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Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally
Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued

Technical information:                         USDL 95-111
  Employment         (202) 606-6559
  Unemployment             606-6392
Media contact:             606-5902            For release:  10:00 A.M. EDT
                                               Tuesday, April 4, 1995
 
 
  STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  FEBRUARY 1995
 
     Unemployment rates in February 1995 were lower than a month earlier in
28 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 16 states, and unchanged
in 6 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent, the same
as last December, after rising to 5.7 percent in January.  Nonfarm payroll
employment rose in 41 states over the month.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Two states--Florida and New Jersey--had unemployment rate declines of
more than 1.0 percentage point in February.  In addition, California's
jobless rate decreased 0.9 percentage point, while the Mississippi and
Arizona rates were down 0.8 point.  In the case of Florida, February marked
the third consecutive monthly decline in joblessness, while, in California
and New Jersey, the current drops reversed increases in the previous month.
The Arizona and Mississippi declines followed similar drops in January.
North Carolina had the largest over-the-month increase, 0.8 percentage
point, followed closely by Montana's 0.7 point rise.
 
     Compared with February a year earlier, 45 states and the District of
Columbia experienced unemployment rate decreases.  Maine and Michigan had
the largest declines, more than 2.0 percentage points; 25 states
experienced declines ranging from 1.0 to 1.9 points.  Arkansas's rate was
unchanged over the year, and, in the four states with higher rates--Idaho,
Montana, Pennsylvania, and Utah, the rates were up only marginally (less
than half a percentage point).
 
     Nebraska, with a February rate of 2.2 percent, continued to have the
lowest incidence of unemployment in the nation, followed by South Dakota
and Colorado, at 2.9 and 3.1 percent, respectively.  A total of 18 states
had unemployment rates below 4.5 percent; a year earlier, only six states
reported rates that low.  West Virginia had the highest rate (8.2 percent),
followed by the District of Columbia (7.7 percent) and Alaska and
California (both 7.3 percent).  (See table 1 and chart 1.)
 
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Forty-one states recorded gains in total nonfarm employment in
February.  Arizona had the largest over-the-month increase in total nonfarm
employment (0.8 percent), followed by California and Missouri (both 0.7
percent).  Of the nine states (plus the District of Columbia) that
experienced over-the-month job losses, Idaho had the largest decrease (-2.0
percent), while the others were all small (-0.3 percent or less).
 
                                   - 2 -
 
     Over-the-month employment growth continued in the goods-producing
sector, where 30 states reported gains in manufacturing, while only 14
states reported gains in construction.  Thirty-seven states had over-the-
month increases in transportation and public utilities.  Moderate
employment growth continued in wholesale and retail trade and finance,
insurance, and real estate, where about one-half of the states reported
over-the-month employment gains.  The services industry resumed its usual
strong growth, with 45 states reporting over-the-month increases.  Of the
states experiencing February employment declines, most were attributable to
reductions in construction and nondurable goods.  (See table 3.)
 
     States in the Pacific division--led by California--had the strongest
over-the-month total nonfarm employment growth, while the New England and
Middle Atlantic divisions had the slowest growth.  The Central divisions
had modest over-the-month growth.
 
     Over the past year, job gains ranged from a robust 6.8 percent in
Nevada to only 0.1 percent in Hawaii.  States in the Mountain division had
very strong growth in nonfarm jobs over this period, while the New England,
Middle Atlantic, and Pacific divisions had comparatively small gains.  The
District of Columbia experienced no employment growth.  (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 Areas (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     Of the 271 areas for which February data are available, 92 had
unemployment rates below 4.5 percent, while 31 had rates of 7.8 percent and
above.  Madison, Wis., continued to have the lowest rate (2.2 percent),
followed closely by Lincoln, Neb. (2.3 percent), Iowa City, Iowa (2.4
percent), and Omaha, Neb. (2.5 percent).  Salinas, Calif., had the highest
unemployment rate (16.8 percent), with Modesto, Calif. (16.6 percent), and
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Tex. (16.5 percent), close behind.  McAllen-
Edinburg-Mission, Tex., also experienced the largest over-the-year change
(down 6.1 percentage points), and six other areas were down 3.0 to 3.5
points.  Williamsport, Pa., had the largest unemployment rate increase--1.1
percentage points.  No other area had a rate increase of more than 0.5
point.  (See table 5.)
 
_________________________________________________________________________
     The State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release
for March 1995 will be issued on Tuesday, May 2, 1995.
 
 
 
