For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, June 27, 2012 USDL-12-1289 

Technical information: 

Employment: (202) 691-6559 • sminfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/sae 

Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 • lausinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/lau 

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT — MAY 2012 

Unemployment rates were lower in May than a year earlier in 331 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher 

in 32 areas, and unchanged in 9 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Five areas 

recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 29 areas registered rates of less than 5.0 percent. 

Two hundred sixty-six metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll 

employment, 101 reported decreases, and 5 had no change. The national unemployment rate in May was 

7.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 8.7 percent a year earlier. 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In May, 45 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent, down from 84 areas a year 

earlier, while 140 areas posted rates below 7.0 percent, up from 96 areas in May of last year. Yuma, 

Ariz., and El Centro, Calif., recorded the highest unemployment rates in May, 28.9 and 26.8 percent, 

respectively. Bismarck, N.D., registered the lowest unemployment rate, 2.5 percent, followed by Fargo, 

N.D.-Minn., 3.0 percent. A total of 215 areas recorded May unemployment rates below the U.S. figure 

of 7.9 percent, 153 areas reported rates above it, and 4 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. (See 

table 1 and the map.) 

The largest over-the-year unemployment rate decrease in May was registered in Mansfield, Ohio (-2.4 

percentage points). An additional 12 areas had decreases of 2.0 percentage points or more. KennewickPasco-Richland, Wash., reported the largest over-the-year jobless rate increase (+1.5 percentage points). 

Three other areas had increases of at least 1.0 percentage point from a year earlier. 

Employment Data Corrections 

This news release contains corrections to previously released employment data for 2011 in tables 3 and 

4. 

 

A complete listing of corrections in this news release and in the CES (state and area) database can be 

found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm. 
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Among the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million or more, the highest 

unemployment rates in May were registered in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., and Riverside-San 

Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., 11.8 percent each. Three additional large areas posted rates of 10.0 percent 

or more. The lowest jobless rate among the large areas was recorded in Oklahoma City, Okla., 4.5 

percent. Forty-five of the large areas reported over-the-year unemployment rate decreases, while four 

areas registered increases. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla., and Tampa-St. PetersburgClearwater, Fla., experienced the largest unemployment rate declines from May 2011 (-2.0 percentage 

points each). Twenty-five other large areas reported rate decreases of at least 1.0 percentage point. The 

largest over-the-year rate increase was recorded in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. (+0.9 percentage point). 

Metropolitan Division Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Eleven of the most populous metropolitan areas are made up of 34 metropolitan divisions, which are 

essentially separately identifiable employment centers. In May 2012, Los Angeles-Long BeachGlendale, Calif., and Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., registered the highest jobless rates among the 

divisions, 11.1 and 11.0 percent, respectively. Framingham, Mass., reported the lowest division rate, 4.3 

percent. (See table 2.) 

Thirty of the metropolitan divisions recorded over-the-year jobless rate decreases in May, while three 

registered increases and one had no change. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla., posted the largest rate 

decline from a year earlier (-2.5 percentage points). An additional 17 divisions had decreases of at least 

1.0 percentage point. New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J., reported the largest unemployment 

rate increase over the year (+0.8 percentage point). 

In 6 of the 11 metropolitan areas that contain divisions, the ranges between the highest and lowest 

division jobless rates were 2.0 percentage points or more in May. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-

N.H., recorded the largest rate difference among its divisions, 5.6 percentage points (LawrenceMethuen-Salem, Mass.-N.H., 9.9 percent, compared with Framingham, Mass., 4.3 percent). 

Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

In May, 266 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 101 

reported decreases, and 5 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increase occurred in 

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+107,800), followed by Houston-Sugar 

Land-Baytown, Texas (+88,000), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (+63,800), and DallasFort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+52,600). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment was 

reported in Lafayette, La. (+10.5 percent), followed by Columbus, Ind. (+9.4 percent), Odessa, Texas 

(+8.5 percent), and Gainesville, Ga. (+8.2 percent). (See table 3.) 

The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. 

(-5,700), Dalton, Ga. (-5,200), and Fort Smith, Ark.-Okla. (-5,000). The largest over-the-year percentage 

decrease in employment was reported in Dalton, Ga. (-7.7 percent), followed by Ithaca, N.Y. (-4.6 

percent), and Fort Smith, Ark.-Okla. (-4.3 percent). 

Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 34 of the 37 metropolitan areas with annual average 

employment levels above 750,000 in 2011. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment 

in these large metropolitan areas was posted in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (+3.5 percent), 

and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+3.4 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage 

decreases in employment occurred in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis., and St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. 
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(-0.3 percent each). 

Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 

Nonfarm payroll employment data were available in May 2012 for 32 metropolitan divisions, which are 

essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a metropolitan area. Twenty-five of the 32 

metropolitan divisions reported over-the-year employment gains, while 7 reported losses. The largest 

over-the-year increases in the metropolitan divisions occurred in New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-

N.J. (+89,500), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (+39,100), and Los AngelesLong Beach-Glendale, Calif. (+38,000). The largest over-the-year decreases in the metropolitan 

divisions were in Gary, Ind. (-3,300), and Nashua, N.H.-Mass. (-2,400). (See table 4.) 

The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions was 

reported in Peabody, Mass. (+3.7 percent), followed by Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. 

(+3.2 percent), San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (+2.8 percent), and Lowell-BillericaChelmsford, Mass.-N.H. (+2.6 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment 

occurred in Nashua, N.H.-Mass. (-1.9 percent), and Gary, Ind. (-1.2 percent). 

_____________________ 

The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for June is scheduled to be 

released on Friday, July 20, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Metropolitan Area Employment and 

Unemployment news release for June is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 

at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). 
Technical Note 

This release presents labor force and unemployment data 

from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program 

(tables 1 and 2) for 372 metropolitan statistical areas and 

metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), 

plus 8 areas in Puerto Rico. Estimates for 34 metropolitan and 

NECTA divisions also are presented. Nonfarm payroll 

employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics 

(CES) program (tables 3 and 4) are provided for most of the 

same areas. State estimates were previously published in the 

news release, Regional and State Employment and 

Unemployment, and are republished in this release for ease of 

reference. The LAUS and CES programs are both federal-state 

cooperative endeavors. 

Labor force and unemployment—from the LAUS 

program 

Definitions. The labor force and unemployment data are 

based on the same concepts and definitions as those used for the 

official national estimates obtained from the Current Population 

Survey (CPS), a sample survey of households that is conducted 

for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the 

U.S. Census Bureau. The LAUS program measures 

employment and unemployment on a place-of-residence basis. 

The universe for each is the civilian noninstitutional population 

16 years of age and over. Employed persons are those who did 

any work at all for pay or profit in the reference week (the week 

including the 12th of the month) or worked 15 hours or more 

without pay in a family business or farm, plus those not working 

who had a job from which they were temporarily absent, 

whether or not paid, for such reasons as labor-management 

dispute, illness, or vacation. Unemployed persons are those who 

were not employed during the reference week (based on the 

definition above), had actively looked for a job sometime in the 

4-week period ending with the reference week, and were 

currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall 

need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The 

labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. 

The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a 

percent of the labor force. 

Method of estimation. Estimates for states, the District of 

Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan 

division, and New York City are produced using time-series 

models with real-time benchmarking to national CPS totals. 

Model-based estimation was extended to the following areas 

and their respective balances of state in 2005: the ChicagoJoliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division; Cleveland-ElyriaMentor, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area; Detroit-WarrenLivonia, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area; Miami-Miami 

Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division; New OrleansMetairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area; and SeattleBellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division. (Model-based 

estimation of the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner metropolitan 

area was suspended following Hurricane Katrina; the indirect 

estimation methods described below will be used for this area 

until further notice.) Modeling improves the statistical basis of 

the estimation for these areas and provides important tools for 

analysis, such as measures of errors and seasonally adjusted 

series. For all other substate areas in this release, estimates are 

prepared through indirect estimation procedures using a 

building-block approach. Employment estimates, which are 

based largely on “place of work” estimates from the CES 

program, are adjusted to refer to place of residence as used in 

the CPS. Unemployment estimates are aggregates of persons 

previously employed in industries covered by state 

unemployment insurance (UI) laws and entrants to the labor 

force data from the CPS. The substate estimates of employment 

and unemployment, which geographically exhaust the entire 

state, are adjusted proportionally to ensure that they add to the 

independently estimated state or balance-of-state totals. A 

detailed description of the estimation procedures is available 

from BLS upon request. 

Annual revisions. Labor force and unemployment data shown 

for the prior year reflect adjustments made at the end of each 

year, usually implemented with January estimates. The adjusted 

model-based estimates reflect updated population data from the 

U.S. Census Bureau, any revisions in the other data sources, and 

model reestimation. All substate estimates are reestimated and 

adjusted to add to the revised model-based estimates. 

Employment—from the CES program 

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment 

payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that 

includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their 

place of work rather than at their place of residence; those 

appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. 

Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in 

accordance with the 2007 version of the North American 

Industry Classification System. 

Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated 

using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio (link relative) 

of current-month employment to that of the previous month is 

computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both 

months. The estimates of employment for the current month are 

obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by 

these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official 

estimators for the approximately 39 percent of CES published 

series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based 

estimates. 

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted 

annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, 

derived principally from tax reports that are submitted by 

employers who are covered under state unemployment 

insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to 

adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and 

the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment 

for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process 

establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to 

measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the 

subsequent months. 
Reliability of the estimates 

The estimates presented in this release are based on sample 

surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject 

to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a 

measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs 

by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is 

surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, 

such as those which can be introduced into the data collection 

and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from 

sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from 

the particular estimation processes used. The sums of individual 

items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables 

because of rounding. Unemployment rates are computed from 

unrounded data and thus may differ slightly from rates 

computed using the rounded data displayed in the tables. 

Labor force and unemployment estimates. Modelbased error measures are available for states on the Internet at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lastderr.htm. Measures of nonsampling error 

are not available, but additional information on the subject is 

provided in Employment and Earnings Online at 

www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. 

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for 

state CES data at the supersector level are available online at 

www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent 

benchmark revisions is available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Area definitions 

The substate area data published in this release reflect the 

standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget on December 1, 2009. Data reflect 

New England City and Town Area (NECTA) definitions, rather 

than county-based definitions, in the six New England States. A 

detailed list of the geographic definitions is available at 

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. 

Additional information 

More complete information on the technical procedures used to 

develop these estimates and additional data appear in 

Employment and Earnings Online. 

Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force and 

unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions, and 

seven substate areas are available in the news release, Regional 

and State Employment and Unemployment. Estimates of labor 

force and unemployment for all states, metropolitan areas, labor 

market areas, counties, cities with a population of 25,000 or 

more, and other areas used in the administration of various 

federal economic assistance programs are available on the 

Internet at www.bls.gov/lau/. Employment data from the CES 

program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/. 

Information in this release will be made available to sensory 

impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Alabama ............................................................... 2,187.0 2,121.8 2,195.5 2,150.5 189.1 140.9 194.6 161.0 8.6 6.6 8.9 7.5

Anniston-Oxford ................................................ 54.1 51.8 54.1 52.7 4.9 3.6 5.0 4.2 9.0 6.9 9.3 7.9

Auburn-Opelika ................................................. 67.5 65.9 67.8 66.5 4.8 3.7 5.1 4.3 7.1 5.6 7.5 6.5

Birmingham-Hoover .......................................... 528.5 514.0 530.7 519.1 42.3 30.3 43.5 35.1 8.0 5.9 8.2 6.8

Decatur ............................................................. 73.3 72.0 73.5 72.2 6.4 4.8 6.4 5.4 8.7 6.7 8.7 7.5

Dothan .............................................................. 64.7 62.8 64.9 64.3 5.1 3.9 5.2 4.5 7.8 6.2 8.1 7.0

Florence-Muscle Shoals ................................... 69.7 68.8 69.9 70.4 5.7 4.2 5.7 4.8 8.1 6.1 8.1 6.8

Gadsden ........................................................... 45.7 44.9 45.9 45.2 3.9 2.9 4.1 3.3 8.6 6.4 9.0 7.3

Huntsville .......................................................... 214.1 206.3 214.2 207.4 15.4 11.7 16.0 13.5 7.2 5.7 7.5 6.5

Mobile ............................................................... 192.4 187.4 193.9 189.6 18.9 14.3 19.3 16.2 9.8 7.6 9.9 8.5

Montgomery ...................................................... 172.1 165.2 172.6 168.1 14.7 11.1 15.1 12.7 8.6 6.7 8.8 7.6

Tuscaloosa ....................................................... 102.4 99.2 102.2 98.7 8.1 7.0 9.0 7.2 8.0 7.1 8.8 7.3

Alaska .................................................................. 362.3 362.9 366.9 367.1 27.9 26.2 26.8 26.0 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.1

Anchorage ........................................................ 200.1 198.8 199.7 198.5 13.7 12.5 13.2 12.4 6.8 6.3 6.6 6.2

Fairbanks .......................................................... 46.4 46.9 47.9 46.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.3

Arizona ................................................................ 3,039.4 2,980.9 3,028.4 3,026.8 278.0 223.9 277.0 248.3 9.1 7.5 9.1 8.2

Flagstaff ............................................................ 72.8 71.0 74.0 71.9 6.6 5.2 6.3 5.5 9.0 7.3 8.5 7.7

Lake Havasu City-Kingman .............................. 89.1 84.5 88.2 85.8 9.4 7.4 9.3 8.2 10.5 8.8 10.5 9.5

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale ................................... 2,041.0 2,007.8 2,027.6 2,034.7 168.1 131.8 166.0 145.5 8.2 6.6 8.2 7.2

Prescott ............................................................ 92.3 89.7 92.7 91.7 9.0 7.1 8.9 7.8 9.7 7.9 9.5 8.5

Tucson .............................................................. 466.7 455.9 465.6 461.6 37.4 30.0 37.1 33.2 8.0 6.6 8.0 7.2

Yuma ................................................................ 89.1 86.7 90.8 91.7 24.5 22.6 26.8 26.5 27.5 26.0 29.5 28.9

Arkansas ............................................................. 1,370.9 1,385.9 1,372.9 1,392.4 105.9 95.7 108.4 102.2 7.7 6.9 7.9 7.3

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers ........................ 231.6 240.8 232.8 240.8 13.6 12.7 14.2 13.7 5.9 5.3 6.1 5.7

Fort Smith ......................................................... 133.9 128.0 134.0 128.9 10.9 9.4 11.2 9.9 8.2 7.3 8.3 7.7

Hot Springs ....................................................... 42.9 42.4 42.4 42.3 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.3 7.9 7.2 8.3 7.8

Jonesboro ......................................................... 58.9 59.8 59.3 59.7 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.2 7.4 6.5 7.6 7.0

