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      METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  SEPTEMBER 2002
   
   
   In September, 231 metropolitan areas recorded higher unemployment rates
than a year earlier, 78 areas had lower rates, and 22 had rates that were
unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Six metropolitan areas posted rates of at least 10.0 per-
cent, all of which were located in either California's agricultural Central 
Valley or along the Mexican border in other states.  Twenty-eight areas 
registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent, with 10 located in the Midwest 
and 10 in the South.  The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in 
September, not seasonally adjusted.
   
Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
   
   Fifty-three metropolitan areas had rates below 3.5 percent in September,
down from 72 a year earlier, while 47 areas recorded unemployment rates of
at least 6.5 percent, up from 30 areas in September 2001.  Fargo-Moorhead,
N.D.-Minn., posted the lowest jobless rate, 1.7 percent, closely followed
by Bryan-College Station, Texas, and Sioux Falls, S.D., 1.8 percent each.
Yuma, Ariz., where summer jobless rates are typically twice those of the
winter, continued to report the highest unemployment rate, 29.9 percent.
The next highest rates were again in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas 
(12.6 percent), and Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, Calif. (12.4 percent).  
Overall, 213 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment rates below the U.S. 
average, while 107 areas had higher rates.  (See table 1 and the map.)
   
   In September, Decatur, Ill., and Wichita Falls, Texas, recorded the
largest over-the-year unemployment rate increases (+2.3 percentage points
each), followed by Odessa-Midland, Texas (+2.0 points).  An additional 54
areas posted over-the-year rate increases of at least 1.0 percentage point.
The largest jobless rate decrease from September 2001 was found in 
Tuscaloosa, Ala. (-2.6 percentage points).  Another seven areas experienced
rate declines of a full percentage point or more.
   
   Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 1990 census population of 1 million
or more, San Jose, Calif., and Miami, Fla., continued to record the highest
unemployment rates, 7.7 and 7.3 percent, respectively.  For the fourth
consecutive month, Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va.-W.Va., posted the lowest job-
less rate among these large areas, 3.5 percent.  Hartford, Conn., and Orange 
County, Calif., registered the next lowest rates, 3.8 and 4.0 percent, res-
pectively.  Over the year, jobless rates in 46 of these large areas rose, 
with Columbus, Ohio, and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash., recording the 
largest increases (+1.5 percentage points each).  An additional 13 areas 
registered increases of at least 1.0 percentage point from last September.  
Five large areas did not have over-the-year increases in their unemployment 
rates, four of which were located in the South.  

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Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   Among the 274 metropolitan areas for which September nonfarm payroll
data were available, 160 reported over-the-year declines in employment, 
107 reported increases, and 7 had no change.  The largest over-the-year
employment decreases were posted in New York, N.Y. (-87,800), Chicago, Ill.
(-63,200), Atlanta, Ga. (-56,400), Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (-45,000), 
and San Francisco, Calif. (-35,600).  Much of the employment decline in New 
York, N.Y., can be traced to the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, ter-
rorist attacks on the World Trade Center.  The numbers reflect both jobs 
that were lost due to decreased business activity and jobs that were lost 
due to firms relocating elsewhere.  The largest over-the-year percentage 
declines in employment were reported in Decatur, Ill. (-5.2 percent), 
Bloomington, Ind. (-5.0 percent), Sherman-Denison, Texas (-3.8 percent), 
Flint, Mich. (-3.6 percent), and Kokomo, Ind., and San Jose, Calif. 
(-3.5 percent each).  (See table 2.)
   
   The largest over-the-year employment increases were recorded in Riverside-
San Bernardino, Calif. (+28,400), followed by San Diego, Calif. (+21,900), 
Miami, Fla. (+14,600), and Las Vegas, Nev.-Ariz. (+13,500).  The largest 
percentage increases in employment occurred in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, 
Ark. (+3.7 percent), Lawrence, Kan., and Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. 
(+2.7 percent each), and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas (+2.6 percent).
   
   Over the year, nonfarm employment declined in 30 of the 38 metropolitan
areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2001.  The
largest over-the-year percentage declines in employment in these large
metropolitan areas were posted in San Jose, Calif. (-3.5 percent), San
Francisco, Calif. (-3.3 percent), and Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. 
(-3.2 percent).  Among the largest areas, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., 
had the highest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (+2.7 per-
cent), followed by San Diego, Calif. (+1.8 percent), and Las Vegas, Nev.-
Ariz. (+1.7 percent).
   
   Over the year, employment growth was most prevalent in government, in
services, and in finance, insurance, and real estate with increases in 165,
151, and 118 metropolitan areas, respectively.  Manufacturing continued to
be the weakest industry division, with 221 metropolitan areas experiencing
employment losses over the year.
   
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   The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release for October
is scheduled to be issued on November 20.  The Metropolitan Area Employment
and Unemployment release for October is scheduled to be issued on November 27.
   
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   |                                                                    |
   |          Upcoming Changes to State and Metropolitan Area           |
   |               Nonfarm Payroll Series in March 2003                 |
   |                                                                    |
   |    NAICS conversion.  The nonfarm payroll series for states and    |
   | metropolitan areas, produced from the Current Employment           |
   | Statistics (CES) program and presented in table 2 of this news     |
   | release, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial       |
   | Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry     |
   | Classification System (NAICS) basis with the release in March      |
   | 2003 of January 2003 estimates.  The NAICS conversion involves     |
   | major definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC- |
   | based series.  After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series     |
   | will no longer be produced or published.  Historical time series   |
   | will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process.     |
   | At the state and metropolitan area level, the NAICS-based          |
   | reconstruction effort will cover only the all employee series,     |
   | which will have a NAICS-based history extending back to January    |
   | 1990, except for total nonfarm employment series, which will       |
   | retain their current beginning dates.  There will be no            |
   | reconstruction of average weekly hours, average hourly earnings,   |
   | or other data types; these series will begin in January 2001 on a  |
   | NAICS basis.                                                       |
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   |    Completion of the CES sample redesign.  March 2003 also will    |
   | mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in at the     |
   | state and metropolitan area level.  The redesign converts the CES  |
   | from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample. In March  |
   | 2003, at the state and metropolitan area level, the transportation |
   | and public utilities; finance, insurance, and real estate; retail  |
   | trade; and services industries will be converted to the new sample.|
   | All other private sector industries have already been converted.   |
   | The final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level    |
   | shifts for average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and      |
   | production worker employment series.  New levels for these series  |
   | are being recomputed from the NAICS-based probability sample.      |
   |                                                                    |
   |    Small domain models.  With the full implementation of the CES   |
   | sample redesign at the state and metropolitan area levels in       |
   | March 2003, some redistribution of sample from smaller to larger   |
   | metropolitan areas will be needed in order to maximize the         |
   | reliability of the statewide total nonfarm estimates.  In order    |
   | to sustain the viability of the employment series for smaller      |
   | domains, primarily detailed industry series within the smallest    |
   | metropolitan areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has       |
   | developed a small domain model, based on weighted least squares    |
   | regression methodology.  The inputs for the model are available    |
   | sample, time series history, and additional information from the   |
   | full state sample.  In March 2003, the model will be implemented   |
   | as the official estimator for the approximately 10 percent of CES  |
   | published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample- |
   | based estimates.                                                   |
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   |    Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is   |
   | available through the BLS public database at the state and area    |
   | homepage at http://www.bls.gov/sae/ or by calling 202-691-6559.    |
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Technical Note


     This release presents labor force and unemployment data from
the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (table 1)
for 337 metropolitan areas, including those in Puerto Rico.  Nonfarm
payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics
(CES) program (table 2) are provided for over 270 of these 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 labor force includes both the employed and the unemployed.
Employed persons are those who did any work at all for pay or
profit in the survey 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 have 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 did not work at all (in the
reference week), have actively looked for a job (sometime in the
4-week period ending with the survey reference week), and are
currently available for work; persons on layoff expecting recall
need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed.
     
     Method of estimation.  Effective January 1996, estimates for
all states, the District of Columbia, the Los Angeles-Long Beach
metropolitan area, and New York City are produced using estimating
equations based on regression techniques.  For all other substate
areas, estimates are prepared through indirect estimation
procedures.  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 (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 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 with January estimates.  The adjusted estimates
reflect updated population data from the U.S. Census Bureau and
any revisions in the other data sources.  In addition, data for
all states, the District of Columbia, and the two large substate
areas noted are adjusted annually to equal the CPS annual
averages, usually effective with January estimates.  All other 
substate estimates are adjusted to add to the revised (benchmarked)
state 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 which includes the 12th of the month, except for federal
government employment, which represents the number of persons who
occupied positions on the last day 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 product or activity in accordance with the 1987 Standard
Industrial Classification Manual.
     
     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.
     
     Annual revisions.  Employment estimates are adjusted annually
to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived
principally from tax reports which 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
survey and administrative data 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 are also 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 special
estimation processes used.  The sums of individual items may not
always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of
rounding.  With respect to the LAUS program, unemployment rates
are computed, in most instances, from unrounded data rather than
from data that may be displayed in the tables; differences,
however, are generally insignificant.
     
     Labor force and unemployment estimates.  Measures of sampling
error, in the form of the standard errors for state annual average
estimates derived from the CPS, are available in the annual BLS
bulletin, Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment.
Error measures cannot be computed for substate areas because of
the special estimation processes used.  Measures of nonsampling
error for CPS data are not available, but additional information
on the subject is provided in the BLS monthly periodical,
Employment and Earnings.
     
     Employment estimates.  Measures of sampling error are not
available for state CES data, but the relatively large size of the
samples maintained by the state agencies and the annual adjustment
of employment estimates to more recent benchmark levels assure a
high degree of accuracy.  Information on recent benchmark
revisions for states is available upon request.
     
     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, dated June 30, 1996.  A
detailed list of the geographic definitions is published annually
in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.
     
Additional information
     
     More complete information on the technical procedures used to
develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment
and Earnings, which is available by subscription from the Super-
intendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 
DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-1800).
     
     Estimates of unadjusted and seasonally adjusted labor force
and unemployment data for states, census regions and divisions,
and two areas are available in the news release, Regional and
State Employment and Unemployment.  Estimates of labor force and
unemplopment 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 from the BLS Internet at
(http://stats.bls.gov/lau/).  Employment data from the CES
program are available at (http://stats.bls.gov/sae/).
        
     Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; 
TDD message referral phone:  1-800-877-8339.
   
   

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)
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
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                                            Civilian labor force                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
          State and area                                                               Number                Percent of labor force
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                           August          September            August          September       August    September 
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
                                       2001     2002     2001     2002p     2001     2002     2001    2002p  2001  2002  2001 2002p
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Alabama............................  2,147.8  2,148.7  2,145.5  2,149.5    121.3    128.1    120.9    123.8   5.6   6.0   5.6   5.8
  Anniston.........................     51.7     51.2     51.8     51.0      3.0      2.9      2.9      2.9   5.7   5.7   5.6   5.6
  Auburn-Opelika...................     50.5     49.6     51.1     50.9      2.2      2.1      2.0      2.1   4.3   4.3   4.0   4.2
  Birmingham.......................    475.4    483.5    475.0    482.4     17.4     22.1     17.8     21.6   3.7   4.6   3.7   4.5
  Decatur..........................     74.1     71.3     73.0     71.4      5.6      4.8      4.2      4.6   7.6   6.8   5.8   6.4
  Dothan...........................     67.3     68.0     66.8     67.8      3.2      3.0      3.1      2.9   4.8   4.5   4.6   4.2
  Florence.........................     65.6     64.5     65.8     64.5      5.0      6.4      5.3      6.2   7.7  10.0   8.0   9.6
  Gadsden..........................     48.3     46.5     48.0     46.7      3.0      2.8      3.0      2.6   6.3   6.1   6.2   5.6
  Huntsville.......................    177.9    177.7    177.9    178.0      6.3      7.6      6.3      7.5   3.5   4.3   3.5   4.2
  Mobile...........................    275.0    275.2    273.1    274.2     16.4     17.3     16.0     16.4   5.9   6.3   5.9   6.0
  Montgomery.......................    164.4    165.7    164.1    165.3      7.4      8.0      7.3      7.7   4.5   4.8   4.4   4.7
  Tuscaloosa.......................     83.4     82.0     85.4     82.8      2.7      3.2      5.2      2.9   3.3   3.9   6.1   3.5
                                                                                                                                   
Alaska.............................    330.1    339.5    323.1    333.9     16.4     19.7     16.9     21.1   5.0   5.8   5.2   6.3
  Anchorage........................    143.2    147.7    142.8    147.7      5.3      6.5      5.5      7.1   3.7   4.4   3.8   4.8
                                                                                                                                   
