................................|       4.5      |       4.7      |       4.5      |       4.8
    Terre Haute..............................................|       6.8      |       7.3      |       6.9      |       7.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Iowa.......................................................|       4.3      |       4.2      |       4.2      |       4.2
    Cedar Rapids.............................................|       3.2      |       3.0      |       3.2      |       3.1
    Des Moines...............................................|       3.0      |       2.7      |       3.1      |       2.7
    Dubuque..................................................|       4.5      |       6.3      |       4.5      |       6.4
    Iowa City................................................|       2.8      |       2.8      |       2.6      |       2.7
    Sioux City1/.............................................|       3.4      |       4.1      |       3.2      |       3.9
    Waterloo_Cedar Falls.....................................|       6.3      |       4.8      |       5.3      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kansas.....................................................|       5.6      |       4.5      |       5.0      |       4.1
    Lawrence.................................................|       5.3      |       4.7      |       4.9      |       4.2
    Topeka...................................................|       5.7      |       5.1      |       5.2      |       4.4
    Wichita..................................................|       5.9      |       4.3      |       5.3      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kentucky...................................................|       5.8      |       6.2      |       6.0      |       5.9
    Lexington................................................|       3.5      |       2.8      |       3.5      |       2.9
    Louisville1/.............................................|       4.4      |       4.4      |       4.5      |       4.2
    Owensboro................................................|       5.7      |       6.1      |       6.1      |       6.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Louisiana..................................................|       8.4      |       7.7      |       7.5      |       6.8
    Alexandria...............................................|       7.9      |       7.3      |       7.0      |       6.3
    Baton Rouge..............................................|       7.4      |       6.6      |       6.4      |       5.7
    Houma....................................................|       6.8      |       6.1      |       6.4      |       5.5
    Lafayette................................................|       8.1      |       7.5      |       7.2      |       6.5
    Lake Charles.............................................|       8.2      |       6.3      |       7.4      |       5.4
    Monroe...................................................|       7.1      |       6.9      |       6.4      |       6.1
    New Orleans..............................................|       7.2      |       7.2      |       6.4      |       6.4
    Shreveport_Bossier City..................................|       9.0      |       7.6      |       8.0      |       6.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maine......................................................|       7.6      |       6.5      |       7.5      |       6.6
    Lewiston_Auburn..........................................|       7.2      |       6.1      |       7.2      |       6.5
    Portland.................................................|       4.6      |       3.5      |       4.5      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maryland...................................................|       5.2      |       5.3      |       5.4      |       5.0
    Baltimore................................................|       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.8      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Massachusetts..............................................|       6.3      |       5.8      |       6.1      |       5.6
    Barnstable_Yarmouth......................................|      10.3      |       9.4      |      10.0      |       9.0
    Boston1/.................................................|       5.2      |       4.7      |       5.1      |       4.6
    Brockton.................................................|       6.6      |       6.9      |       6.4      |       6.7
    Fitchburg_Leominster.....................................|       6.9      |       7.1      |       6.5      |       6.5
    Lawrence1/...............................................|       7.0      |       5.6      |       6.7      |       5.5
    Lowell1/.................................................|       6.5      |       5.2      |       6.2      |       4.9
    New Bedford..............................................|      12.3      |      12.3      |      12.2      |      11.8
    Pittsfield...............................................|       8.9      |       7.0      |       8.6      |       7.1
    Springfield..............................................|       6.9      |       6.3      |       6.7      |       5.9
    Worcester1/..............................................|       5.5      |       5.2      |       5.5      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Michigan...................................................|       6.0      |       5.6      |       6.0      |       5.5
    Ann Arbor................................................|       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.5      |       3.5
    Benton Harbor............................................|       6.3      |       6.3      |       6.3      |       6.6
    Detroit..................................................|       5.6      |       4.9      |       5.4      |       4.7
    Flint....................................................|       7.0      |       6.4      |       7.1      |       6.4
    Grand Rapids_Muskegon_Holland............................|       4.4      |       4.5      |       4.4      |       4.5
    Jackson..................................................|       6.0      |       5.3      |       6.3      |       5.5