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway ............... 348.5 349.0 347.4 350.3 23.2 21.6 24.1 23.3 6.7 6.2 6.9 6.7

Pine Bluff .......................................................... 44.6 44.4 44.3 44.8 4.4 3.8 4.4 4.1 9.8 8.7 10.0 9.2

California ............................................................. 18,293.2 18,367.3 18,302.9 18,431.2 2,108.2 1,931.0 2,093.1 1,912.2 11.5 10.5 11.4 10.4

Bakersfield-Delano ........................................... 375.4 377.9 382.4 384.3 58.2 55.0 55.7 52.2 15.5 14.5 14.6 13.6

Chico ................................................................ 102.0 101.0 101.3 101.0 13.6 12.6 13.3 12.3 13.4 12.5 13.1 12.2

El Centro ........................................................... 76.5 78.1 77.5 77.9 22.3 21.9 22.5 20.9 29.2 28.1 29.0 26.8

Fresno .............................................................. 442.4 443.8 444.9 450.6 74.2 70.0 71.1 67.3 16.8 15.8 16.0 14.9

Hanford-Corcoran ............................................. 60.9 62.1 60.5 62.6 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.3 16.6 15.6 15.7 14.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ............... 6,508.0 6,467.4 6,493.0 6,492.2 713.0 654.8 723.1 660.5 11.0 10.1 11.1 10.2

Madera-Chowchilla ........................................... 64.6 64.0 65.9 65.3 10.6 9.9 9.9 9.4 16.3 15.5 15.0 14.3

Merced .............................................................. 109.2 108.6 108.7 109.1 20.8 20.1 19.6 18.9 19.1 18.5 18.0 17.3

Modesto ............................................................ 235.4 233.1 235.5 234.8 40.8 38.0 39.5 36.6 17.3 16.3 16.8 15.6

Napa ................................................................. 74.9 74.9 77.2 77.4 6.9 6.2 6.5 5.8 9.3 8.3 8.4 7.5

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura ..................... 437.9 440.3 437.6 440.4 41.8 38.3 41.6 38.1 9.5 8.7 9.5 8.6

Redding ............................................................ 82.1 84.9 82.2 85.2 12.6 11.4 12.0 10.9 15.4 13.4 14.6 12.7

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario ................... 1,788.6 1,796.8 1,782.7 1,794.3 233.1 210.8 233.1 212.1 13.0 11.7 13.1 11.8

Sacramento—Arden-Arcade—Roseville .......... 1,037.8 1,034.9 1,035.8 1,033.8 121.5 108.8 120.6 107.7 11.7 10.5 11.6 10.4

Salinas .............................................................. 220.6 230.5 226.4 235.0 27.2 26.6 24.3 23.3 12.3 11.5 10.7 9.9

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos ..................... 1,571.8 1,582.6 1,572.5 1,584.0 152.7 138.6 153.3 139.1 9.7 8.8 9.8 8.8

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ..................... 2,249.6 2,284.4 2,247.2 2,281.7 208.7 185.8 208.0 186.2 9.3 8.1 9.3 8.2

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara .................... 914.9 938.0 913.6 937.6 89.8 79.1 89.3 78.8 9.8 8.4 9.8 8.4

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles .......................... 138.3 140.6 139.4 142.3 12.4 11.2 12.3 11.1 9.0 7.9 8.8 7.8

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta .................. 225.4 230.3 228.5 232.5 19.1 17.8 18.4 17.2 8.5 7.7 8.1 7.4

Santa Cruz-Watsonville .................................... 148.6 153.4 149.9 155.8 19.4 18.3 17.1 16.2 13.1 11.9 11.4 10.4

Santa Rosa-Petaluma ...................................... 258.6 257.8 259.8 260.6 24.9 22.3 24.5 21.7 9.6 8.7 9.4 8.3

Stockton ............................................................ 295.9 301.9 301.6 308.8 50.4 46.3 48.4 44.8 17.0 15.3 16.0 14.5

Vallejo-Fairfield ................................................. 213.9 217.6 213.6 217.0 24.4 22.2 24.1 21.8 11.4 10.2 11.3 10.1

Visalia-Porterville .............................................. 208.2 209.5 212.9 215.5 34.5 33.8 32.6 31.6 16.6 16.1 15.3 14.7

Yuba City .......................................................... 70.6 71.5 70.9 70.9 13.9 13.3 13.3 12.7 19.7 18.7 18.8 17.9

Colorado .............................................................. 2,702.5 2,699.9 2,711.1 2,729.8 218.7 214.7 225.8 223.4 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.2

Boulder ............................................................. 175.6 176.5 176.1 177.6 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.2

Colorado Springs .............................................. 312.8 308.5 313.1 311.9 27.8 28.3 28.5 29.0 8.9 9.2 9.1 9.3

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield ................................ 1,390.3 1,393.7 1,396.0 1,408.6 112.6 110.2 116.0 113.8 8.1 7.9 8.3 8.1

Fort Collins-Loveland ........................................ 176.6 177.7 178.8 181.1 11.7 11.3 11.8 11.6 6.6 6.3 6.6 6.4

Grand Junction ................................................. 78.7 78.7 79.0 80.6 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.3 9.6 9.1 9.6 9.0

Greeley ............................................................. 122.9 122.5 124.3 125.3 11.1 10.8 11.3 11.0 9.0 8.8 9.1 8.8

Pueblo .............................................................. 76.1 75.0 76.5 76.4 7.5 7.8 7.7 8.1 9.9 10.4 10.0 10.5

Connecticut ......................................................... 1,906.8 1,898.1 1,917.3 1,923.3 165.0 143.2 168.9 153.6 8.7 7.5 8.8 8.0

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk ........................... 480.6 478.7 486.7 488.5 38.8 33.6 40.2 36.5 8.1 7.0 8.2 7.5

Danbury ............................................................ 92.4 93.4 93.3 95.2 6.4 5.5 6.5 6.0 6.9 5.9 6.9 6.3

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford ............... 605.4 604.3 605.4 607.7 52.2 45.0 53.4 48.7 8.6 7.4 8.8 8.0

New Haven ....................................................... 319.4 317.8 320.9 321.3 28.9 24.6 29.6 26.8 9.1 7.7 9.2 8.3

Norwich-New London ....................................... 152.9 147.9 154.0 151.5 13.0 12.1 13.4 12.5 8.5 8.2 8.7 8.3

Waterbury ......................................................... 102.8 102.7 103.0 104.2 11.9 10.5 12.1 10.8 11.6 10.2 11.7 10.4

Delaware .............................................................. 438.6 441.0 437.1 440.7 31.2 30.3 29.8 28.3 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4

Dover ................................................................ 75.8 75.7 75.0 75.2 5.3 5.4 5.1 4.8 7.0 7.1 6.8 6.4

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

District of Columbia ........................................... 342.4 346.1 342.7 353.3 32.2 28.6 34.4 31.9 9.4 8.3 10.0 9.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria ..................... 3,146.4 3,184.5 3,163.7 3,210.7 170.6 162.0 180.8 171.3 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.3

Florida .................................................................. 9,195.9 9,174.4 9,254.6 9,295.4 936.2 759.9 954.7 789.9 10.2 8.3 10.3 8.5

Cape Coral-Fort Myers ..................................... 283.9 278.4 281.2 281.2 30.0 23.9 30.4 24.5 10.6 8.6 10.8 8.7

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin ............... 97.9 98.6 99.7 100.1 6.7 5.6 6.9 5.9 6.8 5.7 6.9 5.9

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach .......... 251.2 246.8 253.7 250.5 26.4 21.3 26.8 21.8 10.5 8.6 10.6 8.7

Gainesville ........................................................ 138.0 137.7 138.9 137.5 9.5 8.7 10.2 9.3 6.9 6.3 7.3 6.7

Jacksonville ...................................................... 683.1 682.2 692.0 694.6 66.0 54.3 67.4 55.6 9.7 8.0 9.7 8.0

Lakeland-Winter Haven .................................... 274.0 271.2 275.3 274.4 29.6 24.6 30.2 25.3 10.8 9.1 11.0 9.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .......... 2,864.3 2,882.0 2,884.6 2,916.0 303.4 238.4 309.2 253.6 10.6 8.3 10.7 8.7

Naples-Marco Island ......................................... 149.0 151.0 148.6 151.4 13.9 11.2 14.2 11.8 9.3 7.5 9.6 7.8

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota ........................ 299.8 298.0 301.8 302.7 31.0 24.8 31.4 25.4 10.3 8.3 10.4 8.4

Ocala ................................................................ 132.8 131.0 133.7 132.9 15.8 12.8 15.9 13.0 11.9 9.7 11.9 9.8

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford ............................ 1,113.8 1,109.4 1,121.0 1,126.1 111.8 91.3 113.5 93.5 10.0 8.2 10.1 8.3

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville ......................... 265.4 263.6 268.1 268.6 28.2 23.8 28.6 24.2 10.6 9.0 10.7 9.0

Palm Coast ....................................................... 33.9 33.3 34.2 33.8 4.6 3.9 4.6 3.9 13.5 11.6 13.4 11.7

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach 91.1 89.7 92.2 91.1 8.6 7.0 8.7 7.1 9.4 7.8 9.4 7.8

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent ............................ 211.9 206.3 214.6 210.0 19.3 16.3 19.9 17.0 9.1 7.9 9.3 8.1

Port St. Lucie .................................................... 188.2 184.7 189.3 187.3 21.9 18.2 22.4 18.8 11.6 9.9 11.8 10.0

Punta Gorda ..................................................... 70.4 68.6 70.6 69.5 7.3 5.9 7.3 6.0 10.4 8.7 10.4 8.7

Sebastian-Vero Beach ...................................... 62.9 62.8 62.8 62.8 7.4 6.2 7.8 6.5 11.8 9.9 12.4 10.4

Tallahassee ...................................................... 191.2 189.9 191.4 188.4 14.1 12.7 15.1 13.6 7.4 6.7 7.9 7.2

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater .................... 1,295.3 1,294.8 1,300.9 1,316.3 135.7 110.8 138.1 113.4 10.5 8.6 10.6 8.6

Georgia ................................................................ 4,701.8 4,711.7 4,724.9 4,756.1 440.8 409.3 453.2 421.5 9.4 8.7 9.6 8.9

Albany ............................................................... 73.4 72.1 73.7 74.2 7.2 6.8 7.5 7.1 9.9 9.4 10.1 9.5

Athens-Clarke County ...................................... 107.6 109.4 107.2 110.9 7.4 7.1 7.6 7.2 6.8 6.5 7.1 6.5

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta ........................ 2,672.7 2,691.8 2,688.2 2,708.3 248.5 227.8 254.4 233.8 9.3 8.5 9.5 8.6

Augusta-Richmond County ............................... 261.1 253.9 259.2 253.6 22.1 21.3 22.8 22.8 8.5 8.4 8.8 9.0

Brunswick ......................................................... 50.0 50.1 50.4 51.2 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.0 10.2 9.7 10.3 9.7

Columbus ......................................................... 129.6 130.8 130.3 132.8 11.6 10.9 11.6 11.5 8.9 8.4 8.9 8.7

Dalton ............................................................... 62.0 58.2 62.2 58.4 7.0 6.6 7.1 6.7 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.4

Gainesville ........................................................ 88.7 93.0 89.5 95.1 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.6 7.8 6.9 7.8 6.9

Hinesville-Fort Stewart ..................................... 33.4 33.0 33.5 33.4 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 8.4 8.6 8.7 8.8

Macon ............................................................... 110.9 112.6 111.6 113.6 10.8 10.3 11.2 10.7 9.7 9.1 10.1 9.4

Rome ................................................................ 48.0 46.9 48.0 47.3 4.9 4.7 5.1 4.9 10.2 10.1 10.6 10.3

Savannah ......................................................... 176.1 174.5 176.9 174.5 14.7 14.6 15.0 14.7 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.4

Valdosta ............................................................ 65.1 66.3 65.4 66.8 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.6 8.6 8.1 8.9 8.4

Warner Robins .................................................. 70.1 70.4 70.7 70.7 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.2 7.3 7.2 8.0 7.4

Hawaii .................................................................. 663.7 653.7 660.4 652.6 41.2 39.1 42.9 41.1 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.3

Honolulu ........................................................... 463.4 458.0 460.7 456.5 23.8 24.2 25.2 25.7 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.6

Idaho .................................................................... 765.9 772.2 768.9 783.7 68.0 60.0 62.6 58.2 8.9 7.8 8.1 7.4

Boise City-Nampa ............................................. 299.5 302.1 299.6 306.4 26.2 22.7 24.7 22.6 8.7 7.5 8.2 7.4

Coeur d’Alene ................................................... 72.0 73.2 72.4 73.5 7.7 6.8 7.0 6.2 10.7 9.3 9.7 8.5

Idaho Falls ........................................................ 62.4 63.3 62.9 64.3 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.1 7.1 6.6 6.3 6.3

Lewiston ........................................................... 29.6 29.9 29.6 30.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.9 7.7 7.1 6.9 6.4

Pocatello ........................................................... 44.2 45.1 44.4 45.9 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 7.9 7.4 7.2 7.1

Illinois .................................................................. 6,522.6 6,552.4 6,543.6 6,559.8 598.4 566.0 615.6 549.0 9.2 8.6 9.4 8.4

Bloomington-Normal ......................................... 92.0 90.5 91.2 90.9 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.6 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2

Champaign-Urbana .......................................... 117.0 114.5 117.1 115.0 8.8 8.0 8.7 8.2 7.5 7.0 7.4 7.1

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville .................................. 4,797.4 4,838.7 4,820.1 4,845.1 450.3 428.8 475.5 413.7 9.4 8.9 9.9 8.5

Danville ............................................................. 36.2 35.5 36.4 35.3 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.1 9.8 9.3 9.5 8.9

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island ......................... 201.4 197.5 201.9 197.3 14.4 13.4 13.9 13.2 7.2 6.8 6.9 6.7

Decatur ............................................................. 53.5 53.7 53.9 53.8 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.1 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.5

Kankakee-Bradley ............................................ 55.0 55.5 54.9 55.1 6.5 5.8 6.1 5.6 11.8 10.5 11.1 10.1

Peoria ............................................................... 199.2 202.1 200.1 202.4 16.4 14.3 15.6 14.0 8.2 7.1 7.8 6.9

Rockford ........................................................... 166.1 165.4 165.7 166.5 20.2 17.7 18.7 17.3 12.1 10.7 11.3 10.4

Springfield ......................................................... 115.9 114.2 115.7 114.4 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.6 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.7

Indiana ................................................................. 3,164.9 3,182.3 3,193.4 3,204.4 268.8 246.2 277.1 251.4 8.5 7.7 8.7 7.8