Arizona............................  2,443.2  2,521.5  2,453.3  2,510.9    128.6    157.9    133.6    152.2   5.3   6.3   5.4   6.1
  Flagstaff........................     65.6     67.5     66.8     67.1      3.0      3.3      2.9      3.1   4.6   4.8   4.4   4.6
  Phoenix-Mesa.....................  1,634.7  1,685.9  1,640.3  1,679.0     71.1     92.3     77.7     91.4   4.3   5.5   4.7   5.4
  Tucson...........................    390.5    401.3    397.5    403.6     13.7     18.5     15.6     18.0   3.5   4.6   3.9   4.5
  Yuma.............................     70.0     73.0     67.2     69.9     23.5     24.2     20.5     20.9  33.6  33.2  30.5  29.9
                                                                                                                                   
Arkansas...........................  1,235.2  1,292.1  1,222.3  1,283.2     61.6     62.8     56.9     57.0   5.0   4.9   4.7   4.4
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers...    153.9    167.5    152.6    167.0      3.5      3.8      3.3      3.5   2.3   2.2   2.2   2.1
  Fort Smith.......................     98.1    100.2     96.4     99.0      3.9      4.1      3.9      3.9   3.9   4.1   4.0   3.9
  Jonesboro........................     42.9     44.6     42.4     44.6      2.1      1.9      1.8      1.8   4.8   4.4   4.3   4.0
  Little Rock-North Little Rock....    302.1    315.4    297.1    310.8     12.9     13.5     12.0     12.3   4.3   4.3   4.1   4.0
  Pine Bluff.......................     35.7     36.9     35.3     36.5      2.9      3.1      2.6      2.8   8.2   8.5   7.5   7.7
                                                                                                                                   
California......................... 17,535.9 17,647.2 17,450.3 17,573.9    951.9  1,109.2    950.0  1,070.4   5.4   6.3   5.4   6.1
  Bakersfield......................    298.8    301.1    297.0    299.9     25.0     27.8     24.9     27.6   8.4   9.2   8.4   9.2
  Chico-Paradise...................     89.1     91.0     87.6     91.2      5.4      6.0      5.0      5.5   6.1   6.6   5.7   6.0
  Fresno...........................    453.5    451.1    453.4    452.0     47.3     49.7     46.5     48.8  10.4  11.0  10.3  10.8
  Los Angeles-Long Beach...........  4,909.0  4,885.0  4,926.9  4,906.0    304.2    341.0    300.0    321.2   6.2   7.0   6.1   6.5
  Merced...........................     85.1     83.9     84.2     82.7      8.3      9.0      8.4      8.3   9.7  10.7  10.0  10.1
  Modesto..........................    220.9    224.9    216.1    219.4     16.5     19.2     17.1     18.6   7.5   8.6   7.9   8.5
  Oakland..........................  1,279.3  1,297.0  1,266.7  1,284.0     59.6     77.3     60.1     75.1   4.7   6.0   4.7   5.8
  Orange County....................  1,546.6  1,566.4  1,535.0  1,552.8     51.4     63.5     51.7     61.9   3.3   4.1   3.4   4.0
  Redding..........................     77.0     77.7     76.9     77.2      4.3      4.9      4.5      4.8   5.6   6.4   5.8   6.3
  Riverside-San Bernardino.........  1,569.1  1,628.6  1,567.0  1,628.7     85.7     98.8     84.0     96.5   5.5   6.1   5.4   5.9
  Sacramento.......................    842.0    851.2    831.6    843.7     33.7     43.2     34.4     42.7   4.0   5.1   4.1   5.1
  Salinas..........................    199.1    198.9    196.6    196.0     10.7     12.6     10.7     12.4   5.4   6.3   5.4   6.3
  San Diego........................  1,433.8  1,481.0  1,424.9  1,470.0     50.1     61.9     49.8     60.2   3.5   4.2   3.5   4.1
  San Francisco....................    993.3    974.1    981.0    964.0     44.5     54.3     44.1     51.7   4.5   5.6   4.5   5.4
  San Jose.........................  1,021.2  1,006.4  1,003.5    990.7     59.3     77.8     62.9     76.7   5.8   7.7   6.3   7.7
  San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso                                                                                                  
     Robles........................    119.1    120.6    118.4    120.1      3.2      4.0      3.1      3.8   2.7   3.3   2.6   3.2
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc.    204.4    204.5    202.2    202.6      5.9      7.5      6.1      7.7   2.9   3.6   3.0   3.8
  Santa Cruz-Watsonville...........    145.6    145.9    144.4    145.0      6.3      8.1      6.2      8.2   4.3   5.5   4.3   5.7
  Santa Rosa.......................    264.2    265.7    265.3    267.9      8.3     11.4      7.9     10.7   3.1   4.3   3.0   4.0
  Stockton-Lodi....................    269.5    273.0    268.7    272.1     19.4     22.2     19.5     21.8   7.2   8.1   7.3   8.0
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa...........    272.6    278.8    272.4    277.0     10.4     13.7     10.2     13.2   3.8   4.9   3.8   4.8
  Ventura..........................    426.2    424.8    422.7    424.3     22.5     24.8     22.6     24.2   5.3   5.8   5.3   5.7
  Visalia-Tulare-Porterville.......    171.5    168.6    169.3    165.7     22.3     21.1     22.5     20.6  13.0  12.5  13.3  12.4
  Yolo.............................     93.9     93.9     93.6     93.1      3.2      3.8      3.0      3.7   3.4   4.0   3.2   3.9
  Yuba City........................     60.9     61.0     59.7     59.4      4.9      5.7      5.2      5.6   8.0   9.3   8.7   9.4
                                                                                                                                   
Colorado...........................  2,329.3  2,393.4  2,328.7  2,394.1     88.4    119.0     91.8    119.2   3.8   5.0   3.9   5.0
  Boulder-Longmont.................    189.2    191.9    191.9    195.4      7.2     10.1      7.7     10.0   3.8   5.2   4.0   5.1
  Colorado Springs.................    267.1    273.7    266.5    274.4     12.8     15.7     13.5     15.7   4.8   5.7   5.1   5.7
  Denver...........................  1,171.4  1,194.1  1,171.6  1,198.4     43.3     61.6     45.8     62.3   3.7   5.2   3.9   5.2
  Fort Collins-Loveland............    148.7    154.5    150.2    155.8      5.2      6.8      5.5      6.9   3.5   4.4   3.7   4.5
  Grand Junction...................     59.0     62.4     59.1     62.4      2.3      2.6      2.1      2.5   3.8   4.1   3.6   3.9
  Greeley..........................     88.3     95.5     90.4     96.5      3.5      5.0      3.7      5.1   3.9   5.2   4.0   5.2
  Pueblo...........................     58.7     59.8     58.9     60.0      2.9      3.6      2.9      3.6   4.9   6.0   5.0   6.0
                                                                                                                                   
Connecticut........................  1,742.8  1,745.7  1,696.7  1,706.3     61.3     67.9     52.8     61.7   3.5   3.9   3.1   3.6
  Bridgeport.......................    218.6    215.6    213.8    211.6     10.0     10.6      8.7      9.6   4.6   4.9   4.1   4.5
  Danbury..........................    109.9    109.6    107.3    107.2      3.1      3.3      2.7      2.9   2.8   3.0   2.5   2.7
  Hartford.........................    592.2    587.9    577.8    577.5     21.3     23.8     18.2     22.0   3.6   4.1   3.1   3.8
  New Haven-Meriden................    280.7    285.0    272.8    277.6      9.8     10.8      7.9      9.7   3.5   3.8   2.9   3.5
  New London-Norwich...............    158.2    164.5    153.7    159.8      4.6      5.5      3.8      4.9   2.9   3.3   2.5   3.1
  Stamford-Norwalk.................    197.2    196.4    190.3    190.0      4.8      5.2      4.5      4.8   2.5   2.7   2.3   2.5
  Waterbury........................    115.8    116.4    112.8    114.0      5.6      6.0      5.0      5.4   4.8   5.1   4.4   4.7
                                                                                                                                   
Delaware...........................    421.9    417.8    413.8    407.8     14.7     16.6     13.3     16.2   3.5   4.0   3.2   4.0
  Dover............................     72.2     71.4     71.7     70.8      2.8      2.7      2.4      2.6   3.9   3.7   3.4   3.6
  Wilmington-Newark................    311.2    311.5    306.6    303.8     11.6     14.0     10.5     13.2   3.7   4.5   3.4   4.3
                                                                                                                                   
District of Columbia...............    282.9    274.5    276.6    269.3     19.3     16.7     18.2     16.0   6.8   6.1   6.6   5.9
  Washington.......................  2,774.1  2,820.8  2,749.0  2,794.5     92.7    102.9     97.4     98.5   3.3   3.6   3.5   3.5
                                                                                                                                   
Florida............................  7,808.3  7,913.9  7,730.3  7,825.6    388.8    447.9    401.2    421.1   5.0   5.7   5.2   5.4
  Daytona Beach....................    199.6    199.8    196.7    196.9      8.7     10.7      9.0     10.0   4.3   5.4   4.6   5.1
  Fort Lauderdale..................    821.4    829.7    819.8    824.5     41.1     50.5     43.2     48.0   5.0   6.1   5.3   5.8
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral............    195.4    199.9    191.8    196.7      6.8      8.7      7.0      8.3   3.5   4.3   3.7   4.2
  Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie.......    134.1    137.1    132.5    134.4     12.9     12.7     12.9     11.8   9.6   9.3   9.7   8.8
  Fort Walton Beach................     87.0     89.4     85.6     87.6      2.5      2.5      2.7      2.4   2.9   2.8   3.2   2.7
  Gainesville......................    109.0    109.3    108.6    108.7      2.9      2.9      2.9      2.6   2.7   2.7   2.7   2.4
  Jacksonville.....................    583.3    597.2    573.6    585.6     25.2     30.9     26.0     28.7   4.3   5.2   4.5   4.9
  Lakeland-Winter Haven............    210.7    210.0    207.3    207.0     16.2     15.8     15.8     14.4   7.7   7.5   7.6   7.0
  Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay....    216.8    215.3    214.0    212.4      9.2     11.6     10.3     11.1   4.3   5.4   4.8   5.2
  Miami............................  1,090.0  1,114.9  1,084.2  1,108.2     73.9     84.4     77.6     80.6   6.8   7.6   7.2   7.3
  Naples...........................    107.6    115.0    108.6    116.0      6.2      7.1      6.4      6.8   5.7   6.2   5.9   5.9
  Ocala............................    100.3    100.0     99.0     98.9      4.7      5.1      4.6      4.6   4.7   5.1   4.7   4.6
  Orlando..........................    927.6    935.7    914.3    920.9     38.4     48.3     39.7     44.3   4.1   5.2   4.3   4.8
  Panama City......................     66.2     67.0     64.9     65.6      2.9      3.1      3.1      3.0   4.3   4.6   4.7   4.6
  Pensacola........................    173.9    175.8    171.3    173.1      7.4      7.3      7.6      6.6   4.2   4.1   4.4   3.8
  Punta Gorda......................     51.9     55.0     52.4     55.8      1.7      2.2      2.0      2.4   3.3   4.1   3.8   4.3
  Sarasota-Bradenton...............    294.1    294.4    290.5    291.3      9.0     11.1     10.3     11.3   3.1   3.8   3.6   3.9
  Tallahassee......................    153.9    156.9    152.9    155.9      4.8      6.0      4.8      5.3   3.1   3.8   3.2   3.4
  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater..  1,296.2  1,306.8  1,278.1  1,286.8     49.5     60.1     50.8     56.4   3.8   4.6   4.0   4.4
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton.......    552.4    561.0    546.0    553.8     35.8     37.6     36.0     35.5   6.5   6.7   6.6   6.4
                                                                                                                                   
Georgia............................  4,091.3  4,201.8  4,105.2  4,221.5    164.8    198.5    172.2    203.9   4.0   4.7   4.2   4.8
  Albany...........................     53.7     54.0     53.8     54.4      2.9      2.8      2.9      2.8   5.4   5.1   5.4   5.1
  Athens...........................     72.3     75.5     72.9     77.0      2.2      2.3      2.3      2.2   3.1   3.0   3.1   2.9
  Atlanta..........................  2,260.0  2,320.6  2,269.5  2,332.3     81.6    114.9     87.3    118.3   3.6   4.9   3.8   5.1
  Augusta-Aiken....................    199.4    206.2    199.7    207.0     10.0     10.0     10.1     10.7   5.0   4.9   5.1   5.2
  Columbus.........................    124.5    128.8    124.4    128.6      6.5      7.2      6.4      7.2   5.3   5.6   5.2   5.6
  Macon............................    143.4    146.5    144.0    149.1      5.7      6.1      5.8      6.4   4.0   4.2   4.0   4.3
  Savannah.........................    133.7    143.6    136.0    143.7      4.2      5.5      4.4      5.5   3.2   3.8   3.2   3.9
                                                                                                                                   
