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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

 Technical information:  (202) 606-6392         USDL 94-49
 Media contact:                606-5902         For release:  10:00 A.M. EST
                                                Wednesday, February 2, 1994
 
 
                   UNEMPLOYMENT IN STATES: DECEMBER 1993
 
 
     Unemployment rates were lower in December 1993 than in the prior month
in 24 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 21 states, and
unchanged in 5 states, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The national unemployment rate was 6.4
percent in December, compared with 6.5 percent in November.
 
State Unemployment (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
     The unemployment rate in Louisiana dropped 1.4 percentage points to
7.1 percent in December, reversing its November increase.  Unemployment
rates in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania decreased by about 1 percentage point
over the month.  In contrast, the Rhode Island unemployment rate increased
1.3 percentage points to 8.9 percent in December.  In Georgia and New
Jersey, rates increased about 1 percentage point.
 
     During the course of 1993, the national unemployment rate decreased by
0.9 percentage point.  Over this same period, jobless rates declined in 37
states and the District of Columbia.  Twenty-three states and the District
of Columbia had rate decreases of 1 percentage point or more, with the
largest drops taking place in Massachusetts (2.3 points) and Indiana and
New Hampshire (both 1.8 points).  Only 11 states had increases in their
jobless rates between December 1992 and December 1993, with the largest
increases occurring in South Carolina (1.3 points) and Delaware (1.2
points).
 
     Fifteen states had unemployment rates below 5.0 percent in December
1993.  The lowest rates were in Nebraska (2.3 percent), Iowa and North
Dakota (both 3.6 percent), and Utah (3.7 percent).  Only West Virginia
(10.3 percent), Rhode Island (8.9 percent), and California (8.7 percent)
had rates above 8.5 percent.  (See the map.)
 
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     The Unemployment in States news release for January 1994 will be
issued on March 2, 1994.
 
 
                                  - 2 -
 
                    Planned Changes in State Estimates
 
     Beginning with the release of data for January 1994 in March,
estimates for state labor force data will be revised.  The revision stems
from three factors:  1) The results of a major redesign of the Current
Population Survey (CPS); 2) the implementation of improved regression
models; and 3) the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,
adjusted for the estimated undercount.  The CPS redesign will affect both
the 11 large states, whose estimates come directly from the CPS, and the
remaining 39 states and the District of Columbia, for which estimates are
made using regression techniques in which the CPS data are inputs.  Based
on an intensive period of research and testing, new regression models are
being implemented for the 39 nondirect-use states and the District of
Columbia.  (More information on the regression models is available from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics,
202-606-6405.)  Monthly historical series from 1978 through 1993 will be
replaced with reestimated series based on the new models.  These series
will also be reseasonally adjusted based on recomputed seasonal adjustment
factors.  The introduction of 1990 census-based population figures,
adjusted for the estimated population undercount, affects data for all
states from 1990 forward.
 
     Beginning with the release on March 30 of February data, the
"Unemployment in States" and the "State Employment and Metropolitan Area
Unemployment" news releases will once again be combined, and the title will
be changed back to "State and Metropolitan Area Employment and
Unemployment."
 
 
 