Anderson .......................................................... 60.6 60.5 61.3 60.8 6.0 5.4 6.2 5.5 10.0 8.9 10.1 9.1

Bloomington ...................................................... 97.0 96.8 94.4 95.2 6.5 6.7 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.4 7.1

Columbus ......................................................... 38.9 41.5 39.5 42.0 2.8 2.4 3.0 2.5 7.2 5.8 7.5 6.0

Elkhart-Goshen ................................................. 91.1 94.7 92.5 96.6 9.6 8.3 9.7 8.3 10.5 8.7 10.5 8.6

Evansville ......................................................... 183.0 180.6 184.5 181.1 13.2 12.3 14.1 13.1 7.2 6.8 7.6 7.2

Fort Wayne ....................................................... 208.0 214.6 210.4 214.9 17.7 15.8 18.1 16.1 8.5 7.4 8.6 7.5

Indianapolis-Carmel .......................................... 895.9 900.1 907.3 910.6 71.1 65.8 73.5 67.6 7.9 7.3 8.1 7.4

Kokomo ............................................................ 42.2 42.6 43.0 43.2 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.8 10.1 8.5 10.1 8.7

Lafayette ........................................................... 97.3 99.6 96.4 98.3 6.8 6.4 7.4 6.9 7.0 6.4 7.6 7.0

Michigan City-La Porte ..................................... 50.3 49.7 51.0 50.1 5.1 4.7 5.1 4.7 10.1 9.5 9.9 9.5

Muncie .............................................................. 53.6 53.6 54.1 54.8 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.9 9.2 8.9 9.6 9.0

South Bend-Mishawaka .................................... 152.5 154.7 154.2 156.0 14.5 13.1 14.9 13.3 9.5 8.5 9.7 8.5

Terre Haute ...................................................... 78.3 79.7 79.2 80.2 7.7 7.4 8.1 7.7 9.9 9.3 10.2 9.7

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Iowa ...................................................................... 1,664.8 1,660.9 1,660.5 1,656.8 97.6 83.6 92.5 80.6 5.9 5.0 5.6 4.9

Ames ................................................................ 49.4 50.5 48.4 49.3 2.2 1.9 2.1 1.9 4.4 3.7 4.3 3.9

Cedar Rapids .................................................... 147.6 144.1 146.6 144.1 8.8 7.5 8.3 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.7 5.1

Des Moines-West Des Moines ......................... 313.7 314.9 313.5 313.6 18.7 16.2 18.1 15.8 6.0 5.1 5.8 5.0

Dubuque ........................................................... 53.5 53.6 53.6 53.2 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.3 5.4 4.5 5.0 4.4

Iowa City ........................................................... 93.3 92.4 93.2 93.5 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.4 4.1 3.7 4.0 3.6

Sioux City ......................................................... 77.6 78.1 77.0 78.1 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.9 5.7 5.0 5.5 4.9

Waterloo-Cedar Falls ........................................ 95.7 97.5 95.4 97.1 5.4 4.7 5.2 4.6 5.6 4.8 5.5 4.7

Kansas ................................................................. 1,496.6 1,490.4 1,498.0 1,491.1 93.9 85.8 97.0 87.0 6.3 5.8 6.5 5.8

Lawrence .......................................................... 62.7 61.9 62.5 61.1 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.4 5.4 5.2 5.8 5.6

Manhattan ......................................................... 63.7 61.4 63.6 61.4 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.2 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.2

Topeka .............................................................. 123.1 120.4 122.5 119.9 8.1 7.3 8.3 7.5 6.6 6.1 6.8 6.3

Wichita .............................................................. 307.4 304.8 306.6 305.3 23.7 21.1 24.3 21.3 7.7 6.9 7.9 7.0

Kentucky ............................................................. 2,062.7 2,050.0 2,074.3 2,075.2 192.9 160.5 195.7 168.4 9.4 7.8 9.4 8.1

Bowling Green .................................................. 64.1 63.3 64.6 63.4 5.4 4.3 5.1 4.4 8.4 6.8 7.9 7.0

Elizabethtown ................................................... 56.8 55.6 57.2 56.4 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.3 8.3 7.6 8.2 7.6

Lexington-Fayette ............................................. 239.2 236.5 238.9 238.9 18.4 14.8 18.5 15.5 7.7 6.2 7.8 6.5

Louisville-Jefferson County .............................. 630.9 633.5 634.4 642.1 60.1 49.6 60.9 51.7 9.5 7.8 9.6 8.1

Owensboro ....................................................... 58.0 58.1 58.5 59.1 4.6 3.7 4.8 3.9 7.9 6.3 8.2 6.6

Louisiana ............................................................. 2,055.8 2,062.9 2,062.1 2,079.7 138.6 132.6 147.9 147.6 6.7 6.4 7.2 7.1

Alexandria ......................................................... 68.4 66.1 68.3 66.2 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.7 6.5 6.4 6.9 7.1

Baton Rouge ..................................................... 377.3 374.2 377.6 379.2 25.7 23.9 27.5 26.8 6.8 6.4 7.3 7.1

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux ....................... 100.8 104.8 101.1 106.2 5.1 4.6 5.5 5.4 5.1 4.4 5.5 5.1

Lafayette ........................................................... 136.4 146.1 136.4 148.0 7.3 6.6 7.9 7.6 5.3 4.5 5.8 5.1

Lake Charles .................................................... 93.4 92.1 93.6 92.3 5.9 5.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.7 6.9

Monroe ............................................................. 80.4 80.4 80.6 80.7 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.2 7.0 7.0 7.5 7.7

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner .......................... 539.4 540.3 540.9 539.9 35.4 34.8 38.0 38.7 6.6 6.4 7.0 7.2

Shreveport-Bossier City .................................... 183.8 183.6 183.9 185.0 11.3 11.5 12.1 12.9 6.1 6.2 6.6 7.0

Maine ................................................................... 697.0 700.5 699.5 701.9 55.3 51.8 53.0 52.7 7.9 7.4 7.6 7.5

Bangor .............................................................. 71.8 72.5 71.6 71.1 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.3 7.5 7.1 7.4 7.5

Lewiston-Auburn ............................................... 57.9 58.3 57.1 58.4 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 7.7 7.3 7.6 7.5

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ................... 203.7 204.0 204.9 206.3 12.7 11.9 12.4 12.6 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.1

Maryland .............................................................. 3,049.7 3,060.9 3,067.9 3,074.3 205.1 199.1 213.4 204.7 6.7 6.5 7.0 6.7

Baltimore-Towson ............................................. 1,430.4 1,437.0 1,439.0 1,437.1 101.8 98.8 106.0 102.2 7.1 6.9 7.4 7.1

Cumberland ...................................................... 50.1 51.7 50.2 51.8 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 7.8 7.4 8.0 7.6

Hagerstown-Martinsburg .................................. 122.5 121.2 122.7 122.0 10.9 9.4 11.0 9.8 8.9 7.8 8.9 8.0

Salisbury ........................................................... 63.9 63.8 64.5 64.5 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 8.7 8.7 8.9 8.5

Massachusetts .................................................... 3,435.8 3,428.4 3,443.2 3,445.4 246.4 201.1 247.7 200.9 7.2 5.9 7.2 5.8

Barnstable Town ............................................... 127.3 129.7 132.4 133.8 10.3 8.4 9.9 7.9 8.1 6.5 7.5 5.9

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ............................... 2,515.3 2,516.6 2,513.5 2,525.8 160.8 133.0 162.9 133.0 6.4 5.3 6.5 5.3

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner ......................... 71.9 70.8 72.1 70.9 7.1 5.6 7.0 5.7 9.8 7.9 9.8 8.0

New Bedford ..................................................... 85.3 85.1 85.8 85.4 9.0 7.5 8.8 7.6 10.5 8.9 10.3 8.9

Pittsfield ............................................................ 37.6 37.1 38.0 37.9 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.3 7.7 6.5 7.4 6.2

Springfield ......................................................... 345.7 341.3 345.3 341.3 28.5 23.1 28.4 23.4 8.2 6.8 8.2 6.8

Worcester ......................................................... 293.9 293.0 293.9 292.5 22.4 18.7 22.6 18.9 7.6 6.4 7.7 6.5

Michigan .............................................................. 4,607.9 4,585.0 4,668.2 4,662.1 464.6 368.5 476.6 402.5 10.1 8.0 10.2 8.6

Ann Arbor ......................................................... 179.7 183.8 178.9 184.3 11.0 9.2 11.9 10.2 6.1 5.0 6.7 5.5

Battle Creek ...................................................... 64.5 64.3 65.6 65.7 5.6 4.3 6.0 4.6 8.7 6.8 9.2 7.0

Bay City ............................................................ 51.0 52.0 51.9 52.4 5.0 4.1 5.0 4.3 9.8 8.0 9.7 8.2

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ..................................... 1,991.8 1,948.3 2,014.5 1,982.5 221.4 170.4 229.2 196.6 11.1 8.7 11.4 9.9

Flint ................................................................... 182.8 186.1 185.2 187.6 19.7 15.9 20.2 16.7 10.8 8.6 10.9 8.9

Grand Rapids-Wyoming ................................... 378.3 382.4 384.1 388.9 30.5 24.0 31.7 25.6 8.1 6.3 8.2 6.6

Holland-Grand Haven ....................................... 126.5 131.7 127.9 133.3 10.2 8.0 10.6 8.6 8.0 6.1 8.3 6.4

Jackson ............................................................ 70.6 71.7 71.6 72.9 6.8 5.5 7.2 5.8 9.7 7.7 10.1 8.0

Kalamazoo-Portage .......................................... 160.0 162.4 160.7 162.7 13.6 11.0 14.2 11.7 8.5 6.8 8.8 7.2

Lansing-East Lansing ....................................... 235.0 236.7 237.3 240.3 18.2 15.1 19.1 16.3 7.8 6.4 8.1 6.8

Monroe ............................................................. 68.6 67.9 69.6 69.3 6.5 5.2 6.6 5.4 9.5 7.6 9.5 7.8

Muskegon-Norton Shores ................................. 80.6 81.1 82.8 82.8 8.0 6.7 8.4 7.0 10.0 8.3 10.2 8.5

Niles-Benton Harbor ......................................... 71.6 72.1 73.0 73.0 7.1 5.9 7.4 6.3 10.0 8.2 10.1 8.6

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North ................... 89.5 90.3 90.4 90.4 8.4 7.2 8.8 7.5 9.4 8.0 9.7 8.3

Minnesota ............................................................ 2,975.7 2,951.9 2,981.5 2,973.3 193.0 155.3 182.8 155.4 6.5 5.3 6.1 5.2

Duluth ............................................................... 146.0 144.1 147.0 144.4 11.0 9.3 10.5 9.2 7.5 6.5 7.1 6.4

Mankato-North Mankato ................................... 58.7 59.1 58.4 58.6 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.6 5.1 4.2 5.0 4.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington ................... 1,848.0 1,845.9 1,847.5 1,860.5 115.4 94.0 112.4 96.4 6.2 5.1 6.1 5.2

Rochester ......................................................... 103.4 101.3 103.4 102.8 5.8 4.5 5.5 4.5 5.7 4.4 5.3 4.4

St. Cloud ........................................................... 108.5 108.0 107.3 106.3 7.2 5.5 6.5 5.4 6.6 5.1 6.1 5.1

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Mississippi .......................................................... 1,333.0 1,325.3 1,345.3 1,343.0 132.7 111.2 142.1 118.9 10.0 8.4 10.6 8.9

Gulfport-Biloxi ................................................... 117.0 117.2 118.0 118.3 10.6 9.3 11.1 9.7 9.1 7.9 9.4 8.2

Hattiesburg ....................................................... 68.0 68.1 67.9 68.5 5.9 4.9 6.2 5.3 8.7 7.1 9.1 7.7

Jackson ............................................................ 269.8 267.8 270.8 270.0 21.1 18.0 21.9 19.3 7.8 6.7 8.1 7.1

Pascagoula ....................................................... 72.9 72.7 73.4 73.5 7.8 6.6 8.1 6.8 10.7 9.1 11.0 9.3

Missouri ............................................................... 3,043.1 3,017.8 3,054.7 3,025.7 247.7 206.7 256.0 212.7 8.1 6.8 8.4 7.0

Cape Girardeau-Jackson .................................. 47.4 46.6 47.6 46.8 3.4 2.9 3.7 3.1 7.2 6.3 7.7 6.6

Columbia .......................................................... 96.3 99.4 97.7 98.9 5.3 4.5 5.7 4.7 5.5 4.5 5.8 4.7

Jefferson City .................................................... 77.9 78.5 78.7 79.1 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.4 6.5 5.5 6.7 5.5

Joplin ................................................................ 87.3 89.2 87.1 88.7 6.3 5.4 6.6 5.5 7.2 6.0 7.5 6.2

Kansas City ...................................................... 1,046.5 1,044.5 1,051.4 1,045.2 81.5 68.7 84.0 71.8 7.8 6.6 8.0 6.9

St. Joseph ......................................................... 72.2 71.7 71.9 72.6 5.0 4.2 5.2 4.2 6.9 5.8 7.2 5.8

St. Louis1 .......................................................... 1,446.7 1,430.5 1,451.7 1,432.1 121.6 106.1 122.8 106.9 8.4 7.4 8.5 7.5

Springfield ......................................................... 224.3 223.2 224.9 223.9 16.3 13.6 17.0 14.1 7.3 6.1 7.5 6.3

Montana ............................................................... 504.7 508.0 504.6 512.5 34.7 32.0 32.2 31.5 6.9 6.3 6.4 6.1

Billings .............................................................. 89.2 87.2 89.3 88.3 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.6

Great Falls ........................................................ 41.2 40.2 41.2 39.9 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6

Missoula ........................................................... 60.0 58.9 60.0 59.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.0

Nebraska ............................................................. 1,003.9 1,013.9 1,006.8 1,022.0 42.5 37.8 42.8 38.7 4.2 3.7 4.3 3.8

Lincoln .............................................................. 172.0 174.8 171.5 175.4 6.7 5.8 6.6 5.9 3.9 3.3 3.9 3.4

Omaha-Council Bluffs ....................................... 456.3 465.8 456.6 466.2 22.0 19.5 21.9 19.7 4.8 4.2 4.8 4.2

Nevada ................................................................. 1,384.5 1,356.0 1,384.8 1,371.1 184.9 156.0 183.9 159.1 13.4 11.5 13.3 11.6

Carson City ....................................................... 28.8 27.7 29.0 27.9 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.3 13.1 11.8 12.6 11.7

Las Vegas-Paradise ......................................... 994.6 974.9 992.5 984.0 135.0 113.4 135.0 116.1 13.6 11.6 13.6 11.8

Reno-Sparks ..................................................... 226.7 221.6 226.6 224.4 29.7 25.4 29.2 25.8 13.1 11.4 12.9 11.5