Hawaii.............................    606.9    595.8    601.8    590.6     27.4     24.8     27.5     25.4   4.5   4.2   4.6   4.3
  Honolulu.........................    428.7    420.5    426.6    417.6     17.2     15.9     17.5     16.4   4.0   3.8   4.1   3.9
                                                                                                                                   
Idaho..............................    696.1    698.9    691.4    690.4     30.4     32.9     28.8     31.4   4.4   4.7   4.2   4.6
  Boise City.......................    253.4    253.4    250.6    249.3      9.9     11.6     10.1     11.6   3.9   4.6   4.0   4.6
  Pocatello........................     39.6     39.1     40.6     40.1      1.8      2.2      1.7      2.1   4.6   5.6   4.3   5.1
                                                                                                                                   
Illinois...........................  6,367.1  6,295.4  6,323.1  6,221.8    346.9    391.4    329.5    368.9   5.4   6.2   5.2   5.9
  Bloomington-Normal...............     90.8     89.1     91.8     90.8      2.0      2.3      1.9      2.1   2.2   2.6   2.0   2.4
  Champaign-Urbana.................     96.6     95.7     98.3     96.4      2.7      3.0      2.4      2.7   2.8   3.2   2.5   2.8
  Chicago..........................  4,260.4  4,219.3  4,228.6  4,167.6    236.0    274.5    227.7    260.9   5.5   6.5   5.4   6.3
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island.....    185.7    188.5    185.1    185.8      7.1      8.2      7.9      7.7   3.8   4.4   4.3   4.2
  Decatur..........................     57.5     55.7     56.9     54.7      3.5      4.6      3.1      4.2   6.1   8.3   5.4   7.7
  Kankakee.........................     51.7     52.4     51.4     51.9      2.9      3.6      2.7      3.4   5.6   6.9   5.2   6.5
  Peoria-Pekin.....................    184.7    180.5    183.6    179.3      7.8      8.8      7.5      8.3   4.2   4.9   4.1   4.6
  Rockford.........................    197.5    196.4    196.1    193.3     13.6     13.9     13.1     13.5   6.9   7.1   6.7   7.0
  Springfield......................    112.3    111.4    105.5    105.0      4.1      4.9      3.7      4.5   3.7   4.4   3.5   4.3
                                                                                                                                   
Indiana............................  3,124.5  3,171.3  3,109.2  3,151.0    135.4    158.5    132.7    145.6   4.3   5.0   4.3   4.6
  Bloomington......................     58.0     58.9     61.6     59.7      2.2      2.2      2.0      1.8   3.8   3.8   3.2   2.9
  Elkhart-Goshen...................     94.8     98.9     94.7     97.0      4.8      4.5      5.0      4.0   5.0   4.5   5.2   4.1
  Evansville-Henderson.............    159.6    159.8    158.1    157.7      5.9      6.9      5.9      6.4   3.7   4.3   3.7   4.1
  Fort Wayne.......................    262.9    268.5    262.2    268.4     12.8     13.6     12.5     12.5   4.8   5.1   4.8   4.6
  Gary.............................    292.2    293.8    292.1    292.4     14.7     18.1     14.4     16.5   5.0   6.2   4.9   5.7
  Indianapolis.....................    874.4    896.9    866.5    890.4     30.2     42.9     30.6     40.2   3.5   4.8   3.5   4.5
  Kokomo...........................     50.4     49.8     50.3     49.4      3.1      2.5      2.9      2.7   6.1   5.1   5.9   5.4
  Lafayette........................     89.1     91.1     94.3     95.9      3.0      3.3      2.9      3.3   3.4   3.6   3.1   3.4
  Muncie...........................     58.5     58.4     59.9     61.0      2.8      3.2      2.4      2.9   4.7   5.5   3.9   4.7
  South Bend.......................    136.7    136.6    135.9    135.3      6.3      6.9      6.3      6.2   4.6   5.1   4.6   4.6
  Terre Haute......................     69.5     71.0     70.0     71.6      3.7      4.1      3.4      3.7   5.3   5.8   4.9   5.1
                                                                                                                                   
Iowa...............................  1,599.0  1,631.9  1,595.3  1,627.5     48.9     55.4     49.6     55.7   3.1   3.4   3.1   3.4
  Cedar Rapids.....................    115.3    116.7    115.3    115.5      3.2      5.0      3.6      4.9   2.8   4.3   3.1   4.2
  Des Moines.......................    265.4    273.6    262.2    271.4      6.0      7.9      6.3      8.3   2.3   2.9   2.4   3.1
  Dubuque..........................     48.4     49.3     48.4     48.8      1.9      1.4      2.3      1.7   3.8   2.8   4.7   3.4
  Iowa City........................     70.4     73.1     72.3     74.2      1.7      2.1      1.9      2.2   2.5   2.9   2.6   3.0
  Sioux City.......................     64.1     65.6     63.8     65.7      2.0      2.3      1.9      2.3   3.1   3.5   2.9   3.5
  Waterloo-Cedar Falls.............     67.2     67.3     68.5     68.6      2.3      2.5      2.9      2.6   3.4   3.8   4.2   3.8
                                                                                                                                   
Kansas.............................  1,377.1  1,450.8  1,365.7  1,440.8     57.1     64.0     55.1     62.4   4.1   4.4   4.0   4.3
  Lawrence.........................     54.2     56.0     55.2     60.1      2.4      2.4      2.3      2.4   4.4   4.3   4.1   4.0
  Topeka...........................     89.8     93.3     87.9     92.1      3.6      3.7      3.6      3.7   4.0   4.0   4.0   4.0
  Wichita..........................    277.7    290.2    274.2    287.9     11.0     16.3     10.7     16.3   4.0   5.6   3.9   5.7
                                                                                                                                   
Kentucky...........................  1,970.0  1,999.3  1,953.1  1,980.0    101.2     95.6    101.2     95.6   5.1   4.8   5.2   4.8
  Lexington........................    260.8    267.2    260.5    266.0      9.4      9.0      9.3      8.9   3.6   3.4   3.6   3.3
  Louisville.......................    560.7    578.3    556.8    570.5     23.4     26.7     24.6     25.9   4.2   4.6   4.4   4.5
  Owensboro........................     50.1     51.8     49.4     50.9      2.7      2.6      2.5      2.6   5.4   5.0   5.0   5.1
                                                                                                                                   
Louisiana..........................  2,060.7  2,024.5  2,051.0  2,005.4    115.2    120.4    120.7    116.7   5.6   5.9   5.9   5.8
  Alexandria.......................     60.1     59.4     59.0     58.4      3.4      3.4      3.3      3.2   5.6   5.7   5.7   5.5
  Baton Rouge......................    310.4    306.0    310.3    305.3     16.2     17.2     16.8     16.5   5.2   5.6   5.4   5.4
  Houma............................     95.8     94.1     94.0     93.4      3.0      3.4      3.4      3.5   3.2   3.7   3.6   3.7
  Lafayette........................    181.4    179.3    179.9    176.5      9.1      9.6      9.9      9.6   5.0   5.3   5.5   5.4
  Lake Charles.....................     91.0     88.3     90.8     87.0      5.6      5.1      5.5      5.1   6.2   5.8   6.1   5.8
  Monroe...........................     74.2     72.2     73.5     72.1      4.1      3.6      4.0      3.3   5.6   4.9   5.5   4.6
  New Orleans......................    614.8    596.8    614.4    593.3     31.1     32.0     33.1     31.7   5.1   5.4   5.4   5.3
  Shreveport-Bossier City..........    187.8    183.8    185.8    181.4     10.4     12.1     11.6     11.8   5.5   6.6   6.3   6.5
                                                                                                                                   
Maine..............................    699.6    702.6    686.4    686.3     23.4     22.3     25.2     24.2   3.3   3.2   3.7   3.5
  Bangor...........................     51.9     52.0     52.2     52.3      1.3      1.2      1.4      1.3   2.5   2.3   2.6   2.4
  Lewiston-Auburn..................     52.9     52.7     52.9     52.5      1.9      1.7      2.1      1.9   3.6   3.3   4.0   3.7
  Portland.........................    141.9    143.4    137.8    138.4      3.1      3.0      3.3      3.4   2.2   2.1   2.4   2.4
                                                                                                                                   
Maryland...........................  2,864.8  2,930.6  2,856.0  2,909.9    117.4    123.4    118.7    114.3   4.1   4.2   4.2   3.9
  Baltimore........................  1,341.8  1,373.8  1,338.4  1,364.2     63.4     65.3     63.1     60.8   4.7   4.7   4.7   4.5
  Cumberland.......................     44.1     43.4     44.5     43.6      2.8      2.6      2.6      2.2   6.3   5.9   5.9   5.0
  Hagerstown.......................     68.7     70.0     69.3     70.3      2.4      2.7      2.5      2.5   3.5   3.9   3.6   3.6
                                                                                                                                   
Massachusetts......................  3,336.8  3,416.2  3,278.5  3,359.6    126.7    172.1    133.6    176.5   3.8   5.0   4.1   5.3
  Barnstable-Yarmouth..............     87.0     89.8     79.1     82.5      2.1      2.6      2.1      2.6   2.4   2.9   2.6   3.2
  Boston...........................  1,853.2  1,884.9  1,815.2  1,847.9     64.3     87.2     69.1     90.9   3.5   4.6   3.8   4.9
  Brockton.........................    130.2    133.6    129.6    133.1      5.4      7.3      5.4      7.4   4.2   5.5   4.2   5.5
  Fitchburg-Leominster.............     66.9     69.7     66.5     68.9      3.7      5.1      3.8      5.2   5.5   7.4   5.7   7.5
  Lawrence.........................    218.6    223.2    216.0    221.7     13.1     16.8     13.7     17.0   6.0   7.5   6.3   7.7
  Lowell...........................    178.4    182.2    175.8    180.0      8.3     11.5      8.9     12.0   4.6   6.3   5.1   6.6
  New Bedford......................     78.8     82.3     79.1     81.8      4.3      6.7      4.3      5.6   5.4   8.2   5.4   6.8
  Pittsfield.......................     39.3     40.6     37.9     39.2      1.5      1.9      1.5      1.9   3.7   4.7   3.9   4.9
  Springfield......................    278.0    287.7    279.8    290.2     10.8     14.2     10.7     14.3   3.9   4.9   3.8   4.9
  Worcester........................    251.8    261.4    250.1    259.7     10.7     14.7     11.3     14.9   4.3   5.6   4.5   5.7
                                                                                                                                   
Michigan...........................  5,208.2  5,192.3  5,145.6  5,119.7    261.4    301.5    261.5    273.8   5.0   5.8   5.1   5.3
  Ann Arbor........................    312.2    313.2    309.4    311.7      9.4     10.8      9.5      9.9   3.0   3.5   3.1   3.2
  Benton Harbor....................     85.6     85.1     84.6     83.1      4.4      4.9      4.7      4.2   5.1   5.7   5.5   5.1
  Detroit..........................  2,323.4  2,318.2  2,293.8  2,275.7    117.6    138.3    117.0    127.3   5.1   6.0   5.1   5.6
  Flint............................    191.1    185.2    189.3    182.9     15.2     15.9     14.2     14.1   8.0   8.6   7.5   7.7
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland....    631.1    630.4    624.4    625.7     32.2     39.4     32.9     36.1   5.1   6.2   5.3   5.8
  Jackson..........................     82.1     82.3     81.1     81.2      4.2      5.0      4.4      4.8   5.2   6.1   5.4   5.9
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek...........    240.8    241.3    238.0    238.5     10.7     12.5     11.2     11.0   4.5   5.2   4.7   4.6
  Lansing-East Lansing.............    246.7    245.1    247.1    246.0      8.1      9.3      8.2      8.3   3.3   3.8   3.3   3.4
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland.........    202.9    199.2    200.9    196.5     10.2     12.1     10.5     11.0   5.0   6.1   5.2   5.6
                                                                                                                                   