    Kalamazoo_Battle_Creek...................................|       5.0      |       4.9      |       5.2      |       4.9
    Lansing_East Lansing.....................................|       4.2      |       3.9      |       4.3      |       3.7
    Saginaw_Bay City_Midland.................................|       6.7      |       5.9      |       7.1      |       5.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Minnesota..................................................|       4.5      |       4.1      |       4.4      |       3.8
    Duluth_Superior1/........................................|       6.7      |       5.9      |       6.8      |       5.7
    Minneapolis_St.Paul1/....................................|       3.3      |       3.0      |       3.3      |       2.8
    Rochester................................................|       3.7      |       3.1      |       3.5      |       3.1
    St. Cloud................................................|       6.1      |       5.5      |       5.5      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Mississippi................................................|       6.3      |       6.6      |       5.8      |       6.3
    Jackson..................................................|       3.7      |       3.8      |       3.4      |       3.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1995      |      1996      |     1995       |    1996p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Missouri...................................................|       5.5      |       4.1      |       5.4      |       4.0
    Kansas City1/............................................|       5.0      |       3.5      |       4.6      |       3.4
    St. Louis LMA1/..........................................|       5.1      |       4.3      |       5.2      |       4.0
    Springfield..............................................|       3.7      |       3.1      |       3.7      |       3.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Montana....................................................|       6.4      |       6.9      |       7.4      |       7.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nebraska...................................................|       3.2      |       3.2      |       2.7      |       3.1
    Lincoln..................................................|       2.6      |       2.6      |       2.2      |       2.5
    Omaha1/..................................................|       3.3      |       3.1      |       2.9      |       3.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nevada.....................................................|       6.3      |       5.7      |       5.9      |       5.2
    Las Vegas................................................|       6.0      |       5.5      |       5.8      |       5.0
    Reno.....................................................|       6.3      |       5.4      |       5.5      |       5.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Hampshire..............................................|       4.8      |       3.9      |       4.7      |       4.1
    Manchester...............................................|       4.7      |       3.4      |       4.9      |       3.6
    Nashua...................................................|       5.4      |       3.8      |       5.2      |       4.1
    Portsmouth_Rochester.....................................|       4.5      |       4.1      |       4.2      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Jersey.................................................|       7.0      |       7.0      |       6.8      |       6.8
    Atlantic_Cape May........................................|      12.5      |      12.3      |      12.0      |      11.9
    Bergen_Passaic...........................................|       7.3      |       6.9      |       7.1      |       6.9
    Jersey City..............................................|       9.9      |       9.8      |       9.4      |       9.4
    Middlesex_Somerset_Hunterdon.............................|       5.1      |       5.0      |       5.0      |       4.9
    Monmouth_Ocean...........................................|       6.5      |       6.7      |       6.6      |       6.6
    Newark...................................................|       6.7      |       6.6      |       6.6      |       6.5
    Trenton..................................................|       5.6      |       6.4      |       5.4      |       6.1
    Vineland_Millville_Bridgeton.............................|      11.8      |      11.6      |      11.2      |      11.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Mexico.................................................|       6.5      |       7.0      |       5.8      |       6.3
    Albuquerque..............................................|       3.8      |       4.1      |       3.4      |       3.8
    Las Cruces...............................................|       9.1      |      10.0      |       8.6      |       9.2
    Santa Fe.................................................|       3.8      |       4.5      |       3.4      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New York...................................................|       6.9      |       6.8      |       6.9      |       6.6
    Albany_Schenectady_Troy..................................|       5.4      |       5.5      |       5.4      |       5.4
    Binghamton...............................................|       6.8      |       5.6      |       6.8      |       5.4
    Buffalo_Niagara Falls....................................|       6.3      |       6.1      |       6.3      |       5.9
    Dutchess County..........................................|       6.0      |       5.0      |       6.0      |       4.8
    Elmira...................................................|       5.4      |       5.0      |       5.5      |       5.0
    Glens Falls..............................................|       8.8      |       8.2      |       8.7      |       8.1
    Nassau_Suffolk...........................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       4.7
    New York.................................................|       7.6      |       8.0      |       7.8      |       7.8