New Hampshire ................................................... 731.8 732.2 734.4 736.5 38.6 34.7 38.6 35.8 5.3 4.7 5.3 4.9

Manchester ....................................................... 107.2 106.8 107.0 107.0 5.4 4.9 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.6 5.1 4.8

Portsmouth ....................................................... 44.6 46.2 45.1 46.8 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.9 4.6 4.0 4.6 4.1

Rochester-Dover .............................................. 84.5 85.0 85.0 85.7 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.2 5.2 4.6 5.2 4.8

New Jersey .......................................................... 4,525.3 4,570.1 4,544.5 4,590.5 405.6 413.9 414.7 420.5 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.2

Atlantic City-Hammonton .................................. 133.9 136.9 134.8 139.9 16.6 17.0 17.1 17.4 12.4 12.4 12.7 12.4

Ocean City ........................................................ 52.7 56.0 56.8 59.6 7.1 7.5 6.5 7.1 13.4 13.3 11.4 11.9

Trenton-Ewing .................................................. 206.7 209.1 207.3 209.0 15.1 15.7 15.4 16.0 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.6

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton .............................. 70.5 70.9 70.4 72.2 9.0 9.4 9.1 9.4 12.8 13.2 12.9 13.0

New Mexico ......................................................... 925.5 924.1 924.3 925.0 66.9 57.2 66.5 58.9 7.2 6.2 7.2 6.4

Albuquerque ..................................................... 397.0 397.2 396.2 395.3 29.8 25.9 30.0 26.7 7.5 6.5 7.6 6.8

Farmington ....................................................... 55.4 54.4 55.3 55.2 4.2 3.4 4.2 3.5 7.6 6.2 7.5 6.4

Las Cruces ....................................................... 92.0 92.0 92.3 92.6 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.2 7.4 6.6 7.4 6.7

Santa Fe ........................................................... 74.0 75.4 74.0 75.7 4.3 3.6 4.3 3.7 5.9 4.7 5.8 4.9

New York ............................................................. 9,445.6 9,470.9 9,471.1 9,542.0 728.5 766.6 735.3 824.7 7.7 8.1 7.8 8.6

Albany-Schenectady-Troy ................................ 439.0 441.2 439.4 445.2 29.7 31.8 30.0 33.7 6.8 7.2 6.8 7.6

Binghamton ...................................................... 117.7 119.0 118.5 119.9 9.5 9.6 9.3 10.1 8.1 8.0 7.8 8.5

Buffalo-Niagara Falls ........................................ 565.9 568.5 568.3 569.4 43.3 46.9 43.2 48.2 7.6 8.2 7.6 8.5

Elmira ............................................................... 40.0 38.7 40.3 39.1 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.5 7.5 8.4 7.5 8.9

Glens Falls ........................................................ 65.2 67.7 66.7 68.1 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.4 8.1 8.0 7.5 8.0

Ithaca ................................................................ 57.2 54.0 56.7 54.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.5 5.3 5.7 5.4 6.4

Kingston ............................................................ 87.3 89.0 87.5 89.5 6.7 7.3 6.9 7.8 7.7 8.2 7.8 8.8

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island ... 9,385.8 9,420.3 9,409.5 9,481.4 758.5 788.0 773.8 838.3 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.8

 New York City ................................................ 3,930.4 3,929.6 3,928.1 3,958.2 330.2 343.9 336.0 380.6 8.4 8.8 8.6 9.6

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown .............. 316.4 317.8 318.3 319.0 23.1 24.8 23.5 26.4 7.3 7.8 7.4 8.3

Rochester ......................................................... 518.9 525.6 520.2 529.4 38.0 40.3 38.0 42.6 7.3 7.7 7.3 8.0

Syracuse ........................................................... 319.0 320.5 318.6 322.0 24.9 26.0 24.9 27.6 7.8 8.1 7.8 8.6

Utica-Rome ....................................................... 136.5 139.1 137.3 141.0 11.0 11.4 10.7 12.1 8.0 8.2 7.8 8.6

North Carolina ..................................................... 4,640.5 4,633.9 4,669.1 4,663.3 464.0 421.8 480.3 439.5 10.0 9.1 10.3 9.4

Asheville ........................................................... 213.5 214.6 215.5 217.2 17.5 16.0 17.8 16.5 8.2 7.4 8.3 7.6

Burlington ......................................................... 72.1 73.1 72.3 72.7 7.4 7.0 7.6 6.8 10.2 9.6 10.5 9.4

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill ............................ 895.4 896.2 897.9 896.8 94.6 81.6 97.0 85.2 10.6 9.1 10.8 9.5

Durham-Chapel Hill .......................................... 263.6 267.9 264.0 267.7 20.1 19.1 20.8 19.8 7.6 7.1 7.9 7.4

Fayetteville ....................................................... 163.2 165.1 163.8 165.2 15.5 15.6 16.3 16.2 9.5 9.4 9.9 9.8

Goldsboro ......................................................... 54.8 55.1 55.0 55.9 4.9 4.6 5.0 4.8 8.9 8.4 9.2 8.6

Greensboro-High Point ..................................... 371.3 373.7 372.4 374.8 38.7 35.0 40.1 36.5 10.4 9.4 10.8 9.7

Greenville ......................................................... 93.5 93.3 94.3 94.3 9.6 8.6 10.2 9.2 10.2 9.2 10.9 9.8

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ................................ 170.7 169.0 170.8 169.1 20.7 17.7 21.4 18.5 12.1 10.5 12.5 10.9

Jacksonville ...................................................... 67.5 68.4 68.0 69.1 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.9 8.4 8.3 8.6 8.6

Raleigh-Cary ..................................................... 578.7 588.5 580.6 590.3 47.3 43.7 48.9 45.5 8.2 7.4 8.4 7.7

Rocky Mount ..................................................... 72.2 71.3 72.4 72.1 9.6 8.6 10.1 9.0 13.3 12.1 13.9 12.5

Wilmington ........................................................ 182.4 180.3 184.9 180.1 18.2 16.6 18.8 17.3 10.0 9.2 10.2 9.6

Winston-Salem ................................................. 241.0 241.7 241.9 242.7 23.2 20.6 23.9 21.6 9.6 8.5 9.9 8.9

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

North Dakota ....................................................... 379.3 388.4 384.2 391.9 13.1 12.2 12.2 10.6 3.5 3.1 3.2 2.7

Bismarck ........................................................... 62.2 62.3 62.8 62.5 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.6 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.5

Fargo ................................................................ 120.5 121.7 120.6 122.1 4.7 4.0 4.3 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.0

Grand Forks ...................................................... 54.8 53.7 54.7 53.4 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.0 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.7

Ohio ..................................................................... 5,779.8 5,770.7 5,818.3 5,795.5 492.4 418.8 491.1 399.8 8.5 7.3 8.4 6.9

Akron ................................................................ 373.6 369.1 374.5 370.0 31.5 25.9 30.7 24.3 8.4 7.0 8.2 6.6

Canton-Massillon .............................................. 198.6 199.2 199.5 200.9 18.5 15.4 18.2 14.2 9.3 7.7 9.1 7.1

Cincinnati-Middletown ...................................... 1,096.1 1,097.4 1,105.4 1,105.1 92.4 77.9 92.6 76.0 8.4 7.1 8.4 6.9

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor ................................... 1,075.0 1,084.8 1,081.4 1,083.7 79.5 72.8 82.0 72.7 7.4 6.7 7.6 6.7

Columbus ......................................................... 954.7 954.2 960.1 960.3 71.5 60.9 71.4 58.2 7.5 6.4 7.4 6.1

Dayton .............................................................. 409.9 407.4 411.7 407.7 37.2 31.1 37.4 29.8 9.1 7.6 9.1 7.3

Lima .................................................................. 49.6 49.4 49.8 50.1 4.8 3.9 4.9 3.8 9.6 8.0 9.7 7.5

Mansfield .......................................................... 59.1 58.0 59.7 58.3 6.1 5.0 6.1 4.6 10.3 8.5 10.3 7.9

Sandusky .......................................................... 40.3 42.0 43.4 43.6 3.5 2.9 3.3 2.6 8.7 6.9 7.7 6.0

Springfield ......................................................... 69.5 68.4 69.5 69.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.8 8.6 7.3 8.7 6.9

Steubenville-Weirton ........................................ 55.6 54.6 55.6 54.8 6.3 5.4 6.2 5.4 11.3 9.9 11.1 9.8

Toledo ............................................................... 320.2 316.0 320.7 316.0 30.2 25.8 29.4 24.1 9.4 8.1 9.2 7.6

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman ....................... 266.9 264.3 269.8 265.1 24.9 20.7 24.6 19.7 9.3 7.8 9.1 7.4

Oklahoma ............................................................ 1,761.8 1,785.2 1,767.4 1,792.3 94.9 79.1 103.9 86.5 5.4 4.4 5.9 4.8

Lawton .............................................................. 48.2 47.1 48.5 47.2 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.9 5.6 5.7 6.2 6.2

Oklahoma City .................................................. 577.0 587.3 579.8 590.0 28.3 23.7 31.3 26.5 4.9 4.0 5.4 4.5

Tulsa ................................................................. 434.4 439.4 435.7 440.9 26.7 21.5 28.9 23.2 6.2 4.9 6.6 5.3

Oregon ................................................................. 1,985.7 1,978.9 1,982.9 1,986.1 186.6 167.7 181.3 163.7 9.4 8.5 9.1 8.2

Bend ................................................................. 79.2 78.7 79.6 79.2 9.8 8.8 9.4 8.2 12.4 11.2 11.8 10.3

Corvallis ............................................................ 45.5 44.8 45.4 45.0 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.6 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.7

Eugene-Springfield ........................................... 182.7 179.3 183.2 178.8 17.2 14.8 16.6 14.5 9.4 8.3 9.0 8.1

Medford ............................................................ 101.2 101.3 101.3 102.1 12.1 11.0 11.6 10.4 12.0 10.9 11.5 10.2

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro ........................... 1,198.7 1,201.0 1,194.8 1,201.8 109.3 95.7 107.9 92.6 9.1 8.0 9.0 7.7

Salem ............................................................... 196.0 194.9 195.6 195.2 19.5 17.7 18.9 17.0 9.9 9.1 9.7 8.7

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,338.9 6,378.4 6,388.5 6,449.2 476.7 447.7 501.1 471.7 7.5 7.0 7.8 7.3

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton ........................... 421.4 423.6 425.0 427.8 35.0 32.8 36.6 34.1 8.3 7.7 8.6 8.0

Altoona ............................................................. 64.1 64.6 65.0 65.3 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 6.5 6.4 6.7 6.6

Erie ................................................................... 139.4 140.4 140.4 143.1 10.9 9.5 11.1 10.0 7.8 6.8 7.9 7.0

Harrisburg-Carlisle ............................................ 282.6 282.5 285.6 286.1 19.3 18.1 20.3 19.3 6.8 6.4 7.1 6.7

Johnstown ........................................................ 68.2 67.8 68.7 67.9 5.5 5.2 5.7 5.4 8.1 7.6 8.4 8.0

Lancaster .......................................................... 265.2 266.1 266.7 271.1 17.2 15.5 17.9 16.5 6.5 5.8 6.7 6.1

Lebanon ............................................................ 72.9 72.1 73.5 74.1 4.5 4.2 4.7 4.4 6.2 5.8 6.4 6.0

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington .................... 2,964.7 2,978.0 2,977.8 2,993.7 239.9 234.1 251.8 242.8 8.1 7.9 8.5 8.1

Pittsburgh ......................................................... 1,212.0 1,229.7 1,226.9 1,242.8 83.2 77.8 87.8 82.4 6.9 6.3 7.2 6.6

Reading ............................................................ 203.5 205.1 204.4 205.5 16.1 14.7 16.8 15.4 7.9 7.2 8.2 7.5

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre ................................... 278.3 283.7 280.4 285.9 24.7 23.7 25.8 24.8 8.9 8.4 9.2 8.7

State College .................................................... 76.8 77.1 76.6 78.5 4.1 3.9 4.3 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.3

Williamsport ...................................................... 61.2 62.1 61.4 62.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 7.3 7.0 7.5 7.5

York-Hanover ................................................... 223.1 224.6 225.1 227.1 16.4 15.5 17.2 16.5 7.3 6.9 7.6 7.2

Rhode Island ....................................................... 560.2 549.2 559.5 552.2 61.4 60.8 62.6 57.6 11.0 11.1 11.2 10.4

Providence-Fall River-Warwick ........................ 696.8 683.4 696.7 686.7 76.6 72.7 77.9 69.8 11.0 10.6 11.2 10.2

South Carolina .................................................... 2,157.6 2,138.0 2,170.9 2,166.9 211.3 182.5 219.2 200.7 9.8 8.5 10.1 9.3

Anderson .......................................................... 85.0 81.5 85.6 82.5 7.9 6.7 8.3 7.6 9.3 8.2 9.7 9.2

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville ....... 328.2 328.4 331.9 330.6 26.2 23.1 27.8 26.3 8.0 7.0 8.4 7.9

Columbia .......................................................... 369.0 369.1 370.8 375.0 30.7 27.5 33.0 31.6 8.3 7.5 8.9 8.4

Florence ............................................................ 92.3 94.3 92.4 95.9 10.2 8.8 10.6 9.6 11.0 9.3 11.5 10.0

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley ................................ 314.8 310.7 316.7 314.4 25.4 21.7 26.9 25.0 8.1 7.0 8.5 8.0

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway ...... 129.4 127.4 132.4 132.2 14.2 12.1 14.2 13.1 11.0 9.5 10.7 9.9

Spartanburg ...................................................... 131.4 133.0 132.2 134.0 13.1 11.3 13.7 12.7 10.0 8.5 10.4 9.5

Sumter .............................................................. 45.0 44.0 45.1 45.0 4.9 4.3 5.2 4.8 10.9 9.8 11.4 10.7

South Dakota ...................................................... 445.4 445.1 447.7 448.0 21.2 19.1 20.5 18.1 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.0

Rapid City ......................................................... 66.3 67.0 66.8 67.5 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.9 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.3

Sioux Falls ........................................................ 130.0 131.8 129.8 131.6 5.9 5.2 5.8 5.0 4.6 4.0 4.5 3.8

Tennessee ........................................................... 3,120.2 3,073.0 3,124.2 3,114.2 285.5 231.7 282.8 245.6 9.2 7.5 9.1 7.9

Chattanooga ..................................................... 261.8 259.6 260.6 260.2 21.6 18.4 21.5 19.3 8.3 7.1 8.3 7.4

Clarksville ......................................................... 116.1 114.3 116.1 116.7 11.5 9.4 11.4 9.8 9.9 8.2 9.8 8.4