Minnesota..........................  2,846.4  2,874.7  2,824.4  2,852.8     94.6    113.7    100.6    111.5   3.3   4.0   3.6   3.9
  Duluth-Superior..................    128.3    130.4    127.3    129.8      6.0      5.6      5.3      5.0   4.7   4.3   4.2   3.8
  Minneapolis-St.Paul..............  1,777.6  1,820.6  1,772.6  1,796.2     57.3     73.7     63.6     72.9   3.2   4.0   3.6   4.1
  Rochester........................     78.9     81.2     78.2     79.6      1.9      2.9      1.9      2.8   2.4   3.5   2.5   3.5
  St. Cloud........................    100.2    100.7    101.4    102.1      3.4      4.1      3.4      4.1   3.3   4.0   3.4   4.0
                                                                                                                                   
Mississippi........................  1,290.2  1,297.8  1,283.3  1,291.2     73.8     81.2     72.3     73.2   5.7   6.3   5.6   5.7
  Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula.......    174.8    174.6    173.1    173.9      7.6      8.6      7.7      8.2   4.3   4.9   4.4   4.7
  Hattiesburg......................     52.2     51.3     51.9     50.4      1.8      2.4      1.7      2.0   3.5   4.7   3.3   4.0
  Jackson..........................    233.8    228.8    231.0    226.5      8.3      9.8      8.5      9.2   3.5   4.3   3.7   4.1
                                                                                                                                   
Missouri...........................  2,963.7  2,951.0  2,953.8  2,927.7    144.3    143.2    135.3    134.5   4.9   4.9   4.6   4.6
  Columbia.........................     88.5     87.1     86.9     85.0      1.7      1.8      1.7      1.6   2.0   2.1   1.9   1.9
  Joplin...........................     83.9     81.8     83.1     80.5      4.2      4.4      4.0      3.9   5.0   5.4   4.9   4.9
  Kansas City......................  1,014.8  1,051.3  1,003.8  1,033.2     46.8     52.6     44.9     51.1   4.6   5.0   4.5   5.0
  St. Joseph.......................     52.5     50.7     52.8     50.5      2.9      2.5      3.0      2.5   5.5   4.9   5.8   4.9
  St. Louis LMA....................  1,355.2  1,356.7  1,350.2  1,343.7     69.9     71.9     64.7     66.4   5.2   5.3   4.8   4.9
  Springfield......................    171.6    176.6    172.8    178.1      6.1      6.9      6.0      6.6   3.6   3.9   3.5   3.7
                                                                                                                                   
Montana............................    469.9    477.2    460.4    467.2     17.4     15.1     17.2     14.4   3.7   3.2   3.7   3.1
  Billings.........................     72.3     75.7     69.8     72.9      2.2      2.0      2.1      1.9   3.0   2.6   3.0   2.6
  Great Falls......................     36.4     36.3     36.2     36.0      1.4      1.2      1.5      1.2   3.9   3.2   4.2   3.2
  Missoula.........................     54.0     56.7     54.0     56.3      1.6      1.5      1.6      1.4   2.9   2.6   2.9   2.5
                                                                                                                                   
Nebraska...........................    932.6    952.4    920.5    941.5     27.3     31.0     25.3     28.5   2.9   3.3   2.7   3.0
  Lincoln..........................    147.7    148.9    145.6    147.9      4.1      4.5      3.9      4.3   2.7   3.0   2.7   2.9
  Omaha............................    399.2    404.8    393.6    400.2     12.6     14.4     11.9     13.3   3.2   3.6   3.0   3.3
                                                                                                                                   
Nevada.............................  1,030.2  1,050.9  1,033.1  1,052.8     53.9     52.6     53.2     51.2   5.2   5.0   5.1   4.9
  Las Vegas........................    808.7    829.9    810.9    832.5     43.7     43.5     43.5     42.7   5.4   5.2   5.4   5.1
  Reno.............................    184.7    188.2    185.6    189.0      7.3      7.7      7.2      7.3   4.0   4.1   3.9   3.9
                                                                                                                                   
New Hampshire......................    697.9    722.0    680.7    704.8     26.5     32.7     25.2     30.0   3.8   4.5   3.7   4.3
  Manchester.......................    110.7    112.1    107.5    109.8      4.4      5.2      4.1      4.9   4.0   4.6   3.8   4.4
  Nashua...........................    109.7    113.8    106.4    110.6      5.3      6.8      4.9      6.3   4.8   6.0   4.6   5.7
  Portsmouth-Rochester.............    132.3    136.1    129.4    132.7      3.8      5.8      3.6      5.3   2.9   4.3   2.8   4.0
                                                                                                                                   
New Jersey.........................  4,202.7  4,278.4  4,154.4  4,226.7    183.1    227.3    183.2    222.6   4.4   5.3   4.4   5.3
  Atlantic-Cape May................    178.9    183.6    172.0    176.7      8.4      9.8      8.1      9.6   4.7   5.3   4.7   5.4
  Bergen-Passaic...................    652.5    659.0    648.2    652.5     30.3     35.8     30.2     34.4   4.6   5.4   4.7   5.3
  Jersey City......................    277.6    287.2    277.1    287.3     17.8     21.0     18.5     21.1   6.4   7.3   6.7   7.3
  Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon.....    658.5    675.2    654.0    669.8     23.7     31.5     23.7     30.6   3.6   4.7   3.6   4.6
  Monmouth-Ocean...................    548.3    564.6    529.1    545.9     20.4     26.2     20.4     25.2   3.7   4.6   3.9   4.6
  Newark...........................  1,012.7  1,028.1  1,004.1  1,016.5     45.9     57.7     46.7     56.9   4.5   5.6   4.6   5.6
  Trenton..........................    177.6    178.3    176.3    177.6      6.5      8.8      6.4      8.7   3.7   4.9   3.7   4.9
  Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton.....     61.3     61.6     61.3     61.4      4.4      4.6      4.2      4.7   7.2   7.5   6.9   7.6
                                                                                                                                   
New Mexico.........................    835.4    855.6    834.5    855.7     38.5     51.7     39.5     50.5   4.6   6.0   4.7   5.9
  Albuquerque......................    366.8    379.4    368.5    381.4     14.2     20.8     15.2     20.6   3.9   5.5   4.1   5.4
  Las Cruces.......................     70.8     73.8     71.2     73.9      4.0      4.8      4.2      4.8   5.7   6.5   5.9   6.5
  Santa Fe.........................     75.8     78.4     74.7     77.8      1.8      2.4      1.9      2.3   2.4   3.1   2.5   2.9
                                                                                                                                   
New York...........................  8,925.7  9,104.3  8,774.3  8,921.2    435.6    519.4    450.5    490.7   4.9   5.7   5.1   5.5
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy..........    448.8    460.8    437.9    450.1     12.7     14.6     13.7     15.1   2.8   3.2   3.1   3.4
  Binghamton.......................    120.3    122.1    120.3    121.4      5.0      6.5      5.5      6.6   4.1   5.3   4.6   5.5
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls............    555.4    565.7    541.2    551.1     29.3     31.5     28.5     29.4   5.3   5.6   5.3   5.3
  Dutchess County..................    121.8    124.6    119.5    122.7      4.0      4.8      4.5      5.1   3.3   3.8   3.7   4.2
  Elmira...........................     42.3     42.5     41.3     41.4      2.2      2.6      2.5      2.5   5.2   6.0   6.0   6.1
  Glens Falls......................     62.7     63.6     58.3     59.0      2.1      2.2      2.0      2.2   3.3   3.4   3.4   3.7
  Jamestown........................     66.4     67.5     64.5     65.2      3.3      3.5      3.6      3.5   5.0   5.1   5.6   5.4
  Nassau-Suffolk...................  1,415.5  1,453.5  1,384.4  1,422.0     51.4     62.5     51.3     58.6   3.6   4.3   3.7   4.1
  New York.........................  4,168.1  4,242.6  4,118.0  4,164.8    245.7    300.5    251.1    275.5   5.9   7.1   6.1   6.6
     New York City.................  3,512.0  3,569.8  3,482.1  3,512.5    222.2    273.4    226.9    249.8   6.3   7.7   6.5   7.1
  Newburgh.........................    179.5    184.9    175.0    180.0      6.9      7.7      6.9      7.2   3.8   4.2   3.9   4.0
  Rochester........................    562.0    570.1    551.7    558.3     24.2     29.7     27.2     30.7   4.3   5.2   4.9   5.5
  Syracuse.........................    357.6    364.0    354.1    361.3     15.3     16.7     17.0     17.6   4.3   4.6   4.8   4.9
  Utica-Rome.......................    141.1    143.7    136.8    140.2      5.9      6.4      5.8      6.2   4.2   4.4   4.3   4.4
                                                                                                                                   
North Carolina.....................  4,023.0  4,004.9  3,994.2  3,972.6    229.0    252.4    220.0    230.7   5.7   6.3   5.5   5.8
  Asheville........................    110.6    111.1    110.7    111.4      4.0      4.3      3.9      3.8   3.6   3.9   3.5   3.4
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill.....    809.1    822.9    802.3    815.1     43.5     50.3     42.0     45.4   5.4   6.1   5.2   5.6
  Fayetteville.....................    119.4    115.8    118.5    116.2      6.5      7.1      6.1      6.5   5.4   6.1   5.1   5.6
  Goldsboro........................     49.8     49.0     50.1     48.5      2.5      2.8      2.5      2.4   5.1   5.7   4.9   5.0
  Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High                                                                                                  
     Point.........................    639.7    638.4    639.6    635.8     35.3     38.7     35.0     35.2   5.5   6.1   5.5   5.5
  Greenville.......................     68.9     68.3     69.1     67.7      4.3      4.5      4.0      4.0   6.2   6.5   5.8   5.9
  Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir.........    186.2    182.0    183.6    178.5     14.0     13.9     13.1     12.8   7.5   7.6   7.2   7.2
  Jacksonville.....................     49.6     49.5     48.8     48.7      2.1      2.8      2.1      2.5   4.2   5.6   4.3   5.1
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill.......    658.7    671.3    657.6    668.4     24.8     34.9     24.4     31.5   3.8   5.2   3.7   4.7
  Rocky Mount......................     68.5     67.1     68.1     66.1      5.1      6.4      4.9      5.9   7.4   9.5   7.2   8.9
  Wilmington.......................    118.5    119.1    117.3    117.2      5.8      7.1      5.7      6.6   4.9   6.0   4.8   5.6
                                                                                                                                   
North Dakota.......................    348.0    345.6    339.6    339.8      9.1     10.2      6.4      8.7   2.6   3.0   1.9   2.6
  Bismarck.........................     55.5     56.0     54.0     55.6      1.1      1.3      0.9      1.2   2.0   2.4   1.7   2.2
  Fargo-Moorhead...................    106.7    107.0    106.0    107.8      1.7      2.0      1.4      1.9   1.6   1.9   1.3   1.7
  Grand Forks......................     53.1     52.7     52.5     53.7      1.9      2.1      1.1      1.7   3.6   4.0   2.0   3.3
                                                                                                                                   
Ohio...............................  5,948.4  5,972.5  5,871.8  5,891.0    245.0    315.7    253.5    317.3   4.1   5.3   4.3   5.4
  Akron............................    369.1    372.2    369.0    371.2     15.1     18.4     16.2     18.6   4.1   4.9   4.4   5.0
  Canton-Massillon.................    209.9    212.6    207.4    209.3      7.9     10.5      8.0     11.2   3.8   4.9   3.8   5.3
  Cincinnati.......................    879.6    885.2    867.1    870.4     34.2     41.1     34.8     40.6   3.9   4.6   4.0   4.7
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria..........  1,147.0  1,153.4  1,128.0  1,134.4     53.3     69.2     55.5     69.7   4.6   6.0   4.9   6.1
  Columbus.........................    890.1    899.7    875.3    885.3     25.2     40.3     27.1     40.6   2.8   4.5   3.1   4.6
  Dayton-Springfield...............    486.3    485.4    479.7    479.3     20.7     25.8     21.5     26.3   4.3   5.3   4.5   5.5
  Hamilton-Middletown..............    196.3    196.1    197.5    196.4      6.4      8.5      6.6      8.7   3.2   4.4   3.3   4.4
  Lima.............................     77.3     76.6     76.5     75.3      3.6      4.1      3.7      4.1   4.6   5.4   4.8   5.5
  Mansfield........................     86.2     85.5     84.1     84.0      4.8      5.9      5.0      5.7   5.5   6.9   5.9   6.8
  Steubenville-Weirton.............     56.4     55.1     55.7     53.2      2.6      2.5      2.5      2.4   4.6   4.6   4.5   4.5
  Toledo...........................    324.0    327.3    324.4    327.6     14.3     19.3     14.8     19.3   4.4   5.9   4.6   5.9
  Youngstown-Warren................    280.7    277.0    278.3    273.8     15.1     17.3     15.5     17.1   5.4   6.2   5.6   6.2
                                                                                                                                   