       New York City.........................................|       8.1      |       8.6      |       8.4      |       8.5
    Newburgh1/...............................................|       5.9      |       5.5      |       5.7      |       5.1
    Rochester................................................|       5.7      |       4.7      |       5.6      |       4.6
    Syracuse.................................................|       6.3      |       6.1      |       6.2      |       5.9
    Utica_Rome...............................................|       6.9      |       6.8      |       6.6      |       6.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  North Carolina.............................................|       4.5      |       5.5      |       4.7      |       4.9
    Asheville................................................|       4.7      |       5.2      |       4.8      |       4.7
    Charlotte_Gastonia_Rock Hill1/...........................|       3.2      |       4.0      |       3.4      |       3.7
    Greensboro_Winston-Salem_High Point......................|       3.3      |       4.5      |       3.5      |       3.5
    Raleigh_Durham_Chapel Hill...............................|       2.6      |       3.0      |       2.8      |       2.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  North Dakota...............................................|       4.6      |       3.4      |       4.1      |       3.2
    Bismarck.................................................|       5.0      |       3.6      |       4.5      |       3.5
    Fargo_Moorhead1/.........................................|       3.5      |       3.0      |       3.2      |       3.0
    Grand Forks1/............................................|       3.5      |       2.8      |       3.3      |       2.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Ohio.......................................................|       5.3      |       6.1      |       5.1      |       5.5
    Akron....................................................|       5.0      |       5.6      |       4.9      |       5.3
    Canton_Massillon.........................................|       5.7      |       6.6      |       5.4      |       6.2
    Cincinnati1/.............................................|       4.6      |       5.2      |       4.5      |       4.6
    Cleveland_Lorain_Elyria..................................|       6.0      |       6.3      |       5.3      |       5.3
    Columbus.................................................|       3.4      |       3.7      |       3.3      |       3.5
    Dayton_Springfield.......................................|       4.3      |       5.0      |       4.2      |       4.6
    Hamilton_Middletown......................................|       4.5      |       5.2      |       4.4      |       4.8
    Lima.....................................................|       5.5      |       7.1      |       5.5      |       6.5
    Mansfield................................................|       6.4      |       6.9      |       6.1      |       6.5
    Steubenville_Weirton.....................................|       7.6      |       7.2      |       7.2      |       6.8
    Toledo...................................................|       5.2      |       6.2      |       5.1      |       5.3
    Youngstown_Warren........................................|       6.7      |       7.2      |       6.5      |       6.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oklahoma...................................................|       5.7      |       5.4      |       5.5      |       5.3
    Enid.....................................................|       4.2      |       4.1      |       4.0      |       3.9
    Lawton...................................................|       6.4      |       5.4      |       6.2      |       5.1
    Oklahoma City............................................|       4.5      |       5.3      |       4.1      |       5.1
    Tulsa....................................................|       5.1      |       4.0      |       5.0      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oregon.....................................................|       5.5      |       5.8      |       5.7      |       5.9
    Eugene_Springfield.......................................|       5.3      |       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.8
    Medford_Ashland..........................................|       7.4      |       8.5      |       7.8      |       8.2
    Portland_Vancouver1/.....................................|       4.2      |       4.0      |       4.4      |       4.3
    Salem....................................................|       5.6      |       6.2      |       5.8      |       6.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Pennsylvania...............................................|       6.4      |       6.8      |       6.4      |       6.1
    Allentown_Bethlehem_Easton...............................|       6.0      |       7.5      |       6.0      |       6.4
    Altoona..................................................|       7.8      |       7.6      |       7.4      |       6.7
    Erie.....................................................|       7.0      |       6.6      |       7.0      |       6.6
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  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1995      |      1996      |     1995       |    1996p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Pennsylvania                                               |                |                |                |
    Harrisburg_Lebanon_Carlisle..............................|       4.1      |       4.9      |       4.4      |       4.1
    Johnstown................................................|       9.6      |      10.0      |       9.4      |       9.4
    Lancaster................................................|       4.0      |       5.1      |       4.0      |       3.8
    Philadelphia1/...........................................|       6.1      |       6.2      |       6.1      |       5.7
    Pittsburgh...............................................|       6.8      |       6.3      |       6.8      |       6.0
    Reading..................................................|       5.1      |       6.3      |       5.3      |       5.1
    Scranton_Wilkes_Barre_Hazelton...........................|       7.7      |       8.6      |       7.5      |       7.6
    Sharon...................................................|       6.1      |       5.3      |       6.0      |       5.3
    State College............................................|       4.2      |       4.2      |       4.2      |       3.7
    Williamsport.............................................|       8.4      |       8.8      |       9.2      |       8.0
    York.....................................................|       4.4      |       5.7      |       4.7      |       4.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Rhode Island...............................................|       7.7      |       7.2      |       8.2      |       7.2
    Providence_Fall River_Warwick............................|       8.2      |       8.0      |       8.5      |       7.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Carolina.............................................|       5.6      |       5.8      |       5.7      |       5.3
    Charleston_North Charleston..............................|       5.4      |       4.9      |       5.6      |       4.6
    Columbia.................................................|       3.3      |       3.4      |       3.3      |       3.3
    Greenville_Spartanburg_Anderson..........................|       3.9      |       4.2      |       4.0      |       3.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Dakota...............................................|       3.8      |       3.6      |       3.6      |       3.5
    Rapid City...............................................|       3.7      |       3.7      |       3.5      |       3.8
    Sioux Falls..............................................|       2.8      |       2.5      |       2.6      |       2.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Tennessee..................................................|       5.1      |       6.1      |       4.9      |       5.6
    Chattanooga1/............................................|       4.4      |       5.3      |       4.4      |       5.1
    Johnson City_Kingsport_Bristol1/.........................|       5.4      |       6.5      |       5.3      |       5.7
    Knoxville................................................|       5.0      |       5.5      |       4.9      |       5.6
    Memphis1/................................................|       4.9      |       4.7      |       4.5      |       4.6
    Nashville................................................|       3.1      |       3.4      |       3.0      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Texas......................................................|       6.5      |       6.7      |       6.1      |       6.2
    Abilene..................................................|       5.3      |       6.1      |       5.1      |       5.9
    Amarillo.................................................|       3.6      |       4.4      |       3.7      |       4.1
    Austin_San Marcos........................................|       3.2      |       3.2      |       2.9      |       2.9
    Beaumont_Port Arthur.....................................|      10.2      |      10.4      |       9.1      |       9.7
    Brazoria.................................................|       7.5      |       7.6      |       7.3      |       7.0
    Brownsville_Harlingen_San Benito ........................|      12.8      |      13.8      |      12.4      |      13.2
    Bryan_College Station....................................|       3.5      |       2.9      |       3.1      |       2.7
    Corpus Christi...........................................|       9.6      |       9.8      |       8.9      |       9.0
    Dallas...................................................|       4.9      |       5.0      |       4.7      |       4.5
    El Paso..................................................|      10.2      |      12.4      |       9.8      |      12.1
    Fort Worth_Arlington.....................................|       6.0      |       5.0      |       5.1      |       4.6
    Galveston_Texas City.....................................|       8.2      |       8.5      |       7.5      |       8.1
    Houston..................................................|       6.1      |       5.9      |       5.6      |       5.6
    Killeen_Temple...........................................|       5.3      |       5.8      |       5.1      |       5.4
    Laredo...................................................|      12.3      |      16.7      |      13.9      |      15.3
    Longview_Marshall........................................|       8.0      |       9.0      |       7.4      |       8.8
    Lubbock..................................................|       4.1      |       4.7      |       3.9      |       4.4
    McAllen_Edinburg_Mission.................................|      21.7      |      23.9      |      21.4      |      22.4
    Odessa_Midland...........................................|       6.8      |       6.6      |       6.3      |       6.2
    San Angelo...............................................|       4.1      |       4.7      |       3.9      |       4.0
    San Antonio..............................................|       4.5      |       4.9      |       4.3      |       4.6
    Sherman_Denison..........................................|       5.8      |       7.5      |       5.5      |       6.5
    Texarkana1/..............................................|       8.5      |       8.2      |       8.0      |       8.0
    Tyler....................................................|       5.4      |       6.8      |       4.9      |       6.3
    Victoria.................................................|       6.6      |       6.4      |       6.3      |       5.6
    Waco.....................................................|       4.8      |       5.1      |       4.4      |       4.8
    Wichita Falls............................................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       5.0      |       4.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Utah.......................................................|       3.9      |       3.2      |       4.1      |       3.5