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
                       |                                       |             Number              |           Percent of
         State         |                                       |                                 |           labor force
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                       |  Feb.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  |  Feb.   | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  |  Feb.
                       |  1994   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |  1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |  1995p/
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Alabama................|  2,013.9|  2,048.8|  2,061.8|  2,062.2|  135.1|  107.0|  115.1|   119.8 |   6.7 |   5.2 |   5.6 |    5.8
Alaska.................|    304.1|    307.4|    311.1|    305.3|   24.4|   24.5|   23.6|    22.2 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   7.6 |    7.3
Arizona................|  1,954.8|  2,023.4|  2,030.4|  2,043.2|  118.2|  124.9|  107.4|    92.9 |   6.0 |   6.2 |   5.3 |    4.5
Arkansas...............|  1,182.7|  1,227.2|  1,224.5|  1,226.7|   65.3|   62.1|   66.0|    67.8 |   5.5 |   5.1 |   5.4 |    5.5
Colorado...............|  1,952.3|  2,046.0|  2,070.9|  2,074.6|   90.6|   72.9|   76.0|    64.0 |   4.6 |   3.6 |   3.7 |    3.1
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Connecticut............|  1,739.3|  1,716.1|  1,753.9|  1,756.9|  100.7|   92.8|   92.2|    94.5 |   5.8 |   5.4 |   5.3 |    5.4
Delaware...............|    382.5|    384.9|    381.7|    383.9|   20.9|   17.2|   15.9|    14.0 |   5.5 |   4.5 |   4.2 |    3.7
District of Columbia...|    311.7|    313.8|    308.8|    311.6|   25.9|   26.2|   23.9|    23.9 |   8.3 |   8.3 |   7.8 |    7.7
Georgia................|  3,527.4|  3,608.6|  3,611.1|  3,618.2|  187.2|  177.1|  159.9|   162.7 |   5.3 |   4.9 |   4.4 |    4.5
Hawaii.................|    581.8|    582.7|    582.0|    577.0|   31.2|   35.1|   32.7|    28.7 |   5.4 |   6.0 |   5.6 |    5.0
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Idaho..................|    584.5|    600.0|    599.8|    598.3|   32.1|   37.1|   32.2|    34.4 |   5.5 |   6.2 |   5.4 |    5.8
Indiana................|  3,013.7|  3,149.6|  3,171.1|  3,141.2|  154.5|  141.6|  128.2|   126.4 |   5.1 |   4.5 |   4.0 |    4.0
Iowa...................|  1,572.5|  1,555.8|  1,573.2|  1,558.1|   61.9|   56.1|   52.1|    52.0 |   3.9 |   3.6 |   3.3 |    3.3
Kansas.................|  1,326.3|  1,336.9|  1,356.8|  1,358.6|   69.3|   69.9|   63.0|    60.4 |   5.2 |   5.2 |   4.6 |    4.4
Kentucky...............|  1,804.4|  1,853.5|  1,872.3|  1,887.6|  104.6|   91.2|   90.0|    87.1 |   5.8 |   4.9 |   4.8 |    4.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Louisiana..............|  1,922.0|  1,959.2|  1,978.9|  1,979.6|  153.0|  155.4|  132.8|   134.6 |   8.0 |   7.9 |   6.7 |    6.8
Maine..................|    618.7|    609.2|    619.7|    623.0|   48.4|   42.1|   34.8|    34.1 |   7.8 |   6.9 |   5.6 |    5.5
Maryland...............|  2,671.1|  2,712.7|  2,708.2|  2,700.1|  145.9|  129.9|  132.0|   127.4 |   5.5 |   4.8 |   4.9 |    4.7
Minnesota..............|  2,534.7|  2,613.6|  2,637.4|  2,643.2|  110.2|   96.7|   92.0|    90.0 |   4.3 |   3.7 |   3.5 |    3.4
Mississippi............|  1,236.6|  1,269.3|  1,266.8|  1,253.8|   81.5|   86.1|   74.1|    63.0 |   6.6 |   6.8 |   5.8 |    5.0
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Missouri...............|  2,667.7|  2,736.5|  2,768.5|  2,779.9|  148.0|  121.9|  115.9|   120.9 |   5.5 |   4.5 |   4.2 |    4.3
Montana................|    431.8|    442.2|    441.5|    442.5|   22.9|   22.3|   21.7|    24.6 |   5.3 |   5.0 |   4.9 |    5.6
Nebraska...............|    875.1|    879.6|    876.0|    881.2|   25.1|   26.2|   20.1|    19.4 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.3 |    2.2
Nevada.................|    767.5|    792.7|    789.3|    789.1|   49.7|   46.8|   45.4|    45.9 |   6.5 |   5.9 |   5.7 |    5.8
New Hampshire..........|    623.3|    630.8|    637.7|    641.3|   32.5|   26.1|   26.1|    25.8 |   5.2 |   4.1 |   4.1 |    4.0
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New Mexico.............|    763.8|    782.0|    791.1|    790.0|   51.4|   45.9|   46.8|    45.4 |   6.7 |   5.9 |   5.9 |    5.7
North Dakota...........|    337.5|    336.6|    334.7|    332.3|   14.1|   12.4|   12.3|    11.3 |   4.2 |   3.7 |   3.7 |    3.4
Oklahoma...............|  1,534.8|  1,545.9|  1,548.1|  1,550.3|   92.4|   86.1|   79.3|    78.6 |   6.0 |   5.6 |   5.1 |    5.1
Oregon.................|  1,623.9|  1,642.1|  1,655.2|  1,660.7|   96.7|   81.3|   83.6|    82.8 |   6.0 |   4.9 |   5.1 |    5.0
Rhode Island...........|    510.9|    499.1|    504.4|    501.5|   37.7|   32.8|   33.2|    30.3 |   7.4 |   6.6 |   6.6 |    6.1
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South Carolina.........|  1,824.1|  1,832.7|  1,836.3|  1,843.6|  127.6|  100.2|   98.6|    93.5 |   7.0 |   5.5 |   5.4 |    5.1
South Dakota...........|    369.6|    378.2|    380.0|    379.4|   12.6|   11.7|   12.3|    11.1 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   3.2 |    2.9
Tennessee..............|  2,602.9|  2,706.7|  2,648.9|  2,651.1|  137.1|  108.5|  106.8|   108.3 |   5.3 |   4.0 |   4.0 |    4.1
Utah...................|    955.4|    993.5|    984.8|    990.4|   33.8|   37.1|   35.8|    38.2 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.6 |    3.9
Vermont................|    320.4|    319.6|    322.8|    322.7|   15.6|   14.0|   13.7|    13.8 |   4.9 |   4.4 |   4.3 |    4.3
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Virginia...............|  3,387.4|  3,456.4|  3,516.6|  3,513.7|  165.8|  164.4|  161.0|   145.2 |   4.9 |   4.8 |   4.6 |    4.1
Washington.............|  2,716.1|  2,718.7|  2,754.8|  2,756.0|  186.3|  162.4|  154.9|   161.3 |   6.9 |   6.0 |   5.6 |    5.9
West Virginia..........|    786.8|    789.8|    790.7|    795.0|   78.6|   65.6|   62.1|    64.8 |  10.0 |   8.3 |   7.8 |    8.2
Wisconsin..............|  2,789.2|  2,799.9|  2,812.3|  2,810.5|  139.3|  131.3|  110.8|   102.5 |   5.0 |   4.7 |   3.9 |    3.6
Wyoming................|    246.5|    252.1|    253.0|    253.5|   13.9|   12.5|   11.0|    10.7 |   5.6 |   5.0 |   4.3 |    4.2
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,564.0| 15,431.6| 15,371.0| 15,331.6|1,404.6|1,185.1|1,261.3| 1,122.3 |   9.0 |   7.7 |   8.2 |    7.3
Florida................|  6,708.8|  6,935.4|  6,859.7|  6,762.1|  394.9|  443.4|  399.8|   301.0 |   5.9 |   6.4 |   5.8 |    4.5
Illinois...............|  6,009.4|  5,969.0|  6,015.2|  6,111.3|  378.5|  281.1|  317.9|   321.4 |   6.3 |   4.7 |   5.3 |    5.3
Massachusetts..........|  3,151.1|  3,193.6|  3,221.1|  3,202.3|  198.8|  179.5|  193.6|   172.1 |   6.3 |   5.6 |   6.0 |    5.4
Michigan...............|  4,781.9|  4,719.6|  4,721.2|  4,720.2|  370.6|  215.8|  258.6|   263.3 |   7.8 |   4.6 |   5.5 |    5.6
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New Jersey.............|  3,973.0|  3,999.2|  4,009.0|  4,005.7|  286.8|  249.1|  289.3|   243.9 |   7.2 |   6.2 |   7.2 |    6.1
New York...............|  8,555.2|  8,565.3|  8,438.1|  8,521.5|  663.5|  485.4|  504.4|   523.5 |   7.8 |   5.7 |   6.0 |    6.1
North Carolina.........|  3,591.4|  3,680.9|  3,655.0|  3,646.2|  184.4|  125.2|  139.5|   168.5 |   5.1 |   3.4 |   3.8 |    4.6
Ohio...................|  5,592.6|  5,572.2|  5,494.5|  5,567.7|  300.8|  250.4|  220.3|   223.9 |   5.4 |   4.5 |   4.0 |    4.0
Pennsylvania...........|  5,764.4|  5,792.0|  5,792.3|  5,803.7|  306.7|  347.4|  340.8|   324.9 |   5.3 |   6.0 |   5.9 |    5.6
Texas..................|  9,319.1|  9,437.3|  9,463.5|  9,511.6|  645.3|  568.7|  544.6|   481.2 |   6.9 |   6.0 |   5.8 |    5.1
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Puerto Rico............|  1,208.8|  1,207.3|  1,236.0|  1,262.1|  181.6|  167.2|  162.8|   155.4 |  15.0 |  13.9 |  13.2 |   12.3
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      1/  Published earlier in The Employment Situation          All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                         benchmark and population information becomes available.
      p/  = preliminary.
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   similar to the Current Population Survey.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                       |         Civilian labor force          |                                 |
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         State         |                                       |                                 |
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                       |      January      |     February      |    January    |    February     |    January    |    February
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                       |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   | 1995p/  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995p/  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995p/
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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Alabama................|  1,997.6|  2,047.8|  2,004.5|  2,052.7|  144.2|  119.7|  142.6|   127.0 |   7.2 |   5.8 |   7.1 |    6.2
Alaska.................|    295.8|    303.3|    299.3|    300.2|   29.3|   28.4|   29.3|    26.7 |   9.9 |   9.4 |   9.8 |    8.9
Arizona................|  1,920.5|  2,008.5|  1,936.2|  2,024.6|  117.5|  108.6|  113.5|    88.0 |   6.1 |   5.4 |   5.9 |    4.3
Arkansas...............|  1,148.3|  1,192.0|  1,163.0|  1,206.8|   71.3|   70.6|   69.4|    71.9 |   6.2 |   5.9 |   6.0 |    6.0
Colorado...............|  1,921.0|  2,047.8|  1,922.4|  2,044.6|  106.7|   91.4|  108.1|    81.7 |   5.6 |   4.5 |   5.6 |    4.0
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Connecticut............|  1,713.9|  1,726.3|  1,709.7|  1,727.4|  108.9|   99.5|  106.2|    99.9 |   6.4 |   5.8 |   6.2 |    5.8
Delaware...............|    379.8|    380.8|    380.7|    382.2|   23.8|   18.7|   24.0|    17.1 |   6.3 |   4.9 |   6.3 |    4.5
District of Columbia...|    314.4|    305.0|    307.5|    307.5|   27.8|   25.4|   27.1|    25.0 |   8.9 |   8.3 |   8.8 |    8.1
Georgia................|  3,486.8|  3,576.4|  3,510.3|  3,600.2|  181.4|  152.8|  190.4|   165.4 |   5.2 |   4.3 |   5.4 |    4.6
Hawaii.................|    582.7|    582.7|    582.4|    577.7|   30.3|   32.8|   31.9|    29.4 |   5.2 |   5.6 |   5.5 |    5.1
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Idaho..................|    575.9|    592.8|    577.2|    591.0|   41.2|   40.5|   39.5|    41.9 |   7.2 |   6.8 |   6.8 |    7.1
Indiana................|  2,949.1|  3,119.0|  2,975.1|  3,102.6|  167.3|  142.7|  171.2|   142.8 |   5.7 |   4.6 |   5.8 |    4.6
Iowa...................|  1,554.7|  1,560.7|  1,561.0|  1,545.0|   72.8|   63.9|   73.4|    61.7 |   4.7 |   4.1 |   4.7 |    4.0
Kansas.................|  1,312.5|  1,342.1|  1,312.4|  1,344.3|   77.6|   71.6|   73.4|    64.3 |   5.9 |   5.3 |   5.6 |    4.8
Kentucky...............|  1,770.5|  1,841.4|  1,776.8|  1,856.8|  118.2|  102.9|  123.1|   102.4 |   6.7 |   5.6 |   6.9 |    5.5
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Louisiana..............|  1,876.8|  1,943.8|  1,891.7|  1,949.6|  172.0|  153.1|  154.7|   136.2 |   9.2 |   7.9 |   8.2 |    7.0
Maine..................|    611.6|    611.4|    609.8|    613.5|   58.2|   44.1|   58.9|    44.7 |   9.5 |   7.2 |   9.7 |    7.3
Maryland...............|  2,635.7|  2,677.8|  2,640.4|  2,669.1|  149.6|  134.9|  155.1|   136.3 |   5.7 |   5.0 |   5.9 |    5.1
Minnesota..............|  2,500.4|  2,619.7|  2,518.1|  2,626.7|  135.2|  114.6|  127.8|   107.4 |   5.4 |   4.4 |   5.1 |    4.1
Mississippi............|  1,225.3|  1,254.8|  1,236.8|  1,253.5|   83.9|   77.4|   86.2|    67.4 |   6.8 |   6.2 |   7.0 |    5.4
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Missouri...............|  2,643.3|  2,742.3|  2,633.3|  2,745.3|  172.2|  135.8|  158.6|   131.3 |   6.5 |   5.0 |   6.0 |    4.8
Montana................|    424.1|    435.3|    428.3|    439.1|   27.7|   26.5|   28.7|    30.4 |   6.5 |   6.1 |   6.7 |    6.9
Nebraska...............|    858.7|    863.6|    866.6|    872.8|   27.4|   25.2|   27.3|    21.6 |   3.2 |   2.9 |   3.2 |    2.5
Nevada.................|    757.9|    784.2|    766.1|    787.8|   54.8|   49.6|   51.4|    47.6 |   7.2 |   6.3 |   6.7 |    6.0
New Hampshire..........|    621.8|    636.4|    616.3|    634.2|   37.7|   30.6|   35.7|    29.1 |   6.1 |   4.8 |   5.8 |    4.6
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Mexico.............|    757.0|    784.5|    758.2|    784.4|   57.1|   50.6|   49.7|    43.7 |   7.5 |   6.4 |   6.6 |    5.6
North Dakota...........|    324.7|    321.9|    328.7|    323.0|   16.8|   14.8|   15.9|    12.9 |   5.2 |   4.6 |   4.9 |    4.0
Oklahoma...............|  1,520.2|  1,532.4|  1,520.6|  1,536.1|  103.5|   90.1|  101.7|    87.9 |   6.8 |   5.9 |   6.7 |    5.7
Oregon.................|  1,588.6|  1,619.8|  1,598.4|  1,635.2|  110.4|   95.7|  112.0|    98.1 |   7.0 |   5.9 |   7.0 |    6.0
Rhode Island...........|    512.6|    504.4|    511.7|    502.2|   43.1|   37.4|   44.7|    37.2 |   8.4 |   7.4 |   8.7 |    7.4
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
South Carolina.........|  1,784.7|  1,799.6|  1,807.4|  1,826.9|  134.6|  103.4|  138.7|   104.6 |   7.5 |   5.7 |   7.7 |    5.7
South Dakota...........|    358.2|    370.0|    360.0|    369.9|   14.0|   14.2|   14.6|    13.1 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   4.1 |    3.5
Tennessee..............|  2,532.1|  2,600.3|  2,562.0|  2,610.0|  148.1|  118.3|  141.0|   111.9 |   5.8 |   4.5 |   5.5 |    4.3
Utah...................|    939.8|    973.7|    940.2|    974.8|   33.5|   36.1|   35.3|    39.8 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   3.8 |    4.1
Vermont................|    316.5|    320.0|    319.7|    321.6|   19.9|   17.2|   18.9|    16.7 |   6.3 |   5.4 |   5.9 |    5.2
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Virginia...............|  3,358.3|  3,484.2|  3,360.0|  3,482.4|  184.1|  178.9|  180.3|   157.6 |   5.5 |   5.1 |   5.4 |    4.5
Washington.............|  2,725.2|  2,754.3|  2,709.7|  2,750.8|  220.3|  189.6|  222.1|   197.6 |   8.1 |   6.9 |   8.2 |    7.2
West Virginia..........|    778.2|    783.3|    778.3|    786.5|   88.5|   69.9|   87.2|    73.6 |  11.4 |   8.9 |  11.2 |    9.4
Wisconsin..............|  2,725.1|  2,759.6|  2,750.5|  2,770.8|  149.2|  125.6|  162.2|   125.1 |   5.5 |   4.6 |   5.9 |    4.5
Wyoming................|    240.2|    248.0|    242.6|    249.6|   16.7|   14.3|   17.3|    14.2 |   6.9 |   5.8 |   7.1 |    5.7
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,508.5| 15,274.2| 15,571.6| 15,344.9|1,631.0|1,324.7|1,526.6| 1,247.4 |  10.5 |   8.7 |   9.8 |    8.1
Florida................|  6,718.5|  6,777.8|  6,641.2|  6,698.8|  524.4|  432.0|  383.4|   286.9 |   7.8 |   6.4 |   5.8 |    4.3
Illinois...............|  5,942.1|  5,953.9|  5,962.2|  6,060.1|  426.1|  345.1|  413.5|   358.9 |   7.2 |   5.8 |   6.9 |    5.9
Massachusetts..........|  3,147.2|  3,187.1|  3,133.4|  3,183.3|  240.4|  210.5|  223.9|   196.4 |   7.6 |   6.6 |   7.1 |    6.2
Michigan...............|  4,751.5|  4,695.0|  4,731.3|  4,668.5|  386.7|  294.2|  400.1|   291.6 |   8.1 |   6.3 |   8.5 |    6.2
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
New Jersey.............|  3,983.4|  3,992.0|  3,942.1|  3,975.2|  289.4|  298.0|  304.0|   261.4 |   7.3 |   7.5 |   7.7 |    6.6
New York...............|  8,544.5|  8,395.7|  8,525.2|  8,492.8|  699.5|  564.0|  721.8|   584.0 |   8.2 |   6.7 |   8.5 |    6.9