Oklahoma...........................  1,672.8  1,695.1  1,670.7  1,687.8     62.7     69.8     64.7     67.8   3.7   4.1   3.9   4.0
  Enid.............................     26.1     26.3     26.0     26.2      0.6      0.7      0.7      0.7   2.5   2.6   2.6   2.7
  Lawton...........................     41.1     41.8     40.7     41.1      1.3      1.3      1.3      1.2   3.1   3.1   3.2   2.8
  Oklahoma City....................    555.4    561.4    555.4    556.9     22.5     21.2     23.1     20.7   4.0   3.8   4.2   3.7
  Tulsa............................    423.9    432.5    421.1    426.3     14.2     20.1     14.8     20.0   3.4   4.6   3.5   4.7
                                                                                                                                   
Oregon.............................  1,818.0  1,829.2  1,807.8  1,814.5    113.6    121.3    115.5    113.0   6.2   6.6   6.4   6.2
  Corvallis........................     39.6     40.0     39.3     40.1      1.2      1.5      1.2      1.3   3.0   3.7   3.2   3.3
  Eugene-Springfield...............    165.7    166.4    165.3    166.5     11.5     10.2     11.4      9.5   6.9   6.1   6.9   5.7
  Medford-Ashland..................     92.8     93.0     93.8     93.6      5.5      5.8      5.2      5.0   5.9   6.3   5.5   5.3
  Portland-Vancouver...............  1,079.6  1,089.1  1,071.0  1,076.3     67.5     77.4     72.2     74.3   6.3   7.1   6.7   6.9
  Salem............................    177.2    178.6    175.8    176.8     10.5     10.2     10.4      9.4   5.9   5.7   5.9   5.3
                                                                                                                                   
Pennsylvania.......................  6,152.4  6,196.6  6,079.1  6,099.6    292.7    325.4    278.9    303.5   4.8   5.3   4.6   5.0
  Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton.......    331.7    332.1    324.5    324.5     15.4     17.6     14.6     16.8   4.6   5.3   4.5   5.2
  Altoona..........................     64.8     65.0     64.1     64.3      3.5      3.2      3.5      3.2   5.4   5.0   5.4   5.0
  Erie.............................    141.7    145.1    140.4    142.9      7.9      9.2      7.7      8.8   5.6   6.4   5.5   6.1
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle......    361.9    364.4    353.9    355.1     13.2     13.2     12.6     12.3   3.6   3.6   3.6   3.5
  Johnstown........................    103.3    103.2    101.7    100.9      6.1      6.5      5.4      5.8   5.9   6.3   5.3   5.7
  Lancaster........................    254.7    260.6    251.1    256.9      8.5      9.2      8.0      8.4   3.3   3.5   3.2   3.3
  Philadelphia.....................  2,565.5  2,582.4  2,543.7  2,553.0    117.9    141.7    116.2    136.4   4.6   5.5   4.6   5.3
  Pittsburgh.......................  1,192.0  1,201.8  1,173.3  1,178.9     50.9     60.0     46.7     54.2   4.3   5.0   4.0   4.6
  Reading..........................    188.3    192.8    185.8    190.7      9.2     11.0      8.9     10.9   4.9   5.7   4.8   5.7
  Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton.    311.0    311.6    307.6    307.5     16.8     16.8     15.7     15.3   5.4   5.4   5.1   5.0
  Sharon...........................     59.3     58.6     58.6     57.7      2.8      2.4      2.5      2.1   4.7   4.0   4.3   3.6
  State College....................     65.8     67.6     68.2     69.3      1.8      2.2      1.8      2.0   2.8   3.2   2.7   2.8
  Williamsport.....................     58.2     58.8     58.4     57.8      3.3      3.3      3.5      3.2   5.7   5.7   5.9   5.5
  York.............................    200.5    199.8    199.1    196.1     10.1      9.5      9.3      8.9   5.0   4.7   4.7   4.5
                                                                                                                                   
Rhode Island.......................    506.9    515.3    504.2    509.5     23.0     24.1     21.9     24.6   4.5   4.7   4.3   4.8
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick....    576.6    587.4    573.1    581.4     26.3     28.7     25.5     29.6   4.6   4.9   4.5   5.1
                                                                                                                                   
South Carolina.....................  1,963.4  2,029.7  1,944.5  2,008.2    117.5    115.1    111.8    107.3   6.0   5.7   5.8   5.3
  Charleston-North Charleston......    276.1    288.8    271.8    283.7     11.1     11.0     10.5     10.4   4.0   3.8   3.9   3.7
  Columbia.........................    273.4    284.2    271.2    281.2      9.6     10.0      9.3      9.6   3.5   3.5   3.4   3.4
  Florence.........................     62.4     64.6     61.6     63.6      3.7      4.3      3.6      4.1   5.9   6.7   5.8   6.4
  Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson..    503.0    522.8    498.5    519.0     27.5     28.3     26.0     26.1   5.5   5.4   5.2   5.0
  Myrtle Beach.....................    105.0    109.1    104.0    108.4      4.2      3.8      4.0      3.7   4.0   3.4   3.8   3.4
  Sumter...........................     47.6     49.1     46.9     48.2      3.9      3.4      3.7      3.2   8.3   7.0   7.8   6.7
                                                                                                                                   
South Dakota.......................    413.6    418.6    405.2    408.9     13.3     10.2     12.3      8.7   3.2   2.4   3.0   2.1
  Rapid City.......................     50.2     51.2     49.1     50.0      1.4      1.0      1.5      1.0   2.7   2.0   3.0   2.0
  Sioux Falls......................    106.5    110.5    105.9    110.3      2.1      2.0      2.4      2.0   2.0   1.8   2.2   1.8
                                                                                                                                   
Tennessee..........................  2,843.8  2,892.7  2,838.0  2,888.6    131.2    137.6    122.9    129.5   4.6   4.8   4.3   4.5
  Chattanooga......................    230.2    237.6    233.0    239.1      8.1      9.1      8.2      8.4   3.5   3.8   3.5   3.5
  Clarksville-Hopkinsville.........     90.0     93.5     90.0     93.2      4.0      4.5      4.2      4.3   4.4   4.8   4.7   4.7
  Jackson..........................     59.6     60.4     59.1     60.1      3.0      3.3      2.7      3.0   5.0   5.5   4.6   5.1
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol...    227.2    229.3    225.9    227.1     11.5     12.6     11.4     10.9   5.1   5.5   5.0   4.8
  Knoxville........................    363.8    372.2    364.9    372.6     11.6     11.1     10.8     10.2   3.2   3.0   3.0   2.7
  Memphis..........................    573.6    575.9    570.0    573.4     25.8     29.3     24.9     28.7   4.5   5.1   4.4   5.0
  Nashville........................    677.9    697.3    677.7    699.1     23.8     27.4     22.6     26.2   3.5   3.9   3.3   3.7
                                                                                                                                   
Texas.............................. 10,539.0 10,749.2 10,494.3 10,744.0    548.7    678.3    544.3    662.4   5.2   6.3   5.2   6.2
  Abilene..........................     57.2     56.5     57.1     56.7      2.3      2.5      2.1      2.4   4.0   4.4   3.7   4.2
  Amarillo.........................    111.6    112.1    111.5    112.1      3.6      4.3      3.4      4.3   3.2   3.8   3.0   3.8
  Austin-San Marcos................    759.7    775.5    754.9    772.4     35.2     43.2     36.2     42.2   4.6   5.6   4.8   5.5
  Beaumont-Port Arthur.............    178.3    179.1    176.4    178.3     16.1     15.3     14.9     14.7   9.0   8.6   8.4   8.2
  Brazoria.........................    107.0    110.8    107.4    111.4      7.0      8.7      6.7      8.4   6.6   7.9   6.2   7.6
  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito.    133.5    137.6    133.0    137.2     12.0     14.8     12.7     14.3   9.0  10.8   9.5  10.4
  Bryan-College Station............     75.1     74.7     77.8     79.1      1.4      1.5      1.3      1.4   1.9   2.1   1.7   1.8
  Corpus Christi...................    175.0    177.3    173.9    177.3     10.3     11.3     10.0     10.9   5.9   6.4   5.7   6.2
  Dallas...........................  2,023.7  2,069.5  2,014.8  2,060.3    110.3    144.8    114.0    142.1   5.4   7.0   5.7   6.9
  El Paso..........................    286.5    285.0    286.4    285.1     24.1     24.3     25.5     23.7   8.4   8.5   8.9   8.3
  Fort Worth-Arlington.............    941.9    956.0    933.9    953.4     41.2     57.8     41.9     56.5   4.4   6.0   4.5   5.9
  Galveston-Texas City.............    119.3    120.7    117.1    120.1      8.3      9.7      7.5      9.3   6.9   8.1   6.4   7.7
  Houston..........................  2,229.0  2,277.5  2,215.4  2,275.7    104.2    136.1    101.9    134.3   4.7   6.0   4.6   5.9
  Killeen-Temple...................    116.9    118.9    116.4    118.6      5.3      6.0      5.3      6.0   4.6   5.1   4.5   5.0
  Laredo...........................     74.5     77.5     75.1     77.7      4.9      5.2      4.9      5.2   6.6   6.7   6.6   6.7
  Longview-Marshall................    102.5    103.4    102.4    103.7      5.6      7.1      5.5      6.9   5.5   6.8   5.4   6.7
  Lubbock..........................    126.8    129.9    126.2    129.3      3.4      4.1      3.0      3.6   2.7   3.2   2.4   2.8
  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission.........    201.9    211.1    203.4    211.9     26.3     27.0     25.5     26.7  13.0  12.8  12.5  12.6
  Odessa-Midland...................    120.7    123.7    121.1    124.5      5.3      7.6      5.0      7.6   4.4   6.1   4.1   6.1
  San Angelo.......................     50.3     51.6     50.4     51.8      1.5      1.9      1.5      2.0   2.9   3.8   3.0   3.8
  San Antonio......................    799.4    812.6    793.4    812.9     33.7     43.1     33.0     41.6   4.2   5.3   4.2   5.1
  Sherman-Denison..................     50.7     49.9     50.1     49.4      3.2      3.4      3.2      3.2   6.4   6.8   6.3   6.5
  Texarkana........................     55.2     55.7     55.3     56.4      2.6      2.9      2.4      2.8   4.6   5.2   4.4   5.0
  Tyler............................     92.6     95.8     92.0     95.3      4.0      4.3      4.0      4.2   4.4   4.5   4.4   4.4
  Victoria.........................     44.1     45.0     44.0     45.0      2.0      2.4      1.9      2.4   4.5   5.4   4.4   5.3
  Waco.............................    101.0    101.1    101.5    102.4      4.1      4.9      3.9      4.5   4.1   4.9   3.9   4.4
  Wichita Falls....................     63.4     64.4     63.2     65.1      2.3      3.5      2.2      3.8   3.7   5.5   3.6   5.9
                                                                                                                                   
Utah...............................  1,126.1  1,154.7  1,119.6  1,140.5     53.6     62.3     48.8     57.3   4.8   5.4   4.4   5.0
  Provo-Orem.......................    172.0    175.1    174.0    176.4      7.1      8.9      6.6      8.0   4.2   5.1   3.8   4.5
  Salt Lake City-Ogden.............    718.9    737.7    710.3    724.4     34.7     40.4     32.0     37.7   4.8   5.5   4.5   5.2
                                                                                                                                   
Vermont............................    336.7    349.6    336.2    347.7     11.0     13.0     10.9     12.2   3.3   3.7   3.3   3.5
  Burlington.......................    103.4    107.8    103.2    107.1      2.7      3.5      2.8      3.3   2.7   3.3   2.7   3.1
                                                                                                                                   
Virginia...........................  3,721.5  3,816.9  3,682.4  3,771.1    141.7    162.9    148.0    155.0   3.8   4.3   4.0   4.1
  Charlottesville..................     76.8     79.2     77.9     78.3      2.0      2.2      1.8      1.9   2.5   2.8   2.3   2.4
  Danville.........................     57.6     57.8     58.5     57.8      5.0      4.8      5.2      4.3   8.6   8.3   8.9   7.4
  Lynchburg........................    105.0    106.7    104.6    106.3      4.8      6.1      5.5      5.5   4.5   5.7   5.2   5.2
  Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport                                                                                                   
     News..........................    768.3    795.2    756.9    780.3     30.1     34.6     30.1     33.8   3.9   4.4   4.0   4.3
  Richmond-Petersburg..............    534.8    547.1    527.7    539.1     22.7     23.9     23.3     23.4   4.2   4.4   4.4   4.3
  Roanoke..........................    130.0    133.1    128.8    131.1      3.7      5.3      3.8      4.4   2.9   4.0   3.0   3.4
                                                                                                                                   