Cleveland .......................................................... 55.5 53.8 55.9 55.1 5.2 4.2 5.2 4.5 9.3 7.9 9.2 8.2

Jackson ............................................................ 58.2 57.0 58.0 57.6 5.7 4.6 5.6 4.8 9.7 8.0 9.7 8.3

Johnson City ..................................................... 103.5 101.8 102.8 102.4 8.8 6.9 8.6 7.3 8.5 6.8 8.3 7.2

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Tennessee—Continued

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol .................................... 150.5 149.0 150.9 150.9 12.0 10.3 11.9 10.6 8.0 6.9 7.9 7.0

Knoxville ........................................................... 372.6 371.7 372.7 377.2 28.0 22.7 27.0 23.7 7.5 6.1 7.2 6.3

Memphis ........................................................... 618.2 614.7 619.0 620.6 60.5 51.4 61.6 54.7 9.8 8.4 9.9 8.8

Morristown ........................................................ 64.3 61.4 64.3 62.4 7.1 5.7 7.1 6.0 11.1 9.2 11.0 9.6

Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin 837.5 829.0 840.0 836.6 68.8 53.8 67.6 56.2 8.2 6.5 8.0 6.7

Texas ................................................................... 12,408.7 12,548.1 12,424.6 12,606.8 942.5 814.0 970.6 867.2 7.6 6.5 7.8 6.9

Abilene .............................................................. 84.8 82.9 84.3 82.4 5.1 4.4 5.3 4.7 6.0 5.3 6.3 5.7

Amarillo ............................................................. 135.3 137.6 135.1 136.8 6.9 6.1 7.1 6.5 5.1 4.4 5.3 4.8

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos ...................... 941.3 955.9 938.2 959.7 59.6 52.4 61.6 55.9 6.3 5.5 6.6 5.8

Beaumont-Port Arthur ....................................... 188.7 188.9 189.7 189.0 20.3 17.9 20.9 19.4 10.7 9.5 11.0 10.2

Brownsville-Harlingen ....................................... 162.6 161.0 161.5 163.4 18.5 16.2 18.8 17.0 11.4 10.0 11.6 10.4

College Station-Bryan ....................................... 117.6 116.8 117.1 115.5 7.1 6.2 7.4 6.7 6.0 5.3 6.3 5.8

Corpus Christi ................................................... 215.5 221.7 217.0 222.7 16.5 13.4 17.1 14.2 7.7 6.1 7.9 6.4

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .............................. 3,275.2 3,296.9 3,280.6 3,318.8 246.9 212.9 253.0 226.3 7.5 6.5 7.7 6.8

El Paso ............................................................. 325.9 328.2 326.4 331.3 32.4 29.0 33.3 30.7 9.9 8.8 10.2 9.3

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown ......................... 2,960.0 3,025.1 2,969.6 3,036.4 232.3 196.7 240.1 209.3 7.8 6.5 8.1 6.9

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood ................................ 171.6 171.8 171.0 173.6 13.1 12.2 13.5 13.2 7.6 7.1 7.9 7.6

Laredo .............................................................. 98.4 102.6 99.1 102.6 7.8 6.7 8.0 7.2 7.9 6.6 8.1 7.0

Longview .......................................................... 114.1 114.0 114.0 115.9 7.5 6.3 7.7 6.8 6.5 5.5 6.7 5.9

Lubbock ............................................................ 146.6 149.5 145.9 151.2 8.5 7.5 8.7 8.1 5.8 5.0 6.0 5.3

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission ................................ 315.1 320.2 316.7 319.4 35.9 32.2 37.3 34.4 11.4 10.1 11.8 10.8

Midland ............................................................. 83.0 84.7 83.4 85.6 3.5 2.9 3.6 3.2 4.2 3.5 4.3 3.8

Odessa ............................................................. 77.3 82.7 77.9 83.1 4.5 3.3 4.5 3.6 5.8 4.0 5.8 4.3

San Angelo ....................................................... 55.9 57.0 55.5 57.3 3.3 2.8 3.4 3.1 5.9 5.0 6.2 5.3

San Antonio-New Braunfels ............................. 1,010.8 1,020.7 1,015.8 1,021.7 71.0 63.0 73.5 67.1 7.0 6.2 7.2 6.6

Sherman-Denison ............................................. 58.3 58.7 58.7 58.9 4.6 4.1 4.9 4.3 7.9 6.9 8.4 7.3

Texarkana ......................................................... 66.4 67.8 66.5 68.7 4.7 4.3 4.9 4.5 7.1 6.3 7.3 6.5

Tyler .................................................................. 102.9 105.9 102.9 105.5 7.4 6.7 7.5 7.2 7.2 6.4 7.3 6.8

Victoria .............................................................. 60.6 60.1 60.5 60.1 4.0 3.3 4.1 3.5 6.6 5.5 6.8 5.8

Waco ................................................................ 116.0 116.1 116.6 116.4 8.1 7.1 8.3 7.6 7.0 6.1 7.1 6.6

Wichita Falls ..................................................... 73.0 71.2 73.2 72.3 4.9 4.2 5.0 4.5 6.8 5.9 6.9 6.3

Utah ...................................................................... 1,335.0 1,336.0 1,339.7 1,346.8 91.0 79.7 91.0 78.2 6.8 6.0 6.8 5.8

Logan ................................................................ 67.4 67.0 67.3 68.1 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.9 4.8 4.5 4.9 4.3

Ogden-Clearfield .............................................. 257.9 256.1 261.2 259.5 17.7 15.7 17.6 15.4 6.9 6.1 6.8 5.9

Provo-Orem ...................................................... 223.3 222.6 222.3 223.3 14.7 13.1 14.9 12.7 6.6 5.9 6.7 5.7

St. George ........................................................ 57.1 56.1 57.5 56.9 5.0 4.2 4.9 4.0 8.7 7.5 8.4 7.1

Salt Lake City ................................................... 592.9 597.1 591.0 597.3 39.7 34.3 39.9 34.1 6.7 5.7 6.7 5.7

Vermont ............................................................... 355.7 352.9 356.7 354.7 21.7 17.6 19.4 15.6 6.1 5.0 5.4 4.4

Burlington-South Burlington .............................. 115.8 115.8 117.3 117.4 5.4 4.3 5.1 4.1 4.7 3.7 4.4 3.5

Virginia ................................................................ 4,283.1 4,320.0 4,308.7 4,345.3 249.8 232.7 259.8 240.7 5.8 5.4 6.0 5.5

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford ................. 84.2 89.2 81.9 86.5 5.3 4.9 5.7 5.4 6.3 5.5 6.9 6.3

Charlottesville ................................................... 111.1 116.1 112.4 116.0 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.3 4.7 4.4 5.0 4.6

Danville ............................................................. 53.2 53.3 53.2 53.5 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.3 9.6 8.3 9.6 8.1

Harrisonburg ..................................................... 69.5 69.8 68.8 70.5 3.9 3.7 4.2 4.1 5.6 5.3 6.1 5.8

Lynchburg ......................................................... 125.8 124.3 125.3 125.1 8.4 7.6 8.6 7.9 6.7 6.1 6.9 6.3

Richmond ......................................................... 672.6 676.2 676.6 677.5 43.7 40.5 45.1 41.5 6.5 6.0 6.7 6.1

Roanoke ........................................................... 160.7 160.4 161.6 161.0 10.1 9.3 10.4 9.4 6.3 5.8 6.4 5.9

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ............. 841.5 843.6 849.3 852.0 54.4 51.2 56.6 53.4 6.5 6.1 6.7 6.3

Winchester ........................................................ 67.9 68.2 68.3 68.4 4.2 3.8 4.3 3.9 6.2 5.5 6.3 5.7

Washington ......................................................... 3,466.0 3,498.2 3,476.8 3,508.6 313.9 277.2 318.1 294.2 9.1 7.9 9.2 8.4

Bellingham ........................................................ 106.3 109.6 106.8 109.2 8.6 7.7 8.6 8.7 8.0 7.1 8.1 7.9

Bremerton-Silverdale ........................................ 122.6 123.9 123.0 124.3 9.6 8.9 9.8 9.7 7.8 7.2 8.0 7.8

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland .............................. 133.1 133.7 134.0 135.1 9.8 11.5 10.0 12.2 7.4 8.6 7.5 9.0

Longview .......................................................... 43.3 43.3 43.3 44.1 5.3 4.7 5.3 4.9 12.2 10.8 12.1 11.2

Mount Vernon-Anacortes .................................. 57.2 57.0 56.8 57.4 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.7 10.1 9.1 10.0 9.9

Olympia ............................................................ 129.0 131.7 129.2 132.1 10.5 9.9 10.7 10.7 8.1 7.5 8.3 8.1

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ................................. 1,868.4 1,892.5 1,876.0 1,901.7 158.5 131.1 162.4 144.7 8.5 6.9 8.7 7.6

Spokane ........................................................... 232.8 231.1 233.1 231.8 21.5 20.2 21.3 21.2 9.2 8.7 9.1 9.1

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee ............................ 58.7 59.8 58.6 60.1 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.5 8.9 8.5 9.0 9.2

Yakima .............................................................. 120.5 121.9 121.6 123.5 12.3 12.7 12.3 13.4 10.2 10.4 10.2 10.8

West Virginia ....................................................... 797.9 799.9 802.1 811.1 63.2 55.4 62.2 59.2 7.9 6.9 7.8 7.3

Charleston ........................................................ 136.8 136.9 137.8 138.3 10.0 8.9 10.0 9.7 7.3 6.5 7.2 7.0

Huntington-Ashland .......................................... 128.3 128.9 129.3 130.6 10.1 8.8 10.3 9.3 7.9 6.8 8.0 7.1

Morgantown ...................................................... 65.8 67.6 66.3 68.6 3.6 3.3 3.8 3.7 5.5 4.8 5.7 5.3

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna ........................... 76.5 75.5 76.3 77.3 6.2 5.3 6.2 5.5 8.2 7.0 8.1 7.1

Wheeling ........................................................... 68.7 67.6 68.9 68.8 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.8 8.5 7.1 8.3 7.0

See footnotes at end of table.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and metropolitan area—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

State and area

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

Wisconsin ............................................................ 3,044.5 3,044.6 3,053.2 3,062.6 229.1 206.1 223.5 208.2 7.5 6.8 7.3 6.8

Appleton ........................................................... 122.8 124.5 123.1 126.0 8.4 7.5 8.2 7.7 6.8 6.0 6.7 6.1

Eau Claire ......................................................... 90.1 88.5 90.4 89.1 6.2 5.3 5.9 5.4 6.9 6.0 6.6 6.1

Fond du Lac ...................................................... 54.6 55.2 55.0 55.3 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.6 7.1 6.1 7.0 6.5

Green Bay ........................................................ 170.7 174.4 171.3 175.8 12.2 10.9 12.0 11.2 7.1 6.2 7.0 6.4

Janesville .......................................................... 78.7 77.8 78.7 78.4 7.4 6.5 7.4 6.6 9.4 8.3 9.4 8.4

La Crosse ......................................................... 76.8 77.8 76.8 77.9 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.0 5.8 5.0 5.7 5.2

Madison ............................................................ 346.1 344.3 343.4 345.8 17.9 16.1 18.0 17.0 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.9

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis ..................... 789.5 791.8 790.2 793.4 61.9 58.2 62.7 59.0 7.8 7.3 7.9 7.4

Oshkosh-Neenah .............................................. 94.8 96.5 95.2 97.5 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.1 6.6 6.0 6.6 6.2

Racine .............................................................. 97.3 97.4 97.4 97.7 8.7 8.1 8.6 8.1 8.9 8.4 8.8 8.3

Sheboygan ....................................................... 61.4 61.5 61.7 62.3 4.8 4.0 4.7 4.1 7.8 6.4 7.6 6.6

Wausau ............................................................ 72.2 72.1 72.4 73.0 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.2 7.8 7.2 7.6 7.1

Wyoming ............................................................. 301.8 304.4 302.5 307.2 18.5 17.0 17.6 15.5 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.0

Casper .............................................................. 42.9 43.4 42.6 43.0 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.0 5.8 4.9 5.7 4.6

Cheyenne ......................................................... 45.2 45.0 44.7 45.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.6 6.4 6.1 6.3 5.7

Puerto Rico ......................................................... 1,266.1 1,258.4 1,264.0 1,268.4 205.3 179.3 202.1 171.3 16.2 14.2 16.0 13.5

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian ..................... 106.2 104.1 106.8 105.5 18.0 16.1 17.7 15.1 16.9 15.5 16.5 14.4

Fajardo ............................................................. 26.2 25.2 26.2 25.7 4.8 4.3 4.8 4.1 18.4 16.9 18.2 15.8

Guayama .......................................................... 25.6 25.4 25.5 25.5 5.9 5.2 5.7 4.9 22.9 20.5 22.5 19.3

Mayaguez ......................................................... 34.2 34.7 34.1 35.1 6.1 5.3 6.0 5.0 17.9 15.3 17.7 14.3

Ponce ............................................................... 86.6 86.1 86.0 86.9 14.0 12.5 13.8 11.9 16.2 14.5 16.1 13.7

San German-Cabo Rojo ................................... 48.4 49.1 47.5 49.6 7.9 7.0 7.7 6.6 16.3 14.2 16.3 13.3

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo ........................... 846.0 839.6 843.6 847.1 130.0 112.3 127.9 107.5 15.4 13.4 15.2 12.7

Yauco ............................................................... 35.8 36.0 35.6 36.0 6.8 6.0 6.6 5.7 18.9 16.5 18.6 15.9

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions. 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. Area

definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02,

dated December 1, 2009, and are available on the BLS Web site at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are

Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other

states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They

are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock

Island, Iowa-Ill., is the exception in that it is listed under Illinois for operational

reasons. Data for 2011 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs and

adjustment to new state controls. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
LABOR FORCE DATA LABOR FORCE DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division 1

(Numbers in thousands)

State, area, and division 

Civilian labor force

Unemployed

Number Percent of labor force

April May April May April May

2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p 2011 2012 2011 2012p

California .............................................................. 18,293.2 18,367.3 18,302.9 18,431.2 2,108.2 1,931.0 2,093.1 1,912.2 11.5 10.5 11.4 10.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana ................... 6,508.0 6,467.4 6,493.0 6,492.2 713.0 654.8 723.1 660.5 11.0 10.1 11.1 10.2

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale ................... 4,917.8 4,855.3 4,903.6 4,880.1 577.4 534.9 587.5 540.0 11.7 11.0 12.0 11.1

 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine ................................ 1,590.2 1,612.0 1,589.4 1,612.1 135.6 119.9 135.6 120.5 8.5 7.4 8.5 7.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ......................... 2,249.6 2,284.4 2,247.2 2,281.7 208.7 185.8 208.0 186.2 9.3 8.1 9.3 8.2