North Carolina.........|  3,502.8|  3,598.4|  3,553.6|  3,608.2|  162.5|  153.6|  196.3|   180.1 |   4.6 |   4.3 |   5.5 |    5.0
Ohio...................|  5,455.1|  5,447.8|  5,538.7|  5,514.7|  398.1|  279.7|  348.5|   269.9 |   7.3 |   5.1 |   6.3 |    4.9
Pennsylvania...........|  5,750.4|  5,721.8|  5,714.4|  5,749.1|  387.5|  369.2|  350.7|   366.7 |   6.7 |   6.5 |   6.1 |    6.4
Texas..................|  9,247.6|  9,408.4|  9,234.4|  9,423.5|  629.9|  607.6|  701.9|   539.1 |   6.8 |   6.5 |   7.6 |    5.7
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Puerto Rico............|  1,195.8|  1,222.1|  1,195.9|  1,248.4|  199.9|  168.4|  189.5|   162.7 |  16.7 |  13.8 |  15.8 |   13.0
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      1/  Published earlier in The Employment Situation          All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                         benchmark and population information becomes available.
      p/  = preliminary.
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for
   Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   similar to the Current Population Survey.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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.
                               |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Alabama.......................| 1,736.6| 1,769.9| 1,772.4|1,773.1|   81.0|   83.6|   85.3|   84.7|  382.8|  390.0|  390.4|  390.1
 Alaska........................|   259.2|   260.8|   262.7|  264.0|   12.9|   13.1|   13.3|   13.2|   17.9|   15.4|   16.9|   18.4
 Arizona.......................| 1,649.6| 1,731.1| 1,734.5|1,748.3|  104.1|  115.8|  116.6|  116.8|  187.2|  196.3|  197.7|  198.8
 Arkansas......................| 1,012.5| 1,058.6| 1,061.3|1,064.9|   39.9|   44.9|   44.4|   44.4|  249.0|  261.0|  262.6|  263.4
 California....................|12,083.4|12,195.2|12,150.1|12232.3|  457.7|  476.5|  453.8|  488.9|1,765.1|1,770.5|1,767.2|1,774.1
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,720.3| 1,780.1| 1,791.8|1,794.0|   93.6|  100.5|  101.5|  100.8|  188.0|  194.8|  193.9|  194.9
 Connecticut...................| 1,527.5| 1,551.0| 1,542.2|1,541.4|   47.9|   50.4|   52.6|   52.3|  286.7|  282.7|  282.6|  282.1
 Delaware......................|   351.3|   359.1|   357.7|  359.7|   16.6|   17.9|   17.6|   17.5|   64.4|   63.2|   63.0|   63.2
 District of Columbia..........|   659.5|   653.5|   648.2|  647.6|    8.6|    9.7|    9.7|    9.3|   13.3|   13.1|   13.1|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,705.8| 5,900.6| 5,912.4|5,940.7|  291.2|  304.9|  308.5|  307.4|  484.0|  485.2|  485.8|  486.4
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,210.6| 3,346.9| 3,351.1|3,365.5|  135.4|  148.2|  150.7|  147.8|  570.7|  586.4|  586.3|  588.1
 Hawaii2/......................|   535.3|   538.6|   536.3|  535.9|   29.7|   28.7|   27.8|   27.2|   18.0|   17.3|   17.1|   17.1
 Idaho.........................|   451.5|   474.2|   486.5|  476.8|   27.3|   30.0|   32.6|   31.1|   70.7|   74.3|   75.0|   74.5
 Illinois......................| 5,403.9| 5,522.5| 5,520.9|5,528.0|  202.5|  216.3|  212.1|  208.4|  947.2|  953.8|  956.1|  957.0
 Indiana.......................| 2,683.9| 2,757.7| 2,753.1|2,769.4|  121.0|  132.8|  131.5|  133.6|  656.1|  675.7|  678.6|  682.1
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Iowa..........................| 1,298.9| 1,338.3| 1,337.2|1,340.0|   50.3|   54.4|   57.0|   57.7|  241.4|  248.9|  249.1|  250.7
 Kansas........................| 1,150.1| 1,184.3| 1,185.9|1,189.9|   47.7|   50.2|   51.1|   51.1|  185.3|  191.8|  191.9|  192.8
 Kentucky......................| 1,571.2| 1,624.3| 1,611.3|1,618.2|   72.3|   76.9|   72.5|   70.7|  299.2|  309.5|  310.7|  312.3
 Louisiana.....................| 1,698.0| 1,779.1| 1,784.3|1,784.0|  105.2|  108.5|  110.6|  108.5|  185.2|  191.5|  191.6|  191.1
 Maine.........................|   528.2|   537.3|   539.0|  540.8|   21.0|   22.0|   21.8|   21.6|   91.5|   92.8|   93.2|   92.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Maryland......................| 2,116.3| 2,162.9| 2,159.1|2,155.8|  120.5|  128.8|  127.3|  125.1|  179.2|  178.6|  178.7|  178.7
 Massachusetts.................| 2,876.0| 2,943.2| 2,937.2|2,942.6|   83.9|   90.3|   92.3|   91.4|  449.2|  447.8|  447.9|  449.1
 Michigan......................| 4,096.7| 4,200.8| 4,223.3|4,237.4|  136.3|  150.8|  153.4|  154.2|  940.3|  964.9|  977.4|  977.3
 Minnesota.....................| 2,283.4| 2,339.6| 2,343.9|2,351.7|   79.0|   80.7|   81.0|   80.6|  411.8|  420.6|  422.6|  423.5
 Mississippi...................| 1,037.2| 1,061.2| 1,057.7|1,060.0|   42.5|   45.5|   48.4|   47.7|  259.3|  261.2|  258.6|  258.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,439.9| 2,517.7| 2,515.9|2,534.3|  107.0|  112.7|  115.6|  116.2|  411.8|  421.8|  422.8|  423.6
 Montana.......................|   333.3|   345.8|   347.4|  348.1|   13.9|   15.2|   16.1|   15.7|   22.9|   23.6|   23.7|   23.7
 Nebraska......................|   785.1|   806.5|   806.7|  811.6|   31.9|   33.2|   32.8|   33.1|  107.2|  111.8|  111.9|  112.3
 Nevada........................|   714.7|   759.6|   759.3|  763.4|   52.2|   57.4|   56.1|   56.6|   31.6|   35.2|   34.8|   35.0
 New Hampshire.................|   515.9|   529.2|   530.3|  531.8|   17.5|   19.9|   20.4|   21.1|   99.9|  101.3|  101.1|  100.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,497.5| 3,582.9| 3,582.5|3,593.2|  112.9|  125.1|  126.9|  126.2|  510.6|  507.3|  507.2|  507.6
 New Mexico....................|   646.4|   676.1|   679.5|  680.1|   40.5|   44.3|   45.3|   46.1|   44.2|   46.0|   46.4|   46.3
 New York......................| 7,777.2| 7,817.2| 7,829.0|7,829.6|  241.8|  256.8|  257.3|  257.3|  962.4|  944.3|  949.7|  948.6
 North Carolina................| 3,308.7| 3,413.9| 3,417.7|3,420.0|  161.2|  171.6|  171.7|  170.6|  856.0|  864.4|  868.2|  870.4
 North Dakota..................|   290.1|   299.9|   298.7|  299.3|   12.3|   13.2|   13.2|   13.0|   20.6|   21.9|   21.9|   21.8
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 Ohio..........................| 5,026.7| 5,132.0| 5,138.9|5,157.5|  196.5|  211.2|  213.9|  214.2|1,061.8|1,086.5|1,088.3|1,093.9
 Oklahoma......................| 1,263.6| 1,305.3| 1,298.6|1,295.6|   45.9|   49.4|   49.7|   48.6|  170.6|  172.2|  173.4|  173.3
 Oregon........................| 1,343.1| 1,395.7| 1,395.9|1,398.4|   58.6|   65.9|   65.3|   66.1|  218.0|  224.5|  225.7|  225.4
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,138.3| 5,231.9| 5,228.7|5,226.6|  195.5|  206.9|  206.9|  206.0|  938.9|  948.1|  947.1|  946.3
 Rhode Island..................|   432.7|   436.0|   436.2|  434.8|   12.7|   13.7|   13.7|   13.2|   87.7|   86.7|   87.2|   86.4
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 South Carolina................| 1,592.9| 1,618.6| 1,614.3|1,616.6|   84.2|   84.9|   84.9|   83.6|  377.3|  375.1|  374.2|  375.3
 South Dakota..................|   327.2|   339.3|   341.1|  342.9|   13.3|   14.4|   14.8|   14.3|   42.1|   45.6|   45.8|   46.3
 Tennessee.....................| 2,383.9| 2,458.6| 2,464.2|2,471.7|   98.1|  103.2|  105.5|  105.1|  536.4|  541.3|  542.4|  540.7
 Texas.........................| 7,615.6| 7,883.3| 7,867.2|7,892.3|  371.9|  396.5|  403.2|  402.1|  997.9|1,017.2|1,018.8|1,022.9
 Utah..........................|   840.6|   883.6|   886.2|  888.3|   44.9|   50.3|   50.9|   51.4|  113.7|  119.7|  120.1|  119.7
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 Vermont.......................|   261.3|   266.5|   264.9|  265.9|   11.9|   11.8|   11.7|   12.0|   43.5|   44.2|   44.3|   44.3
 Virginia......................| 2,961.3| 3,053.9| 3,060.5|3,062.3|  157.9|  168.1|  170.1|  168.9|  404.7|  406.1|  404.7|  405.2
 Washington....................| 2,286.7| 2,350.6| 2,347.4|2,352.4|  122.7|  125.8|  125.4|  124.6|  336.6|  340.2|  341.9|  342.6
 West Virginia.................|   661.1|   685.7|   683.7|  685.3|   32.5|   36.3|   35.5|   35.3|   81.6|   82.9|   82.6|   83.0
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,452.5| 2,520.3| 2,526.4|2,524.1|   94.1|  100.7|   99.3|   96.3|  574.7|  593.2|  595.1|  596.7
 Wyoming.......................|   214.8|   218.7|   219.9|  220.4|   13.3|   14.2|   14.6|   14.6|    9.9|   10.2|   10.2|   10.4
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 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
   Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
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                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
               State             |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
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                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                 | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   85.8|   86.7|   86.3|   86.4|  387.2|  400.9|  402.5|  402.5|   76.7|   77.5|   77.3|   77.3
   Alaska........................|   23.1|   23.6|   23.8|   23.7|   51.6|   54.2|   54.1|   54.0|   11.8|   11.9|   11.8|   11.8
   Arizona.......................|   82.4|   87.0|   89.0|   90.7|  400.1|  425.3|  420.6|  424.2|  109.1|  112.6|  112.7|  111.3
   Arkansas......................|   57.9|   61.5|   61.0|   61.4|  226.6|  239.3|  240.3|  241.2|   41.4|   42.3|   42.3|   42.4
   California....................|  615.5|  610.9|  608.4|  610.8|2,818.4|2,831.9|2,818.0|2,830.6|  802.6|  776.5|  774.3|  775.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  107.4|  106.8|  106.9|  107.1|  417.5|  436.7|  444.9|  445.0|  110.3|  111.0|  110.8|  110.4
   Connecticut...................|   70.3|   70.6|   70.6|   71.1|  330.8|  335.3|  332.9|  331.6|  137.2|  135.2|  134.3|  134.6
   Delaware......................|   15.2|   15.8|   15.3|   15.8|   77.3|   78.7|   79.0|   78.6|   38.2|   40.2|   40.3|   40.5
   District of Columbia..........|   21.1|   21.0|   20.4|   20.5|   52.3|   53.1|   53.1|   53.1|   31.0|   31.1|   30.9|   31.3
   Florida.......................|  293.3|  299.0|  299.4|  299.5|1,486.0|1,536.8|1,532.9|1,542.5|  373.6|  379.2|  380.3|  380.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  209.2|  209.8|  208.3|  208.6|  800.8|  834.2|  838.6|  847.6|  171.1|  175.1|  175.4|  175.4
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.9|   41.5|   41.6|   41.7|  132.4|  135.6|  135.3|  134.6|   39.0|   38.2|   38.0|   37.7
   Idaho.........................|   21.4|   22.5|   23.0|   22.8|  114.0|  119.5|  123.5|  119.8|   23.7|   24.5|   24.7|   24.4
   Illinois......................|  315.4|  319.1|  319.4|  319.6|1,264.0|1,298.3|1,299.8|1,298.3|  392.5|  395.3|  395.3|  396.1
   Indiana.......................|  136.9|  137.3|  136.1|  136.4|  631.7|  664.4|  663.6|  666.2|  131.2|  129.1|  128.4|  129.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   58.4|   59.7|   59.6|   59.6|  325.6|  335.6|  332.0|  332.3|   75.9|   77.7|   77.9|   77.9
   Kansas........................|   67.5|   69.3|   69.7|   70.2|  279.6|  286.4|  287.0|  288.8|   58.7|   58.6|   58.4|   58.3
   Kentucky......................|   86.9|   90.6|   88.7|   89.8|  373.2|  386.9|  382.2|  384.4|   63.3|   64.7|   63.6|   63.5
   Louisiana.....................|  110.0|  114.0|  115.9|  114.5|  394.1|  415.1|  411.2|  414.8|   79.4|   80.8|   81.0|   81.1
   Maine.........................|   22.6|   22.9|   22.7|   22.7|  133.5|  136.2|  136.7|  137.5|   26.2|   26.9|   26.8|   26.7
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  102.0|  103.1|  104.2|  105.0|  505.9|  521.8|  516.6|  516.5|  135.3|  132.7|  132.3|  132.2
   Massachusetts.................|  126.4|  127.1|  126.5|  126.0|  658.8|  674.3|  675.6|  676.6|  207.0|  209.6|  209.8|  209.6
   Michigan......................|  161.2|  164.6|  166.3|  165.9|  961.5|  979.7|  985.2|  990.1|  197.5|  195.2|  195.7|  194.6
   Minnesota.....................|  112.5|  115.9|  116.7|  116.4|  552.3|  566.9|  568.6|  570.7|  140.3|  139.4|  138.4|  138.6
   Mississippi...................|   47.6|   47.9|   48.3|   48.4|  215.7|  220.4|  221.6|  220.2|   39.8|   39.3|   39.1|   39.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  154.3|  157.4|  158.2|  157.7|  580.0|  604.3|  605.3|  610.3|  146.6|  147.7|  147.1|  147.2
   Montana.......................|   20.4|   21.1|   20.8|   20.9|   90.6|   95.0|   94.7|   95.1|   15.5|   15.8|   15.8|   15.9
   Nebraska......................|   47.8|   49.5|   49.4|   49.2|  196.6|  202.3|  201.2|  203.7|   51.4|   52.0|   51.9|   52.1
   Nevada........................|   36.8|   38.9|   39.1|   39.0|  139.8|  148.9|  150.1|  150.3|   33.2|   34.8|   34.4|   34.6
   New Hampshire.................|   18.8|   18.8|   19.0|   19.1|  132.4|  135.5|  136.8|  137.1|   29.6|   29.2|   29.4|   29.2
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  240.3|  244.7|  245.4|  246.0|  818.1|  850.2|  846.2|  851.5|  231.3|  231.1|  231.3|  231.8
   New Mexico....................|   29.5|   30.6|   30.6|   30.8|  153.1|  160.5|  161.0|  162.0|   29.2|   30.7|   30.8|   30.9
   New York......................|  404.1|  397.3|  395.4|  395.5|1,565.1|1,585.1|1,592.0|1,588.5|  737.7|  737.3|  735.5|  734.2
   North Carolina................|  161.3|  160.6|  160.3|  159.7|  753.4|  778.5|  777.0|  779.6|  139.6|  144.4|  144.8|  145.0
   North Dakota..................|   18.4|   19.2|   19.0|   19.2|   75.4|   77.8|   77.5|   77.5|   13.7|   13.9|   14.0|   14.1
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   Ohio..........................|  220.1|  225.3|  225.2|  226.7|1,214.8|1,232.2|1,236.2|1,240.7|  268.8|  271.3|  271.2|  271.5
   Oklahoma......................|   72.6|   74.1|   73.5|   73.3|  297.5|  308.1|  306.5|  306.2|   63.9|   64.5|   64.4|   64.2
   Oregon........................|   68.0|   70.3|   69.9|   69.5|  338.3|  350.0|  352.4|  353.5|   88.5|   89.1|   88.5|   88.7
   Pennsylvania..................|  270.7|  273.0|  270.9|  271.8|1,156.2|1,177.9|1,176.3|1,171.5|  308.0|  311.7|  312.6|  312.0
   Rhode Island..................|   14.7|   14.6|   14.5|   14.6|   93.6|   97.3|   96.7|   96.7|   25.7|   25.2|   25.5|   25.6
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   68.1|   70.4|   70.4|   71.0|  361.7|  372.3|  370.6|  371.0|   67.8|   69.0|   68.7|   68.7
   South Dakota..................|   15.1|   15.9|   15.9|   16.1|   83.5|   86.6|   87.2|   88.0|   18.1|   18.4|   18.5|   18.5
   Tennessee.....................|  130.5|  135.9|  137.0|  137.2|  552.7|  579.0|  579.6|  583.5|  107.5|  109.2|  109.3|  109.5
   Texas.........................|  451.7|  471.9|  468.9|  470.1|1,844.3|1,914.2|1,903.5|1,909.9|  437.0|  447.6|  445.7|  445.1
   Utah..........................|   48.7|   50.8|   51.1|   51.2|  200.7|  212.4|  212.4|  212.8|   45.6|   47.5|   47.6|   47.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.4|   11.4|   11.5|   11.6|   62.0|   63.3|   63.4|   63.4|   12.1|   12.2|   12.2|   12.3
   Virginia......................|  151.3|  155.4|  155.7|  156.6|  662.6|  692.0|  695.5|  694.0|  163.3|  166.4|  166.1|  165.8
   Washington....................|  114.7|  119.3|  118.6|  119.0|  558.8|  578.9|  578.2|  580.0|  126.2|  123.2|  122.7|  122.7
   West Virginia.................|   39.3|   40.5|   40.9|   41.2|  151.1|  158.8|  158.9|  159.6|   25.4|   25.9|   26.1|   26.2
   Wisconsin.....................|  115.2|  117.3|  117.5|  117.6|  563.2|  581.7|  582.2|  583.1|  133.4|  135.6|  135.9|  136.3
   Wyoming.......................|   14.0|   14.2|   14.1|   14.2|   49.5|   51.1|   51.4|   51.3|    7.9|    7.9|    7.9|    8.0
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                   Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, seasonally
                   adjusted-Continued
 