Washington.........................  2,984.6  3,042.2  2,947.1  3,046.6    178.6    203.3    176.0    205.0   6.0   6.7   6.0   6.7
  Bellingham.......................     81.2     81.6     78.7     79.4      5.1      4.6      5.0      4.7   6.2   5.7   6.4   5.9
  Bremerton........................     92.4     95.8     90.3     95.3      5.1      5.6      5.2      5.8   5.6   5.8   5.8   6.1
  Olympia..........................     97.8    101.5     96.4    101.4      5.0      5.3      5.2      5.5   5.1   5.2   5.4   5.4
  Richland-Kennewick-Pasco.........     94.4    101.0     94.4    102.7      5.9      5.6      5.5      5.6   6.2   5.6   5.8   5.5
  Seattle-Bellevue-Everett.........  1,351.3  1,369.4  1,329.2  1,362.3     69.2     88.1     70.9     92.0   5.1   6.4   5.3   6.8
  Spokane..........................    203.5    202.1    201.4    204.6     11.9     12.7     11.8     12.8   5.9   6.3   5.9   6.3
  Tacoma...........................    325.1    338.4    322.8    341.4     19.7     23.8     20.2     24.9   6.1   7.0   6.3   7.3
  Yakima...........................    109.9    110.1    112.3    114.1     10.2     10.0      8.5      8.0   9.3   9.1   7.6   7.0
                                                                                                                                   
West Virginia......................    842.3    817.0    832.4    808.4     37.6     45.3     34.6     44.0   4.5   5.6   4.2   5.4
  Charleston.......................    141.6    134.4    138.3    132.6      5.2      6.2      5.0      6.4   3.6   4.6   3.6   4.8
  Huntington-Ashland...............    139.2    136.2    138.5    133.9      8.8      7.5      8.1      7.3   6.3   5.5   5.9   5.4
  Parkersburg-Marietta.............     77.4     76.6     76.7     75.1      3.2      4.0      3.0      4.0   4.1   5.2   3.9   5.3
  Wheeling.........................     75.7     74.8     74.2     73.1      3.0      3.7      2.8      3.1   4.0   4.9   3.7   4.2
                                                                                                                                   
Wisconsin..........................  3,024.3  3,091.3  2,980.8  3,050.2    125.1    147.2    112.4    130.6   4.1   4.8   3.8   4.3
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah..........    231.3    234.3    227.6    232.6      7.6     10.2      7.2      9.8   3.3   4.4   3.2   4.2
  Eau Claire.......................     83.8     84.2     82.6     84.1      3.7      3.6      3.1      3.1   4.4   4.3   3.8   3.7
  Green Bay........................    139.5    142.6    137.5    141.5      5.1      6.2      4.6      5.7   3.7   4.4   3.4   4.0
  Janesville-Beloit................     79.0     80.6     78.5     79.7      4.1      4.7      4.8      4.3   5.2   5.9   6.2   5.4
  Kenosha..........................     81.0     83.4     80.8     83.2      3.7      4.4      3.3      4.0   4.5   5.3   4.1   4.8
  La Crosse........................     72.6     74.8     72.7     75.1      2.4      2.8      2.2      2.4   3.3   3.7   3.1   3.2
  Madison..........................    273.3    282.6    272.8    280.4      5.1      7.0      4.8      6.3   1.9   2.5   1.8   2.2
  Milwaukee-Waukesha...............    816.9    841.1    805.4    826.2     39.6     47.8     35.8     42.8   4.8   5.7   4.4   5.2
  Racine...........................     94.3     96.4     92.2     94.3      6.7      6.6      5.7      5.8   7.1   6.9   6.2   6.2
  Sheboygan........................     64.2     64.0     63.0     62.6      2.2      2.7      2.0      2.5   3.4   4.2   3.2   4.0
  Wausau...........................     75.4     76.9     73.8     75.8      2.6      3.0      2.1      2.6   3.5   3.8   2.9   3.4
                                                                                                                                   
Wyoming............................    276.6    274.7    272.7    271.9      9.6      8.7      9.4      9.0   3.5   3.2   3.5   3.3
  Casper...........................     35.1     35.0     34.7     34.2      1.3      1.3      1.3      1.4   3.8   3.7   3.6   4.0
  Cheyenne.........................     43.0     42.2     41.6     41.4      1.5      1.3      1.4      1.4   3.4   3.0   3.4   3.3
                                                                                                                                   
Puerto Rico........................  1,295.0  1,359.7  1,301.9  1,357.3    166.4    178.7    164.2    170.5  12.8  13.1  12.6  12.6
  Aguadilla........................     46.9     48.2     46.4     47.8      9.2      9.2      8.9      8.6  19.6  19.1  19.2  18.0
  Arecibo..........................     50.9     54.4     51.8     54.1      8.3      9.7      8.3      9.2  16.3  17.8  16.0  17.1
  Caguas...........................    120.2    125.3    120.1    124.8     13.9     14.8     13.4     14.0  11.5  11.8  11.2  11.2
  Mayaguez.........................     90.2     92.3     90.6     91.6     14.3     14.2     14.4     13.5  15.8  15.4  15.9  14.8
  Ponce............................    108.4    115.0    109.6    115.3     17.0     17.9     16.5     17.7  15.7  15.6  15.0  15.3
  San Juan-Bayamon.................    719.2    757.1    721.5    756.7     74.4     77.1     74.0     73.1  10.3  10.2  10.2   9.7

  p = preliminary. 
  NOTE:  Data refer to place of residence. Data for Puerto Rico are derived from a monthly household survey similar to the Current
Population Survey. All estimates are provisional and will be revised when new benchmark and population information becomes
available. Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. 
   
   

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                      ESTABLISHMENT DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED                                                                            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
                                                              August                September         Change: September 2001
                                                                                                        to September 2002p  
                 State and area                                                                                           
                                                                                                                          
                                                         2001        2002        2001       2002p        Number      Percent  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Alabama...........................................     1,905.9     1,886.3     1,917.0     1,899.2       -17.8        -0.9
  Birmingham......................................       482.9       484.6       484.4       484.9          .5          .1
  Huntsville......................................       186.1       183.5       187.1       184.3        -2.8        -1.5
  Mobile..........................................       230.1       228.1       229.7       228.4        -1.3         -.6
  Montgomery......................................       164.5       164.3       165.0       164.4         -.6         -.4
  Tuscaloosa......................................        81.8        79.2        81.6        80.9         -.7         -.9
                                                                                                                          
Alaska............................................       311.5       313.9       304.6       308.0         3.4         1.1
  Anchorage.......................................       141.9       144.0       141.1       143.8         2.7         1.9
                                                                                                                          
Arizona...........................................     2,239.4     2,220.0     2,264.4     2,244.3       -20.1         -.9
  Phoenix-Mesa....................................     1,578.1     1,561.7     1,592.6     1,575.8       -16.8        -1.1
  Tucson..........................................       342.7       338.0       351.0       345.1        -5.9        -1.7
                                                                                                                          
Arkansas..........................................     1,152.2     1,145.8     1,161.4     1,158.8        -2.6         -.2
  Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers..................       159.4       164.4       160.5       166.4         5.9         3.7
  Fort Smith......................................       101.8        99.3       101.7        99.7        -2.0        -2.0
  Little Rock-North Little Rock...................       314.4       310.5       315.0       311.7        -3.3        -1.0
  Pine Bluff......................................        35.6        34.7        36.2        35.3         -.9        -2.5
                                                                                                                          
California........................................    14,676.5    14,614.0    14,735.5    14,682.0       -53.5         -.4
  Bakersfield.....................................       197.7       199.1       200.3       202.0         1.7          .8
  Fresno..........................................       308.2       311.2       307.6       311.4         3.8         1.2
  Los Angeles-Long Beach..........................     4,064.8     4,038.3     4,086.8     4,056.6       -30.2         -.7
  Modesto.........................................       157.8       158.4       155.3       156.1          .8          .5
  Oakland.........................................     1,056.5     1,049.8     1,059.1     1,053.1        -6.0         -.6
  Orange County...................................     1,414.4     1,413.5     1,421.6     1,418.7        -2.9         -.2
  Riverside-San Bernardino........................     1,022.1     1,049.5     1,034.9     1,063.3        28.4         2.7
  Sacramento......................................       738.0       732.7       737.3       734.8        -2.5         -.3
  Salinas.........................................       130.1       129.0       130.1       129.1        -1.0         -.8
  San Diego.......................................     1,218.0     1,241.8     1,226.0     1,247.9        21.9         1.8
  San Francisco...................................     1,063.7     1,028.7     1,064.0     1,028.4       -35.6        -3.3
  San Jose........................................     1,003.1       963.1       993.7       959.0       -34.7        -3.5
  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc................       165.7       165.4       165.9       165.3         -.6         -.4
  Santa Rosa......................................       188.0       186.5       190.7       189.3        -1.4         -.7
  Stockton-Lodi...................................       195.6       196.4       196.1       196.6          .5          .3
  Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa..........................       178.4       179.1       180.1       179.7         -.4         -.2
  Ventura.........................................       279.5       277.6       280.6       280.4         -.2         -.1
                                                                                                                          
Colorado..........................................     2,242.0     2,188.6     2,229.9     2,188.4       -41.5        -1.9
  Boulder-Longmont................................       188.4       183.1       189.8       185.6        -4.2        -2.2
  Colorado Springs................................       247.3       244.2       245.0       243.4        -1.6         -.7
  Denver..........................................     1,190.1     1,163.3     1,183.2     1,161.2       -22.0        -1.9
                                                                                                                          
Connecticut.......................................     1,670.5     1,665.2     1,683.9     1,677.6        -6.3         -.4
  Bridgeport......................................       183.7       179.5       186.2       181.4        -4.8        -2.6
  Danbury.........................................        87.0        86.0        87.9        86.5        -1.4        -1.6
  Hartford........................................       606.6       595.7       612.5       601.1       -11.4        -1.9
  New Haven-Meriden...............................       259.9       260.8       261.8       261.9          .1          .0
  New London-Norwich..............................       143.5       146.9       143.8       147.0         3.2         2.2
  Stamford-Norwalk................................       208.4       205.0       207.3       204.0        -3.3        -1.6
  Waterbury.......................................        84.7        84.5        85.4        85.0         -.4         -.5
                                                                                                                          
Delaware..........................................       420.9       418.7       418.2       416.9        -1.3         -.3
  Dover...........................................        55.3        55.4        55.8        56.2          .4          .7
  Wilmington-Newark...............................       326.1       326.0       325.3       325.6          .3          .1
                                                                                                                          
District of Columbia..............................       660.1       655.5       654.6       651.9        -2.7         -.4
  Washington PMSA.................................     2,794.0     2,777.9     2,805.8     2,790.6       -15.2         -.5
                                                                                                                          
Florida...........................................     7,180.5     7,195.5     7,181.5     7,200.6        19.1          .3
  Daytona Beach...................................       160.3       158.4       160.2       158.7        -1.5         -.9
  Fort Lauderdale.................................       691.6       688.7       700.6       696.1        -4.5         -.6
  Fort Myers-Cape Coral...........................       175.5       177.5       175.1       177.5         2.4         1.4
  Gainesville.....................................       120.7       120.5       122.3       122.1         -.2         -.2
  Jacksonville....................................       569.6       576.5       568.9       574.9         6.0         1.1
  Lakeland-Winter Haven...........................       184.0       183.4       184.7       184.4         -.3         -.2
  Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay...................       191.4       187.4       191.4       187.9        -3.5        -1.8
  Miami...........................................     1,019.7     1,028.6     1,028.4     1,043.0        14.6         1.4
  Orlando.........................................       909.0       904.9       909.9       906.7        -3.2         -.4
  Pensacola.......................................       154.8       155.9       155.0       156.1         1.1          .7
  Sarasota-Bradenton..............................       282.2       279.4       281.7       279.5        -2.2         -.8
  Tallahassee.....................................       159.5       160.9       161.6       163.3         1.7         1.1
  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater.................     1,232.3     1,227.8     1,233.8     1,228.4        -5.4         -.4
  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton......................       507.7       513.0       509.4       514.3         4.9         1.0
                                                                                                                          
Georgia...........................................     3,946.8     3,860.5     3,943.9     3,867.1       -76.8        -1.9
  Albany..........................................        57.0        55.0        57.0        55.3        -1.7        -3.0
  Athens..........................................        72.4        72.5        72.9        74.0         1.1         1.5
  Atlanta.........................................     2,188.6     2,127.5     2,188.2     2,131.8       -56.4        -2.6
  Augusta-Aiken...................................       194.3       193.7       195.2       194.7         -.5         -.3
  Columbus........................................       118.9       118.6       118.7       118.1         -.6         -.5
  Macon...........................................       148.9       148.4       149.1       149.9          .8          .5
  Savannah........................................       136.3       139.8       138.2       139.2         1.0          .7
                                                                                                                          