    Provo_Orem...............................................|       3.1      |       2.5      |       3.3      |       2.8
    Salt Lake City_Odgen.....................................|       3.5      |       2.8      |       3.7      |       3.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Vermont....................................................|       5.5      |       5.4      |       5.3      |       5.0
    Burlington...............................................|       3.9      |       3.6      |       3.8      |       3.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Virginia...................................................|       5.1      |       5.0      |       4.8      |       4.3
    Charlottesville..........................................|       3.0      |       3.5      |       2.5      |       2.1
    Danville.................................................|       8.1      |      10.2      |       7.7      |       6.0
    Lynchburg................................................|       4.1      |       4.9      |       4.1      |       3.4
    Norfolk_Virginia Beach_Newport News1/....................|       5.7      |       4.7      |       5.2      |       4.6
    Richmond_Petersburg......................................|       4.3      |       3.4      |       3.9      |       3.4
    Roanoke..................................................|       3.2      |       3.8      |       3.0      |       2.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Washington.................................................|       7.3      |       7.0      |       7.7      |       7.3
    Spokane..................................................|       6.5      |       6.5      |       7.0      |       7.0
    Tacoma...................................................|       6.7      |       6.3      |       7.1      |       6.6
    Seattle_Bellevue_Everett.................................|       5.7      |       5.2      |       6.0      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  West Virginia..............................................|       8.9      |       9.4      |       9.1      |       8.7
    Charleston...............................................|       6.5      |       6.9      |       6.7      |       6.6
    Huntington_Ashland1/.....................................|       8.4      |       7.9      |       8.6      |       7.9
    Parkersburg_Marietta1/...................................|       7.5      |       7.3      |       7.4      |       7.3
    Wheeling1/...............................................|       7.7      |       7.7      |       7.4      |       7.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin..................................................|       4.5      |       4.4      |       4.6      |       4.7
    Appleton_Oshkosh_Neenah..................................|       3.7      |       3.5      |       3.9      |       3.7
    Eau Claire...............................................|       5.3      |       5.2      |       5.2      |       5.1
    Green Bay................................................|       4.0      |       3.7      |       4.2      |       3.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  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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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1995      |      1996      |     1995       |    1996p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
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                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin                                                  |                |                |                |
    Janesville_Beloit........................................|       4.1      |       4.6      |       4.0      |       4.9
    Kenosha..................................................|       4.3      |       4.1      |       4.2      |       4.3
    La Crosse1/..............................................|       4.7      |       4.3      |       4.9      |       4.6
    Madison..................................................|       2.2      |       2.2      |       2.3      |       2.3
    Milwaukee_Waukesha.......................................|       3.7      |       3.5      |       3.7      |       3.8
    Racine...................................................|       5.1      |       4.8      |       5.2      |       5.1
    Sheboygan................................................|       2.8      |       3.1      |       3.0      |       3.2
    Wausau...................................................|       5.8      |       6.4      |       6.3      |       6.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wyoming....................................................|       6.4      |       5.6      |       6.4      |       5.6
    Casper...................................................|       6.8      |       6.8      |       7.2      |       6.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Puerto Rico................................................|      13.8      |      13.9      |      13.0      |      13.0
    Caguas...................................................|      13.7      |      12.9      |      12.9      |      11.8
    Mayaguez.................................................|      15.6      |      16.6      |      13.8      |      14.7
    Ponce....................................................|      17.1      |      18.1      |      17.0      |      18.0
    San Juan_Bayamon.........................................|      11.2      |      11.1      |      10.6      |      10.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
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     1/  Includes interstate portion of area located in
  adjacent state.
     p/  = preliminary, except for national figures.
     NOTE:    Data refer to place of residence. Data for
  Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
  similar to the Current Population survey. Data have been
  revised to incorporate updated 1990 census-based population
  controls (covering the 1990-Jan. 1996 period), reestimation
  of models, and annual benchmarking.