                   (In thousands)
 
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                                                 |           Services            |          Government
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________
                               State             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Feb.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.
                                                 | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  369.3|  377.3|  376.5|  377.1|  343.3|  343.6|  343.7|  344.4
                   Alaska........................|   56.7|   59.4|   59.0|   59.4|   74.3|   73.1|   73.8|   73.7
                   Arizona.......................|  467.7|  493.8|  495.6|  500.0|  287.2|  287.8|  289.7|  293.8
                   Arkansas......................|  223.6|  232.5|  233.3|  234.1|  170.6|  173.6|  173.9|  174.6
                   California....................|3,504.6|3,594.0|3,595.3|3,623.3|2,085.8|2,103.5|2,102.5|2,098.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  489.7|  513.0|  517.8|  518.9|  297.8|  301.8|  300.6|  301.6
                   Connecticut...................|  441.0|  456.4|  452.7|  453.4|  212.9|  219.6|  215.9|  215.7
                   Delaware......................|   89.3|   92.3|   91.6|   92.8|   50.2|   50.9|   50.8|   51.2
                   District of Columbia..........|  257.5|  261.5|  260.1|  258.2|  275.6|  263.9|  260.8|  261.9
                   Florida.......................|1,871.3|1,975.0|1,987.4|1,995.4|  899.7|  913.3|  910.9|  921.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  756.2|  814.2|  814.6|  817.9|  559.7|  571.3|  569.6|  572.5
                   Hawaii2/......................|  162.4|  165.0|  165.1|  165.6|  111.9|  112.3|  111.4|  112.0
                   Idaho.........................|  100.3|  105.7|  107.4|  106.7|   91.9|   94.9|   97.6|   94.8
                   Illinois......................|1,488.4|1,539.6|1,544.2|1,548.4|  777.9|  785.8|  779.3|  785.5
                   Indiana.......................|  603.3|  621.7|  617.7|  621.8|  397.0|  390.0|  390.4|  393.5
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                   Iowa..........................|  321.4|  331.7|  332.7|  333.3|  223.8|  228.0|  226.7|  226.2
                   Kansas........................|  271.1|  282.9|  282.1|  282.8|  231.8|  236.8|  237.3|  237.5
                   Kentucky......................|  370.2|  381.9|  380.3|  383.1|  278.0|  285.4|  285.0|  286.8
                   Louisiana.....................|  432.8|  463.2|  466.4|  467.1|  345.9|  356.7|  358.0|  357.6
                   Maine.........................|  138.7|  143.6|  146.1|  146.9|   94.6|   92.8|   91.6|   92.4
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                   Maryland......................|  654.5|  673.6|  676.1|  674.7|  417.8|  423.2|  422.8|  422.6
                   Massachusetts.................|  959.5|  996.0|  987.7|  994.0|  389.9|  396.6|  396.0|  394.4
                   Michigan......................|1,055.0|1,095.1|1,098.0|1,103.4|  636.1|  641.7|  638.5|  643.3
                   Minnesota.....................|  627.3|  646.6|  644.9|  649.7|  353.0|  361.4|  363.6|  364.1
                   Mississippi...................|  214.3|  221.8|  216.3|  219.7|  212.9|  220.1|  220.3|  221.3
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                   Missouri......................|  653.9|  679.2|  674.0|  680.3|  381.6|  390.0|  388.2|  394.2
                   Montana.......................|   89.8|   93.6|   94.2|   94.5|   74.9|   76.0|   76.7|   77.0
                   Nebraska......................|  197.9|  205.3|  207.2|  208.8|  150.9|  151.0|  150.7|  150.9
                   Nevada........................|  318.2|  337.5|  337.5|  340.1|   90.6|   94.3|   94.4|   94.9
                   New Hampshire.................|  141.9|  146.9|  146.0|  146.6|   75.4|   77.2|   77.3|   77.5
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                   New Jersey....................|1,018.7|1,052.5|1,053.5|1,057.1|  563.7|  570.1|  569.9|  571.1
                   New Mexico....................|  172.3|  182.7|  184.0|  184.1|  161.5|  165.2|  165.1|  163.7
                   New York......................|2,434.4|2,482.5|2,487.0|2,495.1|1,426.8|1,408.7|1,406.8|1,405.2
                   North Carolina................|  703.5|  739.3|  740.3|  738.5|  530.2|  551.5|  551.7|  552.5
                   North Dakota..................|   78.9|   83.1|   82.7|   83.3|   67.1|   67.1|   66.9|   67.0
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                   Ohio..........................|1,314.2|1,347.4|1,348.8|1,354.9|  736.0|  743.8|  740.9|  741.3
                   Oklahoma......................|  309.7|  329.9|  327.3|  327.0|  268.3|  272.2|  268.8|  268.8
                   Oregon........................|  337.3|  356.5|  354.7|  355.3|  232.8|  237.8|  237.8|  238.3
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,538.0|1,573.7|1,573.0|1,581.0|  710.2|  720.6|  721.6|  718.0
                   Rhode Island..................|  136.4|  136.6|  136.5|  136.2|   61.8|   61.7|   61.9|   62.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  337.4|  349.9|  348.2|  349.8|  294.6|  295.0|  295.4|  295.3
                   South Dakota..................|   85.2|   88.9|   89.3|   89.8|   67.5|   67.2|   67.3|   67.5
                   Tennessee.....................|  587.3|  613.8|  615.8|  619.0|  366.8|  371.6|  369.6|  371.9
                   Texas.........................|1,956.0|2,039.5|2,033.4|2,047.9|1,393.3|1,436.9|1,436.1|1,437.7
                   Utah..........................|  218.0|  232.6|  233.8|  235.0|  160.6|  161.9|  162.0|  162.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   75.5|   77.5|   76.1|   76.5|   44.4|   45.6|   45.3|   45.2
                   Virginia......................|  809.0|  851.8|  855.6|  856.3|  600.0|  602.5|  601.3|  604.1
                   Washington....................|  588.0|  615.7|  613.3|  615.8|  436.4|  443.9|  443.9|  444.3
                   West Virginia.................|  170.7|  177.8|  177.3|  178.1|  133.3|  135.6|  135.2|  134.9
                   Wisconsin.....................|  606.2|  625.4|  626.3|  626.7|  363.3|  363.9|  367.5|  364.7
                   Wyoming.......................|   44.5|   45.8|   46.1|   46.4|   57.7|   57.8|   58.1|   57.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to reflect March
                   1994 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Estimates subsequent to the
                   current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
                   available.
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted
 
 (In thousands)
 