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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                       |  Dec.   |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Dec.   | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  |  Dec.   | Dec.  | Oct.  | Nov.  |  Dec.
                       |  1992   |  1993   |  1993   |  1993p/ | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  |  1993p/ | 1992  | 1993  | 1993  |  1993p/
                       |         |         |         |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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Alabama................|  1,932.2|  1,941.1|  1,963.2|  1,968.8|  135.3|  132.9|  151.4|   142.5 |   7.0 |   6.8 |   7.7 |    7.2
Alaska.................|    263.1|    270.2|    276.0|    270.5|   22.0|   20.2|   19.2|    20.0 |   8.4 |   7.5 |   6.9 |    7.4
Arizona................|  1,742.2|  1,773.7|  1,739.0|  1,762.0|  126.5|  107.9|  103.6|   100.0 |   7.3 |   6.1 |   6.0 |    5.7
Arkansas...............|  1,121.7|  1,164.9|  1,164.8|  1,155.6|   82.9|   72.4|   76.9|    66.8 |   7.4 |   6.2 |   6.6 |    5.8
Colorado...............|  1,770.0|  1,839.6|  1,827.9|  1,849.0|   99.2|   94.4|   88.5|    76.5 |   5.6 |   5.1 |   4.8 |    4.1
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Connecticut............|  1,785.9|  1,770.3|  1,728.5|  1,740.1|  132.7|  104.1|  108.7|   102.7 |   7.4 |   5.9 |   6.3 |    5.9
Delaware...............|    376.3|    383.3|    382.0|    383.6|   17.7|   21.1|   23.3|    22.6 |   4.7 |   5.5 |   6.1 |    5.9
District of Columbia...|    268.0|    272.9|    270.9|    272.6|   23.7|   21.1|   21.7|    20.6 |   8.8 |   7.7 |   8.0 |    7.5
Georgia................|  3,253.7|  3,338.6|  3,345.6|  3,372.5|  216.7|  181.9|  188.7|   224.3 |   6.7 |   5.4 |   5.6 |    6.7
Hawaii.................|    577.5|    579.8|    578.6|    574.3|   27.6|   22.7|   23.5|    23.7 |   4.8 |   3.9 |   4.1 |    4.1
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Idaho..................|    520.4|    538.7|    537.0|    539.1|   32.2|   31.2|   29.3|    31.6 |   6.2 |   5.8 |   5.5 |    5.9
Indiana................|  2,826.5|  2,997.7|  3,005.9|  2,993.1|  181.9|  128.1|  148.0|   138.5 |   6.4 |   4.3 |   4.9 |    4.6
Iowa...................|  1,555.3|  1,603.6|  1,590.7|  1,588.8|   67.0|   53.9|   55.7|    57.4 |   4.3 |   3.4 |   3.5 |    3.6
Kansas.................|  1,331.0|  1,353.9|  1,346.3|  1,345.2|   56.2|   65.3|   62.3|    64.1 |   4.2 |   4.8 |   4.6 |    4.8
Kentucky...............|  1,757.9|  1,764.0|  1,737.3|  1,742.6|  113.8|  116.3|  103.7|    98.8 |   6.5 |   6.6 |   6.0 |    5.7
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Louisiana..............|  1,886.3|  1,867.1|  1,893.0|  1,881.4|  153.8|  140.3|  160.6|   134.3 |   8.2 |   7.5 |   8.5 |    7.1