 Oakland-Fremont-Hayward ............................... 1,280.7 1,292.1 1,276.8 1,287.6 130.8 116.3 130.3 116.5 10.2 9.0 10.2 9.0

 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ......... 968.9 992.3 970.3 994.1 77.9 69.5 77.7 69.8 8.0 7.0 8.0 7.0

District of Columbia .......................................... 342.4 346.1 342.7 353.3 32.2 28.6 34.4 31.9 9.4 8.3 10.0 9.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ...................... 3,146.4 3,184.5 3,163.7 3,210.7 170.6 162.0 180.8 171.3 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.3

 Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick 3 ......................... 648.8 652.6 653.4 658.2 33.0 32.5 35.1 33.9 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.2

 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 2 ................... 2,497.7 2,531.9 2,510.3 2,552.5 137.6 129.5 145.7 137.4 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.4

Florida .................................................................... 9,195.9 9,174.4 9,254.6 9,295.4 936.2 759.9 954.7 789.9 10.2 8.3 10.3 8.5

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach .............. 2,864.3 2,882.0 2,884.6 2,916.0 303.4 238.4 309.2 253.6 10.6 8.3 10.7 8.7

 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield

Beach ............................................................. 983.0 979.9 990.0 993.1 86.6 70.7 88.5 72.8 8.8 7.2 8.9 7.3

 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall .............................. 1,266.6 1,290.0 1,275.7 1,302.9 154.0 115.8 156.4 127.4 12.2 9.0 12.3 9.8

 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 614.8 612.1 618.8 620.0 62.9 51.8 64.3 53.4 10.2 8.5 10.4 8.6

Illinois .................................................................... 6,522.6 6,552.4 6,543.6 6,559.8 598.4 566.0 615.6 549.0 9.2 8.6 9.4 8.4

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville 2 ................................... 4,797.4 4,838.7 4,820.1 4,845.1 450.3 428.8 475.5 413.7 9.4 8.9 9.9 8.5

 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville ................................... 4,032.0 4,079.7 4,049.4 4,083.4 382.4 366.4 409.6 352.0 9.5 9.0 10.1 8.6

 Gary 3 ................................................................ 325.0 322.8 329.9 325.0 28.5 27.1 28.9 27.5 8.8 8.4 8.8 8.5

 Lake County-Kenosha County 2 ........................ 440.4 436.2 440.8 436.7 39.4 35.2 36.9 34.1 8.9 8.1 8.4 7.8

Massachusetts ................................................... 3,435.8 3,428.4 3,443.2 3,445.4 246.4 201.1 247.7 200.9 7.2 5.9 7.2 5.8

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 2 ................................ 2,515.3 2,516.6 2,513.5 2,525.8 160.8 133.0 162.9 133.0 6.4 5.3 6.5 5.3

 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy ................................ 1,522.1 1,525.0 1,520.2 1,530.2 91.7 74.7 93.3 74.2 6.0 4.9 6.1 4.9

 Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton ............................ 127.2 125.8 127.2 126.3 10.6 8.5 10.6 8.5 8.3 6.8 8.3 6.7

 Framingham ...................................................... 147.1 147.7 146.8 148.0 7.9 6.5 7.9 6.4 5.3 4.4 5.4 4.3

 Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury 2 ................ 123.7 124.8 123.8 124.8 8.0 7.1 8.1 7.0 6.5 5.7 6.5 5.6

 Lawrence-Methuen-Salem 2 .............................. 73.0 72.0 73.0 72.3 8.2 7.0 8.3 7.2 11.2 9.7 11.3 9.9

 Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford 2 ............................ 153.9 153.8 154.1 155.2 11.4 9.5 11.5 9.5 7.4 6.2 7.5 6.1

 Nashua 2 ........................................................... 176.7 175.0 176.5 175.4 9.4 8.3 9.5 8.7 5.3 4.8 5.4 5.0

 Peabody ............................................................ 128.3 129.5 128.6 130.9 8.8 7.6 8.9 7.6 6.8 5.8 6.9 5.8

 Taunton-Norton-Raynham ................................. 63.2 62.8 63.1 62.8 4.9 3.9 4.9 3.9 7.7 6.2 7.7 6.2

Michigan ............................................................... 4,607.9 4,585.0 4,668.2 4,662.1 464.6 368.5 476.6 402.5 10.1 8.0 10.2 8.6

Detroit-Warren-Livonia ......................................... 1,991.8 1,948.3 2,014.5 1,982.5 221.4 170.4 229.2 196.6 11.1 8.7 11.4 9.9

 Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn ................................... 814.0 788.0 820.1 798.8 97.5 77.0 101.2 88.2 12.0 9.8 12.3 11.0

 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills ........................... 1,177.8 1,160.3 1,194.4 1,183.6 124.0 93.4 128.0 108.4 10.5 8.0 10.7 9.2

New York .............................................................. 9,445.6 9,470.9 9,471.1 9,542.0 728.5 766.6 735.3 824.7 7.7 8.1 7.8 8.6

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 2 .... 9,385.8 9,420.3 9,409.5 9,481.4 758.5 788.0 773.8 838.3 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.8

 Edison-New Brunswick 3 ................................... 1,202.9 1,213.4 1,211.3 1,216.9 99.6 103.7 101.4 104.6 8.3 8.5 8.4 8.6

 Nassau-Suffolk .................................................. 1,448.9 1,453.8 1,458.0 1,466.6 95.3 103.5 97.6 108.5 6.6 7.1 6.7 7.4

 New York-White Plains-Wayne 2 ....................... 5,639.6 5,650.6 5,643.2 5,690.8 466.2 483.9 475.1 526.1 8.3 8.6 8.4 9.2

 Newark-Union 3 ................................................. 1,094.3 1,102.5 1,097.0 1,107.1 97.5 96.9 99.6 99.1 8.9 8.8 9.1 9.0

Pennsylvania ....................................................... 6,338.9 6,378.4 6,388.5 6,449.2 476.7 447.7 501.1 471.7 7.5 7.0 7.8 7.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 2 ..................... 2,964.7 2,978.0 2,977.8 2,993.7 239.9 234.1 251.8 242.8 8.1 7.9 8.5 8.1

 Camden 3 .......................................................... 665.6 673.2 666.2 674.2 62.0 63.4 64.3 64.8 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.6

 Philadelphia ....................................................... 1,945.0 1,950.2 1,959.9 1,966.5 151.1 144.9 161.5 153.3 7.8 7.4 8.2 7.8

 Wilmington 3 ...................................................... 354.2 354.6 351.7 352.9 26.8 25.7 26.0 24.7 7.6 7.3 7.4 7.0

Texas ...................................................................... 12,408.7 12,548.1 12,424.6 12,606.8 942.5 814.0 970.6 867.2 7.6 6.5 7.8 6.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington .................................. 3,275.2 3,296.9 3,280.6 3,318.8 246.9 212.9 253.0 226.3 7.5 6.5 7.7 6.8

 Dallas-Plano-Irving ............................................ 2,188.7 2,199.7 2,187.8 2,211.6 165.0 143.2 169.2 152.1 7.5 6.5 7.7 6.9

 Fort Worth-Arlington .......................................... 1,086.6 1,097.3 1,092.8 1,107.2 81.9 69.7 83.9 74.2 7.5 6.4 7.7 6.7

Washington ......................................................... 3,466.0 3,498.2 3,476.8 3,508.6 313.9 277.2 318.1 294.2 9.1 7.9 9.2 8.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue ..................................... 1,868.4 1,892.5 1,876.0 1,901.7 158.5 131.1 162.4 144.7 8.5 6.9 8.7 7.6

 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett .................................... 1,480.9 1,497.9 1,488.1 1,507.0 120.5 96.4 124.1 107.3 8.1 6.4 8.3 7.1

 Tacoma .............................................................. 387.5 394.7 387.9 394.6 37.9 34.7 38.3 37.3 9.8 8.8 9.9 9.5

1 These 11 areas contain all of the 34 metropolitan divisions. 2 Part of the area (or division) is in one or more adjacent states. 3 All of the division is in one or more adjacent states. p = preliminary. 

 NOTE: Data refer to place of residence. Area definitions are based on Office of

Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, available at

www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan

New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are

county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed

under the state that corresponds to the first city in their title. Metropolitan divisions

are listed under their metropolitan areas. Some divisions lie in more than one state,

and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their

metropolitan areas are listed. Three sets of metropolitan areas and divisions have

similar or identical titles. For Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.,

the metropolitan area and division titles are identical. For the

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H., and Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.,

metropolitan areas, the division titles are similar but include only Massachusetts and

Illinois, respectively. Data for 2011 have been revised to incorporate updated inputs

and adjustment to new state controls. Estimates for the latest month are subject to

revision the following month.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,874.2 1,875.9 1,876.6 1,881.1 4.5 0.2

Anniston-Oxford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.9 47.7 48.8 48.0 -0.8 -1.6

Auburn-Opelika. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 53.0 53.4 53.0 -0.4 -0.7

Birmingham-Hoover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489.6 488.4 490.9 489.9 -1.0 -0.2

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.2 54.8 54.5 54.4 -0.1 -0.2

Dothan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.3 57.1 57.6 57.4 -0.2 -0.3

Florence-Muscle Shoals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.9 55.5 55.0 56.3 1.3 2.4

Gadsden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.0 36.3 36.1 36.2 0.1 0.3

Huntsville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.1 205.1 208.5 204.9 -3.6 -1.7

Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 175.5 176.7 176.1 -0.6 -0.3

Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.2 165.2 168.5 166.5 -2.0 -1.2

Tuscaloosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.1 93.6 94.4 92.6 -1.8 -1.9

Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321.4 321.1 330.3 328.6 -1.7 -0.5

Anchorage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.9 171.3 175.6 173.9 -1.7 -1.0

Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.4 38.5 40.4 39.3 -1.1 -2.7

Arizona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,422.3 2,469.0 2,419.3 2,460.9 41.6 1.7

Flagstaff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.5 61.9 62.6 61.6 -1.0 -1.6

Lake Havasu City-Kingman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 46.0 46.4 45.9 -0.5 -1.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,723.7 1,761.7 1,720.1 1,756.2 36.1 2.1

Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 54.7 54.7 54.9 0.2 0.4

Tucson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358.2 360.6 357.2 359.9 2.7 0.8

Yuma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.9 49.9 49.3 49.2 -0.1 -0.2

Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176.6 1,172.6 1,170.5 1,176.7 6.2 0.5

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.5 210.6 204.8 210.5 5.7 2.8

Fort Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.8 110.0 115.6 110.6 -5.0 -4.3

Hot Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 36.6 36.9 36.5 -0.4 -1.1

Jonesboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 49.8 49.7 49.5 -0.2 -0.4

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.2 337.4 339.3 338.9 -0.4 -0.1

Pine Bluff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5 36.8 36.8 37.1 0.3 0.8

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,064.9 14,250.4 14,105.0 14,316.5 211.5 1.5

Bakersfield-Delano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.0 235.4 234.2 236.6 2.4 1.0

Chico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.2 67.4 68.0 68.0 0.0 0.0

El Centro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 46.3 44.8 46.2 1.4 3.1

Fresno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.1 285.2 283.2 289.2 6.0 2.1

Hanford-Corcoran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.2 36.5 35.4 36.9 1.5 4.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,162.1 5,217.6 5,171.5 5,235.3 63.8 1.2

Madera-Chowchilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.8 31.8 32.3 31.8 -0.5 -1.5

Merced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 55.9 56.5 56.5 0.0 0.0

Modesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.1 142.1 143.8 143.5 -0.3 -0.2

Napa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 59.7 61.4 61.5 0.1 0.2

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 276.3 275.2 277.4 2.2 0.8

Redding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5 59.3 57.2 60.3 3.1 5.4

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,132.7 1,144.0 1,132.4 1,147.1 14.7 1.3

Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805.6 806.2 806.7 809.4 2.7 0.3

Salinas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.7 125.0 121.6 126.5 4.9 4.0

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229.7 1,240.0 1,233.0 1,246.4 13.4 1.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894.5 1,927.7 1,898.2 1,933.5 35.3 1.9

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873.9 903.6 877.2 908.3 31.1 3.5

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.0 99.8 98.8 101.3 2.5 2.5

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.9 166.7 166.3 169.3 3.0 1.8

Santa Cruz-Watsonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.7 91.0 87.9 92.1 4.2 4.8

Santa Rosa-Petaluma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172.3 171.3 173.0 174.1 1.1 0.6

Stockton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.9 193.7 185.8 193.7 7.9 4.3

Vallejo-Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.1 120.6 117.6 120.8 3.2 2.7

Visalia-Porterville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.9 104.2 107.1 106.0 -1.1 -1.0

Yuba City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.5 37.2 36.9 37.1 0.2 0.5

Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,246.6 2,277.8 2,251.3 2,286.2 34.9 1.6

Boulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.0 166.4 164.0 166.8 2.8 1.7

Colorado Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.6 249.7 250.9 251.7 0.8 0.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Colorado - Continued

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207.1 1,231.2 1,216.3 1,244.0 27.7 2.3

Fort Collins-Loveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.0 138.0 137.0 140.4 3.4 2.5

Grand Junction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 60.4 59.6 61.7 2.1 3.5

Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 81.9 82.2 82.6 0.4 0.5

Pueblo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 57.9 59.0 59.2 0.2 0.3

Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,628.2 1,628.6 1,634.5 1,639.2 4.7 0.3

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.6 398.1 403.4 404.3 0.9 0.2

Danbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5 67.8 66.9 68.6 1.7 2.5

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541.5 544.1 540.7 543.6 2.9 0.5

New Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268.1 269.4 269.1 269.9 0.8 0.3

Norwich-New London. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.5 124.3 130.3 127.4 -2.9 -2.2

Waterbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.4 63.4 62.5 64.4 1.9 3.0

Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418.6 417.8 420.7 420.9 0.2 0.0

Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 64.7 64.6 64.6 0.0 0.0

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725.4 738.3 725.5 738.2 12.7 1.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990.4 3,026.7 3,000.6 3,047.6 47.0 1.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,337.1 7,371.1 7,313.6 7,363.9 50.3 0.7

Cape Coral-Fort Myers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.8 205.3 203.7 203.8 0.1 0.0

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.4 80.8 80.9 80.5 -0.4 -0.5

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157.4 154.7 157.0 155.1 -1.9 -1.2

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.9 125.6 126.1 123.5 -2.6 -2.1

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.7 593.7 593.5 595.9 2.4 0.4

Lakeland-Winter Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.2 197.0 197.4 196.7 -0.7 -0.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,230.9 2,243.0 2,227.9 2,243.6 15.7 0.7

Naples-Marco Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.6 118.6 115.0 117.5 2.5 2.2

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 243.7 242.1 243.9 1.8 0.7

Ocala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.4 90.8 91.2 91.0 -0.2 -0.2

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018.4 1,023.0 1,018.2 1,022.6 4.4 0.4

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.0 194.9 196.1 196.0 -0.1 -0.1

Palm Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.3 19.1 19.3 19.1 -0.2 -1.0

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 73.7 74.6 73.5 -1.1 -1.5

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.5 157.5 162.5 157.8 -4.7 -2.9

Port St. Lucie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.7 119.0 121.2 119.3 -1.9 -1.6

Punta Gorda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 41.2 42.1 41.3 -0.8 -1.9

Sebastian-Vero Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 45.5 44.5 45.0 0.5 1.1

Tallahassee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.0 168.7 168.6 164.3 -4.3 -2.6

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136.1 1,148.6 1,133.8 1,151.1 17.3 1.5

Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,904.4 3,928.5 3,910.9 3,944.9 34.0 0.9

Albany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 59.3 60.8 60.6 -0.2 -0.3

Athens-Clarke County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.7 85.4 83.4 86.1 2.7 3.2

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,312.6 2,334.3 2,317.9 2,345.8 27.9 1.2

Augusta-Richmond County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.2 207.6 211.6 205.9 -5.7 -2.7

Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 40.1 40.4 40.8 0.4 1.0

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118.9 120.2 119.4 121.6 2.2 1.8

Dalton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 62.0 67.1 61.9 -5.2 -7.7

Gainesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 78.9 74.5 80.6 6.1 8.2

Hinesville-Fort Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.3 19.8 20.3 20.0 -0.3 -1.5

Macon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.9 97.5 95.9 97.9 2.0 2.1

Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.6 37.5 38.5 37.6 -0.9 -2.3

Savannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.6 150.9 153.5 150.9 -2.6 -1.7

Valdosta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1 53.2 52.3 53.0 0.7 1.3

Warner Robins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 59.3 59.5 59.4 -0.1 -0.2

Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.0 599.3 592.8 601.0 8.2 1.4

Honolulu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.7 442.2 439.3 443.3 4.0 0.9

Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.6 611.5 609.9 619.1 9.2 1.5

Boise City-Nampa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256.1 260.4 257.7 263.4 5.7 2.2

Coeur d’Alene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 54.7 53.9 55.1 1.2 2.2

Idaho Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 48.8 48.7 49.5 0.8 1.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Idaho - Continued

Lewiston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 26.4 26.5 27.2 0.7 2.6

Pocatello. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3 37.0 36.5 37.6 1.1 3.0

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,664.5 5,689.5 5,702.5 5,729.8 27.3 0.5

Bloomington-Normal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 90.7 91.4 91.4 0.0 0.0

Champaign-Urbana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.7 104.8 106.9 105.6 -1.3 -1.2

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,278.3 4,311.0 4,313.0 4,340.9 27.9 0.6

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.3 28.5 29.3 29.0 -0.3 -1.0

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.1 177.9 182.8 179.3 -3.5 -1.9

Decatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 52.9 53.2 52.9 -0.3 -0.6

Kankakee-Bradley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.3 43.3 42.3 43.4 1.1 2.6

Peoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.7 185.0 181.3 186.2 4.9 2.7

Rockford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145.0 148.0 146.7 150.1 3.4 2.3

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.4 111.5 112.9 112.0 -0.9 -0.8

Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,842.6 2,886.0 2,856.5 2,913.0 56.5 2.0

Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.1 40.3 40.3 40.3 0.0 0.0

Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.6 81.6 78.4 79.6 1.2 1.5

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 48.3 44.7 48.9 4.2 9.4

Elkhart-Goshen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.2 115.2 109.7 117.6 7.9 7.2

Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.3 173.4 175.6 173.3 -2.3 -1.3

Fort Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.8 215.2 206.8 215.0 8.2 4.0

Indianapolis-Carmel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882.7 895.0 891.5 903.9 12.4 1.4

Kokomo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 41.8 41.3 42.3 1.0 2.4

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.1 96.5 91.8 94.6 2.8 3.1

Michigan City-La Porte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.4 41.8 42.8 42.3 -0.5 -1.2

Muncie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.5 49.7 49.5 50.9 1.4 2.8

South Bend-Mishawaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.2 136.1 134.7 137.1 2.4 1.8

Terre Haute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.3 71.5 69.8 71.5 1.7 2.4

Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,485.4 1,501.0 1,496.0 1,510.8 14.8 1.0

Ames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 49.7 47.4 48.8 1.4 3.0

Cedar Rapids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.3 136.9 139.6 139.0 -0.6 -0.4

Des Moines-West Des Moines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.6 322.0 321.1 324.7 3.6 1.1

Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6 57.1 57.1 57.2 0.1 0.2

Iowa City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.8 92.2 93.4 94.3 0.9 1.0

Sioux City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.5 74.2 73.7 74.8 1.1 1.5

Waterloo-Cedar Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.0 92.5 90.3 93.0 2.7 3.0

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346.1 1,352.1 1,353.4 1,359.4 6.0 0.4

Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.4 50.8 51.4 50.2 -1.2 -2.3

Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0 55.0 57.0 55.2 -1.8 -3.2

Topeka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.6 108.5 110.7 109.0 -1.7 -1.5

Wichita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286.0 285.6 286.4 288.6 2.2 0.8

Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,793.7 1,827.8 1,798.2 1,835.7 37.5 2.1

Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 60.5 60.8 60.3 -0.5 -0.8

Elizabethtown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.8 47.6 48.9 48.2 -0.7 -1.4

Lexington-Fayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248.7 250.7 247.9 251.0 3.1 1.3

Louisville-Jefferson County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.1 615.3 600.5 620.9 20.4 3.4

Owensboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.9 52.5 51.3 53.1 1.8 3.5

Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907.0 1,953.6 1,909.4 1,949.2 39.8 2.1

Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.3 62.7 64.1 62.1 -2.0 -3.1

Baton Rouge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.3 370.4 369.7 373.5 3.8 1.0

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.7 97.2 92.1 97.8 5.7 6.2

Lafayette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.1 165.2 150.4 166.2 15.8 10.5

Lake Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.5 88.8 89.7 88.5 -1.2 -1.3

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 76.9 76.4 76.5 0.1 0.1

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528.4 532.1 528.6 528.1 -0.5 -0.1

Shreveport-Bossier City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 179.6 178.9 179.7 0.8 0.4

Maine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583.5 582.5 595.1 594.5 -0.6 -0.1

Bangor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 63.6 64.3 63.6 -0.7 -1.1

Lewiston-Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.8 47.8 47.8 48.9 1.1 2.3

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ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Maine - Continued

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.3 185.0 191.2 191.7 0.5 0.3

Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,542.5 2,577.3 2,555.3 2,587.3 32.0 1.3

Baltimore-Towson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,293.6 1,307.7 1,298.8 1,305.8 7.0 0.5

Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 41.8 40.1 41.8 1.7 4.2

Hagerstown-Martinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 99.9 99.3 99.8 0.5 0.5

Salisbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.6 53.6 53.0 53.5 0.5 0.9

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,215.0 3,232.9 3,234.2 3,268.6 34.4 1.1

Barnstable Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.9 95.3 96.8 99.6 2.8 2.9

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,449.7 2,470.4 2,456.3 2,498.6 42.3 1.7

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 47.5 48.3 48.1 -0.2 -0.4

New Bedford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.0 65.9 65.9 66.6 0.7 1.1

Pittsfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 34.1 34.8 35.1 0.3 0.9

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287.3 286.9 288.2 288.9 0.7 0.2

Worcester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.5 245.0 244.5 245.7 1.2 0.5

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,923.2 3,976.0 3,970.9 4,020.8 49.9 1.3

Ann Arbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.9 204.6 198.1 203.4 5.3 2.7

Battle Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.4 56.2 57.0 57.4 0.4 0.7

Bay City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.7 36.6 36.4 36.8 0.4 1.1

Detroit-Warren-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,769.4 1,794.9 1,787.8 1,821.6 33.8 1.9

Flint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.0 137.0 135.4 137.3 1.9 1.4

Grand Rapids-Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.8 376.0 376.6 380.8 4.2 1.1

Holland-Grand Haven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.1 115.6 108.5 115.7 7.2 6.6

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.0 55.2 54.6 56.0 1.4 2.6

Kalamazoo-Portage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.3 137.7 134.8 136.6 1.8 1.3

Lansing-East Lansing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.2 219.8 220.4 222.1 1.7 0.8

Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.0 37.5 39.0 38.5 -0.5 -1.3

Muskegon-Norton Shores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.2 58.6 60.9 59.9 -1.0 -1.6

Niles-Benton Harbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.9 59.3 59.8 59.9 0.1 0.2

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.0 85.5 85.5 85.0 -0.5 -0.6

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,670.7 2,687.5 2,705.5 2,728.4 22.9 0.8

Duluth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.4 127.6 131.3 129.0 -2.3 -1.8

Mankato-North Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1 53.9 53.2 53.6 0.4 0.8

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,726.6 1,732.6 1,746.2 1,758.9 12.7 0.7

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.8 100.5 102.7 102.6 -0.1 -0.1

St. Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 100.7 99.5 99.7 0.2 0.2

Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096.8 1,094.5 1,095.7 1,091.8 -3.9 -0.4

Gulfport-Biloxi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.5 107.7 107.1 108.1 1.0 0.9

Hattiesburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.6 59.5 58.2 59.3 1.1 1.9

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.0 255.3 255.5 255.9 0.4 0.2

Pascagoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 56.6 56.1 57.1 1.0 1.8

Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675.4 2,675.0 2,687.8 2,685.3 -2.5 -0.1

Cape Girardeau-Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.5 43.2 43.8 43.3 -0.5 -1.1

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.1 97.9 95.4 97.4 2.0 2.1

Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.7 77.6 77.7 78.4 0.7 0.9

Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.4 82.2 79.5 81.6 2.1 2.6

Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984.8 990.2 990.1 995.0 4.9 0.5

St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.7 61.0 60.7 62.0 1.3 2.1

St. Louis1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,306.9 1,302.4 1,313.3 1,309.1 -4.2 -0.3

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.4 196.8 196.4 197.2 0.8 0.4

Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.0 424.9 430.8 434.1 3.3 0.8

Billings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7 77.1 79.8 79.0 -0.8 -1.0

Great Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.8 34.0 35.2 34.2 -1.0 -2.8

Missoula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.2 54.1 56.0 55.1 -0.9 -1.6

Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946.7 952.0 954.2 967.3 13.1 1.4

Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.5 174.3 174.1 177.2 3.1 1.8

Omaha-Council Bluffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460.2 466.9 463.8 472.6 8.8 1.9

Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124.8 1,130.6 1,129.1 1,140.7 11.6 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Nevada - Continued

Carson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 27.5 28.9 27.7 -1.2 -4.2

Las Vegas-Paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809.8 811.7 811.4 817.3 5.9 0.7

Reno-Sparks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.0 188.3 190.0 190.1 0.1 0.1

New Hampshire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622.5 619.3 628.6 627.7 -0.9 -0.1

Manchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 98.0 98.8 99.0 0.2 0.2

Portsmouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.4 56.5 55.3 58.1 2.8 5.1

Rochester-Dover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.7 55.8 57.1 56.6 -0.5 -0.9

New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,839.1 3,877.0 3,872.2 3,922.9 50.7 1.3

Atlantic City-Hammonton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.1 137.9 135.6 141.4 5.8 4.3

Ocean City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 38.3 40.5 42.4 1.9 4.7

Trenton-Ewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.7 243.0 242.1 243.7 1.6 0.7

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 58.3 58.3 59.7 1.4 2.4

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807.7 809.2 808.7 807.2 -1.5 -0.2

Albuquerque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.3 372.7 373.5 371.2 -2.3 -0.6

Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.3 48.5 49.6 49.4 -0.2 -0.4

Las Cruces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.6 70.2 70.7 70.3 -0.4 -0.6

Santa Fe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 61.9 60.3 62.0 1.7 2.8

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,668.3 8,778.6 8,725.7 8,860.2 134.5 1.5

Albany-Schenectady-Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438.8 441.4 439.5 446.7 7.2 1.6

Binghamton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.8 111.1 110.0 112.0 2.0 1.8

Buffalo-Niagara Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541.1 544.3 545.7 548.0 2.3 0.4

Elmira. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.5 38.7 40.7 39.1 -1.6 -3.9

Glens Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.8 55.4 54.8 56.3 1.5 2.7

Ithaca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.4 63.3 66.7 63.6 -3.1 -4.6

Kingston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.3 62.9 61.2 63.1 1.9 3.1

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,396.9 8,476.0 8,445.3 8,553.1 107.8 1.3

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249.8 250.9 251.9 252.1 0.2 0.1

Rochester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509.2 517.5 512.2 522.9 10.7 2.1

Syracuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.8 317.3 315.1 319.4 4.3 1.4

Utica-Rome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.6 131.6 130.3 134.2 3.9 3.0

North Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,938.0 3,962.0 3,954.8 3,973.5 18.7 0.5

Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.0 169.9 170.4 172.3 1.9 1.1

Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.5 58.3 57.7 58.4 0.7 1.2

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830.2 839.1 833.5 841.2 7.7 0.9

Durham-Chapel Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.9 277.6 274.4 277.9 3.5 1.3

Fayetteville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.5 131.6 131.1 131.7 0.6 0.5

Goldsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 43.8 43.3 44.1 0.8 1.8

Greensboro-High Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.6 347.3 344.6 348.9 4.3 1.2

Greenville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 75.8 75.5 76.2 0.7 0.9

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.0 144.2 144.0 144.2 0.2 0.1

Jacksonville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.9 48.6 48.3 49.0 0.7 1.4

Raleigh-Cary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.9 516.7 510.1 520.2 10.1 2.0

Rocky Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 59.4 59.3 59.7 0.4 0.7

Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.4 136.8 140.3 136.4 -3.9 -2.8

Winston-Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.3 205.8 205.0 206.9 1.9 0.9

North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388.9 414.7 395.8 422.5 26.7 6.7

Bismarck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.3 66.3 64.4 67.3 2.9 4.5

Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.1 128.7 124.5 130.5 6.0 4.8

Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.3 53.5 53.6 54.3 0.7 1.3

Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,087.8 5,136.1 5,124.1 5,195.8 71.7 1.4

Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.5 320.6 320.0 322.1 2.1 0.7

Canton-Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.2 166.2 163.0 168.8 5.8 3.6

Cincinnati-Middletown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990.8 1,008.1 998.5 1,016.7 18.2 1.8

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996.7 987.9 1,004.1 1,002.2 -1.9 -0.2

Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917.8 930.0 923.5 937.7 14.2 1.5

Dayton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.0 380.0 377.1 380.9 3.8 1.0

Lima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.7 52.5 51.9 53.4 1.5 2.9

Mansfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.5 52.5 53.1 53.2 0.1 0.2

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Ohio - Continued

Sandusky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 38.2 39.3 40.5 1.2 3.1

Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.5 50.3 50.5 51.0 0.5 1.0

Steubenville-Weirton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 43.7 44.1 43.9 -0.2 -0.5

Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301.1 301.0 302.1 302.4 0.3 0.1

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.4 224.4 226.3 225.6 -0.7 -0.3

Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554.2 1,588.9 1,557.2 1,594.6 37.4 2.4

Lawton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.0 42.6 44.2 42.9 -1.3 -2.9

Oklahoma City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.1 585.8 573.2 588.5 15.3 2.7

Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.8 417.8 408.4 418.9 10.5 2.6

Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617.8 1,621.6 1,624.5 1,638.8 14.3 0.9

Bend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.2 60.1 61.0 61.6 0.6 1.0

Corvallis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 38.1 38.9 38.7 -0.2 -0.5

Eugene-Springfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.6 140.4 143.1 140.8 -2.3 -1.6

Medford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.7 74.3 74.0 75.4 1.4 1.9

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987.1 997.1 988.2 1,007.1 18.9 1.9

Salem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2 140.0 142.0 140.6 -1.4 -1.0

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,704.2 5,738.8 5,733.3 5,761.8 28.5 0.5

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339.9 343.6 343.5 345.8 2.3 0.7

Altoona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.9 61.3 61.8 61.5 -0.3 -0.5

Erie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.3 132.6 131.6 134.5 2.9 2.2

Harrisburg-Carlisle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.3 324.1 327.2 326.2 -1.0 -0.3

Johnstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.8 60.2 61.0 59.9 -1.1 -1.8

Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.5 230.8 229.0 233.2 4.2 1.8

Lebanon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.1 49.5 50.5 50.9 0.4 0.8

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725.4 2,729.4 2,729.8 2,739.5 9.7 0.4

Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142.7 1,157.5 1,152.5 1,165.3 12.8 1.1

Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.9 172.8 170.4 171.4 1.0 0.6

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254.6 259.3 255.6 260.2 4.6 1.8

State College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.9 77.1 76.6 78.1 1.5 2.0

Williamsport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.7 55.5 54.9 55.3 0.4 0.7

York-Hanover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.2 178.3 178.3 179.4 1.1 0.6

Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461.1 457.3 466.5 462.5 -4.0 -0.9

Providence-Fall River-Warwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544.4 543.0 549.5 548.8 -0.7 -0.1

South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,841.7 1,855.7 1,851.1 1,872.5 21.4 1.2

Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.5 58.1 60.8 58.3 -2.5 -4.1

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.8 299.6 297.8 299.9 2.1 0.7

Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347.3 351.8 347.4 354.9 7.5 2.2

Florence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 85.1 81.0 85.7 4.7 5.8

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304.3 304.0 304.8 306.0 1.2 0.4

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.4 115.5 118.3 119.5 1.2 1.0

Spartanburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.7 120.0 116.2 120.1 3.9 3.4

Sumter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.2 36.8 37.1 37.2 0.1 0.3

South Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.4 404.8 411.3 412.4 1.1 0.3

Rapid City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0 60.7 61.4 62.2 0.8 1.3

Sioux Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.9 137.2 136.8 139.1 2.3 1.7

Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,655.2 2,696.3 2,663.2 2,701.1 37.9 1.4

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.7 235.5 231.5 234.1 2.6 1.1

Clarksville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.3 85.6 84.5 86.7 2.2 2.6

Cleveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.3 39.1 39.8 39.9 0.1 0.3

Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.3 59.9 59.4 59.9 0.5 0.8

Johnson City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 80.7 79.2 80.2 1.0 1.3

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 119.9 119.8 120.9 1.1 0.9

Knoxville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.1 336.2 330.0 338.9 8.9 2.7

Memphis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592.8 602.0 593.0 602.4 9.4 1.6

Morristown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.2 43.8 45.1 43.8 -1.3 -2.9

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751.8 763.6 754.7 764.7 10.0 1.3

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,556.2 10,770.3 10,576.4 10,804.9 228.5 2.2

Abilene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.7 64.9 65.7 64.1 -1.6 -2.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Texas - Continued

Amarillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.0 115.1 112.4 114.1 1.7 1.5

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793.9 814.3 793.6 816.3 22.7 2.9

Beaumont-Port Arthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.2 159.4 158.7 158.9 0.2 0.1

Brownsville-Harlingen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.5 129.1 128.2 131.0 2.8 2.2

College Station-Bryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.8 98.4 98.3 97.3 -1.0 -1.0

Corpus Christi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.2 187.8 181.3 188.5 7.2 4.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,916.5 2,966.5 2,927.2 2,979.8 52.6 1.8

El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.6 285.6 281.1 288.2 7.1 2.5

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,585.7 2,668.3 2,588.8 2,676.8 88.0 3.4

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129.1 130.2 129.1 131.0 1.9 1.5

Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.6 95.3 91.0 95.1 4.1 4.5

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.0 98.0 97.7 99.9 2.2 2.3

Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128.0 131.9 128.0 133.0 5.0 3.9

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226.1 231.7 226.3 230.0 3.7 1.6

Midland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.5 75.3 74.0 76.0 2.0 2.7

Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.1 71.1 65.7 71.3 5.6 8.5

San Angelo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.2 46.5 45.0 46.6 1.6 3.6

San Antonio-New Braunfels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857.4 868.9 860.0 869.2 9.2 1.1

Sherman-Denison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.9 43.7 43.3 43.7 0.4 0.9

Texarkana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.3 58.5 57.3 59.6 2.3 4.0

Tyler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.0 97.0 93.6 96.4 2.8 3.0

Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 50.5 50.8 50.5 -0.3 -0.6

Waco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 0.2 0.2

Wichita Falls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 57.3 58.5 58.0 -0.5 -0.9

Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.1 1,229.4 1,201.7 1,230.5 28.8 2.4

Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 54.0 53.1 54.2 1.1 2.1

Ogden-Clearfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.3 196.8 197.9 199.2 1.3 0.7

Provo-Orem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.4 186.1 181.5 185.8 4.3 2.4

St. George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.6 46.9 46.8 47.4 0.6 1.3

Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617.9 637.5 613.4 633.8 20.4 3.3

Vermont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295.5 297.1 298.4 302.1 3.7 1.2

Burlington-South Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.6 114.2 114.3 117.1 2.8 2.4

Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,687.8 3,720.1 3,701.2 3,744.9 43.7 1.2

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.6 76.7 69.2 73.8 4.6 6.6

Charlottesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.6 105.4 101.1 104.9 3.8 3.8

Danville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.9 40.6 39.9 40.9 1.0 2.5

Harrisonburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.8 64.3 62.3 64.0 1.7 2.7

Lynchburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.1 102.5 102.7 103.0 0.3 0.3

Richmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611.9 615.2 614.2 617.4 3.2 0.5

Roanoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156.0 155.5 156.5 156.6 0.1 0.1

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738.3 739.3 743.6 748.0 4.4 0.6

Winchester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.9 56.9 56.3 56.8 0.5 0.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,811.4 2,847.2 2,829.1 2,877.5 48.4 1.7

Bellingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.1 83.3 81.4 83.4 2.0 2.5

Bremerton-Silverdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.8 82.9 83.3 84.0 0.7 0.8

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.7 100.2 103.1 101.8 -1.3 -1.3

Longview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.1 35.1 35.4 36.3 0.9 2.5

Mount Vernon-Anacortes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 43.6 44.0 44.1 0.1 0.2

Olympia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.6 100.1 98.9 101.3 2.4 2.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.3 1,694.3 1,668.2 1,706.9 38.7 2.3

Spokane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.6 202.2 206.7 204.9 -1.8 -0.9

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.1 38.6 38.6 39.6 1.0 2.6

Yakima. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.3 76.6 77.1 77.8 0.7 0.9

West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754.3 760.0 757.9 763.8 5.9 0.8

Charleston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147.4 148.4 148.1 148.6 0.5 0.3

Huntington-Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.9 115.9 114.4 116.7 2.3 2.0

Morgantown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.0 68.4 66.1 68.6 2.5 3.8

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.6 69.5 69.3 70.8 1.5 2.2

Wheeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 67.1 67.3 68.2 0.9 1.3

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area — Continued

[In thousands]

State and area

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,742.4 2,714.5 2,772.0 2,753.5 -18.5 -0.7

Appleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.6 116.6 116.8 119.2 2.4 2.1

Eau Claire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.6 78.6 81.5 79.7 -1.8 -2.2

Fond du Lac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.9 45.4 45.5 45.6 0.1 0.2

Green Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.9 168.6 166.9 170.7 3.8 2.3

Janesville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 60.3 61.7 61.2 -0.5 -0.8

La Crosse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.6 75.5 75.0 76.1 1.1 1.5

Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.3 345.9 349.4 349.0 -0.4 -0.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.5 806.6 818.1 815.3 -2.8 -0.3

Oshkosh-Neenah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.0 94.1 94.3 95.7 1.4 1.5

Racine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 74.4 75.7 75.5 -0.2 -0.3

Sheboygan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.2 57.3 57.9 58.4 0.5 0.9

Wausau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.7 66.6 67.4 67.5 0.1 0.1

Wyoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.3 280.9 287.4 289.4 2.0 0.7

Casper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.2 40.9 39.9 41.1 1.2 3.0

Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 44.7 44.3 45.5 1.2 2.7

Puerto Rico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924.2 917.4 922.7 919.5 -3.2 -0.3

Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.6 46.3 48.9 46.9 -2.0 -4.1

Fajardo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 14.6 15.6 14.9 -0.7 -4.5

Guayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.7 0.1 0.6

Mayaguez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.9 36.9 35.9 37.2 1.3 3.6

Ponce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 60.7 61.4 61.1 -0.3 -0.5

San German-Cabo Rojo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1 21.3 20.6 21.4 0.8 3.9

San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.4 676.5 683.5 677.2 -6.3 -0.9

Yauco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.6 13.6 13.7 13.5 -0.2 -1.5

Virgin Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 43.3 44.1 41.8 -2.3 -5.2

1 Area boundaries do not reflect official OMB definitions.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available.

Area definitions are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six

New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more

states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Ill. is the exception since it is listed under Illinois for operational

reasons.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 4. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan area, and metropolitan division

[In thousands]

State, area, and division

April May Change from

May 2011 to May 2012p

2011 2012 2011 2012p Number Percent

California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,064.9 14,250.4 14,105.0 14,316.5 211.5 1.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,162.1 5,217.6 5,171.5 5,235.3 63.8 1.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,799.4 3,830.6 3,804.4 3,842.4 38.0 1.0

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362.7 1,387.0 1,367.1 1,392.9 25.8 1.9

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894.5 1,927.7 1,898.2 1,933.5 35.3 1.9

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949.9 958.4 953.4 958.0 4.6 0.5

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944.6 969.3 948.7 975.5 26.8 2.8

District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725.4 738.3 725.5 738.2 12.7 1.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,990.4 3,026.7 3,000.6 3,047.6 47.0 1.6

Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564.8 569.1 567.1 575.0 7.9 1.4

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425.6 2,457.6 2,433.5 2,472.6 39.1 1.6

Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,337.1 7,371.1 7,313.6 7,363.9 50.3 0.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,230.9 2,243.0 2,227.9 2,243.6 15.7 0.7

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.2 717.6 716.9 715.1 -1.8 -0.3

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004.6 1,016.2 1,004.6 1,020.3 15.7 1.6

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.1 509.2 506.4 508.2 1.8 0.4

Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,664.5 5,689.5 5,702.5 5,729.8 27.3 0.5

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,278.3 4,311.0 4,313.0 4,340.9 27.9 0.6

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,634.2 3,668.6 3,660.9 3,693.6 32.7 0.9

Gary2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267.8 265.7 270.8 267.5 -3.3 -1.2

Lake County-Kenosha County1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.3 376.7 381.3 379.8 -1.5 -0.4

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,215.0 3,232.9 3,234.2 3,268.6 34.4 1.1

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,449.7 2,470.4 2,456.3 2,498.6 42.3 1.7

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,689.7 1,708.2 1,691.8 1,727.3 35.5 2.1

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.9 87.4 88.6 88.5 -0.1 -0.1

Framingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.6 157.6 155.9 158.8 2.9 1.9

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.4 79.3 78.8 80.0 1.2 1.5

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 117.7 117.3 120.4 3.1 2.6

Nashua1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.3 122.5 126.1 123.7 -2.4 -1.9

Peabody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 102.1 100.7 104.4 3.7 3.7

Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,923.2 3,976.0 3,970.9 4,020.8 49.9 1.3

Detroit-Warren-Livonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,769.4 1,794.9 1,787.8 1,821.6 33.8 1.9

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702.6 698.5 704.5 703.6 -0.9 -0.1

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,066.8 1,096.4 1,083.3 1,118.0 34.7 3.2

New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,668.3 8,778.6 8,725.7 8,860.2 134.5 1.5

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,396.9 8,476.0 8,445.3 8,553.1 107.8 1.3

Edison-New Brunswick2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975.8 979.2 989.1 987.7 -1.4 -0.1

Nassau-Suffolk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,238.8 1,242.2 1,250.8 1,259.9 9.1 0.7

New York-White Plains-Wayne1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,218.3 5,283.2 5,236.7 5,326.2 89.5 1.7

Newark-Union2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 964.0 971.4 968.7 979.3 10.6 1.1

Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,704.2 5,738.8 5,733.3 5,761.8 28.5 0.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725.4 2,729.4 2,729.8 2,739.5 9.7 0.4

Camden2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.1 509.1 504.4 511.7 7.3 1.4

Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,888.5 1,885.4 1,892.0 1,892.3 0.3 0.0

Wilmington2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333.8 334.9 333.4 335.5 2.1 0.6

Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,556.2 10,770.3 10,576.4 10,804.9 228.5 2.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,916.5 2,966.5 2,927.2 2,979.8 52.6 1.8

Dallas-Plano-Irving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,055.8 2,089.9 2,061.5 2,097.7 36.2 1.8

Fort Worth-Arlington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860.7 876.6 865.7 882.1 16.4 1.9

Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,811.4 2,847.2 2,829.1 2,877.5 48.4 1.7

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658.3 1,694.3 1,668.2 1,706.9 38.7 2.3

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,393.5 1,425.4 1,402.1 1,436.1 34.0 2.4

Tacoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.8 268.9 266.1 270.8 4.7 1.8

1 Part of the area is in one or more adjacent states.

2 All of the area is in one or more adjacent states.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area definitions are based

on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02, dated December 1, 2009, and available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City

and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state that appears first in their titles. Some divisions

lie in more than one state, and some, like Camden, N.J., are totally outside the states under which their metropolitan areas are listed.
Unemployment rates for metropolitan areas,

not seasonally adjusted, May 2012

(U S rate = 7 9 percent) (U.S. rate

=

7.9 percent)

Map includes data for 372 metropolitan areas basedon Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 10-02. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based.

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