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                               |         Total nonfarm1/          |         Construction          |         Manufacturing
                               |                                  |                               |
                                __________________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
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             State             |      Jan.       |      Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.
                               |                 |                |               |               |               |
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                               |  1994  |  1995  |  1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
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 Alabama.......................| 1,711.7| 1,758.2| 1,720.1|1,764.0|   74.7|   80.9|   76.6|   81.5|  377.8|  388.2|  379.1|  387.3
 Alaska........................|   239.1|   245.2|   246.7|  251.3|    9.3|    9.8|    9.6|    9.8|   11.4|   11.9|   16.5|   16.6
 Arizona.......................| 1,619.4| 1,724.5| 1,648.4|1,752.4|   96.7|  112.8|   99.3|  112.7|  184.2|  197.0|  185.8|  197.4
 Arkansas......................|   992.3| 1,045.5|   999.8|1,054.3|   36.7|   41.2|   36.8|   41.4|  246.5|  260.8|  246.2|  261.0
 California....................|11,882.1|12,032.4|11,983.9|12147.4|  424.2|  427.8|  430.6|  461.0|1,737.9|1,749.2|1,748.6|1,760.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Colorado......................| 1,689.0| 1,771.2| 1,704.8|1,780.9|   86.1|   93.3|   85.0|   91.6|  186.5|  193.7|  186.4|  193.9
 Connecticut...................| 1,502.8| 1,524.0| 1,503.4|1,520.8|   41.3|   46.9|   40.2|   44.6|  287.1|  283.3|  285.2|  281.7
 Delaware......................|   341.8|   351.3|   341.5|  351.7|   15.2|   16.2|   14.3|   15.6|   64.2|   62.6|   63.3|   62.5
 District of Columbia..........|   649.0|   641.1|   651.8|  642.5|    8.2|    9.4|    8.0|    9.0|   13.2|   13.0|   13.3|   13.2
 Florida.......................| 5,657.0| 5,901.9| 5,724.1|5,968.5|  281.7|  305.4|  285.4|  304.5|  482.4|  486.3|  483.8|  487.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Georgia.......................| 3,153.1| 3,323.9| 3,174.1|3,340.7|  128.6|  145.0|  129.6|  143.7|  564.3|  585.5|  566.8|  586.0
 Hawaii2/......................|   530.8|   534.3|   535.7|  537.4|   29.6|   27.6|   29.3|   27.1|   17.6|   16.9|   17.9|   17.0
 Idaho.........................|   436.3|   476.0|   440.2|  467.9|   23.4|   29.5|   23.4|   27.7|   69.2|   74.3|   69.2|   73.5
 Illinois......................| 5,273.2| 5,428.9| 5,299.9|5,448.4|  175.4|  186.5|  172.6|  181.6|  936.6|  950.2|  940.2|  951.7
 Indiana.......................| 2,625.4| 2,717.6| 2,640.8|2,735.4|  108.1|  119.8|  107.3|  118.5|  645.7|  674.6|  648.9|  676.6
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 Iowa..........................| 1,266.9| 1,313.2| 1,269.0|1,316.8|   40.5|   47.2|   39.4|   46.0|  238.1|  247.3|  238.3|  248.7
 Kansas........................| 1,126.0| 1,169.7| 1,133.7|1,180.7|   40.7|   45.1|   40.8|   45.8|  184.1|  191.5|  184.9|  192.7
 Kentucky......................| 1,525.7| 1,589.1| 1,542.1|1,598.6|   61.4|   66.5|   64.0|   64.4|  295.0|  309.5|  296.6|  310.1
 Louisiana.....................| 1,667.3| 1,769.3| 1,681.3|1,775.7|   97.3|  107.2|  101.0|  106.3|  181.8|  190.0|  182.2|  189.6
 Maine.........................|   506.5|   519.2|   508.1|  520.1|   17.5|   18.3|   16.6|   17.3|   90.8|   92.5|   90.0|   91.4
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 Maryland......................| 2,068.3| 2,115.9| 2,071.0|2,115.1|  111.5|  117.5|  109.5|  114.0|  177.7|  177.5|  176.8|  176.9
 Massachusetts.................| 2,811.5| 2,894.0| 2,821.4|2,904.0|   72.4|   82.0|   70.2|   78.3|  446.4|  446.9|  445.9|  446.2
 Michigan......................| 4,006.9| 4,156.9| 4,024.6|4,179.6|  117.2|  135.0|  114.3|  130.3|  927.1|  971.6|  929.0|  973.4
 Minnesota.....................| 2,230.5| 2,303.0| 2,239.3|2,311.3|   64.0|   66.1|   62.7|   64.1|  403.4|  416.0|  404.4|  417.0
 Mississippi...................| 1,021.4| 1,049.1| 1,026.6|1,053.8|   39.3|   45.0|   39.3|   45.5|  256.9|  257.4|  257.3|  257.8
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Missouri......................| 2,376.4| 2,464.1| 2,390.0|2,495.4|   93.3|  103.8|   95.2|  104.7|  407.1|  420.5|  408.3|  421.7
 Montana.......................|   321.1|   338.8|   322.4|  339.3|   10.9|   13.0|   10.6|   12.2|   22.4|   23.5|   22.2|   23.4
 Nebraska......................|   766.6|   793.8|   772.0|  800.1|   27.5|   28.7|   27.2|   28.7|  106.1|  111.7|  107.0|  112.0
 Nevada........................|   696.8|   751.8|   704.8|  756.3|   48.4|   53.6|   49.0|   54.3|   31.2|   34.6|   31.3|   34.8
 New Hampshire.................|   501.7|   523.4|   504.1|  525.1|   14.8|   18.4|   14.3|   17.9|   99.2|  101.1|   99.4|  100.6
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 New Jersey....................| 3,432.1| 3,520.8| 3,429.2|3,525.0|  102.2|  114.7|   98.8|  110.0|  501.9|  500.4|  502.1|  500.6
 New Mexico....................|   630.9|   666.7|   638.1|  672.4|   37.0|   42.4|   37.4|   42.8|   42.6|   45.5|   43.1|   45.4
 New York......................| 7,606.3| 7,688.2| 7,639.1|7,713.1|  208.4|  230.0|  203.9|  224.2|  941.1|  932.4|  946.0|  937.9
 North Carolina................| 3,250.7| 3,383.7| 3,266.1|3,391.3|  152.2|  165.9|  154.3|  165.1|  850.0|  866.0|  849.9|  866.4
 North Dakota..................|   281.6|   293.3|   283.7|  294.6|    9.3|   10.5|    9.2|   10.1|   20.0|   21.6|   20.1|   21.5
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Ohio..........................| 4,902.4| 5,045.4| 4,933.8|5,064.0|  168.7|  186.9|  168.2|  183.5|1,051.6|1,085.8|1,053.1|1,088.0
 Oklahoma......................| 1,245.1| 1,284.7| 1,250.4|1,289.7|   43.4|   47.3|   43.3|   47.0|  169.8|  173.1|  169.4|  173.2
 Oregon........................| 1,304.6| 1,370.1| 1,316.6|1,376.6|   52.8|   60.7|   53.3|   60.9|  209.3|  218.9|  211.1|  219.4
 Pennsylvania..................| 5,029.6| 5,141.2| 5,054.1|5,155.0|  169.2|  184.3|  166.8|  178.4|  931.5|  942.8|  930.1|  939.4
 Rhode Island..................|   421.9|   428.3|   421.6|  427.3|   10.5|   11.9|   10.0|   11.2|   86.7|   86.6|   86.8|   85.9
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 South Carolina................| 1,557.9| 1,595.2| 1,570.4|1,602.4|   81.5|   83.0|   82.1|   81.7|  375.0|  375.0|  375.9|  374.7
 South Dakota..................|   317.5|   333.7|   318.6|  335.0|   11.0|   12.3|   10.7|   11.8|   41.6|   45.3|   41.6|   45.7
 Tennessee.....................| 2,325.0| 2,425.4| 2,346.9|2,437.1|   89.9|   97.4|   90.6|   97.3|  528.1|  539.7|  531.6|  537.5
 Texas.........................| 7,498.9| 7,815.3| 7,541.7|7,859.4|  355.0|  392.7|  358.0|  393.3|  988.6|1,014.9|  990.4|1,019.5
 Utah..........................|   823.3|   872.5|   829.3|  878.7|   39.5|   46.2|   40.1|   46.6|  112.6|  118.8|  112.6|  119.0
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Vermont.......................|   256.6|   263.7|   260.6|  267.4|    9.7|   10.2|    9.2|   10.0|   42.9|   43.8|   43.1|   43.9
 Virginia......................| 2,906.2| 3,019.4| 2,912.2|3,021.3|  147.4|  160.4|  147.3|  158.3|  401.7|  403.5|  402.0|  403.5
 Washington....................| 2,229.2| 2,308.4| 2,243.6|2,319.2|  112.1|  115.0|  111.5|  114.9|  329.7|  336.1|  329.6|  336.5
 West Virginia.................|   641.4|   671.5|   645.8|  672.4|   26.1|   30.8|   27.6|   30.2|   80.2|   82.3|   80.6|   82.5
 Wisconsin.....................| 2,383.9| 2,473.6| 2,397.9|2,478.6|   82.2|   87.3|   79.0|   83.4|  564.0|  588.2|  564.2|  588.3
 Wyoming.......................|   205.2|   211.0|   204.9|  210.5|   10.5|   11.6|   10.2|   11.3|    9.7|   10.2|    9.6|   10.1
                               |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Puerto Rico...................|   872.9|   890.1|   875.3|  893.0|   45.1|   47.1|   46.3|   47.7|  148.4|  150.6|  150.2|  153.0
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                                __________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
   Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected industry division, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |                               |                               |
                                 |   Transportation and public   |             Trade             | Finance, insurance, and real
                                 |           utilities           |                               |            estate
                                 |                               |                               |
                                  _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
               State             |               |               |               |               |               |
                                 |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.      |     Jan.      |     Feb.
                                 |               |               |               |               |               |
                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Alabama.......................|   84.8|   85.5|   84.7|   85.6|  380.7|  398.2|  379.7|  397.1|   76.1|   77.0|   76.1|   76.9
   Alaska........................|   21.1|   22.0|   21.4|   22.1|   48.0|   51.0|   48.0|   50.4|   11.3|   11.6|   11.5|   11.6
   Arizona.......................|   80.8|   88.1|   81.5|   89.4|  394.4|  421.5|  398.7|  424.5|  106.9|  112.2|  108.7|  111.0
   Arkansas......................|   56.6|   60.2|   56.8|   60.6|  221.0|  235.8|  221.2|  236.4|   40.8|   42.0|   41.0|   42.0
   California....................|  605.8|  602.7|  607.8|  604.5|2,781.6|2,806.0|2,775.4|2,796.6|  795.3|  770.8|  798.5|  772.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Colorado......................|  106.1|  106.4|  107.0|  106.7|  411.4|  441.7|  410.9|  439.1|  109.4|  110.8|  110.1|  110.2
   Connecticut...................|   69.7|   70.6|   69.3|   70.4|  328.1|  330.4|  321.8|  324.0|  137.0|  133.8|  136.2|  133.3
   Delaware......................|   15.0|   15.3|   15.1|   15.7|   74.6|   76.7|   73.3|   75.2|   37.3|   40.1|   37.9|   40.3
   District of Columbia..........|   20.6|   20.0|   20.8|   20.0|   50.5|   51.7|   50.6|   51.8|   31.0|   30.8|   31.0|   31.0
   Florida.......................|  289.8|  297.3|  291.6|  298.3|1,477.2|1,534.4|1,492.5|1,550.5|  370.6|  379.2|  372.1|  380.5
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Georgia.......................|  206.4|  207.7|  207.5|  207.4|  783.7|  830.2|  783.2|  834.5|  169.1|  174.5|  169.7|  174.5
   Hawaii2/......................|   41.5|   41.6|   41.9|   41.6|  132.6|  135.3|  131.4|  134.3|   38.6|   37.8|   38.7|   37.6
   Idaho.........................|   20.9|   22.7|   20.9|   22.5|  110.9|  121.5|  110.5|  116.9|   23.3|   24.5|   23.5|   24.2
   Illinois......................|  311.4|  317.8|  311.7|  317.4|1,242.0|1,283.9|1,234.4|1,273.6|  388.3|  393.3|  389.3|  394.1
   Indiana.......................|  133.5|  134.2|  133.9|  134.4|  616.6|  655.9|  613.9|  652.2|  129.2|  126.8|  129.6|  127.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Iowa..........................|   57.0|   58.7|   57.1|   58.8|  316.5|  326.0|  314.4|  323.9|   75.2|   77.5|   75.0|   77.4
   Kansas........................|   66.2|   69.5|   66.4|   69.8|  274.3|  283.8|  273.8|  284.6|   58.3|   58.1|   58.1|   57.9
   Kentucky......................|   84.4|   88.0|   85.0|   88.6|  361.9|  378.2|  362.8|  377.0|   62.2|   63.2|   62.5|   63.1