Maine..................|    659.9|    660.5|    649.8|    640.0|   47.6|   51.3|   53.0|    50.0 |   7.2 |   7.8 |   8.2 |    7.8
Maryland...............|  2,641.4|  2,657.3|  2,651.5|  2,670.7|  164.6|  167.7|  147.1|   148.4 |   6.2 |   6.3 |   5.5 |    5.6
Minnesota..............|  2,467.4|  2,462.0|  2,489.3|  2,496.7|  121.3|  125.2|  110.3|   110.7 |   4.9 |   5.1 |   4.4 |    4.4
Mississippi............|  1,179.9|  1,209.3|  1,209.6|  1,213.2|   81.1|   71.1|   73.5|    75.7 |   6.9 |   5.9 |   6.1 |    6.2
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Missouri...............|  2,660.7|  2,750.4|  2,715.3|  2,685.3|  145.7|  154.7|  158.4|   160.1 |   5.5 |   5.6 |   5.8 |    6.0
Montana................|    409.5|    417.0|    415.5|    408.1|   26.2|   24.4|   22.6|    21.3 |   6.4 |   5.9 |   5.4 |    5.2
Nebraska...............|    847.5|    872.9|    885.1|    888.0|   23.8|   21.1|   19.2|    20.3 |   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.2 |    2.3
Nevada.................|    680.3|    711.3|    713.7|    714.2|   42.6|   52.6|   51.8|    47.8 |   6.3 |   7.4 |   7.3 |    6.7
New Hampshire..........|    641.3|    649.8|    651.1|    638.1|   46.3|   41.5|   35.5|    34.8 |   7.2 |   6.4 |   5.4 |    5.4
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New Mexico.............|    721.5|    743.8|    742.0|    744.0|   43.5|   55.1|   55.5|    52.2 |   6.0 |   7.4 |   7.5 |    7.0
North Dakota...........|    313.6|    317.5|    322.4|    325.7|   14.4|   12.8|   11.5|    11.9 |   4.6 |   4.0 |   3.6 |    3.6
Oklahoma...............|  1,540.6|  1,528.9|  1,552.8|  1,548.4|   82.4|   91.0|   94.9|    77.6 |   5.4 |   5.9 |   6.1 |    5.0
Oregon.................|  1,536.5|  1,593.2|  1,624.2|  1,611.3|  112.1|  111.7|  107.0|   106.7 |   7.3 |   7.0 |   6.6 |    6.6
Rhode Island...........|    523.4|    517.2|    518.9|    525.1|   41.7|   37.8|   39.4|    46.8 |   8.0 |   7.3 |   7.6 |    8.9
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South Carolina.........|  1,790.7|  1,812.9|  1,794.6|  1,791.9|  102.8|  128.4|  119.9|   124.9 |   5.7 |   7.1 |   6.7 |    7.0
South Dakota...........|    364.5|    366.2|    365.6|    361.9|   11.3|   11.8|   14.2|    14.4 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.9 |    4.0
Tennessee..............|  2,472.8|  2,502.8|  2,522.1|  2,511.4|  149.3|  130.2|  129.5|   116.3 |   6.0 |   5.2 |   5.1 |    4.6
Utah...................|    814.9|    856.9|    868.2|    868.3|   43.5|   28.1|   30.1|    32.1 |   5.3 |   3.3 |   3.5 |    3.7
Vermont................|    325.0|    328.3|    327.0|    325.1|   19.5|   15.4|   14.6|    14.2 |   6.0 |   4.7 |   4.5 |    4.4
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Virginia...............|  3,330.8|  3,302.4|  3,304.7|  3,328.9|  197.8|  183.9|  163.4|   139.0 |   5.9 |   5.6 |   4.9 |    4.2