Hawaii............................................       551.8       544.6       552.5       545.3        -7.2        -1.3
  Honolulu........................................       408.7       402.9       410.7       404.4        -6.3        -1.5
                                                                                                                          
Idaho.............................................       576.3       567.9       578.6       569.6        -9.0        -1.6
  Boise City......................................       231.8       229.9       231.7       230.7        -1.0         -.4
                                                                                                                          
Illinois..........................................     6,014.9     5,940.8     6,016.1     5,935.8       -80.3        -1.3
  Bloomington-Normal..............................        90.1        88.9        91.9        91.6         -.3         -.3
  Champaign-Urbana................................       102.4       101.8       105.4       104.0        -1.4        -1.3
  Chicago.........................................     4,233.7     4,174.2     4,236.3     4,173.1       -63.2        -1.5
  Davenport-Moline-Rock Island....................       183.0       183.6       182.7       183.5          .8          .4
  Decatur.........................................        57.0        54.5        57.4        54.4        -3.0        -5.2
  Kankakee........................................        43.9        44.3        44.1        44.4          .3          .7
  Peoria-Pekin....................................       176.8       172.9       177.2       173.9        -3.3        -1.9
  Rockford........................................       177.2       177.4       177.6       176.1        -1.5         -.8
  Springfield.....................................       121.8       120.9       115.1       114.9         -.2         -.2
                                                                                                                          
Indiana...........................................     2,925.2     2,889.4     2,963.6     2,921.8       -41.8        -1.4
  Bloomington.....................................        61.0        60.8        66.0        62.7        -3.3        -5.0
  Elkhart-Goshen..................................       117.7       121.2       118.9       120.0         1.1          .9
  Evansville-Henderson............................       159.8       155.7       160.3       155.4        -4.9        -3.1
  Fort Wayne......................................       266.0       265.8       269.0       269.1          .1          .0
  Gary............................................       257.3       250.6       260.8       252.9        -7.9        -3.0
  Indianapolis....................................       889.6       880.9       891.9       885.8        -6.1         -.7
  Kokomo..........................................        50.1        49.1        50.9        49.1        -1.8        -3.5
  Lafayette.......................................        92.9        93.0        99.9        98.9        -1.0        -1.0
  Muncie..........................................        56.3        54.3        59.0        57.8        -1.2        -2.0
  South Bend......................................       135.0       131.5       136.0       132.1        -3.9        -2.9
  Terre Haute.....................................        67.1        66.8        68.6        68.5         -.1         -.1
                                                                                                                          
Iowa..............................................     1,459.5     1,452.9     1,471.3     1,469.6        -1.7         -.1
  Cedar Rapids....................................       120.8       117.5       120.7       118.0        -2.7        -2.2
  Des Moines......................................       290.5       290.3       288.4       291.8         3.4         1.2
  Dubuque.........................................        50.5        50.6        50.7        50.5         -.2         -.4
  Iowa City.......................................        72.5        73.4        75.0        75.6          .6          .8
  Sioux City......................................        65.3        65.1        65.9        65.9          .0          .0
  Waterloo-Cedar Falls............................        71.5        69.6        72.7        71.7        -1.0        -1.4
                                                                                                                          
Kansas............................................     1,345.7     1,349.2     1,361.8     1,363.7         1.9          .1
  Lawrence........................................        48.9        48.7        51.3        52.7         1.4         2.7
  Topeka..........................................       104.3       102.7       104.6       103.2        -1.4        -1.3
  Wichita.........................................       284.6       276.3       287.4       279.8        -7.6        -2.6
                                                                                                                          
Kentucky..........................................     1,813.1     1,832.1     1,828.6     1,848.1        19.5         1.1
  Lexington.......................................       284.6       285.5       288.0       289.1         1.1          .4
  Louisville......................................       581.9       583.6       583.2       583.9          .7          .1
  Owensboro.......................................        45.3        45.9        45.4        45.9          .5         1.1
                                                                                                                          
Louisiana.........................................     1,923.1     1,916.6     1,938.4     1,935.6        -2.8         -.1
  Alexandria......................................        55.8        56.7        55.6        56.3          .7         1.3
  Baton Rouge.....................................       305.2       308.8       309.7       312.6         2.9          .9
  Houma...........................................        81.0        80.6        80.3        81.1          .8         1.0
  Lafayette.......................................       169.9       170.9       169.8       169.9          .1          .1
  Lake Charles....................................        86.7        86.9        88.0        86.6        -1.4        -1.6
  Monroe..........................................        73.8        74.3        74.3        75.1          .8         1.1
  New Orleans.....................................       621.3       618.5       629.1       623.3        -5.8         -.9
  Shreveport-Bossier City.........................       177.2       175.7       176.5       176.5          .0          .0
                                                                                                                          
Maine.............................................       619.6       620.3       621.9       622.9         1.0          .2
  Lewiston-Auburn.................................        44.9        44.8        46.1        45.9         -.2         -.4
  Portland........................................       157.7       159.7       156.9       158.0         1.1          .7
                                                                                                                          
Maryland..........................................     2,459.0     2,429.4     2,485.7     2,470.6       -15.1         -.6
  Baltimore PMSA..................................     1,252.9     1,239.8     1,264.0     1,257.2        -6.8         -.5
  Baltimore City..................................       405.4       396.1       403.7       398.9        -4.8        -1.2
  Suburban Maryland-D.C...........................       912.3       900.7       926.3       919.9        -6.4         -.7
                                                                                                                          
Massachusetts.....................................     3,321.2     3,269.9     3,338.5     3,290.5       -48.0        -1.4
  Barnstable-Yarmouth.............................        73.5        73.8        68.3        69.0          .7         1.0
  Boston..........................................     2,040.8     2,008.3     2,041.4     2,008.3       -33.1        -1.6
  Brockton........................................        98.2        97.3       100.2        99.2        -1.0        -1.0
  Fitchburg-Leominster............................        51.6        51.7        52.5        52.2         -.3         -.6
  Lawrence........................................       163.0       159.8       164.5       162.2        -2.3        -1.4
  Lowell..........................................       130.8       128.5       131.4       129.4        -2.0        -1.5
  New Bedford.....................................        64.7        64.3        66.6        66.5         -.1         -.2
  Pittsfield......................................        43.2        43.2        42.6        42.5         -.1         -.2
  Springfield.....................................       257.2       257.8       265.3       266.2          .9          .3
  Worcester.......................................       232.6       233.3       236.1       236.7          .6          .3
                                                                                                                          
Michigan..........................................     4,556.2     4,516.9     4,597.9     4,570.5       -27.4         -.6
  Ann Arbor.......................................       283.1       283.2       287.3       289.1         1.8          .6
  Benton Harbor...................................        72.4        72.0        73.3        72.2        -1.1        -1.5
  Detroit.........................................     2,129.6     2,107.5     2,151.1     2,121.6       -29.5        -1.4
  Flint...........................................       162.9       157.0       166.1       160.2        -5.9        -3.6
  Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland...................       581.9       576.8       589.2       587.0        -2.2         -.4
  Jackson.........................................        64.2        64.1        65.1        64.6         -.5         -.8
  Kalamazoo-Battle Creek..........................       214.3       214.3       217.9       218.9         1.0          .5
  Lansing-East Lansing............................       233.6       231.7       239.9       238.8        -1.1         -.5
  Saginaw-Bay City-Midland........................       178.7       174.0       181.0       176.3        -4.7        -2.6
                                                                                                                          
Minnesota.........................................     2,673.2     2,647.8     2,674.5     2,653.4       -21.1         -.8
  Duluth-Superior.................................       116.1       115.8       116.8       117.5          .7          .6
  Minneapolis-St. Paul............................     1,750.1     1,731.4     1,752.2     1,737.8       -14.4         -.8
  Rochester.......................................        87.6        87.2        87.4        86.7         -.7         -.8
  St. Cloud.......................................        92.8        91.4        95.2        93.7        -1.5        -1.6
                                                                                                                          
Mississippi.......................................     1,135.8     1,131.1     1,137.2     1,133.9        -3.3         -.3
  Jackson.........................................       232.1       231.9       231.0       231.2          .2          .1
                                                                                                                          
Missouri..........................................     2,711.7     2,669.9     2,742.7     2,686.1       -56.6        -2.1
  Kansas City.....................................       985.1       985.0       991.0       985.6        -5.4         -.5
  St. Louis.......................................     1,311.4     1,298.5     1,324.7     1,307.4       -17.3        -1.3
  Springfield.....................................       166.3       168.1       169.6       172.3         2.7         1.6
                                                                                                                          
Montana...........................................       397.1       399.9       398.3       402.3         4.0         1.0
  Billings........................................        68.2        69.5        67.5        69.2         1.7         2.5
  Missoula........................................        50.5        51.0        51.6        52.6         1.0         1.9
                                                                                                                          
Nebraska..........................................       910.4       904.9       913.0       909.1        -3.9         -.4
  Lincoln.........................................       157.4       154.9       157.1       155.5        -1.6        -1.0
  Omaha...........................................       426.4       422.2       426.1       422.3        -3.8         -.9
                                                                                                                          
Nevada............................................     1,059.6     1,072.6     1,064.7     1,079.9        15.2         1.4
  Las Vegas.......................................       781.8       793.5       785.9       799.4        13.5         1.7
  Reno............................................       198.6       199.7       200.1       201.5         1.4          .7
                                                                                                                          
New Hampshire.....................................       626.2       626.9       627.5       628.0          .5          .1
  Manchester......................................       107.3       104.9       107.4       105.8        -1.6        -1.5
  Nashua..........................................        99.5        99.1        99.7        99.2         -.5         -.5
  Portsmouth-Rochester............................       126.1       125.4       127.0       125.3        -1.7        -1.3
                                                                                                                          
New Jersey........................................     4,015.8     4,003.9     4,017.4     4,001.9       -15.5         -.4
  Atlantic-Cape May...............................       204.2       206.0       198.9       200.2         1.3          .7
  Bergen-Passaic..................................       660.3       653.2       664.5       657.0        -7.5        -1.1
  Camden..........................................       502.9       502.3       502.5       503.4          .9          .2
  Jersey City.....................................       253.0       256.6       255.2       259.8         4.6         1.8
  Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon....................       670.0       671.1       674.1       675.7         1.6          .2
  Monmouth-Ocean..................................       412.1       415.8       402.3       406.7         4.4         1.1
  Newark..........................................     1,010.8     1,001.9     1,014.2     1,004.6        -9.6         -.9
  Trenton.........................................       221.4       216.9       222.7       218.8        -3.9        -1.8
  Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton....................        59.1        58.4        60.2        58.9        -1.3        -2.2
                                                                                                                          
New Mexico........................................       757.7       760.7       762.8       765.8         3.0          .4
  Albuquerque.....................................       358.4       358.5       359.4       360.5         1.1          .3
  Las Cruces......................................        57.8        59.1        58.5        59.6         1.1         1.9
  Santa Fe........................................        77.1        78.1        75.9        77.3         1.4         1.8
                                                                                                                          
New York..........................................     8,614.0     8,534.7     8,623.3     8,551.4       -71.9         -.8
  Albany-Schenectady-Troy.........................       460.9       463.1       463.2       464.8         1.6          .3
  Binghamton......................................       115.8       113.7       119.2       116.6        -2.6        -2.2
  Buffalo-Niagara Falls...........................       552.6       550.8       556.3       554.0        -2.3         -.4
  Dutchess County.................................       117.4       117.0       118.2       118.3          .1          .1
  Elmira..........................................        42.9        41.7        42.8        41.9         -.9        -2.1
  Glens Falls.....................................        54.7        54.8        52.3        52.1         -.2         -.4
  Nassau-Suffolk..................................     1,219.0     1,220.4     1,230.9     1,231.5          .6          .0
  New York PMSA...................................     4,241.0     4,163.1     4,237.5     4,149.7       -87.8        -2.1
  New York City...................................     3,684.2     3,605.4     3,681.7     3,592.1       -89.6        -2.4
  Newburgh........................................       132.9       133.9       133.5       134.4          .9          .7
  Rochester.......................................       548.0       539.0       552.2       543.4        -8.8        -1.6
  Rockland County.................................       111.0       111.2       111.2       111.3          .1          .1
  Syracuse........................................       348.2       346.9       354.3       353.9         -.4         -.1
  Utica-Rome......................................       134.5       133.9       134.4       134.5          .1          .1
  Westchester County..............................       421.7       422.4       420.6       421.2          .6          .1
                                                                                                                          