   Louisiana.....................|  108.2|  114.9|  108.6|  113.8|  386.5|  408.8|  387.1|  410.0|   78.8|   80.6|   78.8|   80.7
   Maine.........................|   21.8|   22.0|   21.9|   22.0|  125.6|  129.4|  123.7|  127.4|   25.8|   26.6|   25.9|   26.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Maryland......................|  100.4|  103.1|  100.1|  103.3|  494.8|  506.8|  487.7|  501.0|  133.3|  131.3|  134.1|  131.1
   Massachusetts.................|  123.7|  125.6|  124.3|  125.2|  643.9|  665.4|  636.6|  660.2|  206.1|  209.6|  206.3|  209.0
   Michigan......................|  157.0|  162.0|  157.6|  161.8|  938.2|  969.9|  930.7|  963.7|  195.7|  194.2|  195.4|  192.9
   Minnesota.....................|  110.6|  115.8|  111.3|  115.1|  539.4|  558.4|  536.5|  555.9|  139.1|  137.6|  139.2|  137.8
   Mississippi...................|   46.3|   47.4|   46.6|   47.4|  210.6|  218.3|  211.3|  216.4|   39.4|   38.8|   39.6|   39.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Missouri......................|  152.3|  156.1|  152.4|  156.1|  561.0|  591.9|  559.3|  593.2|  143.7|  145.3|  144.1|  145.4
   Montana.......................|   20.0|   20.4|   20.0|   20.6|   86.8|   92.2|   86.4|   91.6|   15.2|   15.7|   15.2|   15.7
   Nebraska......................|   47.5|   49.3|   47.3|   49.0|  191.9|  199.4|  191.5|  200.6|   50.8|   51.7|   51.1|   51.9
   Nevada........................|   35.8|   38.8|   36.3|   38.7|  136.3|  148.9|  136.8|  148.2|   32.7|   34.4|   33.1|   34.5
   New Hampshire.................|   18.4|   18.9|   18.4|   19.0|  128.5|  134.6|  126.6|  133.1|   29.3|   29.1|   29.3|   29.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   New Jersey....................|  236.3|  243.8|  237.6|  244.6|  807.7|  836.7|  794.6|  827.3|  229.7|  229.9|  229.4|  229.7
   New Mexico....................|   29.4|   30.6|   29.6|   30.9|  149.6|  158.5|  149.1|  158.2|   28.6|   30.4|   28.9|   30.5
   New York......................|  397.5|  390.3|  397.3|  389.6|1,537.3|1,564.7|1,517.6|1,549.7|  729.1|  728.1|  731.1|  726.9
   North Carolina................|  157.3|  158.4|  158.8|  158.3|  734.1|  767.8|  730.9|  764.7|  137.0|  143.4|  137.8|  143.8
   North Dakota..................|   17.9|   18.9|   18.2|   19.1|   73.3|   76.1|   73.0|   75.7|   13.6|   13.9|   13.6|   14.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Ohio..........................|  213.9|  221.1|  214.8|  222.2|1,185.9|1,213.6|1,182.3|1,206.1|  264.2|  268.2|  265.8|  268.8
   Oklahoma......................|   71.6|   73.1|   71.8|   73.1|  290.6|  301.9|  290.0|  301.1|   63.1|   63.9|   63.3|   63.7
   Oregon........................|   66.8|   69.1|   67.2|   68.8|  328.7|  345.3|  328.1|  344.0|   87.0|   87.9|   87.4|   88.1
   Pennsylvania..................|  268.7|  270.1|  268.4|  270.4|1,140.8|1,164.7|1,126.1|1,147.2|  304.5|  310.1|  304.8|  309.2
   Rhode Island..................|   14.3|   14.2|   14.3|   14.4|   91.5|   94.7|   89.6|   93.6|   25.3|   25.3|   25.4|   25.3
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   South Carolina................|   67.3|   69.8|   67.6|   70.8|  348.6|  361.4|  349.3|  361.5|   65.8|   67.7|   66.4|   67.9
   South Dakota..................|   15.0|   15.9|   14.9|   16.0|   80.1|   84.9|   80.1|   84.8|   17.9|   18.3|   17.9|   18.4
   Tennessee.....................|  127.3|  134.9|  128.7|  135.3|  538.8|  569.6|  538.5|  569.7|  106.2|  108.3|  106.3|  108.5
   Texas.........................|  445.4|  467.5|  447.4|  468.7|1,817.9|1,889.1|1,811.9|1,886.7|  432.5|  443.0|  433.2|  443.3
   Utah..........................|   48.1|   50.6|   48.3|   50.9|  194.7|  208.5|  195.0|  208.3|   45.1|   47.2|   45.4|   47.4
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Vermont.......................|   11.2|   11.4|   11.2|   11.4|   60.9|   63.2|   60.5|   62.6|   12.0|   12.1|   12.0|   12.2
   Virginia......................|  148.5|  154.3|  148.7|  154.9|  650.6|  686.1|  643.2|  676.9|  160.7|  164.2|  161.4|  164.3
   Washington....................|  111.7|  116.5|  111.9|  116.9|  542.8|  568.0|  540.8|  564.8|  124.3|  121.5|  125.0|  121.8
   West Virginia.................|   38.4|   40.4|   38.7|   40.6|  147.3|  156.4|  146.7|  155.9|   25.2|   25.9|   25.1|   25.9
   Wisconsin.....................|  112.2|  115.7|  112.6|  115.9|  547.1|  568.6|  542.4|  563.9|  132.1|  135.2|  132.3|  135.1
   Wyoming.......................|   13.7|   13.9|   13.7|   14.0|   46.9|   48.9|   46.5|   48.5|    7.7|    7.8|    7.8|    7.9
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Puerto Rico...................|   22.8|   23.1|   23.0|   23.0|  172.6|  178.5|  169.3|  173.7|   40.9|   40.6|   41.1|   41.0
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                  _______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   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.
                                                 |               |               |               |
                                                  _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Alabama.......................|  362.4|  373.5|  367.3|  376.8|  344.6|  344.4|  346.2|  348.2
                   Alaska........................|   53.4|   56.1|   54.4|   57.0|   74.0|   73.3|   74.8|   74.4
                   Arizona.......................|  453.9|  492.1|  465.7|  499.5|  290.9|  288.3|  297.2|  305.3
                   Arkansas......................|  216.9|  227.7|  219.9|  230.8|  170.4|  174.4|  174.5|  178.8
                   California....................|3,421.4|3,545.0|3,482.2|3,601.6|2,082.5|2,100.9|2,108.0|2,120.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Colorado......................|  481.9|  514.7|  487.4|  517.9|  291.8|  295.2|  302.3|  306.4
                   Connecticut...................|  430.6|  445.2|  434.0|  448.4|  208.4|  213.3|  216.1|  217.9
                   Delaware......................|   86.2|   90.1|   87.1|   91.1|   49.2|   50.2|   50.4|   51.2
                   District of Columbia..........|  251.5|  256.5|  255.5|  258.3|  273.9|  259.6|  272.5|  259.1
                   Florida.......................|1,849.1|1,977.5|1,879.3|2,005.4|  899.6|  914.6|  912.7|  934.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Georgia.......................|  734.9|  801.6|  747.0|  808.9|  558.6|  571.8|  562.8|  578.1
                   Hawaii2/......................|  161.5|  164.8|  162.4|  165.4|  109.4|  110.3|  114.1|  114.4
                   Idaho.........................|   97.2|  105.3|   98.4|  104.8|   89.4|   95.6|   92.3|   95.7
                   Illinois......................|1,439.7|1,511.8|1,451.9|1,520.5|  764.5|  771.5|  784.7|  795.7
                   Indiana.......................|  587.4|  609.9|  594.3|  618.1|  398.4|  390.0|  406.5|  402.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Iowa..........................|  314.4|  328.2|  317.6|  331.3|  223.4|  226.4|  225.4|  228.7
                   Kansas........................|  264.2|  278.4|  266.5|  280.8|  229.9|  235.1|  235.1|  240.9
                   Kentucky......................|  357.0|  373.8|  362.3|  378.1|  276.5|  282.0|  281.4|  290.1
                   Louisiana.....................|  423.0|  462.7|  430.3|  466.6|  346.0|  355.5|  347.9|  359.4
                   Maine.........................|  131.0|  138.8|  132.4|  140.3|   93.9|   91.5|   97.5|   95.2
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Maryland......................|  634.1|  661.0|  640.6|  662.3|  415.5|  417.7|  421.2|  425.6
                   Massachusetts.................|  928.0|  968.9|  942.5|  984.1|  389.9|  394.3|  394.5|  399.7
                   Michigan......................|1,024.7|1,078.2|1,034.6|1,088.0|  639.0|  637.9|  655.0|  661.3
                   Minnesota.....................|  609.8|  633.9|  616.3|  640.0|  357.7|  368.0|  362.4|  374.3
                   Mississippi...................|  208.8|  214.4|  211.4|  217.9|  215.0|  222.8|  216.0|  225.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Missouri......................|  630.4|  655.0|  637.7|  667.3|  384.2|  387.0|  388.6|  402.5
                   Montana.......................|   86.3|   92.3|   87.0|   92.8|   74.5|   76.5|   76.1|   77.9
                   Nebraska......................|  192.7|  203.3|  195.6|  205.7|  148.8|  148.4|  151.1|  150.9
                   Nevada........................|  311.8|  335.8|  314.5|  336.6|   88.5|   93.0|   91.8|   96.5
                   New Hampshire.................|  137.1|  144.2|  138.5|  144.8|   74.1|   76.8|   77.2|   80.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   New Jersey....................|  990.6|1,027.5|  998.0|1,035.9|  562.0|  565.9|  567.1|  575.1
                   New Mexico....................|  168.9|  181.2|  170.1|  182.3|  159.0|  162.1|  164.1|  166.5
                   New York......................|2,373.3|2,439.7|2,401.5|2,465.2|1,415.6|1,398.4|1,437.6|1,415.0
                   North Carolina................|  679.2|  721.1|  689.0|  727.4|  537.5|  557.5|  542.0|  562.0
                   North Dakota..................|   77.2|   81.7|   77.8|   82.4|   66.9|   67.2|   68.4|   68.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Ohio..........................|1,268.4|1,313.7|1,285.5|1,326.4|  735.9|  742.4|  750.3|  755.4
                   Oklahoma......................|  301.2|  320.4|  304.4|  323.4|  269.7|  270.0|  273.1|  274.0
                   Oregon........................|  325.7|  348.3|  331.4|  351.4|  232.9|  238.5|  236.7|  242.6
                   Pennsylvania..................|1,496.9|1,536.8|1,518.3|1,562.0|  698.0|  712.9|  719.9|  729.5
                   Rhode Island..................|  131.3|  133.1|  132.8|  134.4|   62.2|   62.3|   62.6|   62.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   South Carolina................|  324.0|  340.1|  328.8|  343.0|  293.9|  296.3|  298.5|  300.9
                   South Dakota..................|   82.1|   87.1|   82.7|   87.6|   67.6|   67.7|   68.5|   68.4
                   Tennessee.....................|  565.5|  600.5|  576.1|  607.7|  364.9|  370.3|  370.7|  376.4
                   Texas.........................|1,903.0|2,013.1|1,923.3|2,031.5|1,391.4|1,437.4|1,414.0|1,459.8
                   Utah..........................|  213.3|  230.5|  216.1|  233.6|  161.6|  162.5|  163.6|  164.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Vermont.......................|   75.4|   77.5|   78.2|   80.1|   44.1|   45.2|   46.0|   46.8
                   Virginia......................|  784.9|  836.2|  791.6|  841.1|  599.8|  603.3|  605.6|  611.1
                   Washington....................|  571.7|  604.1|  578.7|  609.6|  433.9|  443.9|  443.0|  451.4
                   West Virginia.................|  165.9|  174.5|  167.8|  175.8|  130.9|  134.0|  132.1|  134.5
                   Wisconsin.....................|  586.9|  613.8|  594.5|  616.7|  357.6|  362.7|  371.2|  373.1
                   Wyoming.......................|   41.0|   42.6|   41.2|   42.7|   58.1|   58.6|   58.6|   59.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   Puerto Rico...................|  153.6|  158.3|  155.7|  161.6|  288.6|  290.9|  288.8|  292.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                      1/  Includes mining, not shown separately.
                      2/  Mining is combined with construction.
                      p/  = preliminary.
                      NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Data have been adjusted to March 1994
                   benchmark levels.  Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
                   will be revised when new information becomes available.
 
 
 
 Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
       United States.........................................|       7.3      |       6.2      |       7.1      |       5.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alabama....................................................|       7.2      |       5.8      |       7.1      |       6.2
    Birmingham...............................................|       4.9      |       4.1      |       4.9      |       4.4
    Huntsville...............................................|       6.2      |       4.8      |       6.4      |       4.9
    Mobile...................................................|       7.7      |       6.3      |       7.3      |       6.5
    Montgomery...............................................|       5.4      |       5.1      |       5.3      |       5.3
    Tuscaloosa...............................................|       5.7      |       4.8      |       5.4      |       5.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Alaska.....................................................|       9.9      |       9.4      |       9.8      |       8.9
    Anchorage................................................|       7.0      |       6.8      |       7.1      |       6.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arizona....................................................|       6.1      |       5.4      |       5.9      |       4.3
    Phoenix_Mesa.............................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       4.8      |       3.3
    Tucson...................................................|       4.4      |       4.0      |       4.2      |       3.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Arkansas...................................................|       6.2      |       5.9      |       6.0      |       6.0
    Fayetteville_Springdale_Rogers...........................|       2.9      |       2.9      |       2.8      |       2.8
    Fort Smith1/.............................................|       6.3      |       6.4      |       6.2      |       6.0
    Little Rock_North Little Rock............................|       4.5      |       4.0      |       4.5      |       4.0
    Pine Bluff...............................................|       8.6      |       8.7      |       8.4      |       8.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  California2/...............................................|      10.5      |       8.7      |       9.8      |       8.1
    Bakersfield..............................................|      17.1      |      14.7      |      16.8      |      15.1
    Fresno...................................................|      17.2      |      15.5      |      17.2      |      16.0
    Los Angeles_Long Beach2/.................................|      11.0      |       8.9      |       9.7      |       7.9
    Modesto..................................................|      18.9      |      15.9      |      18.7      |      16.6
    Oakland..................................................|       7.4      |       6.2      |       7.0      |       5.8
    Orange County............................................|       7.2      |       5.4      |       6.7      |       5.1
    Riverside_San Bernardino.................................|      11.3      |       8.8      |      10.6      |       8.4
    Sacramento...............................................|       8.8      |       7.6      |       8.4      |       7.1
    Salinas..................................................|      20.2      |      17.8      |      19.1      |      16.8
    San Diego................................................|       8.4      |       6.8      |       8.0      |       6.4
    San Francisco............................................|       6.7      |       5.4      |       6.3      |       5.2
    San Jose.................................................|       7.6      |       5.9      |       7.2      |       5.6
    Santa Barbara_Santa Maria_Lompoc.........................|       9.6      |       8.3      |       9.1      |       7.7
    Santa Rosa...............................................|       7.6      |       7.3      |       7.3      |       6.3
    Stockton_Lodi............................................|      16.1      |      13.5      |      15.7      |      13.5
    Vallejo_Fairfield_Napa...................................|       9.2      |       8.4      |       8.5      |       7.6
    Ventura..................................................|       9.6      |       8.3      |       8.8      |       6.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Colorado...................................................|       5.6      |       4.5      |       5.6      |       4.0
    Boulder_Longmont.........................................|       4.8      |       4.0      |       4.7      |       3.6
    Denver...................................................|       5.1      |       4.0      |       5.2      |       3.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Connecticut................................................|       6.4      |       5.8      |       6.2      |       5.8
    Bridgeport...............................................|       7.2      |       6.3      |       7.0      |       6.5
    Danbury..................................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       4.9      |       4.2
    Hartford.................................................|       6.8      |       6.2      |       6.6      |       6.3
    New Haven_Meriden........................................|       6.1      |       5.6      |       6.0      |       5.4
    New London_Norwich.......................................|       6.1      |       5.5      |       6.0      |       5.6
    Stamford_Norwalk.........................................|       4.1      |       4.1      |       4.1      |       4.1
    Waterbury................................................|       7.8      |       6.8      |       7.8      |       7.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Delaware...................................................|       6.3      |       4.9      |       6.3      |       4.5
    Dover....................................................|       7.2      |       5.3      |       7.6      |       5.1
    Wilmington_Newark1/......................................|       6.4      |       4.7      |       6.3      |       4.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  District of Columbia.......................................|       8.9      |       8.3      |       8.8      |       8.1
    Washington1/.............................................|       4.4      |       4.2      |       4.5      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Florida2/..................................................|       7.8      |       6.4      |       5.8      |       4.3
    Daytona Beach............................................|       7.6      |       6.1      |       5.5      |       3.8
    Fort Lauderdale..........................................|       7.8      |       6.6      |       5.8      |       4.4
    Fort Myers_Cape Coral....................................|       6.1      |       5.2      |       4.5      |       3.3
    Gainesville..............................................|       4.7      |       3.9      |       3.4      |       2.8
    Jacksonville.............................................|       6.5      |       5.3      |       4.8      |       3.9
    Lakeland_Winter Haven....................................|       9.1      |       6.6      |       6.8      |       4.8
    Melbourne_Titusville_Palm Bay............................|       9.0      |       7.3      |       6.6      |       4.6
    Miami....................................................|       9.0      |       8.0      |       6.7      |       5.2
    Orlando..................................................|       7.0      |       5.6      |       5.2      |       3.8
    Pensacola................................................|       6.3      |       5.2      |       4.7      |       3.7
    Sarasota_Bradenton.......................................|       5.9      |       4.4      |       4.4      |       3.3
    Tallahassee..............................................|       5.6      |       4.2      |       3.9      |       3.3
    Tampa_St. Petersburg_Clearwater..........................|       6.9      |       5.6      |       5.1      |       3.7
    West Palm Beach_Boca Raton...............................|       9.1      |       7.4      |       6.8      |       4.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Georgia....................................................|       5.2      |       4.3      |       5.4      |       4.6
    Albany...................................................|       7.3      |       5.5      |       7.8      |       5.9
    Athens...................................................|       4.0      |       3.1      |       4.2      |       3.5
    Atlanta..................................................|       4.6      |       3.9      |       4.8      |       4.2
    Augusta_Aiken1/..........................................|       6.5      |       5.2      |       6.9      |       5.4
    Columbus1/...............................................|       6.3      |       4.9      |       6.5      |       5.7
    Macon....................................................|       5.2      |       4.6      |       5.4      |       4.6
    Savannah.................................................|       5.8      |       4.7      |       6.1      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Hawaii.....................................................|       5.2      |       5.6      |       5.5      |       5.1
    Honolulu.................................................|       4.0      |       4.3      |       4.4      |       4.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Idaho......................................................|       7.2      |       6.8      |       6.8      |       7.1
    Boise City...............................................|       5.6      |       5.0      |       4.9      |       5.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  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                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Illinois2/.................................................|       7.2      |       5.8      |       6.9      |       5.9
    Bloomington_Normal.......................................|       4.8      |       3.9      |       4.2      |       4.0
    Champaign_Urbana.........................................|       5.2      |       3.9      |       4.8      |       3.9
    Chicago..................................................|       6.8      |       5.4      |       6.6      |       5.6
    Davenport_Moline_Rock Island1/...........................|       6.2      |       5.3      |       6.0      |       5.4
    Decatur..................................................|       9.6      |       7.7      |       9.0      |       8.0
    Kankakee.................................................|       8.7      |       7.8      |       8.5      |       8.1
    Peoria_Pekin.............................................|       6.8      |       5.2      |       6.3      |       5.4
    Rockford.................................................|       7.7      |       5.5      |       8.4      |       5.5
    Springfield..............................................|       6.0      |       5.4      |       5.6      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Indiana....................................................|       5.7      |       4.6      |       5.8      |       4.6
    Bloomington..............................................|       4.8      |       3.7      |       5.6      |       3.4
    Elkhart_Goshen...........................................|       4.4      |       3.8      |       4.4      |       3.5
    Evansville_Henderson1/...................................|       5.6      |       5.4      |       5.8      |       5.3
    Fort Wayne...............................................|       5.3      |       3.9      |       5.1      |       4.0
    Gary.....................................................|       6.9      |       5.8      |       7.0      |       5.9
    Indianapolis.............................................|       4.5      |       3.7      |       4.5      |       3.8
    Kokomo...................................................|       5.4      |       4.2      |       5.1      |       4.4
    Lafayette................................................|       4.4      |       3.3      |       4.4      |       3.3
    Muncie...................................................|       5.8      |       5.1      |       6.0      |       5.0
    South Bend...............................................|       5.3      |       4.2      |       5.2      |       4.2
    Terre Haute..............................................|       7.7      |       5.7      |       7.6      |       5.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Iowa.......................................................|       4.7      |       4.1      |       4.7      |       4.0
    Cedar Rapids.............................................|       4.0      |       3.2      |       4.0      |       3.0
    Des Moines...............................................|       3.5      |       3.0      |       3.5      |       3.0
    Dubuque..................................................|       4.8      |       4.2      |       5.4      |       4.0
    Iowa City................................................|       2.6      |       2.6      |       2.7      |       2.4
    Sioux City1/.............................................|       3.5      |       3.2      |       3.5      |       2.9
    Waterloo_Cedar Falls.....................................|       5.5      |       6.0      |       5.8      |       5.0
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kansas.....................................................|       5.9      |       5.3      |       5.6      |       4.8
    Lawrence.................................................|       5.8      |       5.2      |       5.2      |       4.4
    Topeka...................................................|       5.6      |       5.3      |       5.0      |       4.9
    Wichita..................................................|       6.7      |       5.6      |       6.6      |       5.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Kentucky...................................................|       6.7      |       5.6      |       6.9      |       5.5
    Lexington................................................|       4.6      |       3.8      |       5.2      |       3.4
    Louisville1/.............................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       6.2      |       4.1
    Owensboro................................................|       6.1      |       5.5      |       5.9      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Louisiana..................................................|       9.2      |       7.9      |       8.2      |       7.0
    Alexandria...............................................|       8.5      |       7.4      |       7.7      |       6.8
    Baton Rouge..............................................|       8.1      |       6.9      |       7.3      |       6.1
    Houma....................................................|       8.2      |       7.0      |       7.5      |       6.4
    Lafayette................................................|       9.2      |       7.6      |       7.7      |       6.8
    Lake Charles.............................................|       9.4      |       8.2      |       8.0      |       7.1
    Monroe...................................................|       8.5      |       7.2      |       7.7      |       6.6
    New Orleans..............................................|       7.9      |       6.9      |       7.1      |       6.2
    Shreveport_Bossier City..................................|       9.3      |       8.2      |       8.3      |       7.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maine......................................................|       9.5      |       7.2      |       9.7      |       7.3
    Lewiston_Auburn..........................................|       9.4      |       6.8      |       9.5      |       7.0
    Portland.................................................|       6.6      |       4.5      |       6.8      |       4.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Maryland...................................................|       5.7      |       5.0      |       5.9      |       5.1
    Baltimore................................................|       6.5      |       5.6      |       6.7      |       5.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Massachusetts2/............................................|       7.6      |       6.6      |       7.1      |       6.2
    Barnstable_Yarmouth......................................|      12.8      |      10.5      |      12.1      |       9.6
    Boston1/.................................................|       6.3      |       5.6      |       5.9      |       5.2
    Brockton.................................................|       8.4      |       7.1      |       8.1      |       6.6
    Fitchburg_Leominster.....................................|       8.3      |       7.2      |       7.6      |       6.6
    Lawrence1/...............................................|       8.8      |       6.8      |       8.1      |       6.5
    Lowell1/.................................................|       8.0      |       6.7      |       7.3      |       6.2
    New Bedford..............................................|      14.1      |      12.2      |      13.0      |      11.5
    Pittsfield...............................................|      10.5      |       9.0      |       9.9      |       8.3
    Springfield..............................................|       8.6      |       7.2      |       7.9      |       6.8
    Worcester1/..............................................|       6.9      |       5.8      |       6.4      |       5.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Michigan2/.................................................|       8.1      |       6.3      |       8.5      |       6.2
    Ann Arbor................................................|       5.3      |       4.2      |       5.6      |       3.9
    Benton Harbor............................................|       8.8      |       6.4      |       8.9      |       6.6
    Detroit..................................................|       7.7      |       5.8      |       7.9      |       5.4
    Flint....................................................|      10.3      |       7.0      |      10.7      |       7.2
    Grand Rapids_Muskegon_Holland............................|       6.7      |       4.9      |       6.8      |       4.9
    Jackson..................................................|       8.6      |       6.1      |       9.0      |       6.4
    Kalamazoo_Battle_Creek...................................|       6.9      |       5.5      |       7.2      |       5.8
    Lansing_East Lansing.....................................|       5.9      |       4.6      |       6.1      |       4.6
    Saginaw_Bay City_Midland.................................|       8.7      |       6.8      |       9.1      |       7.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Minnesota..................................................|       5.4      |       4.4      |       5.1      |       4.1
    Duluth_Superior1/........................................|       7.9      |       6.3      |       8.0      |       6.1
    Minneapolis_St.Paul1/....................................|       4.1      |       3.3      |       3.9      |       3.1
    Rochester................................................|       4.4      |       3.7      |       4.2      |       3.3
    St. Cloud................................................|       6.7      |       5.8      |       5.6      |       5.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Mississippi................................................|       6.8      |       6.2      |       7.0      |       5.4
    Jackson..................................................|       4.6      |       3.8      |       4.6      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                              ___________________________________________________________________
 
  See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
  Table 5. Unemployment rates by State and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted-Continued
  (Percent)
 
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                                                             |                                 |
                                                             |             January             |            February
                        State and area                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Missouri...................................................|       6.5      |       5.0      |       6.0      |       4.8
    Kansas City1/............................................|       5.4      |       4.5      |       5.1      |       4.1
    St. Louis LMA1/..........................................|       6.0      |       4.7      |       5.5      |       4.6
    Springfield..............................................|       5.3      |       3.9      |       4.7      |       3.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Montana....................................................|       6.5      |       6.1      |       6.7      |       6.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nebraska...................................................|       3.2      |       2.9      |       3.2      |       2.5
    Lincoln..................................................|       2.8      |       2.7      |       2.5      |       2.3
    Omaha1/..................................................|       3.3      |       2.9      |       3.4      |       2.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Nevada.....................................................|       7.2      |       6.3      |       6.7      |       6.0
    Las Vegas................................................|       7.1      |       6.0      |       6.5      |       5.7
    Reno.....................................................|       7.0      |       6.6      |       6.4      |       5.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Hampshire..............................................|       6.1      |       4.8      |       5.8      |       4.6
    Manchester...............................................|       5.8      |       4.6      |       5.5      |       4.8
    Nashua...................................................|       6.1      |       5.1      |       6.0      |       4.9
    Portsmouth_Rochester.....................................|       5.4      |       4.5      |       5.3      |       4.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Jersey2/...............................................|       7.3      |       7.5      |       7.7      |       6.6
    Atlantic_Cape May........................................|      11.9      |      13.0      |      12.4      |      11.5
    Bergen_Passaic...........................................|       7.5      |       7.6      |       8.0      |       6.7
    Jersey City..............................................|       9.6      |      10.2      |      10.0      |       8.8
    Middlesex_Somerset_Hunterdon.............................|       5.4      |       5.6      |       5.9      |       4.9
    Monmouth_Ocean...........................................|       7.0      |       7.1      |       7.6      |       6.3
    Newark...................................................|       7.3      |       7.4      |       7.8      |       6.4
    Trenton..................................................|       5.9      |       6.4      |       6.1      |       5.4
    Vineland_Millville_Bridgeton.............................|      11.6      |      12.4      |      12.4      |      10.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  New Mexico.................................................|       7.5      |       6.4      |       6.6      |       5.6
    Albuquerque..............................................|       6.2      |       4.0      |       5.1      |       3.6
    Las Cruces...............................................|       9.8      |       9.1      |       9.0      |       7.5
    Santa Fe.................................................|       3.9      |       4.3      |       3.8      |       3.5
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  New York2/.................................................|       8.2      |       6.7      |       8.5      |       6.9
    Albany_Schenectady_Troy..................................|       5.4      |       5.4      |       6.2      |       4.9
    Binghamton...............................................|       7.6      |       6.6      |       8.4      |       6.2
    Buffalo_Niagara Falls....................................|       7.1      |       6.5      |       7.9      |       5.9
    Dutchess County..........................................|       7.9      |       5.8      |       8.7      |       5.4
    Elmira...................................................|       6.1      |       5.6      |       7.2      |       5.2
    Glens Falls..............................................|       8.9      |       9.0      |      10.2      |       8.3
    Nassau_Suffolk...........................................|       6.1      |       5.6      |       7.1      |       5.1
    New York.................................................|       9.9      |       7.2      |       9.4      |       8.3
       New York City2/.......................................|      10.8      |       7.7      |      10.0      |       9.0
    Newburgh1/...............................................|       6.2      |       5.9      |       7.0      |       5.4
    Rochester................................................|       5.7      |       5.6      |       6.4      |       5.1
    Syracuse.................................................|       6.7      |       6.2      |       7.7      |       5.7
    Utica_Rome...............................................|       7.1      |       7.1      |       8.0      |       6.3
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  North Carolina2/...........................................|       4.6      |       4.3      |       5.5      |       5.0
    Asheville................................................|       4.2      |       4.4      |       5.1      |       5.0
    Charlotte_Gastonia_Rock Hill1/...........................|       4.1      |       3.4      |       4.8      |       3.8
    Greensboro_Winston-Salem_High Point......................|       3.8      |       3.2      |       4.7      |       3.9
    Raleigh_Durham_Chapel Hill...............................|       3.2      |       2.8      |       3.8      |       3.3
                                                             |                |                |                |
  North Dakota...............................................|       5.2      |       4.6      |       4.9      |       4.0
    Bismarck.................................................|       5.7      |       5.0      |       4.9      |       4.2
    Fargo_Moorhead1/.........................................|       3.9      |       3.3      |       4.0      |       3.2
    Grand Forks1/............................................|       4.0      |       3.6      |       3.8      |       3.1
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Ohio2/.....................................................|       7.3      |       5.1      |       6.3      |       4.9
    Akron....................................................|       6.8      |       4.9      |       5.9      |       4.4
    Canton_Massillon.........................................|       8.1      |       5.4      |       6.8      |       5.4
    Cincinnati1/.............................................|       6.1      |       4.4      |       5.5      |       4.4
    Cleveland_Lorain_Elyria..................................|       7.4      |       5.6      |       6.4      |       4.6
    Columbus.................................................|       5.4      |       3.6      |       4.5      |       3.7
    Dayton_Springfield.......................................|       6.0      |       4.3      |       5.1      |       4.3
    Hamilton_Middletown......................................|       7.2      |       4.5      |       6.1      |       4.6
    Lima.....................................................|       8.4      |       5.3      |       7.8      |       5.6
    Mansfield................................................|       8.6      |       5.8      |       7.4      |       6.0
    Steubenville_Weirton.....................................|       8.9      |       7.0      |       8.3      |       6.5
    Toledo...................................................|       7.2      |       5.0      |       6.3      |       4.5
    Youngstown_Warren........................................|       8.9      |       6.2      |       7.6      |       5.7
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  Oklahoma...................................................|       6.8      |       5.9      |       6.7      |       5.7
    Enid.....................................................|       4.8      |       4.6      |       4.6      |       4.4
    Lawton...................................................|       7.2      |       6.2      |       6.8      |       6.2
    Oklahoma City............................................|       5.6      |       4.8      |       5.3      |       4.6
    Tulsa....................................................|       6.6      |       5.2      |       6.8      |       5.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Oregon.....................................................|       7.0      |       5.9      |       7.0      |       6.0
    Eugene_Springfield.......................................|       7.0      |       6.0      |       7.0      |       6.0
    Medford_Ashland..........................................|       8.1      |       8.0      |       8.3      |       7.9
    Portland_Vancouver1/.....................................|       5.5      |       4.2      |       5.5      |       4.6
    Salem....................................................|       7.2      |       6.4      |       7.0      |       6.2
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  Pennsylvania2/.............................................|       6.7      |       6.5      |       6.1      |       6.4
    Allentown_Bethlehem_Easton...............................|       6.8      |       6.5      |       6.6      |       6.6
    Altoona..................................................|       7.6      |       7.5      |       6.9      |       7.1
    Erie.....................................................|       7.2      |       7.0      |       6.7      |       6.8
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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                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
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  Pennsylvania2/                                             |                |                |                |
    Harrisburg_Lebanon_Carlisle..............................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       4.3      |       4.8
    Johnstown................................................|      10.5      |       9.4      |       9.6      |       9.2
    Lancaster................................................|       5.2      |       4.8      |       4.5      |       4.6
    Philadelphia1/...........................................|       5.9      |       6.0      |       5.7      |       5.8
    Pittsburgh...............................................|       7.0      |       6.7      |       6.2      |       6.6
    Reading..................................................|       5.6      |       5.6      |       5.4      |       5.6
    Scranton_Wilkes_Barre_Hazelton...........................|       8.1      |       7.6      |       7.5      |       7.2
    Sharon...................................................|       8.1      |       6.2      |       7.3      |       6.2
    State College............................................|       5.2      |       4.5      |       4.1      |       4.4
    Williamsport.............................................|       8.7      |       8.3      |       7.6      |       8.7
    York.....................................................|       5.6      |       5.0      |       5.0      |       4.9
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  Rhode Island...............................................|       8.4      |       7.4      |       8.7      |       7.4
    Providence_Fall River_Warwick............................|       8.8      |       8.0      |       8.9      |       7.9
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Carolina.............................................|       7.5      |       5.7      |       7.7      |       5.7
    Charleston_North Charleston..............................|       6.6      |       5.6      |       6.8      |       5.7
    Columbia.................................................|       5.1      |       3.9      |       5.2      |       3.9
    Greenville_Spartanburg_Anderson..........................|       5.3      |       4.1      |       5.5      |       4.2
                                                             |                |                |                |
  South Dakota...............................................|       3.9      |       3.8      |       4.1      |       3.5
    Rapid City...............................................|       4.3      |       3.9      |       4.5      |       3.6
    Sioux Falls..............................................|       2.9      |       3.3      |       3.3      |       2.9
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  Tennessee..................................................|       5.8      |       4.5      |       5.5      |       4.3
    Chattanooga1/............................................|       5.0      |       4.2      |       4.8      |       4.0
    Johnson City_Kingsport_Bristol1/.........................|       6.6      |       4.9      |       6.1      |       4.7
    Knoxville................................................|       5.4      |       4.4      |       5.3      |       4.1
    Memphis1/................................................|       5.5      |       4.4      |       5.0      |       4.0
    Nashville................................................|       4.0      |       3.0      |       3.7      |       2.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Texas2/....................................................|       6.8      |       6.5      |       7.6      |       5.7
    Abilene..................................................|       5.6      |       5.8      |       6.7      |       5.2
    Amarillo.................................................|       4.4      |       4.2      |       5.1      |       4.0
    Austin_San Marcos........................................|       3.8      |       3.5      |       4.0      |       3.0
    Beaumont_Port Arthur.....................................|       9.9      |       9.7      |      10.8      |       8.5
    Brazoria.................................................|       7.2      |       7.5      |       7.7      |       7.0
    Brownsville_Harlingen_San Benito ........................|      14.3      |      12.1      |      14.1      |      10.9
    Bryan_College Station....................................|       3.0      |       3.9      |       3.4      |       3.1
    Corpus Christi...........................................|       9.1      |       8.9      |      10.0      |       8.2
    Dallas...................................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       6.2      |       4.6
    El Paso..................................................|      10.7      |       9.7      |      12.3      |       9.0
    Fort Worth_Arlington.....................................|       6.0      |       5.8      |       6.7      |       4.8
    Galveston_Texas City.....................................|       8.1      |       8.0      |       9.1      |       7.1
    Houston..................................................|       6.5      |       6.1      |       7.3      |       5.5
    Killeen_Temple...........................................|       5.7      |       5.3      |       6.5      |       4.7
    Laredo...................................................|      10.5      |      11.9      |      12.0      |      12.0
    Longview_Marshall........................................|       8.7      |       7.6      |      10.1      |       7.1
    Lubbock..................................................|       4.6      |       4.4      |       5.2      |       4.1
    McAllen_Edinburg_Mission.................................|      20.8      |      20.3      |      22.6      |      16.5
    Odessa_Midland...........................................|       6.8      |       6.6      |       8.0      |       6.0
    San Angelo...............................................|       5.4      |       4.5      |       6.1      |       4.2
    San Antonio..............................................|       5.1      |       4.8      |       5.5      |       4.3
    Sherman_Denison..........................................|       6.7      |       6.0      |       7.4      |       5.3
    Texarkana1/..............................................|       8.9      |       8.1      |      10.1      |       7.4
    Tyler....................................................|       6.2      |       5.6      |       6.8      |       4.9
    Victoria.................................................|       6.1      |       6.6      |       6.7      |       6.0
    Waco.....................................................|       5.1      |       4.9      |       5.5      |       4.3
    Wichita Falls............................................|       5.6      |       5.3      |       6.3      |       4.9
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  Utah.......................................................|       3.6      |       3.7      |       3.8      |       4.1
    Provo_Orem...............................................|       3.0      |       3.1      |       3.2      |       3.4
    Salt Lake City_Odgen.....................................|       3.3      |       3.4      |       3.4      |       3.7
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  Vermont....................................................|       6.3      |       5.4      |       5.9      |       5.2
    Burlington...............................................|       4.9      |       3.8      |       4.6      |       3.7
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Virginia...................................................|       5.5      |       5.1      |       5.4      |       4.5
    Charlottesville..........................................|       4.1      |       3.6      |       4.3      |       2.8
    Danville.................................................|       6.8      |       7.7      |       6.8      |       7.2
    Lynchburg................................................|       5.7      |       4.6      |       5.1      |       4.7
    Norfolk_Virginia Beach_Newport News1/....................|       6.3      |       5.7      |       6.0      |       4.8
    Richmond_Petersburg......................................|       4.9      |       4.4      |       4.8      |       3.8
    Roanoke..................................................|       4.9      |       3.9      |       4.4      |       3.5
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Washington.................................................|       8.1      |       6.9      |       8.2      |       7.2
    Spokane..................................................|       6.7      |       6.3      |       7.1      |       6.6
    Tacoma...................................................|       7.8      |       6.3      |       8.0      |       6.6
    Seattle_Bellevue_Everett.................................|       6.7      |       5.4      |       6.9      |       5.6
                                                             |                |                |                |
  West Virginia..............................................|      11.4      |       8.9      |      11.2      |       9.4
    Charleston...............................................|       8.8      |       6.6      |       8.1      |       6.9
    Huntington_Ashland1/.....................................|       9.9      |       7.7      |       9.4      |       7.8
    Parkersburg_Marietta1/...................................|       9.6      |       7.3      |       9.1      |       8.3
    Wheeling1/...............................................|      11.4      |       7.6      |      10.9      |       7.8
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin..................................................|       5.5      |       4.6      |       5.9      |       4.5
    Appleton_Oshkosh_Neenah..................................|       4.8      |       3.7      |       4.9      |       3.7
    Eau Claire...............................................|       6.3      |       5.4      |       6.8      |       5.1
    Green Bay................................................|       5.0      |       4.1      |       5.3      |       4.1
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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                       |                                 |
                                                              _________________________________ _________________________________
                                                             |                |                |                |
                                                             |      1994      |      1995      |     1994       |    1995p/
                                                             |                |                |                |
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                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wisconsin                                                  |                |                |                |
    Janesville_Beloit........................................|       6.0      |       4.3      |       6.5      |       4.0
    Kenosha..................................................|       5.2      |       4.2      |       5.8      |       4.1
    La Crosse................................................|       4.8      |       4.5      |       5.2      |       4.6
    Madison..................................................|       2.7      |       2.3      |       2.9      |       2.2
    Milwaukee_Waukesha.......................................|       4.6      |       3.7      |       4.8      |       3.7
    Racine...................................................|       6.4      |       5.2      |       7.2      |       5.1
    Sheboygan................................................|       4.2      |       3.0      |       3.9      |       3.2
    Wausau...................................................|       6.1      |       5.9      |       7.3      |       6.4
                                                             |                |                |                |
  Wyoming....................................................|       6.9      |       5.8      |       7.1      |       5.7
    Casper...................................................|       7.9      |       6.0      |       8.3      |       6.0
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     1/  Includes interstate portion of area located in
  adjacent state.
     2/  Data are obtained directly from the Current
  Population Survey.
     p/  = preliminary.
     NOTE:    Data refer to place of residence. All estimates
  are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and
  population information becomes available.