Washington.............|  2,577.7|  2,714.4|  2,677.2|  2,754.4|  201.4|  203.9|  185.3|   177.4 |   7.8 |   7.5 |   6.9 |    6.4
West Virginia..........|    762.3|    779.3|    773.1|    773.8|   80.2|   79.5|   76.8|    80.0 |  10.5 |  10.2 |   9.9 |   10.3
Wisconsin..............|  2,690.6|  2,681.2|  2,694.9|  2,742.9|  124.2|  112.9|  125.6|   125.0 |   4.6 |   4.2 |   4.7 |    4.6
Wyoming................|    238.1|    240.9|    240.4|    243.1|   11.5|   12.0|   11.7|    12.4 |   4.8 |   5.0 |   4.9 |    5.1
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                       |                     Estimates derived directly from the Current Population Survey 1/
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California.............| 15,365.5| 15,378.0| 15,227.6| 15,294.3|1,503.0|1,500.4|1,309.7| 1,325.0 |   9.8 |   9.8 |   8.6 |    8.7
Florida................|  6,586.1|  6,619.9|  6,761.8|  6,834.8|  476.9|  467.3|  438.4|   478.1 |   7.2 |   7.1 |   6.5 |    7.0
Illinois...............|  6,205.2|  6,090.8|  6,135.6|  6,192.3|  431.8|  472.6|  360.9|   345.9 |   7.0 |   7.8 |   5.9 |    5.6
Massachusetts..........|  3,139.3|  3,179.5|  3,157.9|  3,136.1|  271.2|  220.5|  207.4|   197.1 |   8.6 |   6.9 |   6.6 |    6.3
Michigan...............|  4,608.5|  4,692.0|  4,657.6|  4,700.2|  369.4|  321.8|  326.3|   350.6 |   8.0 |   6.9 |   7.0 |    7.5
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New Jersey.............|  4,008.2|  3,937.1|  4,007.5|  3,979.5|  331.9|  255.9|  248.6|   281.1 |   8.3 |   6.5 |   6.2 |    7.1
New York...............|  8,583.9|  8,511.9|  8,473.6|  8,460.0|  725.7|  669.1|  638.9|   646.1 |   8.5 |   7.9 |   7.5 |    7.6
North Carolina.........|  3,521.4|  3,492.5|  3,496.8|  3,511.8|  196.9|  169.0|  136.7|   143.7 |   5.6 |   4.8 |   3.9 |    4.1
Ohio...................|  5,438.6|  5,453.3|  5,491.2|  5,562.6|  395.2|  357.7|  359.3|   346.6 |   7.3 |   6.6 |   6.5 |    6.2
Pennsylvania...........|  6,030.6|  6,015.0|  6,024.7|  6,020.2|  442.2|  422.4|  433.5|   377.9 |   7.3 |   7.0 |   7.2 |    6.3
Texas..................|  8,798.4|  9,093.0|  9,091.0|  8,993.7|  674.1|  680.6|  623.5|   580.1 |   7.7 |   7.5 |   6.9 |    6.4
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Puerto Rico............|  1,117.9|  1,142.9|  1,151.7|  1,151.7|  178.7|  196.9|  192.1|   186.0 |  16.0 |  17.2 |  16.7 |   16.2
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      1/  Published earlier in The Employment Situation               Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              similar to the Current Population Survey. All estimates are
      p/  = preliminary.                                              subject to revision. See the Technical Note.
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for
 
 
 
 
 
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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                       |     November      |     December      |   November    |    December     |   November    |    December
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                       |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   | 1993p/  | 1992  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993p/  | 1992  | 1993  | 1992  | 1993p/
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                       |            Indirect estimates developed through Local Area Unemployment Statistics methodology
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Alabama................|  1,942.3|  1,958.0|  1,925.4|  1,960.0|  119.3|  136.6|  128.3|   134.0 |   6.1 |   7.0 |   6.7 |    6.8
Alaska.................|    258.5|    270.4|    257.5|    264.4|   22.6|   18.9|   22.5|    20.4 |   8.7 |   7.0 |   8.7 |    7.7
Arizona................|  1,740.6|  1,746.1|  1,745.0|  1,766.7|  121.4|   99.2|  125.0|    99.6 |   7.0 |   5.7 |   7.2 |    5.6
Arkansas...............|  1,120.7|  1,160.4|  1,108.8|  1,139.1|   77.3|   72.2|   82.5|    68.0 |   6.9 |   6.2 |   7.4 |    6.0
Colorado...............|  1,764.0|  1,822.5|  1,778.6|  1,855.4|   90.8|   78.4|   94.6|    71.3 |   5.1 |   4.3 |   5.3 |    3.8
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Connecticut............|  1,786.3|  1,727.0|  1,767.1|  1,728.0|  125.9|  100.7|  124.4|    97.1 |   7.0 |   5.8 |   7.0 |    5.6
Delaware...............|    374.3|    380.9|    375.3|    383.0|   13.6|   19.3|   15.3|    20.1 |   3.6 |   5.1 |   4.1 |    5.3
District of Columbia...|    265.7|    266.8|    264.1|    267.9|   23.8|   21.6|   22.5|    19.7 |   9.0 |   8.1 |   8.5 |    7.3
Georgia................|  3,281.5|  3,361.3|  3,262.4|  3,377.6|  216.4|  176.0|  190.1|   197.9 |   6.6 |   5.2 |   5.8 |    5.9
Hawaii.................|    578.8|    580.0|    579.0|    576.8|   28.7|   23.2|   25.7|    21.9 |   5.0 |   4.0 |   4.4 |    3.8
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Idaho..................|    520.1|    535.5|    515.9|    535.1|   30.7|   26.5|   31.8|    30.8 |   5.9 |   4.9 |   6.2 |    5.8
Indiana................|  2,806.0|  2,979.5|  2,796.2|  2,959.7|  178.7|  142.7|  183.2|   143.4 |   6.4 |   4.8 |   6.6 |    4.8
Iowa...................|  1,558.0|  1,595.0|  1,550.0|  1,581.6|   59.4|   50.1|   63.0|    54.0 |   3.8 |   3.1 |   4.1 |    3.4
Kansas.................|  1,320.4|  1,336.7|  1,320.9|  1,334.1|   52.3|   57.9|   53.0|    59.4 |   4.0 |   4.3 |   4.0 |    4.5
Kentucky...............|  1,756.1|  1,740.6|  1,753.7|  1,736.5|  103.5|   94.6|  109.2|    94.1 |   5.9 |   5.4 |   6.2 |    5.4
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Louisiana..............|  1,897.2|  1,890.1|  1,857.3|  1,854.2|  137.9|  147.7|  141.1|   123.3 |   7.3 |   7.8 |   7.6 |    6.7
Maine..................|    656.1|    643.1|    655.5|    636.6|   46.3|   51.6|   47.8|    49.6 |   7.1 |   8.0 |   7.3 |    7.8
Maryland...............|  2,608.7|  2,641.8|  2,618.7|  2,654.8|  164.6|  144.8|  163.4|   147.8 |   6.3 |   5.5 |   6.2 |    5.6
Minnesota..............|  2,445.9|  2,486.5|  2,455.3|  2,482.2|  119.9|   99.0|  121.2|   108.0 |   4.9 |   4.0 |   4.9 |    4.4
Mississippi............|  1,178.7|  1,200.1|  1,174.3|  1,206.5|   71.1|   59.5|   72.4|    66.7 |   6.0 |   5.0 |   6.2 |    5.5
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Missouri...............|  2,676.5|  2,707.6|  2,650.7|  2,681.9|  127.3|  148.1|  139.5|   148.5 |   4.8 |   5.5 |   5.3 |    5.5
Montana................|    410.6|    413.7|    408.3|    407.8|   24.8|   23.9|   27.7|    22.5 |   6.0 |   5.8 |   6.8 |    5.5
Nebraska...............|    846.1|    880.6|    839.2|    876.4|   20.7|   16.8|   22.0|    18.2 |   2.4 |   1.9 |   2.6 |    2.1
Nevada.................|    686.3|    716.9|    681.0|    715.0|   42.0|   48.8|   40.8|    45.5 |   6.1 |   6.8 |   6.0 |    6.4
New Hampshire..........|    645.3|    652.2|    644.3|    642.4|   47.3|   34.4|   45.6|    34.2 |   7.3 |   5.3 |   7.1 |    5.3
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New Mexico.............|    727.3|    741.1|    718.4|    740.3|   41.8|   50.0|   39.6|    47.6 |   5.8 |   6.8 |   5.5 |    6.4
North Dakota...........|    309.4|    317.9|    307.0|    318.8|   13.4|   10.5|   13.8|    11.2 |   4.3 |   3.3 |   4.5 |    3.5
Oklahoma...............|  1,532.2|  1,546.6|  1,532.0|  1,542.4|   71.5|   87.3|   81.1|    74.6 |   4.7 |   5.6 |   5.3 |    4.8
Oregon.................|  1,539.5|  1,618.2|  1,520.2|  1,596.1|  104.7|   99.0|  107.5|   102.0 |   6.8 |   6.1 |   7.1 |    6.4
Rhode Island...........|    526.4|    518.0|    521.7|    521.9|   41.7|   37.1|   38.1|    42.7 |   7.9 |   7.2 |   7.3 |    8.2
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South Carolina.........|  1,766.8|  1,782.9|  1,773.6|  1,772.5|  101.2|  113.6|   96.6|   116.6 |   5.7 |   6.4 |   5.4 |    6.6
South Dakota...........|    365.2|    365.2|    362.2|    359.8|    9.6|   12.8|   10.6|    13.4 |   2.6 |   3.5 |   2.9 |    3.7
Tennessee..............|  2,470.6|  2,530.8|  2,464.9|  2,506.2|  131.7|  112.1|  140.7|   106.6 |   5.3 |   4.4 |   5.7 |    4.3
Utah...................|    818.6|    872.3|    819.6|    872.7|   39.8|   29.1|   40.4|    30.6 |   4.9 |   3.3 |   4.9 |    3.5
Vermont................|    329.2|    327.7|    326.2|    326.3|   19.4|   13.5|   19.3|    13.7 |   5.9 |   4.1 |   5.9 |    4.2
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Virginia...............|  3,313.8|  3,279.8|  3,314.2|  3,303.3|  197.0|  160.4|  189.9|   135.8 |   5.9 |   4.9 |   5.7 |    4.1
Washington.............|  2,604.3|  2,653.2|  2,564.4|  2,743.2|  208.4|  183.6|  208.0|   184.6 |   8.0 |   6.9 |   8.1 |    6.7
West Virginia..........|    758.2|    769.4|    763.6|    772.2|   74.8|   71.2|   79.3|    77.8 |   9.9 |   9.3 |  10.4 |   10.1
Wisconsin..............|  2,684.7|  2,698.4|  2,683.7|  2,733.8|  103.5|  113.6|  116.3|   116.0 |   3.9 |   4.2 |   4.3 |    4.2
Wyoming................|    235.9|    237.0|    235.3|    239.8|   11.1|   10.9|   12.1|    12.6 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   5.1 |    5.2
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California.............| 15,309.0| 15,268.7| 15,311.0| 15,277.4|1,510.5|1,314.3|1,425.1| 1,271.7 |   9.9 |   8.6 |   9.3 |    8.3
Florida................|  6,569.9|  6,743.3|  6,540.1|  6,766.2|  476.1|  408.4|  411.5|   408.9 |   7.2 |   6.1 |   6.3 |    6.0
Illinois...............|  6,108.8|  6,124.5|  6,177.1|  6,174.2|  387.4|  341.7|  447.3|   361.0 |   6.3 |   5.6 |   7.2 |    5.8
Massachusetts..........|  3,112.6|  3,139.8|  3,135.3|  3,131.5|  257.1|  192.1|  248.0|   181.3 |   8.3 |   6.1 |   7.9 |    5.8
Michigan...............|  4,634.8|  4,670.3|  4,611.3|  4,704.1|  340.0|  304.6|  330.6|   320.1 |   7.3 |   6.5 |   7.2 |    6.8
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New Jersey.............|  3,960.4|  3,978.0|  4,008.8|  3,983.3|  331.0|  236.6|  312.8|   267.1 |   8.4 |   5.9 |   7.8 |    6.7
New York...............|  8,509.1|  8,441.6|  8,539.9|  8,407.1|  664.3|  610.8|  694.8|   628.3 |   7.8 |   7.2 |   8.1 |    7.5
North Carolina.........|  3,546.6|  3,516.7|  3,493.5|  3,486.2|  206.8|  137.1|  183.7|   131.7 |   5.8 |   3.9 |   5.3 |    3.8
Ohio...................|  5,417.4|  5,491.3|  5,405.5|  5,516.3|  369.3|  325.2|  381.2|   338.8 |   6.8 |   5.9 |   7.1 |    6.1
Pennsylvania...........|  6,085.0|  6,063.2|  5,995.4|  5,996.6|  412.4|  406.2|  406.7|   346.1 |   6.8 |   6.7 |   6.8 |    5.8
Texas..................|  8,727.0|  9,071.1|  8,762.4|  8,970.9|  670.7|  629.3|  650.4|   566.0 |   7.7 |   6.9 |   7.4 |    6.3
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Puerto Rico............|  1,134.1|  1,157.0|  1,115.5|  1,145.9|  177.1|  184.4|  167.1|   171.8 |  15.6 |  15.9 |  15.0 |   15.0
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      1/  Published earlier in The Employment Situation               Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey
   news release, except for Puerto Rico.                              similar to the Current Population Survey. All estimates are
      p/  = preliminary.                                              subject to revision. See the Technical Note.
      NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for