North Carolina....................................     3,877.8     3,874.3     3,906.7     3,905.6        -1.1          .0
  Asheville.......................................       110.9       111.6       112.3       113.7         1.4         1.2
  Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill....................       830.9       840.0       834.4       845.1        10.7         1.3
  Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point...........       644.6       640.6       652.0       647.3        -4.7         -.7
  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill......................       688.1       689.6       694.8       696.3         1.5          .2
                                                                                                                          
North Dakota......................................       327.6       327.4       333.5       332.5        -1.0         -.3
  Bismarck........................................        51.8        52.5        52.4        53.0          .6         1.1
  Fargo-Moorhead..................................       102.7       103.0       105.4       105.3         -.1         -.1
  Grand Forks.....................................        47.6        47.0        49.4        48.9         -.5        -1.0
                                                                                                                          
Ohio..............................................     5,552.0     5,503.3     5,571.1     5,527.9       -43.2         -.8
  Akron...........................................       323.8       323.4       328.8       328.8          .0          .0
  Canton-Massillon................................       186.9       187.1       188.0       187.2         -.8         -.4
  Cincinnati......................................       885.8       878.2       886.1       879.5        -6.6         -.7
  Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria.........................     1,159.0     1,146.9     1,156.2     1,149.2        -7.0         -.6
  Columbus........................................       890.7       884.1       888.9       886.4        -2.5         -.3
  Dayton-Springfield..............................       476.9       470.3       477.5       472.7        -4.8        -1.0
  Hamilton-Middletown.............................       131.5       129.6       134.3       132.5        -1.8        -1.3
  Lima............................................        78.7        77.3        79.2        77.5        -1.7        -2.1
  Mansfield.......................................        81.3        79.4        80.2        79.8         -.4         -.5
  Steubenville-Weirton............................        49.5        49.4        49.8        49.6         -.2         -.4
  Toledo..........................................       321.7       319.5       327.3       326.2        -1.1         -.3
  Youngstown-Warren...............................       239.5       233.9       241.2       235.8        -5.4        -2.2
                                                                                                                          
Oklahoma..........................................     1,503.9     1,512.2     1,518.9     1,526.8         7.9          .5
  Enid............................................        23.5        23.4        23.6        23.9          .3         1.3
  Lawton..........................................        39.2        39.7        39.1        39.9          .8         2.0
  Oklahoma City...................................       538.1       541.7       546.0       549.6         3.6          .7
  Tulsa...........................................       407.1       407.0       410.0       409.8         -.2          .0
                                                                                                                          
Oregon............................................     1,587.6     1,577.2     1,597.5     1,589.9        -7.6         -.5
  Eugene-Springfield..............................       139.9       140.8       140.6       142.3         1.7         1.2
  Medford-Ashland.................................        73.5        73.7        75.2        75.1         -.1         -.1
  Portland-Vancouver..............................       954.9       941.7       958.7       945.8       -12.9        -1.3
  Salem...........................................       138.6       139.7       140.2       140.5          .3          .2
                                                                                                                          
Pennsylvania......................................     5,682.0     5,622.0     5,715.0     5,655.1       -59.9        -1.0
  Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton......................       290.4       286.0       289.9       286.2        -3.7        -1.3
  Altoona.........................................        60.7        60.6        61.2        61.2          .0          .0
  Erie............................................       132.7       133.9       134.2       135.1          .9          .7
  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle.....................       367.0       366.1       366.4       365.2        -1.2         -.3
  Johnstown.......................................        87.2        85.9        88.0        86.5        -1.5        -1.7
  Lancaster.......................................       226.3       228.7       228.6       230.9         2.3         1.0
  Philadelphia PMSA...............................     2,391.4     2,362.3     2,411.2     2,386.7       -24.5        -1.0
  Philadelphia City...............................       685.8       680.2       687.4       685.0        -2.4         -.3
  Pittsburgh......................................     1,131.0     1,121.6     1,138.2     1,129.7        -8.5         -.7
  Reading.........................................       169.3       170.1       170.7       172.1         1.4          .8
  Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton................       281.8       279.9       285.1       283.6        -1.5         -.5
  Sharon..........................................        50.3        49.6        50.9        50.3         -.6        -1.2
  State College...................................        68.1        69.0        72.2        72.7          .5          .7
  Williamsport....................................        54.8        54.7        56.0        55.2         -.8        -1.4
  York............................................       168.9       167.2       171.8       168.2        -3.6        -2.1
                                                                                                                          
Rhode Island......................................       479.1       481.8       483.0       485.6         2.6          .5
  Providence-Fall River-Warwick...................       531.8       533.5       536.5       538.5         2.0          .4
                                                                                                                          
South Carolina....................................     1,829.0     1,827.4     1,842.3     1,846.5         4.2          .2
  Charleston-North Charleston.....................       250.6       253.2       250.4       253.7         3.3         1.3
  Columbia........................................       292.4       293.6       294.3       295.6         1.3          .4
  Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson.................       482.3       484.9       486.0       491.2         5.2         1.1
                                                                                                                          
South Dakota......................................       384.6       382.1       380.8       378.1        -2.7         -.7
  Rapid City......................................        53.0        53.2        52.0        52.0          .0          .0
  Sioux Falls.....................................       116.4       118.4       116.1       118.3         2.2         1.9
                                                                                                                          
Tennessee.........................................     2,709.0     2,703.4     2,722.0     2,714.9        -7.1         -.3
  Chattanooga.....................................       232.3       232.7       236.1       235.8         -.3         -.1
  Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol..................       198.3       194.7       198.5       195.6        -2.9        -1.5
  Knoxville.......................................       345.5       346.7       349.4       349.5          .1          .0
  Memphis.........................................       598.2       587.4       599.2       587.7       -11.5        -1.9
  Nashville.......................................       683.9       687.3       688.8       690.8         2.0          .3
                                                                                                                          
Texas.............................................     9,497.1     9,400.9     9,512.7     9,446.5       -66.2         -.7
  Abilene.........................................        53.9        53.1        54.4        53.4        -1.0        -1.8
  Amarillo........................................        97.6        96.5        98.4        96.7        -1.7        -1.7
  Austin-San Marcos...............................       671.4       670.7       670.7       672.3         1.6          .2
  Beaumont-Port Arthur............................       157.2       156.8       157.3       157.5          .2          .1
  Brazoria........................................        77.1        77.9        78.1        78.6          .5          .6
  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito................       111.2       111.3       111.6       112.6         1.0          .9
  Bryan-College Station...........................        74.4        73.1        77.7        77.9          .2          .3
  Corpus Christi..................................       159.6       159.2       160.3       160.5          .2          .1
  Dallas..........................................     1,990.6     1,978.6     1,989.7     1,981.2        -8.5         -.4
  El Paso.........................................       255.6       251.8       255.8       253.1        -2.7        -1.1
  Ft. Worth-Arlington.............................       802.8       792.7       799.7       793.5        -6.2         -.8
  Galveston-Texas City............................        87.3        86.4        86.8        86.5         -.3         -.3
  Houston.........................................     2,119.9     2,117.2     2,122.1     2,122.9          .8          .0
  Killeen-Temple..................................       103.4       103.5       103.5       103.5          .0          .0
  Laredo..........................................        69.4        71.3        70.3        71.8         1.5         2.1
  Longview-Marshall...............................        92.5        90.9        93.1        91.7        -1.4        -1.5
  Lubbock.........................................       122.5       123.5       123.2       123.9          .7          .6
  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission........................       158.4       164.4       161.5       165.7         4.2         2.6
  Odessa-Midland..................................       104.7       104.6       106.2       105.3         -.9         -.8
  San Angelo......................................        44.8        45.1        45.0        45.5          .5         1.1
  San Antonio.....................................       732.1       729.1       731.5       733.0         1.5          .2
  Sherman-Denison.................................        44.4        43.2        44.6        42.9        -1.7        -3.8
  Texarkana.......................................        52.5        51.6        53.3        52.6         -.7        -1.3
  Tyler...........................................        84.8        86.3        84.5        86.6         2.1         2.5
  Victoria........................................        37.5        37.0        37.5        37.2         -.3         -.8
  Waco............................................        99.8        98.5       101.4       100.2        -1.2        -1.2
  Wichita Falls...................................        60.2        59.2        60.3        59.8         -.5         -.8
                                                                                                                          
Utah..............................................     1,078.4     1,059.4     1,087.9     1,070.7       -17.2        -1.6
  Provo-Orem......................................       152.0       147.9       156.1       152.8        -3.3        -2.1
  Salt Lake City-Ogden............................       717.7       707.5       720.4       709.8       -10.6        -1.5
                                                                                                                          
Vermont...........................................       292.5       291.4       298.3       298.1         -.2         -.1
  Barre-Montpelier................................        33.6        34.4        34.4        34.9          .5         1.5
  Burlington......................................       106.9       106.8       108.8       108.8          .0          .0
                                                                                                                          
Virginia..........................................     3,516.6     3,486.7     3,531.7     3,501.4       -30.3         -.9
  Bristol.........................................        39.0        38.9        39.5        39.5          .0          .0
  Charlottesville.................................        84.9        85.3        87.8        85.7        -2.1        -2.4
  Danville........................................        44.8        44.1        46.2        45.0        -1.2        -2.6
  Lynchburg.......................................        99.1        97.0        99.8        98.8        -1.0        -1.0
  Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News.............       709.5       712.4       711.3       711.6          .3          .0
  Northern Virginia...............................     1,167.7     1,154.8     1,169.4     1,164.3        -5.1         -.4
  Richmond-Petersburg.............................       557.1       554.4       559.1       556.5        -2.6         -.5
  Roanoke.........................................       144.5       142.6       145.5       143.7        -1.8        -1.2
                                                                                                                          
Washington........................................     2,695.8     2,642.0     2,702.3     2,651.6       -50.7        -1.9
  Seattle-Bellevue-Everett........................     1,398.1     1,353.3     1,399.0     1,354.0       -45.0        -3.2
  Spokane.........................................       197.4       189.1       198.9       192.8        -6.1        -3.1
  Tacoma..........................................       243.8       243.4       246.7       247.6          .9          .4
                                                                                                                          
West Virginia.....................................       737.6       730.3       736.8       728.6        -8.2        -1.1
  Charleston......................................       137.6       134.4       136.0       134.0        -2.0        -1.5
  Huntington-Ashland..............................       121.9       121.0       123.3       120.9        -2.4        -1.9
  Parkersburg-Marietta............................        69.0        68.6        69.4        68.5         -.9        -1.3
  Wheeling........................................        67.1        66.9        66.8        67.0          .2          .3
                                                                                                                          
Wisconsin.........................................     2,839.5     2,852.5     2,841.0     2,856.1        15.1          .5
  Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah.........................       208.2       206.0       207.7       207.2         -.5         -.2
  Eau Claire......................................        75.9        75.8        76.5        77.1          .6          .8
  Green Bay.......................................       146.6       146.9       146.8       148.0         1.2          .8
  Janesville-Beloit...............................        69.9        70.0        69.6        70.4          .8         1.1
  Kenosha.........................................        53.9        54.3        54.7        55.1          .4          .7
  La Crosse.......................................        72.2        73.2        73.4        74.7         1.3         1.8
  Madison.........................................       293.4       297.6       296.8       299.5         2.7          .9
  Milwaukee-Waukesha..............................       858.2       861.0       859.6       862.8         3.2          .4
  Racine..........................................        81.6        82.5        81.7        82.5          .8         1.0
  Sheboygan.......................................        63.6        62.0        63.3        61.5        -1.8        -2.8
  Wausau..........................................        69.9        70.7        69.9        70.6          .7         1.0
                                                                                                                          
Wyoming...........................................       254.0       255.1       252.5       253.4          .9          .4
  Casper..........................................        33.0        33.1        33.2        32.9         -.3         -.9
                                                                                                                          
Puerto Rico.......................................       991.0       987.9       995.9       994.5        -1.4         -.1
  Caguas..........................................        71.2        70.3        71.6        70.5        -1.1        -1.5
  Mayaguez........................................        68.8        66.9        68.9        66.9        -2.0        -2.9
  Ponce...........................................        78.1        79.3        79.5        79.6          .1          .1
  San Juan-Bayamon................................       634.6       639.2       637.4       645.0         7.6         1.2
                                                                                                                          
Virgin Islands....................................        44.6        43.0        43.9        42.1        -1.8        -4.1

  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data are counts of jobs by place of work.  Estimates are currently projected from March 2001 benchmark levels. 
Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and will be revised when new information becomes
available. Area definitions are published annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings.